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VOL. LXII—NO. 100 e Will Not be Ready’For Publication Until " by Cabinet After Consultation With Reichstag Leaders by e e = = e - i S = POPUL! TION 99,685 < e ERMAN GOVT 1S SENDIG * PROPOSALS T WASHI GTON Today—Drawn Up —_Allied Premiers Are Disposed to Await Details of th ‘Note Before Proceeding With Conference, 24.—Counter pro- government regard- dispatched to Wash- o'clock this ‘Washington, April posis of the German reparations were ’l:‘ndn from Berlin at 4 3 afterncon (German time), advices to the state department said tonight. Officiais pointed out that 12 hours would probably re required for transmission and, with other allowances for deeoding, the text could not be expeeted to be ready for the attention of Secretary Hughes or for publication before tomorrow. ALLIES ARE TO POSTPONE ADVANCE ON THE RUHR Lympne, Eng., April 24.—It is' learn- cd Y ithoriatively that no advance on the Rhur will be made until after a definite] decision and approval by the .supreme couneil. Premiers Lloyd George.and Byi- and regard Germany's note . concerning her willingness to undertake reconstruc- tion of the devastated regions as a dis- tinet concession, satisfactery as far as it goes; but they feel compelled to reserve fudgment regarding the offer of German jabor as France has her own labor {roubles and must examine this project in fae light cf France's internal situation. M. Bridr g recsls, however, that France has repeatedly applied to Germany for certain materials for the' work of re- storation, without getting an answer. It is learned from a French source that M. Briand requested the British prime minister to return to their stations f-u. oattalions of Britisa trieps, one in Silesia and three on the Rhine, which were brought hack to England on ac- count of the coal strike. Ho also asked for naval co-operation for a blcckade ef Hamburz. *Mr. Llovd Gesrge redlied that this was 2 matter for the British cabinet to de- ‘armine. SULLETIN FROM CONFERENCE BEING HELD IN LYMPNE Lympne, Eng. Avril 24—(By the A. P.)—At cne o'clock today the cenfer- ence between the premier: The conference met again at ten o'clock. when a general discussion took place. M. Berthelot had prepared a memorandum eaplaining In more detail the French proposal, This will now be discussed by the conference. “A telezram has been received that the Germans have prepared a further note but mo further note has been received by eitzer government.” The evening communique caid: “Affer a long conference, but which the rench plans were discussed, no de- jon was reached. Informal conserva- fiong fl‘;;. Brian and Mr. Lioya Georz 3 bt showed that no finality ¢o he reached until there had been an gpportunity for meeting with the cher alles. “There will be a_ meetinz of the su- preme council on Saturday mext. If the anal strike is stiil operatinz it will he 1eld in London; if tite strike is settled, in Paris. r. Llovd Geerg~ and M. Briand were A unison today, althomeh certain details are still to be discussed. They were ananimous on the principle of the French plans, but tbis was subject ty confirm: tinn by other allles. They involve con- siderable mititary movements. Francs 3nd England stand on the Paris srope dls although certain points have ‘5 be elucidated regarding their applica- fon® A s TR . SOCTIALISTS AND COMW STS DEFEATED IN REICHSTAG Berlia, April ‘24.—Indepednent socia ists and communists who attempted- to start debate in the reichstag yesterday fterncon relative to the German cabi- aet’s appeal to Washington were decisive- Iy defeated. The reichstag voted to post- gbne discussion until the latest German arozosals were in the hands of President Harding. ( The two radical parties were alone in their attempt to heckle the government leaders, After listening to Chancelior Fehrenbach and Foreign Minister Simons, who spoke for the governmnet, the reich- stag adjourned Monday afterncon. It is understood tha twhen it convenes the zovernment's case will be presented by Or. Simons. In his address, the foreisn minister in- ‘ tormed members of the house that the German proposalis would be coded and ‘orwarded to Washinzton last night, and would be made public before Monday. It was believed that publication of the Serman note would probably be delayed sy Washington because of today being Sunday. 2 i In demanding an immediate openirg of debate on the reparations situatjon, Herr Crispien, speaking for the independent sceialists -severely attacked the govern- ment for “persistently fziling to take the reichstag into his confidence when foreign policies were under consideration.” In explaining the government's inabil- ity to announce the nature of Germany’s reply to President Harding Chancellor Fehrenbach said it was not yet fully formulated, and that. the cabinet believed premature public discission of the mat- ter might prove inimical to the present Garman action. An unusual episode oceurred during the debate when Foreizn Minister Simons left the government bench, walked to the seat of Herman Muclier, who sat ameng the majority socialists and carried on a brief conversation with him. Members 6f the foreizn relations com- mittee and leaders in the reichstag ad- mitted they had no inkling of the nature of the proposals which foreign minister Fimcn! would request President Harding o transmit to the allled governments. ALLIES ARE TO AWAIT NEW REPARATIONS PROPOSALS . Lympine, Eng., April 24.