Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 22, 1921, Page 1

- OFFIGIALS Temure of Office Will Expite ~Are Confirmed by the ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—Dipping Fusties into the probability that the re- publican majority in the semats’ would refuse to confirm most of the lwemly thiousana nominations made by President ‘Wilson, some administration officials paiated today 3 Wicture of a creaking government machine, floundering _slong for a time after March 4 wich a lot of important cogs missing. F Failure of the republican senators at a secret conference today (o reach any de- ciion as to the momemations ®et {ie can- vae Rapublican leadars. weren't inclined 16 take the picturs serioasly, nowever, a8 they saw no- possibility 3f the gov- eramient machine breaking down kccause their party adlisted to tie. tume-henored theory that to the vietor belongs the wpolis. T The question of the neminations .occu- pied mmch of the time of the Tepublican cosferencs. The official amnomnecment sajd no decision was reached, h.it some of jthése attonding the meeting said pri- ély that thera had been a ‘“taci ent for the republican members of committees to take the nominations sqming\ under their Jurisdiction, study sonditions in the executive departments and then determine whother failure to teep the democratic appointses in office after March 4 would result in any em- § ;flfiv-; plican [eials I the b Leaders Do theif ybarrassment of those departments. A young regiment of ‘officials now in ‘Washington are holding office by virtue ‘of fcess appointments. Should the sen- ate fail to act on their nominations be- foro this congress quits on March 3, it is ‘explained that they will automatically be out of jobs under the law. These officials include all Beven members of the ship- ping board, two members of the interstate commerca iesion, three chief offi- ent office, and five assist- ant secretabies @f the treasury. Then, too, there are a lot of postmas- ters, federal 's, marshais, federal attorneys, Tegistraifs of land officers and |y; the like over the eountry who are in the same position. of these are classed as emergency d the republican leaders have indicated that where there is found to be an . action ‘will be taken. Confirmation of President Wilson's ap- pointments by the senaté would carry some of these officials over into the re- publican administratiop for terms rang- ing from one year m}nu in_excess of the four for which Mri\Hardingthas. been olected. . Senator Lodge. the ®épublican leader, has announced that he .does not propose to have the democrat! inis- tration fil up.a lot of bureau hips in the army and mavy for the mépming administration and in this he ha¥ the support of his republican colleagues. “ONSIDSRING REVISION OF YEDERAL REVENUE LAWS = TYark, Jan. 21—Busigess men | trom various parws af the countrr at- | icnded here teday the third natjonel in- | Justrial tax conference calied-to consider | rexision of the federal réevenue laws. | Abolition of the excess profits tax and | shas in the income tax law, which arc | o#_the tax program of the national in- | Quitrial conference board, wWere among the. subjects discurscd. Charles A. Andrews of Boston made a piea for unity in business and industrial | on the tax cuestion. . He said lnrum- ON CONDITION oF . SHELTON BANK & TRUST CO. Shelton, Conn, Jan. 21.—A pre'imin- ary report of the condition’ of the Saelton Bank and Trust Company was filed by Receiver Marcus H. Holcomb with Judge ohn F. Kelleher of the superisr- court. today. * The réceiver is now at work on the preparation of a creditors' list which will be filed later. Judge Holcomb met a dep-sitors’ com- mittee of six this forenoon, ‘and, Me ajita= {orized the committee to make a state- ment- as follows: of the board's enlarged tax “is not considered the answer The commitiee has perhaph helped, he added, “byt the picblem is now u» to congress and all busizess men must unite to. pres¢n’ " allective - susgestions ' for E which are needed.” omas S. Adams of Yale committee to the tax problem i i | fver- sity. chairman of the advisory commiltes, i United States treasury” desartmient; sald the general consen: Phrinchs apin- lon represented in ik committee’s report did not meet the approval’ of many. in congress, It ia clear” he sail, “that fundamen- tally the income tax will be refained. Bdt this form of taxation..the progres- Ji¥e income tax, must be fo adjusted as to remove iis iniquity and, maladjustment and make it as lfttle an evil as possibl A fiat reduction of surtaxes to A rea. 'E“h level was preferablé for this, he 2dded. { Imposition of a small sales tax was advocatsd By Otto H. Kahn, New York banker, while H. C. McKenzie of Wal- ton. N. Y. director of the American farm bureau federstion, termed these “lages “socially unjust” Mr. McKenzie i the customs and excise taxes recom- mended by the -committee over the gen- #ral ‘sales tax s betfer as a means of raising revenue. The conference will be continied to- emorrow. sTATUS OF. AMERICAN RECOGNITION OF MEXICO Washington, Jan. 21—The next move in the matter of American recognition of Mexico is up to_the new government at Mexico City, stite department officials naid today after reading press despafches quoling President Obregon with rd to Mexican policlés, and especially that fealing with recognition by foreign gov- eroments. Officials, withheld comment on the new president’s statement that he did not inink commissions should be appointéd to wtydy conditions in_ Mexico, _Secretary Colby has suggested to the Mexican gov- fment that, as a preliminary to recog- nition, a jomt commission be named to seftle the controversies between the two fountriesc This communication is now in the hands of the Mexican government. dipiomatic circles here_the opinion still 18 heid thiat the Obregon government wiil not seek recognition from the Wilson a istration, preferring to ‘wait’ until attfr the new republican administration into office on March 4 before tak- ing up the question. # TREE MEALS SERVED THE UNEMPLOYED IN MONTREAL Montreal, Jan. 21.