Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 7, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIlI—NO. 85 Norwi POPULATION 29,685 LIVELY AND LONG SESSION OF THE HOUSE YESTERDAY By an Overwhelming Majority a Bill Was Passed Making Sunday Baseball Optional With Municipalities—Amend- . ed Bill in’the House Would Banish From Agricultural Fairs the Midway and All Forms of Gambling—Many Me.mdhm&fflemsm@offliebfi" lature. (Special to The Bulletin) , April 6.—In the senate today, s :‘n’?u"n-adm apprepriating $1,313.78 to the treagurer of the Norwich state hospital to reimburse the Comnecticut Engineering and Construction company for loss by fire. The semate received a favorable report on the bill for the in- motion of House Leader Buckley who said there were still more amendments brewing in the senate the bill and amend- ments was recommitted to committee on agriculture. The bill as amended reads: “No part of any building. or grounds, within the enclosure in which is held the fair, circus or carnival of any incorporat- ed agricultiral society, church or fra- carporation of the Mystic fire distriot and :n:’ommiu rejected th eincorporation of the Mystic fire district and the house rejected the bill giving the state control over the New London-Groton ferry, the explanation being that the matter was 2 local one and that the state Was now doing its_duty by providing the Thames ver brexe “ The traundulent bill re- tained it place on the senate calendar. The bill making a building appropris- tion for the Day-Kimball hospital was passed by the semate, as was the meas- Gre giving additional compensation to Messenger Rober: McBurney of the New London county superior court. THE HOUSE The house convened at 1 Speaker Huxford in the chair. was offered by Chaplain Aver. Favorable report was received from the judiciary committee on an amendment to the advertising sign law, providing that applications for license shall state the height of sign, materal and dis- tance from highway. The educ gion committee reported fav- orably a bill limiting the purpose of ap- propriations for schools. The committee 5n finance reported favorably a bill ex- noting from taxation the bonds of the General Hospital Society of Connecticut. The house passed a biil providing for Increase of salaries of city court officials in New Haven to 35,000 for each judge. $4.000 for city attorney, $3.500 for each assistant city attorney, $4.000 for clerk and 32,500 for each assistait clerk. Bills passed from the calendar included these: Extending time to next general Assembly for exercise of rights granted 1o Meriden, Middletown and Guilford Biectric Railway company: authorizing facrease of capital stock of the Bristol ind Plainville Tramway company to 35, 06,000, authorizing a board of finance for town of New Milford: ineluding in the trumk live system of highways the road between Cornwall Bridge and Falls Vil- \age in the Housatonic Valiey on the west tide of the river from ! |m 44 dime Rock- etation ; _chas e city of New London to provide hore ule a8 to election of mayor and other fficers ¢ autherizing treasurer of the town ‘of Branford to borrow $160.000 on o for imurovement of- highwaya: sroviding for the recording «f motary ‘ommission in counties other than that in which notary resides. providing for Sistribution of estates where there are no shildren. to parents. brothers and sisters of deceased, autherizing tow. of Madison i issue $160,000 of school bonds. abolish- ing six months' imprisonment period which under present statute must precede sarole from Connecticut reformatory. Mr. Mahewson of, Cornwall at the in- ritation of Speaker Nickerson presided Suring a part of the session when mat- Lers were taken from the calendar. The skimmed milk bill was passed as liows e No person shall sell or offer or expose "tor sale. milk from which the cream or Any part thereof has been removed, with- $ut displaying in such place as the dairy ind foog’ commissioner may determin sach place or room where such milk is Joid. vered or expoxed for sale. a sign having thereon the words “Skimmed milke is ®old here.” which sign shall be furnished by Mai dcommissioner, and without aistinc'y - and durably affixing a metal labor or tag in a conspicuous place upon the outside, and not ‘more than #ix inches from the top. of evers can.| vessel or package containing such milk, And such metal labe] or tag shall have the words “Skimmed Milk" stamped, printed or indented thereon in letters 0 less than one inch in height; and milk shail only be solg out of a ca sl or package so marked. Skin / :d milk may be seld in milk bottles if piuin- Iv marked or tagged. as such. The hotel bill was passed as follows: Section 1. Every owner, lessee, pro- prietor or manager of a hotel or inn shall post in a conspicuous place in every Sieeping room 5 sign, upon which shall be printed in tvpe not smaller than twelve point. the daily and weekly charge for such a room and meals furnishéq at such hotel or inn: except that hotels or inns operated on the European or a la carte plan shall not be required to so post the “harges for meals so served. Sec. 2. Any person owhing, operating or managing any hotel or inn in viola- tion of any of the provisions of this act shall be fined not more than ten dollars for each oftense. Passed from the calendar: Providing for one mession a_vear in Stamford for naturalization of aliens by superior court, providing for deportation of persons who Become state or town charges during first year of their residence, providing for service at, office of the department of state agencies and institutions of copy of dfvorce writ as wel as in defendant and conservator where ground is incur- ble insanity, providing for support by state when non-residents are found not Fullty of crime on ground of Insanity; providing for registry anq capitalization ot statistics of the biind by by board of sducation of the blind by board of ed- neation of