Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 27, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIlI—NO. 154 LERMA ON BUSINESS WITH RUSSIA [ommercial Interests in Germany Are to Consider the Moscow Regime as a Government in Fact—A German-Russian Transport Company is Being Formed, in Which the Sovi- et Government Officially Holds a One-Half Interest— Feeling of Optimism Prevails For An Active Resumption of Trading Brtween Germany and Russia. Hamburg, June 26.—(By The A. P.) It is the purpose of the German ship- ping. industrial and banking interests here to take the initiative in carrying on business with Russia. An important step in this direction already has been taken by the organization of the Ger- man-Russian Transport Company, in which the soviet government officially holde a one-half interest, and whieh will exercise general supervision of rafl and water traffic between German ports and Russian destinations, A leading member of the Warburg bank house told the Assoclated Press today that German commercial interests to take the Moscow regime as 1 as a government in fact, He did not look for the eatly down- Nikolal Lenine and Leon Trot- and that he- helieved their forced from the government unspeakable chaos. {d he could not under- nited States ignored the coviet administration in Russia. We belleve Russia is becoming more . and are not inclined to share the on prevailing in many quarters that e country e being run by radicals,” he tinued. *“The Russian problem Is so ricate that a solution of it is impes- 's of achievement by any one power, or by private” groups. It calls for co- ord‘nation and International collabora- tion At the offices of the FMamburg-Amerl- in stand why the present i e, which controls the other halt f in the nmew German-Russian Transport company. the correspondent 1 a feeling of ontimism with respect nrosnects for an active resump- trading between Germany and n of Ruse There is less reason for being At dentvabout going into Russla under pres- ent conditions than existed when the Eu- ropean powers decided to venture into ‘darkest Africa.’” said one of the direc- tors. This man, as well as other German leaders in “big business” Wwho recently talked with Leonid Krassin, said they were impressed with the personality and candor of the Russian. “We talked business only,” sald the Hamburg-American line director. “We did not discuss the future policy of the Moscow government or the possible pros- pects of a new regime there.” The Hamburg-American line through the new organization is placing its traf- fic experts at the disposal of the soviet government. These experts will. work in conjunction with the soviet trade com- mission recently established in Berlin. All purchases are to be made by the Russian government exclusively pending the restoration jof free trading which leading Germdn business men say will shortly be forthcoming as a feature of Nikolal Lenine’s revised programme. Four of the largest German locomotive builders are now engaged in work onm the first instalment of engines ordered by the Russians. The soviet govern- ment has made an ample advance pay- ment on these locomotives, it is said, and delivery is expected to take place early in August. Among firms which have booked orders from Russia are the Krupps, the Bors- ing Company of Berlin. the Henschell Company. of Cassel and the Vulkan Works, The locomotives will be assembled at German Baltle ports and hauled to Pe- trograd on speciallv ' constructed light- ers, so that they will be réady for steam when they are landed. FIFTH POLITICAL FEUD VICTIM IN CHICAGO Chicago, June 26, — The nineteenth Ward political fued claimed its fifth victim today when Joseph Laspisa, weai- hy contractor and lieutenant of Anthony D'Andrea, slain political leader, was shot and killed while at the wheel of his au- e ietim was driving through ' the Sunday afternoon crowds in the Italian strjct when two men riding in the ton- neau of the machine stood up with drawn pistols and fired several shots into Las- pida’s bead. They then leaped from the owly moving aufmiobile and escaped the crowds. i With the dead man’s fingers still grin- the wheel, the car continued on its surst for fifty feet, suddenly swervea hen wrecked itself against the curb-| and a telegraph pole. A Catholic known as the Rev. Lewis M. anbastino, was one of the first persons reach the machine. After making ure that the man huddled over the steer- wheel was dead. he pleaded with the 4 to tell the police what |heylkn¢w sbout the tragedy, but only oné wit- s was obtained, others in the throng Paspiea, besides being an aide of ['Andrea, was the president of the So- vieta Ventemiglia, a Sicilian organization. he fend was the outgrowth of the last \dermanic election In the nineteenth ward at which “Johnny” Powers defeated| D drea. : \\nr‘:-u':h many arrests were ‘made After each of the previous killings, the saces have been listed as unsolyed mys- the poll e ey CERTAIN IN HOUSE TODAY in ng eries by ANTI-BEER BILL OF PASSA Washington, June 26.