Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 6, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 254 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN, WEDNESDAY, OGTOBER 6, 19 A 0 HARDING 70 DEAL FURTHER WITH LEAGUE OF NATIONS Will Reply to Some of the Arguments Used by President Wil- son in the Letter Made Public Sunday at the White House—Senator Harding' Campaign—Both Hays and Daugherty Perfectly Satis- fied With the Campaign Situation. Marion, 0., Oct. §.—Senator Harding Put in a strenuous twelve hours today @onterring with his party leaders pre- paring addrosses to be delivered later in the week, and clearing away details of headquarters business preparatory to his departure tomorrow on his western cam- ign swing. v‘m trip, which will take thé nomi- mee to Des Moines, la, Omaha, Neb., Kansas City, Mo. and Oklahoma City, Okia, will Le followed by two others juto the eastern and political _border states, so that tho nominee will be kept Away from Marion almost continucusly until the last week i October. in long talks during the duy with Will H. Hays, republican national chairman, and Harry M. ' Daugherty, a member of the executive campaign com- ittee, the nomines reviewed the general politieal outlook and considered many detalls of campaign management. One of the subjects discussed was the east- ern trip to be undertaken abgut October 20 and it Was said some announcement the subject might bo made shortly. The omly eastorn date €o far definitely announced is October 21, when the sena- tor will speak at Buffalo N. Y. The question of how many other engagements o to be included in the trip remained ih debate tonight and it was indicated there was a possibility that the candi- date would not visit New York city, al- though it previously had been expected he_would speak there. Both Mr. Hays amd Mr. Daugherty ex- o pressed perfect satisfaction with the campalgn Situation, reiterating their previous predictions that one of the largest majorities in the nation's history would be recorded for the republican ticket. Mr. Hays declared tho demo- crats were preparing to concentrate on the league fssue because they had fall- ed to_make headway om any other and that President Wilson had assumed ac- tive leadership of his party for the final month of the campaign. The chairman asserted the willingness 8¢ the republican organization to face that gituation and Semator Harding re- vealed that in his speech at Des Moines on Thursday he intended to deal further with the league issue. It was indicated that be might in restating position, make reply to some of the arguments used by Mr. Wilson in the letter made publie Sunday at the White House. | It also was mado known that Herbert | Hoovar's active work for the republican | ticket would begin next Saturday night | with an address at Indianapolis. On Oc- tober 14, he will apeak at Topekd, Kan-| s, and sithough. he has been an ad-| vogate of the treaty's ratifieatian, Mr. | Hoover is counted on by his party mana- | gers o support Semator Harding's pesi- tion on the isue. Senator Harding will start his west- ern trip at 1042 a m. tomorrow. Ar- riving at Chieago, he will confor with republican leaders, and will leave for,the west at 10 p. m. The Des Moines meet- ing will be at 10.30 Thursday morning. and on Thursday night he will speak at| Jmaha. Hs will not reach Marion on he teturn trip until after noon Mon- tay | LODGE TO SPEAK IN XEW YORK NEXT TUESDAY New TYork, Oct. 5—Senator Henry | | “never was more pleased with the out- Starts Today on His Western Cabot Lodge will be the principal speaker. at a political meeting in Madison Square Garden, New York, next Tuesday, it was announced at republican headquarters here today. Other speaking engagements on Senator Lodge's itinerary announced today are: Oct. 13, Providence, R. L.; 17, New York; 18, Brooklyn, N. Y.; 19, Newark, N. J. NICHOLAS MURBAY BUTLER TO SPEAK FOR BRANDEGEE New London, Oct. 5.—It was announe- ed here that Nicholas Murray, Butler, presidents of Columbia “university would speak here in behalf of Senator Brande- gee on October 16 and that ot would be his only campaign addresse in Connecti- cut, GOV. COX AT HOME WAS WAS SERNADED WITH CALIOPE Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 5.—Governor Cox spent today with his family at Trail's End, resting. His only poli 1 engage- ment was with E. H. Moore, his pre-con- vention manager, with whom he talked a short tlme this evening. National Chairman George White, who participated yvesterday and last night in conferences with the governor, left today for his home in Mafetta. Senator Pat Harrison, chairman of the speakers’ bu- reau, returned to New York. Governor Cox will go to Columbus early tomorrow morning to attend to executive matters before starting on hi trip tomorrow evening through Kentucky and Tennessee. IHe will leave Columbus for Louisville. The Governor's voige, which had be- come very husky during his western tour has cleared and with another day's rest is expected to be in mormal condition when he again starts making speeches. Governor Cox was informed today by his secretary that the engagement to address a delegation of traveling sales- men tomorrow in Columbus had _been postponed becanse of crowded hotel con- ditions there incident to conventions. Local democrats this evening serenad- ed their leader with a new calliope, pur- chased to liven up the campaign. STATES CLAIMED BY DEM. NATIONAL CHAIRMAN WHITK Columbups, 0., Oct. 5.