Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 17, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 14 ~ m ' CRIMINALS HAVE RESUMED THERACTIVITY INNEW YORK ' Numerous Hold-Ups and Robberies and Two Cases ot Homi- cide Were Reported to the Police Yesterday—Renewal of Crime Wave Has Resulted in the Detailing of 150 Re- cruit Policemen to Special Detective Duty in Brooklyn and Sections Outside of the Business District of Manhat- tan. New York, Jan. cases of bemicide, numerous holdups, rvhbe‘flu and increased police activity were re- corded today when New York's wave of crime, abated after the Christmas holi- days, apparently broke atresh. Shot during a fight in West 147th street, Edward Markie, clerk, died en route to & hospital. An acquaintance, Frank Bond, was arrested later, charging with the shooting, Which he denied. An unidentified friend, with whom he had quarrelled lay in wait for James Sullivan early today and shot him - to death as he walked from an ‘Bast Side saloon. The assailant, brandishing a pis- tol in the faces of a crowd that gathered, escaped Four of six men who entered a Green- wich avenue home today were captured after a fight with William Royen, his and daughter. A policeman, at- cted by their shouts for help, clubbed e four into submission. The others fied. Those arrested were held in $1,500 bail each for examination Tuesday, The renewed operations of outlaws re- wulted in the detailing of 150 Tecruit po- licemen to special _detective duty in Jirooklyn and sections outside the busi- ness district in Manhattan. Police Commissioner Righard Enright, who denied reports current yesterday that he had resigned his post, has been sub- poenaed to appear tomorrow with Mayor Hylan before a special grand jury in connection with Former Governor Whit- man’s inquiry into alleged corruption ie the city administration. Police books, papers and records will be used by Mr. Whitman in the examina- tion of the officials. Residents yof a Harlem apartment house armed themselves with clubs to- day and captured a youth who said he was John Robinson. He was found hid- ing behind an airshaft in thé basement of the building, and Was arrested charged with having entered and robbed o of the apartments. He was held in $5,000 bail for examination. Police ralding squads operating . late last night along the Bowery, in Harlem and the lower East Side arrested more than 150 men, ali charged either with gambling or being suspicious character:. Attacked by unidefitified men as he entered his home in Edst Ninth street today, Alexander Lukin, a salesman, was clubbed into insenmsibility. He was tak- en to a hospital and had not recovered consciousness tonight. i After beating a young woman ticket agent to the oflor, a man today -robbed the box office of o West Side movirg picture house, ran into the theatre and escaped through a rear exit. INTERVIEW WITH EX-CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK WILLIAM The Hague, Jan. 16.—Ez-Crown Prince Frederick William of Gerdlany, in an in- terview given the editor of & German weekly published in The Netherlands. gives the reasons why he does nog return 15 Germany, why his wife does not join Lim in his sojourn at Wierlngen and why he does not jcin his father, the former German emperor at Doorn. Frederick Wiliam aiso sets forth hs plany re- garding the education of his sons. “Naturally, I would be giad to return to Germany and I would be happy if I could devote myself to agriculture, par- ticularly to horse breeding” ihe former crown prince is quoted as saying. *I would rejoice to associate with the learn- ed men at Breslau University. and regain what I lost during the war.and at Wier engen: 1 would Itke to use what little power 1 have to help build up the father- Jand but that cannot be. “My many friends in the fatherMnd and abroad would see my hand in every deed which ohers might mn of -m? L prheve, wonid_knew asthizg R Lt would faflier- land needs rest. “Why does ot come here- Believe me, she would gladly do so. But there is no chance of such happiness and # Eood luck. as we are erippled in the vise of duty. She has the rasimg of our chil- dren at heart and must direct it. Our #ocs must learn to make themselves uses fal commercially. Wilhelm and Lula (the latter a pet name for one of the ®ons) are now going ta the gymnasium at Potsdam. The elder one wants to become an expert farmer and go later to an agricultursl academy. Lula feels that he has the talent for a mercantile capeer and is planning a tour of the world in a German merchant ship and to learn the modern languaces. I have nothing azainst their plans™f they result in the boys becoming useful men. They are studying hard ang have no time for amusements or sport. They mneed a father's care, but that cannot be. “T cannot g3 to my parents at Doorn. Our opponets are continually trying to put us in the position of being ready to ot the world on fire. 1f we were togeth- er. then, in the a~es of out opponens. the overthrow of ths world would be a ques- tion of but a short time. “As for huying an estate in Holland. whers would I get the money. particular In view of the low rate of German ex- change?” FIDLER ENDORSED FOR POST OF SECRETARY OF LABOR Springfi 16.—At meeting of Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Comnecticut, Rhode Isi- and, New York and Pennsylvania officials of the Order of aRilroad Station Agents in this city today, Harry L. Fidler, of Indianapelis, Ind, prominent in railrond circles and chairman of the labor bureau of the republican national committes, was Inddrsed for the post of secretary of la- bor in President Harding’s cabinet. This action was taken in fesponse to 2 request on the part of President-elect Harding for a_ recommendation by rail- 702d men. Attending the meeting were Natienal President E. H. Morton and Ni tiomal Secretary W. T. Heacox of Chi cago, and National Treasurer James H. Wair, of Canton, Massachusetts. Secre- tary Heacox was indersed for member- — MYSTERY SURROUNDS MURDER OF NAVAL ACADEMY NURSE Annapolis, Md., Jan. 16.