Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 30, 1921, Page 1

. Decided to Proceed Alone, on Theo- " After as Before Occupation—Premier Briand is Resoluts That the Reparations Controversy Can be Settled by Dis- don Today. ‘London, April 29.—(By Thé"A.'P.) In the eent of fatlure By France to receive the stpsdrt of iler, allie. - the.. French government will proceed alons to the oteupation of the Ruhr region, arguing that Germany can as easily present new proposals after . as bufors eceupation. « This statement.was. mads_by. members of the French deiegation as they crossed the channel today’ on theic way to Lon- don to atténd the meéting. of the su- efne -council tomorrew. T n the dslegatioh, . which . arrived in London tonight “weré Premier Briand, Marshal Foeh (and - M.. Berthelot, the latter of the.Freneh foreign. office. The Italian delegates. are "expected. to, reach Lendon -temorfow. morning.- - M. Briani.was resolute and confident as he st on a pile. of ‘baggage on the channel” steamer today, _talking. quite freely to a group of friends and news- paper correspondents of the French gov- arnment's position, which he said he al- ready had made clear in . his - recent speeches in the semate and the chamber of deputies. . During the trip the statement was made unreservedly that the Fremch gov- ernment counted on allied suppott in the occupation of the Ruhr, but if the al- | couid ‘mot see their way ciear to five such support France would ad- vance alone. ; It was said that if Germany's recent @ar had not been designed merely to, gain time, it could have.been made month ago” istead “of & -week ‘before the expiration of the reparations ’time limit ;. that German public opinion could hve been brought te see the ‘gravity of the situation’ and “the : determination ‘of the allies to Eecure payment hy ‘such J‘n et s the: proposed’ occupation of the Rahe. ST A AT s ey proparations. mers lete it mu‘m‘h:.m:fl drl!llto arrange for - adequate wupplies for b mopuition - Ini- the sceunied . district. The French inténded. it. was said. to see that the people-wers well fed. The oc- supation of the ceal flelds, it was -as- night after the whole situation had been discussed by President Harding and his cabinet and‘Secretary Hughes had con- ferred with Jules. Jusserand, th. French ambassador, and Senator Ricci, t.g- Ital ian ambassador. Tpon what administration -officials basex their hopefulness was not disclos- €d as they continued to maintain abso- lute silence as to the character of tne informal exchanges with the allied gov- ernments and also as to the views of the United States on the proposals. It ne- came known, however, that neitasr Great Britain ncs Jtaly had finally reested as a8 a basis for possible discussion the Ger- man-offer. France and Belgium were understood to hold that the proposals as:such were unacceptable, but appareatly their in- fofmal replies to Mr. Hughes were of such a’ character as to caus: offici here to believe that tne Zoor had not been closed to further consideration of a sattlement by discussion. The impression gathered ground here tonight that the mext formal move in the controversy weuld await the om:- come of the meeting at London tomor- Tow of the aliied supreme couaell It was made known officially that tha Amer- fean government had not commun’cated te Germarq any reuest for a modifica- tion of ‘the proposals and that Gérmany had not anproached this zovernment with any. offer of modification. State department officers refuscd to say today whether the United States would have an official observer at the meeting of the supfeme council. The ait< uation_with which the United States in faced in the role-in which it finds it- selt is recognized as a delicate one. 1t is @mphasized -again .that. .the - United Stafes is in no sense acting as an agent of . Germany ; acting .purely. as an associate and friend of the allied vov. ernments, . its former associates in- the war against thy common enemy. The -chief -probiem- in«the waole com- troversy, in the view here, Is to determ- serted. would reéally be' in ‘the interests uf other countries: hecause, by placing a tax en coal exports, German’ indas- 14 be placed on the same' fost-| ipreme- council will méet in Downing wireet. at the offieial residence of . the' British prime minister, at 4 oelock i the aftérnoon. pevsy A WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT OF SETTLEMENT ‘Washis o ~Thhe A':efle_tn overnm@t ol 1§ Hofbtol tHat-tHe rep- Rratiomn coftfoversy between férmany nd the allies. eag. be, settled by discus- sion. ine how much 'Gefmany ca1 pay and make her pay that sum. ‘The United States made. lts position .dn’ this -espeet perfectdly clear to Germany :n its last memorandum té that goyernment. On the othet hand, it isiexplained that any- thing A’A\ would: prevent Germany's ‘ne- cuperation and the taking of her proper guarded againat. 'FREMIER LLOYD GEORGE NOT INVITING U. S. REPRESENTATIVE Lémdon, April * 29.