Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 1, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 250 THENWELFARE OF AL Sterling Sentiment Expressed by Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Widow of Forz President Theodore Roosevelt, in Ad- | - Yesterday. vocacy of the Election of Republican Presidential Ticket —Appeals to the “Manhood and Womanhood” of Amer- | *2 ica tp Make Their Influence Felt in Behalf of the Nation — Warns That It is Not Necessiry to Forget Our Duty to Our Neighbor mDeing Our Duty at Home. New York, Sept. 30—Mrs. Edith Ker- mit Roosevelt,” widow of former presi- dent Theodore Roosgvelt, tonight appeal- ed to the “manhood and womanhood of America” to elect Senator Harding and Governor Coolidge, republican presiden- -tial and vice presidential candidates. in o statement dated Hill, Oyster Bay, and given out by tie Roosevelt said: “The country’s vital need is the election of the republican candi- Harding and Calvin Only will the full of Americanism in the next administra- tion be attained, if the people shail de- clare for the party which holds true nationalism as its high ideal, necessary to forget our duty heighbor t doing our duty at home, “The time appeals most strongly to the manhood and the America—to woman more than ever be- fore because to her has come the per- fected opportunity to make hr influence weighty in behalf of the nation. “This vear as never before, with world conditions as they are, staunchness of American purpose are ob- if we would first bring back our ‘eountry to its stable place and then by strong endeavor do. all that can be Wome for peace and the general welfare ia all lands” steadiness and SATISFIED OF SUPPORT OF UNITED PARTY Marion, O., Sept. 30.—Taking nete of and the league of nations havy republican - inaders, Senator Harding said tonizht was satisfled of the support of a united party on both issues. He characterized as “absolirely published Teports Johnson and Borah of the tr concilables had informed: him would withdraw from the and at the same time he anavaacel that Former President Taft Hoover two L cated of ratification, seon woul ing an ective pari in the fight for el tion of-the republican ticket. Commenting on the appeals »f Qov- progressive support, republican nominee declared he hal formation eonvincing erpor Cox for n‘our cause ade public with his enforsement a telegram to the gov- ernor from Charles Sumner Massachusetts, a former leacer of the Roosevelt progressivé party, declaring that known progressive sentiment “a complete refutation” of democratic ng informally the league fis- sue, Senator Harding said he neer had letter or otherwise given privately ment of his position which had not been contained also in his public utterances, said, was known the public and was support of republicans. in every detail commanding the of a joint letter from Senators Johnsen take further part in his eampaign, the nominee re- “There is no such letter. is abeolutely untrue.” you had any, recent commu- nieation with Mr. Taft on that subject?” bhe was asked. “I have had mo direct communication Taft but I have heard from those close to him and I understand campaign working heartily for the election of a republi- can president by the middle of October. Herbert Hoover." ‘The telegram to Governor Cox from who was & democrat before he went to the progressive party, said: “In your acrobatic campaign to at- endeavor to convey impression that voters of the late Theodore Roosevelt ignered and. outlawed Senator Harding who, a8 your express seeks adviee from only ‘a certain type of men, namely stand-patters and The opposition to you of such progressives as Johnson, Poindex- ter, Beveridge, James R. Garfield, Mec- Cormick, Baldwin, by practically leaders who stood Roosevelt in 1912 and 1916, is a com- this oft-repeated statement of reactionaries. Robins and, all of the progressive plete refutation misleading and “I resent with your desperate effort to capitalize his honored name. for the purpose of pro- moting your political “aspirations| and of ‘perpetuating the power of the democratic party which he, above all men, for the purpose distrusted and . ex- Commenting on the telegram, Senator Harding said: ! "% only wish' to say that the facts as to the position of the progressives as he states them are information which is sent to me voluntarily, that the rank and file