Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 6, 1921, Page 1

. VOL. LXIlI—No. 136 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CON DAY, JUNE 6, 1921 EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS. GIVING WAY OF DAM ADDS T0 HORROR OF DISASTROUS CLOUDBURST AT PUEBLO, COL. Eighty-Three Bodies Have B‘een Taken From the Flooded Area —Loss of Life is Estimated at 250—Total Property Damage Will Exceed $10,000,000—Homeless Are Hous- ed in Schools, Churches and Public Buildings—They Are Being Fed by the Red Cross at Rate of 600 an Hour— Both Food and Drinking Water Are Scarce—Twenty- five Men Have Been Arrested For Looting—Heavy Rain Set in Again Last Night. 2:30 1eblo June 5—At o'cleck th begin- ning to recover from the terrible disaster f Friday night the Skagway reservoir Letween Flore and Victor suddenly gave way and within an hour the swol- Jen torrent of the Arkansas river had again inundated the low lying section of the city. SUREETS OF PUEBLO AGAIN FLOODED SUNDAY MORNING Pueblo, Colo., June 5—New flood wat- ars y the Arkansas river crept back into Main street this morning, serious! La ng rescue workers, The wal- ers, which has rceded last night, rose this morning, but by noon had once 4 to recede. men have been ¢ Mexican arrested by was shot yday eight-three bodies had been taken from the The 1 oss of life be i foreign | district the inhabitants failed to [ e warning signals i anZ w are being e very scarce, but the lem facing the city & ssion of the Red Cros n Disinfectants arc ur jed, Mr. Gast declared. In an appeal sent to the St. Louis chay of the Red Cro; ast night the o the need tor $20,- use in reelamation s believed the death list will not a 50. 1In Pueblo's esurt house hundreds weiess are housed. The [ 8, ablic buildings and undres ivate 1 are caring for yitless ¢ t des by the flcod | ¢ a3 d Saturday. The home- 5 at t te cf 600 an r Cross, but despite the e s rts to take care of its unt must have outside eing laid on the necessity a1 utilitis £0 that opera- resumed. it was also that the stricken city vir- the mercy of the elemtns. nued to fall yesterday. The h formerly protected the waters of the Arkansas Friday night and any of W f the river's torrent by rain flood hazards. | rts are numerous of miraculous | . m the waters. Many prom sin mer nd women who waited moment o flee, narrowly i ped t t lives. Others are re- ¢ it re has be:n no at- > f s of known dead 1 living in the bot-} who failed to heed the warning | were seen to vamisa in (h raging | sight beg- | garing descrip cars and Fail equipments of all descripts are piled | a a hideous, foul-smeil river jebris covers the wreckage. The tur- sid waters swirl and race through the | vils and tie The flooded section of Pueblo is car- n i with a thick, slimy layer of mud } ) Water rose to the levél of | de street lights in many places | Merchants face serious embarassment i because of the tremendous stock loss, Jne big department store facing a stock loss alone of $250,000, The Nuckolls Packing company lost virtuall everyth, , its total running over million dollars. (iast said the total property damage wi exceed $10,000,000 wh cthers on \is committee said he was far too con- servative But, despite the terrible disaster, Pu- eblo is fighting to regain its feet. A spirit <t optimism prevails and with the arrival nre today of outside assistance, a grat- e city water f confidence is felt has been without lights, gas since the flood came Friday Candles and kerosene lamps are premium. All fires in_the city are out tonight. Those which lighted the city last night did no great damage. ery railroad line and night into the_city was of commission, with many miles of cd washed out. One artesian well lithia water was the only source supply for drinking water in. North Puebio today. The city watef supply is poliuted and instructions have been is- d to use only boiled water. Lights were to be supplied tonight in the flooded business district with power from the Colorado Fuel and Iron company plant ron flow HEAVY FALL OF RAIN AGAIN LAST NIGHT Pueblo, Col., June 5 (By the A. P.).—A downpour of rain, amounting almost to a cloudburst, again was falling at 9 o'clock tonight. Whether or not the rain follo ed the course of the Arkansas river above Pueblo could not be learned because of the darkness. If it did. undoubtedly an- other rapid rise in the river within the ! next hour is probable. SOME HOUSES WERE WASHED DOWN RIVER petsanes | Lasanimas, Colo., June 5—Four per- | sons, ail of them Mexicans, and three of them children, are known to be dead, and | many others are believed to have per- jshed by the overflowing of the Arkan- sas river last nicht, flooding this city. Warning was received from La Junta to take to the hills, but th city was vir- tually surrounded with water before the warning could be passed around. Many houses were washed ino th streets and some down the river. TEXAS PACIFIC TRACKS ARE UNDER WATER Pecos, Tex., June §5—The Texas and Judge Bernard W. Rosenblatt, of New York, which formed the feat of the stormy session. When interrupted while nominating Judge Mack, Dr. Wise ! reminded Judge Rosenblatt that “this | De | protesting against overflowing of the Peccs river. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad tracks are also under water here, it is said. The river is rapidly rising tonight.j Farmers in the lowlands have been warn- ed to leave. Heavy rains in New Mexico | augménted by a two-inch rain here Sat- urday night put all streams out of their banks. Considerable damage has been | caused to crops. Mo loss of life has been reported. §50,000 FROM DI TEE RELIEF FUND Washington, June 5.—Authorization for | the expenditure of a second $30.000 out| of the national disaster relief funds 1] flood relief was wired to the Red Cross chapter at Pucblo tonight by national | i 5 action followed | here. 3 ot of telegraphic reports from | officials that the situa-| the stricken city was growing| perate hourly and the funds were needed immediately. in tion more des ARKANSAS RIVER 18 BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE Pueblo, C June 5.—The Arkansas river at 10 o'clock tonight reached Fifth and Court streets, the highest it has been since the flood, when the water reached'| Fifth and Main streets. At 10.20 the river was reported at its crest and beginning to subside. There} was not the rush of water which accom- panied Friday's flood. ENION AMERICAN Cleveland, Jun Predicted peace be- e two factions of the Zionist or- ticn failed to materialize at the ing session of twenty fourth an- convention of the American Zion- ists here today, when Judge Henry C. Dannebaum of Houston, Texas, was elected chairman of the convention by a majority of 75 votes over Judge Juiian W. Mack of Chicago, president of the American Zionist organization. Judge Dannenbaum received 139 the 214 votes cast. The nominations brough between Rabbi Stephen S. oF ZIONISTS nual of t forth a clash W and a D York enblatt retort is it a free agogue. Mack Dr. Chaim Weizmann, the world Zionist organization speakers urged that there be between th etwo facticns. Judge Mack declared he had hoped for not like Judge R ther ew police 1 by head and eace other peace until the conventior. opened. He recited how an intermediary had read to him “what purported to be a draft of a proposal.’” last Wednesday, which he sald he was ready to endorse but the next day, i na telegram the conditions had been changed so that the principals had been obviated, Judge Mack said. One of these conditions was that “Jacoh H organ e cretary of the American Zion- ization, be eliminated from of- cept he may be eclected; and that Felix Frankfurter must not even be on the executive committee.” “I rejected the propcsal with modifications,” Judge Mack added. Dr. Weizmann, a guest cf the conven- tion, followed Judge Mack. He was greeted with ten minutes of cheering by the delegatés. ist fice these “I shall not attempt now to correct some facts about which your president is honestly misinformed,” Dr. Weizmann declared. “We are not here to score points against our opponent. We are here to get the truth and establish peace jf it is posible. Above all, whatever may be the merit of the charges and counter-charges we are 2 ous to get to work. The doors of Palestine are practically closed and this is our fault. Jews in war ravaged countries con- tributed $300,000 for the Palestine foun- dation fund, I A. Naiditch, of Engiand, director of the Keren-Hayesod associa- tion, told the delegates. : Resolutions were unanimously adopt- ed urging the speedy confirmation by the allies and asscciated powers and the council of the league of nations of the mandate for Palestine to Great Britain, the alleged pograms in Jafra, In which hundreds of lives| were lost, and expressing confidence in | th policy of Great Britain regarding the Jewish national homeland. The election committee amicably set- tled controver: over the seating of delegates by admitting those of both! factions. OMSK CAPTURED BY ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FORCES Toklo, June 4.—(By The A. P.) Omsk ha sbecn captured Dby anti-bolshevik | forces and the bolsheviki are withdraw- ing toward Tobolak, according to semi- cfficial reports from Siberfa. Other despatches received here tell of ! a revolutionary movement in Ekaterin- burg, while advices from Japanese sources report that an insurrection which broke out recently in Moscow was sup- pressed with difficuity with the assist- ance of communist s from Petro- grad. The gituation, L ed as still serious T, is describ- ! SUMMER MEETING AT LAKE COMPOUNCE | | ‘Bristo!, Conn., June 5.