Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 22, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 20 POPULATION 29,919 1 _+ NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1920 10 PAGES—80 COLUMNS dential Nature”—Major of the Marine Corps, Jssue With Admiral Sims, Stating There Was No Need For Promulgation by Secretary Daniels of a Defmlle Policy on Naval Awards—Rear Admiral Grant Says His Recommendations Were iels. ngton, Jan. 21.—The naval ation award controversy twice hed the floor of the senate today, forth bitter debate, vestizating sub-committee nquiry with Major Gen- George Barnett, commandant of e corps, and Rear Admiral time commander of ip -force of the At- as witnesses. 5 firsi_ reached the \ Senator Walsh, demo- introduced - a _resolu- Admiral William recent testimony before ub-committee in s 40 % A capnn o = s of the most | nature,” the senator said, before the world. After debate, on objection of Senator of Massachusetts, republican Jeader, the resolution went over. Later the dispute bobbed ug§ when Senator Hitehcock of Nabraska, act- ing democratic leader, aided by Sena- tor P n of Nevada, demoeratic memb e investigating commit- tee. cor cessful filibuster i L s resolutjon ol Senator Hale hairman of the committee, he committee employ coun- he two democratic sena- terrupted the debate to was evident that a fil- in progress, he would motion for immediate resolution thereup went called up later, probably tomorrow ACRIMONY IN SENATE OVER NAVAL AWARD CONTROVERS Bitter Debate Developed When Senator Walsh Resolution Criticising Admiral Sims For Testimony Disclosing “Instructions of the Most Introduced a His Recent Confi- General Barnett, Commander Before the Sub-Committee, Took|inciuding_automobile stealing. Disregarded by Secretlry Dan- Pending further action by the sen- ate on his resolution, Chairman Hale adjourned hearings of the sub-com- mittee late in the day until Friday, when Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, head of the board which passed an | me recommendations before their subfnission to Secretary Daniels will be heard. General Barnett fn his testimony be- fore the sub-committee took issue with Admiral Sims, saying that there va#- no need for promulzation by ite policy ! Admiral i 4 st author- E decorations, the marine lcox, 5 3 .uciently to guide commanding officers in | selecting men {0 be rewarded. Al-| though he expressed, regret to the maval secretary taat all his recom- mendations were not favorably con- sidered, General Barnett told the com- mittee he accepted the reply of Mr. Daniels that the line had to be drawn somewhere to uphold the value of the decorations. Declaring that Thomas A. Ei contrary to popular belief, had to do” with the perfection marine detecting war, Rear Admiral Grant told . the committee that two young officers on his staff, Commander C. S. McDow- ell and Lieutenant Commander Miles Libbey, were largely responsible for| the successful development of the ap- | paratus. The admiral said he recom- | mended both officers for navy crosses but that they did not receive the awards. little of sub- devices during the RECEPTION FOR DELEGATES AT PAN-AMERICAN UNION an. 21.—Delegates to n financial congress completed today their intensive study of particular- national problems as carried on in group sessions with American_business men acting as ad- visers and tonight they were _the guests of Secretary of State and: Mrs. Lansing at an official reception at the Pan-American Union, The national groupf conferences in a. number of adopted resolutions directly or indirectly recommending to American -bankers the granting of loans to South American republics, Dr. Luis Borji, financial minister of Ecuador, reported to and wbtalned adoption’ by his national group of a for the refunding of the entire al and external debt of the coun- 3 olving $50,000,000, and for the supplying of a furplus to be used in railroad eonstruction. Nicaraguan delegates asked for ‘a Joan of $5,000,000 to complete railroad lines now under construction, and the Bolivian representatives in addition to @ loan asked vesterday for railroads, suggested that further financing be at- tempted by United States bankers, for ftary and transporetation im- provements within the country. The Cuban delegation reported un- paraileled prosperity within the is- land, a favorable trade balante of $200.000,080 in 1919, and a national budget of expenses less than the to- tal raised by taxation. The only fear expressed by the Cubans was the pos- &il of a fall in the present prices ©of sugar, and to avert that the general congress will be asked to oppose any Special granting of sugar bounties in Pan-American countries. Removal of restrictions on tourist travel also was asked he Cubans. NEW OUTE;EAK OF TYPHUS AMONG RUSSIAN REFUGEES Riga, Jan. 21.