—(By the A. P.)—The impressi-n of thsoe who are close to Premier Ll George and Prem- ler Briand and arg-participating in their conversations at Lymbpine, is that® both the prime ministers feel that they have met some days -0 soon to permit of their taking into account all the elements of the German situation, and that they can- not arrive at clear judgments without krowinz how the American government will treat the last German note, which the DTritish and French statesmen are in- formed went forward to Washington .to- fay. N It is less the contents of this note that “cancerns them than whether Secretary of ident Harding and Mr. Hughes will ex- amine the proposals and torward them to the allies with suggestions and recom- mendations of their own. Whatever is done will mean a matter of days for Mr. Lioyd George and M. Briand must sepdrate tomorrow Both the French and Brifish govern- ments appear to be without ad®ces that would indicate the probable action of the Washington government. Also.it is not understood whatsinterpretation should be given to the last paragraph of Secre- tary Hughes' reply o Germany respect- ing the American governmeit's willing- ness to forward fresh dffers from Ger- many. | Direct communications constantly are being exchanged between Berlin and London and Berlin and Paris, so that unless Germany’s latest -proposa! takes some additional quality in being relayed by way cf Washington, those persons near the premiers say they. fail to see why it should not have been sent direct to the interested powers. Hope was expressed today that the new German note may lead to the Washing- ton government participating in the larz er conference of the allies early in May. PROPOSALS BEFORE SUPREME COUNCIL NEXT SATURDAY 2 Lympne April (By the A. P.)— The alliéd government will be invited to send representatives to a meeting of the supreme council next Saturday to con- sider the German propesals if they are recevied in the meantime, and to determ- ine upon immediate collective action should the' German pronosals be unac- ceptable. = This was decided uvon . by Premiers Lloyd George and Briand at their conversations here today. If tie British coal strike is ended the supreme council will meet in Paris; if the strike is not ended, it will meet in London. The United States government wi'l not be invited to aftend, as It is not a signa- tory to the treaty of Versailles, under which the supreme council meets, but both premicrs would welcome the presence” of American delegates. TO BE MADE PUBLIC IN BERLIN THIS AFTERNOON Berlin, Avril 24 (By the A. P.).—The nature of Germany’s new counter-pro- posals to the allies will not ‘be made known in Berlin until Monday afternoon. ~ The German people’s party’ leader stat- ed this evening that the new’ proposals Germany is making are such that the entente cannot afford tp ignore them; that-Gerfanyyhi-¥few of the Gife fol the Uhited Statcs, is detefmined to make a reparations offef”“such as will spare Pres- ident HardinZ any embarrassment and not make Germany appear ridiculous in her present action. : . This party leader dbclared that France would have the least of reasons to reject the ‘new proposals, which he hinted as having been designed to represent a lib- eral compromise by Germany. GERMAN COUNTER-PROPOSALS REPORTED VERY LENGTHY London, April 2 The German coun- -proposals, says a despatch to the Central News from Berlin, are very lengthy. The first part is in the nature of a protest, but in finality they are ap- preciably ‘nearer ‘a fuller realization of the allies’ standpoint. - : Thé German cabinet today unanimous- 1y accepted the proposals, the party lead- Jers learned the text late this afternoon, and the note was presented to Mr. Dresel, the American commissioner, at 9 o’clock this evening. » NO DECISION CONCERNING GERMANY’S REPARATIONS Hythe, England, April 24.—No decisicn was arrived at today concerning . Ger- many’s reparations ‘during t>e conference between ‘the British and French premiers. The supreme eouncil has been sum- moned to meet mext Saturday. 3 iy s PROPOSALS PRESENTED TO AMERICAN COMMISSIONER Berlin, April 24.—(By the A. P.)