Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 25, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 308 ~ POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN. THURSES DECEMBER 25, 1919 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS RAILROADS AND EXPRESS COMP Proclamations Were ln\l-ed By President Wilson Last Night— Failure of Congress to Act Was Given as the Reason For the Extension of the Time ment Is Made That the President Is Advised That the Rail- road and Express Companies Are Not Organized to Re- ceive Their Properties On Washington, Dec. 24.—President ‘Wilson tonight issued proclamations returning the railroads and express odmpanies fo private control March 1. Fallure of congress to cnact reme- dial legislation was given as the reason for extending by two months the time originally announced for re- linquisking government, control of the ratiroad properties. In his message to congress last May President Wilson said tne roads would be-turned back at the end of the cal- eadar year. “No agreement having yet been reached by congress” Secretary Tu- multy said in announcing the proc- lamations, “it pecomes necessary in the public interest to allow a reason- able time to elapse between the issu- ing of the proclamation and the date of its actually taking effect. The president is advised that the railroad and express companies are not or- ganized to make it pgs; for them to receive and manage’their properties if actually turned over te them on De- cember 31. The Edch-Cummins bill designed to meet conditions incident to the return of the roads now is in conference, with the prospect that an agreement on differences between the house ardl| senate will be threshed out before March 1. With one provision of the | question of continuing the government IES 10 ‘BE RETURNED TO THE OWNERS MARCH 1 Condensed Telegrams House of Common adjourned until Feb. 10. Originally Announced—State- Former Empress Zita, of Austri |is seriously ill at Prangins. Anaconda Copper Mining. Co.. de-| clared the usual dividend of $1 per! share. December 30. bill would order the return of the roads at the end of the calendar month in which the bill was approyed, it was considered hardly likely that! an agreement would be reached quick- ly enough to pu® the roads back Feb- ruary 1, or one month earlier than or- dered by the president. There are in- dications of a lively fight before either house adopts the other's position on anti-strike clauses of the bill or the Under Secretary of State Polk re- ported the situation in Austria to be serious. i Dealings in French premium bonds' were forbidden by the London Stock Exchange. Premier Lloyd George will go to Paris next week to confer with Prem- guarantee to the roads until they can | '°F Clemenceau. obtain increased rates to meet ad-‘ Transport Thomas arrived at San, vanced operating costs. Also it Was!ppancisco from Siberia with 1,159 said tonight in congressional quarters| amorican soldiers. that because of the president's deci-| sion no attempt would be made t0} Rymors that he would be a candi- rush through the necessary legislation., qa; for the presidency were dismissed | Inasmuch as the staffs of the va-{yo'Gro i Procter” rious systems have been retained vir- s tually intact by’ the railroad adminis- tration, the return of the railroads to!nzadrid decided to support the strike | private control will involve legal and| o street car employes. financial rather than operating ques- tions. Those departmen's of the| The dollar was quoted at 10 francs railroad administration will remain in|g; centimes, compared with 10 francs existence with increased personnel for:75 centimes at previous close. months after the operating s officers | have left the government service.; Swagar Sherley, former chairman of'jnjured when two trains collided near | the house appropriations committee!the Douai station of the Lille-Paris and now director of finance for the |ine, railroad administration, probably will All members of the t-ades unions in | Director Hines signed a contract; (Continued on Page Nine, Col. Five) | with the Ashland Coal & Iron Railway | ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR PROHIBITION IN NEW JERSEY Newark, N. J., Dec. 24—The consti- tutionality of the federal prchibition amendment will be challenged again in the supreme court of the United States just as soon as Governor-elect Edwards takes office, it became known | today. After discussing his inaugural