Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 19, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIl-NO. 175 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1921 PREMIER OF ULSTER PROVES Sir James Craig Contends That People of Northern Ireland . Have “Determined” Their Own Parliament—Washes * His Hands of Further Participation in Negotiations For " a Peaceful and United Ireland—Lloyd George and De Valera Are to Again Converse Thursday—DBritish For- eign Office Penalizes the London Times For Its Attack on Lord Curzon—Has Withdrawn Special News Facilities. BEITISH FOREIGN OFFICE PENALIZES LONDON TIMES London, July 18 (By the A. P.).—The Irish pegotiations have taken an uhex- pected development late tonight. Sir the Ulster premier, on leav- made an important appears to forbid auy London, July 18 B ythe A. P.)—An- nouncement that as a result of the re- cent ‘attack of the London Times on Lord Curzon, the foreign minister, in connection with the proposed conference on disarmament, the foreign office had withdrawn the special news facilities hitherto enjoyed from that department by representstives of the newspapers, aroused a bombardment of questions in the house of commons today. The Times n its attack declared Lord Curzon was James Cralg. ng Belfas which hope of assembling a conferencc such as Prem Lloyd George proposed between imse! Mr. De Valera and the Ulstir The Ulster leader ma'niains that the Sinn Feiners themselivrs, by contesting he slections for the northern pari.amen statement direct part in the proposed conference in Wasking:on. nation, and so far as his wonls have been SONEpEMRG. Toc. the "“"’r‘ g oi.| The prime minister, Mr. Lloyd-George, R s . I in reply to the questions, explained that Thker bisiler, &als papers it had been customary to permit TAIE, the LT P et weth the|the newspaper representatives to make th ir own behalf. “Official information,” said Mr. Lloyd- George, “remains available to The Times De Valera has broken his silence and| cleared the ground by his statement to ey that h oses to found his . the prem that he proposes fo found hie | Uk the orcinary ageucles. | The p e b g fullest courtesy at all times has been extended to its representatives, but the attack on Lord Curzon at the time of the latter's momentous and delicate negotia- tiens in behalf of the whole empire seem- ed Mr. Lioyd-George asserted to fall be- low the normal standard of English jour- nalism. “Fortunately it is entirely without precedent” said Mr. Liloyd-George. “De- spite fts record of recent years, the Times is still supposed in many circles abroad to represent bath the educated and official opinion in this country. Here we know it long has ceased to hold that position, but the fact is oaly gradually becoming known abroad. It Is therefore essential that the government as a whole, should mark strongly its disapproval of such an attack on the secretary of state for foreign affairs at such a critical moment.’ ' The Ulster premier contended that the people of morthern Ireland in the recent elections “determined” their own parlia- ment by an overwhelming majority and Mr. De Valera and his friends ad- ted the right of such self-determina- on the part of northern Ireland by} + that they themselves stood as candidates for the northern parliament and submitted their policy of “no parti- tion.” This, in fact, was the only issue placed before the electorate, said Sir James, and “no partition” was rejected by the largest majority ever secured in Any general election. Such being the true facts” he con- tinued, “it now only remains for Mr. De Valera and the British people to come to terms regarding the area outside of that ot which 1 am prime minister. The peo- ple of northern Ireland make mo claim whatever to ‘determine’ the terms of set- iement which Great Britain shall make with_southern Ireland “When this is accomplished 1 can promise cordial co-operation on equal| Dublin, July 15—(By the A. P.)—E. terme with southern lreland in any ma(-iJ. Duggan, Sinn'Pein memver of pariia. ters affecting our common interest: ment, Who is chief republican liaison of- “Having reached the present stage, I|ficer and Comapdant Barry, republican urn to Ireland to carry on the practi-{liaison officer in the martial law area -al work of the government. I feel that|today visited General Sir Nevil Mac sur interests are ably represented in the | Ready, military commander in Treltad, mperial parliament, and of course our|and complained of non-observance of the services are available at any moment” \truce in the martial law sres. Another Conference Thursday. They said that restrictions on fairs The official annoufcement issued at the|and markets had not been removed and slose of a long conference between the|that the crown forces and -patrols still remier and Mr. De Valera today says: | Were carrying arms. Major General Sir The conversations betwees Mr. Lioyd |Bdward Strickland, the martial law com- George and Mr. De Valera will be re-|mander, they added, had refused requests umed Thursday.” for the appointment of Sinn Fein liaison ordinarily would permit the Brit-|officers for his area because thers was «h public and Ireland still to indulge in|no chiet liaison officer in that area. confident hope that a satisfactory settle-| Commandant Barry has now been ap- ment would ultimately be reached. But|pointed to that post and Mr. Duggan Sir James Craig's statement, which was|reports that General MacReady has giv- SINN FEINER COMPLAINS OF NON-OBSERVANCE OF- TRUCE given out in the form of an interview.