Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 18, 1920, Page 1

' POPULATION 2 1 * *Doctrines Will Weaken Its “High Paid” Labor Leader Pleaded Not Guilty—Was De-| Foundation. " tained in Courtroom While His Counsel Was Obtaining| _ Jeisien. Vor Loy o) —Direct steps. fo eliminate _radicalism ;100,000 Bail Bond—Bnndell is Speufic&“ychflged from any control in orzanized labor and to meet the menace of increasing unem- With an Attempt to Extort $7,500 From a House|lloyment are being takon by ue amer. ican Federation of Labor through _its Wrecker by Threatening to Call a Shike;Pioseéfitifié executive council in session here. Already a decisive victory over radical - . i 0 . elements within the organization has been Attorney Says the Collective Extortion Charges Against | achicved at one point, and the far-reach- " the Accused Will Aggregate $1,000,000. ing nature of the conferences of the coun- cil for a week past, dealing with econ- omic problems, appeared tonight to fore- New York, Nov. 17.—The joint legis-) 28 that he “had been bankrupted and|shadow some. action looking to closer ¢h- iative committee's investigation into the| put out. of business” by Erindell. Later, | operation- between labor and capital to “bullding trust® resulted today in the in-|he said, he/gave Brindell $1 000 for a let-| meet unemployment. dictment of Rebert P. Brindcll, president| ter which secured a $30,000 contract for of the Building Trades Council—one of{a company -organized by his son. the highest paid labor leaders in Conservative leaders in the federation have pounded away on the radical ques- the Payments totalling more than $100,-| tion for -sereval months, insisting cn a United Sgates—on charges of attempting| 000 were alleged to have been received | more determined stand by the controlling to_extor: money from contractors threats of calling strikes. Collective extortion charges against| islative committec. Brindell, will aggregate $1,009,000, cial Assistant District Attorney Richter|from $200 to $32,000, the latter being|it developed that there was a by|by the labor léader during the last ten months in testimoay given before the leg-! ment have now brought that subject into a position of equal importance. Spe-| Amounts of payments alleged ranged| Although leaders were reticent today, feeling declared in appealing to the court to|paid by Hugh S. Robertson, a builder, on! among certain members of the council plage the labor leader under heavy bail. |account of an agreement to pay Brindellf that it should deal emphatically with the After pleading not guilty, Brindell held = prisoner in the criminal courts|movement information.” T building for more than an hour, unti his| Witnesses said Brindell and his agents counsel could obtain the $100 000 bond. mecessary for his release. He given nine & chanze hig tions: or make necessary indictment, the second returned by | turned down offers of small amounts, de- {Ke-mdditional grand jury handling cases|claring that he “was no piker.” They | trines and, growing out of the legislative investiga-|characterized the labor leade: tiom, contained three counts. In it Brin-jas “bold” and sald that unless they| deil’ was charged specifically Wwith tempting to extort §7 Fradus, a house wrecker, by threate) o call & strike on a demolition job less the money was paid him. Vigorous protest was made to Judge 115,000 union workers, Brindell has been Mualqueen in the general sessions courtregarded as one of the most powerful by Martin W. Littleton, counsel Brindell, against the heavy bail. He it was exorbitant, adding that -“despite|agent of the Dock Builders Union, which the .conspicuous new . lines and disclos-|has-a membership of approximately 4,- ures made before the Lockwod. commit-|800, each ‘member of which contributes {4, the defendant has evinced no. inten-|50 cents a month out of his dues to | tne| Brindell's_ salary, which from this one tioh of fleeing .the jurisdiction of In asking that at” $100,000, ‘Assistant District Atto fter said: “The charge of attem extortion {8 only ons of many :that b# .brought against the accused.” Declaring “this is ng ordinary oftense,| is said to have been a. drug clerk. He Judge Mulqueen | fitst appeared in the local labor move- wiid fn reply te Littieton's arguments: * or #5 ordinary offender.’ will- be frank with you T/ think the sumstances . warrant. $100,000 bail." “This i nothing short of .a demand for}of "a Quebec dock Wworkers union punishment before the guilt or innoc s in which to amend or 500 from Jacob |hesitate to put them out of the busi- rindell's bail be placed|ly $30,000'a year. was! $0,000 for “strike insurance” and “labor|attempts of radicals to bore from with- They were said to feel that con- servation must characterize labor's lead- bail | referred to these payments as “commis-| ership. was compensation,” ‘“rake-off,” “ourl This sefitiment was based on two prem- Vvy" and “berries,” one “berry”|ises; first, that organized labor cannot fying $1 000. hope to exert great power in ensuing Luilders testified that Brindell had|years if its foundations are weakened by the permeation of certain radical doc- second, that the next admin- attitude| istration will be conservative. As to the - 2 