Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 10, 1921, Page 1

~ \ VOL. LXIlI—NO. 59 POPULATION 29,685 — FOREIGN RULERS SEND GOOD WILL MESSAGES T0 HARDING, President Millerand of France, Kings George of Great Britain, = Albert of Belgium, Emmanuel of Italy, Gustaf of Sweden and Boris of Rumania Among the European Rulers. to ; Send Felicitations—All the Chief Executives of South * and Central American Republics Have Sent Messages Pledging Friendship to the United States. Washington, March 9.—Messages of ation exchanged by President Hard- irs and a number of foreign rulers, ex- pressing hopes for peae and friendship roughout the world, were made public today at the White House. A note of economic as well as political cooperation was souhded in the exchange Letween Mr harging and President Mil- hile most of the mes- «d’ with South and Cen- rand of France, . of Pan-American solidarity. ssage reported in press dispatches been sent by King George of " and the president’s reply eMitted from the list given to the public. In ad to President Millerand, those whose congratulatory expressions were included in_the White House an- noancement were King Albert of the Bel- gians, r immanuel of ltaly, King ceden, King Boris of | Pulgaria, Sultan Ahmed Ghadjar of Per- sia, President Prssoa of Brazil, President lez of Salvador, President Gondra v, President Acosta of Costa lent Lustillos of Venezuela, Suarcz of Colombia, President Panama, President Brum of President Porras of Uruguay, President Menocal of Cuba and President Saavedra of Bolivia. After recalling the common _trials through which France and the United States had jassed, President Millerand's message said: “The solidarity of France and the United States, which so powerfully con- tibuted to their e.mmon vietory, will al- 0 prove their safeguard during peace. The political or econgmic weakening of either republic would mean impairment of the other. Their interest as well as their sentiment bids them to stand by cach other, and thus we are sure will be perpetuated the noble traditions which| fo nearly a century and a half have as- sociated. our two great democracies for the commos good of mankind.” To the Fren:h president Mr. Harding replied: “I thank veu sincerely for the cordial- ity of your apprciated telegram of con- ratulations and good wishes, and assure u of my abiding friendship for the French republic and of my very genuine wish for the continued promotion of its welfare and the further strengthening, if posgible, of the ties by which the two countries are bound in historic and fra- terna] friendship.” TROUBLES ON THE CENTEAL RAILROAD OF N, J. . J.. March 9.—Flat refusal josal of the repair es of the Central: Railroad of Jersey to return to work and actept the sompany’s L O. U.s as pay, was an-| aounced today by William J. Gesler, pres- | idept of the company. Mr. Gesler said that the cendition of he Cen ew Jerséy's finances is the sam. of all other railriads n the country. He declared that -the ‘rouble is a qu-stion of wage reductions. The statement placed the blame for the sresent trouble upon the labor wage board or refusin; reduction in sages of rail He maintain- sd that the railroads are paying higher wages than private corporations. The railroad emyloves had previously annpunced that the company had It of its shop employes becauss of inc of suffic JICE THROW OF YOUTHFUL BANK CLERK Hartford, Conn., March 9—Leo E. Bou- jer. 17-vear-old clerk in the Fidelity st Company hers, Wag arrested today. rged vith embezzlement of $4,384 of # the bank’s funds. Dice throwing was his sxplanation of the loss of the money, of which he has less than $50 Jeft. Ques- joned by nhis parents, by bank officers ind by State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn, he youth said he was induced to accom- voung men who roll the dice for arge amounts and that after he met osses he couid not pay he took bank funds mpts to win back his early osses failed, he said, and placed him | m a more serious financial predicament. SOLSHEVIST LEADERS NAVE ESCAPED FROM PETROGRAD London, Mare despatch to the ondon Times from Riga dated Wedn ay, says that all the bolshevik leaders n Petrograd escapd by motor car fol- owing the capture by the revolutionaries s morning of the entire c with ;e exception of the Nicolal and Finland railroad stations. The goviet troops suf- fered heavy losses at Krasnove miles southeast of Petrograd, and at Gat- miles to the southwest. rasnoya Gorko and Oranienbaum fortresses have gurrendered. The red ar- my has retreated twenty verst FRENCH ARE BEAUTIFYING AMERICAN CEMETERIES Washington, March 9.—The French government has undertaken to assist in ihe enlargement and beautifying of the American cemeteries of Belleau Wood \nd Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, the state iepartment was advised today by -the American embassy at Paris. The French ministry of war will as- sume the expense of the purchase and mprovement of the. property necessary for the American marine corps monu- ment. 0 WITHHOLD APPOINTMENT OF PHILIPPINES GOVERNOR Washinigtien, March 9.—A governor! veneral of the Philippine Islands to suc- | seed Francis Burton Harrison, resigned, | will not be named until the return to the ‘nited States f Major General Leonard Wood, who is to sail for the islands March 25 to make a report to President Harding on the question of independence for the Pacific possession. This was an- aounced today by Secretary Weeks. Gen- sral Wood is expected to return in the summer. EMPLOYES OF PACKERS TO APPEAL TO PRESIDENT HARDING Ohmaa, Neb, March 9.