Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 7, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 163 POPULATION 29,685 s H, CONN., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1921 HGUSE IVES TARIFF BILL THE RIGHT OF WAY Ways and Means Committee Chairman, In Submitting Bill, Presents Report Which Describes Measure as a “Magna Charta For the Perpetuation of Ameritan Standards of Living”—Minority Report Says Bill is Subject to Criti- cism For Many Unnecessary High Duties That Will In- crease Burdens of Consumer—Leaders Hope to Conclude General Debate Within Two Weeks. Washington, July 6—The administra- tion tarff bill was laid formally be- i e house of representatives today and the way cleared for its consideration ginning tomorrow Accompanying it were twn reports by republicans, one in praise and the other ation. Chairman Fordney of » ways and means committee, in a re- t which he said he understood all re- . except Rep- isconsin, would bed the measure as a “Mag: arta for the perpetuation of Ameri standards of livin Frear, measmure was his minority ‘subject to ticism f necessary high du- - tha nerease the burdens of the nsumer” democratic members were pre- aring r minority report tomoorow. Meantime, republican members of the erence tonight to de- procedure to be fol- & measure through the which leaders hoped he lenzht of time for for the consideration in ¢ possible. aded Jebate and amendments. Those in charge of the measure hoped to conclude general de- \te in ten days or two weeks and then nto detailed consideration of the scussion at which would be taken amendments “hairman Fordney's Teport said that in afting the the republican members the ways means committee wei sire to encourage Amer- at the same time ndustr ng any unne msumer. The agricultural products e was described as an all-Ameri- arift on a normal basis and with wiil schedule, it was at compensatory duty manufacturers of wool has been kept down to the lowest point consistent With e prin of protection.” Explaining the dye schedule, the report| ommittea was of the | no tariff duties, no matte cotuld meet the conditions thal when Germany again Was in force her dyes and dye- American markets. aid that the provision in declared stuffs on | the lumber schedule authorizing the pres- ident to proclaim a Tetallatory tariff on finished lumber againstt any country tax- ing American products would ** have a beneficial effect on the export of finished lumber.” With regard to the sugar schedule, the the duay proposed would yield one hundred and twenty million dol- lars a year without increasing the cost report said of sugar to American consumers. In his minority report, Representative Frear said “it must be remembered that tarift rates contained in this Dbill are much higher in actual effect than where the same rates are fixed in former tarift valuations American valuation ad valorem bills, due te lower foreign = compared with values here. “The chemical dye schedule” sald Mr. fundamentally objectionable and is a high handed proposal to grant practically exclusive dye Tights to a rec- Frear, “is ognized monopol Under the lumber schedule, lumber rates against us. JULY 21 NAMED DATE FOR FINAL VOTE ‘Washington, July general tariff bill, will begin tomorrow. so adopted a _proposition rate vote. means committee. The conference decided to have which Chairman committee : w. cial rule the rule: coming tomor: No restrictions will be placed on the ursion until July 14, under an agree- ment reached tonight, but debate the after tion. 13,000 DELEGATES AT WORLD'S C. CONVENTION w York, July §.—Delegations from ent attended the opening of | Christian Endeavor} tonight th world tion in New ¥ r millio members. contingent came on sending 1,000 n. of Boston; pres- ndeavor's s, the Dom a special Clark, Francis B statistician, Who spoke Rndeavor in Business” t business depression was of the people to live God to stand continu- the people in the rn about and live s to live” he sa spacms of hard The caus our business depres- are spiritual and the only means h they can be remedied and pre- are spiritual mesns. ¥rancis E. Ciack was re-elected ent by acclamation. JMPERIAL CONFERENCE DISCUSES BEPARATIONS Lendon July §.—Reparation payments oy Germany, ani plans formulated by the allies in-connection with indemnities sed by the imiperial confereace . Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of xchequer was prepared wien he en- ne conference to give detalls of situation regarding reparations. \ committee composed of Winston Spencer Churchill, secretaw of state for colonies, and one representative from nada, Australia, New Zealand, Soutn Atrica and India began today study. of securing cheaper communication betwoen fistant parts of the empire. The trans- mission of news dispatches between the fominions and Lendon will be taken up with various ministers, including thoss in arge of the board or trade, the air viee and the postoffice department. Naval affairs, particularly the fixing of (he dominion’s part in the sea defenses of empire, have been deferred for a time sending exchanges of views between tie jted States, Great Britain and Japen relative to & conference dealing with lim- zation of armaments. DAIRY PRODUCTS SCATTERED BY DERAILED FREIGHT Huntington, Mass, July 6.