Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 40 VITRIOLIC DEBATE IN HOUSE OVER Pt COMMISSION'S EXPENDITURES IN PARIS " Preceded Adoption, 211 to 79, of Resolution Calling For Showing Disbursements and Allotments of the $150,- 000,000 War Fund Voted by Congress—Democrats Claimed an Effort Was Being Made to Defame and Ma- lign President Wilson—Representative Rogers, Who At- tacked Expenditures at the Hotel Crillon in Paris, Was Roundly Denounced by Rpresentative Rayburn, in De- fense of President Wilson—Chairman Good Maintained That the Democrats Were Responsible For Creating the Impression That “There Was Something Crooked in the Money Spending.” Washington, ileb. 13.—After heat:d dcbate. the houss late today adopied a Tsoiiiion showing disbursements and al- Stuments of the $130,000,000 wur funds voted by cong The resolution, which was adopted 211} to 79, was attacked by democrats, who | charged that it was put forward at tris tme to defame and malign President Wison in the closing days of his ad- Tainisration. Reference to expemlitures by he American peace comcnission at Puris fanned the flames on the demo- cratic side, and turnel the debate into & rigtiy partisan channeks. = Chajrman Good, of the appropriations committee. who reported the resolutior intoduo:d by Representative Gould, re- publican, New York, deciared that If any injustice nad been done the president the femocrats were responsible, by attempt- ing to create the fwpression that “there was someniing crooked in the money spending,” when the resolution, itseif did not intimate that there had baen any- thing improper. Mr. Good dectimed to offer an amend- ment calling upon the various govern- ment departments for an accounting, which was the method adopted. demo- crats sated. in asking for an_account- ¢ Spanish war funds in President day. ae chairman had mmde a pre- Pminary statement as to what had been shown by partial reports of expenditures Representative Byrmes. democrat, Ten- nessee. deciared that whiie the informa- tion should be sougit from. departmnts tn which the money Rad bean alotted. The president. he said. had nothing to Go with the actual spending, that more then four-fifths of the fund has been ac- eounted for, and that it was merely an Memp% to make it appear he was un- witing to_present the record. “The American peopie never for-at the great achievements of Woodrow Wilsn, wid Mr. Burns, “and iis name will fitl tae brightest pages of history after his @atractors are dead aud forgotten.” sy &itures of the peace commission at tne Hoted Crikion in Paris, calling atiantion foecificaly to am item of £125.000 for damage 1o the hojel property. He said he did not know It chandeliers were in the damazed list. or at What Hour of the moming they migt have been brok- en “The acting seeretary of state was un- abie to give detalls of the Paris ex- pnditures” Mr. Rogers said. “Wages of Dotel cmploves amounted to $131.000, and we had ™ pay for their food. Taere was another item of $14.000 for auto- mobiles, Wher the strects of Pariy were overrun with American cars, (i nfiden- tal axpenses of the presidential party were put down at $17.334. Why should taere 1\ confidential sxpenses of a pres- i's.hodxed that the president’s pers>n T Tt POPULATION 29,685~ '~ . . hi v ident to Degtiate on the part of the Deople a tréaty of peace?” Representatives Byrnes, Sowth Caro- lina and Dewal, Pennsylvania, demo- crats, bitterly assailed the resoiw.ion, Mr. Bymes insisting that congress aft- er the Spanish war, “did not attenpt to insuit McKinley." Mr. Byrnes said he did not befieve there was a man small enough to question the honesy of the president. “or no peanut politician smal! cnough to question the amount paid for his food.” “I daarge that the purpose of tis res- onrtion,” said Mr. Dewalt, “Is to defame and malign President Wikon. And here you come,” he declared. turning tu the républican side, vith a resolutiin to ey amine his Jaundry bills. Turning wpon Representative Rogers. Representative Rayburn, democrar, Tea as, said: “In the 14 years of my lezisiative re1- vice, 1 have see nsome proi‘y evail men and some pretty smal!l acts, but never in that time have I seen o smail a performance as that enaotel a, moment ago by the gertleman from Massachu- setts. last fail 1 was surprsed asd 1 life 'and character should be dragged through e mire and the heart in his emacatel frame wrung by the slander. I wondJered then where they came from, anl I won- der now if they originated in Maassachu- setts. It is astounding that 2 man in great legisiative body, suppossl 15 be here for a great purpose. caouil ask about laundry bilds, and wha: time of night the hotel dhandeliers wac: dari- aged, when in that builline was tie man hokling the highest offiee ‘n the man hoiding the highest office in te swall men cease this c@mpuig: o* siand- er and abuse on fie retiring president. ‘The big men of the republican party never .engaged in it. They may differ as to questions of great policy, but it never allowed them.to stoup to defamation: of dharacter. ’ < Closing debate, Mr. Good said the: res- olutiGn < was - first - iniyostuced {ast: May, calfing for expenditures -and’ that the President's seoretary -had reported only alriments. | “The demoeratic attack on this meas- ure does the president an injustice,” Mr. Chod deécared.“In my mind you have créated the impression that taere was s>methine crooked, when no charges are made. Tfank God it was not the re. publicans who questioned the p.