Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 15, 1921, Page 1

S B i Norwich VOL. LXII—NO. 144 POPULATION 29,685 SENATE DISAGR HOUSE PEACE RESOLUTION, - =z .. Declines to Accept the Porter Knox Draft—Porter Resolution Was Sent to Conference by the Senate For Adjustment of Differences With the Knox Measure—Senate Democrats Decry Achievements of President Harding’s Administration—Republicans Ig- nored the Challenge. Washington,' June 14. — The Porter olution was sent to conferemce the semate for adjustment cf he differences between that measure and on, adopted recently by peace day by senate voted to formally disagree he amendment of house, waich Knox draft and substi- draft. Senate confer- ze, Massachusstis, Pennsylvania, repablizans, Nebraska, demora Underwood, Alabama. the ameadment e acceptable o h'm Knox lut on, Te- deciaration. He added would vote tae | n it o m con 4 mot vote 1o biing such amanner. was mo SENATE DEMOCRATS DECRY REPUBLICAN ACHIE Ts| E! 14.—Senate e demo- | broadside against| claims of achievements dur-| ce rionths of President Harding's a tration. Led by Sena-| tor Pat Harmson of Mississippl, who led for more than hour with a epeech bristling with the movement bore all | concerted attempt to| cal debate, but the challenge nched a general pol cans declined t Harding. Senator Harri- 2s he belabored | won ack tronta the repub ver age of the| emergency bill, which he charac-| terized an “utter viplation of party tedges ts inception and “an admi ted failure enactment ; for their ficulties “in the little job of passing a resolution Lodge and Knox, the republi- an senate spokesmen on foreign’ affairs; and for alleged failure to get together with the nresident to reduce taxation. President Harding, he asserted, “invited obbyists for conference” to Wash- and administration appointments, nciuding those of Governor Bome of Alaska and Chairman Lasker of the shipping board, he held up to scorn, winding up with a satirical reference to seneral Sawyer, the president's personal physician Speaking from the center of & group democratic senators, who pointed his barbs with question and suggestion, he ashed out by name at republican sena- tors, who refused 1o be stung into retort, saly once. Kenyon, republican, lswa, interrupted “because there is 50 much laughter on the democratic side I cannot hear the jokes." “Strange political acrobatic- perform- ances” they were exhibiting, Semator Harrison told them. reminding them that Senaior the distinguished senator from Wash- ngton, Mr. Poindexter, in charge of the naval bill, came away from the White House with gloom in his face” because Vresident Harding could not sustain the Borah resolution for naval disarmament. | And then, like a clap of thunder out a clear sky, the whole crowd over ere added, pointing to the repub- can ranks, “changed right around.’ You promised to establish peace right| reek” he told them, “yet your simple little resolution is not passed yet.! The senate resolution, framed by Senator sox of Pennsylvania, supported by your sajority leader, Senator Lodge, whose « a household word, is demolished house. They have offered you an and it is sald the house resolu- not senate, has President sy tion larding's favor.” it the Yes' chuckied John Sharp Williame ¢ Mississippi, “they have mixed the ables up.” The emergency agricultural which was offered to “raise the cost everything om the workingman's table, Senator Harrison eaid, had® done ‘“no good to the farmers of the country, though you would not let us take the (ariff off the things the farmer has to ® tarift, t ou pass a resolution by Senator Len. sot (republican, Wisconsin) to investi- gate agricultural conditions looking for something to relieve the farmers” he| ontinued, “admitting the tarift cannot the good. An agricultural bloc of d_representatives keeps meet- | ng here constantly trying to do some- ving for the farmers of the country, be-| ause they know they are in distress.” | Semator Gerry, democrat, Rhode Is and, interrupted to read a statement by | Senater Smoot, republican, Utah, that taxes might have to be increased Oh, the people will find out sooner or ater,” Senator Harrison remused glee- fully. “Where are your campaign Medtu: o reduce taxation and expenses of gov- smment? You are passing the biggest dsficiency appropriation bills that have ever gome through here. With one excep- on Senator MeKellar, democrat, Tennes- supplemented this with the assertion nat “bilis for more clerk hire” and for more jobs” were being put through. Democrats got revenue bills into the! senate “inside of thirty days.” Senator| Harrisen continued, “but republican com. | mittees have been working months and months at the revenue and tariff meas- ures promised, and they baven't gotten out yot" Senator Kin| something about tari? lobbies and Sema- or Harrison said: They ars swarming hers. President Harding invites the lobbylsts to come ere for conference, and they are eom- mg. But 1 don't blame them so much as 1 do the republican leadership which avites them. “President Harding offered the place of chairman of the shipping board to the head of the Standard Oil company and 1o the head of the United States Steel corporation. He walted months. and then he turned to a Chicago advertising man whe framed that wonderful cam- paign siegan, ‘We are done with wiggle and wobble’ Wanted to compensate him, § Dresume, and he made Mr, Lasker democrat. Utah, sald | GOY. sebesmilcdi il o G EES WITHTHE CABLED PAF Belgian Eed Cress Buy Brussels, June 14.