Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 11, 1921, Page 1

i Field—Explosion Set Fire ed Were All Spectators—Pilot and Assistant Rescued by Carl Miller Coach of Bethany College—Injured Rushed to Glendale Hotpihl—l"ivé Said to be in Serious Con- dition—Sixteen Automobiles Were Crushed. Moundsvills, West Va., July 10.—Five arsons are known to be dead and fifty rjured at Langlin Fieid late m:: Martin Bombing plane cras! -:::fl 2 "group of automobiles parked om the grounds. An explosion followed set- ting fire to the machines. The dead were all spectators. Lieutenant C. R. Mclve, pilot and Lieutenant T. P. Dunton. ae- sistant pilot o rescued by Carl Miller, coach of ml'."i.y coliege. i The dead are: -Mrs. George Long, yoars old, Moundsville, and an unidenti- fied child; Carl Petitt, ¥red Edgs, Ralph e elat the Injured were taken to the Glendale hospital, where. it was reported five were in a serious condition. A ph: <icians office nearby also was used as an emérgency hospital, where it was report- R were of Moundsville known dead fl’t:eth' exception . of mvgl.vvhole ‘home . Va. sund Bottom, w‘x';um;ldn and Dunten were taking off in the government 'plane from Lang, fu Field, starting from the south side % he field with the Ofio river on their le KILLED AND FIFTY INJUERED IN ARPLANE CRASH Martin Airplane Falls On Group of Automobiles at Langlin| POPULATION to Machines—Dead and Injur- ped in the machines. The pilots arrived at Moundsville Sat- urday afternoon with the bomber from the Martin factories at Cleveiand and were leaving Langlin _Field here for Langley Field where the plane was to be put into service. Nearly a score of persons were either burned or injured so severely as to re- quire surgical attention. . Lieuts. Mclve and Dunton and Ser- geant James Long, in charge of the field, declined to make any comment as to the cause of the accident. Lieut. Dunton suffered slight burns about the face and hands but neither he nor his companion were hurt severely. Both are regularly attached to Langley Field. 'Langlin Field is located on the Ohio river on the upper part of Moundsville and comprises an area of about ten acres. It was originally planned -for private enterprises but recently was takem over by the war department and has been designated as a midway station between Dayton, Ohio and Washingtor on the United States military air way. Sixteen automobiles were crushed in- to a mass and set afire, many of them thad about thirty feet accerd- ik to e revorts, when 16 plae wung sharply to the left an about o hit % hangar. Apparent effort was made, #t was said to throw the plane into the Fiver but it ‘was flying too Jow and crashed into & line of automo- biles lined along the river b‘“k;d x Sixteen automobiles were burned, an the dead in most instances were trap- filled with people. Both tanks of the alrcraft exploded, hurling the burning oil over the cars and spectators for several yards around. A car containing 2,000 pounds of dyn- amite was directly in the path of the plane only four feet beyond the spot where it stopped. The dynamite was being used by a contracter in sinking a coal mine shaft. - WINESE MINISTEE r COMMENDS U, 8. STAND oty —The recent washington, July 10. t declaration of the intention of the Un;x ed States to continue its support of ltoe- open door. in China was "m“f:idmm night by Sso-Ke Alfred Sze, the e statement” which contained the 15t of notes XRALERS Meepartment. the ernment and & - s u“ v e declared it “was gratifying to T rom Mr. Hughes reply, “the re- caunciation, ot the o9t S00%, Ve e “hina” and tha i e W can hardly be shaken.” The ‘S ment contained the Chinese i asking whether the United &lfillx ol maintain its support of the federal 3 raph company's Wireless contrac [ d continued: A "(‘:un:n'slumu Mr. Hughes' reply «waich is a declaration of the policy on the part of the American governmen with respect to China. Sinee the :m:; ng of the Lansing-lshil Agreemen b ome peopla the position ¢ :u:\ government I this regard has ue:\“ ed to be more: OF \essb':lousd:dhnw;r au: - doubts: and umn-;‘:n?m‘mm' 9EE unt _of 1 Al e eonciusion of {liat agreement has been published. The p;’:::‘:\t ;{CY tion clears the: atmos) : 3 ]I::Txh:s' jJanguage ls so clear and ex plicit when he writes: 2 vernment of me_ )m:r;':v:: associated itself rangement which sought any spacial rights or 1 which would abridge t wubject states; and T #th any ar- establish to l rivileges in China he rights of the s or ecitizens of other friendly am happy to aumremye;v: th is the purpose of this govern P her to partleipate nor acquiesce i Any arrangement which might purpe tn establish in favor of (:;e r};;:lsmv‘l:h— rior! of Telopments in desisnated resions of the \erritories of China, or Which migh seek to create any such monopoly or préference as would exclude other na- Honals from undertaking any legitimate * MAMMOTH DEMONKTRATION FOR “WARLESS WORLD” New York, July 10.