—The German counter-proposals on reparations were presented to Ellis Loring - Dresel, the American commissioner, evening and were immediately transmitted to the United States. SEARCHING FOR ASSOCIATES OF WALL STREET BOMB SUSPECT New York, April 24—Investigators of the Wall street bomb exnlosion last Sep- tember continued today their search for associates of Tito Ligi, identified yester- day in Serfnton, Pa, by Thomas J. Smith of Brooklyn as the man he had seen arguing with the driver of the death wagon a few minutes before the explo- sion. Department of justice agents and thé Seranton police concentrated their efforts to locate a an’ who is believed to have been Ligi's sweetiteart. They vis- ited towns and settlements near to Seran- ton in an endeavor to pick up a trace of the woman. The New York police continued their investigation of the suicide yesterday of Adolph La Sar, in Brook left rotés purporting to. as: D responsibility for the explosion. The main purpose of this action was to ascertain if the dead man was aligned With any anarchistio bodies." No immediate extradition proceedings seeking to bring Ligi under the jurisdic- tion of New York would be instituted at present, the police said. This action will be postooned vending the investigation of New York detectives in Scranton. WAR FUND WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE K. OF C. New York, April 24—College scholar- ships and other educational work for for- mer service men will consyme the remain- der of the Knights of Columbus war fund, it was announced here today fol- lowing a two-day meeting of the supreme officers of the organization. - A part of the fund, originally intended to be used,.in: buildimg. a memorial in Washington, also will be used in cxpendi- ture for ifcreased -hospital facifities for disabled mén. Requests from charitable organizations, it was announced, State Hughes will return it to the Cer- mans or transmit it to the allied govern. ments without comment, or, whether Pres-. not be considered for a part of the fund, ! mittees. could | phone. Work in Congres La Follette to Deliyer Address in Behalf of Recognitien of the “Irish Republic” ‘Washington, April 24.—The Knox peace resolution, tariff, immigration, agricul- tural relief and appropriation bills will be /before congress this weck, the third of the extraordinary session. . ‘The peace resplution, according to lead- ers' plans, is to be reported out tomorrow by the foreign relations gommittee with the view of beginning debate -Tuesday. Althpugh democratic opposition 18 regar cd ‘as assured. comparatively brief dis cussion -is _anticipated, and its adoption within 2 week or“ten days by the senate is expected by republican leaders. A sim- ilar measure is to be introduced tomorrow in the house by Chairman Porter of ‘the foreign affairs committee, Leaders bave planned to hold up the Porter measure, however, until the senate acts on the Knox- resolution. » g This week in the senate also promises to witness progress of the emergency tariff and immigration exclusion bills. The former is to be reported out of the finance committee dyring. the week under a schedule fot debate after disposal of the peace resolution. Much tariff discussion is predicted by democratic opponents, al- though republican leaders ‘have declared their intention’ to curtail debate, by clo- ture if necessary. . ' The immigration bill, which passed-the house last week. js to be received tomor- row By the sendte and taken up by the immigfation committee Tuesday. Lead- ers nlan to have it passed by the senate and in President Harding’s hands by the end of the week, probably with few changes as it came from the house. Disarmament is to be taken up tomor- row by the house foreizn affairs commit- tee in connection with resolutions design- ed to bring about an international dis- armament conference. Secretary Hughes of the state department heads a long list of cabinet official and others who are to be called in a few days during the com- mittee's hearings. The army and navy. appropriations bills, which failed during the last con- Eress. are to be nressed soon in the house. The latter will be broust un this weck, poscibly tomorrow, with the principal question at issue the adisability of con- tinuing the 1916 building program. Agricnltural relief measures are bein; reported by both senate anr: house com- The latter tomorrow is to take up the Canper-Tincher bill to restrigt gambling in foodstuffs. The packer con- trol bill aleo is to be reported out this week, according to leaders' plans, The Shenvard-Towner ‘better baby” bill is to be considered tomorrow by the senate education committee, with favor- able and promnt action planned “without further hearincs on the measure, which fajled during the last congress. Many nominations, including those of the railway labor board and maior and brigadiér geherals nominated recently, are to be disnosed of this week by the sen- ate, with much interest manifested in the opposition from ence R. Edwards, former commander of the-Twénty-aixth (New Efigland National guard) division (overseas) as a major general. < Senator La Follette, revublican, Wis- consin, is exnected -to deliver a lengthy address tomorrow on his resolution re- cently introduced in behalf of recognition of the “Irish republic.” PROTEST AGAINST THE OPEN SHOP MOVEMENT Philadelphia, April 24.