—There has been a mew outrbeak og typhus among the thousands of Russian refugees gath- ered near Narva, 100 miles east of Petrograd. More than 2,000 cases are reported in that vicinity. The epi- demic is complicated by the, preva- Jence of influenza and dysentary, The total number of cases of the three diseases under the care of the Ameri- can Hed Cross is nearly 15.000. The Red Cross is mobilizing a large nantity of disinfectants and will re- e twenty doctors from Parls, as there are only thirty Russian doctors ia Narva. A mild form of typhus has been prevalent for some time but the efforts to stamp it out were hin- dered by the shortage of medical sup- lies. It suddenly became violent in orm ten days ago. TO PREVENT RECURRENCE OF ROWDYISM AT TRINITY Hartford, Jan. —Conservative tindergraduates at Trinity college to- day started 3 movement to prevent a recurrence of what they term the “rowdyism” of a largs number of members of tne student body on the collecs campas Tuesday night when one of the faculty members, Prof. Odell Shepard, was burned in effigy. The affair followed the announcement that Prof. Edward F. Humphrey- had been asked to resign, and a_protest on the part of the students in mass oass meeting Tuesday afternoon. Tp to this afternoon no action had been taken by Acting President Henry A Perkins and the faculty on the campus incident. No reference was made to it at moming chapel service, BIXTY-THREE NEW CASES OF garding the return of the i INFLUENZA IN THE STATE| American soldiers i | =it as been sent to France, Hartford, Jan. 21—Sixty-three new| Porter, of the house rnfpigshaa‘;!‘:iar:' cases of influenza for the first three | “imittee, was advised today by day= of this week have been reported | Secrefary Lansing, No announcement to the state department of health.!of tha conitents of the will be Forty-three were from Walerbury,| > "~ 1= T acipo il Am- five from Farmington, seven from' bassador Wallace presented it to| New Britain, three each from Green- wich and Bristol, and one each from New Canaan and Rockville, Or. Black, state commissioner of public health, does not believe the in- crease in new cases this wek, nor the situation in Chicago is evidence that there is likely to be a recurrence of epidemic in this state. He advises ever, reatomable precautions nst the spreading of the disease, - = - - DEFENDS WHOLESOMENESS OF SPANISH GREEN OLIVES New York, Jan. 21—Recent deaths in New York from bacillus botulinus poisoning caused by eating improper- Iy sterilizeq domesti¢ ripe olives. h s worked an_injustice upon packers. of Spanish green olives, according to | Frank Golden, president of an import- 1ing company. 1 “Olives, or what most know as olives—the Spanish green alives—were not the cause nor have they ever been the cause of iliness or ‘death,” said a statement by Mr. Gulden today. “Ior over eighty years the consumer in the United States has enjoyed the Spanish green olive as a relish. In Spain the green olive has been an im. portant food for centuries without causing one single case of illness. “Experts familiar with food and its preservation will testify that Spanish green olives are wholesome and anj absolutely safe relish.” MRS. WOODROW WILSO?ON COMMITTEE OF 250 WOM&at New York, Jan., 21.—Mrs. Wiodrow Wilson, Mrs. Robert Lansing and Mrs. Josephus Daniels have accepted places on a committee of 250 women. who wil Thave charge of arrangements for an Interchurch ¥World Movement Con- ference to be held in Washington Feb- ruary 7, 8 and 9, it was announced to- night. The announced purpose .of the con- ference is to bring together women prominent in social, club, business, ed- ucational, philanthropic, missionary and religious activities' who have ‘not hitherto been associated to interpret to them the Interchurch World Move- ment. Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery of Rochester, N. Y., wil be chairman of the conference and Mrs. Paul Ray- mond of San Francisco, secretary. consumers | INCREASE IN VALUE OF MUSKRAT SKINS Burlington, Vt., Jan. 21.—The lowly muskrat has been further advanced as an animal of high degree as & result of fur sales here. Milady's increasing fancy for the rodent's fur has sent its price to a new high record. The skins, Wwhich a few years ago boys sold for 15 or 16 cents apiece to obtain pocket money, were sold at $4.50 each. This price was paid for a lot of 11.000 skins and applied to good pelts'and bad pelts alike. First sales this winter were at $2.75 each; a year ago the price was $1.80. Other furs sold far beyond former values, but without the excep- tional advance of the muskrat skins. All the furs were secpred in Vermont and northern New York. DECREASE IN “FLU" CASES AT LAKES NAVAL STATION Great Lakes, Ills., Jan. 21.—Influenza cases at Great Lakes naval training station decresed one-half ‘for the 24 hour period ending at noon today, as compared with the number reported for the previous twenty-four hours. Sixty additional cases were report- ed at the station at noon today against 118 for the previous day. Deaths for the 24 hour period num- bered four, bringing the total fatali- ties since fhe outbreak of the epi- demic to 11, There are now 924 in- influenza and pneumonia cases under treatment at the station. NOTE SENT TO FRANCE ABOUT RETURN OF BODIES ‘Washington, Jan. 21 A note re- GIRL FATALLY BURNED AT PIEDMONT COLLEGE Demorest, Ga., Jan. 21.—Miss Flor- ence Weel of Atlanta was burned fatally and half a dozen other girls received injuries in a fire which.today destroved Mary J, Green hall of Pled- mont coliege. > ! Rizzio and Joseph DeGruttola, a few tinuing. Asquith to Run for Parliament. | London, Jan. 21.