—More than 16,000 delegates to the sixth world's Christian Endeavor convention today gave a tre- mendous demonstration to an appeal for a “warless world’ ‘and - a demand that the United States join some international association to promote peace. They doeered Fred B. Smith, chairman of the commission on interchurch fede- ration federal councl of the churches of Christ in America as he urged all Christian churches to bring pressare gup- on toe authorities at Washington to make America a member of the league of na- tions or some other guild. “It-is the Christian , duty of this country, without further delay, to - join some- league or guild that will promote world peace” he' declared, adding “if isolation from other nations comes it will be the saddest hour in tihe histery of the United tates.”* The speaker in urging the Christian Endeavor to use its organization for the prevention of war, said he belleved ,a company of men had organized in this country to bring about conflict with Mex- ico for their own self interests. A “If they succeed,” he added, “it will be the most damnable thing ever undertak- en under the tar and Stripes.” Mr. Smith srid there would be less enthusi- asm for war if every man in America should be forced to make a statement of | how much money he has when e war began and how much he has when it is over. He said if there is another war the old men from 45 to 65 should be sent to the front as they would make just as good “canmon fodder ‘as the younger men."” _— GERMANY DISAPPOINTED OVER PEACE RESOLUTION Berlin, July 10.—(By The A: P.)—“No economic benefits offered by the United States could be sufficiently attractive to voluntarily induce Germany to affix for the second time her signature to the dist graceful reace of Versailles, with all its humiliations, privations and confes- sion of German guilt,” says the Indus- rafe or industry or from participating U3 fhe Chinese “govemmment in any of vublic enterprise. nt::or;: gratifying to note the re-enun- iation of the open door policy in China. 1t means that there are no special or cuperior rights on privileges claimed by an ynation in any designated region »f China whieh the American govern- ment will recognize the American gov- srnment having never associated {tsel with any such arrangement. It means alse that the government will not per- mit its citisens or the nationals of any other ' countries’ to acquire monopolistic rights in private or public emterprises in China. The position thas taken by the American government g sound and can hardly ba shaken. For all rights which foreign natfons have in China are de- ived from treaties made between China 1nd other countries. The favored mation sluase gives to the United States all the rights and privileges acquired by other sountries ‘without any further or express provisions. TUnder such circumstances, 30 foreign nmation hae acquired any spe- sial rights in China. ) WIDELY ENOWN WARTFORD INSURANCE MAN DEAD Hartford, Conn., July 10.—Edward V. Preston, general manager of agencies of the Travelers Insurance Company, and widely known in the insurance business died at his home bere tonight at the age of 34 years. He has been in 1l nealth since jast November. He has been connested the Travelers In- suranee company for 56 years. He serv- »d4 throughout the Civil War with the 5th Conmecticut Volunteers and was mus- tersd out with the rank of major. —r trialist and, conservative organ, Der Tag, commenting on the Porter-Knox reoslu- tion ending the state of war betwsen the United #States and Germany, the text ot Which only now has been made known here, The conditions contained in the resolu- tion, adds the paper, should effectively dispel the motions still harbored in some German minds to the effect that the old- est democracy of western civilization, through its new administration would af. ford Germany a ray of hope. “The ' resolution does not reveal even the faintest trace of shame or indication of a spirit of reconciliation,” says Der Tag. “On the contrary, it is an expres- sion of crass egotism.~ —_— ELECTRICAL STORM CAUSES $500,000 DAMAGE IN BOSTON Boston, July 10.—Damage in Greater Boston from the series of six electrical storms that centered over this city and its suburbs yesterday was estimared to- day at $500,000. Losses in neighboring towns and citles, reports said, would approximate as much mere. Although nearly one hundred bolts of lightning found marks in and near this city, damage from this cause wag slight. The heaviest loss resulted from the rain fall which measured 6.3 inches here in less than twenty-four hours, establishing a record. Hundreds of basements were flooded, roadways washed out and rail- way and trolley lines submerged. Trouble crows of telephone and lightinz com- panies were busy today straightening out the tangle caused by rain and light- ning. Three deaths were directly due to -the storm. One woman was killed by light- ning, an elderly woman died of shock PRESIDENTIAL PARTY CRUISING ON MAYFLOWER ey Julr 10,—The presidential yacht, Mayflower, on which President and araingaod a party of friends left Washington yesterday for a cruise down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay sent the following radio message to the navy today: “Mayfiowsr under way from Point Jookout at 9 a. m. for cruise down Cres- apeake Bay” GROUNDED STEAMER . FLOATED BY CUTTER Nantucket, Mase., Jily 10.