Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 26, 1921, Page 1

Current Call Includes Item Stating the'/ Salaries Paid Executive Officers and the Num st e Loaned on Bond and Stock Collateral York:City |71, 2ond irinsaction —Pittsburgh Clearing House Decides Banks. quired to Publish in the Newspapers the troller, But the Reports Are Regarded formation. Washington, Feb. 25.—The Pittsburgh Clearing House assoclation was accused by Comptroller Williams of the currency today of having forbidden its * mémber banks ‘o furnish data asked for in the nations: bank call issued yesterday by the comptroller. Several items not heretofore given om the face of the reportz were requested in the current call, the comptroller expiain- ed. These items, he said, included a state- ment as to the amount of money which ‘was being loaned on vond and stock col- Jateral in New York city; a « § ement showing the aggregate amount ot salaries paid to the executivs officers of banks, and the number of such officers, and the amount of salaries paia all other em- ployes of the bank, and the number of such employes. “The obvious purpose of inclusion of the clauses, apparently found objection- able in Pittsburgh,” Mr. Williams said, “was to develop whether money of depos- itors in national banks is being diverted from its proper function of supplying le- gitimate business and enterprise to earn faney rates from the need or recklessness of speculators at a distance, and whether in salaries to official formation public.” disproportionate or improper amounts of the earnings of banks are being exi~nded It is difficult to understand why bankers who -have used such money discreetly and with regard té the rights of their customers and share- holders should object to making this in- Comptroller Williams' statement <'was closely followed by introftuction in the house by Chairman McFadden i ‘banking commicee of a resoluti~n to ds clare the comptroller to '} w § ut au- thority to require national bank. o pub- of lish the salarirs paid their offiicals.and employes their_financial reports. Representative McFadden aleo issued. a statement ds as to salari e ring nublication of figui es would result in “great FAIL TO AGREE ON THE SOLDIERS’ RONUS BILL iy Feb, 2 ‘Washington, —The senate yetite committee failed to ment today on the soldiers’ 7 leaders predictéd that 2 / shorn of taxation provisions, | dits obtained money aug would be reported tomorrow to the sém- ; $64,000. ate. Doubt was expressed, however, that the legislation could be passed befol‘s republican Touse bill, adjournment next week. by the house, efits. Though failing to agree on the bon pill, the finanee committee acted favoi- ably today on the Wason bill, anothe measure for the benefit of former men. This bill, which has been would extend privileges of war risk insurance and compensation $ g . an-agree-. nus bill, but ;fi The bonus bill caused a lons controp- versy today In the committee. Opposition 1o the cash bonus was led by Senators as, democrat, called attention to the tions of thé treasury. ental a minimum cost of $1,400 The increased insurance plan, mated, would cost considerably 3 blican, of Utah and Thom- A oarat, of Colorado, both of wham denleted condi- Senator MeGu‘:; ber, republican, Morth Dakota, presen figures to show that cash bonus ‘would he esti- ‘more. ‘Advocates of the cash bounus, however, years and that strain on the treasury. argued that the funds necessary under th:;n plan would not be payable for two by that time economi would be effected which would relieve the While the committee was considering the legislation, a flood of telegra from American Legion posts all over the coun- try advocating the legislation senators’ offices. reached —_— TESTIFIED SID HATFIELD SAID HE KILLED FELTS mony of a sen Williamson, W. Va., Feb. 25.—Testi- tional nature marked to- day's proceedings in the Matewan battle trial. The most sensational was heard Jate in the day, when the last witnéss to take the stand, C. E. Lively, of the ‘Baldwin-Felts secret service departinent, testified that he established himself as a restaurant keeper at Hatew;m ter the fight occurred. o at e acquainted . with many of the ninetezn defendan’s and re-. fled that he became abput a He testi- peated conversations he said he had with them. It was his purpose, he said, to obtain the confidence of men alieged to~ have been implicated in the fight between Baldwin-Felts detectives and citizens last May in which ten men were killed: Sid Hatfield, chief of pdlice of Mate- wan and one of the defendants, told him, Lively said, that he killed A. C. Felts- as he stood in front of the hardware store door talking to Mayor C. C. Testerman yezarding a warrant the detective had for him. Hatfleld also said, according to the witness, that he had killed Mayor Tester- man because he was “getting in:too well with the Baldwin-Felts men.” HOOVER ANNOUNCED AS SECRETARY OF COMMERCE St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. selection of Herbert C. Hoover 25.