—Somewhere on the front page of nearly every newspaper the country Tuesday morning the sick likely will read that he'll get no There isn't any doubt as to what the do with the Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill tomorrow, for atfer a check today prohibition leaders declared ey could only find twenty-eight mem- sors ready to “step backward on prohi- tion.” The bill will be called up un- i.r suspension of the rules, a procedure which requires a two-thirds vote for its “he vote will be delayed until in the day, as there will be four irs of debate, and probably an effort to =end the bill hack to a committee in the hope of removing its teeth. The senate must act on the bill, but in- dlcations are that it will be put through there in quick time in an effort to have it signed by Presidert Harding before he leaves town for the holiday over the Fourth. Prohibition leaders are deter- mined to speed up the anti-beer law to, head off any beer-for-the-sick regulations that might be lssued by the bureau of | internal revenme, sage. EUNDAY BLUE LAWS WERP ENFORCED AT SACO, ME. Saco, Maine, June 26.—This was a “Blue Sunday” in Saco. Denuty eheriffs and assistant deputy sheriffs, armed witn the authority given them by the code of Sabbath Jaws enacted nearly seventy-five ars agn, policed the city to see that ommerce was carried on. The street cars ran, but one conductor on the Portland-Saco and another on the Biddeford-Saco lines were ordered to ypear in court tomorrow to explain why he cars were running in deflance cf qhe law Drugstores did not open. Such livery stables as apeared ready for busi- ness were promptly closed. News dealers, who had @ large stock of Sunday papers on hand, d sed of them before they went home, however, A mass meeting has been called for Tuesday night at which the advisability Wt continuing the “blue law” code, will be considered. no TRO‘I'ZIY—BEES BRITAIN-U. 8 NAVAL BATTLE IN 1924 London, June 27.—A naval war be- tween the United States and Great Britain as & result of maritime rivalry will occurr fn 1924, according to a pri- diction smade by Leon Trotzky, the boi- shevik minister of war, In addrissiug the third internationale at Moscow. Fri- day, says a dispatch to the Daily Herald, the labor organ, from Moscow. “A swollen gourmand,” was trotzky's description of the United States, wile he declared that Great Britain was los- fng her position of world ©'gnifiearve, “the pound eterling having heen vans Muished by the almighty dollav.” CONVENTION OF DISABLED VETERANS OF WOELD WAE Detroit, Mich, June 26.—With a tribute to wounded soldiers from President Hard- ing in their: possession, national officers of the Disabled Amertan Veterans of the World War completed plans. tonight for fhe first annual, convention of the organization which opens here tomorrow. The message from President Harding sent to Judge Robert S. Marx, national president of the Veterans' organization, expresses regret that he could not at- tend the convention and continues: “I will be glad if you will convey to the gathering the assurance of my deep- est interest in their work in behaif of the disabled veterans, to whom the nation owes a debt that it will never be able to pay in full. They are the ones Who have made the greatest sacrifices in be- half of our\ national liberty and or hu- man . freedom. At least, they can be assured that the graitude of their coun- teymen will always go out to them ard that it will be the determined purpose of the government “to the fullest measure of justice and of humane consideration for them. T hope your convention may be as successfnl in the accomplishment of results as its purpose is inspiring to every patritotic sentiment.” GOMPERS WAS RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF A. ¥. OF L. Denver, June resident Samuel Gompers and his eatire administration wag returned to office for another year by the annual econvention of the Ame can Federation of Labor, after over- whelmingly defeating opposition for the presidency and one of the vice presiden- cles. The labor chlef's forces made a clean sweep from the beginning, wnen Presi- dent Gompers was returned 1o the pres- idency for the 40th time by >jverwhelm- ing John L. Lewis, president of the ted Mine Workers by a vote of 2! 022 to 12,324, The vote was taken amid scenes of wild ehthusiasm, rivaling those of nation- al political conventions. Tue lleries were packed With spectators. Tha coa- vention floor was overflowing wit1 dele- gates and their friends.. Shsers and o plause swept the auditorium at e vote. FIRE DESTROYS ORPHEUM THEATRE AT SAVIN ROCK New Haven, June 26.—Fire today de- stzoyed the Orpheum theatre at Savin Rock, an amusement resort, and threat- ened the entire park, with its numerous restaurants, roler coasters and merry-go- rounds. The loss was estimmted at $60,- 000. Firemen from West Haven, Alling- town and Prospect . Beach fought the flames and confined them to the theatre and three adjoining stands. “The Racer” was slightly damagéd. The fire broke out during a heavy thunder storm and it was believed that lightning struck the theatre. The thea- tre and adjoining buildings were owned by Samuel A. DeWaltoff of this city, and the De Waltoff Engineering and Construction company. — SHOT DEAD WHILE DINING WITH HIS WIFE IN DUBLIN Dublin, June 26.