—Published report that’ Prémier Llovd George, ag presiding member of the ‘supreme cotncil, ‘is in- viting the United -States to -send a rep- resentative to.tomorraw’s meeting here, were denied today at the official resi- dence of the premier. . “Such invitation has not been -issued; nor is it contemplated,” it Was said, “It {s for Washington to take the ini- tiative.” The door is open for American This was. learnsd suthoritatively to- particpation, as it always has been.” STORMY SESSION IN WOUSE OVER ARMY APPROPRIATION Washington, April 28,—The army ap- propriation bill -Was .shot. at -from. am- sush and the oven Auriag A aharp and stormy five hour fight, in the house today on some of its rovisiuus, . espe- cially one which was admitlel to mean early withdrawal of 'Amerinfh troops from Germanv, regardiess of actim hy congress on the Knox peace twaaty. In the midst of the fighiing Nepresen- tative Garrett of Tennessee, acting dem- seraiic leader, - intreduced - a..resoluiicn requesting President Harding to inform somgress. it mot:ineomvatible with pub- lie Intsrest, whether he intoaded o cr- Aer thé troops heme immediatelv upon paseage of the Knex peace rasolution. Anmouncement that such i resoiuf on had been put in was made bv. Mr. C rett at the moment republicen leaders were attempting to shut off dsbate. which i+ tmes had gone beyond parlamentary sounds. o The heuse cooled dewn aftsr Chairman vhn, of the military affajrs committee 4 sttacked the bill Beeause of tho sec- 4. fixing the enlisted forse a: 18X.- \. Mr. Kahn deciared that with the 14 in. tarmqil - the -total was- oo wall. His amendment imcr:asint the numbar to 175,000, however,: was ‘rot renched. While Mr. Kahn will fieht for larger force. other membecs declared Yev would Aght to cnt. the total lewer ‘hanm the Bill provides. The peses fmestion hobbed un again while Chmirman “Kahn' was' pleadinz for his amendment te -increase the appro- priation set aside for the army intell renca seme on the grosnd tha: the worla was off its baloace and ne ma- ~ould say how scen trouble might brec™ He declared the mecrsiars of war had urged a larger aporepriatin. In the ehd the hetse rélacted the Fatn, amendment lekving' “the (0tAl . abou! $106.000 |L than requested. Being in a figting. mood. “the heuse mched out and dragged in profbit'on by the heels; and heard it Asecrinad hy Representative Hill, republican of Mary- [and. as “the bRl s déar'to’ the Hearts st the péopfe, and wmpopularly known by ite real name as the Velstead act.” After Mr. Mondell had broken up the ate. the resding clerk waded throngh tem of ‘the eighty-six. pages ‘of the. bill ind the Romse zot tired and quit. Siis st iiictioa S0Y ETLLED NIt SISTER WHILE REENACTING MOVIE Xew York,'April ‘29.—Salvatere Ciglie, 9 years old, todlay shot-and killed his vister, Angelina, aged 5. while, he tol he pélice, they were reengcting a sceme ‘hey had seen recently in a moving pic- wure theatre. ~Placing ihe muzzle of a sevolver at bis sister’s head, the bey, de- nanded: “Your money or your life.” He sulled the triggér and Wi sister fell to he ficor dead. ¥ Duelling was aunthorised among Ger- ;A:se peoples as édrly .as the year CROWN FORCES CAPTURE 40 IRISH SOLDIERS IN DUBLIN Dublin, April 29.—Crown forces tonight surrounded a building in Blackhall place and captured forty members of the Dub- lin battalion of the Irish republican army, Auxiliaries twice occupied and searched the offices of the Freeman's Journal. this evening. The entire staff of hands and were herded into the street and paper , building. This: members of the staff vigorousiy denied. weer smashed. and the display of weapons. for more than an hour. out a tooth and closing his left eye. ITALY IN ACCORD WITH former German overseas possessions, ®ays in a note handed ‘communication is ain and Japan. any of the four. governments addressed. France has made a preliminary answer, meeting of the supreme council every satisfaction to the United States,” ADMITTED HE HAD SOLD 'Y Detroit, April 28.—Admission that h States district court he; automobile theft act. - The admission was made during cross- eXamination of Burroughs by government Attornéys. Burroughs testified he “‘sold the cars to get rid of them.” On direct examination today Burreughs denied that he knew any of the cars he| purchased had beem stolen or that he had paid “hush memey” te a Bridgeport de- tective. The first raid. took place at 9 o'clock the newspaper were ordered to throw up their backed against the wall and interrogat- ed. The auxiliaries charged that shots! had been fired from windows of the news- During the excitement several doors The editor’s todm was foreed by the raiders, who, brandishing revolvers, went through every depart- ment, terrorizing ‘the employes by shouts A quarter of ‘an hour later a party of military and black and tans entered and searched . the entire butiding, remaining During. the second rald a cadet struck Sub-Tiditor Freeman in the face, knocking T. 8. ABOUT ISLAND OF YAP ‘Washington, April 28 —Italy is in en- tire accerd with the United States with respetc to the Island of Yap and other it to * Secretary Hughes today by Ambassador Ricci. The in rely to the note sent to Italy by the secretary of state on April 5th, at the same time that simi. Iar notes were despatched to Great Brit The Italian reply is the first complete one received by the United States from however, in which she said that at the next month: she would broach the examination of the Yap question ‘“with the greatest desire to find a selution which will give STOLEN AUTOS IN BRIBGEPORT had sold autemobiles in Bridgeport, Conn., after he had been advised by the police o fthat city that the numbers of them had been chinged, was made in United Iatt today by James G. Burroughs, Bridgeport auteme. bile dealer, on trial With four others on a eharge of comspiracy to violate the Dyer PRINTENS AND EMPLOYERS - ' - HAVE FAILED TO AGRLE ‘Waghington April 20—Hope for a sat- tiement by national apreement of disputes hetween - printing trade unions and em- Dloyers oyer wages and hours was aban- doned today by Sicteiary Davie after a series of separate conierences wita both sides. 