—Formal to be gecretary of commerce was announced by President-elect Harding here, today as s the culmination of an Interesting in- terchange which momentarily shadoweg every other feature of the eab- Inet sitnation. Mr. Harding said the condition on which the former focd administrator ae- zepted the ppst had been found entirely patisactory and that the incident could be regarded as closed. He expressed con- fidence that his chosen head of the com- merce departmenmt would prove a welling member of the official comming administration. Under questioning, family of the the president-elect added that he did not regard the condi- tions laid down by Hoover as “stipula- tions” and coulq not consider: the case as different rom others in which prospective appointees had discussed definite poli- eies with him belore accepting. He said ke not only approved the departmental yeorganization plan submitted by Mr. Fioover as a condition of accentance, but ;m tl:und himself im ‘“perect accerd” over? fingBksNaa | B ilirg Progran . SHYSARLES L PAY WA 'T0 UNTED STATES Opinion of Thoriis W. Laniont, Partner in J. P. Morgan & ' * Ca/, One ofdhe U. S. Treasury Representatives Upon ths n to Negotiate Peace—Express- ,fl!he&lltf&nflheAmmtoflndemmtyDM C b . . . of Germany bghe Allies is Not Excessive. Philadelphia;, Feb." 25 —XT the aliles wili pay_their. war .debts {o the United » partner in who w3g one of the ireasury Pepresentaives upon. the American’ commission to ne; tiate peace; declared tomighy before tae Philadelphia Public Ledger fosum on the peace conference. 2. e # “I.n0té a constant refe: to some alleged “seeret wrrived it in -Paris,” ‘sald the. financi€fy, “beiween President Wilson and_ his a. on one hand ‘and ‘the' Freneh and h repre- sentatives on. the other.-to the'sffect thut allied -indebtedness ‘to the U: States should, In' whole or in part, cancelled Brief Telegrams | ‘More than a million pelts were on sale at the winter auction of the international fur exchange at St. Louls, : Semater Poindexter's bill for govern- ment control and regulation of radi stations will go over unti] next session.” Seventy. cases of “heme brew” were seized at the store of the Standard Lt- tling works at Stamford by federzl ageais. The fiylng time of Lieutemant W. D. Senate Republican. Coney in his flight from San Ditgo to R J::I:syonvllle mn‘:uma\:oz‘nom a8 22 ‘Washington, Feb.'25,—(By The A. P.) | bours. —The «fluence of President-elect Hard- ing today was' thrown behind: the big navy programme ‘of the senate naval af- fairs committee majority and against the Lib- | gtand o house for decreased appro- ith he thett. - | piations far the naval establishment. The views of the president-elect were set forth in a letter received by a prom- inent senate republican and quickly reach- éd ‘the party rank and file -in both"the senate and house. Party leaders promptly | predicted that Mr. Harding's letter would have potent influence in the forthcoming cantest in ‘thé senate: over -the maval ap- propriation which were increased $100, 000,000 by the senate naval committe over the amount voted by the house. ' The -president-elect, im his lettern was said authoritatively, expregged him- self as desiring a .contipuation” of the present raval- building programme ‘with- out ' substantial reductions. _No: reference ‘was made by Mr. Hard- ing in his letter, it was stated, to-the dis- armament proposal ‘of Senater Forah, republican,: of Idaro. = Republican ;and democratic leaders, however, joined -in private prediétions that the ' Borah res- et alye of $772,0 xehern Trust Compun Vecational training Is bein; the Knights war’ veterans ~through large ‘cities. Federal prohibitio agents frem Mary- land - and ‘Ohio visited many hotels in Washington, arresting more than & score of employes. s, 107 schools ‘ia Willam Dalton, who : ond -{ransact Another ¢Yort to have the senste com: firm presidential nominations of ex-ser: vice men ang their widows for postmast- erships failed of about thirteen billions, plus whatever amount Germaay has already paid om ac- coéunt - Xow, even the most moderate of the experts figuring at Paris,” he sdded, “thought that Germany could pay a eap- ital sum of ten or fifteen billion dollars, #0_that