—Ex-Premier Her- bert H. Asquith seeks to return to parliament through the bye-election in the Paisley constituency arising out of the death of Sir J. McCallum. FORMER ARMY AVIATOR ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY Philadelphia, Jan. 2L—A former army aviator who .gave his name as Edward C. Crampton, but said by the police_to be Irving Wilson, of Brook- line, Mass, is under arrest here chatgea With a postofice robbery and, according to the police, is wanted in other cities for various alleged crimes, Henry H. Farley, a lawyer, inform- ed the police magistrate who commit- ted Crampton without bail, that he had been retained by the' young man’ family to look after his interests in the belief he ig mentally irresponsi- ble due to injuries recgived in an air- plane fall at Fort Worth, Texas, dur- ing the war. In the Bucks county jail at Doyles- town is a 19-year-old girl said to be Crampton’s wife. She is- being held pending action by the federal authori- ties, according to the police. TO GIVE OPINION ON SALE OF MINING AND OiL STOCK Hartford,. Jan. 21—Bank Commis- sioner Everett J. Sturges was in_con- ference with Atforney General Healy this afternoon on phares of sales of mining and oil stock in Connecticut which are believed to be illegal. It was expéeted that the attorney gen- eral would give an opinion in Wwriting to Mit. Sturgis on Thursday or Friday. If viclation of the law is found M. Healy has asserted the state police will be asked to conduct an investiga- tion, Major John N. Brooks of Torring- ton, the bank commissioner's special investigator, saig today that he was ready to go on his trip to Kentucky and Oklahoma for imvestigation of oil properties “within forty-cight hours.” The companies which are to be investigateq must pay the cost of the investigation and the major is whniting for the cash honds which three of the companies have informed him they are forwarding. FAKE OFFICERS LINED UP TEN MEN IN A BARROOM Stamford, Jan. 21.—After lining up ten men in a barroom and threatening to 'shoot them if they disobeyed, i'rank minutes later were themselves held up and arrested by police, last night. The men in court today were fined $23 each charged with impersonating rev- enue officers. In an intoxicated con- dition the men went into a saloon, an- nounced they were officers, stood men there up against a wall and were helping themselves to liquor behind the bar when local officers came in and completed the incident. 5-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED HIS MOTHER WITH SHOTGUN Shelton, Jan, 21.—Mrs. Mary Ton- Xkilled by a charge of small shot from @ gun handled by her five-year-old eon, George, . late yesterday. family live in the Wells Hollow dis- triet. Mrs. Jondrok was at- her sew- ing machine when the child, taking a gun which stood behind a door, ap- proached her, although she did not see him. When five feet away the child vulled the trigger of the weapon and the shot shattered the mother’s skull. Coroner Phalen will come here tomor- row for.an inquiry. MEXICAN AUTHO;TIES——‘ CAPTURE MURDER SUSPECTS Washington, Jan. 21.—Mesican au- thorities in the Tampico district have reported the capture of the persons suspected of the murder of P. J., Roo- ney and Earl Bowles, American citi- zens, a ndof two probable accomplices according to information furnished the American_embassy at Mexico City by the Mexican foreign office in a note dated Jan. 17. In advising the state department of this today, the embassy said the Mex- ican authorities reparted that a care- ful investigation of the case was con- BOOK AGENT IN ARMY UNIFORM MADE $40 A DAY New York, Jan. 21.—Begging and selling a book called “Echoes from Over There” while in army uniform netted Leon Siegell as high as 340 a day and enabled him to put $5,000 in the bank in the last three months, he admitted in the Yorkville court today. Although he had served only three months in a Maryland training camp, he stuck to his uniform and_his ‘lu- crative business' affer his discharge, he said. explaining that he could find no vegular employment. He was sen- tenced to three months in the work- house. REPORT OF 200,000 TROOPS FOR CAUCASUS UNFOUNDED Tondon, Jan. 21.—Officials today de- Clined to commment on the newspaper reports from Paris that the supreme council would send 200,000 troops to the Caucasus to oppose the bolsheviki. It was said that no official word rel- ative to the matter had ‘ben received from the peace conference. “The - general attitude of the news:. papers seems to be to refrain from ed. itorially commenting on the report un- til further information has been re- ceived. STEAMER AIRLIE CALLS FOR IMI®EDIATE ASSIETANCE Bostdn, Jan. 21.—Immediate assist~ ance was asked by the wooden steam- er Airlie of ‘the Shipping Board fleet, in a wireless message received here today. Her position was given as latitude 39.58 north, longitude §9.25 west, or about 350 miles southeast of New York. The message said that the steamer was unable to steer a course in the heavy seas and strong west to northwest winds. The Airlie reported yesterday that she was leaking an had lost all her excess coal. DAMAGE IN NAUGATUCK BY BURSTING FLYWHEEL Naugatuek, Jan. 21.—A large fly- wheel in the engin room of the Good- Metallic Rubber Company, burst afternoon, after one of the en= gines ran’ wild. Fragments went through three floors and through the | side of the building. James Hanley, engineer, was hit by a fragment as he was working on the governor, and had to be sent tc the Waterbury hos- pital. Horace Higgins, at work on the second floor, had a rib broken. The plant shut down. i It is usually the blunt man whe 8ays the sharpest things, British Demand Bills Fall to $3.60 3-4—German Mark is Quoted Under 1 1-2 - Cents. New York, Jan. 21.