—Auxiliary Inspector Good, stationed at Northwall, was shot dead and Section Leader White of the auxiliaries, quartered at Northwall, whs seriously wounded tonight. The shooting occurred while the men were dining with their wives in a hotel in Dublin. On Saturday night a number of men called at the home of Charles Trainor, outside the town of Monaghan, and informed his wife that he had been fined $50 by a re- publican court. She paid the fine. The men returned two, hours later, took Trainor out and shot him dead. They at- tached the label of “Spy” to the bodv. FER AN il Lidadh PLAYED HIS OWN MUSIC WHILE UNDER OPERATION Boston, June 26—His ewn music so soothes Oscar J. Kelley of South Boston that he preferred it to ether today while hoapital surgeons were probing for a bul- let in his thigh. When the doctors start- ed to put Kelley under the influence of the anesthetic he objected strenuously. Then he called for his harmonica, jumped upon an overating table and played gaily while the bullet was removed. The shot was fired after a quarrel be. tween Kelley and his stepson, Frank Ta toon. Tattoon was held on a charge of fssault with intent teo kill - | distinct and —_— Strikers Demand an Increase ‘of $1.50 a Week—200 False Alarms of Fire Rung Trie oot Quebee, June 26—Since midnizht Sat- urday this city has "heen left without police or fire protection by a joint strike of the police and fire departments. A militia battalion is being held .in readiness and thirty<eight new policemen bave been sworn in. Street lamps were smashed during the night and today boys entered several police stations and broke the windows and did other amabe. Two hundred false alarms of fire have been rung in. An increase of $1.50 a week is demand- ed by the strikers: The city employes 140 policemen and 190 firemen. An, arbitration board recently awarded t]?/pujicemen an increase of $1 a week, by it 1O increase was: granted the fire: men. e e S AIRPLANES ARE TO ATTACK BATTLESHIP 10WA TUESDAY Washington, June 26.—The old battle- ship lowa, operated and maneuvered by radio impulses, will attempt to elude navy and army airmen off the Atlantic coast Tuesday in an effort to demon- strate that aviation has not Yyet, reached the point where the defense of the coast may be left entirely in the hands of the new branch of the national defense sys- tem. The fiyers will try to locate the Iowa while the vessel is still well off the coast and, haviug found her, to rain a shower of dummy bombs on her decks. The Iowa experiment will be the sec- ond of a series of tests conducted’ jointly by the navy and war departments to test the usefulness of aviation against naval vessels under various conditions and to provide both airmen and naval construc- tors with data otherwise unobtainable, In the first of the tests, conducted i; week, one former German submarine was sent to the bottom by aerial bombs in 16 minutes and two others were sunk by destroyer gunfire. The Iowa and the battleship Ohio, con- trol ship, will station more than one hun- dred miles off the coast between Hat- teras and Delaware Cape tomorrow. At dawn Tuesday Capt. F. L. Chadwick of the Ohio will break the seal of am—en- velope containing secret instructions from the navy department, and at “zero hour” the Jowa will be headed in the general direction of the mainland. For the purposes of the experiment, the Towa will represent an enemy fleet. The Ohio, exerdising complete control over the Iowa by radio, will be about five miles away. Fast scouting seaplanes, manned by naval and army personnel, will form long scouting lines parallel to the coast, sweeping for miles out to sea in search of the “enemy fleet.”” Back at Hampton Roads, and at the naval _air hase at Yorktown, Va., of light and heavy bombardment pi; will be tuned up ready to hop he; With the enemy is reported ing forces. ? No _restrictions will be placed on Cap- tain Chadwick as to the manner ih which he may maneuver the Towa, excent that he must keep the ship within one hun- dred miles off shore between Hatteras and Cape Henlopen and headed in the direction of the mainland. allowed to stop, back and zigzag the ves- sel as he pleases, with the idea of simu- lating as far as possible the probable moves of an enemy vessel or fleet in the face of an aerial defense, As soon as the air forces have sighted the lowa, radio signals will be sent to the bombardment pianes back at the base giving the location of the “enemy,” and simultaneously the scoutinz forces will dasb to attck the lowa and drop smail bombs on her with the object of clearing away all personnel above the protected deck When the bombing squadrons arrive they will hurl dummy bombs, filled with concrete instcad of powder, weighing up to half a fon, at the vessel. As each division of planes exhausts its bombs it will return to