-ummy‘l of asking the president for information.” Afters the vote had been announced, Mr. Gobd asked that “a resolution of a similar nature.” be tabled. that the las¢ official ‘insu¢ a mad majority intends to offer the pres- ident?” shouted Representative Garrett, femscrat, Tennessee. Mr. Good replied that no Insult had bten intended. = » b SUFFRAGE TE IN THE CAPITOL BOTUNDA Washington, Feb. 15.—The women of America wrote the final dhapter in the hisory of their struggle for the bakot ght Whien the memorial statue of the e great suffrage pioneers—Susen B. Arfiony, Blizabeth O. Stanton and Lu- pratia Mot—was formally installed in \ks capitol hotunda. Delegates repre- 4ented every sate in the Union and fore than fifty national women's or- Senizations participated in oeremontes atwading the presentation of the statue ant its formal acceptance by Speaker Gikett of the houss. Jelivering the presentation address after' the ceremonies had been opened by Miss Jane Addamn, of Chicago, as presiding officer, Mrs. Sama Bard Field, of San Francisco, declired the memorial Siaiue was presnted to the nation not merely as the “busts of three women Who have fought the good fight” but as an offering of the “body and Biood of a sreat sacrifiial host” who sbruggled with and after them to achieve the ceuse now won Tn his address of acceptance, Speaker *_descyibed the oocasion as “sym- boic of & of tremendous signifi- canom—the admission of yomum in our #ctorate as equed partners in the great bus'nesss of govemment” . Fotiowing the unveiling of the statue, the delegates costumed to represent the vnrione states, filed in a processionel pas: e watum to place floral offerings af = base. GIRL WAD CHATTERED CONTINUOUSLY FOR 11 DAYS Waukegan, Ills. Feb. 15.—Miriam Ru- bn 8 years old. Waukegan girl, sudden- I stopped talking at noon today after she had chattered almost continuously for_eleven days. The child appeared to be stronger and more refreshed today after taking the ngest sleep last night that she had since being stricken with the puszling malady. “hortly before noon Miriam fell asleep and when she awakened thirty-five min- utes Jater she talked only when address- cd. Her temperature returned to nor- mal. BAVARIA HAS DECIDED 4 TO DELAY DISABMAMENT Parls, Feb. 15.—(Havas) The Temps Munich correspondent today quotes an oficial note printed in the Bayerische Staals Zeitung of that city as saying the Tavarian government will not carry ort disarmament of the civic guard_befors the London conference on German rep- arations and disarmament. There is reason to think, the corres- pondent asserts, that the Bavarian ov- erament is in agreement with the right wing German party in believing the con- ference will end in a rupture and that Germany will need organized armies. THRILLING STORIES RECITED AT MATEWAN BATTLE TRIAL Williameon, W. Va., Feb. 15.—Thrill- ing stories of the Matewan batle, in which ten men mot death, were recited in court here today by witnesses who testified in the trial of 19 mea indioted on charges of kilking A. C. Feits. One witness. Jeft Stafford. touched on the question of Who fired the sot which marked the beginning of the fight: Staf- ford, clerk in a hardware store in fromt €4 Which the battle started, said the ! fust €not he heard was firel by, Sid Hatfield, chief of police of Matewan and one of the defendants. Hatfield, e sald, fired from the doorsiy of the sore in which he was working. He heard ‘nb | shooting prior to this. Outside the door, ine t:slified, A C. Fehs and another | Baldwin-Felts detective were standing. He added that it appeared as ¥ Hatfield aimed at Fes, and that a moment after Sid_fired, the sjooting became general. Gladys Carnes, a 17 year ol school teacher at Matewan, told on the stand today of the eviction of striking miners wnd their families from ooal company houses by the detectives, and of a_con- versation between Felts apd Sid Hat- fleld, in which the former, answering a question, said it was s mwful duty to eviot the miners. - Asked if she had ™o friendly feeling for union men, the witness replied that she had no emmity toward them but “1gainst the way they carry on and act.” Some of them were “ali right” she said. but it was thelr leaders ‘that reiss trouble.” ' of NEW ENGLAND INTERESTS IN THE AGRICULTUEAL 'BILL (Special to The Bullstin.) Washington, D. C.. Feb. 15.—The agri- cultural bill as it will be reported out of the senate cogmittee contain a number of ilems and appropriations of specific |, New England interest. Prominent among them is an appropriation of $1;000,000 for a continuance of the terms of the ‘Weeks forest act for the conservation of forests and purchase of lands at, the wa- ter sheds of navigable streams and under which the Connecticul river, and all the rivers of New England will be affected. There is also an appropriation of $214,- 000 for extermination and prevention of the white“pine blister rust which has done great damage to New England forests: $400,000 is recommended for extinction of the ‘brown tail moth and gypsy moth Dests which is an incréase over the sum appropriated last year. But the greatest gain over last year's appropriations was made. in forest fire prevention, which the committee regarded as the most import- ant preventive measure {owards con- servation that eould be taken, For that purpose the sum of $625.000 -was appro- priate: as against the $125,000 of last year. The senate commitlee of which Senator Keyes of New Hampehire is the New England member, hope to eecure the anproval of the house in the increases The mouth of the river Nils s 155 miles. wide between the extreme points oz the Mediterranean coast it has made s above named. blames his b of