Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIi—NO. 33 POPULATION 29,685 - DISSENSION AMONG LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY | Trying to Force the Resignation of Chairman of the Democratic National Committee—Movement Fostered by Democrats Who Propose to “Boost Some Particular Presidential Candidate”—Champ Clark, Democratic Mr in the House of Representatives, Says the Instigators Should be “Squelched”—Chair- man White Declares He has No Intention of Resigning. | Washington, for purposes of boosting some par- ticular presidential candidate” are try- 5 force the resignation of Chairman te, of the demoeratic national shou'd be “Sauelched,” Champ . .emocratic leader in the house of ves, declared toduy in a form- ment iseued last 2 members of the national committee ask- ing for a meeting of the full committee ai St louis, March 1, to organize “the forces of progress.” The former speaker of the house said Mr. Wiite made an uphiil fght last vear and did it weil” and that he shou'd be ailowed to fill out his term of fou. years. Mr. Clark faortber declared that the sooner “presidenial candidates and their enthusiastic proponants” could bring themseives (0o vailt, the better it wo be for the party and the country. Representative }icod, chairman of the democratic congressional committes, al- % imued A statement opposing an-early Jneeting of the committee. . He said the issues of the 1922 campaign would be house and thac while desire to resiga, vice to the e remaining as chdirman.’, *If the republicans @ropose e _could legisla- tion in the Interest of the country,” said |Mitchell of ‘the army air 'service, Cabled Paragraphs Turks to Go to London Constantinople;. Feb. 6. —Indication that- Mustapha Kemal Pasha and oth- er Turkish Nationalist leaders had re- considered their decision’ not 'to par- ticipate -in. the Near East Conference. in London ‘was given in-a dispatch received here today ‘from Angora. It was said-the Turkish Nationalist dele- gates weuld ‘leave Angora en Monday for London. 3 DANJELS' INVITE! TEST OF BATTLESHIPS AND AIRCEAFT ‘Washington, Feb. 7.—Participation by the -war' departmerit in a series of ex- periments to determine ths value 'of air craft against major naval vessels was invited by Secretary Daniels today in a letter to. Secretary Baker. The first of the tests will be conducted with in the mext 90 days, Mr. said, and ‘conditions approximating as closely as possible those of battle wiil be simulated: The/captured German bat- tleshi> Osfriesland, of 26r500 . tons, -prob- ably will ‘be used. for the first experi- ment. _Adrhiral R.-E. Coontz, chief of naval operations, prior- 10 the making public 7.—Demo by the democrats jn the senate and|of Secretary Daniels’ letter, had-told the g o [ At Ir. White might |house naval committee that within the Tender ser-|Mmext three months the navy department htire democratic party by |woud bemb a large warship from the air N the -open sea in an effort to test the theory advanced by Brigadier General that Mr, Flood, ‘we will support it earnestly. |uirplanes had:made capital naval vessels Oniy when such proposed legislation is not in’ the interest of the country would ‘we oppose it and the differences bétween | republican. fior leader, useless. | Representative Mondell' of Wyoming, who preceded the iwo parties will constitute’ the is-|Admira\ Coontz on the stand, warned the sues in 1922 and 1924." This view was endorsed by Represen- tative Clark, who vaid the only ques- tion pressing for solution now was pay- ing off the deficit in campaign expenses, to which “unpleasant task” Mr. White now was address'ng himself. Six more members of the national com- mittee wisp their names added to the request for a meeting of the full com- mittee. according to a_telezram made public here tonight by Thomas B. Love, national committeeman for Texas. The addition of these names makes & total of 55, or two more than a ma- jority. approving the request, it was ex- plained. s , - T IR | R YIRS\ A R T ML SN S HMARDING IN HOUSWSOAT STRANDED ON SAND BAR Daytona. Fla. Feb. T.—The fortunes of houseboatinz played against Presi- dent-siect Harding again today and he speat the night ashors here, no nearer b4 end of his vacation cruise than he “wag 24 hours ago. + Meantime his houschoat Victoria. many Yours behind schedule, reposed in the middie of Mosquito Lagoon, below New Smyrna, with her nose caught fast on top of a sand ba: which at low tide protruded a foot above the surface of the Indian river. Ail gay she fought to ext~'cate Therself and the effort will be-resu #1 at high tide tomorrow morning with t.c ail of a river tug sent from here tonignt. The prosidint-elect made his way 1o Daytona by launch and motor and per- sonaily arranged for. the rescue Lozl may go back downstream lo ' Victoria, 1omosrow. but proba’ 4 main here until she comes i ‘ day. He mid tonight he weuld not for- sake the ship to compiets his trip by rail or mef®F. aithough today's delay may postpone his arrival at St_Augustine un- ] Wednesday night or. Thursdsy. Ordinarily. passing river cralt misht bave come to.the aid of the hcaseboat, but today luck had ciear~d that section aimost completeiy of traffic. The vesuel spparently was not‘damaged and at no time wore the passengers m danger. Mr. Harding ally ope: Wlsdéc ot 3 Sings tet tiations with the tug Iying idie at the pier here, to ppll the houseboat out. A bargain was sealed before the inevitable street crowd recog- mised the president-sioct and collected about him to shake hands. Mr. Harding came ashore wearing a knicker golf suit and with no baggag~ but his golf clubs. Afier he had arranged for the rescue tug he played golf until dark at the Sea Breezs, course and had dinner as a guest of