—The Belglan MI ross, it was announced here today, has purchased one gramme of radium in Colorado. The purchase price was given DARING HOLD-UP IN THE Draft as a Substitute For the chalrman. “Then Scott Bonme, the publicity man for the republican campaign, is compen- sated by being appointed governor of Alaska. “And how about Dr. Sawyer, his per- sonal physician? What would the coun- try do without General Sawyer? He is to build a new department here of public welfare.” A considerable number of republicans were in the chamber when the democratic attack began and some half dozen stayed to the finish. Senator Lodge and Senator Curtis, the republican whip. walked off to lunch. Debate was resumed on the packer bill when it subsided. BOSTON PRINTERS CONTINUE THEIR ILLEGAL STRIKE Boston, June 14.—Newspaper compos- itors who walked out of morning and evening newspaper offices here last night | and today, voted at a meeting tonight not to return to worh until their de- mands for a wage increase were grant- ed. This action was taken after Syl- vester J. McBride, president of Boston Typgraphical Union, No. 13, had told the men they had made a mistake in going out and urged them to return to work. Michael Wale, Who presided, told the | meeting that the wage scale desired had been presented to the publishers by a committee of the men this afternoon but that the publishers had declined to treat with them. The scale, he said, called for $1.22 an hour for aay workers, §1.29 for night workers, and $1.36 for the * ster shift.” All evening newspapers wae publi: today, but most of them fewer pag- es than usual. Preparatioas were made for the publication of all morring pa- Pers tomorrow. red NEW HAVEN REJECTS COUNCIL- MANAGER GOVERNMENT New Haven, Conn., June 14—A new city charter providing for a council- manager form of government in New Haven was rejected by the voters-iolay in a speclal referendum election. The complete vote was 18,217 against and 7,909 in favor. The interest in the referendum was great and the vite that was polled—more than 26,000—was 65 per cent. of the to- tal vote cast here in the presidaitia! election last fall A large number of women vo‘ed. The campaign on the charter issue has been waged since the charter amendmou: vent through the state legislature some w ago. Political lines were not n cvi dence in the discussion of the sues- tion and considerable space in the loral newspapers had been given the argu- ments on the issue. Of the 25 voting precincts in the city, only four st -wed majorities for the council-manager proposal. NEW ENGLAND NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ORGANIZE Braintree, Mass, June 1i—About fifty publishers of New Enzland news- papers at a meeting at the Kennel ciub here today, organized the Ensland | Daily Newspaper Association. Its an- nounced purpose is the exchange of i formation for the benefit of members. Benjamin H. Anthony, of New Bedford, was_ elected president. The other officers chosen were: presidents, :John R. Rathom, dence; secretary, Sherman H. Springfield; treasurer, A. H. Faller, of Brockton; directors, W. H. Dow. Port- land, Maine; J. A. Muehling, Mancles- ter, N. H.; F. E. Langley, Ba:rs, Vi.; John D. Plummer, Springfeid; Robert Wright, Haverhill; Charles O Blaci, Pawtucket, R. L, and W. J. Pape, Wa- terbury, Conn. Vice Provi- Bowles, ADMIEAL SIMS OBEYS SEC'Y DENBY'S OEDER ‘Washington, June 14.—Secretary Den- by received a cablegram toiay from Rear Admiral Sims at Londoa sayinz that the secretary’s message revoking nis leave and ordering him nom> immed'- ately had been reeceived yesterday and that he was salling tomorrow on the first avallable steamer. Mr. Sims cablegram went forward to Mr. Denby’s cablegram went forwarl to Admiral Sims on Saturda;. On his| return to this country the officer will report in person to the naval secretary who is expected to question him res: ing his recent address in London attack- ing Sinn Fein sympathizers in the United States, STEAMSHIPS TO LIMIT NUMBEE 0 FIMMIGRANTS ‘Washington, June 14. — Steamship companies have agreed to limit the num- ber of immigrants they will bring into American ports each month to the av- erage capacities of the ports as fixed by the immigration authorities, W. W. Hus- band, commissioner-general of immigra- tion, announced today. Arrivais at Bllis Island will be so con- trolled, Mr. Husband said, as not to exceed 1,500 a day, and probably will average about 1,000, During the rush After the war 5,000 immigrants have been handled at the isiand in a day. . LAKE HAS SIGNED $26,000,000 BUDGET ll".l! Hartford, Conn, June 14—Governor | Lake today signed the buiget bill rass- | d by the legislature in ,‘s closing days | and which covers expenditures of $26-; 020,008 in the next two years by state institutions and departments. Another bill signed by ths goverzor| included one placing policemen and fire- | men under the workmen's compensation laws and ome providing ior a state ath | 1y sent outu to try and locate the high- {Henry C. F 1 was conceded that | doning his old home in Pittsburgh. It | Forsman's arrest and that she fled to In- Newton, N. J., June 14.