—Railroad Getectives were busy today recovering trom the homes of residents of this town Sairy products scattered from fifteen cars s & Boston and Albany eastbound fast ight which were derailed yesterday af- ternoon and plunged down a bank. It is jaid that much butter and other perish- able goods were taken by motorists pass. g in the state highway before railroad »ficers arrived. Working through the night, gangs from goringfield and Pittsfield had cleared the westbound track early today and traffic was being handled In both directions by neans of cross-over switches. DISCUSS BUSINESS CONDITIONS WITH PRES. HAEDING ‘Washi , July 6~John Wann saker, of Philadelphia and J. Ogden Armour of Chicago, taliked over business onditions today with President Hard- mg and remained for luncheon at the Ahite House. They declined to reveal Ietalls of their @iscussion with the pres- aen There’ women representing | Aur SCHUTTE TLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDER 6. Haddam, July ~The was adiourned until pleaded not guilty. the principal witnesses. en B. Davis of Middlesex, coun his finding in the case tonlght. Schutte criminally responsible for ty April was found iu Schutle's room. Schutte's sons who testifid today were ! waiter, 24, Willam 20, Rudolph 17 and Gustay 12. Their testimony agreed infasv pregicting that a sury would not be many pomts, but was all of a eircumstan- | complcteq for two weeks. tial nature. William said his father [ The gefense, in examining veniremen when questioned about the bones found the burned forest, “saving FIVE MEN TAKEN FROM THEIR HOMES AND SHOT Belfast, July 6.—Five men were tak- en from their homes in the district of 44 miles south of this city, this bodies were left in a heap by the roadside by the men who had put toem to death. A Miss McAnuff, was shot an dkilled yesterday at Newry, while at- tempting to shield her brother from an Newry, morning and were shot. Their school teacher, attack. Two of the dead mer were brothers, and were sons of former Sergeant of This was the most seri- the Newry district since the disorders have Police Reilly. ous incident that has occurred in begun in Ireland. Two men snatched revolvers from the holsters of two constables on a strset here. this morning, and shot the officers, The men wiho wers severely wounded. who made the attack escaped. A train on the way from Belfast to Londonderry was wrecked near Pomeros, County Tyrone, last night, rails haviag There but cars carrying been removed from the were no casualties, Belfast foods were burned. track. PROTESTS POSSIBLE USE OF T. 8. FORCES AT TAMPICO ‘Washington, July 6.—A resolution pro- the possible ‘use of Amer- the Mexican oil testing again ican armed forces in fields and requesting the president, compatible with the public interest. to transmit immediately to . the senate all documents and other information relating in_ Mexico, es- pecially as involving any orders to naval officers was introduced today by Semator La Follette. The resolution also would de- clare it the sense of the senate that no troops should be landed on Mexican soil or any other ‘military action taken with- to the present situation out express authority of congress. Senator La Follette requested jmmedi- ate consideration of the resolution, but it Senator went over on objection of Lodge, the republican leader. HAETFORD HOD CARRIERS 70 RETURN To WORK Hartford, Conn., representatives of the local row. layers out of employment. he said, “a burden on new small American homes will be imposed if Canada puts in force 6.—House _republi- cans at a conference tonight fixed July 21 ng the date for a final vote on the consideration of whica The conference al- opening_ the . cotton, dyes and oil schedules to seary burdens on the |§UE, 0L * oor and. permit- ting cach to be disposed of by a sepa- Other schedules would be subs ject to amendment only by the ways and the bill read tomorrow, after which general debate will be made the order by a spe- Campbell of would be forth- be under five minute limita- preliminary hearing into the murder charge against mil Schutte, storekeeper of Shailerville, riday after a num-| ber of witnesses had been heard today by Justice of the Peace L. O. Ryan. Schutte His four sons were Coroner Stephi- issued He holds the deathiof Denais La Duc, who disappeared charred bones alleged to be those of La Duc were brougiit two days later after a patch of woods had burned. The coroner, in his findihg, says that Schutte had a dispute with La Duc on 4; that La Duc was not seen the followiag day ; that La Duc's body was Dk‘)- served on a bed by Schutte's 12-year-old son when he looked through a Wmdo}v on April 2%, and that La Duc's watch made a remark tne family #rum dis- July 6.—An agree- ment was reached today at a meeting of Bullding Trades Alliance with employing builders whereby the hod carriers who have been on strike here will rturn to work tomor- “CABLED PARAGRAPHS Critical Period for Jugoslavis Belgrade, July 6.—Jugoslavia is going through a critical period. Although the constitution was voted in principle May 12th, the detalls continue to be the sub- Ject of long and bitter controversy. The opposition groups are apparently seeking to avoid any responsibility for the mnew constitution 8o as to leave the door open for .the new campaign at some future date. . GOV. LAKE VETOES THREE EDUCATIONAL BILLS Hartford, Conm., July 6.—Governor carrying total appropriations of $2,663,- 000. In a statement giving his reasons for vetoing the measures, the governor said he believed ‘that educational appro- priations should be made in accordance with the method ox state tax, in order to “avold the necessity of biennial legis- lation. grants and to present deficiencies in_educational funds.” The bills vetoed were the 1919-1921 average attendance grant, carrying $1- 145,000 ; increased support of schools grant, with an_appropriation of $245,000. In referring to the first bill, the gov- erfior said the 1919 legislative act was inoperative because jt provided no ap- DPropriation and he did mot feel that the state was morally oblizated. He said he vetoed the 1921-1923 grant on the grounds that a state tax based on the grand list of the state should have been provided to raisc the sum called for in the bill. - Such provisions would assure the required funds for a specific educa- tional purpose, the governor said. 000 for the placing of milestones on the state highways as war memorials was ve- toed by the governor. SMUTS SAYS IRISH PROBLEM IS SOLUBLE London, July 6.