Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 24, 1921, Page 1

filiated in the A. F. of L. Demand of Congress Enactment v the Protection of Labor—Demands Include Lk Lb.fl £t MFMMMTWYMMBGC' cross continent mail plane recor ! The AR o i ing. Determination to Maintain Present Standard of | one of the westward bound pianes came further improve the: standards. The declaration charged ployers” in the United: States with sup- porting “at times in secret” some of the “insidious propaganda of radical Kurop- because of their ‘“‘com- mon antagonism to the trade union move- - Feb. 3. of & luw declaring tha organizations - are - not - ‘Co-DArtN( and “shall not be so. treajed in ean fanaticism”™ ht by representatives of the nation- Py - tenine ~unions -aftiliated in ration of Labor. . The declarai 'mm«_lamerla&nh day conference at: which- Samuel m- 4 ‘the. mmz:“;::-m- d ,also called “*= the “immi re~ :mu'h:- of rxemjtien from, or the re- peal of all unti-combination . and so- lled conspiracy laws” - “Candmlu the usé of ' {he injunction under present lawh, fheé @eclaration ass serteq that the “omly immediate court course” through which . labor could find relief, “lies in a flat refusal on the part of labor to recognizme or .abide by the terms of ll:i.:ml(tml wl hibit the doing of acts 1 e';-l have a lawful and guaranieed right al and internatios the American ¥ Repeal by the states of all industrial court laws ang all restrictive and coercive laws was demanded, together with “free- dom from decisiops of courts holding trade unions and thereo! liable in damages for the unlaw- ful acts of others. Other recommendations conference in tae declaration include: Prohibition if immigration for a period of two years. More general application of the ini- tiative - and referendum in the political affars of the United Siates and of the pers, president.of seek to pre: Removal of the power of courts to de- clare unconstituticnal laws enacteq by ‘Labor realizes fully-‘the conseq of such a course, the defense of Amerjcan American institutions -it"is compelled to adopt this course,. be' the consequences in the deciaration set forth at length the primciples. tor which it. stands ‘and calls_upon Tally wi uences was added, “but-in ;fresdom ang of Election of judges. Restoration of an empjoyment service. Administration trust in the interest of all the peopl Investigaticn by congress of the ac- tivities of private detective - agencies in the fleld of industrial reiations. “We. call for credit. as ‘a publie e what they may.” Organized - labor the United States to- the -defense of our institutions.” | ° ‘Employers are warned ticn that ‘labor .*‘not ‘only: refaining the present standard of wages and ‘working; conditions but declares its Solemn purpase to continue:its strugkle to tcd gupport in the protection of standards of wage conditions already ganed,” the deciara- tion added, “and we summon the worl -ers to ‘continued effSrts to increase the raise the standards ve the conditions of lifé and imperilled American /in.the declara. insists - upon s and ‘consuming power, SEORGE WASHINGT x.mfi TRIKE ON m x.gmx”;- that was ueed at In a6hord with ‘ST, o i foday wit A F.A M, strike- breakers have, anplied for jobs-and mili- tary precautions have been ordered taken along all the federal routes. Francisco Perez, director of the national lines, has issued. a manifesto to the strikers de- claring that recognition of their union is constitational 5 So far as the records show this will be Bible ‘used in an ihaugura- the Bible gl been a departure. from of having. the cler] ' The strike .embraces not only the op- eration of rolling stock but the clerical > and workshon employes. telegraphers _ settled their dispute with the government several weeks ago and Tave declined to take part in the present inaugurations - and. - first sworn in, agreed to usé a:.copy presentéd by a of African bisheps. James 1. Mal The her, clerk ‘of {h K e ‘supreme s~urt, had purchased a Bible for use March 4 before Mr. Harding made known Minor disorders have been reported in various outlying districts. the same. Bible that . ‘This Bible was bor- rowed from St. John's lodge on the day was jnaugurated after of- PRESIDENT WILSON TENDERS APPOINTMENT TO TUMULTY ficials in charge of the ceremones found ‘Washington, Feb. 33.