Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 14, 1921, Page 1

TVOL. LXI—NO. 12 POPULATION 29,685 : NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1921 12 PAGES—88 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS. - . VOLSTEAD ACT RUINOUS T0 | i ! ! s . et b S PASSENGERSTEAMGHPS Officials in Appeal to the House Judiciary Committee Declare They Are Unable to Compete With Ships of ‘Foreign Registry—P. A. S. Franklin, President of the Internation- al Mercantile Marine, Warned the Committee That Ruling ‘That Ships Could Not Sell Liquor at Sea Means the Death Knell of the Merchant Marine—Wholesale Cancellations| of Reservations on American Ships Are Being Made. Washington, Jan. 13, senger siemsaiy e nouse Jualuary tie Vo.siead uci, tor officials, frankly —American pas- other lines said 1l they could hope .to appeaiing tJ |obtain was tne overflow,of travel. 3 moumeatin of | Marris Livermore, president of the eciared they | United American line, told the commit- would e URAb.c o compete witn S0ips | tee that constructicn of many transeAt- oL foreign resistry for tne trade of tae | lantic vessels had been contemplated, but the Wor.4 Umiess permitted to bandie li- | that “with this hanging oyer us we can- quers use Tarce miyes 2 aer Ly pad tained was a prediction—nos by Represen: souri, that “they did n. ‘nis comment was miade in open scs.ion r Wayne Wheeler, generai counsei for ut the anti-saicon league, t down in the presen opinion that tions wou:d sail ove without a drop of liquo The shipping however, that they had lems of the present day, that there had Leen wholesale cancell tions on American ships found other véssels bound for the same prohibition restric- ti-ns, and that the great task of trying ports unaffected by to make the American the seas could mot be carried cn in cpm- petition with Great Britain and other na- legislative handicaps. tions, free of a! P. A. 8. Franklin, pr ternational Mercantile the committee that the merchant marine was s rican imit. Avout tie on.y conss.ation the end of an ali-lay hearing tauve Dyer. repuvlican, Mis- smg would be dry and thaf the ships of ail interes rons beyond tae |not go ahead until the question is determy- ined.” Half a dozeén witnesses represerit- ing many corporations, testitied that as the law stood today it gave a distinct and tremendsus advantage to foreign traders because foreigners -and a' multi- tude of Americans refused to travel on dry ships if they could book passage on others where the serving of wines with meals was not a crime. Mr. Wheeler alone was heard in oppo- sition to the plea of the steamship folk, made at a hearing on a bi!l by Represent- ative Edmonds of Pennsylvania, ranking republican member of the merchant ma- rine committee, to nXempt passenger vess sels engaged In foreign, trade from pro- sions of the Volsteud uct. Asserting that many ships were now “bostlegging,” Mr. Wheeler 82id the amendment would multiply the difficulty -of the dry law’s enforcement, and that it would be a bad precedent to rusn to the relief of every- body whose business was damaged by prohibition, “The steamship companies are unduly alarmed.” Mr. Wheeler declared. “The esident of the In- | company that adopts a s>und policy look- they ob- for the record— t have a enance.” in opposing any t laws, expressed day the worid T the seven seas r aboard. s insisted, to deal with prob- ation of reserva- by travelers who flag supreme on Marine, warned |ing to the moral felfare nd protection death knell of the | of the people will win in in the end. The sunded if the rul- | public wants serviee—not booze. And that | mng of ney .General Palmer let me say that the company that renders American ships at sea or anywhere In |good Service and less liquor finally wit the world, could not sell liquer, were | dominate. permitted to staffd. ‘Speaking, he said | Representative Edmonds, in urging. ap- | seriousness, and the United States Mail pany. jects fr examination i ward” if the invested the building and wizhout assurances that lowed to compete on nate ceean commerce. E. A. Quarles, declared owners would be * conditioning equal terms wi the countries endeavoring now to domi- Representatives of “with no attempt president of Steamship com- t sub- in a_psychopathic any vast sum in of shirs i el proval of his amendment, said he looked at it strictly as a busiress propositizn. 1f we|walt, for the world 0 while other ndtions are going ahead with their shipping,” he added. “we won't have any flag. We are dealing with a condjtion, not a thegry, ana right now it means that construction, reshing up into he millions, must stop, because the Amer- ican companies cannot cumpete squarely with the Test of the world. they wor MLEAN TRYING TO SECURE CONTINU. CE — DEATH SENTENCE FOR WADE; NOTICE OF APPEAL GIVEN OF CHAPLAINS S, to The Bulletin.) Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 13.—Notice of \\-“’n:::” .'Y"m 23— Senator ‘Me- | Intention to_ appeal was flled with 'the frean_is_tying . santimuance. in | cleric of. the superier-court Mebe-late to- W Tt T ine public healRTUAY by Attorney Irederick E. Morgan, e hosnitate "%t secems to mew the|Of counsel for Elwood B. Wade, who, e ahould e continued” said Mr.|earlier in the day, was sentenced to be McLean in puttng, the matter before)hanged on’ May 20 for the murder of the emate and if it is mot continuea by [ Georse E. Nott in this city on August the churches then some means should |20 last. The grounds, for the appeal sagonss e haniains. could | Were not announced, counsel saying that B e ion from the " govern- | they would take a good part of the twen- et T tor. MeLean submitted for |ty_days allowed to decide this point. malderation by the enate protests| The filing of the intention to appeal which he has re sived from the New Ha- fcally takes the case to the state be ecan Logion, _others | SUbreme court of errors and suspends e e Moy of Milford, and | €xscution ‘of the sentence until the su- from Charles B. Lockhart, commander, | Préme court has passed upon it. heaking for the exeeutite committ-e of | ade was one of the coolest persons e "if emether with many other|in the court room todgy, when sentence ::'r’\:‘ pr’nl-,'.