—One man was killed and two .others kept bound to a tree for several hours in the mountains in a daring hold-up today by six masked men who succeeded in getting away with an automobile truckload of silk valued at §20,000. The hold-up occurred at Cat Swamp, seven miles from here. The man shot and killed was Charles Kosta, aged 35 years, an engineer of Andover. He was on his war to work, on his mo- torcycle, and the highwaymen, not want- ing him to spread the alarm, ordered him to stop. Instead he put on speed and tried to pass them. The bandits opened fire, two bullets piercing Kota's chest and another striking him in the shoulder. He fell from the motorcycle dead. The motor truck, manned by Claude Resh, driver, and Charles Mann, his helper, was rounding a curve in the road when ‘six men, all armed and wearing handkerchiefs over their faces. jumped out from the roadside. “Get off the truck, and be quick about it, both of you,” the bandits' leader call- ed to them. They did so promptly. Four of the bandits then started to lead them to some bushes just off the road. Resh and Mann were taken back some distance from the road and bound hand and foot to trees. ¥our of the highway- men remained guard over them while the other two sped off with the truck. Resh and Mann managed to free them. selves from their bonds after more than an hour's effort. They walked to the nearest house and gave the alarm by tel- ephone. Deputy sheriffs were immediate- waymen and the trck, but neither Resh nor Mann was able to give them a good description of them. WHERE WAS FRICK RESIDENT AT TIME OF HIS DEATH? New York, June 14—Surrogate Foley today reserved decision after hearing ar- guments on the question of Whether ick, multi-millionaire, was a resident of this state or ‘Pennsylvania at the time of his death. If adjudged a New Yorker, the steel magnate's es- tate will be subject to a heavy state in- tance tax. Tne state contended that the erection by Mr. Frick of a $4,000,000 mansion cre and his pians for placing in it & a great art collection was evidence that he intended to make his permanent home here, even though he maintained a more modest domicile in Pittsburgh. It Mr. Frick had been of the honest opinion that he was a Tesl- dent of Pennsyivania. Counsel for the Frick executors’ de- clared a person had a right to :‘llect his own domicile -and that the stéel pan, despite. his \ew«y&m mer residence In Massachusetts, always had been loyal to Pennsylvania. The de- fense asserted New York musf prove Mr. Frick had declared an intention of aban- announced diaries belonging to Mr. Frick’s daughter would be presented to that he never had relinquished his show t Pennsylvania citizenship. STRAINED RELATIONS BETWEEN SOVIET RUSSIA AND LETVIA Riga, June 14—(By The A. P.) The relations between Soviet Russia and Let- via appear to be becoming more strained daily through what the Letts term the interference of M. Ganetsky, the Soviet minister to Letvia, in Lettish affairs. No present military ageression is feared, however, Lettish officials say. M. Ganetsky on Wednesday threaten- ed to withdraw the legation to Moscow, but it still is here, and it is reported Ganetsky himself is to be replaced soom. The crux of the matter, according to the Lettish officials, is the fact thy dan- gerous communists, When caughty imme- diately claim they desire to be Russian citizens under the provisions of the Dpeace treaty between Russia and Letvia, which give option as to citizenship. The boishevik legatiou ~then intercedes, the Letts declare, and tries to secure the release of the communists. Nifie members of an alleged communist fighting organization were courtmadtizi- ed and executed here on Friday last sim- ultaneously and there is a disoute vver the deportation of 97 alleged vnderisa- bles to the Russian frontier. The Rue- sian legation here charges this was a violation of the treaty, as Rusyia's per- mission had not been secured. ALASKAN QUESTIONS WERR DISCUSSED BY CABINET ‘Washington, June 14—Legislation to strengthen the powers of the president in dealing With certain Alaskan ques- tions is understood to be favored by the administration. The question was dis. cussed at today's cabinet meetin Where it developed that the hands of the federal government were tied to some extent by the fact that the agencies dealing with Alaska are so scattered among the gov- nment departments. After the meeting it was indicated that administration support