Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 10, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 35 POPULATION 29,685 ORWICH; CONN.; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1921 8 PAGES—c4 COLUMNS -~ . FAVORS CONTINUANCE OF NAVAL BUILDING PROGRAM ‘Senate Naval Committee to Advocate an American Navy Equal to That of Any Other Power—Would Substitute wo Huge Aircraft For Twelve Destroyers and Six Sub- marines Which Have Been Authorized, But Not Con- tracted For—Concludes That the Capital Ships Should Remain the Strongest Naval Unit — To Recommend . Study and Development of the Submarine, Aircraft and High Explosives. Washington, Feb. 9.—An American navy “at least equal to that of any other power” is advocated in a report of the senate naval committee filed today in the senate. The cqmmittee, replying to the Borah resolution, said “it is not practical and i not a sound policy to suspend naval construction for a period of six months nor at all” It urged completion of the great 1916 naval program, except that two huge naval aircraft carriers be built in place of twelve destroyer nad six sub- marines which have been authorized but 10t vet contracted for. Capital ships remain the principal unlits of sea power, the committee said, adding that submarines and aircraft were | “The rival forces of light craft,” the as yet only auxiliary forces. g report said, “whether on or below the The committee report, to which Senator | surface, or in the air, would neutralize King. democrat, Utah, plans to file a|each other, leaving the power which pos- ‘minority report tomorrow, expressed a |sessed heavy ships, armed with great desire that an agreement for limitation | guns, in undisputed control of the sea. of naval armament might be reached | Other powers have not abandoned the among the nations, but said that until |major ship, said the report, and are pro- some guch arrangements were made the |ceeding with cxtended programs of bat- Tnited States should continue its build- | tleship construction. ing_program. “The members of the committee,” the “In view of the importance of sea |report concluded, “ar: as anxious to ower to the United States.” the commit- | bring about a reduction of armaments tee informed the senate. “and the fact|and relief from the burdens which those that without it we would be at the |armaments impose upon the nations of mercy of other nations, it is the opinion | the earth, as anyone can be, but no dis- of your committee that this country | armament would be of any value unless should maintain a navy at least equal 10 | it was reneral, and in the case of the that of any other power. The lescons of | great maritime powers, universal Une history teach us with indisputable truth [ happily, this is not the case at the pres- that we cannot afford to depend for the |ent time, and we must deal with condi. maintenance of our rizhts and the de- |tions as they are. For ome nation to fense of lives and commerce of our citi- | leave itself exposed to attack while an. zens unon the mercy, generosity or good |other is preparing all the engines of war, will of other nowers with rival or con- | would be not only folly but the greatest flicting interests and ambitlon: danger to the peace of the world that “It is the oninion of this committee.” | could be imagined. the report continued, “that the United “We earnestly hope that an agreement States should have under its control a|may be reached among the nations for a sufficient force to protect and preserve | general reduction qf armaments, but at both its material possessions, the policies | the present moment uniyersal disarma- it has established, the lives and rights of [ ment has not been establishel and the iis citizens and the vrincinles upon | United States cannot leave itself unde- which its government Is founded. Tended if it is threatened from any “For these reasons we are of the opin- | quarter. To do so would ‘be wWrong to fon that there should be no suspension of | the American people and of no service tg the present building program of the | the cause of peace.” navy, which, as at present laid out, is, at the most, only designed to place us on & footing of equality with any other power upon the sea.” The report expressed approval and en- dorsement of the naval general board's summary of the situation leading to the conclusion that the capital ships remain the strongest naval unit. It recommend- ed, however, scientin¢ study and devel- opment of the submarine, aircraft and high explosives. A naval power armed with these de- vies, but lacking in battleships and battle cruisers, opposed to a rival power with all auxiliaries and also heavy ships, would be at the mercy of the enemy, the report said. HEALTH STATISTICS OF HARDING READY FOR ELLIS ISLAND IMMIGRANTS FINAL CONSULTATIONS ‘Washington, Feb. Figures were laid before the house immigration com- mittee today by ithe public health ser- vice to show that out of 10,002 immi- | sonnel and. policies of ng acu! grants who arrived at Ellis Island in ths | istration, P:‘esmem»c:ect\l{?;:;:g e last six months of 1920 and who the ! ed by automobile tonight io St. Augusime health service certified as unable to earn | where he will spend 105t of the L ti a living because of disease or physical | til inauguration day. defects, 9.799 were admitted by immi-| With his return here’ Mr. gration officials. The figures as prosent- | to take up not only the final seiection ed aiso showed that out of 112 persons | of a cabinet but many questions inet certified as having mental defects, 50 | must be settled before he takes the wacl were admitted and that out of 536 por- | of office on March 4. Although pe has sons classed as having loathsome or con- | a more or less definite idea on mast Lt tagious diseases, 167 were allowed to | these subjects, it