—(By The A. P.) General Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the Union’ of South Africa, who has just returned from a visit to Ireland, public: ly expressed his opinion tonight that the Irish probleni-is a soluble problem. This statement was greéted with loud ap- plause by the distinguished Which attended a dinner given in honor of General Smuts by the South Ameri- can_colony in London. General Smuts opened his sneech by declaring that he had not abandoned hope of America. “She is a coy maiden and must not he woood too warmiy,” he said. “I want to see America pull with us in this great world service that today is being rendered by the British Empire almost alone.” Then. allnding humorously to it to Ireland, he declared that he found the people “diviaed into those in jail, and ti.ose on the run.” He added that he himself had baen among those on the run, seeKing to es- cape reporters and cameramen. The Irisn problem, said General whole British empire.” Tt was a pr however on which he could nof tonizht except to express the bel it was soluble. and that if there was a better “atmosphere—*if we all help to create a better atmosphers and are de- termined to wipe out what is really straln on the emvire's record, succeed.” “Therefore,” he continued emphaticall “I think, I am hopeful, I trust. that ti question will be solved. and that there. by the British emp speak a we shall bies upon which the emnire rests I say that the problem is soluble because T have seen it solved in my own country under circumstances less embittered than in Ireland, but certainly of a very diffi cult character, too.” i MAY TAKE TWO WEEKS TO SELECT BASEBALL JURY Chicago, July 6.— Ghosen at the end of today’s session in the baseball trial, accepted tentatively by hoth_sides. twelve men to weigh 2o into extra inning: accomplice,- asking each one ed that a person called an accomplice in legal terms “would be called a traitor in international dealings and a ‘snitch’ in the language of the streets. sons bought and sold in this country since 1861. While another auestion was Whether the prospective juror understood that the men on a Chicazo team, for ex- ample, were “picked up all over the coun- try by scouts just as a Sultan's harem is gathered 7" A motion by the defense that the state tell which of its witnesses were the ac- evidence were overruied by Judze Huso Friend. “Well, I gucss we know its Bill Burn: said Attorney Thomas Nasp of the fonse, “And this man of mystery, Billy Ma- harg, whose real name is MANY OBSOLETE NAVAL VESSELS HAVE BEEN SOLD Washington July 6—Orders issued two months ago calling for a program of rigid economy throughout the nav- al service have already resulted in & saving of several hundred thousand dollars, Assistant secretary Roosevelt naval vessels have been declared ob- solete and sold. P, In addition he said, the word has gone out to sell all surpius naval stores and supplies not urgently needed, and to prepare three battleships, four crui- sers and two gunboats for sale as junk. The battleships are the Maine, Missouri and Wisconsin. The other vesselh are the cruisers Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Raleigh and Marblehead and the old gunboats Castine and Yorktown. A survey to determine the navy's sur- plus real estate holdings, he added, has_already developed that in Geor- gia the Nayvy owns 1,000 acres of White Oak timber land acquired in 1857 for Wooden ship building purposes and at Sackett’s Harbor, N. Y. three and a half acres acquired in 1814 for a com- mandant’s ‘headquarters, but abandon- ed for more than half a century ex- cept for a care taken, e N CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST MARY PICKFORD'S DIVORCE it Reno, Nev., July 6.—District Judge Langan, at Minden today gava the at- torney general until Tuesday to file his Thy will recetve 72 cents an hour | bill of exceptions to the decision up- pending arbitration. About 300 hod car- riers have been on strike and the walk- out put more than that number of brick- holdipg Mary Pickford's. divorce from Owen Moore, This I3 the preliminary step 5-an appeal to the state supreme wun/b, the state's attorney general Lake today vetoed three educational bills the 1921-1923 average attend- ance grant, carrving §1,273,000; and the A bill carrying an appropriation of $2,-| company | vis- two classes— Smuts, was one largely engaging “the | blem | £ that | o > Ut ex-|in connection sts violaion of the fundamental princi- | 0 jurors had been although three were In- | dications were that the selection of the the evidence would today, iaid stress on the testimony of an he realiz- Some of the men were asked If they realized ball plavers were the only per- |self ‘and daughter, Marfon McArdle, complices who had-agreed to turn state's de- Graham— Maharg spelledbackwards—he's one of their *pinch hitters, too, I think,” said Attorney O'Brien, representing Chick Gandfl. ! announced tonight. In the past few| weeks ,he said one hundred and sixty | \French Ubjsct To [Mexico Optmistic Tariff Provision P_rotut Inspection by-U. S. Agents of Books of French Exporters to Determine Ad Valorem Duties. Paris, July 6—(By The A.'P.) The French government this evening forware ed to M. Jusserand, Fremch ambassador in Washington, for transmission to the state department there, a protest of the French Chamber of Commerce against the provision of the new American tar- iff law calling for inspection by Ameri- can agents of the books of French ex- porters for the purpose of determining the ad valorem duties to be collected by the United Stnies. French exporters are said to be great- ly disturbed over this feature of the tar- iff_measure, and declare that under no i inspection be tolerated. 