Sepator Cumming of lowa, at a Sea Dreeze hotel. During the -cvening he called on Mrs. A. A. Kling, Mrs, Hard- ing’s mothér who has a winter cottage CHAIRMAN WHITE HAS NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING _ Marietta. Ohio, Feb. 7—Chairman George White of the democratic na- tional committee has no intention of retiring he sald here tonight leaving for New York and Washington, to take up the reuest of forty-nine members of the commitiee for a meeting March lst. “Oonditions have changed since last pall when I said I might retire” said Mr. White, “I now feel that I do not need to give my entire time to business and will be able to take care of the chairmanship.” * The whole matter will ‘be threshed out at the meeting of therecently ap- pointed democratitc executivé com- mittee at Washington February 17, Mr. ‘White said. . He ansounced that he had received numerous telegrams urg- 1og that he continue as national chair- man. —— HEARINGS END ON APPEALS BY NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS Washington, Feb. 7—Hearings begun last December on application of New England railroads for a greater share ©f the freight divisions between car- riers east and west of the Hudson river, ended today before the inter- #late commerce commission. The rec- ord in the case, containing thousands of pages of testimony and 205 exhib- fis of etatistics, is one of the largest ever before the commission. it is understood efforts are being made to effect a settiement before the commission makes its decision by the 1zunk lines giving the New England roads 315500,000 to meet current cp- erating expenses for a period of 14 months, dating from January 1, sast. More than three fourths of the trurk ine presidents. it is maid, have ready agreed to this pian and the rest are now teing urged to give their con- sent to it. PLAN FOR REORGANIZATION OF GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO. New York, Feb. 7—The various creditors tinterested in the financial rebabilitation of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber company have reached an agreement. according to intimations repeived from financial guarters h: today. The proposed plan of reorganization was said to involve creation of a first mertgage bond and probably an. issue of debenture bonds and first preferred ock. was understood new interests Iwi}‘l be brought into the company. to, loa djlistment and after ite financial rea hat several of the present high offic- als will retire from active manage- ment. The definite financial plan probably will be made public in the next few 7 HAYS TELLS OF AIMS OF THE HABUING ADMINISTEATION Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7.--Aserting that the natioff cold vision with Lope and as- surance that every step of the Harding administration would be taken “to bring the government back to the limitations of the constitution in times of ‘peace,” re- publican National Chairman Wil H. Hays, in addressing the New Jersey Press Association here today declared that - President-elect Harding possessed all the vital qualities for handling the problems in the time just ahead. Chairmian Hays said he believed the Tow administration would make certain the following: An honest and economical business ad- ministratfon; immedidte execution of a plan for the reduction and vqualization of taxes with a repeal of initiative-killing évics ; the. spreading of the war debt aver a greater number of years; development St better relations between “the- third “side of & must not be forgotten ; steps taken “to bring the government back to the limitations of the Constitu- tiod in.times of. peace. with 110 undue fed- | eraiization “of . industries. and activities, | with . federal reguiation but not federal, ownership, “prévéftion df the free spread' of - sociaties “setting the nations feet firmiy on the path of progress;' the measurement of the administration’s Steps forwar(y by the hew ‘néeds of the nation -with 1ls eyes always ahead but with {t3 feet always upon solid ground.”| Chairman Hays reviewed the result of the recent election and said that both the election and the war were over and thefe is no n why we should not get back to norill.” He asserted that there was @ duty Whead for all and that “the rea Justment demands the best.that is in us as a nation mentally and spiritually.” Former Governor E. C. Stokes, repub- Meart state chairman: in - a ° spebch dressed the republican national chairman as “Mr. Postmaster-General” and this was .greeted . with -amplause. -+ + - + .+ MURDERS AND OUTRAGES Dublin, Feb. 7.—Numerous shooting af- fairs ‘and outrages were reported. from various _sections today. Three mniasked men raided the. Baggot street branch .of the National Bank in Dublin- today, elud- ed police and escapeed with £1,600. Two military, ‘lorries were attacked in Lennox street near Portobello Bridgé to- night. Two bombs were thrown, and a boy was Trijured, but there were no cas- ualties amohg the soldiers, 15 Armed men attacked the home, of Gil- bert Fenton at Clonkilty. Fenton and his son resisted, and both were wounded, the father seriously. i A military party yesterday and ordered several men to halt.. They stampeded, Wheerapon ma- chine gun fire was opened Zrom the lor. ry. A boy of fourtsen was shot deac and two others, eleven and nine, piaving in a field, were wounded. : Patriok O'Sullivan and Patrick O'Shea, youths, were shot Sunday night in 2 me- lec between civilians on Patrick's Qua: Cork. O'Sullivan died this mom.ng. O'~ Sheu’s condition is, critical. ered Knockagree MEXICAN CONGRESS HAS OPENED SPECIAL SESSION Mexico. City, Feb. 7.