address with democratic legislators and leaders, Mr. Edwards staated he would direct Attorney General McCran to start proceedings and pending de- cision in the higher court a bill de- claring beer and light wines non-in- toxlcating and salable in New Jersey, would be introduced. Alexander J. Simpson of Hudson, senator-elect, hias drafted a tentative bill legalizing sale of beer and light wines in New Jersey which will be sent to the house, but before it reach- es the legislators, “one of the greatest constitutional lawyers in tke country” would pass gn it, he deelared. In support of the contemplated .as- sault on the “dry” amendment, Mr. Pdwards quoted the constitution of the United States, which says: “The powers not delegates to the United Staates by the constitution, nor pro- hibited by it to the states, are reserv- ed to the states respectively, or'to the people.” The governor-elect declared . he would use all legal resources within his power “to protect the rights of New Jersey and in the premises.” WHITE STAR LINER CANOPIC HAD A STORMY PASSAGE Boston, Dec, 24—The White Star liner Canopic docked today -after a stormy passage from Genoa, Naples and Ponta Delgada with 58 saloon, 405 second cabin and 1,188 steerage pas- sengers. The steamer was delayed at quarantine for a day by heavy fog. Among the passengers was Countess Fannie Montgelas, whose husband handed Ambasador Gerard his pass when the United States declared a state of war existed with Germany. The countess, who was accompanied by her two sons, was formerly Miss| ¥annie Hazeltine of Grand Rapids, Mich. Also on board was the Baroness Edith (Berwind) Kleist, wife of a Ger- man nobleman and daughter of a Philadelphia coal magnate. Rev. ‘Thomas Sherman of Santa Barbara, Calif., another passenger, who is a son of the la‘e General Sherman, learned upon leaTing the ship of the recent death of his sister here. WILLIAM 0. JENKINS 18 CHARGED WITH SEDITION El Paso, Texas, Dec. 24.—Charges of sedition will be fileq against William 0. Jenkins, consular agent for the United States at Puebla, Mexico, fol- lowing the alleged delivery by him of arms and ammunition to the bandits who had captured him, according to the Excelsior of Mexico City. According to a despatch from Excel- sior’s correspondent at Puebla, a group of Indlans testified December 17 that Jenkins handeq over the war ma- terial to the outlaws as part payment of his ransom. The despatch adds that the examination of the Indians was conducted with “considerable sol- emnity,” a number of prominent Pue- blans being present at the hearing. “CURLEY” BROWN HAS BEEN RELEASED ON $1,000 BAIL New York, Dec. 24—H. D. (Curley) Brown, president of the Cuban-Ameri- can Jockey Club of Marianao, a su- burh of Havana, arresied in connec- tion with the shooting of Albert Pie- dra, son-in-law of the 'Cuban secre- tary of the interior, was released on $1.000 bail today, according to ad- vices received here from Havana, The shooting took place in Brown's office at the race track quring the running of the fifth event December 16. Pie- dra told the police Brown had shot him. Brown said it was an’ accident. There were no witnesses, 30,000 EARRELS OF WHISKEY SHIPPED FROM LOUISVILLE Lotisville, Ky, Dec. 24—Shipment | of 30,000 barrels, probably the last consignment of whiskey in tha United States for export before constitution- al prohibition becomes effective on January 18, 1920, hegan here yesterday with the movement of an initial train- load, according to a statement issued here today by distilling interests. ‘One . Pit rgh and three Louisville firmg Are named as important partici- pants in the shipment. The whiskey is valued at $7,000,000 and {9 destined for the port of Phila- delphfa and will go forward daily in sqlid train lots untll the movement s completed. ] B | Co. fixing annual compensation at‘l CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENTs |*5°% IN NEW YORK CITY TODAY New York. Dec. 24.—Christmas, the children's day of days. was dedicated afresh to children this year by New The demise of the Jersey City po- licemen's union was announced to- day by F. X. O’Brien, commissioner of public safety, 1to Fifteen persons were killed and 35| ' 'mas Disf¥sed at | | Detzer Courtmartial Murders and Robberies Com- mitted 'n Le Mans By Gangs of American and French Soldiers — Women Used as Decoys. New York, Dec. 24.