Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 11, 1920, Page 1

L VOL. LXII—NO. 311 14 PAGES 108 COLUMNS Until Two Months After Passage. . Washington, Dec. 10.—Amendment of the Johnson bill to reduce the two year prohibition against immigration to 'the United States to fourteen months and that forelgn govemments ahe ehrium the movement of radicals to the United States” marked another day of @ebate in the house on immigration tion. wmnu by a vote of £7 to 25 of the amendment offersd by Representative Mann, republican, of illinons, to reduce the embargo was a surprise to advocates of the legisiation and constituted the Brst victory far Representatives Siegel, licam, New York, and Sabath, dem- Skt Tilinols, leaders of the opposition. ta of the bill, however, Were not Slamayed and sald that they were confl- Sent of fabrable disposition of the meas- ure before adjournment tomorrow. The Mann amendment actually limits u restriction period to one year, res -::u by of it the period ordginally | As amended the bill\ cannot ywroed for two months after pass- e hnd can. be appiied only fourteen Hontha from date of paseage. Another amendment offered by Repre- sentative Mann exemptics the Philippine Islknds from application of the measure was adopted by a viva voce vote. The member, in offe.ing the amend- efit sa1d the Philippines might soon ob- :ll thelr independence and further legis- \agion . by ‘this government was not de- irable. < The day’s debate developed a strength- sing of forces Opposing the bill. Repre- sentative Mann and other influential Pembers angounced their opposition to ‘he measure. Reasons given for oppos- opposing of the bill, he declared, ing it covered a wide including Charges of laxly against the administration in. enforfng. laws ;. that the bill w radical, leading to pe: ent restric- tion of immigration; t asylum to “oppressed ]! the Irish, nad return them {o “tyrannicat governments”. for punishment. Representative Mann, In the, measure, sald he was ap- prehensive that the “Brilish government is likely to adopt more, drastic methods than it has up to the present time,” in dealing with the ‘“deplorable conditions in Ireland” and that under the “if an Irishman seeks to escape trom the drastic measures adopt- ed by the British government and suc- ceeds in getting & vessel which will car- ry him from his own shores and land him in America he will be returned by us to the British government to be tried and convicted of treason and perhaps to_be hung.” Representative Knutson of Minnesota. republican whip of the house, provided one of the sensations of the day’s dis- cussinps with the statement that he was “willing to state on my reputation as a member of the house that foreign govern- ments are financing the movement of radicals from several.countries in Europe moving them. over here.” He added that ‘while before the war Spain was ' practically unknown,” on a recent visit to Ellis Islapd he had found 2,000 .immigrants from Spain who " had arrived in one day. “Spain Is a seething mass of anarchy,” “and that government gathering these anarchists -up and dumping them onto us.” RE FOREGN GOVERWMENTS " DUMPING RADEALS N, "Such & Charge Was Made by Representative Knutson of Mn- ents of Two Year Suspension Scored First Victory in the Adoption of an Amendment to Reduce the Embargo Period to Fourteen Months—Bill Cannot Be Enforced| - - firfa of subjects, . existing. extreme it would deny ples,” including an address terms mmigration from and To Discuss German Reparations. - Brussels, Dec. 10.—The allied.dele to the second financial conference her discuss German reparations -pro will meet on Dec. 14. The German resentatives are expected to arrive days later. A German Government Refuses P) Berlin, Dec. 10 (Havas).—Thej ment, Teplying today to the r of the. allies - protesting agal made on them by high gevern] cials in speeches in the Rhiqeland, reflises to-give any pledge that such attacks will not be made in the future. A “BALANCE SHEET” MADE ‘Washington, Dec. 10.—The _Shipping Board made public tonight a *‘consolidat- €d ‘balance sheet as of June 30, 1920, cles which built the great government- owned merchant marine. asked as to this amount said- it ‘could the board. 213,217,110 “reserves’ and other liabilities of more than $100 000,000 the - whole _ totalling $4,050,746,: 866 726 represented the difference $518,336,139, The value of ship yards property and provements to, housing - projects is It was explained that al $69,004,977. and riot the present value, VOR CORPORATION TO 5 FINANCE FOREIGN TRADE Chicago, Dec. 10.—Orgamization of 2a yirporation to finance foreign trade, to be Jacked by bankers, marvfacturers and merchants over the eriire ‘country, was iflorsed today by prominent speakers be- fith & conterence meeting under auspices Ame ikers’ assoc! . e ru:o::nuon would be form- gnder the Edge law with a capital ot 180,000,000 avallable to American pro- Sgcers as cash payment for their goods 34 which foreign buyers fould be unable to cash. This foreign trade, speakers . was to_ tHe commercial reas of the United States and « gome of financing foréign trade must out to enable American manu- :m‘ummn place #f-world ‘ were succesety: enge would hl:' been the most moment- since the armisti e e gathered Yere for the fanda- mehtal purposs of doing something prac- fleal in the solution ot a financial situa- Hon by everyday means.” Mr Hoover Wil “You have a great problem, for tarmers today are sufering _great :ll and our worl.men great unemploy- "This is due to a considerable de- to the stagnation in orders for our Fiport