—The mystery of the tragedy is as deep as ever, Nava) Academy authorities said tonigut after the second day of investigation uf the murder of Miss Harriet M. Kavanaugk, a naval nurse, who was {ound Iriday night at the foot of Cemetery Hili on the government reservation and who died at the naval hospital Saturday nforning without regaining consciousness. No ar- rests have been made mor 'ias e inves- tigating boara been able to gain a ten- gible clue despite repors tnat two mén, one 2 colored former enlisted man of the service, were being held on suspizion, In addition to the fact that Miss Kav- anaugh bade good night to Miss Oblen- der, another naval nurse at tie entrance to the government reservation at 9,15 o' clock of the night she was attacked, Cabletl Paragraphs Strike in Viemna Settled. Vientia, Jan. 15.—The . strike of the telegraph ‘and telephone gmployes in the postal service was umed\onum by the government aftér three days of intermit- tent disorders. The raiiroad men had planned a counter strike for Sunday in an effort to compel the workers in the communication. service to retudn. There had béen widespréad condemnation of the postal strike as unjustified, and it was opposed by many of the employes them- selves, 5 Paris Bank Messenger Mi Paris, Jan. 16.—The disappearance of a messerger of the receiver of .finances, who had been given 1,400,000 francs to take to the Bank of France, was an- nounced today. The announcement staf- ed it was feared the employe had been a victim of foul play. IMPORTANT MATTERS TO COME BEFORE CONGRESS THIS WEEK ‘Washington, Jan. 16.—Presentation of the Fordnéy emergency tarift bill to the senaté tomorrow, by the finance commit- tee will formally launch what promises to be a long and determined fight. Hours of discussion and an avalafiche of amend- ments await the measure and the out- come is admitted to be doubtful. , While the senate is preparing for con- sideration of the emergency measure, ex- pected to begin late in the week, the house ways and means committee Will continue its_hearings on permanent tariff revision. Other importapt affairs awaiting action by the senate are motions to recousider passage of the Poindexter antl-strike bill and the resolution to stop recruiting until the army is reduced 1o 150,000 men. The Jatter resolution is expected to go to the house despite senate opposition. 3 Debate on the bill for federal regulation of the meat industry will be resumed by the seuate Tuesday, when Semator Sher- ‘man, republican, Tilinois, plans an attack upon the measure. The bill is to be voted upor finally Jan. 24. Hearings on the Johnson immigration bill_are (o be closed Tuesday by the scnate immigration committee. Commis- sionier. General of Immigration Caminetti, who arrived home yesterday after a study of immigration questions in Europe, will be tho last witness heard. the committee then meeting in executive session to de- cide whether' the Johnson bill or a substi- tute snall be pressed or the Whole ques- tion of emergency legislation dropped. The Calder bill for regulation of the coal industry is to be taken up Tuesday by the senate manufacturers’ committee, with brief hearings and early action planned. - { . Repeal of ‘war-time laws s to be pressedgomorrow by the senate judiciary commitfee, which, plans to report out the house- repeal resolution Wwith an amend- ment continuing the food and fuel control law. Final action Wednesday or Thureday on the Borah resolution to initiae tnegotia- | tions with the principal naval powers for Teducing naval building programs is con- templated by the senate foreign relations committee, A favorable report is forecast. Appropriation bills and the congres- sional reapportionment bLll are the prin- was learned tocoy that sne had been seen about other places of the city dur- ing the evening. Among these was a Jewelry ‘store where she was known by the propristor and his family and where it is-stated she purchased a ‘small dia- mand;; ringje guring the Cirigtmas hpli- [ays® ngLuh.-n'mx‘ s swas dt] .45/ Friday nigut, saying ihat she in~ led to retarn to the - al £o that only an hour elapsed from that time un- tl she was foudd in a dying condition at the foot of Cemetery Hill. The Ting was on Miss Kavanaugh's fnger waen her body was found. The body of Miss Kavanaugh will be buried in the Naval cemetery here to- MOTTOW in deference to the wishes of Dr. E. M. Dooley of Buffalo, N. Y., a cousin of the dead woman and her nearest of kin in this country, TEXTILE WORKERS ARE INDIGNANT OVER WAGE CUT Lawrence, Mass., Jan., 16.—Assurance that “when the time is ripe the United Textile Workers of America, backed by the American Federation of Labor, will seek restoration of the 22 1-2 per cent. in wages stolen from us through the ma- nipulation of the employers,” was given employes jof mills in this city by Vice President Thomas F. McMahon of the issued after a meeting of the local branch of the organization today. He remindeds the operatives that his organization oz Jan. 1 had advised mill workers not to strike, as the time was “not opportune.” At the ‘meeting plans were laid for ef- forts to strengthen the organization among Lawrence operatives. The one big union also met today and it was announced that a “council of ac- tion” had been unanimously indorsed. A conference was called for Jan. 26 to which representatives of- all labor organ- izations in Lawrence will be invited, United Textile Workers in a natgmentJ WOULD REPORT STRIKE OF FROTEST AGAINST WAGE CUT Boston, Jan. 16.