—(By the A. P.) —Immediate solution of the pétrole um question which “has assumed an international character of gravé as- pect” was urged by President Obre- gonwho appeared personally before' a special session of congress this after- noon. The president also, urged thé passage of a'law prohibiting gambling and a law increasing -the fesponsibilities of the jresdent and his cabinet. In con- nection with the latter project, he de- clared: * “Morality must entér “into the administration of public ,affairs, beginningwith the _highest . officials and extending to the humbblest em- ployes.” . s SCHUBERTS AND ACTORS REACH AN AGREEMENT New York; Feb. 7.—Complete set- tlement of the difficulties between the actors’ Bquity Association and Sam S. and Lee Schubrt. thatrical managers has been arranged, it was announced today followihg a conference of the parties concerned. The association charged theatrical managers with dis- crimination ‘against’ members of*its organization. i RECORD VOYAGE FROM NEW YORK TO BUENOS AIRES Buenos Aires, Feb, 7.—The record for a vovage from New York to Buenos. Aires has been broken by the Muson line steamer Hurom, which = arrived today. The passage occupied eigh teen davs and seventee hours. labor = and | capital with justice to both 'and with| ‘ CONTINUE IN YRELAND | | ropean immigrants » commitiee: that uniess expenditures for ijitary ~establishments were cut. down some of the lurger nations of the world would be driyen into bankruptcy. He said the Uniteq! States should take the lead in disarmament, and added: “If an agreement is not reached for the limitation of armaments and war-like expenditures. in the neat future the fault will be that of America, as in frmer days tae fault was that of Grman: Representative - Towner, republican, Towd, gollowe .Mr. . Mondell.. He also urged a disarmament agreement but ad- vised continuation of the present build- ing program until it was reached and no action by ‘the country’ except by in- ternational agreement. “The drastic cut -in military -expendi- tures- in- this ‘country since the ‘end of the war was nct equailed anywhere abroad. he ‘said and was evidence to the world of America’s desire to reduce its military establishment to, the minimum consistent with safety. Discussing the question of disarma- ment, Admiral Coontz deciared that dis- armament talk had appeared afer “we have waited all our lives for a navy of importance and equality” and ‘mow when ealization seems at hand.” He advissd against stopping any part of the 1916 program so far as big ships were com- cerned. St SELECTING JURY FOR SECOND, TRIAL OF SUDGE. McGANNON :Cleveland Feb, 7.—Four men and one Woman, tentatively accepted ‘as jurors by bahi sides’ in _the .second .trial of .Judge. Williare: H. McGannop, charged : with second degree murder £3r the aileged kill- ing of Harold C. Kagy on May 7 last. irlto’nmd Jate. m’i&m e first day of thetrigh == it Three other women, and twenty men, called in the panel of talésmen, were Te- jectéd durin gthe day.. - - ‘The - téntative woman' juror is Mrs. Z. R. Allen. She. declafed that “in a way" she had & fixéd opinion as to the guilt or innocende ‘of the defendanf, but asserted this_opinion would be set aside by the evidence. . e all have our prejudices, “bnt *we ehould, rise_above them." Mrs. . Thomas J. Morriscn was pointed bailiff by the court ap- to taks charge of the womdn jurors during the trial. ‘Attorney Boyd notified Judge Powell, who is presiding at the trial, late today that he would not appeal the cass cn a technicality when the jury is separated for the night in the event women are ‘selected -as durors: + ¢ ¢ - < v Judge McGannon,” Boyd told the court, “has informed me that he. would sign. a waiver, not to carfy the cage up on error because the jury is mixed and the jurors woud haye to be separated at_night for fhis reason, “The present law requires that jurles must be kept together during the entiré trial. . FORDNEY TARIFF BILL IS ~ TEMPORARILY SIDETRACKED Washington, Feb. 7—The Fordney emergericy tariff! bill was put further (to the rear of the congressional leg- islative program today by an arrange- ment. of Tepublican. senate leaders ar- ranged to keep the tariff bill on the waiting list until the annual-postocfiie appropriation bill is passed. The tariff measure was set aside temporarily for consideration of the sundry civil appropriation-budget ‘and it .was planned to let the postoffice meausre follow the sundry civil bill. The republican -managers, however, \ ‘ontinued of the opinion that the tar- ff bill probably would reach a Yote in the senate late this week. SUGGEST CAMP DIX AS A PELOUSING STATION New York, Feb. 7.—Suggestion that Camp Dix or, some-other army camp be taken over by quarantine: author- ities. as a- delousing station for . Eu- ts was contained in a letter. sent to Surgeon General Hugh S. Cumming " of the' United States Public - Health' -Servicé, ' by Health Commissioner- Copeland of New York city. f 2 Dr. Copeland annpunced the plan as a means to’ protect~this city ' fro typhus and. other- diseases. - More than, & thousand immigrants are_being held on.hcard a steamer on . which a-dozen or more typhus cases were found.” PROVIDENCE PROHBITION AGENTS ARE SUSPENDED ‘Providence, R. I, Feb. 7.—William H. Erekine and Joseph O'Kane, of the federal prohibition forces in this dis- trict and George F. Fagan, assistant field deputy’in the internal revenue bureau. here, have been muspended, it beame known today. ‘Acting Prohibition . Agent Morrisey tonight refused to say whether spe- cic charges . had -been filed against the men. - It is known, however, that an. affidavit by a Pawtucket dealer, invelving at least one of the suspend- ed mien, was.led recently. | COMPROMISE GOULD $500,000 BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT New York, Feb.7—Setflement of the $500,000 breach of promise suit instituted against Kingdon Gould, Daniels | TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS Kas., Coal Field. Pitisburgh, Kansas, Feb. 7—District judge A. J. Curran Jate today issued at- tachments for the' immediate arrest of Alexander Howat, president of the Kan- sas coal miners, and for all the mem- bers of the district executive board of the_union. 