—The city tonight verved notice on its unemployed that free meals would be served them at any hour o the day. or night, but that disorders ouid be sternly suppressed. This notice was issued after several willies had been made on restaurants by ! ex-pervico men. who dispersed in one ase without disorder after food had been gerved them, and malted away upon (he sight of a heavy police guard around another establishment. Decision of the city to sefve freo food foliowed refusal of many unempioyed tol osept_snow-sbovelling jobs placed at their disposal. Their leaders contended they were being offered ‘“starvation ®ages” and attempted to persuade their tollowers to throw down their shovels. They were only partially successful. Radicals drifting here from other oit- Irs were blamed by the civie administra- | lion tor today’s demonstrations. JOVIET RUSSIANS ARE GOING WITH MARTENS New York. Jan. 21.—Unrecognized . by e United States government, ,but . not angung by some Tesidents of this country, wviet Russia’s official representatives in America are golng back .home. fomor- row with their deported leader. Ludwig Z. A K. Marténs.. Only the membpers of Ambassador” Martens' - staff and . their ‘amilles—fopty*two ¥t © all: - ificliding Sergery Weinstein: “chisf of Staff"—are ® Mecompany. Scores of =ymoathizer IFa expressed ragret at not being able © go along. A stealy flow of these folk 148 entered Martens’ office since he was wdered deported. but treir requests.to ac- | By him were refused, his secretary - ek s receiver of the’ bank Judge Hol- comp hopes to save the bu'k of the de- posits in the savings department: but there will be a small-loss. - The Yeceiv- er wished the pommittee to encaurage the dapositors in the bellef that_ cverything would bo dons to safeguard thefr inte- rests. The recéiver made - mo promise with regard to the commercial. dbpari- ment of the'bank, saying: that ithe; ties and Othigx’ w " fands ywere b iy situated -that it v’:.:a« uide e dleid fore the possible amount to- be, realized Would be ascertain¥d' 'for a certatnty. He aleo assured the committee that any legal acticn that may be taken to safe guard the depositors would be takem against.any ang,all . who may be respon- gible for the condition ‘of he bank, but his would be entirely up to the court’™ Chief Bank Kxamiiner'John B, Byrnes of Hartford who was,in. charge of the ank up till-Tucsday ‘when Judge Hol- 0mb 100k it over returns to Hartford today to resume.his duties. $20,000. 76 AID GEAFT TROBE IN NEW YORK ew York, Jan. 21—Financial assist- ance 'to insure the completion of the in- vestigation by formier’ Governor Whitman f alleged graft amons city and county jofficials was assured today when a cer- tified check. for $20,000 was presented to him. This donation was made by Ed- ward Hatch, Je # in, a letter to Mr, Whit- man, stated the money was available for the investization of the nolice depart- ment, in the event the board of estimate failed to authorize an”apsropriation of a similar amount for the furtherance of the work néw in progress. 7 n_discussing the donation from. Mr. I [Hatch, the former governor said that al- though he would. not .accept any part of the money for his own services he ‘would, however, very likely use a portion of it for the remuneration of. his assistants, These assistants, he said, as well as him- self, have been working for nothing, and defraying théir own expenses. % ‘Evidence presented’ the grand jury at Mineola tending to show that the auto- mobile thietes operating in that locality had paid for protection from police and other officials’ will be forwarded to Mr. ‘Whitman for lme\ ip his investigation; LS ng TOURING CAR DASHED INTO A POOLROOM IN. BOSTON Boston, Jan. 21—A touring car dashed into a poolroori on Columbus avenue to- day, tumbled one of the players over the table, backed.out and lunged through' a crowd, tore away a section of an irom feice and. sent' three persons to the hos- pital. Louis W. Jubett, the driver. who is an inspector for the Amalgamated Sheet Metal ‘Workers' union, ‘and two other la- bor leaders were hauled -uninjured from the ruins of the automobile. Jubett was arrested. chardeg with op- erating a cor while intoxicated and with having no lieense. The car is owned by ‘the metal work- ers and registered under the name of John T. Moriarty;-a city councillor and" prominent in union circles. It was dur- ing a tour of the activities of the build- ing trades strike that the car emt its capers. JUMPED FROM 1ITH STORY _ OF A WASHINGTON NOTFEL, ‘New York, Jan. 21,—W. M. Coleman. who jumpel from the eleventh story of a Washington hotel today, was recovering from an attack of grippe. and was sub- ject to spasmodic spells of vertigo, mem- bers of his family stated here. tonight. The trip to. Washington was undertak- en against the advice of his family, whe | asked him to defer it until he had re- gain his full strength. Mr. Coleman was vice president of the Central States Electrical Corporation and a director of the Peerless Motor Car company. BOPEAN CRILDREN ATED BY ROCKEFELLER, JR! New York, Jan. 21.