‘ against the proposed | Was pronounced. Befere the court open- leontinuanee of the chaplains servics(€d he smilingly commented on the less e s Mr MeLean also|€ned attendance. When asked by Judge o e e semate e reply he | Hinman whether he had anything fo sy had received from tha treasury depart-|he calmly replied sir” and after ment in amswer (o his appeal for rewn. | the sontence was pronounced he sail S I e to ‘Thank you.” then' reached for his hat . Byt nd ?l\'r{czat o fe and read In part: “The depart.| “What day ‘did he sa¥” Wade en: Lioeth Spfiams Ju ar Dact. | auired of a deputy sherif on: the way ing law to continue em lains in public health s no appropriation under id for service. nd in pu to overestimated.” Se hopeful some appropria avallable to continue t NEW PLAN done Istering he service Washington, Jan regulating immigrati i States and differentiating desirables from Sncretary Laporte | eesed great regret that such was the work dieabled goldiers PROPOSED TO REGULATE DMIMIGRATION 13.—A new plan for ut from the court roor. “May 20, before sunrise,” sheriff, “Gee. 1 can taste the cider already,” said Wade. . “What do you mean, cider?” inquired - | the deputy. ployment of chap. ervics as there is which they can said the they | ha hospitals in min- | the J cannot he| "I can feel my Adom's apple being = MeLean is|Saueczed up,” revlied the prisoner with tion will be found | & ET! Wade was tak Wethersfield pr: the deputy sherii.s that accompanied him, he maintainzd the same call de- meanor. Wade loft here without seeinz his young wife, who is in a hospital suffer- ing from a nervous breakdown, State Attorney Homer he work. n immediately # where, o to” the United . S, Cumminzs _ s o committes | ANMOUNCEd in court today that Mrs. Nett SR Lho, S ehict of the|and John . Johnston, both of whom are indicted for the murder for whi ection of the state department. He 3 u ich ernment of & commission to liave general | (il during tho Febr:xhal'_y term of court, ¥ ation and to work erved notice on their attarmevs that B oeration with the existing agen. |10 further delay will be allowed. of the state and labor departments. e — commission would dircct immi- | MARY GARDEN DIRECTOR rants fo places in the United States OF CRICAGO OPERA ASS'N they were most necded. The iom of seiection would be solved! Chicago, Jan. 13—Mary Garden, Amer- sing the vise system and having |ican grand opera rtar, was electéd pen: American_can. peetive tion and other qualific commis 2,000 country w Tha Europe, on would recel re they pussporTs Tor that numb Mr. McBride decliared a flood” of immigrant ing to reach the United States but that would not reduce the number of arrivals in the United State: H~ declared .the exceptions the measure the Johnson bill allowed, would pacity.” A1l the PUBLICATIO BY RHI LAN s abroad write the pros- immigrant's occupation, farmers from some section of the wera most rder would be cabled to a consul SUPPRESSED eral director of the Chicago Opera asso- ciation at a meeting of the executive committee today. Her aprointment fol. lowed the resignution of Herbert oJhnson as executive director and that of Gino Marinuzzi as artistic manager. As gen- exal’ director Miss Garden will have gen- eral charge of the affairs of the Chicago {Overa association, both artistic and ex. destina- ations as a part ve aa order for needed. having charge of a good ag-!ecutive. ricultural section, instructing him to vise ber of farmers.” d that there was s in Europe try- ALLIES ARE CONSIDERING $250,000,000 LOAN FOR AUSTRIA Paris, Jan. 15.—The allies are under- stood to be considering another effort to save Austria by floating a loan equiva- lent to $250,000,000, as proposed by the Austrian section' of the reparations com. mission. This sum, the experts esti- mate, wily be sufficient to enable the country to put its industries to work and gradually become self-supporting. ships to their ca- D COMMISSION : France is in favor of this project, but Coblenz, Jai 13—The inter-allied is unable to furnish the s hineland commission has suppressed ish the funds herselt. for three months Der Reichswart, the weekly publication of Reventlow, formerly ch: v of the Tages Zeitung of Berlin, b area of Torror on Pest in E: lish pacifist two the Rhine." beo OBITUARY, Mrs. Susan Lee Hartford, Conn., Jan. Lee Warner, widow of Warner. toughter of William EIf York. Mr. Warner home in “Nook been for many year Ufe. Jatarday. brochures publishied by an ‘Eng- died_this afternoon. Warner died REDUCTION IN WHOLESALE PRICE OF REFINED SUGAR Count Ernst von jef editorial wi It also forbidden sale in the occupied New York, Jan. 13.—Arbuckle Broth- ers, the American Sugar eRfining Com.- pany and the National Sugar Refining Company today announced a reduction in the wholesale price of refined sugar from 7.90 to 7.75 cents a pound. the whole- . |sale price recently quotea by the Fed- ‘The Black entitled and the Wadied: eral Sugar Refining Company. 13.—Mrs. Susan il Charles Dudley | ITALIAN TREASURY SHOWS She was a SURPLUS OF 1,000,000,000 LIRE liott Lee of New ¢ in_1900. The [ Rome, Jan..13—(Havas). The Po- farm” here has | polo Romano says the tréasury, which center of literary /last October showed a deficit of neagly Mrs. Warner's funeral will be on one billion lire, now shows a surplus of nearly one hundred million lire. to go - dry, ! Cabled Paragraphs Professor In Goettingen University. Cocttingen, Hanover, Jan. 13.