—George White, democratic pational chairman, who stop- ped off here today after a conference with Goy. Cox at Dayton. claimed In: diana, Ohlo, West Virginia and New Jersey will go democratic. “I "confidently predict that “we “will carry a great number of Western states, the border states without exception, and., Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia and New Jereey,” Whit said. “Further,” he added, “we have more than an equal chance in many othery states.” The democratic party organization was slow in getting under way, White said, because of lack of finances, but it's go- ing ahead “full swing now.” There is a “veritable ground swell,” in the east in favon of the league of na- tions, White asserted. Mr. White said he look in Ohio.” “HARGE OF EMBEZLLEMENT AGAINST X, E. 0. P. TREASURER Newport. R. 1. Oet ~—An indictment sharging embegziement was returned by he grand jury foday against John P. Sanborn of this city, who was supreme treasurer of the New England Order of Froteetion, a fr@ernal and insurance o ganization, for many years until his rs guation In Jui last. He will be ar- raigned lager in the week. Early In Juyne, Judge H. William Scott. of Barre, Vt, announced that a shortage .of $109,000 had been discover- 4 in Sanbern's accounts and that San porn. had resigned. He sald that any losses to the order would be covered by Sanborr's bond. The alleged shoriage, Judge Scot mald. was diseovered when the supreme auditor went over the treas- urer’s books: Sanborn had been re-elect- »d in May for his 29th successive term. Sanborn is a former speuker of t fihode Isiand house of representatives and former president pro-tem of the hode Isiand senatd. He was a delegate t» the republican mational convention in 1880, 20 TO 28 YEAR SENTENCE FOR PORTLAND BANK ROBBER Middletown, Corn., Oct. F.—Thomas Marrofi one of five men who robbed the | Portiand National bank at Portland, Conn., on_August and was arrested, in New York city and returned here, tsday was sentenced to state prison for a term of 20-to 28 years. He made no detense. The robbers entered this bank- just after payrolls -had been sent out and drove the cashicr and Bookkeeper into the vault. They escaped with $5,000 in & machine which the fifth man held in teadiness outside. _Nea® _Springfield, ass., the robbers had a pistol battle With officers, but escaped. Cases against other men under arrest are to come up at a later term. REISSTE NOTES GIVEN BY GBOTON IRON WORKS Hartford,'Conn., Oct. 5.—Wiillam Bro- Smith, counsel for the Travelers Bank and Trust company, said today that hold- ers of notes given by the Groton Iron works would receive 20 per cent. in cash and new notes to cover the balance. The trust company acts as trustee for the mortgage holders. The trust company has received notes represer:ting about §400,000 due yesterday afternoon. Mr. BroSmith said note- holders had a legal right to institute bankruptcy procfedings if they felt ag- ftieve over the 20 per cent. proposition. ANTI SUFFS CARRY FIGHT TO {. 8, SUPREME COURT Washington, Oct. 5.-—Anto-suffragists today carried their fight against the wo- man suffrage amendment to the United States supreme court, and announced that effort would be made to get a final decision in the controversy before the Kovergber elections. The Distriet of Columbia court of ap- jeals, which yesterday affirmed a lower wourt decision denying an. inunction pre- renting Secretary Colby from promulgat- 27 STATES TO OBSERVE FIRE PREVENTION DAY New York, Oct. 5.—Governor Holcomb of Connecticut has issued a proclamation, in accordance with President Wilson's request, for the public observance of fire prevention day on October 9, it was an- nounced here today by tre Natlonal Board of Fire Uwlerwriters. the Connec- ticut executive was one of 87 state gov- ernors to take such action—in addition to those of Massachusetts, Iliinois, New Jersey, Michigan, and Tennessee, the an- nouncement aid. Belated acti# by the state executives, it was 831d, mqre than a month after the presiden(’s request, was due to the pres- sure of the political campaign. Other states whose executives hdve issued proc- lamations are: Montana, Atizona, Oregan, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Ohlo, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Minnesota. North Dakota, Ar- kansas, Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Washington, North Carolina; Kentucky, California, Mississippi, Louistana, Flori- da, South Carolina, Texas, Iowa and South Dakota. TRIAL OF PROMIBITION AGENT S, W. MMULLIN New York, Oct. 5.—8ix jurors had been accepted tentatively tonizht at the closé of the first day of the trial of Stewart N. McMullin, prohibition enforcement agent charged with first degree murder. MoMullin, while on duty, killed Harry Carlton, a chauffeur, here last March. He is being tried in federal court, with afederal district attorney acting as his counsel and state officlals pressing the presecution. L Commenting on this - situation, unique in legal procedure, Federal Judge Mayer explained that the government is com- pelled by law to defend a federal employe who asserts he committed an act in per- formance of his duty. FIRST DEGREE INDICTMENTS FOR ANSONIA MURDER New Haven, Cenn,, Oct. 5.—The New Haven county grand jury late today re- turned indictments for first dgree murder against James McDowell, of Providence, and Roland G. Devine, of Boston. They aro charged with the murder of Valentine Landa in Ansonia on September 20. The pair were immedidtely arraigned in su- perior cour and plead~d pot guilty. INVESTIGATION RESUMED OF “OVERSHADOWING CRIME" New York, Oct. 5—The extraordinary grand jury, which had been investigat- ing_“an overshadowing crome” in New York city, and the district attorney's office, today resumed sessions after a recess since last June. The jury win meet Tuesday and Wednesday each week, it was announced. NHREE NEGROES LYNCHED AT McCLENNY, FLORIDA McClenny, Fla.. Oq. 5—Three negroes, arrested in conn.’:ion with the murder of CABLED PARAGRAPHS Sensational Raid in Dublin. Dublin, Oet. - 5.—Another sensational raid was conducted in’ the city during husiness ' hours today; when armed’ men held up and robbed the ‘Rickmond street braneh of the' Provinclal -bank. They, carried off £800 and escaped. Destroyer Kane to Undergo Copenhagen, Oct. - 5.