Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 30, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 159 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, . CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1920 S 12 PAGES—88 COLS. NEMOGRATIC GONVENTIO | Preliminaries Wound Up at ministration Forces Apparently in Tuesday’s Se: .. Kansas City Delegate Protests Committe€’s Action in Barring Senator James Reed—McAdoo Will Be Nomin- ated as Presidential Candidate by Missouri Clergyman— Open Warfare Develops Over Prohibition, Irish Ques- y tion and Other Party Issues at Storm-Swept Committee Hearing. if., Jume 29.—The nvention wound up and prepared to rrow s continuing for complete control, it per: organization, accepting Sena- r Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, as s pe chairman; permitted ates upset the unit rule, and pro- 7 <ing women on the demo- er a three hour s iom resume at 11 o'- £ < session lacked in the ening day, it working con- pporters x- n as for a with | ¢ nimous # azainst heer 1 filled with than yest eat in fes, risin laugh- bus-| of con a steady General ity Palmer in difficul- at the | repres | non. been A | renegade and pipe | - to adopt “As the sitting member from the Fifth district,” eaid he, “I want to make a for- mal objection to this convention of any committee coming into our district. When he received the message to stand by the president at the last elections we ood by him and others did not. We rotest against this convention setting aside our regularly elected delegate, James Reed.” At the mention of Reed's name the convention went in for a_wave of hisses d booing. Chairman Cummings again ed the audience to hear what Shan- had to say. Shannon attempted to proceed but the convention was disinclined {0 hear him. t down” and “get out if you don't like it “Shut up and like shouts came from the crowd. “The speaker is entitled to a fair hearing before this convention,” said Chairman Cummings. There was some applause to that. I am going back to Jim Reed's dis- trict,” continued Shannon, when he could be heard “and Treport to them that at the last minute we were still protesting iere | against ypur coming into our district and se action of our local con- tting vention.” ahead,” shouted somebody, Shannon left the platform. Hugo Asher, secretary=of the conven- took the platform to answer Shan- and tion n that Reed had because he was a was not intima his seat he said, Shannon's denled democrat within the facts.” teed, Asher sal the Missouri Chairman . had been rejected by e conventjon. Cummings put the motion the report and there was a roll- chorus of There was _some ttering noes mixed in With the whack- ing of the gavel, which announced the “unanimous vote.” The prospects of a fight disappeared. Then Chairman Cummings read a tele- gram addressed to Governor Roberts of Tennessee, congratulating him on calling a special session of the legislature to g es. " committee. The | consider ratification of the woman suf- n already have been|frage amendment. Mr. Cummings rec- delegations. ognized Govermor Smith of New York. gates till of a mind for|Smith, amid demands that he take the re a republican_party | platform, but which he ignored, moved x sgo platform when Senator|that the telegram be sent. There were Rubineos his speech as perma-fghouts of “No” from the Georgia and to accompan- | ¢ 1 the ship for pro-l} up- th other delegations, but the telegram went. There is another announcement which. I am a little reluctant in making” said “hairman Cummings. “It is that the state law requires the removal of the pats of the ladies at public, gatherings.” th the treaty| Several hat pins came out and several r riles senator talk to|million dollars Wworth of hats came oft ject that “no- | while the men of the convention had a 3 = gooly laugh. A 1 e convention | g, lor Robinsen Permanent Chairmas o y that st and| The report of the committes on perm: L o down his face|nent organization came next and was — « his words to the | presented by former Governor Ralston re of building. helot Indiana. His announcement of the r the roped speakers'|choice of Senator Robinson as perma- < shame of the sen-|nont chajrman drew loud rounds of ap- od tht iat took a greater| use as did the announcements that t t than the army | other temporary officers would be made es leaped to their feet ring was a minute before he| . shouting | brou » take with nce members Kled in some senator-| continued. | resident had shown no onference y have shown Dies: them at .‘ he senators had egates clamored their through a rnor Rob led a > deal t cheers toe com- cinity of the Geor- lelegations for peace and nson told the for that if Tt you'll fn putting 2ot the opportunity 44 to the sojdier vote, the woman vote and the democratic vote, the republicans won't get ugh votes to make them a factor In the coming election. Another great shout of approval went up to be redoubled in vigor— when the chalrman closed his address with the charge that ans have trifled with the he and conscience of the American peonle peace treaty The dry issue got into the session from an amusing angle. An announcement hat a corps of nurses and “sixteen doc- tors” were comducting a hospital in the torium drew the fire of a delegate. they write prescriptions?’ he de- their handling of the manded in a voice that carried through the Ball Gafleries and oflor joined in a burst of langhter from which rose cries Pector, Doctor,” “Hospital corps this ~ and the lkke. When he could be 4 the secretary shouted ‘“This s a hospital d e convention rum- bied again with mirth. Various routine measures transacted nnder the rules before the platform is presented and nominating speeches be- gun all were cleared away before to- day's adjournment Rales Committes Report Accepted. The adoption of the report of the rules committee finally settled that nomine- tions will not be made until after a plat- form had been adopted. Candidates will know before hand what the principles £ the party are o be. Delegates went hack tonight 1o the Always engrossing task of gossiping in hotel corridors about candidates for nomination, pending com- pletion by the committee of its difficult task in shaping a chart of principles by which the party shall steer its course in the troubled political seas between now and pext November. It was 150 o'clock when Chalrman “ummings called the national democratic] sonvention to order. The Reed Case. Joseph B. Shannon of Kansas. City, a felegate from the fifth district of Mis- sourl, wanted to make a statement on he Reed case and Chairman Cummings 3ad to Intercede with the conmvention to bear him. - He-took -the platform. ang announcement and Ch son recognized from Connecticut.” tional committee places bacl taking in women members. ocratic party is in earnest in |tz resolution and adopt it. . received. J. Spellacy of Connecticut, an assistant attorney justice. tee proposed that nominating could be delivered before the~convention work but that no balloting for a presi dential nominee could proceed until atter the party platform has been presented and adopted. permanent. ed to make an Robin- “the delegate Chairman Cummings wa him as He the resolution for woman na- before the jon for further consideration. Cummings explained that it was the formal resolution creating the tee for another four years and ‘If the dem- " said ng in the wimea of our country in its deliberations we ought to support this got The convention adopted the resolution by a heavy majority of ayes and only a fow noes. Senator Robinson departed eonsiderably from his prepared address and launched into an attack on Senator Harding, the republican presidential nominee, who, he said, had referred to Hiram Johnson as a fakir and Theodore Roosevelt as a Bene- dict Arnold. The aud :nce cheered every thrust at the republican candidate. While Senator Robinson was delivering his speech, the leaders and convention managers took the onportunity to confer in the hallways and tentatively. agreed that when the convention adjourned this afternoon it would be under a resolution to assemble again tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock, when the delivery of nominat- ing speeches will be begun. It was said there was no plan to hear the nominating speeches at today's session. The permanent chairman's first an- nouncement was to annouile that the, re- port of the committee on rules would be It was presented by Thomas general in the department of The rules as presented by the commit- speeches while the platform committee Wwas at There was no opposition to that order of business and the report was adopted. Nominating speeches twenty were - limited to minutes and seconding speeches were limited to ten minutes and are not to exceed five in number. The resolution which permits the break- ing of the unit rule in New York and in some other states was presented by the chairman of the seattering expected fight from the New York dele- gation on the issue did not materialize. les cominittee and with it was adopted. An “na A resolution of thanks to the people of San Francisco for their hospitality was adopted. Representative Flood of Virginia offer- ed a resolution to direct the national com- mittee to limit representation in the next national convention to the same basis as representation in congress. It proposes to include delegates from the Panama canal zone with the dele- gates from the other territories. The resolution was long and involved, few of the delegates understanding it, and there were many seconds to a mo- tion to refer the resolution to the reso- Iutions committee. The ayes and nays were both loud and a rising vote was called for. Confusion followed and the resolution was ordered read again. It finally passed on an aye and nay { doors. jthat some of these subjects, | resolution had previously been approved CABLED PARAGRAPHS Congress of Seamen. Genoa, June 29.—The International Congress of Seamen today by a -vofe of 69 to 11 decided to place in the agenda for the next conference the proposal that no seaman under 1§ years of age may be employed as & trimmer or stoker on a vessel. X REMOVES JERSEY HIGHWAY COMMUSSION FROM OFFICE Trenton, N. J, June 29.—The entire personnel of the New Jersey state high- way commission was removed from of today by Governor Edwards, who, in tak- ing this action, fulfilled one of his cam- paign pledges. The governor met Wiih bitter opposition during the iist session of the legislature when he ati:mpted ‘to have legislation passed authocizing him to remove the board. | At the time, it was generatly beiieved | that the Plegislators, to thwart anv at- tempt of the executive to resmove the commissioners, recessed until September, rather than adjourn sine die. A GENERAL STRIKE I8 PROCLAIMED IN ROME Rome, June 29.—A general strike was proclaimed tonight, effective today, except in the case of the rallways. The tram service suépended 7,1 many of the fac- tories and workshops were closed. This, however, wa slargely due to the celebra- | tion of the feast of St. Peters. A despatch from Terni, in the proviace of Perugia, says a clash with the work- ers there, after a meeting of the labor unionists, resulted in several persons be- ing severely wounded. FOUR KILLED, MANY HURT IN LODGING HOUSE FIRE Buffalo, N. Y., June 29.