latter, it ‘was said in some quarters, la- at-| “came across” as directed, he would not| bor could gain little from the new con- gress unless it establishes policies of a conservative nature. In the reorzanization of the committee to unionize the steel workers the con- servative element showed strength. It eliminated from the committee John J. Fitzpatrick, chairman; and William Z. Foster, secretary, both of whom = par- ticipated. in the: direction of the steel strike last. winter around which clustered intimated and. outspoken radicalism. Fita- patrick was.replaced by M. F. Tighe, a recognized, conservative in labor poll cies, and Foster gave place o J. G. Brown 20:090: &, 3 also known.as a -consersativ tney| DBrindell's rise as a labor leader has| President Gompers .of the federation pted| been phenomenal. He came to New York! has declared against. the unrestricted ad- will | less than ten years ago lovking for work,| mission of radicals from Burope on se coming from Providence, R. I, where he| eral, occasions. and the federation itself Is ‘having no intercourse with foreign la- 3 bor groups of a radical form. Federation 1| ment as a dock builder, having had pre-|leadars: expect to go before. congression- cir- | vious experience in this work in Canada {al committées. at every oportunity to Where he claimed to have been a_n#mber| check' the rush-of immigrants from rad- the | ical sections ‘of Europe:and Asia. In- creased restriction will' be urged, it was mo- ning| ness. un- In absolute control of the building trades council with its membership of for | factors in organized labor in New York. said| He holds a life contract as business union alone is estimated at approximate- ence | age of 13. of the accused is inguired into,” progest-i While building docks, Brindell began| said. ef . Brindell's counsel. "I .contend that{ organizing the workers and built up a| -Immigration also has a bearing on the bail is sufficient. You are trying|powerful union. one of the strongest n| question of unemployment recogni v !n.am the aeccused into prison confine-| the council he now heads. o ploy cognized by ment. “Tho court permitted Brindell to sit inj ness agents, which ceased to exist less ths- courtroom under guard-of. twd cers: while. his counsel arrangéd with a ganized. surety company to furnish the bail bond.| * Since its ofganization, the. council has Altho ‘he_chatted freely with news-|had a st el "h;b cour};po‘m. t\xkln‘ g 1_] Brindelt would make no .formal 'state-| unfons affiliated with the American Fed- e eeept that he “could farnish 109.-| eratign of Labor have heen expelled ! 006 veal men. quicker than he could 100,-{ a dual union' sponsored by the Brindell| pager men. hefore leaving 000, ‘iron men.” 1% Me bad refused “to produece|trades department of the Peea N 25.900" 1or Brindell, Fradus. upen o testimony the labor: leader wak indicted,|charter if it continued its alleged ~atti- Later he was| the labor men to’be increasing at a rapid 4 prominent factor in the board of busi-|rate. The situation was chargcterized phy several labor officials today as somewhat. alaming and they felt that the council should take steps to deal with it. Con- tinued_ admission - of ,immigrants, - thous- enistence, many unions|ands of whom are, without skill or trade, lense at its actions, Several{ was regarded as only adding fuel to the yfire_to the face of ‘an already menacing Songitio offi- | than a’ year ago When the council was or- organization, resuiting in ' the building! STILL DRAGGING FOR BODY OF federation MRES. BLANCHE W. WHITNEX Hireatentiig . to suspend ' the council’i testified before the committee on Oetober|tude of defiance.. Langdon, N. H,, Nov. 17.—A piece of —— what was apparently a womdn’s shoe and WoOOD ALCOHOL SALES END IN A CONVICTION FOR KING CONSTANTINE | Whitney, New York, Nov. 17.—A jury in Brook-| Athens, Nov. 17.—(By The A. P.)— - a man’s glovs were discovered today in i % the refuse that county authorities, search- NIFESTATIONS IN ATHENS ing for the body of Mrs, —Blanche W. | acs drew .from another abandoned well on the Whitney farm. Sors of Wil- lia B. Whi hav i- o ek eouti tonight took less than|The strects of Athiens todayq were filled | (ios. hitney have told the authori o howr to find John Romanelli, Brook-| With soldiers bearing olive branches and ties that’ their father Killed their step- y 12 mother four years isp lyn undertaker, guilty of xnmiX lueen,l: ::fig’d”i,;l‘:g “1’"5‘ o s ing Col:lsmntine, "n'lb:dye;n (:"wfialuna%;:;?-oiler;?m Shie in ‘the first degree, in conmection With| & UhC gle's Son,” which had been| “he ofricials returned to the Whitne 5 1 y oft of 1,000 gallons bf alcohol, | forbidden for three vears. The house of 18" a m: ;h d and sotd” as whiskey | Former Premier Venizelos was closely | CUSt 1ate’ this afternoon after their ex- last Christmas in various New England ' guarded by troops. states and resulted in the deaths & about 180 persons. . Scores. of ol " 4 1 ncoctions in a :;x:hh&n:!‘ by .?;r;“;“n; B g FORMER KING CONSTANTINE| Which onc-of Whitney's sons first told | Romanelli showed no emotion as foreman pronounced the verdict. He cavations on a nearby abandoned farm ha dbeen without result, and turned their attention to” an old well half choked with debris, located not far from that in fetd! SHALLIS IS OPPOSED TO the them to dig. In addition to the two will| | Athens, Nov. 16.