—Utter collapse and demoralization overtook the for- eign exchange market today, result- ing in mew low records for British, French, Italian and various other Eu- ropean remittances. : The rate for British demand L fell to $3.60 3-4, or 3 1-W ™ its previous minimum, a checks, lires and Belgian francs broks in_corresponding or greater degree. Dealers in exchange were again in- clined to attribute today’s coliapse to such well known and long existing conditions as' the unfayorable trade balances against almo eign centers and the, failure of ithe United States senate . to: ratify ' the peace treaty. SRpes A 7 " In ‘other quarters, where the situ- ation has given rise-to increased mis- givings, foday's slump was more di- Tectly associated with the process of “deflation,” dug to.the stringent credit conditions’ demanded by the ~federal reserve board. : The latest reversal in exchange is believed tohear close relation to the policy recently -inaugurated by the central bapk, which aims to reduce all unnecessary credits. It is understood that many financial institutions, banking houses and in- dividuals have been holding large amounts of exchange, fhereby tving up enormous sums of cash. Today's liquidation and that which is expected to follow will have the effect of turn- ing frozen credit into liquid form. Trustworthy reports agree that there has been much speculation in foreign exchange and drastic_overhauling of this situation is deemed essential to help stabilize domestic monetary con- ditidns, Francs, with a normal or pre-war value of about 19 cents, fel lto the point where it took almost twelve to purchmse an American doilar, while lires pr Italian exchange, ordinarily on a parity with French quotations, drop- ped to a level where almost fourteen were required to equal the American dollar. No important form of exchanges, not even rubles, which are only nominai- ly quoted at 4 1-2 to 4 3-4 cents, against the pre-war quétation of 51 1-2 cents, has suffered as much as the German mark. Quoted before the war at 23 1-3 cests, the mark today dwindled to slightly under 1 1-2 cents. 8w STATISTICS OF INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC IN CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. 21.—For the first time during the present epidemic, influenza deaths surpassed deaths from pneu- jmonia, when 61 deaths rere reported from influenza in the past twenty- four hours. B Uenza 2,008; new. cases. of pneumonia. 181: deaths. from influenza 61; deaths from pneu- monia; 21. Tuesday and . Wednesday establish- ed a record for deaths from influenza this year, but Dr. Robertson ‘continu-i ed to advise calm, declaring that the farther the epidemic goes, the more definitely the mild character of the disease is proved. The searcity of nurses became less acute today, Dr. Robertson said, when 100-nurses from the Visiting Nurses’ association co-operated with the eigh- ty municipal tuberculosis sanitarium nurses. All the calls which had ac- cumulated were disposed of by the combined forces. Ton. Health ~ Commissioner Robertson drok, 29, mother of four children, wuréflg,: publ; e figures late GEN. SEMENOFF ASSUMES RULERSHIP OF SIBERIA Harbin, Manchuria, Saturday, Jan. 17.—General emenoff, commander-in- chief of the all-Russian armies, has issued a proclamation declaring that he has assumed the supreme rulership of SibéMa According to General Semenoff's representative here, this assumption of supreme power is only temporary and is due to the fact that the whereabouts of Admiral Kolchak is unknown. The proclamation is addressed to all Atamans of the Cossacks and _the garrison commanders of General Hor- vath, head of the all-Russian forces in eastern Siberta. Sl R BRITISH NOT SENDING BIG FORCE TO CAUCASUS Paris, Jan. 21’ (Havas).—Reports that large expeditionary forces are to be sent into the Caucasus by the British are ot given credence by the Temps. The newspaper says-it is assired that the project cortemplates. sending only a few instruction units and especially material for the peoples of the Cau- casus _whose independénce recently hasDbeen recognized. Such aid. Jt Is stated, would enable these populations to fight the menace of 2 bolsheviki in- vation. WOULD SAFEGUARD PUBLIC WITH PURE FABRIC LAWS Salt Lake City. Utah, Jan. 21.—Pure fabric Jaws similar to the pure food laws, requiring svecific labeling of the materlals that make up the fabric, were advocated today by Alesander Walker, New York manufacturer. in an address before -the National Wool Growers’ convention here today on the subject “Substitutes for Wool.” Taking as a basis for his address a plea for a saquare. deal for the wool growers, Mr. Walker denounced the practice of fabric manufacturers in “camouflaging under an all-wool name fabrics that are 2 combination of vir- gin wool and shoddy.” DEMOCRAT FORMS A NEW CABINET FOR PORTUGAL Lisben, Jan. 21 (Havas) —Former | Premier 'Domengos Pereira, a demo- rat, has formed a new cabinet with former Minister Meldo ‘Barretto as minister of foreign affairs. Premier Pereira.and his cahinet succeeds the Costa ministry. which re- signed on Jan. 20 after a brief exist- ence. Senhor Perefra was appoinetd vremier and minister of the interior on March 0. 1919. He was snccce@ad by Senhor Cadorso, whose cabinet quit on Jan. '10." Senhor Barretto was ap- nointed on June 28. 1914, as minister of foreign affairs in the Cadorso cabinet. MADAME SHUMANN-HEINK REPO‘RTED CONVALESCING ‘San Diego, C I Jan. 21.—Mag Ernestine Schumann-Heink, who has been seriously ill at her home - at Grossmont. near here, with pneumon fa, was reported improved today, fa: Perennial Candidate Say s| They Must Conform to His Wishes or Suffer Ostra- cism. Norfolk, Va., Jan, 21.