3 . Union representatives left the city without having been requested to return. Lack of an_organization of printing em- plovers authorized to:sign any national agreement was given by Secretary Davis 45 his reakon for abandoning his attempt to replace the local agreements between the men and employers which expire May 1 Settlement of disputes is mow in the hands of the various employersvand the local unions, the secretary sajd. Some of them have been settled” by agreement on the part of the employers tc recogmize a 44 hour week, which is the main. point at issue in most cases. % It ‘was explained at - the office of the American’ Pederation of Liabor'today ‘tiat other local ‘agreements may ‘be reached by the men .agreeing to accept proportion- ate wage reductions upon the from the 48-hour” to thé 44 hour week This principle, ofticials_said,. had previ- ously been followed in efforts to bring a reduétion from * the 10-hour te the hour day. _ 3 Represeritatives of printing ‘concerns in the east, middle west and south were here’ today-at the request of the secretary but informed that they were not author- own.fl Disputes. between them amd their employes were = different, in each case, the secretary said. 300 TAKEN OFF STEAMER oft the Portuguese Bedford and New York followed closely by the destroyer Calla with 1§0 other passengers. at high tide “early, tomorrow afternoon. slightly. The damage to the could not be determined tonight. A BROKEN SHAFT IS New ' York, April 29.—The Gar II Jr, racing against p train “time' ‘between Florida” York, put_into Sandy Hno.r‘ oon” with' a broken shaft. Repairs the- express . trian. while the craft was racing up:the coasf off Asbury Park, N. J. ‘An extra shaft is carried aboard, and: mno. trouble making the repairs was expected. The express train time, which the Ga: H. seeks to lower, Miami' to New York. 1 morning on the last lap of her it ‘was announced Iater. THREE ENTRIES NECESSARY FOR New York, April 29.—Unless thre yachts are entered by May 31 in th fered by King Albert of Belgium, th event will not be held this year, th formed today by Baren De Cartier, th Belgian ambassador. can be assured. fsh. A MAIL PEANE PILOT Cleveland, 0., April 29.—A mail plan, which left Chicago this morning wa: and was destroyed by fire. was burned to death, town section of the city. Fire tugs an arrived too- late to save the pilot. was J. T. Christensen of Chicago. BLOCK PLAN TO SEEL SURPLUS . FOODSTUPF! authority to, . sell surplus several whoch were offered. WINSTED WOMAN COMMITTED Winsted, April. 2 ZAYAS IS PROCLAIMED ‘ PRESIDENT OF CUB. congress tonight formally proclaimed D republic of Cuba. The new: official ident Menocal. will - relinquish ~office. PRINTERS ARE TO STAND the forty-four. hour week in all hosk an joh offices throm, ing May'l * changh, ized ‘to speak for any concerns but their AGROUND ON BLOCK SLAND Block Island, R. I, April 29.—Three hundred passengers tonight were taken steamer - Mormugao which ran aground on the west side of Block Isiand in a thick fog:this morn- ing while bound from Lisbon for New Women and children first was. the rule, and the minesweeper Grebe started for New, Bedford with 140 of them. She ;2. 1t is planned to transfer the remain- ing. 148 passengers tomorrow morning. An effort to float the vessel will be made ‘Tugs life saving boats and small eraft hung close’ by the stranded; steamer all night. With darkness a thick fog rolled in on an east wind_and the sea roughened steamer DELAYING SPEED BOAT speed boat and N Jate this EE “.‘%‘ i e g o ta ‘complete the eighteen miles of her journey in order to equal the ‘time ‘of The accident occurred at 250 p. m. in is .41 hours from !, The.Gar IL Jr, will leave the eeast guard station at Sandy Hook :tomorrow journey. | The craft will be moored at the Columbia Yacht club. TRANSATLANTIC YACHT RACE transatlantic ‘yacht race for the cup of- American; eommittee in charge was in- The offer of the cup will be kept open, however, until at least three contestants King Albert hag pro- posed starting the race next July 4 off| Ambrose channel with Ostend as the fin- WAS BURNED TO DEATH delayed by fog, plunged into the Guya- hora river bank here.late this afternoon The pilot The accident occurred near the dewn- fire apparatus rushed to ti # scene but| Loeal mail officials said the dead pilot Washington, April 29,—Attempts te- day by house appropriations committee members to give the war department| foodstuffs bought for the army during the war, were ‘unsuccesstul -today-in the house. A point of order against such a provision in the army bill was sustained as were other objections to substitutes SUICIDE BY SHOOTING Mrs. Emma Fish, 42 years old, died at her.home tonight from a: bullet wound in the head. Her husband, George L.. Fish, a painting contracter,- said that when he came home late today his: wife complained that she was il and he went to get a physican. Returning -to the house with Dr. H. W. ‘Ward, they found Mrs. Fish in a dying conditon, with a revelver lying nearby. Havana, April 20.—A joint session of Altredo Zayas president and General Francisco Carrillo vice president of the will ‘be inaugurated May-20, when Pres- FIRM FOR 44 HOUR WEEK Indianapolis, Ind., April 29.