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~ Norwich VOL. LXI—NO. 199 ' POPULATION 29,685 MCARTHY IS DETERMINED 10 ENFORGE PROHIBITION Enforcement Director For New England Says He Had Re- fused to Resign to Satisfy Certain Political Interests and Former Liquor Dealers—With Allowance of Fifty More Men Next Week, Mr. McCarthy Declares His De- partment Will Cover Every Nook and Corner of New England—Says Rhode Island Has Not Complied With the Prohibition Laws Any Too Well. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 5.—It was re- from Boston today that Federal Enforcement Director for William J. MeCarthy ¢ this d the position of assistant ¢ colleetor rather than sat- «l iuterests and former England who have 1 on, it is said, have him removed from the offic holds. The director of the in this section returned ington today. is credited with cleanest strict in the country, cording to Chief Kramer at Washington, MeCarthy said, “and personally 1 intend to keep it 50; an€ with the allowance of Bty more operaters nest week I shall be being ac- In a position to incre: my work here, and I assure you that, in spite of the great opposition w e now receiving, this department will cover every nook and corner of New England. “I am back here, and here to stay. All the rumors about my resigning have no foundation whatever. 1 am not going to certain_ political interests reading ru- being detained in sanato- ne hospitals and other ru- ous nature. John F. Kra- mer, prohibition enforcement chief at Washington, recently suggested that I take the position of assistant deputy col- lector. Tt 1 refused, not intending to satisfy certain politicians and liquor men of New England. The appoint- ment would have meant considerably more money and advancement.” Mr. McCarthy declared that at the re- yuest of Washington officials of his de- partment he made a visit to New Jersey last week, where he Qirected arrests and the seizure of more than $40,000 worth of liguor. In New Jersey, he declared, BELIEVE THEY HAVE MAN WHO GOT COUGHLIN RANSOM Aug. mitted in- ar- 3.—Postal today _they Philad: spectors ph adn rested a man at Egg Harbor, N. J., ¥ terday in connection with the kidnaj ping of the thirteen months old child of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Coughlin, of Norrisiown, Pa., on June 2, expressed the opinion that had the right man. All efforts to learn of the Who is said to be a foreign- he is being held, have ie government agents furnish any ing the case. mily nor the ties have been ad- and v declared of it except what in the newspapers. Inspecter George Leon- hia district said would eventually of the missing an under detention e one who wrote a half dozen rs to the parents of the child, sign- them “The Cr: and demanding 000 be left under a deserted trolley tation at Swedeland, near Norristown, a ransom for the return of the child. cughlin followed the instructions by leaving the money at the designated place at midnight June 14, believing the writer to have been the kidnapper, as he accurately described the room the child was taken. The money disappeared and nothing further was heard from “Th® Crank” until last week when the family received a letter making further demand : Chief Inspector Leonard is quoted as saying that he was more interested in the recov of the child than in the immediate punishment of the kidnap- pers. It is said the postal authorities are holding the man on charges of vi- plating the postal law and that if sufficient evidence is developed to con- nect him with the actual kidnapping he B to the Montgomery County o>tee te answer the charge o kidrapping Leonard said inspectors sre now running out clues leading to the whereabouts of the child. Onme in- spector was sent to Pittsburgh STUDYING JITNEY-TROLLEY TROUBLE IN BRIGEPORT Bridgeport, Conn.,, Aug. 3.—Mayor C. B. Wilson's traffic investigation com sien was organized today with Bercy T. Litchfield as chairman. The other mem- bers of the commission, which will make an exha ve study of the jitney-trolley problems here, are S. H. Bullard, George Evans, R. Arthur Brown and E. H. Dil- lon. 1t is probable that the commission will not complete its investigation before early Mayor Wilson said. g of the commission, the mayor “The personnel of the commission is one that insures an exhaustive and im- partial study of conditions here. The ‘whole state is watching Bridgeport's han- dling of this very important question and I do not doubt that municipalities throughout Connecticut will be largely guided by the report of this commission.” EARLY RETUR FROM PRIMARY IN OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City, Okla., furns from todays' Avg. 3.