—The -Ship- piag Board steamer Craigrownie which ‘went ashore Saturday forenoon one mile west of the Norton Shoal in Nantucket Sonnd, was floated Intg yesterday with the assistanee of the coamt guard.cutter ‘ Asushnet. The steamer was undam- peed and proceeded under her own power. and a man died of heart_ failure aftera a long automobile drive #fTough the storm. WELFARE COUNCILS FOR 3 U. S. POSTAL EMPLOYES Washjngton, July 10.—Organization among postal employes of national and local councils for the consideration of matttrs affecting their working condi- tions, health and general welfare will be undertaken in the near future thg postoffice department ammounced today. Postmaster General Hays, the announce- ment said, has approved the plan which was suggested by Dr. Lee K. Frankel, in charge of the department’s welfare work. It is planned to have employes in the various brandies of the postal ser- viee elect representatives to the national councils, composed of ‘the postmaster, or a supervisory official appointed by n. and representatives of letter carri- ers, postal clerks and other employes, will be organized, 29,685 NORWICH CONN., MOND Propases Conference| Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan With View to Holding Discussion on the Question in Washington. Washington, July 10,—President Hard- ing has taken definite steps looking to a conference in Washington of the prin- | 0 cipal aliied and associated powers to discuss limitation of armament. He also has suggested to the interested nations that there be at the same time a discussion of the Pacific and Far East- ern problemg with a view to reaching a common understanding With respgcts to principles and politics in the fdr east. This announcement was made tonight by the state department by direction of the ‘president in the fallowing state- ment: “The .president, in view of the far- reaching importance of the question of Lmitation of armaments, has approached with' informal but definite inquiry the gnup of powers heretofore known as the principal allied and associated pow- ers ‘that is, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan to ascertain whether it would be agreeable to them to take part in a conference on this subject to be held in Washington at a time-to be mutually agreed upon. If the proposal is fourd to: be acceptable, formal invitations for such a conference will be issued. “It is manifest that the question of limitation ot armaments has a ¢lose re- lation to Pacific and Far Eastern prob- lems and the president has suggested that the powers especially Interested in thess problems should undertake in con- nection with this conference, the consid- eration of all matters bearing upon their solution, with a view to reaching a com- mon understanding with respect ‘to principles and policy in the Far East. This has been communicated to the pow- ers concerned and China has also been invited to take part in the discussion re- lating to far eastern problems.” The department’s statement was made public without comment and the fant that the president had suggested to the interested nations a joint discussion of the far eastern and Pacific problems came as something of a surprise in Washington. The department's statement dld not make clear what nations had been approached on these particular sub- jects, but' aside from China, which was specifically named, ‘it was assumed that Great Britain and Japan were among them. Mr. Harding's move with regard to limitation of armament was described by some of his advisers as the second step in the working out of his international program, - adoption of the peace resolu- tion having been the first. Before that resolution was put through congress, he sent out informal “feelers” on the sub- ject of disarmament. He now has gone a step forward in the development of this program. 3 Proposals for a conference on world disarmament were made in congress "Some ‘months ago and a ‘resolution by Senator Borah, republican, Idaho, asking the president to invite Great Britain and on the question of limiting naval con- struction has been made a part of the naval appropriation bill and accepted both by the senate and house. The presideat, however, apparently has gone much further than the suggestion in the Borah resolution. His inquiries have been addressed to France and Italy as well, and ‘there is nothing in the depart- ment announcement tonight to suggest that the limitation of disarmaments be confined solely to naval construction. ‘When the disarmament question was discussed in congress various proposals were made that any conference on this issued subject contemplate a reduction of armies as well as navies, but some sen- ators and representatives opposed in- cluding France and Italy on the ground that France could not be expected in the then state of affairs in Europe to consent to any material reduction of its land forces. So far as has been made known, Pres- ident Harding offered no objections to the adoption by congress of the Borah resolution, but some of those close to the president opposed the measure en the ground that it would limit the confer- enecs to three powers and also to the subject of naval disarmament. Senator Borah said tonight that he preferred°to withhold comment on the state department announcement until he had had an opportunity to study it. AMERICAN EMBASSY ISSUES PRES., HARDING’S STATEMENT London, July 18 (By The A. P.)