—The past ex-| alted rulers’ association of the Elks held its summer meeting at Lake Compounce | today, with about 200 delegates nrrsvm.! Harry C. Brown of New Britain was| chosen district deputy grand exalted| ruler for the eastern section of the state and William J. Shanahan of Waterbury | was chosen for the western section of the state. It was voted to hold the win- ter meeting In Wallingfora in January. ELKS' Pacitic railroad tracks near here are under water for a distance cf about 1200 feet at a depth of from three to five geet and trafic has been suspended over section of tracks as g result of the The polls will be open in- all the city Mstricts today for the city election from 5:30 & m. untll 5 p. m. g BRIEF TELEGRAMS James D. Maher, clerk of the United States Supreme Court for 55 years died in Washington. Juga-Slav_Consulate General in New York “has 7,000 applications for pass- ports from pecple waiting to emigrate. Contraband liquor seized in New York amounting to ,000,000, will be sold at auction in the city. To meet slump - in passenger and freight traffic the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad notified its forces that 700 men would be laid off for 30 days. Salomon Tellirian, Armenian student, who shot and killed Talat Pasha, former Grand Vizer of Turkey, was acquitted the Assize Court at Berlin, in tl e Captain Frank L. Pleadwell, until re- cently a naval fleet surgeon was elected president of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. Franeis Harmon, 22 years old. held on $2,500 bail after police d he had con- fessed to cracking 60 safes in New York's financial district. Maurice Gonnell, United States weath- er forecaster and a survivo: expediticn to the Arctic ose. of the Greely ied at San R. J Reynolds Tobacco company announced a reduction of 20 per cent in wages in ants in Winston Salem, e A prediction that automobiles within a few years would carry individual s to produce fuel for their cogfation W made by Thomas A. Edison/ Jr. Laurence Minot, a financier, yachts- ma and director of the Good Govern- ment Association, died at his home in Boston. During the first two weeks of May approximately 1,500,000 pounds cf hali- on the fishing banks off The polls will be open in all the city districts today for the city election from 0 a. m. until 5 p. m. Frank Tannenaum, reformed mob leader and radical agitator, was gradu- ated from Columb University this vear as an honor s dent and won a Phi Beta Kappa shipping board mer Mitchell in Hampton Roads Saturday and attacked the crexw, injuring eight and slight- ly injuring several oth While filming a_bullfight on a farm at Seville Spain, a Freinch motion picture operator suffered severe contusions when he was charged and tossed by a young bull. The bull destroyed the camera. The Economy Shoe Company of Lynn was peti 1 into bankruptey today by three ceritors. M. Alfred DeTroia, A. Levetia, and Sadie Ornstein. Their claims to $1,020 The United Commercial Travelers end- ed their three days convention in Wor- cester Saturday with a parade of 4,000 members and a gala day at the fair grounds. Hod carriers and mortar mixers of Worcester have asked for am increas of 15 cents an I They are gettin sixty and hour, respectively. five cents an Pan-Germans in eastern able to despatch ian are trying to organize Hungary a movement favor- fusion with Germany, says a from Budapest to the Hunga agency in Pari American Ej g Council's re- port shows is respon- sible for 50 per ¢ e and labor for 25 per cent of waste in our indus- tries. Health conditions in Furope were de- serfbed as becoming worse instead of better by speakars at a conference in ston betwe te and Territorial th authorities and officials of the e Public Health Service. Burton Johnson, on’s fi fieldil Mas and wa aged 11, was the hing victim in Spring- when drowned Satury while play- ing with several companions in an old reservoir. A “Work or be Arrested” order is in effect G. A. Steiner, street ng commissioner offered $3.- 50 a 00 négroes to clean up the negro district burned in the recent race riots, The former German passenger liner 'Kaiser Wilhelm I[ has been renamed President Harding, it was announced to- day by the United States mail steam- ship company, to which the ves~:l was allocated by the Shipping Board. Port workers at Progrese, have declared a twen four hour strike in sympa with port workers of this city, who walked out early last week as a protest against the deportation of radicals. Ships at Progreso have post- poned sailings until work is resumed. Yucatan, The appellate division of New York supreme court decided in Brooklyn that the city of Mount Vernon was within its rights when it refused to allow soccial- ists to hold a street meeting on October 1920. Chairman Volstead of the House jud- iciary committee announced that he would ask the rules committee early this week to give right of way to his beer bill so that it might be called up for immediate