—Re- statewide primary, coming rapidly from towns and cities, but siowly from the rural districts, at midnight gave Scott Ferris the lead over Senator Thomas P. Gore in the race for the democratic nomination for United States senator in which the interest of the primary centers. Returns on the re- publican contest for the senatorial nom- jnation were meagre and widely scat- tered. GBEAT BRITAIN IMPORTING PAPER SUITS FROM GERMANY Washington, Aug. 3.—Great Britain, in a nattemptto lower the cost of men's clothing, is importing large guantities cf paper suits from Germany, the Americ 4 Chamber of Commerce in London repo:.- ed today to the department of commerce. These ready-made suits are cut to Eng- lish styles, the report says, and are of the very best paper texture. Retailers are eelling the paper garments at from 46 ‘eents to $1.95 a smit. former ! is declared | because of the attitude taken on prohibi- tion by Governor Edwards, the prohibition laws are openly violated and the cities are in worse condition than any others throughout the country. “The state of’ Rhode Island has not complied with government prohibition laws any too well,” he said. “The only man who will take me off this job is the uwndertaker,” he concluded. KRAMER PROMISES TO MAKE NEW YORK REALLY DRY New York, Aug. 3.—Whiskey will be one of the hardest things in the world to buy before another month elapses, accord- ing to John F. Kramer, United States commissioner of prohibition, who arrived | here today from Washington personally to discover if liquor chn be bought here as easily as reported. Mr. Kromer said he based his predic- tion chiefly on orders issued to the local office to refuse all permits to wholesale | dealers in liquor. “It is generally known that a good deal of liquor is still being retailed in New York city,” he said, “but there is not as | much being sold at the present time as there has been in recent weeks, accord- | ing to my best information, and there will | be {ar less sold in a very short time. rohibition is a growth and it comes upon communities rather slowly. The people of New. York state are fast coming to the turn of mind where they feel that they might as well fit in with the prohibi- tion program.” Mr. Kramer said while having ordered | permits refused to wholesalers, “the chief source from which the illegal liguor traf- fic is being carried on,” he was also work- ing to insure hospital§, the medical pro- fession and druggists against any possible shortage. PLEDG S DRAWN BETWEEN FRANCE AND BELGIUM Washington, Aug. —(By The A. P.) —General terms of the defemsive mili- tary alliance between France and Bel- gium as drawn up by Marshal.Foch of the French army and the Belgian chief of staff were received here today in of- ficial circles. - Military support of France by Bel- glum in future armed conflicts is pledg- ed, upon condition that France prove not to have been the aggressor. Belgium al- S0 reserves the right to remain neu- tral in all disputes between the interests of France and other nations in France's colonial possessions. Details as to France's pledze to Belgium have not yet i been received. The alliance is to endure for a period of from five to fifteen years. It is un- {derstood that before official promulga- ition the terms will be submitted to the League of Nations for approval, follow- {ing similar action by the British and | Japanese zovernments in advising the league in order to brinz its provisions in | conformity with the aims of the league. | | The general lines of the agreement were drawn up in June at the time of the vis- {it of the Belgian chief of staff to Paris to consult with Marshal Foch. ~ Attempts of Belgium to induce Great Britain to join with France in the de- fensive alliance, the official advices stat- fed, have so far been in vain. The last|{ visit of King Albert to London was sald to have been to influence favorable dec- sion by Great Britain. “ The unresponsive- ness of the Pritish government was at- tributed to Belgium in extending Wwith France the occupation of Germany in April without first having obtained the sanction of the supreme council NERVOUSNESS IN TOKIO OVER JAPANESE-AMERICAN RELATIONS Tokio, Aug. 3 (By the A. P.).—Special despatches from the United. States de- seribing the recent conference held at the American state department between See- retary of State Colby, Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassadon to the United State®, Roland Morris. American ambassador to Japan, and Sir bBi Francis Alstrom, the PBriti ini China, at which the general situation in the Far Bast was discussed, and the sug- gestion in some of the despatches that Great Dritain is showing sizns.of joini the United States in her F policy, have served to increase the nerv- ousness here over Japanese-Américan re- lation: Leading newspapers devote lengthy ed- itorials to discussion of the situation and generally demand that the Japanese peo- ple show an unbroken front. The Nichi Nichi thinks the trouble with Japan's diplomacy lies in the fact that the au- thorities are “excessively timid and over- considerate.of the feelinzs of other coun- tries.” They should take resolute action on their own responsibility,-the newspaper says. _— CONFLICTING STATEMENTS FROM ILLINOIS MINERS Chicago, Ang. 3.