—Murders and robberies committed in Le Mans by gangs of American and French soldiers using women as decoys were describ- ed today by Major George Armstropng, a Detroit efficiency engineer, 0 served as assistant provost marshal in_the American troop area. Major Armstrong was called by the | defense as a witness at the court- ¢ martial on Governor’s Island of Cap- | tain Karl Detzer of the 308th Military Police Compa who is charged with cruelty to prisoners while directing criminal investigation work in Le Mans, Lieutenant Thomas Heffer- | nan, defense counsel, in attempting ! show that these charges were! brought by a “ring” out to get Det- | zer and he has attacked the credibil ty of virtually every government wit- ness. Major Armstrong testified that he had direct charge of 2,200 M. P.'s in Le Mans from August, 1918, until Jan- uary, 1919, and that during this pe ried 1,500,000 passed through the area. A large lawless element was at work. he said, and while he was in Te Mans, 25 murders were committed and chateaux robbed of thousands of of furnishings. The! he said, were known as the Tiver ng,” “chateau gang,” “jewelry gang,” and other designations denot- | ng their specialty. One French count 5,000 through the hateau gang.” river gang,” he testified, made | a practice of using women to luré the victim to robbery. All the thugs, he said, were arrested by the military | prlice and are now serving sentences ! of two fifteen vears. Despite the} character of the men with whom they had to deal, he said, all “M. P.s” in} the area were ordered not to strixe | | night. j ters each this season. Heaviest Christmas McILIE History More Than 16,000,000 Pisces Handled In New York In the ! Last Two Days—Femininz Santa For Wounded Sol-| diers. New York, Dec. 24—The heaviest Christmas mails, in the history of the New York postoffice were reported to- More than 16,000,000 pieces have been handled here in the last two days and there has bLeen no hitch or congestion. Foreign as well as doraestic mail has shown a full 100 per cent. increase for the holidays, with records broken for numbers of pieces outgoing and in- | coming, money orders bought and] cashed, value of insured matter and registered parcels. Nothing like the; volume of:business ever has been re- ported before in any postoffice on the American continent, it was said. Registered Christmas mail alone showed an increase of 200 per cent. in the New Ycrk postoffice and the ave- rage number of money orders paid here daily this week has been 80,000. Steamers arriving from FEurope are bringing an average of 1.500,000 let- Christmas and New Year's cards| have increased sixty per cent. over| other Yuletides, it was announced. MAYOR HYLAN’'S “CHRISTMAS | GREETING” TO CONSTITUENTS New York, Dec. 24.—In a “Christ-| mas greeting” to the people of New York, issued tonight, Mayor Hylan de- clared that “never was there a time | when capable leaders weré so urgent- | 1y needed as at the present” when “the | world is groping its way through devi- ous national paths.” He pointed out that “alien firebrands with their rev- olutionary doctrines” are rapidly- be- ing deported “and will no longer have an opportunity to poliute the free breezes of America.” “Let us bind up the wounds of the nations” the mayor urged, 'and so York. The nation's metropolis, enjoy- ing a tide of prosperity unequaiied in its history, will witness the climax to- morrow of a. series of children's enter- tainments on a more giginiic scale than was ever even contemplated in bygone years. At the various headquarters of New York's hundred and one welfarc and patriotic organizations it was open house for children from early ‘his morning and will remain open house urtil long after the tired reind.cr of Santa Claus have reached their Ar:tic stable. tomorrow. Hundreds of thou- sands of dollars have been raised to that Santa may be a reality and not a dream to the vast multitude of chil- dren who live In New York's great tenement districts’ on the Bast e and in Brooklyn. Santa’s white whis- kers and red coat will be visible ev- erywhere in Greater New York to- morrow. He will be nresent in every one of the scores of branches of the Y. M. C. A. the Salvation Arm~ and kindred organizations, where literal mountains of ‘toys and candy were piled tonight, while an army of cooks prepared Christmas dinners for the children of the city’s poor. A French mission to Brazil com- prising 20 officers is preparing to sail for Rio Janeiro to help reorganize the Brazilian army. During the month ended December 10 gold exports