—Four persons were kilie# and an undetermined number injured today by the collapse of the walls of the Sutherland hotel, a lodging’ house. Tighty men occupied rooms in the buildings last night and the day cleri had no information as to the number of persons in the building When the crash came. TWELVE COWS ARE KILLED BY LIGHTNING New Milford, Conn., June 29.—Twelve cows owned by Walter B. Hatch were killed by a bolt of lighting on his farm in the northern part of the town late to- day. The animals were Holsteins and valued at $200 each. Libhtning also struck a barn in the village and it was burned with a loss of $300. ASK RELIEF FOR BESIEGED ARMENIAN CITY ‘Washington, June 29— “he American government was requested by -the Arme- nian Hadjin Relief union of America, n a memdrandum presented today ta the state department, to urged the aliiel powers, “particularly France,” to d an expenidtionary force to the reli-f of the Armenian city of Hadjin, besiegel for four months by Turkish nationalists. It a force were despatched at once, the communication stated, the siege could be raised in less than a week. vote. It was merely a resolution to pro- vide for the next convention. MISSOURI CLERGYMAN WILL NOMINATE M'ADOO San Francisco, June 29.—The name of William Gibbs McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, will. he placed formally i nnomination ‘at the convention, “at the earliest onportunity,” ‘his supporters de- cided at an early morning conference to- day. Presentation of McAdoo's name will| be by Burris A. Jenkins, a Kansas City minister. WORK BEGINS ON DEMOCRATIC- PLATFORM San Francisco, Calif.,, June 29.—Actual work on the democratic platform was begun tonight by the sub-committee of nine after last-minute suggestions .’roml many sources had been heard at an all day public hearing. The committee 'met behind closed Just before it was called to or- der Chairman Glass announced that nothing would be made public regarding sib-committee recommendations as to plaiform planks until the full committee had passed upon them. Special precau- tions to guard the sub-committes delib- erations from interruption were. taken and it looked as if an all nisht session| might be in prospect. When the sub-committee met the most serious problems confronting_ the conven- tion, including prohibition, the league of nations and the Irish question still were far from solution and it was apparent at least would develop fights in the full commit- tee and probably on the convention floor regardless of what action the sub-com- mittes might take. Most of those holding views not In harmony with the White House decided not to ask for sub-committee considera- tion for their suggestions, as the co mittee is headed by Senator Glass of Vi ginia, and as it holds a clear majority for many administration policies. WIFE OF REP. DELEGATE AT 'FRISCO CONVENTION San Francisco, June 29.—Mrs William H. England of Oklahoma, Vassar gradu- ate and mother of six children, is one of more than 300 women who are delegates to the democratic national ‘convention. Her husband was 4 delegate to the repub- lican national convention at Chicago this month. i DELEGATES SEND WOMEN'S MESSAGE TO MRS, WILSON San Francisco, Calif, June 29.—Mrs. Gavin McNab of San Franciseo took the platform during the session. She was wearing her hat an da delegate called from the floor “hats off.” Mrs. MeNab smiled and, removing her turban while ths audience applauded, began reading a message to “Mrs. Woodrow Wilson from the women of the land.” The message was one of women's ap- preciation to Mrs. Wilson for care and devotion t othe president during his ili- ness. The convention voted to send the ‘women's message. ‘With that the con- vention adjourned until 11 o'clock tomor- TOW morning. RESOLUTION WOULD DOURLE NATIONAL COMMITTER San Francisco, Calif., June 29. — Mrs. Alice Foster McCulloch of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the first woman to be heard in the convention offered the prepared res- olution to double the size of the demo- cratic national committee and make a place for one woman fro each state. The by the national committee. A Pennsyl- vania delegate moved that the resolution £0 back to the resolutions committee and got several seconds. The ayes got it by the chair's decision. A point of order also was made against it which was sustained by the chair and| that the organization had any radicalla state farm b :hu resolution went back to the commit ce. Ordered to Strike Strike Order Follows Refusal of Coal Operators’ Associa- R ‘est Virginia Affected. Charleston, W. Va., Jume 20.—Six thousand union miners in Mingo county, W. Va., and Pike county, Ky., were today | ofdered by district headquarters of the | United Mine Workers here to refrain from reporting for work tomorrow. Issu- ance of the strike order, District Presi- dent C. F. Keeney announced, followed {the refusal of the Williams Coal Opera- tors’ association to treat with the miners. WATERBURY CONCERN WILL DISCHARGE “ABSENT EMPLOYES" Waterbury, Conn., June 29.