of the supporters of Roosevelt are putting their full faith in our cause.” - yw Senator Harding will speak the front porch to a gathering of , and officials at his headquarters “sald his address would be one rtant of the campalgn. soclal justice, outlining s program for humane re- Bon or’or'-nlud social better- the most im: A headquarters that five thousand women were expect- Special trains will come from Chieago, Columbus and factories employing will close thefr doors to permit attend- Women of all political fiave been invited, and the candidate’s managers said every effort. would be made to make the meeting a non-parti- san gathering. — e COOLIDGE MAKES PLEA - FOR INDUSTRIAL PEACE S e b of the interruptio announcement the ‘Housafonic Agricultural Society here today. The achievement of these wo, ends, he said, was essential to na- tional prosperity, and he expressed con- fidence that “the good selse” 'of the American people would lead them to this solution of their industrial ills. The address was delivered before a throng from western Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York state who, undismayed by a driving rainstorm came, from distant points and crowded one of the fair buildings to give the candidate an ovation. The majority were from the farms and Governor Cool- idge pointed to their *“good fellowship and hard and lionest labor” as an exam- ple which might well be emulated in all industry “as the foundation of all na- tional 'greatness.” " “A shining example of the cessation of the interiruption of production,” he added, “is the way the farms of the na- tion are running.” Goverrior Coolidge motored here from Pittsfleld this forenocn, and was the guest of the fair management and of lo- cal political leaders at a luncheon at noon. He was accompanied by Con- gressman Allen T. Treadway, of Stock- bridge and District Attorney Charles H. Wright, of Pittsfield, who also spoke at the fair. He was also giveh a recep- tion at the Red Lion Inn, at Stock- bridge. : The governor was presented with an overcoat, the wool for which was con- tributed by the sheen raisers of Berl shire county and carded, woven and, dy- ed in North Adams. The overcoat was made by the governor's tailor at Northampton. Gavernor Coolidge returned to Boston tonight. & TRYING TO RETAIN HOMES . AGAINST EVICTION ORDER New York, Sept. 30.—Municipal officials tonight united in efforts to bring order out of the confusion which resulted today from_ the_efforts of thousands of fam- ilies ‘to, retain their homes against ev tion orde‘fi effectite tomorrow—DMoving Day—or quarters. i Hundreds of tenants today swarmed: to the offices of the Mayor's committee on rent. profiteering with apneals for aid in retaimng ‘their %%%Wm ment urging these tenants to eo-operate and consider the merits of the own cuses, to prevent the New York courts from be- coming hoplessly clogged with tenant- landlord cases during the next few weeks. | Aaron J. Levy, chief justice of the mu nicipal court, announced that telegrams had been sent to the chief clerks of eourts in the various distrievts directing that no warrants of eviction be.issued in any landlurd and tenant proceedings be- gun Dbefore September 28, 'This means, Justice Levy said, that no tenants can be evicted except those subject to eviction under the new housing laws passed at the special session of the state legisla- ture. | Announcement also was made that a mAss meeting of the citizens will be held tomorrow night in Carnegie hall to con- sider the housing situation. ~Governor Smith and United States Senator William M.-Calder will speak. It was cstimated today that 75,000 families would atten pt to move torrorrow with hardiy more than 2,000 moving vans available. Many of the tenants planned to go to quarters which, sched- uled (o beeame vacant October 1, were occupied by other families unable to find new quarters. 4 Moving van rates are “prohibitive” and will prevent many from moving. Justice Tevy, in his statement, sald that “thousands upon thousands of ten- ants” would have been subject to-evie- tion or October 1 under proceedings that have been started. His decision ordering warrants held up resulted from a con- ference of ‘municipal court justices. A méans of moving to new meeting of the board of justices. he said, will be held October 5 to prenare rules for uniformly carrying out the new laws. Chairman Hilly declared. indications are that unless tenants:‘contribute their own ghare of initiative,” court and*mu- nicipal facilities will,be so overwhelmed that they will be unable to provide®the relief for whiech they were intended. WILLYS-OVEZLAND TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION OF AUTOMOBILES Toledo, O., Sept. 30.