1t is pointed out that such a privilege as is not ac- {corded even to the French government instances the French {in their protest say they are willing to sive to treasury department agents full statements upon which the ad, valorem conditions _ will the American law requests except in unusual tax can be based. At the office of the American commer- it was explained that the treasury department agents at Paris had made five hundred investigations of ex- costs of production within the past year, and the ad valorem duties col- {lected at New York had been based up- ; which cons!sted large- voluntary statements by the ex- cial attache porters’ on these report: ly of porters. The o 2d ,however, that the it would be virtually said that there was American business men ble, but that a compromise might hooks to public accountants, PROTESTED PROVISION NOW IN EFFECT 6.—( By The A. P.)— the French chamber of .to the state department by the French gov- in the . which became ef- e May 27 for a neriod of six months. inspection by American agents of the books of for- norters for the purpose of de- termining the ad valorem duties to be col- lected by custom officials in this country understood to have been the subject conversations amons some «Washigton, Jul: The protest of commerce which has been forwarded ernment is ovision emergency. fect; Thi e tarift a provision, calling for of of the diplomatic representatives here. No informal formal act'on has been (taken. from their governments. NO WOMEN ON THE KADER MURDER JURY Cleveland, O. July 6.—Twelve will decide whether Mrs. Kaber is guilt d hired agsassins. Every woman tentatively seated on the jury was dismissed peremptorily by Mrs. good the that no women would be permitted to sit in if he could help it, because they are “heartless” in juds- Kaber's counsil, 2 declaration of Francis W thus making Pouison, judgment against her. ing one of their own sex. In his opening statement to the jury, v William J. Corrigan for the de- fense, asserted that many of the state’s but that defense Kaber to murder her hus- Attorn: contentions were true, testimony would show had not intended that Mrs, » some attorneys to-|pand and thal her actions were the re- sult of eve: credit on the dead man.” Assistant «‘ounty Prosecutor James T. as- that Kaber first attempted to kill her thi . The pos- her- who Cas serted Mrs. husband By potsoning and failing in manner, hired assassins to kill h motive, he asserted. was to obtain session of Mr. Kaber's estate for 7(outlining the state’s case, that testimony will show also is indicted for first degree murder. Mr. Cassidy detailed how Mrs. Kaber was alleged to have made the acquaint- ance of Salvatore Cala and Vittorie Pis- both under unappre- They, according to Mr. Cassidy, finally agreed to kill Mr. Kaber for five Kaber promising to pay them from the proceeds of Mr. Kaber's insurance policy, five hundred of which finally found its way to Cala and selli, thc-alleged assassins, indictment, but Pisselli still hended. thousand dollars, Mrs. Pisselll, atcording to Mr. Cassidy. How Marion MeArdle was alleged to have played the piano two nights before the murder to drown the noise of the as- sassins as they went through the house lay.of things, also was de- who also asserted that Mrs. Mary Brickel, mother of Mrs. Kaber, was to be on the porch the next night as a signal to the assassins that Brickel was not on the porch at the appointed to get the tailed by Mr. Cassid: everything was all right. Mrs, time, however, according to Mr. Cassj; and the assassins left without attempt- ing to execute the plot. Marlon McArdle was alleged the next day to have hunted un Cala and Plsselli and told them that the deed- must be done that night before her mother, who That night Mr. Ka- ber was ‘stabbed and died the next day A week before the murder, Mr. Cassidy asserted, the evidence would show that Mrs. Ka- ber had taken silverware and linen to the home of a Mrs. Matthews, in an effort to. make it appear thal robbery was' the motive for the slaying of her husband, had gone, returned. from the result of the wounds. AMERICAN FLAG HAULED DOWN IN DUBLIN | Dublin, July 6.—(By The A. P.)—The Dublin authorities today expressed re- over the hauling dowr of the American flag from the Shelbhourpe hotel, the residence of The flag was pulled d>wn by men in mufti, gret to the American consul the consul, on the nigiit of July 4. Who escaped. The following statement concerning the incident was issued at Dublin Cas- tle tonight: ‘The government is inform- ed that on the night of July 4 irrespon- sible persons, allezed to have been mem- bers of the crown forces, took down from the Shelbhourne hotel an American flag which was ‘filying in celebration of the The matter is being investigated, and.if it is found that the Fourth of July. persons_ concerned were members of the crown forces they will be sultably dealt ‘with.” American chamber of commerce at Paris considered the French pretest at a meeting Jield this afternoon; and the matter was referred to the special tax committee. The oginion was express- law probably would have to be modified; inasmuch as impossible to get the Freneh exporters to consent to in- {pection of their books. It wag further feeling amonz in France that the provision would be found jmpractica- be reached 'by having the French open their how- ever, pending instructions to the envoys men |-no account of expenses of administra- Eva Catherine of first degree murder ith the fatal stabbing of | her husband., Daniel F. Kaber, .in their Lakewood home two years ago, by al- a mind diseased from childhood before birth and worn down orrible things that will reflect no On 01 Situati ‘ High Officials Do Not Antic- ipate Serious Trouble in Tampico Region—More American Companies Cease Operations. Mexico City, July 6.