surplus. From this stagnation the consuming powur of our own home arket is reduced and the effects are ac- upon us."” v that if America wanted Fu- ~ope’s trade. she must help that continent ome. A, C. Bedford. vice president of the International Chamber of Commerce. ‘ainted an encouraging poture of Eu- ope in the reconstruction period. V. Lottt THREE ALLEGED GANGSTERS LYNCHED AT SANTA ROSA, CAL. ree. 0t Call Dee. 10 —Throngs Mkl:nutu?l; . more than 3000 of them. befors sundown viewed the bodies of Boyd, Terrence Fitts and Charles Valento, alleged gangsters and murd:r- ers. who were lynched here early today. Shortly after midnight, a party of 50 or mote men a]l masked in black, entersd the gall, overpowered the officers, and secured the three prisoners. Waiting au- tomeblles took the party to a cemetery beyond the city, where, from the branch on an tree, three ropes dangled. By the light of automobile headlights the fhree men were quickly hanged. A guard surrounded the cemetery to prevent Taterrupt! e eoher's Jury today retumed two yerdiets, one clearing the sheriff of this county and his deputies of all responsibil- hility for the lynching, and the ' ather holding the hanged men responsible for the siaying of Sheriff J. A. Petray of {hiw county and Detectives Miles M. Jackson and Lested H. Dorman, of Sar Franciseo, in an affray here last Sundav. Tt was these killings that led to the lynch I ollowine the inquest the bodles of Fitts and Valento were claimed by rela- tiyss. Valento's bordy is to he taken to San Francisco for burfal. No onme came to claim Piyd. The forces of the sherifts and district attorney’s office were set at work to yound up the lynchers, but District At- forey Georze Hoyle said the task ap- almost Jopeless. Identification of the black masked figures, who came and went ®0 quickly. would be well night tmpossible. he said. FOR ORGANIZATION OF EVERY AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY Kansas City, Mo, Dec. 10.—Organiza- bly. sembly maintaining manitarian purposes, “relatio m LEAGUE CONSIDERS USE OF ECONOMIC BLOCKADE Geneva, Dec. 10.—(By The A. P)— Just how the economic blockade may be used as a league of nations’ weapon to prevent war is to be determined by a special .commission which the council of the league will appoint and which wit, report to the council at ¢he next assem- This was ‘the essence of a report adopted. with minor amendments, by» the assembly today, Pending further action by the next as- the general secretary of leagu~ is ta act as a gort of outpost to watch for infractions of the covenant ang inform the council which shall meet ta tage cogmizance of the facts and sub- sequently inform all the othe: of-the league. r members 500 a8 the. members are satisfled that an infraction of the covenant has oceurred, they will be expected to break oft all, financial, commercial and person- al relations Between their nationals and the nationals of the covenant breaker. The report adonted today, taken as merely interpreting the coven- ant, provoked a somewhat confused de- bate. Dr. Motta, president of Switzerland, obtained a modification in favor of the for purely, hu- which The = Scandinavian amendments, sition, ‘Washington, Dec. provide relief falling prices VOTE ON REVIVAL OF WAR FINANCE _CORPORATION TODAY measure would be adopted. Stimulation of -agriculture through ex- ports was declared by the speakers to be one of the principal reasons for urging revival of the war financs corporation. In- directly it would result in stabilizing con- ditions generally, it was added. “There is not a liviig market for farm products in the United States Senator Capper 'told the senute, adding that the closing of banks in North Da- kota “indicates that agriculture, our big- gest business, and tl'e foundations of our wealth and prosperity, is close to demor- alization and ruin.” closed, he sald, because they could not collect from the farmers, who were urnable to pay hecause there was no market for their crops. SINN FEIN WILL NOT REJECT OFFER OF TRUCE Dublin, Dee. 1 been written by Michael minister of finance,” concerning the re- ports of a truce between the British gov- ernment and the Sinn Fein organization letter said to have Collins, 10.—Legislation tu or farmers confronted by ccupied the greater part of the senate’s time today and when ad- Jjournment was reacted there was general agreement that a vcte would be taken to- morrow on the agricultural committec’s resolution to revive the war finance cor- poration. The debate on the measure, led by Sen- ators Dial, democrat, South _Carolina, | Smith, democrat, Georgia, and Capper, republican, Kansas, brought forth no pro- nounced opposition to the legislation, and tonight Seriator Grerna, rapublican, North Dakot1, expressed confilence that today,” The banks were is published by the Irish Bulletin. ferring to the interview which Arthur Henderson, the British labor leader, had in Mountjoy prifon with Arthur Griffith. founder of the Sinn Fein, the letter de- clares that Mr. Henderson said he had come to-aid in bringing about the truce. To this, according to the letter, Griffith re- leasing small states bordering on an ‘of- fending nation from blockade obligations, Which were put over until the next meet. ing of the assembly, obtained partial sat- isfaction through the recommendation in the report adopted today that further study be given the Scandinavian propo- Current assets listed in the sheet included acccunts receivable ol $96,547,951; _investments §30,917,587 $143,400,207. On the actual operation of its grea of $440,548,001; th erevenues from V- voyage expenses were only $32: of hese excess revenues. Depreciation of the value of the flee ifself’ was estimated at $209,465,323; in- the at $86,321,576. 