its bas More than fifty aircraft of various types will he used in the problem. The only restrictions placed on the airmen are that they must at all times maintain maximum speed and re- main at an altitude of at least four thousand feet. This altitude was decided on as the safety limit for planes operat- ing against a battleship capable of set- ting up an anti-aircraft barrage. Tuesday’s experiment embodies two important problems. The first is the ability .of ‘the airmen te find an enemy approaching the coast, know- ing only his approximate location. The other is the test of the ability of the fiy- ers to hit.a moving battleship from a safe altitude with bombs of sufficient size to serfously damage a modern major vessel. Dummy bombs are befnz used in the test because the mavy depv.rtment wishes to preserve the Towa, the only radio- controlled battleship in the world. for At- lantic fleet target practice late in the summer or early in the fall. tion of the damage done by large aerial bombs against a battleship will be ob- tained in a later attack on the former German. battleship Osfreislan, which will be anchored. e SENATE REP, LEADERS ARE TO RUSH PEACE RESOLUTIONS Washington, June 26.—To have the United States technically at peace by July 4, Independence day, appears to be the aim of republican leaders in congress in charge of the Knox-Porter peace reso- lutions. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chair- man of the senate and. house conferees on the resolutions, returned .tonight from Massachusetts prepared to renew nego- tiations: early this week, probably on Tuesday. Vih O - Early agreement “on ‘differences be- tween the senate and, house'resolutions is predicted by the republican conferees, Who are expected to reach a compromise basis before calling in the democratic conferees for formal action. The com- vromise most widely discussed would mould A part of each of the Knox and Porter resolutions into a new conferees’ draft, taking the Porter plan for declar- «Ing a state of peace instead of repealing the war resolutions, as proposed by the Knox resolution. It is believed that the conferees will adopt the Knox reserva- tions as to American property rights and other features of the Knox plan. It is hoped to have the conference re- port completed and if possible adopted- by both .senate and house before they recess for the Independence day holiday period. g 4 L B e The Chinese wall is beiag torn down in spots where it interferes with suburban development. =~ Sections of the 11 al- ready have besn razed in the vicinity of Tien Tsin and Canton and now Nanking is following suit. 3 Y PLANNING T0 CARRY (et Frenencnd . Policemen on Strike 2 He will be|4 Determina- | ONDAY, JUNE 27, 1921 00 bushels. resulting trom Puebiof Ll 5 ) ach N H De SSRGS mnp 0“ e , LT New > mated 1: Dss ret flood nated to A General ran, of Jersey, “Gielared bonus law of the mu.1 was constitutional. AP From 35 to 40 Cottages, a Theatre, Several Stores and John B. Stanchfield, New York law- ver who appeared in many important cases, dled at Islip, L. L. . | President Harding was presented with a cowboy hat with a stiver band by the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming stroyed. Hampton Beach, N. Y., June 26.—The business and residential section of Hamp- ton Beach, of New England’s popular summer resorts, was virtually destroyed by fire early today, causing damage Vv Ticusly estimated at from three hundred thousand to five hundred thousand d_ol— lars. No one was injured. Defective wiring is believed to have been the (EE\]S& The firc burned six hotels, from 35 to 46 cottages, a theatre, a garage, sqveral stores and the post office. Help was summoned from five nearby towns. Starting in the Strand hotel, the flames soread rapidly through the main section of the resort. Most of the hotel guests saved their personal belongings. DICTATORSHII' DISCUSSED AT SOCIALIST CONVENTION Detroit, June 26.—Seized Wwith what Morris Hillquit described as a “homicidal mania,” the socialist national conven- tion today killed three resolu which sought in var}ing terms to define “dic- tatorship by the proletariat” as a part of socialist policy and then overwhelmed two others which asserted the dictator- ship is pot at this time an issue. A ses- sion which ldsted for three and a haif hours in a sweltering hall ended with all reference to working class dictation barred from the party pelicy. The fight against inclusion of the die- tatorghip was waged by Morrig Hillquit, Vietor Berger, Algernon Lee and Cam- eron King, of California. They branded it as inseparably linked in American minde With the red terror in Russia. and declared it was useless to fix a policy which nmever would he called into play unless. In some distant future, a socialist revoution takes place. ‘Why dictate in 1921 what our grand- children shall do in 1980, Berger ask- ker, while King declared, “The terror is inseparable from dictatorship of the pro- letariat. - You have got to have the ter- Tor to put it over.” J. Louis Engdahl and William