—The wags con- ference of delegates of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchcer Workmens Union in sessioin here late today decided to appeal to President Harding to help prevent wage reductions from going into effect in the packing industry until the matter can be investigated Sy the sec- retary of labor. RATLEOAD RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO PROFITEERS Chicago, March 9.—Rajiroad - station restaurants in Chicago are the biggest profiteers in _existence and their groes profit ranges from 80 to 809 per cent. Rus- sl J. Poole. chairman of the city coun- cil cost of living committee, said today in a report covering a recent survey. The lowest net profit made by some of the | with headquarters in Louisvi DEMAND REORGANIZATION. OF CLEVELAND FIRE DEPARTMENT Clevelgnd, 0., March 9.—Complete re- organizatjon of the Cleveland fire depart- ment, demanded teday’ by committees representing the national board of fire underwriters and Cleveland fire insurance men, following a recent.survey made by C. A. Whitney, a ngiional board engineer. he report, which was laid befoie Mayor W. S. Fitzgerald at a mw a3, shows that because of the thra2e pintoon system the department is undes-manned, under-equigped, and that its morale bad. Immediate efforts to improve corditions must be made, it wus exp'a‘n2l, if Cleve- land is to retain ‘ts first class insureuce ratings. { After the meclirs Mayor Fitzgerald Ceelared that he 1’1 not agree with toe underwriters that the department is be- low par in efficiency. BRITISH EMPIRE TO HAVE COTTON MARKETING CONCEBN Louisville, Ky., March 9.—Organization of a British Empire cotton growing and marketing concern, financed and officially aided by the British government, is in- dicated in an authorized article in the British government Board of Traue Journal for F.yruary, reccived here to- day by R. L. dcKellar, foreign freight traffic manager of the Southern Railway, le. Far reaching arrangementsi t was indicated, are nearing completion for the establishment of a huge permanent or- ganization with the ultimate object of relieving the British cotton industry of dependance upon the United States for the Ereater part of its supply of raw cot- ton, 1,000 PASSENGERS ON STEAMER HONG MOH WERE DROWNED Amoy, China, March 9.—Details of the disaster to the steamer Hong Moh, which was wrecked on Lamock Island, oft the port of Swatow, March 3, were re- ceived here today. The. vessel struck the rocks and sank immediately. There were few lifeboats on board and no wireless. The steamer, which was a coolie car- rier and was bound from Singapore for Amoy, had 1,200 souls abeard. Captain Holms, Lim Pen Siong, a milljonaire of Singapore, and a thousand of the passen- gers were drowned. FORMER MEXICAN OFFICIAL HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED El Paso, March 3.—Colonel Angel Gaxiola, chief clerk in the department of the interior of Mexico and chief of staff under former Provisional President Adol- fo De La Huerta, was assassinated in Mexico City today, according to a tele- gram received today by F. A. Pesqueira, Mexican consul in El Paso! The assassin has not been caught, the message stated. THE RUSSO-POLISH PEACE NEGOTIATIONS HAVE CEASED London, March 9.—All the peace nego- tiations betwéen the Russians and the Poles at Riga have ceased, according to a despatch to the London Times from Riga. The bolsheviki say that the cessa- tion is due to the illness of their chief representative, M. Joffe. FEESHETS ARE THREATENING IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS Springfield, Mass., March 9.—Rapidly rising streams tonight threatened damage to property_in_western Massachusetts. In several places minor damage has been caused by the melting snow and ice. In western Frankiin county the Deerfleld river rose to a height unequalled since the freshet of 1869. BOLSHEVIK UPRISING HAS BROKEN OUT AT BATUM Batum, March .—A bolshevik uprising has broken ooe here. Thousands of per- sons, in addiil@%) the allied mission and members of the Georgian government, are leaving. The bolsheviki hold the raiiway from Kutais to Batum. BELGIANS HAVE OCCUPIED HAMBORN, IN GERMANY Berlin, March 9.—(By The A. P.) The Beiglans have occupied Hamborn, to the north of Duisburg and the coaling port of the Thyssen Works. The occupation was without incident. restaurants was 50 per cent, he said. ARKANSAS HOWSE VOTES TO IMPEACH JUDGE WADE Little Rock, Ark., March 9.—The heuse ©of representatives today voted to im- peach Circuit Judge John W. Wade be- sause of his alleged charges against the moralityl of the legislature in instructions Jo a grand jury last Monday, J FIVE BANDITS KILLED MAN NEAR HIS HOME IN CHICAGO Cabled Paragraphs Jamalea Makes ‘War Appropriation. Kingston, Jamaica, March 0.—The leg- islative council today measure providing for an appropriation of $350:- 000 anndally for forty years: This is for the purpose of helping in the liquidation of the mother country's war debt. BOLSHEVIST SENT TO ’ HARTFORD COUNTY JAIL Hartford, March 9.—Gived Veeh, 25, who came to this country from Germany a month ago, admitted in the West Hart- ford town court today that he'is a bol- shevist and a foe of policemen. He was sentenced to the county,ail for 90 days for carrying concealed weapons and re: sisting an officer. Before this sentence explres Superintendent of ~State Police Egan expects to obtain an order for the deportation of Veeh from the country as @n_undesirable alien. Veeh was arrestad on a West Hartford farm today by State Policeman Ginnell after a short struggle. . Reports had reached the state police that the man was telling of his skill af making bombs and had displayed two alleged time bombs. The police @id not find any bombs atter arresting’ him. INDIAN CHIEF MAKES DEBUT AS AN OPERATIC SINGER New York, March 9.