Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 18, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 264 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., MO GAUSE OF THE SHRINKAGE | -~ VALUE OF G0OD SEGURITIES), Comptroller of the Currency Williams Says Fall in Value is Constantine May Return to Greece ormer King Has Been Men- tioned For Regency During the Iilness of King Alex- Due to “Unjustifiable Interest Exacted on Demand| -ander. Loans by New York City Banks”—Contends That the Excessive Rates on Call Money is Depressing Seriously the Prices of All Investment Bonds and Standard Shares —Declares It Has a Harmful Effect on All Classss of People, and Reaches to the Remotest Corner of the Unit-* ed States and Its Possessions. Washington, Oct. 17.—'Unjustifiable in- serest exacted on demand loans” by New York city banks has been an active eon- tributing caus: of the “hug- shrinkage” in security values during the past year, Comptroller of the Currency Wil- liams declared tonight in a formal state- ment. He charged that ca'l money rates in New York were the highest in the world and that “renewal” rates fixed by a small “coterie” of stock ex- change broke he interest | “Axrged on @ 1 nearly all Wew York hanl “he raising or lowering of the ‘ren; al' rate on the ange,’ said Mr. V lams, “is frequently accompanied by upward or downward movements in stocks and securities: and those respons- ible for the fixing of the rate therefer have the opportunity, whether exrc'sed or not, of profiting largely by operations on the stock market, which ) often and directly affccted by the call money | situation. 1 do not, of course, undertake | to say that this informal ‘money com-| mittee does take Improper advanta the'r foreknowledge who severaly censure the existing arrange | ments. Certainly all prudent and thinking | businessmen will agree that there is d ger in the econeentration of such opportun ity and power in the hands cf a few por- | e of | gons. Tempiations to us> this power for | individual profit must arise, and humes | nature is mot changed by high position | in the financial world. Tower to fix money rates for all, or mearly all. of the banks in New York eity and to change them dai'y, is a grip on the heart of our commerce, It per- | s such intorf. 2 Hb'e human | interes may direet wih E orderly movements § of money. The life blood of business. The matter of arbitrari fixing money | rates at the money c possible re- and he versing natural direetly or Indire f security values and other prep- left to a small and varying num- private eitizens without official sibility, deciding in & moment and ¥ The evils and dangers of euch me hods cou'd be roci indefinitely. The re..ch t5 the remotest corner of the un'on and its possssions and touch harm- | fu'ly every class of prople. The direct tendeney is to roverse one of the funda- mental purposes of the fedral reserve act.. which 16 to promote orderly distribu'n of money through the country to meet needs of comme-ee and agrisuiture. Excessive ‘nterest rates offered in New York artificially draw money away from ourside communitics through the'r banks, and often leave legitimate enterprises ved or pinched. R hre foed speculative movements wheh may be adding nothine to real in- dusirial! of commercial ‘wealth. 4 4 “1 reiterate the statement previously made that excessive rate on call Toney. arhitrarily fixed and tolerated 11 New York, in my opinion. have been a potent influence in depressing _seriously The prices of all investment honds and standard shares shrinkage in which Tr the past 12 months has amounted, i1 tading the depreciation in Liberty bonds o Several billlon dollars.” 2 ) \:'1E1‘|xrvl\ldflr'ar~rl that although the mewal rate fixed by the rate committee renewal te comm! was not rewarded as compu'sory by the stack exchangs authoritiss, it neverthe- \eas s admitted by practicatly ry h—:—kwva‘;z-“.x- rate on call loars was ehanged to esnform with the \'\'vel'_"d rate. As a result, Mr. W illlams said. “it would be vain obviously for a borrower to hone %o obtair, money in New York at a lower ats by shifting his loan to some other e statement of ths New York banks ki v jced or low- that all broker loans were raised ered simuitaneously did not brar up un- investi Mr. Williams as- der his investigation. \ . perted. He cited records which he said showed “apparent discrimination™ ~on Joans equally well seeured and for sim- rposes “-r}!::' Teaanie”, B continued, “when the renewal rate for a certain day with- in the last twaive months was posted on the stock exchanze at 16 per eent. the renort of one particular New York bank showed that on that date this bank was charging on loans for itself and its corre. snondents: : 7 per fent. on $1010.000 %, 9, 14 and 15 per cont. on $1.428.000; 3% per cent. on $750,000: 20 p-r cent. on $42.100,000; 25 per cent. on $3,550,000; and 20 per cent. on $900,000. A Concerning the “coterie” of brokers which fix the call Interest rate, Mr. Wil- Jiams said that inquiry disclosed it usual- 1y consisted of 4 to § or more” and that the stock exchange usually was repre- gented by “the president or ‘one or more of its governors” He said the fluctua- tons of the “posted’ interest rate on brokers’ loans had ranged from 8 to 17 M;{:;T:en Newember 10, 1919 and July 27, last. On Ja'y 31, he recalled he had jassued a s‘atement assailing the hith wates and declared that since that date the “posted” rate had not exceeded 10 t. PeT1t Is no part of the function of a - jelal to moralize on specila- m";“p‘.