—The American embassy in Londen tonight is- sued for publication President Harding's statement relative to a . conference be- tween the great powers for the discus- ion' of the 'limitation of armaments. The annouhcement from the embassy. was made too late for general comment in the London papers, but the president’s statement together with a semi-official announcement which .preceded the em-; bassy communication was given great prominence as news of the highest im- portanee. BROCKTON DAMS COLLAPSE; % COUNTRY FLOODED FOR MILES Brockton, Mass., July 10.—The collapse of two dams holding millions of gallons of wateMetonight deluged the surrounding country for miles and threatened the plant of the Edison Electric company, which supplies power to several towns, and many large manufacturing plants. No loss of life resulted from the flood. Persons living near by pad been warned that the dams had been made unsafe by the tremendous volume of water that poured into them in the severe rains yes- terday. Later officials of = the Edison plant stated that the water had almost reached the fireboxes im the boiler rooms and that unless it subsided no power could be supplied tomorrow. The Dudley dam, holding in check a big pond, was the first to go. Its con- tents rushed inte two other ponds con- trolled by the Forge dam, which col- lapsed a few hours later. Crops in mearby fields were buried un- der several feet, of . water, while the waters seeped into the cellars and event- ually into the ground floors of many houses. RUSSIAN & MYSTERY 18 CLEARED UP New York, July 10.—The mystery in the disappearance of the Russian steam- ships Penza and Tobolsk from their moorings in the Hudson river Thursday night was dispelled today when it was learned that the vessels are undergoing minor répairs at a Brooklyn drydock. The ships “are a subject of controversy between the Soviet government and rep- resentatives of the Russian volunteer fleet. ‘ : 3 Japan to'confeér with ‘the United States’ - BRIEF TELEGRAMS Coulter” State Bank of* Coulter, Towa, was robbed of $5,000 by five bandits. va‘rnur Shoup, of cdfl!l@lc annoumnc- ed seven thousand persons are in absolute {want as a result-of the flood at Pueblo. Queen Sephie of Groce arrived at Smyma to make an inspection” of mili- tary iospitals. Wireless despatch from steamship Cal- lao, says vessel, reported as mising,. ex- pects to arrive in New York on July il Refined sugar has been advanced te 550 cents a pounds from 540 in New York. French senate voted & credit of tem million francs for relief of the unemploy- Tapt. 8. N. Rathbun, ager 31, for more that 50 years editor of the Marion, (lowa) Register, is dead. An appropriation of $400,000 will be awarded to 24 states for the protection of their forest lands for the present fis- cal year. Elihu Root was chosen as one of Bra- zil's candidates for election as judge of the permanent court of jaternational justice. announced reductions ranging from $2 to.$12 in pipe and tube prices. Price of wire and nails were reduced $5 a ton. An explosion occurred in a shipyard in the Gulf of Quarnero, according to a dis- patch from Fiume. Several persons are reported to have been killed. Charles A, Prouty, former member of the interstate commeree commission, died at his home in Newport, Vt., after an {ll- ness of several weeks. Five hundred small forest fires are raging in the vicinity of Grand Mere, uebec. Because of the fumes, hydro- aeroplanes had to cease scouting service. House agreed to another cemferemce with the senate in an effort to reach an agreement on half a dozen senate amend- ments to the naval appropriation bill. Jack Dempsey emphatically denies re- ports origi\:ting in Atlantic City that Mayor Bader of Atlantic City would sup- plant Jack Kearns as his manager. An electric storin which weather bu- reau officials deseribed as more severe vere than Ay within their recollection passed over Boston and suburbs. King George opened mew extension to the Royal Albert dock at London, which will permit docking of 30,-000' tons lifters within seven miles of St Paul's Cathe- dral. Alexander Howat and August Dorchy, union miners’ leaders, were sentenced to serve six months in jail and to pay $500 fine by Judge Boss at Columbus, Kan., for violating Industrial Court law. Norman Brookes, crack Australian tennis player, will not play in the Davis Cup matches at Pittsburgh August 4, 5 and 6. according to members of the team who arrived at Vancouver, B. C. The estate of the late Franklin K. Lane former secretary of the Interior will not total more than $10.000 ,accord- ing to a petition filed in the superior court at San Francisco. A passenger train on hoard which were soldiers going 'from Dublin to Cork, was attacked at Clondalkin, outside Dublin, bombs were threwn and an attempt was made to set the train afire. di A charge of