—The chasm be- tween nmeiodious Indian war-whoops and the smooth strains of operatic singing was bridged tonight when Chief Caupoli- can, a native Araucanian Indian of the Chilean Andes, made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera company in the lead- ing role of “The Polish Jew.” A Every seat in the auditorium, from the starched-shirt section to music lovers' roost, had been taken many days in ad- vance, and with one accord they gave the “Big Chief” a cou\1g reception. The stentorian \vice of his Indian fa- ther and the musical appreciation of his French mother h=ve been blended into an overatic baritone of rare richness, per- sonified in the Indian chieftain, said to be the first of his race ever to have come to this pinnacle of voeal development, WIND AND RAIN STORM IN EASTERN PE Philadelphia, March 9.—Much damage was dome by a terrific wind and rain eastern Pennsylvania storm which hit early tonight. ¥ The storm apparently struck hardest in the vicinity of Downingtown, 35 miles from this city, where 15 roots were blown off and a number of persons injured, six of them seriously. ment building, which was were among those hurt. aniglescaped injur;. demolished, The other ten- Among the Taildings unroofed were, the Pennsylvania and the Reading rail-] raad stations. TO SUBMIT WAGE REDUCTION TO RAILE9AD LABOE BOARD Bostor,, March 9.—The wage reduction announced by the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad for unskilled labor will be submicted t» the railway labor board by Robert Hen(S:son, representing six of the unskilled ‘crafts, he said to- night. Mr> Henderson said that repre- sentatives of Dhe employes had been ifi- formed at a conference yesterday that the cut would go into effect April ‘4th. and that a representative of the railroad had refused to bring the matter to the board's attention. WARNING FROM KRONSTADT AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS London ,March The Kronstadt gov- ernment has issued a proclamation to the world workers to begin a‘fight againgt the communists, according to a Helsing- fors despatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Early reports from Petrograd say that the soviet officials are ready to leave at any moment and that the soviet war min- ister Trotzky had ordered the arrest of the staff of the Esthonia legation. SMALLEST CONGRESSIONAL RECORD EVER PUSLISHED ‘Washington, March 9.—The Congres- sional Record outdid itself for brevity today. It consisted of one page, printer on both sides, and devdted mainly to ed torials and letters inserted by tenators during yestérday's ten-minute session. The issue was said to be probably the smallest ever published. STEAMSHIP MASSILLION FLOATED UNDAMAGED New York, March 9.—The shipping board steamship Massillion Bridge, from Constantinople for New 'York, which went aground this merning in a dense fog at Roamer Shoals, near Ambrose channel, was floated late today with the aid of two tugs. Apparently undamaged, she pro- ceeded on her own power to her dock. PRESIDENT HARDING PLAYED GOLF IN BAIN ‘Washington, March 8.—Threatening | weather, with heavy rain at intervals, didn't deter President Harding from carrying out his plan today to play golf. He played eighteen holes, part of the time in the rain, and did not get back at the White House until after dark. Refresh- ed by the exercise, the president spent the evening at work in his office. ACTRESS BLOSSOM SEELEY MARRIES DANCING PARTNER St. Paul, Minn, March 9.—Blossom Seeley, vaudeville actress, today nounced her marriags to Benjamin E. Geisenfield of Milwalkee, her dancing partner, known on the stage as Beany Fields. A civil ceremony was performed in Chicago three weeks ago and the re- ligiolus ceremony was keid here today. Miss Seeley formerly was the wife Rube Marquard, Major League piticher. PUBLIC FUNERAL FOR BRIGADIER GENEEAL CUMMING Dublin, March 9.—A public funeral for Brigadier General Cumming, commander of the Kerry military area, and two of his lieutenants who were killed in the ambuscade of a military convoy in Clon- banin last Saturday, was held today. Last night six different police patrols were held up in the streets and disarmed. INCENDIARISM BY BAND OF ARMYD MEN IN IRELAND Carrick-on-Shannen, Ireland, March $ —A number of private houses and ciher buildings were destroysd by fire or ex- plosives here tonight. The incendiarism was carried out by armed men, presurh- ably in reprisal fcr the recent ambuscade. TO SELECT R. C. AUXILIARY Chicago, March 9.—Five bandits today shot to death Alexander Wittoit after at- tempting to hold him up near his home on the South Side. The house ef commons voted confidenca in the British government policy in Ire- ,» BISHOP OF NEW YORK Rome, March 9.—The consistorial con- gregation has applied to New York for information regarding ®ie appointment of an auxiliary bishop of New York. This means that the choice has been post- poned. - SYLVANIA Three women and a child, who resided in a five-family apart- of 'm0 N Pro ——— | cording to Ruling. ‘Washington, March 9.—Beer and wines | Washin, are given the same status as whiskey un- der an opinion by the attorney general made public today by“the bureau of inter- nal revenue. 