&?mgr Mr. Williams said. ey attention is demanded when such apeilum\l produce conditions retarding the development of the country and e dangering the stability of its busines: Corporations, individuals and investors generally are drawn away from legiti- mate Investments in new enterprices and 4n the shares and bonds of existing en- terprises by the prospect of 10 to 20 pey cent. interest. “The eifect of thess rates is seen when the general managers of executives of raflroads or other large corporations visit New York to raise money necessary for the redemption of retiring loans or for the extension and pro.notion' ¢f new busi- ness. The bankers and bond houses #alemnly poing to the high rates paid for ‘eall money’ and corporations whose credit abundantly justified a 5 per cent. or 6 per cent. interest basis, have heen forced t) pay 7 per cent. or 8 per cent, er 10 per cent. on loans for one year, three years or five to ten years; and are «ometimes persuaded by the bankers through whom they obtain the funds that they are doing well to get money even on guch tefis, beeauss Voney on call has Fren advanced often artificinlly to 12 eent. or 15 per cent. or 20 per cent. s few days at a t'me.” I municipal government also deprives and Berlin, Oct. 17.—(By The A. P) M. Zionvieff, and M. Losowsky, Russian Soviet delegates to the independent so- cialist confercnce at Halle, have been ordered by the German government to leave the country. Their expulsion will be carried out under the direction of the Prussian minister of the. interior. Pending their departure the Russians will' be under close police surveillance and will not be allowed to receive or communicate with friends. A communist mass meeting today was largely atténded. ,Police intervention iajures or ruins a country storekeeper, a|was not required however, Zinovieff small farmer or the owner of a large OF | was present, but was too hoarse to liffle manufacturing enterprise. speak, ‘The high rates for call money in New York have thus shut off a large part of | KING ALEXANDER'S the investment demand for securities, = = which during the past twelve months, CONDIRION IS ERERIONS largely because of these disturbign com-| . 4epoio ™ oo Aeandon ditions, have been forced down lowest prices reached in 40 years. “It is my belief that if the call money rates in Mew York had been maintained ut 6 per cent, or al @ T=<imum rates which are charged in other money cen- as T believe could have been done degree of cooperation upon the part of the New York banks, sceur.ty prices in the past twelve months would ken place and the apparent of dollars in values would ters, with a resonable the unprecedentcd shrinkage i not hav Joss of bilfio have been a dided. to the who s critically ill as.a result of infec- tion arjsing from the bite of a monkey, was slightly better today. His temper- ature at 11 o'clock was 101.5 Fahren- heit, and his pulse was 114. The grave symptoms which were ob- served throughout Friday night were less pronouneed today. The king's gen- eral condition, however, continued most serious. TALK OF CONSTANTINB CLAIMING THE THRONE Sworn reports to his offics, Mr. Wii- liams said, showed that mor> than 4,000 | Berne, - Oct. —(Havas). Former loans had becn made by the New York | King' Constantine of Greece is reported banks between October 1, and August 1,{hefe as intending to take advantage of but there are critics [ 1920, at rates of “13, 20, 25 ard 30 per cent.” In three of the largest ban! |loans made at those rates and between hose dates aggregated more than $600, 000,000, he said. r present on'y the loans made banks for their own the eorrespondent also shows,” M the total loa bank: “The r Williams declared, received from them, aggregated over $1, 100,000,000. tne’ amount af loans made during The figures. he added, by the account and not for ord that outstanding upon which interest at 15 to 30 per cent. was béing harged by a portion of these banks on different days, for which reports were The records a!so show that the { same period at rates in excess of 10 per rent. and up to but not including 15 per the situation created by the serious ill- ness of King Alexander, his son, by re- turning to Greece and claiming the .| throne. The Swiss authorities, it is stated, are taking measures to defeat the alleged plot formed in Switzerland against the present Greek government. CONSTANTINE WILL NOT THINK OF A REG}Z)jCY YET Geneva Oct. 17.