—(By The A. P)— High government officials hefe said to- day they saw nothing in the situation in the Tampico oll region to cause uneasi- ness gver international relations. They declared they did not anticipate serious trouble in that district. The dispatch of two, United States war vessels to Tam- pico was treated conservatively by the Mexico City newspapers. Reports from the Tampico area tell of increasing closing down by American oil companies but tliere have been no disturbances. Statements attributed to oil men here describe the recent tax imposition by the Mexican government as amounting to 115 per cent. the increase in the duty mak- ing exportation of oil impossible except at a loss. - The assertion is made by the oil men that the companies do not desire a conflict with the government, but that they must operate on a business basis. One high government official today made the charge that the Standard Oil Com- pany “by its monopolizing tendencies™ was the real cause of the chaotic situ- ation. The sending of General Manuel Pelaez to Tampico as commander-in-chief of the Mexican government forces there wi described by Secretary of War Estrada this morning opportune. “There is every sssurance,” the war secretary said, “that he will use his best influences to alleviate the situation resulting from the shut down.” CONGRESS ASKED TO DEFER ACTION ON BONUS Washington, July 6.—With a wairning that there is grave danger of an imme- diate government deficit, Secretary Mel- lon asked congress today to defer action on the soldiers’ bonus bill. his is not 'a time to impose several billion dollars of new liabilities on an already overburdened treasury,” _the treasury secretary said to Senator Fre- linghuysen, republican, New Jersey, in a letter which was.read in the senate | hen the bonus bill was called up. The bill has already passed the house and | the letter was in response to a request from Senator Frelinghuysen for a state- ment of the financial obfigations Which Ithe bill would place upon the govern- |ment. i The letter was characterized by Sena- tor Underwood, democratic leader, as “strong, forceful and to the point.” Mr. Mellon estimated that the Bl would cost tite country between a billion and a half and five and a quarter billion dollars, that it would “swell the cost of government and virtually defeat the ad- ministration’s programme of retrenching and economy” and that it would block “all refunding operations on the mation- al debt, and depress further the prices of liberty bonds. All of his estimates, the secretary ex- plained. were devoted merely to the cash payment sections of the bill, and took [ tion { tional Hand settlem {such benenits™ { “I should be derelict In my duty to the country and to the veterans themselves, if I failed to give thig warning of the lmo\'i(ah]« finaneial consequences of the {pending bill.” he concluded. “The result {would be serious Injury and loss to the {whole commurity and in the long runm, {the veterans themselves would lose far more than they would gain.” Not the least disturbinz feature, he ! continued, was the bil''s plan to post- pone actual distribution of funds until next year, which, he said, “tends to mi. lead the peonle into the bhelief that in some way the vroposed programme can | be accomnl ed without imnosing a se- rious burden on the country.” | “It must inevitably increase the w iburden which the people have to bear. |he contended. “It conld be financed only by adding to the burden of debt and taxes under which the country is mow staggering, however financed, no such sum could be taken out of the publle {treasury without throwingz a correspond- ing load upon the whole people in the form of increased interest charges. n- lorensed taxes, and increased cost of lv- ing.” Cost of refunding the early matu of public debt, the secretary sald. “would be vastly increased, and the refunding onerations themselves seriously embar- {rasse “It scems particularly Inappropriate.” he said, “to give present consideration fo the measure when we still have before us- the pressing problem of revising the internal tax laws, and finding sufficient revenues to meet the existing require- mnets of government." Continuing the seeretary said that "ou‘ first concern, of course. should be to make full provision™ for the needs of d abled veterans. “To thit object” he sald. “the coun- try is pledged to give without stint of its esources. It would he unfortunate in the extreme, while we are still struggling with that problem. to dissipate our re- sources in 4 sweeping plan for cash pay- ments to able-bodied ex-soldiers and safl- ors.” Senator Underwond descrihed the bm as “political camouflage.” The plan of “peddling out” cash payments in fifty doilars anarterly, he sa!d, would not ald the szoldiers. He challenged the repub- licans to propose a lump sum payment. whech he said he would supvort. and which he declared would provide a “stake” which might enable soldlers teo get Into business, or buy a home. or possible cost of affording voca- training, farm or home aid, or t aid to veterans who elect WAR MOTHERS FORM INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL Parls. July 6—The International Coun- ol of War Mothers of England, France, Ttaly and America was formed at Paris this afternoon at a meeting between a BToup of prominent women representing. the war mothers of France, and Mrs. Alice M. French, of Indianapolls, presi- dent of the War Mothers of America. The Countess of Sevres was chosen head of the temporary French organization, and communications were read from commit- tees of women representing the War Mothers of England and Italy, heartily endorsing