—The ! Ame: torpedo boat destroyer Kane, which w: Yamaged last week by striking a mine, i expected to ar¥ive h¥e to; § rrow to um- «dergo repairs. * MAGSWINEY 18 EXPECTED TO: KEEP FAST “QUITE SOME TIME” London, Oct. 5—(By The A. P.) The lord, mayor of Cork, incarcerated in Brixton condition of Terence MacSwiney, prison, remained unchanged tonight. Authentic information regarding . May- or MacSwiney's fast continues to be con: fined to cryptic statements, issued by the home office and the somewhat more London elaborate bulletins from ° the headquarters of the Irish Self-Determi nation League. The statements from both of rather stereotyped form, the words “prostrate,” but in both quarters brought word that nei ther government officlals nor the Mac replete Swiney family are seriously concerned over the immediate danger of the pris- oner's death. Onsthe contrary officials of the league the said they thought that although mayor was mich exhausted “carefu nursing” would Testore him to normal health should his release in some un foreseen manner be effected within a few days, The same informants stinence from food for time.” The home office, which from ‘the be ginning of the mayor's Brixton prison, “quite comment on these possibilities. “So fa as we know he is receiving no food,” re. mains the only government reply With the official rejoinder “G :overnment agents are always in attendance at th prisoner's bedside.” The public is waiting with interest the denoeument in the case. Opinions regard. ing the sincerity of the two factiops and the ultimate outcome, however, are not entirely one-sided, ‘many observers ac- cept as entirely competant. nationalist contention that the fast i merely an illustration of the supremacy of the mind over the body and that ex- watch maintained for the detection and quick pert nursing and the . vi gilant treatments of threatened . complication: are playing animportant part in - the mayor's surpristhg demonstration of en: duranee, ANOTHER DECLINE IN WHEAT AND CORN Chicago, Oct. lined three 'to six cents’ more a bushe 10 new low levels on the Chicaga market. Oats, barley and rye also, declined, but 010 great extent. Coincident with the wheat' reductions came announcement 'frof -Minneaolis of turther reductions in ‘the ‘price of flour, new quotations being $10.90 to $11 a bar el i carload lots. of hogs these sources have been for some time of a with “weakened ” “‘éxhausted” and inquiries this afternoon expressed , the opinion that Mayor MacSwiney would be able to withstand the affects of his ab- some transfer to has manifested marked reluctance to discuss the case, withheld to queries, and the question as to whether the ‘government has taken measures to insure its knowing should attempts be made to administer nourishment, meets The Trish —Wheat and ‘corn today Tepeated yesterday’s tendencies and de- Corn declines carried down the price “finished corn”—and the top was $15.85, with the average nearer $15. Offered Kauff $125.a Game If He Proved Adept at Los- ing. . Chicago, Oct. 5.—Evidence which offi- cials in the state's attorney’s office said would gésult i the indictment of sev- eral national league basebail players was given the yook qunty grand jury to- day by players and c:ub officials who tes tified in the inquiry into the baseball wcandal. Ticre will be no indictyents for ten days or more however, for the jury ad- Journed after today’s session subject to tall and it is not expected to reconvene until after the world's series. Adjourn- ment was taken because it was found that eeveral witnesses scheduled to tes- lify are attending the series games. John McGraw, manager of fae New York Giants; Charles Stoneham, president of the club; Benny Kauff, outfielder ; Lar- ry Doyle, second bageman; Fred “Toigy, vitcher, and Trainer Mackall; Hugney Jennings, Detroit manager; Jean Dubue, Toledo pitcher and “Kid”. Gleason, C s'ca &0 White Sox manager were the wituess- . The New York testimény centered sbout activities of Heinie Zimmerman and Hal Chase in connection with al- i2ged game “throwing” and tended, Me- Graw said, to clear Kauf and Toney of varticipation in any crooked work. Kauff and Toney tpld the jury of of- fers made them by Zimmerman to throw' games. Bach said he refused the offer and reported it to McGraw and Stoneham. The latter two confirmed the estimony of the players. MeGraw again denied that gambling had anything to do with the release of Wauff to Toronto this summer, saying it as due to the fact that Kauff's playing Ylumped when he began worrying over charges made against him that he had eceived a stolen automobile. ‘Chase and Z:mmerman are the only 0 ever played on my team who v wrong doing, in-my “pinion,”” McGraw. said. Zimmerman's offer to Kauff was $125 a game with an increase if the outfielder @roved adept at losing, Kauff testified. Jennings was questioned _concerning tets alleged to have been placed in De- *roit on the Chicaga. National League game of August 31, but told’ newspaper- ien he had been able to supply little definite information. Mackall denjed that he had seen any- thing to indicate crooked work among the Giants players. sleason told the jury he had no definite Iaformation cpncerrhig “throwing” of sames this season by his men, but said there were some things in conneetion with the last eastern trip, when the team slumped badly, which looked suspicious. Dubuc gave the jury a teleeram he said he received from Bill Burns, form- er major league pitcher, telling him to bet on Cincinnati in the world's sers. He said he had been informed prior to the series that it was “fixed” for Cin- cinnati to-win. His testimony corrob- orated it g R n previously. by. “Rube' Benton. New York National pit : “An”offictal nrqfié“fiiu";flf!fi%( ice. said. that today’s testimony showed that the first name of the man indicted last week ns “Brown” was Raphael .Brown. He was indicted with a man named Sulli- van on testimony given by Claude Wil- liams, who named the two as the men who “framed” the world series with him and other Chicago players. Brown is re- 1 1 r t e e s s e 1 December delivery of wheat closed to- fay at $1.89 1-2, compared with yester- Uay’s $1.95, and December corn ended the day at $4 3-8, compared with $6 cents Jjesterday and $1.22 7-8 a year ago. Corn for October delivery «closed at 89 1-2, a cent and a half under yesterday and far below fhe. $1.40 quoted a year 1g0. CHARGED WITH UNLAWFULLY TRANSPORTING AN EXPLOSIVE Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 5.