—Officials of the Internatfonal Typographical Union declared today that the membership of the organization would :stand firmly " for ghout the country, start- ‘up of all shipping at American ports ex- cept on the Great Lakes on May 1 ap- peared jmminent today after negotiations between the .shjpping board, steamship owners and ‘marime workers. had ‘been abandoned as a fesult of the refusal of the employe sto accept a 15 “per cent. wage reduction. A last effort to avert a final breach be- tween the employers and marine workers was made late today ‘when Chairman Benson of the shipping board and repre- sentatives of the marine unions called separately at the White House, to lay lay their cases before the president. Previously the chairman and the ship owners had. rejected a proposal by . An- drew Furuseth, resident of the Interna- tional Seamen’s union, to submit the whole question to President Harding for arbitration. Chairman Benson declined to discuss his visit to the White House, but the union representatives, in the) absence of the president, 1eft a “report'afd a prayer” in behalf of all the workers submitting the matter to him. They later announced Tqt they .would return ' to the White Housg. tomorrow in an effort to see -the presiaent in person. The union repre- sentatives also called on Secrétary Hoover but received, they said, no assurances ‘of action on his part. . The break in negotiations came after a final conference called by ‘Chairman Ben- son to consider new wage and working ing on the government's program for im- proving the agreements. . In offering his plan for ar- Italian government for putting Fiume in 14 PAGES 108 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS. administration * at ' Fiume Wednesday night, following the complications over the elections of last Sunduy, was ef- ifected by €asecisti from Triest, former Supporters of_Gabrjele: ' Annunzio; They drove into the city, fully armed, in camions, oceuni#d the city hall and pro- claimed 4 _dictatorship. The Jaborers of Fiume Were ordered to return to’ work under the threat of serious consequences ind it was -:':)ued that whoever dis- obeyed the. r of the dictatorship would be s to the death penalty. Signor G was declared the chief dictator, - Four others were ap- polrited “to - assist - him. - " Major Miege, commander of the Cara- | bineers, - begged the -invaders .to leave the city but:they ‘expressed a firm de- termination ‘to_hold Fiume, and patrols were established immediately. 4 The people of ‘the city ‘are remaining indoors, and, notwithstanding the = Fas- cistl’s proclamation, the working classes are declaring they will | abstain . from work.. ' No. newspapers are appearing, the .dcoks are idle and the trolley ser-| vice has been suspended. PROGRAM FOR IMPROVING THE SITUATION AT FIUME | Rome, . Apri] 20.—I1, Tempo, comment- uation at Fiume; says: the intentions of “We believe the buying public, I strongly incline to extensively than we had planned. That is an endorsement of.the keeping with many -others. Bulletin Telegraph Local General i Saturday, April Z3..... 158 121 a4 612 Monday, April 25... 145 8 3 862 Tuesday, . e 49 Wednssday, 129 108, 567 s m 158 . 62, Fridey, 7. - April y o1 t . The Best Means of Publicity When asked what he considered the best advertising medium for his business, the head of a large motor car corporation said: . “I must say as a means of directly and immegiately reaching the Our present extensive newspaper campaign is the result; and it is a very valuable tribute to the efficienecy of the newspaper that in every place where the campaign is running, tremendous mublic interest has been aroueed,’and’ buying. stimulated to a marked degree. As onme result there is mo doubt that'we shall use newspaper space even more It :speaks from experience. The news- paper reaches the readers and when those are sought in Norwich and vicinity it should be remembered ‘there is mo medium that can furnish the service that'is available in The Bulletin. During the past week the following news matter has appeared in The Bulletin’s columns, for only: two-cents a day: . the heavy use of newepaper space. vaiue of newspaper advertising in || ¥ Total * | bitration by the president, Mr. Furuseth said: 3 “We are willing to submit this whole thing in its absolute entirety, without res- ervation, to the president of the United States, and we will accept his decision as organizations and will go to every one of our members and plead with them to loy- ally abide by anything that he decides, and that is all we can do.” o The offer was rejected by the chairman r and by W. A. Thompson for the ship owners. “Men of America, men of th. United States,” Chairman Benson said, “we are supposed to be the supporters and aid of the. president of the United States. We are supposed mot only o carry our own burdens, but to help him carry his. I, for one, will not add one iota to the bur- den he is already carrying.. We are re- sponsible citizens. 1 trust all of us are of America, and it is for us to aid the president. = In attempting to carry this question to him, which you should decide and which is your responsibility, you are shirking your responsibilities as American citizens.” Upon the rejection of his proposal, Mr. Furuseth declared there was nothing e | e e e and the conference came to an abrupt end. In a statement tonight, Chairman Ben- son said “The shipping board has endeavored to meet the men in the fairest and most conciliatory spirit. It is, however, deep- Iy conscious of its obligations to the peo- ple of the United States to protect their interests in the people of the merchant marine. It is reluctantly compelled to meet with all the resources at its com- mand the situation which confronts it.” e s a MENTIONED AS CHAIEMAN . NATIONAL REP. COMMITTEE | “hands-off” policy toward business ex- cept for the purpose of preserving a Washington, April 29.