consideration. Major General Joseph Hummel, form- erly of the Austrian army, and eleven other ex-officers have been acquitted of committing treason in connection with the recent attempt of former Emperor Charles to regain the Hungarian throne. Government nagents at New Orleans are trying to find out how 2,400 quarts of whiskey was changed into water while being transported from a bonded ware- house to a steamer for shipment to Cen- tral America. The world’s largest rigid dirigible, the R-38, which has been rechristened the ZR-2, will fly from Britain to America in September. The transatlantic flight will be made after two months' trials by British and American crewa 5 he slid from a raft| Rviatos %5 Laura promwel Killed;I Fell 1,000 Feet With Plane at Mitchell Field—Held Loop- the-Loop Records. Mineola, N. Y., June 5.—Miss Laura Bromwell, holder of the loop the loop record for women, and one of the best known women pilots in the world, was killed at Mitghel Field this afternoon. Miss Bromwell was flying at an alti- tude of about 1,000 feet when the acel- dent happened. Sne had just completed one loop and was about to ma a sec- ond when something went wronz with thé plane and it crashed to the ground. M Bromwell, whoe home was in Cin- cinnati, was twenty-three years oid. She established her loop the loop rec- ord on May 15 last when she executed 199 loops in an hour and twenty min- utes. That same afternoon she piloted her airplane over a two-mile straizhta- way course at the rate of 135 miles an hour. Military observers who Wi flight declared that the girl's motor stonped abruptly as she ing the upward turn of the looon. denly the machine fell backward tail nessed the airplane into pin and dropped like a plummet on | to a road just outside the field. a Hundreds of spectato ped with as- tonishment as the plane and then | rushed to where it struck the ground. The girl's lifeless body was found in the tan gled wreckage. Miss Bromwell had test-| |ed her machine before engaging in her| stunts, army officers said, and had pro- nounced it in good condition. R. H. Dehew, manager of the Curtiss| field here, tonight issued the following | statement relative to Miss Bromwell's ac- cident “Miss Trom own plane was out of order. She borrowed a Canadian train- s plane, a type which, because of Miss Bromwell's small statuPe, she was un-| suited to stunt. | warned her not to attempt to loop | but she disregarded the instructions the middle of the second loop th cushion she sat on fell out and she evi dently slipped out of reach of the controls and was unable to right the plane. “Examination of the wreck dis all controls to be in working order. Other aviation experts pointed out that | the safety belt in the Canadian plane | was higher than in the one which she! had béen accusomed to use. Consequent- | ly when she slipped head downward f'nm{ | | vell's In losed her seat in the Canadian plane she ap- pare y was unable to obtain new lever- age with her feet so as to “nose up j machine and complete the aerial circle. the GUY NICKALLS RESIGNS AS COACH OF YALE Gales Ferry, Conn, June ignation of Guy Nickalls as of the Yale crews was announced ! tonight by Prof. Mend control of Association. ickalls planned to sever his relations with Yale were de. nied by rowing officials at the univers! ty. . Prof. Mendell's announcement here followed a meeting With the Graduate Advisory Committee on Rowing and Cap- tain 'Shephen Hord of CREWS here the | the Yale var- sity crew. | At the same time it was announcéd that James Corderry, who has been coaching -the freshman eight, would be head coach for the remainder of the season. He will be assisted by Churchill’| Peters, captain of the 1920 Yale varsity crew. ¥ { Guy Nickalls returned from England | in March, 1920, to become head rowing coach at Yale, following service in British army in the world war. He 1 been head coach at Yale in 1914, 191 1916 and part of 1917. Yale defeated Harvard on the Thames in 1914 and 1915 rowing . under the Nickalls' system of coaching. he Yale rowing squad, made up of varsity oarsmen and 13 freshmen, ar- rived here late today to begin final prac- tice for the races with Harvard on June 24. The coaches expressed themselves as satisfied with the condi of the quarters. Four shells also arrived from New Haven. the wd on | PRESIDENT HARDING WIRES GOVERNOR OF COLORADO Valley Forge, Pa., Harding, who is sp: June 5—President nding the week end | at the country home here of Senator | R. C. Knox, today wired Governor Shoup | of Colorado, expressing sorrow and of- | fering the aid of the federal government to the flood sufferers of that state. The | telegran id: < “I am deeply distressed to read of the great misfortune which has come with |its toll of death and destruction to the citizenship of Pueblo and the valley of the Arkansas river. It is most reassur- | ing to know how nobly your state has met the great emergency. If the federal government can be of aid to you, pray do not hesitate to advise me, because all the people of the United States are touched by the sorrow and distress which {have come to the people of Colorado. 