—Dr. Thomas Hall, a playmate of the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt and a fellow student of President Wilson, was today named ex- traordinary professor of philosophy in Goettingen, university. Marburg univer- sit yhas conferred on D. Hall the degree of doctor of theology. CONDITIONS IN IRELAND 4 DESCRIBED BY 0'CALLAGHAN ‘Washfigton, Jan. 13—Lord Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork described today be- fore the commission from the committee of one hundred investigating Irish condi- tions his efforts to function as chief ex- ecutive of a city of 100,000 population while “on the run.” Officials of the city of Cork, the lord mayor said, found it impossible to devote their best efforts to administration of the city when they were in daily fear of ar- rest or assassination. The lord mayor { said he had not slept in his own home for two years and that in his absence his home had been raided eight times by the crown forces. Visits to the city hall, re- cently destroyed by fire, the lord mayor said, were few and far between and ad- ministration of public affairs was carried on wherever he happened to be living. The mayor in appearing before the com- mission to present his testimony wnd thereby accomplish the object of his visit to the United States as a stowaway and ‘without passports, wore ,an American- made business suit and gave his recital of conditions in Ireland ‘in a voice devoid of Irish aecent, but t00 low to reach the out- skirts of a large crowd that packed the hotel ballroom where the commission holds its sessions. He teemed wholly un- perturbed over the possibility of a de- cision from the American government or- dering his_deportation before completion of his testimony, which will continue to- morrow. The only mention made ¢ £ 'ng the day’s session of the lord mayor. status in the United States followed a reference by the ‘witness to the coroner’s jury which found Premier Lord George guilty of murder in connection with the killing of Lord Mayor MacCurtain of Cork. “Our immigration laws, then, would bar Lioyd George from the United States,” remarked M. J. Doyle, counsel for O'Cal- laghan. “But the state department would let him in,” interjected Senator Norris of Vebraska, a member of the commission. The lord mayor presented a number of instances of what he characterized as out- rages on the peonle of Ireland and con- cluded his day Eefore the commission with an attack on the American newsnapers as British _controlled, declaring that “out- rages. in Ireland” receive little publteity in the United States. “The killing of a young man in Ireland, the injury of his sister and other indigni- | ties to his family,” he said, :“received five lines of publicity on the back page of one of your newspapers. v In addition to his verbal presentation {o the cogmission, O'Callaghtn caused to be entered into the commission’s records thirty a{\da\-iu detailing killings, burn- ings, robberies and tortures which he as- seretd were committed against the Irish by British military and nolice. He dwelt largely on the execution of the law,and the working of the Sinn Fein courts in Ireland, and in that connection read sev- eral of the affidavits. He plained that e, hrought _atfidavits dezhhg cases, that “her tHonght were resresentative nad had madé 16 eft8rt Yo bring a great num- bep. WRONGS AGAINST NEGROES PERPETRATED IN GEORGIA Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 13.—Coincident with the anrouncement that peonage indict- ments had been served against 4 farmer and two of his tenants, one of whom is a negro, in connection with the death of another nesro, United States District At- torney Hooper Alexander in a statement today said that wrongs were being perpe- trated against negrocs in this state that “run all the gamut from the meanest of petty cheating to deliberate and plotted murder.” He indicated' that federal offi- cers would conduct a statewide investiga- tion of conditions. “Comparatively little effort {s being made by the proper officers to end these conditions,” the district attorney in his statement said. “In a large proportion of the cases judicial processes are issued by magistrates that are used in the miost shameless manner in the aid of crimes. and the attendant eircumstances are such as should call for indictment for. mal- practice. Cases have occurred in which there is the gravest reason to fear that other officers of the law have been active participants in the gravest kind of wrongs. The things of which I speak run all the gamut from the meanest of petty cheating to deliberate and plotted murder. If the people of the state permit the con- tinuance of conditions that now prevail, sooner or later, and in gome way, we-will suffer a dreadful retribution.” TAKING TESTIMONY IN BEINDELL EXTORTION CASE New York, Jan. 13.—Max Aromson. manufacturer, first witness called in the trial of Robert P. Brindell, charged with extortion as head of the Building Trades council, testified today he paid Brindell $5.000 for immunity from labor troubles, believing him the “whole power” in the building situation. . Work was stopped on one of his build- ings by a Brindell walking Aronson asserted. . He added that Erin dell scoffed at an offer of $1,000, likewise $3,000, but accepted $5,000 and permitted completion of the work. Aronson took the stand after council for Brindell had failed in an effort to have the court declared a mistrial because of “highly prejudicial” statements they claimed were made in an address ‘o the jury by Samuel Untermyer, special prose- cutor. INDUSTRIAL SLUMP IN HOLLAND IS SERIOUS Amsterdam, Jail. 13.