F. Kruse, léft wing communists from Chi- cago, offered two resolutions asserting /the rights of the working classes to set up a dictatorship to insure the success of a socialist revolution and the duty not to “permit anything to stand in the way of their being the ruling class.” O resolution rece the second eight. Hiliquit offered a sul fined the dictatorship a rule of the working class in the peri The steamer Cedrie took aboard mails and passengers at Queenstown yesterday and sailed for New York. A sturgeon weighing 250 pounds and measuring elght feet in length, was caught in a net just bslow the falls of the Merrimack river at Lawrence, Mass. Reparations commission is considering temporary suspension of instructions giv- en to Germany to make part of her in- demnity payment in dollars. Senate investigation of the disturbance in the Mingo County, W, Va., coal fields was ordered. T2 committee on labor is expected to begin inquiry next month. Hebb Motor Works of Havelock, Neb., was sold at auction to W. H. Ferguson, of Lincoln, for $11,000, subject to ap- proval of the court. American battleships ®ansas, Michi- gan, Connecticut, South <ar and Minnesota arrived at Chrisciania on a visit of two weeks. A Joss of twenty thousand dollars wa: caused by fire in the plant of ‘{he Ber- man Manufacturing company at Law- rence, Mass. .The French embassy denies recently published reports that n zambling house is being established near the battlefield of Chateau Thierry. An inventory of the ostate of the late Edmund C. Converse, bankers. filed in probate court in Greenwich gives a total of $30,769,867.91. Two men were arrested in San Fran- cisco, charged with conspiracy to Llow up the new federal recerve bank build- ing under construction k. ere. The body of Mrs. Ellen Kmapp, said to be the wife of Williazn Knapp a lum- r_dealer at North Acams, was found Muddy river in the Kanway, Boston. Thefts of watches and jewelry valned at about §$4,000 from the safes of two salesmen at 105 Washington street, Boston were reported. An encounter between Italisn and Polish troops south of Kossl, Upper Si- lesia s reported in a despatea from the semi-official Wolf bureau of Berlin. Senate leaders declded to A~ tion by ‘the house on the Dbill amending the Volstead law s0 as to pronibit pre- scribing of beer by physicians. e to the socialist order” and added: ponents or with violance or terro; [ men on The New York delegation split m hurned o number of houses in nishocan dis- trict of Cork, among them tne homes of Brizgadier General Cauiffeld, Colonel Godfrey and Michael Denacher. the death of all the proposals. ‘dictatorship of said. the proletariat Governor Cox of Masyachusctts has inviced' the governors of #he other New states 1 this resolution. o regiew wita h'm from laugh. We of the world The Hillquit plan was defeated 18 The communists il be the laughing sto 4 = 20. . Meyer dlers wife, two daughter: @nd'a granddaugiter los: their lives when fire destro their home in Kast },glrmonnt ayonuey: Baltimore. A son and 0 grandchildrens were injured, Wearing of civillarl clothes by army |officers and enlisted men, except when om duty at a milary rost >f reserv tion is permitted under an order iscued by Sccretary Weeks. Berger attacken replled. “The communists Milwaukes last ers not to vote because the revoluti was coming May 1.” Berger sald. “Th fssued circulars and overthrow the existing order. A on May 1 it rained so they postpon their revelution and set the May 6. The New York Produce Exehangs will close Saturday, July glving tae mem- bers a triple holiday. The of Trade has taken no act iday. bills on the street in vielation ordimance. The revolution never hi taken place!” “Engdahl and Kruse, the exponents commanis=. do not belong to the prol tariat. They are In the ‘salariat’, livh oft the money received from the socialf party. Engdahl has fastened shimeelf our party, whera he doesn’t helone. am willing for him to have a commun! n on the hol- W. S. Scott. president of the IMinois Retajl Merchants’ Association. saye tax- ation will be one of the oig: problems merchants will have to cone in the next few years. A resolution was Introdneed In the {house calling on the treasury for a iist of individuals, firms and corporations who made net profits exceeding 25 gper cent of their outstanding capital in 1918. is what he is trying to do.” Tn an impassioned renly clared the “two and a hal The Hathaway Mannfacturing Com- pany of New Bedford filed suit in the e will fight for our rights, Woodrow Wilsen appsared hn person in the chambers of Chief Justice McCoy of the District of Columbiax Supreme Court tc be admitted to the pract.ce of law be- fore that court. elom&iznow is the time for al good m Americans. ciallsm.” —_— FUND FOR THE WOODROW Edward D. Rice, a member chemical and dyestuffs firm Rice & | Co., was found guilty of obtalning Lans from two Boston banks amounting to $300,600 by making false statements as to his financial cendition. of the | Nevw York, June 26, tablishment of ‘a fund to endow t Senate arid lands committee ordered