—Conflicting statements concerning conditions in Illinois coal mines weer made today by presidents of two operators’ organizations with head- quarters here. E. C. Searles, president of the Illinois Coal Operators’ association. declared that the miners were overriding their union officials, that not one large mine was running in the state --- ‘hat bolshevist agitators and organizers were circulating among the miners. H. C. Adams, president of the Central Tllinois Operators’ association, declared that the miners were returning to work and that in only one county—Franklin— was there any tfouble. The miners were returning very slowly there, he said. He said he kmew of no bolshevik agitation anywhere. INTOXICATED HOGS LED TO SEIZURE OF STILL Whitesburg, Ky., Aug. 3.—A drove of intoxicated hogs has given prohibition jofficers the clew that led to seizure of a giant still and arrest of two. men in Letcher County, Ky. The officers, op- erating ofit heré reported destruction of six stills. “The hogs, acocrding to one of the prohibition enforcers, were found on top of a mountain and were “cutting weird capers.” A search and discovery of the still followed. icent to Lemberg, 4, 1920 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS PalisArmytoPieges In a Desperate Effort to Cap- ture Warsaw Before the Conclusion of the Armistice Conference. ‘Warsaw, Aug. 3.+-Brest-Litovsk, the last great fortress guarding Warsaw from the east, has apparently fallen be- fore a, tremendous assault by the Russian bolsheviki. North of that place soviet forces have smashed their way forward in their drive westward to a point only sixty miles east of this city. Over a front of 120 miles Polish armies are being pounded to pieces before the rush of bolshevik hordes, which are being hurled into the battle in a desperate at- tempt to capture Warsaw before the con- clusion of the armistice conferences at Kobryn.. Rinforcements are everywhere Veing hurried to the front by thej Rus- sians to complete the defeat of the Poles Lefore the hostilities are halted. An official statement issued late last night showed the soviet armies had reach- ed a line running from Kossaki to Ciech- anowicz, which is only sixty miles from this city, with which it is connected by an excellent automobile highway. Great masses of bolsheviki have been flung against the Polish breastworks de- fending the part of Bhest-Litovsk east of the River Bug. Fugitives who arrived heer last night from that city reported the soviet forces were in control of the eastern half of the town. It is officially admitted the Russians have reached Miel- nika, northwest of Brest-Litovsk. Far to the southeast, near Brody, the bolsheviki have rushed reinforcements into the line, and it is expected a terrific attack will be launched there for the pur- pose of capturing Lemberg before an armistice is déclared. On the northern sector soviet troops have advanced and have reached the re- gion of Ostrolenka, which is but sixty-six miles from Warsaw. Cavalry regiments form the extreme tip of the right wing of | the advancing bolshevik line, and here, too, fresh forces are being brought up. Apparently it is planned to carry the drive much nearer this city before Wed- nesday, the earliest date set by the soviet plenipotentiaries for reaching a decision relative to an armistice with Poland. OVIET SUGGESTS PEACE MEETING BE HELD AT MINSK Aug. 3.—(By The A. P) The breaking off of the negotiations be- tween ‘the Poles and the Bo!sheviki out of which it had been hoped would come an armistice and the early cessation of hostilities was due to a misunderstand- ing, according to the “contention of the | Russian Soviet authorities in a wireless despatch, received here today. The lat communication from the Soviet Suggests that negotiations both for an armistice and for peace be held in Minsk Wed- nesday. - It asks that the Poles-send a defega- tion to Muisw sgeed with all the necessary credentials to negotiate for peace. The Poles contend that it will be a physical impossibility for them to com- ply with this proposal. While the Polish delegates are retrac- ing their steps homeward from Barano- | vitchi, - whefe the conference with the bolsheviki ended so abrgptly, the bol- shevik troops are rep\rted everywhere to be pressing their attacks on the en- tire battle-line from the East Prussian front on the morth, to the region adja- | in Galicia, on the south. Inside the great battle arc the Poles are hurriedly reparing defenses, partic- ularly trenches and barbed wire entan- glemets in front of Warsaw. POLISH GOV'T WILL NOT BE MOVED FROM WARSAW London, Aug. 3.