—Representatives of unlons in many textile centers of Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island affiliated with the Amalgamated Textile Workers were authorized at a meeting hea today to re- port to their organizatiC.s that the Amalgamated was pledged to render all support possible, both moral and finan- cial, to any local branch which should declare a strike a3 a protest against the recently annotinced wage reductions in New England mills. A..J. Muste, secre- tary of the. Amalgamated, aid after the meeting that if any mill in Lawrence at- #hip on the railroad labor board. A cipy of the endorsement of Mr. Fidier was sent to President-slect Harding. —_— PHILA. TEXTILE WORKERS TO EESIST WAGE DECREASE Philadelphia, Jan. 16.—The Philadel- phia district council of textile worke's at « meeting here today decided to resist “to the limit of their ability” any wage scale reductions and called on the people of Philadelphia to support them in their struggle “for fair play and for 3 chance to live as citizens of a great American city should live.” Most of the textile manufacturers re- cently announced wage reductions ranging from 10 to 25 per cent. and teld the men urm'tm to them the closing tempted to open under the reduced - scale a strike would be declared against that mill. “The Amalgamated Textile Workers,” he said, ““efuse to take the position adopted by the United Textile Workers and aceept a reduction i wages.” TWO CHILDREN KILLED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS PLANT Bowen, N.' H, Jan. 16.—Explosion of a gas plant that was being installed in the residence of Arthur J. Curtis here,today killed two small chiliren who boardea in the house, burned Mrs. Curtis so serious- 1y that she died soon after, injured Curtis and Hugh A. Hill of Hooksett and wreck- ed_the house. 3y ‘The children were Emily Seymour, five years old, whose family formerly: lived in Litile Falls, N. Y., and Agnes Knfght, seven years old, of Concord. Curtis and Hill were working over the tank of the lighting plant in the cellar. It is believed that the water came too quickly into contact with the carbide and that the lamp they were holding ignited the fumes. MESONES, PERUVIAN PAINTER, i COXVICTED OF FORGERY -Rome, Jan. 15.—Luis Ignatius Me- #ones, the Peruvian painter, rrested a year ago charged with the murder of his wite, the daughter of u widely known art gallery proprietor, and with several other offenses, was convictec ioday of forgery, on which cnarge he was placed trial last Thursday.. Mesones received sentence of three years in prison when the court found him guilty of the forgery Charge. cipal measures before the house this week. Leaders are predicting that the house will reject the committee proposal for increase of its membership. |HARDING TQ HOLD ONLY _ AFEW MORE CONFERENCES 8y -O:; -Jan. 16.—Although Presl- dent-etect mg will hold only a few more conferences’ before he leaves Marion for his southern tr'p, his callers will in- clude some of the leading figures in hid| party. % >-9 He began the week today with & long consultation with Herry M. Daugherty of Columbus, generally regarded as a pros- pective cabinet member,” and tomorrow will see Will H. Haye, the republican national chairman, and former Goveynor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, who was one of the three big eandidates for the presidential nomination ai the Chicago convention. Mr: Hays is also expected to receive appointment to the cabinet, and Mr. Low- den’s name has been associated in gossip here with several high positions under the coming administration. The president-elect is known to bde anxious that the former governor enter the government service in some capacity. and he has been mentioned most fre- quently as a likely choice for one of the more important ambassadorships. The exact date for Mr. Harding's de- parture for his vacation in Florida has not been divulged here, but it is known that he will leave within the next few days. His heidquarters declined tonight to affirm or deny the announcement made in Miami, Fla., that he would start south next Thursday. It is understood, how- ever, that he will not go immediately to ‘Miami, but that his houseboat trip will begin at & point farther north, AMERICAN 'WOMAN AKRESTED FOR SWINDLING IN BERLIN Berlin, Jan. 16.—Aa American woman and two ,alleged accomplices in a swin- dling operation have been arrested here. The woman's maiden name is said by the police ‘to have been. Virginia = Fairfax. They assert that eh& marrisd a German named Moll, Who died a year ago. Mrs. Mol is declared to have come to Germany nine years ago and since that time she has resided Tere. & The woman 'and her accomplices, ac- cording to- the police, under the pretext of organizing a food 1P bureau with the aid of American fuuds,\a year ago succeeded in obtaining duty free import licenses for more than one hundred car- loads of foodstuffs Of these. supplies, thirty carloads are declared already to have entered Germany and been trans- ferred to private speculators. It is further alleged by the police that the woman induced some high officials of the customs administration to believe that she had unlimited sums of money which had been placed at her dispesal in the United States for reliet work. HAEDING'S REPLY TO LEADER OF ANTI-CIGARETTE LEAGUE Topeka, Kas., Jan. 16.