|en him satisfactory assurances « put rather a damper on the hopeful| There is a noticeable reduction n or- sotrit, dinary crime everywhere. In Dublin Nothing is allowed to leak as to what|this is due to the fact that the city now akes place behind the closed doors of cabinet room, and the secrecy even extends to & tacit agreement to put no questions on the subject in parliament The negotiations, in fact, have all the aracter of diplomatic exchanges be- two foreign diplomats. Though it had been thought possible from the first that Ulster might adopt such an attitude, this sudden dashing of at a peace conference would be arsembled as an outcome Of the sep- arate negotiations of the Drime min- ter withe De Valera and Craig, comes mewhat as a shock to thepublic. The Ulster premier pow declares y that the British government must Is poiice exclusively by the metropolitan police. In the country districts, the Sinn Fein volice have resumed activitles with- out interference and ordinary criminals are sald to be more afraid of them than they are of the regular forces. MABTIAL LAW RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING REMOVED hopes Dublin, July 18 (By the A. P.).— Commandant Barry, chief republican lia- sion officer in the martial law area, an- nounced tonight that General Sir Nevil MacReady, British military comaander in Ireland, had agreed to remove rll re- tte awn agreement with De Val- | Striction on fairs and markets and per- Tra and that Ulster is determined to|mMit closed creameries to reopen. maintain its presemt status thus re- | COmmandant Barry said, therefore, he! Tudiaiing the whele Sms Fein argu. | desired all citizens to assist in the work of removal of road obstructions, filling in trénches and the repairing of bridges to such an extent as is urgently required. in minority and must bow to tne majority in Ireland. There is some hope, however, that when Mr. Lioyd George meets Mr. De Valera again on Thursday, he may be able by some means to rescue the negotiations trom the agparent deadlock. Lioyd George Telephones Cral, While the premier was in conference with Mr. De Valera he sent a telephone HOOVER ADVISES BUYING OF WINTER COAL SUPPLY ‘Washington, July 18.—Secretary Hoo- veer has advised public utility compan- ies throughout the country to buy their message for the Ulster leader, who ar-|winter coal supply Instead of waiting rived with the Marquis of London- |for possible lower prices. jerry almost at the moment that the [ “I am convinced,” said Mr. Hoover's premier was taking leave of Mr. De Val- in fact, the latter Was not aware i1 erwards that Sir James had been summoned. _ The official announcement shows at Mr. Lioyd George received the Ulster premier and his colleagues atter De Valera had departed. Mr. Lioyd George conferred with the Ulster premier alone. The members of their respec- ve candidates accompanied both Irish epresentatives, but so far as is known did mot participate in thé conferences with the Dremier. It was first supposed that Sir James Craig and his colleagues were go- ng to Belfast in wceordance with a prier sngagement and that while there they would have consultations respecting fu- ture movements on their return to Lon- don. The long adjournment of Lloyd George-De Valera conference—until Thursday—was bellever to Indicate that he republican leader had a similmr in- tention of going to Dublin on a consul- \ation mission. _But in reply to & guestion after the conference, he said u it was pot his intention to return 1o Ireland. He declined to discuss the fay's events but seemed cheerful. General P. C. Smuts, the South Afri- an premier, has again appeared in the foretront of fhe setfieiment. That be 's tinuing his moderating Infiuence In : negotiations is considered a favora- S ro & relable muthority % s learned that & deadlock has developsd between Mr. Lioyd George and:Sir James Craig and it is inferred that this concerns Me. Te Valera's insistenes’ that under any possidle settiement any powers given to letter made public here today, “that due to the gemeral depression,’the prices of bituminous coal at the mines is not too high at the present time. If there should be a recovery of business activities in the automn. taken in conjunction with the large increase in percentage of dis- sbled cars, and the inability of the rail- ys to finance their maintenance there are possibilities of developments of a most serious situation as regards coal movement. “1 cannot but feel that the interstate commerce commission in the face of warnings they have sent out in this connection would not be disposed to give any priority in such an event.” ORGANIZED DEMAND FOR 5-CENT BREAD IN BRONX New York, July 18.