the blind: providing that town clerks shal] furnish lists of transfers of real estate to the assessors. providing for Installation of meers on public water supply where consumets wilfully waste water: providing for -payment by state agent of claims of Institutions for state charges who have been supported. author- jzing the board of control to sell ‘all the jand in East Granby purchased for a sita for a new state prison. What some of the representatives said will be & death blow to the agrienltural fairs In the state came into. the house of 0 today, Prayer representatives today in the amended bill concerning gambMlng at fairs. The bill was favored by Mr. Ryseeil of Mid- Alstown as amended by tfe senate but he opposed the amendments offereq by Mr. Andrews of Danbury which extend the provision of the bill fo circuses, carntyals, sharches and fraternal socleties which have fairs and exhibitions. Mr. Hutching of Harwinton sald the Wil would kill the Harwintom fair. Mr. Rogers of Litehfield agreeq with him. On ing. ternal society, shall be leased for the sale of_ spirituous or intoxicating liquors, the running of wheel pools, the runmn‘_o{ any kind e¢ spindle games, the running of any Xing of dice’ games, the running of any kind of jingle boards, the running of any kind of tivoli or pin games, the running of any kind of picout, whether by emvelope, artificial fish, or other de- vice, the running of any game in whieh an addition is made from numbers on blocks, balls, eylinders. or ither device, the running of any game where watches. jewelry, cigars or other material is used s a substitute for money, or the con- ducting of nmoral shows; nor shall any person be granted the right or privilege or be permitted to carry on any of these games or shows within such enclosure during the continuance of such fair. The house passed an amendment to the law concerning fees of court jurors and while it leaves the pay at four dollars & pay provides for pay to each juror of 10 cents a mile to travel from his resi- denee to court each day of his attendance as a juror. The law has been mileage onc a week and the mew bill is said to provide better than §5 a day on the av- erage for jurors. " On motion of Leader Buckley the bl making an appropriation of $1,145.724 for he peyment to towns of the average attendance gfant for the fiscal period ending June 30, 1931, was totaled, Mr. Buckley saying this bil lshould not pass until_some provision for the appro- priation had been made. A bill was passed amending an act concerning neglect to flle annua] reports of corporations, providing for duing away with maximum limit of six months for revival of rights of corporations by secre- tary of ytate anq giving him powers for an_indefinite period.. The Sunday baseball bill caused a long debate before it was passed by the house today, Mr. Ripley of Winsted asking for a roll call vgte. The bill under discus- "“Section*1. The selectmen of any town, the mayor and aldermen or common coun- cil of any city, or-the-warden. end bur- geases of any borough, or any town, city or ‘borough at a mesting legally warned and held for that purpose, may license the pidving of protessional baseball ‘and football on Sundays after the hour of two o'clock p. m. and the giving of pub- lic concerts in any theatre or hall in such town, city or borough on Sundays be- tween the hours of three o'clock p, m. and six o'clock p. m., provided action taken by any such meeting on such questions shall supersede and render voig any action by the officials aforesaid. At such concerts only standard symphon- je compositions and music of a classical naturs shall be played, and the license therefore shall not permit the giving of moving pitures or sterecpticon ehibitions with such comcerts. Section 2. Any person licensed under the provisions of this act, who shall keep open or cperate any baseball or football park or any theatre or hall in violation of the terms of such license shall be fin- ed not more than five hundreq dollars. Seclon 3. The provisions cf section 6450 of the general statutes shall not ap- ply to games or concerts held pursuant to the provisions of this act. Section 4. This act shall take effect from its passage. The bill was supported by Mr. Perry of New Haven who said in the passing of vears there had been a change of senti- ment. He also said professional base- ball and foothball takes care of the po- lice problem on Sunday. afternoon, and he did not know of a clergyman in New Haven who was opposed to It. Mr. Stoddard of Woodbridge moveq to have the bill tabled retaining its place on the calendar. but the motion was opposed by Leader Buckley anq Mr. Dunn of Hartford_and was Jost. Mr. Smith of Hebron, Mr. Breckeft of Willington and Mr. Bell of Salisbury vigorously opposed the bill as a desecration of the Sabbath. Mr. Bell was especially eloquent and his remark elicited applause. Mr. Dunn of Hartford replied to Mr. Bell and said Mr. Bell wa sevidently afraid to submit the Sunday question to local option. Mr. Landon of Chaphin sald the bill was dan- | gerous legislation. The Rev. Mr. Phil- lips, representative from Shelton opposed the bill which hé sald was in the inte- rests of the eities which want to legalize the violation of the statutes. He said he wonld like to pass an act to safeguard ‘the old. fashioned Sunday. Mr. Phillips said the house would not be expressind the wishes of the state if it passed tne bill, but after ali Mr. Phillips said he would rather have-the proposed act than the present statute. . Mr. Hickey of Stamford oftered a spirited support of the bill, and related how when he was in service in France it was an every Sunday occurrence to have baseball, footbail and even circucsecs to keep up the morale of the troops. A. Storrs Campbell of En- fleld said it was an error to state the judiciary committee was unanimous for he bill, because he as 5 member of that committee had voted against It. Mr. Ripley of