—President Wil- son today proffereq Joseph P. Tumulty, his private secretary for ten years, an appointment. on the international joint <commission, which is entrusted wth arbi- tratien ‘of dsputes, which is entrusted with ‘arbitration of disputes between the United ‘States and Canada. ing the tender of the appointment, Mr, ‘Tumulty sald: “It is true that the president has just asked me to accepc an appointment on the international joint commission. very much appreciate the generous offer of the ‘president, Fut T havé not had time to decide the matter. I have been exceedingly ' busy in finally disposing of the affairs of my office in preparation for engaging in the practice of law. — NC MOVEMENT FOR PROHIBITION IN DENMARK : New York, Reb. 23. in cable transmission, it was stated in a Copenhagen despatch of Feb. 18 that a that there was no Bible in the fderal | The Bible is the personal property ef the lodge and has been carefully preserv- — i ONCE NOTED OUTLAY, MAXTIN BUZZARD DEAR Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 25.-—Martin Bus- zard, once a noted outlaw, who spent the last twenty-five years of his life industrious and law-abiding citizen, died yesterday on_his. son’ Holland, aged 30 years. farm near New Buzzard and bis three brothérs—Abe, o¢—for_years” terrorized the ous “brigade ter jail.. Hp raiged vited the kee| the bird. As e id, Buzzard felled bim with a blow, seized the keys; “raleg ed twelve\.other -prisoners His brothers, Joseph and time, Abe is-serving sentence for & recent Through, an_ error Tke have been WAR VETERAN EXPERIENCES The FEELING OF for- Christiania, m of a pre- hibition measure before the Nerwesica There has been no measure of the kind introduced in the Danish ENOCH ARDEN La Fayetts, Ga., Feb, 23.—Fred Will. lams, who went away to war in 1817, will return home In a féw days to find his “body” buried here, his ‘war insurance paid and hig bride the wife of anothér. This_was the situation disclosed today when Mrs. Grace Robertson received a brief telegram from New York signea by her first husband, saying that he-had landed and was coming home as soon s possible. There Wwis no explanati ——— RADICAL LITERATURE NEAR THE CRAMPS SHIPYARDS Rhiladelphia, Feb. 23.—Three men were toduy held in $2000 each fgr court on charges of distributing alleged radical of his long sile AN The war départment reported Williams killed- in action soon after .h France, paid‘his widow his rane then sent a soldier's body. here literature in the neighborhood of frumps shipyard, where a large number of work- || men are on strike. Police testified that Williams' wife whom he married but a ‘ew months before he 'left mourned his death for a while and then married former sweetheart, Joseph CONDITION OF CARUSO GOLD CLAIM IN HEART OF THE CITY OF DENVE! Denver, ‘Celo., Feb. 23.—Pel and william Wickersham today ‘recorded a gold claim In the heart:of the city. In the ground beReith the territory containing . the city. hall, Union Station and a great part- of the: business district the men struck a rich find of : golt The two mer, who looked like typicai appeared 2t a win- dow in the recorder's office and. dumped the contents of two ‘canvas sacks o of the" specialists attend ruso, temor, whe is ill her pleurisy, said tonight. that the teror will|both ean support. sail for Europe about the cnd of March if his condition continues irip. to Atlantic City. has been during: nis sonvalescence. | condition was reported as improving steadily, by A planned -&lc‘t they have old-time prospecto: Centenary of Death of Keats, Rome, Feh 235—The commiftes of |Of the Volstead ' act. the Keats-Shelley Memorial today cele- | runners, bootleggers and operators of stills the centenary of the deathr of jfrom all parts of the state are schediled awly in Rome, Feb. |to apnear beforé the court.. There are 47 _Underwoad Johngon, |prohibition !aw cases for presentation to- morrow and 112 for Monday ,and ‘n ad- dor, made the prin v dition there are 29 cases carried cver TEN PAGES—70-COL! s 1n Hazlehusst; N. Y., Felt of mall, despatched from Sar Francisco by airplane at 4.30 yesterday morning, 450 p. m. establishing a cross-country mail record of 3 hours and 20 minuies with allowance for time zon& changes in the coast to coast flight. plane in a relay flight-ordered »y the post office depariment. to establish & new plane, which arrived at Hazlehurst, vras tion of Judges—Declare the Use of Injunction Under |5t ihe tour tearas which tonk pive i toe transcontinental. zace, two plants leaving | Johns, Hazlehurst field and two starting from San Froncisco at the same