—Miss Lucy Page Gaston of Chicago, representing the Na- tional Anti-Cigarette league, announced today that sho had received a reply from President-elect Harding in response to a letter in Which she had asked him to re- frain from the use of cigarettes as an ex- ample to the youth of the land. “T think it is fine to save the youth of America from the tobacco habif,” says Mr. Harding’s reply. “I think, however, the movement ought to be carried on in perfect good faith and should be free from any kind of hypocrisy or deceit on the part of those Who are giving it their earnest attention.” DEMONSTRATION AGAINST SOCIALISM IN TOKIO, JAPAN Tokio, Jan. ‘14.—Fifty persons were arrested ‘here {oddy, charged with dis- rbing a court im which thirtezn so- ists arrested when the Japansss so- cialist leage Ws inaugurated wers berg Employes of an engineering_ works In I this city have smashed the fixtures in | the plant fallowing the dismissal of 7 strike agitators. Ten men have been ar- “rested in‘connection with the case. N S - 5 | Big Raid s Being Conducted in Berfin A Total Area of a Square Mile is Surrounded — Houses to Be Systematically Searched —To Last Several Days. Dublin, Jan. 16.—The whole section of morth Dublin was cordoned -by soldiers and police 1ast evening and today. The street railway service along the north quay was suspended. The center of the cordoned district includes Churchs street and the ‘place where the military were ambushed recently, and North King street, the scene of fierce fighting in the Easter rebellion A total area of a square mile Is sur- IPtutest Agitation Against JewsinU. S Prelédent Wilson Heads List ol test Loyalty Citizens of Jewish Faith. Hennington, Vt., Jan. 16.—A proicst ident Wilson, William f, Talt, O'Conneil and ‘116 oter widcl men and women of Christian { made public here tonight by Johti socialist author. 1t exhorts particuiucly those who are “moulders of public o ardifial Enown rounded and the biggest raid Dublin has yet experienced has been under way. Only the military have been engaged inside the cordon and it is believed every house will be systematically searched, the raid last- ing several days. jHundreds of soldiers are taking part, and field Kitchens. are providing them with food. During the day houses commanding the streets in tac occupied district were en. tered by troops and the innabitants of the upper floors given twenty munutes in Which to move downstairs, Machine guns were placed in windows and barbed wire entangiements crected. The entire area was caclosed, and the inhabitants are virtually Trisoners. Searchlights tonight are making the streets as bright as day. cRowN Forcls TAKE s00 PRISONEES IN SOUTH AEMAGH Belfast, Jan. 16.—Crown forees on Sat- urday swept through with great thorough- ness South Armagh, the scene recently of alleged Sinn Fein activities Troops and constabulary of the Ulster “specials” co- oneratea. More than 300 prisoners were taken in the various mests, but after a rigorous examination only forty persons were held in the military barracks. PROMISCUOUS SHOOTING STARTED BY POLICE IN CORK Cork, Jan. 16.—Serious disorders fol- lowed the shooting here yesterday in which two detectives in plain clothes were wounded. The disorders occurred while a crowd was dispersing from a football match and parties of jolice were trying to clear the streets. altogether twelve persons were wounded during promiscuous firing, while Excise Officer Pring was Killed by a stray shot from a passing lorry. The excise officer had come to his home here for the week end and was walking in the street with his brother and sister. TRIBUTES AT MEMORIAL FOR GENERAL GOEGAS Washington, Jan. 16.—At the memorial for General Gorgas here today messages were read from the presidents of a num- ber of Latin-American governments. Secretary Baker paid tribute to the work of General Gorgas in eradicating yellow fever from.the Panama canal zone, laring. the. former-- su Eeneral de” the building of the Punama capal ible “and saved its construetion from being marred by‘having along Fs banks the graves of tens of thousands of victims to the pestilence of the jungle which for ages had imposed the sentence op death upon those Who sought to join the two oceans” Panama as a nation paid its tribute on—the clergy and ministers of all Christian churches, publicists, teachers, itors and statesmer,—io sirike a this un-American and . hristian agita- tion, “We regret exccedingly,” tho Drotest raid, “the publication of a numver of books, pamphlets anl newspapes articles Jesigned to foster .istrust and suspic- ion of owr feliow an- cestry and faith—distrust and suspicin of their loyalty and the.r patriotiem. A new and dangerous spirit, it assert- ed, is being introduccd into the wational political life by these publications, chal- lenging and menacing Amerizan citizen- ship and American democracy. Men snd ‘women of Jewish faith, it declared, should not be required alone to “fight this evil. but that it is in a very special sense the duty of citizens who are not Jews by an- cestry and faith.” ’ To Mr. Spargo’s request for w ap- proval of the protest, President 'Wilzon wrote: “I have your lette: of December 23 and 1 am heartily in sympathy with the protest against the anti-Semitic move- ment. 1 beg that you will add my name to the signatures.” President-elect Harding, in a letter made public by Mr. Spargo, declared his disapproval of anti-semitiem but ex- pressed a desire to avoid creating a pre- cedent by signing the protest. He ‘| wrote: “1 am sures you can understand why, at the present time, I am seeking the avoidance of undue publicity .and reluc- tant to make public statements relating to any of our pending problem: I am no less sure that you already know, and that the American people already be- lieve, that I am giving no sanction to anything so narrow, so intolerant