3 The order for the arrest of the union officials was made on application of Richard J. Hopkins, stte attorney gen- eral. As the six members of the board arg at different places in th edistrict, it ‘will probably be some hours before all are under arrest. Howat was arrested late (his aftef- noon and immediately brought into the district court room. When arraigned before Judge Curran lowat admitted he had called the strike. “Whether it is a violation of the court order is for the court to say.” Howat added. Vice president Dorchy, brought into court with Howat, simply said “I am guilty.” Willard Tifus, a board mem- ber "alsoappeared in, court. When Thomas Harvel, secretary and treasurer of the district miners' union, was brought before Judge Curran, he testified that he did mot vote for the order calling the strike, and that he op- posed it in the discussion at the meet- ing. On motion of the state, the court dismissed the action against Harvey. Howat, Dorchy and Titus were then released on their own: recognizance amd ordered to appear in court tomOrrow afternoon. % The court action is the outgrowtir of a strike in two mines of the Pittsburgh £91d, which- resulted from a controv- sery of the miners' union with the mine owners over the age of a miner. The attorney, general conended that the strike was in violation of the in junction issued list summer by Judge (Curran, and that therefore the miners’ officials were In contempt of court. 1t was asserted that the calling of the strike was 1 thy nature of a test of strength between the Howat forces and the Kansas industrial court. LIVELY SESSION OF THE ‘ RAILROAD LABOE BOARD Chicago, Feb. 7.—Numerous arguments between Witnesses and the chair enliven- ed the scssion today of the United States railroad labor board hearing the railroad employes’ anpeal for continuation of ra- tional agreements. Attempts to bring in | of .allied nations. He added jurisdietional controversies and charges | such requests haa been made or indi- The Outgrowth of a Strike in |Béy Found and Played With Two Mines of the Pittsfield,| Can of Nitroglycerine at| Lawrenceville, Ill. Lawrenceville, Tllinc's, Feb. 7—Em. mett Bunyan, school teachef, and . six of his pupils were killed instant'y and two cthers wounded seriously when a can of nitraglycerine ~exploded today near the cross roads scheol, about three miles west of here. The explosion occurred at the noon Tecess when one of the boys found the can near the school. Not knowing it contained an explosive, he playfully tossed it to a companion and the blast followed. ? One wall of the school was crumbléd and Mr. Dunyan and eight boys were hurled about fifty feet In the air. ¢ Several girls who were on the other side of the school house at the time. were knockeg down and stunned by the blast,”but not seriously hurt. Officials of Lawrence county expresssd the belief the explosive inadvertently was left. where found, by workment in the oil fields meare here, as nitrogiycer- ine is used in:“shooting” wells, The boys killed ranged in ages from 12 to 16 years. FOREIG) co: RELATIONS COMMITTEE DERS FOREIGN LOANS Washington, Feb. 7.—Leclaration 'by Secretary Houston that an uniamed al- lied government had proposed to. the Unit- ed States canceliation of its war obliga- tions to this country; a wrangle over status of war loans to Russia and Rus- sian embassy financing. and a -decision to divide the investigation as to foreign loans with: the foreign relations com- mittee, marked today's session. of the senate judiciary committee. ~ The pro- posal of Senator, Reed, democrat, Mis- souri, to prohibit additional foreign loans was under consideration. Secretary Houston said merely that “one government” had proposed cancella- tions by the United States of loans to it. 'He preferred ‘not to say’ what goveqnment and the question was not furtiler pressed by Senator Reed. Most of the session was taken up with discussion - of Mr. Houston's assertion that he did not propose to make further loans to foreign governments. The sec- retary contended, however, that it would be “unfortunate” if. the United States failed to live up to “solemn commitments” and make additional payments, 'if re- quested, in the case of balances. estimat ed at £75,000.000, standing to the credit that no of conspiracy against. independent. labor | cated, however. organizations were continually ruled out by the chairman, Judge R. M. Barton. After 3 lively session in which three in dependents. finished their evidence the first day of employes’ testimony. adjourn- ed to-take up the remaining independent organizations tomorrow. . . Declaring ‘that “his -erganization h: Been dented a part fi formulating the tional agreements, . R. F. Richardson, president of the American Federation of Railroad Workers, charged violation of the transportation- act and sought relief from “these. ..tyrannical conditions.” Charges of conepiracy and = discrime ination wefe hurled against those instru- mental in fixing rules governing certain employés of the Pennsylvania lines by John G. R. .Austin. president of the Or- der. of . Railroad Telegraphers, Despatch- ers, Agents and Signalmen. An-attempt to read an American Fed- eration of Laber bulletin denouncing Mr. Richardson and his organization was stopped by the chair, who reiterated the board's declaration that it was not inter- ested in a fight between organizations for jurisdiction, “I merely wanted to clear up the ree- ord on the statement of brotherhood offi- cers that they represent all employes,” Mr. Richardson said. “By admittinc you as a.party to this hearing, you both get a Rearing, and then surely we will have heard all em- ployes,” Chairman Barton replied. Mr. Richardson. accepted the chairs dictum but ' insisted that “many rail- roads had deprived the federation of due Tepresentation notwithstanding the law.” Rebuttal by the employes’ representa- tives to theb railway Executives' request for immediate abrogation of the national agreements scheduled for today was put ver until Thursday upon request of the mployes for second postponement, WOULD PIT AIRCRAFT AGAINST FORMER GEERMAN NAVAL SHIPS Washington, Feb. 7.