time yester- o grief when Pilot E. M. Leonhard was forced to descend yesterday at Dubéis, Pa., on account of bad weather. The sec- ond west-bound plane resched Chicago yesterday and was unable to get away foday. ° The other eastward bound plane crash- ed to earth at Elko, Nev. vesterday, xilling the pilot Capiain W. F. Lewis. Captain Allison piloted one westward bound plane as far as Cleveland where it-was taken over by another pilot on the second lap of the relay which ended at Chicago. He then took the winning plane in charge at Cleveland and returned to Hazlehurst field this afteinoon, bettering the time set for the flight Ly the post of- fice department by u margin Jf two hours and forty minutes. INVESTIGATION OF SHELTON TROLLEY. CRASH BEGINS TODAY ‘Bridgepo=t, &)nn Feb, 23.—A large amount of evidence will be presented here tomcrraw 2o the nquest nto the trolley wreck in Shelton yesterday, which resulted in a gaso.ine explosion and fire that took eight lives and injured more than a score. The evidence to be pre- sented to Coronmer John J. Phelan of Fairfield county and ¢ . Biwell of the public utiliities commission is expected to show_the ownership of the five gallon cau can of gasoline *hat was in the Bridge- port bound trilley e=x and alsc to ingi- cate which trolley crew -was at fault, if either, in operating the signal lights for the switch near High bridge. * There was no change today .in the condition of the "dozen injured persons who are_ in Griffin hospital, Derby. C<r- cner Phelan was at the hospital this afternoon taking statements from those of the ipjured who were able to talk. The coroner said the statements sub- s already made public. not comment .on the ownership of the £ gliné, which: the Shalion . police said %‘l 0. Stephen T.. Palmer,. town clerk and judge of probate! of Sheiton. 3 of the uniden h * woman g_the -dead: way identified at Shel- late ‘today, as' Mrs. Ida Upschér, 53, ow of this eity, Identification was mede by Zenjamin and Louis Yurdin, of this city brothers of the woman.. A ring worn by the woman ‘was virtually the sole means of identificaticn. inches. tall. * entered the block. pont of the accdent. sponsibility. necticut company at the inquest. N. C, IS AN a railroad four miles long, of Warrentown, Warren county, N. O, be paid for by a bond issue. from Warrentown to tering Warrentown. in the state. ried there in 1836, y SLOW WORK OX THE tions are housed is more rapid than a; LIQUOR CASES COME UP ruary term of the United States district court will. be convened ‘here today, vith 188 cases on the docket charging violafion A report from Meseow says ‘ attacked railway - train Leon Trotzky. French imperts during January totaled flm 1,928,468,000 francs and exports ; 557,000 francs. ! The British steamsh’d Grelarlie, is in distress in mid-Atlantic, acccrdng#to mes- age receved at Montreal. Racing ot Tin Juana was dises owink to paSsport controversies between Mexico and the United States. e senate of New Jersey passed a bill to abolish the office of state ;archi- arrived at Hazlehurst fleld: here today at|ieot and the department of archivecture. Swiss reports state the Momtenegrins declared a holy war agamnst the Serbi- The mail was transferred from plane to | ans, once more the Balkans are normal. Fire completely gutted the he Professor William C. S Norwalk, doing damage of over $15,000. mail service between St. N. F., and’ St. Anthony, northern New Foundiand, will soon be establishea The steamship City of erly in the Eastern Stean service to Main ports sink at her dock ip company’s Former German emperor's yscht, the Nordstern, also known -as Meteor will be auctioned off at the Spanish sea- of the Rassian and Pelish Jofte and M. Dombski, have agreed to prolomg the armistice six] delegations, M. Sean McCraith, genersl secretary eof termination League, was He will be sent to the Irish Self- arrested in Lon Ireland for internment. Strike of 12,000 Alabama coal miners was left to Governor Thomas E. Kilbey for arbitration, both sides abide by his deci: Counterfeit re: mps for whiskey and labels for old brandse were seized by secret service agents in New York. Four men were arrested. retired New York diamond broker, died at his coun try. home here aged $1 years. He was a veteran of ‘the Ciyil war. Fourteen arrests were made Nineteenth ward, Chicago, while the al- dermanic elections several bomb throwing Incidents. The Texas house committee on state af- fairs reported