is known that -ne cre and. clal decisions are yet to be mads. So far Surgeon General Cumming, Who pre-|as the cabinet is concerned he is howine whted the figures said such admissions | his mind open on virtually every wne of 1ad had a “bad effect” on the morale of | the places. - the public health ervice. o The eommitteie, obviously impressed by | MEDALS : : the surgeon general's testimony, at the ron smnucm'xx ciose of its session sent a tolegraphic AMERICAN RED CROSS request to Dr. J. W. Keer, public health | . T official at Ellis Isiand, to appeay vefore | NeW York Feb. 9._Relatives of g twelve men and women whq lost their it lives through influenza, overwork and other causes while in the service of the American Red Cross during the war, re- ceived here today the Red Cross bronze medal in recognition of their sacrifice. The medals commemorated the deaths. of Alexander M. Wilson, Mrs. Emma Read Akin, William Franklin Slocum, Julia Swan Irwin, Margaret Selina Brne Cameron, Mrs. Sallie Palmer Burns, Mrs. Alice Conyngham Turner, Mabel Lamont Hance, and Frank Henry Maile, all ot New York city; Harry James Smith of Berlin, Conn., William James Hammers- ley of Hartford, Conn., and Eloise Jag- ger of Southampton, N. Y. EXPLOSION KILLED FOUR MEN IN ATUGUSTA, GA. St. Augustine, Florida, Feb. %—Aban- doning his houseboat cruise to begn a final period of consultation on tne par- Reports from Rupert Blue, former sur- geon genmeral. now in Enrove, Dr. Cum- ming lsaid. led him to believe “every pre- caution” was necessary to prevent typhus from getting into the United States. The eurgeon general asserted that measures to permit commerce to go on and to safeguard at the same time the nation's health, were causing him “considerable worry.” There was every indication. he added, that typhus would spread in Eu- rope. il SO COUNTERFEIT $10 AND BILLS BEING CIRCULATED Hartford. Conn.. Feb. 9.—Countorfeit £10 and $20 federal reserve bills' ate he- ing circulated in this city. New Dritum and Springfleld, Mass., it was announced tonight by federal agents here. The an- nouncement was made as a warning to merchants andsothers to watch for such bunk notes. The bills found so far w all “raised” from $2 federal reserve notes hearing a portrait of Jefferson, whereas the genuine §10 hill has Jackson's like- ness and the $20 bears that of Cleveland. Augusta, Ga., Feb—Four men were killed, four injured ‘and property dam- aged to the extent of $150,000 by an explosion and resultant fire late today inilhe freizht depot here of the Southern railway. Those killed were n et il egro freight An undetermined explosion, probably due to gasoline, killed the four men, but fire starting in a shipment of 7,500 pounds of flares en route from the Au- gusta arsenal to Charleston, S. C., did most of the property damage, which in- cluded the destruction of twelve loaded freight cars, LAYING CABLES BETWEEN KEY WEST AND HAVANA THREE MINERS' OFFICERS CHARGED WITH CONTEMPT Pitteburgh, ans., Feb. 9.—Threa officers of Local No. 1212, of the United Mine TWorkers' were arraigned in the Craw- ford County District court today ard harged with contempt of court for viciat- ing a clause of an injurction of last September to prevent local officiale from fining members who take thefr cas:s to the state court of industrial relations. Key West, Florida, Feb. 9.—Work of lawing the cables between Key West and Havana that in a fortnight are ex rected to make it possible to talk over the telephone from New York to Havana was begun today. The telephone cables, three in numbe and the longest in the world, are being constructed by the Cuban-Amefican Tel- ephone company, owned jointly by two American concerns, the American’ Tein. phone and Telegraph Company and the International Telephone and Telegraph Company. TEN PULLMAN CONDUCTORS ARRESTED FOR SWINDLING Pittsburgh, Feb. 9. —Two Puliman con- ductors and another employe of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Comnany, charged with swindling the conce g by redemption of uncancelied tickets. were arrested ncre today. Eight Pullman conductors and twr residents of Pittsburgh were arrested yesterday on similar charges. TWO DELIBERATE MURDERS REPORTED IN IRELAND Belfast, Feb. 9—Thomas Halpin, a member of the Drogheda corporation, and John Moran. a printer, were found dead this morning in Drogheda. They had been shot. After midnight a party of armed men called at the homes of the victims and escorted them, half dressed, to the place where they were killed. The bodies ‘were found, one lying across the other, at day- light near the River Boyne. Shots were heard oming from that direction at 2 o'clock this morning. VOLSTEAD ACT VIOLATED AT DINNER GIVEN MAYOR Newark, N. J. Feb. %.—Alieged viola- tion of the Volsteud act at a testimoniat dinner given last night in honor of Mayor Charles P. Gillen led to a raid today on the Krueger Auditcrium, the scene of the banquet. and the stizure of wine, whiskey and champaigne. Death of James Gibbons Humeker. New York. Feb. 8% —James Gibbons Hupeker, musical critic.and essayist, died ai his home here teight arter a shart ilingss from pneumonia. He was sixty- one years It is said that in the days of Pharoah there was a eanal between the Red sea and the Nile. Middietown.—Bven Dollar day will be beid In Middletown Feb. 24th. Cabled Paragra; French Chamber Votes Confidence. Paris, Feb, 9—7he chamber of depu: ties tonight ratified the Paris agreement by a vote of 395 to 83. Many deputies abstained from voting. The chamber voted confidence in_ the government 357 to 125, T —— NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING & _COSTS STILL INCREASING Harrisburg, / Pa., Feb. 9.