—(By The A. P) Former King Constantine of Greece, re- plying from\Lucerne to- an inquiry r garding his attitude towards the rege: cy for Greece being discussed in con- nection with the illness of King Alexan- der, telegraphed as follows: EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS, PRICE TWO CENTS. BRIE Belgium p for 2,400 paid in foodstuffs, The French Uabinet approved the 192 budget proposal totalling 44,101, 10,0, francs. .« Mackerel have appeared in big schools off Cape Breton between North Sidney and Louisburg. Resignation of W. T. Chapman, sere- tary of the federal reserve board effective Nov. 1, was announced. : A platform for a World’s Brotherhood was adopted at. the - World's Sunday School *Convention at Tokio. . 4 Robbers stole $100,000 worth of dia- -ent. amounted to over $1,400,000,000, “Sufficient’ unto the day Is the evill “here being over 11,000 of such loans. thereof. 1 will not think of a regency “In addition to the above agzregate of | yet. - My plans are those of my people. the loans upon which a portion ‘brokers or 'street’ foans upon referred to, were charging more than per cent. per annum and up to, 10 per of the | banks reportel that they were charging, on 81 different days, interest in excess of 10 per cent, and up to but not including 15 per cent., was about $309,000,000. The which the New York banks, during the period (Signed) “CONSTANTINE. REX. The former king has been kept in close touch with King Alexander's con- “dition. The latest bulletins received here from Athens this morning said the king's condition was desperate and that he 8 | was not expected to recover. cent. reach, in the aggregate, some bil- | CONDITION OF KING lions of dollars additional in amount ALEXANDER IS DISQUIETING and tens of thousands in num Asto w about reforms” and expressed t! that the “tremendous responsibil fheay: for“the situation; Mr. liams saw only the hope that “public sentiment will be strong enouch to bring | e blief , cs” of ing Saturday evening, said a message received by a Greek legation here to- night. the New York bankers and financiers! Although the king was not delirious, wou'd sooner or later be relized by |his temperature varied between 100.76 by those who carry those responsibilities. | and 102.92. His pulse ran from 100 to He said that ize the “direct and COX IS PREPARING FOR . A WHIRLWIND FINISH | “some of them honestly and conscientiousiy'™ observe the obliga-, tion to the general public now and that 120, and his respiration from 30 to 40, the dispatch stated GERMAN SOCIALISTS ELECT ADOLF HOFFMAN PRESIDENT Halle, Germany, Oct. 16.—After. vot- ing today the adherence of the party to the third internationale of Moscow, the independent socialist confgrence elected Cleveland. Oct. 17.—Governor CoX | Adolf Hoffman, leader of the radical secured a full day's rest here today in|wing of the party, ag the organization's preparatisn for what ' his associates | president. The minority faction, which said would be a whirlwind finish of his During the next fortnight the demoeratic candidate will in the great population central beginning tomorrow in Syracuse presidential campaign. malke centers states, Rochester and Buffalo, Ne be v or, Providence, R .I, Bridgeport, ford and other’ Connecticut Wednesday, Wilmington, Del., timore, Md., on Tuesday, his fight of the eastern and X cities and Bal and N. J., on Friday. A Madison Square Garden speech at New York next Sat- urday night will close the week and {during the following week the candidate will speak at Indianapolis, Chicage and other mid-west centers. The league of nations promises to be battle ground of ox for the remainder of the His advisers today said that, theme of the candidate's would stress the contention that Senator Hard- ing, his republican opponent, stands for rejection of the league but still is cry- exclusiv the virially Governor campslgn. the here yesterday, he Hampshire cities and Boston will ited next Tuesday by the govern- Hart- on Tren, ton Princeton, Newark and Jersey Cits had been defcated by a vote of 237 to 156 on the question of adhesion to the third internationals, had previously left the hall, the communist wing contin- uing in session. The minority members went into secret session, but announced that an open meeting of their faction would, be held Sunday morning. In the majority session, continuing af- ter the election of Herr Hoffman, greet- ings on behalf of the third internation- ale were extended by M. Zinovieff the Soviet emissary, to the gathering. He urged the conference to send a repre- sentative to the communist international organization. Before the adoption of the majority resolution, George Ledebour and Her- ren Rosenfeld, Crispien and Dittmann offered a compromise resolution pledg- ing the party to sympathy with Soviet Russia’but declining "to join an organi- zation “seeking to promote a world re: olution through terror and destruction. This proposal, however, received seant consideration. A flare-up was, caused at one stage of the debate by MHerr Hofiman calling Herr Ledebour an ‘old woman.” The ing amerad, Kamerad, to the hosts|uproar was checked by Hoffman direct- of eace” comprising republicans and in-|ing the members of his faction to be dependents favoring the covenant. scated. The debate, after some little Prior to his departure here late to- night for Syracuse, Governor Cox spent a quiet Sunday, resting at his hotel and enjoying an afternoon metor trip with friends, ITALIAN ANARCHIST. LEADER TUNDER ARREST IN LONDON London, Oct. 17.