would bs thrown behind some specific measure to bring all of these powers directly under the pres- ident. Such a bill probably will be pressed at the next eession o com- gress. ' BESSIE SIMPSON ARRESTED ON STATUTORY CHARGES Tlinots, June 14. — Bessle 20, on whose breast - Glenn Forsman, of Edgar county, carved his initials, is in the oounty jail today in defauit of $1,000 bond. The girl was found in hiding at her mother's home last night and arrested on statutory charges. Forsman, against whom six indictments are pending, will go_to trial in November. The girl told the sheriff she was ad- vised by an attorney to leave town after Paris, Simpson, dianapolis and from there to Vincerines, and Terre Haute. Finally she decided to kill herself, she claimed, but changed her mind and came home to see her mother, Her arrest followed. JOHN G. EMERY ELECTED . NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1921 Measure to Bring Ex-Kaiser to Tria For His Crimes Against Hu- - manity—Caused a Sensa- tion in the French Senate. Paris, June 14.—(By The A. P.) Sena- tor Duplantier put before the French senate today an interpeilation on “what measures_the French government Intends to take Toncerming execution .of the treaty of Versailles relative to bringing Willlam Hohenzollern, ex-kaiser of Ger- many, to trial for his crimes against hu- manity.”, The senator. asked that a date for discussion of his interpellation be fixed Immediately. Amid a tremendous tumult Alexandre Bernard, who was presiding over the sen- ate owing to the illness of Leon Bour- geoi3, the senmate's president, urged that a date for the interpellation could not be decided until Premier Briand, who did mot attend the session, was present. . Senator Dutlantier’s demand for the interpeliation caused a sensation in the senate. The upper chamber was in such an uproar as has mever been seem in it since the Caillaux trial, many senators enodrsing the demand and oflers oppos- ing it on the ground that more serlus business was on hand. M. Duplantier ex- pressed surprise that Premier Briand was absent, saying he had informed him of his desire to interpellate on Sun- day ast, When he “heard about the scandalous judgments being rendered by the Leipsic court” trying war criminals. Many senators seconded M. Duplan- tier and asked that the date for the in- terpellation be set for Friday, June 17. M. Berard, however, was obdurate. He Steamship Owners Decline to Sign Believe Signing of Strike Set- tlement Would be a Grave Error of Judgment. New York, June 14—H. H. Raymond, president of the American Steamship Owners Association, late today tele- graphed Chairman Lasker of the ship- ping board, asking him not to sign a strike settiement agreement With union | engineers. Mr. Raymond asked permission to record with the board reasons why the owners believed such action would be a grave error of judgment. Earlier in the day New York locals of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial As- sociation had agreed to ratify the pro- posed agreement under protest, but call- ed for resignation of National President Brown. The text of Mr. Raymond's telegram follows: “We earnesty request that no action be taken toward signing nn agreement with the engineers’ union #1til opportu- y is given to Americau ship-owners to record with the new board the rea- sons why they believe such a signed agreement would be a grave error of judgment on- the part of the board and the government of the United States. “A long record of defiant lawlessness and attempted destruction of human life and of government property by strikers should make it absolutely im- possible for your beard to take any such action as is said to be contem- plated. Under a signed agreement the| loyal men who stood by their ships and 2 n terview Tuesday. “Norwich selves to support the merchants in final word, Mr. Mitchell said, “W merchants will offer.” urban fliers from his Curt announcement Tuesday that he is hi As has been air as a_merchandising center. The hour for the openi Day thousands and watch Frida; make .a flight over eastern Connecticut Thursday wi Tuesday making final arrangements for the distribution of 30,000 Sub- bi- Norwich Suburban Day to be a Great Co-Operative Trade Event “Suburban Day is a co-operative trade event which means a great deal to the people of eastern Connecticut if they only take advantage of the opportunity which it offers to buy with economy,” bald " Mitchell, Jr., of the Porteous and Mitchell Company in an in- is the natural greater part of the territory lying east of the Connecticut river, he continued, and Suburban Day is an occasion when Norwich merchants unite to show the advantages which this city can offer in the way of merchandise values and complete stocks. Every community, no matter how small, has its own stores, and the people owe it to them- id Archi- trading center for the their particular community, so far as they can. What Norwich merchants are striving to do is to supply those needs Which the stores in the smaller towns