—John D. Rocke- feller, Jr., son of the standard oil mag- nats, has contributed $1,000,000 to the re- lief of starving Furopean children. This annonncement was made {onight by Her. hert Hoover ag the concrusion of & dinner aiven o Mr. Rockefeller's Bible class, 000,000 FOR DOX , Ltederal trade commission which has sup- rmmm than the Gronna bill, Jancy in regard to all state cxpenditures \| COOLIDGE TO ADDRESS day, 475 to 68 Soaehpy s CANADIAN DIFLOMAT SEES ' HOPE IN LEAGUE OF NATIONS New York, Jan. 21—N. W. Rowell former “president, of the privy council of Canada, ‘speaking hére tonight at a din ner of the Canadian Club, characterized the league of Bations as the most hope- ful and. practical expertment yet tried for providing a substitute for ward-:l: sald he had_spent five weeks in va, and he believed the entry of all great powers into ‘the league would guarantee the success of the experiment. “he consideration which was finally accorded the views of Canada and other non-European statés was one of the most hopeful and significant features of the assembly judged a@s a world organiza- tion.” he declared. Mr. Rowell said Canada, agsociated po- litically with Great Brit: and geo- graphically with the United States, should assist in interpreting the ome to the other and in_promoting a-cordial under- standing and ‘whole hearted co-opera- tion. He predicted that notwithstanding the great sacrifices, losses and financial ob- ligations of the war, Great Britain would Weather the storm and emerge strength- ened and purified. “But while we may be able to weather the storm,” he continued, ‘no one nation alone can save civilization. The sitga- ion demands the cooperation of all na- tions able to help.” | OPPOSITION IN SENATE TO BEGULATION OF PACKEES ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—Proposed gov- ernment regulation of the meat packery and ‘allied industries drew fire in the sen ate today from Senators Sherman of - linois and Fernald of Maine, both re- publicans. They opposed the pending Gronna regulatory bill as an unwarrant- ed interference’ with a particular private industry, a. principle, which, they said, ‘might be extended injuriously to other lines of business. Opposition- of both _senators to the measure, which will be voted on mexti Monday, also included attacks upon thed ported the legislation. Senator Sherman, charging tHat the cémmission’s criticisms of the “Big Five” packers had injured their cxport trade, declared that a copy of_orie of the commission’s reports got infb. the hands of the Dritish board of | tradn sfonths before it was made public in This country. H ‘A ‘swbstitute for the Gronna bill was| introduced by Semator Sterlinz, repub- lican, h Dakota, proposing transfer of goverfiment resulation of th industry to the federal trade c jnstead of the new livestock Drnv?‘ln the - Gronna,_ bill. stifut® alco provided for less This sub- foderal su- and had ons, pub- as ome of its principal provi Telty of meat packing- affaira. DISCUSSION OF ECONOMY IN STATE EXPENDITURES Hartford, Coon, Jan. 21.—Feonomy, in state expenditures yas the subject cf dis- | gfiyfl?n at ‘a éAnference between Gov- | Jake and membars of the Cormecs ‘ticat Chamber of Commerds fiere this af- ternosn:’ The program of “retrenchment outfined 'by the governor in ais inauzu- Tal message ‘was éndorsed by a number of speakers. representing leading Lusiness Interests’ in- various narts of the state. Presidefit Stanloy 1%, Dullard of the chanther presided. President Bullard t2ld Governor Lake that the services of the state chamber were at his disposal for any work to safeguard the interests of Lie state. Gov- ernor Lake spoke on the oatlook for the state government for the next two vears. He said he baiieved the Reneral assem. bly wouid practice economy . every way possble and that a system of account- would do much to keep down tne cost of running the state. Former United States Sertor Morgan G. Bulkelsy advocated the < B of the 82, 500.000 in Liberty bonds 11 by the | state as the principal of a fund for dis abled war veterans.. He-favored yearly appropriations to take care of the fund. 43 BUILDING TRAPES INDICTMENTS IN CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. 21—The federal grand jury late this afternoon returned 43 in- @ctments under tha Sherman anti-trust act. charging. violation by the building trades. contractors and union labor boss- es. It in-alleged that they conspired ta keep up the price of building materials in the Chicago district. The grand jury.has been hearlng com- plaints against. those indicted for five weesks. . The indictments were returned nharare Federal- Judge George- A. Carpen- ter. “The indictments covered twenty mills in or near Chicago. the president - and fifteen other representatives of the Chi- cago carpenters’ district council and: six ‘carpenter contractors. Following the returning of the indict- ments, United States District Attorney Clyne who personally conducted the jury investigation, said that action azainst other material® dealers could ‘be expected soon. WINE AND TROUBLE AT GYPSY DOUBLE WEDDING New: York, Jan. - 21.—Police . reserves tonight’ subdued a riot started among some 500 guests invited to a gypsy dou- ble wedding in an East Side hall 1t ended a day of feasting in which wige, police say, flowed freely. i Severiteen ~persons, inchiding the two Drospective bridegrooms, were arvested; six Were cared for by physicians and the hall was nearly wrecked. Th» wedding was called off. Objection to the food and music is said to have precipitated the“fight. _Fatrol- man Michael O'Connor heard the noise 2 block away from the hall. When he entered the hall he was greeted with missiles ranging from tables tu whole roast pigs and immediately put in a call for the police reserves. 