the bill series of ments. feat: 3 ‘Among the amendments accepted . by th esenate was schedule proposed by Senator Smqot, re- publican, Utal, for ‘that agreed upon by The Smaot amendment at one cent per pound in addition to- the present duty of while the’.committee amendment to the house bill would have added approximately three cents a pound to_the present rate. The other amendments adopted by the senate wauid ‘provide rates as follows: Butter cents per pound; chees and cheese sub- stitufes, 23 per cent. ad valirem; fresh milk, two cents per gallon, and cream five cents per gallon. Democratic opponents of the measure claimed to have won a point which, it was said, will eventually osuse trouble |of the lord mayor to permit him to leave for the measure’s proponents. ‘The mean- unanimous votes, it was declared, wifl force members of the semate conference committee to hold out to fhe-end against | brief (o be filed by the lord mayor's at- house ' conferees when the bill goes to |torneys, officials have stated \ntonngly the committee. the same_amount, conference. oceasions to add oty tr: teers. Cabled Paragraphs Irish Comstable Murderéd. ' Dublin, Feb. 15.—Dublin castle report ed tonight that Constable Carroll had been found murdered nagh, is' hands® were tied behind his back. OTE ON FORDNEY TAR| BILL IS PROB. Washington, Feb. 15 I toda: ken up and After it the _substitute 6uld place the tas and _butter substitutes, in a fleld at Ne- His eyes had béen bandages and TODAY ‘The senate made reul progress in its consideration of -the Fordney emergency tari when_ the eight-hour session ended it had adepted four of the ning maining amendments which had been recommended by, its finance committee. At the close of the da 's work Sehator McCumber, republican, charge of the bill, said prospects were good for a vote tomorrow. night had been the object of supporters but they. were thwarted by a eches, some extremely’ heat ed, which delayed action on amendments. became apparent that. final action on the bill ¢ould not be had to- night, Mr. McCumber sovght to conclude consideration .of all committee . amend- This plan likewise siffered de- and, NorthDakota, in A vote to- sugar eight The house refused on three sugar to the commodi- i ties for which protection wad afforded | judication of O’ and leaders said there was no reason to |by the labor depart expect a changed sentiment. BLUE LINE ABSORBS THE Lord Mayor of Cork Asks Per- _mission to Remain in the United States For an In- definite Period. 3 Washington, Feb. 15.—Threatened by the department of labor with arrest and deportation, Donal J. O‘Cailaghan, lord mayor of Cork, appealed today to the state department for a change of his status from that of “seaman” 1o political refugee and for petmission to r in the United States indefinitely, In the petition presehted by his attor- neys, Judge Lawless and Michael Doyle, O'Callaghan protested against his dépor- tation “at this time, to.any place or point where migiit be exposed to capture or molestation by the forces of the Brit- ish government” The lord mayor's at- torneys were received by both Secrétary Colby and Under Secretary of State Davis and were assured that no slegs would be n g taken until oppertunity. had int<’ fed for the filing of & briet in O'Calia- ghan’s behalf. = Presentation of the petition sérved to bring to light for the first time that the time_aliowéd O’Callaghan “to depart from the United States haa been’extended by Secretary of Labor ~ Wilson. Althdugh Dboth attorneys for the lord mayor ahd some officials of the labor department have disclaimed knowfedge of any agree- ment by which O'Callaghan should leave the United Statea-by February 11, it was learned today that the expiration of the time limit was responsible.for this last effort of O'Callaghan’s counsel to stay his departure, In a conference last ~week between O'Callaghan’s attorneys and Secretary Wilson, the Cork mayor W+ threatened with arrest and deportation by. Secre- tary Wilson, according te Judge Law- less, who said today. that the secretary of labor was only consitained to postpone such action by the request of the lord mayor's jttorneys that further time be granted {0 permit the filing of a new pe- tition to the state department. O'Clla- ghan's attorneys at that time argued that too much publicity had been given ta the time limit fixed for the departure in secrecy. Although, the state department is ex- pected to give due consideration to the tha® the cise wasg cl &0 far as the department Was conce ied with the ad- ad a “seaman” State 4 ment officials have said also that it was difficuit to harmonize the many difteren: interpretations put upen the status ok O'- CONN. TRANSFORTATION Co, |Callaghan by the labor department’and New Haven, Conn., Fel been éet consists of one rarisportation ~liandled . the * —_— 'OLICE AT NAPLES HAVE ' ' SEIZED 1, London.. Feb. 15. oishevik propaganda. OBITUARY, " Edward A.:Faller. Suffield, Conn., Feb, He was a di Bank 1 E. Miss i!enfioned As New Head Federal Reserve Board iEw o, waw venk George M. Reynolds, of Chicago, who is mentioned in connection with the governorship of the Federal Re- serve Board, succeeding W. P. G. Harding He js chairman of the board of directors of the Continental and' Commercial National Bank of cméqai ¥ . 15.—Announce- %, ment was made here today that the fieet | refugee. of the Connecticvi Tran: pany, coal carriers, had the James McWilliams Blue Line 'Frans- portation Company of. New -York. The o | RARDING REVILWS CABINET large fuz which costr $100,000 and Sevéntéen: mateil to be worth, all of recent, antic 1 “water | general, 'Will H. Hay: cafriage of the A: H.: Powell Coal Com-|from a member of President Wilson's pany, Jncorpdrited. 