—The Sco- vill' Manufacturing company, one of the largest of the local concerns affected by the strike now in progress, today issued notice fo its “absent eémployes' i which it states that although its have been open to all its employes ever since the strike started, and no names removed from the payroils, it now be- comes necessary to correct the payrolls and bring them up to date. The noiice says further that after Wednesday, Jaly 7, all who have not reported for work will be considered as haviag velunter. left the company’s tice and that therealer all “roi ments” as well as ail ‘an.rance: be made through the employmcn: osice. Officers of the New Englaal Workdts Association, having recejved conditions from the police under which a meeting might be held, today issued a statemen: in Wwhich they refuse to accept the con- ditions, declaring they are not fair. The conditions specify that a meeting if held must be for the pufpose of deciding whether or not the members of the or- ganization will go back to work. The association officers say in their state- ment: “We deny that the police have any Tight to say for what we may meet, and for what we may not meet. This is not within the province of the police.” Policemen present at a meeting of striking machinists this morning had to warn organizers who were addressing the meeting that urTier the regulations issued by Superintendent Deach of the police there could be no “speechmaking” at the meeting. One of the organizers declared that such conditions as were now being imposed and.enforced by the Waterbury police were worse than any that ever existed in Russia “at its dark- est.” sunloy Witho t_yo- must B. AND M. RATLROAD MAY INCREASE FARES Concord, N. H., June 20.—The 30 per cent. increase in freight rates asked by the railroads of the eastern and middle | | States takes no account of pending wage increases, and “some further transpor- tation tax upon our people may be nec.| vice president of | essary,” Gerrit Fort, Building Industry - Hit by Embargoes Lack of Railroad Cars Has Re- duced Shipments 66 2-3 Per Cent., Making the Housing Situation Increasingly Seri- ous. New York, June 29.—Declaring the railroads have placed a virtual embargo on the transportation of building mate- rials hy virtue of recent car service or- ders, Senator William M. Calder, chair- mzn of the senate special commitiee on reconstruction and production, today ap- Pealed to the interstate commerce com- mission for a hearing to permit the building industry to present its case. Senator Calder- said he had evidence from leading building material manafac- turers that there now is sufficient mate- rial at the several plants & meet all present requirements of the industry. The lack of railroad cars, he explained, has reduced the shipments of materials §6 2-3 per cent., making the housing situation New York city and throughout the coun- try increasingly seriove MILLIONS COLLECTED FREOM ALIEN TAX DODGERS New York, June 29.—Between nine and ten millions of dollars have been gatherd from outgoing aliens who were 00 modest to declare the full amount of their earnings for income tax payments and many thousands more are being col- lected from delinquent aliens who boast of their ample incomes to immigration inspectors to convicne those officiais that they can easily care for incoming de- pendents according to a statement made public here by Colonel Daniel L. Porter. superv’sing internal revenue agent of the federal income tax collecting service. Forty-five agents have been kept busy at the piers and elsewhere in the ity collecting the millions from outgoing aliers. A small squad in a bureau es- tal § hed by the Courts of Special In- quiry at the Ellis Island station, lend at- tentive ears to the boasts of the aliens. For the months of February, March and April the reports show that more than $20,000 was collected at Eilis Island from alien tax dodgers, while three times that amount collected is said to have m- and the collectors there notified. The reports for May are not vet filed, but the amount collected is sai dto have in- creased with the increasing flow of immi- gration. A res Portes dent alien” explained Colonel ‘goes to the immigration station ta tpofisor a relative or friend fo= ad- mittance to this country, knowing the government’s requirements that a re- sponsible person must guarantee that the inmigrant_will not become a public charge. The resident alien go»s vre- pared to state on oath that his income js ample to safeguard the public against ) dependents. Whether or ro: this resident alien has pald his incom= tax becomes the immediate subject of inte- rest for our agemis, They call the de- linquent into a conference and, after al- the Eoston & Maine raiiroad, said in an|jowing such chemptions as he may be address foday 4t a conference on co-op- eration in industrial, agricultural and civil matters held under the auspices of the state board of trade. “During the two vears of federal con- trol ther ewas comparatively little ad- dition to the motive power and equip-| Fort said. | ment of the railroads,” Mr. “They were réturned to their owners- Iy in need of additional cars and gines. _ “Railroad wages while tremendously increased during federal control, were in- ad- en- .creased probably no more — generaily to| senerally speaking—than necessary meet the labor market, or to cnable rail- road employes to meet the ever-mounting | cost of living. In certain branches of railroad work today the railroads are paving less than the market price for labor ard are consequently unable to hire ™. They cannot change this condition untii the wage board and which is now sitting in Chicago announces irs decision. NORTHERN BAUTISTS CONCLUDE CONVENTION AT BUFFALO Buffalo, N. Y., Jume 29.