—News- paper publishing coMs are at the very highest point, and are still increasing, said T. R. Williams of Pittsburgh, president of the American Newspaper Publishers’ association, addressing a meeting of the Pennsylvania associat- ed dailies here tonight. TUnder such conditions there is no possibility of decreasing advertising rates, Mr. Williams said, adding that ndveruaing\ rates were too low before the war, and in the past few years. have not increased in proportion to in- creased publishing costs. The speaker save figures tending “to show that publishers’ costs have increased near- Iy 200 ner)xcenl. in_recent years and that adverfising rates advanced less than half that amount. A —————————meme LABOR'S FEAR OF CALDER COAL REGULATION BILL ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—Organized labor is “apprehensive” lest the price fixing powers proposed in the Calder coal reg- ulation bill be direoted agalnst organiza- \tions of workers, Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor declared today in testifying before the senate committee considering the meas- ure. “I am influenced largely in my juls- ment upon this matter by the interpreta- tion which the courts have placed upon similar regulative statutes in the past” Mr. Gompers said. ‘ Laws designed to pre- vent combinations in industry have;been applied to limit the activities of workers seeking to promote their individual rights by collective action. “Labor,” or at least that section of la- bor which has intelligence enough to unite in its own interest, is apprehensive about this species of legisiation. Experi- ence has made us so. \ The American judiciary. Mr. Gompen said in answering a question by Senater ‘Walsh, @emocrat, Massachusetts, have not shown as much ,“understanding of the rights of workers” as legislative and executive branches of the government. He recounted the history of many court pro- ceedings against labor, and had not con- ciuded when the committee adjourned. He will continue tomorrow. $412,350,000 SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED BY SENATE ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—The sundry civil appropriations bill was passed by the eenate tonight, carrying a total of $412.- 350,000 of which about $250,000,000 is for veterans of the world -war. Among the principal items was $18.- 600,000 for new hospitals and enlargement, of present hospital fucilities for service men as requested -under the programme of the American ~Legion. Funds for compensation and vocational training of the service men als> were carried in the bill. . 1 The appropriation of $10,000,000 for change. During final consideration of the bill to- day, the senate voted to increase the ap- propriation for Mississippi river flood con- trol from §5,670,000 to $8,000,600. As passed by the senate. the sundry civil bill carried almost $30,000,000 less than the appropriation for the present year. It will be sent to conference to adjust differences between the senate and house drafts. | FORGOT TO HANG NEGRO Nei ‘Orleans, Feb. 9.—Attorney Gene- ral C:ico announced late today that Lon- nie Easton, a negro who has been living since Feb. 4 because the sheriff forgot to hang him on that date as had heen directed in his sentence for murder, must be hanged unless the hoard of pardons recommends commutati>n of sentence. In his opinion the attorney general said that as the trial court had sentenc- eq Eaton to hans, the death sentence was in effect until carried out. The govern- or's only part in the case, he said, was to set the date, and although the sheriff had overlooked the execution on the date set, there was no reason why it should not_take place at another time. Eaton was convicted of the murder of. Charles McQuiller, 3 White planter, in De- cember, 1917, RAILROAD BOARD RULING /FOR BOSTON & MAINE Chicago, Feb. 9.—The United States railroad labor board today handed down a decision in. which it ruled that it was the duty of the Boston and Maine rail- road to confer with the committees of the American Federation of Railroad Work- ers in the matter of grievances of mem- bers of that organization. . Railroad officials said that this was one of the most important and far-reaching decisions yet handed down by the board and declared that it would affect the status of thousands of railroad employes through the country. Representatives of the employes said that the decision upheld the right of in- dependent organizations of railway work- ers to present their grievances to officials of the road. OBITUARY. Rev. Dr. Arthur Goodenough. Winchester, Conn., Feb. 9.—Rev. Dr. Arthar Goodenough, pastor eheritus of the Winchester Congregational church and for fifty years its pastor, died to- day. When Dr. Goodenough received an honorary degree at Yale university last June he was referred to as “The Bishop of Winchester.” Dr. Goodenough was in his $3d year. He was born in New York state and re- ceived a degree in theology at Yale. After graduation he had two charges of short terms and then he was called to Win- chester, to be over a parish which was organized in 1771 At the time of his retirement Dr. Good- enough was said to have been the third of service in the country, Dr. Goodenough completed the Afifty- year period as pastor of the Winchester Congregational church 1last November. Services in honor of the event were held in Scptember, and it was in the nature of a town celebration, without regard to religious beliefs. Clergymer. from all parts of the state and from points out- side of the state were among the speak- ers, and devoted most of their addresses to_eulogies of Dr. Goodenough. He is survived by his widow, two sons and four daughters. Mrs. Goodenough Gooderlough fifty-six development of the Muscle Shoals. Al..| waterpower project, was retained without; of the Br: MURDERER ON DATE FIXED | oldest Congregational minister in peint ; these corporations were <5eiley Candidate for [Albany is Without CompensationGom'e | Siveet Car Servce; An Agreement Reached to |Wires Were Torn Down by Defer Fight For NM Judgeships. (By a Staff Correspondent.) Hartford, Feb. 9.