—The Bronx, whose youngsters recently paraded demanding nickel sodas .and in some instances get- ting them, now is demanding another 5- cent article—bread. A hundred members of the Housewives' league today toured the borough in au- tomobiles piacarded “the nation demands its 5-cent bread loat.” . Stops were made in front of various bakeries an dthe pro- prietors asked to cut their prices. TO CONFER TODAY ON NEW MARINE AGREEMENT New York, July 18.—Negotiations Jooking 0 & new working agreement be- tween the shipping board, provate ship owners and deck officers of American BARRIER 10 LLOYD GEORGE P! CANCELL: " Washington, July 18. son wrote Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain last October that it was “highly improbable that either the congress or popular opinion of this country will ever permit a cancellation of any par of the debt of the British government to the United, States in order to induce the British government to remit in whole or in part the debt to Great Britain of France or any other of the aulied gov- ernments. An_excerpt from Mr. Wilson's letter, replying to ome written by the British premier two months previous, in which reference was made to suggestions that the inter-allied debts be cancelled, was made public today for the first = time through insertion in the Congressional Record by Senator Lodge. He explained that it was submitted to the foreign rela- tions committee, of which he is chair- man, by David S. Houston, secretary of the treasury under Mr. Wilson. The British. premier was -informed by President Wilson that it also was highly improbable that either congress or the American public “would consent to a cancellation or reduction in the debt (¥ any of the aliied governments as an in- ducement towards a practical settlement of the reparation claims.” Mr. Wilson pointed to past rejections of the suggestion of inter-governmental debt cancellation and added: “The views of the United States gov- ernment have not changed, and it is not prepared to consent to the remission of any part of the debt of Great Britain to the United States. ‘Warning that “the long delay which has occurred in the funding of the de- mand obligations is already embarrassing the treasury, which will find itself com- pelled to begin to collect back and cur- rent interest if speedy progress is not made with the funding” Mr. Wilson stated that unless the funding arrange- ments were agreed upon “in the present etate of opinion here there is likely develop a dangerous misunderstanding. The making public the Wilson letter was only one development in the allied debt situation during the day. Secretary Mellon, appearing before the senate finance committee to urge enact- ment of the administration bill to confer broad powers in debt refunding, was told by Senator Curtis, a member of the com- mittee and republican senate whip. that Tepublican and democratic senators alike had stated that they would not vote for a refunding bill which did not require| the settiements to be reported to con- gress for ratification. Mr. Mellon said “it would be illogical” to amend the bill 50 as to limit the treasury’s authority. Senator Borah criticized the treasury’s payment last week to Great Britain of $32,683,000 on a shipping claim while that nation owed the United States sev- eral billions. —_— JAPANESE CONJECTURE 0 ISLAND OF YAP CONTROVERSY Tokio, July 18.—The Asahi today in a special editorial concerning the coming Washington conference predicts that Japan after the receipt of the Washing- ton government's reply to Japan's re- auest for a defining of the scope of the Far Eastern questions, will expound her views to the following effect : First—Supposing the Washington con- ference considers questions like Yap and Shantung. The sonference will partake of the nature of the Versailles conference in that it will agafn discuss matters al-| ready decided at Versallles. Second—Both Yap and Shantung are special problems affecting the countries concerned, and they should be regarded as eountries limited to the particular states interested. If questions of such a nature are submitted, the conference is liable in the opinion of the Japanese to bring about an undesirable result by un- ecessarily stimulating the mind of the public in the countries concerned, give rise to prejudice and suspicions between nations and offer opportunity for kinds of intrigue and other unju tice calculated to estrange nations. “In such a case,” the newspaper con- tinues, “aithough the Pacific conference was promoted for the purpese of acceler- ating the realization of permanent peace, it not only would result in failure but would produce a bad effect to the cause of the preservation_of world peace.” The Asahi expresses the opinion that the insistence of some Americans for the inclusion of the questions of Yap and Shantung in the conference is due to a prejudiced notion that Japan is a nation of militaristic and ageressive designs. “If such practical and concrete prob- lems are incorporated in the program,” the newspaper continues, “Japanese emi- gration may have to pe presented, and this would be certain to cause serious complications.” HEARING ON THE MINING % SIATATION IN MINGO COUNTY Washington, July 15.