—Enrico Malatesta, the Ttalian anarchist leader, was arrested to- day, according to a Milan despatch to the Exchange Telegraph. The charge Ffinil him is plotting agairst the‘state. OBITUARY., General Leman. - Brussels, Ost. 17.—General Leman, de- fender of Liege against the German ad- vance early in the war, died at Liegg to- day from pneumenia. General Leman was governor of Liey ot the outbreak of the war. paign which ultimately resulted <heck at the Marne. 1914, It was his gallant defense of the city from the Ger- man attack just as the drive through Bel- §ium was in full swing that held up the advance of the German troops for several days, a delay upon which the imperial staff had not counted, and which told ma- terially against the Germans in the cam- (Ln their General Leéman was wounded in the fighting and was captured on Aug. 22, He was held in a German prison, additional heckiing, was confined to a few sentences by each speaker. £ €WEDEN IS ASSURED OF FUEL ENOUGH FOR WINTER London, Oct. 17.—Reports from Stock- tolm and throughout Sweden show that Sweden is able to face the British coal strike composedly because her winter fuel consumption is provided for, says an Ex- ‘change Telegraph despatch from Copen- hagen today. Throughout the whole of Scandinavia, in fact, there are sufficient ttocks to last for three months, with care- ful use, adds the message, and only a vrolonged strike could 'materially affect communications and industries. The rail- ways, the Stockholm gas and electric works and the yards of the coal importers told large stocks of American and Aus- tralian coal, and it is not anticinated that the prices of domestic coal will be in- ereased. Denmark is said to have sufficient coal to last until January. Her railway stocks are large and her industries are facing the strike with equanimity. Lighting eervice will continue, although restricted, and the theatres will be closed one night each week. SERGEANT OF ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY KILLED Bublin, Oct. 17.—Sergeant Roche of ‘he Royal Irish constabulary, who had until December, 1917, when because of | Just arrived here frcm Tinperary to' iden- Vis ill health he was released and made tify the body of Mr. Tracey, who was Vis way out of Germany to France by |shot during the disturbances in Talbot way af Switzerland. After the allied vic- tory he accompanied King Albert in the |noon on the Ormond quay. street Friday, was shot dead this after- A man and a official re-entry of the Belgians into Liege | girl also weer wounded by the shots of ~nd was given an enthus'astic welcome | his assailants. 5 by the people of his home city. A former soldier named Robinson who General Leman was @8 years old. Up |was shot Friday night in Dublin by two to a few months before the war he was |men describing themselves as republican "ead of the Belgian military school. “The same @muse that eripples and[law, milita: 3 great;raiiroad w_{ffl\»-- : In |volice died last night ‘addition to his notable qualities as a com- mander, he was an authority on Roman ry architecture and engineer- | Saturday night, Flaherty ‘was killed by | ures show that there iy a decrease of ‘While Constables Flaherty Dykes wers on patrol duty in Londonderry late whots fired by some unknown.persons. Paris, Oet. 47.—The condition of King | Alexander of Greece was very disquiet-, | I i | seriptions to the last monds, refired go'd and jewelry from jthe Streicher Mfg. Co. in Newark, N. J,* General Felix Diaz, Mexican rebel leader, recently exiled, arrived at Ha. vana on the French liner Flandre. Japan will establish a legation in Riga in the near future, the Letvian'governs , 2 , oV ment having given assent. i Reclaimed clothing and shees valued approximately $5,00,000 have been sold by the war department to the Polish govern-| ment. % —— 4 A heavy for prevalled over New York and vicinity Saturday and caused a'gen- eral interruption in harbor and - river| traffic. J | Secretary of War Baker announced Ne will deliver three campaign speeches in New Hampshire this week in behaif of, tiov. Cox. Bryan McMullen, of Dallas, Texas, air mail pilot of the Chicago-Omaha service, was Killed when his plane fell near Ba- tavia, IlL. Independent German secialists In eon ference at Halle are