first degree murder against Mrs. Katherine Farina, of ‘Haverhill, Mass., for the Killing of het husband, Frank Farina, last Sunday, was dropped and one of manslaughter substituted. Former Emperor William s In con- flict with the municipal ocouncil at Doorn over 'the question of paving local taxes; and the pressure of the law is threatened to enforcement. according to a Doorn despatch to the Daily Mall. The long controversy betweem the gov- ernment and the Western Union Tele- zraph Company over the ‘landing of its Miami-Barbados cable here was bronght to an end with the granting of -federal permission for the landing. ' Representative Darrow Introddeed = resolution proposing that congress ap- prove the holding of an exposition In Philadelphia in 1926 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The United States Ghipping Board vessel Craigrownie was reported ashore one mile west of Norton Shoal in Nan- tucket Sound., by Captaln James ' O. Sandsbury of the Vineyard Line steam- ship, Gay Head. With Harold W. Wilson refnsing te re- sign as federal prohibition director for Massachusetts, Etmer C. Potter, who was appointed ‘as his snccessor after the abolition of Potter's position as = New England prohibition supervisor, . was sworn into office. Mavor Branford-eof Quinev, Maes., pre- sented a bill to Seeretary Davis for six- ty thousand dollars for money which he says the government agreed ‘to pav in lien of taxes on the assessed valmation of the housing preject built in 'the city dur- ing the war. David S, Robb, internatienal finaneial agent of th, United Mine Workers of America, and eleven other union leaders were arrested at Willamson, W.. Va,, by Najor Tom' Davis, Governer Moreans personal representative in the eoal region, on charge of unlawful asemblage. Tmportation of 'ligners from Glasgow, Scotland and! other Furopean nerts te Canada through Portland which Tast winter amounted to hundreds of thous- ands of dolars will cease on Jnly 15, as the result of onders recelved by Col- lector Charles M. Sleeper from the treas- ury department. . Grover C. Robbins, ‘nrineipal of a pre- paratory scheol at' McKeesport, Penn., who Tast Tuesday was fentenced to ‘three months in jail and fined %100 for his part ‘in the tarring and feathering of Rercy England of Pepperell.. was found zullty on an additional charge of carrying a loaded revolver. A fine of $100 im- posed by the court was apbealed. CLERK CONFERSES TO s RECEIVING' gl'ou:x JEWELRY =t New York, July 1 Elwood Adams, a clerk, was arrested today and confessed, the police said. that he obtained positions |as a servant for Jean Cunningham, Who stole jewelry valued at $40,000 from em- ployers in:New York, Philadelphia and Asbury Park. Her plunder, the alleged confession says, Wwas turned over to Adams, who sold it for three thousand dollars to dealers here. . 5 Miss Cunningham_was arrested last night at the Pénnsylvania terminal. United States States Steel Cm-pcnuo-l AY, JULY 11, 1921 P. U. Denies Hleven | JELPAST RIOTS CAUSE 15 | | © road, sald last week . Jitney Applications New Haven and Bridgeport| - Applicants Hard Hit' by Commission’s Decision— Waterbury Men May Oper- ate to New Haven Via Bethany. Hartford, July 10,—Eleven applica- tions for permission to operate jitmey bus lines are denjed and threé. applica. tions are granted in decisions announced tonight by.the public uti'ities commission Connecticut. = Ml’amimon is granted the Waterbury jitneys and taxis, inc, to Dpenty.e a bus line between Waterbury and New Ha- “en, via Bethany. Therfe wWere seven- teen petitions for this route, the petition- ers combining and asking for onme certi- ficate in the name of the corporation. Permission is granted¥for the opera- on of buses between North Branford and New'Haven, the certificate being is- sued to John J. Woods. Authorization also is given for the operation of three jitney buses on Orange street, New. Ha- ven. Applicatis to operate buses between Bfld?enortfl:ud New Haven is denied. The commission says the general routs has adequate railroad and trolley ser- vice, except between Devon and New Haen, via Alingtown. T\:en was 1o tion for such a route. ipgtll::r jitney route applications denied the commission are: byxew Haven to Waterbury, via Derby; New Haven to Derby; New Haven to Clinton; New Haven to Branford; New Haven to Saybrook, Chester and Middle- town (elght petitions) ; New . Haven zh‘ Oyster River; New Haven to Hartford ; New Haven to-Savin Rock; Dixwell ave- nue, New Haven, to Winchester avenue, New Haven. ¢ CONN, CO. TO OPEN JITNEY BUS LINE New Haven, July 10.—The Connecticut company's first- jitney bus line is to be opened on a route between East Haven and Brandford ,said President L. S. Storrs, of the Connecticut company te- night. Suggestion for =uch a jitney line was made by the public u(uiuag com- mission tonight in its decision e_qy‘lng permission for the operation of jitney busses between New Haven and Bran- ford. The commission said part of the New Haven-Branford route is adequate- ly -served by the Conmmecticut company trolleys and recommended the company jitney busses in connection with -the trolleys to care for Branford. —_ MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR SOLDIER DEAD AT PAEIS N. J., July 10.