—The Dutch indus- trial slump has reached serious propor- tions, according to the Telegraaf. In the provincian assembly of North Brabant, one of the chiéf rianufacturing districts, a member declared he had been informed by the ministry of h>me affairs that there were 100,000 unemployed now in Holland and that soon from 50 1o 60 per cent. of the Dutch population would bedependent upon the state for support, and this prob- ably would continue for three years. There was a demonstration in Amster- dam today of several hundred unemployed whose banners proclaimed that the state and city must support them. INVESTIGATION OF GRAFT AMONG NEW YORK POLICE New York. Jan. 13—The investigation of graft and corruption among city and county police officials has broadened to in- clude other city departments, former Gov- ernor Charles E. Whitman, special coun- sel, declared today. “There are_several other lines besides the police situafion we started to work on today,” he said. The first fruits of the investigation to- day resulted in the indictment of Police Captain William A. Bailey of the West Thirtieth street police station. The in- dictment alleged Bailey accepted a bribe from fur manufacturers to prevent possi- ble sabotage by strikng employes. delegate, | Rockaway Ready to Welcome Aeronauts Teday Business Housgs and Schools Will Be ClI Parade Planned. . . Rockaway, N. Y., Jan. 13.—All Re away went to bed tonight keyed up a-child on the even of Christmas, for/ morrow. this little community and, nearby naval air station celebra colorful manner the return of the naval balloonists who sailed awa: here a month ago today. President Wilson today express gret that because of the condition of his health he could not take part in the merrymaking. His secretary addressed a letter to the Rockaway Beach board of trade, ekpressing President Wilson's ap- preciatipn of an_invitation to attend. A committee of loca business men wilt welcome the balloonists when they alight from their gpecial car in New York to- morrow morning, and will take them to a hotel for luncheon. Then they will come back to Roeka- way and as soon as cheir train pulls in, the parade will start, with Lieutenants Kloor, Farrell .and Hinton at its head. Business houses and schools will be closed, and all the local organizations Wwill be behind the airmen and two bands engaged to add ginger to the. reception. The wWives of Lieutenants Hinton and Farrell were happy tonight with the end of their long vigil but a few hours away. The little daughter of one of the airmen—Emily Farrell—will not be Able to celcbrate her father's return with the rest of the town. She is in bed with scarlet fever. - EX-GOV. HOLCOMB APPOINTLD RECEIVER OF SHELTON BANK Bridgeport, Conn., Jan. 13.—Juds> John E. Keeler, in superior cqurt here this af- ternoon, appointed former Governo- Mar- cus H. Holcomb as receiver for the Shel- ton Bank and ‘Trust company. of Sheltou, which was closed Jan. 3 by the state bank commissioner. The bank’s deficit was es- timated at $160,000 by John Byrne, chiet examiner of the state bink department. The appointment of former Governor Holcomb as receiver was recommended by Attorney General Frank E. Healy in his application to the court. Depositors of the bank favored Frank Kenna, a New Haven lawyer, for receiver, but Rev. An- drew Plunkett, spokesman for’ the depos- itors, said there was no objection to the naming of Mr. Holcomb. Attorney Gen- eral Healy and State Bank Commissioner Sturges said later that they would urge the appointment of Mr. Kenna as attorney for the bank under the recelvership. Chief Examiner Byrne was the princi- pal witness at the hearing. He said that he examined the books of the bank on Dec. 30 and found assets of a doubtful character. Commissioner Sturges then notified the bank that a number of its loans weer not considered secure and on Jan. 3 the commissioner closed the insti- tution. Mr. Byrne said that notes held by the bank include those of several co—panies in which Edward W, Kneen, seci 4 v apd treasurer of the bank .is interes.. . Over- Arafts of $17.000 were found, I said, and three violations of state law ¢ 1iting the amount of depoists also were appar: ent. These depositors were the eity of Shelton, the county of Fairfield and the Naugatuck Valley Crucible company. The legal reserve of the bank was found to be $20,000 too low, Mr. Byrne continued, and the bank was unable to pay $227,000 in- terest on savings deposits on Jan. 1. The examiner estimated the defiit in the corn- mercial department at $100,000 and in the savings department at $69,000. This would mean a loss of 15 per cent. to com- mercial depositors, he said, and 4 per cent. to savings depositors. Judge Keeler fixed the receiver's bond at $100,000. Mr.- Kneen, sccretary and treasurer of the bank, attended the hear- ing but made no statement. Mayor Nettleton of Shelton today bor- rowed $25.000 from the Birmingham Na- tional bank of Derby to meet checks is- sued by the city to employes and others, PEOPLE LOST MONEY DEALING IN GERMAN MARKS ‘Worcester, Mass., Jan. 13.—An alleged scheme of dealing :n German marks, through which many ~Worcester people and hundreds of others throughout the state have lost thousands of dollars, was disclosed here tonight, according to the police, through the arrest of Abraham Horowitz of this city and Nathaniel P. Gordman, who said he was a salesman living in Boston, but who, the police say, is now living,in New Haven. The men were taken into custody hers on warrants charging intent to commit larceny. Horowitz, the police allege, was Wor- cester manager for the Rothschild,Camip- bell Co., Ltd., foreign exchange brokers. The firm operated throughout the state, the police say, and had offices in Boston apd Springfield. In Worcester alone, according to Dis- trict Attorney KEsty, the firm's dealings have aggregated $100,000. The Boston and Springfield offices were closed in No- vember. according to the police, ‘but the ‘Worcester office continued to do business with the name “Rothschild-Campbell C Ltd.,” removed from the office door. -WIDE STRIKE s OF ACTORS LOOMING TP New York, Jan. 13.