expected to Vote on adhcrence to or rejction of the Mozcow Intrnationale. % Congressman Julius Kahn, republican of California, who arrived in New Yock, declared Governor Cox will not earry a single Western state. Popocatapetl voleans, near Mekieo City, was in eruption for the first time in more than 400 years. A dense cloud of black smoke was emitted. A military alliance discussed at Brus- 8e’s between France, Belgium and Hol- land has met with almost unanimous op- position from Duich newspapcrs. U. 8. Secret Service operators ‘working with Canadian - authorities,. stopped. a train as it entered Sarnia tunnel, Ontario, | and confiscated 300 cases of liquor. Youngstown Sheet and Tube Ce. an- nounced a plan for selling some 100,000 ghares of its stock to employes on install- ment with bonuses to those ~ who hold stock. Guy Mason a director of the League to Enforce Peace, issued a challenge to Sen- ator Borah and Lieutenant.Colonel Roose- velt to debate the League of Nations is- sue. General Emile Fayolle, the French war hero, who attended the American Leyg/n convntion in Cleveland, as represent..ive of Marshal Foch, left for France on the Lorraine. Austrian National campaign is nearing its close, attended by considerable rowdyism in Viemna ani other cities and in the industrial towns of lower Austria. Assembly election At u conference between nta- tivs of American and Cuban sn%r im- porters and Stats Department offi¢'a's means for relieving the Cuban situation were taken up. A ballot of the Federatlon of Master Coiton Spinners of Manc! fster ®:suited in a vote to stop work Sa urdays and Mondays for ore month. It will affest 150,000 operatives. Anneuncement was made that Char'es Saunders Dundas, sixth count Melvile, will soon marry Miss Margaret Todd ,an assistant in a barber shop in Edinburgh. Six hundred natives of the Pribileff Islands will s‘arve this winted if the U. S. S. Saturn ,with 800 tons of food for the ig'ands doss not get to the Behring Sea before the ice forms. in London Annual reports of the Clerk of the Mn- nicipal Court. in Boston, shows thsre were 18.143 fewer arrests for drunken- ness during the last court year, compared with the previous year. * Archdeacon Hudson Stmek, the first man to scale Mount McKinley, who died of pneumonia last week, was buried last Monday in a humble cemetery at Yuka- tan, Y. T. Premicr Hara announced In a speech to the Munitiors Commission the Jap- ancse government wouM svend about 2.500.000 yen. about $1,250,000, in in- creasing the fortifications in Tokio Bay. Mile. Denise, the grade thoroughbrey mare owned by the army remount serv'ce and ridden by Major Stanley Koch of the general staff was declared the winner of the 300 mile equine enduranee test. Seeretary Houston announced that sub- issue of treasury certificates of Indebtedness will aggrezate about approximately $160,000.000. ' The treasury called forr $100,000,000 or there- about. % FEight men were arrested for robberfes, ho'd-ups, assaults and other crimes In New York city in recefit months. Two of the men are believed responsible for the 52 robberies in Forest Hills sction, Long Island. E Complains that many slet vending machines in Philade’'phia are swindles led the Bureau of Weights and Measures to assign, inspectors to mark the ma- chines which do rot give full value for money put in them. The title of champion wafle ®ater of the world is claimed by Private Pay Francis Jones, U. S. Marine Corps. .He established this claim byeating. twenty- six and one-half of these corrugated pastries in thirty minutes flat. The Swiss government has Imstrueted the Swiss telegraph admin‘stration . to make a contract with the Marconi com- pany for establishing- a wireless station in Genewa during the meeting of .the league or nations there In November. A woman's offer of 3 $10,000 bribe te a government official for the removal - of 1,000 cases of whiskey shows evidence of the operations of a new intsrstate “booze ring,” competing with the Walter Sadler clique for control of the wholesale and retail coal trade. Although statistics from eentral and ‘western states show that there is an in- creased number of children working, fig- child labor in P ennsylvania.. | mediate delivery Demands ade on Serbia 157,000 and I 11,150. * Berlin, Oct. 17.