favorably an nti-alien land ownership bill designed to prevent Japanese from aequiring The Germanie Musewm st Harvard University which has been closed since the United States declared war many four year ago was. yeopened yes- The drowning of John Enos and Wil liam St.' Marks dorymates fishing trips was reported as a. mysterys by the schooner Monarch when she came - The -one .body remaining unidentified Seven persons is that of a man about five feet, eleven o e jured when the Texas bound on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas raflroad, left the rails six miles nort hof ‘Waco, Texas, J. B. Dotter manager of the Bridge- port -division of the Connecticut com- pany, will present a larze volume of ev- idence‘ at the hearing tomorrow. In a Statement today he said the signal lights for the switches .in hoth directons from the scene of the accident were in good working order before and after the crash, He interviewed the three trolleymen in- volved in the collision who are yet alive and said all three were positive that they had operatéd th signal lights wien they Engneers of ‘the Connectcut company. today measured the exact dstance from both swiches to the Manager Potter said the car going from this city had coverea a greater” distance inside the block than the car from Derby, but said this did not indicate any positive re- He is expected to present all these details on behalf of the Con- Hearings of a bill by Semator Walsh authorizing utilization National Park flood waters tion purpcses were begun before a sen- ate committee. company, infantry, 2 Gaard. has been orzanized, with one platoon In Hartford and the other in Torrington. Feadquarters will be in Hartford. The Argentine Ministry of Agrienlture announced that oil well No. 128, in the Comodoro Rivadavia district, Territory of Chubuk, was flowing at the rate of more than 20,000 bar: Judge Manton in the Albany Clrenit Court of the United States approved in- crease of freizht and passenser rates on intrastate traffic in New Yark to conform TERPRISING MUNICIPALITY |'© the advances on interstate rates. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 23.—Besides own- ing and operating its own water works, electric plant, ice plant, opera house and the little city The government bill increasing mnem- ployment insurance payments passed its second reading in the house of commons under a cloture gnotion, which - ried 148 to 50. e with a population of less than 1.000, ia also building a hotel to cost $140,000, to | s "ot ‘J:{.‘;"..‘.'?..:Z".&Z','E.‘."ce"‘: o a 10 per cent. wage reduction, it was an- nounced at a meeting of the American Federation of Labor at Washington, The municipally owned railroad runs ‘Warren Plains, Where it connects with the Seaboard Air Line railway, it being the only line en- Samuel Weinberg, has son Jullus, ai Albert Ronher, of Newr York city were fined $500 each in Providence for the illegal transportation of liquor from New York city to Rhode Island on August: “We have made a profit on all of our municipally owned enterprises. except our opera house. and we haven’t lost much on %t." dechr;d Tasker H. Polk. prbminent G awyer an V' V] bill prohibiting the importation, manu- bo‘zfl o: uam:" D facture and sale of spirits and strong : wines had been introduced in' the Danish and that its probable adoption .| might lead te a ministerial crisis. Inquiry by cable develops Copenhagen despatch referred mation received there from Norway, as' to the introductio Warrentown is one of the oldest towns A statement was issneq at Chicago by Horace Greeley was mar- the socialist party charging the depart- ment of justice and President. with persecuting Eugene V. Debs,by not allowing him to write letters or receive NEAR EAST PROBLEM London, Feb. 23.—(By The A. P.) Un- less progress in the privale conferences at the various hotels where the delega- : Res Khan, leading 500 Cocemck Na- tionalists, captured Teheran, capital of Persia, without firing & shof. lieved in Paris this move pears on the surface, the prospect of set- tling the near eastern problems before the reparations conference is held is not very bright. The two Turkish delega-} tions, -whihc appeared before the allied council today had to be sent back for a more detailed outline of their derhands for a revision of the Sevres treaty, and the afternoon meeting with the Greeks, ‘Who' desired to reply to what the Turks they ‘arrested the men atter their atien- | e 