Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1919, Page 1

* LXI—NO. 301 POPULATION 29,919 PALNER CALLS FOR AID T0 {GHT HIGH GOST OF LIVING!. Mel Plea for Amshnee of Every Man and Woman in the Country—Recommends Organization of Fair Price Com- mittees in Every City; Refusal to Buy Anything But Ac- ' tual Necessities; Holding of Economy Meetings in Every Community; Effort to Bring About an Industrial Peace for at Least Six Months; Resumption of Addresses on “Work and Save” in Theatres Each Night by Four-Minute Men. Chicago, Dec. Palmer of the Prosa todny plédged tne full power department of jusiice in the ition of hoarders and profiteers in .y k in which he outlined to 400 ey officials ana club women of Illi- nogs the programine of his department in combatting the high cost of living. A\ plea for the assistance of every ma and woman in the country in a fight against high prices w + Palmer at the meeting, called by Governor Frank ©. lLowden. Explaiving the plan of action, hereby fair price committees in ev- community become agents of the government in enforcing its @ecrees, M Palmer laid down a pro- grimme ¢ e conservations, They are: 1—Organization of fair price com- city and county, | and prosecuting at y committee g Lnied Sgules distriet attorneys. “<-Organization of women to re- hing but actual neces- come down. A.—sla!ahx;: of ‘“conservation” and sevnomy mectings In ev ommuni- ty under the auspices of civic bodies, {-Influence of mayo and’ prosecu- be rnugH 10 be and part bout an industrial peace of months' duration. bilization of the four-min- ute men to deliver “work and save’ addresses in theatres cach night. “Despite all object!ons and obstacles, I propose to go through th this cam- paign, Mr. Palmer declared. “If in- dusirial conditions do not get too bad furing (he fnext few months, we can bring r relief.” v The chief causes of the high cost of lixving, he pointed out, were decreased produc uon incident to the war, .in- Rated due to government borr - laxes, which he charged, on by busings men to ‘the umm te consume: “In ery: line of trade there are selfish and greedy meu who * have taken advantage of after-war condi- tion to wdd to their prices and:prof- its” Mr. Pulmer uch men are the profiteers and i purpose to devote all the power in my command to root them out and expoge them to- public,| scorn, and if-necessary. in public prige. FULL RESTORATION OF TRAINS N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 21 New Haven, Conn.. Dec. 16.—The United Siates railroad administra- iien anhounced’tonight that full restoyation of trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad will be made effective De- ¢ember except one train, that leaving Stamford at 5:50 a. m, week days for New Haven. Two more trains taken off as the result of the fuel order will be restored tomorrow and five will be restored on Saturday. WOULD CREATE $500000,000 FUND TO MAKE LOANS TO RAILROADS Washington, Dec. 1%5.—-The bill em- Bodying permanent legislation to meet the situation with the return of the rallroads to private control continued foday before the semate, but with senators admittedly still in the dark Rs 1o the time President Wilson plans to tarn back the carrier: Director General Hines has sent to the president ne wrecommendations as to ending government overation, but White House officlals professed - to he would not d them today and kave no information. Many senators and some adminis- fration ofcers still hold to the opinion at the president will not carry out is: notice o congress of last May that government control will be end- ®d by January 1. They think tho tirge ‘of the return will depend largely on the progress made hy congress on the permanent legislation. Plans for the return of the roads by Dw first of the year are zoing forward &t the railroad administration, how- ever, Adminfetration office contracts tontain a 30 day release clause so that they may be abrogated at at time Wwithout great loss to the government wiiile materials ordered on contracts re being obtained as far as possible fore the first of the new year. Sharp opposition to some of the pro- Fisions of the Cummins bill under dis- cussion was expressed in the debate today and tonight. Senator Poindex ter, republican, Washington, attacked the proposal under which the inter- State commerce commission would be | ®uthorized in special cases to permit & lower charge for a long haul than for a short haul, while Senator Fre- Jinghuyser, repabiican, New Jersey, rgued provision should be made for isting the roads in finanecing their Smmediate needs after the return. To that end he offered an amendment to