386,139 &ammuing th enges ram Rt o lbg conatrued-as a-lots. explained- that it contained expenditure: amounting. to: $103,670,293 made for th: is{ 240,964 in undistributed charges and $59,780,460 of net reyenu hand, SEEK ACTION AGAINST FARM tions of farm implement commended to congress today by the fed eral trade commission. 1916-1918 - inclusive, cerns manufacturing -farm had combined to fix prices the materials” and that the dealers erating had made local agreements sup. porting the practices, all of which th trade. the | ation” activites relative to price fixing o as to other implements produced.” Implement Dealers, Retailers’ tlons. nine per cent. to 17.1 per. cent., NEXT ANNUAL CONVENTION of the Mystic Re-| ors wijl ba held at Savannah, G éusly intended. The conventior. date Wil be changed from June to May. $3,000 ROBBERY FROM tlom. of every agricultural community in Ihe mation on an intensive scale to fight the farmers’ battles and to obtain ‘sgemomic_justice” for the producers of the country’s foodstuffs was urged by today at the International Farm Congress here. Upanimity of expression for organi- sation developed but leaders declared no special privilege was sought by interests. They made it plain such organization had situation,” t about by low prices for farm FRANCE'S STANDING ARMY 40,580 OFRICERS, 840.700 MEN replied that the Sinn Fein was not ask- ing for a {ruce, but that if it were offer>d it would not be rejected. MIDSHIPMEN MUST tion in haxing which were tonight. Further on in the letter Collins advises the Sinn Fein “to cease talking and get on with ‘the work." REPLY TO HAZING CHARGE ‘Washington, Dec. .10.—A number of United States Naval Academy midship- men have been segregated on board the receiving shiy Reina Mercedes and in- structed to reply in writing to Rear Ad- miral Scales, superintendent at Annap- olis, in answer to charges of participa- recently brought against them by several boards of investigation, Secretary Daniels said his store this morning he found that $3.000. hav} used a motor truck. OBITUARY. Horace §. Dodge. turer, home. Dodge, his elder brother. standing ‘The cases are mot new, the secretary £ald, but oecurred m ago. He mdded that there has been no| e recent outbreak of kazing at the insti- w“tian, than ‘month business that bore t years ago. their PUBLIC BY SHIPPING BOARD giving financial transactions of the board and the Emergency- Fleet Corporation from their ineeption-in 1917 to that date. It showed total liabilities of $3,537,380,- 726 and assets of the same amount, and it was the first complete financial state- ment to-be issued by the federal agen- The. board apparently did not under- take to show the total amount which had been expended and fiscal officials, when not be computed with any degree of accuracy, because of the system ‘of ac- counting in use in the early days of The liabilitles given in the “consoli- dated balance sheet” as made D\lb);csizn- clude appropriations by congress of $3.- 15,817,120 of $735,618,318 The total liabilities of $3,537,380, between the $4,000,000,000 total and the excess of expenses over revenues from- operations, sales and the like, which was placed at In its capital assets the board listed the vessels owned at $2,670,612,755, this sum representing expenditures from con- struction, purchases and reconditioning. equipment, fuel oil stations, real estate and buildings, automobiles, launches and the like was placed at $158,895,243. Ex- penditures for construction of and im- and transportation ' facilities were given as of. these . figures represented War COSts balance $295,792,550 ; general cash and cash fund notes receivable $70,248,537 and mate-| rials, supplies, ship stores and the like fleet the board claimed w gross revenue ages béing placed ar $768,077.700 while 527,999 Maintenance, insurance, refrigeration and other expenses, however, more than ate surance at $140,393,628 and maintenance Tn a supplemental statement, Comptrol- ler Tweedale said that the total of $513.- excess of ex-IR. crations and over Tevfiek e account of the army. and navy depart- ments and not vet returned o the board. To this, he said, was to be added $50.- construction In the books of the agents of the Emer- gency Fleet Corporation. He also said that reserves for depreciation on vessels, insurance on vessels lost and other acci- dents amounting to $330,630,351 were on IMPLEMENT MANUFACTUREES Washington, Dec. 10.—Institution of ju- dicial proceedings against five orgauiza- manufacturers and ‘dealers, and re-opening of the gov- | ernment's anti-trust ~prosecution of the Internationa] Harvester compaoy was re- ‘The comrhission in a special report to the senate in response to a resolutiu or- dering an inquiry, asserted that during more than 200 con- implements igher than increased cost of manufacture and c0-0p- commission alleged to be inrestraint of The ‘International Harvester company. the report said, did not “enter the associ- harvesting machinery, but “did so enter The trado organization against which court proceedings were recommended are the National Implement and Vehicle associa- tion, The Southern Association of Wag- on Manufacturers, The Carriage Build- ers' Nationa] association, all organizations ot manufacturers and the National Fede- eration of Imploment and Vehicle Deal- ers and the Eastern Federation of Farm D associa- The commission charged that the im- plement makers, partly as a result of the alleged combination had increased their net income for 1918; 152 per cent. above the 1914 mark and profits on capital from while d-alers’ prices had increased 62 per cent. OF SHRINEES AT SAVANNAH Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 10.