1 A ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL | Northampton, Mass., ' Jan. President-slect Coolidge will leave hi Home lere tomorzow noon with Mrs. | Coolidge tor New York, where he is to Geliver an address at a Roosevelt memo- rial meeting on Sunday night; He said he would leave that city on Monday or Tuesday for Atlanta, where he will ad- dress the southern tariff conference next Friday. 21.—Vice | UNEMPLOYMENT CAUSING _APPEALS FOB AID IN BOSTON Boston, Jan. 2L—Tnemployment has caused a 91 per cent. increase in appeals for aid so far this yvear, the eity over- seers of the Door reported to Mayor Peters today. New cases are coming in so rapidly that the mavon will order emergency _meastres to provide reliet. | The lsts show 222 familles in distress. emphasized hia desire. during. this period A i Harding Lays Aside. Matters- of State Expects to Don His Vacation Clothes at St. Augustine, Fla., Today. On Board President.elect Harding's Train, Jan. 21.—President-elect Harding put his cares out of mind togight as he neared Florida and told his companion: on his vacation jaunt that he proposed to forget entirely for the Rext thu v..ax the important decisiqns that” are ahead of him. Except for a short time during the aft- ernoon, when he worked on cobrespond- ence he rested and deported himseit as an ordinary tourist during his day's trip southward across Kentucky and Tennes- see. His private car, attached to a reg- ular passenger train, atiracted unusual attention at only ome or two stations along the way. Arriving at St. Augustine shortly before noon tomorrow, Mr. Harding expects to get into his vacation clothes at once and after a game of goif o go aboard the houseboat selected as his home during the fishing expedition that will' occupy h ITells of Religious | Intolerance In Erin Miss Louie Bennett of Dublin, a Protestant, Before Com- mittée of One Hundred. ‘Washington, Jan. 21.—England is fos- tering _ religious. intolerance and sup- pressing industry in ireland in an effort to prevent self-determination, Miss Louie Bennett, a Frotestant woman from Dublin, today told the commission of the committee of one hundred investigating conditions in Ircland. Attacks by the British military on Catholic churches and on nuns and priests are increasing, Miss Benuett said, with the intention of reviving the spirit of religious intolerance as between Cath- olic and Protestant with the view of pre- venting Iricsh opinion from uniting. Testimony in support of Miss Fen- nett's charges' was also given by Miss Cgroline M. Townshend. Loth are mem- bers of the Irishwomen's International league, and - they presented letters znd documents to support théir charges. Some of the letters, Miss Bennett said, were from business men of Belfast in Ulster, e e e SERVES AS THE BUYING GUIDE advertisements as never before. It is a time when the business legitimate means to induce busine: at equitable prices for dependable business. During this period of readjustment while factories and dealers are working off the stocks of goods, it is a time for watching the #s by catering to the publi their stock and they are doing so at reduced prices which many times means a lozs. Their purpose is to get rid of the inflation and encourage 1t is at this very time that those who'are in need of goods should give heed to the advertisements, note the reductions which have actual- ly been made and buy what is required, and there certainly isn't any better way of getting in touch with the bést trade opporgnities than through the newspaper advertisements. for getting this information before the people and this is the time ‘when its columns should be getting the closest scrutiny. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bul: letin's news columns for two cents a day: i Bulletin Telegraph Local General - Total i Saturday, January 15. . 98 132 424 654 Monday, January 17. « 116 127 268 511 _Tuesday, January 18, . 304 120 236 460 Wednesday, ' January 19........ 82 99 202 483 Thursday, Januagy 20.. . 112 80 350 542 Friday, January 21........ 102 106 122 400 ‘l Totals . ...... 1762 i men are taking advantage of every needs They are anxious to move goods. The Bulletin is the means first {wo weeks in the south’ In_his talks with newspapar correspondents and ofiér members of his Party today he re: nimseit the subjecis “he ha: “under cons! eration in hls Marion conferences: Mr. ‘Hatd{bg's spirits rose appreciably|of the nuns from visiting the building, at the: prospect .of his respite, and al- though more careworn than When e passéd throngh- Kentucky and ‘Tennessee in October on a campaign frip, he greet- ed with a smile the groups that gath- ered, around his car at varisus stops to shake his hand. At Toakdale, Tenn. where there was a delay of fifteen min- utes to change engines, he got out and entertained a grinning audience of rail- way switchmen by walking a' rail with the spryness of a fifteen-year-old. Despite his efforts to get away from his worries, however, speculation -about 3’ cabinet situation increased rather than diminished among these about him on his trip south. ~At the same time, in- dications multipliéd that the whoie prob- lem still is in a state of flux and that final decisions on every one of the ten cabinet places must be reached during Mr. Harding's stay In Florida. It was said_autharitatively that such tenders of cabinet places as. the pres- ident-elect has made are conditional, and that many elements of the situation re- main {o be harmonized before there can be' actual sclections. ~ The. latest