permit them to borrow from the gov- era ment out of a $500,000,000 revolv- ing fund. The amendment is identical with the fprovision of the house bill and was epposed br Senator Cummins, who eontended t! congress ought to as- mume that legislation soon would en- mble tie roads to borrow from private wources itll the money needed to meet immediate requirements, During the day the national grange tade public a letter sent to Senator Cummin: Urging that there be no further de'ay in p ng the ralilroa Jegislation and opposing any guarantee of dividends by 'the government. It al- #0 was suggested that the provision for s . new ilroad transportation Yoard pe liminated on the ground that Bbe inftersiate commerce uid und ghould perform o agary administrative work to give ree aud effect to the railroad policy o La-imd down by congress. 16.—Attorney General)ons. The profiteer is worse than un patriotic, he is criminal. you command.” “I am not worried over hurting th retail dealers,” he added. “They hav had their harvest time and now the | people are to get a leok in. The finest weapon in this campaign is knowl edge. and they will take.care of the rest. My, Palmer described the efforts be ing made to get congress to continue the operations of the Lever control act for six months after the declara- tion of peace, and to pass a law re- quiring the price at which an article left the producers to be stamped on the article. “If we can get that law we will stop “When you go Plainly profiteering,” ‘he said. to the _shoe store if you see stamped on a pair of shoes the whole | sale price of $450 you simply aren’ going to pay $18. “Women should set against these cxpensive changing styles. their * and face: ever: “Merchants are shouting ‘buy now’; Wait is leesened, the supply is increased and my advice i, do not buy now. for lower prices. When demand s must inevitably fall. “One of the greatest is idleness. day preduction. do ten #'% cent. more 1 ask the state’s attorney general of Iilinois to go after those devils with all the force Let the people know the facts imes of the We must stop the fagt.onal disturbances in industry and If men and women would work. prices Inveshgatmg Coal (4 Strike Settlement! - He-nng by Senate Committee —Restrictions on Fuel Re- sulting From Strike Are Re- scinded. ‘Washington, Dec. 16— senate coal investigating committee, resum- ing its inquiry into the administration strike settlement agreement, was told by Tracy W. Guthrie, president of the Hillman Coal and Ccke Company, that one clause in the proposition ad- vanced by President Wilson, ana ac- cepted by the miners, would “bring about an increase in the miners’ wage at least double the 14 per cent., 'which Dr. Harry A. Garfield, resigned fuel administrator, thought justified, While . the genate committee was pursuing its inquiry, the railroad ad- ministration withdrew the last sem- blances of the restrictions on fuel re- sulting from the strike and delivering icoal to original consignees instead of distributing it to points of greatest need, It rescinded the embargo on the movement of fuel oil out of the west, and the orders reducing the amount of coal permitted to go 0 cok- ing ovens. % At the White House today it was said that President Wilson would not appoint .the commission provided in the strike settlement proposal until Attorney General Palmer returns from the west late this week. The senatorial inquiry was reopened with the calling of R. engi- neer for the fuel administration, whe was conducted by Senator Freling- huysen, republican, New Jersey, chairman of the committee, and Sena- e e t t | tor Townsend, \hdng.m through a maz cs bearing s|on labor costs and prices of necessi- - | ties. “Secretary of Labor -Wilson pro- posed that the miners be given an in- crease of 31.6/ per cent” Mr. Norris explained, “because he based hi .culations on the pay given pick min- lers. In 1917, when wages were read- justed, the vick miners were getting the greaiest amounl and the scales balanced up by giving them a lesser increase than other classes of labor around the Inines. This was neces- would come down twenty per cent.|sary in order to induce men to do the end if théy would economize and save | other work. % 2 ten per cent.. more, this problem of | “Dr. Garfield decided a particular the high cost offliving would be | Wage group ought not to serve as a solved.” ibaals for calculation, ang took the average wage of all workers. After 4,000,000 WOMEN TO FIGHT HIGH COST OF LIVING ‘Washington, | Dec. 16.