Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 10, 1920, Page 1

©VOL Lxi—NO. 310 Constantinople, Dec. $.—(Havas). A peace treaty between Armenin anjy the Turkish siationalists is reported to have been signed in Alexandropol during the night of December 2-3. Under the. trea. &y Afmenia's territory will be reduced to only the region of Erivan, the C-_lDl- tal, and Lake Gokcha, excluding Kars and Alexandropol. The treaty provides that all Arme la's drmaments must be delivered to the Turks, with the exception of 1,500 tifles, 26 quickfirers and- three cannon, which the Armeniang are permitted to Kvep. A Soviet administration has been or- ganized in Erivan, according to the re- Sorts, and a complete aceord exists be- tween Soviet Russia, Azerbaijan, Arme- da and the Turkish nationalists. A “FORMAL ARMISTICE" 18 ANNOUNCED BY CABLE New York, Dec A “formal ar- mistice™ between the Turkish national- ists and Armenia has been signed, pre- sumably at the intervention of the Rus- sian bolsheviki, although what the Ru sians gain by it is not yet known, ac- cording to cable advices received by the Near East Relief here today from Sa- main, frontier customs and railway sta- tion between the republics of Georgia and Armenin. These advices dated Dec. % said a neutral zone, about 68 miles Jong, had been provided for between Sa- main and Alagues, 34 miles northwest of Ertvan, the Armenian capital Other boundaries were unknown in Sanain, it was stated. A commission of three Turks and thres Armenians, to control the neutral area, Wwere to have arrived December 6, it was added. The terrflory in the neutral zome in- ¢ludes the important Armenian city of Mlexandropol, and a score of other towns. Under the armistice terms, the Sanain message said, all troops except officers and six soldiers in Karakliss are to withdraw, 11 miles from o zone. Re- fugees are permitted to return into the wrea, but it is unknown whether agdy e o o TURKISH NATIONALST ARMENINS SIEN ARMS | By New Treaty Armenia Will Lose Territory and Must De- liver to the Turks Nearly All Its Armamerits—A Soviet of Armenia—Armistice Was Signed Presumably at the President Austrian Assembly. ‘Vienna, Dee. 9.—(By The A. P.)—Df. Michael Halnisch was today elected pres- ident of Austria by the national assem- bly. . General Strike im Spain Ended. London, Dec. 9.—The general strike in Spain has ended, according to the Ex- change Telegraph's Madrid correspond= ent. FURTHER EEVELATIONS AT “BUILDING TRUST” HEARING New York, Dec. 8—Use of closed as- sociationd to disseminate uniform price Hsts and regulate competition in the sand and gravel trade and the business of manufacturing and installing auto- matic sprinklers for ~fire prevention was ‘revealed today in the testimony heard by the joint legislative commut- tee investigating—the alleged building trust. The committee also was-told by one of its accountants that a brick manu- facturing concern handling_several mil- guarantee of 'their safety had been pro- vided. The Armenians under the armistice were to deliver to the Turks 2,000 ri- fles, 60 machine guns, two locomotives and 560 cars. The report had been confirmed, it|lion bricks a year in New York made a was added, that the Turks were mas-{net profit of nearly 90 per cent. on that sacreing the inhabitants of two vil- product in. 1919 and for the first six months this year their profit was 155 per_ cent. ¢ From another witness it was learned that the American Institute of Archi- tects promulgates a dictum that- “the basic minimum chargé” for the services lages near Hamamloo in alleged repri- sal for the killing of the Turkish sol- diers by civiltans. This latest Jeveiopment in the Arme- nian situation, in which President Wilson has agreed 1o act as mediator for the league of nations, shows 'Armenia’s ilelp- of “architects” is 6 per cent. on the lessness under pressure by the liussian [total cost of the structure —completo. bolshevik and the Turkish nationalists un- | This ~ “professional practice rule”” has der Kemal Pasha, officlals of the N>§ | East relief declared tonight. Colqnel William N. Haskell, formerly joint_high commissioner in Armenia for the four great pavers,.and Dr. James U. Barton, head of the Near East relief, to- day expleged the complicated situatice ‘which the president must consider. Squeezed frum Dotk sides, Armenia has been forced to negotiate with both bol- sheviki and Turks as matters.of expedi- been in_existence 50 years and in its present. form since 1903, the commttee was_informed. Birt L. C. Fenner, president of the New York chapter of the institute, Who gave this testimony, said the rule, while ot mandatory on the thousands of ar- chitects allied With the national organ: ization, is “generally observed” throughout the country. He insisted there was nothing “morally or ethically ency, and not free choice. they said. As |binding in this rule of professional recently as six montts ago high Armenian | practice.” officials discussed with Colonel Haskell | Frequently, he continued, his firm the advisability of getting up a_ soviet form of government, which they did not want, merely to appear the Russians. Armenia has a government in form, in- cluding a president, a prime minister, a ministry and an army of some 17,50 men, ail of which is unable to function, and has been waiting for allied asssit- ence. The -limit of the territory President Wilson may, as mediator, concede Lo Ar- menia for the league of nations has been set as tne four provinces of Trebizond, Erzerym, Bitlis and Van, in all about the size of Mlinois, Colcrel Haskell said. He added that Kemal Fasha now holds these provinces with his troops. He recognizes no authority