a favorable report on the McNary bill to provide $250,000 for irrigation purposes, the money to ‘be returned from the sale of bonds secured by the Improved prop- erty. former president for were given out today v Franklin Roosevelt, formerly - a: istant. secreta tional committee, “Its purpose.” Mr. TRoosevelt “will be to recognize and further ideals for which Mr. Wilson stood. sa Bandits disgnissd s gendarmes trled t! to assassinate Teneral Gourand, <om- mander-in-chief of Fraach troops in the East as he was traveling in an automo- bile from Dasmascus to the Sea of Gali- lee. dowment of this award. the Seven men and four women were con- victed by a federal jury of complicity in the Tobbery of the Toisdo central post office on Feb. 17 Jast when more than a million dollars in money and securities was stolen. sdn's services to humanity.” director of the fund. im requesting am mvestigation of federal census figures showing the Japanese population of California to be 71942 was forwarded t» Semator Hiram W. Jchnson by State Controlier John S. Chambers. ‘Wittpenn. A suit to test provisions of the eight- eenth amendment and Volstead law yas led in United States District court at Chicago by Former enator J. Hamilton Lewis in an attempt to recover whiskey, valued at $500,000, stored in Chicago warehouses. . b STEAMER CARRYING NINE country Plymouth Rock was put fogether again Saturday. . The boulder took on Some-. thing of its original aspec: when the three pieces into which it tad the forefathers landed on it 14 out of a nearby building, former =it and prepared elements 2gain. it Cra EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS. GRS 1Si Hotels Bumed ) | REGEIVING GONSIDERATION a Garage Also Were De-|Ulster Cabinet is to Meet Tuesday to Discuss British Premier’s Invitation to a Conference to Endeavor to Bring About 2. Reconciliation Between the Factions in Ireland—Eamor De Valera Has Consulted With His Colleagues With Re- gard to the Letter. P.).—A meeting of the 1 Belfast, Ireland, June 26 (By the A. choose any colleagues he pleased. ever “Ister cabinet has been called for Tuesday by Sir James . the premier, to_consider the leter of Prime Minister Lloyd George imviting the leaders of North and South Ireland to a conference for the purpgse of trying to bring about a reconciliation between the factions in Ireland. The letter of Mr. Lioyd George reached’ Sir James Craig by special courier this morning simuitaneously with the Sunday newspapers commenting on the letter. Sir James replied immediat , informing Mr. Lloyd George that he was summon- ing a meeting of the U Tuesday, and that he honed to secure the he members. “You may rest assured no time will be ying the result of our de- the message of Sir James attendance of ali lost in cos liberations, concluded. Today Sir feeling in Belfa Ister cabinet for James was in conference with his chief supporters. The general is that the Ulster men will demand that the terms to be dis- cussed at the proposed be strictly limited, esn: the subject of a repubi DE VALERA IN CONS' Dublin, June 26 (By Eamonn De Valem sultation with his collea conference shall ecially excluding c. ULTATION ON LLOYD GEORGE'S LETTER the A. P.)— today was in con- gues with regard to Premier Lloyd George's letter. ‘The letter was variously discussed here today. One high Sinn Feiner sald he thought it an insult and as Implying ac- ceptance of partition. Other political leaders saw in the letter an abandonment by the premier of his reported bar against certain Sinn Feiners, as De Valera, they said, would be free to men under sentence by courtmartial. Cardinal Logue, primate of Ireland said he could not see’ much use of a con. ference between Sir James Craig and Mr De Valera, but as the government als¢ was involved there might be some hope although it would be desirable for the government to release from prison mod- erates like Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein. The Sunday Independent, referring to the letter, says: “The premiers letter is a document of the greatest political importance. It is a welcome admission of the fact that we have insisted upon—ih; an honorable peace in Ireland is achievable only through direct nezotions with the elected representatives. It is for our repse sentaives to gauge the full and real sig- nificance of this appe: After a day of conferences |t was con- sidered improbable that De Valera would make any statement tonight regarding the invitation. It was sald this evening that his eon- ferences with his colleagues had not been completed, and that possibly a meeting of the Dail Eireann members might be considered essential to the situation. Mr. De Valera today served at mase and took breakfast at Plack Rock Col- lege. where at one time he wused fte inn Feln circles it i« considersd that if Mr. De Valera goes to London to confer with Prime Minister yd George and Premler Craig of Ul ¢r, one colleague be Is sure to take along will be John Joseph McKeown, member of parilament representing Longford, who recently was tried by court-martial on