—An army o 4,000,000 women, representing ten na. tional organizations, has been organ ized by the savings division of treasury department to enter the figh against the high cost of living. Beginning Jan. 1 and extending to will be conducfed 'in an effort to mdu‘e women to keep strict accounts of their in order, by study ‘unnecessary Atcording. to"the plan, umuul\ts m., April-1,7a great thrift”campaign daily expénditures, of . theém, to- items. saved by'these, means: woul vested in' government ‘securitie ! elimihate NORTHWEST POLICE ARE er secret service ‘agent, to falsely against R. B. Russell, on charges of ‘' séditious growing out of the general st Winnipég ‘last May, day by J. E. Bird, deéfense Letters were introduced which claimed showed Colonel Stearns, on tria Dashaluk §500 for his testimony. In arguing a motion that the crown to the| stand. Bird said he wished to show by men” and’ could ‘not be be forced to call Dashaluk that evidence given at the “these so-called secret was “utterly false,” relied upon. A. JN Andrews, crown formed the court that irial service counsel, the to appear. his - appearance. Justice ~Metcalfe, nounced he would warrant for brought to Winnipeg. however, issue DENIAL OF “LEAK” OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS Washington,” Dec. 16, conferences were held today by offi cials of the department of justice in if there really Wwas anything criminal in alieged leaks an effort to ascertain of supremé court decisions. Officia comment was refused, but it was made regarded the premature publication of its in- vestigation as extremely unfortunate. to warrant the prosecution of any per- clear’ that the government No evidence has been discovered sons invelved and it was said furthe inquiry into statments by individual that they had advance information of decisions which they could make for tunes in the stock market had been handicapped by the publicity. An attorncy employed in the. de partment of justice, who was mention ed as one of the persons concerned in the alleged leaks, has not been re- moved or otherwise disciplined it wa: said. James D. Maher, clerk of supreme court, issued a statement de. nying that there had been any leak in his office. 30 PER CENT. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHEEP IN STATE Hartford, Conn., Dec. Commissioner James M. said today that the law passed at the last session of the general assembl; 16.—Cattl which went into operation in July had had the effect of increasing the num- ber of sheep in the state thirty pe cent. The plan formulated at th instance of Governor Holcomb to rid the state of rabiés also had the de- commissioned. It called for a general quarantine law. sired effect, said the A NATIONAL “ROOSEVELT SOCIETY” HAS BEEN FORMED New York, “Reosevelt socie for “the deveiop ment. and application of the policie: and ideals'of Theodore Roosevelt,” wa: launched here today with the namin, Dee. 16.—A the CHARG!D WITH BRIBERY, ‘ Wi hmpez. Pec. 16 —Charges that of- ficers of ‘the royal northwest mounted police had used bribery and force in efforts to get Harry Dashaluk; a form- testify conspiraey ike in were made - to- counsel. Bird com- manding officer of the mounted police in Winnipeg, had admitted promising in- witness had been subpoaned but had refused He also. stated that Dash- aluk's evidence was unreliable and the crown was not disposed to force an- a hench Dashaluk and have him — Numerous the Whittlesey national haying arrived ai that he found that an addition of 14 per cent. to their earnings would compensate them for the cost of living since the last adjust- ments were made.” Chairman Frelinghuysen asked if the witness approved of the creation of a commission composed of one miner, one mine ‘operatoy and one rep- resentative of the public, with power to fix wages and prices. “That would depend on_the makeup of .the .individuals,” Norris returned,” but' I'think at-least a larger number ought to be named. It gives two in- |terests’ a chance to comlnne against the third.” f t ‘?p'_l GL;lt‘hrie was cafl@d m'esenr_ actua’ letg 7 upon Wages, A ) “About 20 per cent, of miners are idle all the time, according to our ex- perience’ with 23 mines,” he told- the committee “that is, we have to have 120 names on the payroll in order to get 100 men on the job as a constant factor. Miners like to celebrate all American holidays and a lot of for- eign ones. Then. they have “Mitchell day.” on April 1 in honor of John Mit chell, “They ‘have Rabbit day on Nov. 10 when eyerybody adjourns to shoot a. rabbit.” From 4nine accounts, he read the record of gne miner who in 187 days of the present year aarned $3,070, or an average of $15.50 per day. He paid $72 rent for a company house during the period, and his fuel bill was $5. Other ‘records furnished showed earn- ings during the first nine months of 1919 ranging from $1,400 to $2100, for pick and machine miners. Scnator Walcott, democrat, of Del- aware, drew out Mr. Guthrie's view on the claimed double increase in miners’ ‘wages involved in® the settlement by observing that Dr,‘Garfield’s proposal was the same as that put forth by the president. “As I read the memorandum given out by Attorney General Palmer,” Mr. Guthrie replied, “it is proposed to ‘set up . a commission with power to fix wage scales and coal prices. One of the things the commission is to do is to go back to the mine districts and settle what are known as internation- al differences, and disputes over dif- ferentidls. All previous agreements between the miners and the operators have provided that these difficulties shall he compromised in a fashion that will not add to the cost of min- ing or lower the earnings of men. The government’s proposal, as I view 'if, may resylt in twice the 14 per cent. increase in miner’s wages and min- ing costs that Dr. Garfield was will- ing to allow. Senator Walcott inquired as to whether an actual settlement of the coal “strike had yet been attained. “You, as an operator don’t think yeu are bound by an agreement made at Indianapolis?” the senator asked. “No, T don't,” Guthrie replied. “That's right,” Senator Walcott sald. “There has been no acceptance of the agreement there. Nor is there any power in the government to set a commission which will fix wages and prices of coal. It can be merely ad- visory.” Chairman Frelinghuysen, after ad- journment of the session said there would be more hearings but did not fix a date for them. FUGITIVE COUNTERTER CAPTURED IN NEW YORK Hartford, Conn., Dec. 16.—Thomas Jackson, alias John Thomas Jackson, alias John Kearns, who escaped from the New Haven county jail on Decem- ber 21, 1918, having been convicted in the federal court for counterfeiting and sentenced to three years i nthe fed- eral prison at Atlanta, was captured in New York city Monday by agents of the department of justice. At the time of Jeckson's.escane rewards were offered -for apprehenslon ‘of the fu- gitive but he had not been heard from until this week. 1 1 T s f s e e Yy T e FURTHER INVESTIGATION F “PACKERS” IMPROBABLE ‘Washington, Dec. 16.—Further hear- ings by the senatae agriculture com- mittee on the Ken; S s g of a committee on organization by | for governmental regulation of the William Boyce Thompson. The com- | D3 were believed im- mittee includes men and women of | Probable in view of authoritative re- varying shades of ‘politizal epinion. ports today that the “big five” meat ¢ packers fvould not - request Photographs are seldom true to na- No one cver saw a small hey as ture; clean as he appears in a picture. additivnal ‘witn es be called. cal- n-Kendrick bills 'NORWICH, coifl ' in wauet of rail- r.lfly t0 'qu Fnlnth“ e ' exchan, sir, R-M lls succaser orden will. arrange for as premier of Canada. An unluea&fu attempt. ‘was_ made to .assassinate . the premier: of Egypt. Gold pn:hctian,‘lt» the Rand mines was - 677,970 fine ‘ounces, valued at £2,879,834. i ; ; —— Municipal Council of..Vichy, France.! decided 0 puTe! <s"omobiles to bring coal/from the mines. . No Irish bill will be intrcguced at ihis -session‘of , Parliament., Premier Lloyd George announced. Fourteen | red-. convicted of crimes during . the . Bela .Kun dictatorship, were . senterced to death at Budapest. Bar silver was. quoted at 78 7-8 _pence an ‘ounce in London, a new high record. New "York quofed silver at! $1.33. Retail meat prices dropped. in. Chi- measles; and scarlet fever throughout the state the past wek. General Electric Co. announced es-! tablishment of a branch at Gloucester, Mags, at the United States Govern- ment ammupition plant. Boat Corporation for the launching of four fabricatéd cargo’ ships of 5,350 tons each. . ‘Bolivian Chimber of Deputies ap- proved a loan of 8,700.000 pesos for railway agd sanitation purposes and a loan of 2,500,000 pesos for the Yungas- Beni Railway. German reichstag will be asked to! vote on the proposal of the sub-com- mittee investigating war responsibi ties to have'the former Kaiser rested and tried. ar- ( United States tugboat Aspunet sank in the Hudson river opposite -43rd street, during the night. Captain Bradley- and -his crew .were. rescued by a-naval crew. Premier * David Lloyd George an- nounced in. Commons that -Viscount Grey, ' Ambassador to the . United States, had been granted leave, of ab- sence to visit-England. 