00 GOLD RUBLES —The police of Naples efzed 1,500,000 gold rubles aboard tne Ttalian steamer Ancopa . on its from Russia, si¥s a Central News dis- pateh from Rome_tocay, the/Giornale D'Ita’ia’ of Rome, hte dis- patch- adds. the money was interided for The Anconia lat- er ‘proceeded ‘for London. arrival Accoriding: t> 15.—~BEdward A Fuller, offé'of the léading tobacco. grow- ers of the-state, died al his home hers today, of bronchitis and pneumonia. was born in this town 78 years ago, ancestops being among the pioneer set- tlers of, Connecticut. Mr. Fuller served in the legislature ag a member from Suffield in 1907 and 1909. He also had. been- first selectman of .the town £rom 1904 to 1913. rector of the First National Hartford, member of the state board of pardons, member of a number of Masonic organizations and several clubs, director of the Soldiers Home at Noroton,, and a trustee of: the -Comnecticut Literary In. stitute. Mr. Fuller served in .the Civil ‘war as a member of the 22d Connecticut Volun- He was 'head of the tobacco firm .-and W. F. Fuller,. with ware- housés in Suffiéld and ‘Hartford.. He leaves,a widow, Who was Pease, a descendant of John Alden, . g1 of Sarah his-counsel; includil way,” it of ‘seaman,” CWITH CAMPAIGN MANAGERS . i ¢ 15. and received peace delegation unqualified assurances that no agreement for caucellation of the alliéd war' debt was made at Versailles. The: conference with Xr. Hays, zener- ally - interpreted as conclusive evidence that the republican national ¢hairman is to become 2 member of Mr. Harding's official family, is_understood to have covered every feature of the eabinet sit- uation as well .as various questions of policy. .The two were together for sev- eral hours and._althourh no formal an- nouncement followed. toe president-elect said their talk omitted none. of the prob- lems facing the next administration. Details' of what happened at Versailles in regard to cancellation of the ten bil- lion dollar' war debt were given to Mr. Harding by Thomas W. Lamont, a mem- ber of the Morgaw’banking firm and a fiscal attache of the neace commission. In" a statement after his conference with the president-elect, Mr. Lament made flat denial of recent stories of a mysteri ous agreement to wipe the war debt off the books and said he had assured the president-elect lis- administration would be “as free and untrammeled as 2ir” in dealing with the question. Mr. Lamont's statement attracted par- ticular attention because of his intimate knogledge of the Versailies negotiations and because his firm is the principal fis- cal agent in this country for the debtor powers. - Mr. Harding. is ‘understood .to have discussed with ldm his own proposal for. converting' the debts into negotiable paper, but neither would comment after- ward on that feature of the discussion. Mr. Lamont did say, however, that he found the views of the president-elect “sane and reassurin; TomorroWw Mr. Harding will continue his, consultation with Mr. Hays and ex- pects also to sée Harry M. Daugherty, his pre-convehtion campaign manager, who is understood to be slated for attdr- ney general. Several other prominent Darty leaders are to be here later in the week. i Announcement was madethat the pres- ident-elect and Mrs. Hardjng_would hold | reception fomorrow night to other guests of the fashionable hotgl which is their home here. - Since her arrival from Washington Mrs. Harding has attempted no social duties and has remained in hes suite resting. — NOT TO PUBLISH REPORT TPON COBK CONFLAGEATION London, Feb. 15.—(By The A. P.)— The report of Major Gumeral Sir kd- ward Strickland, | commander of the roops “in “Ireland,” odvering tne inquiry into. the Cork yanflagration ‘of lasc De- cember, Will mot bo pubished. The prime minister made this announaement in the house of Commdns tonignt. The decision, he added, had been taken In tie interesk of the re-stablishment of law an dorder in Irefand, Mr. Lboyd George expizined tha) therd was,enough in the report to satily the Sovernment that iiere had been wo in viotatién of discipline, but, despite every effort, it wa impossible to identify the individuals reponsibie for the destruc- tion. The sternest action had be.n tak- en, however, with reference to the coms pany involved. Sevén men suspeatd of violating discipline had been dismissed, the officer. commanding had been sus- pended, and the reéat of tin: company dis- solved. The premier said the Irish psace nego- tiations broke Gown on thie question of & truce when *the government demanded the surrender of arma; “Tide Sinn Feiners would not surrender their arms,” he declared, “and from taat it was clear that they had not aban- doned the idea of securing the -inde- p ndence of Ireand by force of arms. Until they do aindon taat ides thers Wil be mo peace in Irifand.” _The premiler lengaiy. recounted the acalewinents of the government' toward the re-cstabllvaument ol ordec: in Ire- Wand and expreased fine befief that its eflorts ‘were mieting With 'sucsess. , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1921 rt- |, Brilliant Opening of Bitish Parfanent ed in the Streets to Witness the Pageant’' — King and Queen on Throne. London, Feb. 15.—(By the A’ P.)