—Determination of coal operators in Mingo, W. Va., field to continue their resistance to efforts to unionize miners was expressed today be- fore the senate investigating committés by Harry Olmstead, representing the op- erators in the territory where disorders have occurred. “The reputation of the United Mine workers’ organization,” declared Mr .Olm- stead, who was the only witness heard today, “for breaking its contracts and halting or suspending’ the operation of mines for weeks at a time. without just reason or excuse has become notorious in the history of the industry.” Operators in the Mingo region, the committee was told, &lso oppose the miners’ union “because of the conspiracy entered into between that organization and the operators of four competitive states—Indiana, Illinois, Ohlo and west. ern Pennsylvania—where ti' was proposed that the output from the state (West Virginia) should not be permitted to &row, but should be suppressed by means of unionizing in order that the market might be retained by the competitors of the four state “The operators,” the witness contin- ued, “do not propose to surrender the re- lations that have heretofore existed be- tween themselves and their workmen.” HEART PIERCED WITH KNIFE, BEOOKLYN BOY EECOVERING New York, July 13.—Frank Farino, 16, Bomb Which Failed ‘to Hit, route to Norfolk, Va., July 18.—(By the A. P.)—Bombing aircraft destroyed the former German light crulser Frankfurt late“today 60 miles' east of the Virgina Capes after an all-day attack which both navy and army air officers had be- gun to fear would be unsuccessful. bomb which. failed to exploded n the water close by the star- board side near the bow, sent the cruiser down. er was Jaunched at 4.22 p. m. by an army Martin plane from Langley field, Va., the Frankfurt had withstood eleven direct hits, five of them being vitally damaged, and preparations for a gunfire’attack on her by five de- stroyers had been put' underway. altitude of about 1,600 feet, it appeared as though it would strike on- the fo'castle deck. and upon_striking the water exploded with terrflc force. The Frankfurt was literally concusson and after rocking and rolling for a minute or two he began to go down gradually by the head. other six hundred pound bombs close by have hastened the end. utes the fo'castle deck began going un- der. as the ship had sunk low enough for the water to rush through two gaping hole: mast, which had been weakened by one bomb, chief of the army air service, pounds, and 21 of 520 and 600 pounds, were launched at the Frankfurt by naval from Hampton Roads and Langley Field. BASEBALL CONSPIRACY STORY | Whose testimony is of comparatively min- Aircraft Destroyed | Wild Outbreak In The German Cruiser Struck the Water Nearby On Board the Destroyer Leary, en A hit the target but Up to the time this bomb, a 600 pound- “duds’ without As the bomb left its carriage from an It missed by a scant few feet forced up several feet . by- the | Another army Martin plane put two the port bow and these were believed to In twenty min- The end was not long delayed then in the hull at the upper deck caused b; bombs dropped earlier. Twenty-eight minutes after it began to settle the hulk disappeared the main- snapping off as the once proud sitip took the final plunge. igadier General Mitchell, assistamt circled around the sinking hull in a fast pursuit plane in wheh he had accompanied to sea the fleet of big bombers. In all, 78 bombs, 57 of 250 and 308 and army aircraft wheh came 35 mles WILL BE TOLD TODAY Chicago, July 18.—The baseball -trial swung nto full speed today Wwith the first testimony presented by the staté against the seven Chicago White Sox players and others charged With conspiring te throw the 1919 world series, resulted in many legal arguments and altercations whch at times approached so close %o physical combats that the excitement made the court room wilder in appear- ance than the bleachers after a honie Tun with the bases full At the end of the day the state an- nounced that late tomorrow its probably would send Bili Burns the alleged ac- complice and state's witness to the stand to tell hs first hand story of the alleged conspiracy. At the same tme it was of- ficially announced that in return for his evidence the state would nolie prosse the indictment voted against hm with the other defendants. Preceding Burns several ' witnesses, or importance, probably will be cailed. Among these may be Harry Grabiner, secretary of the Chicago American leagu . club and Ban Johnson, president of the American league. TIE VOTE. 29 TO 29, IN THE SENATE ON DIAL BILL ‘Washington, July $1.