—George Rhallis, who' Dits of leather they took out a quantity | e mtenced by Justice Kapper on Mon-| has formed ministry to take the place of Of Stone, ashes and barnyard refuse, in- day. that of M. Venizelos, which resigned as, cluding cattle bones. The digging will Fomanelll, testifying this morning in|® result of its defeat by the opposition in, continue tomorrow. his own bebalf declared he had agreed the elections held last Sunday, always| When the autherities had stopped wil has been opposed to the polici omo D'Ambrosio, also of Brook- | Dolicies of M. | worl yn, lfb:cc'en;l a commission of $2,000 for Venizelos. He also is known Lo be op-'their search in this well should also be re-selling’ a quantity of alcohol - which work' for the dgy they announcid that if posed to Former King Constantine. Re- | : e aimed D-Ambrosio told him could be|Sarding Constantine, M. Lihallis vaid to- cavate another well, located just beaind purchased for $5,000 or $6,000. He as- serted he had no idea that the deal unlawful and that, in_ response to questions, D'Ambrosio had assured it was “all straight” Romanelli also denied on cross exami- natfon that he had trfed to get $2,000 from 1Ambrosio to “fix the bulls, way testificd yesterday. He admitted he had gone to D'Ambrosio’s house, but as- perted it was only for the purpose finding out where he was. Ask¥Y if he did mot knew the alcohol was o mads into some sort of beverage in Jatign of the prohibition laws, Romanelll § idea of what it was to be used for. admitted 'he had used the $2,000 “com-| club was sacked. mission” to' pay off a mortgage on houte. FALLING OFF OF $1,236,000,000 IN da Y : |the Whitney house. This, they said had Wl (Ul’:"(is possi#%; that Constantine may 7,-. not been been used in years because the hig HE 10 Dovr, In this connection the al-| water had ben found unfit for drinfling i [ 8 Shoal 'hl:membeG; that he is rnore ! purposes. They said that they necessary octhiny an pro-German. He aiso is|they would sound every well in the neigh- ‘& of a militarist. borhood of the Whitney farm and would — search the grounds and buildings on sev- as| TROOPS SHOUT FOR RETURA eral pieces of propertyl owned by Whit- OF THEIR FORMER KNG |D®V of Salonica, Nov. 17.—Manifestations were| WEETING OF AMERICAN : held today by the popular party during be| which the troops shouted for the return vio: He larch. . During the excitement the Libertl|Mexico and Europe’s search for add hl!‘ tional sourcés ' of supply, was discussed | 287 GREEK DEPUTIES ARE -~ ~LOYAL- TO" CONSTANTINE stitute. The A. P.)—Professor Georgios Streit, the development of new sources of sup- ‘; = ry il g for October-fell off by nera- | follower of Former King Constantine, .| iny of those who would like to assist in 1y+$1,230,000,000 ‘as’ compared with : 4 rding to the monthly state- |COTding to the latest figures on the Greek “e::e _m“ea tonight by the - treasury | élections received tonight 287 out of 369 Diibarsements for the month toialled | deputies elected were loyal to Constan- $714442,650 against $1,944,093,527 r. ‘o lixpenditures for-October were dividea | the Venizelists. inte ordinary disbursements of 428, 214 ‘compared with $496,776,654 in tember and payments on the public 447,816,873 for September. Interest on the public debt amounting to €114,276.946 was the largest of the ordin- | quoted by the Athens correspondent of the wry-expenditures for the month with $70.- | Daily Mail as saying: “My government 08,875 ‘disbursed to the railroads stand- | Will maintain the same foreign policy as Inz. nd. ] “T‘:K’xl' of $269,494,500 _ for the Venizelos misfortune, adopt a h . ~mpt of certificates. ofindebtedness | ! , adopt a hostile atti- :n t: largest item of the paymn!s of tude to Greece I !:or.siger entirely* un- the pubilc debt. BOY ACOUT WINS PRIZE FOR New York, No' ¥ —Fjrst prize in the| Plete the cabinet. against hazing.” contest conducted among Boy Scouts of America for the best essay on “Flre vention” has been awarded to Scout Yewis Adam Vincent, of Oakland, Calif. > General Leonard Wood, chairman| Lucerne, Switzerland, Nov. - 17.—(By of the board of judges, announced today.| The A. P.) nt, besides winning.the nat camping outfit, was awarded a gold for the best paper submitted in his “FIRE PREVENTION” ESSAY|exterior; Mm. Boussios, Vozikis, Tsalda- Sep- | formed The « Associated Press that ac- cal Survey,”'Who “sounded 'a new warn- ing that American sources were rapidly : 3 ing 52| in|tme. -He added that excluding 52 being exhausted. Thracians, only thirty seats remained for TO DISMISS ANOTHER 497, Sep- | TO MAINTAIN FOREIGN ’ navy department to dismiss London, Nov. 17.—In his first public| midebipm e declaration, the Greek premier Rhalis s Ven_lzelo!. The reports that the powers, ro-| espécially. Great Britain, will, after the founded.” The premier has appointed . Gounaris minister of finance; M. Stjapos minister of the interior; Nikolas Kalogeropoulos, ed.” ris and Argyropoulos will probably com-|earnest ' efforts to -enforce the Pre- cq')surnxwl.vn AWAITS “THE CRANK” PLEADED GUILTY “'DECISION OF GREEK PEOPLE aErs body, but reports of increasing unemploy-{ PETROLEUM INSTITUTE of Former King Constantine to power.