1 —_— ——— s UNEMPLOYMENT I8 CAUSING * MARDSHIP IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, June 5.—The unemploy ment situation in this city with its at- tendant hardships is becoming so serious that there is fear that even the $283,000 bond issue which the board of aldermen | may vote upon the mayor's recommenda- { tion tonight will not be sufficient to| {meet the needs of the city’s unemployed. | | The city engineer said this money would | | keep 250 men at work on the streets for two months, but as the wages paid will | not be high wages when the time is up, junless the employment situation is bet- | jtered throughout the country, the outlook | for the fall and the winter will be very dark indeed. KING CONSTANTINE IS GOING TO BATTLE FRONT Athens, June 5.—(By The A. P.)—King Corstantine today sand he expected to leave for the battle front in Antolia with- in a week or ten days. He will be ac-| companied by Crown Prince George and | Prince Andrew. It is thought that Pr Andrew, who is now in Corfu, placed in command of a division. The belief is expressed here that the Greek. offensive, which has been the sub- ject of discussion for weeks in the local newspapers, will not bezin until after the arrival in Anatolia of the king. ce | will be JAPAN REACHES AGREEMENT WITH GENERAL WRANGEL Stockholm, . June 5.—The Rosta News Agency says the soviet government in Moscow has received a rTeport that Japan has agreed with General Wrangel to move Wlrangel's troops to the Fag Bast_for use against the soviet forces, with their objective the conquering of Viadivostok, and that the soviet gov- ernment has lodged protest. Tuele Stow and | RESIDE Race Horses Burned At Green’s Farms—Were Val- ued at $100,000—Origin of the Fire a Mystery. Green Farms, Conn., June 5—Twelve high bred show, and race horses, valued at $100,000, the property of BEdward T. edford, New York financier, were burn- ed to death early today, at the Bedf:rd state, Winfromere Farm. Among the horses burned was three vear old Plausible. The origin of the fire is a mystery, Mr. Berford said, and when it was discovered, about 4:30 it was tco late to get horses out of the blazing stable. UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASED the " Bulletin PRICE TWO CENTS. NT DELIVERED AN ADDRESS AT VALLEY FORGE From a Woodland Pulpit Overlooking General Washington’s Historic Camping Ground—Enacts a Pledge That Am- erica Will Cling to Her Own Independence of Action and to Her Own Conscience—President and Mrs. Harding Valley Forge of faith in es: tutions and of Pa pe 108 4 day of prace preacied by Presiceut lkarding toda June 5.—A sermon not alw blished American msu-;pnme offering in the dull prolonged suf- and good wiil throughout the world, was|unalterable Were Guests of Senator Knox. tragic. but develops its su. fering which glorifies abiding faith and resolution. We Americans have wrought %0 marvelously and soc DURING MONTH OF MAY |from a woodland pulpit overlooking Gen- |seemingiy easily, that it brings us to a eral Washington's historic camping ‘new appreciation to stand amid the Washington, June 5.—Unemployment|ground in Valley Forge. scenes of the dearly purchased repubiic. increased approximately one-half of 1 ver| - Civilization, declared the president,|We need t» know the making of an in- cent. during the month of May, accord-|kLas L =0 beset by “vandals” that!heritance to measure our own responsi- ing to a statement made public today by |without the help of American influence jbility in its preservation. the department of labbr, hased upon re-las cxample the world never could right| “I thought as we rode through the ports from 1,428 firms employing 501 orjitself again. But, he added, that the!park today, yielding our emotional rev- SR i 1 industrial {nation couid discharge its responsibilitics|erance to the outward signs of the great 1e country. The same firm: !lo iumanity only it it preserved secure-!memories, indicated by the preservation nt said,” employed 1,573,338 {1y iis independence of action and the|of the trenches and the reproduction of rs in May against 1,580,749 in|traditions imherited from the fathers. |the hute in which the patriots suffered, An America dedicated to its stand-|that if we can find sat'sfaction in these he number of employes in tobacco|ards at Valley Forge,” said Mr. Harding,'outward manifestatipns of their serviot manufacture decreased 5.5 per cent. inf“will hold fust and suffer, 'if need be,'and sacrifice, how much more import- while lumber and its manufacture{until our inherited institutions are jus-|ant it is that we retain for all time the 9 per