not counting the so-called ‘expoft 1ax,' which is a part of the recent Paris dettement, the schedule arrived at does eem 10 be unreasonabie. “Certain it is that the allied and asbo- clated powers would be delighted to re- ceive as & reparation a capital sum to- day of $13 000, 00 rather than what that sum wound amoun. to with interest spread out over a series of thirty or ferty hag’beer’ in’ the bank's empioy f e years, dccording to the state- a&t. He worked ll: & securities caze in e trist iz J. P. Morgan & Ci i | United States President ; Wilson has been made honorary perpetual benefactor of the Valley Forge Historical soclety and has acepted the honor. Confidential "Du the bank's b atemie id, ough others were Sk ity e L e ‘cage, ha man- harm because it will stir_up g feeling jaged dlc. of honds Dbetween the employers and: yes by vointing out, ifithe way of aries paid.” - > it r - Jack Pickford, motien pictare acter, is° L]- with bronchial pneumonia in Los Angeles, but his physicians say his condition” is not sericus, Banks thronghout the m:uy M Fadden: said, “are- protesting . strent agains tcomplying-with the. eomptrélle order on the.ground that it forces them |- Dr. Frederick James Velney Skiff, 70 years old director of the Chicago Field o Did, for the Teturn af the henss. x or forgiven. years.” to- disclose tofore - confidential infor- K for E olution, requesting the president (o call | Museum of ~Natura] History, since| “From start to finish of the peace con: | - Speaking of the discussions at ihe Iabion: & S L R tonds. ‘were’ temposary 4 1-1 per|a naval disarmament conference of repre- 1894, died of heart disease. ference President. Wiison and advisers | Paris peace conference, Mr. Lament without exception opposed vigorously and finally an¥ such suggestion or- proposition of canceliation. There was ne commit- ment, expressed or inferred, near or mote, moral er othetwise, as to the handiing of the allied indebtédness to the United Stafes covernment. 'All the main facts in. the suggested arrangement for the substitution of German for Beigihs bonds were made public at the time. “The whols. question -of .international debts is & .most - important ome. The American people. must, .in the last apa- , determine it uron the.princinle of course is best caleulated to. benefit th-.verld a8 a whale, including Ameri- Mr. Lamont expressed the belief that the amount if indemnity. demanded of Germany by the allles was not excessive. The $46,900,000,000 which Germany ‘was. notified TMUst pay over a series of .forty-twb years.by the: recent. set ment at Paris, he said. if amortized at 8 1-2 per. cent. -and bryught back o pres- ent values, would represent @ capital sum objector amd tww alleged draft evaders were denied citizen- ship by Judge Frederick Lawton in nat- uralization court in Springfleld, Mass. Pt Bl - Ome conscientious Look fo ‘t'he A_dvertia_é:fienfi ' i e : 1 am going to take this opportumity ! FIGURES GF - to say a word in general. as to Presi- dent Wilson's attitude at the peace edn- ference. He 5 accused of having beea unwilling to consult his colieagues. I never saw a man more ready and anxieus to consult than i:e. He has been accused of having deen desiriol to gain credit for himself and to ignore others. 1 never ore corsiderate of those of djutors who were working imme- under him, ror a man more ready o give them credit with the other chiefs of state. 4 “President Wilson undoubted'y had hig digabilities. He did not have a well or- ganized secretarial staff. He did fa* Yoo much of the work him: In exeeution we all have a in some part of our ey Presi ability you, not a refusal when any of us vo! upon taking respons: ders, he Fittsburgh, Feh. 25 —When, -t o tonight. that Comptralier, of the Currenc s Williams had . accused . the Pittsburgl 5 Clearing jHouse association, of having |} . forbidden. member banks to farnish data in connection with yesterday’s bank call, John R.;MacCune, president of the jasso- ciation, ®aid tonight that ‘the information asked by the comptroller - was . beiig given, | H s “At & meeting. of. the. terday,” said Mr. MacCune, ed, on’ advice of counsel, ‘hat not reguired to publish in the newspa; the salaries of -bank officiali as requested by the comptrolier. information-is given to the comptrolier.but is Rot:incor- porated in bauk statements ' - ; We believe we are. righ Dynamite ras used In an an attempt to check a fire runging in the business auarter of Breckenridge, Texas. The loss was estimated at half a miilien dollars. Prohibitien agents charged In Néw York that saloonkeepers, sentemced to Jaf) for violating the