—The slate submitted to the northern Baptist con- vention by the nominating committes and headed by Ernest T. I Tustin of Philadelphia was elected, the fellers re- ported at today’'s session The Rev. J. G Brougher of Los Angeles was elected as one of the thirtcen members of the executive committee. Opposition to Mr. Brougher developed because of his attitude on the question of marriage and divorce. He performed the marriage ceremony for Douglas Fair- banks and Mary Pickford and on ac- count of this act and subsequent utter- ances on the subject, a certain element among the delegates sought to replace him on the committee slate by nominat- ;nn lzfl P;ov. JTame! A. Francis, also of Los Angeles. The vote stood: Bro 620; Francis 422, e The convention ended today. MILLION DOYYARS WORTH OF LIQUOR SEIZED Boston, June 33 _Federal prohibition agents in New England have seized more than 35000 gallons of lignor and aleo- hol valued at approximately $1,000,000,| in raids conducted since Jamuary 1, ac.. cording to William J. McCarthy, federal prohibition enforcement agent for this section. i In aMition thousands of gallons of beer containing more than one-halt of one per cent. of alcohol have been con- ficsated, Mr. McCarthy said today in re- viewing the work of his department for the past six ‘months. The liquor is stored in eight Boston Warehouses, awaiting removal to Wash- ington. WARRANT FOR MAN WHO -SOLD WOOD ALCOHOL Hartford, Conn., June 29.—A warrant. was issued tonight by Prosecuting Attor- | ney Solomon Elsner for the arrest of W.| J. Manigo, proprietor of a gasoline sta- tion whers it is alleged Joseph Kelleher purchased denatured alcohol that caus. | ed the death of at least one of the four | men who died from the effects of a pois- | on beverage here last Sunday. Manigo will be arrested tomorrow, it was an- nounced, and Kelleher and Flmer Rus- sell, an employe of the gasoline station, will be held as material witnesses. TEAINMEN START “ONE BIG UNION MOVEMENT" Chicago, June 29.—Plans for a “one big| mion” movement among railroad employ- | es were reported to have been revived | here today_at a secret conference at | which, leaders declared, 105 delegates from American Federation of TLabor or- ganizations throughout the country were | present. R. M. Keifer, district chairman, denied entifled to, levy tax on the remainder of his sworn statement of income. When the tax dodger is a resident of gome city or town not in our disfrict his sworn statement is forwarded to the lo- , collectors, who make the collection In other cases they are made here and the money sent to the collector of the collectors, who make the collections. In other cases they are made here and the money sent to the collector of the dis- trict wherein the tax dodger resides. Most monevs collected range in amounts of from 515 to $300 and represent taxes Aue the government on small business concerns and on wages.” FEDERAL AGENTS LOOK INTO ELWELL CASE New York, June —TFederal today inquired at the district office concerning the theory there that Joseph B Elwell, wealthy turfman and whist expert murdered in his home June 11, may have been Xilled by a “bootlegger” with whom he had fallen out over unpaid bills for il- licit,, liquor. Two representatives of James E. Shev- line, federal prohibition enforcemnt azent for this district, were told by Assistant District Tallgy that he had got the story from 2 newspaper reporter and was in- vestigating it. The report was that Elwell had enter- 29 agents attorneys ng from ed into a deal to take over a whis con {zmmerg ir §12,700, Whliam Ba Elwell's secretary, denmied <hat the slain turfman had participated in any such enterprise. HONORARY DEGREE FOR CANADA'S “WHEAT WIZARD" Prince Albert, Sask Wheeler, “wheat wizard of Canada,” has had conferred upon him the honorary de- gree of Doctor of Laws by Queen's Uni- versity, Kingston, Ont. “It was recognized,” writes R. Bruce Taylor, president of the university, “that there was no way of setting a value on your service other than by some recoz. nition of this kind. You have added enor- mously to the wealth of Canada and ev- ery settler is a gainer by vour resear:n- es. What vou have done can never io undone. It was felt that on no one could the LL.D. degree be more fittinfly cor.- ferred and the degree is the highest hon- or in the power of the university to grant” June 29.—Seager SWAM SWOLLEN CREEK TO WARN PASSENGER TBAIN Omaha, Neb., June 29.—In the rgoent South Dakota floods John Williams, a section foreman, swam a swollen creek at night in a hailstorm to warn a pas- senger train that a bridge had gone out. He stripped himself and tied the danger signals to his back. After he had set them, he approached a nearby house, then remembered his negligee, and swam back across the 600 feet of swirling cur- rent. The passenger train, it developed later, was stopped farther up the road at a hpoint where the railroad men had little hope of halting it. Williams' heroism, however, was not overlooked by the rail- road officials. INVESTIGATE DIRECT SALE OF GRAIN BY FARMERS Chicago, Junme 29.—Direct selling of grain by Illinois farmers instead ' of through the Chicago Board of Trade now being investigated by AgTicultural Association sounding sentiment in faiming commu- nities of the state. In the nine congres- sional districts where it has broached the proposal W. G. Eckhart, director of the assocfation’s grain marketing depart- ment, reports the meetings were unani- mously for it. is the Illinois and. it is The Tlinois Agricultural Assoclation, ureau federation, reports intent or that a strike was being con-|a membership of 86,000 and is operating sidered. _.1this year on a budget of $380,00, fon BRIEF TELEGRAMS Bar gold in London remained un- changed at 1038 7d an ounce. A second case suspected of being bu- bonic was discovered at Beaumont, Tex- as. Tennessee legislature will meet on An- gust 9 to consider the federal suffrage amendment. Count