cannot fill” As a feel that visitors to Norwich on Suburban Day will be well satisfied with the values that Norwich in Norwich plane. Lieut. Chadwick made the planning to make a special flight over Norwich between 5 and 6 o'clock Thursday afternoon at which time he will perform startling and sensational stunts among the clouds. This special feature will take place after he has completed flight over eastern Connecticut. dy announced the Suburban Day merchants are making arrangements to have special trolley and train accomo- dations for the thousands who will flock to Norwich Saturday from all sections of the eastern part of the sf m._rchlnh of Norwich who have taken up the Suburban Day plan are doing so for the purpose of demonstrating the superiority of Norwich The one hundred leading ng of the stores Suburban Day mornin has no_t yot been announced. Watch for the announcement of the m..z and minute the Norwich stores will o pen their doors to the Suburban y’s Bulletin for the hundreds of special and real values‘which will be offered by the Norwich mareh.m:.'I i . .w-tch for the birdman tomerrow (Thursday). He visit every town and village in eastern Connecticut. is going to finally managed to make himself heard in the din and postponed the date of dis- cussion of the Subject indefinitely, NO DIVIDEND ACTION ¥OE BOSTON & MAINE Boston, June 14—Announcement that no action was taken by the bpard of di- Tectors of the Boston & Maine railroad at a meeting today in the matter of de- charing a dividend on the first preferred stocks, which woul normally be paya ble on July 1, was made by President J. H. Hustis. He pointed out that divi- dends on thess stocks were cumulative 2o pmid. thay, woRd be paid. when’ safas In a statement jssued after the mest- ing Mr. Hustis said: “The conditions which made it neces- 531y to defer action on the preferred dividends due January 1, last, have con- tinued during the intervening months, and as a result it is estimated that the deficit for the first six months of 1921, after the payment of fixed charges and taxes, will be over $7,000,000.”" The statement added: “We believe, however, that thers is & turn in the adverse tide against which we have been struggling and that the second half of the year will show a dif- terent tendency.” EemeS B AL 2 TEN PEBRSONS INJURED IN A MIMIC GAS ATTACK Chester. Pa,, June ~ 13.—Ten persons Wwere injured, one of them seriously, when shebA used in a mimic gas attack, staged in eomnection with the closing ex- ercises of the Penneylvania Military Col- {lego here tonight, exploded and sent fragments of iron amongst the specta- tors. * Samuel Dietch, of Chester, was the most seriously injured. His chest was crushed and ribs fractured. More. than 120 shells had been fired successtully when a number burst about fifty feet”in the air and showered the dpectators with “iron fragmenmts. The shells were filled with phosphorus smoke to give the appearance of a gas attack. HEAD OF AMERICAN LEGION Indianapolis, June 14.—John G. Emery 5f Grand Rapids, Mich., Was unanimous- letic commission to have supervision over boxing and wrestling contests, ) s Germany is now manufacturing dyes on a huge seale. Last year its dye fac- tories produced 145,000 tons. ly clected national commander of the American Legion at a meetinz of the na- tional executive committee today. He succeeds Col. Frederick W. Galbraith, Jr., who was killed in an automobile ac. cident here last Thursday. P AN AMERICAN PENSIONEE SHOT DEAD IN IRELAND — Dublin, June 14—(By The A. 'P) Thomas 'Rush, who was shot to death Sunday evening at Licacul, near Castel- reagh, by crown forces, was a pension- er of the American army, it was official- Iy ‘stated today. He returned to Ire- jand fourtcen months ago and probably was an American citizen, It was added. their flag in this emergenc; sacrificed in violation | of ym""i‘fm'.'fi pmr;m of the board, “We speak from long tance and intimate understanding :ntq‘t:innrik. ing unions as now constituted and led, We ask for a fair chance to present our case before the new board when all of its members have been qualified and are prepated to act with vy adequate informa- The resolution ad neers follows: “The national president has s an agreement which he knew ?o‘n:z contrary to the “wishts of the member: ship in New York, and he disregarded the request that he appear in person be- fore the membership of the New York locals to ascertain their sentiments. ‘Therefore, be it resolved that al- though respecting constituted authority, We accept the signed agreement only under protest and that it be the sense of tiris meeting that our national presi- dent, William R. Brown, tender his res- ignation. A telegram from Mr. Brown, read be- fore the meeting, stated that he had been called to Pittsburgh and woul be unable to attend. A committee was named to olan amal- gamation of Locals 33 and 80, No_action looking toward a settlement had yet been taken by the marine fire- men, watertenders, oilers, seamen, cooks, stewards and radio operators, who