—William Jen- nings Bryan, speaking here today un- dér the auspices of the Anti-Saloon League of America, declared that he would oppose any movement to bring about the selection of Governor Ed- ward I. Edwards of New Jersey as the ?;‘{l‘;ocmtic nominee for president in The former secretary of state also sserted that if the address made by Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee, at the dinner held last night in Newark in honor of the newly inaugurated New Jersey: executive correctly expressed the chairman’s attitude, he would op- pose him for chairman of the national committee. “Bdwards has picked out my own state, Nebraska, to launch his cam- paign in,” declared Mr. Bryan. “But if Nebraska instructs for Edwards, I'll never be a delegate to the national convention.” Referring to the address made by Chairman Cummings, Mr. Bryan said: “If that is Cummings’ attitude, he'll never' be chairman of the democratie committee again if I can help it.” Following an eloquent appeal for support of the Anti-Saloon League, he digressed to say: “Twenty-four years ago, I éommenc- 2 for president,” and laugh- ed running ter_followed. neteen hundred years ago,” he added, “the wise men came from the east. And New York editors think they are still coming. No reform ever rtarted in New York and they can have no faith in reform of any kind." BRYAN CONTINUES, HIS ATTACK ON CUMMINGS Richmond, Va., Jan. 21.—William Jennings Bryan in_an address here ‘ht continued the attack against Homer S. Cummings, chairman of the democratic national committee, which the former secretary of state inaugu- rated in a day address at Norfolk. Referring to Chairman _Cummings’ attendance at an inaugural dinner for Governor Edwards of New Jersey last night in Newark, Mr. Bryan declared lthat Cummings must either separate from the New Jersey executive or re- sign as head of the democratic na- tional committee. “The democratic party” said Mr. Bryan, “is t00 near me to ever con- sent. to have it$ interests allied with those of the liauor interests” Bryan scored Governor Edwards for his stand on the pronhibition question and flayed Cummings for what he termed the chairman’'s apparent sup- port of the New Jersey governor. “The democratic party is too near and dear to me to allow meito let it be buried with the Tiquor.:interests® | declared Mr.-Bryan. It T am elected. a delezate to the national convention and my state instructs me to vote for Mr. Bdwards, I will refuse to serve, ¥ won't join with Mr. Edwards in frying to furn the democratic party over to the liquor- interests. “If the chairman,” he continued, re- erring to Mr. Cummings, “has not sense enough to know better than to join in a boom for a cgndidate like that, he hasn’t sense enough to be on_the committee.” Mr. Bryan took a fling at Edwards again when he referred to reports that Edwards had ‘announced his _candi- dacy for president in Nebraska and Virginia ’ “I don’t know why Mr. Edwards announce his went to Nebraska to candidacy” he sai nless he wanted a hot fight."And if he did, he sure came to the right place. If Edwards comes down here, I want you to be ready for him.” 2 Assertinig that the liquor interests | wers poing to take the fight against natienwide prohibition into politics and try to elect a “wet” president on a “wet” platform the former secretary of state announced he could bring ev- idence to prove his statements. CUMMINGS DENIES PLOT TO RAISE $20,000,000 FUND Washington, Jan. 21.—Chairman ‘ummings of the democratic nation- al committee today made public a letter to the editors of the New York Tribune denying statements in that newspaper that the committee plan- ned “to raise a fund of $20,000,000 for ‘this year's presidentlal campaign.” “Af no time and, under no circum- stances,’ said Mr. Cummings, “has the chairman of the democratic na- tional committee or anyone else au- thorized to speak for the financial de- partment of the committee, made any statement indicating that it was the purpose ‘of the - democratic national committee to raise a fund of $20,000,- 000 for this year's presidential ca paign. Such a fung could not:be and could mot be properly used if raised. Our purposes have been plain and . unmistakable. We seek only enough campaign’ contributions to en able us to conduct a legitimate cam paign and- to present-our cause ade- quately to the people. -Tt.is very that effective campaign work more expensive this year than during any previous year in our poi tory. This will be due mot only to the higher cost of printing, distribu- tion and clerical assistance, but also because of ‘the enormous increase in the voting population, growing out of the granting of suffrage to women. 1 see nothing improper in figancing the campaign of a poiitical party through popular subscriptions. Surely, it is far better than to attempt such work through the contributions of a few.” ANXIETY FELT ABOUT TRANSPORT POWHATAN Halifax, 8., Jan. 21.