— The re-assembling ~of parliament today wit hall the ceremony und brilliance of pre-war days, was considered n’ event of such significance, b.th as & specuacls 4nd because of the vast importance of the questions to be taken uiider consil- eration, that thousands of persons gath- ered in the streeis frum eurly’ morning for a glimpse of the pazeants while wita: in, fhe upper chamber members of the commons and ‘tae house of lords were crowded, together with as many of tue peers and ‘peeresscs and other disting: uished personages as could. press their way into the building. King' George and Queen Mary occud! 4 the throne,, while t5 the right of tie king was the Prince of ‘Wa.es.* jn his message, the reading of which occupied only fifteen minutes, the king touched on some of the probiems'with which the British empire is faced at. the present time—unemp.oyment, lreland; India and the Near East. iolence in Ircland was strongly con- demned by the king, who declared “neither Irish unity nor lrish self-got ernment can be attained by this means. Referring to the arrangements _for miking effective the government’s Irish act, which he said were well advanced, the king expressed the hope that the ma- jority of the Irish peopie would repudi- ate violence and co<cperate in a meas- ure conferring self-government, - leading to Irish unity by constituti-nal ‘means. Unemployment he characterized ae “the most pressing problem confronting you” It could mot be cured by. legisia- tive means hut the ministers uf the crown were striving to revive trade and prosperity; and the guvernment was endeavoring to assist those cut of em- ployment through extension of the provi- sion of the unemplyment insurance act. He called for co-opiration by labor and capltal, employer ang employes. Although the newspapers had discuss- ed the possibiity of a’ Sinn Fein out- break of some nature the proceedings passed without unusual incident. In the debate in the house of common, which followed the speech from . the throne, former Premier Asquith attacked the governmepnt's Irish, Mesopotamiar and financial paliclen. The prime minister, Mr. Lloyd-George, contendegethat the Irish rebellizn was be- ing effectively dealt with. He also n- nounced that the much-discuseed report of Major General Strickland, in com- mand of the troods in Ireland wou'd not be publisied, although he admitted that one company of “black and tans” had been dissslved becaus¢ of the part they took in the burning and looting of Cork. At the opening. session of the house of lords the Princ: of Wales took the oath being present £3r the first time ag.2 memben, ~ Lord Curzon, eecretary for farelsn’ aftaies. spoke at length on the eneral ‘conditions- in - Burope. which - he declared were undoubtedly brighter a~d moke hopeful thsn a year aso. With réference to, trrde with Ruseia he'said, Everyone believes that in econom! arrangaments lies the real chance of, re: coverv for the eastern parts of Europ and Russia.” NO FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN COAL PEOFITEERING Washington, Feb. 15—Chairman Cald- er, of the senate coal investigation com- mittee, snnounced .on behalf of his committee after two witnesses had be:n heard today that absolutely no_evidence had been found to sustain charges tigit government officials had participated in abnormal profits realized on coal dur- ing the 1920 shortage. The senate manufacturers committee soon after conclude its hearings on the Calder bill providing for federal regula- tion of the coal industry, and Chairman LaFollette anncunced that the committee in executive session tomorrow - would take up the measure. The prospec are that the committee will amend the bill in a number of particulars. George H. Cushing, managirg director of the American Wiolesale Coal Associ- ation, who in testimony several weeks ago charged that government officials had profiteq from coal deals was recall- ed by Chairman Calder's commitiee to give fut.her testimony in support of his charges. Mr, Cushing to'd the committée that Dix W. Smith, a former dollar-a- year man in _ government -service had Sought ‘assistance last August’ to secure coal for South American republics, and that Smith later had said that with four associates in government vice, he had secureq a profit of $50,000 on coal sales. Smith, immediate'y called * admitted having many conversations with Cushing last August and said he held at'the time an order for 200,000 tons of coal for Brazil and Chile, but had “never sold a pound of coal or ot a cent” He said he had told Cushing that friends in govern- ment _service® were alding him to secure the coal, but declared that jt was “al “blue sky business—I could not get the coal. Chairman_Calder made his anmounce- ment as fallure of th committee to, find any exidence to support the Cushing charges after Smith had completed his testimony. EOBBER STRIPPED RINGS FROM BRIDE'S FINGERS New York, Feb. 15.—Posing. ay an in- spector desirous only of examining a leaky radiator, a soft-spoken burglar was admitted to the apartment of Wil- liam Everin and his bride of two months, in the Hotel Narragansett on Bsoadway and robbed them of jewelry valued at. 3$8,000 and escaped. He permitted Mrs. Everin to keep her wedding ring. ‘While the robber stripped the young ‘woman's rings from her fingers he waved a revolver threateningly at her husband Wwho was still in bed. After satisfying himself nothing had been overlooked, the Tobber tore the telephone corn from. the socket and ‘walked out. By the time an alarm could be given mo trace of him could be found. CASE OF MINERS' OFFICIALS HAS BEEN CONCLUDED Pittsburgh, Kansas, Feb. 15.