—Toledo plants of the Willys-Overland Company = were closed down yesterday and today fol- lowing the lay-off of 4 560 men and wo- men workers, Fewer than 2000 remain to operate the plant: the rest of the week when they reopen tomorrow. Nor- mally there are between 12,000 and 14,- 000 employed. ~ Those released yesterday were in- structed to report Monday morning, by which time officials say it will be known definitely whether the plants will operate on a three-day-a-week basis or remain closed until conditions in the automobile industry get back to normal, Falling off in the demand for auto- mobiles, which has affected motor car companies in general throughout the United States, is assigned as the cause of the drastic curtailment of production. FRENCH LABOR FEDERATION FAVORS' LEAGUE OF NATIONS Orleans, France, Sépt.. 30.—Speaking today at the French Labor. congress, Leon Jouhaux, president of the Gen- #ral Federation —of Labor, ‘said ' the French federation from the first had Heen in favor of the league of nations, “It had endorsed the policy “of Presi- “lent Wilson, defender of a lasting peace through! liberty and the indepéndence .of nations,” declared M. Johaux. “The re- Pults did wot readh wxpectations be- The principle of international nontrol, which you will ind also in the soviet charter, is the sole remedy. -Out- side of the there is no internationalism nossible. * * 3 oy | Millerand Visits U. §. Ambassador i gold ¥ London at 117s 94 an ounce against 117s 11d- Royal Italian Mail lner Abruzzi arrived at New York | Off Atlantic Coast R, At aod Set New England States Aquatic stars of the American Olympic team arrived here from Europe on thell steamer Mobile. 3 alind- Confer- Fire at the plant of the Yargoo Mills R. I, ‘caused.a loss Invitati tended by P at Slocums, day. estimated "at §100,000 e . Paris, Sept. J0—Lithuania has accept- e the invitation of Poland to Coloratupa soprana, died at her villa |delegates immediately to Suwalki the ~Polish-Lithuanian peace - conference . | probably will begin tomorro wor -Satur- Paris quoted Ameriean dollar at 14 [1aY, the French foreign office was in- franes 90. centimes against 14 francs 94 centimes at previous close. New York Sept. bureau here today issued the following rm warning: Mme. Etalka Gersfer, once famous storm cen- near Bologna, August 20, tred over South Carolina‘and secondary storm centered over southeastern Pe Disturbances will "inereas: in intensity and merge off southera England coast, ‘whole gales" off ' Middle New England coasts. ping to exercise great caution.” formed today. foreign - ministry that Detter for a final settlement of the @if- ficulties betweg: the two countries than it any time since the crisis developed. Both Lithuania and Poland have pressed willingness to negotiate along the ‘ines laid down by the league of nations, ‘vhich during the last few days has been extremely active in bringing the repre- sentatives of the two countries together. It was pointed out at the indications were attended Dby | White Star liner Joltic is bringiug Advise DU SUW L o, Leiands IR ISO0NE v RO RIS signed to American bankers, STURBANCE OFF According to reports Cantom, Chims, THE NEW JERSEY COAST|was, cariured by Cantonese troops an- der’ rebel leader Chencliung Ming. ‘Washington, disturbance first nobted by the weather bureau as centering in the Gulf of Mex- -« tonight . 25 having northeastward with chief diss turbance ‘off the New Jersey coast. The 1 the bureau said, ex- tending along the entire Atlantic from New England to Cuba, while winds con- tinued high in the gulf. cometric pressure reporied tonight was at Atlantic City. Weather conditions along the track f the disturbance were unusual. the temperature Gulf states Thurs- lower than recorded An_exchange of profe; Harvard University and the of Toulouse, .anee, ‘Wwas announced to- between | . Unlversity | CITIES GROWING 7 1-2 TIMES AS FAST AS RURAL DISTRICTS Washingion, Sept, 30—Cities are in- creasing in population seven and a half gressman from the first Connecticut