from the United States totaled $58,000,000, comparcd with $4,500,000 imports. Pope Benedict intends to buy two airplanes of the latest type for use of special diplomatic couriers. The planes will also be used by the 1\'pe. French Cabinet approved a bill for introduction in the Chamber of Depu- ties providing for temporary increases in both passenger and. freight ,.r:l.tes. Princess Hans von Ratibor, motoring at Breslau, was shot in the arm by an assailant, who escaped, acording to word received in Berlin. A band of armed men, taking the way works at Lisduff County Cavan, sives. Police captains in Brooklyn will H present tomorrow tove, shoes and|, L9 derome Slocum, better known clothing £01.000" children from e |2 7CF Htman “and (Wl jmown poorer sections of the horough, select- T ed through an organized canvass of the precincts by the bluecoats. In one Manhattan district today similar gifts were distributed to 1,500 children chosen by the police on a like plan. One of the bigzest celebrations plan- ned for tomorrow for need- little ones will be the result of a fund of °~ 400 contributed by employes of the Toad | Shipyard corporation. With this sum about 5000 children from Brooklvn's conzested districts will be entertained a tthe shipyard and an cffort will' be made to provide every little one who needs clothes wit ha complete new outfit. disease. At a meeting of the coal situation and. railroad matters were discussed. Secretary -Lansing declared the entire coal situation was gone over. Cabinet the German delegation at Paris has de- cided not to return to Berlin to con- sult the government over the terms man note. Mayor Hylan believes the demand jfor a 25 per cent. increase in fages by Interborough Rapid Transit em- ployes is only subterfuge to win in- creased fares. HOME MADE WHISKEY COST $6 PER GALLON; SOLD FOR $100| New York, Dec. 24—Four men were arrested tonight in a raid by federal agents in a Brooklyn liquor,store which was declated to be doing a rushing holiday ‘business in home made whiskey. Five barrels of alco- hol were seized and a quantity of the whiskey which, according to the agents, was manufactured out of raw aleohol, brown sugar and water. The place was crowded with cus- tomers when the raid was made, and were purc] ing the liquor in bottles and demijohns at prices ranging from $75 to $100 a gallon. Federal officials said the cost of the “whiskey” to the manufacturers did not exceed $6 ai gallon. Information in regard to the place was received by the department of justice in a letter from a little school girl who said that her father was constantly intoxicated and sick as a result of drinking liquer bought at the store. SAYS ANNOUNCEMENT IS SATISFACTORY TO RAILROADS American consul reported to the [7:- | partment of Commerce exports of the United States consigned to Australia are seriously endangered because of the exchange situation. A royal proclamation issued by Eng- land granted amnesty to political of- fenders in India and created a cham- ber of princes. The Prince of Wales will inaugurate the chamber. Edward Shortt, British secretary of state for home affairs, announced in Commons the government decided to abandon a contemplated scheme for formation of ‘“citizen guards.” British mission in New York made arrangements by which England is assured of securing a regular supply of bacon of good quality at prices based on actual cost of hogs. Tobacco Products Export Corp. authorized at a special meeting an in- crease of $250,000 in the stated capital of the company and authorized an Philadglphia, Dec. 24—Thomas De-|issue of 50,000 shares of stock. witt Cuyler, a director of the Pennsyl- vania railroad and chairman of the As- sociation of RAllway Executives, re- presenting virtually all the.important railroads of the country, said tonight! the president’s announcement regard- ed to verify the remort 'that Dejalai Bey, former Turkish consul general in New York, and his wife have been murdered by revolutionists in Buda- ing the return of the roads to their|Dest. owners on March 1, is “admirable in its tone and substance and is entirely| Stockholders of the Boston and satisfactory to th railroads.” ler's statement follows: “The president’s statement is admir- able in its tone and substance and is entirely satisfactory to the railroad companies. They will be fully prepar- ed and organized to take over their properties. I entertain no doubt but that by March 1 congress will have enacted a sound and constructive law or the protection of the railroads and the public alike.” Maine Railrogd approved plan of is- suing $2,273,000 in bonds to be used to take up an equal amount of bonds issued to the Director General of Railroads. Mr, Cuy- Governor Smith in a communica- tion to Council of Farms and Markets, recommended removal of Charles S. and Dr. Porter as commissioner of foods and markets. 