—Secretary Dan- fels, in making public today his letter to Secretary Baker, pointed out ‘that by allied azreement the United States was obligated to destroy the Osfriesland and other former- German naval vessefs giv- en_this country as soon as experiments now urMler way were . concluded. He could think of no more fitting or _useful method of destroying them, he said, than by using them test ships for aviation bombing_ expefiments. He intimated that the 81a battleship Towa, already fit- ted with radio control apparatus, would be used for a similar purpose later. + The Osfriesland was one of the miore modern battleship$ of the former kaiser's navy, mounting 12-inch guns. The ves- sel is fitted with a very thorough system of/ bulkheads and watertight compart- ments and should, m the. opinion of naval officers, provide a very good demonstra- tion of what damage might be expected from aerial bombs exploding on a modern major ship of war. Before he received Mr. Dag. lotter Secretary Baker, replying to cfiuona as to his views on Brigadier General Mitche ell's. recent statements before congres- sional committees, said that any discus- 'sion’ between the army and.navy regard- ing the importance of aireraft would be marked by “harmonious co-operation” as long as he remained secretary of war. e e BLUE BRDS IN NEW ENGLAND NOT HARBINGERS OF SPRING $Boston, Feb. T—Ten Weymouth blue- birds that recently led unofficial weather forecasters to predict the earliest of springs were entirely nnocent of any in- tent to fool the public. Edward H. ¥ r- bush, state ornithologist, suid today that some. biuebirds spent every winter in New England, especially in the ssuthern parts, and that their presence in seem ingly Jarge numbers this year meant only that with the mild weather ‘they had taken it into.their heads to fly about a little.” Wild geese, he said, haq been flying north for some. time and might 20 28 far g5 Maine. 1 NIGHT RIDING, IF NECESSARY, T0 REDUCE COTTON ACREAGE eldest son of George Jav Gould,. by Mrs. Elsa E. L. Blum was effected inere today when the two-principals en- tered into_an .agreement of compro- - | mise, The details were not made pub- He. Pine Bluft # k. Feb. 7—Night riding, if necessary .o enforce the plan for re- ducing cotton acreage: in this: countty Was favorad by speakers at a mass meet- | [ Senator Reed sald Secretary Houston's assurances as to his plans would not bind his successior in. office, which he said his measure sought. M. Houston will appeaf tomorrow before_the foreign relations committee in exed®Tve session, having objected today ito making public Jocuments relating to he. foreign loane. b The Russian loan ecame mp in testi- mony of Nicho'as Leliey, assistant treas- ury secretary, in charge of foreign>loans, who testified that before_ the fall of . tHe Kerensky government, Russia had re- seiced. $187,000, in war credits. +No additional payments he said, were made until early in 1920 when Rasslan ¢mbas- sy officiais were o draw 320 000 with the understanding that it woult be_repaced, Objection of senators at this peint caused. an executive seseion a: which ft was decided to_leave international as- Pects of loan matters to the foreign re- lations committee, the judiciary commit- tee to resume hearings on the Re:d meas- ure Friday. PACKERS HAVE NEW PLAN . FOR. SALE OF STOCKYARD ‘Washington, Feb. T—Swift and Com- pany and Armour and Company led today with the District of Coiumbia supreme court a new plan for tae sale of their stockyard interests in accord- th the terms of the decree agreed upon with the government more than & year ago. The plan is a substiute for tae cne recently disapproved by the court un. der which the interests would have been acquired *by I. H. Prince and Company, Boston bankers. It con. templates appointments of sales agents td sell the stock under supervision cf trustees, who would have control of the stock meantime with authority to vote it and who would feceive $5,- 000 annually each. The sales agents would give prefer- ence to buyers in'this order: livestock producers; stockhoiders in the yards; other thah the defendants: common carriers. sérving in the yards. -Local citizens or municipalities or local eyn~ dicates. v The time for complbting the 'sale pose of the stock within the tige lim- the sales agents report inability ¥o dis ‘would be fixed by the court, but should it set, the court would extend the time- with the provisions of the sub- mitted plan remaining in effect. The trustees proposed 'under - the plan would be appointed by the court, would number three. LABOR TROUBLES CRIPPLE_ ARGENTINE EXPGRT TRADE Buenos Aires, Feb, 7—The exporta- tion of cattle hidcs, sheep skins and wool from Buenos Aires has been at a standstill for more than two weeks owing to the produce market union and the port workers' labor organiza- tion having refused to give “permits” to_load ships. For several months® past the pro- duce market union has been exacting an “export