Volstead act, are substituting “dummles” to serve their terms. *Advertising is & two edged sword. It gives the consumer the ad- 5 \vantage of. knowing jexactly who disappoints them. No one realizes * _thi& more than' the one who puts out advertised goods. So with him' it is:a principle of good business as well as honor to make his goods ‘measure up to, his advertising claims. Z . _There. is no. getting away from the fact-that the diseriminating Juying. public places large dependence upon ‘the newspaper advertise- - ments. " They look'to them to get in touch with opportunities and they “Jock’to them in filling wants. It only requires such a demonstration as the.Tecent Dollar Day to. send home this fact. ~+-“Talk to your-patrens and others you would like to interest through ' “thé“use’of printer's Ink and in doing so employ.the agency that insures . thorolgh' service throughout Norwich and vicinity—The Bulletin, < -In the: past week the following news matter has appeared in The Bulletin's columns for two cents a day : ‘Buttetin - .. Telegraph Local General ” .February. 19.. . 4103 John Martin, Carl Johnson and David Glannon, jitney bus driver in Green- | wich, was fined $10 and costs each in borough court for an alleged hold-up of Howard Willets. an inabllity. mind On the contrary, rteered or insisted ility off his sheul- as delighted.” The American &rny of occupation om the Rhine was complimented “the most uptodate of all the armies of the Iworld." by Colonel Schalpaca of the Swiss army "1t was pointed out by national bark B oy hero_tonight that. the. of/ every official andemploye of' tional bank is rerularly rmrtjfl"’ xa) n. in comptroller_by national bank . and has always been Tooked upoi same light as other confidential informa. LEGISLATION A8 DESIRED BY OBRGANIZED LABOR ATTEMPTED TO SOVIETIZE LARGE PLANT IN FEANCR The negro conti of Chicage's Total moyement out “hat the red flag i fiying over the bullding as a token of victory. The trouble had its orizin when the workmen refused to ~uit the place .in spite of a leckowgt A~clared by the eom- pany which had reducel wages becaues the employes had siackened up in_their work. Louis Loucheur, the minister of liberated regions, is interested im the company. An “armed peace” Is the situathn te- night with hundreds of gendsrmes and republican guards patr:iling the plant while the workmen sembled across the River Seine singing the “Intern tionale” and p.sclaiming that they will rush the works tomorrow morning. This evening the workmen ¢ttempted te cress the bridge over the river but were easlly repelled by the wuards. Several of the workmen were injured, but n-ne serious- 682 army of unemployed . totajs 20,000 and, - b n . TRty R - thou; the south is beckoning them ‘Washington, Feb. 25.—Organized labor | Paris, Feb. 25, —(By the A P.,—The tlon requested by.thbcomptrollery ... (Febirusry 21 109 492, U0 e again, they show no. dispo. | WIll éhdeavor £ raventhbe. Anat pasage | frst atiémpt to sovietise & ez epiant of, national “banks Jn, Biétabirg] February 2 1M * . 458 J|sition to leave. of the’ pendinix Diilingham, bill, In France, whin the rel flag was raised tha ol ‘of the: Btelles Rent ? Febrisaty 23 o ing Imimigfation’ to thrée per cent. of itoday over a big ejectrical works under lerday, Ao’ gt ”Nmm“‘ the i ““"A“ 3¢ i [Febru: © The Bigelow-Hartfor4 Carpet * Co. of | DUmber of aliens it ‘each natlonality in theconstruction at Genneviiliers, just morth sl i Sae 2o """"m’,, Thursday, .~ February 24 103 Thompsonville announced a wage reduc- | ¢ountry in 1810, as the first move under’|of Paris, ended in dismal failure , sce 3 : ‘s s Paeains 4 tion’ 6 approximately 20 per cent.. effec- | the new. legisiative. Hfogrammie adopted |cording to the police ~ud military Friday, . sbruary 25........ 91 6. tive next Monday. ‘About 2,000 em-|Dhere by representatives of the natignal |thorities—on the other hand the leaders of + SO : - 5 ployes are affected. ‘:{OM affiliated in. the American Feders |the communisis clalm that it was _ TP 2 ; it s . ST i . jation of o1 TN complete ‘success, The police and mi s E bt 628 78 ” 5 feom f 6Bt firyulcmx‘u.hy -w Ay draw thelr c:nclusions trom _ thé 3 X ~ 3 3 SENRB 9 o -t aot that not a_single man is.at wer Nev Zotk 4 N P ’ ~ = dmrive. o T e A ivity ‘today marked >« w0 - sensational sentatives .of the United States, Great prohibi! Britain' and” Japan, ly. pre ar, for the-Diflin bam ‘proposal. ~The latter .was passed by. the; a¢nate ‘and. ah agreement on it by senate and house conferees is now n;zl.n‘:] in- the’ house, 3 atlve representatives of organiz- &d’ labor” have beén instructed ‘t- press