—Wireless reports re- ceived from Warsaw stawe that the Pol- | ish government will not b: moved from Warsaw. It is said officials fear that a radical government would be set up fol- lowing their - departure. DESPATCHES FORESJIADOW IMMINENT FALL OF WARSAW ‘Washington, Aug., 3.—With the des-| perate plight of Poland emphasized in| despatches foreshadowing the imminent | fall of Warsaw and telling of the proc mation in Polish districts of a soviel gov- ion of the United States | toward the swift developments of events in Europe loday engaged the serious con- sideration of officials of the government. Despite reiterated appeals to the United | States government by Poland through ita | minister, Prince Lubormirski, for exten- sion of moral, if not material, aid, there nas been as yet mo disposition shown among officials to reflect a departure of the United States of the neutral position assumed at the beginning of hostilities between Poland and Russia. Officials have held that inasmuch as| the present conflict originated from causes to which the United States was not a party, this country should continue its present position. Whether the United States might be moved to depart from this position of aloofness in the event of anything approaching a crisis in the re- lations of Russia towards Europe officials refrained today from indicating. The state department was still without definite reports regarding developments in the armistice negotiations between the Polish emissaries and soviet leaders The latest information as to military operations received by the department in- dicated that Bialystok, northeast of War- saw, had been lost by the Polish forces. The Red army in §s advance was report. ed to have passed Bransk, southwest of Bialystok. The department’s despatches also indi- cated that the Polish lines had been stif- fened. Budienny, the bolshevik leader who forced the Polish troops out of Kiey, was reported to be encountering a strong resistance in his advance between Brody and Lemberg in eastern Galicia. The department advices contained an uncon- firmed report that two bolshevik cavalry divisions had been concentrated in the vicinity of Szczucin, considerably to the south of Warsaw. In the direction of Lomza, on the Narew river, due west of Bialystok, the bolshevik were said to have made some progress. CHICAGO DETECTIVE SHOT IN BATTLE WITH BANDITS Chicago, Aug. 3—Frank McGurk a detective, was shot fatally today in a battie with three men who attempted to rob the office of the Illinois Vinegag Manufacturing company. - The bandits| were driven away by the detectives’ fire without obtaining any money. Enlisting in Polish Volunteers. ‘Warsaw, Aug. 3.—Many American and British subjects, including a number of former officers, are reported by the re- cruiting officers to be enlisting in the Polish volunteers. 4 | providing. {1ower for arresting BRIEF TELEGRAMS Only a few minor disorders marked the “congressional elections throughout Mexico. A forestry and print paper conference Wwill be held at New London, N. S., Aug. 24, 25 and’ 26. Dr. Luls Galvan, Domincan minister to- the United States, died at Washiig- ton from heart trouble. 3 Paris quoted the American dollar at 13 francs 4 centimes, against 13 francs 10 1-2 centimes at last close. British interests have secured com- trol the three Jargest coccanut oil companies in the Philippines. e The Bluebird Packing Co. is advertis- ing sugar for 21 ceats a pound in guan- tities of rot less than 227 pounde. 227 Dr. Belisario Porras, candidate of the liberal conservative part; was el:c:ed president of the Republic of Panama. A requiem high mass was ceiebrated at Hwbin in memory of the murdercd members of the Russiaa imperial fam- ily. . The Schulte retail stores corporation, tobacconists, declared a dividend of fif- ty per cent. payable August 24 on all common stock of record on August 9. The signing of the Turkish - peace treaty has been definitely fixed to (lake place next Thursday at four o'clock in the afternoon. The American Line steamship Phila- delphia arrived at New York, with 761 passenger and $2,239,000 in gold bulliong from Southampton. Percy Sholto Douglas, of Queensberry, is dead burg, Union of South to announcement. ninth Marquis at Johannes- Africa according By a special order {he interstate com- merce commission has assumed juris- diction over the Postal Telegraph and Commercial Cable Co. Exportation of whent and sugar from ntina is prohibited under a decree ued by the pres it was an- nounced at Buen A Franeis M. Hugo, secretary of New York state, denied reports that hs had decided not to run in the republican pri- maries for the nomination for governor. Bar silver in London was 56 5-8d an ounce. ew York domestic price. re- mained unchanged at 99 1-2 cents and foreign was unchanged at 93 3-8 cents. Sung-Hsiac-Lien, commissioner of in- ternal affairs for the provirce of Hei- lunkiang, Manchuria, has taken over the presidency of the