d's- | times as fast as the rural districts, the trict -in a repul blican convention held at! census bureau disclosed tonight in a ¥ compilation of figures covering approxi- nately eighty-five per cent. of the new cnsus.. The | figures indicated that the mopeted census would show the ma- of | jority of the population to be city dwell- gales circling E. Hart Fefin 'w nominated for con- The lowest ba- Soviet troops haye taken Nikolaeff, a road junction north of Odessa, ro-Konstantinoff, 150 ‘miles east in a number of the day morning was in any previous September. frosts as far south as Oklahoma in the Plains states. For the last ten years, rural growth was but one-third as great as it was in he previous decade, but the cities al- most maintained their rate of growth, getting five new inhabitants from 1910 to 1920 for each six added during the vreceding ten years. All population cen- Fight thousand miners of the Penn- sylvania Coal ‘Co., in the Pittston dis- went out on strike after working CLOUDBURST CRIPPLED PHONE SERVICE IN NEW CANAAN in Cleveland restaurants will drop 10 to 15 percent today unless there is a marked advance in the wholesale even ‘the small county hamlets showed a greater. propor- increase than the" purely rural The greatest New Canaan, ters from a cloudburst here today flood- ed the operating room of the Southern New England telephone commission °the While -persons here could conversation points no connections were possible in An_emergency is being installed but service locally will not be possible before tonight. The estimate -of 3 _| districts. ton as.of s,;te',’,,h,':"g?';:'fi":e°i'flfil‘fd ever, were by citics of ten thousand or Monday, Oct. 4, at 11 a. m., instead of Saturday, Oet, 2. exchange and ‘nore inhabitants. While the bureau attempts no ex- planation of the reasons for the increas- son-in-law of .United ‘ng migration to the cities each year States senator Nelson, was convicted of a charge of murder in the first degree at Alexandria, Minn, been accompanied switchboard. Gustaf Nelson, working day, home conveniences attracted the rural especially during the war when wages in big ¥ent up rapidly. Although showing a check in the rate of population growth for the country as k ) 1 whole, the bureau’s figures Wilhelm M that the complete census would place e aon Eaufbeusen, Gor- [ (" 1010 sambar: of Anhabitants!afthe United States at mately 105,768,100, & gain of 17,795,840 v 15 per-cent. Lientanant ' Colonel Wrisley ~Brown, chief of the foreign influecne section of tie army general staff, resigned to re- turn to private life. ANTI- SUFFRAGISTS ARE TO RETAIN ORGANIZATION New York, Sept. 30.—The board of di- rectors of the National Association Op- nosed to Woman here today, that man ambassader to France presented h credentials to President Millerand at the Elysee palace, “with or without the the national associgtion and 28 itate associations are preparing to main- tain themsel: pendent bodies. headquarters inde- ' Federal Clgsing of. New York reestablishment. headguarters in Washington, D. C., also was announced. 3 A bulletin, made public says the con- stitutionality of the 19th amendment is now in the courts for decision and that | the constitution - farther suits are in preparation. res “that thelower to amend the.con-| fourths of the staté:legis- latures - (especially Tennessee, West Vir- Missouri) in a valid and legal Highway Council, meeting at Akron, Ohio, announced it will raise a|COX GAVE HIS VIEWS $500.000 budget for the coming vear and enlarge its membership. ON THE MEXICAN QUESTION ‘Wichita, - Kansas, 'Sept. and international subjects were mingled With the league of natiens Members ot the New York stock ex- change have approved an amendment to increasing dues . from Qbjein nine addresses’| With the finals of the tate ‘campaign a large t &t the forum. sides the leagud $300 to $1,000: mes or preventing rent | ting here to- , the governor gave his views on the Mexican question, the Russian problem and amplified his dis- cussion of prohibition. . Many ew | candidate’s Temarks - were housing | what he termed “town meetings”—in- formal - colloquies ‘with his audience in which he invited . questioning. In response to a question on Mexico, the, governor reférred to the statements of Senator Harding, his republican op- regarding ‘“protecting” can_ citizens and.interests, “It's one thing to talk about