—Imperial potentate Ellis L. Garretson, of the Order Shrine today announced thas the annual convention of the Shrin- & ., next year, iretead of Atlantic City as previ- MERIDEN TAILOE STORE Meriden, Conn., Dec. 10.—When Joseph Grenon, a &Vest Main street tailor, opened had been robbed dsring the night of rolls of woolen cloth valued by him at’about Entrance was gained by a rear window and the burglars are believed to Palm Beach, Fla., Dec. i10.—Horace 8. Dodge, millioanire automobile manufac- died here tonight at his winter Detroit, Dec. 10.—Horace E. Dodge had . been the sole head of the Dodge Brothers automobile interests since the sudden death early this year of John The brothers founded the automobile name here In the early days of e industry they were associated with ers. injured. HARDING HAS BEGUN A MONTH OF CONFERENCES Marion, 0., Dee. 10. his campaign promise for a “meeting of minds” to determine a new American for- eigh policy, President-elect Harding ‘o- day began a month of conferences here by Seeking the advice of Charles Evans Hughe3. repunlican nominee f dency in 1916. RSN What passed during their talk of sev~ eral hours was not revealed. Mr. Hard. ing maintained silence and/Mr. Hughes would_ only say that international prob- lems had’ been considered 'in relation to constantly changing conditions.and with a view to solution along ‘the lines laid down by the president-elect during the campaign. Neither would comment on widely cir- culated reports that the confererice had to do with cabinet other practical questions of administra- tion building. Mr. Hughes has been men- tioned many times as a possible secretary of state, and his arrival here at the head of the president-elect’s list of chosen con- ferees served to enliven speculation on his availability for the premier portfolio in appointments. London, - Dec. :10.—Reports " that - mar- tial law had been proclaimed in Rumania were current {oday ‘in connection with dispatches from Bucharest telling of the throwing of a_bomb. in . the. Rumanian |senate in which two ‘senators, -including a member of the governme: ed_and others seriousl _The bomb throwing is believed to be directly connected with the unrest pre- vailing throughout Rumania. Strikes of various sorts have been in progress there and the government recently ordered the |, military forces to use all means, includ- ing bombs and gas, to suppress disord- nt, were kill- In fulfillment of or the presi- and weel adelphia, Thrown in _{Labor Fight Coming Law Has Been Throughout Country, rtal|Workers Spurn Proposal of Proclajmed| Manufacturers For Return to Piece Work System. work _system. Chicago, Rochester, New York; Dec. 10.—Shitting of industrial struggle begun this week when thousands of members of Clothing Workers of America _spurned the' proposal of the Clothing Manufac- turers’ Association to return to the piece work system of wages, to a fight over & closed or open shop was forecast here today. William Bandler, president of the Man- ufacturers' ~organization, Would present to the workers early next k a wage scole based on the plece “1f they reject added, “the shops will be open to all who apply for work, irrespective of union affiliation.” The “union prepared today to assem- ble ‘its executive wmmmasB Y:re ;S':nx & trom Boston, Phil- day and also delegates fr o and Baltimore for a conference. At this meeting, it was arnmounced, union lead- Amalgamted announced it don from heart failure. e Company ha reducing wages of its operatives. the at-the navy yard iu Boston today. A petition for the appolatment of court. it memorial, « he was started in September 1919, mouth, N. H. The ' police drive against which 'is being prosecuied by 285 stations in Loston. ers will consider assessing members in % . other cities to aid New. York and Bos ton_workers out Representatives of the needle trades alliance, orgamized yesterday. With a membershop of nearly 500,000 included in five unjons, held an all day confer- ence today, forming a central body, the alliance has pledged its “unqualified sup- of employment. port” to the idle clothing workers. Washington, Dec. 10.—Three former mbmbers of the Royal Irish.Constabu- lary, each’of whom said he had resign- “protest against British mis- and later fled Ireland in fear of attack by former comrades, today to the commission of the commit- tee of one hundred Irish question accounts of the opérations of the British military forces ed as ‘a rule,” TESTIMONY AT HEARING OF CONDITIONS IN IRELAND presented investigating in company started Lhe 1921 grinding s. and to begin work. Stockhold®rs of the from $6,000,000 “to -$15,000,000. Cofonel James P. Coombs, director American. Relief in - Constantino still heid prisoner by Turkish isis at Samsoun, on the Black Sca. gan. » Efforts to obtain recogmition by t United States of the Obregon regime the the i t t s e e Publicity is necessary In connection With all enterprises. There are different ways of getting it, but while the daily newspaper may ot be the only one there can be no question but what it is the best advertising medium, with all others suppleméntary to it. Look over the field and compare them on. the basis of influence, adaptabllity, timeliness, market selection, saturation, least waste, lowest cost and greatest results and there can be no question what the result will be. In Norwich and vicinity there is no paper which covers the field, reaches as many homes and has as many readers as The Bulletin. §i For that reason it renders an unequalled service and one of whici full advantage should be taken as a matter of * During the Jast ‘week" the Tollowhig hews atter has appeared The Bulletin, for two cents a day : The Best Means of Advertising Bulletin . Totals . . Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, December December December 4. 2 7 8 9 0. December 1 Telegraph Local 9 131 108 110 116 105 9 93 97 8 107 105 623 €42 d business. ning April 1 has been réduced from Qeneral?’. Total BN Soaiaten s D07 tH, cxaeu- 356 535 R 5 'y Moros were killed in the Salu 256 504 B 1slands and others wounded in & battls 67 488 with the Philippine constabulary grow- 330 519 f|ing out of the efforts to encourage ed- poci 515 |{ucation of chlaren. 268 478 Not until & dog standing guard over —_—— ——— his master was shot were policemen 1825 3090 [|able to remove the body of Thomas e n begin. ger; ington. it net. him the search the mext cabinet. While tne two Wwere closete/s together, Colonel George Harvey, the magazine editor, appeared on the scene for a visit which, it was said, might last for several days. he had come here &t an hour when ques- tions affecting the country’s iternation- al relations were awaiting solution. spent two weeks at Harding’s headquar- ters just prior to Mr. Haluing's address of Aug. 23 ierming the Versailles league a failure and proposing formativn of an association of nations. Although as a democrat he was one of ‘Woodrow Wilson's leading supporters foi the presidency in 1912, Colcnel Harves later withdrew hfs support from the ad- ministration and has been au irreconciia ble opponent of the leage. 'Mr. Hughes hag been a reservationist, having pro- posed several reservatioas league fight in the senate. With Colonel Harvey and Mr. Hughes, the president-elect gotored to Columbus, where they took lurcheon with Harry W. Harding pre-convention ‘and_former - Ssnator. Theodore Daugherty, the Evens New York It was the second time manager, E. Burton of Ohio. Both of ~ the president-elect’s guests came here today uncnnounced, three days in advanco of the date on Which it previ- ously had been said the conferences would It was explained that Mr. Hard- ing did not feel that he should make pub- jic in advance the names of those ha is to see nor the dates on Which they have ap- i pointments. It is known, however, that in the near : future he expects to se2 among others ! William/Howard Taft, Elihu Root and Herbert Hoover. during HARDING HELD IMPORTANT CONFERENCE IN COLUMBUS Hughes, NEW BRITAIN PUPILS MULT DANCE WITH DECORUM He the Columbus, O., Dec. 10.—President-elect Warren G. Harding motored to Columbus i na drizzling rain this afternoon to play a game of golf at a country club and to Hold a conference with Harry M. Daugh- erty, his pre-covention camwpaign mana- Charles George Harvey and fomerr United States Senator Theodore E. Burton. Following lunchecn and a game of golf, Senator Harding and Colonel Harvey re- turned to Marion, Senator Burton went to Cleveland, Mr. Hughes went York and Mr. Daugherty left for Wash- Colonel to New Mr. Harding’s visit was unexpected gnd few people knew he was in the city. Mr. Daugherty denied published state- ments that he has accepted the post of at- torney general in Senator Harding’s cabj- He said he would not discuss cabi- net appointments without Senator Hard. ing's permission. ' New Britain, Conn., Dee. 10.—An' edict barring “cheek-to-cheel school functions In the future was issued this morning by Principal L. P. Slade on the ground that-it is imoroper. the same edict “toc ®ng” and the, resting of a partner’s hand upoa another's shoul- de rare tabooed. Refusal to obey the or-- der, the principal warned, would - result in the exclusion of dancing from future socials, Another o1der giving & papil who complains of an article being stolen from dancing at high Under e vremises ‘Was also jasnad. ¥ Emerald Isle. lach of the three, John J. Caddan, John Tagney and Daniel F. Crowley, told of raids in which they had been forced to participate as mem- bers of the constabulary and of the re- ceipt from Dritish commanders of or- e G s 7 T R sald they ders to destroy life and property. The commission also heard details of the killing of Lord Mayor McCurtain f from Miss Mary MacSwiney, sister of Terence MacSwiney, successor o Mayor McCurtain; ceount of a military raid on a small ounty Clare town from P. J. Guilfoil, ittsburgh, Pa., and a description of in Sepiember as of Cork ditions n by Mrs. sion hearings un Tagney, “There were as below us. to ‘watch their stuffs. curfew hours.” count - of how old_child_held ford center. in Ireland The commission of today's “Black and Tan: of the country,” and added: quantities of food hafl by the British forces and that regula-{ tions had been made effective prohibit- ing long distance transportation of food- They are Thomas Murphy, of New J. A. Macy, of Des Moines, lowa, was at the conclu-|elected president of the Firg Marshall's scision adjourned its | ABsociation of North America at its fife Wednesday. many clashes 1imit homes burn. an eye witness of the British characterized as “the worst scum between the Black and Tans and the Royal Irish constabulary, for we looked upon them I finally resigned because there was nothing left for me to do as a policeman but Jead the milVary th%!‘rdgu!chenes." 