5 The ruling; one of the most rant since the advent of national ‘prohibition, | makes it possible for all alcoholic liquors to be used for medical and other non- beverage purposes, and for all to he-man- ufactured and sold for these subject only to the limitations of the Vol- stead act on non-beverage intoxicamts; - The opinion svas written by Former At- torney~Genera} Palmer the day before he retired from office, and was in reply o queries from -internal revenue and prohi- bitlen agents bearing on construction of half a dozen moot points in the law. Whettfer it will upset any regulations of the revenue and enforcement bureaus {had ngt'been detgrmined tonight. Com- missioner Williams of the revenue bureau saying_he had not had an opportunity . to study ihe opinion. He made it public without comment and said that officials concerned with Znforcement ~would pre- pare at once to uraft regulations :carry- ing out the attorney general's construc- tion of the dry law. There were many. rumors afloat that the opinion had wrecked plans of dry advocates to obtain further restriction of liquor sales. Officials refused to comment on ‘the reports, however, but Wayne B. Wheeler, general couns’ for the. anti- saloon league, declared ~~opinion was not in accord with the puipose of the federal law. “Congress clearly did not intend to le- galize what the state laws prohibit,” Mr. Wheeler said. “Unless the opinion is over- ruled. congress should amend the law. It is difficult, of course, to overrule it be- cause the government and the brewers are on the same side of the case and there is no one to contest it, unless the new attorney general overrules the opin- ion. The opinion appeared ambiguous in some respects, officials said, and as a re- sult they. were unable o determine whether the government had power, in the light of the ruling, to limit the num- ber of prescriptions which a physician may write except that the law specifies no more than a pint per person in a ten- day period. - Mr. Palmer declared he believed it the purpose’ of congress to |leave the physician “unfettered. by gov- ernmental control” yet he thought that regulations might properly restrict- the amount to be 50ld on any one preserip- tion, Mr. Palmer called attention to provis- ions of law which apparently had left the physician to act on his judgment. He suggested then that when a physician abused the privilege he eould be dealt with criminally-but added that in ne case should-the judgment of the physieian be supplanted by that of enforcement offi- | cials, a situation he believed would . re- sult from requlations attempting to con- trol the use of prescriptions. Replying to a guestion whether the government could restrict the number of permits to manufacture, or prescribe in any state or community, Mr. Palmer ex- plained that the Volstead act had limited only the classes to which permits could be ‘issued and had permitted no_discrimi- nation. between persons within - those classes. He said the withholding of per- mits could not be done legally. even though officials were convinced that fewer permits would suffice n any given state or city. Mr." Palmer advised officials that had mple authority” to write such regula- tions as they believed necessary to make certain the enforcement of the law. The advocates stressed this statement, de- claring (hat by it means wo 11d be found ‘which would circumvent and handicap the sale of beer and wines and would not fhrow open the door to manufacture of quantities of high alcoholic beer again as anti-prohibitionists insisted. q REVOLUTIONISTS IN RUSSIA REQUEST SUPPLIES OF FRANCE Paris, March 9.—The executive com- { mittee of former members of the Russian duma, with headquarters here. sent a ca- ble message today to Boris Bakhemeteff, the Russian ambassador at Washington, to make representations at the state de- partment on behalf of the revolutionary movement in Kronstadt and elsewhere. The ambassador was asked to explain the nature of the revolution and to request that food and other aid on purely human- itarian grounds be sent to the scene di- rectly or through the American Red Cross. 7 * Nicolai Avskentieff, president of the committee, told The Associated Press to- day that the committee, as a result nf direct secret communication established with the interior of Russia' through Fin- land, was in a position to state that the present movement was entirely different from all previous attacks against the bolshevists. “I want theAmerican-people to know,” said M. Avskemtieff, “that the revolution now going on is one organized’ by the people of Russia, and that it differs in every way from the outbreaks of Wran- gel, Kolchak, Denikine and Yudenitch, It is a declaration of the resentment of the people of Russia against bolshevism. The present phase of it may be put down by the brutal force of the bolsheviki, but a nation-wide revolution is sure to come in April or May. We believe this /s the beginning of the end of bolshevisn.” CLEVELAND BAR PROTESTS STATUS OF JUDGE LANDIS Cleveland, Oh., March 9.—The Cleve- land Bar association tonlght adepted a resolution protesting against Federal Judge K. M. Landis accepting the posi- tion of baseball commissioner. The res- olution declares Judge Landis' action is “inconsistent. With the full ‘and adequate performance” ‘of his duty as a federal judge, and that it “constitutes a serious impropriety” on his part, The resolution endorses the report of the congressional sub-committee or judi- clary, to wWhich was referred impeach- ment charges against Judge Landis, filed by Congressman Welty of Ohie. RAILROAD BROTHERHOODS TO OPPOSE WAGE REDUCTIONS Cleveland, O., March 9.—The four rail- road brotherhoods will contest general wage reductions by going before the rail- way labor board and “showing there is no justice In such action,” W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen and Enginemen. said to- it isherg er Dokt Non-Beverage Purposes, Ac-| States—Debt Amounts to Ll her internal financial condition, setting in fing on |Italy Arranging to 4 With the United $1,631,000,000. gton, March 9 (By The A. P.) Italy is preparing through rehabilitating. motion again the machinery of comme: cia] Telations and resuming the produ tion of staples of commerce utilized in her lm-e'lgn grade, to discharge her debt to | the Lnited States, Rolando Ricel, the new Italian ambassador, said today in answer to an inquiry. The debt, according to the last annual report of former Secre- tary of the Treasury Houston, amounts 'to $1,631,000,000. The