Adolfo de Montgelas, German minister to Mexko, has arrived f{in Mexico City. The first officials meeting of the League of Nations will be held at Gen- eva next November. The British three masted schooner C. Maude Gaskill struck on the west side of Handkerchief shoal. Bar silver was unchanged at 99 1-2 cents an ounce in New York and was quoted at 53d in London. Martial law was proclaimed in Ham- burg as a result of food riots in whica 80 persons were wounded. A general salute of 100 Maine's centenary celebration. John L. Larsen arrived at Lonz Island in his JL-§ all metal plane from Oma- ha ,making the flight of 1,200 miles in 22 hours. Representatives from all over Spain were present at the opening in Madrid of the Congress of the General Union of ‘Workers. Reports that Ambassador Jules Jos- serand will resign as head of the French Embassy at Washington were denied by Pricne de Bearn et de Chal One man_ was killed and eight others injured in a fight between striking long- shoremen and their sympathizers and strikebreakers at Philadeiphia. The American army polo team which will represent this country -in the Olympic games won the novices' cup by defeating the Fox Hunters' cluf by 9 goals to 5 at Ranelagh, London. The Northern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution urging Wilscn and the semate to ratify tw treaty of Versailles “with suitable, reser- vations' 'at the earliest possible moment. The lumber mill of the smaller manufacturing plants were dam- aged by fire. = Havana was of two bombs which had been placed in appertures in the walls of the precinct police station by parties vet apprehended. not Resignation of the Persian cabinet 2s a result of boisheviki activities other disturbances was reported to the State Department by the American Lega- tion at Tehran. Hungarian Ministry resigned) accord ing to a report reseived from Bud pest at Vienna. Count Albert Appony former premier, is reported head of a new coalition government. rated parts of Italy appear o corrobo- rate th impression,that they are part of a deep scheme to overturn social order throughout the entire country. When Resolate meets Shamrock TV defense of the Amrica’s cup she will present a combination of crew and equipment drawn in part from the Vanities, her rival for defense honors. Daniel J. MeKettrick, fight promoter, pleaded not guilty arraigned in the federal district charged with using the maiis to defraud in former investors. He was released on $5,000 bail. William €. Wal president and general manager of Vuleweld T & Rubber Co.. of Potistown. Pa., James A. ent, were dryer. Maney, general superi lled by the explosion Lieut. Stanley H. Amos, Mass., is being held b ities at Matamoras. a at San Antonio. Mexican soil because his machne ran out of gasoline. of Walpole, Mexican autho: ording to repor: There is no basis for the American and Me: departments over the pavment of a bal ance of $500,000 due Mexico on imoney orders, it was stated at the office of the | postmaster general. Delaware, first state whose total pop- ulation has been announced in the four- teenth census, has a growth of 20,681, or 10.2 per cent. in the last ten years, making its total population 223,003, the census bureau reported. pute between n posto Formation of an association of Amerl- can insurance companies f{o underwrite the new American merchant marine was discussed at a conference of officials of several prominent insurance companies. Lincoln, contractor and former building inspector of Protiand. and Mrs. William Lincoln of Wool- h. his wiste thrown in- to the Kenebec river when the former's automobile ran off the end of the state terryboat Hockamock. Samuel D. TO ERECT HOUSES UNDER HOME BUILDERS LAW Fargo, N. D, June 29.—The Home Builders association, a part of the Non- partisan league industrial program put into effect by enactment of the January legislature, expects to begin erecting houses this summer. The home builders law permits the state to erect a home for any man wpon payment of 20 per cent. of the cost, the balance to be paid in monthly install- ments, fixed to suit the purchaser. F. R Pollard, special representative of the state industrial commission, says that 52 dwellings will be built and ready for occupancy mo later than the first of next September. Building materials, he says, are now in transit. The houses are to be pf five to eight rooms each and to cost from $4,000 to $7 000, OLD TOWN CRIER HAS HUNG UP HIS BELL Provincetown, Mass, June 29.—Prov- incetown’s town crier, said to be the last of his profession in America, has hung up his bell and announced that he has cried his last message. For twenty-two vears Walter Smith has plodded the two miles of the town's on'y street, announc- ing the time and place ui events of inter- est, from sales of fish to the election of a president. Now in his 70th he is thorugh, and there I8 no one In sight to succeed him. The old crier's last cry was for the re- opening of the Church of the Pilgrims, founded in 1714, and which had been closed for ® yeaz, President | | to do right, that Strangman Mfg. Co. was destroved at Newton, Mass,, and =~ W 2l tenement houses and | aken by the explosion | second | and | Reports of disorders in widely sepa- | next month | | Nes prize | when | court | AMERICANIHY SHOULD BE " PRESERVED SAYS HARDI Republican Presidential Nominee Says Nation Requires fi * PRICE TWO | Council of Foreign Powers to Point the Way to American Duty—First Campaign Speech Made For Phonographic Record to Be Released on Fourth of July — Governor Coclidge Defines Need of America as a Broader, Firmer Faith in the People—Vice Presidential Candidate Urges Maintenance of Law and Order. 