this banding tozether of the mothers of those four nowers. Mrs. Flench said V- #he Moped that through the influence of the Inter- national organization of women future differences amongz natlons would be set- tled in ofher ways than by the blood of their sons. - “We also hope to sflence this talk of war between Japan and America by bringing the Jananese War Mothers into the council,” she added. Department of labor estimates cost of living in a year showed average decline of 16 per cent. General reducton of the army at all military points in the United tates and Porto Rico was ordered. A mew hest record was established at Montreal when the mercury climbed to 100.5 de legTees. Ford Motor Co. in twenty-two cities in the United States produced 105,952 cars 2nd trucks. Union leaders meeting in Chicago an- nounced the o.ganization will accept 12 per cent. cut of railroad workers' wages. Admiral E. W. Eberle. assumed com- mand of the United States Pacific fleet. He succeeds Admiral Hugh' Rodman. The number of idle or surplus freight cars on June 23 totalled 377,850, or 3,596 less than the previous week, according to the American Railway Association. Several hundred employes of the Amer- ican Sugar Refining Co. of Brooklyn went on strike because of reduction in wages. Attorney General Daugherty in not yet prepared to make a recommendation for or against a pardon for Eugene V. Debs, he announced. Prices of shoes declined 39 to 40 per cent. over the scale of a year ago, ac- cording to delegates attending the Illinois Shoe Retailers’ Asosciation convention. American Sheet and Tin Plate Co.'s mills at Scottdale resumed operations aft- er more than 2 month’s idleness. Over 500 men will return to work. * Two armed men held up United Cigar store, Broadway, New York. They forc- ed the clerks to hand over receipts for the day totalling $1,500. ¢ Because of the destruction of the main ammunition dump at Smyrna, the Greek army in Asia Minor may be compelled to suspend operations against Turks, Five hundred Rotarians who attended the international convention held in Edin- burgh, Scotland, arrived m Paris after a visit to the battlefield in France. “Gar” Wood drove his power boat Mis America, with whica he won the Harms- worth trophy and gold cup last year, at the rate of 79 miles an hour in a race with an airplane. John Artemls, recently released from jail at Boston after a sentencefor coun- terfeiting, was sen\ back again for a two year term on a charge af conspiring to make counterfeit plates. Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the excheuer, announced the British govern- ment had decided to offer for subscription fan issue of 5 1-2 per cent. treasury bonds, maturing April 1, 1929 at 97. Premier Heighan, of Canada, attending Imperial conference in Londoh, declared Canada will proclaim herself outside the Japanese treaty if it is renewed says tie Manchester Guardian. The sixth world’s Christian Science convention opened in the Seventy-first Regimest armory and will continue until next Monday. More tnan 16,000 dele- sgpes attended. The Turkish nationalists have occupled almost the entire Ismid peninsula and some of them have even entered toe neu- tral zone, says an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Constantinople, Approximately 7,000 coke workers in the independent plants of the Connells- ville coke regions were affected by a ten per cent. reduction in wages, the second announced this year. The Marquis Della Torreta, who now is in Paris to participate in the negotia- tions relative to the restoration of Aus- tria, will .accep: the ministry of foreign affairs in the new Italian cabinet offered him by Premier Bonomi. The killing of Major Montalieres of the | French army during a hositile demonstra- tion by the German population: of Be- utoen, Upper Silesia, has created -a most painful impression in French official cir- cles. Reports of Fourth of July accidents from various parts of the country reveal- ed that while the celebration by fire- works took its toll of deaths and serious- ly injured, by far the greater number of fatalities were from drownings and auto- mobile accidents, Communists of Sestrl Ponente, four and one-half miles nortawest* of Genoa, It fired on a group of extreme na- tionalists and a clash ensued in waich carabineers, in an endeavor to restore order fired on the combatants, wound- ing three persons, says a despatch from Rome. The North American chamber of com- merce and the Brazilian federation of commerce signed an international trade arbitration agreement which is considered of the greatest importance to bettef trade relationship “between the United States and Brazil. The United States rifie and pistol team which will compete in the international tournament at Lyons, France, August 5 to 15, sailed on the battlestip Utah. The team comprises 13 men, eleven of whom are officers in the regular naval or military service. The will of Marion E. Taylor, former Kentucky distiller, filed for probate dis- poses of an estate valued at $1,523,000. A fund of twenty thousand dollars is cre- ated to buy 'Christmas gifts for poor children of Natchez, Miss., the birtaplace of Mr. Taylor. Representatives of soviet Russia have been feeling out the ground in trade ci cles in France with the view, they indi- cated, of placing orders for automobiles and other articles of commerce, but re- ports from commercial quarters are they have met with little encouragement. The Berlin Freiheit, in an editorial on the Dempsey-Carpentier battie say “Can you conceive of anytning more ghastly and horrible than the nauseating scene of two brutalized fndividuals beating each other until one is unconscious? Boxing exhibitons threaten to destroy our cul- ture.” Becanse of lack of appropriations from the federal government, air service of- ficials said It was their purpose to. ap- peal to the chamber of commerce, aerial clubs and civic organizations to assist in creation of the airways. The Boy Scouts organization already has pledged its cooperation. More than five hundred of the visiting Rotary club delegates and their wives went to the grave of the unknown sol- dier in the Place D'Etoile, Paris and Budget Director Hawes reduced iryl enforcement fund 2,500,000 sood by while Dr. Crawford Y. McCul- lough of Fort Willlame, Ontaria, presi- dent of the International Rotarian organ- ization, JaM & wreath on the tomb. |fer-> RefumtoYieldonN'meteenAmendnan"A :’ ‘ing!oBufl(omevi:iumintheFmHundrda.lfl'lfi:_\ Million Dollar Bill—Amendments on Which Senate De- | Carriers, Aviation mdww For Eattleships Under Construction—Navy Enlisted Personnel Fixed at 106,000 Men. 3 ‘Washington, July 6.