of the league of nations or of the peace treaty. Without an armed force in Armenia, eny concession Presi- dent Wilson may allow to Armenia, or the territory Kemal Rasha holds, would result in nothing, it was predicted. charges less than @ per cent., and never that much on housing structures ex- cept big apartment buildings. He ex- plained the 6 per cent. minimum applies to cities, asserting that often as 15 per cent. s taxed builders in the country. Among the big national manufactur- ers of automdtic sprinklers and their li- censed dealers here there existed a “code of ‘practice” by Which each mem- ber firm had a number. Witk these they were. informed through their asso- ciation thé business of each, the prices of the Jobs on which they were bid- ding, 'the estimates made, and the size of the contracts, it was . testified by Louis Berman, secretary of the New York Sprinkler's Association, < Competition was _“opened” by 'tne workings, of the association, he contin- ued, after admitting that when certam forms . were received from tha centrai office it means to give a parlicuiar man- ufacturer “a clear alley” on_stipulated BULGARIA TO BE ADMITTED T0 THE LEAGUE OF XNATIONS Geneva, Dec. 9.—(By The A. P.)—The admisston of Bulgaria to the league of nations has been voted by the commis- «ion on the admission of new states. This action was taken after a report submit- ted by Marshal Foch had been read, in which thg marshal declared that Bulga- ria had M8 sincere éfforts 15 uwp ty terms. ven the “liithe- entente” countries, which Had bed® Strong in their opposi- tion to Bulgaria, voted for her admis- sion. < mmission also decided to permit Ar.:h:l\\:lo. Altania and Georgia KP partici- pate in the work of the technical com- missions. The Baltic states were not amitted, and the only remaining ques- Uon before the commissioner is the dis- m od Lithuania. w"‘:‘:lce refrained frpm voting on the question of Bulgaria’s entry, ostensibly in order to be consistent in her oppo- altion to Gflmlnomrr’l:ml:'f‘lhz‘dded that|dent on the chain candy store, the li.|Val Strength as effected by the latest The e rons shall go to the ex-|quidating company and the Apollo moy-|d¢velopments in naval warfare ~hus i an.;:‘;muz:u;-”po" to fhe next as-|ing picture company, all with offices in|Deen exhaustively investigated by Ui e Gastos Da Cunha, Brazil, has in- troduced another scheme for compulsory arbitration by the international court of Justice. It provides that compulsory jur- isdiction shall apply to all states whose pariiaments ratify it. ————ias sl CALIFORNIA'S ANTI-ALIEN LAW IS EFFECTIVE TODAY Sacramento, Calif, Dec. motice that California’s antl 9.—Formal lien land Jeasing law. enacted by popular vote at| Ihe last election would become effective tomorrow, was telegraphed by Governor Btephgns today to Acting Secretary of Fate Davis. The governor's telegram announced tat he intended to exercise his “full sonstiuttional power in enforcement his lectively.” The governor's messagé declared: “In calling your attention to the facts ! have no desire to embarrass the ne- otiations pending between the depart- ment and the government of Japan. “Public opinion whelming and very - sensitiv toverelgn right of the state to with its domestic land problems.” BRAZIL PREPARING FOB deal RECEPTION OF SEC'Y COLBY Dy Janeiro, Dec. 9.—A dinner to Bainbridge Colby, the American secre- tary of state, during his forthcoming visit, will be given by President Pessoa Colby’s - arrival oh the evening of Mr. ere. It will be followed by a recep- Lon. The American secretary and his par- ty will occupy the Guanabara palace, where the late Theodore Roosevelt stop- pod In 1913, and which was occupied by ihe king and gueen of Belgium during their recent visit o Brasil PROMISE 1S MADE OF LOWER FURNITURE PRICES ‘Washirigton, Dec. %.—Promise of lower furniture prizes was made by the national vouncil of furniture associations today in statement issued at the close of a meet- ing held here. The association sald the manufacturers compesing its membership bad determin.d at cnce to give “the buy- Sng public the advantage not only of yresent market conditions but of ail de- clines that may reasonably te expccted during the first half of the coming year.” NO CAUSE FOR ACTION IN IN DEATH OF OLIVE THOMAS Examining Magis. considering all the facts in connection with the death of Olive Thomas, (Mrs. Jack Packford), the pleture, actress, which oc- curred last September from mer- rurial polsoning, has decided that thére ls Do case to proceed with, of e—justly, of course, but ef-| in this matter is over- about any interference with or restraint upon the GISTER SAYS BROTHER HAS ABOUT A DOZEN WIVES Jobs. The committees continued fts investi- gation of ¢he brick and sani dealers board of trade, seized their “carl sys- tem” by which information = Was ex- changed, and learned from Jmangel Engel, the board's accountaar, that he exannned.-- the . dealers’ boeks -regularly, determining the size of their business and whether they werc adhel (D prieés “working ‘papers” New York, Dec. 9.—On complaint of Mrs, Estelle Farrell-Schaeffer, who al- jeged she 'is “one of his wives,” &n that shé married him ‘utder "threat, Lawrence A. Schaeffer, stock promoter, was arrestel on _ Broadway.. tenight ! charged - with ‘bigimy.* In adAl o the wife's charge, Schaeffer's sister in- formed them, the police ‘say, that he has about a dozen wives, two ¢f them living in Philadelphia, a third in Bridge- port, another in Brooklyn and others elsewhere,” After she married him here on Jan- uary 20, 1920, Mrs. Estelle Farrell- Schaeffer told the police she discoyered he also had marfied Florence Flam- berg of Brooklyn, at the city hall in Secaucus, N.'J, on July 7, 1919. The police announced they haye two mar- riage certificates which corroborate the complainant’s story. 