8ir Henry Drayton, Minister of Fi- NORTHEASTERN FRANCE { nance, met the council of the Montreal IS FLOODED BY RAINS|Board of Trade to discuss the high /i premium,on New York funds which is Paris, ‘Dec. 24—Ifeavy continuing| working considerable hardship on im-' rains have flooded the rivers in the porters of American goods. northeastern section of France, caus- ing the factories at Remiremont to shut down and rising above the bridges at Belford, cutting the roads and interrupting wire communication. M\;ch damage to propefrty has occur- red. . Yesterday the wind blew over the victory statue at Nancy, which was Two more arrests were made in dedicateq by President Poincare, Sev- | Brooklyn of the band of burglars eral fishing vessels have been wrecked { who, according to District Attorney by the storms off the north and west [ Lewis of Brooklyn, acted in concert coasts and several drownings have|with policemen in rohberies aggre- been reported. gating thousands of dollars. . President Poincare will present the Lens, Berthune and Arras. The fol- lowipg day he will present the War Cross to the city of Bapaume. while | sentries by surprise, raided the rail- | Ireland, and seized stocks of explo- | his home here in New York of heart| of the Allied reply to the last Ger- | The state department has been ask-l Wilson as commissioner of agriculture: Cross of the Legion of Honor and the War Cross on Dec. 28 to the cities of | | [ rang? had birth? the ground! Has been redeemed, and thou death cient sky, O little town of Bethlehem, And over all the nations doth has striven hearts again— men! OUR GREATEST CHRISTMAS (CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER) Was ever such a Christmas since the day the Angles sang, And music more than mortal through Judean pastures Was ever such a meaning in the cry of Peace on Earth Since the first Christmas morning when the Prince of Peace Ah, never has Good Will to Men:had such a hopeful sound Since shepherds kept their watch by night, all seated on O little town of Bethlehem, the promise of the past After two thousand years of wrong, the word that conquers " Falls like a benediction on the hills of Nazareth; Once more beneath the wondrous Star that lit thine an- They learn of war no more, and all their terror hath an end; The goal for which through blood and tears the human race Is reached—for unto us a Child is born, a Son is given! And now our song of praise rings out from brimming Glory to God on high, and peace on earth, good will to art in the Master’s fold at last! how still we see thee lie! the healing grace descend, prisoners except in self defense. | Captain Arthur J. Laurin of Brook- |line, Mass,, a- member of the military | police service assigned as a special | investigator to watch out for welfare {of prisoners in the guardhouse at the | classification camp at Le Mans, also itook the stand today. | He testified that one of the wit- |nesses for the prosecution had once | been brought before him charged with }murdoring a Frenchman, who before !he died whispered that he had been ‘assaulted by an American soldier. Laurin stated that the government ! witness in cuestion had escaped from {the guardhouse that day, that he had | been arrested while intoxicated and | with his clothes stained with blood and that he had udmitted having had a |row with a Frenchman. Laurin add- !ed, however, that as there were no | witnesses to the assault. the charge |against him was dropped. [ONE AND TWO DOLLAR BILLS ! CLEVERLY RAISED TO TEN Stamford, Conn., Dec. 24.