tax” from exporters, pay- able to-the union before its members would consent to handle exports, and the port workers cooperated = with them. A permaneny boycott has been declared againsv firms who refused to Dpay the tax. Recently the union announced it had discovered that some exporters - had been clandestinely shipping hides for the account of Loycotted firms and therefore it had decided to “prohibit” exports entirely. The newspapers ironically refer to these labor unions as “the unofficial government of the port.” TO EXEMPT PRESIDENT'S SALARY. FROM INCOME TAX Washington, Feb. 7—The rst move to exempt the salary of the president from ircome taxes was made in_the house today’ by Representative I'ell, democrat. New York. A bil by the New York member would exempt rot| only the $75,000 ealary of the presi- dent hut also the salary of the v president from provisions of the in- come tax law. Beginning ‘next March 4 the Lresi- dent will have to pay an income tax ing of 1,000 farmers, merchants, bankers | of about $1%.000 a year unless special and business men today. exemption. legislation is enacted. T L Suffrage momorial statdte reached _ Brief Tejegrams Premiar von Kahr, of Bavaria, agreed to térmulate. legis.ution 1o - dissolve civic guards. the Capitol at \vasnington for unveil- ing in the rotunda, teb. 15. Three arrests were made in Paris in cobnection with a plot agamnst the internal :satety of the republc. Prohikition Commissioner John F. Krather denied reports that tne ld would be ltted on light wines and beer. ) A committee of the secortd chamber of the Dutcn parlameunt returned an indicoment agaiust “sile Sunday’ ad- vocates. Steps .are’ being taken in Congr to, provide for greater developmeni v naval avialiea, us expressed by kKear Admiral Sims. American Red Cross announced the [nternational Ked, Cross 1s trying lo aid 15,008,000 Chifiese near deuln us,a result of ramine. Willism G. MeAdoo, conferred with Adolto de la Huerta, secretary of tne Mexican treasury, for more ian twu hours, at Mexico Ciiy. The rank of brigadier-general in the British ar.oy has veen avolished. Oi- ticers holding tnat rank w.ll be known as colonel commandants. Reports that Sir Auckland Geddes, Britisa Ambassador to th country was to resign were denied by his sec- retary in iew York city. Director of Public Safety, W. S. Guthbert, of -Atlantic City, demands that Chief of Police, Robert C. i clean “up” vice in that city. D. H. Warner, leading manufacturer of Bridgeport, declared “any man who doesn’t get going by the first of Ap- vil \had better buy his crepe.” R. B, Case, an American citizen, was kitled by revolutionists headed by iwelve Arieta brothers, at tae Pilones mines, district of Topia, Mexico. Twenty-thres out of the 27 Wor- cester, (Mass.) county towns that had their annual town election yesterday voted against beer. Turbine engines of United States transport Cantigny broke down when 30 miles east of Fire Islund. The ship Is carrying army and navy ofticers to Antwerp. The Italian government, it was an- nounced, . will asi parliament tor an appropriation of 60,000,00 Lire for help ing economic and nancial reconstruc- tion of Austria. A Contral News dispatch to London from Johannesburg states the Premier Jan Smutz was howled down while making, a speech supporting an anti- labor camdidate. 1 The terms set by the union mus clans. wag one of the causes of the r: cent absorption of the national sym- phony -erchestra by the Philharmonie soclety of New York. | Betrayed by the gleam of a flashiight, | three men werc arrested while ransack- | ing a house in Winthrop, Mass., and two others made. their éscape in an aulo bearing a Rhode lsland number plate. fleld, died at the Hartford hospital at nocn yesterday, thrge hours afier being bein ghit by an automobile, Assistant Secretary of War Willi- ams, attacked action of Congress as endangering national safety by elim- inating $75,600 for maintaing the Coun- cil of National Defence. Election of Hamilton Holt, editor of the Independent, as president of the American Scandinavian foundation to succeed the late professor William H. Schofield “of Harvard niversity. Japanese soldiers were accused of widespread destruction of lLfe and propery in Chientoa, during last Oct- tober and November, in a statement issued here by the Korean commis- sion. More than 1,000 residents of New York's Chinatown temporarily dropped their New Year's celebration to march to city hall for a demonstration protesting against proposed loans o the PFeking government. The work of the average Nebraska farmer’s wife is worth $4,0044 a year, according to the survey made by Miss Margaret Fedde, head of the Nebraska | Colleges of Agriculture department of home economics. A dispatch to the London Daily | Mail from Antwerp says the airplanes ' which the Cermans are surrendering to ‘the -inter-allled aeronautical com- mission are reaching Antwerp in a dis- graceful condition. With 40 alleged Soviet agents ex- pelled flom France, and hundreds of | vthers given conditional liberty, the government campaign against the com- munist- party culminated in a score of | additional arrests. French p cal circles are atarmed over reports of extensive German pro- paganda carried on in the United States to obtaipp American sympath: and support in_the matter of repara- tioris and other treaty questions. President - Menocal i holding fre- quent_conferences, with.bankers and representatives of Cuban and Ameri- can sugar interests seeking financial istance to be extended Cuban cane wers and sugar centrals to handle crop. With. mearly. $500,000 in their purse and :$350.000 worth of jewels, 200 Rus< sians, wig arnived in Boston eeven years ago. as poor immigrants, are about fo re- turn to their native land and expect to spend the rest of their lives in luxurious ease. Senator Calder declared before the New York Association of Real Estate Boards, in Washington, that $1,000 - 900,000 for housing would be made available by passage of a bill enabl- ing savings banks to use deposits for long-time loans. Plans wers. completed by the U. S. Navy for comstruction of four larze airplane carriers, which are to be the swificst and most heavily armed of their type. A bill in the senate auth- origes ‘their construction at a. cost of $24,444,000 each. A Contral News dispatch to London trom Tokio reports that Baron Uchida stated in the diet that he d d mot in- one of th ed to 175,000 Men. Washington, Feb. T.