| Washington,. Nov. 17.—The world oil The troops paraded through the streets|Prbolem, particularly the situation con-|0f the Republican party “he. did not. have the slightest!carrying a portrait of the former mon. | fronting America due to conditions in here today at the opening of the annual | meeting of the American Petroleum In- : W CACTea.gle,.pnsldent of the Stand- X + a2 ard Oil Company of New Jersey, told the GOVERNMENTAL EXPENDITUEES ~Lucemne Switzerland, Nov. 17.-—(By|institute that mauy foreipn sovernments| i B s ¥ SIX AMERICA - are deliberately placi b eakness - of the Peruvian . pound: ' in | INE: % P ashingion; Nov. 17—Governmental | former Gréek foreign minister and close e e i aaist e | fereign exchange ifcies’ts:éatising alarm X in financial circles in Lima. ply.” He was followed by Director George|duoted at $3.96 on small demands, its: Stockholm, Nov Otis Smtih of the United States Geologi-inominal value being $4.86 2-3. MIDSHIPMAN FOR HAZING debt POLICY OF VENIZELOS| Washington, Nov. 17.—Decisi amounting to 187,945,283 as against 1- < gton, ecision of the midshipman from. the naval academy for hazing, was announced by Secretary Dan- fels ‘tonight’ following ‘a” conference be- tween the secretary and Rear Admiral Scales, superinténdent. “As in the case of the man already dismissed, Mr. Dan- lels edid, Admiral Scales had recom-! mended action"in’ the second case, “after twoacts of hazing had been establish- ' The' secretary said Admiral Scales was conducting 'his: campaign against - the new hazing epidemic. in the assurance that the department would support his law . TO SECOND. DEGREE MURDER Norristown, Pa., Nov. . 17.-=Sentence Former King Constantine' will. be imposed next Saturday on August{hracite dealers, has arranged for a zo; ional| made his first pronouncement respecting: Pascal, 'alias Pasquale,” “The Crankp prige. a. s0'id gold medal and a complete| his, attitude in the light of the Greek | seif-confessed abductor. “and slaye» of med-| eléctions to The Associated Press today.! Blakely, Coughlin,_who pleaded guiW to- “I cannot go to Athens at the head of!day to second degree murder and ai=o to Democratic ctub. Farmers' D Columbus, OLio. ing a $£5,000,000 points. dinner covenant. November 8. Amwerica?” the legislature. army pol sizn of cungress. mobile at a local venes to: wind up French Cabinet ! without result, they wece prepared to - | on the Waterbury Canada. been a financial of neavy runs, jat New Orleans. war. trtaty. months ers of New York t, Mass, were awarded to scouts|cide. If thé people want me I shall re- lver submitted the best essays in orezpizations. any one political party, and therefore in-|a charge of kidnapping for purposes of winners inciuded Dud- sist upon a plebiscite for my return or |extortion. His trial was held before an, Southington, Conn., Cohassef * BRiEF TELEGH ortieth _annnal Miss Florence Wilso was appointed chief League of Nations. Ascuncion, Paraguay. contile has been.forced to closc because New York domestic changed at 99 .1- Bulgarian Parllament Dec. 1 after passing stringent rules in- {tended to hasten surrender of £oods. tak- | which attempted to blow up bri en from otk § countries: during the th: g war to aid in enforcement of, the peace Dr. Royal S. Copelard convention ' of the tional Congress opened * ut Railway Lvecutives. An earthquake of ~moderate intensity was recorded on the seismograph at the | “Morse lines,” were the Pawnee, kingel- University of Chicago- to 70186 or 69.7 per cent. 1,000 physicians attending. endowment A big turkey, kin Sweden, Norway and Denmark making sirong efforts to. have Argcle amlbbolished from the League of Natioas Occupants of a boarding house at Tor- ; ; B rington, were robbed of -$200 in- liberty 2:’"{22“‘5:‘;‘; égf parties in interest bonds and §484 in cash en the might-of |4 the SRGImENC oo e recelvership - were former - interned. Ger- man freighters and two were property_of the- Shipping Board. -A..G.. Lampke, counsél for the companies, explained -to- hight. . The purchase price,. Mr. Lampke said, ‘was about $7,000,000, of whicli- 10 er_cent- had been paid, an-extension of time having been granted for’ the remain- publie { 4 Secreiary Baker amnounced-that no im- portant rccemnirndations garage. its- worl. accepted thg Richard T. Hisgins, chairman of public utilities commission that a hearing would be held in Hart- ford on\Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 1130 a. m.