Winsted spoke against the bill. Mr. Pavelka of Waterbury for it and resenteq the implications cast at the alien blooded population. Mr. Pierre- pont of Ridgefield said the bill ought to pass. Mr. Clark of Hebron opposed the bill. Mr. Landon of Salisbury and Mr. Hutchings of Harwinton favoreq the bill. Mr. Perry of New Haven spake again in fawor of the bill in preference to the present rtatute which presents a hypo- critical sicuation. After Mr. Darbie of Killingly moved the previous question, Chairman Buckley of the judiclary committee suggested in- stead of a roll call as moved by Mr. Ris- ley the house ‘take a rising vote. Mr. Risley’s motion needed a_ one-fiftn vote to prevail and it was declareq lost by the speaker when the majority against it was was obviously overwhelm- Mr. Buckley then ciosed the de- NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921 Cabled Paragraphs Cardinal Dougherty Sails for Home. Cherbourg, France, April 6.—Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia sailed for New York today on the Olympic. FORGER ADMITS THAT HE KILLED JOSEPH B. ELLWELL Buffalo, N. Y. April 6.—Roy Harris, arrested here this eveqning on a charge of forgery, signed a statement tothe af- fect that he and another man killed Joseph B. Eiwell in New York last June. Harris said that he and a friend, William Dunkin, were accosted on the street by a chauffeur they knew who told them he had a woman passenger who might pay them well for ia job. They got in and drove about with the woman wno said her name was Mrs. Fairchild _and . promised - them $5,000 to kill Blwell. She gave them,$50 eich on account and the next morniog ‘met them and drove them to. Ellwell's home on West 70th street -where she let them in with a key. Harris alleges Dunkin shot Klwell. The woman, he' said, gave them $450 each and.promised the res of the money later. Harris says hé never got_any more and- suspected his pal double-crossed him. He fied the oity when the (ragedy excited such ' wide- spread interest. ¥ The man had been staying at a hotel here with his wife since: Tuesday. An acquaintance tipped the jocal police off that he was wanted in St. Catherines, Ontarfo, for alleged check forgery and he was arrested. As he was being brought to the station house' he said: “That check thing was all settled, I know what you want me for. It is the Eliwell murder.” Then without much prompting he 4i tated a statement and signed it. The lo- cal police notified New York. MOUNT VESUVIUS 18 IN VIOLENT ERUPTION Naples, April 6.—(By the A. P.)— Mount Vesuvius is in active eruption. The eruption is the most violent that has ocurred in fifteen years. It is being ac- companied by Impressive internal rumblings. Dense clouds of smake mixed with flames form a majestic, but alarming picture. Many American tourists have been attracted by the spectacle, but are ‘prevented from approaching the crater by showers of hot ashes and cinders and the movement of molten lava. TWO PERSONS KILLED IN A WRECK ON SOUTHERN RAILWAY Harriman, Tenn.. April 6.—Southern railway fast train No. 2 was derailed at New River, 40 mhi'és north of here this afternoon at 2.45 o'clock, and the engine and. three coaches and. three sieepers Were tprned over. Two persons were killed and 25 to 35 slightly and serious- 1y injured.- The two killed wete passen- gers. The derailment was caused by s buckled track, it was said. - The injured were taken to Somerset, Ky.. 50 miles north of the scene of the ‘wreck. CLATM 18 ALLOWED LAWYER SAUL S. MEYERS A s New . York, - April -6.—Judge. Charles Hough in the federal district court, today | allowed a $20,000 ciaim of Saul S. e ers” agaimst Arth , on 3 five'lawyers desigiated th share an 4833, 330 award for gervices in the recent res. titution suit of steckholders against the New York, New Havén and Hartford Tailroad. . When_ the judge’ made the award to lawyers, nine others filed elaims for par- tieipation, but all were denied except Myers. PLEASED WITH TALBOT AS THE VICEROY OF IRELAND Rome, Aprfl 6.—A sefi-official vatican statement says: “The appointment of Lord Bdmund Tatbot as yiceroy of Ire- land has produced a good impression be- cause of the abrogation of an unjust law, which préhiblted a Catholic from becom. ing viceroy over that Cotholic population, “Regarding the effect this act of the British government may have on the present situation in Ireland it s’ tmpos- sible to ‘make any prediction.” MEMORIAL SERVICES OVER 1,222 BODIES FROM FRANCE New York, Aprll 6.—Memorial services over bodies of 1,222 soldiers brought back to America from their burial ground in France were held today at Hoboken, where the remains were taken Off the transport Cambrai. % Nearly. half the dead were men from Tenngssee, North Carolina and South Carolina who fought with the thirtieth Division. Most of the others were from the Twenty-seventh, New York, division. e — commissioner power to quarantine ami- mals he believes to be infeoted with com- municable. disease. THE SENATE, _Senator Goodwin_ of the Second dis- trict presided at today's session of the senate, The committee on fish and game re- ported favorably on a bill to prevent the destruction of the eg#s of game birds. Calendar. A bill providing for the placing of memorials to soldiers, sailors and ma- rines in state parks and reservations was favorably reported the oom- mittes/ on state parks amd reservations. Calendar. The committee on fish and game re- Ported favorably on @ ' bill * repealing section 3273 of the general siatutes re- lating to the fishery rights of the resi- g«m; of the state of New York. Calen- ar. The committee on the judiciary made favorable reports on the following bills: Authorizing towns and cities to . retire librarians on a pemsion; amending the charter of the borough: of Torrington ; incorporating- the -Momingside associa- tion ; incorporating the Mystic Fire dis. trict, Calendar. The committee on cities and boroughs reported unfavorably on