—Complete e tion of army recruiting was ordered to- night by Secretary Baker in accordance With the direction of congress ag embwd- fed in a jomnt resolution passed over the veto of President Wilson. The war secretary 1 to stop re- cruiting through orders sent all recrait- ing officers within a few hours afier cor gress had completed olution which directs 1 cruiting until the army s redased 175,000 men. He did not wait for offic notification of {h ginning tomorrow no recruiss ‘epted for the army exespt (hose who have served one or more enlistnient per- iods. Recruiting for the last few weeks has averaged about 1000 men a d. Army officers have estimaied that it Wil require nine months or unt!l next November 1, to reduce the army from the t more than 213000 enlisted men %0 figure, 7 o 1 late today te : th Us weto of the re- n resol*ion, Semator Kirdy. demo- Arkan g alone being recorded as sustaining tie president, TWO BIG APPROPRIATION . BILLS PASSED BY HOUSH Wzshington, Feb. T.—Two big reilef measures were put throuzh the house in hit margin. Called up under suspensicn of rules, a proceeding which required a two-thirds Yote on passage, the $13.900,000 soldier hogoi'al bi'l was passed by a rising vote, and the $100,000,000 road fund appro- pritt'on win with votes to spare. The big upset of the day was the de- feat of the Winslow bil] to permit par- tial pyments raiiroads under the guaranty sect transportation act. cked y by republi- cans, as d beciuse two mem- bers did mot shout wers when their names were called. Democrats -lined up almost as a unit against the measure, and criticised the republicans for, ate tempiig to rush it through with dsbat limited and no “opportunity for ‘ment. it The' defeat of tie Wins'ow blll today, however, was pnly temporary, for after failing to receive the necessary two- thirds vote, the house rules committee rep-ried a ru'e which provides for §s consideration tomorrow immediately aft- er the house convenes. The vote today was 220 .to 111, which lineup. if ma'n- tained tomorrow, easily will give the COMPLETE CESSATION OF - ARMY RECRUITING ORDERED Secretary Baker. Acts in Accordance With Directions of Con- gress in a Joint Resolution Overriding Veto of President Wilson—Recruiting for the Last Few Weeks Has Av- eraged 1,000 Men a Day—Without Discussion the Sen- ate, by a Vote cf 67 to 1, Stopping Enlistments Until the Army Has Been Reduc- ol a hurry today ang a third was beaten by | Concurred With the House measure the simple majority that fhem will be needed. 'assage by the house of the bill ap- propiating funds for the hospitalization of disabled service men was wed b; the adoption of similar legisiation by senate, The latter went the house one better. however making a total appro priation og $18.600,000 available through :mrndmen'.l tacked on the Sundry eivil il The hospital bill {house provides for | regional hospitais for | soldiers, at a cost of 0.060 fore conversion inta hospitdle of bulldings at Forts Walla Walls, Washingun, and McKensie, Wyoming. One of the senate’s hospital amend- iments t5 the sundry civil bill would ap- | propr $12.500,000 for five mew hos- als, the location to be decided by thé surgeon general of the public health mervices ang the president, and the would privide $6.100,000 for the care disabled veterans through improvements or new constructizn of public il service hospitals. The jatter are ) . New York., Perryville, Md, ., Whipple Barracks Ariz. Chigas ke City, Fia, Atlanta, Louisville, Fort Payard, New Mexco, ~ Evansvile, Ind.. Pitishyrgh and Forts McKenzie and Walla Wall, Washington. = The bil passed by the house making a% appropriation for gooq roads would pers mit expenditure of $100.000,000 and was offered s a substitute for the MacArthus . wh'ch sought 1o appropriate that sum each year f:r the next five years. passed by erection of five ck and disabled 0.000 each, and NAVAL MEASURES BEFORE : CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTRES Washington. Feb. 7.—The house naval committee will meet in executive session tomorrow to discuss authorization for tae jimmediate construction of two huge aire plane carriers for the navy. At the same time. the senate naval commilttee will be hearing the views of the haval gemeral board on Senalor orah's resolution o suspend naval costruttion for _six months to zive experis a chance to stady the lessons of the world war. ig3! Koontz and Rear Admiral D. (. constructor of the mavy, : house committee today U authbrize the airplane carriers. The lat- ter estimated that the vessels would cest from $£21,000.000 to 2$8.000.000 each, de- pending on size, and would take thirty months to build. Admiral Koonts said the shins sheuld be capable of 32 to 33 Jmots an hour seed and should house $8 plancs. One should be stationed in each wceuts, he ueclared. UNITED TRACTION €O. TO START CAR LINES TODAY Albany, ) .