—The Dial bill to reqifre federal judges to devote their entire time to court duties failed to get senate consideration on a tie vote of 39 to 29 to take it up. Passage of the bill would prevent Judge Kenesaw M. Lan- dis of Chicago from officiating both as z federal judge and big league baseball arbiter. . MASEXD AUTO BANDITS ROB BANK IN OHIO ‘Warren, Ohio, July 18—Five masked automobile bandits late today held up the Orangeville Banking company at Orangeville, 25 miles east of here, and escaped with seven thousand dollars. The bandits forced the president of the bamk to enter their automobile and carried him five miles-from Orangeville and then threw him from the machine. . MACKENSIE OF BETHEL THE NEW PROHIBITION DIRECTOR ‘Washington, July 18.—Appointments of federal prohibtion directors were an- nounced today by Commissioner Blalr in- cluded : Connecticut: Harry E. Mackenzle, of Bethel, succeeding Jullus C. -Stremlau, headquarters, Hartford. James A, Stillman Western Penitentiary Six Convicts Were Shot and Two Others Cut in Battle With Guards, Deputies and Policemen. Pittsburgh, July 18.—Prisoners in the ‘Western VPenitentiary here today broke all bounds of discipline, fired four build- ings and for a time kept the institution in an uproar, while prison guards, dep- uty sheriffis and policemen, reinforced by armed citizens, battled to put down the disorder - Six convicts were shot and two others cut in the battle and prison | ofticals said that three or four of the wounded probably would die. The outbreak, timed to start wth the ringing of the first fire gong began in' the dinng room, where the comvicts sought to detract the attention of guards fromthe fires, prison officials said. Alarms sounded from' four places in the institution almost simultaneously, when guards discovered the prisoners had fired the buildings with any material available. Some gix hundred prisoners had just taken their seats in the big dining room ‘when one of them sent a soup bowl ca- reening down one of the long tables. In- stantly-the yoom was i an uproar for at the same moment the fire gong sounded an alarm from the construction shop. the linen shov, the kitchen and the chapel. The guards in the dining 1oom tried to quell the outbreak, but the thoraaghly maddened prisoners peltad them With table wear and cutlery, all tho time shrieking and howling. The fire dapart. ment, finding the blaze was beyond its control, called the city firemen, while riot calls were sent in for the police. Meantime. the guards in the dining room had regained, in part, their control and forced some of the men back to their cells, but 200 or more dashed for the pri- son yard and when faced by other guards, backed into a bvilding and tan for the top of a tierof cells. From this vantage point they pelted the guards, now reinforced by every available man in the prison with bricks torn from the top of the wall. Deputy Sheriffs and po- | Santander, Spain, shortly. {able for relief work among millions of l Orders for 900 cars and lecometives was placed in this country by the Chinese guvernment rallways. "Yhe ‘Shipplsg Board steamer Coelleda, bourld from Gl for Baltimore, re- ported he i¢ in trouble in radiogram. Nieaslon Peres, prosident af the ployers' union, ~died , at Fercol, Spa from wounds received when he Was ai- tacked by syndicalists. According to present plans of the war department the last of the bodies of American soldiers will be returned to this country on Oct. 3. All work was suspended in Brooklyn navy yard indefinitely, as part of gov- ernment's -economy program. Seven thousand employes have been laid off. King Constantine has gone to the front to follow the progress of fighing between Greek troops and Turkish nationaliats, it, was announced at Athens. American copy. of the tresty of V sailles was found in a safe in Secretary Hughes' oftice. ‘It was believed the treaty had beem lest. Miss Jane . Addams of Chicago was unanimously elected president of ths In- ternational Women's congress at <he 2los- ing session in Vienna. Viscount James Bryco, former Brit- ish ambassador to the Upited States and Mrs. Bryce arrived 'n New York {ro England on the Celtic. The closing of #he private bank of H. Siobodkin & Company at Merrimack square, Boston, in the West End, wai announced by Roy S. Hovey, acting bank commissioner. King Alfonse s expected to arrive at He left Ma- drid driving his own motor car. He will_spend the summer thefe with bis family. Ten million dollars was made nvail- European children in need of medical ttention, Red Cross headquarters i Washington anounced. Suspension of the penaliies imponed upon Germany by the allisg Was fav- ored by a resoluton adopted at the closing session in Vienna of the inter- lice from every precinct in the city soon added to the fighting forces Within the enclosure and it was not long.until the prisoners had been chased from the wall to their cells. They signalized their re-| incarceration by breaking the glass in the wnidows and shrieking and howling to the thousands of persons gathered in the national women's conzcess Reparations commission unanimousiy decided German ships seized by Peru during the war belonx to that country and the allies have no right of requisi- tion over the vessels. A Vote, Was 47 to 17 to Disregard Pleas For Immediate “ment of the Willis-Campbell Bill—Opinion is That Delay Does Not Mean Defeat of the Bil Votes to Pat Oil on the Free List and to Make Dutiable. ‘Washington, July 18.