Chincse stern Rail- way. The anthracite wage commission, hav- ing completed its tour of the anthracite region, left Pottsville, Pa.) to take consideration of the evidence at Wa: ington. up Dr. William H. Tolman, of New York, social economist, ‘was -appointed attache in social economy to~the Czecho-Slava- kian ministry of social welfare in Prague. Two thousand craftsmen of the motion picture studios at Fort Lee, N. J.,, who were on strike for about two weeks, were granted their demands and went back to work. Increases in freight rates allowed by the interstate commerce commiss.on Saturday will cost the steel manufaer urers more than $6,000,000 annualiv, in material alone. Otlicials of the American Federation of Labor will press their pleas for am- nesty for political prisoners next week it was said at the federation headquar- ters. in Washington. Polish 2n a envoys appointed to megotiate stice agreement. with representa- of the v n ssviet governm d at LBarznovitchi, where the ~on- leld. More than 500 bishops, monsiznors and pri are in Philadelphia attend- ing the thirty-fourth annual convention of the priests eucharistic league, a so- ciety of Catholic clergy. rr ference will i Free radium treatment for from cancer will be administered, be- ning October 15, by the state inst for the study of malignant dis , at Buffalo, N. Y. tution s, Wholesale prices of beet declined throughout the east at an average of 10 to 15 per cent. between June 26 and July 24, the American Institute of Meat Packers announced at Chicago. The Ditish cabinet virtnly completed for trial giving the military reported to have Trisn 51 v jyry and and police wider spected persons. The allies were informed that Ger- many has ordered troops to be sent to the East Prussian border to guard against any Poles or Bolshevikl who may carry their warfare across the bor- der. Advices from Odessa announce the arival at that port of two Italian mer- chant ships. Their advent was hailed with joy by the bolsheviki, who pur- chased the ecargoes of manufactured goods. On Sept. 4, the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Third Republic of France, will be held. The heart of Gam- betta, which is at presnt at the Villa @Vray in an urn, will be removed to the Pantheon. W. ©O. Jenkins, Amerlcan consular agent Imprifoned by the Carranza gov- ernment on a charge of collusion with Dbandits, will file suit for damages as a result of that action, according to El TUniversal of Mexico City. According. to word received at Los An- geles, General Obregon has established headquarters at Manzanillo, a seaport on the west coast of Mexico, and will per- sonally direct the movement of 3.600 picked troops to be sent against Gov- ernor Cantu. CHARGED WITH ACCERTING BRIBES FROM SALOONKEEFFRS New York, Aug. 3.—Patrick Burke, de- tective sergeant, and Benzon B. C. Laver- ty. a federal prohibition enforcement of- ficer, were arrested in Brookiyn today by federal agents on the charge of accepting bribes from saloonkeepers. Three saloon provrietors elaimed to have paid Burke $125, the federal agents stated. Laverty, it is charged, threatened to close a Coney Islend hotel barroom unless he received $200. The complaint alleged that he compromised on $100. The defendants denied the charges. The arrests are said to be the fore- ranner of others in which police and au- thorized federal agents are involved. sufferers | To Rule Ireland by Courts Martial tary Courts Will Also Take Over Duties of Coroners Mil Jury. London, Aug. 3.—Duties of crown tri- bunals in Ireland Wwill be taken over by courtsmartial, even to the extent of set- tling civil disputes, infliction of fines and theé binding of accused persons over to keep the peace, under the terms of the new Irisn bill which was made public this morning. - Military courts will also take over the duties of coroners, and will have the power to decide cases without jury. In trials for crimes punishable by death, however, one person woh need not be an officer shall sit as one of the judges. He must be appointed by the viceroy from a list approved by the lord chancellor of Ireland or the lord chief justice of Eng- land. The courts will be given the power to compel witnesses to attend hearings and enforce orders for the presentation of documents. Persons convicted by them may be imprisoned in any part of Great Britain. The bill makes provision for excluding Ulster from the working of the law bx stipulating that it shall be effective in the land. whole or any part.of I HARDING HAS SUPPORT OF LABOR LEADER T. V., O'CONNOR Marion, Ohio, Aug. Senator Hard- ing held aconference today with T. V O'Connor of Buffalo, president of the In- ternational Longshoremen's Association, at which the labor situation was discuss- ed generally and the candidate was as- sured of the support of the labor lead- er. Mr. O'Connor later gave out a statement covering his