'addan devoted a large part o recital to a_deseription of lie mt 3,‘: military barracks, declaring ibarrack' contalned a cantcen ,and “there’ is absolutely no amuont which the men can buy.” Caddan related accounts of midnight raids and burnings and declared he had seén' men, Women and children dragged trom their beds amid showers of bullets He been destroyed that to Charles that the Britis] - ened his life when he prv':.e-!ht:g :h It the searching out of men on the single charge of being republicans were placed before the commission by Crowley. Mrs. Murphy told the commission that she saw the military “deliberately shoot a five-year-old girl who was out after She also gave an ae- “Black and Tans” in_her arms. O B s S FOUR ARMED MEN ARRESTED AYTER HOLDUP IN STRATFORD her up to search for arms and in do %o tore the clothing from her two-year: Conditions in Ireland at present we ere described by Mrs. Murphy as serious because of a shortage of food. Bridgeport, Conn., Dee. 10.—Four men, armed with revolvers, one of them haying letters of release from Blackwell's Island prison, were arrested in Stratford early today after they had held up a truck and forced the driver, Lucine Farina, of Wa- terbury; to tow their automobile to Strat- also held charges of attempt to bribs Stratford po- lice officers to alicw them their Ifberty and with carrying ccncealed weabons & nd with steaiing the automobile in which they came here from New York.. The men. under arrest are Chailes Russe, who admits getting out of Black- well prison yesterday noon. Frank Eaco- bacct and Harry Rega. of right, after proper procedure, to 'and Anthony Paoluce NK ew York city of New Brighton, gainst Huerta. recommendation ‘of secretary of slons. A suicide pact was indicated Rizzl in a gas d the siate prison. According to the Gironale ward Italy. An immediate nation-wide inguiry nounced by the . United. States fore Jan. 15, T — at Cambridge, Mass, and Premier Lloyd George. Samuel Blevens, 16 murder. He pleaded guilty. shack near Wheeling, W. Va transit under tho league of pfomise reached at the meeting . teenth annual convention mnow held at the Hotel Astor, New Y the has been discovered in Montreal, West Indies. sis. to in_tendency were denied by each that, the assembly of the league of -nations Geneva. erson Phonograph Company, of said | ties as $1,000.000. Frederic Iver Johnson, son of founder “of -Iver Johnson's Arms there of heart trouble. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, will not ate foreign relations committee. held| R, M. Stewari, aesistant director al Astronomical Society of Canada, Ottawa, that weather predictions months ahead will soon be possible a direct result of solar observations. Eugene R. Martin, department of jus- tice agent, who had charge of the inves- tigation of suspected Germans in New York during the war, was arraigned be- fore United States Commissioner Hitch-| L cock on a charge of having accepted a bribe. ing distressed vessels’ were set by on |Rescues agsregated 2,417. chding vear. — fhe houte, ' declared America hoped to avold war, and that if * ot the Amer P President-elect Ilarding will retain his seat in the senate for the present. Lynn W. Thetmpson, a New York law- yer, was found dead in & hotel at Lon- The dircctors of the AmSrican Wool- not as yet considered A navy service medal will be pre-| Requests of Congress sented ‘Major General David C. Shanks receiver - for the -Avery Chemical Com- pany of Boston was filed in the federal Committes of the Roosevelt memorial committee, headed by Elihu Root, will inspect ‘possiblé sites for the proposed The submarine S-10 work In which was launched at the navy yard at Ports- criminals pa- trolmen brought 30 persons into poiice Mills of the South Porto Rico Sugar son this, week, being the first on the isl- Libbey-Owens Glass Company, Toledo, O., have rati- fled a plan to increase the capital stock Senate committes charged with eclec: tion investigation is considering Henry Ford's contest for the seat mow held by Senator Truman H. Newberry, of Michi- Mexico are to be less active ‘than un-| der the administration of Adolfo de la| w_York theatre owners and man- agers are vigorously protesting aga'nst the treasury to double federal tax on admis- the deaths of Dominic Russa and Lor:nzo T room at Newton. Mass. Both were convicts on parole from ! D'Italia Premier Giolitt has announced that cap- ture of foreign steamers by D'Annun- zio has given rise to hostile feeling to- to the extent of unemployment was an- employ- ment service. Invéstigators will report the ~Presbyterias chureh’ for™ the next fiscal year begin- Maher, an aged reclusé, {rom his home The London Daily Mail reports pros- pects for an Irish truce were revived! a sa result of private interview between Mgr. Patric J. Clune, bishop of Perth, years old, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for He killed C. F. Grandstaff, a car_inspeetor, in a Proposed organizations on flnance and nations, Which were considered by the assemb); iwere abandoned as the result of a coi being The first case of lenrosy in eight years of a woman recently arrived from the| She is being given treat- ment very similar to_that for tuberculo- | Suggestions that he Is Germanophile Honorio | Pueyrredon, head of the Argentine dele- gatiori which has withdrawn from the | Receivers were appointed for the Em New | as more than $1.200,000 and its lab; and ) Cycle Works of. Fitchburg, Mass., and | who succeeded his father as president of that concern, died yesterday at his home State . department announced informa- tion relative to developments in Guate- mala since the overthrow of President made public until presented to the sea- the Dominion Observatory, told the Roy New records in saving life and assist- Coast Guard during the past fiscal year. Veseels and cargoes valued at £65,479.705 were as-| sisted as against $20,000,000 in any pre-l Representative Kahn, of - California, in- dlscusaing the Japanese question in always { who accompanied the exccuti: pan's. agitators teally Wanted war”, thev | Herrero. was would be- the ones 't bring It en and Amerioans. 