—Amxiety was felt in marine circies tonight for the safety of the United States army transport Powhatan and her 371 pas- sengers after a wireless message was veceived from Captain Travis of the Canadian government steamship Lady raised. Laurier, stating that his vessel was alongside tho transport and that weather conditions were bad. The brief radio sald: “Iady Laurier.alongside Powhatan. Weatier conditions rad TO PROBE CONDITIONS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—Vice President Marshall today Appointed _Senators Kenyon, ' republican, Iowa,, Edge re- publican, New Jersey, and Gay, dem- ocrat, Louisiana, 10 represent the sen- ate on the joli't congressional commis- sion ‘authorized to_$vestigate condi- tions in the Virgin'Islands. cal his- | Condensed Teiegrams @ iron production of Canada in 1919 estimated at 920,000 tons. Bar silver was 79 1-2d in London, compared with $3.32 1-2,in New York. Refined petroleum in cargo lats for export was increased 1 cent a gallon in New York. Basle National Zeitung learned that 100 American miilionaires are prepar= ed to help Austria. Steamship. Lake Harney, ashore on the Long lsland coast, was refloated ‘without assistance. Gold sold at 111s 10d an ounce in London, four pence higher than the previous high mark. French exports to the United States in 1919 were $163,831.429, compered with $54,678,118 in 1918. Fort Fairfield, 46 miles noth of Houlton, Me., reportéd a temperature of 52 degrees below zero. rector Hines called a conference of his assistants to_devise new meas- ures to relieve the Western car short- age in transportation of grain. Paris quoted the doll: 68 cents, compared with 54 1-2 cents at previous close. at 11 francs 11 francs \ Frank Parkhurst has sent to the general assembly his resignatilon as chief justice of the supreme court of Rhode Island. American newspapers _arriving _at Dublin ,the last few days, were seized by postal authorities because of the state of Jrisn affairs. The supreme court was asked to intervene in the jitney bus-street car controversy which has upset Salem, Mass.,, for several weeks. Dr. John L. Brand, amnesia victim, known as “Professor X" recognized his wife when Luey met for the first time in three years, at Philadelphia. New York Cotton Exchange mem- bership of M. Levy was sold for $24,- 000 to William Mitchell, representiig a decrease of $1,500 from the last price. Many bids were received by the Shipning Renrd former German freight and passenger tonnage. offer- ed by the government to dometic in- terests. Senator Atlee Pomerene will become an active candidate for the Demo- cratic présidential nomination within ten days, establishing headquarters at Columbus. No restrictions were imposed by the Provisional government of Nova Sco- tia which wou!d tend to curtail expor- tation of newsprint paper into the United States. Peru will submit to the league of nations her controversy with Chile over the territories of Tacpna. and Arca, ‘which are situated’between the two Gountries, Several plans for improvement of transportaifon facilities of New York City's subway were heard in special Session at the Public Service Com- mission’s office. Under arrangements . now being completed by the New York Yacht club the first race for the America's cup will be sailed off Sandy Hook on Thursday, July 16. Motor _ trucks h armed customs guards transported 25000 gallo® -J confiscated whiskey, gin champagne and vermouth from steamship piers to warehouses in New York. Texas rangers are enroute to the oil lands of the Red River valley, in- volved in the boundary dispute be- tween Texas and Oklahoma, to pre- vent clahes between claimants. Gold coin amounting to $620,500 was engaged at the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Ceylon. Shipment of $105,000 for South America. and $10,- 000 for Mexico, both in gold, were al so arranged. Officials of the Department of Jus- tice declared Attorney General Palm- er is not coatemplating issuande of any order as to trading in_sugar fu- tures on the New York Sugar and Coffee Exchange. Fomer Governor Horace F. Graham of Vemont was piaced on trial at Montpelier, charged with the embez- zlement and larceny of state money during the time he seved as state aud- ito fom 1902 to 1917. Railread Administration deficit was the decision of the Intertate Com- merce Commission “in’ ruling compen- sation for mail should be paid on space bagis in stead of weight. West India Sugar Financial Corpo- ration’s office of New York denied re- ports that the sugar mill Central Palma, at Palma, Oriente Province, !and owned by President Menocal of Cuba, was purchased for $9,000,000. MISSING JEANNE DE XAY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 21.—Admission that she was Jeanne De Kay, of Chi- cago, for whom a nation wide search lice to have been made today by a young woman arrested here whil masquerading in‘an aviator's uniform. Chief of Police Beavers asserted that the description of the missing Chicago girl fits they girl arrested here. Claiming at first_that she was Je- anne De Longe, a_Belgian widow and that she was enrdute from Columbus, Ohio, to Mesacola, Fla., to engage in fiying,” the girl finally admitted she was the De Kay girl, the police said. Telegrams were sent fo (] icago for an accurate dbs3) r girl and thess were seid girl held nere woou scar on the shoulder. The young woman refused to’ di: cuss why she ran away or where she had been for the past ten days. PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE RETURNING TO LONDON Paris. Jan. 21 . (Havas).—Premier Lioyd George of Great Britaln left for Loudon this morning. Before his da- parture - he was .in conference with to fAit t° cen to a The first meeting of the chiefs of the governmenis will take place 1a London in.the very near future, ac- cording to the Temps. v e event that the government heads deal with the Turkish question, it was stated the allied governments would -apprise the United States of reduced approximately $60,000,000 by | has been in progress ,was said by po- | “he missing | Premier Millerand and M. Clomencean. | CONGRESS MAKI Washington, Jan. 21.