—Although agree-| for the navy resulting from the lapse of ing to the bulk of the provisions in the | 3PPropriations with the close of the fiscal four hundred and nine million dollar na-| Year, June 30. It might be n val appropriation bill as voted recently|it Was said,.to adopt a resolution com= by the house in attempting to dispose of | linuing last year's appropriations tem. differences between the two bodies, the| Porarily until the pending bill is en- senate today refused to vield on nine-|acted. Only a few days, however, it was teen amendments and sent the measure | beiieved would be required to wind up back to the house with a request for | the bill finally, and leaders were hope- further conference. The amendments on! ful of avoiding the expedient of a com= which the senate declined to recede in-| tinuing résolution. €5 clude provisions for two, airplane car-| AmOLg the majority provisions of the i tion ztations and increased ex-| bill disyosed of finally by the senate’s res for battleships under con- |action today on the conference report struction. were the Borah disarmament and that Leaders had not determined tonight | fixing the navy enlisted personmel at how to meet the technical deficit in funds | 106,000 men. z FLED 7O MEXICO TO AVOID DRAFT EDUCATORS NOMINATE WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT Dedham, Mass., July 6.—~An excursion to Mexico by a group of seven or eight men to avoid the draft and military ser- vice in 1917 was brought to light today in the cross examination of Bartolomeo Vanzetti, testifying in iis own behalf at| the trial of himself and Niccola Sacco lor the murder of a paymaster and his guard at South Drainu=> a year ago. District Attorney Frederick G. Katzmann Des Motnes, Towa, July 6.—With twen- ty-two departments and organizations gathered hef2 to discuss important. phases ugt(-ducztion. the National Educa- tion Assbciaticu today began in earmest to work out problems being brought up for consideration. At today’ session Miss Charl O. Wiliams, of Memphis, Tenn.,, was nominated as president. The: election will be held Friday. developed that both Sacco and Vanzetti| Resolutions agreed upon by the resos | were members of the party. lutions committee would advocate: 3 Vanzetti, who had Jeen living in Ply-| Competent, well-trained teacher for mouth, said he went If-riciey, Mexi-|every teaching position; probatiomary = co, in 1917, and svent four or five|period of service to determine fitness £ months there. or seven friends ac-|for permanent service; permanent te- companied him, among iaem £a:co. Theinure du‘ug efficient service after pro= | party went by train, ex Mexico| bationary period; adequate retirement thrcugh Lagedo, Texas. laws; adoption of single salary schedule = = The distrRt attorney referred to Van- zetti's testimony that he was arranging a meeting of fellow Italians at Brockton in the interest of Andrea Salsedo and Roberto Elia, detained as radicals by de- partment of justice officials at New York, when he and Sacco were arrested on May 5, 1920. Vanzetti said he could not identify a .38 calibre nickcl plated revolver as the weapon which was found on him when he was arrested. He said he could not say the one shown was his because he had owned his revolver only three or four months. Its chamber, he said, held five cartridges. % When the district attorney asked him if he had told him at the Brod(inq Po- lice station that he bad put six cartridges |based upon preparation and expert ser- vice; a more adequate program of edu- cation for rural America; cooperation With the American Legion in developing a programme of Americanism; that the basic language of public, privats, and pa- rochial schools be the English language compulsory attendance for nine months through high school period; larger state distributive funds for schools to equalize burdens and opportunities throughout the state; unqualified endorsement of & department of edueation with a seere- tary in the presiderit's cabinet and fed- eral aid and encouragement to the states; a course of study for all schools deal- ing with taxation and expenditure of public funds; a national program of.s heaith education leading to physical fite in the chamber, he £aid he might have|ness; entering upon a programme of ede | because he Wa$ Ot Very“famiifar with|ucation leading to international peaee. 4 the weapon. He.said he had lied to the e i v wivees e | district attofticy when he fold him (hal[OIL SCHERULE SERIOTS F had owned the revolver four or five i Veate 'and nad lied when he said- the BLOW TO NEW ENGLAND cartridges in the revolver at that time were the last six in a sox which he had bought with the revolver. There was no mask on the gun by which he could rec- ognize it he said. JEarly in the trial the prosecution said it would show that the revolver taken from Vanzetti was that which had been carried by Alessandro Berardelli, one of the murdered men, and a statewitness testified that he saw a weapon similar to that of Vanzetti in the left hand of one of- the bandits fleeing from the scene of the crime. TWO HELD ON CRIMINAL LIBEL CHARGES X SR Boston, July 6.