144 to be abazdoned. tion had been attracted by an angry crowd féllewing them. Shah's cabinet. An appeal is te be made to # - ors and boards pf aldermen of I:.:rl’:l:i. New Haven and Bridgeport for official support in oppoeing the proposed increas- ed coal rates on which 2 hearing will be given at Boston, March 3: Attorney General Palmer erdered a The Turkish Constantinople delegation and the nationalist delegation, who- are still outwardly hostile towardseach oth- er, but whose general proposals at to- day’s session were virtually identical, got 18 IMPROVING STEADILY ; together as soon as: they reached their ps cauhey \ hotel, and' it is expected that before to- ‘.,‘Ncw York, Feb. 23.—Dr. Antonic Stel.imorrow morning they will elaborate the £ En- | details of their proposals, as requested by : With | Premier Lloyd Georg Pine Associatlon, abovt 50 of its princi- pal member companies and 70 uals, charging them with the Sherman anti-trust law. The meeds of former serviee men in this state who are now out of work were again presented to the board of control at the capitol by Frank S. Butterworth, treasurer of the Connecticut department of the American Legion. In such form as Announcement was made at Meride: Dr. R. Irving Watkin pastor of Trinity. M. E. church, has ac- cepted a call to the East Avenue Meth- odist church ‘of Norwalk, leaving Meri- den at the beginning of the conference IN NEW HAVEN 10DAY l New Haven, Conn., Feb, 23.—The Feb- that the “Rev. Alleged whiskey Captatn C. H. Woodwerth, tache of the American embassy at Rio de Jateiro, arriveq at New York. from Buenos Aires o nthe steamship Martha gton. Four Brazilfan naval ofticers’ e Argentina came (o study New Haven Road From $300,000,000 Revolv- ing Fund Created by the Transportation Act. ‘Washington, Feb. 23.—Payment of two loans to. railroads totaling $1,1,00,000 w.s announced today by the treasury. The New York, New Haven and Hartfcrd raliroad was advanced $700,000 and the Ann Arbor railroad company reczived $400,00. This makes a total of $182,193, 635 in loans made to the carriers to date by the treasury from the $300,000,000 revolving fund created by the transopria- tion act. EMPLOYES PROTEST PARTIAL PAYMENTS TO EAILROADS Chicago,. Feb. 23.—A protest against the Winslow-Townsend bil which wouw allow the government to make partial payments to the railways of money due them under the term of the guarantee given during federai contfol Was teé.e- graphed to President Wilson toddy by E. M. Jewell, president of the railway em- ployes’ department of the American Fed- eration of labor. The bill was passed in the senate yes- terday after being favorably acted upom in the house, and-now goes to the presi- «ent for his signature. The message charged that the roads are undertaking "to levy a tribute of hundreds of millions of dollars on the treasury of the United States” and adds that “we insist that the railroad owners shall not be permitted to enjoy the finan- cial benefits of the transportaion act and of this proposed amendment until they have demonstrated their willingness to guarantee the human rights of their workers." “A million and a half railroad workers protest against Winslow-Townsend bill being per read the message. “We have through orderly procedure of the railway labor board requestec a cun- ference with raiiroad executives as they are organized nationally’ to meet with the employes as they are organized na- tionally to create adjustment boards vrovided by law and to settle matters in disputs the message continued. “But the executives have declined to meet us in general conference. They on, following | hope to disintegrate our organizations by limiting the right of collective bargaining |to an unfair and unequa! basis. Hoping Fall secvice between New York, New |to secure a return to the unjust and un- Otleans and Havana was decided upon by the Ward steamship line as a resuit of better port conditions at Havana, Teasona working conditions which pre- vailed before the war, they wish to pit the consolidated power of their compact national organizations arainst the em- ‘| ployes of a single eraft on a single rail- road. n pursuing this course the executives are clearly violating the transportation act, ‘which aimed to nrevent interruption of traffic by protecting just and: reason- able conditions through the provisions for conference * ¢ * 8 * the transnortation act pnder - protest, hut are endeavoring to comply with it in all