ambassador expressed confidence in the success of the eforts that are now being made to bring about a complete ré- sumption of the formerly large and im- portant trade, relations between Italy and the United States, particularly the Italian export trade with this country, which would be a large factor in meeting the financial obligations uf Italy to America. He indicated, however, that it would not be possible at first to apply the proceeds of the sale of Italian products imported into Zmerica direcily towards tié ra- duction of the debt to this country. Although no intimation has come from the treasury department.of a disposition to discuss the. questions involved in a re. adjustment of the indebtedness of the al- lied powersgp the United States, it is un- derstood to be regarded by the heads of the foreign embassies here as a subject that must very soon be taken under con- sideration in order that the house ways and means committee and the senate mmittee on finance may be in posses- sion of facts regarding the probable re- ceipts of interest on account of these for- eign debts as a basis for their own cal- culations of the,amount of revenue {hat must be raised by tariff and internal rev- enue legislation in this country to meet its budget. 3 HARDING ASKS RATIFICATION OF $23, 0 COLOMBIAN TREATY ‘Washington, March 9.—A special mess- age sent by Prosident Harding to the sen- ate today asking early ratification of the $25,000,000 treaty with Colombia imme- diately’ started a vigorous controversy, with a considerable group of republicans aligned in opposition. At was the new executive's first con- gressional message and, as antigipated, developed the first open differences be- tween senate republicans. The communi- cation was brief and was understeod to have recommended ratification of the long delayed treaty principally on the ground that sush action would improve relations between the United States and Colombia, and have a beneficia] effect on relations between the United States and all of Latin-America: Publication of the message, read in an executive session of the senate, was deferred. - Tmmediate action on the. treaty at the present extra session of the senate wak urged by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican floor leader, but objections came from both republicans and demo- crats, and the matter went over until to- morrow, together with a proposal to dis- cuss the treaty in open session, Postponement of the treaty's considera- tion until the April session of congress appeared probable. Leaders among advo- cates and opnonents of the trealy started negotiations and tomorrow it was hoped that an agreement might be reached which would defer consideration until next month, limit debate after the senate reassembles in April and fix a definite date for a final vote. If the treaty is set aside until the April session, leaders to- night £1id that the extra senate session might terminate next Saturday. Should the senate proceed at once with the trea- ty it ‘was predicted generally that the ex- tra_session would continue right into the April gession. Differences over the treaty appeared principclly among republicans. Most of the democratic senators were reported to favor ratification of the treaty which the Wilson administration negotiated in 1914. Prominent among reputed opponents in the republican ranks were Senators Bo- rah, Idaho; Kenyon, Towa; Kellogg, Min- neso; Lenroot, Wisconsin, Johnson, Cali- fornia, and Nelson, Minnesota. Most of the newly elected epublican senators were counted as supporters of the treaty. GERMANS NOT DISSATISFIED BY OCCUPATION OF ALLIES Duesseldorf, Germany, March 9.—(By The A. P.) — Twenty-four hours have passed since the allied troons marched into the new zove of occupation. Not the slightest untowsd incident has occurred, and General Degoute, in command of the occupatio>r, has returned to Mayencs. “One could almost say that our ar- rival is the fulfillment of a long cherish- ed hope.” commented a high allied or- ficer today. The workers, who might be expected to give trouble, show no signs of dis- satisfaction. The socialist leaders say the army has promised to respect their or- genizations; that is all they ask, If the army rids them of the hated “green devils,” ‘as the state police are called, they promise to live on the best terms with it. At Duisborg and Ruhrort a certain fer- ment is apparent. The walls are plastered with placards headed with the red flag. The soldiers had occasionally to disperse sullen featured groups, but it seems merely a passing show of ill humer, for the factories are working full blast, while other sections of the population appear to feel relief. The occupation assures the maintenance of that order so dear to the German heart, while General Degoutte's proclama- tion, promising a better food supply, has made an excellent impression. 'UND_INSUFFICIENT FOR RELIEF WORK IN CHINA New York, March 9.—The American committee for the China famine fund was notified today by its advisory committee in Peking, that present funds from all sourceg are sufficient o save only 2,500, 000 of the 6,000,000 persons facing star- vation. Messages from American co1- suls and missionaries in tne five nortne ern provinces indicate that the utmost ef- fort will be required to wustain enough able bodied men, and women unil the time for planting th spring harvest, said the advisory committes, wheh added that the nmext few months will be the most critical period. ROOSEVELT SWORN IN AS ASS'T SECRETARY OF NAVY night commenting on the order issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad company today. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and W. G. Lee, president of the Broth- erhood of Railway Trainmen, made ne somment. ment. ! ‘Washington, March 9.