—A repetition of the nation-wide stage strike of 1919 may re- sult fyom the breach of relations between the Actors’ Equity association and the Producing Managers! association which was precipitated here today. ‘The rupture was caused Ly the demand of the Actors' Equity association that Lee and J. J. Shubert be expelled from the Producing Managers’ association for the alleged violations of their agreement with the Equity ‘and discriminatory treatment against Equity actors. The exact L[alu! of the dispute, which created intende excitement in the theatri- cal district, will not be publicly announced until tomorrow, when the Producing Man- agers” association meets to consider the complaints lodged against the Shuberts. Lee Shubert tonight characterized the complaint against the Shibert interests as silly, and based on six dinky chorus girls.” A NATIO AN AL RIFLE MATCHES TO BE HELD AT CAMP PERRY Washington, Jan. 13.—Camp - Perry, Ohio, was selected today by the national board for promotion of rifle practice as the place for the holding of the next an- nual rifle matches. Selection of the cate for the matches will be made later. MORE INCENDIARY FIRES REPORTED IN IRELAND Belfast, Jan. 13.—It is reported that incendiary fires have. occurred at Dung- loe and Burtonport as a reprieal:for the ambushing of a troop train yesterday in Donegal. * No direct confirmatioa of the report his been recelved-ns the tele- graph wires have been cuk. ‘| yoluntary Crooked Officials Hampe_r_l’iohibition Buffalo, N. Y., has practically suspended operations. atury of jurisprudence in Maine since It became @ state was' celebrated Wednesday in Maine. According te official statistics Just mm:"pmlfi: there are 600,000 unemploy- ed persons in France. ©One hundred English Immigrants have arriyed at Lima, Peru, and 30 have al- ready found employment. Tortugal York, Jan. 13, out in New York today with the en swirl of a Kansag cyclone. iders this morning swept down on White Light district, to enforce the fa. m., closing statutes Whereby caba- ts, restaurants and cafes which di ense the drink and dance of all-night erriment must under the law turn out ordered that warshi take provisions to the Cape Verde Is; lands for'those without food t War department ordered reduction o the American forces of occupation in Germany from 51,000 to 8,000. their patrons in the early hours with no- where to go_but home. At noon United States Attorney Ross, in an address in Brooklyn asserted that many of the government's dry agents were crooked or inefficient. By afternoon federal indictments and arrests had added to a general anti-wet disturbance with conspiracy and bribery charged against former employes of the prohibition enforcement department and others. Late today Manny Kessler, wine agent, Samuel Cohen, said to be one of his em- ployes and Philip Coffey, former inspec- tor in the federal*prohibition offices here, e retios Wit were arrested charged with conspiracy to | German a hildren’s park shelter In defraud the government in obtaining ii-| Sovered.la- 4 ‘enlidrex’s p quor on alleged forged withdrawal per- 1’;""""‘ e ficd mita. The Pennsylvania Railroad amnoun: Simultaneously William H. Haurley| == :”pum of the resignation of A. Fatsblishment of n state comitabulary was recommended to the Massachusetls legisiature by u special commission. Railronds earned $57,741,937 during November, or $41,544.063 less than was expected under the increased rates. Madelelne Brees, 82 years old, who was the first woman to obtain a doctors degree is blind and penniless, in Paris. A’ quantity of bombs and revolvers of and Frank Strompone, enforcement. in- e Pittsburgly panker, a3 & spectors, were arrested charged with ac- | W. Mel! cepting a bribe, and J. J. Dunn and Louis Eilperin, prohibition agents, were arrested on charges of malfeasance of office, neglect of duty and agreeing to accept a bribe. Heavy arriv: t contracts caused the New York cotton additional ~ware- exchange to* house space. gense CLAIM§ PROFITEERS ARE ADVOCATES OF TARIF¥ Thi in the mills of Lawrence Keen' & Son, .in Wilsonville, took 39 pleces of woolen goods valued at $7,800. Washington, Jan. 13.—Certain - Amer- ican business interests were rebuked by Representative Young, republican, North Dakota, today during consideration of tariff revision by the house ways and means committee for asking duties which he charged would amount to licensing them to continue profiteering. He sery- ed notice on his fellow members that on this ground he would strenuously oppose the granting of from “100 per cent. Aldrich rates” Farlier in the day Senator Md!nm:hd. a “Major John J. Crowley of Hartford is to Heroine & vide president in the Mis sotrl State- Life Insurance company of St. zou Nehemiah . sted, 77, of Green- wich, - a_former ‘town treasurer. select- man and.member- of .the general assem- bly, «died at his home In Cos Cob. import duties ranging above the Payne- New Britaln milk men have announced s has further redi#! its working sdied- ule to elght hours a day for only three republican, also from North Dakota, days & week. announced his purpose to seek an in- crease in the duty of wheat in the Ford- ney emergency tariff from 30 cents to 50 cents a bushel. The North Dakota sen- ator declared the higher rate was nec- essary to stop “enormous importations” of wheat from Canada. Mr. Young said that he was “getting tired” of witnesses coming Wefore the committee to ask for prohibitive rates in the proposed permanent fariff and relat- ing to the committee details of how Ger- man competition was cutting into. their| trade. Testimony had been given om| work after motice of a 15 per cent, de- the subject of importations of. needles| tremse in their pay. and while on that subject Mr. Young . asserted that @ lot of industries Were| gug eondition of Augusts Vietorls, complaining_of the competition when | gooni® UL " o Germany. is_becominy *whiat fias. hinrt wjot of iy xworse a8’ her physi’ calpower. of Iy they definits U ; resistance 18 declining. ing public to submit no longer to wap ety | prices. : An sttempt to establish s méw trans- t s timé somebody put ‘on the| continental airplane speed record -from brakes” he.tontinued, “Here and hoW,|gan Diego, Cal., to