5 Schaeffer, the police stated, Is presi- ing o produce the on. which he compiled this information, he was /adjudged in contemut by ihe committee. - The /third grand jury to be organized especially to- investigate crime in con- nection with. the alleged building trust was ordered empaneled today. BRITISH NAVAL PKOGRAM IN FORMATIVE STAGE London, Dec. 9.—(B} The A. P.) No program of capital ship construction for the navy will be presented to par- liament ‘until the whole question. of na- Manhattan, committee on imperial defense and the Tesults of such investigation have baen considered. This announcement was made fn_the house of commons, tonight by J. Austen Chamberlain, chanceilor of the exchequer. “The government has decided, and th: admiralty " has welcomed the d:cision, said Mr. Chamberlain, “that th- cora mittee on imperial defense shall exhavs- tively #nvestigate the whole question of naval strength as affected by the lites: develpoments in. naval warfare, ~and will present no program of capital ship construction to- parliament until tha re- that inquiry have been cons NOBEL PEACE PRIZES TO BE PRESENTED TODAY Christiania, Norwich, = Dec. 9.—The Nobel peace prizes, respectively for 1919 and 1920, will be presented tomorrow to Leon Bourgeois, president of the French Association for the Society of Nations. and Woodrow Wilson, prestdent of the United States. Each prize amounts to 134,000 Swedish kroner, and will' he handed to the French and American min- isters, who will formally thank the com- | sults mittee, Albert Schmedeman, the Amer- nrefl.t | fean minister to Norway, will read a| Mr®Chamberlain’s announcement was message from Prsident Wilson on the oc- | the chief outcome of the set debate in casion of the presentation of the 1920|the commons tonight, arising. from an prize. attack on the government expeidituce Formal announcement of the awarding|as wasteful and from agitation iaised of the prizes was made today by M.|by the exponents of a strong naval pol- toveland, chairman of the Nobel com-|icy in favor of a navl equal to the com- mittee. bined navies of the United States and Japan, The chancelior explained that = while the government was determined to main- tain the nmavy at a strength adequate to secure the safety of the empire and mar- iime -communications, the cabinet, be- fore sanctioning mew construction, was bound to satisfy itself that the lessons of the war had been definitely ascertain- ed. The chancellor believed that his budget estimates would prove fairly accurate, and the gevernment had declded, in addi- tion to urging all departments. to ob- serve the utmost economy, to undertake no new reforms involving new and heavy expenditure, After a debate lasting the whole even- ing and”a speech by~ Prmier Lilovd- George, Jugtifying the government policy | and deprecating economy in education. in which he remarked that ‘“half-starved teachers have had a great deal to do With the Sinn Fein in Treland” a motion- of- fered by the Right Honorable George/ Lambert, urging that tthe government expenditure for the cominx year should e limited, roughly to. £800,000.000 was refectéd by a vote of 321 to §6. The Swedish kromer according to the latest exchange. rate is worth about 19.25 ents. FORMER CHOIR BOY TO BY EXECUTED THIS MORNING Chicago, Dec. 9.—Nicholis Viana, former choir boy, whose 19th birthday | will come to an a few minutes after 8 of- clock tomiorrow morning, when. he is hanged, gave a farewell concert for fel- low prisoners in the jail today, singing the “Miscrere,” Viana marched through the jail corridors en route .to the death cell. Viana is known as the “Song Bird" of the jail. He has entertained the pris- oners daily for months. = He ‘Was' con- victed ‘of participation in several murders committed by - the notorious CTardinella gang, whose leader, Sam Cardinella, is under sentence of death. TO PROTEST PAYMENTS MADE FORMER KAISER Erlin, Dec. 9.—The Tageblatt hears that Great Britain and France have de- cided to send a protest to the German government against payments being made to the former German emperor. HARDING STRUGGLING ‘WITH ' MASS OF CORRESPONDENCE Marion, O., - Dec. 9.—Unanswered let- ters andl telegrams that had piled up dur- Ing_his month. away from Marion occu- picd, President-elect . Harding’s undivided attention today and he pul in severar hours of over-time in the hope of catch- ing up with ‘his office routine. before the beginning of his league of nations con- ference. 4 Dright, clear- weather~ presented ~his best opportunity in .weeks. for a game of golf and after lunch he wavered for a while under the.temptation but finally Dut it ;aside and stayed on the job. During the day- he’ acknowlcdged by telegraph the offer of Governor Cox, his defeated uemocratic opponént in - the presidential campaign, to appoint a re- publican to succeed him in the senate. it he wanted to retire now instead of waiting for a republican governor to as- sume office.. Mr.. Harding sent a bries message ‘of thanks but reserved a de. cision. The president-elect's. plans have /London, Dec. 9.—A third Italian war!provided that he quit his senatorial of- yessel. the destroyer Espro, has joined |fice about January 10, when the new gov- R'Annunzio's forces at Fiume. savs'a Mi-! ernor is expectéd to name Senator-elect lan despatch te the London Times. Frank B. Willis to the vacancy. % Recent Berlin déspatches reported that the former German emperor had received from Germany nearly 100,000,000~ marks since his flight from that country to Holland. NEW HAVEN LEGIONERS © AGAINST STATE BONUS New Haven, .Conn., Dec. §.