3 INTERNAL SHONS §1 a 7,058,789 an Appropriation oi £2ai oum to Cover Expenses During the Present Fiscal Year—$1,600,000 is Asked For ths Enforcement of the Prohibition and Naz- cotic Laws—Bureau Needs Additional Officials For the TRU Enforczment of Prohibition, ‘Washington, Dec. 1.~ Requests for an addition&l appropriation of $17,088,789 to cover expenses during the present fiseai year was made of congress today by the bureau of internal revenue. Of this amount $1,600,000 ie asked for the en- forcement of the prohibition and narcotie laws, Commissioner Williams reported that $1,383,540 had been expended for enfore- MESSAGE FROM CONSTANTI TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec. 10.—(By the a-| o p.)—Former King Constantine of president of the United States inasmuch as he has been elected to rule over Gresce by popular vote. He reiterates his expres- sion of good will toward the entente and States and thaoks the Amer- ican peopie for the eympatny and impar- tiality wn him. The message was dictated by many re- quests and contains the following iatro- duction The message was digtated by mary requests and contains the following in- troduction: “In returning to my country ard reas- cending the Greek- throne, whicl 1 was | forced by the entente and the intrigues "5t a political party to abandon for three long and trying years, 1 feel more than ever as the president of the United States must feel. L too, have boe~ eject- “d by vote of the people to the high of- fice I am about to fill and which I form- rty cmudied by the single constitutional right of heredity. of in Greece, in an open message to the Amer-| ican people today, says he feels like the | Ing Cie dry laws during the firet thres {yniis of the preseat fiscal year. For this puyrpose $4.750,000 been appro- priated for the year. e The burcau needs he added. four ade ditional directors for , the enforcemen: of prohibition. Another agent, three more special agents for :’ work and an additional force of twenty= two infpectors and sixty-iwo agenis MARTIAL LAW voRr CERTAIN AREAS OF IRELASD London, Dec. 10—(By The A P. Martial faw has been procisimed By Dublin Castle over the city snd eoun- Iy‘flkf Cork: the city and counry of Lim. erick and the counties of T Kerry. - { "0 announcement made o the house of eommona today Premier Liod; Georze declared 1t was the 1nunx:m"f the Pritish governmet ts put dewn the latrs lessness which for months has Been pree vaient in Iretand e Dublin city and the eunty of Dublis, although th, ve been tte seenes of numerous afrays asd of much vandsbier, were not included in the district whish is plilced luna’r martial law. but the premier iold the commogs o | ditions showta warrant. 15" the intenticin area would be extended. .Under the proclamation persons whe without authority postess srms or wne futhorized un'forms must surrender themy ]'L::;h a certain period or lay themeejvey 6 to trial by court death penalty. 4 O The premier said he was eomvinedd that in all sections of Ireland the “In this most solemn moment of my life, 1 am duly consclous of the heavy re- spunpfll!‘luu 1 assume. “I feel in dity bound to express to the grear American people my most heartfeit thanks for the sympathy 1 recelved from them in my trials. I thank them also for the impartiality they certainly have en- deavored to show in judging me and in criticising my attitude during the most by Jority of the people were ansious Deace. and that the govermmest likewise was desirous of peace and a falr settle- ment of the questions at issue. . To this end, he assertd that the ernment would treat with Sinn members of parliament who had net “involved in the commission of * these men. he added. afforded all protection. Th eflm Qisastrous war ever known in the history of mankind. & “I, upon whose family crcst stands the device, ‘the law of the people is my pow- er,’ ever have had at heart the interest of the people by whom I am now called, by their express and indisputable will to rule. __“Mindful of the great upheaval ine War was going to cause, 1 endeavored to “T golemnly declars ‘to the American people that neither the policy 1 followed in the pasi nor the action of wy peoy hostility toward the allies. Allies and America have ever been and 2re now identical. I personally am anx- til now been a victim. ican_peo- the hearty support of the Ame ple. whose woaderful qua: and whose open-mindedness sincerity dress tonight, at | of the 20Uth anniversary paid tribute to versity, 1aing, ar a man who I “a very talen n. 1 suppos might do well by others. urpose ot ehowing s of additional - Want to read you an extract from a ter of Thomas man.” The letter was dated at London, S 10, 1720, and the extract follows; at a coffee-noust misiald 1 lege, b i t New York-by-Federal Judge Knox. Tre bill | 10Ut “,‘”";:F;;fxmws;y hounty. . I of complaint gave' the company's assets | “NICh M TPIREIEE, oy ot heard of it ries had almost three for 3 n on Harvard and looked upon it “especial- the | uct of her life and of he; i~ A The dinner, was served in dent A. Lawrence Lowell of arvard spoke r read a poem. KILLED SEVEN WORK) be | n Fen: orkmen were riruck a freight trajn near Wh'iford, miles east of h tonizht, ot | for | as| P2 three others