their efforts to” obtain a oo - jorial investigation into eonditions §n the strile area In West Virgihia. Whether 'Jdbor: will” attempt to ‘bring about intréduttion of a bill at the extra séssion of congres for the repeal of the Sherman’ anti-t ‘act, will depend, ac- cording to information’ today, upon what action is .taken tb exempt labor eorgan- izations from. Habiilty-under that Counsels for the United Mine Workers and other international erganizations were. said to have begun preparation of final detalls of a bl to be introduced in the extra Wession that would legalize union organization work in all Ifnes of industry, despite tny . individual een- tracts made bétween employer and em- piove njt 'té join a trades union. Plans for the new publicity cammaizn to be waged by the federat:iun werre be- i while the executive ion' discussing means for raising the mwoney necessary for the movement, % % A profiosal made by representafllves of the Typograplical union at the !wbor osn- ference , yegteTday. tat . a - fund of sev- eral milllon. doliars e 'raised for pro- paganda Work, it was learned today, was voted down ang iL was decided. that no olirat ‘aak ;v::l‘;ll fund -au:g be advisablé for this The execytive cquncll of the federation was ‘in session here all day but made no announcemeént as to its work except that it had considered several jurisdic- tional disputes. A L gt 0 A O NO REPLY FROM GREECE ON EEVISION OF SBEVREES TREATY would be adopied’b; the. semate, either in the form a?r nep): arate resolution, ‘or a rider to the ap- Dropriation " bills. Senator Borah is-un- derstood to favor the latter course, -~ ' - The appropriation- bill' was presented {formally during’ the day frr the sendte; As reported it acrried "ns.ooo‘ooo against, $893,000,000 voted by the house. " Notwithstanding severe ecritipism of the way the American Legion is adminis- tering state relief funds to former ser- viee men, the state board of control vot- ed $50,000 to the legion with which. to carry on relief work, The robbers, ifi one cise; indiffnrent the ‘standing’ orders of ‘the police depa e ment that all criminals be - arristed < sight below the “dead line” entered 1) forbidden zone near City: Hall,"committed robbery ‘and_escaped without" their ‘pres- ence being detected. <= -: it of 3 00, 3500, $100 and § sspectively. Their total market value Was, approximately $§70,000.” ‘bank:said that insurance would Hope had beem virtually abandened for the rescue of any of the seven men R SR R . {imprisoned by fire in a gallery of the METHOD OF PENALIZING ... . Kathieen mine at Dowell, five miles “BUILDING TRUST" €ONVICTyoNSs | S°Uth, of Duquoin, Il New Yotk. Feh. 25.—Announcement that hereafter no vleas of guilty would be accepted from individuals under in- dictment on charges growing out of the ‘Building Trust” investization, with the understanding that the guilty persons would be let off ‘with a fine. was made here tonight by Deputy Attorney General Berger. Mr. Berger, who has full charge of criminal prosecutions growing out of the investigations, said he would, press for a jail sentence for every confessed offender. 3 § Coincident with his statement John S. (Murphy, president of a master plumbers’ {Wrm, appeared befare Justice McAvoy and Withdrew his plea of not_guilty.. He then pleaded guilty but sentence was defer- red until afte the ‘cases against other master. plumbers—close to' §0—nh: been. disposed of.-- Murphy - is -charged with ‘Violation of the Donnelly anti-trust act. Samuel. Unterrwyer; who served as spe- cial counsel for, the “Building Trust” in- vestigaling committee, commented on' the convictions yesterday of John M. Het- trick. lawyer, and the. latter's three co- defendants, .in. the . following telegram from Palm Beach received by Mr. Ber- pank -officials to ying a salary of $§5 a month. . e ery theatre, lcrols"‘t;a ‘street . from” Elizabeth street police station, ‘w: with threé bullet wounds,® “The | expressed the opinién that he’ w: in a duel with a “birglar.’, ber revolver, containing ~ two discharged shells, was found near the body, which had ';.Md bieen rifled for valuables.. The man had been deai severa] hours when his body' was Aiscorered. . s Shortly after fioon, two well-dréssed men entereq the jewejry.zhop of Ratkoft Bros. and company, on the ninth of ya lower Broadway bailding, and_escaped with gems valued at $20;000 ‘after elub- bing a ‘clerk unconscious ,with the butty 326! COAL MEN INDICTED ' FOR VIOLATING LEY fER ACT Indianapolis, Feb, 25.