—Samuel Gom- pers and Frank Morrison, respectively, president and secretary of the American Federation. of Labor, addressed large mass meetings here today held to protest against what was described as “tlie nation-wide open shop movement.” The gatherings were held in two of the largest tReatres in“the city and the crowds were so dense that it was necessary to hold overfiow meetings in the street. “It is my judgment and conviction,” declared Mr. Gompers, “that the Ame: can people, who did £o much to defeat military autocraly fn the last war, will not now consent to the substitute in the United States of an industrial autocracy. Now that we understand better the mean- ing of citizenship and the right of liberty, we are not going to surrender to any gag of men because of their wealth alone.” | Mr. Gompers condemned efforts to lower jeosts by cutting wages and.what he said was an organized movement now being promulgated by chambers of gcommerce throughout the country and by the Na- tional Association of Mahufacturers. “The men who are responsible for this movement,” he - declared, “have minds that are five centuries behind the times.” Mr. Morrison denied the right of the publi cto say whether there should be a railroad strike. “There are no rights without duties,” he declared. “To be con- sistent, the public must also say ‘we will not stand for any children of railroad workers not having enough to eat during the period of low wages. The public must say to the roads: ‘You just furnish us milk and coal, whether to do it you are compelled to work your men shorter hours or to pay them better wages. I challenge any lawyer to disprove s sound a fundamental as this.” ARRESTED IN CONNECTION ‘WITH VON PICKELER DEATH Atlantic City, N. J., Avnril 24.—James Dunnavant, an employe in the steward's department of the' St. Charles hotel, was |arrested here today in conmection with the death on April 14 of “Count” Hein- rich Von Pickler. 'No specific charge was lodzed against the vrisoner; the authori- ties stating merely that he was “held for investigation.” Kkill referred to the arrest as-a ‘“very im- portant one,™ but bevend this statement declined to discuss’the case. Dunnavant, who is 2§ years old, had been employed at the St. Charles hotel for about two years until five weeks ago. It was at the same hotel that Von Pickler, said to have been a German nobleman, was employed as a storeroom clerk. The two men were said by the police to have been close friends. Prior to his death Von Pickler was known here as Henry Buehler. His body, with the skull crushed, was round on the outskirts of the city. Friends later as- serted he was a member of the Von Piek- ler and Von_Buelow families of Bavaria, and investigation, the police said tonight, proved this to be correct. He had been in America twenty-six years, cleveg of which were spent in this city. SERMON WAS TRANSMITTED 5 BY WIRELESS TELEPHONE Schenectady, N. Y., April 24.—President Charles A, Richmond of Union. college preached a serinon tonight at the college radio club rooms which was transmitted over a_considerable area by wireless tele- College authorities_estimated the carrying distares was 1,000 miles. democratic senators to.] ‘»conflrmatitm of Brigadier General Clar- County Prosecutor Gas- |, fubers of the cabinet taeir views rmament, ¢ VoAl ports that President Masaryk of cho-Slovakia has resigned are without foundation. . Moses Taylor Pyne, a trustee of Prince- ton University ,died at his home in New York ‘of pneumonia. - A gift of $350,000 to .the. emdowment fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art from J. H. Wade was announced. Federal Sugar Refining Co. reduced the price of refined sugar to 7.20 cents. Jugo-Slav troops have occupied the is- lands of Lesina and Lissa, off the D mation coast. Italians bave withdraws, Elmer F. Mills of Haverhill, Mass., was arrested by~ police mspectors in a banic in Worcester on six charges-of forgery. Edgar S. Pitkin, assistanf state missioner of education of Jersey, aded at his home after several months' fll- ness. 2 A hearing by Governor Miller of New Yerk will be held tomorrow on the bil dealing with drug control it was an- nounced at Albany. Canadian premier officially announced a diplomatic envoy will be appointed to the United States, but says the right man has not yet been found. Molly, an elephant which with Waddy and Tony, had formed a trio that had delighted children at the Municipal zoo in recent years, died in Boston. s . Announcement was made by the man- agement of the _Saco-Lowell Machine shirs in Biddeford Me., that a wage cut would become effective May 1st. The popnlation of the tent colonies of striking miners in the Williamson, W. Va., coal fields will - be increased by more than 1,000 persons May 1. Royal C. Keely, American engineers who was arrested on Moscow last spring, will be tried very sdon before the high .| revolutinary tribunal in Moscow. Australia’s expenditures for its repre- sentation in the league of .nations from its incepticn to the end of the present scal year will approximately total $340,000. A tornado sweeping central part of southwestern Oklahoma, destroyed ‘buildings” and many oil der- ricks. No fatalities have been reported. Sale of war department's surplns sap- pIv of canned meats, totalling about $1,- 000,000 pounds to Thomas Roberts and Co.. of Philadelphia, for $5,316,276, was announced. — 5 House approprintions committes report- ed the naval appropriation bill carrying $396,000,000, and providing for a redue- tion of the navy’s personnel from 143,000 to $100,000. Completing a 5,000 mile aerial Journey to the Dominican Revublic -and.