—The New Haven post of the American’ Legion, at a meeting tonight, voted' against _the proposed state bonus for former ser- vice men. The post went on record as in favor of increasing the state reliet fund paymentseto disabled veteraris of the war. Captain Charles B. Lochhakt, was re-clected post commander. 1 \ THIRD IFALIAN WAR VESSEL J0INS IPANNUNZIO'S FOROEN R e Premier Lloyd G¢or¢e‘ Make It on the Gpening of the House of Lords Friday London, Dec.. 9 (By the A. P.)—It is ngndunced that Premier Lloyd 'George will make an important statement on Ireland on the opening of the house of commons at noon ¥riday. iy : The terms of the statement were doubt- less discussed at the conference between the premier, Andrew Bonar Law, the goy- ‘ernment leader in the - commons, . Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, and several officials of the Lris parliament which was held at the pre- mier's official residence in Downing street this afterrioon, but no official indication Was given tonight &s to what,had veen decided. Many reports are current in the lobbies as to what the premier is likely to say. 1t is Delieved .in some cuarters that he will announce the possibility that the gov- ernment will declare martial law in ire- land, although at the same time indicate the readiness of the government to enter into conversations with the moderate S:mn Feiners with a view to a settlement. g The parliamentary corrsspondent of the London Times says' that thie premier- is expected to announce Jnoré fully than heretofore the conditions on what the government is willing to open official ne- gotiations and may indicate how far he regards the Sinn Fein conditions accept- able. Uliicial clreles do not conceal that the premicr desires a scttlement, but intimate that ne is uncertain as to whether the present moment is most propitious. Both the Times s.d th2 Daily Mail em- phasize the importance of the premier's interviews with Mgasignor Clune. The Mail asserts that the whole position nas been considerably changed by the bishcp's message from Michael Collins, command- er of the republican army. WARNS AGAINST HOPELESS SITUATION IN IRELAND Hough _Green, ' Lancashire, England, Dec. 9 (By the A. P.)—Arthur Heuder- son, who has just returned from Ireland, here he went on a trip of ., inspection th the labor commission, said in an ad- dress here tonight that if British states- manship wus not eqral to the opportunity which he now was convinced: was open, 2 hopeless situation, o far as Trelard was concerned,” was bound o ‘arise. It was impossible for him, le said, to exagserate the deplorable. concitions prevailing there. “Coercion is apPlied with such indis- cfiminate violence,” Mr. Henders:n - ie- clared, “that the —people are *srrar. stricken. The wunhappy inhabitants ars reminded day and n‘ght that their country is under the heel of a ruthliss. military occupation. A - “It is actually .true”to. say that:lite was safer in Brussels, duriag flie German occupdtion, than it is now in Cork, -Dub: lin and Londondefry. No 'man.is saf even women «nd children rum terrible risks of being-shot” while in sthe ‘streels.| i o “uu‘mtueamtfy coming. o 8 1 S s Y GUERILLA TACTICS OF THE IRISH REPUBLICANS Tralee, Ireland, Dec. 9 (By the A. P.). —While officers of the British auxiliary forces claim that the “guerilla® tacticg of the _Irish republicars virtually have Dren broken, the military commancers have in- formed the members of the parlian:entary labor commission which has been' visiting I‘:e!and that they are in no Way sure of this." The correspondent today interviewed Genera]l Cumming, commanding the Kerry brigade, who admitted that he was nct making any appreciable headway: against the guerillas, who were able_to_secrete themselves in the difficult country and se- | verely handican the mobili‘y of the troops | by obstructions of all kinds. MRS, MACSWINEY TELLS HER STORY OF IRELA' » Washington, Dec. 9.—The widow.of the| late lord may of Cork, Mrs. Muriel Mac-| Swiney, presented today to the commis-; sion of the committee of one hundred investigating the Irish question her story of the hunger strike in Brixton prison, London, of her husband and _of hisj death, and the details, &s she had wit- nessed them, of attempts by the Irish re- publicans to gain freedom for their coun- try. The widow of the Corl mayor declared there was no choice for the Irish repuo- licans but . to stagd together, whatever the cost, and continue the, fight for. in- dependence. She said it.was* such a spirit that had actuated her husband to refuse food until death. Her husband exacted a promise from her, Mrs. MacSwiney said, that sh would not insist that he tske food. The pris- on officials, however, sald they would not employ forced feeding until the prisones became conscious' vhen they would give him food. . Accordingly, five days. before the lord mayor died the prison authori- ties began feeding him, she asserteg, and continued to do so until his'death. Jirs. tTurks "[Constantine that he has Leen chosen in r *in his -fntention to return to Greecs. | plebiscite - became T b acdd Bar gold In London was quoted at 118« 3 o e A * paw 94 an compared with 118s 11d at eeksinAsiaMinor ;=== Y ) e - — 5 ; ; Company M, Fourth infanfry, Connecti- 'cut State ! guard; of Danbury, will Le mustered. oift shortly. Thrre dfitomoblle partics were held up by three alito bandits on the Springfield Road, neat Plainfield, N. J. Cemmander-in-Chief - of the . Greek Forces, With His Staff, Has~ Left -For th: Front. ~ London, Dec/ 9.