sue- gestion. heard among those: close to Mr. Harding is that Charles Evans Hughes, generally regarded as a leading possibil- ity for ‘secretary of state, might be of- fered the attorney-generalship Instead, and that the state portfolio might be given to Elihu Root. whose friends are understood to be bringing. strong . pres- sure to bear In his behalf. & In the same quarters ir.has been pro- posed that Charles G. Dawes, of Chi- cago, urged prominently for.secretary of the treasury, be given the position of governor of the' federal reserve board, leaving the treasury post for A. W..Mel- lon, of Pitisburgh. So far as Mr. Harding himseif is concerned, however; he_ is maintaining. silence and is. putting the whole question over for decision after he Teturns from his fishing trip. LONGER TROUSERS FOR MEN; SHORT SKIRTS FOR WOMEN Chicago, Jan. 21.—Longer trousers for men will offset short skirts for women next spring, according, to the edict of the merchant tailors deslgners’ _association today ; coats Will also be longer and of the “theltic or wedge shape type” and trousers will be ‘“moderately = belled,” says the announcement of L. O. Tyler. Columbus. Ohio, fashion chalrman of the association. . “Center vents, known to the layman as coat talls, will be:eliminated to a great extent” Mr. Tyler sald. “From the sholders to the coat pottom, the lines will be as straight as possible, as will the front of the coat. “Vests will'be long -and ‘trousers long and cuffless, moderateiy belled at the bottom but *with-. straight lines typleal of the coats. “Plain colors will' be the most num- erous as textile miils are not manufact- uring novelties. Browns have lost favor and blues, grays and checks “will be most _ fashionable for spring and sum- mer wear. SEVERE AREAIGNMENT OF MODERN JAZZ MUSIC Philadelphia. Jan. 21.—Modern jazz music and dancing.are making ihe In- dian wild again. The Toll of ‘the snare drum and the wail of the -saxaphone combined with the toddle of the “shim- my.” stir atavistic memories of the tom- tom and- the shriek of the vietim. at the stake. . So asserted Dr. Henry Beets of Grand Rapids, Mich., “secretary of mis- sions of the Christian Reformed church, in an address here today befors the ses- sion of the Friends of the Indian., A resolution. introduced by Dr. Bee which wou'd forbid Indian youths and \girls from daneivg thamodern steps. was adopted and will bo’sent to the Indlan hureau pf the department of the interior at Washington. PR A e and she added that their lives would be in ‘danger’should their names be pub- lished in this Gonnectio: Miss Beanett told of two recent alleged forcible entrances into. Bublin hufiner: ome of Which was of an exclusive C(ath- olic order which excluded even relatives allowing cemmunication iron-barred ddors. _She_described the functioning of the inn_Fein government and declared that the success with which the provisional | Irish republic through its land courte met the crisis from “cattle driving” in which peasants drove herds from pase tures and seized the lands, proved that the Irish people could settle their own internal problems more successfully than outside authority. only through 'mnly award- this money The land problem which was involved in the cattle driving had never been met by the English authorities in spite of years of “burgling over it.” the witness #aid, but without an actual code of laws, and unrecognized by England, the Sinn ?‘e.n government met the crisis through its land courts. Practically all parties accepted the decisions of the courts, she said. Those who did not were tried and | gent to “an unknown destination.” Miss Townshend gave what members of the commission pronounced the mest co.mr\lltp 8o far presented regarding th!‘ withdrawal by England of local grants, | These grants. from taxes naid by the Irish. she £ald, had been “doled out by England” to supnort hospitals. asylums | and similar institutions, but now are be: | ing used by Encland 10 pav members of Dritish armed forces for injury or dam- | age suffered as result of * alicious in- Jury” done by TIrish peo: “Policemen have been sol ed_hundreds of nounds of hel back from our hosnitals “and asy. | lums.” Miss Fennett sald, also in discuss. ing the subject, “becaunse of kieks in the shins received. or allewed to have haen received, while arresting a man.” drunken — 20-YEAR 8 PER CENT. LoAN TO KINGDOM OF GELGIUI New York, Jan. 21.—Formal announce- ment of the $30,000,000 kingdom of Bel- gium - 20-year 8 pen cent. external loan was made today by J. P. Morgan & Co. and the Guaranty Trust company. acting las managers of a banking syndicate which negotiated the loan and which i ofter the bonds through a_country-wide subseription in which the leading finan- cial institutions will participate. - The bonds will be issued at par and will bear date of Feb. 1, 1921. They will not be redeemable as a wh. before Feb. 1, 1931, but a_sjnking fund will he cre- ated suffieient to purchase $1.500,000 of | bonds annually at & price not exceeding | 107 1-2. i DISARMAMENT PROPOSAY. SUBMITTED IN THE SENATE Washington, Jan. 21.—Senator France, republican, Maryland, presented 1o the senate today a proposal that tne United States, Great Britain and Japan ree to a reduction by 1935 of one-fourth of their relative naval strength on next July 1. Senator France embodied his proposal n an amendment to the pending Borih rege olution directing the president to cali a conference of the three principal powsrs | for reduction of their naval building pro- grams. The Maryiand senator's resplu- tion would create a commission of naayl experts of the three powers to arrange gradual reductions between now and 1935. ARRESTS FOE THEFT oF MAIL POUCHES IN CHICAGO Chicago, Jan. 21.