—The tiong commission, wae: according . to of awpd 157,000 head of cattle to Serbia. | party at sel, adds the | 'I;ennany for Cattle Calls For 510,000 Head, Belgium 210,000, taly | Fitzgerald Died Last Night, After Having Fasted 68 Days— allied repara- Vor- today, has presented to the Ger- . man government a demand for the im- 10,000, bulls and 500,000 cows to France, 11,150 head of catdle to Itaiy, 210,000 cows to Belgium / The congress of the majority socialist newspaper, FIRST DEATH-AMORG THE HUNGER STRIKERS IN CORK The Prison Doctors and a Cork Specialist Gave Treat- Strikers—Pcpe Benedict Roman Catholic Church. has passed a resolution calling upon the socialist parties of all countries to pre- vent Germany from being compelled to hand over cattle to foreign countries especially to France. ? / SEARCHING FOR RUSTIES” cus Bassett, “trusties night after felling three keepers resident. Abandoning the first machine at Mount they stole another and according to reports received by ‘prison officials today, have been traveling about the country, dodging back and forth border between New York state and Connecticut, holding up motor- garage keepers at the point of a revolver to furnish them Reports from different points, the authorities said tonight, indicated the fugitives had covered more than 600 miles since, across the ists and compelling ‘gasoline. in the 22 hours following their escape. evere desres Officials believe the men are armed |of emaciation. The facial emaciation r\fl with only one revolver. It was thougit | Fitzgerald at the time was declared to be at first they obtained rifles weapons except the revolver counted for. were roams, preventing the gfficials sending out descriptions immediately After leavir: heard from al Newtown, Conn., they entered a garage and forced proprietor to furnish them gasoline. and some money. officials said tonigl Stivers, accorling known as on, <f the criminals eve: sent to Sing Sing. though only 21 years old, ¥ to officials, city in 1917. Stiyers. He stole his stole another. mobile in escaping, but with the evaded the police. der. JAIL BREAKERS PASSED THROUGH NEW MILFORD New Miiford, Conn., Oct. 17.—Constable saw George Stivers and Marcus Bassett, es- caped prisoners from Sing Sing prison, He was able to identify the pair several hours later when he Teceived a description of an Mount Kiseo, N. Y. Reports received by Con- stable Kiefer tonight were that the fugi- tives were last seen headed toward Mil- in a small automobile, ap- large William J. Kiefer of this town pass thpough here early today. automobile stolen by them at parently having abandoned the Mount Kisco car. ORGANIZING TO SPREAD COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA WHO ESCAPED FROM SING SING Ossining, N. Y., Oct, 17.—Seven posses, numbering more than 150 men, tonight spread out over the country for several miles in the vicinity of Sing Sing prison in a search for George Stivers and Mar- who escaped last and stealing an automobile from an Ossining from the guards they overpowered in escaping. One rifle, taken from a guird, was recovered by another, and toddy all of the prison ac- Before leaving the prison the men cut the wires to the Bertillon from Mount Kisco they were where the At Danbury, Conn., they held up a man from whom they took two overcoats, two caps None of the keepsrs assaulted by the prisoners was seriousl; injured, Sing Sing | was most._dangerous Al- was serving a life sentence for the murder of Police- man Samuel T. Cunningham in New York The death of 'the policeman . was the climax of a 24-hour “spree” by father's automo- bile -and started out with a 13 year old girl-as comnanion. “Wrécking the car, he He was found by Police- man Cunningham, but before the officer could overpower him he drew a gun and shot him. He gmashed the second auto- girl Six months later he was captured and convicted of the mur- Cork, Oct. 17.—(By The A. P.)—The first death among the hunger strikers in Cork jail occurred tonight. Fitzgerald ditd at 9.45 o'clock, having fasted sixty- eight days. The condition of Fitzgerald and Mur- the prison doctors were permitted to gi Fitzgerald medical treatment. A -Cork specialist also was called in. Fitzgerald was placed under arrest for shooting Private Soldier Jones outside Fermoy church on Sept. 7, 1918. Fitzgerald w one of the eleven men on a hunger strike in the Cork jil whose cses for a long time have heen he source ¢al authorities. Nearly a month ago Di Pearson and Battiscombe, the physi cians, expressed profound amazement that %he men who were abstaining from food were still alive and consci At that time the physicians said that except for the devocation ard care of the nuns in attendance upon-the prisoners it was cer- tain that several of them wouid long since have been dead. All the ‘hunger strikers were declared to have been reduced to a s most pronounced. POPE DENEDICT REFERS MACSWINEY CASE TO COUNCIL Rome, Oct. 16.