—It will be several weeks, and presumably months, before the Norwich judgeships are determined by the general assembly. This plan has been agreed to by Senator Brown and the other members. of the judiciary com- mittee. Al the more important matters of state will first be disposed of ‘before the contested judgeships are —reached. Ample advance notice of the hearipz on the Norwich contest will be given and all interested Wwjill have opportunity to be heard. The whole matter will’ then be threshed out in executive session, .before report is made to the legislature for final action. Whether there will be a fight in the house of origin when the resolutions are reported all depends upon whether or not the remort is favorable to Judge Barnes. While neither the senate or house leaders, or any other ‘member of (Continued on Page Two, Col. Six) ELECTION OF HARDING AND COOLIDGE CONFIEMED Wishington, Feb. 9.—The election. of Warren G. Harding as president and of Calvin Coolidge as vice president of the TUnited States was formally declared to- day at a joint session of the senate and ksmse in the chaniber of the latter. With _dul zolemnity and without & rip- ple of demonstration such as marked the “elections” of , President Wiison, the two bodies canvassed the votes cast.by the electors chosen at tHe electlons last No- vember 2. The formal vote 2s declared tallied with the informal resuits. known to the’ public on the day aftéf elect'on with 404 votes for Mr. Marding. ard Mr. Coolidge and 127 for; James M. C\: and Franklin D. Rosseveit, the democratic standard ‘bearers. Vice President Marshall presided over today's canvass ahd gave an effectual warning against and_demonstration for n occasion which, Mr. Marshall satd. “was solemn and important” and should be carried through in - silence.. Unlike many previous occasions a titter over slip-ups of the tellers in pronouncing the names of states and announcement of the results. 3 By a coincidence, Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, republican floor leader. wWho acted as o teller, announced the first votes. from Alabama. for Messds. Cox and Rooseveit, while Senator Underwood, of Alabama, democratic teller, ‘announc- ed the first returns for Messrs. Harding and_Ceolidge—trom Arizona, in the al- phabetical canvass of the electors’ vote. W. 3. BRYAY AND BROTHERE - TO REORGANIZE DEW. PARTY of theglemocratic party is planned by WilliadJ, Bryan and his brother, Chasles Bryan, Former Judge R. C, Roper, cf Nebraska, announced- nere tonight. Tudee Roper is bere to represent: the B-yans in conferences with progressive democrafs. Judge Roper said it was the purpose yans to rouse the “midlle class democrats” and give them the control uf the part; thus eliminating the two ele- ments now in control; the Cox-White fac- tion, and the McAdoo-\"eSTey wing.” Organization of clubs and forums for the discussion of. viial questions is one of the methods with which the Bryans propose to work. ‘The Bryan plan” said Judge Rnper. “is to organize the privates ir the lines 50 as to develop an effective fAghting army. “The other plan,” he said, spouk- ing of proposals of the other par:y ele- ments, “is to organize the general can- tains and licutenanis anly, in tha hop that the privates will fall in li3e at the command of the officers. This was the plan foilowed in the last campaign. The result was an army made up largely of officers. The privates had deserted, us in war, political battles are not won ny commanders alone.” Judge Roper said that on Marcih 18. William J. Bryan's birthday, the pro- gressive programme for the real 1eorzani- ration of the party would be launched THREE MEN KILLED BY COLLAPSE OF MAIL PLANE| La Crosse} Wis Feb. 9.—Pilots W. L, Carroll a2md Roe. and M i’ were instantly killed in tas of their aerial mail plane here late tcday. The three airmen, in a type of plans new to the Chicago-Twin' - Ciffes Alr route, were about to land at Salzer Field here when an expiosion senttheir piane plunging earthward from. a height of 600 feet. Men from the United Stats ald’mail service station rushed to tie fallen plape not more than a half‘mils awzy, et L fore they reached it the™ bol'es of ¢ victims had been badly h1zaed by the fire that followed the explosion.- Carroll's home war fn Miarneayolls and Pilot Roe and Mechanic Hill, whose full names were not known here, were said to be from Chicago. NEWSPAPER OFFICE - WRECKED BY U, 8. MARINES Managua, Nicarazua,” Feb.. 9.—Ameri- can marines to the number of about thirty raided the offices of the newspaper Tribuna today, destroying ‘the and wrecking things generally. In explanation of the raid, it is de- clared that the Tribuna published 'de- famatory statements about some of the marines. ‘Washington, Feb. 3.—The navy depart- ment had not been adyised tonight of the raid conducted ty thirty Americah marines”on the offices of the newspaper Tribuna at Managua, Nicaragua. . BLANKET INDICTMENT ISSUED IN N. Y. BUILDING TRUST PEOBE New York, Feb. —A _blarXer in- dictment naming 29 corporations, all members of the Association of Dealers in Masons Building Materials, ard charg- ing violation of the state anti-trust law, was returned late today by.the suprems court grand jury inviytigating the alleged building trust. Fifty-six individuals connected with h indicted " - on similar charges last week. The names of the corporations, withheld today. will be| Greek American communities in made 'known when' counsél for them ap- pear tomorrow for pleadings. 142,508 PASSENGER AUTOS. WERE EXPORTED IN 1920 ‘WasHington, Feb. 9" —Autnmobiles ex- ported from the United States in 1820 | Strike Sympathizers—Seri- ous Rioting. | @Albany, N. Y, Feb. 9.