—Post- office author- ities weré confident today that the thef: of mail pouches from a mail’ truck at the Union sattion last Tuesday would be cleared up following the arrest of Wil liam Conray and John McFadden, who have been charged with complicity in the robbery. The value of the bonds stolen was set | At $45.000. Postal officials s#id that most of ‘the bonds were registered and «af G0 value sive to the cwners. | number and size of orders. #continent i ! and Pertugal was given. The United States eollected $337,000, 000in 1920 on imports valued at $3,10 000,000, * A'million dellar corporation te develop industries in- Palestine is being organized at Pittsburgh by Zionists. Tobaccs growors nrzed increased tralff Quties on cigars and tobacco befure tne house ways anl means committes. ‘ iz Oscar Pearson, 59, was found dead in bed at a New Britain hotel. Death was due to accidental asphyxiation by gas. The population of Rio Janeiro was 1,- 157,875 in -September, gccording to fis- ures made puplic by the census bureau. Mary Watson Whitney, astronomy pre- fessor emeritus of Vassar colleg died at her home in Waltham, Muss. A traffic_in durgs among the pris ers in the Deer lsland reformaiory, Bos- ton, has been discovered and brokem up. Ninety men were arrested by = doxen state police in a raid on a eock fight at Isiand Park, a Tesort on Owasco lake, N.AX. Geverner Albert 0. Brown of New Hampshire has summoned tne comstitu- tional convenion to convene .on Friday, Jan. 28. Dental bridgework is deemed a part of the anatomy by Commissioner George E. Chandier, under the workmen's com- pensution law. Five months of light saving lnstead ‘the . export coal trade of of seven is proposed in the New York I biyman Looth. n & bill introduced isiature by Assem- Preparations for the installation of ‘a soup kilghen at Toledo, O. where thou sands of Toled's unemployed may be fed were made. Senate foreign relations committes de- cepted the offer of J. P. Morgan to al low his home in London as a permanent American embassy. A co-operative syndicats was formed to hold 2,000,000 cantars of cotion in the hope of raising tho price for the commodi-. ty at Cairo, Egypt. e Berkshire Woolen and Wornted Co,, Pittsfleld, Mass., annonnced that on Monday it weuld siart up all its piaats | in a imited way at first. Overtime work has been started at the Windscr | Print works in North Mass, a8 a result of an increawe in the A master clock which Is ‘sceurate to the hundredth part of a sefold, was In- stalled at the United Staies Naval Ob- servatory at Washicgton. Lyman J. Booth, 52, a burgess of the borough of Litchfield, died #f paeumonia. He was a native of New Britain, and owned much property, in tHaEt sity. Long Island railrond which has lad off about 10 per cent. of Jts*3,000 em- playes, ansounced further redugtion ia 1ts forees would be made. King Alfonse is the mevinr spirit ia a new flm worporaion sared inm Ma- drid. He is one of he principal share- nolders and also a director. Membership on the Chicago Bteck Ex- change was sold for $5.000, the lowest prics in years.- The low' prics last year was $7,808 and the hizh $3,250. Deportation of Gregory Welnstein, chancellor of (he Russian scviet buréau in this country, was ordered by ° Secretary Wilson of the Depatment of Labor. Bainbridge Colby, sccretary of state and his party arrived at Fort of Spain, Trinidad, aboarc the battleship Florida en route home from.their visit to South America. Arthur Kaufman, Tartfo 75 and costs in the Meriden eourt on a charge of driving his motor truk reck lessly on Jan. 8, when it smashed a city hydrant. fined An international transit _eomferemec under the auspices of the Leagus of Nations will ba held in Barcelona March 10. presided over by Cabriel Manotaux, of France. Teports reaching Riga say the Nikolai Lenine ports are conft Ite ot in ssrious danger. Ro- ng. but close obssrvers t where there is smoke An mcconnt of wireless telephone econversation extending from Avalon, Cat- alinas Taland: in (he Pacific” across the and over the Atlant’c to Spain Borls Bakhmeteff, Russian Ambassador to this country nnder the Korersky regi- me, sailed. on. the French liner Frasee for a conference called in Europe by the former Russtan premfer. Premier Briand of France presented his cabinet mominations to the chamber of deputies, Ie deciared France re-! spected thig country's hesitation at en- tering the league of nations. Mes. Harriet Spiller of Meshanie Falis. the first woman jury officér in Maine and it is believed in New England, took her oath of offics in he supreme judiefal court in session in Auburn, Me. Miller, 36. shot and killed Peter -J. Mflier, a fraternal Ibage organizer, in the vestibue of their home in Cleveiand. She told the polics she thought he was a burgiar. exploding tank on an automebile track In Stertimg started a fire. which destroyed two trucks belonging to the| W. R. Trucking Company of Providence and o barn near by belonging Lo Irving Potter. Pope Benedict han m: pablie an erpypel. Wer doviting oo Chrintic® world to solemnize in 15.i the seventh centenary of the death cf St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order of Fran- ciscans, Samuel Kahnm, 01, A wealthy stove manufacturers. of Cincinnati. was found dead In his berth when a traln arrived at Chieago. He had been fiI several months anq was on his way to Califor- nia secking health. The Harford Central TLabor Unlen adopted resolutions calllng upon “ths United States to recognize the Russian soviet government and asking the