—Governor Channing H.. - Cox, ia a letter to governors of the othes: New England states today expressed the opinion tkat the oil schedule of the new Fordney tariff would be “a serious blow™ to New England industries. “The proposed tariff which seeks to,. place a duty of thirty-five cents a bar. rel on crude oil and twenty-five cents a barrel on fuel oil.” the letter said, “would in my judgment be a serious blow to New England industries, a large number of which today are consuming oil. I fear also that it would be a serious injury to the several new oil refineries recemtly built in New England, and that it womld tend to raise the price of coal in New England and increase the price of gaso-* line. . “I am expressing this Tiew to the mem- bers of congress from Massachusetts. I¢ you feel the same, I hope you will ad-! dress the members of congress from your. ' state and urge their opposition to the proposed tarift. ! S e Fargo, N. D., July 6.—George A. Tot- ten, Jr., former editor, and C. K. Gum- merson, former business manager, We; arrested today on warrants charging criminal libel following publication of an article in a special edition of the Cour- ews charging members of the state executive committee of the non-p n league with misusing funds for the eague’s recall campaign. e complaint was filed by A. A. Lie- derbach, chairman of the state executive committee. Both were released on bonds pending a hearing July 8. Previously they had ben relieved of their positions on The Courier-News, a daily newspaper. controlied by the state executive commit- t fotten also is at liberty on bond fol- lowing his arrest Saturday on a charge of embezzling $102.70 of the league's ign fund. N 3 statement tonight Liederbach de- nied the published charges and declared that “every dollar exggnded by us has been in conformity With instructions of the mass convention that authorized the fund.” BATTLESHIP UTAH WENT AGROUND ON FLATS, Boston, July 6.—The battleship Utah was aground for half an hour in the har- bor here today. Six tugs eventually: pulled her clear of the flats into whieh' ghe had nosed while returning to mi 3 navy yard. The battleship was not dam-| aged. . | The Ttah had sailed yesterday for . European ports. She spent the day in| the bay adjusting compasses, but gun-. shutters were not working properly and the battleship turned back to port for repairs. \ Aboard the Utah were the members of the United States rifle and pistol team | entered in_the international tournament: at Lyons, France, Aug. § to 15. As the Ttah will be in port a week, their train-; ing period at Coblenz will be curtaled, poesibly abandoned. COLLINSVILLE MAN RUNS AMUCK WITH CLEAVER FOREST FIRES THREATEN CANADIAN VILLAGES Quebec, July 6.—Unless rain within the next few hours checks the devastat- ing forest fires raging in far-fung sec- tions of Quebec and Ontario, numerous settlements in the path’ of the famows are in danger of being wiped out. | Reports tonight ind'éate that fires which have broken-out anew along the ' Totcumostock river and at Skelter, Gol- bout and Breakville, are consuming vast * areas of timber, 3 ‘ U Although the fires in Ontario, reports say, have been 5o far confined chiefly to brush, they are raging over a wide area ori both sides of the Temiskeming and Northern Ontario railroad. More than a million cords of pulp wood along the line of the railroad are said to have beea destroyed. Collinsville, Conn., July 6.—William Hahn, about 40 years old, ran amuck at his mother's home here today and sash- ed three persons with & cleaver. Attack- ing his mother, Mrs. M Charles Schlos- ser ,he inflicted several wounds on the head - and arms. She was taken to a hospital in Hartford, where she died to- night. Hahn then struck his sister, Mrs. John Hagen, and injured a meighbor, Mrs. Joseph Michel. The injuries of the latter two ar¢ not serious. Hahn then fled from the house. A group of neighbors and police located him a mile and one-half from his home. He jumped off a cliff when he saw the crowd approaching. He was but slight- ly injured and tonight was taken to the Connecticut Hospital For the Insane for examination - e LOWELL TEXTILE COMPANY FILES BANKRUPTCY PETITION MMILLAN TO START FOE . FAR NORTH THIS MONTH | Boston, July 6.—The Lowell Textile company of North Chelmsford filed - pe- tition in bankruptcy in accordance with a vote of stockholders today. Liabilities were placed at $291,683 and assets at $239,044. Secured creditors hold claims aggregating $66,088. Unsecured creditors include Frolich & Barber, Memphis, Tenn., $56.961; George H. McFadden & Brothers, Ioston, $51 511, and the Appleton National bank. Lowell, $40,000. Boston, July 6—Donald B. MacMillan will make his start for the Arctic regions * on July 16 from Wiscasset, Me., he an- nounced todey. Governor Baxter -ef . 4 Maine and other state officials will be,k among the party o bid the little schoen- | er Bowdoin godspeed on her_journey te, explore Bafin land. The Bowdoln is | no wat Portland taking on supplies. 1 TUGS DESPATCHED TO ¢ MEET DISABLED STEAMER Boston, July 6.—The Penar Steamer Isanti, which sailed from Nor- folk for Glasgow with coal last Satur- PAROLED CONVICT SHOT AND KILLED BY POSSE Hood River, Ore., July 6.—Luther Fa- gan, who shot T. J. Miller here today and’ kidnapped Miller's wife. son and day, reported by wireless today that was heading for this port with her steer- ing gear deranged and oil in the fresh water tank. Tugs were ° meet her olf Boston light daughter, was shot and killed early to- night by a posse after he had been sur- rounded in a gnicket. His prisoners were uninjured. -