géod faith and ] esty. We have asked nothing that is not clearly written in the law. We belleve in equality before the law and we insist therefore that the railrcad owners shall not be permitted to erjoy the financial henefits of the law and of this proposed amendment unless and until they have demonstrated their willinzness to obey those provisions which are in“ended to guarantee the human rights of the work- ers. It is oug'momn belief that the financial oligarchy which controls rail- roads is, in its nresent policy. a menace to our entire country. - “We submit that it is intolerable that the interests and weifare of all the peo- ple should be jeopardized in order that,a tavored few may get exactly what (hey want on their own terms.” 3,858 EMPTN BEDS NOW IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS Washington, Feb. 2f—Charges tha§ congress has failed to provide adequate hospital facilities for wounded and sick war veterans are not justified, Chairman Good of the appropriations committee de- clareq today on the floor of tffe house. Critics of congress, he asserted, have misrepresented conditions and executive departments entrusted with the care of disabled former soldiers have not made use of facilities provided. “There are 3,858 empty beds in gov- ernment hospitals today that could be utilized,” Mr. Good declared. He chal lenged statements of Rwing Laporte, as- sistant secretary of the (treasury im charge of public health, that hospital fa- cilities were inadequate and said he did not know “why a young man about 26 years olg down in the treasury depart- ment as an assistant sécretary does not send men to hospitals, we have provided for them. Mr. Good sald the government hospital at Johnson City, Tenn., with accommoda- tions for 1,000 patients, was housing enly 223 tubercular veterans sent there by the bureau of war risk insurance and that only 71 veterans of the world war were being cared for at the Soidiers’ Home at Marion, Indiana which has facilities for 5.000 patients, Approximately $1.000.000 hag been spent in remodeling each plant, he added. $100,000 SUIT AGAINST THE WIDOW OF ALFRED P, HANAN New York, Feb. 23.—Legal action to compel payment of $100,000 out of her one-third interest in the residuary estate of her husband, Alfred P, Hanan, wealthy shoe manufacturer who dled in Novem- ber, 1919, was begun here today by Mrs, Ethel Hanan Taylor of Cannes, France The. widow who was remarried, set forth in her petition she has been 80 bad- ly in need of funds she has had to bor- row from friends and now is Indebted to the extent of $34,000. She stated her late husband was accustomed to expend for her maintenancs a sum “in excess ol $100,000 a year,” during the six years of thelr marrieq life. Herbert H. Hanan,’ nephew of the manufacturer and executor of the will, was named defendant. TALK OF MAMMO1Y K. OF C. SCHQOL IN NEW HAVEN Atlantic City, N. J,, Web. 23.—Plans ‘were discussed hei'e tonight for the insti- tution = of the largest correspondence school system in the Unifed States, at a meeting of Knights of Culumbus educa- tors. 'The knights are here in connec- tion with the annual convention of' the Nationa] Vocationai Training Associa- tion, which will continue through tomor- row. Headquarters would be established in New Haven, Conn., where the K. of C. maintaing its headquarters, and the system would use the 2200 K. of C. coun- sels throughout the United States. One million students would eventually be ac- commodated. - The knights seek to_extend their voca- tjonal- and ® cuitural rural and .obscure ' night rebeols are not BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE —_— Nearly $9,000,000 in Excess of Appropriations For the Cur. rent Year—$6,000,000 Greater Than Amounts Allowed by the House—Senator Smoot Complained That Appro- priations Allow Work to Bs Duplicated by Two an¢ Sometimes Three Departments—Is to Ask ths New Sec. retary of Agriculture to Revisz the Bill. ‘Washington, Feb. 23.—The senate to- night passed the agricultural appropri- ation dlll, earrying approximately $41.