—Le.ld.0rl' 2 e nation mourned the country’s Wa ::ld today at memorial services on the army piers here, where lay the bodies of 7,264 ‘mén who made the supreme sacri- on the fields of France. . ficéon:ress sent a joint comlttee head- ed by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who spoke at the services. The army Was represented by Assistant Secretary of War Wainwright and General Pershing. who declared the freedom of mankind was the battle cry of the fallen war- O res of gold star mothers apd_hun- dfeds of war veterans attended. Every unit that saw active service in France was represented among the dead. Direct- ly in front of the speakers were the ell‘- Kets of the first three United States sol- diers to die In battle against Germany —Corporal Herbert J:me)_D. Gresham of Evansville, Indiana; Private Thomas F. Enright of Pittsburgh, Pa. and Pri- vae Merle D. Hay, of Glidden, Towa. all members of the Sixteenth Infantry, First Division, and all killed in November, 1917, in the Isumeville section of Lor- raine. 4 “They fou Hoboken, ght for eternal right and justice, as did the founders of this Erel! Tepublic,” said General Pershing. “The freedom of mankind was their battle cry. “1 saw them go forward wearied of body, yet intrepid, resolute and cheerful of spirit. Scornful of danger, they ad- vanced with undaunted courage. Omly those who fought with them can ever know the heights of religious devotion and patriotism to Which they rose. Senator Lodge said that “to a few of us, there is a peculiar poignancy in this silent array of the dead, because We are among those upon Whom feil the griev- ous responsibility of declaring the war in which these precious lives were lost. No one who has not suffered that experience can realize the pain and distress It b N br?;se assured,” he continued, “that there are no men in this country who o dread, so hate war as the senators and repre- sentatives in congress upon . whom is imposed the duty of declaring .war, if war pust come.” Funeral hymns and the national: an-|' them were sung at the service and pray- ers were said by a Frotestant Clergyman, a Catholic priest and a Jewléh rabbl. General Pershing and Maurice Casenave, Frerich high commissioner, laid wreathg upon the coffine of Corporal Gresham and Privates Enright and Hay. . ‘When the solemn speeches and the songs of mourning had ceased, a bugler od “Taps.” ple.l"l!e\'n the relatives and the friends of many of those whose bodies had , been brought back from the military cemeter- fes of France began to look for the cof- fins that bore the:remains of their loyed ones,, .Each casket was numbered and attendants directed kin and friends to the section of the pier which was the temporary tomb of their dead. “Today,” said General Pershing, “we Bee these thousands of caskets, each tes- tifying to the sacrifice of life itself, by some' young friend to give us peace and happiness. These were no common souls. Under each flag there lies one who was nurtured at the altar of an Ameriean home. And today his patriotic méther or . wife mourns her gallant soldier. .In this hour no human heart could remain unmoved. ‘“No_words from human lips can de fitting honor to the memory of -these men. Thelr story mwill live to inspire fature generations of Americans- down through -the ages. They gave all and in the giving, left us the fine example not only of how Americafis can die, buf how they should live. There only remains for us to place them tenderly !n their last resting place and cover them with our gifts of flowers and our tribute of tears. . We shall leave them in' some beautiful spot where little children may come and learn what their fathers have done for their country and for the world. Danbury—The * “elimination of jitney competition and - the resulting - increase in the receipts. of the Danbury & Beth- el street railway will make possible im- portant betterments in the service and equipment of the raflway company, Judge J. Moss Ives, recelver of . the Police Claim Outbreak PRICE TWO CENTS. ATHS: NEARLY 100 INJURED Was Precipitatéd by Republicans Wha Firefl on Patrols—Townshend Street Centre of Sharp Clashes—Unionist Forces Take Part in the Fray—Lloyd Gedrge Asks De Valera to Name Day For General Con- ference on An Irish Settlement—British Premier and Belfast, July 10.—(By the A. P.)