—Popen Denedict, me- referred the problem of the status of Lord Mayor MasSwiney of Cork and the o Irish hunger strikers to the congregat of the Holy Office. Many udgent appeals to make pronouncement regarding the case of the n divided between opposite viewpoints: and trica implore the pontiff to reach dia whether the death of the s as a result of their hunger strike would make phy had become so grave today that with| the consent of the other bunger strikers| of wonderment on the part of the mea:-| cording to information sexured today, has| or| some | lord mavor of Cork and the other Irish| hunger striking prisoners have been re-| ceived by the pope. These appeals are! ment to the Dying Man With the Consent of ths Hunger Has Referred the Problem of the Statuseof the Irish Hunger Strikers to ths Congrega- tion of the Holy Office, the Oldest Congregation of the them suicides Pope Benedict has carefully and por son n all the many doca- citing examplaes to support - the opposing sides and has dis- uation with rned cardin. figures in the cussed the s als and oth, dicated, has found different opinions. ated, has laid the congregation of -the les questions of ges heresy. This n of the Roman eated by Paul NI in zinally called the: Holy resent pontiff modi- Congregation _ has to do with - h and morals and $ud erature The pepe is prefect of t who will v meeting includes his report to Holy Off rs coming before s =0 long that it gen- several years to reach a def- MACSWINEY PASSED 66TH DAY OF HUNGER STRIKE WELL n. Oct. 17.—Terence MacSwi- ney, lord mayor of Cork, ssed ate * G6th of 2 ke in Drix- tone pr fa , said tonight's bul- tin on or's condition sued by self-determination league. art of the day. His adds the bulletin, is weakness, but more ac- he con- tives.” ) FARMER-LABOR PARTY APPEALS TO COLORED VOTERS Topeka, as., Oct. 17.—An anpeal to the colosed voters of Americy to enroll under the banner of the farmer-tabor party and denunciation of foreign policies of both the democratic and the republican parties marked an address here tonight by Par- ley Parker Christensen. farmer-labor can- didate for president. “The same imperialistic motives for the benefit of Wall street animate both the democratic and Tepublican parties,” =aid Mr. Christensen. “Of course, this actual motive is always varnished with a spuri- ous veneer of morality to deceive the peop.e. *“And then there are those like Mr. W’ son who, as Artemus Ward once remark- ed, ‘Are willing to sacrifice all wife's relations’ to make the world safe for democracy. “We in America taste than to talk safe for democracy. sons, ouc Palmers, our depor our Iynchings, and our many against our colored brothers. “It is not inappropriate, in this state which played so important a part in the abolition movement, that I say sometiing as regards, the attitude of the farmer- labor party towards the demands for justice voiced by the colored people. “The republican party professes to be the champion of the rights of the colored should have of making the We, wit hour Burl better people. They declare that it was the Washington, Oct. 17.—Definite plans| publican party which was instrume to~spread communistic propaganda and|in emancipating them, and they depend organization throughout the east said an announcement today by state department. The 1,891 have on a naked sword against ‘capitalism’ and overthrow it ®oviet Russia was the country moslz fol- Georgia and the native tribes of the caucasus and Fifty-five of the delegates were represented, it was stated, in order by Persia, largely lowed Asia. women. TWO MEN KILLED IN MOTOR Brockton, Mass., Oct. combination crashed years old, and John Johnson, 18. Miss' Esther Bergman was in a condition tonight at a hospital. also were taken to tre hospital. The accident was belleved to be dne_r;o e the | vinkoff and General a short turn made by the driver. truck smashed thrcugh the front of building, ran the length of the store am broke through the rear wall. TO TRY THWART STEALING OF COMING ELECTIONS IN GREEC! New York, Oct. Americai citizens 17.—Greeks the dictator.” The resolutions charged that politica opponents of the present goverpment Greece have been imprisoned, proaching elections. ¥RANCE DESIRES IMPORTATION 150. vntil:January, 1921 were | laid at the recent congress of the peo- ples of the cast at Baku, Azerbaidjan, the delegates attending the congress were declared to “taken a solemn oath, sworn up- to work night and day to cause respective countries to rise ACCIDENT AT BROCKTON 17.—Two men were killed, a girl was probably fatally injured and four other persons were se- riously hurt late today when a motor into a store front when responding to a fire alarm. The men killed were William J. Sullivan, 45 deported and shot down in the streets in an ef- fort to terrorize the electorate to sup- port the present government in the ap- on this contention to swing the colored vote. But it is obvious to anyone w even peanut brains that the republican partyflof today resembles the republican partylof '61 in name only. “I maintain that the republican part cause its heart really is not in their cduse. Thero i3 in that party no passion for that kind of justice, whether it be social or political. “I invite the colared citizenry of Amer- fea to consider the cause of the farmer- labor party. We demand justice for them not only for their sake but because we believe they can contribute as much as any other people toward the making of a better America. POLES HAVE TAKEN MINSK SINCE SIGNING ARMISTICE London, Oct. 17.