Senate Bill No. 440, concerning defects in the side walks in Danbury and the was rejected. The committee reported was rejected. The' committee reported fagorably . on bills amending the charter of Bridgeport concerning the rd of education, in- corporating the Groton Leng Point as- sociation; tabled for calendar. Passed: Fotbidding local authorities from designating persons suffering from tuberculosis Who are receiving, aid as Paupers; aathorising the superintendent of state police to issue a license to car- Ty weapons on the payment of a fee of one dollar; authorizing~the governor to appoint special agents for, the Conneoc: ticut Human society; repealing’ chapter one of the public acts of.1919 concerning voting by electors absent in the mili- tary’ service of the state and the follow- ing house bilis: Concerning the' support of poor persons, making an appropri- bate with a strong argument for the bill. Th bill was passed by a viva voce vote and the action applauded. An amendment giving the commission. er of domestlc animals authority to kil any do ‘infected with rables passed the house today, and aleo a bill giving the ation for the Fort Griswold tract com- mission, increasing the annual allowance to state police association from $8,000 to Peonage Testimony by Negro Farm Boss He Helped Kill Eleven Negro Farm Hands For Fear of His Own Life. Covirigton, Georgha, April 6. his own life was the motive “hat prow. ed yde Mannin, negra farm boss, help kill eleven negro farm naads em- ployed on the Jasper yown.y piantatica of John S. Williams, the ©3gra toid s Jury ‘today in the -rial of Wiliams in Newton county supsrivr court ie Manning asserted o sss-examination he did mot want to-ncip kill them, but was afraid to disobey Williags, who, he declared, was trving fo do/away witn the negroes for =eachery might testify regarding allexed peoiax: conditiors ou the Willlams farm. “They wasn't a botieinz me.” Manning, a coal bia:k, short, built man of about 13) pounds, didn’t want to get 'em @ of the wa but he, added. later, “Mr. Jounny said, ‘it's their neck or yours. The negroes. met death shortly after tederal ‘authorities started an investiga- tion of alleged peonage on the farni. of -them, according .to Manniag, Dbeirg chained to rocks' and ‘thrown alive into the rivers, and five knocked in .ne hcad or shot and buried on ths farm. Williams is.on trial. cnarz:1 with the murder of Lindsey Petersoq one of thiee negroes alleged to hav: b=ea brou; n- to Newton county and drowned. ani tse defense sought to confine the witness to his -account of Peterson's death and to bar him and two federal agents from testitying to peonage conditions. Judge John B. Hutcheson overruled both mo- tions and Green R. Johnson, chief coun- sel for Williams, indicated he would ap- peal on these grounds in event of convie- tion of Williama. The state put on four other witnesses besides Manning—two federal agents, Ciyle. Freeman, a negro farm hand, and a megro woman cook, and was expected to conclude i case . tomorrow. The defense indicated it would con- clude its testimony in about one day and that the case should go to the jury Sat- urday. Manning was ' the state's chief wit- ness and during his testimony the court- house Wwas packed t capacity. He seemed little affected by his recital, and rarely changed the inflection of his voice. He is unable to read or write, he said, and about 29 years old, but does not know where he was born, “When. I first remember myselt, said, “I was in Jasper county. During some three houfs of direct ex- amination tne negro told in detail of the alleged murder of the eleven negroes, giving his description in simplest. words. “They was stubborn and a-bezging, - Manning said simply in his version of the death of Peterson and Willie Pres- ton. and-me and Charlie (another. negro) rolied 'em over the banisters - of the bridge.” . ‘The men. as were. the others killed, he said, had been lured away:from the farm by Williams, on ‘the pretext- that they‘w:re m taken ‘to. t and ) . be._allewad .io return - th - their fiwu in_Atlanta, or, Macon. where they. had been ‘faken. trom jail by Willigms. paying' their fines. Peterson and Pres- ton, Manning_said, were fund together by a trace chain around ' their necks to which was fastened .a sack “containing about one hundred pounds of rocks. Their hands were bound together by wire, he said. Williams drove the au- tomobile in which the negroes were car- ried. Manning testified. arry Price, another negro taken to be drowned, jumped off the bridge him- self, Manning said. when he found there was no hove for him. ‘Dom’t throw me over; Tl ge X4 anning quoted Price as sayies. ond fded (hat the megro. 'with a ery of T ave mercy,” i Lopt e rey,” flung himself into Manning then went into detail alieged murder of other nesrars O He declared Williams was present atl the various drownings and had order.| ed the killings when defense counsel sought to make him admit he was the instigator in the alleged killings. = He ?‘l‘d vlhil on one occasion he tried to breai away” from Wilkams piacs Where he had worked for the last four. teen vears. but said “Mr. Johnny jump- ¢d-on me, and T ain't tried it no more AUTOMOBILE STRUCK BY TRAIN AT PITTSFTELD Winstead. April 6.—Henry Hener, 42, a traveling salesman, of West Haven, was fatally injureq late today 'when hi ag. tgmobkle was struck by , Pittsfield to New -York express train ' near Ashley Falls, Mass.. He was taken aboard the train and first aid was administered at gg::‘;:_d T'hel; h): was brought to the ld count 104 . Satchfieid county Nospital here, where he siochily he —_— AN ABANDONED AUTO FOUND IN THE HOUSATONIC RIVER Southbury, Apri 6 —An e - tomobile bearing .Confecticut T.'}’ffi&dflfi'n marker 54487, was foung today In the Housatonic river here. . Apparentiy (he machine had plunged over a 75 foot em- bankment along the edge of the river. It was partly under the water, but invest- igation failed to disclose any bodles in or near the car. There were red marks on thé running board and one wheel that haq the: appearance of blood. e AGREEMENT BY TUG BOAT OWNERS AND EMPLOYES ‘Washington, April 6.