—An informa- tion charging violation of the federal criminal code by unlawfully transporting, carrying and conveying an éxplosive in interstate travel, was filed here late td- an agent of the department of justice against Fiorian Zelenko, of New York, night with a quantiay of dynamite in his suit by who was arrested here Sunday case. Government officers continued to queg- tion the prisoner today, in-an effort to ascartain if he knew anything about the New York, information obtained from Zenko recert explosion in Wall Street, was not made public. Agents of thg pany, had Whitman, W. Va., namite for use in his work. REPORTS OF DISORGANIZATION AND REVOLT IN SOVIET RUSSIA T o London, Oct. 5.—Further reports of dis- organization and revolt in soviet Russia have been obtained by Reuter's limited, Just Routers’ informant says the Re darmy | is in a state of disorganization and- that from “a reliable person who has crossed the frontier into Finland.” the harvest is exceptionally had and tha révolts have broken out in Siberia, Tom boy and, near Samara, there is great un rest among the workmen. The bolsheviki are very. .anxious about General Wrangel's successes in the south, and the latest call of Leon Trotzky, thi bolshevik minister of war. is for “the I quidation of |'e southern front before The bolsheviki, say the advices, realize that this winter will be fhe hard- est thay have experienced and [ at it Is d-‘\:qttu! ‘whether it will pass calmly. Their. leaders are very anxious about the winter.” whole situation. CHARLES W. MORSE SUED FOR DEFATULT OF $154,013 ON NOTE New York, Oct. 5.—Charles W. Morse and the Minneaffolis Steamship company of New York were made defendants in a suit for $154,013 filed here today in the Trust company of New York. The plaintift al- leges that on April 22, 1918, the Minme- » company gave its note, orse, for $199,352 to the supreme court by the ~ Equitable apolis Bteams| endorsed by Virginia Shipbuilding company, and the amount sued -for is the unpa%l balance and interest on the note, which is now in and . ownership of the the possession plaintiff. SOCIALISTS ARE OPPOSED TO THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS New York, Oct. 5.—Socialists in Amer- ica are “united in opposing the league of nations supported by ‘Wilson, Cox, Roose- Qeclared velt, Harding and Coolidge,” depgrtment of Justiéc here said tonight that they ‘had been in- formed by the Island Creek Coal Com- that Zelenko been empioyed there as a miner and that he had been furnished with dy- ported to have fled from the' country, witnesses told the jury. Tarry Doyle also testified concerning an offer he said Hal Chase made, him to “throw” games while on a barnstorming trip. ILL GOTTEN GAINS LOST ON FAKE OFL STOCK TIP New York, Oct. 5—District Attorney Swann, conducting an investigation into the 1919 world's series baseball scandal, said today he is seeking men who, pos- sessed of knowlege of the allege “fix- ing,” reaped a harvest of dollars, only to lse it here on ‘a fake oil stock tip. Abe Attell, former pugilist, ‘whose Whereabouts for days has been sough vainly by agents of the distriet attorney” office, is expected to appear tomorrow before the Nassau county grand jury, which is conducting a John Doe investi. gation into gambling in that section. The belief that “Attell would appear was voided by District Attorney Weeks of Nassau counoy. 1 FIRE DESTROYS SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION HALL Tokio, Oct 5.—(By The A. P.)—Fire this afternoon destroyed the hall in which the world’s Sunday School convention was to have held its first session to- night. It is said that there were no cas- ualties. ) The fire, which resulted from defective electric wiring, started .at ten minutss to four o'clock, the building had been constructed of light material covered with stuceo and a larre number of delogates were inside when the correspondent left it \3’0 minutes before the flames start- ed. The cry of “Are” was ralsed by those inside the building and almost immediate- 1y the entire structure was wrapped flames, with people streaming from the exits. Within ten minutes the building had been levelled. Some of the delezates who had bean in- side the hall, when questioned said they did not know whether all those there When the fire started had made their escape. Charles T. Raines of New York asserted he was of the belief that all of them had reached safety, although e could not be sure about those Who ad been working in the back of the building. t e NEW CANAAN “ADVERTISER” v GOT COPY BY AIRPLANE South Nrwalk; Conn., Oct. 5.—John Hersam! editdr of the New Canaan Ad- vertiser, delivered ‘copy” on the New Canaan’ town _election to- 2 local paper here yesterday by airplane and started an innovation in newspaper circles in Connecticut. He fiew from New Canaan to South Norwalk, gave his copy to a waiting reporter and returned to New Canaan, the trip taking nine minutes. Hersam said he wWanted the .