—A wireless dispateh received here today from Moscow as- serts that since the armistice between the Poles and the soviet was signed the Poles have occupied Minsk. The di patch says the Poles should retire from eritical | this city in accordance with the treaty Patrol- man Frank S. Bonney and three firemen and declares that the occupation should gerve as a warning to Russia to con- tinue to strengthen the western front. Other dispatches say that General Wrangel, General Petlora, General Sa- Volokhovitic are d | negotiating with a view to uniting their forces for an offensive against the Rus- sian soviet armies, and that count P lem in Letvia is collecting the remnants g|of the army of General Yudenitch for the samo purpose. and | 1oACK HELD FOR THEFT of Greek extractifn passed resolutions at a mass- meeting here today asking President Wilson- to “use the good office of the United States government” in thwarting the “fraudu- lent and shameless stealing of the forth- coming elections in Greece by Venizelos, OF THE CARUSO GEMS —_— New York, Oct, 17.—Harry C. Toback who was arrested here last night in connection Wwith the Caruso gem theft, after he had been trapped by the police in the apartment of the Poillon sisters, 1| was ‘released in $3,200 bail today for a hearing Tuesday. - . Toback's attorney said his client's al- leged statements.to the Poillon sisters concerning the Caruso jewels were made as a joke, to paveé the way for the sale of some fur coats. Toback, the attorney said, was read¥ to proceed with the case at once. in OF COAL FROM AMERICA | 1ywo DEATHS RESULT FROM Paris, Oct. 17.—France wishes to en- tourage the importation of American coal ‘back d Jod the dravhick Eranged mporters baT | red todsy 'as o TemIt of the riotin This drawback will remain in force Gas companies an¢ railroads have coal stoeks ahout equal to RIOTING 'IN NORTH DELFAST 17.—Two deaths occur- Belfast Oct. the Marrowbone distriet of North fast Saturday night. The victims were Matthew McMaster and William M their pre-war_subplies, which in the case | ¢ll. Who succumbed to gunshot wounds. of the railroads ran approximately '850,- | One man was killed outright during the | comm: rioting” and several others were serious-'end was: 960 tomm. Im 1919 the average coal supply .“of the raiiroads was only 240,000 tons. ¢ |ly injured. - their | s not entitled to the colored vote, be- | g in; Bel-| D IN PHILADELPHIA Oct. 17.—Ths body w5, a student of Da of allet of his head, on an rthern part of the The police believe he | nd jewelry valued m vere found un- s pockets. The mp post. An Wn over the knees a several P and 1 in his lap. This, ac- cording to t police, clearly indicates that robbery was not the motive. Drewes was a e officers’ nd during structor at day night and Sater. New York, went from i d returned from Charles Shaloss, a T oss gave him a check for the amount, whigh Drewes had his fa- ther, C. T.”Drewes, cash for him soon | after he T 1 from the shore. He had dinner at home Saturday and | left ¢ ouse to take a train at 9 p. m. for Hanover, N. H. The detectives have 1 no one who saw alive after t | The place where the body was found is |2 lonely s uented spot, the near- a quarter of a mile away. i Wheel marks n automoh where it ihnd st v the side of the road and | turn 1. were found near by. Dre onle n Philadelphia, her, who was firmly his son had not volwns n his plan to leave irime- but had been deterred ud FOR NMARRY G. HER OF NORTH ADAMS M Oct 17—A which included many ge students . renewed ~ it to find Harry G. Fischer, an i nt of this city, who dis- appe on We last after tell: S going to humt for a bear wiich had seen on the Wil- liamstown side of Mount Greylock: Ne trace of the missing man was found. Fisc! who is 27 years old, was last seen when he called at & house near the foot of ing friends th the moun on Wednesday morning. On leaving there he said he was ing to meet a woodsman from e with whom he had become ac- ainted a few days before but whose name he did n and that the.twe intended to I the bear. Friends ¥ understood he had him when he left this hat most of his money was on depgsit in a local banl TO STOP CIRCULATION OF COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA —Immediate ae- d circulation ot communist propaganda in the public od party schools of New York' ecity was today by the American Defense in a letter to Anning S. Prall, nt of the board of education. n its letter to President Prall, the society said it had learned school ehil: dren were being used to disribute hand- ing bills inc ca” to d ist. state The Workers of Ameri- e war against the “ecapital- ERITISH COAL MINERS WENZ DN STRIKE SATURDAY Tonden. Oct. 17.—"No #irike ver has been entered upon with less passion on either side,” Manchester Guard. ian. commentinz coal miners strike, rood 1w not last un- der the pres of the <triké, but it i€« great heln ke i3 not being entered in an atinosphere of unrea- soning 7 . - Th of virtuslly oIl the editortul” of the new: pors, at the week