or so un-American as ‘the anti-semitic move- ment. I have been preaching the gospel of understanding and good-will and no one who believes in these things and hopes for the concord of America can be interested in any movement aimed against any portion of our American cit- izenshi) “We protest against this organized campaign of prejudice and hatrg," the signers declared, “not only Decausé of its ‘manifest injustice to those against whom it is directed, but also and especially, be- cause we are ‘convinced tlat it is wholly incompatible with loyal and intelligent American citizenship.” “The loyalty and patriotism of outr fellow citizens of the Jewish faith” it added, “is equal to that of any part of le and seeniees no defepia 33 out % of Coltiy sent his ap- m by, cable Soufh America. who sizned Were Secretary of War | Biker, Secretary :of Agriculture Mere- dith, former Secretaries of State Bryan and’ Lansing, former Sectetary of War Lindley M. Garrison, former Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane and for- through J. E. Lefevre, charge d'affaires of | T Attorney General George W. Wick- its legation here, who declared that the |ersham. Gorgas tropical institute for research, es- |- _Several college presidents are on the tablished by the government of Panama |liSt including Nicholas Murray Butler of as a tribute to the services of General | Columbia University, John Grier Hibben Gorgas, was both “a temple to science and | 9f Princeton University, W. H. P, a shrine to the great sanitarian.” Faunce of Brown University, H. A. Gar- “We intend to create that memorial | fild of Williams College, Ernest Martin 52id Mr. Lefevre, “to remind the future [ Hopkins of Dartmouth College, James R. generations of the brilliant general who | Day, chancellor of Syracuse University never knew What it was to retreat, who |and Thomas J. Shahan, rector of the did not subdue nations, but won their | Catholic University of America. hearts, and Who was a conqueror though Among the churchmen in the list are: he did not conquer peoples but diseaser | Robert E. Speer, president of the Fed- Minister De Cespedes declared that “it | éral Council of the Churches of Christ was in Cuba, where General Gorgas' bril- | i America; Bishop Charles David Wil- liant career, 5o full of notable and usefyl | lams of Michigan; Bishop Benjamin achievements, reached that high point at | Brewster of Maine: Bishop Chauncey B. which he ceased merely to be a distin- | BreWster of Connecticut; Archbishop guished servant of his own beloved coun- | Patrick J. Haves of New York: Dean W. Try, o become & bevefactor of all the | P- Ladd of the Berkley Divinity school, 5%, 0 hecer ang Bishop D. J. O'Connell of Richmond. The memory of General Gorgas 1s dear- Iy cherished by the Cuban people and his name is revered 2s those of that repub- li’s own natjonal herces and liberators, said the minister, adding: “Gorgas honored the United States of America ; but his fame and his work now belon gto the world, and his living soul may well look down upon them with se- rene contentment.” Ambassador De Alencar of Brazil in a message sent to the gathering said that “no country has greater reason than Brazil to be gratified for the achievements of General Gorgas,” for through his work, the ambassador added. may come fulfill- ment of Humbold! prophecy that the seat of a great civilization would be es- tablished in the calley of the Amazon. AN NOUNCEMENT OF PERSONNEL OF THE NEW FRENCH CABINET Paris, Jan. 16.—(By the A. P.—Aritide Briand, formerly French prime minister. succeeded today in the task undertaken by him yesterday to form a cabinet in succession to the ministry of Premier Leygues, which resigned last Wednes- day. Besides the premiership, M. Briand, takes the ministry of foreign affairs. Shortly before §:30 o'clock. tonight M. Briand presented the official cabinet list to President Millerand. The ministry is made up as follows: Premier and Minister of Foreign Af- fairs. Aristide Briand. 2 Minister of Justice, M. Bonnevay. Of the Interior, Pierre Marraud. Of War, Louis Barthou. Of Marine, Gabriel Guisthau. Of Finance, Paul Doumer. Of Public Instruction, Vietor Berard. Of Agriculture, Edmond Lefebvre Du Prey. Of Commerce, Luelen Dior. Of Labor. Dnatel Vincent. Of Pensions. Andre Maginot. Of Public Works. Yves le Troquer. Of Liberateq Regions, Louts Louchewr." CONFERENCE OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS SOCIETIES Milan, Italy, Jan. 15.—At the close of the sessions here Friday of the league of nations soceties conference, the del- egates addressed a telegram to the Brit- Ish and French league of nations socie- ties, which had abstained from being represented at the conference, expressing the regret of thexconferees over the ab- ence of representatives of these two na-{ tions, The message addad that the meet-| ing had attained its object in bringing out expressions of the viewpoints of the various nations represented at the gath- ering and that all had manifested their purpose to work together for the definite pacification of Europe. FEDERATION OF CENTRAL The Milan conferencs of the league of nations societies was called by the Italian league of nations society several months ago and was attended by Aus- trfan, Bulzarfan, German, Hungarian and Jtalian delegates. The British and French societies declined fo attend on the gromnd that the questions to be dis- cussed had already been covered by the Gereva assembly of the league. sion ican Union Congress, CREDITORS OF EOODYEAR CO. TO MEET IN NEW YORK THIS WEEK to those treaties should 1mply demacarations of territory, New York, Jan. 16.