--Ci -operation Dbetween 'coal’ operators and miners in 8ix ‘stales ‘to’ forée high orices for soft coal by -restricting < oroduction was charged ‘today by a federal grand jury indictment returned in court here. Two hondred and twenty-six defendants, in- cluding 127: operators and ‘miners and 99 operators’ --;associations. or ° companies, ‘were accused of conspiracy to violate the Sherrnan’ anti-trust faw. ‘The defendants of their revolvers. . . e live ‘in “Missouri;. Illinois, ‘Indfama, Ken- The men escaped by 1 imning dewn nine | tucky..Ohto and Pennsylvania. filghts of steps and losing themselves in [ Judge A. B. Anderson who' veceived the ‘lunch hotr crowds. Police . stated | the: indictment set: May 3 ‘for 'arraign- tht the robbery was well timéd, as the [ment, and ir isduing capigse, for arrest thieves picked an hour when a minimum [of the ‘iZfendants he §xéd the bond of namber.of tenasits was in the bullding. A |each at $19:000. oo 1At setcna: woman customer énterifiz later, wl ants except twelve, Wi made public . H:M'flte 2fo by Pg&;:gec Attorney Van Nuys, . iy Big St - H minent- operators,” ine: 'z Thomas Later in -the ‘afterncon T. Brewster, Edward C. Eéat‘l‘;, Jackson men entered thé offices of Con ictit | Dering, ‘Phil’ Penna and ' William K. Screen ‘company in ‘West” Twenty-eighth | anaugh, ‘and ‘high’ officials ‘of the linited sireet, near Fifth avenue, 'and robbed | Mine Workers’ Uninm, inclading .ts ures- persons In' the office of $44,000 in money |ident; John L. Lewis, and its secretary, and jewels. The men first ordered ev- | William Greem, were among the defend- eryene to 'lie' prone on the. floor while ., The ‘National™- (Joal Associatien another member of the band ‘' wearched amorg. fendants. i - Included among those indict the victims, 3 s Coricluding thelr search. for valuables. |1, Lewis; president of the United Mine the men left leisurely, ang were supposed, |'Workers of #merica; Willia _Green, to-have made ‘their escape in a waiting etary of -the United Mine Workers automobile. A "gearch. by |the’ polics o Americs ; Percy. Tetlow, statistician ailed to unearth ‘a clue’ to the men. . of the United Mi —_——— German manufacturers are undersell- ing American competitors in Peru but their deliveries are stow and it will be some time before German Good can at- tain their pre-war quality. Angus Hickey was arrested in Port- land, Me., for the Boston police. He ad- mitted that he escaped from a Massachu- setts institution in which he was serving a sentence of eight ronths. The police and the repubjican guards have Instristions to disperse all gath- erings and to prevent any of the former workmen from entering the plant as they have no business there, Laving accepted the payment of their wages ang no leag- er being employed, Officials at the works explam the presence of the red fl. g over the buflding as due to the absence of a steenjejack among the police or guards able to elimb the hich pole over the plant from whieh the flag is fiying. Thilip W. Ayres of Boston, secretary of the soclety for rrotection of New Hampshire forests, spoke at the inter- state forestry conference in favor of state subsidies to enosurage refoestration. The council of ambassadors declded to. send & mote to the league of na- tions concerning a Danziz arms manu. factory which is alleged to be continuing the manufacture of arms for export. GUE UP DISARMAMENT COUNCIL oF TAKE: Efforts te repeal the were consdered at the second sesson of the conference of representatves of Na- tional and International unions affiliatced in the American Federation of Labor, Paris, Feb. 25.—(By the A. P.)—The council o the league of nation: laying aside the subjects of the Polish-Lithuani- an-controversy. T.le American man/ate ndte and the question how to fy he league assembly's wish for greater pu- blicity for its pr:ceedings, tock up fbe question of disarmament today, The ‘council will ask the powers whieh signed at St. Germain, the convention re- lating to control of traffic in arms and munitions, to ratify this c.nvention. De- A seeret indictment wis returned. at Cleveland against one of the witnesses in the first trial of Judge William H. Me- Gannon, who was recently acquitted at his sacond trial of the slaying of Harold €. Kagy. othing has happened in our city in Years that will do 80 much to destroy vicious combinations - that have preyed alike on labor and the public. = A few more such convictions and we will have uprpoted these combinations and will have rel,as‘ed the public from suck ‘-icious ef- * = London, Feb. 25.