went out with The engineers May 1. Local of- ficials of these unions have gona to Washington at the invitation of federal mediators. lopted by the “engi- e JAPANESE WARSHIPS AERIVE OFF EAMCHATEA Reval, Esthe sa, June 14—(By The A. P.) According to advices from Moa- COW today a Japanese cruiser and tor. Dpedo boat have arrived off Kamchatka fog the stated purpose of guarding Jap- anese fishermen. _ The forces of the far eastern repub- lie of Siberia, whose seat is in Chita, are reported to be preparing a line of defense in the Lake Baikal and Irkutsk districts. THREE-DAY STRIKE HAS ENDED IN MUNICH Paris, June 14—The general three- BRIEF TELEGRAMS For the most mecessary relief werk, $500,000 is needed by the City of Pueb- io, CoL Lieutenant Colonel = Robert E. Olds American Red Cros scbmmissioner fu: Europe, announced his resignation. Federal Sugar Refining Co. and Warn er Sugar Refining Co. reduced ‘the price of refined sugar to & cents. American Smelting and Befining _Ce. reduced the price of lead from 4.75 to 4.50 cents a bound. Prairle Oil and Gas Ce., Chicago, Te- duced the price of mid continent crude 25 cents a barrel to $1.25 a barrel. The United States torpedo beat des- troyer Willlamson arrived at Naple from Tunis o her way to Constantinople. Governor Lake signed the bill provid- ing for the extension of shad fishing ten days. The season will close under it on June 20. Austen Chamberlain in the House of Commons announced Great Britain will remain neutral with regard to the con- flict between Greece and Turkey. abor Davis declared congestion at Ellis Island and other ports is being rapidly relieved by the reléase of immigran Secretary of J. C. Rogers, who joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1864, and was vice president in 1907, sold his membership and will retire. Sergeant Lawrence Roberts, Fifth in- fantry, U. S. A, at Coblenz, committed suicide in a fit of despondency. He shot himself in the head. Colonel Robert E. Collam, coast ar- tillery corps, was nominated by President Harding to be a brigadier general, to fill the the acancy caused by the death of Brigadier General John W. Ruckman. It was announced in London that It- aly approves British plan to reestablish the authority of .the allied commission of contro lin the entire disturbed area of Upper ilesia. _Several fire companles wero semt to Rising Sun, Md., from Wilmington, Del., 20 miles away, to aid the town in fight- ing a fire which is sald to threaten the whole town. Secretary Weeks at & comferemes with Chairman Kahn of the house Military committee approve the plans to increase acreage used for military purposes in the Hawaiian Isiand. Eight additional mills of McKeesport Tin Plate Co., of Pittsburgh, resumed, furnisaing work for several hundred men. Recent big fire at the plant destroyed all the surplus of finished tin. The Italian sepate has decided to mom- inate Tomasse Titon! as its president to succeed himself, says an exchange tele- graph dispatch. The vote was 256 to 5. Commander Ralston Holmes, eaptain of the presidential yacht Mayflower, was designated as naval aid to President Harding. He will continue in command of the Mayflower. Gifts to Wells college totalling $7¢,- 000 were announced yesterday At i's fifty-second annual commencemen*. Ti largest gift was a bequest of $32,L00 from the late C. C. Converse .f Grzen- wich, Conn. American coastwise shipping would be exempted from payment of Panama Ca- nal tolls under a bill ordered favorably reported b ythe senate interoceanic ca- nals committee. Senator Calder, Elbert H. Gary, ehalr- man of the board of the United States Steel corporation; and James Roscoe Day, retiripg chancallor, received ithe degree of doctor of laws at Syracuse University. Herman Hormel was nominated to be surveyor of customs for District Ne, 4 with headquarters at Boston, and Os- good C. Blaney was named assistant ap- praiser of merchandise for the same dis- trict. Harry Wilmont, negro cook en the schooner Gardiner G. Deering, was ai rested on the arrival of the vessel at Bath, Me., on the charge of murder of ?:ntlln Chester T. Wallace, of the Deer- ng. Edward J. Sulllvan, county paymaster, who was suspended during an invesitga- tion of a shortage of $40,000 in the ac- counts of Thomas J. O'Daly, cashier in the Boston city treasurer's office, will be reinstated. One of the possibilities surrounding the Turco-Greek situation is that the sallies, in agreement with the Turkish nation- alists, may ask Charles E. Hughes, the | American secretary of state, 1o arhitrate the questions in dispute. J. Louis Guyon, proprictor of ome of | the largest dance halls in the country at Chicago, told the Chicago's Dpiscopal clergymen that ‘jazz music has the same effect on dancers as five blg drinks, four fingers of whiske; Declaring that ‘the mation must rely upon its reserve armies in time of war, Secretary of War Weeks has written to governors urging that they do all in their jpower to strengthen the- organized re- serve, A train containing ldiers whe loeted Wuchang, on