de- pariment of labor .to refuse to deport Lora Mayor O'Callaghan of Cork. Ths Daily Estern Argus, of Portland. hed in 1543 and the oidest l le in Maine pudiished cont! ously without change of name. will di conmtinue publication em Monday morn- n Counsel For Consolidation Coal Company Contends That Ene actment of the Calder Coal Regulation Bill Would De- stroy Export Trade “Absolute and Complste”—Manager of American Wholesale Coal Association Requests a De« During Present Session. - Washington, Jan. 21—Destru the United States, “absoiute ‘and complete” would result from enactment of the Calder bill, Raiph Crews, counsel for the Consol tion Coal Company, one of- the larger pro- ducers of bituminous, asserted today at hearings of the measure before the sen- ate .manufacturers’ committee. American producers, Mr. Crews sald, coulll not guarantee deliveries in compe- tition' with British mines, if, as the bill DProposes; authority were given the pres- ident and the federal trade commission 10 deciare an emegrency in the industry In times of peace, and divert coal s ments to meet it Te cited a contract for 750,000 tons of coal lo be deliversa abroad which ‘his compasy, he said, had heid up pending declsion on the biil. George H. Cushing, managinz director of the Amerlcan Wholesale Coal Associ- asked {he committee for three in consideration of the bill, In oriler that its proposals might be di- gested by the trade he represented “That would mean no.chance of en. jor of | actm lay of Three Weeks—Senate Committee to Make Report this ssion, that's all” Semas tor Kenyon, republican, lows, remarke ed Chairman Lafollette announced thal it was probably the purpose of the eome mittee 1o allow some additional days for the appearance of interested parties, bul that the commitice would proceed’ 1o & lecision immediately thereafter. Mr. Crews elaborated his statement ag to export trade by declaring that “upom the export trade in coal depends the general gxiension of Ameriean foreign trade; and without its continuance, out merchant marine wiil go flat™ Great Dritain, he said, as the prineipal competitor in international coal sales was “headed toward the release of every possible restriction upon coal export? while the Calder bill, in its present formy would require American seilers to insert ciauses In delivery contraes them to ftop supply incase a domesth emergency arote which caused use of |k jEorcroment powers the measure ould confer, UNIFORM ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR STATE DEPARTMENTS Hartford, Jan. 21—There was prac- ticaliy unanimous sentiment at tie con- ferehce Thursday afterncon in the office of the state comptroller in favor of hav- ing_all money receivea by departments turned over to the state treasurer and of paying all expenses by orders urawn by the comotrolier on the treasurer. The conferente also discussed he matter of estabijshing .a “gystem of uniform accounting for stale departments and in- stitutions. Those who attended Lake, Attorney Gen. Frank E.. Iealey, State Comptroller - Harvey P. Bissell, State Treasurer C. Harold Gipatric. Tax Commissioner Wikiam -Blodgett. Iizh- way Commissioner Willlam H. Blodgett. Higaway Cemmissioner Charles J. Ben- nett, and his secretary, Clintef" G. Nizh- ols, Motor Vehicle Commissioner Roh- bins B. Stoeckel and his deputy John A. MacD:nald, Robert O. Eaton, Senator Edward ¥. Fal!, Senaior. John H. Tpum- bull. John. H. Waghams, chairman of the state board of finance ; Senatar Jobm N.. Brooks of Torrington and Siate 4udftors ALeslie W: Pheips and Wil'tam Dafley, 'The conference did ,not take definite action on any matter. It Was pemted out by the state audiiors that already the different institutions of the state have a uniform system of accounting. PROMIBITION 18 PROVING BENEFICIAL TO GRAPE GROWERS included Gov. Washington, Jan. 21.—Grape growers of New York state who imagined they were just three jymps ahead of the poor house when the country went dry now find themselves in clover mocording 10| boishevism | Prof. -A. T. Atkeson, i Washingion. repre~ eentative of the National Grange. This was broughtout by the professer while trying to explain ‘to the house banking committee today that - pedpile don’t always get the right sixht on leg- islation. “Look at the grape growers” he said. “They thought they were ru'ned. The ibest they had been getting for grapes was $25 and sometimes $35 a ton. Dut when we got prohibition the price in- =antly jumped. an dnow they are selling the crop as fast as it can be gathered for $125 a-ton.” The professor also told what former ‘alifornia wine makers had discovered In conmection with certain fermenting Powers of raisins and how it was done but the Volstead law prohibits discemis nation of this sort ‘of information iy printed form. TRADE SITUATION IMPROVED; IRREGULARITY IN REPORTS New ork, Jan. 21.