cent. The number of work-|tified and guaranteed anew. Wnen { substance of things for which they con- ers in iron and steel decreased per |pledge America to world helpfulness, at tended. cent., food and kindred products .7 perjthe same time 1 exact a pledge that| *“I do not mean to say that the order cent., m \nd metal products .004 per |America will cling 1o her own independ- | established by W .1 per cent., and miscel- grouped together 4.9 cent., chemicals laneous industri per cent. Increases in the number of employes re shown in raiiroad repair amounting to .4 per cent, in leather 4.3 per cent., vehicles for land transportation 3.8 per cent., textiles r cent., stone, clay and glass 2 per cent., liquors and heverages ing .4 per cent Citie reporting unemployment s in May were Chicago with cent., Boston 3.2 per cent., Portland, Ore., 26.4 per cent, New Haven 15.9 per cent,, Memphis 15.6 per cent., San Fran- cisco 14.3 per cent., Peoria, Ill, 11.8 per cent., Perth Amboy, N. J., 10.9 per cent., Louisville 9.5 per cent., Paterson, N. J., s.1, Buffalo 7.9, Cincinnati 7.2, Birming- ham 5.4, New Orleans and Rich- mond, Va., 2.9 b de- REICHSTAG VOTES CONFIDENCE IN CHANCELLOR WIRTH Berlin, June (By reichstaz vesterday voted confidence the government of Chancellor Wirth. The vote was 213 to 77, with 48 members not vot the A. P.).—The vote of confidence was on the ques- ¢ aporoval of the Wirth recent declaration regarding ful- fillment of the allied ultimdtum. A sec- ond section of the same resolution, deal- ing with the government’s attitude toward the Upper Silesian question, also was 1 by a large majority. Before the vote was taken it was stated that as a result of inter-party confereices the ‘cabinet, led by Dr. Wirth, would be- jcome the beneficiary of an indirect vote of confidence. This was looked upon here a san cleventh hour escape from what threatened to be a disavowal of the new government. bloe, approvin, e govern- ment’s program of fulfillment, was with- drawn after the chancellor and leaders of the coalition parties had succeeded in win- ning over the German people’s party and the independent socialists to a definite promise that these two factions would op- pose a resolution of censure proposed by the nationalists, which would deny to the sts, new cabinet the confidence of the reich- e a Parliamentary leaders were outspoken, | how! z that the new min- possibly thrive indefinite- olence.” in declar ver, could = on suc Jene DAY RESIGNS AS CHANCELLOR OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY racuse, N. Y., June 5.—Dr. James Roscoe Day announced tonightythat he would offer his nation as chancalior of Syracuse university at a meeting of L board of trustees on Friday. .Chancellor Day, who will be 76 years old on Oct. 1 completes with commencement this wece twenty-seven years at the head of the university. “I feel that I owe adughter a closer remaining years,” Chancelor Day sa making known his intention to “They have been fearful of my welfare if 1 give up my work, fearing that the reaction, the freedom from labor, might break my healih. But they are now con- vinced that my mind and my heart are set upon several years of travel and study and work of less v.earing sort.” TEN PERSONS INJURED IN COLLAPSE OF AIRPLANE SWING to my Wife companionship in and m Jin Hartford injured, ti when an “air- plane swing today at Capitol park, an amusement place here. Six per- sons were taken to the Hartford hospital. The seriously injured are Pinkerton Block, Hartford, fractured leg; M Kaminsky, New Britain, injuries to right leg; Mrs. Eugene Kania, New Britain, in. jured leg and arm. v The police inquiry cated that a bolt used to hold up a crossarm snapped while the apparatus was in motion. Ta2 cars of the machine swung on their cables and struck the ground. The swing was not moving at full speed at the time, it was said. A_huge crowd which gathered in- terfered ‘Wwith the removal, of the injured. June RADICALS ENDANGER UNIONS IN FRANCE Paris, June 5 (By the A. P.).—The split in the railway men's union following the victory of the communists in the conven- tion last Thursday, when a motion for syndical direction’ of the organization was adopted, has resulted in an animated con. flict over possession of the union's funds and headquarters. Although the com- munists outvoted the mpderates in the convention, the latter still hold the regu- lar organization. The communists have succeeded in gaining possession of the un- ion's building, but Secretary Bidegaray has eucceeded in putting the union's treasury out of reach of the extremists. Disruption not only of the railway men’s union but of the General Federation of Labor is predicted in labor circles here as a result of the extremists' success. DEATH OF JOHN GOLDEN IS MOMENTARILY EXPECTED New York, June 5—The condition of John Golden ,president of the United Eextile