—Sea going tuy boat elployes ‘agreed tonigh l[‘l é‘onfers ence with the employers. and Secretary 'l’_)lvil to accept’ whatever wage reduc- tions are agreed upon by employes of trans-Atlantic ships upon the expiration of the agreement betweén seamen and ship owners on May 1. G —_— D. L. & W. SEMI-SKILLED MEN REJECT 37 PER CENT. WAGE CUT New York, April 6—Representatives of approximately 10,000 organizeq skill- ed’and semi-skilled employes of the Del- aware, Lackawanna and Western rail- road today flatly. rejected a proposed 27 per cent. wage reduction. HACKETT TO PLAY “MACBETH” IN NATIONAL THEATRE, PARIS Paris, April 6.—James K. Hackett, thie American actor has accepted the in. vitation of-the-French ~gowernment ‘to play “MacBeth” In English in a national| theatre in Paris this spring. . GUGGENHEIM DOMINATES - AMEBICAN SMELTING Jersey City, N. J., April 6.—The organ- ization slate of directors, representing the Guggenheim in‘erests, was elected at ths $9,900 and for additional compensation to Robert McBurney for services as mes- senger of .the superior court of Ne: Londen county. & annual meeting of the American Smeit- Ing and Refining Company here today. Silent waiches of the night are thosa ‘we' forget to wind, X Py ! though it were leading fo ai tiations to'find an issue to th pfil 6.—(By the A. ®xcitement, which looked as TEN PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS. P)—A closed with stil owing the part of he goyernment tha: to Insistence on resummp- tion of pumping operations at the mines must be preliminary to an: The first meeting of the negotiations. government with the miners and mine owners had been’ set for eleven o'clock morning at the board of trade, Then_the prime minister made the-an- of commons id | that the miners' federation bad infermed ; was unable to see its way and I clear to Instruct the pump men o resume work during the negotiations. Mr. Lioyd tions could this obstacle was nouncement in the house him that it George added that th enego not proceed unless overcome. Whether the hitch is-as serious as ap- % | peared from the premier's statement is Frank Hodges. one of the leaders of the miners, referring to regard as negotiations. Another favorable indication is that the premier has written to the miners' exec- utive asking them to meet him early to- morrow morning at his Downing Street not - quite _certain. the matter, said he did not hopeless the- question of residence. serious enough to struction to negotiations. WOULD PUT EX-SOLDIER RELIEF UNDEE ONE HEAD ‘Washington, April the chief reco; ment relief work here today. mission, announced tonight in executive - session. The new bureau known as *“ Administration.” probably the most able men possessing tomorrow The ‘general feeling is that the troubte about pumping is due to suspicions. har- bored by both sides, but that it i not ove a permanent ob- §.—Consolidation under one head of all government bu- reaus dealing with ex-soldier relief to function directly for the president will be dation made to Pres- Ident Harding by the special commission which, concluded its inquiry into govern- Charles G. Dawes, of Chicazo, chairman of the com- that actnal drafting of the report to be submitted to the president would begin tomorrow e 'he Veterans Rehablijtation Its head will -be se- lected by President Harding from among “will a khow! edge of all ex-service men's probléins. Commission members were. agreed day that the erux of the problem tered in_the phrase “veteran rehabilita- it ‘was a single problem, naturally was divided which must be fulfilled for the ex?soldiers by the government. They were, first, those of a physical nature: secqnd, those of finance, and third, those tion.” . Whi they said, I three needs Zealing “with” Industrial phases. lidation of “the decentralization of the ,fie er more distant bureaus, New legisiation will be.asked commission_in_its Teport -to. accomphish bure §¢ and a e1d , wervice: ‘so that those in need ‘may -appiy.to- pélies| stations. and boards i their- home dis- tricts rather than.to Washington -or oth- TWO WITINESSES -ARRESTED ‘FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY Afrest of ‘two witnesses for refusing to testify and is- suance of a bench warrant for another witness for the same réason marked the 't court here Brooklyn ' and Bridgepcrt, Conn.” men on a charge,of violate the federal aute- Detroit, Mich.. April trial in United Sfates district today of seven Detroit, conspiracy to mobjle theft act A Dbench warrant was t> take the stand. - His witnesses, who refused ioriminate themselves. front would be prosecuted: sale. issued Harvey Love of Detroit, a government witness, when he disavpeared from the court. room late today just before he was disanpearance followed the arrest of Henry King and- Edward Heffron of Detroit, government to give ~certain testimony on the ground they would in- It was announced by government attorney King and ‘Hof- The men on trial are alleged to have been members of a ring that conspired to send stolen automobiles abroad for CIMPLIMENTARY DINNER FOR NEW PRESIDENT OF YALE New York, April 6.—New York, New Jersey and New England alumni are to give a dinner to Dr. Jamies R. Angell, the new president of Yale university at the April class of 37, Hotel Astor. New York city. James R. Sheffield, preside. - The speakers will be: President of Yale Arthur ty ‘of ‘Michigan, '80. ' Dr. Yale man of him. All “alumni and committee, 50 Vanderbil been issued. At this dinner Dr. Angell 1s to make his great public address. similar dinners in honor of Dr. nen-graduates welcome if they communicate with ‘Wil- Avenue, New invitations have aiready Within short time the Chicago Yale alumni and the ‘Pittsburgh Yale alumni are to-have Angell. TO CONSTRUCT BRIDGE FROM MANHATTAN TO WEEHAWKEN New _York, April reached here . today to river. Plans for the new associa®n were formed .at a' meeting of railroad execu- tives, financlers and business men at the Sponsors_ include Charles M. Schwap, Samuel Rea. president of the Pennsylvania railroad, Thomas F. Ryan, Otis H. Cutler, Thomas Dewitt Cuyler; Phillp T. Dodge. Coleman Dupont._ Elon Ogden Mills, William Fellowes Morgan, George H. Post,, Former Governor . Alfréd Smith_and more than three scors other failroad , executives, financiers and busi- Railroad club. H.' Hooker, Otto H. Kahn, ness men., . 