—Congress held its “thrift week” celebration today, a wave of economy sweeping both the senate and house. The net result w: Decision by the house public build- ings commitice not to recommend passage at this- session of a public buildings bill. Reducticn by the house foreign af- fairs committee of the annual diplo- service appropria- which is $3.085 tate department re- and $1,032,074 less than was ap- Propriated for the present fiscal year. Elimination by the senate of an ap- propriation of ~ $42 500000 from| the Americanization bill and substitution therefor of an appropriation of $6.500,- 000 restricted to use until the end of the 1821 fiscal year instead of an ex- penditure over four years as the larger appropriation contemplated. Democrats and republicans for the most part joined forces in the slashing away at appropriations, the vote to eliminate customary | “porky” public buildings bill being unanimous. The reduction in the Americanization bill's appropriatiofi was advocated jointly by Senators McCumber, republican, North Dakota, and Dial, democrat, ~South Carolin: The North Dakota senator told his colleagues that according to careful estimates the government would start the fiscal year heginning July 1 with a deficit of three billion dollars. Should expenditures for 1921 be kept within the conservative estimates of six bil- lion dollars, .the senitor thought they might be providéd for, but there would Democrats.and Republicans Join House Committee Decides Not to R . Building Bill—Senate Slashes Americanization B $42,500,000 to $6,500,000—Wave of Both Houses in “Thrift Week” Ce i be mothing ieft fo take. o th len-nu: fieit. At e “We have: on the guesti of cuncelv%. B T oions that will © reach inte the federal treasury,” said | & Senator ber, referring to -the i America; n bill, which is design-" cd to edueate illiterates and Ameri- canize foreign-born citizens. “The’ only thing: that will stop it will he' = when we get to the end of the rope- and have to bond the country to meet expenses.” Semmtor Dial said the taxpayers of the United States were “getting tired of being overburdened.” ¢ In cutting down appropriations int the diplomatic. and consular_ service bill, the house committee denfed See: retary Lansing’s request for increases in. the salaries of ambassadors and ministers. The only, increase granted over present expenditures were a fat $1000 advance in salary to secretarics of embassies and Jegations and an ad- digional item of $250,080 for passport. control, bringing the total for that: purpose up to $440,431. The drastic cut in appropriations for| . river and harbor improvements, order- ed by -the house rivers and harbors committee in paring down the annual, appropriation bill for that purposel from $42,000,000 to $12,400:000, con- tinued to arouse members of the house and minority members of the commit= tee today began the drafting of a new: bill which would appropriate $25.000, 000. The new bill, which will be of fered as a substitute for the majority's: measure, will specify improvements to. be made ingtead of leaving expenditurey to the war department. | 1. R. T. HAS PAID, 187 1-2 PER CENT. DIVIDENDS IN 16 YEARS New York, Jan. 21.—The Inetrbor- ough Rapid Transit company has paid $85,000,000, or 157 1-2 per cent., in div- idends in the past sixteen years, ac- cording to testimony today before the board of estimate which is investigat- ing the New York traction' situation and the need of a higher fare. Divi dends continued until 1919, when 5 per cent. was paid despite a deficit on the company’s books, it was stated. Company officials gave much of the testimony, Edward F. Gaynor, auditor for the Interborough, testified that in 1915 the road had a surplus of $20 600,~ 00 after distributing 20 per cent. in di\'iflengs. In 1917 its net income was This figure dropped _the year to §L66%T58.92° Never- | theless dividends of 17 1-2 per .cent. were paid in that year, totailing $6,- INVESTIGATING LOYALTY OF ‘ SOCIALIST ASSEMBLYMEN: Albany, N. 3 Invesjigation: of the loyalty of the five suspended socialist assemblymen was asserted at. their trial today before the assembly, judiciary committee to involve the Question as to whether socialists “can hypoeritically masquerade as a polit- ical party, strike hands with every' agency of force and revolution, and: still make simple American people| understand they are not sworn ene- mies of their country and ready toy overthrow it.” 1 This assertion was made by Martin, W. Littleton, who withdrew tempo-1| rarily today as a social cousel for the. committee to handle the case ,E United States_Senator man: Truman. Newberry of Michigan, in_connectio with whose election charges of fraud| 125,000. The difference was paid out of accumulated surplus funds. o profit was shown last vear, but 5 per cent., more than $1,000.000, was paid, Gaynor said. Mayor Hylan asked if it would not be proper to.let the stockholders who had profited by the dividends “go into their own pockets instead of the com- pany going into the porkets of the people” by increasing the five-cent fare for financial relief. | James L. Quackenbush. counsel for the company, contended that the shareholders now were largely a_dif- ferent body than those. of years back. He admitted, he id that if the In- terborough had conserved its earnings instead of distributing them in divi- dends, the money would be for the road’s