—Rloting more serious than any previously reported, oe- curred here late today ju connection With the street railway strike of the United Traction Company’s 1,200 employes in Al- :‘ahy. Troy and surrounding municipaif- es. Orders by Chief of Police Goero'd of Troy to his men to “shoot to kill.” and the stoning of a car were reported in Troy, where there Was some improvement over yesterday in the rioting conditions. No altempt was made to operate cars in thig city to®ay because wires for many blocks morth and south of the company’s barns had been torn down by strike sympathizers yesterday and last night. This afternoon one of the repair wagons filled with strike-breakers start- ed on its return to the barns. A stone thrown frem a housetop struck a strike- breaker fin the face. He fell from the wagon unconscious. Then followed a shower of bricks and stones, most of those on the wagon being hit and slightiy injured. After this attack the stale po- lice drew their firearms and sent a vol- ley of shots in the direction of the roofs, but it was definitely ascertained later that mo one was struck by fiying bullets. The - shooting, however, had the desired #ftect and order was established tempor- arily. . Another repair wagon with non-union ‘men returning to the.barns caused more trouble. Again bricks and stones came from the housetons. The state troopers rushed into an open field across the way and opened fire. Others went into the houges and upon the roofs, but only three men were arrested, none of whom. how- ever, was found on the roofs. The di orders ended when the non-union workers were escorted to the barn SAYS CHAIRMAN WHITE SAID HME WOULD RETIRE ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—Georz: White, chairmah of the democratic national com- mittee madq the “positive assertion ten days ago that hs would not continue as chairman through the next four years” Robert W. Woolley, former interstate commerce commissioner. declared in & statement here tonight in which he said a “wrong interprelation had been placed on the recent petitioa from members of the committee tu Mr. White and the new- ly appointed executive commilttee. Stating that he had drafted the peti- tion himself after “personally interviewing many of the signers,” ard obtaining the authority of Thomas B. Love, national commifteeman from Texas, to forward it in his pame, Mr. Wooller declared- that in urging a call for an early meeting of the national committee. “no offense had ‘been intended to Mr, White.” Avserting that “tha. eommitter chair- man_seemed to " i - tas to the date upon which he would re and when fé Wo.. . . ,. _.ceting of the committee for (he purpose of pre- senting his resignation, Mr. Woolley add- ed: “At first he Indicated that he might call the meeting in December; then he was quoted later as jostponing it until January, and-when 1 talked with him ten days ago he said that he might not retire for six months, but that he pos tively_would not contitue as chairma throughout the. next four years. Of thi there can be no question.” ‘While the whole proceeding, Mr. Wool- ley said, was based on the assumption that Mr. White's announced intention of Tesignipg Was “Irrevocable” at the same time he added there could be no doubt that the purpose of the petitioners was to_secure a “new deal” “T am not a member of the committee” Mr. Woolley said in conclusion, “but it is my, beiief that the date of Mr. White's retirement would be left to his pleasure. At the proposed meeting on March 1. it wou'd be simple enougn to select a campaign_ steering committee which could actively take charge of the work or or- ganizinz. There is no reason for any misunderstanding and certainly none, but the most friendly feelings are cherishea for -Mr. White personally by me, or by the many petitioners whom I have inter- viewed.” COLBY SENDS LETTER TO SENATE COMMITTEE Washington, Feb. 9.—Secretary ~ Colby said late today that he was sending. a letter to the senate foreign relations com- mittee jn_connection with the request of the committee for a copy of “the agree- ment” ‘reached by 'Ambassadors Morris and Shidehara in their recently con- cluded pegotiations. The secretary refus- ed to indicate the contents of his com- munication. Mr. Colby's: message had not reachea the-zenate when Senator Lodge, of Massa- chusetts, chairman of the foreign rela- tlons committee, left the capitol. ., State department officials refused to say whether the secretary had declded to comply with the committee's request. There was a suggestion that his letter contained an outjine of Ambassador Mor- ris!, report on the negotiations but this could not be officially confirmed. The foreign relations committee at the fnstance of Senator Johnson of California, yesterday sent a request to Secretary Toby for a copy of the reported agree- presses . ment reached by Mr. Morris and Baron Shidehara “if not Incompatible with the Dublic interest.” NEW TREASURY CERTIFICATES TO BEAR 5 1-2 P. C. INTEREST ‘Washington, Feb. 9—A new issus of treasury certificates bearing interest at 5 1-2 per cent. was offered for subscrip- tion tonight by Secretary Houston. The jssue will be for about $100,000,000, dated Feb. 15 and maturing July 15. While treasury certificates with a ma~ turity of more than three months have no theen offered at a rate as low as 5 1-2 'per cent.. officials’were inclined to believe the money market was to some extent easier and present conditions might be tested somewhat by the issue. NEW ENGLAND UNION OF GREEK AMERICAN CITIZENS Feb. 9. —Representatives Boston, of man: New England cities organized here today the. New England Union of Greek .imeri- can Citizens “for the propogation of lib- cral and democratic adeals among the people -of . Greece with a view to in- culcating American ideals and principles of polity.” numbered 142,508 passenger. cars and 29.