—The forces of Musta- pha Kemal ‘Fasha are -attacking ' the Greeks ‘at many points. in Asia Minor, says a despatch to the London Times from_ Sinyrna. . The despatch adds that General Papoulas, comimander-in-chief of the Greek ‘forces, accompanied by his staff, has left for the front. / Fire in §hops in the Southern Pacific Rallroad Co., ‘at Houston, Tex., incurred damage estimated at $1,000,000. Americah dollar was quoted at 16 francs 1 27 1-2 cetitimes om the Paris Bourse. Prices contlfiued their irregular trend. American Bosch Magneto plant, Spring- field, Mas;, announced that alil produe- tion departments would stop work until Jan. 10. CONSTANTINE IS AWAITING OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT | _Five pefdons were injored javhen the Sunshine h-wm of_the Texas and Pacific Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec. 9.—(By | northbound, was wregked near Texar- "The A. P.) _The .expected official tele- | kana, Tex. . % gram frow Preng Rhallis of Greece —_ to- Former King Uonstantine informing| Defailed fizares show than In past 21 months Great Britain’s exports to war- stricken ntrics exceeded ' imports_ by £419,251,548, 3 the plebiscite of last Sunday to return to the Greek throne had not been re- celved . here this evening, but Professor Georgios Streit, spokesman for Con- stantine, said there was no anxiety over this situation. He added' that Constantine’s departure for Athens probably would’ be deferred proportion- ately to the delay in receiving the offi- clal announcement of the result of the plebiscite. Constantine today decided not to or- der a speci.l train for his journey untfl he. had learned the official returns from Premier Rhallis. The Swiss government requires five days' notice, o it is con- sidéred now that the departure of Con- stantne will not take place unt!l Tues- day or Wednesday of next week. Former Queen Sophie, wife of Co: stantine and a sister of Former Emper- or William' of Germany, and the other members of the Greek Toval househoui are beginming to feel thé strain on ac- 5 r count of their strong desire to have u| Miss Maky Toolan, bookkeeper for Ja- home -once more, after having lived foc€ob Feinstéin, Providence, R. I, while on three years in hotels during their exils, | her way t6 the bank, was held up and Constantine, while , evidently - impatient | robbed of- $1100. to' get started homeward, mamages to carry ‘a look of unconcern. lle is re- maming in his apartments - throughout these inclement days, reading or - writ- ing or playing solitaire, but at che same time informing himself as to public af- fairs so that he will be able again to take up the duties hg relinquished -when the allies requested Inm to leave Athenst Every day sees more Greeks - from Athens -and other parts of Burope gath- ering at Lucerne. The Greek colony here -has increased threefold: since the recent -election in Greecc. A man who sald he did not know his name or home is under treatment at the'Rhode Tsland hospital, Providence, B Americafi Iron and Steel Institute an- nounced prbduction of steel ingots for November ‘decreased 377,312 tons to 2,- 638,670 toria. It is reported that negoilations with a syndicate 6f New York -bankers _for a $100,000,000 loan to Argentina are near- ing completion. Harbor Marine Co. of. Victoria. B. C.. is negotiating for the construction of four '§,000<ton tank Steamships for Pe- ruvian intérests. Fifty arrests were magde in Sonth Len- don when the British government an- nounced resumption of round-up of Sinn Fein sympathizers. Several tons of fat men and their wives representiag the United States Fat Men's club, gathered in Boston, to hemor “the igreat Indoor sport—eating.” Yoncall Ore., elected women to all clty oftices. Male incumbents resigned to al- low the new mayor and city council be- gin extensive civic improvements. STROY» OPPOSITION TO e e . FON v N1 ate Department considering relax- RESLORATION OF CONSTANTINE! in ot United States maval control over San_ Domingo. , Extersion of local gov- ernment controf 18 in preparation. Constantinople, Dec. 8.—(By The A. P.) All of “unredeemed Hellenism” is unitéd ‘in strong_opposition -against the restoration of King Constantine’ to' the throne of Greece, according to a' petls tion handed: to the -Greek': patriarch. The pmuo: contains mme Elmud“\s“ orj ized bodies, which leman ‘that e 4 & paspiarch mronounce an anatberaa |, TP suNAR( of Egros. saya & despateh i Eonstantine should Be persist | t0. the London Times from Cairo. has sizn. ©d a decree restricting by one-third area to be pianted In eotton in 1921, Rear Admital J. McGowan has resigned of the British government ls placed at ‘one million_balcs of -Australian and Zealand clips, valied at £60.000,00 ‘‘As’ zoon_as ‘the resulf, ®f the Greek known, the Greek high commissioner resigned, and —the consular court refused to administer | 28 Paymaser-general and chief of the justice in thie name of Constantine. Pureau of Sipplics and - uccounts of the Likewise amajority of the memvers of |DAVY and Has retired from dctive duty. the staffs of the legation aad consulate | resigned. Exciting scenes are being witaeasel| I\ the theatres here, Where the.public insists that are artisis on the uge sing Venizelist sonss. Freightet Sadbury, 3400 fons, is afire south of San Pedro, Cal, and is racing for that . port.. Immediate assistance [§ ahked by wircless messages from the ves- sel. : ' _— Prof. Georglos S'relt, adviser to former King Constantine, announced at Lueerne | { Constantine will not relinquish his claims | to the throne in favor of Crown Prince | George. FOR FIRE FIGHTING _FORCES FOR FORESTS Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 9.