6.—Decision - was incorporate the Hudson. River Bridge and .Terminal As- sociation, to_enlist public support. for. the great doublé-deck highway and. railroad bridge which it is proposed te construct from Manhattan to Weehawken, N. I, with \terminal facilities for passengers and freight on both sides of the Hudson FORMER EMPEROR CHARLES MAS AREIVED AT LUCERNE TLondon,. April 6.—The former emperor t Lucerne about, sleven according to. a Zarjeh despatch. to the Exchange telegraph. Hs was_accoompanied by the former. Em- Ruchba,.| rles appeared fo be In & very exhaust- Charles arriveq o'clock . tonight, preas Zita, who .met . him By at into by the for 15. is to Former T. Hadley, former President William F. Taft, '78, former United - States Senator Chauncey M. Depew, '36, and Dr. Angell, Universi- Angetl take office as president of Yale in June. The purpose of the dinner is to make a is_to are L. UNITED STATES ASSERTS ITS RIGHTS 10 PARTICIPATE IN PEACE SETTLEMENTS: Brief Telegrams ‘ Municipal ownership of the local street car lines was.voted by Detroit citizens. Prince Albert of Monaco will sail on the steamer France Saturday for the United States. \ Twentr-six raliconds submitted wage disputes to the railroad board, at Chicago within the last month. Strike at Patton Coal and Mining Co.. Pitteburgh, Kans., - in progress since Mareh 22, was settled. Witheut debate the New York assembly passed the Martin bili giving World war veterans civil service preference. i Marooni Ce. of Lemdon has secured operating control of the = Peruvian tele- graph and wireless systems for 25 years. Daring the menth of March there were 2,310,000 standard sitver dollars coined. 2,243.000 nickels and 7,164,000 one-cent Ppieces. George M. Kelly, knewn thromghout the world as he champion leaper, died at the city hospital at Binghampton, N. Y. aged 3 Oyears. . Osmonde Gratten Esmonde. described as Sinn Fein snvoy to Australia, was ar- rested at. Vancouver, B. C., on orders of Mayor Gale. Twe men wore seriously injured in an explogion of dynamite -which destroyed the Tipie House of the Pittsburgh Coal Co., at Harlan, Ky. The Belish steamer Impocs of 2,000 tons went astiore on Bionde Rock off Cape Sable according to a radio message recsived at Boston. > Tresident Harding sccepted an invita- tion to,piteh the first ball at the odening of the American league baseball season at Washington on Apri] 13. Pope Bemediet received & group of sall- ors from the United States cruser Pitts- ‘burgh: They were DI ted by Chaplain Edward A. Duff of the cruiser. . Capiain 7. A. Léroyer, who blazed the trail, through the Northwest for American army airplanes that flew 1o Alaska was killed in an accident at-Camp Borden. A megre porter who sought treatment of 4:physician .in Bostos was declared a to the federal leprosarium in Louisiuna. Hysterions articion comtaining ox- ves have .. been discovered during the last twemty-four hcurs by tHe police - in -various sections of Berlin. Hard) condition- m‘p “August 1, marking the ryof the landing of the Pil- tercenteria: grima. | ‘White Star liner Olympie which will leave Southampton this week. will have on board $1,500.900 in goid, transshipped from _India, and consigned to New York bankers, Msjor Gemeral, Leomard Wood was electeg by the sxecutive committee of the Near. East, Relief . to succeed Charles Evans Hughes as 5 member of the board of trustees. United Stafes A cupying its. new building at Nassau streets, New York. the oftice was delaysd by the Wall street explosion last summer. y Office Is mow oc- Wall and Captain Frederiek P. Wilkams who escaped in September 1919 from Govern- or's_Isiand -while under sentence of five vears for fraud in army contracts, was ceptureg In Cleveland. Eaea Do Forest. 78 years old, general agent in New York of tne Penn Mutual Insurance empany of Philadelphia, jump- ed to_death from the attic window of his home in Montclair, N. J. Judge E. M. Gary, in Chicags, declined to discuss conditions in the steel industry or generai business prospects until after conference with heads of sugsidiaries of " the U. . Steei. Corporation. Rene Viviani, In & statement to the As- sociated Press, said, the purpose of his vieit to the United States was to sound publi copinion in America and inform the American people of conditions in France. Alfred E. Ottinger. ex-state semator from New York county, went to Washing- ton to’ confer with Attorney General Daugherty. He is sald to be considered for an assistant to the attorney general Greek archeslogisis have unearthed an imposing temple at Rerras. Thessaly. The structure is in an excellent state of preservation and is stated to be as large as the temple of Jupiter at Olympia Charges of graft will be lodxed against 30 ‘customs inspectors or approximately 3 Oper cent. of the entire personnel of the New York- office, it was announced by Byron R. Newton, collector of the port. Adaiiens] Tand required te beauify the immediate surroundings of the great cemetery of the Argonne, where 30.000 ‘American soldiers were buried, will be iven te the United States government by France. Applieants for employment at the pub- Jic bureau-maintained by the state de- partment of labor and industries in Bos- ton reached a higher total last month than in any like period of which there i§ a record. The Greek legation in Parls denled re- ports that Prince Andreas. ~brother of King Censtantine, had died from wounds recelved while fighting in Asia Minor. The prince has not left Athens, the legation declared. The idea of preserving tn motien ple- tures the distinguishing eccentrieities and “ray-rah ways” of each class at Yale for historical and amusement purposes at class reunions will be voted ‘on mext week by the junior class. 