}pass them and was pushed back. At the Drow reception Mrs. Palmer ! \wore a pearl necklace, valued by her at $400,000 and two diamond braccletd Sfic trolley situal During the past few days panic_ prevailing The Banco Mer- city. ‘ Prohibition enforcement apents wnder the direction of Thomas MeAuliffe, sup- librarian for to make ;'rip to thp Panama Canal, joining him | e&jonrned e RAMS Strike of students at St. John's College Annapolis, was called off. Paris Bourse quoted the Ameriean dol- lar at 17 francs 32 céntimes. President Wilson has ‘accepted honor- ary life 1aembership = in the 1 ~ of Philadelphia, Due to lack of orderssthe Phelps Can 'Co. shut down its plant, employing persons, at Weirton, W. Va. fund in honor of its one hundredth anniversary. of the annual tur- key show at Cueru, 'exas. will be sent to President Wilson for his Christmas Students societies of thres of Toklo's uriversities organized u meeting to de- bate the question, “Shall Japan « Fight A bil Yo allow the city of Bosten te increase its appropriation school purpsoss $1,500,000 was filed with for' chanzes in wou'd be made to tr.is ses- British admiralty officially denled re- ports from Constantinople that British naval units are blockading southern Rus- sian on the Black Sea. police’ confiscated Chairman Renyon said the senate Commissioner General of Immigration Anthony Caminetti left: Washington for a trip to study immigration problems which will take him around the world. ‘measure calling for 18 months comoulsory service in the army. Reduction of the term whl not become effective immediately. Subpoenns were lssued In Kansas City for th appearance of 14 Kansas City coal jand dalers befre the Federal grand jury in- j Foom. vestigating alleged profiteering in coal Peruvian Forelgn Office dismissed Dr. Marianno Cornejo, head of the Peruvia: delegation in the Assémbly of the League of Nations, for “imprudent” remarks. announced tion. Denlal was made of reports that bol- shevik agitators were Slipping into the garted past the men, she United States zcross the Canadian border the head of the sairs. tripped, fell because of lack of passport control in|yae unable o rise. She tore her neck- Jace and the pear's ran over the floor Her bracelets she thrust into the -bosom of there has|per evening gown. : in| The men carried her to her room. After they had picked up the scattered pearis. she said. they returned. bound her, then tookthe jewels from her fing- ers and the bracelets she had secreted in President-elect Harding has extended |pc- dress. {an invitation to Chairman Will H. Hays | French Admiral of the Black Sea forees sent .a wireless to the {the evacuation of Sebastopol threatening reprisals if the town was looted or the population molested. bolsheviki after | © It was bar silver. wa. 2 ‘cents, London prica 3-3d lower at 51d an ounce.and foreizn silver was 1-8 cent cents. Mexican dollars 58 1-2 cents. Production of oll wells in Rumania s 50 per cent. normal despite ‘the face it during. the According to an agreement reached h: representatives of manufacturers and em- ployes in the Fall-River- cotton - the last six ine system by which eoal wold be. su ! plied to housshoiders and teriement dwi and| the return of one of my sons,” he de- Judge A. 8. Swortz in *“a Montgomery | ervisine officar of the- Connecticut d! triet, visited abont’ twenty saloons ared. “Tt is for the Greek people.to de-lm\mty court without & jury. mamtad by unjhst forea v 4-= widnapning ‘ig life imorisonmeat. ~The maximum penalty for second de-.Tisriford and s thelr! trn to “Athens, uhless of course, pre- grec murder is twenty years, While tnat'intoxicating beverages belng sold across Lin.a shn hona 200 | Ships ownc: : i Falling ireight rates were given as the cause for the “temporary. financial diffi- MG University, fn M g culty” in which the corporation*has found «Gill University, in Montreal, is rals- | ;i it in a statement by W. Davie Conrad, attorney for the shipping board, issueit through attorneys for the steamship cor- The United States naval court did net | POT2tION. : = meet at Port-au-Prince, Haitl, because of | Decision to have a receiver in equity delay in wilnesses coming from interior n | night key to enter. the to * for “Morse Lines” "*!| “Falling Freight Rates” Giv- ‘en as Cause For “Tempor- ary Financial Difficulty.” New, York, Nov. 17.—George W, Ster- ling, assiStant diréctor of operations for of the |the United States shipping <oard, today was appointed receiver for eight Atlantic steamship - companies. The appointment A gain of 23 per cent. in movement of | Wis madé by Fed®al Judge. Julius M. coal wzs reported by the- Association of | MVer in an equity suit brought by Marsh & Mclennan, New York insurance agents, claiming to be creditors of the company. The -campanies, said to be known as wood, Galesburg, Ascutney, Arcadia; An- dulusia, Pequot and the Atlantic-Adriatic Japanese population of California an- | S«amship corporations. ; nounced by the Gensus Buteau incfased | The ciaim 1or the vetitioner was for 27,325 for premiums of insurance on ves- sels owned by the defendants. Outstand- Southern Medical Assoélation opened | In8 obligations were said to exceed §1,- 500,000, Assets were not given. its annual convention at Loweville, with | V00V, Assets Were not given. = the other seven are sub- 4 ns named for the seveh e corporation. developed. on_business at a profit. B. W. Motse, son of Charles W. holder, Mr. Lampke said. Al L e S Count Paul Teleky, Prime Minister of | THEFT OF JEWELS Hunzary, tendered the tesigmation of the Cabinet to the Regent, Admiral. Horthy, who- declined to accept it. it The Pittsfield, Mas: 215 quarts of Scoteh whiskey and, Geneva gin, valued at about $4.000.in an auto- New York, - on. the jewels, police said. arranged with her servants - that bell' rang twice sharply. she said, and rang for the butler. Mrs. Palmer is 38 years .old. appointed was made at a conference with officials of the shipping hoard, his state- ment said, adding that shipping board ficials stated “there is no critimism of Mr. B. W. Morse’s administration of this company . insofar as the facts are now “In connection with the appointment of are | the receiver for this compa; companies qperatinZ vessels .