- | TACOMA BANKER CHARGED 126 commercial cars. aceordingto a- re- port today by the degartment'of com- merce. The total was more than" twice Shipments in America, Canada and Mexico.. ‘WITH' EMBEZZLEMENT Tacoma, Washn., Feb. 8.—Ole Larson,|tablisheq a record in the public schools |continue- chaplah o Mm‘::mgh Brett of New Haven | that in 1919 and fore times that in 1918. | former president of the Scandinavian-|of Pittsburg, and marri T. ; large quantities were | American ‘bank, which falled anuary 15, class valedictorian. zun ago. he'!uzn;;-al will be held Fri- | made to Europe, Asia, Central and South | was' arrested today on a :;’mu charg- | languages and teaches physical ay afternoon at 2.30. ing embeziement = of $39,000. » 3 — Brief Telegrams Seventy theusang Greek troops Ing orzanized for 4 great ollensive Asia Minor. be- ia The white pepulation of Alabama In 1926, was 1,447,032 and the nmegrs pop- ulatioh 200,652 é The semate knocked & $7,000 item for the council of national defense out of the sundry civil ‘bil:. The national sssembiy of Greece voted by acclamation in favor of declaring it- self a constituent assembly. Fire. early yesterday caused estimated at $40,000 tp the ~New Clothing establishment in Fall River. amage 1des. A weman stewsway was brought te Boston by the steamer Susquehanna when she moved up from quarantine to dock. Winslew blll authorizing partial pay- ment to raiiroads under guaranty sectin of the Transportation Act Was passed by the House. A blll was passed by the house thorizing ~ construction of & railroad bridge over the Hudson river at Castie- ton, N. Y. ! W. M. Hanna, 81, brother of the lat Mark Hanna of Cleveland, O., died at his home in Thomsonville, Ga., after & ering iliness. Timber valueq at nmearly $100,000,000 was uprooted in tae storm’ which swept the Olympic peninsula of Washinghon January 20 and 20. Robert P. Brindell, guilt of extortio was sentenced to Sing Sing Prison at hard labor for not less chan five and mot more than ten years. The controversy detween Lithuania and Poland over a plebiscite in Viina will be carried to the forthcoming London conference of premiers. Mrs. farah Glass, 50 years old, frem the mountains of Pickens county, Ga. began serving a thirty diy sentence for operation of an illicit sti News that the Swiss announced. a government bond : 188,000,000 francs was received in New York by the Swiss consulate. The Londom Gazette publishes a proc- lamation raising the ex,ort embargo on silver bullion, but reimposing the em- bargo cn forelgn silver cpins., Rex, ruler of the New Orleans Mardl Gras, arrived with his queen at the royal reception rooms In a seaplane instesd of making the usual trip up the river. Twenty-six dgath in a tetal of 12 cases of enciphalitis lethargica, common- iy know as sleeplng sickness, were re- ported in New York since January 1. Representations were made to the state department by the Hungarian govern- ment concerning t tion, ot undesicable ed States” | Senate agrieslt i manner of deporta- liens from the, Unite mously approved resolutions authorizing treasuty to purchase $100,000,000 of Farm Loan bongs to make available loans to farmers. Formation of a Connectieut Valley On- ion Growers’. Exchange wita a centralfs- ed selling agency as ons of its features, was annourced by Wii Goodwyn of Northampton. Nearly 3,000 of the 1 members of the Diamond Workers unio. in Amster- day are idle and the bottom scems to hav edropped out of the worid's diu- mond market, State warrants charging forty. demccratic and republican judges and clerks in the last city election with making Gulse precinct returns were issued | in Karsas Clty~ A tract of semi-anthracite ceal lands on the Tlkwa river, near New Hazleton, B. C.. was recently purchased by a pro- vinclal corporation and development will begin immediately. Wholesale egg prices dropped five cents a dozen in Kaneas City, Mo., carrying the price for the first grade down to 31 cents. This was a decline of 24 cents a dozen in twe weeks. Seven years' experiments with Spah- linger cure fo rtuberculosis have estab- lished that the disease is curable, Pro- linger _cure for, tuberculosis have esta- of Science, announced. Switt punishment will be meted out to Germany, if any allied nation does not ap- prove Germany's response to reparations | and disarmament demands Premier Bri- | and of France declared. Amerlean tank steamer Hewltt, owned by Union Sulphur Co_of New York, is ten days .overdue from Sabine, Tex.. to Bos- ton, . Wireless mesrages sent broadcast have failed to locate the vessel Drugs valued at more - than $200,000 were seized in New York and a score or more of men arrested as a result of a se- ries of raids by federal agents and mem- bers of the police narcotic squad. Radie warnings of the dangers of ty- phus, ‘together with orders to “clean ship” and make careful examination of steerage passengers ‘were flashod to pas- senger liners heading for New York. Town will jein states alding Wisconsin In its apbedl to the Supreme Court from the recent decisi>n of the interstate com- merce commission that states have no ecntrol over railroad rates within state. the “ eonselidation raliroads under provisions cf the trans. portation ‘act has been submitted to the | interstate commerce commission bl Pro- fessor W, Z. Ripley of Harvard universi- ty. "The TPeople's Trust company at Wy- omissing, Pa. which was robbed last Friday by automobile bandits. anno ed that the robbers obtained in money, Iiberty bonds and other securities a to- tal of-$180,800. b } At the epening session of the British Columbia legisiaturt in Victoria, B. C. A M. Manson, was elected speaker of the assembly, after Mrs.