—Bradstreet’s tomor- row will-say: Improvement is stiil the keyword im the trafs situation. but there iy still . a great deal of frregularity in the reports, uillerent industries and sections of coun- try sending In varying advices. ; For one thing, wholesale distributive trade seems to have held all the ground gained in re- cent weeks, whereas, on the other hand, retail trade is rather quieter, mild weu- ther in parts of the west being charged with affecting sales of winter apparel. Terhaps the most marked 1Hprc - nent is noted In advices as to gains In manu- facture and -industry. but these gain are not uniform. Nor are the reports from the country as a who'e uniform. Best reports as to wholesale. trade come from the big primary markets, next -to these.being the west generally.and a fow Pacifie coast markets, while the south, possibly owing to reaction in eotton prices,"shows lttle ground gmired. Weekiy bank clearings $7,633,085,000. DEADLOCK IN BUILDING ! WAHITE SAYS TIME IS RIPE FOR WORLD DISARMAMENT ‘Washington, Jan. 1—Another of the American commissioners who heiped draft the treaty of Versailies—Henry White, ambassudor to France undes President Rooscveit—told the house na- val ‘committee today that the time wae pe for world disarmament and that the Unitell Stages should initiate the move- ment General Pershing’s views wii next Tuesday. The commit has heard General Tasker mer American representativ | be sought e on thie wu- preme war courcil. and a member of the Deace delegation ; Secretary Daniels, and Acting Secretary ‘Davis. of the state de- partment, whether it will hold further hearings after Tuesday has not been de- termined. Mr. White gave It as his opinion that the great burden of taxation resulting from the world war made the peoples of ail nations anxious o cut. down on ex- penditares for armaments. He expressed it that the world was ‘ecrying for some Fregment” o Jimit_armaments as & (medns of reéiucig faxes. Piscussing the proposed “naval holl- day” the former ambassador sald be did mot think the United States showld stop the naval construction it neW has under way. e sail he would Iike to ses the United Statss at the top when the disarmament discussion beging and sug- gested that the relative sizes of mavies could be fixed by agrrement at the pree posed conference. 1o added that ques- s raised at the eonference might show “the right of some nations—Great Beit- ain, for instance—to a lary jer i han others.™ s P Pecause of he threatensd spread of the witness sald, Pranes might object to dMsarmament on lasfl, In this eonnestion he said thut Of chaos” in which Germany had Been kept over reparations was doing mere to oten the way to bolshevism tham amy other single factor. % As to the time of calling n econfere 'H"Il'. Mr White said that whould he Jefy 0 President-clect Hardis 23 think President i e B Wilson as the fact that he woul might lead the other n the nvitation seriousty. should eall o, i retire Mateh atfons not te take RNON RECTOR CONFESSES THEFT OF 185,000 1 FORMER MOUNT v) Mount Vernon an. 2 church of Mount Vernon. arrested today in commection with the theft here last Friday of thirts-one packages of regise tered mail con T $185.000 in . tonfessed tonight he was imolieated in e rob ostoice in: it s » e inpectors am- Approximately $100.000 was recoversd at the Kyle home, where it was conceated ina n egg crate, and about $75.000 and $1600, respectively, in two zarages of which Rev. Mr. Kyle is part owner, Suspicion was directed against the former rector this morming when Lores Willlamson. Kyle's partner in the garage business. informed the inspectors that Kyle had been displaying large amounts of money in the last week : IDACtors cxpressed the bee Tief that the £27000 in nerotiable securie Uea, which also were stolen. had beem burned to desiroy possible elues. Rev. Mr. Kyla is about 45 years oM and eame here seven years ago from Keyestort. TI. He was rector of the Free Methodist church for three years and for four years has been in the garage business. 0 EXPENSE ITEM NoT CHARGED TO SHIPFING DOARD New Tork, Jan. 21—The Walsh com- TRADES STRIKE IN BosTON | Miltce investigating ehipping board atd Foston, Jan. 21.—The deadlock In the bullding trades strike remained’ un- broken today. With the emplo; T | re- fairs was informed late today that the 260,000 item allezed to have beem charged up as personal expenses of Charles M. Schwab, head of the Bethle- ported 16 be considering & propositice o, | hem Stecl Company, was not charged 18 reduce . their offer ‘of 90 cents an hour | the *hiping board or mavy. to 80 cents for skilled mechanics, lead- ers on- both sides prepared for fight to a fipish. . At a'meeting of the Buflding Trades Employers'. Associntion ¥ was sald that the ‘80 cent scale would bring 'wages to the approximate level of other Industri, Under the previous $1 rate business was stagnant, the builders declared d, and oni; 3‘,uhmmh! cut would bring abogt a re. vival, ery job aflected by the atrike is closed tight, was’the Teport of a fis equadron of business agents of unions, ing the BODY OF MISSING WOMAN WAS FOUND IN BROOK Mansfield, Mass.. Jan. 21.—The body of Miss Mary Brindell, who hux heen sought since Sunday by police and eiti zen$, was found In a brook here today by Waiter MeKinley and others. McKinley sald his wife kad been fold by a mevium Jast night that.the body would be found in the brook. This testimony was given by Martin J. Gillen, former special assistant to Judge Payne, chairman of the shipping board. Ho deMared that the item. mentioned in testimony yesterday by Colonel B He Abadie, formér general comptroller of the' board, was “charged to profit and less by th Bthihmol..08] 17 Ltawsf by the Bethlehem Shipbuiding Corpora- tion." Mr. Gillen sald & renresentative 'of Perley Morse & Co., the accounting firm whish -Colonel Abadie said had discov- ered the voucher, had deciared in his presence that there was nothing wreng with that jtem GOOD PROGRESS BETNG MADE IN GOODYEAR REFINANCING Akron, Ohlo, Jan. The meeting of Goodyear Tire and Rubber company mockholders s°t for today was adjourned - until January 28 Directors. it is seid. hopa to have refinancing plans completed hy that time. Reparts from New Ye {elty. where refinancing negotfations Miss Drindell. who was 85 years old, under way, say good progress W b U believed to Have faller from a bridoe wsfa EXPORT COAL TRADE OF U.S. -