—Lieutenant Col- onel Theadore Roosevelt was sworn in as assistant secretary of the navy today within a few hours after confirmation of his nomination by the senate. He imme- diately received the navy officers and ci- villan employes on duty at the depart- | ambassador to 10 PAGES—76 COLUMNS Brief Tf_lfsérams estimated a total of 5,000,000 marks were wagered, Syndicalist riots “in Oporta, Portugal. were suppressed. Much damage was dont to property. - A majority of Jamaicans are not in favor of the suggested sale cf the island to the United States. ‘Charles W. Hiiliard, second vice pres- ident of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, died in New York. George Livingston Watts, North Caro- lina's largest individual taxpayer, died at Dunham, at the age of seveniy years. Lightning struck two electric cars nearly filled with passengers ang a resi- dence in Bath, Me. No one was injured. ! ‘The city council of Detroit has av- propriated - $466,000 for relief work among tamilies of unemployed workmen. The Finnish cabinet resigned. The. dis- agreement was over tne national budeet and has no gonnection with the Russian situation. Although handicapped by a shortage of tin pails 1921.maple sugar has established ed a record by its early arrival in Brat- tleboro, Vt. President Obregon announced the Mexi- can railway strike was a ‘“quarrel tween the unions and roads,” and refus- ed to interfere. Cardinal Gibbons, in- & statement made public- endorsed the - campaign of the campaign <f the American committee for relief in Ireland, Jtaly is importing American made spa- grettl. On board the Princess Matoika bound from New York for Naples, was 50 tons of the food. There s no Imminent danger of a tr- phus epidemic in this country, according to the report of public health commitiee of the New York. Academy of Medicine. President Marion Leroy Burton of the University of Michigan. confined t> his home at ‘Ann Arbor, Mich., since last Saturday, is suffering from pneumonta. Winter clothing was o burden vester- day in Boston, when the mercury rose to 68 degrees, a new high record for the date. The conviction of James Louls Oden for murdering Edward J. Kneip. near Rochester, N. Y., on January 7, 1920, aftirmed by the court cf appeals, 4 fo 3. Elimination of the twelve’ hour day in the mills of the United States Corpora- tion is being considered by a committee of presidents.of the subsidiary companics. Plans for & mnation-wide tribute to ‘Woodrow Wilson in appreciation of his services for world peace will be discus- sed at a meeting in New York next Tues- day. ‘An ' matl-cigarette forbiddinx the sale of cigarettes in Utah, was signed by Governor Charles R. Mabey. The biil aiso_prohibits other smoking in public places. nn ven Bermstorff, former German e United States. took his seat in the wfichstaz as a democratic deputy for the Schleswis-Ho'stein d triet, The Indtan Spring mill of the American ‘Woolen company, at Madison, Me., which has been idle since May, received orders to start up as soon as it can be put into condition. , Timetables on New England railroads will largely reflect davlight saving changes in the late spring and summer if Massachusetts puts the regulation into effect again. Two men walking on a New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad bridee at Pawtucket - were killed by the Clolonial express. One of the me nwas Argur Mar- ques of Attleboro. Gold worth approximately $1.200.000 was received in New York from Paris by Labard Freres. bringing their total gold receipts to $22000,000 since the movement began last fall. The publio works committee of councll at Pittsburg had under consideration a resolution asking Mayor Babesck to re- fusa a permit to the lord mayo: of Cork to speak In Exposition hall. “Mike De Pike” Heitler and five others in Chicago were founq guilty by a jury of conspiracy to transport $175.000 worth of whiskey from Hobbs. Ky.. to Chicago in violation of the Volstead act. Friendship of & quarter of a century In recognized in the will of Miss Mary Jane Emerson of Antrim, N. H.. who has left her entire estate worth $120.000 to Mal- colm S. French, a former day laborer. A second dividend of 20 per cent. to the 1,500 creditors of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange company, Which sought to rival Charles Ponzi's quick-rich scheme, was announced by the receivers. Investigation of an unusual accumula- tion of baggage at Detroit from points in Ohio and Pennsylvania has disclosed a conspiracy to aid aliens returninz to Barope to evade payment of income tax- es. TIndictment of fourteen atock malesmen alleged to have swindled New York brok- ers out of $26.000 to $50.000 became known when Vincent G. King was ar- raigned on charge of grand larceny and held n $2,500 bail. Three employes of the Mantans (Cuba) branch of “the National Citv Bank of New York were arrested in con- nection with the \disappearance of $10 000 in currency from a registered mail package in Havana. Because they were married om the wrong side of a street, Mr. and Mrs. Almon J. Teneve of Danville, Il wed- ded since 1903, went through a second ceremony at Urbana, to make the wed- ding legzl in Illinols. Richard Armstrong. 23, who pleaded guity to the theft of $35.000 worth of liberty bonds and other securities from a New York brokerage firm In February. 1320, was given an Indeterminate sen: tence In the penitentia An inquiry has beer started by Itallan government representatives to leamn how the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York acquired the famous Pinturichin Frescoes, which, it is claimed were stolen years ago from the Palazzo de! Magnifico. in Siena. Colonel Eugene E. Van C. Lucas. & re- tired United_States army officer, was foung in a West Side rooming house in New York with a bullet wound in %is head. He died before a physican arrived. A pstol was at his side. His health had been peor recently. \ 1t was be-'t provement in Financial Countries. Washington, March 9.—Continued bus- ifless depression in Europe, with the ex- ception of Italy, was reported by Ameri- can consuls in the monthly cable survey of world economic conditions issued to- y byithe department of commerce. zns of improvement were secn i the far east but little change was noted in South American countries, Both exports and imiports ara decreas. ing in Great Dritain, the surve; said, con- tributing to unemployment. +ayment of heavy taxes was regarded as a claus: of the tightness in the money .narker anl English banks were said to have loaned two-thirds of their resource; to finance yrivate enterprise. Recent price declines and business stag- nation in France, according to the sur- vey. have tended to strain the credit of banks, several of which were reported to be in a difficult position. A liquidaijon cf the government owned French mer- chant fleet, aggregating 1,000,0)0 gros: tons, is being urged in view of the dull period in shipping. Italian banks are reporting large prof- s, howeves, the survey ecntinued. aad the condition of the government finances was regarded as more favorable. Local unrest and strikes about Rome have been cecreasing but unemployment is in evi- dence, it added. German interests are. attempiing to ob- tain control of the Austrian government's former ‘ammunition plants, the survey re- rorted, and German capital is trying ‘o control the iron industry in Austria. The teneral condition of the Austrian gover American Consuls Report Continued Business Depression in Eurcpe, With the Exception of Italy—In Great Britain Both Exports and Imports Are Decreasing, Adding to the Unemployment Problem—There Has Been Little hl'- Conditions in South American ment finances was regarded as becomtig more unfavorab The cost of living there rose 10 per cent. in February, it was reported. Business depression is increasing in the Scandinavian countries, the survey as serted, while German competition is placs ing many industries in a worse condition than formerly. Japan's foreign trade continued the in- crease started in January, according te the survey, while Lank loans increased under lower ratus and easier money. An upward trend in the exchange rate on the United States, it was said, is looked fof in Japan. Order for forsign goods xra decreasing in China ut the present trade depreseion is expected to improve by July, while tne financial situation is already improving. There has bees no improvement in fi- nancial affairs ii Argentina, the survey said, and bank loans are increasing, &)= though deposits are fallen of. Vigille ex ports are increading siowly. imports afs Qull, the decrease in imports from the United States especially becoming mors apparent, the survey sald Banks In Brazil are not granting loans except for strictly commercial pus the survey continued, and depcsits have been reduced somewhat. The cost of Hy- ing 1s increasing steadily but large crops aro predicted. Peru is passing through its readjust. ment period witnoat great embarrass ment, the survey concluded, although money is tighter and credity are mors difficult to obtzin and no rapld recovery in the exchang. rates ig expected. i e e S SPAIN IS CONFUSED BY ' ASSASSINATION OF PREMIER Madrid, March 9.—(By The A. P.)— Prior to his assassination last hight, Premier Dato had spent the entire even- i the senate, where he delivered a ief speech in the coufse of the debate in reply to the speech from the throne. He was one of the last members of the cabinet to leave the ministerial bench. The news of the assassinati of Senor Dato spread rapidly, notwithstanding the fact that the last editions of the evening papers had been issued. Most of the versions of the outrage were 1o the of- fect that the premier -had been siightly wounded. When King Alfonso learned of the at- tack on the premier he desired to go ta the scene, but was persuaded by his entourage not to da so. A performance at the Theatre Royal at which the king and the queen. attended was suspended after the assassination of the premier, Immediately after the outrage, com- munications were cut, inciuding the cabies and local telephone services, but they were restored at one o'clock in the morn. inz. All passengers leaving Madrid by were examined. King Alfonso visited the late premier's residence this morning and attended mass. Thousands of messages have been receiv- ed by the family. The funerai will take place Thursday. The king wished to pay honors to the dead premier. but the family demurred, desiring to fulfill the last wish of the premier, who asked only that the body be wrapped in the Spanish flag and buried with simple ceremonies. It is understood, viding their allegiance among the Mar- quis De Lema, Count De Bugalial, Joaquin Sanchez Tnca, Jose Sanchez Guerra and Francisco Bergamin, all former minis- ters. El Imparcial today publishes & report that the assassination of Premier Dato was planned in Paris. It says that Senmor Dato received a cipher communication from Paris several davs azo informing hom that Spanish anarchists in tended to carry out a sensational crime in re. prisal for the suppression of the recent disorders in Barcelonia. and that they were only awaiting a favorable moment. REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA HAVE OVERRUN SERBIA New York, March 9.—The desperate plight of thousands of refurees from lussia, a large proportion of them chil- ldren, who are flocking to the Balkans in jurgent need of. ussistance, is described in messages to the European” relief council, made public here today. | Entire familics flecing from south Rus- sia have overrun Serbia, one despatch said, and in other parts of the Balkans, where the refugees are finding temporary sheiter, conditions have been aggravated to an extent requiri'y prompt relief measures. In Salonik: alone. the council reported, there are 5,000 Russian children in need of food which is proving difficult to supply. Another message from Warsaw told of Polish_refugees being “absolutely strip- ped of their possessions” while fleeing Russi# across the thirty-kilometer neutral zone. ; MARSHALL WOULD LEVEL ALL DISTINCTIONS OF CLASS Cleveland, O., March $.—A plea for rejuvenation of democratic ideals in American life and the leveling of all class distinctions in America _was made by former Vice President Thomas R. Mar- shall her etoday. “America is ‘he hope of the world," Mr. Marshall said, “and America rests upon the heart that is in the breast of every Amecican, man and woman. “The world cannot go on as it has Disarmament must come some way to human kind. “Let us live our democracy—let us level all distinctions of class and make this America really democratic.” CONFERENCES ON TARIFF AND REVENUE TO BEGIN MONDAY ‘Washingtn, March 9.—Conferences on tariff and revenue legislation beiween congressional leaders and Secretary Mel- lon of the traasury, will begin Monday. Arrangements for the discussions in which it is hoped a yrogram of fiscal leg- islation for submission to President Hard- ing will be drafted were made today with the secretary by Chairman Penrese eof the scnate finance commitiee, PACKERS' EMPLOYES MAKE WAGE APPEAL TO HARDING Omaha, Neb, March 8. — President Harding was appealed to tonight by rep- resentatives of packing house employes with a request that he try to prevent & proposed reduction of wages and read- justment of working hours. which have been announced by meat packers to be. come effective March 31. Representatives of packing house employes sent him & telegram asking him to prevent proposed wage reductions and readjustments of working hours. Samuel Gompers. president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, was asked in another telegram to go to the White House as the direct representative of the Meat Cutters’ union and urze immediate action on the request. He was asked also to call a meeting Monday in Chiea- %o of all allied unions working for the packers to ou fie concerted action in event of a strike. Delegates to the conference hers call- ed by the Amalgamatea Meat C'“t‘r‘ and Butchers Workmen of North Ameri ca. voted unanimously late today ta ap- peal to the president in an attempt s forestall abrogation of the war-time agreement between the packers and their employes. The action of the delegates, who represent the workers in every largs packing center, affects 200,000 empioy- es. union officials said. The telegram to the president ask him to request abeyance the announced as effective Monda secretary of labor can inv es contained in the message. the packers to hold ‘a waze and hour changes, unti] the however, that the title of dwke will be | ference also adopted a resolution @e= conferred. questine th~ ~=--""-ms t~ “nee his good The Dato tragedy leaves the Spanish ces to compel the packers to comply pa cal situation still more confused | With the agrecmenc eniered into by the tha never. Senor Dato’s followers are di- | government and that unless the packers consent. that he exercise his power te place the packing house industry under government control and operation and publicly brand the present owners and managers of the industry as a menace 1o the government and sociely in genera A striking warning appeared in t same "resotuton - which * instracted 'i union officers “to take such action as wi result in a unanimous and effective ree tance to a return to the ten hoar day. wage reductions and other barbari conditions that existed prior to 1917." ume less President Harding sends assuramcs of action. This resolution, according te Dennis Lane, secretary-treasurer of the union. means authorization for a strll affecting all packing vmployes of the United States and Canada. LITTLE HOPE OF FLOATING BRITISH STEAMER WANBY Kennebunkport, Me., March 8.—Littls hope was felt tonight that the British freight steamer Wanby could be floated from the ledges off this port where she grounded in a fog today while beund into Portland froia Algieis. The ereW remained aboard, but a_cable and were rigged from the \'n to the across the shnrt stretch of open water 18 enable them 1o leave If the freshening wind should make their position dane gerous. ‘The coast gunrd cutter Ossipee arrived oft Goat Island, not far from the stranded vessel, tonight. Because of the fog she could not locate the Wanby and it wag believed that the intervening reefs would prevent her getting near enough to make any attempt o pull the steamer oft. The bow of the Wanby was out of the water at low tide and some damage froms the rocks was apparent. ALLIES ARE CONSIDERING TAX ON GERMAN IMPORTS London, March 3.—(By The A. P.) The allied supreme council met at the official residence of Premier Lloyd George, in Downing street. tnis afternoon, to een- sider application of the penaities to Gere many for mon-fulfillment of her repara- tions obligations. The members of the councll took nots of the fact that the German towns Duesseldorf, Duisburg and Ruhrort had been occupied Tuesday without incident and compared notes regarding the aetion to be taken on the second penalty, name- Iy, the imposition by each allled country. o fsuch a tax on German imports as it may deem fitting. OBITUARY Francis A. Rancall. Rockville, Conn., March 9.—Francls A Randall, banker, insurance man and mer member of the Jegislature, died at b home here today after a long iliness. Ha was 60 years old. Seversl years age he | represented the town of Vermem f» fhe, gemeral assembly. 3