—Presen- tation of testimony at the hearing -in district court of Alexander M. Howat, president of the Kansas Mine Workers' union and five members. or: the execusive board, charged with contempt of- court in calling a strike, was completed late to- day nd Judge Andrew J, Curran, took the case under dyisement. Today’s hearing -~as concluded - with the® testimony of Howat.. who occupied the stand more tham am hour, and Who gave ‘his views on the Kansas -industriat caurt and ‘courts in’ general. . He asserted the bellef that the industrial court was unconstitutional: . Brief Telegrams Frincs Spaitha, Polish soreign minister, has lefy Paris tor Lond.n. Avefage stremgth of the army will be 181,000 dur.ng ine coming fiscal year. "Commercial Cable Co, announced eable communication with lceland restored. dstailed te Ogdens- 1. belp uioress . uirset cii strike. B - Twe “trans-Atlantic liners . with more than 3,000° passcugiis rewchea | Boston yesieraay. | ! o s More than 32,000 barrels of apples are scheduied o leave Boson for sancaes- ter, kngland, within a few daye. Notices h been posted at the plami of the Lewcon rally Kuvber Shoe wo puny aniouncing. taut, the plant wiii. be closéd - down ac the Nd’ of ths Week. It is reperted Paris (wo members of the chdmoer of deputi.s w.ll be arrested in .connec.ion: witn- a radicul Pist aga.nat ¥rance. : “Dr. leving Angell Field, head of the bi- 0i0gy Uepurtment at Clark University died in Wircester afier.an il.ness of fve duys with preumania. 2 According to Moscow reports received 2t Berlin 100,000 Russians will be de- porteg from tne Lmiied States witnin Lue next few ‘months. > Maasachusetts is of the few places either in this country -or Kurope were the unrestricted sule of fruudlent se- curities is permitted. / ‘ German ents of ecomomics declare 5,000,000 Germans are p-eparing to leave the country for the United Staies, Mexico, and South America. The Chinese national campalen ot raise funds for the sufférers in the famine dis- tricts will be inauguratcd next Sunday with* 2 day of prayer. Prince of Wales will attend the fa-e- well banquet which the Piizrims will give the reticing American Ambassador to England John ‘W. Davis. Richard Gallaghes and John Riddell escaped from Auburn priscn. A Tope made of old clothes and cord was found at the wall where, they got over. The 1921 Tegislature of New York w adjourn in April, according jo the predic- tion of Speaker Edmund MacHold, of the Assembly, and Senator Clayton R. Lusk. Repair shops of the Doston and Al- bany railrcad In Boston and Springfield will be cloged from Friday night, Feb- ruary 18 until Febrvary 23 as a meas- uie of ecomomy. Fangarians retarning from the United States are being lureg by members of an organized band, disguised as ‘guides, 1o out of the way places, robbed and murd- ered. Sitikes om tramways and in rallway électtic power stations at Athens were daclared . off/folowing the inturvention of King ‘Alfensq ‘in favor of:the sitik- ers, - Thres New Havea women had a nar- row “escape from serious injury on the BostonsPoit roatl west of Stamford, when the autorhobile in ‘Which they were rid- ing. was ditched at the side of the road. i A 20 per cent. reduetion in the exist- ing Wage scale.in the building trades to take effect Monday, wds the unanimous declsion . of the members of the MMster Builders Exchange-of Bridgeport. " Japanese leaders of the opposition t {ie government ‘may petition for the ap- Dointment .of a regent, owing to the ill- ness of the Emperor, it was learned in Toklo. Intrastate passenger and freight rates in Nebraska must be raised to the level of tife interstate rates by March 12 un- der orders‘issued by ihe Interstate Com- merce. Commission, Three hundred ship carpenters, black- smiths. and caulkers struck at the M_ors plant of _the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cérp.. at Elizabeth, protesting. against wage reduction: Results of the referendum vote mow being, taken amonz shipyard workers on acceptance of lower wage scales will be reported next Thursday in New York at a meeting of union heads. ‘ The Rumanian government, mecording th & dispatch from Bucharest, has ac- cepted Rival, caoital of Esthonia, as the seat .of the peace negotiations between Rumania and soviet Russia. Formal repudiations of alleged grand jury - confessions of crouked baseball playing were fileq In the Chicags Crim- inal court on behalf of Claude Willlams and Joe Jackson, Wiite Set players. Daniel W. Sunderlang, an employe of the Providence post office for -36 years, was sentenced to three, months in Jail and’ fine of $117.12 for the embezzlement of a similar sum from the 4C. O. D. funds of the post office ) M. Schwartz, American socialigt, of San Franc'sc recently arrived in Lon- don from soviet Russia. and will sall on the steamer Aquitania for New York. He denounced bolshevism in Jectures in rmg- land. Thomas Dety, alias Walter Jones, ar- rested in Waterbury on charges of being a fugitive from justice, admitted that he and another man, Clayton Beach by name had escaped from the Essex county pen- ftentiary at Caldwell, N. J., three years ago. Becsuse of the housing shortage there, the‘board of aldermen of New York passed an ordinance exempting from tax- ation for a period of ten years. dwelling Rouses _erected in New York cily from April 1320 to April 1922, Joe Jnckson, former Chicage Whife Sox outfleldgr. may ‘have to pay - up- wards of $1.200 jncome tax and penalty on the 35,000 he is said to have recsived for helping' to “throw” the worlds series of 19 Tmmediate reconstruction of - Mexiean raliway lines At present operated by the government will require 15.000,000 peses says a_report filed by Jaimf Gursa, an investigator. appointed during the Carran- za regime. 