—Every ef- fort to build up adequate forest fire fighting forces was pledged by the for- esiers of various states attending the first national conference at the closing session,_al the stale capitol tonight and while there was a difference over pro- posed iederal aid to the states for meeting the fire fighting cost it was chiefly over the amount. Dominion Alr Board s considerinz plans to take Canadian geologists on their annual summer field excursions to {remote_northern regions by airplane to [save travel time. Former Gvernor Folk of Missourl, in 10w New ingland must move to re-|3 letter to the reform bureau, declining to forest was told by W. G. Hastings, |Preside at the session, disapproved —the state forester of Vermont, who urged a |PUrcau’s prokram for legislation respect- regulacion of fifty years and expendi- N8 Sunday amusements. ture of time and money to. restore for- ests to' normal size. Two persons were killed and - twentv | injured in & head-on collision between a passenger ahd an express car on the Akron-Havenna division of the Northern Ohio Tractfont & Ligh Co. LAKE SPEAKER AT DINNER OF ALUMNI OF WORCESTER P, L “New York, Dec. 9.—Alumni of Wor- cester Polytechnic Institute held a dinner here tonight at which Edwin S. Carman. of. Cleveland, newly elected president of the American Society of M:chanical En- gincers, spoke on the work of the new American Engineering Council, ‘the exec- utive body of the Federatcd American En- zineering Societies, of which - Herbert Hoover recently was elected president, Governoreelect Everett J. Lake of Con necticut ajso spoke. Durglars ransacked all but two rooms of -the residénce of Mrs. Anna C. Hay- ford in the fashionable Atlantic avenue| section of Swampscott, Mass., and car- ried away $3,000. worth of silverware and other articles. A waga reduction of 22 1-2 per cent, In textile mills in. New England and New York state Was forecast in a statement issued after a conference of textile man- ufacturers. George Eldon Keith of Brockton, pres ident of the George B. Keith Shoe Com- Government Leader In House MacSwiney gave a vivid®recital of her experiences with the British officials and charged that the British home office had spread propaganda to the effect that rel- atives of the lord mayor.were secretly providing him With food. “That” she exclaimed, “is the sory of lies they use about everything in conmection with Ireland. Mrs.: MacSwiney. concluded- her with- the declaration: “England shall {ave 10 peace, the world will have no peace, until our republic is recogitized.” Miss' Mary MacSwiney, ‘sister of late lord mayor, recalled -to-add- details fo 'the story she told the commission yesterday, added to the declaration of hor sister-in-law the assertion that the|. coming winter wculd be “Ireland’s Val- ley Forge” and -appealed, for Amecrican aid, not she said,*for the men and wo- men of Ireland, but for the children. “The coming winter in Ireland,” she suid, “will be hard. The British have de- stroyed our crops, our supplies or food. The men get on; the Wome: can .stand the suffering. But it is for :he child: I plead. We must have help ‘this win- tar.” Miss MacSwiney expressed the belief that the fatal hunger strike of her broth= f had greatly benefited the Irish indet pendence movement. _She tald of the sae rles of telegrama she had exchanged with Fremier Lloyd George in at attempt tu. fix responsigility for her, brother’s prius or sentence and- for the treatment. he nnd his relatives have been accorded’ by ihe British government. “The resu't of this' éxchange of tele-| grams,” she added, “made me feel that Liloyd Georze was responsible before God. and man for the death of my brother. “We Irish ar eno domestic problem of| England,” she said. “We vre an interni- tional problem. Our ideals, the ideals of all Irish republieans, are the same and v plea to the American .people is that 5 Be Slenst. give' - falr: giay snd’ Ju tice torus. We are not divided and e intend that the whole world-shall know| _the truth both of our cause and the mis- tiions of the British." story | pany, and prominent in the shoe manu- facturing Industry, died at a hospital at Boston after a short illness., ~_ Of Commons b | King Alfortso of Spain will make his | visit to South and Central America either | in the late sprinz or, the, early summer. of next year, if present intentions are not affected by new circumeiance! It was annonneced at the State Depart- ment President.Wiison tad ‘completed” his recommendations , with ~refard to the | boundaries of, Armenia and Has forwarded thém- to the-jeague of matisn: - b Fanéull. Hail. Béston. - warmad _ sinee Colonlal days by the fires of oratory. is 100 cold for use as a public meeting place. d will' b2 cloeéd for, sych purposes for at least a month and’ possibly all ‘winter. Frank Crisouolo, 66, was held in $2,500 at Derby for' a hearing Monday on the charge of-abueing a minor female. He is *|an ‘uncle of Frink Crisouolo, Whe recent- 1y was-sentenced o state prison for life for murder. A The driver was kilisd and 12 persons. elght of them women were serionsly in- jured when a crowded Fifth avemue bus toppled over' &t TN strect, New York when the driver attempted to avoid col- liston with g big, coal truck. The condue- tor I8 expected to die. Vieo Admiral Baron Sadakichi Kat ehicf of the. Japanese maval board of ed- ucation, interviewed by the correspondent of the, London Times in Tokio, said Japan wag unable b&ause of financial and tech- nical reasons. to equel the naval achleve- ments of the leading maritime powers. R AR | Andrew. Boner Law. at the opening of Pariiament cvoked cheers by declaring that the Goveérnment in- tended to proceed with ‘the Irish flome Rule bill 3nd to-put down the spolicy of murdar in Ireland, - Financlsl ahd economic troubles in the Amazon reion, due b dégiine in rub- ‘ber prices, Were put-befors P: t Pes- representatives ofnx;‘n.l-nhn rests who. ask: for meas- s and prevern forelen “tfusts. Only Record Vote Taken Was Carried By Advocates 151 position of Amendments Until Saturday. 