protect- ing American citizens no matter where it might be but when goes into a hornet's nest, where he's going, missioner of'Mexico City hds been ad- vanced to fthe rank of Commercial at- tache and assigned to -Madrid, In male suffrage states, the bulletin women may register but vote before supreme court decisions are handed down, a contest electi In double suffrage states w.nen woters are urged “to remember. that the men who liave worked for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment are politic- ally unsound and nct to be trusted, and regardless of party to supyort those men who have faithfully upheld the constitu- Health Commisio: = Copeland, o1 New era menaces New cenditioy s are rery _ Lendon bar silver was 1-4d lower at 9 1-81 an chiticy silver was- 99 -2 cents and forelgn sil- ver 3-4 cents lower at 92 1-2 cents. Census results were announced yes- sl terday: Kentucky 2416,012, increase of 126,108 or 5.5 per cent.; North Dakota 645,730, increase 6,874 or 11.9 per cent. “HARD BOILED” SMITH HAS OBJECTED TO CLEMENCY and knows United States not send a brigade of soldiers Rev. Thomas E. Swa ity Episcopal church of South Norwalk, Frapk H. (“Hard-Boiled”) Smith, whose ! received a commission as a chaplain in the regular army, with rector of Trin- Washington, 30.—Lieutenant release from imprisonment court-martial JUMPED OVERBOARD FROM STEAMER PROVIDENCE in France, has just become known, ob- Jected to any clemency being extended him, Secretary of War Baker said to- day, commenting on the case. Smith’s commanding officers, the sec-|COUNLry. retary said, had appealed to the clemen- cy board of the war department for a The Lee Tire and Rubber Company announced yesterday a reduction in the price of its entire line of tires from 15 man who had engaged a stateroom on 1020 per cent, effective throughout the the Fall River line steamer Providence under the name of Mrs. jumped overboard soon after the steam- ship left New York last night, officers reported to the police on the arrival of the vesse] here today. passengers saw the woman's body as it a distance of 30 Mary Newell, The appointment of Benjamin L. Br¥an as the head of a na- Smith, learning of the action, wrote thejYal mission from the United States to A number of the board, objecting to any change saying that he wished into- the water, out his sentence to avoid further public- —_— The largest shipment 6f gold, $16,750, 1000," ever transported across the Atlan- brought to New York on the steamer was stopped and a small beat scarched the waters for half an hour but found no trace of the woman. In the stateroom officers found a note asking that g son, Beach Newell of Bal- timore, and a dfughter, Mrs. L. Ernest Collier of New Several letters addressed to different in- dividuals also were found in the state- A war department explained that Smith was at liberty be- § cause the sentence given him by court-|S martial had expired. began at Fort Jay - New: York, on July the statément said, and con- tinued until. March cause of good conduct he was granted a He was released from July 28, when the reduced sentence ex- imprisonment. Three lines of shipping board vessels and one or ‘two privately owned Ameri- can lines now are engaged in trade -out of . the United Kingdom to other than United States ports. PRELIMINARY REPORT OF . CONDITIONS IN HAITI A protest against discontinnance by Federal ‘Departmient. of Agriculture preparing an apthrax serum was made by Dr. Douglds Symmers, a director of /Bellevue Hospital laboratories. FRENCH GOVERNMENT TO 2E i 5 DECORATE PERSHING TODAY ‘Washington, Sept, 30.—Rear Admiral 3 g recently sent to Haiti by the investigate condi- has -made -a preliminary report telling of a ‘very satisfactory” confer- S Sept. 30.