—Sometime ear- ly tomorrow the United Traction Com- pany streei car lines will resume opera- tions. They have béen idle here and in Rensselaer, Waterviiet, , Cohoes, Green Island and Waterforq m.nce a week ago Satufday, when employes struck in per ceni. wage re . The public service coumission, Second Uistrict, gave the compaay uutil 8 & m. to begin running yrs. All members of the poiice departments of this ciiy and Troy, have been placed on a 24-hour schedule and the men or- dered to slecp and eat at their various station houses. A request iiso was mnade today by Harry I Weatherwax, vice dent of the Unit , Traction Com- . for state trooper.. o assist In ihe protection of company property i Green Isiand and Schaghticoke. Captain Dutton of Troop G promised that troopers on their regular patroi would pay especial adention 1o the companies’ properties. NEW HAVEN NEGRO ON TEIAL FOR PERJURY New Haven, Conn.'Feb. 7.--Nine jurors weer seated at today’s ssesion of the su- perior court in the trial of Lois Morton, a negro. charged with perjur®. Morton s alleged to have commitied perjury in testifying before Coroner Mix at the ine quest into the death of John Brock, col- ored, was killed by Patrolman Ber- nard F. O'Neill. Morton and Shelley Mobley testified at the inquest that Police Ca J. J. White shot Brock. Mobley 0 1§ charged with pefjury and will be tried later. William H. Lewis of Boston is counsel for the two accused men. The panel of twenty-iwo talesmen was exhausted when court adjourned ‘mhd Judge Webb ordered that fifteen 2ddi- tional talesmen be brought in tomorrow. A large crowd tried to get into the court room. but when the seats were filled others were turned away. en this count ayr osnosN, 31 witht PRESIDENT AN A MRS. WILSON N ATTEND THEATRE Avashington, Feb. —Having suftered no Il effects from his attendance at the theatre last week—his first appearance in public since he was taken il more than eighteen months ago—President on again attended the theatre to- ight. He was accompanied by. Mrs, Wilson and her brother, John Randoiph ing he president tonizht chose a musical comedy in contrast with the heavier pro- duction, John Drinkwater's braham Lincoln,” which he saw s his first visit Mr. Wilson and his n \ reached the gheatre about five minut’, *ore the per- formance bezan. and as on his previous visit he aided only by a cane, walked to lower boxes.” ~ The audience. not so mmch takem by surprise as last week, immoliatelp rose cheered loudly, The president re- ponded by bo MME. GALLI-CURCI ENGAGEMN ™ BY METROPOLITAN OPERA CO. New York, Feb. 7—Mme. Galli-Cure!, soprano, kas been rn:zied by the Met- ropolitan Opera companhy for the sea- son of 1921-1922 it was annouacd to- terpret the Anglo-Japanese alliance to mean that England would side with Japan in the event of war between Japan and the United States. night Her contract with the Chisago crand opera company, with which she is now singing here, expires at the end of the present season. RAILROAD EMPLOYES PRAISE PRESIDENT WILSON'S DECISION New York, Feb. 7—The refusal of President Wilson to intervene fu the eom- troversy over raliroad wages was a com. plete vindication of the stand assumed by the railroad employes, B. M. J president. of the railr partmient of the Amer! Labor, declared in-a day. The dec'sion of the president, he said, placed the jurisdigtion of wages and working conditions unl the raliway labor board, while financial matters are retained for adjudication by the imter- state commerce commission. Now that the financial matter are clearly settled.” Mr. Sewell's statement congludes, “we shall have. to take up and ahswer before the board eer- other features of Mr. Atetrbury’s ement. He hes cast aspersions upen railroad employes which we cannot pers mit o pass uncontroverted. We feel that Jt is our duty also to show that Mr. At terbury is in reality the raiiroad repre- sentative of the sinister anti-union moves pects of the ment which is being heavily financed ang supported under the guise of a so-called ‘open shop’ campaign. We shall do this in an orderly way before the filroad la~ bor board.” N CONSIDERS THE $5,000,000 K. OF C. OFFES Feb, 7.—The Americam through its execulive tonight decided that while it could not accept “in its present form™ the offer of $5,000,000 from the Kaights of Columbus for the construction of a war ' memorial in Washington, it wouid accept the tender . certain revisioms ia it were made. o The Knights of Columbus offer was made with provision for a building com= mittee with three members each o be ap~ pointed by that organization and the American Legion and one by the sétre- tary of war ard also for three trustees i administe; the maintenance fund of wpproximately one million dollars, each organization to name one trustee and the secretary of war the third. Members of the committes explained tlat there was no objection to the nature of thése conditions but that “it was thought best #o accept the oger enly ¥ made unconditionally. TO REDUCE OCCUPATION EXPENSE TO GERMANY? Rome, Felp 7.—Count Sforza, the fer- cign minister, in the chamber of deputies. today made the important announcement that at the recent meeting of the suprems counicil in Paris it was decided 10 reduce the expense to Germany of the aliled oc. cupation of the Rhine to 240,000,600 goid marks. On Italy's initiative this sum include the expenses of the various inter-allied commissions. The conference, he added, wished for payments in proportion (o Germamy's Erowing prosperity. The proposed twelve DPer cent. net tax on exports Was spposed by the Itallan delegation on the grousd at it would hammer German exports and retard Germany's economic recoms struction. whick Itaiy desired to Rasten. In economic matters Germany, said Count Sforza, was showine a tendenecy 10 regain her former flouring posidon, biat Per financial position was Worse and there was reason to as # serious crisia,