a charge of murdering District Inspector “McGrath, 11 BODIES FOUND IN B FARMHOUSE ED IN KENTUCKY ved only four votes and tute which de- “the political o ftransition from tho capitalist system “It is mot necessarily associated with & restraint of the political rights ol ap- Delegated Orr and Solomon both urged “We have tried to pour holy water over the term orr ‘Wo have tried’to make it Kosher. The soviets will laugh at us if we adopt will “The fight was eniivened when Vietor the communists within the party and both Kruse and Engdahl April advising the work- were going to rize In all thelr grandeur date for And on May 6 a polleeman ar- rested two of them for throwing hand- of a city party and write all the nice red articles he wants to, but T do not want him to sabotage our party from within, and that Engdahl de- internation- al of Vienna which had been “held up as we will fizht for working class rule, we will fight for the freedom of our prisoners, hut we wil not fight for them. ag 100 per cent. We will fight for them only under the red flag of international so- WILSON FOUNDATION Plans for the es- Woodrow Wilson Foundation, a move- ment started last March to honer the public service, of the navy, who Is chairman of the na- raising a fund for the permanent en- American people Wi be given an opportunity te express thelr appreciation of Mr. Wil Hamllton Holt. editor, will have ae- tive charge of the work as executive The Central Trust Company of New York will be treasur- er and depository “and Cleveland. H. Dodge has been:named chairman of the temporary executive. committee. Others on this committee Include Frank I. Cobb, Mrs. J. Maleolm Forbes, Edwin F. Gay, Mrs. J. Borden, Harriman; Edward M. House, Adoiph 8./Ochs, Frank I.'Polk, Miss Virginla Pofter and Mrs, H. Otto THOUSAND SACKS OF MAIL New York, June 26.—One of the larg- est cargoes of mall ever sent from this to\ Burope—nine thousand sacks oard the United States Mall Mayfield, Ky., June 26.—The bodjes of five adults and six children were found in the ruins of the home of Ernest Law- rence, & farmer, which was destroyed by fire carly today. There were indications that the dedad may ®ave bech the vie- tims of foul play and at a coroner’s i quest here today a non-committal verdiet was returned. Tle dead are Ernest Lawrence, 31, and wife, 26, and three children ranging in age from § years to 11 menths; Otis Drew, 28, and wife, 23, and three chil- dren ranging from 4 years to 4 months, and Delmer Drew, 25. Lawrence and Otis Drew were brothers-in-law, and the Drews were brothers. Neighbors attensdg a picnic about a mile from the Lawrence house, & log structure of only two rooms, saw the blaze. Two young men, the first to ar- rive on the scene, were unable to enter the house because of the fire, but climb- ing a tree near by could see the bodies Iying on the floor. An-examination of the bodies, which were burned so badly that recognition was impossible, showed that one of the women bore wounds that seemed to have been made Ly son'e sharp instrument. The dress of the infant which this wom- an is thought to have been holding in her arms was drenched with blood. In one of the rooms where several of the bodies were lying were a revolver containing six empty cartridges, a shot- gun, a rifle with a cartridge that had been discharged and another exploded cartridge near by, a double-bitted axe which was lying on the bedsprings, near the body of one of the men, and a large oil can which had been kept in the yard. Particles of clothing were clinging to {he bodies of the men, showing that they had not retired before they met death. Screams of women and children and several shots are sald to have been heard by neighbors shortly before the fire was discovered. ne od nd ok to n on y nd od as ot le- ine st on 1 st NO WOMEN ON JURY FOR s THE TRIAL OF MRS. KABER Cleveland, Ohio, June 26. be o women on the jury that is to try ‘There will g model of conservative sociallsm” had| Mrs. Eva Catherine Kaber for the first federal court secking $89,000 from James | adonted the dictatorshin of the prole-| degree murder of her husband, Daniel F. F. White & Co., of New York on an ac- | tariat as part of fts pollc: Kaber, if the defense can prevent it tion of contract. “As for the communists,” he sald, “we | Francis W. Paulson, Mrs. Kaber's attor- ney, announced tomight. He declared that he would exercise all of his sixteen peremptory challenges, if necessary, agains: women. My experience has been that women Jurors are more cold-blooded and merci- less than men,” Mr. Paulson said. “They are less moved than men my the emo- tions that go to decide a case of this kind. “The history of the world shows that whenever one woman has sat in judg- ment on another she has been hard on he | that woman.” MISS LIA GADLE SWAM D. AROUND MANHATTAN ISLAND | New York, June 26—Miss Amelia Gade, 22 years old, today swam around Manhattan Island, a distange of about 40 miles, in 15 hours and 57 minutes. She was the second woman to perform the feat, Miss Ida Elionsky having been credited with doing it in 1915 in 11 hours and 35 minutes. Miss Gade arrived in this country from Denmark a year ago. The stunt today was so timed that the tide would aid the swimmer and at one point she had to paddle about for an hour waiting for the strong tide to turn. The most dangerous part of the feat was passing through the whirlpools of Hell Gate, but this was effected without mis- hap. 14, the In GREECE DECLINES OFFER OF MEDIATION BY ALLIES Athens, June 26.