—One and [two dollar bills cleverly raised to $10 {by the pasting of figures on the cor=- iners have been freely circulated here | the past few days. One local bank ac- cepted a number of these bills. Today {the police turned Joseoh Lombarde and Joseph Burgelonge whom they had arrested, over to the federal officers who took them to Bridgeport to be ar- raigned on the charge of counterfeit- {ing. The federa] officers say these men imay belong to a band which has been putting out these . altered bills. A {man was arrested in Waterbury whoge connections run to this band. WEALTHY MAN AMBUSHED AND |KILLED ON MICHIGAN HIGHWAY Mount Clemens, Mich., Dec. 24— With four hullet wounds in the back and_the head hadly battered, the body of J. Stanley Brown, son of the late John H. Brown, millionaire Detroit {cigar manufacturer, was found today in his automobile on a country road leading to this city, A ridg set with a 2 1-2 karat diamond, $20,000 worth of securities and a large amount’ of currency in his clothing was wundis- turbed. It is believed that he was ambushed some time during the night, but no motive for the crime has. been. ad- vanced. place in the vanguard of civilization’s triumphant army the great and glori- ous name of America.” i FEMININE SANTA CLAUS FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS NewgYork, Dec. 24.—Every wound- ed soldier who procures leave from a military hospital to go to the war camp community service’s Pershing | House here,tomorrow morning will | find two crisp one dollar bills and a littlg package hanging to the big Christmas ‘tree for him, it was an- | nounced tonight. .A feminine Santa Claus will distribute the gifts. ILLUMINATING GAS CAUSED TWO DEATHS AT BURLINGTON, vi Burlington, Vt, Dec. 24—Two wo- men were killed and twelve persons weer overcome by illuminating gns whgch escaped through a break in a main early today and penetrating a sewer made its way through drain| pipes into a half dozen residences. Mrs. Martha A. Harrington and = Mrs. George Raymond were suffocated. Seven of those overcome were taken to a hospital, but it was said tonight | that all would recover. i It is believed that additional deaths were prevented by the prompt sound- ing of an alarm to hospitals, the police and the fire departments, by two men | who were awakened by the fumes in their homes. KANSAS CITY WANTS THE DEM. NATIONAL CONVENTION } . e Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24—An ef- fort will be made by Kansas City to obtain the® democratic national con- vention for 1920, it was decided today ! at a meeting of directors of the Cham- ! ber of Commerce and representatives ! of the special campaign convention | committee. It was agreed that the city | would limit its guarantee 'fund to| $50,000. Plans will be made next Fri- day to raise $20,000 of this fund, the chamber of commerce already having guaranteed $30,000. 1000 are employed in the smalier milis INO TRACE OF BODIES IN 1 of the othrs was found in any of the 1 NDLSTRIAL RCONSTRUGTION. BENG RUSHED N FRANGE Forty Thousand Persons Are at Work In Textile Mills Whick Only a Few Months Ago Were Razed or Looted By the Germans—Government Figures Show That the Industry Has Reached Two-Fifths of Its Normal Production— Wool Industry Is Said to Be Recovering Most Rapidly. Lille, France, Dec. 24.—Forty thous- and persons are at work in the French textile mills which only a few months ago were razed or looted: by the Ger- mans of their wonderfully delicate machinery. The correspondent of the Associated ‘Press was given the facts regarding this industry today by the krench authorities who have arranged a trip to snow him the strides made by the nation in reconstruction. Within a year, government officials and manufacturers agree, production of textiles will reach half of the pre- war total, and within two years, the 1914 output will be surpassed, The wool industry is said to be re- covering most rapidly, with cotton in second place. Linen weaving is re- ported to be slowest in getting back to normal because of the snortage of flax, formerly obtained from Russia. In Liile and the adjoining cities of Roubaix and Turcoi where the tex tile manufactories are centered, it estimated 30,000 men, women and ¢! dren are now busied with combing, spinning and weaving, and about 10, tile mills of the liberated regions there were employed in August'of this year only 21,027 of the 152,948 persons al work four years ago. Reconstruction of the textile indus- try was declared by manufacturers a few months ago to be almost a hope- task. Now, however, a brighter view is being taken, and government figures show the industry has reached two-fifths of normal production. All agree that rehabilitation is proceeding more rapidly each month as the loot- eq machinery is returned from Ger- v or new installations are coming om England and the United States. Some of the equipment was mnot re- moved, but merely damaged by the s and this is being repaired. damage to the textile indus- try