—Selection of |“fair and active field of free competi- \John T. Adams of Iowa, vice chairman of the republican national committee, to |succeed Postmaster General Will Hays as chaifman is expected by many repub- lican leaders in congress. The national committee meeting to elect a new chair- man will be held early in Jume, it was said, dlthough calls for the meeting are not expected to go out for a week. Committeemen, by custom, will be jj mulded} Iszgely by ithe' Wisties Sl ine president, it was said, and supporters of Mr. Adams' candidacy said Mr. Harding appeared to view the lowa man with tavor. . AMERICAN STEAMER AEOLUS BOYCOTTED IN MONTEVIDEO Montevideo, Uruguay, April 20.—The United States shipping "board steamer Aeolus, which arrived here Wednesday, has been boycotted by the ship repair workers union on the request of the Ar- gentine union which i3 boycotting the Martha Washington, the Munson line, which eperates the two vessels, an- nounced today. The line is making efforts te_ obtain non-unfon. labor with which to continue the half finished repairs to the vessel's machinery. Her sailing ‘date, originally set for May 4, has been postponed inde- finitely. A T STANDARD OIL BARRED ! FROM SUMATEA OIL REGION ‘The Hague, April 2: (By Tha'A.-P.) more_to do but appeal to the president, | a proper poition, - socially and legaily, in accordance with the treaty of Rapal- io, are as follows: First, to compel out- siders now in- Fiume to leave the city; second, to annul the elections held \on Sunday, and third, to hold new elections under the supervison of the Italian government, Italian officials not to leave the city until the constitutional assem- bly completeg its work and the inde- pendent state of Fiume is constructed.” CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIVIDED ON TAX PROBLEMS Atlantic City, N. J. April 29.—At- tempts to place American business on regord as favoring a sales tax and the Tepeal.of the excise or luxury tax fail- ed here today in the closing session of the ninth annua) convention of the Unit- ed States Chamber of Commerce, be- cause of confusion in the vote. The subject, Which was a matter of warm debate on the convention ofior was ordered to be immediately submitted to a referendum of the organization’s mem- bership. The sales tax was overwheim- ingly approved in a referendum taken during the conventibn but owing to a misunderstanding and~ confusion in the vote the resolutions aqommittee asked that a new referendum be taken that would be “freed from uncertainty and conclusive in its recommendations. © While a convention referendum also approved a tariff policy that would give “due regard toyexport trade as well as to the protection of the manufacturing in the TUnited States” It was decided to refer it to the committes on tariff policy which is studying the matter and will ‘soon make its final report. The chamber adopted a declaration of principles on American enterprise which urged the government to adopt a tion.” “A wholesome standard of living is es- sential to general eontentment” sald the declaration. ‘“That standard depends upon the intelligenee, work, thrift of the individual citizen and improves as the total production of the country in- creases. Hence, restriction of produe- tion or obstruction to Aistrfbution must necessarily undermine that standard. re. sulting in injury to all citizens of ev- ery_class. “We therefore condemn aveldable strikes, Iockouts ani all combinations that needlessly limit output or ecvrtafl distribution on® the part.of workers, own- er<_or managers of Industry.” William T. Hincks of Rridzenort and C.” H. Remington of Hartford. were ameng the new directors elected by the chamber today. YOUNG WOMAN ‘SHORT IN _ SUNDAY RCHOOL FUNDR New Haven. April- 20 —Gertrnde W. Searle, 21 years old, for the past twn vears treasurer” of' the Sunday school funds at the Olivet Baptist church here, was arrested tonight on a charge of em- bezziement of $200 of the ‘funds. The complaint was_made by the deacons of the church. Miss Searle was held in $500 bends. BILL IN NEW JERSEY SENATE FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING ‘Washington, April 29.—Standard time —The second chamber of pariament to- day bv.a vote of 43 .o 3) adopted {he Djar-\! Ol Field bill, thas barrne the Bid o7 the Standard Dil ompany. for a eencession in the Sumatra el regicn. d in _the eastern zone would bs advanced one hour beginning at 2 a. m. next Sun- day and continuing untll the same hour ‘| passed a bill_ allowing President of Cuba at sess; the police of New York to prevent any radical demonstrations on May Day. | obtained about | supreme court, died in City | Worcester, following an operation. BRIEF TELEGRAMS The Thmes of India says a serious riot 1s reported to have occurred at Malegaon, northeast of B Ohle heuse of the general women assembly to vote without giving their age. The head chef at Buckingham Palace has accepted a reduction in salary from $10,000 to. $7,500 yearly. Dr. Alfreda Zayas will be proclaimed an extraordinary n cf the Cuban congress. Mont- | New . York, to nel Speeinl precautions are being taken by Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Keystone Rubber company plant in lirle, Pa., with a loss estimated at $500,000. President Harding nominated gomery Schuyler of minister to Salvador! Silas Freeman and his crew of fve men were saved when their bark with a cargo of gasoline burned 50 miles frem Ha~ vana. Mrs. Pamelo Frucel of Norwood, Mass., wi