3 ‘Washington, June 29.—Declaring the nation “requires no council of foreign | power s, ringing | PO¥ETS to point the way of American of bells and blowing of whistles opened | duty,” Senator Harding. republican nom- inee for president, in his first campaign speech today urged the preservation of Americanism as the first and highest en- deavor ‘of all citizens of the republic. The candidate's first utterance of the campaign as heard by no audience, be- ing made for a phonozraphic record to be released on the Fourth of July and to be used throu; ut the campaign. A copy of the senator’s address was made public at his ofice, and with it a speech made last week by Governor Coolidge of Massa- chusctts, the#party’s vice presidential nominee, made for a siimlar purfose.’ Senator Harding chose “Americanism” as his subject, while Governor Coolidge spoke on “Law and Order.” Americanism. Mr. Harding -said, does not mean to hold aloof, chooses no, isola- ‘tion and shuns no duty, but, he continued. “we arrogate to ourselves the keeping of the American continent and every concept of our moral obligation.” The presiden- tial candidate added that “it is very practical to make sure our own house is in perfect order before we attempt the miracle of old world stabilization.” In urging maintenance of law and or- der, Governor Coolidge defined the need of America as “a broader, firmer, deeper faith in people—a faith that men desire the government is fou‘m]n(l upon a righteousness which -will endure.” The first flaming torch of American- ism.” said Senator Harding, “was lighted in framing the federal constitution in 1757, The Pilgrims signed their simple and majestic covenant a full century and a half before, and set afiame their hea- con of liberty on the coast of Massachu- setts. Other pioner=s of new world free- dom were rearing § 'ir new standards of liberty from Jamesiown and Plymouth for five zenerations before Lexington and Concord heralded a new era. It was all American in the destined result. yet all of lacked the soul = of natiomality. In imple truth, there was no thought of nationality in the Revolution for Ameri- an independence. The colonists were re- iting a_wrong. and freedom was their solace. Once it was achieved, nationality s the only agency suited to its preser- FREIGHOT SITUATION IS MUCH IMPROVED Ncw Haven, Conn., June 29.—Freight in operations in local yards were S0 uch improved ,today, according to the tement of the New York., New Haven Hartford iroad_ officers, that-a modification of the freight embargo against New Haven has been made will ay to freight. consigned to the England Steamship company, and a modification of the embargo on all-rail freight probably will be made shortly. The statement follows: he labor situation at New. Haven this shows further improvement. On trick, starting at 59 men working of 60, leavinz bu* one man short Tor the thr & shifts or tri 35 men w.rked out of t of 161, leaving a shortage of 26 as against a shortage the day pre- us of 56 men. enger to cu tr: mo; the first out of a normal force ice is not affected He was forced to land | tion has | freignt w | ted to come forward to and from the year he says | tonight he t of switching ser- for a full week, the local freight is in tronght back to normal. tmproved sufficientl warrant modificati Both carload The situa- however, m of embargo No. and less than carload e at once, be permit- ow ine of the New Fngland Steam- company. Further modification will made on all-rail freight from > Haven as soon as conditions warrant.” WAR RISK EMPLOYES ¥ACE SERIOUS CHABGE Wi ington, June 29.—Arrest of three employes of the Bureau of War Risk in- surance on a charge of conspiracy 1o de- fraud former service men of compensa- tion resulling from disability was an- nounced. tonight by Secretary of the Treasury Houston. The namse of those the shipping board and representatives of | arrested were not made public. The three employes were said by Mr Houston to have advised service men on presentation of their claims that they were entitled to only $200 or $300 com- pensation and later to have agreed to obtain additional compensation on prom- to divide the increased amount. In all cases the service man could have ob- tained the larger amount without as- sistance, the secretary said. PRESIDENT HAYES' HOME NOW A STATE PARK Fremont, O., June 29.—Splegel Grove, the home of President Rutherford B. Hayes, is now a state park and has been placed under control of the Ohio Archae- ological and Historical Society. The pro- perty comprises five acres of virgin tim- ber surrounding the beautifuy Hayes' Mansion. Colonel Webb C. Hayes, son of the former president, Who acquired proper- ty from the other heirs following his fa- ther's death, made the gift. GET RECESS COMMISION AS MAJOR GENERALS Washington, June 29.—Brigadier Gen- erals J .McAndrew, John L. Pines, Hen- ry T. Allen and David C. Shanks have been giver recess commissions as Majo: Generals in the regular army by Presi dent W it was anucunoed today by Secretary Iaker. Sever major gensrals are yet to be appoiuted under ‘he asny reorganizativs act. GOVERNOE EDWARDS SATS SITUATION LOOKS FAVORABLE Sea Girt, N. 1. Edward democratic J., June 29.