is estimateq by the ministry of re- construction at twenty billion franes. In this section of Irance, the heart of the industry, mills for the most part were knocked to pieces and the rest Wwere qamaged. All of the electric ma- chinery, belting, shafting and similar equipment were taken by the Ger- mans, and seven-tenths of the spin- a looms and combers were either pped to Germany or poueded inio ttter selessness. The labor problem is not at thi: time particularly embarrassing to tex- tile manufacturers. The task of re- i ng the remarkably skilled work jers, many of whom are now dead, is said to be in the way of solution be- | cause women always were largely em- 162 textile plants, compared with |ployed and they are more keen that 106,066 employed before the war in|ever for such well paid work since 265 factories, In all of the 491 tex- |many of them are widows. of nearby towns where progress is slower but is being pushed with equal vigor. Statistics compiled by the govern- ment from necessarily accurate state- ments, upon which factories are paid reconstruction indemnities, show that in the Lille district on October 1, there were 386,384 persons worki ANOTHER LEGAL ATTACK MADE ON PROHIBITION Trenton, N, J. Dec. 24—Another legal attack on prohibition was launch- ed here today when Elihu Root, as chief counsel for Christian Feigenspa2, a brewing corporation, filed a bill 4 € complaint in the United States distria: court asking for an injunction restrain- ing United States District Attorney Bodine and Charles Duffy, collector of internal, revenue, from enforcing the prohibition law. - The. bill declares that both the Volstead act and the eight- eenth amendment are unconstitutional. RUINS OF MIDDLETOWN FIRE Middletown, Conn. Dec, 24—Search of the ruins of one of the buildings ot“ the Connecticut Hospital of the Insane today revealed no trace of the bodies | of the nine men who are missing as a| result of Tuesday. night's fire. A bone| from a man’s arm was found by the searchers, who examined all of the ruins except a small portion, which was still smouldering. 'Dr. R. L. Leek, assistant superintendent of the hos- pital, expressed the opinion that the bodies of“the nine missing patients were burned to ashes. The attack on the eighteenth amend- Of fifty-three patients in the bui!d»‘ment is based on the ground that 'it ing, twelve ‘were reported missing im- | deals with a subject outside any power mediately after the fire, but three of |sranted to congress, is a_ violation of them were located early today. None|the tenth amendment in regard to states’ rights and is, in fact, not an amendment to the constitution ‘but “mere legislation”. It is also claimed that the amendment is null and void because two thirds of the members of congress did not by joint resolution. or otherwise declare that they deemed it necessary. Such action by congress, Mr. Root argued, is a condition pre- cedent to any amendment according to Article V of the United States Consti- tution. The Volstead law is brought under fire on the ground that it takes away private property without compensa- tion and also that it arbitrarily classi- fies as intoxicants “liquors which are uot in fact intoxicating.” hospital buildings or.in nearby farm- | houses and Superintendent Haviland said he did not believe they could have wandered further awa The destroyed buildi story wooden structure and .burned wiftly. The patients showed no pan- ic, it is said, and, several carried out| pieces of furniture. There was only| one attendant in the building and he aroused the inmates. Coroner Stephen B. Davis has not announced whether he will hold an in- quest. i JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER GIVES $100,000,000 CHRISTMAS PRESENT New York, Dee. 24.—John D. Rocke- | feller today gave to mankind a Christmas present of SIOO,OOO.OOOEhaIf to the General Education Board to n: raise the salaries of college professors | o Jontoo" Pi- Dee. 2b--Dynamite and half to the Rockefeller Foundation { {jo"giuay at the parsonage of St. * to aid in its work of combatting dis- | ;i Roman Catholic church, Fifth ave. gase though lppraveniont o medical|;,ue ‘ana Power street, tonight wreck- education, public hea! administra- & % Hons fan Soctoniine f tosgaroh TS es-ve(fl the study and damaged the portico timated that Mr. Rockefeller's public |0f the building only a few 'minutes gifts now approximate $450,000,000. ‘?)fler the pastor, the Rev. Father B. While