~ return two. Marine Corps airplanes, which left Washingt-n March 29, arrived safely at Bolling Field. . Committeestn draft DIl designed to drgre speculator out of tte' esttcn and grain markets were appointed at the convention of the 'National Farmers' union. Chairman Benson of the U. S. shipping board, has asked congress for an appro- priation of $134,000,000 to -finance opera- tions of the government’s merchant fleet during the war. Evidence of a connection between the Bolshevik government of Russia and the sin nfein movement in Ireldnd has been found, - declared Denis Henry, Attorney general for Ireland. A proposal that the government take over the Pacific Greta Kastern railway will be discussed with the dominion cab- inet by Premier Oliver duriig his forth- coming trip east! Of the graduating class at Amherts college this year, only one student will enter the ministry. Fifty-four will enter business and 27 vill take up law, medi- cine and other professions. What is deseribed as an eleventh hour attémpt to bring the sinn fein leaders and the government into negotiations be- fore the election for the Irish parliament is being made in Dublin. Platform employes of the Detroit Unit- ed railways have rejected the company'‘s proposed wage cut of from 20 to 28 per cent. to be effective May 1. The men have suggested arbitration. Three witnesses who saw the driver of the ‘“death wagen” in the Wall street explosio nof last September and who went to Scranton, Pa, failed to identie fy Tito Ligl as the driver, President Harding accepted an Invita- tion to go to_the Pohick, Virginia, Epis- copal church on May 29 fo attend the un- veiling of a tablet to six men who lost their lives in the world war. The United States would' be represent- ed by a commission at the coming cen- tennial celebration of Peruvian independ-. ence under 5 resolution favorably report- ed by the senate forelgn relations commi:- tee. The 178 steerage passengers of the French steamer Roussilion were trans- ferred to Hoffman Island for vaccination and observation, when the death of a child from smallpox was _reported at quarantine. Whether Crown Prince Wumbert will accompany General Armando Diaz. com- mander in chief of the Italian armies, to the United States in the fall to visit President Harding at Washington has not yet been definitely decided. National immigration eceuncil urged legislation to make 50 per cent. of all im- migrants coming to the United States to come on boats flying the American flag as means o fmaking the merchant marin self-supportirg. 3 Smberdinate unions of the International ‘Typographical union are authorized to de- clare strikes May 1, without reference to international headquarters, in all book and job offices where the forty-four hour week has not been put into effect. . Tn & formal gpplication filed In the dfs- trict court in Denver, Col, Judge Ren B. Lindsey of Denver’s juvenile \gourt, asked that the $500 -fine imposed upon him for eentempt of court, November 15, 1915, either.be remitted or suspended. Notices were posted In Concord, N. W., by the Boston and Maine Railroad. that it desired’ to place in ‘effect’ on May 20, a reduced scale of wages for trainmen, en- Hus| gineer and. rement, yafd brakemen and as the knights were determined to expend ! subject was' A- Wireless- Message from the ! conductors and employes in the telegraph it all on former service men, + Avostle Paul. and tower services. ing $5,000,000 Warsaw, April 23.—Counterfeit Ameri. can bl representing approximately $5.- 000,000, have been confiscated in Lemberg by the Polish authorities, who discovered a counterfeiting plant in full operation. A man named’ Simon - Pisner and his wife and Pisner's sister-in-law and her wsband have been arrested in connection cith the case. Pisner came to Poland re- cently from Russia. The police allege that he learned counterfeiting in Russia but that the business did not pay there. The American consular authorities who have seen the bills declare they are splen- did imitations of real Ameri They even contained the silk threads, | these are a little light in color. ENORMOUS INCREASE IN g IMPORTS FROM GERMANY ‘Washington, April Imports from, Germany last year were neariy nine times as great as in the previous calendar year and approximatey nearly half th ecav- erage of trade for the two years immedi- ately preceding'the war, according to- 4 summary issued tonight by the depart- ment ‘of c:mmerce. During 1920 imports from Germany were valued at $88.830,280 as compared with $10,608,141 in 1919 and with $184,211,352 in 1913 and $186,- 042,644 in 1912, < According to Secretary Hoover, how- ever, trade reports based on values fail to reflect the true condition of American trade because of the continied price changes during the past year: Only by knowledze of the volume of American imports and exports can the foreizn trade situation be accurately gauged. °In the secretary’s opinion. Efforts to ob- tain- ovlume reports of American trade generally are understood to have begun by the department of c>mmerce. Af the 1920 German imports. potash fertilizer materfal with $452,085 tone valued at $21,043,623 formed the larg- est group. Chemicals valued at $6 797, 843 of which $2:110,,026 consistedwof conl tar dyestuffs stood sacond. The next large<t items were sugar and coiton man- ufacturer: Spirits, wines and malt liquors jmport- ed from Germary during the year wcre vafhed at $121,576. TUNIONS CLAIM FJNANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT. OF RAIROADS Chicago; April 24.