—Gov. Edward who is a candidate for the presidential nomination, said had been in touch with the New Jersey delegates in San Francisco and “from what I have learned the situa- tion is favorable to me.” He did not ex- plain whether he referred-to his ‘candi- dacy or to the wet plank whi known to favor. A This | 7 a. m.. there| rears, but is gradually be-| | charges azainst the three foremen. “Americanism really begam when, robed in nationality. the American re- public began the blazed trail of repre- sentative popular government. Repre- sentative democracy was vroclaimed “the safe agency of hizhest human freedom. America headed the forward procession of civil, human and religious liberty which uitimately will effect the liberation of all mankind. The federal constitution is the very base cf all Americanism. the ark of the covenant of American liverty, the very temple of equal rights. The ‘consts- tution does abide, and ever will, so long a8 the republic survives. “Let us hesitate before we surrender the nationality which is the very soul of highes} Americanism. This Republie hay never failed humanity nor endangered civilization. “We have beer® tardy sometimes, Mke when We were proclaiming demoeracy and neutrality while we ignored our ma- tional rights, but the ultimate and helpfal part we played in the great war will ba the pride of America so long as_the world recites the story. B “We do not mean to hold aloof, ‘We choose no isolation. we shun no-duty. T like to rejoice in an American conscience, and in a big conception of our obligations to liberty, justice and civilization. ~Aye and more, T like to think of Columbiass™ helping hand to new republics which are! seeking the blessings portrayed in otr example. But I have a confidence in our America that requires no council of for- eign powers to point the way of Améfi- can duty. We wish to counsel, eo-op- erate and contribute, but we arrogate to ourselves the keeping of the American continent and every concept of our moral obligation. “It is fine to idealize, but It is very practical to make sure our own houle is in perfect order before we attempt the miracle of old world siawlization. “Call it the selfishness of nationality if you will, I think it an inspiration o patriotic devotion. “To safeguard Ameri- ca first; to stabilize America first; fo Dprosper America first: to think of Amer- ica first; to exalt Aherica first; to live for. and revere America first. "3 “Let the internationalist dream and the bolshevist destroy. God pity him for n the spirit of the republic we Pro- whom no minstrel raptures swell. Americanism and acclaim Amerj- PENN. R. R. SHOPMEN FAIL TO STRIKE Philadelphia, Pa., June 29.—Pennsyl- vania railroda shopmen did not go om strike today as was threatened in an ulti- matum jissued Sunday by H. A. Jeffrey, leader of the six allied shop crafts affiliat- ed with the American Federation of La- bor. Jeffrey tonight issued a statement that the walkout had been postponed un- til “not later than July 5" in order to give time for the calling of a general meeting of representatives of the shap crafts from all points on the Pnnsylvania system. This meeting will be held i Pittsburgh an Thursdas. In his ultimatum Jeffrey said 58.000 | men would be called out teday unless the company acceded to certain demands, which included the removal of three fore- men against whom he had preferred charges and the reinstatement of gang leaders and shop foremen who went om trike in April. This the compamy re- fused to do. Jeffrey in his statement tonight charged that the Pennsyivania rafiroad to drop the had offered him $25000 Rail- bribery road officials characterized the charges as ridiculous. MANY BISHOPS WILL ATTEND LONDON CONFERENCE London, June 25—Many bishops of the Anglican church, including tweive from America. e already on their way from distant dioceses to attend the Lambeth conference, which will begin “here early in July. This conference has met at - tervals of about ten years since 1867, when Archbishop Longiey first invited all the bishops in communion with the Church of England to a conferenge &t Lambeth. The American bishops have already taken a prominent part in preparing for the conference, but, for some reason which is not very clear, says the- Times, they have not appointed the four repre- sentatives to which they are entitled in the central consultative body. It is ex= pected that about 279 bistiops will attemd this year's deliberations, 100 of them from the British Isies, 167 from oversea amd 72 from America. A representative group of American bishons i preparing a Bum- ber of papers on Christian unity. CATTLEMEN MAY ACQUIRE OWNERSHIP IN STOCEYARDS El Paso, Tex. June 29.—A committes composed of members {rom the Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen’s association has been appointed to investigate “the. practicability of part ownership of stock- yards, particularly those at Kansas City and Fort Worth, by cattlemen. : Under a recent ruling of the Unfted” States attorney general packers must dis- Pose of their interests in _stockyards within two years, and this will create’aR opportunity for the cattiemen 1o aoquire the stock if they desire i N. E. TROLLEY CLUB TOURS MONTREAL TEAMWAYS Montreal Que. June 29—The New England Street Rajiway clab is taking a two days “busman’s holiday™ here, touring the Montreal tramway mystem. With the members are the lieutenant: governors of Maine, Vermont, Massachu- setts, Rhode Island and Connecticut asd the chief of stafl of the governor of New Hampshire. iy MINNESOTA CROPS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION aul, Minn. June 29.—Crops i Minnesota_are reported in excellent come- dition. a “recent sarvey by Minneapolis and St Paul newspapers declaring the grain crop “the best in years” In some sections small grains and potatoes have- suffered from unusually heavy rains, but the genmerally favorable condition offset - these minor losses. The potate erep,