— Rioting broke out in Belfast last night and, continuing throughout the day, be- came so serious this afternoon that ne military had to be summoned to restore order. At temn o'clock tonight the cas- ualty lists showed that fifteen persuns had been killed and nearly 100 wounded Aceording to police accounts the firing at patrols by republicans precipitated the outbreak. From then the snooting w: almost continuous in the Falls district As daybreak came on the tide of battle extended down the Falls road until it reached Townshend street, which then became the centre of sharp rioting with the Unionists for. the first time entering the fray. Tae Carrickhill and Millfield districts, the nationalist strongholds, next became affected. The firing here was intense alternating with the screams of the crowds as they scurried away. As a group of Orangemen marched four ‘deep along Rgyval avenue from a service in Ulster half this afternoon there ‘were scenes of excitement, the Orange- men shouting defiance as they passed streets down which bullets were flying. Police rifles began to come into action and a crowd on a street corner cheered wildly when one of the shots brought down a ‘man with a gun. Ballymacecarret, the, city’'s eastern su- burb, caught the riot infection and gen- erally the spirit of truce was the last thing ‘to be observed in Belfast. Late this afternoon armored cars thun- déred aldng the -avenue, cheered by the unionists. . At North street the occupants tumbled out and, lying flat on the pave- ment, opened = fire. Orangemen from Shankhill road, which is a continuation of North street. lined up with the police and began shooting from that side on the republican forces in Millfield, who found themselves between two fir Early in-the morninz a number of fires were discovered in the affected area. In one street five houses were found in flames. All over Ulster church parades ware held today preliminary to the 12h of July \lemonstrations. LLOYD GEORGE AND DE VALERA TO MEET THIS WEEK Lendon, July 10.—(By the A. P.)— Premier Lloyd George and Eamona de Valera, will probably meet some day this week to discuss a basis for a general conference on an Irifh settlement. Mr. Lioyd-George has asked Mr. De Valera to name the day and has added further invitation to “any colleagues whom you may. wish to bring with you.” Ireland's struggle for frecdom has been a long history of baffled hopes, otherwise the present situation would be full of promise_for -a fine - peaceful settlement But while past history does not afford food for over confidence there are some aspects whida differ entirely from any previous effort. First, the whole British nation now is practically willing to grant Ireland do- minfon status if Ireland is willing to drop the demand for a republic. | themselves. Irish Republican Leader Expected to Meet This Week. Second, the dominion premiers mow in Lendon are ready to support, according @ all indications, Ireland’s claim for do- minion status with fiscal autonomy and & voice in foreign affairs, the latter beimyg an important aspiration of the dominions Such velp from utside as t:at afforded by a statesman of the calibre of General Smuts, the Sowtls African premier, is an asset, which Ire- land has never before enjoyed. Thirg, whatever. . De Valera today, characterized as conceived in the Lap- Diest terms, permits the Irish republican leader to bring any colleagues he may chooses. ally a truce has been arran-ed for an indefinite perfod. . The whoie surrounded circumstances in this lates Y peace rt woulg seem to prove that both ssides are deeply in earm- est in desiring success. er side of the picture is the of the extremists among both the Sinn Feiners and Orangemen and doubts are expressed as to how far they can be controlled by the leaders. There also what has up te the present been ¢ irreconcilable attitude of Mr. De V, lera and his colleagues against tie par. tition of Ireland, and the apparently equal determination in Ulster that the present status of the six counties under the home rule act shall not be disturbed. Ulster Is sma: under the serious trade boycott exercised by southern Ire- iand, but hopes are still high that this and other difficulties will be smoothed out once the conference is in being. It is sug; ted as a compormise on the question of chairman for the confer- ence that Mr. Lloyd-Georges be chalr- man and General Smuts deputy chairman, in whid: ¢ase General Smuts would pre- side over the earlier meet 4 nt has ceased recruiting ¢ the Irish constabulary. vhile, on approach of the 12th of rangemen’s day.” serious rioting, with many persons killed and woun has broken out in Belfast, i The governme CONSTABLE SHOT DEAD BY AMBUSHING PARTY Belfast, July 10.—(By The A. P.) One L’ons:zhle_l’;ss shot dead and twp mem- h: s of the force were badly wounded 'en 4 party of the police was am- bushed ju. before midnight last night on Falls Road. incident wag the prineipal un- development of a troubled night which the inhabitants of the district had little sleep, the firing iis area being almost continuoums. The police say that several republi- ¢ans were seen to fall while the shoot- Ing was in progress. The trouble start. ed, the police report, when republicans eared on the streets at the curfew hour and fired at patrols. * _The shooting was continuing in the district this morning, and passéengers on the tram cars were forced to crouch be- ow the level of the windows. the This toward g _—_— s w m e e GENERAL DEBATE ON TARIFF BIIL TO CLOSE THURSDAY ‘Washington, July 10.