were so badly hurt thal Y wer account of the aceident. TO ANSWEE CHARGE the Mexico Cit: Herrero. who has been cited in the crim. formally arraignel tomorrow. Several members of Carranza’s cabine flight from the caoital have testified tha th: troons which fired on presider » foliow a line of action which 1 consid-| cred would sinye the begt nteresty of my fprm ana 1 tcel £ i toward honc and good Wi toward all. in unanimously calling me to my throns, were ‘actuated by any intention to show “More than anyone else I realize that \he interests of Greece and those of the lous to show it by all the means Ipos- sess, and ain only too willing to clear up the misunderstanding of which I had un- I sincerely hope and belfeve T will get tes I admire! ana impartiality 1 unreservediy Tely up- &t a dinner in_observance of the erection as: ts Hall at Harvard uni- gt “the Massachu- i et inistered t0} fts apifit as it has been minis ls)e' U\c‘:uns of Harvard college’ and u'.l— Jaen ly dig at Harvard's In outlining the Governor factors 1o tio| that had been of tsance to Harvard college. And he need that there ht in the. world, 1 Hollis -to Benjamin Gil- : I think your agent sent said Le r said that Massachusetts leaned lefly and Judge Robert Grant 0N PENNSYLVANIA ROAD Most of them were risidents of Maivern The men were members of a wrecking. crew and were engaged in clearing up a freight wreck when the freight engine, running backwards, plouged into them. Sven of them were killed instantly and unable to give a connected OF SLAYING CAERANZA Dec. 10.—General Rodolfo in command of however, would not grast safe to London to such Sian Fein -m parliament as had been involved i the commission of serious crimes. In expressing the determination of the governmen* to put down disorder in Tre- land the premier declare’ it had 5o tion but to wantinue to intensify it9 v palgn against “the. small, but or- #anized and desperate minirity” in fre- hna'v;mch was “dsing murder &ad 6 rage |n, order to attain 3 and which tould ernment’s willingness to negotiate the Sinn Fein, which was delivered in most conciliatory and pers manner. created & most prefound both ineide and outside parliament. It prob- ably will be debated .n the house of commons next Tresday. aithough the prefer intimated that he thought it preferable that there should bé me de- bate. It is thought that the Hberaw will ipstitute the discussion, belleving that martial lay should not be estabiieh- ed in Ircand, without the acquicscence of parfiament. 1t was remarked as significant that Sir Edward Carson, Jeader of the Ulsterites, | was abzeat when Lioyd George made is statemént. On the other hand it was de- clared -that ward must have been on” acquainted with the new policy of the S TCRRRR Y OF rFovernment and that his absence from the 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF ETTS HALL| Chamber should not he interpreted a8 i MASSACHUS . dicating his serious dlssent from It Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 10.—GU\'H::f .h:h;:ml!r*fln‘fl:m .:(’=flhmt Coolidge, vice president-elect, in an will respond to ‘e sovernment's offer of a safe-conduct to discuss the possi- bility of a_settiement of the w-trm From the beginning they have resn! refused ‘o attend a single sitting of parliament and it is thought that theéy may still refuss to resnond to what i the lobbies was characterized today &8 an off an olive branch in oné hand and biudgeon of martial law ¥ the other.” One of the noints brought out in 8 collouqy which followed the statement today was that the government while it was making no absolute promise, Hae i by was willing to keep open the doo= for pe at having done well by 3 - that | 1t BaDDCled ers thonght that hej AmOCR { might do_wi Just for the ‘The view tonight among the Wherals s thiat should anything come of the negoe tiations with the Sinn Feiners. e prega ent heme rulc.bill cammot be the geY- crnment’s last word. T GEN. BLISS FOR REASONABLE = LIMITATION OF ARMAMENT Philadelp! Dee. 10— General ker H. Bliss in an address at the deiphis Publlc Ledger peace forum here - tonight ruggested the States take the lead in a “definite posal amd demand for & reasonabie . Iluuon of armament It a refusal of European nations fo abide by their agreement in the peses tréaty forces the. United States sise continue in ihe ‘mad race for E the historle| ments, General Dlisg said, the time may hall on a colonial silver service Presi- come when they will have more fear L[the United States than they have had tot themselves, * ms “T- thik it les with you the gen- eral sald to his audience, “whether we, shall take this momentous step. 1 hope that you will feel a5 1 do that: shall be recreant to our duty to ity if we do not take that step.™ b < ;| Generul Blize, who was a member of - the American peace commission, on the limitations of armaments, 4 belng the firet of a weries of talks at forum by men who.took part in ithes peace conference activities. The talks . . ro being given under the mm, of Colonel E. M. House, who also a member of the commission. t| WOULD DEFER ACTION ON Washington, Dec. 10.—Decision 10 o quest of the intefwtate cominefos dom mission further suspension of the opers- , tion of the preferential rates section of the Jones merchant marine act because of - | inadequte shipping facilities inal court to appedr hefe in answer to charges that he ordered the killing of the late President-Carranza, arrived volun- tarily in Mexico City today and will be i his the sleeping | interstate bring peacn . to xm-un-—um::m The premier's iri"- ) A MERCHANT MARINE ACE 8 <4 34 8 4 z 2