—General Per- shing will be decorated tomorrow with the Medaille Militaire, the highest mili- tary distinction which it is within the ower of the French government to bestow. General Fayolle of the who attended the annual encampment of the American Legion this week, will be- stow the decoration and the ceremonies at Fort Myer, Va., will be attended by full military honors with troops at the post paraded. . The Medaille Militaire, created in 1852, can be awarded only to enlisted men who have earned high honor, or to army com- manders, wko.are to-consider, the French regulations say, that it is given in recog- cipient’s eminent service, and also ‘n “acknowledgment through his person of the valor of the troons which he has commanded in combat.” state department to .l'am)} members of a band of five band- whe held up aad robbed the Dar- A " sard §tale Bank ot $5,100 are surround |ence with the president of Haiti. ed v 514 armed pusse. nambering: sever il One of the subjects in controversy in near -M..nrow, Haiti was the reported holding up of L — the salaries of the president’and other Charles ¥. McDonald, chairman of the | officials of the “government. Democratic State Committee,. New Jer- | to state department s officials, this has issued a call for a convention: in|been satisfactorily arranged and salar- Trenton next Tuesday to adopt a party|ies are now being paid, platform and select - electoral candidates, LEYLAND LINE FREIGHTER Commissions that may have aggregat- LOST BEARINGS IN FOG ed $100,000 and may have been even mofe, were pald by Charles Ponzi to John S. Dondero for bri to his Securities ‘Exclan Sept. 30.—The Ley- nging customers | land line greighter Oxonian, boundl from Boston for Liverpool, slipped past thef Nahant, Mass. nition .of the ge Company. -dangerous reef 'of Morman's Woe in a Virgll G. Hinshaw, chairman of the prohibition national ‘committee, announc- ed he had asked Governor.( gram to declare himself as well as the letter of the constitut; dense fog today and brought up in Na- Wwhere her captain learned of the danger he had avoided and got DIrlt | his. bearings. to proceed. The fog cov- ered the coast and the crew of Nahant guards ‘'who Went oWt to the Oxonian in 'R | answer to its whistled call for help said the escape of the big freighter was re. EXPLOSION TORE HOLE IN A WORCESTER FACTORY ‘Worcester, Mass., Sept. 30.—An explo- sion of a blower certinuing a large quan- tity of celluloid on the third floor of the ‘W. D. Earle and cempany factory in Leo- minster this noon, tore a hole in the brick eet long and eight feet ‘The property _ communicati Buenos Aires and Nauen, Germany, Inaugurated with a mesy’ later, salu’un: President lrogoyen. : compan; wall twenty-five ey 18- contaiigt Ly Germans. wide and started a fire. damage was about $3,000. In the haste to leave the factory follow- ing the explosion, Orra A Slade fell down a flight of stairs and broke an _arm, Murray H. Bates, George Douglas and ‘William Sergeart suffered severe burns. e 38TH DEATH FROM THE _WALL STREET EXPLOSION g York, Sept. ' 30.—The death toll from the Wall Street explosion Septem- increased to 3% Phipps, 28, a broker of , (died In New York hos- rom burns, intern- ire “of hoth legs. Senator Calder, at a luncheon of the Kiwanis Club,* déclared Statés Government made a great mis- take when it stopped in 1918, through the essential industry of “the United ber 16, was Al Five court martial prisoners sawed | Pital Death ) ay through the b e.,r;.'o WESLEYAN ENDOWMENT FUND | 'HAS REACEED $2,265,000 Middletown, nouncement was made today that the $3,000,000 endowment fund started Jast year :sat Wesleyan: university for new| college ‘buildings has reached;a total of | EL Paris, Sept. 30—President Millerard | $2,265 000, vigited Hugh C. Wallace, the American [take ciarge of raising the remainder of re- | Ambassador, this afternoon. Later he |the f\zlhe guard . eitrical | VOBALBERG ATTEMPTING TO BREAK AWAY FROM AUSTRIA . 4| ! Vienna, Sept. 29.—The province : lbuerg, the westernmost district of persisting in its attempt to break y from the mother country, has sent | the Vienna government, for transmission LT house at Madison fund was appointed. R. Nelson Ben-. to the league of There is Much Evidence of Increased Efficiency on the Part of Labor. Washington,. Sept. 30.—(By The A. P.)[strong and 'zives no inflication of fi —Price cutting has taken hold of the|eninz Becnuse of this .app it Wholesale trade to an extent that soon| ment, must be felt substantially in lower prie- €3 to consumers according to the feder- al reserve. board's monthly business re- view. madepublic tonight. and it's spread to many retail’ lines was attributed to “a more exacting demand | by the buying public as to price and quality. Retail purchasers are showing continded determination to await a move | by dealers to meet those demands while foregoing luxuries and semi-luxuries, re- ports to the board ‘declared. the review stated. o ra mre postponing buying or are buying for current requirements. While