- for the operation of taat depari- ment for the year beginning next June. This amount is nearly $9,000,000 in ex- ‘cess of appropriations for the current and almost $6,000,000 in excess wed by the house, (o whi it was sent for conferenice after the sen- “One trouble i3 that different buremw: are enabled to go before different con gressional committees and appropriations in different bi: “I hope the stnator from Uiah wely™ depariment” the military Chalrman Wadsworth of affairs committee the war department getting money in twe of amounts a: or thres different bilis DECLARES AGRICULTURAL SITUATION I8 SERN Clncinnati, Oh am going to ask the next secretary of agriculture to go through t 5000 as he takes odice, and take out of it that allow work to be duplicated by two and someiime: more departments of said Senator Smoot, repubiican, who attacked unsuccessfully numerous “Tney ought w be cut out before another estimate comes to congress. This has got to show the departments of this government that two and three of them carmot ask public money to for doing the same kind of work, over ! 23.—Secretary o Agriculture Edwin T. Meredith today ad two meetings of business mer ers in this city. that the agricuitural situation was se the government. He pointed ou' ers produced the greatest crop in history in 1920, it was worth $5,000.000.000 less than the crop of the preceding year. He urged marketing credit; tation facilities; the regulation of mag- keting machinery .o prevent sharp prac- tices and epoke of short time eredit. He aiso advocated higa- er prices for farm products. the possivilides of FELL CABINET QUESTION AS GOOD AS SETTLED St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 23. A. P.) Although formal accepta were to be received tonight from iree of the men seected for membershin in Fres- ident-elect Harding's cabinet, thé fellng of those ciose to Mr. Harding was iha the whole question was s ,oud as et CHANGE IN OFFICIALS OF SHIPBUILDEKS' ASSOCIATION ., Coast Shipbuflders Association, at 2 me. elected Clarence S. Kinz secretary, 19 suceeed Henry C. Hanter <f New York, who was apointed counsel. Mr King announced the removal of t sociation’s general offices from New The aspociation om- ing here today, to Philadeiphi prises substan:ally all the Despite some published reports ahout 3 yards on the Atlantic seaboard ind Gulf the attitude. of Herbert H for secretary 6f comme¥ce, tner evidence of appreh:msion nere regatding r. King will continue as the Atlantic coa: secretary shipbuilding indus The general beilef is that a communi- cation formally accepting ment will be received here wit next 24 bours. A formal acceptance.fiom James Davis, selecied for . th also, is expected shortly, and Edwin Cen- by, Mr. Harding's choice for sbcretary of the navy, is on his way here for a, com- ference that is, beilpved ceriaialy to seal Mr. Denby is 1o see board, established at the ciose of the v Immediate wage read) this country.” Mr. said in discussing the association’s Moy po “Virtually every shipyard in the east will have reduced wages of emiurw at Jeast 10 per cent. by March 1 or sows War wages still being paid, sonteibucs cost higher thas ' Witk which the labor _portisli, his anpeintment. the president-elect Friday. Regarding nome of to 4 construction y foreign country, \mericun shipbulldét must compeie md yen'y for foreign orders but even domest these ~ selectionis ect. maks any com- ment. - Except: {0r the two: appointments business.” already definitely announced: 't.ls r. 2 ed ag unlikely that Mr. Harding wiil make known any of his cablnut sclections officially ' until. inauguratien day. It also’ ig believed improbable thst a) definite announcement will be mude garding the cholce of George L. Ciris- | to be secretary to ine president. | Mr. Christian bis. Been Mr. private secretary for, the past six years.| M @ the heart. The fighting lasted for half an hew T &jand two members of the attacking pasty FIGHTING IN AMBUSCADE LASTED HALF AN mHOUI Belfast, Feb. 23.—The ambuscade & antcharise. County Donegal, last Right sulted in the death of tvo policemes |and a young woman, the body of the lat {ter of whom was found today lying a4 The woman had been shot threugy part of the White House official circie s physician to the president at least I time, iy Dr. C. E. Sawyer, of Marion, | were captuted. Reprisals fol'owed Harding on, attack Two shops In Mountcha burned to the ground and aother houst was set on fire but When policemen reached Donegal with !their dead comrades, them. and reprisals followed. hall was burned out, shops were raided e fled the town. ances continued Constable Hughes was killed, but it was officially announced today that his deat} was due to accident All business was suspended in Denapal also were clofed. accompanied Mr. practically all trips since his nomination for the presidency. 