'Semater Simpsen and ~ Assemblyman Brundage Introduced a bill in the New York legisiature for the abolishing of the state boing commissien and providing for the. appointment of an unpaid commis- slon . with paid assisténts. Efferts of Edwin R. Bergdoll, Philadel- phis ‘draft evader. to obtain his release from the penitentiary at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan.; were defeated when Federal Judge Poliock dented Bergdoll tion for & writ of habeas corpus. lepér and isolated, pénding his removal ! Opening of | Hg ¥ Z] Secretary Hughes Addresses Notes to Great Britain, France, i Jtaly and Japan, Informing Them That the United States S Has Never Vested Either the Supreme Council or the League of Nations With Any Authority to Bind the Unite ed States or to Act in Its Behalf—Declares That Flih-_‘ to Ratify the Peace of Versailles Will Not Be Allowed to Detract From This Country’s Rights—Disputes the Authority of Granting to Japan Mandate Over ths Island of Yap Without the Assent of the United States— Maintains That the Island Should Be Nationalized for (Cable Purposes. 5 sy Washington, April 6.—Failure of the 1t is Aeemid United States to ratify the treaty -of| 10 examine tH Versailles will not be allowed to detract | ing of the #ue from this country’s right to participate in, It may, hows Peace settlements, Secretary Hugh p de-|*V fhe minutel clares in notes addressed to Greai Bri-|Of thie mecting. although obv.ously withs tain, France, Itaiy and Japan. cat any finality, couid not properly B The note to Japan differed from the[C0NSirucd without due regard to the othe binding the United States 0 be unnecessary agal brief mi: of the m 'me council on that date. ever, be proper to say that other three in that it referred more spe-|f Proceedings of the supreme counél) cifically to the Japanese mandate over|3nd without taking account of the FeRs the Island of Yap. All four of them |T¥alions which President Wilson hadl reiterated the contention that the United | States had sacrificed no rights in the Deace settlement by reason of its un- willingness to join the league of na- tions, already. made iIn the previous meeting® of the supreme council on Aprilu 21 April 30(3, and May Ist, 1919. The attitude of President Wilson is sufficlenite Iy shown by the following statement “The' ext of the mote to Great Britain, | YhICh he made 1o the department . o€ Which is similar to that to France and |$.ate On March 3. 1921: “f beg te re= Al follogy: turn the note received yesterday froms the Japanese government. which 1 have read, in relation to the jroposed mans date covering the Isiand of Pap. [ Never Consented to Asslgnment of Yamy My first information of a contenties | the so-called decision of May 3y | Text of Note. “With respect to the mandate to Ja- pan, purporting o have been confirm- ed and defined in its terms by the su- preme council of the league of nation; of the Germar possessions in the Pac that c Ocean, lying north of the equator, this| 1ol bY the council of four assigned ta government deems it appropriate to| waPen A mandate for the Isiand of Yapd state the fundamental basis of its rep- conveyed to me by Mr. Norman Da< vis in October last. resentations and the principles which, in | yng. its view, are determinative. Ut will not be questioned that the right to dispose of the overseas posses- sions of Germany was acquired through the victory of the ailied and I then informed hing 1 had never consented lo the ase signment of the IsiaLd of Yap te Ja< pan. ; o7 had not prevously given pars, on attention 1o the wording of thel | " { sociated powers, and it is also believed oy ey L 53 | ptythere s no disouition. o0 the Part | eion. 1 Bad - on teverns senine R | of the British government to deny the |y 1ph a0, O Hever: gl | participation of the United o ‘ States in that victory. It would seem to follow necessarily that the right accruing to the allied and associated powers through the common victory is shared by th United States and that there could be no or effective _disposition of the Overseas possessions of Germany, now under consideration, without the assen: Of.the United States. Utited States date mentioned. made nngmi reservations regarding the Isiand of of Yap and had taken the position that 18 $hould not be assigned under mandate to any one power but should be interna= tionalized for cable purposes. Y { "1 assumed that this position would be duly considered in conneetion with the settlement of the cable question and that It therefors was no ionger & matter fom consideration in connection with the Reserves Rights. o Peace negotiations. 1 never abandoned | “This government must, therefore, | OF Modified this position in respect 1o the point out that as the United States bas | 181and of Yap, and I did not agree en, May never vested either the supreme council 1908, or_any other time, that or the league of nations with any au-|!P® Isiands of Yap should be inciud | thority to bind the Unit ates or to[%d in the assiznmest of mandates t | acy on its behailf, there has b Japan. | n no op- \ portunity for any decision which shauld | be deemed to aftect the -rights of the| .or et °f the T. 8. Eosenttal | United States, It may. alse be obeereeg Asa matter of fact, all agreements that the risht accruing to the United |27FV®d at regarding the assignment of has Darticipated could not be regarded | QSN AZTeement being reached aa ta Japan, ar to other’ nations, except by|[4TIRT. uPon thelr accentance by edely {reaw mnd hat o sueh” treaty b | o e PECoal alind wnd aseciaiod Treasy Ratification