- Ralph &mith of Vancouver had notified Premler Oliver would not accept. City Collector Wi W Wesby, of Chicago; announced that application had been received from 5435 per sons for 1821 near-beer saloon licsnses. whereas there were %13 less saloon when the prohibition law teok effect. Yvonne Weber, aged 12 years, has es- She was graduatel ae She sneaks four culture and daneing: in-the high achool class. £ 850 | many industries which in Deeembor were REDUETION 1S INPERATIE TURES OF (0 clares the Time Has Come to Call a Halt in Making Ap- propriatiol Di e Disclosed That the Direct Ap- propriations This Yeat Already Have Passed the Five Bil- lion Dollar Mark, Calling For a Tax of $50 on Every Man, Woman and Child in America. Washington, . Feb. © 9,—Warning the house that the mounting wave bf high taxation would not roll back without a sharp and ‘sweeping reducticn in’ govern- ment expenditures, Chairman Goed of the appropriations commitie¢ declared today the time had come 1o call a halt. There was a shout of approval, when he insisted that ‘the 'appropriation bills must be passed before the change of ad- ministrations March 4 so that the fram- ers of u new tariff law may .know the amount’ of cloth. out’ of ‘which they must patch the nation’s coat, Laying down the definite policy that expenses must be cut before there is talk of lower taxes, Mr. Good .insistcu that appropristions for the year bLeginniag next July should be kept withia tarce and 2 half billion dollars, virtuaily tne sum recommended ih .the = big supply measures for that period. Mr. Good's plea for. goveram:1: econ- omy was made in presenting ti» lirst ue?:!ency bill for the present ysa-, carry- ing a total of $203,000,000, Democratic members of the commit‘ee declared there would be other deiiciency sums, and Representative Byrnes, demo- crat, South Carolina, declared dire-t up- propriations this year aiready La'l Lassed the five billion dollar marik. This stu- pendous sum could best be uiderstoci, Mr. Byrnes added, by the fact that in order to meet it the governm-i' must levy an average tax of $50 n every man, woman and child in America. In suggesting methods of " “iiug Teve- nue without making the bufdga on the individual more severe than i ias been since the eariy days of the war, Mr. viool said he doubted if a tariff ldw could raise more than $400,000,000 withou. disturb. ing international trade relatioas. Urging repeal of the excess profils tax, Mr. Good sald: “We shull not meed the revenues that have been brougit In by the excess prefits tax if we will cut down appropriations. There 1s where we can pause o effect & saving. It would oe a system of ecom= omy and the financing of temporary loans, such as our certificates of indebt= édness, the war saving mamps and the Victory loan. It ought to be dome by borrowing money rather than by taximg the American pcople as we have dome in the past two yesrs.” At this point Mr. Geod was interruptell by Representative Oldfield, democrat, Ar- kansae, who said he feared the republie can party would impose a sales tax lo take the place of the ome it wanted 18 Frepeal. “The party that is so foolish as e place a sales tax on the backs and bellies of the American peonle,” Mr. Good re- plied, “would go down to a humiliating defeat because the people of the United States would not stand for it* Mr. Good £ald the higher tax of $6.48 a gallon should imnose on withdrawal of liguors from bonddd warchouses— liquors taken out for medicinal and used for beverage purposes. By lifting the tax from $2.20, he figured, the tressury revenue would be increased from §5 000,000 to $100.000,000. By demanding the same tax on the tobacco industry that Great Britain collects, Mr. Good sald treasury receipts frum this com- modity would jump from $300,000.000 te $500,000,000 a year. He also advoecated a higher tax on passenger-carrying awtee mobiles, figuring on a revenue Lom this source of about $200,000,000. Luif 6f which should go, he thought, 1o the roads being used almost exclusively by such vehicles. Representative Ryms, Tennessee, ranke ing democrat on the appropriations come mittee, told the houss if It followed the advice of Chairman Good there would be no doubt about reduction of appropria- tions. LEGION EXECUTIVES ARE WORKING FOR BONUS BILL ‘ashington, Feb. 8, —After listening criticism of the government bureaus deaf- ing with war veterans, the . executiv commitice of the American Legion today concluded a' three day -meeting here. by going to the capitol where. they inter- viewed members of copgress concerning legislation favored by the-Legion. . F. W. Galbraith, national edmmander, reported after the visit to the legislative body, that he had been assured by Sena- tor Penrose, of Pennssylvania, chairman of the finante commitiee, that the bo- nug bill would be reported out ‘et . com- mittee and in 4ll likelihood: would pe passed at_this session. Members of the legion committes also, expressed beliet that all measures for 'the relief of dis- abled veterans wouid be enacted, inciud- ing an increase from $33,000,000 ta $45, 000,000 for maintenance of hespitals pro- vided. for in the sundry civil bill. The crit.cism of government bureaus, flaunched by Abel Dawis, ‘of Chicag chairman of the leglon's hospitaiization committee, followed committee . report urging the consolidation of the war risk insurance bureau, the vocational educa- tion board and a part of . public health service. He declared tha. the ehiefs of these agencies at present do not work together, adding that they resented the activities of the legion i atempting to obtain relief for disabled veterans and had “packed’ committees of the legion with employes of the bureaus, who were legion members, is tfforls to hindicap the work of the committee. As a result of his chirges the execu- tive committee adopted a resolution rec- ommending to state organizations that no bureau employes be 2ppointed to le- gion committees, ®n the legion's No action’ can be taken suggestion to the Knizhts“éf Calumbus to remove all conditions to their offer of $5.000,000 for the erection of a war me- morial here, until -the -board -of ‘directors of the Knights of Columbus.pass.on the matter, according to information, : re- ceived today by John G., Emery, chilr- man of the memorial committée, Proposals ‘to brinig the body ‘of an un- known solafer from France to be Inter- red in Arlington cemetery were approved by the committee. v REPLY TO REQUEST:MADE . * BY TELEPHONE OPERATORS Boston, Fob: ,9—~Rip!