housing conditions ted as el t in al unitics { sented as ng acut in all comm Revival of the wave of price reduction! The. board’s figures held out hope Lot an early renewal of construction. Ma- terial prices show the effect of price cut. ting in other commediU~s and “certaia. Iy have passed, the peak,” the review said. v Chicago and environs have been mast i favored with'respect to price reductions in building materials and construction Although the board believed the buy-| where according to 'the board's report ing public. was largely dominating the market now, it said that labor and pro- duction are having a marked effect ou prices. There was much evidence, it said, of increased effipiency ‘on the part| to spread. of labor and as a result production was| on the increase and factory operation be- | ginning to approach normal. | Summed up, the board's findings were | “husiness conditions now are def-| initely on the road toward stability of as great and confirmed a nature as the dis. turbed position of the world at large| < The Federal Sugar Refining company - | reduced its prices half a cents to the basis of 13 cents a pound for fine gran- ulated. permits.” “Continuance of the process of read-| justment in business and industry has| been an outstanding feature of the last| month.” The review .said. “This has| ; price reductions and | by the resumption of work in branches of | industry where hesitation as to future outlook has led to suspension. “After an apparent slowing down in the price reduction movement during mid- summer, it has again reappeared and the month of September saw substantial cuts in well-known makes of automobliles, va- rious classes of textiles, shoes and leath- er and other wholgsale prices. Reductions have occurred in a variety of staples in- cluding. wheat. Changes in prices have tended to make business men and bankers cautious about future commitments. Drops in prices have featured almost all of the textile lnes. Similar influences -were shown to' be bearing on the shoe and leather indus- try. In these lines particularly, the re- ports of the board disclosed. the influence of a demand lessened by high prices is| movemeni toward pre-war levels. WIDOW CONTESTS WILL Bridgeport, n. of her late husbads $20,000 or a widow dower rizhts of one third of the amount dépends upon her proving the verity of the terms of a copy a Wwill purporting to have been drawn in January, 1919, while she was the flance of the doctor. . The physician died recenly and the will the widow claims was made by him has not’ been found so she today In the probate court offered what she claims is a copy. \ By the terms of ,the will she is, lef: ford and Charles Wood of New contesting the probate of the “will' if it is not allowed will get two thirds of the estate, SHOE WORKERS ARE TO . RESUME NEGOTIATIONS Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 30.—Represen- tatives of the Shoe Workers' Protective Union -and the Haverhill Shoe Manufac- turers’ Association -agreed tsday to re- sume negotiations looking toward accept- | ance of a working agreement designed to present strikes or lockouts for two years. It was also agreed that a committee rep- ting both should. begin at once the work of classifying the factories and ad- justing the wage scals. The manufacturers. previously had 'in- sisted that the proposed agreement be accepted by the union before provision was made for classification and for adop- tion of a uniform wage seale. - The union members objected to this, asserting that it was the intention of the manufactur- ers to redhce wages. ROOSTER SAVED COX TRAIN FROM WRECK ooster and “Cox luck” tonight warded *Jovernor Cox. officials of the democratic presidential cdndidate's party, - declared, from danger of another wreck. Soon after the governor's arrival here, u_runaway rooster was found perched on the trucks under the candidate’s privs “The Federal” Capture #of the railroad employes - said, led to discATy | tiat flanges of the: car wheels were worn and in imminent danger. of hreaking and. ditching- the car. The rooster was secured and new wheels placed on the governor's car to inake it, his ‘trayel director said, *Cox- fsure” for future travels. " POLAND SHORT OF GRAIN AND FARMING lMPLl)m.V“I viet invasion and the .subsequént east- ward ‘advance of ‘the Polish armies, ac- cording to. a_ cablegram received today by the official Polish purchasing bureau here from the Polish food -minister. - Crops in_Poland are extremely poot this year, owing to bad weather, the mes- vage added, and the food minister said 1t would be necessary for 150,000.tons of grain to be shipped to Poland from the United States immédiately. = * { — s ae v FLOOD IN ITALY CAUSED LOSS OF SEVERAL LIVES Turin, Ttaly, Sept. ' 29.Traffic through the Mt. Cenis tunnel, . | OF GEORGE W. WooD the entire estate except for a bequest of $5 left to a stepson, Gails, Reed, Two half braghers, Ernest L. Weed, of -Stam- ‘Wichita, Kansas, Sept. 30.