‘copy” to reach” the paper before press timie and Tetused to rely on the telephone. Service has been poor sinee last week, when the New Canaan telephcre exchange was par- tially wrecked by the storms. e WESTVILLE VOTES AGAINST JOINING NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn., Oct. 5.—Voters in Seymour. Stedman, socialist candidate for | the Thirteenth ward, formerly the village president. v farmer, were taken from the county Jail here 1aBt night and t is not a leagué for Stedman. said. peace.’ Mr. of Westville, went fo the polls today to decide whether the ward would become “It'is on the contrary, a | part of this city, instead of remaining Jynched. , A lmilitury alliance to enforce payment of | outside of the city proper, but . in _the \Wison Requests Case of Invasion. * ‘Washington, cently made president had promised American mil tary aid to Roumania and Serbia in the event of the invasion of those countries was “false. ‘When Senator Spencer's address, deii ered in Missouri, was called to Secretary Tumulty gave out a statement deciaring that the sen- ator’s statement was “absolutely and un- Tumulty's attention, Mr. qualifiedly false,” Senator Spencer ized such a denial The president's letter said: “I have just been shown your stat previous statement by you tk promised_American military aid to Ro manians and Serbs was that tention. the denial to which you refer. I reitera the denial. The statement you made was false. © “WOODROW WILSON. SENATOR SPENCER SENDS St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 5.—United Stat lied to President Wilson's denials 1qu gt’ had promig:d American military at sistance to Rumania and ;erbm in evel of invasion of those countries. iden + ;s : address of Mr. Spencer in whicl senator, ¢n effect, declared the preside had made such a promise. “The senator’s reply in part follows am of October 5. in which é:ln(\;?maz your promised American mi tary aid to Rumanias and Serbs and previous denial which Mr. J. P. Tumu had made was at your request. referred in my addresses was the stat ment in the stenograpnic motes of eighth plenary session of the peace col ference in which you are reported to ha said to Premier Bratinau of Ruman as follows: “ *You must not forget that it peace. the United States will send to this side the ocean their army and their fleet.” “The statement was made upon floor of the senate on Feb. 2, ed has never bicen denied until now. has'peen widely circulated over 1 nited-Statés enough to inform me.” cation attributed the statement It Ddesident. sgh SENATOR SPENCER CITES St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 5.—s. cer today in a second staf ed that mater! here tement explai The. president, eighth plena £ress at Paris to the tion through Premier B nia. The statement was given out hefore t publi Senator Spencer could not located for a statemen ident's letter to hi PEACE AND TRANQUILITY* im was made public. Washington. Oct. 5.—A state of “pea snd tranquility” prevails through Hai Maj.Gen. John A. Le Jeune, commanda: Iavestigation. The work of the marin . While reporting an almost total suj vyression of banditry and lawlessness sut, it is ssential for the welfare of Hal that the present disposition of mare forc- s in the interior should not be changed.” PROCEEDINGS RESUMED Washington, Oct. 5—Hearings in t day at the department of labor, Tt teveral weeks' interruption, postponed. cial agent of the department of just wight be called. The names of the wi divulged. MILITARY AUTHORITIES and carried avgwy all the letters. ness men inquiring for their mail amined. government in other Irish centers. WHITE AXD NEGRO SOLDIERS street. ~ Later ng the amendment, today granted an ap- | fourth negro; who is said to have done the | international debts and to preserve the [town. The proposition was rejected by a | general and continued until about Jeal from the disision. khooting, is being pursued by a posse. system of internatichal eapitalism.” vote of 515 to 217. o'clock this ;morning.. - Spencer to Retract Statement That the Président! mn Oct. 5.—President Wil- son today wrote to Senator Spencer, Te- publican, Missouri, that the statement re- by the senator that the turn issued a statement saying that he did not believe the president had author- ment that my secretary's denial of the that 1 had issued by him without my knowledge and sanction, and that you did mot for a moment believe 1 had made any such denial, or that the matter was ever called to my -at- “I wish to state that your statement was called to my attention by Mr. Tu- multy and that I requested him to issue QUERY TO PRESIDENT WILSON Senator Sefden P. Spenmer late today re- The pres- denial was provoked by a recent b knowledge receipt of your beg to ac ot The statement of your to which I have often the force that is the final guaranty of the public If the world is again troubled the 1920 by Senator Reed and sp far as I have learn~ £ you did 1ot make that statement to. Premier Bratinau I shoulu be much indibted if you will be gooa Senator Spencer's reply pointed out that a recent issue of a national publi- AUTHORITY FOR STATEMENT enator Spen- 1 for his recent address the statement contin- ued, made the reported address at tne session of the peace con- Rumanian delega- Sratianu of Ruma- denial of the president in which the ut- terance was declarsd “false” was made t after the pres- PREVAILS THROUGHOUT HAITI of the marine corps, declared in a report to Secretary Daniels today on his recent m suppresstug banditry has won the grat- tude of all law-abiding natives, he add- the present time, en. Le Jeune declared that “until banditry has been completely AGAINST MARTENS deportation proceedings brought against Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, Russian Soviet sgent in the United States, resumed to- were again Counsel for Martens asked to ‘tave them reset for Ellis Island, Oct. 13, in order {hat {5 new witnesses, one a véwspaper reporter and the second a spe- nesses and the purpose in calling was not SEIZED MAIL IN ‘DUBLIN Dublin, Oct. §.