1 Senate leaders planned to keep the Senate in session nights to force adop- tion of the conference .report. of the Bage bill" fo:‘ flnxflcmg foreign. .chasers. of.: Ameriean £oods.. St. . Jo-oph'u C. i Hnrt{nrd have given ¢’ Rev. John G. Murra o aukilary: mmmp-eltct of the diocese of Hartford the ‘sunt of $5,100. | "1t was aunwuced in the White House Presidént. Wilson ' dictated the statement. declaring that he "had no compmmise or. mincessmn of any kind in mind with rezm'd to me peace treaty. Official denial from The H-gue of published reports that the K Nethef- lands’ Prince’ Consort and the former A bill ‘introduced in the Philippin- Senate ‘provides ‘tor thy legalization jary forces as General Pershing’s chief of the rastored insurrection fias oo tha | of Staff and afterwards commanded | MAYNARD CLAIMS HIS official emblem of the Philippine Is- |the service of sunply with a personnel STATEMENT WAS JUGGLED lands. -to’share equal honors with the |of 500,000. and Major General Francis —_— - United States' flag: J. Kearnin, at present commanding the Eheton 2 Decil 26 Thsutenant Philivpines, organized the service of l An order in council was passed by the government giving power to R. H. Pringle ,controller of news-print, to prohibit- the export of paper by any company which refuses to comply with his regulatfons. Stating that jt was an absolute ne- cssity either -to.increase their adver- tising rates or’go -out of business, publishers in Syracuse, -representing 20 weekly papers, will. advance ad- vertising rates 50 per cent. Fire erwld the Admurll Benson club, ‘the Figs€ Reformed church and Daniel, pf Rennes University, in plant- ing hybrid vinds ,obtained by grafting American -vines on the native, sponsible. for the. hope of .re-estab- lishing of wine growing in Brittany. FORMAL STATEMENT BY HEAD OF AMERICAN LEGION Washington, Dec. i§.—The American Legion, through Franklin D'Oljer, its grand commander, tonight called on Congress for immediate enactment of legislation giving former service men “the consideration they deserve at the hands of their ~government.” Mr. D'Olier, in a formal statement, warned | that no policy of false economy should be pursued now with resnect to the disabled service men “if serious diffi- culties” are to be avoided later by the government. Principles upon which the bnresent zovernment insurance laws - were founded were described by Mr. D'Olier as being “entirely sound.” but the ex- isting legislation = “entirely inade- quate” ~He added that as a result of informal conferences today between members of congress and. delezates to fllP convention ‘It was evident that “congress is not vet alive to the me- cessities’ of the mtuaflon i NEW HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE Durham, N. H,, Dec. 1 Donald S. Brown, junior at Hampshire college, was found in a field near the cojlege grounds today by chil- dren ‘returning’ frem-school. = A medi- cal referee who viewed the body pro- nounced ‘death’ due ot poison, self-ad- ministered. o A note found in the cIoLhi‘ng ad- dressed to the'young man's mother, Mrs. Stuart “Brown, of Concord, in which® he said,he had decided to do away with himself. No reason for the further | act is known; although .t was stg- hearings: and .that proponents of the | gested that overstudy must have un- legislation also would not ask that dermined hi: n excellent student, for ers. mousiy the bill and as so completed the bnxm called up under a suspension of B4 | vote of the memfers vresent. thus was reiuired to pass an attack by #e Wilson becal purchase of the government. ment angd senior, in. the list of brig: diers, be raised to the nest grade. Service abroad had commander of vision, been impossible to consider divisional commanders for promotion at all. since ‘here still was a number of corps com- manders to ronsider.” promotion over General Edwards, M. jor General Joseph T. of the southern department, was first sunply mis a armistice matters with the Germans. finv’t is tu Retam CGontrel of Sugar Senate Bill Passed in the House by Vote of 256 to 34 | —To Rule Price and Move- ments. ‘Washington, Dec. 16.