—Creditors, -both commercial and financial, of the Good- year Tire & Rubber Company are ex- Dected to meet in this city early this week. and, if all goes well, a plan will be adopted whereby a small mortgag: will be created for the purpose of ra.s- ing working capital, and new junior curities will be %rought ‘being which Will be exchanged for present mer- cantile and banking claims against the company. If this programme is follow- ed. most of the troubles of the Goodyear| * Tiré & Rubber Company will e’ behina ed. The Brvan-Chamorro treaty between * | tral American nations. ‘A SEAPLANE ADRIFT 25 MILES OF NICARAGUA iSan Francieco, Cal, Jan. 16.—United it, it is believed, and the wav will be | States naval/seaplane NC-5, one of the cleared for is future activities. Inci-|fourteen planes on the San Diego to dentally, if the plan is worked out, it is expected that the company will acquire strong bankinz support, which should vrove a declded asset. Panama flight, s adrift 25 miles off San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, according to a Wireless from the destroyer Munford. The crew is safe aboard the Munford. ®llaws will be acted on AMERICAN REPUBLICS San Jose, Costa Rica, Jan. 16.—Deel- to sign a convention cresting s federation of Central American republics has been reached by the Central Amer- in session here. This step which seemed almost Impos- e because of” opposition to Articie 40, the most bitterly debated section of the provosed treaty, followed an agree- ment by all the delegations. Article 40 stipniates that each member nation of the fegeration wiil continue loyally to com- iy with the terms or treaties with for- elgn governments. But that if extensions the TUnited States and Nicaragua was one of the principal points at fssue, and it was shown that pact did mot violate or infringe upon the rights of other: Cen-|States in protesting against EIGHT PAGES—60 COLUMNS FRICE TWO CENTS. . Brief Telegrams Twe men of the Pacific flect have beea lost overboard at sea. The heuse resoiution {o repeal war today by the senate judiciary comiivms. ‘With ten amendments added, the house emergency tariff was approved by the Leading Men Who At. |senste finance commitize. of Our Fellow-| s Bessel Pierce ot Mars mill. Me.. has been appointed deputy = sheriff by | Sheriff Edmund W. Grant. The strike that kias paralyzed the whele against anti-Semitic propaganda in the| p jiway system of West Australia for Unitea States, bearing the numes of Pres- | gome time has been settled. The steamer Danzig, the first to fr was 1 blic, has sailed 3 the flag of the Polish republic, D4180, | gor the United States with 500 emigrants. Experts frem France the United States in 1920 totalled $4§1.125. as compared with $166,567,398 in 1919. There are 115000 tubereular children in Vienna, of this number 16,000 are in urgent need of surgical treatment. p— Seelalist lendors from all taly gathered at Leghorn, Italy, at the opening session of the congress of the soclalsit party. electrical station of the Mortenia P:::r company at Middlebury, Vi was burned. The loss is estimated at $20,000. The Industrial depressien of recemt months is credited with having relieved somewhat the housing shortage in Bos- ton. —— The war finance corperation, revived by an act of congress which passed over President Wilson's veto is now function- ing. Distribution of mere than $7,000,000 in cash- bonudes 1o its employes will be started by the Ford Motor company te- day. President Obregen of Mexico, contem- plates an immediate reorganization of his cabinet which' will Affect at least geven porttalios. Francis Bassett, 17, was drowned yes- terday when he broke through ibe ‘ce while skating on Beardsley Pari reser- voir, Bridgeport. Commander Evangeline Booth, of the Salvation Army, who was taken il at Spartanburg, S. C., was reported a8 izhtly improved. Relngde dor to the United States, was reccived by King Victor Emmanuel previous'to de- parting for America. The J-hap, erewning spclal event of the school year at the University of Michigan, has been forbidden by the committee on student affairs. Contfnusus suecesses for the Greeks in their oftensive against the Turkish Na- tionalists in Brussa gector are reported in the latest Greek army communique. A step toward the contemplated retarn of the Mexican railways from government conitrol o private ownarship has been faken by the Mexican cabinet. l The bedy of T. O. Knight, » winter visitor at Miami, from Bridgeport, Conn.,, who died suddenly Friday from heart faflure, will be brought morth for burial. Thé bedy et Ab Toresen, 63, of Younr-vnlz, Pa., was found yesterday hanging by a rope from a tree, in a woods north of the Weatogue Cowitry club in Stratford. Taase M. Clothier, founder of the firm of Strawbridge : nn\: Clothier, philanthropist, and a prominen member of the Soclety of Friends, died at Wynnewood, Pa. Rather than have & tenth of helr ber thrown out of work, the entire shop force of the Northern l'acific railway in the St. Paul dlsrict has agreed to go on » four day basis. A warship and several airplanes have been despatched to the relief of the le breaker Baikal, which broke its moor- ings at Alexamdrovsk, Siberia, during a storm on January 9. With ene alleged bandit dead and an- othe- in custody the poiice of Dallas. Tex., are searching in Fort Worth for four other men who robbed the Jackson street sub post office. The Usited States mafl steamer Pullts- er, missing since December 15 when she antered. the straits of Shelfkoff, one of the roughest stretches along the Alaskan coast s still missing. Sir Auckiand Geddes. British am- bassador, has been summoned home for a conference with Premi>r Lioyd George, and Earl Curzon, British sccretary of state for forelen affairs. Postmaster