—Financial misman- agement of American railways involving the "dissipation of tremendous.sums in benuses to . stockholders, unnécessary cos's of marketing securities, interest and dividends on excess capitalization and other losses was charged jin an:ehibit fil- ed with the Unitzd States railroad labor board by. the rg.way unions made pub- lic -today. The exhibits took up. the history of twenty rosds in an efforz to show that | Fick -and they had jssued fictitious capitalization during -the period 1910-1919 * | Republicans Were Entrenched and Police ‘Fook Cover as Best * They. Could—Rebels Fled to, the Hills When Police Brought Up Machine Guns—One Constable Was Killed and Sergeant Was Wounded—Police Found Arms, Am- . munition and Beds For Were Shot and Killed in Dublin, ‘April 24 (By the A. P.).— poney. | Fighting which lasted for twelve hours bet|is reported from the neighborhood of aam Cross, County Galway, Fourtein licemen, under command of a dietrict spector, went-at 4 o'clock this morning in search of a republican fiying column. The republicans were -found entrenched on high ground in the vicinity of fthe home of Patrick O'Malley, member of parliament. The police took to cover as best they could and a_prolonged engagement ensued in which Constable Boylan was killed and a sergeant wounded. At 3.30 o'clock this afternoony reinforcements for the police atrived; bringing with them machine guns. They enveloped the position of the rebels, who fled to the hills, taking their wound- ed with them. According to an official statement issued from Dublin Castle, Father Cunningham Lennane, who motored out f the scene of the fighting to administer the rites of the church’to the wounded, was deliberately fired upon by the rebels, but escaped in- Jury. In the vicinity of the fighting the police say they found arms and ammunition, beds for forty persons and the stock and colar of & priest, which they say had b used by the leader of the rebels as a di guise, A search of two neighborin houses showed -that they had been used as ambuscades, These were burned ground by the police. Simultaneous raids by republicans on 32 postmen in Cork resulted in the ca ture of 47 registered and 7,339 ordinary letters. Two constables were wounded Saturday night by bombs thrown from upper win- dows in a public house in Limerick. One civilian was hit b ysplinters of a bomb. Last night a large number of bombs and a quantity of ammunition were found in stables near Welington road. a high- class residential quarter of Dublin. Fout poiice: barracks were attacked Saturday night—in Ardee, Cambougn, Ar- magh and Queenstown. At Ardee the barracks was successfully defended, but that in. Queenstown, which recently was vacdted,~was completely destroyed. TWO BROTHERS SHOT AND KILLED IN BELFAST Belfast, April 24.—Two brothers, Pat- Daniel Duffin, respeeively teacher and clerk, were shot snd killed totalling | at midnight Saturday. $692,000:990, . 7:During .this time -it wag| Were shot in reprigal for an attack earli- also ‘olaimed that they issued bonuses or | er in the afternoon on two auxiliaries. stock dividends amounting to $233,559.- 000 and tarough other forms of financial mismanagement sustained losses amount- ing to $123,000,000. n, addition it wae alaimed that thirtaen . representative roads, during the period referred to, di sipated, through improper methods ‘of/ marketing their securities, the sum of $51,456,878. During the pericd from 1910 to 1913 thirteen railroads gave.away in bcnuses to steckholders the sum of $27,546,0515° the report states. ‘“These figures are merely illustrative of the financial prac- tices- which have affected the ability of the railroads to pay reasonable rates of compersation to their employes.” WOMEN VOTE FOR THE FIBRST TIME IN BELGIUM Brussels, April 24 (By the A. P.).— Women voted for the first time in the his- tory of Belgium in the municipal and communal elections held today throughout the country. There was unusual interest in the elections owing tg this fact. The number of women who registered excec by 700,000 the men, and they might Zave, had they so desired, secured control of all the -municipal councils of the goyntry. There = were . only a few wemen candidates, however. The only ballot where women ran for all the offices was in- the town and provinece of Lim- bourg. It was announced before the elections that if - the Catholic party obtained a majority in the-baloting, the voting priv- ilege of women would be extended to the parjiamentary. elections. PRESIDENT HARDING i TAKES OUTING IN VIRGINIA ‘Washington, April 24.