leving to the General Edu- |Dembinski, one of the best known cation Board the task of selecting the | Priesis of the Altoona diocese, had left colleges which shall receive awards|the room. for their teaching staffs and the! Several arrests were mad on sus- amount each is to receive. Mr. Rock- | Picion and Johnstown police, state con- efeller urged that the principal as well |Stabulary and county officers are run- as the income be used “as promptly |ning down clues to the authors of and largely as may seem wise.” numerous threatening letters sent to It is known that for a long time Mr. | Father Dembenski within the last three Rockefeller has been interested in the | months. Father Dembenski has in his problem of aiding teachers in-: the|congregation more than 1,000 Poles, country’s higher institutions of learn- {most of whom were involved in the i in meeting the increasing cost of ' steel sirik He frankly advised them Among the 600 colleges in the |to return to work before the movement was a. three ® PARSONAGE DYNAMITED AT JOHNSTOWN, PA. { United States, campaigns are underjback to the mills was well begun and way to raise approximately $150,000,- he has publicly denounced a few. un- 000 for this purpose, and while in mak- | American radicais among the farge ing his gifts Mr. Rockefeller does not | foreign element here. specify ustitutions receiving a share| No one was injured by the explosion, shall contribute a sum themselves, this | whjch sufficient force to break has been the great practice of thelarge pieces out of the hard stone wine General Education Board. e of the hard stone wi: SERIOUS BRITISH LOSSES IN FIGHTING IN INDIA| | BODY OF SIR JOHN ALCOCK TO BE BURIED IN MANCHESTER London, Dec. 24. London, Dec. -24-—Serious losses are officially reported Dritish in fight-1| The remains of Sir John Alcock. who gied December ing in India. -Two British units of! ) n Alcock. who gied Decemb young troops, which had already suf-|1% at g;zue“:la1::f:flnzn1u;;§§he:1ece;;:.: fered considerable casualties, were at-| (GG Bl Waermane crashed near tacked on Decemeber 19 by Mahsuds| and Waziris, holding strong positions | in the hills. The British wavered un-| . o rekbal der severe losses and then retired, but| {2AYeYed, 0 Manchester lomorrow for made a successful attack against the; al services at the cathedral. positions next day. Ta Fapes Indian advices say ‘that aftor the|ina foliowing meseager = 28 sent setback sustained by the Derajat col-| “please convey to Si umn on the 19th’ the advance was con- | family our decpest - condolences and tinued. = Severe fighting took place onjexpress on bebalf of the American ne- the 21st, in whi ronautical world our realization of the ties were 58 killed and missing, includ- | creat anq irrcparable loss. we have ing two British officers, and 22 nined® wounded, including eight British offi cers. . The ‘Mahsuds suffered heavil The British regained the lost pos: tion on December 22 without opposi- tion. here today. The body will be depos- ited in the Marylebone Chapel and John Alcock’s BURGLARS MADE $2.000 ‘ HAUL AT GREENWICH in the ho treasur DE VALERA TO VISIT F BRIDGEPORT JANUARY 2/ LEL i i Bridgeport. Dec. 24—A telegram ! from Frank P. Walsh received today { stated that Bridgeport had been se- | lected as the place for the Connecti- | cut- visit and January 2, the date, of | Eamon De Valera, who is touring the | United States in the cause of Irish in- dependence. at the time were. exami iecting articles from the 1 Outside the cap and house ppers. a FINED $200 AND COSTS FOR SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY. ARRIVAL AT HALIFAX OF CREW OF GREEK STEAMER PLATEA SALVATION ARMY HAS SUGAR FOR THE NEEDY IN CONCORD Concord, N. H., Dec. 24—The local Salvation Army .corps announced to- day that it had secured a supply of sugar- and would put a_ one-pound package in all Christmas baskets to be sent to the needy of this city. Halifax, N. S, Dec. 14—The Lady| New Britain, - Dec. 24 — William Laurier arrived in port today carrving | Zimatravich, a saloonkeeper, was fined the officers and crew of - the Greek|$200 and costs in police court this steamer Platea, which went ashore on|morning for selling liquor on Sunday. Sable Island two months ago. He was arrested last Sunday when the The crew had remained on the isl- | police raided the cellar of his safe and and in the hope that the ship would | found him catering to the desires of be refloated, sveral thirsty patrons. % $