Not Pssential. m:r:(- c:; l::;nd:’-]' :n'dh V;: "'l - “The fact that the United States has nar provisions of the mandates, after ment as to their assisnment or al thon. ““The consent of the Unitad States, You know, has never been given on efth: er_point. ‘as to the Istand of Yap.' “Apart from the expressed purpose off President W on in relation to the Ise iand of Yap. inasmuch as the proceedingg of the supreme council on May 191 did not and in the nature of things could. not. have finality, this gevernment fis unable to perceive any ground for the contention that it was the duty of this Eovernment to make immediate protesy With respect to the so-eall not ratified the treaty of Versailles did not purport to secure to Japan or to any other nations any rights in the over- seas possessions of Germany, save as an equai right therein shouid be secured to the United S(ates. On the contrary, Article 119 of the treaty of Versailles provides: ermany renounces in fa'g- of the principal ailied and associates powers all her rizgts and tities over her over- sea possessiol Question of Mandates. “It will not be questioned that one of e ot b ed decision Jm. ‘principal allied and associated pow-| May 1919, and certainly it C:n’l:°1 . ers’ in whose favor Germany renounced | said that an omission to to ope ated as a cession of its rights. It m be added. however, that when the mate ter was brought to the attention of this | government in connection with the eoma W ference on communication in Oet this zovernment informed the govey ment of Japan and other governments Y notes of November 9 Rer rights and titles is the United States. Thus, not only could the position of the government of Japan derive strength from the treaty of Versailies or from any | discussions preliminary thereto, but tHe terms of that treaty confirm the posi- | tion of the government of the United States, ( ate - ( 1920), Kurther, the draft convention relating | it was the underst of o to the mandate for the German conces: | ment tha: ine Talinds ot Tan was 86t sions in the Pacific Ocean, north of the | inciuded in thh actinn nf \|.Fy 1919, ‘ equator, which was subsequ.ntly pro- Position was subsequent at pused, procceded in the same view, pur-| length, | porting on behalf_ of the United States as one of the grantors to confer the | 1Tt Action Will Be Reconsidored. mandate upon Japan, thus recognizing| “It Is a cduse of regret to this gov- the right and interest of the United |ernment, that after and despite this Droa States and, the fact that the proposed ac- | test. should have been any tion could not be effective without the |tempt to Pass upon drafis of mandate agreement of the United States as_ one | Purporting 1 the Pacific li= of the principal allied and associated lands inciuding Yap an dthat a mandate powers. should have been approved, or attemple 2 ed’to b effect, which, white L. of N. Exceeded Its Authority. made in. the 13 Gl “As the United States did not enter| was without the age this convention or into any treaty, re- tes. This gove Iating to the subject, this government is this action, whidhi unable to understand upon what grounds s taken under it & mids was thereafter atiempted to confer will be reconsidered. the mandate without the agreement of . @8 no treaty has evée the United States. It is manifest that the with the United Statéd league of nations was without any au- thority to bind the United States, and the lsiand of Yap. and as. no one has ever been authorized to ceds, that the confirfration of the mandate in | or surrender the right or intercet of the | auestion, and the definition of its terms, | United States in the island, this goverh= by the council of the leazue of nations insist tha it has not lost it® | or interest t cxisted prior e action of the supreme council or off the lcague of nations. Any action of tH® me council or of the league of nas and cannot tion of the island or ate to Japan. this view, be in" December, 1920, cannot be regarded as having efficiency with respect to the ted States y "It should be noted that this man- date not only recites Article 119 of the cipal 4 and_associated powers a her righ over her oversea pdssessions, including therein the group of islands in the Pacific Ocean, lying north of the equator. but also recites that ‘the prin- cipal allied and associated powers agreed that in accordance with Article 23, Par. 1. (covenant of the league of nations), of thé said treaty, a ngidate shouid be conferred upon his ma_.sty the emperor of Japan to administer the suid isiands this government deems unnecess: at this time {6 1 it consider the terms of the go-called “G™ mandates, or the discussion with respest | o thereto. “This zovernment. as has been clea stated in previous communications. no exclusive interest in the Isiand of Yap and has no d to selure any privileges without ving similar prigs ileges accorded 1o other powers, inch and have proposed that the mandate[Ing. of course, Janan, and relying should be formulated, as set forth,|the sense of justice of the governmi | While this last -quoted recital, as has|of Japan and of the governments aiready been pointed out in previous | the other allil and associated powe communications by this government, is|this government looks with confidendl Inaccurate in its. tefms, inasmuch as the [0 a disposition of the matter whereby' United States as one of the princi allied and associated powers had not > agreed and proposed, the recital again the Just in erly “conserved. ts of ail may be prope recognizes the necessity of the partici- pation of the United States in order to mage the proposed disposition effective. “As. in the absence of any treaty with the United States relating to the matter, there was no decision on May 7, 1919, At the request of counsel for Phfl’“' W. Johnson, form:r town treasurer. @F orfolk, his ci&: was continual by Judge Isaac Woife to the Jine © fthe superior court. Johnsen's Bend maine at $10,000.