workers who suffered a break- dow from overwork more than two weeks ago, was reported tonight as steadily growing worse. His death is expected ‘momentarily. shops | 1.9 per cent., and paper print-| int govern- | resolution introduced by the present | retire. | —Ten persons were Mary | |ence of action and to her nce.” The pre: {from the morial chapel to a crowd jthousand persons auspices of the society. own con of mbled under the Forge historical Just before the address he had attended service within the chapel it- self, to which he wnd Mrs. Harding mo- tored from the country home here of Senator Philander C. Knox, with whom as: Valley re spending the week-end. | At luncheon ator Penrose also were {Knox home, and during the afternoon | Senator Knox and his three distinguish- ed viistors had a long talk. The meet- mng started many stories of impending developments in Pennsylvania politics Ibut none of those present has anything new to say on the subject. At the memoriai chapel, whose corner stone was laid in 1903 by President velt, special patriotic services were held i Harding. | At the outdoor ceremonies the presi- ident was made a member of the histori- cal society, of which Dr. W. Herbert Burk, rector of the chapel, is president. Mr. Harding was praised in a short ad- dress by Mr. Burk as “a leader who ibiends religion with patriotism,” and was presented with membership insignia {bearing the inscription “A Token of preciation and a Pledge of Loyalty. In part the president said in his ad- ss “It is good to come to this shrine of liberty mot alone to offer willing tribute to those who perished here, but to rededi- |cate ourselves to the patriotism which sufferéd and sacrificed here in order th: andards of freedom and dem- should abide. -y Forge tested the heroic reso- lution of the new world contender for Ii- berty. In the crucible of suffering they blended the conflicting clements-of the colonies and revealed the metal of the re- public. “They Ap- dr proved that lofty heroism is overnor Sproul and Sen-| guests at the! honor of the coming of President | ent's adress was delivered |wonder of it is that they cloister of the Washington Me-|der so readily responsive to the m ashington and the he- roes of Vailey Forge is to be held to re- gist the order of man progress. The made that or- t several | deelopment of which they never dream- ed. Our supreme task is to préserve the fundamentals of our new world liberty and guard against the abuses and inj tices which have sought 1o attach them- selves to the established order since the world began. The rational work of ev- ery civilization is to cure without de- stroying and guard against the enemies of liberty which come to us cloaked in pretended helpfulness. “Here is the chief difficulty of the world today. In the turbulence and up- heaval of World war, when all human- ity was distracted and distressed, the vandals who operate amid calamity have sought to loot suffering civilization. But an America dedicated to its stand- ards at Valley Forge will hold fast and suffer if need be until our inherited in- stitutions are justified and guaranteed anew to this generation and all poster- ity. —— “T like to say to you—perhaps you like me to say it, because 1 am answerable to you for the policy of the republic, 1 believe I speak what is in your hearts, and in the heart of ali America, when 1 say that we ought to have the courage, the appreciation, the resolution, the conm- science, and the judgment, to maintair unendangered the inherited foundations of the fathers, and ever mimiful of their sufferings, still play our part to human- ity in the generations to come. I can think of an America that can maintain every heritage and yet help humanity throughout the world to reach a little higher plane. “But when I pledged our Ameriea te world helpfulne: at the same time 1 exact the pledge that America will cling %0 her own independence of action and te her own conscience. “I want an America of preserved con- science—I want an America of preserved righteousness—aye, an America clinging to the religious devotion which has been the anchorage of our civilization.” |MORGAN MEMORIAL, HARTFORD, WAS LOOTED BY BURGLARS Hartford, Conn., June 5.—The Mor- |san Memorial, on Main street, was en- red by burglars last night. discovery of the burglary today, it |was sald that valuable ¢ aces and ta- pestries from the collection of the late J. {P’. Morgan were stolen. The loss was Following |the Memorial. Police detectives working on the case said that they had a clue as to the bur- slars. It was believed that two or three |men gained entrance by way of the roof and carried the loat to a waiting auto- 1 mobile. The directors of the memorial ordered ithe building closed today and tomorrow. They would make no statement as to the |loss. The building contained many art {treasures from the collection of J. P. Morgan, who had lived in this city. The building was under guard tonight. ULTIMATUM BY FRENCH | . TolGx: AL VON HOEFER Oppeln, Silesia, June 5.