9.—Su; ‘Washingtan, - Dec. ipporters of the Johnson bill to prohibit immigration for two years won every preliminary skirmish in the hoyse today with such ease that ultimate passage of the meas- ure scemed to them to be assured. The only record vote that came dur- ing two hours of debate was carried 1& advocates of restricted immigration, 151 to 9. This vote, taken on radoption of a epecial rule to-limit gemeral debate on ithe measure to' four hours, was tak- en by the bill's. proponents as. an indi- cation of the. attitude of the house 93- ponents of the bill . disputed ~this coa- tention, however. Two of the four hours -allotted to general debate had been consumed When the house-adjourned late in the day. Another ‘two -hours /of general debat> will_follow tomorrow and then speakers will be allowed only five-minutes each. Chairman Johnson of the immigration committee, who drafted the bill, said that dispositicn of amendments proba- bly would delay the final vote until Saturday. Debate at today's session was di- vided by agreement bejveen Chairman Johnson, - and. Representative Baker, democrat, Celifornia, who lead the forces friendly to the bill, and Repre- sentatives Siegel, republican, of New MEETING. IN BRIDGEPORT ON HOUSING SITUATION Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. . —England's method of meeting the house siuation was described by Lawrence Veiller, secretary of the National Housing As- soclation, at this evening's session of the national housing . conference here. The speaker gave a synopsis of bis study of the housing situation in Eng- land, where the government is Propos- ing to:build half a million houses for the people at an_ estimated cost to the taxpayers of more than $100,000,000 dead loss every year for a period of sixty years, he said. 1t will be a gigantic object lesson of the advantages and disadvantages of government-built houses and {he read- pustment of rentals is to be had in 13 the speaker said, when the ex. cessive cost due lo post-war conditlons s to be written off. “While the schierae is recognized by all to be basically- unsound,”/ said Mr. Velller, “England treats it as a moral obligation to s men who fought in the World war." George I Ford of New Yu:.w’-‘: spent. three s _in e 5 the housing Snditions of Gt eauntrs: déscribed the - work Of the EDweish i and ‘sald that scheme somewhat' simi- lar to - England’s: would be ' adopted there whereby ~ the government would give outright half the cost.of the homes to be built. The conference. will continue for the rest of the week. Other speakers at todsy's sessions Hargld G. Aron. E. .G. Samsils and Lawson Purdy, a't of New Yuk. As s step ¢ oald in relieving the heusing sit- uation, several of the speaker: urged ecemption from taxation for a 15 years of all homes built durin; next three years. Exemption from provisions of the income tax law gz The the ot suggested as home building FIVE MURDERERS EXECUTED IN SING SING LAST NIGHT a method of increasing Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 9.—Five _convicted murderers, the youngest a boy of 20 years and the father of, three chiidren, Weer put to death in the electric chair in Sing Sing prison here tonight, after an eleventh hour attemnt to obtain a reprieve from Governor Smith or a stay of cxecu- tion from the courts had failed: Four of the men, James P. (Bull) Cas- #idy, Josdph Milano, Charles McLaughlin and Joseph Usefof, gere convicted of sldying Otto Fiala, £n Tiderly Bronx sub- way ticket a twy years ago. The fifth, Howard Baker. paid the penalty for the murder of William Dagreff, near Rochester, N. Y., in September, 1919. Among the relatives of the condemned men who visited the prison to y last goodbyes, the most- pathetic were - the Young wite and three Httle sons of How- ard Baker. The oldest child is under § YeAr: With Baker's mother, the Jiscon- solate group kept vigil at the death house from- early morning until an Lour before the execution. While thair mother and grandmother taled wWith thelr fa- ther, the vounzest romped about, entrels oblivions of the u:proachmg tragedy in their lives. UNEMPLOYMENT IN MICHIGAN CAUSING REAL SLE FERING Jackson, Mich, Ded §.—Halt of - the unemployed mien” In Michlgan, estimated to number nearly’ 200,000, are “i’act- ual need of work to avert suffering” was the conclusion reachcd at a meel- ing here 10day- Of Thanagers and secre- tarics of manufacturcrs, and employers' associations of a dozen industrial cities of. the state. -The ‘autorobile industs accordifg to ‘the kpeakers, was appar- ently hardest hit by {he depression. Resolitions were-addpted calling. upan the governor and mayors to at qnee start- wark . on -contempiazed publia im- provements in &n eflort to furnish. fa- Tet. T Citles represented at the meeting in- cluded Detrolt, Baitle- Creek, Jackssa, aginaw, Muskegon, Fiint, - Pontiae, Kalamazoo, - Lansing and Grand Rapids. APPZAL FOR HELP FROM Probably Will Delay Final Vi 1 A York, and Sabath, democra leadecs of . the opposttion Partisan lines disappeared during’ debate. Apparently by coincidence, Jeadership divided itself cqually bet¥s democrats and republicans, one, of each par.y leading the forces against the bl IMMIGRANTS THLEATEN % 3 DESTRUCTION OF AMERICH Ne York, Dec. slrictions to protect influx of home-seekers who “come 1o our civilization down fo their jevef urged by Henresentative B. B Welty Ohio here 1o § i sn address Befors Qulboke 9.