7 J Paris and Le police are cooperating with Dr. Simeon, special deputy - police commissfoner of New York fizhting the international ring ¢ drug smugglers. It has been found Germany and Turkey are sourees of the American supply. Centreller Cralg awhowneed at = pra- test meeting in the Clty Hall, New York, against- Governor MilleF's traction plan, that ke would introduce a bjll providing for the takinz away from private owner. #hip all.traction lines of New York city. CONN. FEDERATION OF LABOR WOULD PROTECT TROLLEYS PRICE TWO CENTS. jected to. Hartford, Cofn., Feb. 15.—Sunport of @ bill drawn by the Connecticut Federa- tion of Labor and offered by Semator Macdonald of Putnam, which would make public service vehicles common carriers and place them under the public utilities commssion, was freely offered at_a hearing this afternoon before the judi- ciay committee. The author of ne bill was Ira N. Ornburn, secretary of the federation, who last session served om the special commission which inyestigat- ed the whole tfolley problem. He drew the bill a8 embodying in general his ideas of; what should be done with the jitneys. Mr. Ornburn spoke for the bill Lriefly, but to the point, ig the effect that trolley combanies are operating against unfair competition, and that the jitney, if it is permitted to operate at all. should be u der the samg regulation as the troliey cars. He cited instances to support his argument, saying that when the peak time comes for travel the jitney com out and takes the profit and at oiner times It is out; of business. On good routes it will pick up a load and turn back to deliver -iis passengers downtown as quick as poss.”le and then hustle back for more, going no further than neces- sary. In stormy weather it will run or not as the driver secs fit. On slippery pavements the vehicie will not have on safety chains. Mr..Ornburn raid that if the trolley cars operated jusC s the jitnesy do there would be no public service. He believed that every safeguard to the pubiic should be thrown around tae jitney, that- it NDIAN STATE OF TONK DISTURBED BY REVOLUTION London, Feb. 15.—Revolution has broken out in the Indian state of Tonk, in Rajpanta, says a Reuter despatch from ‘Allababad. After agreeing to de- mands of the people the Mohammedan rules of (he district addresséd leaders in the movement, wkereupon rioting broke out. State troops are actively engaged and people are fleeing . toward British territory. The dispatch from Allahabad does not explain the people’s grievance. The as- sumption here, hcwever, is that the trou- ble wag not directed against the British government, but against the native ruler, who; while answerable to the Brit government, has virtually full powers in the administration of the domestic affairs of his state. Irrespective of Tonk, it is well known that taxation in many of the native states is exceedingly high and in some cases well-nigh unbearable, the people have virtually no voice in their government. Recently there hag been .much uneasi- mess in this section of India because of the scanty rainfall and consequent poor ive troops referred to undoubt- edly are soidiers of the ruler, who main- tains a small standing army. Tonk is Mohammedan while the rest of the people of Rajputanu are Hindus. FORTIFICATIONS MEASURE REPORTED IN THE HOUSE Washington, Feb. 15.—The last of th thirteen annual supply bills reached the house today, the appropriations commit- tee reporting the fortifications measure. It carries $8,038,000, a decrease of $2 619,000 from es'imates, $16,775,000 less than the approptiation made 2 year ago and approximately $1,400.000 less than the amount allotted in 1916, Of the total $4,022.6y00 is for defenses on the coast of Continental United States, approximately $2,000,000 for field artil- lery and ammunition, $300,000 for prov- ing grounds, $1,160,000 for the coast de- fense of insular possessionsg and $619,250 for the Panama Canal. / FIXTEEN STREET CARS RUX IN ALBANY AND TROY Aany, N. Y. Feb. 15.—The United Tracii.n company’s strike-breaking em- ployes cleared tie snow from additional trackage today in Alnbany and Tray ani operated sixteen sireet cars. the largest number sent out since “1.200 employes went on strike eightecn days ago. All of the cars were returned to the barns before nightfall. There were no dis- orders. ITALY AUTHORIZES A LOAN OF 5,000,000,000 LIRE London, Feb. 15.—A loan of 5,000,000, 000 lire in five per cent. bonds was au- thorized in a decree issued by the Italian government today. says a Rome dispateh to the Central News, the proceeds of the 10 g (0 be devoted to sections devas’ tated L. the war. Judge Mead, in berough eourt at Greenwich, imposed fines of $100 and costs on six men charged with keeping or frequenting gambling houses. Eight passengers whe arrived on the ocean liner President Wilson on which typhus was discovered came to Water- bury after landing in New York. William D. Bishep, 2 New Haven newspager reporter, today was made de- fendant in a suit for divorce in which his wife, Mrs. Bianca West Bishop, as i mony of $250,000. Receiver Marens 15. Hol Sheiton Bunk and Trust company, an- nounced that the bond_of $25,000 of Ed- ward W. Kneen, sccrefary and treasurer had been called on behalf of the bank. Themas Smith and forme: mb of the atriek J. MeTague Providence ‘nolicemen, were sen- tenced in the United States Distriot court in- Providence to ten vears' im- prizonment at Atianta and $1,000 . fine each, for making and issuing countee teit $10° bitls. Bill Draftcd by Ira N. Ornburn, Secretary of the Federation, Would Make Public Service Vehicies Common Carriers and Place Them Under the Public Utilities Commission —At Hearing Before the Judiciary Committee Mr. Orne burn Expressed the Belief That If Trolley Cars Operat- ed Just as the Jitneys Do Thare Would Be No Public Service as Jitneys Give Only a Fair Weather Service— Receiver Ives of the Danbury and Bethel Line Told of “Unfair Competition” That That Line Had Been Sube schedules ui representa Frank O'M the organization. making jitne;s common ulating them. the Danbury and I subjected to a that the diffic largely due to that coy that hads the compan: had show last year A e would have paid to the state §1 taxes, or_corporation operat vehi parsengers for hire sion. Toutes unless a certificate of public me= cessity was filed.. Bonds would have 16 be given, and the operafion amenable to punishment for infractien of laws or regulations. 