—By The A: P.) Be- ¢ Workers of America. e s il S Al Al claring that until this is d>ne no pro- pe 3 " X T fort Cries of “graft” raised by ot ey, chief of the mationalist |gress can be made in this direction. It CLEAN SLATE" IS GIVEW HOB-NAILED BOOTS CAUSED, ? s the New York police department follow- | d¢iegation, wihio has definitély faken the |was decided to nominate “AMBASSADOR” MARTENS 25 . - : 2 temporary DAMAGE /AT HOTEL CRILLON commission to consider a reduction -#n armaments. This body will be compesed of prominent public men. together with technical experts and representatives of labor and of industries and some mem- bers of military and economic commis- sions, The councll still is guarding as a elose secret its deliberaticns on the Amerfean note eoncerning mandates. Speculation consequent]y is rife as to sexeral posai- ble eventualities. All guesses on the sub. Ject are being denied as fast as they are made. Arthur J. alfsur was partieu- larly vexed today by a report that he had been charged with drafting a reply to the Amerfcan note. The only Infor- mation obtainable this evening on the sit- uation Is that nothing whatsoever has been decided on. ing an order requiring the force to wear two and a half inch cuffs on their sum- mer uniform hats were under official investigation. "welve boys and girls, held virtual prisoners of science at the Philadelphia hospital for contagious diseases for pe- tiods ranging from 183 months to six years, will be given a home of their own at that institution. place of head of the Turkish delegatjons to the Near East conferences reiterating this aflernoon acceptance by ‘the Turks of the allies’ suggestion for the appoint- ment of & commission to detéfmine what disposition is to be made of; ce and Smyrna, “dsked for fime to sommunicate with "Angora respecting othier! paris of the treaty of Sevres affetciggsthe econ- omic life- of the country. said he hoped to*obtain a Teply by Monday. and the conferente aceeded ‘to ~request. The British prime .. b .~ David Lloyd George, assured Bel Samy that the allies would carry out QH# investiga- tion with complete fairmess gnd impar- tiality, and ‘decide the questions at issue between Greece and Turkey o Ples of Justice: 4 f Nb_reply was recelved {idni o ‘with respect o the vropogm} L. ‘e al- Mes fer revision of the Sevres treaty, (o be based upon the findingg of the Thracs and Smyrna inveéstigatingycammission. Tt is expected, however. the' reply will ar- rive by Monday evening. - ¢ Premier Lioyd Geofge {old the Greeks, OFFICIAL WEEKLY EEVIEW OF CONDITIONS IN IRELAND Dublin, Feb. 25.—The. casualties to. the crown forces during the ' week ending Februaty -9 were the Jowest racorded in ‘any. week thus far this year, oniy two being Killed and nine wounded, says as official. review jssued today. . The review records ten ambmshes, of Which three were on trains, A feature of the ambushes was tlhie absence of casual- tles to the forces of the crown and the serious casuajties inflicted' on the at- tacking parties. ~ Four _attacks were made on occupied barracks. There was one assassination and one attempted as- sassinati Y Sinn Feiners, the review says, mur- New York, Feb. 24—The dep: of labor has cancelied its warranr oreht rest and order of deportatiom- Ludwig. C.. A.' K.- Marte; wrted,dhi- -counsel, nounced today. This gives vclein slate,” and‘makes him "‘lm"::'p._ turn. immediately to 'Am ¥ ag- | B sieted, R RS regory Weinstein, Martens' deport, secretary, also was, cleared; accordine who eaid he received a tel New York, Feb, 25.—Ho¢ of two ‘hundred: doughboy guards posied at the Hotel Crillon whnere the American Peace Commission had. its headquarters " |in Paris caused virtually all of the dam- a | 2g¢ for iwhich the ‘ewners charged the 8 ission $125,870, the manager of the ote!, Hinri Detuis, said here today. “ It was this item of damages in the ex- 1 's- 8 the delegation éver which con- erable ‘profest was “voiced ' recently in thé, house of ,ripresentatives, and Which among other 'expenses President. Wilson ‘labor" #nnouncing ‘that the ‘was asked to ‘ftemize .’in’ a ' resolution “having been deported and h: ‘ adopted. by the. house. . - rived in Russia, the: warrant.ef arrest| ‘THhe 200 Americen soldiers who, guard- and deportation order ‘against them has |20 tHe Cammission in Paris damaged the been - cancelled. ol Fy=ie = .