views. Previous to his conference with Mr. r, Senator Harding had conferred at length with Senator Harry S. New of Indiana, n of the Republican Speakers’ on matters pertaining tent, if at all, the front porch campaign ted from is understood ed ed that no one in re will be no de- then proceeded of a front porch with the n campaign in 1888 and the two ley campa in 1896 and 1900. only are railroad rates higher, but it is impossible for railroads to furnish equipment to conduct excursions to the dida home as in past years, he d. A statement issyed by Mr. O'Connor after the confercene said in part: ority had viation from the plan a to discuss the handi is “I have heard a deal of vari- ous leaders ths ng to deliver the labor vote this year, but I want to say that nobody will deliver it. Labor is thinking as never before ,and is go- ing to vote to suit itself. In 1916 I wa away -from-home and lost my vote, but if 1 had been there I would have voted for Wilson. Dut the democratic party {has since then lost claim for confi- dence of the country. We must restore popular confiden our government in order to put 3n end to the unr exis The fact that the a bad scrap nd if the U does not keep its feet on the gr he world can't. “I deal! with all the nationali cept As: in our organi: know that there is a gener ire to get away from entanglements with European i good deal of ap- least cond: urope may . and I prehen; tions W reach h termined to avoid d if they can. t seems very must support the vear. to me that labor republican party this N. Y. DEMOCRATS n RENOMINATION O ov. SMITH Saratoga Spr N .. Aug. Governor Alfred E. Smith was mously acclaimed t andida renominatilon b dern b the tonight. ie e convention Although convention leaders had decreed that there should be no designation or rec- ommendation of candidates at the f Governor Smith’s name was formally placed before the convention hy Former Governor Martin M. Glyen. who 1 for Albany, the first county on the 1 Others who spoke for ernor included 1. y Ilerrick of bany and Miss Harriet May M racuse. CHURCH OBJECTS TO PUBLIC MORGUE AS NEIGHBOR Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. tine’s Roman Catholic from Judee Keeler of the superior court today a temporary injunction to prevent Rour & EBoucher from opening an un- dertaking place and nublic morgue in the same street block as that occupied by the church edifice. The petition stated that the block in question, in a residential section, is not used in any part for com- mercial purposes and it objects to com- mercialism by means of the morgue, which would end its quietude and charae- ter. The church sets forth that it has a school and rectory in the block and owns all but the parcel of land on which the firm is about to open a place. 3.—St. Augus- church secured DOMINION SHIPBUILDING COMPANY IS BANKRUPT Toronto, Aug, 3.—The Dominion Ship- buliding Company, which has an ex- tensive plant here, has assigned for the benefit of creditors, among Whom are 800 employes who have not been paid for two weeks. Their wages amount to $75,000, it is sta¥d. This company built a number of ‘gssels during the war. GROSS NATIO> b L DEBT REDUCED 876,404,453 Washington, Aug. 3.—The gross na- tional debt was -reduced a total of $76,- 404353 during July, according to the treasury statement today. This leaves the public debt at $24,227917,013. The reduction was accomplishe® through the retirement \of that amount of treasury certificates of indebtedness. 1,000 MINERS OF PENN. COAL COMPANY ON STRIKE Scranton, Pa. Aug. 3.—One thousand minels employed by the Pennsylvania Coal Company in its mines in Dunmore went on strike today in sympathy with the seven thousand striking at Pittston. About the same number of men, all members of ‘the " union, remained at work and it was announced that they would cemtinue to work. -and Decide Cases Without |As primarfes, on a roll call of the counties | for an expression of opinion “Alfred B Smith” e only response. REVENUES FROM RAILROADS §100.000,000 MORE YEARLY a Result of the Advance in Tru;nporht.ion Rates Govern- ment Will Receive Added Income—New Freight and Pas- senger Rates Will Be Made Effective on August 25, In- stead of August 20—Railroads Are to Ask Canadian Railway Commissioners ‘Washington, Aug. 3—(By The A. P.) —increased revenues, officially estimat. ed at $100,000,000 annually, will acerue to the treasury as a result of the ad- vance in transportation rates allowed the railroads. The added income for the government, officials said tonight, would be derived from increased trans- portation taxes—which are paid by the public—as well as through operation of the income and excise provisions of the revenue laws. Transportation taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30 aggregated ap- proximately $231,000,000. This sum was made up from the three per cent. tax on freight charges amounting to $125,- 