—By a vote of 256 to 34 the house late today passed the senate bill continuing the sugar 1 gualuaflon board = through Amendments retaining in torce refineries, As vas 3 SIi dropped from 50 to|ence to requisitioning power. out Gf:iharieston, Brunswick, Jack- fifig%enz“’iiulfimdmpgfi to 48 ‘;rom Opposition of the bill's supporters to | son “Savannah and Wilmington to 60 cents. - | the repeal of these powers and the|CubasSouth America’ and Lunope It 2 ! unanimous ¢riticism = of the sugf_u] coniéfplates immediate shipment of was arked increase in the | edualization board that the sénate bill |ligyow stocks - in Kentuckys estimated nu.l::er: Of mant ‘cases ‘of diphtheria, | Weuld serve no useful purposs were | &£ 2§000,000 gallons in bonded: v placed before the house commitiee be- fore it decided earlier recommend . continuance of the pow=# it should be vested with these nowers as well as the power to place an embargo on ex- ports. i The board declared The heuse interstate commerce com- agreement of the equalization board with Great Britain, to keep them out of the Cuban market | the United States was compelled to export some sugar toathese countries. IPrance and Italv The agriculture ‘opamittec unani- has xecnmmz led passage of its report was A two-thirds measure. Debate on thies licans on President & he had not ordered the Cuban crop last fall by BAKER EXPLAINS RECENT PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMY - Washdigton, De 16.—Recent pro- motion®4% the grade of major zeneral in th a reward for exceptional services in Fraj day- seélérs and representatives who call- ed-at the war department to give their zular army were intended as Secretary Baker explained to- a delegation of New England nal support to a proposal that dier .General Clarence Edwards, manding the northeastern dep: AN f the vécént prometions made were of officers junior to General Edwards , in- lineal rank but senior to him in (.he oversea organization, . “Explaining that General Edwards’ been ~chiefly as the Twenty. Mr. Baker said Of the three officers nominated for Dickman, head Kaiser were on.a shooting party, was|a corns and then a field army com- issued by the \'ctherland: legation at|mander in TFrance; Major General ‘Washington. James G. Harbord, now. at Camp Travis. Tex., was in charge of the or- ganization of the American expedition- in France and served on which negotiated on the important The denartment viewed the services of these three officers as of areater re- sponsibility than that of commander, Secretary Baker said was pleased to b with tke higher g ai a sion and able to reward them ilable vacancies in the first des. MOTHER OF DROWNED BOY ADMITS SHE HAD DELUSIONS Dec. 16.—Mrs. an apartment house, . and damaged ; pital charged with the 1 ini iti considerabl 'y several ' gther apart-|murder of her five vear old som, has Prime Minister Of British ments: in Hoboken. One man is miss- | abandoned her story that the child Industry ing. Loss-estimated at $250,000. s idnagped’ by twos negrowss i = Ventnor last Friday night, according " Vineyard experiments by Professor to Dr. R. L. Souder, She fold the doctor at another in- terview today that the kidnapping story was a_ “delusion.” “l have had delusions I guess I had one this Blake remarked to me.” Souder. Mrs. before time, said Dr. Blake still denies that Dr. Souder ent story as to what happened. “I slipped on a board pavement and the physi- “I became un- conscious and how long I remained in but when I came to I was panic stricken and I ran to the nearest house. I was in a frenzy and I do not remember in falling struck my head,” cian said she told him. that condition I do not know, what 1 sal pery,” continued Dr. she was on the boardwalk or the approaches. K All boy ran away from her. She me that he had a habit of off impulsively, “I do not now where he went, the pavement,” the woman said to me. “There -is no. quéstion in my mind but that Mrs. Blake is impaired men- tally. but just what form this impair- ment has taken I do not know posi~ tively. Dr. Souder said tonight he favored the appointment of a commission of alienists to examine the woman. Premier Nitti to Visit London Rome. Dec. 16.—(Havas)—The Mes- sagero said today it was probahl that Premier Nitti would go to Len don during the parliamentary vacs tionw.to exchange views with Premie Liloyd George of Great Britain on th international’ situation. the newspaper said, will stop a days in Paris enroute to the Bri carital. the war time powers of the government controlling prices and movements of sugar were approved necessitating the sending of the measure to confer- ence committee of the two hoases. The only disputes to be settied in conference are the continuance of the war time powers permitting licensing control of the sugar business and the requisitioning of stocks or but leaders in congress were doubtful whether an agreement could be reach ed before the holiday recess. ed by the senate. the bill renealed the license control and contained no refer- in the day to, easure was largely | prisoner county physician. and Mrs.. she threw the child into the ocean from a fishing pier, as alleged by the police, aid, but she tells a differ- Blake told me the boardwalk Souder. “But she does not remember