Gemeral Brurleson wigned + vostal agreement with France, effective February 1, fnereasing the reciprcal max- imum ; weight _limit o nparcel post packages from 11 to 22 pounds. A lsrge fiy wheel in = matural gas tant at Rochester. N. Y.. broke ioose. flew ®AQ feet over three houses and crashed through Miss Helen Ewel's dining, room window, destroying much furnitures Anthony Camminetti, United States.com. missioner general of immigration, return- €d to the Unitpq States on the steamship Adriatic after studying immicration problems at various centrs in Europe. Th tact that Jonsthan M. Parmenter of Wayland who spent most of his years farming and trading in cattle amassed a fortune of $1,275.000 became known when bis will Wk filed for probate In Cam- bridge, Mass. Plerre Paul Auther, Mighland Park chemist who ‘eloped with Mrs. Phillip Franzen of Madison, Wis., reveral weexs ago, was arrested at Chicago on a war- rant chargng larceny sworn out by the woman's husband. new \ a new Cen- tral American Union conference will be called to consider the changes propos- Fhe lelnt reselutien requestiny Presidext Wilson to cail a confere~ce of the nations of the world to consider uni- versal disarmament was approved by the house foreign affairs committee without a dissenting vote. Great the recemt decision of the Mexican supreme court in a case involving the ownershin of the Naica Mining company. whose property ir located In the state 6f Chihuahua. Fdward 3. Rrundage, attorney gemeral of Ilinols,” lauinched another drive at prohibition law violators when he nsked Judge' Landis t> close for one year eleven remises_ocoupled by maloons and to en- join twenty-nine other violators of the Volstead act.’ Ricel, the new Ttalian ambassa-, Britain has Jotned the Untted | " LABOR, OFFENSIVE BY ORGANIZED AGAINST ATTACKS For That Purpose President Gompers of the A. F. of L. Has * Called a Meeting For February 23, in Washington, of Representatives of 109 National and International Unions—To Formulate a Plan to Expose the Open Shop Pretense of Men Who Are Only Interested in Cheap Labor and a Continuance of Their Profiteering. ‘Washington, Jan. 16.—Representa: “The attacks include aitempis to ese of the 109 natiopal and internationalf tablish the anti-un; shop, wage re unions affiliated with the American Fed-| ductions, antistrike laws, compuisory eration of Labor have been called to meet in Washington February 23 “for the purpose of considering attacks now being made on the irade union move- ment.” according to announcement today by Frank Morrison, secretary of the Fed eration. The call for the meeting was sent out by Samuel Gompers, federation president. Secretary Morrison who embod.cd h announcement in a formal stitemen said that the forthcoming conference * one of the several gatherings that ha been calied by the American Federation of Labor during its history to consider unusual conditions.” In explaining furt er the intention of organized labor give attention to attacks onm unions, Mr. Morrison sal to trade arbitration, labor injunctions and & pube licity that would moid the public mind 1o accept these backward steps. “I believe labor wiil formulate a plas 1o expose the pretense of men who only interested in cheap labor and ™ continuance of their profiteering polic: The trade union movement crt to tnl forces against it and prope orously. Our op; they have made the slightest progress il alarming the workers, or that they will bumbly accept a poliey of reaction. “The proposed conferencs will consider the publicity and other methods of ousy opponents and it is quite possible thag labor yill launch an offensive movemeni against those wno Mmagine they cont practically every avenue of publieity.” | 8. C. GROWERS CONTRIBUTE COTTON FOE JEWISM KELIEF New York, Jan. 16.—South Carolina cotton growers have offered to comtribute $250,000 worth of cotton to the American Jewish relief commitiee and the Near East Relief and have called upon west- ern grain growers to contribute a like amount of their product. his announ ment was made here today by Henry I Rosenfelt, national director of the Jew- ish r.lief committee, who explained that the southern growers § 1 adopted reso- Jutions expressing th . desire to help the poverty-strickeh people in the Near East but setting forth their inability to make cash donations and offering their product instead. VANDLELIP MENTIONED AS AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN Tokio, Jan. 14.—News dispatches stat- ing that President-elect Harding contem- plates the appointment of, Frank A. Van- derlip as United States ambassador to Japan have Leen well-received in this country The Yorozu Choho, an independent or- gan, says: “Mr. Vanderlip is pro-Japan- ese, and his appointment as ambassador at the present time, when relations be- tween Japan and the United States threaten to become complicated, would promote friendship between the two na- tions.” ‘l.l\'ll IN P L BY FIRE » © IN CHUECH IN CLEVELAND ~"Cleveland, Jan. 16 —Scores “of rwen and women, their escape cut off Ly flanis and dense smoke, leaped from second story windows when fire threatomel the lives of 00 people : @ nding services in the Cory M. E. church this morning. Due to the coolness of the pastor, Rev. J. B. Redmond, and the prompt action of firemen in stretching nets, the list of injured waa confined to four vict.ms, none seriously. The property loss was small. GERMANS START BUSINESS ~ \ INSTITUTIONS IN SPA Madrid, Jan. 16.