the right bank of the Yangtsekiang, cpposite Hankow, was fired on'by local troops at Sfaokan. Three hundred of the looters were killed or wounded. . Attorney Gemeral Harry M. Dangherly has transferred George H. Cohen from special United States atorney to assist- ant United States attorney, 2,100 a year. Dr. John Tigert, United States commis- sioner of education, showed at a lun- cheon in Lexington, Ky., a new translu- cent motion picture screen {nvented by Thomas A. Edison and a number of other men working together, by means . of which motion pictures can be shown without darkening a room. The disappenrance of Paul Marzle, a boy six years old, of Quincy, Mass., was explained when he was found strangled in a railroad vard. He had apparently day strike called ¢n June 11 in Munich, |been playing on a pile of rocks and in s a protest against the murder of Dep. | jumping from them the shoulder of his uty Gareis, leader of the Bavarian in-|sweater caught in_a bolt protruding dependent socialist party on Thursday | from a guy wire, drawing the neck of last, was declared ended today, says a |the sweater so tight that he Was strangl- ed. dispaich from Munch. _ - district of Connecticut, with salary at the rate of Department of Justice is Acting Upon the Approval of Presi dent Harding—A Special Object is to Punish Those Guilty of Dishonesty and Clear From Suspicion Those Whose Dealings Have Been Fair, ‘Washington, June 14—Investigation by lows,” the attorney general sald the department of justice of a:l jeajor war-time contracts with the goverament ‘has been begun, Attorney Generai Paugherty acaounced today. To handle the work, whica 1as ihe ay- proval of President Harding, Ms Daugh- erty said a special bureau is being_or- ganized which will have as iis Jicag some well-known man of vroved abuity ard a staff of experts in dilfereat Lines of business. The purpose of the investigat'on, ha explained, is to sift the war-tim. dealings of business concerns and individuals with the government in order that those guil- ty of dishonesty may be-punished and those whose deal.ngs have been fair may be cleared from what he declared were suspicions prevalent in the public mind that all of the government's war com- tracts are open to question. Declaring that the investization was not directed primamily at e little fed- % “we will throw back any minnows we cateh in our net and Jet them start over again.® At the conclusion of the work, Mr. Daugherty said, he would submit & report to the president, but meanwhile would not disclose the progress of the Investi- gation lest the government's work be hindered. Mr. Daugherty expressed confidence that the great majority of the business men who had dealings with the governe ment were beyond reprcach in theil methoddPbut that there had undoubteds 1y been a great many instances where business had been done on an umfair basis, The government he said, could mok justify sending men and boys to Prisom for antagonizing the raising of an army during the war, If men who made un< constitutionable profits out of the mas tion at the time of ber greatest distress went unscathed. SEEKING ENDORSEMENT OF PRIVATE SHIF OWNERS ‘Washington, June 14.—An agreement having been reached with marine en- gineers for bringing to a close the long strike in that trade, shipping board of- ficials tonight, were endeavoring 10 se- cure the endorsement of private ship owners to the same settiement. GOMPERS PLACES BLAME FOB WAR ON GERMAN LABOR Denver, June 14.—Blame for the recent world war was placed squarely on the shoulers of organized labor in Germany by President Samuel Gompers in aa ad- dress to tze American Federation of La- bor convention here today. “I hold, and I accept full responsibili- No formal announcement was made to- day of the signing of the agreement ap- proved last nigat by the shipping board, labor department and representatives of the ‘Marine Enginecrs Beneficial Asscci- ation. Members of the new shipping board met for this purpose today but official approval of the agreement Was emected to be withheld until the ar- rival of Commissioners O'Connor and Lissner, the remaining two members of the new board, who are scheduled to be sworn_in -tomorrow. Chalrman Lasker tonight; refused to comment on a teiegram from tse Amer- fean Ship Owners' Association. protesting against the signing of the settiement with the marine enginecos, .~ The telegram, comprising a resolution adopted by the association, asked that the.matter be deferred until its members had been giv- en an opportunity to be heard. Repre- septatives of the association are ex- pected here tomorrow. Radio_operators, seamen, firemen, ofi- ers, cooks and stewa®is will confer with representatives of the shipping board and the department of labor tomorrow, it was announced. In an effort to h: all cratts involved enter into similar agree- ments. Some representatives of the crafts already are in Washington. Matter to be threshed out include the dismissal of picketing injunctions and other suits azainst the unions in various ports, dates of terminations of the agree- ments and numerous rules peculiar to each craft. FIGHTING CONTINUOUS IN THE STREETS OF BELFAST Belfast, June 14.