—President Hard- ing motored across the Potomac today for an outing at .the. Virginia home in Leesburg of his friend, E. B. McClean, ‘Washington newspaper publisher. Accompanied by Mrs. Harding and Brigadier General Sawyer, his personal physician, the president left the White House at noon and quickly traveled the distance of some forty miles through the Virginia foothills separating the capital f¥m._the historic Virginia town. After. luncheon with his host, the pres- Jdent feturned to Washington. % . S ARRESTED IN PAWNSHOL; : * _ CHARGED WITH BURGLARY Middletown, April 24.—C. K. Morrison, | tion in Vienna this morning. Sneakers 17, of South- Boston, Mass., was arrested in ‘a pawnshop last night and held by the Policg today on charges of burglary. Jew- | elry-valued at more than $1,000 was found in his room at a local hotel. Some of the -articles were identified by people from. Meriden and this city as goods stolen from their homes in the past few weeks. HARDING HONORARY MEMBER OF C. E. ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ‘Washihgton, April 24.—Honorary mem. bership in the Christian Endeavor Alumni association was conferred on President Hardinig at the White House today by Rev. Dr. Franeis E. Clark, president of the World Christian Endeavor union, and fifty clergymen and laymen. An jnvita- tion was given the president to deliver an “address at the worlil convention of Christian Endeavor at New York in July. IRISH POLICEMEN WERE FIRED UPON THROUGH MISTAKRE Dublin, April 24.—Inspector Taylor was killed and Cadet Griffith and Sergeant Bulivan were wounled through a mis- take in their idenitty early Sunday morn. ing while motoring to the Gormanstown Royal Irish. constabulary training quar- ters. The car was challenged by a mili- tary lorry and in an exchange of shots according to advices received ibe cafualities occurred. in official efrcles. | when Cadet Bolim was killed and Cadet Biles wounded. Two civilians, Mrs. ST 1t is believed they Forty Persons—Two Brothers Belfast. Louise Gilson and Themas Kennedy, also received wounds in the early affray. Cadet Bolim and Cadet Diles were at- tacked in a crowded thoroughfare. They are said to be the -if-st auxilliaries to make their appearance in Belfast. They came here from Sligo several days ago and intended to return Saturday night. They had found they were unable to do 50 because the train could not rum on account of the shortage of coal due to the miners’ strike. The cadets had been to the = railway station and walked over to Donggal Place about two o'clock in the afternoon This street; which is the center of the shopping district, was crowded with pe- destrians. A number of shols were fired at the auxiliarles. One of these broke 1 window in a passing street car { wounded Mrs. m in the mouth, while nother wounded a pedestrian who wat on_the. sidewalk. After the shooting the attacking'party, the number of which has not been ascer- tained, dashed up the lane leading 'to- wards Falls road. where many Sina Feir ers and nationalists reside. About midnight the Douffin cottage, i the Clonard monastery grounds, was en- tered by three armed men in efvilian clothes” John Duffin, who was shot dur ing the riots last July, was lying in bed irs. In describing the killiry today, he xaid his brothers were still sitiing ub, In the kitchen. When the raiders w@: admitted to the cottage-and when they reached the kitchen Duffin said he heard one of them give the command “Hands up.” This was followed by a fuisilade of The raiders rushed out before could get downstairs. where he his brothers lying on the floof dy- ir found ing. The t1® slain men were members of the Gaelic League. Daniel Duffin was noted as a Gaelic football player. AMERICAN IS BEING DEPORTED FROM IRELAND AN Cork, April 24.—The American steamer fTonolulu arrived here with Wil r. a naturalized American h. who is b The ship, whi £uper- vigion of armed police, will load 2,000 bar- rels of mackerel for the American markes while in port here. y of Pedlar was denorted from' Dublin ' in 1919 as a political prisoner. He Was re- leaged from Elis Island, in New 'York harbor, after he had proved his citizen- ship. There has been no previous report that Pedlar again was in Ireland. 1,000,000 RUSSIAN EXILES ON FOUR CONTINENTS New York, April 24—Reports th nearly a million and a half Russian exi are scattered over the four continent were made public here today by I league’of nations news bureau. Of these exiles, some of whom are voluntary, it was estimated 300,000 are in Germany with the others scattered about the worid. The situation has become dcute. the t bureau's. statement said, due to the fact| that many of them were starving o eased, while most of them are penniless. ‘The French government, it was said, has found it necessary to discontinue appro- priations made for support of a certain d number ,of these exiles, while the league | of nations council has declared it out of the question to appeal to governments in the. league for assistance. s }is understood to be giving all assistanc possible. The exiles began to leave, the league bureau said, soon after the bol- shevik came into power in 1917. NTER-GROW ARE FAVORABL! PROSPECTS OF W CRO Rome, April 24.