| ..c 1from the United States shipping board, it is hoped and confidently expected that an improvement will enable the receivers to successfully restore the interests of these add- ining the difficulties’due to falling freight rates, he declared contraets w made on a basis of $19 a tan and.manpy of the bills remain unpaid, as rates have dropped to $3 and $§9, at which_prices the companies have been unable to carry N Morse, is president. of the holding and subsidm- ry corporations, and the principal .stock- VALUED AT $500,000 e ov.” 17.—An tensiveé search was insiituted tonight' for | . three- men who early Tuesday morning g entered a fashionable residence ‘in East Ningteenth street bound and gagged Mrs. Charlotte King Palmer, wealthy divorcee, and her two servants then escaped - : ! * | jewels: and furs valued by the family at committee investigating: campalgT: €XPEN- | §500.000. There. was $54,000 insurance ditures will meet hqfore CONgTESS , recon- Shortly after nine o'clock. the servants told police, the béll rang twice, the sig- nal arranged by Mrs. Palmer, and they thought she nad forgotten something. They answkered the door Coaks were thrown over their heads, they were bound placed on a bed in Mrs. - Palmer’s d, and at Proceeding lefsurely, Mrs. Palmer sald, the three men ransacked the house and did_not leave until 7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning.c Soon after, the butler loosened his bonds, freed the maid and his tress and called . physicians and pelice. family ‘lived in’ Chicago, and her form- er husband’s rame is said to be Parish. IN PRISON IN MOSCOW 16 —Wasktington | Yandertip, the California ol and_mining engineer, wigo recently visited 'Moscow, said today that only six Amerfcans now are in prison in the soviet capital and about cleven others detained in private higher - at 76. o-a | Nouses or hotels. other ‘They of- sed ex- ith Before leaving Monday night to attend a reception at'the home of Mrs. Sidney Drew, in Monmouth, N.. J.. Mrs. Palmer they would -answer the door only when the Returning Tuesday. morning after one o'clock Mrs. Palmer said she did not Want fo disturb the servants an dused a When inside she no- jced some disarrangements of furniture, Three Ten, dressed similarly and wearing false ¢he | mustaches and wigs .answered. ltold her the house was in dangtr of being robbed she said. but she tried to and The D. Mr. Vanderlip declared that he visited wtison. The Russians, said - Mr. Vanderlip, ~laimed ‘that Kalmatiano was one of the \eaders of a counnicr-revolutionary party derlip asserted. American Rallway association, to! 1l during the night, in the daytime be: inz allowed to move freely about the TAILROADS SAVED $2.500,000,000 wages of 25.000 emploves will,remajn|/ ~~ SINUE-RETURN TO OWNERS at:the same scale as In Chicago, Nov. 17—The railigads of the SWIR R country have saved' £2,500,000,000 since anmonmeed the | Vieir - return - to . private’ . ownership calth department co-operating - fhrought Incressed teffoleney it TomQieg health dep t raling with ap- firoush e ton, presidedt - of ‘onyention of that body here today. . ‘He said that amount would have to be sent for new equipment if’ shippers and te. roads, by adding a few. tons 1o each srioad, had not increased thy/effective- an American prisoner named Kalmatiano, finding him in the pink of condition, in a large, roomy cell, Kalmatiano, according had dropped to nothing when machinery | % Mr. Vanderlip, only is confiened to the of the well was destroyed by German and: Austrian depredations lead- ‘ng to Petrograd and to capturé Lenine wnd Trotzky. He was - senténced. to be shoty. but Lenine saved his’life, Mr. Van- the ~ess of present equinment to_ihe cqalva tent of 500,000 new cars. Greater des. 4. =ynvles of allegad | patch.in ‘thie MOViLZ of cars has resulted | ita 400000 mare sars. he said. riher increase in efficiencsy equal i Drastic Action is Being Considzred by the Teu * For Government Messages. Twice the’ " British and Other Governments. " Washington, Nov. 17.—(By The A. P.) Realtions’ between the nt, already strained to the point of | Arthur, Clevelan: open’ rupture, reached a stage today, e s _lowing Refusal of ths Company to Handle Goy . Cable Messages Except Upon Prepaymeént—; Says ths United States Could Not Be Expected the legal. rights of. the |government. haf Western Union | revealed that such a policy. wag held piL Company and the state depart-| ing the terms of Grant, Hayes, Garfield, , A contra tion _taken; hew- where the government was understood to S b be ‘considering seriously revocation of landing” pérmits under which the com: pany’s existing .cables are operated. Tre ‘power of the executive branch of ever, by Secretaries Olney and Gresham and as it was held a situation might atise fo test the department’s power..