—On the drrival fn Dub- lin thi! morning of the mails from the provinces and from England, a military party entered the necrta lsorting station = ere informed that the military aughorities had all of i, but that delivery would take place after the letters had been ex- A similar method of obtaining informa- tion already has been employed by the FIGET AT FT. LEAVEN WORTH Leavenworth, Kas., Oct. 5.—Three men were injured severely early today in a fight between abont 300 white and negro soldiers stationed at Fort Leavenworth, according to an announcement late toda: ‘The fight is said tc have started last evening when a negro soldier pushed a white one off the sidewalk of a downtown the disturbance became " John C. Grew, American Minister to Denmak, arrived In New York. He is iere on & vacation. | [ Cotton uetion this year was fore- [east at 12 124,000 bales by the depart- ment of agricuiture. ‘Cuban raw sogar sold in New York yesterday at 1 1-i Cents—the lowest Price quoed this year. Damage estimated at half a million dol- lars was_caused by a fire in & fertilizer plant at Jacksonville, Fia. The flow of goods to the United States from Ei § pe continued to i1 4 :ase in Au- gust, Whuc shipments decreased. . aes The executive committee of the Italian socialist party voted to adhere to the principles of the third internationaie. Secretary of State Colby announced that he will make his first campaiga speech in Cleveland of Thursday night. li- V- Four men robbed the Bank of Depew at Depew, N. Y., of between $5,000 and $10,000 in currency at noon yesterday. France is ready to resume tne airect economijc - negotiations - with Germany Which: were_interrupted last March. in e- Homer S. Cummings, former demo- cratic national chairman, was a visitor at the White House yesterday. Captain Charles Johnson. master of the American steamship Speedwell, last in last week's tropical hurrican, went down with his. ship. ¢ . Pellx Diaz arrivea at v, te| erations in the state of Vera Cruz. Inquiry into the source of the recent shipment of Rus §n gold to the United States has been ordered by the depart- ment of justice, Japanese troops have been sent to Hu Chun, atown in Mauchuria near the Ko- rean frontier, which was raided by ban- dits on Saturday. o8 at 144 nt says the era of labor shortage has bene reached and the period of less employ- ment is beginning. nt Administration Jeaders, who in Wash- ington met, decided that henceforth the campaign waged by them shall be aimed at_vindication of the league. - t ty Franklin D. Rooserelt, democratic viee presidential nominee, passing through St. Louls, predicted that both Missouri and Ohio would go democratic. - Five children ot Edward Nelson, ran; ing in age from 5 to 14 years, were bu; ed to death when fire destroyed Nelson's farm home near Merrill. Wis. n- ve ia Reductions d July and August in the prices of various farm products cost the farmers of the country approximate- ly $1,750,000,000. of Tetroleum concesslons recently given Alfrod McKenzie, a British subject, in lower Califomis bad, been, investigated #nd refscted by, United States oil operat- ors. LTS s b3 v o i o — < The United States cifenit court of ap- peals' Nanded’ dovm a decision upholding Lfthe conviction of William D. Haywood and' ninety-thrée other I W. W. agita- tors. Honorlo Pueyrredon, Argentine for- elgn minister, and Benito Villaneuva, president. of- the senate, will not fight a duel, as they announced they would late last week. he Edward D. Cartwright of Cornwall was nominated fot the senate by the 31st dis- | trict democratic convention_yesterday. ere in which he declared President | The Nominee served in the last house. Wilson had promised American military aid to Rumania and Serbia in cvent| Fourteen Yaqul Indians “on the war- those countries were invaded, was ob-|Path in northern Chihuahua murdersd tained from an article in a national pub-|two women, two baby girls and an aged lication purporting to quote “the of- |man at Janos, 50 miles south of Hachita, ficials stenographic report of the ag-|N. Mex. dress. s T Sadl Leconte, the aviator who won the James Gordon Bennett race. will soon gage in swplanc races against fameus American pilots. Borough President Riehelbaum of Brookiyn estimates that it will cost $15.- 495370 to run the borough's departments and bureaus in 1921, an increase of $11,- 580,802 over 1920. he be American outhurats by the Jananess press are deprecated by Baron Shimpei Goto, former minister of foreizn affairs. who is considered as likely to be the net Japanese premier. ce tt, nt Provision for 500 more patrolmen in New York is made in the 1921 tentative {budget which is beinz prepared by the Board of: Estimate. sitting as a finance and budget committee. Thwo rabbit hunters stombling throngh the undererowth near Wood'land's Lake, five miles from Tarrytown, N. Y.. discov- ered jewelry valued at more than $10,- 000 hidden near a rock. es - at 1] Completion nt a sales r-eement under which Louis M .Atha of New York is purchase ten composite vessels ageresat- ing 400,000 deay-eight tons. for $1.400.