—(By The A. P.) An ultimatum has been issued by |the French to®General Von Hoefer say- ling that unless within twenty-four hours |he withdraws the German forces which |advanced several kilometers on the An- naberg sector in Upper Silesia following the insurgent attacks Friday and Sat- urday, French troops in the industrial |sections will be withirawn. | The ultimatum, delivered by a British |liason officer, was merely” caknowledged iby Von Hoefer. It was not answered, |but an appointment has been made for a meeting at Oppeln at 11 o'clock tomor- row morning between Von Hoefer and {General Von Hunneur, the British com- i mander. !Fomnm MEXICAN GENERAL SHOT IN MILITARY PRISON Mexico City, June 5—(By The A, P.) {General Fernando Vizcaino, former chief {of staff for General Pabio Gonzaiés, ex- provisional president, was shot this morning in the military prison after having been convicted by a courtmartial of vomenting a revolution against the goernment. General Vizcalno was captured late Saturday night in Mexico City. S 4,725 LIQUOR ARRESTS IN NEW YORK SINCE APRIL 7 New York, June 5.—Snce the Mullan- Gage dry law went intd effect on April 4 the police have made 4,725 arrests and among other things have confiscated 55 248 Dbottles and 3,709 Larrels of all sorts of liquor. according to a statement made ‘}".xcrday by John A, Leach, acting po- {lice commissioner. For the twenty-four |hours ending at midnight Friday 77 ar- rests were made of alleged violators. Scizures also include 2 automobile trucks, 48 automobiles, 4 taxicabs, ¢ wa- ons, 4 horses, 1 push cart, 1 baby car- ge, 70 stills, 1,058 jugs, 80 jars, containers, 5 tea Kettles, 609 cans, 5 cop- per boilers, 54 pocket flasks, 5 handbags, 11 suit cases and motor boats. OBITUARY. Hon. Willlam Crooks. London, June 5.—(By The A. ) The Right IHomorable Willlam Crooks, who served as labor member of parliament for nearly twenty years, died today. {discovered by Frank B. Gay, curator of | ANTI-BOLSHEVIX MILITIA PREVENTED FROM LANDING Peking, June 5.—Anti-bolshevik mill- tia at Viadivostok has prevented the landing of General Semenoff, who recent. ly left Dainy to take charge of the rev- olutionary movement there. It is declar- ©d the militia acted with the approval of the consular body in Viadivostok mem- bers of which aggreed that the presence of General Semenoff was not desired at last until the population of the Siberiam maritime province had been given anm opportunity 1o express some desire re garaing the character of the government to be established. This dispatch would seem to comfilet with one received Saturday night from Tokio, which declared that information received at the Japanese capital indicat- ed that General Semenoff had been Maced at the head of the new govera- ment in Viadivostok. TAKE FOURTH DEGREE OF ENIGHTS OF COLUMBUS New Haven, Conn., June 5.—The ex- emplification of the fourth degree by the Connecticut district of the Knights of Columbus was given here this afternoon for 290 candidates from all parts of the state. The work was under the di- rection of John N. Lee of Norwich. Of the candidates recciving the degree 104 were from New Haven, 25 from Win- sted, 22 ford, 18 from Nor- 2 from Stamf wich, 15 from New Britain, 13 from New London, 12 from Hartford, 10 from Bridgeport and seven from Waterbury. At a dinner tonight the speakers were William R. Larkin of New York, and William J. Mulligan of Thompsonville, supreme directors of the Knights of Co- lumbus, and Mayor Fitzgerald of New Haven. JAPANESE OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF GEAFT Tokio, June 5 (By the A. P.)).—A na- tional sensation has been created by the decision of the department of justice to institute criminal proceedings against Seiichi Makamishi. a prominent member of the Ssiyukai, or opposition party, for alleged breach of trust in the conduct of the South Manchuria railway, of which he is vice president. The charges against him are based om the purchase of railway supplies, includ- ing a colliery. The privy council has adopted resolutions censuring the man- agement because of alleged graft, declar- ing that the railway, which was “won at the price of the blood of the people,” has a vital bearing on Japanese prosperity in Asia. CHARGED WITH COMPLICITY IN HUSBAND'S DEATH ew York, June 5.—Mrs. Eva Cathar- ine Kaber, widow of Daniel Kaber, of Cleveland, Ohio, a published, who was murdered about two years ago, was held without bail today to await extradition on a charge of complicity in her hus- band’s death. Mrs. Kaber was arrested last night in the home of Mrs. Verona Smith. She was mdicted o Cloveland ral days ago. .=, Mrs. Kaber domied in her husband's death. ————i Wood of the fangrove tree 8 proof. =