$ legish- tive act to declare_and ratify the. gov- ernment’s authorit: was the - governmient to_take such a drastic 4 sousht -, the step' ‘has . never been established in the ;:l:_;t:; 'riutbam \'zxfled ‘Intimation of thel Snlon - se to bring it to an issye was con- y m: tained"in’a fofmal stalement an the con-| bectine. with o Tnan ol Flas troversy given out today by the state de- partment. “After announcing the refusal of the compiny fo" handle government - cable|ish cable manopo meéssages except upon pre-payment or to| South America. carry messages originating outside of the L'r:lled‘hSla!és at - reduced - government| Western rates, the statement said it had been the| terests of th . uniform -policy of :the government to al- S sl e low ‘the landing of cables only on condi- tion ‘that. the Unitéd States should be en- titled :to ‘enjoy the same privileges with regard.-to. the control -and use of lines_as were exercised by foreign gov-|any c ernments. . cense It was obvious, the statement added,| The measur that the United States could not be ex-| committee, where pected to'alfow the Western Union com-|absence of _supportin; pany, an American Gorporation, to charge for .government. messages twice the rates charged the Dritish and other govern-| Union, in some measur ments, , While the nature andseope of, execn: ive authority over the landing ana regu-| Because of - the . Wes Tnionzcom- latfon of cables-lacks congression or court | pany’s demand for nrh';%nm:‘nnlw:t:(::: definition, the. present admipistration has o takeén, the. position that wijde power was Vested in "the -president throuzh his con-i partments: that_busi 4 stitutional~control’ of foreign relation: e et Examination by the ‘staté department of TROLLEYS FAIL TO SUSPEND TO WITHHOLD RESIG) last session’ of “congresa. At that time the-reported design’ godhe months ago of the Westérn' necting with a’ British_cable .at Bar- badoes aroused. the ntxe, fimtlh?nal;ge proposed connection was . viewed ,as ;4 rected toward the strengthening the Bejt- 3 2nt ’;:‘e ast coast-pt o, held that any 1ahding persal} Lramichape on should safeguard the M- In ordér fo establish this power of. th president, the state ~gemnm &,3: congress a bill to, prevent. the upanthar- ized Janding af ecables viding for, in- punction proceedings. agzinst,operatjon pt ng 1 the landing Ti- the government. - never was. reported it still "P:, In the g “legisiation, - # ls known that the state department Jepends, in its present dispute with ‘the -Western = upon- thé> sig) decision. approaching the n:nn‘x:n Cover handed down by a United States’ judge. -h co granted_ by ernment cable messages ‘it is underdtesd that orders have ‘been issued.in some-de- | the: lines of. efhier " cabl et 1é “comtbanies’ = Tonch as. poraibies ot ATION . OF MEXICAN GOVERNMENE ov. 17.—Trolley |- Washington, Nov. 17.-Recoghl '“‘“""‘35 OFPERATIONS IN WATERBUBY cars were running as usual in this city |the new government, n* Mesied by and cinity. tonight, the Connecticut com- | Ualted States will be withheld, It ‘was pany not having .carried out its order to |Sai1 today at the stafe departient, mnell suspend ‘service ta. 6 p. m. lustructions |Mexico has made clear the effect 16 he rescinding the order to suspend service N 3 were received. this afternoon by Charles |stitution relating to property f to Article 27 of the Mexican o g A. Chapman, manager. of the Waterbury | Strong pressure for speedy recs division,, from Presldert Lucius S, Storrs |is being brought to- bear on of .the. Connecticut ¢ & sany r. (Sorrs {ment by some business angd pt\lm ordered the continuat.un of seryics -‘unUl | rests, but 4 pigh offier stated emphatibe fyrther notice.” The . changé in, the ' troiley 3 ally today that no_corporation. ho-grenp compans’s {of corporations and Mo groun, ot Shdt plans resulted from, an ordes sont to the |uals was goint to geliver American. re- company today by . the public utilities { conition to Mexico S commigsion. This_order sald thxt the com- | It was made clear that ~the Dwmifed mission. had- recently granted & substan- | States was not demanding n& a prafiiaia: tial, pgrease, I rates and that the pro- (ary to recognition “repeal-pf-Asticle~1. pased, suspension seemell unwartanted. It |but it was esta‘ed that If fhe operatighht concluded: I3y virtue of the power vested |laws enacted urder the séotion. were malls in this commission. you.are hereby sum- |retroactiv, the marily - ordered -and directed to refrain could not from discontinuing public street railway | The Unitsd States, ) sefvice in Waterbury and vieinity until OITIETRIA S this commission hall authorize same a ter an . invéstigation and hearing h shown the necessity therefor.” The suspenSion of trolley service here was authotized last Saturday by the fed- eral tristees of the Conneeticut company, who gave the. city until noon today 1o |of Mexican laws. adopt an._ ordinance regulating and re- American - govi k. accord ' recogmition. - is actvated by a desirée to protect Amm: fcan inferests in the souttliérn. repihile and In its study of the whele situntion has invited and received from Amerian cornorfations and individuals raving. tn- o terests in Mexico statements tions there and the present applicatien Farl ! 3 tork. stricting the operation of jitney ’buses !cqgt lry; fif.?fmm“;:"f b 5 in competition with the trolley lines. The | natimant some weehe amy bt "",—.