—Two important Ger- man business institutions have just been established in Spain. One of them is the German Bank of South America, which has branches in many clties in Brazil, and Argentina and Mexico, and has a capital of 3,000,000 pesetas. The other is the Spanish Electric Construc- tion Company. with a capital of 200,000, 000 pesetats. Iit will undertake all kinds of clectric construction and the electrifi- cation of railroads, TO PEOPOSE BONUS BILL IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY Hartford, Conn., Jan. 16.—The Con- necticut post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the United States, at a meeting here today, decided to have offered in the gen- eral assembly a bill to provide a bonus payment by the state to all furmer ser- vice men who served in the world war. The proposed bill would call for a bonus of $10 a month for the period of service. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT WILKESBAREE, PA. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 16.—A dynamite explosion, believed to be the outcome of the recent mine labor disputes in Pittston, today wrecked the front of & store here. A family was living on the second floor. They were not injured. Seventy-four ar- rests were mad Union officials deplored th» explosion and promised to aid in finding and prose- cuting those responsible. COOLIDGE TO MAKE A BRIEF STAY IN SOUTH Northampton, Mass., Jan. 16.—A brief stay in the south is planned by , e President-elect Coolidge before he ret®" s hom from the southern tariff congres. at Atlanta on Jan. 27, 25 and 29. Mrs Caofidge said tonight that she and her a1l “ad rol decided just where they s4.d his vacation. RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES IN ICE HOCKEY MATCH Philadelphia, Jan. 16.. ~ Livingston Paul, member of a prominent Philadel- phia family, died here today as a result of injuries received yesterday In an ice hbekey match. He was 22 years old. The match was between {wo teams of the Philadelphia Ice Hockey League. Paul slipped and fell, fracturing his skull. e e OBITUARY. Frederick S, Wardwell, Stamford. Conn., Jan. 16.—Fred Wardwell, engineer and -on in’ a nospital nere t ¥y of pnedmonia. He was vorn in Bucksport, years ago He bullt the street system at Duluth, Minn., docks at Co- ney Island and this c'ty, and metal plants and ofher projects m tnis state. He was a member of the Stdmford com- mon council and a number of ehgine ing societies, He leaves a widow and one son, Virgil E., of this city The metal workers at Chatelin near Charlerol, Deigium, who had pied plants thére with the in:.«nti running them on a communs.ic plan. have been induced by the aJdr ‘cuders 1. Jeave the various woths inl oider nae been restored. . 1 FIVE MEMDERS OF A FAMILY | AT PAMPLICO, §. €., SHOT DEAD{ Pamplico. S. C. Jan. 16.—Discove: today of two additional bodies disclosed| that five members of the Bigham family living near here were shot to death yes. terday. Bodies of three members of m-1 family, one of the most prominent in this section of South Carolina, were found yesterday Author here spent the whole in an attempt to solve the mystery of thy murders, but tonight £aid they had found no solution. They said they weer work Ing on the clue afforded by a revolver found in the hand of L. §. Digham, agedl 40. head of the family, and one of the vietims. The body of Mrs. L. 8 Bigham, aged * 60, mother of the head of the family. was found in the yard of the Bigham home, & bullet wound in her head. The body of Mrs. Marjorie Black, aged 35, was found| in her room on the second floor of Bigham home, also with a bullet hole in! her head. The body of Mrs Elack's $| yea radopted son was found near the back| of the house his forehead having beem pierced by a bullet fired at close range, while another adopted son. 5 years of age, found near a fence in the back yardl with a bullet wound in his head. AMA GUARDSMEN: hgm.\é-fllfl. Ala, Fn 162 m#ue offered arfested t it by Judge Horace Wilkinson, speeial soMeitor, who I8 conducting an investigation into the Iynching last Thursday of Willlaml Baird, a miner, at Jasner, Ala i Instructions were issued by Judge Wil- nson that the guardsmen when arrested! ’-n[‘; 1d be brought to the Jefferson county. ” : Company M is now at its home bar-' racks as Tuscaloosa, having been ordered there from Townley, near the scene of the Iynching, immediatcly after Baird wasl taken from the Walker county jail by) masked men and shot to death. Bai was being held in jail in connection with) the killing of Private James Morris Company M on Dee. ARREST OEDERED OF TE) v AL ADMIRAL TO LEAVE MANILA FRIDAY FOR VLADIVOSTOK! Shanghal, Jan. 15 —Rear Admiral Ab} bert C. Gleaves will leave Manila Sunday: on the U. 8. destroyer Elliott for Shang. h: where he will go aboard the New Orleans and probably procred Tues-) day for Viadivostock for the purpose making an Investigation into the killing of Lieutenant W. H. Langdon by & Jap- anese sentry. Admiral Gleaves has ap- pointed a board of inquiry, the membersl of which accompiny him. > i Lieutenant W. H. gineer of United States cruiser Al-{ bany. was killed by a Japaness sentry ad Viadivostok in the early morning of Jas.| £ The United States government ordered a thorough inquiry which Gleaves will institute forthwith, CIGARMAKERS ARE TO FIGHT WAGE REDUCTIONS! Springfe . Mass, Jan. 16 —Formation of a defensiy league to fight any attempt] at wage reduction was tartal at a meet- ing of §7 delesates, representing everyl local cigarmakers’ union in New England,| lin Central Labor Union hall here today. The total number of union employes rep- resented at the meeting was 6,000, It was pointed out by officials that the wages of cigarmakers have: increased only 45 per cent. since {1908 and that the average pay for a worker at this trade in New Eng- land is now $25 a week. ql i A | A. 0. Brown 5 o o v o, wew vouR . _New Governor of New Hampehlrey