000,000, the 8 per cent. tax on passen- ger tickets supplying $100,000,000, and the 8 per cent. tax on Pullman charges producing $6,500,000. Should railroad traffic continue at its present volume, all of these anounts would be increased correspondingly with the advance permitted by the in- terstate commerce commission in rate decision last Saturday. On this basis officials of the bureau of internal revenue calculate the additional taxes will aggregate $38,550,000 on freight, $18,700,000 on passenger and $3,500,000 on Pullman charges. Another source of revenue would be from income taxes levied against the railroad corporations. Railroad execu- tives expect many of the carriers to earn sufficiently large returns under the new rates to compel the payment of income taxes for the first time since pre-war days. It is from this source that the treasury expects to obtain a large portion of the remaining $40,000,- 1000 of their $100,000,000 estimate. Offi- !cials placed the amount from income taxes conservatively at $30,000,600 a rear. 1 The wage award of $600,000.000 a year, one of the causes for a rate ad- vance, also will result in producing a certain return to the government for it places most of the railroad employes within jurisdiction of the income tax law Amounts levied on most of the workers will be small, but, it was point- ed out, the railroad labor army num- bers more than 2,000,000 persons. F'rom this number, officials believed thre taxes its | For Permission to Make the New Rates Operative on Transportation From the Unit- ed States to the Dominion. would aggregate a “substantial amount, probably $10,000,000 or more.” Officials also are studying the indi- rect effect the rate increase will have on revenue produced by the excise afd miscellaneous taxes. Virtually all of the excise taxes are based on a per- centage of the selling prices—as the so-called luxury taxes—and they re- gard it as certain that more revenue will be forthcoming as the prices of commedities move upward. NEW RAILROAD RATES EFFECTIVE AUGUST 25 Vashington, Aug. 3—New freight freight rates and passenger fares will be made effective on August 26, instead of on August 20 for passenger fares and August 25 for freight tariffs, rail- road officials announced tonight. At the same time it was announced that the American railroads would ask the Canadi railway coinmissioners for permission to make the new rates effective on transportation from the { Uniteq States to the dominion. Decision to postpone the putting inte effect of the advanced charg uthor- ized last Saturday by the interstate commerce comim from the dates announced yesterday was reached tor night after tariff experts of the car- riers had informed Alfred B. Thom, general counsel for the Asociated Rail- way Executive t it would be im- possible to have the blanket schedules jready before August il. Under the orders of the com ion the new schedules must be fiied iive days before they become eficctive. . Application of the new schedules to transportation to Canada, officials said, will mean that shippers will pay freight charges under the new tariffs for their classification territories unless the shipment passes tarcugh more than one group before cro the line, in whic the inter-territorial rate, whic to be advanced 33 1-3 per cent. would apply ’ Canadian railways, it_was said, will apply to the inti erstate commerce com- hority to malke the new mission for auf ! charges effective on - transportation from tiaes dominion into ihe United States. - SERGEANT VANDERCARR HELD ! FOR MURDER OF PATROLMAN Leominster, Ma ug. 3.—Sergeant Haroid Vandercarr, mess director at the Camp Devens base hospital, who is al- leged to have kilied Charles A. Thomas, a police patrolman here last Saturday was held without bail in the district court today on the charge of murder. He pleaded not guilty. Pend- ling a hearing next M(md;:\'lhe will be confined in the Worcester jail. ©frs. Thomas Wife of the patrolman, was not in court. She is said to be in la condition of physical collapse. —Ac- ocrding to the police, Mrs. Thomas has caid that Vandercarr who was calling on her shot her husband as he was en- tering the house. Sy W 20 SPANISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN FIGHTING IN MOROCCO Madrid, Aug. 2—Twenty Spanish sol- rs were killed and thirteen wounded some seriously, in recent fighting i | Moroceo, says an lofficial report. Al |the casualties were inflicted on the Ceuta regiment, Moroccan tribesmen engaged in the battle fled in disorder leaving many dead in the field. | The engagement occurred on July 2 |and 31, near Rhanan. REICHSTAG PARDONS ALL KAPP REVOLUTIONISTS Berlin, Aug. 3.—Pardons will be grant- ed all persons concerned with the Kap revolution here last march under thc terms of the government amnesty bill which was adonted by the reichstag today after a long and animated debate. ceptions will be made, however, in thc cases of l:aders and those guilty of or { dinary criminal offenses, who will D placed on trial MUST SEPARATE GARBAGE AND WASTE IN MERBIDEX Meriden, Conn., Aug. 3.