—The bulletin issued by the International Imstitute of Agricul today says the prospects for crops are favorable in the United States, where the promise for wheat is 9 per cent. above the average yield of the lasy | CONVENTION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U. 8 Atlantic City, N. J., April 34.—Meet- preiiminary to the ninth annual eon- vention of the chamber of commerce of the United States which opens In this eify Wednesday were held here today. Near- ly 800 delezates have already arrived and the iotal attendance is expected tc reach 5,000. Herbert Hoover, secrstary of commerce, will address the gathering Thursday. The convention will advocate goveen- ment help t> American business -without government interference, according to del- egates arriving here today. A ‘plea will be made for an act of congress to- per- mit combination of American business men for imports. As a combination for €Xp7rts is now authorized-under the Bage act. Taxatizn and tariff will be leading subjeets for discussion. A flexible tarifi will be advocated, It was said. The National Council of Traveling Salesmen’s Assoclation will urge the convention to endorse the proposition .te have congTexs substitute a one per eent sales tax fcr profits and luxury tazes TJules Rache. New York, will present the subjcet Thursday 1 _——— COAL STRIKE IN BRITAIY IS NEARING SETTLEMENTY In the southern hemisphere the iz London, April 24.—The coal dispute hae crop in’ Argentina is estimated at 5.9 {heen brought nearer settlement by the million metric tons, indicating a decre: informal conferences and conversations of 11 per cent. i as compared season, but an increase of 21 per o over the average increase for five y The bulletin estimates that the produc- tion-of maize throughout the worid will be 94:8 million tons, or 9 per cent. above last season and 15 per cent. above the average. with CELEBRATIONS WITH TUE PLEBISCITE IN TYROL Vienna, April 24.—Voting in the plebis- cite being held in Tyrol today on the question of fusion with Germany was at- tended with celebrations, flags and other decorations beinz shown in the cities and towns. The results of the voting probably will be known Monday. Pan-Germans held a great demonstra- this gathering denounced the French and Italian policies as ‘intended t o destroy Germanisms and ~charged the Christian socialists with opposing fusion with Ger- many in the hone of eventual restoration of the Hapsburgs. Strong police and military guards were posted at the French and Italian le as a precaution against demonst CROWN PRINCE OF JAPAN % WILL NOT VISIT SPAIN Madrid, April 24.—The crown prince of Japan will not pass through Spain on his way to England. He had been invited to do 5o on his arrival at Gibraltar, but the invitation has been withdrawn in conse- quence of the troubled conditions among the industrial and agricultural workers in the southern provinces. The crown prince will proceed direct to England and. later will visit France. RUSSIAN SOVIET! GOV'T TO REORGANIZE THE NAVY Washington, April 24.—The Russian soviet government is understood to have given its assent to a proposal of the vy department to reorganize the navy and prepare the fleet for an offensive operation against Reval in the spring, : today | which ave taken place since Friday, and it is feared that when the board of trade conference of owners and miners reas- sembles tomorrow it may still be found difficult to arrive at an agreement. There is no sign yet that the owners are pre- pared with any revissd wage scale likely 1o prove accentable t> the miners, while outside influences are tending to aggra- vate the crisis in the shape of a meve- ment on the part of the rallwaymen apd transport workers not to handie eoal and efforts to Induce affiliated organizations abroad o bring about a complete tie-up of all coal Intended for Brotain. This movement it is said is belng ear- ried ont with much success. The owners ve prepared a new statement to be pre- sented at the conference timorrow, but it is only an amplication of their justifiea- tion for jrev propoasds: N ALFRED E. BURTON OF THE M. L. OF T. RESIGNS DE, Boston, April 24.—The resignation of Dean Alfred E. Burton. of the Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, effee- tive at the end of the present schos] year, was anpounced tonight. He has heid the post of dean since 1992, when the offiee was created. Dean Burton resigned becanse of eon- cern for the health of his wife, who f» now jn Califoznia, where he will join her when relleved of his duties at the iasti- tute. Sinee 1905 he has been an overseer of Bowdoin college, from the - engineering school from which he was graduated in 1871. He was the room mate of the late Rear Admiral Peary at esliege and his life long frisnd and scien*ific assocdate. No announcement was made as te ‘the appointment of his successor. s SHEEE German Delegate In Moscow, Riga, April 24.—While two members of the Russian nolshevik minietry are on their way to Berlin, a German delegate, Herr Scheinemann, arrived in Moscow for the purpose of holding conferences with the soviet authorities preliminary te a Russo-Germian trade agreement, accorde ing to a despatch received here frem Russia,

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