- | Hete! ‘Crillon to-the extent of about $625 Mr. Recht said’ that it had net been |cach” said 'M. Dequis, quickly adding dered_seven persons suspected of giving his intention to make known 'this action |that. it Was not the fault of themselves | information to the authorities. There until he had consulpsd. the. departmen | but.the shees they wore: : were 47 ralds of the mails. Seventy-one of labor, but explained that in ‘“seme | ‘-They were' neither imnolite ner bois- | arrests were made for outrages and po- mysterious manner,”- the blue-penciling of | terous: but_théy had ‘to tramp in and out litical "offc g7 and there were 43 trial the formal charkes’ against- Martens and |2nd: bout the hotel all the . time, | and courtma. ials of civilians, mostly hav- Weinstein had leaked ‘ont and:had been | Wearifig hob-nailed shoes over the polish- | ing arms and seditious literature in-their published . in ‘a .foreign . ianguage, news- |¢d floers and expensive rugs.. It.cost the possessiol Of these, 34 were convicted paper. ‘here. ' 3 K- "% | hotel; 654 frai to replace the car-|and nine dcquitted. Ninety-three persons “Martens and. ‘Weinstein:are given 'a 00 franes.to put the hotel | Were interned during the week. clean slate an X oy v ey L e o thé {hought the .boots of the United States at any. time,” " eques 3 “Of courss, anothef whrmant st Srice; |Prench soiiiess would have had the sme and deportation. order could bs.’ issued |®ffect,.and said he understood the Brlgah g = against them after their arrival® " Hareld C. Jacquith of Darien, Com was appointed managing director of the Near East Relief organization for Con- stantinople and Turkey. at the regular meeling of the executive committee in New York. Mr.’ Recl BTam yesterday from the de First class- passenger rates -from the TUnited States to FEuropean ports were advanced ten per cent. The advance does not apply to tickets already booked or purchased. Second class and steerage rates are unchanged. JUDGE M'GANNON WAS DECIDED 70 RESIGN Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 25.—Judge WT!. fam H. McGannon. 1ec®ntly aoquitted who e’ recelved after the, departure of | Of Second derree murder in conmection the Turks: ths ‘mornifg,/4Hat the allies’ | With the death of Harold C. Kagy. an- ides wag that the armie§CBhould rémain | nounced late today that he will resign deciston | 78 chlef justice of muhicipal court on Méanwhile guaran. | March 1" The announcement was iz tees would be given for {he security of | TPl to a réquest of the Cleveland Bar the ‘fninerity pepulatior Greek and | @soclat’sn yesterday that he sesign ai b, once Instead of March 15. the date pee- e viously set by Judge McGanmon. A hydreplane bearing the name “Big Fish” and constructsd (o represent a shark arrived at Havana . from West Palm Beach, Fla. The nine passengers, included Prince Alfonso -of Bourbon, a cousin- of King Alfonso of Spain. TO EXAMINE ANNUAL. REPORT ON MANDATORIES e “Parls’ Feb.- 25:—The permanent scm- . |miision appointed ‘by the council of ti # league ‘of nations ‘today to cxaiine the annual feport on mandatories inciudes W. Cameron Forbes." formér Ameriean gov- ernor -general «of _the - Philiopines, Other noraviandatory powers represent- ed in the commission ‘include’ Sweden, | Army avisters who hope to uwpheld Holland, Italy and Portugal. § the. contention of Brigadier General The mandatory. powers represefited are [ Mitchell that aircraft virtually have Great Britain, by ‘William * Ormsby- [made battleships obsolete are to receive Gore:'Belgiumi, by M. Orts:- and’ Franee, | a special course of instriction of ‘not by, M. Beau, - The: Japanese repressn-|more than a month In anticipatien of tative his not yet been. named. the tests against battleship- & Negotiations with the Chilean govern- ment for a concessicn of about 350,000 acres of land In the ®Proyince of Lian- quthue, in the southern end of the country, have been concluded by repre- sentatives of German industrial inu rests. i ‘even, moré damage ‘to the Hotel gy GERMAN: COUNTERFEITERS : s DUPED BY RUSSIANS “Feb. ‘2. —Oérman conterfeiters 3" recéndly’ printed, millions of marks Which * they. were ‘unable to dispose eof, exchanged the false money with some residents of Soviét Russia for “gold dust” whiéh has been found to be only powder- ed bronz :‘:,wmm 1o ‘the Berlin news: R & & Ty . CROSS-CONTINENTAL PLANES WERE FORCED DOWN Francis P. Dufty, chaplain - v amous . - Frish overseas regiment,” thh “Fighting 65th," tonight quelled ‘a - disturbance. started Irish sympathizers in .Carnegie Hall dur- ing & lecture by §ir Phifip Gibbs, English Carmdén, N. T Feb. 25.—Frank ‘¥, Jamés :and Paymond W.' Schuck, esn- Paul, Camden bank messomge: both sentenc4 to die in’ 3 “San Diego. Calil.. F=h, 2 Reaplans Ko.-10 and 12 of the Pacific ales fores; which left. Balboa Wednesday on the re- turn- trop from the Panama canal to San Diego, were forced down between Balboa and Bahia Honda, accrrd'ng o radio reports recefved & .%o navai Alr station on North Islcand ioday. No pae- p L . i «+ sticujlars were given. N