- 000 was announced by the shipping board. Secretary Payne announced that Wer- bert Hoover has been appointed as a member of the advisory board of the Eastern Industrial Superpower Survey, now being conducted by the Geological Survey. he er Miss Florenee Bartom, 24, danghter of K. ‘Barton, president of a shoe manu- facturing company of Kansas City, wa shot and killed mysteriously while ri ing. in a motor car with Howard R. Win- ter, her flance. ) it Maclay Hoyne, Chicago state's attorney telegrapy*d Harry E. Lewis district at- torney in Kings County, N. Y., that no I formation involving the coming world's series games had been obtained in the Chicago investigation. - ANl department of the Willys-O-srinnd plant are again in overation, af § @' week's shut down, Viee President C. A. Earl said 2 300 ear daily production would be maintained and that 6,500 workers were. back. The court of. appeals of the District of Columbia dismissed a, petition for an injunction to prevent the endorsement of the woman amendment. It js epected that, the question Wil now be taken to the U. S. supreme court. Robert Burke, democratic _eandidate for United. States Senator in the Illinois ers to throw ory the women's senator, declaring the Illinois legislature never authorized women of the state to vote. ¢ ra Croz| arrived from Tlapacoyan in the custody, of Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez chief of op-| ‘| the United States of the proposed open- The Salvation Army rellef department | visit the United States. whers he will en- | primaries, petitioned election commission- | vote for | 12 PAGES—88 COLS. to Be Made Public Today. Riga, Oct. 5.—(By the A. P.)—An greement for the sigping of an armis- Kussian und Polish ~deleations respic sively, ADOUT AMERICAN SHIPS ON FORMER GERMAN TRADE ROUTES Washington, Oct. 5.—Formal approval bas never been given by the shipping board to the Hamburg-American -Ship operation of American ships on the for- mer Germgn trade routes, Chairman enson declared tonight. The chairman said he had given his presonal endorsement to the plan and was still convinced that the agreement was for the best interests of the Ameri- can merchant marine but that action by the board awaited appointment of the full board of seven members created by he Joncs merchant marine act. Admi- ral Lenson added he would do every- thing possible to push the pronssition and was not attempting te temper e strength of his PersOnis BPProses v tue agreement, Repeated attacks on the agreement. Chairman Benson declared, only demon- strated the more clearly the value to ings up of former German routes to that the detai: tice, preliminary to peace, not later thsn | te made public tomorrws. Detober 8. was reached this evening by | the agreement was on the L. Joffe and M. Dombski, heads of the | woints declaration. made at the. M. Dombski told the Associated of the e b >f the Riga conference after 3. . Moscow decration. 2 STAMFORD PASTOR FOOLED' BOTH POLITICAL P South Norwalk, Conn., Oct. 5. Emil Ricater, pastor of Stamford and a resident of ‘Darien, who and Commerce Corporation contract ior|ecived much publicity recentiv oy » = 2t § - fruitiess appeal to the officials of town of Darien for permission (o cariyy revolver after attacks had boen mgads him for his anti-gambling crusades in ] home town, apparently “put or bith the democratic and repudi ties at the Darien da; having received ten vote licany nominatsd William H. ] town slection ¥ when he was elected a grand and Georke Krause for the office of Erse Suror, while the democratic party Able Dance, mott. while the state law provides ‘When the baliots were counted 1 it was found that ten baliots had cast which contained the name Emil Richter written in the blang spase democratic colums under - the in the heading of “grand jurors.” Ballot No. 52 was and simply endorsed This made but three candig ~ otdg: 4 + A d American shipping. Foreign competitors oppose the presence of American passen- iksing and couls not be located. The election official ger vessels om the North Atlantic, he said, becay it is feared the United States will dominate the passenger trade © nthose ruotes. Kermit Roosevelt, secretary of the American Ship and Commerce Corpora- tion before .its .absorption by the Har- riman interests, after a conference with Chairman Benson today, declared his withdrawal from the concern was due to “the doubtful allegiance of some new ele in the company. with Gen. Goethals aml Mr. Clegg re- garding the nature of the proposed Ham- declare that someone put over anm ol time political trick and escaped without . depositing their ballot i3 the ballot"Bux. They also declare that the ha of Mr. Richter's name on each ten ballots is similar. refused to acknowledge Mr. R election, declaring that the vote gal until ballot No. he would take the case to the establish his election. He ing fraudulent in his election. burg-American alliance and the doubt- ful “allegiance in the American and Commerce Corporation that I econ- cluded that the only course open was resignation from the company.” Mr. Roosevelf said in a statement. *Ths did not decide upon this without due de- liberation and thorough knowledge of the preliminary coniract may be seen from the fact that as secretary of the com- pany "I was called upon in my official capacity to attest the authenticity of Mr- Harriman's_signature on tHe preliminary contract. I felt that without General Goethals ‘and - Mr. -Clegg,: American in- terests would have littls hope for pro- téction in. the -subsequent ‘and-.final con- tracts. What I have since scen, my judgment, proved -cunclusively correctness of my decision. The French government has asked the 1United States for -information regard- ing the course to be followed by shipping board in putting forward Ger- man passenger ships on the German trade routes, it was said today at the state department. No protest has been made, officials sald, but the French gov- ernment wished to be informed con- cerning reports that through transfer of the former enemy liners to the American Ship and Commerce Corporation the ves- sels would eventually find their way back to their former owners, the Ham- burg-American line. No requests for allocation of vessels has been made as yet by the American Ship and Commerce Corporation it was said tonight at the shipping boardfl Of- ficials considered it doubtful if any of the ships taken over from the Germans during the war would be allocated to company. Most of the former en- vessels, it was explained are al- established services and six- teen have been allocated to the United States Mail Steamship Company. | PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO PROFITEERING IN COAL New York, Oct. 5.