4 spent sevéral hours in seciusion- at -his effice working ! on hig inaugural address. —_— SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY IN MATEWAN BATTLE CASE The disturb tional testimony by Isaac Bre mer defendant in the Matewan sheoting case, featured the trial today of tns 19 men who were indicted on charges of he- ing implicated in the killing of a I Felts detective in the battle at tue litie Charles against Brewer case were d.s- today. The achool BURNED IN REFRISAL! mountain town. in connection with the missed recently, and reports to the eff; that he would turn staie's evidence, d= a capacity crewd te the court room te- private and public houses were bummes Tuesday night at Bal'ybunisn a prisal for the shooting of two constables at Ballylongford. County Kerry. One of the constables war killed instantly and euccumibd 9 Just before he left the stand, Drewer testifind that prior to the réturn of indict- ments in the case, Hatfield {old him that the Baldwin men would swear to a “bunch of lies” and that they would have to do the same. Later, Brewer said, Hatfi+ld informed -him in- the preserce of James second later NEW CHINESE MINISTER ARRIVED ON AQUITANLS New York, Feb, 23.—Detained for 3( defendant, that.if anyone hours at quarantine while health officen Tt horse ‘S | sought any typhus carriers in her steer. 1|age. the steamer Aquitania finally deck led tnis afternoon. senger included Dr. 8. Alfréd {Sze, mew Chincee misleler o the l'nlr: A g | States, who annunced on leaving AGAINST NEW YORK rou(::mm Dat B sponls el T ly 1o Washington te present his eve s soon_curried and that A MORE INDICTMENTS PROBABLE New York, Feb. 23 —Seven additional six members of the Declining to be interviewed, Dr. Sze issued a statement in which he said “I hate come to this country this time as an entite stranger. During the of President police depariment thief, were forecast tonight by assistants of Former Governor Whitman in the in-| vestigation of alleged corruntion in mu- nicipal departments, One pf the pending indictmoents, it was stated in Mt. Whitman's. of a police officia]l who has bee: as’a “high administeative o will be charged with accepting unlawful 2 administrations and President McKinley, eight years in the United States as a st ed |Gent ang“as a_member of the Chifiess Je. representative Washington, It wiil be my great endeavor to cultivate the traditional friendship bes tween the two countries, ard In the set- I spent about A prisoner In the Tombs under bail js said to have made a written con- fession to Mr.“Whitman implicating three members of the automobile squad in the theft of motor cars. no doubt that Chi of the United States. OFFERING OF CUBAN ST/ TO THE AMERICAN MARKEY DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BILL BEFORE NEW YORK SENATE New York, Feb,. 23—R. B. Hawley, president of the Cuban American Sugas Albany, N..Y., Feb. 23.—Thé fight ovef daylight saving was transferred from the assembly to the senate today affer {he lower house passed the-assemhly com- mittee on agricuiture’s bill designed to repeal the present state daylignt saving law and give to cities and incorporated villages the right ‘to adopt daylight sav- ing ordinances if they so desire. At a conference of repubiican senators Monday night. only twent;-four pledged themselves to support the n.easurs. Twen- ty-six votes .are required to pass a bill in the upper heuse. R EXAMINATIONS FOR SECOND LIEUTENANTS APRIL 23 company and a member of the sugar . nance compnittee appointed by President Mernocal to normalize the sugar market United ‘States. annouriced today committee had made its first | offerings of the raw product to the Amer- The price fixed was pound cost and. freight to United Statet cents a_piund f. 0. b. ves ‘These offerings, Mg Hawley said. met with rcady acceptancd hare and in Canada. priced named were suhject to changd &1 twenty-four hours’ notice. CcONDITION OF THE EMPRESS OF GERMANY SERIOUA in Cuban port He added that tw 23 -—Esaminatisng for the intment of 2,585 second lieu- tenants wwuu’ army wUI be held begin- ning ‘April 23, the war department an- The comm'ssions will be 1o | distributed among the -various branches. I the lntantry and Doérn, Holland. Feb. 23. phye, clan attending Former Empress Augusts Victorla, considers her condition teo rious to permit of her of the death of her brother, Gunther of Schleswig-Helstein, wis announced (o0 3 nounced tiday. the majority being