—Six days of talk confront the house of representatives on the second week of consideration of the Fordney tariff bill. More than forty members are slated to expound the doc- trines of their respective political fa Only one vote is certain to break the monotony of the free for all oratory of the first four days. The special rule, sought by the ways and means commit- tee to contro} procedure in handling the measure through the house, wily come up for a yote on Tuesday, Chlirman Camp- bell of the rules committee announced ténight. Other votes may be reached Friday or Saturday, but these limitation of five minutes on the measure beginning Friday does no taugur an early vote on any amendments, aceording to leaders. The speeches of Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee and Rep- resentative Garner of Texas, the rank- ing ‘democrat on the committee, laid the basis for the arguments that is to come. Other members of the committee will speak during the week. Adoption of the special rule which per. mits amendments to and separate votes on five paragraphs in the bill—dyes, cot- ton, hides, oils and asphalt—is assured by yirtue of the heavy republican ma- jerity in the house. The democrats, how- ever, will‘not let the roll call be taken without making use of the time to assail the republican attitude, according to Representative Garret, ranking demo- cratis leader. The rule will automatically end gen- eral debate next Thursday night and will bring the bill to a vote at 3 o'clock on Thureday, July 21. DE VALERA SENDS WIEE TO COPENHAGEN POLITIKEN | -- London, - July 10.—Eamonn De Valera CHARGES DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH IRREGULARITIES Boston, July 10.—The full bench of the supreme court will tomorrow sit as a tribunal of first and last refort to § e the charges on which Attornes J. Weston Allen seeks the re. from office of District y Nathan A. Tufts, Mid county. Decisign/ on the forms to be followed at the trial will be the first subject to come before the court e supreme bench of this common- Wealth has never before sat as a court of fi ce for the hearing of tes- rial of charges. es that will come before ft Mr. Tufts widely known as an at the principal eastern imter- dlesex official collegiate football games in recent years was guilty of various irregularities and ions as district attorney. The st- general charges he conspired with possiblwe for certain persons to obtaln $100,000 from men, wha because of their presence at an early morning party in a Woburn road house m: 1917, were made to feel that they were to prosecutign. The par District Attorney Tafts played in brirkging about the returm to state prison of Herman Barney, a con- vict, several monts after his escape, has also been attacked, and will be the subject of testimony. The district at- torney’s conduct in ffice, cases not triea and ‘not pressed after appeal, are al- so involved EARL OF CRAVE DUROWNED NEAR COWES Cowes, Island of Wight, July 10.—(By The A. P.) The Earl of Craven was drowned in the waters of the Solent late today. He disappear- om_his yacht during t 3 o'clock this afternoon his body was-found on the rocks twe miles from Cowes. the republicin leader sent a telegram Saturday night to the Politiken, of Cop- enhagen which an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen today quotes as followa: £ “Y-fee] convinced that the Danish peo- ple, .whe know the inestimable value of national liberty, cannot but understand The Earl of Craven in 1893, married Miss Comnelia Martin, daughter of the late Bradley Martin of New York. He wag an enthusiastic yachtsman and had taken the Solent Lodge belonging to the Marchioness of Ormonde in August. e ———————— and sympathize wéth.our fixed determin- ation to -obtain a liberty whichswill en- Dan; ize our Individual national life. ing.” : e e e MOTOR TRUCK KILLS 3 9 > MAN AT WINSTED ~ Winstead, Conn., July 10.—Albert Cro- teau, 18, of Collinsville was killed to- nigat “when ‘he was run over by a mptor truck ‘driver after he had been tarown from an automobile in Barkbhamstead. Crotesu was riding n a machine driven by ‘John ‘Rhodes and was thrown out ‘when it struck a rock. Before Croteau cotld be- moved from the highway 2 truck driven by Alpert Castoneay, qf ‘Winsted ran over him, breaking %is neck. Rhodes was held pending the coroner's able us in the same way it enabled the _people_ tully to develop and real- “It ig our hope thati the hour for the fulfilment of our wishes is now approach- Cowes regatta He arrived yesterday on board his yacht the Sylvia, paid a visit to the Royal Yacht Squad- ron, and then returned to the Sylvia. He was in his usual health and in a cheerful mood, members of the crew said. He followed the common custom of sitting on deck for a time, reading while the crew turned in. - When his valet visited his cabin this morning he found the Earl's bed had not been slept in, and it was feared at onice that he hac fallen overboard from the stern of the vessel, which has no protective rafl. A strong tide runs at the point the Sylvia was moored, and it is surmised that after having tripped over a rope or other obstacle and fallen ‘into. the water he was carried away by the cur- rent, although he was able to swim. One of the guests on the yacht left for London to break the news to his wife. Al the flags on the vessels in the harbor of Cowes were halfmastéd whea the news of the Earl's death beesme snown. PREIRER SIS = oS