—The fighting was al- most continuous tonight abeut Asnmore street an¢ part of the Falls division, where the police were attacked last Fri day, which Was the beginnng of the pres- ent trouble. A large section of the Falls division was affected, buz when the curfew arrived armorcd cars took possession of the district and the suip- ers reluctantly withdrew. A man and a boy were kiliad. the hoy dying in Victorla hospital. His par- ents’ probably will not be aware of h's fate until the curfew is raised in (he morning. Another youth was hhot in the throat. A GENERAL COURTMARTIAL ~ YOR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT Dublin, June 14.—(By The A. P)—A fleld zeneral court-ma: today began the trial in the city hall of John Joseph dering District Inspector McGrath January 2 last. New Member I. C. O, Johnson B. Campbell, of Spokane, Weshington, lawyer and rate ex- per!, recently:appointed by Presi- dent Harding as a- member of the Interstate Commerce Commissien, ty for what I am about to say.” ssid President Gompers, ~that the organised labor movement of GermaLy falled @ls- mally at the critical hour. “If it had taken the situation ia hand it might have meant the destruction of & few thousand but it would have stopped the war. The fallure of men to act &t & time of crisis is faithlessiess o & com= mon cause.” In his address, which was & response to those of fraternal delegates from Great Britain and Canada, President Gompers dweit upon the attitude of the federation and himself both during the war and since, during the period of re- W St Wy fraternhl delegat § cpresent- ing the Canadian trades and .abor com- gress told the delegates that despite dif- ficulties, organized labor in was at last holding its own. He the inciplency of the “on big union.” —— STILLMAN DIVORCE HEARING TO BE RKESUMED TODAY Poughkeepsic, Y. June 14.—Coun- sel for James A. Stiliman, New York banker, will resume here tomurrow his fight for divorce from the former Fif Potter at hearing before Reteree Daniel J. Gleason. At the same time it is understood that Mrs. Stlllman's attorneys will incredse the severity of her counter attack with a flu;:::ntnury answer 1o the bankers complain in which thres women will be named. Wy Three witnesses, b testity ‘st the three Gay bearing Bag ning tomorrow. One of them i Dr. Hugh L. Russell, Buffalo osteopath, who testified at a previous seesion. Two of the other witnesses are Bern- ard Kelly and his wife, Irene, both of whom were formerly employed at tie Pleasantville estate of the Stilimans, It was said tonight that two Fremeh Canadians from the vicinity of the Stfll- man camp at Three Rivers, Que., also would be called as witnesses tiis week. Attorneys in the case declined 1o confirm, or deny this report. — PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE T0 CUBA Washington, June 14—President Hard« Ing today sent a message of condolenca to President Zayas of Cuba on the death of Former President Gowmes. The mese sage sald “I sead to you and to the gov and to the people of Cuba, the expres- ou of my siucere condolences on the McKeon, member of parliament repre-| national loss sustained by your country senting Longford on a charge of mur-|through the death of the distinguished on| statesman and conspicuous citizen of the republic of Cuba, Ex-President Gomez.” By the direction of President Hard! ful military hoors will be paid when the body of Former President Gomes is taken to Key West to be placed adoard a Cuban cruiser. . Major General Robert L. Bullard, com- m::rll;u:hllr cond corps ates. Govess nor's Island, New .York, was designated by Secretary, Weeks to attend the fu- neral and instructed to assign & battalion of infantry as escort from the church to the railway and eight non-commis- sioned officers as guard on the journey to Key West. Two destroyers will me- company the Cuban vessel to Havana, CASUALTIES IN FIGHTING AT LICK CREEK, VAL Willamsson, W. Va., June 14—One man was killed, two others wounded and 47 residents of the Lick Creek tent col- ony. of idle mirers near Williamson, are in the county j.il as-the result of the, fight late today at Lick Creek between authorities and the colonists, according: to state police headquirters. Alex Breedlové, said to have lived at the. colony, is dead while State Trooper James A Bowles was wounded in the shoulder, and Martin Justice, in charge of the colony received wounds in the cheek and leg. Justice was brought in' tonight by citizen state police. & Reports today to Governor Morgan's ‘office at Charleston, stated that two men, had been killed and another wounded.. HOUSE AND SENATE WORKS ON ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL ‘Washington, June 14.—All points of dierence between the house and senate on the army appropriation bill with the exception of provisions governing the size of next year's army .were i i+l 1 P