—Ths . J. Lynch Coal Company, Inc., one of ‘the corpor- ations indicted yesterday with the Brooklyn Edison Company for alieged profiteering and hoarding of coal. to pleaded not gailty. Federal Judge Mas er alloxed the company a week in which to chznge its plea or take any other ac tion. Other defendants are expected to plead tomorrow. POLES OCCUPYING RTILROAD LINE THROFGH LIDA Warsaw, Oct. 5.—The Poles now oc- cupy the entire railroda line through Lida, Baranovitchi, Luniniets, Sarny and Rovno as a result of advaness at sev- eral places, according to an official com- munication. The northern advance guard pursuing the caemy has crossed the Nie- men. SIR WILLIAM RAMSEY TO CONDUCT COURSE AT YALE New York, Oct. 5.—Sir William Ram- gey, Scatch writer, archaeologist and lecturer, arrived here today on the steamship Columbia. Sir Willl amis on his way to Yale university to conduet a course in “Comparative Religions of Ancient Times. BEITISH STEAMER LOST IN TROPICAL HURRICANE New Orleans, Oct. 5.—Word was re- ceived here today of the destruction dur- in gthe tropical hurricane last week of the British steamer Westerian, Frontera, Mexico, to New Orleans. The crew was saved. There were no passengers. RESIDENTS OF CORK WERE TERRIFIED BY SKIRMISH Cork, Oct. 5.—The residents of Cork had another terrifying experience early this morning. The cause of the trouble was a brush betveen the military and unidentified persons who fired on curfew patrols. The patrols replied with heavy fusillades of machine guns, sweeping all suspected areas with searchlights. 15 POLICEMEN TAKEN PRISONER IN SKIBBEREEN Skibbereen, Ire., Oct. 5.—Armed bands taking prisoner fifteen policemen and seizing arms and ammunition. The bar- racks was burned. There were no cas- ualties. ‘The University of Santo Tomas, Manila, is twenty-five Harvard University. in 3 years older than Sun spots recently observed are esti- mated to have covered mearly 50,000, 000 square miles each, Shin | FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION HOLDS HIGH PRICE HEARING Washington, Oct. 5.—Partial at 11 gibility for continued high prices was today on the trade practice of facturers guarantees against Driee cline by those who protested custom at hearings before the trade commission. More than 200 men for business The statement that prices gone down soon after the many lin Chairman Murdock, who opinions on that phase. Without tion, ts of the system Hence they huve can ba found.” Mr. Richter declared this morning that knows: the- as only after much consultation | names of the people who voted for him, he said, and added that there Was BOtH- interests were pres- ent to advise with the commission 4 formulating a policy on the subject. had the price suarasiee Prag- ? has, in| tice been unknown in commerce, Was the | brought out In answer to questions By asked ‘4 of “the ichter'e in flle- spokes- the'| ed their belief had been confirmed By breaks in commoditics, where the prac- tice was not employed. They cif sugar and silk markets as typleal James A. Goldsmith of New Tepresenting the Silk Association T o America, said silk prices had decliied B8 per cent in the last si xmonths, would have been by the manufacturers. 1 would say furthe: “that the guarantee against decl! only tends to hold up prices but impossible had - Wholesalers been guaranteed against lose he continued, ine ot ‘meEans that plants will be shut down and s dustry stagnated in order that the gusr- anteeing manufacturer will not have $& dig into his pocket and repay the saler or other purchasers. Only two spearekrs defended the prae- ! tice, but their side of the question will bffie heard wully tomorrow. ANNTUAL REUNION OF Houston, Tex, Oct. and gray-haired men zathered thirticth annual reunion of the Confederate Veterans. For them the cause of the south, al a4 whenever a tune_pt Civil war days, they let out their rebel though lost, still is sacred one of the bands strikes ur yell with as much enthusiasm as shouted in ‘61 The first session of the jint of the Veterans, the Soms of Vetemsn 2nd the Southern Confederated Memorial Association was held this afternoon: It was announced today that the pamde on Friday morninz. the feature evedlT8l will be several miles the reunion, although the line of march will than two miles on account of the ad- vancing age and feebleness of U erans. UNCOMPLETED STEAMSHIP BISMAEE HAS BEE) Berlin, Oot. mark, which would have been the largest vessel. burg, says a dispatch ‘to the blatt. The gross tonnaze of the was to have been 56,000, as against 54 Eiven of the fire. The Bismark was buildinz yards of Blohn and Voss at and would have been delivered allies under the terms of ithe treaty. « CLOTHING PRICES LOWER New York., Oct. 5.—Retail prices are lower now than the their manufacture and_the CONFEDERATE VETEEANS —Houston {6- night was host to more than eight thous The steamship - Jis- has been burned at P of the Vaterland, now the uvumi'a 3 netx largest steamer. No explanation s in the dispatch as to the at S On 5 ‘whole- for the United revitin e ba- he wat- s 3 cavee to. pedoy. due to the efforts of manufacturers. in_ bringing §own piice’ levels, - Strouse, president of the National sociation of elothiers. announced in an official statement. ~Goods sale were made six months . ugo costs were higher, Mr. Strouse and manufacturers feel that the FURTHER SUCCESS FOR TROOPS OF GEN. WE. Constantinople, Oct. 5.—It is attacked the police barracks last evening, | from Sebastopol that the trocps of eral Wrangel's South ‘ment, developing their offensice the Russian Soviet forces, have ocew ted Petroviket Novo &.-—nam‘:um- point of high clothing prices has reached. . 4 B ports say General t 3 - San l:" "vb .