tenced to eight years jail for the killing of her husband last July: A commercial airplane londed with %0 quarts of liquor was fourid abandoned under the municipal landing fleld at Sa vannah, ——— The first national bank to be controlled by ‘negroes—the Douglas national bank of Chicago—was ready for business yes- terday. The Wisconsin state mbly killed a bill to amend present laws to permit women to serve as jurors. The bill had passed the senate. The city and bs of Waterbury were flooded Wednesday night with copies of corculars advertising the over- throw of the United States government. ifteen Mexican bandits held np officials ot the Agwi Ofl Co. mear Tampico and 135,000 pesos. Ten pe sons were killed, including two bandi 0. Willis Rugs, engineer and a br Arthur P. Rugg, of the Ma old, eivil ief Justice achusetts | Wospital, at Notieo of & proposed deerease in the wages and a revision in working condi- tions of conductors. engine firemen, | trainmen, agents and telegrapn operators, | was isewed yesterday by the Central| Vermon: Railway. The nomination of John R. Mitchell, of St. Paul, Minn., to a ten year term | as a member of the federal reserve| board was confirmed late yesterday by the senate, Nime hundred Germans. whose punish ment bas been demanded by the entente | for. crimes committeed during the war, will face trial at Leipsig, beginning May 2. dames J. Commer, a barfender, was sentenced to a year in jall in Boston for killing (Larry) McLean, a_ f{ormer. "majdr Tedxiie ‘buseball plivef, in a bar- room row several weeks ago. Aleander Howat, head of the Kansas Miners' union. has rejected the demand of the International urion that he order back to work striking employes of the Dean Col Co. Geverner Harding of the federal re. |serve board announced that the wou begin next week a personal survey o farm credit situation in the = and southwest. A refund of nearly a quarler of a mil- lion dollars in federal taxes errone collected from the estate Thaver of Lancaster, Mass., by the federal court. of Non-negotiable notes amounting to $835,000 from bank messengers on an I Cent | railroad train, were found by the pol of Chicago in an abandoned railwa and checks When s physician went te a home in Ironwood, Mich., in response to a call he found John Mattison, pendering over a list of names. Mattison was looking fo a name for the 13th baby in the family. a girl. Members of the famons Koscinsko squadron which was recraited in America | for service in Poland azainst the Russian bolsheviki, intend to return to the Unf ed States immediately after beinz ilized next week. demob- Appeintment of three federal district attorneys for Massachusetts was an- noiinced by Attorney General Daughe: They are Essex L. Abbott of Hav Charles P. Curtis of Roston gand seph W. Keith, of Bridgewater. Jo- An indictment of Srst degree murder against Clarence W. Loud of Melrose was Teturned by the Middlesex county grand jury of Cambridge. Mass., after inves: Ration of the shooting of Patrolman James A. Preston at Wakefield on April s. Bayard | was ordered |}, wo | Joint Committee Appointed by the Governors of New En | present conditi {an wnalysis of the efficiency of the mun. | plight was disapproved by the joint com. governors, signed by each of the thirty made public today. road executives had failed to show the | situation or En committee said: asked to give a in_their extreme ternalism, but as an act of justice. obligation, of th the railvo which they took them over has not been fulfilled. The period of federal guarantee ehould be Sept. be made at once for the payment of the amounts claimed by due exact determin died or | Hartford COMMITTEE IS OPPOSED 10 INCREASED FREIGHT RATES 3 DA land Report That the Railroad Executives Had Failed ta Show the Proposed Advance Would Remedy the - tion—Decides That the Federal Government Should be Asked to Give Assistance to the Roads—Should Fulfil ths Obligation to Return the Roads in the Same Conllt" tion in Which the Government Took Them Over, .—The propesal of the tinct district for rate-making purpeses o nd railroad heads to increase | has been resisted heretofore by tie NeW. ght and passenger rates immediately | England public, will be resisted hereaften 10, ner cent. 10 reiieve: their financial |and ought, in our opinion, to be object 10 upin every occasion when it is Pro It seems to us that neither. XNy | Enzland railroad executives nor any er persoms in the New England commus ity ought 1o propose or assent 1o W scheme of rate making which will 80 sures ly react to the disadvantage of New England industry, and likewise of the 0ads themselves. In all essential respects there is no New England rafle '8 road problem as such. It is o rallrosd problem for the whole' country Y- “One of the cutstandiry features afe the financial condiuon of the New the_governors- of the ngiand states. The report lo tha nbers of the composite committee. was It said that the ra r that advance would remedy the | at by such an increase New nd interests would not suffer. As constructive recommendations, desired the The tederal government should be istance to the railroads not as an act of pa- The government to return the same condition in the labor situation. When the roads were taken over by the federal government forty cents on each dollar of operating revenue went to the pa When the roads are returned to owners by the federal government sixty cents is going to the payroll, and the raiiroads are prevented from making any adjustments in the scale of wages and ¢ working conditions. except