-'ng 10 .the re- quest made recently by *#.-“New England joint couneil of toli,..ons _operators’ unions for & public hearng on the wages, hours of labor and working cofiditions of operators employed by the New Eng- land and -Providence telephone and tele- graph companies, Willlam R. Driver, general manager of'the companies, today informed the counctl that he. considered it unnecessary to go outside the “public- ity and lawfully constituted tribumzis' having contrel over such questions, Since December,” hifs letter to the council said. “costs of living. have con- tinued to decline and mpw .are lower than when we agreed upon ‘the present wage schedule. ~ Also, reductions in wages in merely fmminent have now become real- ities.’ DISSATISFIED WITH- WAY STATE MONEY 18 NANDLED Hartford, Conn., Feb. '9.—Atterney General Frank E. Healy, speaker be- fore the legisiative committee on humane institutions yesterday criticised - the way: many state institutions handied state money appropriated for their use. 2 “The future policy. of the state” 'he said, “is going to be the fixing of all sa)- aries by he legislature, no- matter what is the position of the employ, We must revamp the whole system .or Conmectic: will'go on_the’ rocks.” SENATOR MeCLEAN HAS (WON HIS FIGAT FOR CHAPLAINS (Special to The. Bulletin) Waspington. Feb. '$§:—Semator M Lean hus won out_in his vigorous fight to in" the military hos- pitals -and the senate has agreed to-an | amendment” utider which™ they Wil con- tinue fn servide and which ingludes the hospital: at, New ‘Hiven. Vi P {len T. Marshail came \lo‘-) with flag at half-mast as & sign | | FORDNEY ADDRESSES RETAIL DRY GOODS ASSOUIATION New York, Feb. 9.—Taxes tan only by reduced when the fedoral government re- duces expenditures, Henresentative Jo. seph_Fordney of Michigan, chairman of the house ways and means committes, said foday in an address before the Nas tional Retil Dry Goods Asspciatien. Representative Fordney deciared him- eelf in favor of the repeal of the excess profits tax and eaid high super taxes were driving large investors to purchase tax-free securities, thus defeating the end for which super taxes were designed. He “usserted congress was making honest _effort to reduce expenditures, and cited the fact that the house had cut the idemands of the treasury department by 38 per cent. As a means for reducis the federal budget. he suggested convers sion of ‘short term indebledness securities of the government into long term notes, thug throwing the burden of the wae debt upon future generation: Taking up the tarift question, Rentes sentative Fordney declared some method must be found (5 overcome the difference In-foreign exchange. He sald also that some means must be devised in the aps plication of the tariff that would take into account the difference in the cost of production in various countries. Ad vas lorem tariff. he sald, was the solution “The duties levied by the United States are the lowest of any prineipal country in the world" he said. “We need have no fear that if'we increase onr rates we will ruin business, for we have no intention of levying a tariff that witl equal that of other countries” TO URGE LEGISLATION FOR DAYLIGNT SAVING New York, Feb. 9.—Organization of the eastern time daylight sasing assoel- ation to urge passage of national leg's- ation creating a daylight saving law was effected at a meeting here today of representatives of 57 commercial organi- zations in eastern states. A-committee comprising 8. C. Mead of New York, Robert Garland of Pittsbure’s and Clarenee A. Cotton of Providence, T 1. wae nomed to select a board of di- rectors, three of whom will be chosed from each of the 19 states in the castern time zone. The necessity for conducting a vigors ous campaign it daylight saving is to bs retained was set forth by various speak- ers. Local option. in obtaining mors | aayiight was condemned as impracticable and the attitude of agriculturalists in opposing moving the clock ahead was 8o {mounced as seifish and without good reas It was announced that as soon as the committee named to pick drectors had comp eted its task, the board would meet, probably in this city. to begin g Eamie appiying to the e TWO FISHERMEN ARE ADRIFT 1 AN OPEN BOAT Boston, Feb. 3. —Somewhere on the wintry North Atlantic wrapped In an am- nt pall of fog. two fishermen in am opien dory were believed to be drifting tonight without food or water. The Bi- from the babks of_their loss but the do:# mates of Tom Burke and Ben Muse, the missing men, held to (he hope that they might still survive. They had been hauling trawis Sunday when the fog swept in a:e shut them off from the schooner. John Marshall reported that he crulsef for hours in sea of them, but could find no trace in the heavy vapors. Captain NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN Takio, Feb. 9 Japan. and Great Tiritain for a revis- ion of the alliance binding the two coun~ tries are expecied t» commence in Lon; don in the near future, says the NI Nichl today. Viscount Chinda. formerly Japaness. ambsssador to Great Britain, who will accompany the erown prince on his forth- coming ~visit to Kn will_ partici pale 1n the negotiation: with Barem Havachl, the present Japaness ambassa- dor in London, the newspaper adds. o v