Jacksonville, Fia., I serve notice that I shall oppose any| will be made February 21. such duties as these witnesses are Ask- sl g They are pleading with crocodile| wewfoundland rallroads are blocked ars in their eyes for import dutfes|py dnow which fail for several days. One ranging from 100 per cent. to 400 per|pxpress is’snowbound and will take at cent.” above the Payne-Aldrich rates. I|(east a week to cross the island. am going, to, fight with all of the power]| - I have against such penalization of the consumer. - “The was |3 over and the consuming pudlic is asking why those prices also are not gone. If we grant the rates most of these interests arc seeking we will| | simpiy be licensing acontinuation of profiteering, filling the pockets of the manufacturer, who gets the protectiog, with The involuntary contributions of the consumer."” HARDING DISCUSSES LONG New Dritain milk h nounced cut in the price of their commodity from 18 and 19 cents to 17 cents a quart, ef- fective Saturday. Accerding to reports reaching Rome 100 persons were killed in the ‘ciash be- tween Serbian soldiers and Montenegrin Nationalists. * . Wearers and pullers in six mills in four New Jersey towns did not return to new es of biackberry, nearly !ou‘r times 7:111:2 as the ~domestic garden variety has been discovered m Colombia by American scientists. ectiyes guarding » silk train in the Pe‘:n“sflvnnla yards at Jersey City, N. J.. shot and killed William J. Bock, one of the three sea.nen caught on top of a car. Governor Cox of Massachusettsa mom- tnated Judge Henry T. Lummus of Lynn, as a justice of the superior (o.nrl to take R the place of Judge Jabez YFox, rnlgn-' Marion, O.. Jan. 13.—With his" con-| ed. ferences here nearing a conclusion, President-clect. Harding devoted today to iscussion of a long list of incidental public questions. The day's confer- ences revealed no development in regard to cabinet appointments nor.any of the other important problems awaljing so- lution, Speculation here regarding the cabinet rww centers about the question of wheth- Several retail grocery stores were open- ed in Chicago recently by robbers who had stolen so great a auantity of groc- erfes that they were unable to dispose of it, Doek workers at Callas, Peru, have called a strike and the’ dock adminis- tratfon has asked the prefect of the city to protect employes who are willing to er Charles Evans Hughes of New York!lo pr is willing to accept the post of secrstary of state. There is nc evidence that a formal offer of the appsintment has been made, but it is understood that some- time .ago feelers were put out to iearn Mr. Huges' attitude. So far, it is sald, the result has been inconclusive. evelopments in regard to virtually all other cabinet places bid falr to remafn at a standstill for some weeks. Most of the information Mr. Harding has collect- ed on the subject har been tucked away in a pigeon-hole, Where present indica- tions forecast that it will remain at least until _after houseboat excursion in Florida. Miss Marguerite L. Smith, republican, of New York, will introduce a measure in' the New York legislature providing for the distributlon of the state soldier nus. Attempted orpanization of soviets among the tehants in agricultural dis- tricts of India resulted in riots, in which at least seven persons were kill- d. Lieutenant Randogph. F. Tedford, U. §. N., chaplain of the cruiser Columbia, diéd at the naval haspital in Philadel- 'phia_after an operation performed two weeks ago. RETATL PRICE OF, SHOES SIX TIMES COST OF LEATHER | According to s dispatch received at Constantinople, - Prench- destroyers sunk a_transport flying the red flag and ear- rying Soviet {roops, presumably to Trei- bound. R ' Spanish natal pregramme arranged by Premier and Minister of Marine Dato, providés for a total' appropriation of 1,500,000 peseta: ernl years. . Milwaukee, Jan. 13.—The. cost_of. the ' hide out of which shoe leather is made is only -about ‘a- sixth - of “theretail"price of a pair of men's shoes! according to L. D. H. Weld, of Swift & Ce; Chicago, who today addressed the convention of ‘the National Shoe Retailers Association. . “In the last year hides have fallen in value until they now cost no more than before the war” said Mr, Weld. “Ohe grade that sold for nearly fifty cents'sa Peund a year ago brings only about 15 cents. Calf skins, out of which uppers are made, have fallen even more, fi around $1 2 pound to around 15 cents.”™ Mr. Weld sald that shoe prices could not e reduced in proportion to the cost of hides,. because wages and merchandis- ing costs have not come down to any ex- tent. He pointed out that tanners and shoe manufacturers have either cloged their plants or are running them on part time, and that as a consequence the packers have a big surplus supply of hides on hand. James R. Orr, of Cincinnat!, was re- elected president of the assoelation to- day. The convention meets next year in New York Annou Giantees, Third, a.big*type Poland Chi- na, #ald to be the biggest brood“sow in the world, for $11,300 was. made at Lafayette, Ind. Mrs.. Agnes Chalmers Taylor. aged 7 who introduced Amerlcan methods into the schools of Hawaifan Isiands at the request of David Kalakaua, in 1874, died at Pittsbyrgh, Pa. Only cars made of steel or other destructible materials could be used by American rallroads after July 1, 1924, under_a bill introduced by Senator Rob- inson, democrat, Arka: 4 Following _complaints that a party of Chicagoans had been terrorized into pay- ing $100 for a plain meal In Bere Tran- quille, a famous night restaurant, the Paris' police raided the place. FEAUDULENT COLLECTION OF $250,000 I8 ALLEGED New York, Jan. 13. vice president of the Pacat Finance. Cor- poration hgre which was forced into in- ankruptey last December, was arrested here today on afidavits of offi- ¢ials of the National Shawmut Bank of Beston, . alleging fraudulent collection of $250,000. Landau was lodged in Jafl in default of $75.000 bail. The complaints allege that the finance gorporation accepted moneys from the Boston bank to negotiate in foreign ex- change, when Lundau “knew the concerm was insolvent” Morale of the Greek army In remort- edrising with continued successes against Turkish Nationalists in Asia Minar. Oc- cupation of the station at Karked on thp) Bagdad raliway was reported. Archibald R. Dougam, &5, for forty years an emplove of Cheney Brothers, sillc - makera, Manchester. Conn.. dro ped dead In the mill. He had a wide acquaintance through Masomle connec- ons. ? xy 'and posted PRESIDENTIAL of Haddam, official messenger for t presidential electors of Connecticat filed vote of Connecticut with the dent at noon yesterday. Clark LEGISLATIVE: CONDITIONS IN * CUBA ARE AT STANDSTILL &mfl&ow&rkmmhwmflm Have Failed to Function Within the Prescribed Limit— in a Majority of the Municipal Districts—One-Half of lheSeahofCanamWillBeeomenflhF‘uh day in Apri] Havana, Jan. 13.—(By The A. 7. Major General Enceh M. Crowder, sy cial reprecentutive of Preside Wilscn, investigating conditions in ba, i a statement Tiyen out tomight, after re- ferring to the failure of he electoral board and courts to function within ti prescribed limit, declarel: “If these agenc! continue to fail, Cuba, in due course »f timé, will be con- fronted with ad Imerim provinei1l end national ‘administiations, and, after the first Monday in April next, with a total palaysis of the legislative’ power.” General Crowder ' until tohight has maintained absolute silence ever since his arrival here on the cruiser Minnesota a week ago. His statement, which sets forth “what has been accomplished thus far, at the instance of th president, foliows: ‘As President Menocal has so force- fully stated in his admirable ftter to the central electorai board, the urgen- cy of the present electoral situation lies in the fact that already, through the fail- ure of the electoral boards and courts 1o function within the prescribed ture limit, we have today an ad interim cr provisional municipal administration in a majority of the munieipal districts of Cuba. “If these' agenc.es continue to' fail, Cuba, in due course, will be confronted with ad interim provincial and national administrations, and after the first Mon- day in April next, with a total para.ysis “What has beer, accomplished thus far t the instance of the president is the patriotic co-operation of the court and central clectoral board i1 the issue of proper instructions und regula- tions, and the patriotic co-operation ef political parties in the waiving of eer- tain provisions of the legal procsture of Cuba: all of which means a most ex- peditious procedure for the courts in 8= ciding these numerous appeaied eases “The electoral ¢ode of Cuba makes & special appeal to the judiciary of Cuba in fuch a situation as now exista Jt should be the attitude of every one ta assume that the Cuban courts will meet that situation and discharge thels full responsibility. “1 point to these provisions in erder to remind all the contestants that the law as drawn gives them an ampis rem- edy, and to express my belief that the courts will be courageous and fair in the application ot the law to the ssveral appeals which nave been taken, and, of course, this means courage to xrant sn appeal, and, as well. the couraze to de- ny one; in other words, fairess to both parties, ‘ The courts will not he at all obstruet~ ed by technicalities. Usder express yro- yision of law. defects of form no | mger operate to exclude from the consiners= tioh of the courts relevant facts which are offered for their ccnsideration. The evidence is to be admitted and .te peo. of the legislative power, due to the fact | bative value Jeft to the determin tign of that on’that date one-half of the seats|the courts, of congress will become vacant. “The electoral hoards have functioned their provisional retams. What is lacking Is the action of the Cu- ban judiciary on the contested election cases, of which there are a grzat num- “Having taken this diatinct ston fop- ward, we roust now awalt the resulte be- fore the six ands 25 the runresse court Meanwh! 1 give my atten- tion to other maticrs commected with my | mission to Cuba. _— POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES |AN ECONOMIC BUREAU FoR TOWARD SOVIET RUSSIA - New York, Jan. 13.—Details of the United States' pollcy toward soviety Russia, given by Acting Secretary of State Davis in a letter to Alion B. Park- er, president of the National Civie Feder- ation, were made public here toda; Writing under date of January § last trom Washington, Mr. Davis discussed at length questions widely published prior 0 the last eiection and a to the These questions were submitted to he secres of by Mr. Parkersan-NowemBei! ter asking for light on the department's attitude. The United States government has mo intention “officially to restore” the form- er boundaries of the Russia empire, nor to impose on. any non-Russian territories the rule of the Great Russias, Mr.-Davis explained, characterizing as fa'se a state- ment that this government prososed of- fiically to restore Russian “territorfal tn- tegrity” and ryle over Lithuania, Latvia, and honia. “Russla today s in a esndition of dis- tress.” Mr. Davis’ letter gald. “and there is grave danger on all of her ‘frontier of aggression either directly by foreign states, or indirectly through the control of these borler states. In several of these strugxling border territories there is a difterence of opinion as to which group his a right to speak for the ma- Honality' Involved. “It Is the conviction of this govern- ment that there thorny ques‘isns e nmot now he scived In an ex parte manner. The Rusian people are cortainly inte- rested in such decisions. and consistent with its previous action the department of state in a note of August 10 azain served notice that it could mot be com- sidered as endorsing territoris] sstt'ements affecting the welfare of the Russian peo- ple unless a government generaily recog- nized as representing them were a party to the adjustment.” Beriin, Jan. 13.