with the eom= = Isent of their employes, or failing thaty by action of the rafiroad lat ads” in extended (retroactive from 0,) and arrangements should 1 the raiffoads to be m the government. leaving atién o be made afte wards. We recommend that a memorial addressed to the presidest of the !0 the present time no ral United Stats pointing out to him the|ceeded reaching an agreement with itg ms of the railroads in New | employes Iooking to a modification of and, and usking him to take pvomr‘!lho wage scale or the working conditions. measure sto fulfiil the obligations of the, Thus the railroads continue to operate at government. a time of serious financial difficulty Bn= 2. We are convinced that the prevail- | d¢r conditions which require them to use ing wage scale and the terms of the so- | SIXty -cents of every dollar of operating 1 national agreements have been a|Tevenue for payroll purposes. No rafle large factor leading to the present fina roads have ever them f cial condition of the railroads. ‘We be- |under such conditions. that congress, should consider| “A substantial increase in wages was her the present method of settling|not only inevitablc, but was or disputes is entirely adequate, and |just But a largse portion if not, In what respect % may be reme-|labor costs was caused by the enfocre: tered. We have not undertaken to make ment of impracticable working rules whicli shculd be modified and which are now receiving the attention of the rafl road labor board. Until that work is eome pleted the railroads cannot be efficiently operated. We have undertaken to cons fer with the resprneible leaders of the & railroad brotherhoods, by they have de- ciined *to confer with us. We have sug- gested to the raiiroad executives that the raliroad employees should be invited te agree (o a temprary decroase in wages pending the final fecis'rne of the raiiroad - iaker board. but no action of this kind hax taken place. - “We believe that every effort should be made to avert rocefverships and to extend 10 the railroads credit sufficient to bridge . - the weziod of emergency and that any effcriz to avoid recefverships should be commended because of the serious results whica would follow. But we feel eonfi- den: that they will be no receivershipg because of failure to sacure tne sugzesiod vance of rates If there should be accivershins they wou'd come about for sors other than suc® refusal” agement of the New Engifind railrouds In the interests of the railroads them- seltes, we believe that the interstate com- merce commission,might well avail itsell of its ty and make. without delay, as may be desirable ent solution of the rail- such toward a road diffic 5 To carry out the foregoing recommend- ations, we suggest that this committee be authorized fo présent these considera- tions to- the president 3 States of - -the the railrodd 1xber-beafd. e commerce commigsion. and further action as tay be neces- | committee reported that it found that the financial condition of the sepa- rate roads was not the same, although all were suffering from a decrease of revenue. | The Poston and Albany. a leased line of Nowi ¥ took me part in request for advance in rates. The flroad in January nad Febru- showed a deficit of $121,091 and the ee said it apparently could cone 1o operate for the-present without ious difficulty. The Hangor and Aroos. for an increase of rates only half of 1 per cent. of its entire the Rutiand ary T. 8. STEEL IS CHARGED WITH UNFAIR COMPETITION Washington, April 23.—A formal coms plaint azainst the United States Steel corporation and eleven subsidiary come panies. dlleging unfair competition in fn- lerstate commerce, was issued today by the federal trade commission. Thus the commiseion finally has decided that it hage © sufficient juriediction to take up fne long = standing complaint by various users of = steel products and others against the Zle % ed use by the corporation of the device | known as “the Pittsburzh plus price.” | its in a| It was announced, however, that the Iy that |commission had divided, three to two, oads are in sition | Chairman Th d Commissioners satisfact None of | Pollard and Nugent voting for issuance of toads is in such condition that|the com , and Commissioners Gaskill = endure a period of cenunu-d}zn:‘l_h.\lugdocl dissen 3 he situation is eepeically seri | e Steel corporation and its subsie = (a)r the Boston and Maine and the|diaries are given thirty days, or umtil New York, New Haven and Hariford | May 31, to make formal anewer to raiiroads. ~ Nevertheless, we do not con- | complaint. after which the ease will -‘: that any of these four wiil cease!ceed to trial on its merits The complainf eratc under their present corporate |Wwas issued under the Clayton anti-trusf nagements during the period which act and the law establishing the commise clapse before they can secure aseist- | sion, and the commission's announcement ':i” the payment to them of amounts | said the case was “an outgrowth of com= owed by the government, by the nee ns complained of by mo readjustment of wages and condi- | manufacturers of steed in the Chisagoy s of employment and by the determi- {Duluth and Birmingham dietricts, by lege on of the question of division of | ielatures of three states, by several mu< ugh rates which is now before the |nicipalities, and by chambers of come & interstate cor\merce commission. It ap- |merce gand many business organizations: pears improbable. that. the rate of deficits | througout the United States. - which has existed for the last six months| The