whether one of she appears to recollect was. that when she fell the told running but T am positive that I did not interfere with him in any way after 1 fell to Signor. Nitti apparetly hagiisan found for distillers caught withidadge stocks of liguor on hand by “sapreme court’s decision holding War stime prohibition consti- tutional JF5% A planswas presented ‘to- -distillers here represcniatives of steamshyy © lines operating steamships s, largelyy to Cuban ports for storage and subsequent resale in Cuba, shipment to other foreign coun- ies. The freedom of southern ports from ice, their adequate storage facilities i pending loading on_ board ship, their nt of 39,000,000 Gallons in Bonded Could be Moved There Before Tune Limit Placed on Export Shipments, Resnle in Cuba or Shipment to Other nearness to Cuba and the large num- ber of steamship lines operating to the sland were pointed to as evidence that. railroads and the United State: shipping board co-operating the whiskey stocks could be moved before January 16, the time limit that the in- ternal revenue department has plac- ed on export shipments. Southern ports, it was declared are from 600 to 800 miles ‘nearer Cuba than any North Atlantic port, thus effecting a considerable saving in tigme which is regarded as a vital element. The rdllx’ond~ are depended upon aceording to the plan presenled today. to furnish the cars necessary (o move the whiskey to the seaboard and the shipping board is expected to llocate ‘addition to those already in service to addition to those already i nservice to Cuba, to load the shipment before the time limit expires. raw material and coal, but was forced to decline, as the city has no power to make a loan of such a charactere in his appeal for assistance, Mayor Reumann said: “Vienna, a city of 2,000,000, is on the eve of starvation and death from cold. The inland crop is eaten up. The pro- duction of coal scarcely covers one- tenth of the requirements. Hands are idle and factories are at. a - standstill. | Simultaneously, Austrian money has lost all.purchasing power abread. The bread and flour ration has had to be redyced again and the meat ration of one-fifth of a pound per week cannot be distriduted these last months. milk can be supplied to the ch and the sic 'All forests in the neighborhood of | vienna are cut down, but wet | green wood does not repl the hospitals new-bern babies-are dy- ing of the cold, Up to now. the people | nf Vienna have -borne all this misery with wonderful patience. What threatens them now is beyond human | endurance.” i | I ren e _coal. SELECTING JURY FOR TRIAL OF HARRY NEW | en. jurors, two-of them women; had been accepted tentatively. syher ad- journment was taken late taday in the trial insuperior’ eourt _flam New, allegeq. $6n. of Senator New of :indiany; c¢harged with the _mu)drr of Miss-Freda Lesser, his sweetheart. Lecompte Davis; leading counsel for New. made it clear the, defense would e inganity. -Thomas Lee Woolwine, distric attorney, who- is prosecuting the case, announced :that-thé state vould not attempt to prove New is an ftellectual giant’' but would main- | tain he was intelligent -enough to be held responsible for 'his acts. Many of his questions seemingly were framed with the idea of ascertaining whether the veniremen believed a man of what he termed “dull .mentality” should be punished for a crime. W. Maynard, the * ' declared tonight in statement that his reient statement concerning the effects of alcoholic li- quors on aviators, which was issued through the Anti-Saloon League had been “juggled” until it had left a false impression and had = erroneously at- tributed his re: as applying to aviators participating in the trans- continental reliability test. The good housewife will never beat a carpei when it is down, | committeemen were chosen. No | In | TLos Angeles, . Calif,. Dec: 18.—Elev-! mittee began hearings tod: O L e come tn Bfand Ranend fl::;m'rro‘;filmvgigé Lo place an embargo on SUEAT |y |ENNA SEEKS LOAN FROM RESULT OF MUNICIPTL mhxca;xza. st I\mm éh:nfivfiiu:l mx::gf Several members of -congress ‘appear- BOSTON TO BUY FOODSTUFFS ELECTION IN BOSTON the plers g the . Gr mye, ed before the committee to urge favor=| A == o B & able action. In the house debate, _lwslwm Dec. 1 TMaw{x“lmr - BBOsmn. Dec. 16.