3 e | ¥ ould be com «d 10 nantain rune and not allowed 1o be unfair in competition considering that it eome tributes littie 10 the state in the way of taxes. Mr. Ornburn said that organised labor merely asked a fair deal for ems ployes of tie troiley companies through & law which w ble the latier to do & bublic businces without having to mest unfuir methous same ——— from others in the Mr. Ornburn was followed by several s of trolleymen, including ra_us the representative of All were in faver of carriers and rege J. Moss Ives, receiver of el line, told of ihe that line had been nd quoted figures to show ulties of the company were mpetition. He sald unfair competition™ it could have done at 3400,000 worth of additional business with little additional expense, it probably would have made both ends meet mnd ill wou'd place any firm, person rublic servies shway carrying e under the commis- Vehicles eould not be operated e The b igjes upon a public hi would be THIRD DEATH FROM TYPHUS IN NEW YORE New York, Feb. 15.—A third death from typhus, reporied to eity Weakth de- partment officials today ‘Saused Increased efforts on the part of both ety stute awhorities ‘o 1 4 spread the diseuse. broughe tmmigrants £F0m1 Infek €t reions b Prodoe While Health Commissioner Copeiand enlarged his, force to insure inepection of ail immigrants arriving here, either on boats directly from Burape or by steamships or trains from other Americin ports. Dr. Leimnd Cofer, heakh offioer of the port of New York. hastened his lans for delousing and cieansing ail are riving immigrants. At the same time Comtrissioner of Immigration Walks went to Whashington for a4 conference with labor derartment officiais At the port quarantine station, pregmes ations were made to turn it over to fal- eral ‘control by the stats officials im charge. The change. it was said, woud make available a larger saff of physi- clans and inspectors. In this connedtien, state health officia’s denied reports thae a-tweive-day d-tention period on ingeme ing ships had been ordered. Dr. Copiand today notified rafieend officials at Boston and ofér poinis to inform him when immigrants who dtae crbark at those poinis prepare ¢ sart or New York in order that inspestors may meet them here and examine them. ——s CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL TAX ON IMPORTED GOODS Washington, Feb. 15—Some house taee iff framers have under consideration am additional tax on imported goods inte th | production of which child labor has ens tered and the establishment of maximumi and minimum raies of duty to obviale the difference in production costs in va rious foreign countries as compared with the United States J. B. Sullivan, pr board of general eu the committee today ding judge of the toms appraisers. told that he favored the maximum and minimum rate plan, bt that this might conflict with the “favered ' nation” clauses of existing treaties with some forcign countries As to the tax on child labor produets, Mr. Sullivan said United States statutes | had stood the test of the cou and that he believed that such a tax on child iabor production also would hold Chairpan Fordney sail it had beem suggested that the next tariff regulations provide for assessing import duties om the whol values of imported com= legale modities in the port of entry. rather tham on foreizn wholesale values. By sueh regulations, he added. the difference in exchange rates would be eliminated and an equitable basis of duty established. TREASURY CERTIFICATES 100 PER CENT OVERSUBSCRIBED Washington, Feb. 15.—More thas ene hundred per cent. oversubscription of the 5 1-2 per cent. treasury certificates maturing July 15, is indicated by prelim- inary reports, Secretary Houston sald to-, night. The issue daied February 15, was for about $100,000,000, while total subel scriptions, the sacketary sald, aggregste more than $200.000.000. The oversubscription this tewme, which was at the lowest interest rate for a maturity of more than three month§ offered by the treasury in nearly a year, was regarded by Secretary Houston as showing that the certificates have Be= come sccurely established as an invests ment. of EMBEZZLED $8,700 OF SOLDIER! HOME FUNDS Dridgeport, Conm.. Feb. 15.—Thomas . Stags, former bookkesper in the S8ie diers' Home at Noroton, pleaded gullty in superior eourt today to a charge of embezziement of $3700 of state funde: from the soldiers’ home. Judge Johm John . Kellogg sentenced him to the State prison for from two {0 five ¥ Stagg disappeared from N-roton in Oe- tober. 1919, and Iater it was discovered, that funds were missing from the home, No trace of Stagg was found untfl Dée. 15, 1920, when he was arrested in the Grand Central station in New York afte, ¢r-being recognized by aNorotonmas. : s