financial difficulties now He added that he regretted that the stockhoiders had not foreseen the war ard the expenses growing out of it. COMPROEISE ON PEACE TREATY LOOKS BETTER Washington, Jan rked im- provement in possibility of compro- mising the senate deadlock over the ptace treaty was reported today by leaders \participating in the bi-par- isan compromise negotiations. ‘Although the leaders yesterday came close to a schism, today's meetin it was stated upon most authoritative in- formation, resulted in material pro- lgriss towards a compromise. At no | fime since the bi-partisan conference began a week ago. one of the active leaders declared, have bten so bright for an agreement be- twen the four republican and five democratic members of the commit- tee, | Possibility of harmonizing differen |es over the fundamental controve | —Article X of the Le: S covenant and the question of equal voting in the league—were' the b feeling among the conferecs ton that a compromise may yet he reach- led. The conferees also feel sure that | possibly with some difficul any compromise which the bi-partisan conference could agree on would be iaccepted by the senate. CARRANZA GRANTS PERMITS TO AMERICAN OIL PRODUCERS Washington, Jan. 21. — President Carranza has granted provisional per- mits to_American petroleum producers to resume oil drilling suspended in November, the American Association of Petroleum Producers of Mexico an- nounced tonight on the basis of ad- vices from: Mexico City. Petitions for the nermits, which was made to the Mexican government early this month by the - petroleum producers, specified that the permits would be accepted with the under- standing that they would continue in | force only temporarily or until the | enactment of new oil legislation by the Mexican government. It was pro- | vided in additibn that the issuance [and acceptance of the permits would not be construed as compromising either the rights of the oil companies | aflable | | Asineg the prospects | Assistant have been brought. i He charged that Trotzky and Lenine{ are attempting instaliation in America; of the soviet form of government and! that before the waves of public opin- ion stirred by this case lgve subsided “this country will understand that this so-called political ‘party is the agent .and co-conspirator with the dark, forces of the invisible empire whose object is forcible destruction of con-f stitutional government in America.” Despite a ruling by the chair against! demonsirations during the trial,, therel was a burst of applause from men and' women who filled floor and galleries, when Mr. Littleton, after denouncing. - the attitude of the soclalist party tow-| ard the war, referred to a remark by Morris Hillquit, chief counsel for the{ defense, saying: “Mr. Hillquit said vesterday that! “what may be treason today may bel the law of the land tomorrow.’ It will, be the law tomorrow if you let traitors, write the law.” This_later. brought sharp objection! from Mr. Hillguit, who named men famous in history Who had held views; opposed to the majority, and said: “There are always initiatists, always pioneers, and at first their ideas shock those whom they = strike. We are preaching_economic freedom. It may sound traitorous to yew, but it is our right.” e i HIGH POLICE OFFICIAL i KILLED IN DUBLIN' Dublin, Jan. 21.—(By The A. PJ Commissioner = of _ Police Redmond was shot and_instantlykili- ed at 630 o'clock this evening in Harcourt street, bne of Dublin’s main thoroughfares, When assailed, Mr. Redmond drew his own pistof and fired two sho self-defense. When he dro ground he still had his' automatic in his hand. § Mr. Redmond recently w to Dublin, from Belfast, whe; been a successtul cer, to assist. in Dublin_police ‘and s efficiency in the detective 27, in view of“the murder of licemen, (for .Which no arrests have been. made. s brought Another Constable Shot. Thurles, Ireland, Jan. 21.—(By The A. P.) Another constable wag shot and sbadly wounded last nigiy while retufning” to his home here. Armca squads later searched the district ang entered several houses looking for the assaflants’ of the constable and also held“up and “questioned pedestrians. No arrests were made. “SLIPPERY” JACOB LUBIN CHARGED WITH FORGERY New York, Jan. 21.—Jacob Lubin, who' escaped a_twenty-year prison term by aiding the distnict attorney in the trial of. Police Lieuten&nt Charles Becker for the murder of Herman Posenthal, and also figured in the trial or the Mexican zovernment in a future permanent settlement of the contro- versy. MILLIONAIRE SOCIALIST INDICTED IN GHIC; Chicago, Jan. 21.—The special g {Jury which has “been investigat Red activities in Cook county, day returned _indictments agail William Bross Liovd, millionaire. s cialist, and 37 other alleged menih of the Com i others in Wags knecht, national execufive secrotas and uve.. R national, ecutive committee of the Commi their .desire to see the American gov- ernment. participate In the delsiern tions.. Labor party. They are charged racy to overthrow the gol of Joseph Ccohen for the murder of ‘Rofnet Baff, §aced a jury in general sessions today on a charge of forgery. accused of havirg forzed the of Charles Stoler, hasdware to three checks $700. was extradited from Juarez, 0, after forfeiting bail of $10,000 ay. P : * RETAINS FIVE CENT TROLLEY FARE stol, -Conn., Jan. 21:—Commuters’ s which ave withdrawn on Mareh 1, e/ cent fare charged to all By | tol *& Plainville Tramway Com: . This com s probably