—Following : personally conducted tour of streets b: Mayor Daniel J. Donovan to find violat | ors of the city’s new law requiring resi | dents to separate garbage and indestruct | ible waste for the collector, twenty-sever residents were summoned before the po lice court today and fines were imposec ranging from $1 and costs to §5 and costs TRIBESMEN ATTACKED 2 BRITISHM IN MESOPOTAMIA London, Aug. 3.—Further ‘troubles fo the British in Mesopotamia were report ed by the war office today. A strong Brit ish colunm on the Lower Euphrates wa | attacked and roughly handled by tribes men, it was announced, but succeeded i cutting its way back to Hillah, near the site of ancient Babylon, after sufferin, 300 casualties and the loss of one g and twelve machine guns. 32 MINES ARE IDLE IN THE KANSAS DISTRICI Pittsburg, Kas., Aug. 3.—On the eve o the investigation of the mine situation ! Kansas by the state court of industria relations, - thirty-two mines are idle ove the five-day week venalty grievance an i four idle over other grievances, it was re | ported by the Interstate Coal Operators association. | “STUNT” AVIATOR AND HIS .AIDE EILLET Los Angeles, Aue. 3.—Licutenant Oma Lockyear, noted ‘“Stunt” aviator, an Lieutenant Milton Elliott, his aide, wer killed last nizht when' their plane crash ed from a distance of one thousand feet Italy and Albania in Ze—e'orq. London, Aug. 3.—A despatch to the Ex- ange Telegranh from Rome says, quot ing advices received from Aviona, that th accord - between Italy and Albania wa due to be sizned t.od:a‘ . 'S P. CAMPAIGN IN CHARGE OF WOME ACTIVITIES IN R Chicago, Aug. 3.—Miss Adah Elizabeth Bush of Indianapolis arrived today te take charge of the republican campalgn throughout the country as regards wom- en’s activities. She was introducedfal republican campaign headquarters € by Mrs. Harriet Tayler Upton of Canton, 0., vice chairman of the executive com- mittee of the republican naticnal commit. tee here. Mrs. Manley L. Fossen of N a member of the execut committee, has been ted joint chairman of the speakers’ bureau in con, on with Sen- ator Harr New of I it was an- nounced today. A conference will be held here Thursday between M n, Sen- ator New and. Representative James W, Good of Iowa to formulate plans for the rneapolls, was appoin lican club: teen states. director of repub- ng a territory of seven- MEAGRE RETURNS FROM PRIMARIES IN MISSOURI St. Louis, Auz. 3.—On the face of mea- sre unofficial returns, John M. Atkinson mnd Arthur M. Hyde wer: subernatorial nominations on the demo- cratic and ‘republic_tickets, respectively, md Senator Selden P. Spencer and Ereck- nridge Long for the respective republican wnd democratic nominations for United Statea genator. Two hundred and seventy-five scattered sreeinets gave for governor: Atkinson (democrat) 9,724, is (democrat) 8,- for the 848, Mayer (demoec: 3,161, Hyde (re- nublican) 7,973, MeJimsey (republican) £,136. Seventy-five precincts rave for senator: vencer (republican) 3,674, Davis (repub- lican) 1,967, Minnis (republican) 577, _onrr (democrat) 2,504, Priest (democrat) 1,522, Hay (demorat) 933. TANSAS CONGRISSMEN & ARE LEADING OPPONENTS Topcka, Kas., Auz. 3.—Scattered early returns from today's statewide primary lection indicate United States Senator “harles Curtis, Governor Henry J. Allen nd all present Kansas congressmen are eading their respective opponents. The democratic returns un to a late wour were not sufficient to form any esti- nate of the /strength of the four candi- lates for the nomination for governor, jonathan Davis, W. S. Hyatt, Dempster >otts and O. T. Wood. orge H. Hodges, democrat, was nomi- iated for the United States senate with- sut oppositien. IORGAN ENTERPRISES TO BE GROUPED UZDER ONE ROOF New York, Aug. 3.—The vast enter- origes of J. P. Morzan & Co. in this city will be grouped under one roof, it was ‘earned today, throush the firm's acquisi- tion of the Mills building at Broad street md Exchange place. This structure, hich for nearly fifty vears has been one . £ the most notable propertie sin the down >wa financial district, will be replaced v a 33-story office building. The prop- rty adjoins the present Morgan banking 10 SAVED FROM DEATH BY i A PUNCII IN THE JAW TFremont, Neb., Aug. 3.—Arthur Them: s, an emvloye of the city electrical light lant here, was saved from “ueath today v a blaw on the jaw. He had taken hold ¢ a plug which had become charged by short circuit and could not free himself. ‘lyde Newlon, a fellow worker, saw his :redicament and swung his right flst te “he point of Thomas’ jaw, ocking hire :everal feet away. Thomas' jaw was ;lgiihtly fractured, but he says he is satis- Adam de la Hal semin nanera in 1R40