—The central commit~ tce of the German Student Associstion| announced today the establishment of an economic bureau for student self-help, he primary purpose of which will be te ‘uard against plutocratization of wnie versity life,” which & threatened at Present “by certain political parties and various interests who are subsidising :l;d‘:’l‘lll In the umiversities for their own The -butean will organize -for undergrdduates, establish al sickness and aceldent funds, ar- range for advancing loans to develop & cooperative supply of text ‘books and ese tablish a statistical bureau s ovenings available to graduates. A nancial drive will shortly be inaugurat- ed throughout Germany to racure fandy :: put the undertaking on s sure fest- £ A circular letter sent out from the as- sociation's headquarters in Goettingen says the attendance of the universities, Which is approximately fifty per ecsnt. above that of pre-war days, must be eur- tailed “in the interest of German ma- tional. economy as regulated by the treaty of Versaillex” It gays this re- duction must be effected, however, by other means than the exclu peor students, it R tual a Eeneration is lmited of German intellectual life . fested most unfavorably. e The German student association, whieh Wan founded in July, 1919. Is a demo- cratic organization to which a large ma- Jority of the 120.000 under-gradustes he- long. It rapidly is repiacing the oid aristocratic and military elubs fae- tor in student lite, b risinz young nd further growth —— EFFORT TO SOLYVE ™e FRENCH CABINET OmaSwS TURGE CONTINUATION oF BELIEF WORK IN EUROPE £roups in the sen- ate and chamber of depaties in an effort to solve the cabinet cris the resignation of the Leygues ministry sterday. Among thoss who called on the president this afternoon were Former President Poincare, ex-Premiers Vielni Briand, and Leon Dourgeols, presi ‘Washington, Jan. 13.—Continuation of reltet work in Europe is urged in tele- grams from American diplomatic repre- sentatives there transmitted today to the senate by President Wilson in response b a request for information regarding European distress. Hugh Gibson, American minister to Poland, ;said _continuation- of reliéef work for children in that country on the pres- ent tcale was “absolutely necessary to aveld starvation.” - The ‘American commissioner at Berlin said_a large proportion of children in all German eities were “seriously un #r- fed” and that {he relief work should be continucd to “save the life and preserve the health of an_entire generation.” Commissioner Frazier at Vienna, said 300.000 children thers were being fed dally by the American, relief adminis- tration, and that “great suffering” would follow cessation of the work. All of the reports agreed that the ‘American relief * work assisting in maintenance of public order and general improvement in European countries. ana dent of the senate. Just previous to recelving M. Priand, who was the last of the prominent pefie ficlans lo\yisit the Eiyaco palace today. resident Millerand tol ss0ciated Presi 4 The Associated “There Is nothing decided yet. The eon< versations will continue tomerrow merme ing and 1 expect that tomorrow at § clock thera will be something new. correspondent was recetved president after the denarturs of M. Rourgesis, who saw M. Millerand amd after M. Poineare had defarted. The ministerial crisis probab) be solved before Saturday. oot by the e ‘ SERUM FOR PREVENTION OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE REPORT OF A' FLAGRANT CASE.OF WATERED MILK Hartford, Jan. 13.—Dairy and Pure Food Commissioner Thomas Holt -has before him onie of the riost flagrant cases of watered milk that has ever been re- ported to his department. - The milk for analysis was obtained by the New Bri- taln agent of the -department from a milk producer in Berlin. Commissioner. Holt has received the report of Dr. Balley of New Haven, state analyist, who tested tNe samples sent him. The re- port states that the milk contained 75 per cent. of added milk and only seven- tenths of one per cent. of butter fat. The regulations require over three fer cent of the latter. The term “added milk™ simifies that it is the water found in mik in‘ additian to the water which it naturally containe. Commissioner Holt will prosecute. Paris, Jan. 13.—A serum for the pre- vention of foot and mouth disease has been discoverrd by a commission ef French experts, but it is impossible at/ the present time to manufacture the se Tum in sufficicnt quantities to inoculate all cattie against the plague. The com- mission is compored of Professors Rous. Nocard, Carre and Vallee, which was formed at the request uf pagliament, and Will submit its resort to the ministry of agriculture shortly. Attntion is now being given to in- creasing the production of the merum. of Which there is only enough to moculate theprize cattle and valusble animals of the world. AMERICAN BALLOONISTS HAVE ARRIVED IN TORONTO Torontn, Jan. 13—The Ameriean balloonists returning to the United after their spectacular flight imto Canada, arrived here at 442 p. m. fo- day from Mattice. Acting Mayor Maguire accorded a elv- jc_reception to the trio of airmen and Major Wemn greeted them for the Camiar. Acro Club. € m jolly TCTORAL VOTR ‘OF CONNECTICUT FILED (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, ‘Jan. 13.—Elwin T. Clark its the homewsrd eors chatted and smiled whild exposing themselics 1o numerous yadg of motion picture film. Licutenant Hine ton and Farrell clasped Hands before the package containing the clectoral wi sented ‘to the vice president by Brandegce. Connecticut was the state to file its votes GERMAN STUDENT SELF-HELP ' 74 . | 3% "es ’ P a . 4