—The ing” of : > swever, Representative i‘ordney, re-|ceived a regue rom Mayor Jacob | Boston Common to permit the widen- _Plans were “completed .at the Port g;,flfizs,r, Michigan, declared “this em- | Reumann of Viemnd, Austria, today fory ing of Tremont ang Boylston Streets Newarlk, N. J., plant of the Submarine |} o™ 5 oncense,” as under an|a loan with which Lo buy foodstuffs for the relief of traffic congestion was nctioried by the voters in the muni- cipal election toda; On the license qut was: ves 29,42 Although ion no 10,781. national constitutigpal prohibition be in effect before the new license year begins the ques- tion of granting licenses for the sale of liquor wenl on the ballot as usual because the state local option law has not been repealed. Three councilmen and the volie \ two schoo! Francis J. W. Ford was re-elected to the coun- J. cil, heading ‘the ticket. David Brickley, a returned service man, elected by the cond highest James A, Watson was.re Good Government Associ: dorsed Brickley ang opposed Ford and Watson, i Frede: ¢ man, Vi vote. k T. Bogan, a former ser- Jed the field of four candi- ates for meémbership en the school committee. The ‘other ccnmitteemanr elected is Charles S. O'Conun=r. A light vote was cast. The license vote last yvear was: 20,3¢9; no 11,603 MISSING BABY BOY FOUND IN BELLEVUE HUSPITAL New: York; Dec. 16— search of al- most fiye, months {ér the bapy boy of Mr. and Mrs. August Weniz, who was twvo month sold when kidnapved Juty 30 from in filont of a department stor in this ¢ity, énded tonight with his d covery in’ Bellevue hosvital, where ht had been taken on Dec. 8 after having been abandoned in the Grand Centrai terminal by an unidentificd man. pre- sumably the Kidnapper. ‘The man left a note pinned to the baby's cluihing: or_the love of Mike, someoody take this kid. He is too muth for the fam- ily. Can't afford him on the vrice of milk they are charging today. There are others I .am trying to support.” Since the infant disappeared its dis- tracted mother has made daily vis to the ecity’s instituticns, jinspecting every new foundling brought in, in the hope it might prove to be her lost baby. Tonizht she went to Bellevue and found him. The overjoyed woman got to her home sa fast as she could, to give.the news to her husband, whe was ignorant cven of her daily pil- grimage to the city hospitals. She found the father busily engaged dec- orating a Christmas tree he had just bought for the other children, and placed the baby at the foot of the tree as an added Christmas gift. Later in the evening Wentz in- formed the nolice that he was not sat- isfied with the identifiration of the child, but that he was willing to adopt it. COUNSEL FOR I. W. W, OFFERED NO TESTIMONY Kansas City, Kas.,, Dec. 16.—Counsel for 32 members of the Industrial Workers of the \World, on trial in fed- eral court, charged with violation of the pionage act, suddenly rested their se lute today wilhout offering testimony. The government- aiready had rested. By agreement, arzumen Fred Roertson, then were ited Stateg¢ Industry is with'us. “He is/ I,cv-d ! Leverhuime, foumder of Lave: Brotiers, soap manufacturers ol Port Sunlight, Engiand, ornte of the largest industrial < firms: in -the world. Lord Leverhulme is kaown throuzhout Europe as a prosressive thinker on industria] and labor problems. . He s ‘here to study business organizations of the Usited Btates. e & e and two daugh egun. district attorney for for the government. Action of the defense, government attorneys declared, w a surprise, as it, had been expected that 30 or more witnesses would be called. Before resting, Judge John C. Pol- Iock overruled & motion filed by Fred Moore of Seattle, chief counsel for the defense, g that 12 of the defend- Kansas. opened GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN PACIFIC CABLE SERVICE ‘Washingten, —Exchange of press despatches d commercial messages -by- radio between California and the Hawaiian Island, Guam, the Philippines and Japan on a much more extensive sciale, will became pos- Dec. sible when ' arranzements recently completed by the navy department become etfeciive December 20. Through the use of modern high power. high speed operating equip- ment, it wazs imated today that it would be pos. ibl receive more t. an 100,090 -words a day between Hawuil - 4 ths Philippines, 200,000. words. & day between S: Francisco” & & o Lucgo and Ha- waii, and al out one’ thousand words a day on'a s.>w speed eircuit botween Hawaii and- lapan. The rate decided on is six ceny;: word between Cal- ifornia statio nd Manila and three cents a word 15> Hawaii, to transmit and , OEITUARY. Rcv_v:ylil'm S. Anderson. New Bribwn. (‘onn, Dec. 16.—The Rev. Miiton, & rson, a prominent missionary and organizer of the Cornecticut G: M nary Socle- i ty, died sudde. ! at his home. *| vears old and. i Was pastor: of7y%, Christ in_this ci £ apoplexy tonight Anderson was §9 most twenty vears 7 Pcople’s Church of “=dle leuves his wife