—A vagrant New York, 'Sept. 30.—Forty per cent. | of Poland s without grainh and farming implements as a result of the Russian so- prices fell between 15 and 25 per cent. During the last thirty days the feeling was said to prevail that price revision-ir this like other lines of trade was due SEW LOW RECORD FOR g KAW AND REFINED SUGAR New York, Sept. 30—Prices of midgar declined today to new low records for ihis vears foriboth raw ard refined grades WHOLESALE PEICES OF x E. £'W. SHIRTS REDUCED Troy, N. Y., Sept. 30.—Farl and Wi son today announced reductions in the | wholesale prices of shirts. The redué- tions cover practically every grade and range from $1.50 to $24 per dozen. About a week ago the company ase founced a reduction in the price of gof- ATE. = DOWNWARD TREND OF COST 2 OF LIVING IN CANADA Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 30, clines in the cost of living throughout Canada are expected in the near future, said a statement today by the depart- ment of labor. Declines already noted indicate the beginning of 2 downward BRITISH COAL MINERS ¥ £ AIL. TO BEACH 'p:clng el o8 eh” met b consider the new crisis which has afié- en over the failure of tne miners’ rep- resentatives and owners to reach an agreement spent the day in debate with- out reaching @ decision as to whether thew should carfy out their coal strike move- ment. Another meeting will. be +held tomer- row and the general impression was that the miners would &oproach Premier George agaln and that there would be o further suspension of the strike notice for one week to enable the holding: of more meetings. btwoen the miners and the owners. Last Friday the gttike mo- tices, whiclk would have expived Satur: day and caused the strike to begin om Monday, were suspended for & week. GALE RAISED HAVOC WITH GOLF CONSTESTANTS —— 5 Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30.—A forty mile an hour gale that carried zolf balls far out of line played havoc with contestants in the southern open chzmpionship which opened here today. Indications were that :«;,w scores for the day wouid be undér Jack Hutchinson, Chicago. and Fred- die McLeod, Washington. two of the most prominent pmrofessionals n the tournament and the first to tee off, had a terribl strugzle on the first nime holes. - Hutchinson turned in a 41 while McLeod made it in 45. ATUTO ACCIDENT FATAL TO SPRINGFIELD MAN ingfleld. Mass, Sept. 30.—Abrahgrt einer ded today of injuries received last night when he -and two women were struck. by a hospital ambulance whisk was driven past a troller car from which passengers were alighting. Miss Maf- garet Morgan is in a critical cendition with a fractured skull and Miss Agner Foley is in a hospital with a disiocated collar bone and concussion of the b but will recover. David Settle, driver of the ambulance was held in court Ae- day: cha¥fged with driving 50 as to e1 danger lives. - Winesses say the amby- lance wa sgoing at hizh speed though not on an emergency cail Settle says was driving 16 miles an hour. BIRTH OF TWINS SAVES ~ MOTHER FROM EXECUTION Ottawa, Ont, Sept. 30.—Mrs. Mafi§’ Anne Houde Gagnop, mother of twing born two motnths ago in prison. who was sentenced .to, be executed tomorfOW at Juebec after having besn found guilty of murder, will. serve .a -ife sentence in the. penitentidry. instead as the fe- sult of a decision by the cabinet coum: cil made public today. - > Testimony of physicians submitted 6’ YOUTHFUL MILL OPERATIVE ' o ) A8 A L Boston, Sept. *30—Heaith auth lay detained as a. lepér Jg Costa: a' milf connects’ Italy and France, is stfll in-|said he terrupted by floods along the Dora Bal- tea rfier,{vfi:fifll‘g‘ kg : damage along that -Streum. % m‘vl‘flrg Bertrand | been .gan - destroyed, and séveral persons have lost thelr lives.|