Pittsburgh plus price is d will continue for.the next six months.” |at length in the commission's Among the considerations which had |ment, which says that under it with the commitiee were the m-i'xvfl rafls, wherever whether made in the UnNed States Steel ating experience of the other on reported, “is at_for the six 1, deficits after | have been as $915,339 ; Central oston . and . “Maine, | New Maven and Vermont, 918,85 $5.232 - 465 2 1 ation of euch defi indicates a F. “Thers is grave doubt Daina Robideaux of Chicopes, Mass.. instantly killed and two compa overturned early vesterday herst and Holyoke. The fr ing strike in Worcestes per cent. cut in pay, w April 1, was made today by the brick- against a 20 duction of 15 cents an hour from $1.12 1-2 to 97 1-2 ceats. A meeting of general chairman of {he railroad shop crafts will be held in Chi. cago to draw up a uniform set of | which the unions will advocate In place of | the national agreements ordered abrozat- ed by the rallroad labor board eeciive July 1. J. W. Banger American trade commi sioner, arrived at Washington from Pe- King. ' He saye newspapers are sold on a rent basis, the first snbscriber paying to pprice, the second subscriber gets it » littie cheaper and_ it is paseed on until nothing is left of ft. Jawrenee Ferrone, sentenced to prisom for five to 30 years in the Hartford coun- ty criminal court last October by Judge Frank D. Haines. as an habitual crim- inai. was granted a new trial by the Con- necticut supreme court. Riga, Letvia, April 20.—Leon Trotzky, the Russian soviet war minister, has ordered great maneuvers by the hoishe- vik army in the near future in the Vi- tehsk and Pskov areas, the Lettish new on’ the last Sunday of September, under a resolution introduced today by Sema- tor Edge, republican, New Jersey. papers say today.,. The manenvers are for the purpose of testing the § teed army and itg new officers. owner and driver of an automobile, was | ns | railroad were seriously injured when the car was |would be reallyynecessary for any effect- | atter cross- |ive ing a bridge over Mill river between Am-| where satqement $n the Wuidd- | determined, but.in general these who are h was started | country b layers and plasters, who accepied a re-| rates there should be a decre | | stand this | shippers are quite positive that New. E: in our minds |corporation plants, or by its independents mosed increase would pro- | it sold at f. o, b. Pittsburgh price plus ' amount of revenue which the|an amount equivalent to the freight td ' executives estimate and which |Point of destination.” and as an illustras tion savs that this “means that the Gary. steel fabricator who runs his own truck tg the Gary, Ind., steel mill and purchases stee] manufactured at this plant, must pay the price charged in Pittsburgh plis. an amount equalling the freight rate form Pittsburgh to Gary. The complaint is net to the alleged use of th charges specifically that the Steel eor- poration “owns and controls the ultimate iron ere sunply in the United States” and that because of “its power and - infiu-. ence” through the larger percentage of the steel manufabturing business done hy. it and supported by it. its consequent Poe tential power to embarrass or destrey competitors by unduly lowering its price) schedules. is “tantamount to the naming . by the Steel cornoration of prices that age 10 be charged by ail the stsel manufae-’ turers in the United States.” 5 ther the relief. There is of course a point traffic will not move. Whether | that peint will Be reached or not with any h se of rates may not be exactly familiar with railroall conditions over the| eve that. rates are at their| eak, and that instead of an inerease in | if there is to be a revival of matisfaction business conditions for. obth the: raiiroads them- seives and for industry in general. We| are not satisfied, therefore. that if this | advance is granted the necessary money will be forthcoming. and are strongly in- clined to believe that such an.advance will fall far short of the amount neces- sary for temporary -relief. “The traffic managers of the railroads think that New . England business can temporary advance, and the land cannot. While we cannot final conclude which may be - right, we are strongly of the opinion that the chances of an unfortunate result are such that we cannot in deference to what we be- lieve to he the general go:d of this com- munil recommend that any such risk be taken, ‘We are by no means clear as to the way in which the proposed increase is to be worked out. As it is not a flat in- e of ten per cent. it will in mome | instances amount t6 much more! even to GERMAN LABOR LEADERS REMAIN 20.—The Germ&as Ia- Graseman, Wilhelm Dittmann, Otto Hue and Herr Silber- schmidt. who planned to g0 to Englgnd to discuss with British labor leadess questions regarding reparations and pe. construction of the devastated areas of France, have remained in Amst fo which city they travelled from Bee- Un. says a Central News dispatch London, Apr leaders. Peter twenty per cent. How these various ad- | Amsierdam today. The Germans justments would satisfy the - different | notified by the Brit'rh labor kinds of business we have no means of [that the latter objected to determining. The possibilities of this the negotiations In London. ~ on are snch that an increase shou Discussion concerning reconstruetion be recommended unless It in known ex- [of the-dev g ated resions began today, actly how It I8 t7 be applied. but the Br. “The idea of New England as a dis- representad