—(By The A. P.) The note of Greece declining the offer of Frarice, Great Britain and Italy to medi- ate in the trouble between the Turks and the Greeks in Asia Minor says Greece finds herself in a position in which military interest are to guide her conduct and decisions. An abandonment of the offensive against the Turks, it says, would compromise and prejudice the position of Greece and give courage to_the Turks. ¢ “The note adds that Greece will be ready to hear concrete proposals from the allies during every phase of the op- erations and {hat she hopes the allies will obtain definite terms the Turks. * FEARS “ONFE. BIG UNION" OF WORKERS IN COAL INDUSTEY Washington, June 26.—A waming that agedy in the nature of & coal fam- impending over the United States, and an assertion that all national organ- izations in the coal Industry “have unit- ed into ‘one big union’ to continue thelr strangle hold on the necks and purses of coal buyers” by defeating federa] legle- ‘ation intended to cope with the problem verc fssued today by Senator Freling- uysen, republican, New Jersey, stalement referred to the controversy over the Frelinghuysen bills, now on the senate calendar, one of which would fa- eflltate granting of freight rates on ooal lower In summer and higher in winter, while the second would establish govern. ment supes on of coal price, produc- t'on, stocks and movemen's, Naming the National Coal Association, the Anthracite Coal Operators’ Assoela- tion, The American Wholesale Coal As- soclation, and the National Retall Coal Merchants’ Assoctation, Sénator Freling. Ywysen sald these “combined organiza- tiong hive unmasked their oatteries, and are »**acking with a violen-e almost un. grecedicd the very practieal pleee of Tegisiation before the senate” and wers endeavoring by “mis-statements and mis. representations™ to “throw dust n the eyen of the senate and the publie” “1¢ these bills are defeated, a next fall and winter n the nature of & coal famine, worse than ever experienesd before s inevitable” Senator Freling- huysen sald, pointing out that his mess- ures would come to A vote or be semt back th committee next week. “The fael is. T doubt if this famine can be averted, but we ean prevent a second tragedy a year later.” e —— MEW WAVEN TO WAVE BIG K. OF C, CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL Chicago, June 26.—Plans for the insti- wtion of the largest corres school in the United States were laid be- fore the supremde board of the Knights )¢ Columbus loday by a committee that bad formulated the plans after a thres n.onths survey of correspondence systems tirroughout the country. The plans call for the formation of a course to ‘accommodate at the outset one hundred thousand former service men, with the estimated cost placed at cne million dollars. It was proposed that the present Knights of Columbus echool organization which graduated one Rundred fifty thousand former service men in three typical courses be made the basis of the new system. William J. McGinley, , supreme ~gpeere- tary of the Knights,'sald that final de- | cision on the proposed plan. would be made at the order's international conm- vention at San Francsico August 2 to 4. Headquarters of the proposed school would be located-atNew 'Haven, Conn., it ‘'was sald by the committee. John H. Reddin, supreme..master of the fourth degree of the:Knights, report. ed to the board that more than one hun. dred college professors throughout the country had volfinteéred™ to ald the Knights In their new movement to pro. duce a history of the Uhited States fres from propaganda. The - professors ex- pressed the opinion, Mr. Reddin said. that the work was one that is essential at this time. e TWO MEN HELD UP IN ' THE CENTER OF l.\lm" Hartford, Conn., June 26.—Mark Cody and Victor St. Lawpence of this city were held up and robbed by a masked man early today near the Bond Annex hotel, in the center of the city. Pointing a revolver at the two men, the robber backed them into an alleyway and took $30 from them. About an hour later the police arrested Edward Canavan, who said he camel from Canada. He was locked up on a charge of highway rob- bery. He denied having any know of a hold-up. 27 LIVES LOST WHEN STEAMER FOUNDERED Sydney, Australia, June 26.—~he coas’ ing steamer Fitzroy has foundered cff Cape Hawke. There are only three sur- vivors known of thirty persons aboard OBITUARY. Judge Johm A.- Moon. Chattancoga, Tenn., June 26. John A‘ Moon, aged 65, who the Third Tennessee district in' congress (m" 24 epnsecu':.\-- years, retiring at end of the session, died at " home bin M" 3 afi.