‘,,“' board of aldermen passed an ordinance |t g not much nearg ‘:D “lhlpv‘ Monday night, but President Storrs noti- i then. ' Whether recommition wr hort, 8 fied Mayor Sandland yesterday that the 3 S on: Wil pomy be- PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING THE LEAGUE OF CEy returns over the goversment p 4 find Mayor Bendland, gesterday that ¢ ore the present admin‘startion .at uu;'m ing jitney ‘buses and that the company’s | pregidant-elect Obi per. 1. order . tuspending trolley service would |- il et e, L CRler spending Y apparently still undetermined. * OFFICERS ELECTED BY - NATIO! Genéva, Nov. 17.—Arthur J. BaWsir ENDS VACATION IN TEXAS On Doard. President-clect Harding’s| ©f the British delegation ‘was - today Special Train, Nov. 17— (By The A. )| €lected chairman of the commission. on visit Mex!can territory iendered him 3 terdiy. at Brow gel fow stops Were permitted by his sched-| TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION. . ule and he made no speeches. - BOLSHEVIKI REORGANIZING London, Nov imuniqué -recelved here Ly wireless today| down mile . announces that -reorganization of £o miles of Syire., ahiefy: intiie ernment-In the Crimea_has already bee begun by the bolsheviki. A “Our troops occupied Sebastopol on November 14" 'says ‘the statement Revolutionary ~ commiittees are beir formed at Sebastonol and Yalta and or-’ der..is being_restored. We are register-! ing tens of thousa their_generals. HURRYING TO 'ASSISTANCE €ago. President-elect Harding's vacation in! E°neral organization by the league of na- Texas ended todiy and he was well on [0S assembly. Dr. Wellington Koo was his way toward New Orleans tonight to sail for southern waiers. o His special train left Drownsyi as, at 10-a. m, on a sch I hours along the Gulf coast to the Loui- | 1-con Pourgeois was selected to head thie siana port. Ha will stay there five hours, | CO™r speaking at noon before the New Orleans Justice, with Dr.. Affonso Costa' of Portu- Association of Commerce and boarding 2l s vice chairman. Count.Quipcnes de his-steamer the United Fruit liner Paris-| on, Spanish ambassador to- Franse, mina, at 3 p. m. c . Whether Vera Cruz or some other|On fnances il Sénator Restrepo of Mexican port will be visited had not been: !ombia vice chairman. Antonto Hi announced tonight. - The ~Parfismina’'s °f Chile was elected chalrmsn « of - the préesent “sailing orders éall for a_direct ; COMMission .on new..members— and-—Br. run to the:Canal. Zone, but Mr. Harding Jpan Carlos Slanco of Urnguay, . vI&¢ has_indicated he might request a cha permit’ Rim 40" aocept the invit osen vice president. Tomasso Tittonl, | Italy, was named chairman of the lle, Tex- COmmission on technical organization afd uled ;=n of 24 | Take Jonescu of Rumania’ vice chalrman. commission on the court of. internatiénal was chosen choirman’of the commission ze chairman. Hjalmar Branting of on to; Was made drmans of the-: chmyhids) on disarmament, blockads and mandsl nd - Senor Agnery of Cuba vice, Ghalr- Harding . at} /man along the way, but ouly a| ————a 4 LY WAS CRIPPLED BY S New York, Nov. J‘l.—!‘elm‘ munication between New York and 4 western points was_badly cripp) r following a’ sleét mcm'\oi.m# which swept a larze section of the east, tearing N GOVERNMENT IN THE CRIMEA 17.—A Moscow com- tain regions of Penusyly: It was said tonight thal severa} s own and. serviee probably .y | not be normal tomotrow, The. amumt. Seyl- ous damage. wire. company. officials - sald, in tho Allegheny yoountaing farrisburs and. Rittsburgh --and -in~the ection between New York ‘and Sérfnlon. i e transactions werg aff the Gamaze - was former soidiers, Who abandoned | OF SPANISI STEAMSIIP 1 DODY WASHED ASHORE G % ov. 17.—The DBritish AT BEENTON PaINT tretghter Eucild, bound - for -Rio de - — - N Janeiro, reported by Wircless to the naval | Newport. R I, Nov. 17.—Heavy sead ‘communieations . bureau -here -late -today | wasiied ashore -on -Brenton Point: teday that shé was hurrying to -the. assistance Lody of a man-believed 1o-bo ¥, of the Spanish freight steamshin Yute, which. sent_out a wireless call for help this morning. X The Yute,-bound from Dunkirk to-Baiti- fnore, ;was - 240 -miles. southeast -of - Ca; May, N..J., when she sent out the ca for ai Miwaukee, Wis;, Nov. 17.—Rcal beer| New York, Nov..1T—Amnsiean., . has taken its place with the things are|to Chile have incremsed 500 for cent extinct. dol as 2 result’of the trade rével Two bottles of beer, one dark and the)duc to the “world' war,” And the of New York, second. officer et Cape Fear. which was_sunx’ Bay on the hight of Ofvsbe Joss™ of 17 <lives “uftor Beo lision~ with ' the ‘Savannah- Limer- iy 1| Atianta. This is the third body. recopsr. BEER AND PRETZELS IN - INCREASE OF AMERICAS, * "5, “MILWATREE PUBLIC MUSEUM other ‘light, With. 2 plte of lirge pret | States now leads all other coustrice..” aetehave haer nlaced mnder-a oinss case| was stated -today by Berteam snd sre on display at the Milwaukes Chilean ambassador to Washington, st'| puolic suseum, preserved for the gaze of luncheoh confefénce of ~the A Lhe unture generations. 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