~ Immigration S8 Ameriea * *rom - W national somnuttee for constiuctive immi- aration legislation. The “very soul America is threatened with des - he' declared. A paper by Immigrati Frederick A Wallis: who - attend. was read ‘during Neither total exclusion policy of unrastricted invij a solution of the immigration the conmissioner wrote. The he declared, prospective hon. bution and assimil this country. the ARE TO INQUIRE INTO EXTENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT Washington, Dec. 9.—An i determine the extent of u-emplTER sixty-five principal Industrial cities the country was anuounced 1oday by department of labor. - ‘Decision” 28 er state and federal agencles. The Industrial = ¢'assifical of eration only Indostris minimum of 500 employ ults are expeeted 1o nouncemen| by Juanuars intent o mest ciatigties Mlwerk ficiale would make no estimate day of the country’s idle workers thoogh the? exprasad the oninion the trend soward Gnenpiez#ni ot an a fa. scale hafl hoey anasked dueag.dhe Lo _manthE | 113 it yeas maid amployment S5k o haw been 45.000 to 50.909 permors tn » ready “ TR O'Laary is the g the New . Tagiand distrier prise the and Connecticut. FEATURE OF LEAGUE Geneva, Dec. §.—(E: the Jeague assembly aud ( missions oday were that an Amecican delegay: ment. “Che effcct was made public after Sesretaty Wilson had conferred with nine Sextinat directors who have beea appointed B8 ducta survey of conditions in é.q with the present field force of the Uniu: States cmployment service and with othe 9l BireceSt 0 eoim- it of Maine, Xew ilamoshive Vermont, Masswhusetts, Thode Island was umble fo Meeting. of aliens norvE 'ation wilkprove is one of selection of e «kers and their Mistrie i ton after arriving Jm ot 4 census bureau wil be utilived in -fl: he survey which will (ake laio comsid- conecrns wth The first te. for a and it is the absequmily (o jssse unempoy. to- ale OF NATIONS ASSEMBLY the A. P.)—The period, of | Outstanding feaures on eonnection with lie league oome The disuppointment evinced by Presis | Tnoney earned ‘on mortgages also was|dent Wison's declination of the invitation th the conunission (o discuss disarme- recommendation of the commis- sion on the admission of new states thal Bulgaria be admitted to the league. being due jargely to Marshal Feeh's repory that Bulgaria was meeting her treaty obii- gations. reparations problem. The fixing of December 16 by the repa- rations commission for a discussion of the The elimination of the provision in the tchenical committee's report for perament transit and health commissions finance, to which the Canadian delegation strefi- uously objected. ocommission says: “The conference of by #eir governments in aco: The officlal states of the reparations 2xports appoint- rdance with he Franco-British arreement of Novem ovember 2. 1920, will mee at Brag. sels on December 16 to discuss the prebe lem of reparation. CONFERENCE ON §100,000,000 EXPORT COLPORATION Chicago, - Dec. men cou day the 030,000 corporation export trade. be authorized under the protection of home industri proper financing of American -ty The foreign trade financing plas. was announced, is designed 1o 9.—Bankes conference béginning tomorrow, to finance Gusiness nd producers from sil parts ef the, are arriving tonight for a_ twess proposed organization of a $10038 Amerigan The _corporntion - wonle the Edge act fer L credit needs of fofelgn biivers who ok, ¥ not because they | eur: The- corporation, | will be under the federla reserve banks and w! public - in - character. Iack specific saa, i 3 protecting wing of the b semee John S. Drum, president of the Amer- fcan Baniers” the opértig Amang those ate former Association. darees 3 who %l Herbert it the il Hoover, make attend the. cgn-* Juttus head of the grath were Warburg, =f-the-feders! rhserve board Jersey, .and General thals. Senator Fdge Georga of w. | rarxor eneamive A New' Qo DUREAU OP“AERONAUTION FAMINE STRICKEN CHINA Washington, Dec ' .9—The ~American people were .askel by President Wilsor to “respond .as they .can™ to the “ap- pealing cary for help” from famine- stricken Chilna.~ At the same time Mr. Wilson announced “the appol: ent of & committee of 130 men and women in ail parts of the country to cojlect the funds contributed. “Our -diploratice and consular agen. cies in China inform . ws” said the president, “that the loss resu'ting from death is distressing form may run into miliions of Soul.” > P g REHEARING 18 DENIED TO “BIG BILL” HAYWOOD Dec. b—iahearing was - de- nted by the pirenit court of appeals late today to Wiiliam “Hiz BI" Haywood, leader of the Industrial 'Workers of the ‘Wortl. aid Dinety-three cofefendunts, convicted two years sgo for violation of the esplonage mce and conspiracy ute ne aclective aratt. A FAGL IR T Chieago. ». Washington, sioner of alr navization Loderal regulation of commercial a igation. and janding flelds. and ail other & vocated in the sixth ansusl report the, national advisory commiites for aem- Dec. 9. —Creailon in' the deparument of commerce of-a burean-of- asronautics to be headed by a commis- charged with | ir nay. the lleensing of pliote. alseraft el detalis -not military “in chardcter, is 8- $ 5 nasties submitied 1o the prestient and ™ congress today by Chafis D. ican airplane competition. the papes the successful competitors. Lo be chased by the govirmment for the alr sesvice. 3 . Adequate avoroprictiend to. atlow aviation. por- postal “gof . the davelopment of ml'ltary asd maval Weieott, the chairman. Other recommendatioms ithorization by congresh of dn Amer: