Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 23, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 72 FIVE MEN ARE HELD AS BOMB SUSPECTS IN TheyneHeHSpeeifluflyonlChugeofMufinyoh}heHigh. NEW ORLEANS Seas—Department of Justice Officials Intimate the Men Might be Held in Connection With the Wall Street Ex- plosion of Last September—The Prisoners Are Between 25 and 35 Years of Age, and Appear to be Well Educated —They Have Put Up Two Desperate Fights'and Are in Separate Cells, Shackled Hand and Foot—Were Brought From Rio De Janeiro on New Orlean, March 22.—Held in separate cells in the New Orlean Parish prison tonight were five men who class fied themselves as seamen, but who Caotain J. H. B. Van Weeldern of the freighter Rus e saiq and department of Justice officials intimated might be canted in New York in conmeciion with the investigation of the Wall Street bomb plot of last September 16. Shackled hand and foot. the men were taken from the steamer Rusiville today. tled to the Tarish prison and booked under the following names: Philip Bend- er, Lionel Kuebreeznfl, Rudolph Borsh, Hans Randin and Henrik Lipan. Afier Captain Van Weedern Had re- tted the manner in which the men were captured and the difficulties encountered n moving them from Rio de Janeiro to }ew Orleans he. too, became uncommuni- Jitive and tonight woud make n) further Diiement. Department of Jjustice offi- $is said they WerT “awaiting instruc- s Last Saturday when the Rushville vas soproaching this port the master wirey tesseq the depa--ment of justice request? ing that they care for five “consular pris- cmers.” Elaborate preparations were made for handling the captives an'l they were treated as desverate men frum the me federal officers took them over Irom the ship guard under which they were in charge. Orders issued br the master of the Rush ille were 1%t no member of the should the prisoners with Sutsiders und.r penalty of salary dedue- jons. The captain. however, related the sircumstances leading > to nis accept- ance of the men as invountary passeng- s Late ast month, according to Captain Weeldern the United States b soard steamehin City of Alton, then near- ng Lo de Janeiro, received a wire ess message, presumaby from officialg. of ‘ae ni tates governm uc sording to Captain V. with extre dubdned. 3¢ Janeiro. n Weeldern, ¥ was that the me1 were ons and taken to Rio where they were imprisoned. consul at Rio de Ja- tein Vaa Waeldern teamer Yoro requested the Mu; to take the quintette to w York, where t is said they wer: “wanted” §tll seavily guardeq the men were placel aboard the Yoro and in some manner, ag- sordinT to the Rushv a furious fiht. speedily retuined them to Rio de Janeiro '“.lhnut that time the Rushville came in tn lodd coffes for New Orlean and Vice ‘onsul Thomas managed to persuadl: “aptain Van Weeldern to attemnt trans- portation of e prisoners. “We accepted and here they are,” the skipper conclud- ed. & captain, started The prisoners, apparently between 25 snd 35 yeats.of age. were said to be for the most part well educated, some aking several languager. The officers of the Rushville swent the day and part of tonizht in the offices of tefs department of fust'ce. o indication was given as to when the prisoners sould be taken t> 'w York, orders ap- parentiy being awalted. Aside from a reporter from an after- noon newspaper who managed to talk with Bender, cne of the prizoners. apd was able to pee rthrough some of the baggage befsre he was excluded from the Parish prison. no one outside of fed- | officials has talked with the men. To the newsoaperman. Bender is re- poried as saying that while he resided in Amterica he “was not an Amrican.” To Sther questions he said he didn’t care to talk because newspaper “villified and misrepresented him.” A hurried examination of bageage of the nrisoners by the reporter revealed to is reports, several pamphlets, photo- zreohs, atiases and maps, including one > the Canal Zone. MEN ARE CHARGED WITH MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS ‘Washington, March 22.—Investigation ) the five men landed I chains today « New Orleans from the freighter Rush- ville has as yet failed to uncover any evi Jence connecting them with the New York somb explosion last September, it was wated tonight by Willlam J. Flynn, chief » the bureau of investigation of the de- jartment of justce. Mr. Fiynn added, sowever, thai the investigation wis being sontinued. ¥ The men are charged specifically with mutiny on the high seas, Mr. Flynn ex- lained, adding that they would ve tried n the federal court of New York. Other sfficials of the buréau after receipt of seports from New Orieans also express- «d the opinion that mutiny wais the couse »f the men's arrest. The department, however, it was {ndl sated, was not overlooking any pessibil- &y that all or Some of iie men might ve been connected With tue bomd ex- >iosion. QUINTET WERE CHARGED WITH STABTING A “REVOLUTIOX" Cew York, March 22.—Shipping Board — s totay show- that tho ivs men brought into New Orleans today on the steamer Rushville and alleged to e under investigation in connection with he Wall Street expiosion last Septem- er were charged With starting a “revo. jution” aboard the steamer City of Al- ion last February. The records contain- 24 no allegations that they had a hana in last September’s disaster. According to the Shipping Board files the quintet tried to organize a “soviet™ on the City of Alton after they sailed from here for South American ports last October. The revolution, allezed to have sccurred in February, was put down by joyal members of the crew. When the ship reached Rio de Janel 0. the “revolutionists” were arrested S Bralizlan police and’taken before the \wmerican consul, who tried them and srdered them back to the United States. Wher. the five men shipped here last Jetober four put themselves down as Russians and one, Philip Bender, gave no_nationality, simply saying he had a sister, Lizzie Gorsky. living in New York. Bender came to this country from Rus- A fizht started and ac- | The Yoro's master then ! the Freighter Rushville, — sia eight ~~~-= ago, Mrs, C‘?‘s‘k:hdeellh 1_here’today. A T Littie & N\'n“o!r Bender's lifs sister said, other than he was a wander- er. having spent most of his time at sea. Two Years ago he cnlisted in the army in New York and was sent to Camp Eliis, ‘Washington, where a few months later he deserfed. He was arrested in San Francisco and sent to a military hospi- tal for observation. Subsequently he was discharged. Mrs, Gorsky said, never hav- ing been tried for desertion. CONDENSED REFPORT OF ~ VIOLENCE IN IRELAND Dublin, Mareh 22.—Two policemen were killed and one wounded in an am- bush in Keadew, County Roscommon, to- day. A boimb: was thrown i a fasifbutial suburb of Dubln last evening, wounding two constabies. Two men were shot dead, three houses burned and several wrecked during a general Sinn Fein attack in Rosslea, County Fermanagh, according to official advices received here today. FRANCE TO COMPEL PHYSICAL TRAINING OF BOTH snxe Paris, March 22.—The chamber of -4#p- uties unanimously adopted a bill today making physical training compulsory for voung peonle of both, sexes in France. Boys over 16 years of age must con- tinie physical training consisting of gym- nastics, running, tennis and other athlet- lcs, according to choice, until they are incorporated in the army.or navy, Giris in the primary and secondary tuition grades must also adopt physical culture, jaccording to special rules to be issued by the military of public instruction. SOUTHERN UPPER SILESIA VOTES ARE FOE POLAND Washington, March 22.—Southern dis- icts of Upper.Silesia, about seven :in ail, have votey for Polish sovereignty in the recent piicite, the Polish legation her: announced tonight upon the basis iof brief official ndvices from its foreign office. Two districts have apparently {voted for Germany, it was added, and one remains in doubt. The plebiscite is being decided by jdistricts~ and not by mass vote of the ¢ntire province, AR - {TWO BROTHERS LEFENDED HOME AGAINST 200 SINN FEINERS Belfast, March 22.—(By 'The A. P.) }agaiust an_ attack of two hundred Sinn il’e.n»,rg_ Lvery window in the building 1 was shattered. The brothers used revolvers and shot- guns with such _effect that the beslegers were foiléd. in their attempt toDurn the house and adjacent. buildings, GERMANS NOT SURE OF % | VICTORY IN UPPER SILESIA Berlin, March 22.—Sobered by the in- complete-, S8 of their Victory in the pleb- liscite i pper Silesia,the German gov- jernment and: press are beginning to ‘as- {sert” vociferously that Upper Silesia con- {stitutes “an indissoluble. national = geo This was graphical and industrial unit. the keynote of the welcome extended to- day by Chancelior Fehrenbach and For- jeign Ministre Simons to those returning from the plebiscite zone. This is also the burden of the editorials in the papers. GIOVANNI BONZANO TO BE CREATED A CARDINAL Rome, March 22 (By-the A. P.).— Monsignor (Giovanni - Bonzano, apostelic delegate in the United States, will be created a cardinal in the consistory fo be held in November next or early in 1911, it was learned today. SENATORS PLANNING TRIP TO IRELAND TO STUDY CONDITIONS Madison, Wis., March 22—Senator La Follette announced today that he contem- plated a trip to Ireland to study the Irish question at closé range. He sdid that several other senators also were planning to make the trip. HAEDING TO ATTEND BOLIVAR ,/ CEREMONIES IN NEW YORE ‘Washington, March 22. — PPresident Harding today accepfed an invitation to attend. céremonies to be held .April 19 .at New York in connection with the un- veiling of a statue to Simen Bolivar, th Venezuelan patriot. v L CHANGE IN SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS IN D.-C. ence S. Ridley, military aide. to fthe president and superintendent of public buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, was relieved today by Lieu- tenant_Colonel C. O. Sherrill, corps of engineers, on orders of the président. STRIEE IN PROTEST OF IMPRISONMENT OF ANAECHIST Genoa, March 22.—The workmen in the port factories struck today a sa protest against the imprisonment of Malatesta, the anarchist leader, in Milan, ATTEMPTED TO WRECK STEEET CAR SERVICE IN TUBIN Turin, Mareh 22.—Thres explosions in an attempt to wreck the street car ser- vice occurred here today as” a protest agains tthe impsiornment of the anarchist Malatesta. PASSENGERS ROBBED WHEN TEXAS SPECIAL WAS HELD UP Muskogee, Okla., March 22.—The Mis- Spegial was hell up and passengers rob- bed thirty miles south of -McAlester to- night. ,Chamberlain Reth.s as Chancellor. London, March 22.—Austen Chamber- lain, Who yesterday was elected’ govern- ment leader of the house of commons and leader of the unionist party in the house announced to the house today that he ‘was giving" up his post of chancellor of the "excheéquer “and that the new chan- cellor would present the budget. He did | Bnef Telegrams _Washington, March 22.—Major Clar- not indicate “tie “identity’ of sor. DEVELOPMENTS IN DIVORCE divorce case brought by - the against his wife remains a mystery. "The banker's ‘atlorneys are schedul to appear before Supreme Court Justi might be reached out of court. event, there is little likelihood ~of principles appearing in court tomorrow. was conveyed to_tlie board by Nathan the bank's 2! cluding Percy A. Rockefeller, brother-im reason for the offer. voted to decline -it; Mr. tion. present separ: $60,000 & year. APPEAL TO OFFICERS AND aries and wages. ducing salaries and wages,” statement. in every other way possible. said 000 men. long that I do so without hesitation, “The directors. of this compan: |given their. word that. justice and iplay will be accorded to all. open-minded. . - “We have succeeded and co-operation. BELIEVE WHISKEY THIEVES on. the theory that Luther P. falo society man, was shot dead cinity of his home, ward a solution. of the murder mystery. One of the five suspects running away .from the scene of murder after the : # 3 were fired. engaged..in illicit liquor traffic. 24 hours. 'Their belief is that Graves, who had put his car into his garage and started to walk~across yards to his home bootleggers or whiskey thieves who were operating in’the vicinity. for ‘a policeman or private watchman, they shot him down, according ory. SHOWS COST OF MAINTAINING BRITISH ¥ORCES IN IRELAND ‘Washin . March 22—Frank P. Walsh avmouficed here tonight that as “counsel for thé Republic of Ireland,” Me had - submitted. to the senate judiciary committee a memorandum which, he said, British military forces in Ireland, made as submitted, is investigating loans. this_ year will cost more than $128,000, 000, . T The report treasury for 1920, Mr. Walsh asserted, shows -that the. annual interest on the British debt would be $209,840,000. PRICE OF. EGGS SLIGHTLY - IN EXCESS OF PRE-WAR DAYS B G New York, March 22.—ggs declined in the New York market-today to a price but sightly in excess of the pre-war days. announced. ' S SREELRG VALUABLE PAINTING New York, March recovery in an obscure Bast Side cafe of the - most celebrated Madonna. from the famous gallery in it was learned tonight. are said to have pronounc Jong lost treasure succes- CASE OF THE STILLMANS New York, March 22.—The resignation of James A. Stillman as president of the National City Bank havieg been offered to the board of directors today and de- cined, the next move in the sensational banker Morscnauser in White Plains tomorrow 1o contest an crder directing the banker 10 appear for examination as to his present income o, tnat the ‘court may conclude how ‘much alimony should be paid his |wu=, pending -the _determination of the suit, but it was Teported as likely that a settlement of this phase of the case In any the Mr. Suliman’s offer to resign, which Lenfesty, ceshier of the. bank, was_con- fidered in executive session, with Mr. Stillman absent. The' meeting is‘said to have been attended by jless than half of directors; the absentees in- law of Mr. Stillman, and William Rocke- feller, father of Fercy A. “The board's +[decision was unanimous. The resignation is said to have been purely formal and to have indi¢ated no After the board had Stillman was called in and informed of the board's ac- Counsel for Mrs. Stillman is prepared to ask for alimony of $120,000 a year, setting forth that Mr. Stillman’s annual income is §800,000. ~This claim, counsel for Mr. Stillman, indicated, would be dis- puted and an offer made to-continue the on aliowance said to be EMPLOYES OF PENN, ROAD Philadelphia, March 22.—Samuel Rea, president ‘of the Pennsylvania railroad, today issued an appeal to oficers and empioyes of the company for co-operation in reduciflg the cost of rendering service to the public and- for open-mindeaness to- ward the company's poiicy respecting sal- 'We have come to the necessity of re- the “Drastic economies have been ‘Working forces have been.reduced more than 70,- There is only one way left Lo keep our expenses within our income, and that is to lower salaries and wages, un- der such circumstances as-these it is nec- essary 1o ask for your cooperation, and 1 have known the Pennsylvania men so have air 1 promisé tyou—that policy Wiil be-scrupuiously foi- {lowell /- A “You have been asked to send repre- sentatives to meet the general managers to discyss what are just and reasonable [wages in’ thé light of present -conditions. 'All 1 want to ask of you is one thing: Be in the .Dut by working |together: with “mutual good-will In thai way alone we Two brothers naméd McLean successtully |4 Succeed now.” . \ ]held their nouse near Monaghan today i KILLED LUTHEE P. GEAVES Buffalo, N. Y., March 22.—Proceeding Grayes, Buf- last Thursday midnight by bootleggers or cel- lar burglars who were working in the vi- police tonight de- clared they had made rapid progress to- detgined was partly identified as one. of two men seen the This suspect is gaid by, :..c police to have been Detectives and- the district attorney to- | night expressed confidence that they wWere on the right trail and that !Dlntlup' of the mystery would come within the next a block away, stumbled on two or three Mistaking him | g to this the- showed - that-the cost of maintaining the to- i gether with payments on Irish claims, if would annually amountito a sum equal to one-half of the annual interest on the British debt to the United States. The judiicary committee Mr. Walsh_in his memorandum _esti- mated that British operations in Ireland of the secretary of the Fancy white eges were quoted af 35 cents wWhoesale, showing a drop of six cents since “last Friday. Western firsts, the| Milan,’ March 22.—Thirty = anarchists best selling brand, declined from 34 to |imprisoned heére-have started a hunger 23 and 24 cents. A strike in sympathy with the anarchist Arrival of 40817 cases of eggs was |leader, Enrico Malatesta, who has been largely responsibe for: the decrease, the state department of farms and markets RECOVERED IN N. Y. EAST SIDE .—The reported and Child” panels from the brush of Francisc! i s De Marco De Giacomo Raibolini, known to art as 1| Francia, which Wwas stolen Bologna, Italy, has been brought to the attention of the Italian ambassador to Washington, Although the identity of the painting has not been conclusively establisheds as souri. Kansas and Texas rallroad’s Texas |the stolen “old master,” several experts|maining stages in ths house day’s Hearing Before the United States Railroad La- bor Board. Chicago, March 2z—Chargey that Pennsylvania Railroad was nghting for the open shop and that the road main- tained a spy system before the war, were tne subjects of u heated, all day discus- Sion betdre the rairosd lavor board to- lay. " Brigadier General 'W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Peunsylvania, charged the unions with attempting to fojce the closed shcp, and Krank P. alsh, labor attorney, retalialed with declarations that the Pennsylvania had maintained spies and arsenals io take care of labor troubles, The whole day’s testimony ' revolved about General Atterbury's stand that he could negotiate agreements with his own employes, but that no just and reason- able agreements applicable to the entira country could be written by anybody. He also maintained the right of the minority o a voice, and charged the unions with dssuming to represent all employes and using coercion in atempting to make them join the union, Atidrney Walim opened his charges of a spy system on ths Pennsylvaaia with & Statement that $800,000 had Leen spent in 1914 on the road’s police system. Gen- eral Atterbury explained that this amount covered all protective measures, such as crossing waichmen and similar empioge: Under questioning, howeser, ha admitted that the road did maintin ‘s spy system but declared he could not say hew much had been spent on that department. \ @ n Mr. Walsh asked the witness it the .vad did not have “little arsenals at various points, where you kept guns and revoivers” Chairman darten halted the examination on the ground it was getting away from the inquiry ordered by the board. Several board members joined in the subsequent discussion. . Mr. Walsh then' explained that the rule on discrimination agafnst any - employe because of union affiliation was the “most | important rule there is.” His questions, he said, were intendéd to show that “a situation might arise and had arisen on the Pennsylvania where disputes, be- tween employes and the road could not be settled, despite General ~Atterbury's statement that all the men oa thc road had grown up together.” General Atterbury introducad a wnion bulletin which informed shop craft cm- ployes tnat tacre ‘would be “no seniority provisions for, or positions provided for * * *'¢ any other than employes and members of the orzanization atliated with the railway ‘employes department” of the American Federation of Labor. This bulletin ‘was ‘a_direct attempt, Gen- eral Atterbury aseerfed, to force non- union mén to join the union under fedr of losing _their, seniority rights, Allegations “against the, Pennsylvania were in turn brought up by Mr. Walsh Who_read & copy of a letter ucported 1a have been WritteA by I. W. Geer, general manager of the.St. Louls-Columbus divis- ion of the Peansylvania, in which' super- visory employes were ordered “even to.re- sort to defamation of all labor organiza- tions if necessary”- to: obtain certain’ in- formation. The letter asked officials to inquire into the attitude of the employes: regarding proposed wage reductions and was dated March 19, 1921. General At- terbury declated he. had. never heard of. the letter and, after calling Mr. Geer | derled he had written ‘such a letter and declared no such letter had been written,| ‘Wwith his authority. - The matter woull be investizated at_once, General Atterbury sald. SOVIET RUSSIA GOV'S SIGNING PEACE TREATIES London, March 22.-—A sireless mes- sage from Moscow ~announces the rati- fication by the Soviet government of treaties’ with Turqey, Persia and Bo- kahara and also siznature of a peace treaty. with Poland. and 'a trade greew ment with Great Britain. _“Not all Whese treaties conform to olir desires,” says the message, “but the yare significent successes for the So- viet ‘and show. the consolidation’ of its power on the international _front.” The Polish treaty. according to the message, ‘means cessation of external war and a certain diminishing of civil war. It further polfits out that the British agreement means resumption of commercial and - other relations with the whole series of Bourgeois states within the sphere of British - influence, and de- clares that it is Indirect recognization of the Soviet by great . Britain, and opens the door to a similar agreemwat with the United States. The message concludes: “Russia’s isolation which internal and external enemies tried hard to achieve, has disappeared and a_new power has appeared in the arena, of world poli- ties® with which both friends and enemies whether they like it or mot, will have to reckon.” 4 BOLSHEVIKI NOT MEETING WITH SUCCESS IN ARMENIA New York, March 22.—Attempts by the bolsheviki to recapture Erivan and other parts of Armenia from which they. were recently driven have falled, according to a radio message réceived here today by the Near East.relief.. ‘All of A it was etated, except the Delijan and ~ Nakhitchevan, , | cleared “of the Russian troops. A -coalition, government is being form- ed in Armenia, the message addéd, and friendly- relations With neighboring_ peo- ple are being established. “The food crisis iwas-described as -without precedent, the bolsheyliki having carried away all gov- ernmen¥ stores. hes - been 30 ANARCHIST PRISONERS IN MILAN ON HUNGER STRIKE in prison here since last October, when he was arrested in connection with am anarchist plot. The socialist mayor Filippetti, visited the jall today and found Malatesta tired and cold, with a weak pulse, but in no immediate danger. Malatesta declared.he did not intend to givé up the hunger strike, considering his arrest a “real forcible abduction.” of “Milan, Dr. REPARATIONS BILL, PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS London, March 22 By the A. P.).—The| German réparations bill, imposing a levy of 50 pe reent. on the value of all German imports, toug used toward the pavment of reparations. today- passed. all. the: re- |general picture, the purpose being merely }lea for prompt reliet to the nation's ag- Y ain Lces sprofits now. distridts of e Fact Was Disclosed at Yester-| President Harding is i ‘Washington, March - 22. — President Harding’s_cabinet was taken today for a long_journey of exploration through the realm. of the nation’s foreign affairs. The excursfon, which’ absorbed the in- terest of the ten secretaries throughout a two-hour session around the cabinet table, touched on places and situations scatter- ed over the diplomatic map from Yap to Tibet and afforded several illuminating side’ trips into such fields as international trade and immigration. = Secretary Hughes had the role of guide, relating o the other secretaries the inside story of the big and lictl- questions of foreign affairs to which the new adminigtration hgs falien heir. Com- petiuatve ictns off e’ hote foeses outlook, which he Tdid before the presi- dent and his advisers in response to many. Qquestions. 5 - i it was said that the study wds only informative in character, Mr. Hughes making no recommendations, and thel cabinet “attempting no decisions on spe- cifis subjects. Exhaustive consideration was given to no particular phase of the. {0’ put all the facts at the disposal bf Mr. Harding’s officiai family so that decisions to be made in the future may be reached with a comprehension of ali collateral issues. Thus, it' was undegstood that in con- sidering the league of nations and other considerations. involved in the European situation the president and his cabinet made no efforT to canvass details of pol- fey, but merely availed themselves of all the latest official information in prepara- tion for the decisions yet to be made. In the same way, Mexico is sald to have been passed over with a general survey of broad principles. The discussion was at the suggestion of the president himself, whe was reported as feeling that all the cabinet members should be afforded a glimpse of the for- elgn outlook now that they have famili ized themselves with the problems of miore direct concern to them within their. own departments. FORMAL CALL ISSUED FOR EXSRA SESSION OF CONGRESS ‘Washington, Marcn 22.—A formal call for an extra session of eongress, to meet on April 11 and receive legsiative re- commendations for the new administra- tion was issued today by President Hard- inj onte of the specific probems to be laid before the legislative branch were named in the proclamation, the president merely declaring that an extraordinary cccasion ‘required that congress convene “1o receive ‘such ‘communication as may. be made br the executive.” Mr. Harding, afready has indicated. howevir, that the tariif and taxation will be foremost in_his message to,the syecial session.” He is expected t> make a special ricultural * interests, an dthe list of re- commendations may {cuch many other subjects as the railway situation, the merchant marine, and immigration. One recommendation relative o re- construction measures within the gov- ernment machine itself is expected to suggest the creution of a general com- mission’ to diepose . of many kinds of property acquired by government agen- cles dufing the war. Whether the mes-: sage will touch on foreign relations is a matter of speculation, but the president. has indicated that his primary desire for the session Is that it work out’a pian of governmental and _industr'al rehabilita- tion at home. A program for the session has been discussed ata sreies of conferences be- tween the president and leaders in the senate and house and: although definite decisions stil_are to be made, a feeling of confidence is manifest that there will be a.working agreement that wiil. expe- dite legislative business from the start. Some of t~ president’s friends believe he will fol' # the custom of President Wilson in aeiivering his message to con- gress in person. It was sald tonight at the White House, however that no de- cision on that detail had been reached. EDGE SAYS HIGH RANGE OF TARIFF MUST BE MODIFIED New York, March 22.—An excessive high range of tariff must be modifield if the United States expects to do business in the world market, United States Sen- ator Edge, of New Jersey, said here to- day in an address before the New York Council of the American Association of Advertising Agencies. Touching on the ‘“tremendous prob- lems” which the new administration at Washington is.facing, the senator asked that the American people “be a little pa- tient.” “We have a program,” he said. “a_cearly defined program but there may be some ffiderences as to the way it is to be ‘put over.” One of the administration’s resporsi- bilities, the senator decared, was to bring about the establishment of a budget sys- tem which will regain confidence and “start_wheels azah Tt is essential, he continued, that the excess profits tax be repealed .although there are not many ex- PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN FOR PEACE IN PACKING INDUSTRY ‘Washington, March 22.. — Prospects of peace in the packing industry were un- derstood to be brighter tonizht than at any timé since Secretary Davis, aacting at the direction of President Harding and with the assistance of Secretaries Hoover and Wallace, began his effort at mediation . in “the dispute between the “big five” packers and their employes. After confering with the packers' rep- resentatives ast nizht and with employes' delegates this morning, the lahor secre- tary indicated before he attended to- day's cabinet meeting that he hoped for an early settlement and so inforted the cabinet. OBITUARY. John W. Halliwell, + Torrington, March 22.—John W. Halli. well, 32, formerly principal of the Tor- rington High school. who had engaged he insurance business for the past vear, died today. He underwent an op- eration for appendicitis and - galistones several days ago. He was a native of Pennsylvania and a graduate of Buck- nell university. He came to_Connecticut to become principal of the Sharon High school. He was later supervisor . of schools in Bethlehem 4nd Watertown and principal of -the Watertown High school. He came to Torrington from Watertown of . lords the king’s -asfent -to be- 5 be thellords without discussion. The’, m sought throughout the now needs only nema a law, in ;May, 1915, to take a position as head of the Yocal high_school, continuing in that capacity until June, 1920. He was & Mason and an Elk. 11[6:-!. was founded in Tokio by 300 prom-| Plans are being considered for consol- idation -of the Liberty Trust Co. and the. Fidelity -Trust Co. of Boston. .* Massachusetts state department of la- bor and industries announced 26 strikes and lockouts exist in the state. _Hollywood Park, at Baitimore, Wa virtnally destioyed by fire. Loss is esti mated at $200,000,. with no insurance. Fire destroyed the plant.of Howe Sound Milling & Smelting Co. near Vancouver, causing loss of approximately $1,000,000. The Giant Trans-Atiantle liner Imper- ator, recently purchased by the Cunard line, from the British government, has ROV, LAKE ¢ been renamed the “Berengaria.” l ' Fuel oll consumption by raliroads of this country in 1920 totaled 41,700,000 barrels compared with 19,900,000 barrels in 1909, . Department of agricultare announces the Hessian fly is 20 tfmes as destructive as the green bug to the wheat crop of this country. \An International peace society to pro- mote frienaship among the various na- inent Japanese. Building permits issued in Buffalo so far - this month total 421, as compared with 246 Dermits during the entire month of March, 1920. Tt is reported farmers will veluntarily reduce ' buirley - tobacco acreage in Ken- tucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana from 40 to 50 per cent. Census bureau announced cotton crop of 1926 totaled 13,36 est crop. since'1914 and sixth largest in the history of the country. shermen of Boston, taking the. mild spring are going to make an early start for the southern fishing grounds. Five armed bandits held wp east side branch of the Commonwealth Feferal Savings Bank, of Detroit, and escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. The steamer Queen City began ifs sec- ond voyage from Cinginnati to New Or- leans Tuesday in the effort to revive traf- fic on the Ohio and Mississisippi rivers. .. Negotintions looking to formation of a coalition government for foviet Russia were opened by Lenine with leadersof the Mensheviki and social revolutionar- fes. Oil men from all parts of the country gathered in Kansas City, for congress. One thousand delegates are expected. Joseph P. Tumulty wjll remain in ‘Washington to ok after fnterests of the new law firm of Perking & Tumulty at teh capital. Perkins will open offices in Jersey City. Kuight-Adler fraction bill was b%s; the_NeWw York assembly last night by a vote of 21 to 58, The measure ‘oW goes to Governor Miller for approval, having passed the senate last woek. Wages of miners in South Wales ex- ceed receipts frow sale of coal, according to ‘a statement issued by Finaly Gibson, secretary of the South Wales Coal Own- ers’ Association. Blending house of the United States Flashiess Powder Co’'s plant, at Carr- croft, nmear Wilmington (Del.) was de- stroyed by an explosion, loss is esti- mated at $25,000. British frelghter City of Colombo, which ran aground in a fog on the Digby coast, Bay of Fundy, has been abandon- ed. Members of the crew said the vessel was & total wreck. Satisfactory ¢rep conditions in west- ern Europe, the United States, Japan and North. Africa, are reported in a bulletin issued by the International Institute of Agriculture'm Rome. An increase of $15,520,000 in th sources of 271 savings and loan associa- tions of New York state for 1920 over 1919 ‘is ghown in annual report of Super- intendent of Banks McLaughlin. Supreme court anmouncad mrguments on the federal governneent’s legal attempt to enjoin he Western Union Telegraph Co. from landing cable at Miami, Fla, without proper permit will be heard April L 3 Regulations requiring immigrating me- chanics, artisans and laborers to possess $250 on landing in Canada, in addition to a ticket to their deséination, was ex- tended indefinitely by the Canadian gov- ernment. Ex-German liner Imperator, /recently bought from British government by the Cunard Steamship Co., has been named Berengaria, after the wife of Richard L (Coeur de Leon), one of the famous kings of England. The Moniter Steve and Range Company of Cincinnati, -offftials_ of which were re- cently arrested charged with making im- | proper Income tax returns, paid $50,000 to. Internal Revenue Collector Stephen McGrath. Abandonment of the summer grand opera -season, which hag been a part of London social life for a hundred years, appears certain this year in view of the excessive cost and the difficulty of obtain- ing good singers. Tressury officia’s announce they have been unable to find any record of the| United States owing France any money | on.account -ot. loans- advanced during the Revolutionary war. Paris Eclair says we owe France 90,000,000,000 franes. B. L. Buge, receiver of Atlanta, Bir- mingham & Atlantic Ralway, refused to appeal before labor board - hearing on road’s wage reduction, declaring road Is now" being ‘administersd by federal court | which has power to determine wages. Frem ome-half inch to ane Inch of nh! has failen: during the past 6 hours in the | mnorth haif of France. with a fomewhat! lighter fall in the southern half, hreak. | ing the drought which was beginning to cuase alarm over the crop prospects. Land conessston in the state of Chi- huahua, Mexico, totalling more than 3.- 700,000 acres, granted by Gen. Luis Ter-! razas, wealthy landowner, during regime | of Diaz, have been returned 1o control government through a decree fssued by President Obregon, Discovery of a cemplete wire tapping outfit at Daytona, Florida, and the confis- cation of pool room paraphernalia includ- ) the four | days' session of the National Petroieum|lations with Russia, says a wireless mess- | Hartford, March 22—Goverer tonight vublic hearing to be held n the c: ! next Monday afternoon on the cuestion of 1 © proposed 10 per cent. in in freight and passenger rates wn the railroads of New Fngland. The governor issued a statement addressed.to| “the shippers of Connmectigut and other interested parties.” It follows: “The governors of all the New Eng- land states have been formally asked by the New Englan Tiers to consider the present situation of these. carriers and particula to consider thejr propos: that f ht and passenger rates be tem- porarily increased 10 per cent. as a meas- ure of emergency relief 1o ‘these carrigrs such increase (o remainseffective only un- til other prospective : @ ustm of costs and revenues can be realized. - “In cosoperation with the governors of {other New England ates, I have ap- | pointed a committes ‘of five represent- a citizens of Conneeticht ta hear and consider the pronosal of the carriers. This se the other New England states have hi several conferences with representatives of the various New England carriers, and have also held hearings In Boston which have been open to all interested parties. “It I8 the opinion and desire of the Connectieut committee, in whioh 1 concur, that the neonie of Capnéeficut, who are %o directly -cancerped” isf; (hls? situlion. 2 $ 3 committee and - similar committees rmmi | PRICE TWO CENTS. (E CALLS A PUBLIC: HEARING ON RAILROAD RATES To be Held at ths Capitol Next Monday Afternoon—To Lo . sider Proposals That Freight and Passenger Rates be Temporarily Increased 10 Per Cent. as a Measure of Ré» lisf to the Carriers—lssues a Statement Addressed to . “Shippers of Connecticut and Other Interested Parties” —Desires That Fullest Publicity be Given the Hearing by thz Press Throughout the State. i Lake | be offered an opportuni this' matter, w citizens facts wh New Ei England committees. have therefore, at the suggestion of the Con lic hea housa capitol. m. dent By tend aund present the siuation from the standpoint of the New York, New Havem and Hartford railroad. . ccordingly, 1 take gwaat pleasure inviting ail shippers and all interested parties 1o be present on this occasion 18 conside: may sidered mittee serious and press important toall citizens of this st to consider the facts which have beem presented. President Pearson and Viee Presie be nresented, and ested parties 1o atfend the meeting and to offer such suzgegtions as may be com: business men Connecticut. this hearing at an early of the short time intervening before the hearing, publicity be given 1o this hearing by the N 5 = £3 ¥ ¥ to be heard ig ich is so important to 3if of this etate, and 1o consider the h have been presented 1o England covernors and the Ny i inecticat_committee, called a pube ring to be held in the hs of repre Monday, March 28, 1921, at 3.5 uckland have been invited to ate’ T the facts of the situation as 1 urge alt inters heipful 1o gfhe Connecticut come and to the |solution of the very problém cogfronting the shippers fand other citizens of It seqmed essential to Bave ate. Beeause it is desired that the fullest roughout the state which s sa e. and SOVIET RUSSIA TO.SEXD ;¢ ! A DELEGATION TO THE U. 8. London, March 22.—(By The A. 'P.) The Russian soviet government has ap- |pealed to President Harding and 'the American government to resume trade re- age from Moscow today, The soviet government propdses to Send a delegation 19 the United States to me- gotiate a trade agreement, the message adda, 4 The appeal, which jg made by the ali- Russian central executive comnjttce, sugs gests that negotiations bé Stuited imme- diately for the resuniptian ‘of ‘tra It asserts that there his been « long-exist- ing hope for" friendiy relations with 'the {Grana 2.orthérn Republic.” It refera 10 the hostility of the democritic adminls- trusts that the present govern- ‘appreciate the- gréat advan- tages which would ensye to bG*h repub- lics by the resumption of trade relations,” and declares that it'is to the interests cf both nations to remove the v.ail which now separates the fwo. ‘When many other states haveé conclud- ed treaties with Kussia, the abeence of normal relations with the United -States, the appeal says, appears as & “'strange phenomenon.” APPEAL OF SOVIET RUSSIA \* UNKENOWN IN WASHINGTON d g Washington, March 22.-~Oficial confir- mation was ldcking here tonight of infor- mation contained in Moscow wireless ad- vices regeived in London ahnouncing that the Russian soviet government had ap- pealed to President Harding. (o resume trade relations with Russia. Responsible officials refrained from dis- cussing the situation _ specificaily today and the most definite indication of the ad- mained in the statement of Secretaty of. Commerce Hoover yesterday d-nominat- ing resumption of trade with Russia as esgentially a political instead of an ccon- omic question and advancing the belief that any considerable trade with Russia at this time was physically impossible. NO MORE MIDNIGHT LUNCHES ON UNITED STATES WARSHIPS ‘Washington, March decks of tme mavy's throughout the world received a rude joit today when orders were received from the devartment abolishing the mid- night lunch that had been served to the deck watcheson all ships since the begin- ning of the war. The midnight lunch had been the ex- clusive prerogative of the engineer force from the immemorial until the world war, When the war came and the submarine menace forced the deck di- visions to stand long watches day and night and midnight lunch was author- ized for all hands. Recent - legislation. based on the theory that the war is over as far as submarine watches are con- cerned, forced the aboiishment of the welcome “Java and goldfish” as far as the deck forces are concerned. FAVORABLE TURN THE ILLNESS OF CARDINAL GIBBONS S March 22.—Physiclans at- tending Cardinal Gibbons announesd to. filness had taken an un- turn. They smid, however. believed there was no immedi- ate danger, but made it plain that they were not encouraged by his symptoms. Monsignor John Bonzano. the apostolic dclegats at Washington visited the ear- dinal this afternoom The . unfavorable change dinal's e when_his tavorable In the ear- fon oceurred Sunday night. heart actlon became weaker anl his temperature lowered to.a serte ous degree. No marked Improvement bas been shown in the last 24 hours. Cardinal Gibbons, who Is in his year, suffered a breakdown fast fall and on two occasions his life was despaired of. EASTER CONFERENCES ON Washington, March 22—Easter con- ferences on worid disarmament were an+ nounced today by the women's disarma- necticut. Ne Yor} Maryland, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Wiscon- sin and Colorado. aces of ghe meetings in the various states were not made public. The purpose of the state conferenccs, ing a blackboard showing the name “In-i ternationa' Turf Kxchanges, Pranches in America, Canada and Cuba,” aroused <reatest interest In Hayana. as well as of the meetinx to be heid here, the committee sald, the calling -by_the pre world disarmament. i ministration attjutde on the guestion n-P MOTN New dead on the fied and buried. Paul old in Staplet into town in a bright and (elling them he was $45.000 richer than when they saw him last. friends were puzzied tonight over identity of the man who had been bury ‘Gesmer disappeared 55, and nothing was heard or seen of him until acter in Stapleton” where he lived in back room of a smalh special chinery, ke Part of the time. In the coldest weath- er he seldom wore a coat or hat, been advised to a cure he_suffered. To the inquisitive of Stapleton, Gesmer explained his prosperity was due A | alties on machine -y a law car, he said, made tour and decided to come home here.’ “I know neth or the open another machine shop and met to work.” YALE New tacuity field ‘Scientific school, Yale university, toe night issued a new ruling in the case of: the Colony, an exclusive secret hich recently was found guilty of actions of the inter-fraternity rules Yale. The new ruling fupersedes a pre. Vious one and follows the withdrawal of the Colony from the council Under th red from pledging any members of thal freshman class untfl the eiose of the gophomore vear ; the Colony is ordersd i vacate by April 4 next, empty in June; bers of the Colony from the univehsity is ordergl to end May 1, of 192: Colony as a society was responsible few infracfions of the vidual POLES CARRY MAJomriTY w: of the carried by Poland in the recent plebise cite, the Polish legation Fere asmounés « ed tonight upon receint of cfMcial ade total of sixteen d sir; province. Poland has ds1 it nine. all of whieh ars m the rir and industrial section it was addel. Riuins npon which tae foreim of H stateinent was based. the iegatipn -m 4 were. not comnle and sh jorities in out cernmz ai Fae ] majority of the general vote by commune majorities. WINCHESTER co. Danbury, Attackhs ment papers fiied here today asainst the. | L. R. Compa store the de store | ment committee for the states of Con-| 180 taking over a 20-yesr lease at $17,4 Peansyivania T-mnesseefi _ Ohlo, Paris, March Freneh pers admitted tonight that the will be to urge' had a majorily of the votes in dent or cengress Silesia. of an international conference fo discuss districts which decided fn favor iand to join the republic. ashington, March disclosed $345.000 has been brought aeainst L. R. Steele Company by the wmencg ter Companx issue a decree to commel the d company to carry out the terms of A8 WORLD DISARMAMENT | #!leged a-recment for the lease of lease was denendent 000 a vear on property In Charlestn, — — v FRENCH ADMIT GERMAN o VICTORY IN UPPER SILES1Y 2 —_— ED AS DEAD 15 MONTHS MAN REAPPEARS IN AUTO York. March 22.—Mourned s for fifteen months, after Mg * found in his motor boat awasm | Brooklyn shore, had been identis Gesmer, 51 year ventor, startled acquaintances in on, Long Isiand, today by driving yellow motor car S His the November 1. 18! toda He was a familiar - c machine shop. He in intricate probiems of ma- eping to himself the greater ized having “keep out in the air” as for a nervous disorder from which patents he had wen in in Ohio. He then bought a | 2 transcontineatal back to his oid = about the dead man he said. “I'm going to suit burglas —_— FACULTY DISCIPLINES COLONY SECRET SOCIETY plow 1 | Haven, Conn., Marchy?2, — Tha discipline committee® of Shefa Inter-fraternit; of Sheffield. )i ruling the Colony Is bars its premises in Hillho avenus: the premises to remain until the end of the present term the suspension of four meme 1921, instedd The committee finds fhat the rules than the indfs members. % _— DISTRICTS IN SILESIA - —A majority’ districts of upner Silesia wers but worea conclusive owed that Poland had sained spme in 462 commu.ci and fiormany 92. No advices we e recsival cons the results in th. cther sovem resu’t of the ple h e asa ton ra L ¥ onet. but HAS sUED L. R. STEELE CO. FOR 3345008 Conn.. March Steele Company. Inc. of Buffaie, that a suit for damages of ny of New Haven. The #sks the superior e wo ng* n Charieston, 8. C. It ja ¢ fendant took over the lease :1“1 In Syracuse. Y., but that thig on the defendanf 22.—(By The A P)- official “circles and the bui aiready are advocating