—Pleas for im- mediate enactment of the Willis-Camp- bell anti-medical beer bill fell on deaf ears today in the senate, which by a vote of 47 to 17 decided to give priority to_the Norris farm expert finance bill Delay and not defeat of the beer bill, It was said, would resuiwt, the semate vote ,being regarded as expressing’ the view (o and the farmers was more of an emezgency than amendment of the Vol- stead act. /By making the Norris bill, to ereats a’ federal corporation with one hundred ‘million dollars of capital and power to issue one billion doflars of securities ir financing farm exports, its ‘“unfinished business” with dally - privileged status, the senate somewhat set its future pro- gramme. During the week the sen: expects to pass the Sheppard “baby bi for zovernment ald to maternity and in- republicans were Brandegee, Connecticut| Fernald and Hale, Maine and Keyes, ‘Hampehire. HOUSE VOTES FEEE OILs MAKES COTTON DUTIABL: ‘Washington, July 15.—Oil went on the Fordney tariff free list today by a house vote of more than 2 to 1. Long staple cotton, on the free list ia ot Toods would be considered. the ways and means committee draft, however, was put on the dutiable list 15 per cent. ad valorem, with members in doubt as to what compensatory rates on lal cotten Necessary by reason of the imposition of a tax on the raw prduct. There was ng explanation of the committee's action in deciding at the last moment not to take the ordinary variety of cotton such a8 is raised in the south from the free list. fancy. Other measures in immediate pros- schedule. The real flare-up was over the oil pect are the Sweet bill to co-ordinate sol- dier relief agencies, the administration bill for refunding the allird debt and several more farmer relief measures. Prohibition. leaders ‘oday urged the senate to take up the beer measure in- stead of the Norris bill. Several sen- ators of the prohibition group, however, woted to push ahead tie Harris bill, de- claring that the agricultural situation was more critical than the prohibition and that the prohibition meaure soon would be passed in any event. Those in charge of the bere bill planned to call it up for an hour or two daily until, under senate rules it is forced to give way to the Norris bill.. When the beer measure could be passed under this Procedure was s3id by its managers to be problematical. They cipressefl belief that the treasury department would con- tinue to sold up regulations permitting prescriptions of beer as medicine. The contest developed that another Representative homa, crude ofl from 35 to 25 cents and fuel ofl from 25 to 2i It broke at the outset of the session after Chairman Fordney had pre- sented a letter from President Harding opposing the tax and szgesting rathes a bargaining provision to be placed in hig hands to guard against the levy of duties against us or the & tions of export tariffs which are to hinder the facilitation of trade. imposition by other na« The first vote on the contested off amendment came after three and eme- haif hours of debate. The first test was on an amendment by Carter, democrat, Okia. to cut the committes rates om cents a barrel. The Carter proposal won. 143 to 47, democrats sup- Pporting it eolidly tn the ground that I - event the free oil amendment offered by Representative Treadway, Massachusetts, republican membsr of ‘the wars and means committee, should be defeated, they could help to obtain a lower duty movement was on foot for a summer than fixed in the bill. streets. ~ Within two hours the fire was under control, but not until 2 number of build- ings had been destroyed Wwith an estimat- ed loss in excess of $50,000. John M. Egan, parole officer, after quiet had been restored said that the out: break was the result of a period of dis- content among the 1135 persons confined said were long term men, many of them Qesperate criminals. - Recently a party of convicts was brought here from the East- ern penitentiary in Philadelphia. Thess men and- women, Mr. Egan said, made many demands which were not recogniz er in anw penal institution, but which when denied, only added to the discon- tent. SHIPPING BOARD FLEET LOSS 3$380,000,000 IN YEAR ‘Washington, ~ July 18—Operations of the shipping board’s fieet for the fiscal year just ended resulted in ‘a loss of ap- proximately $380,000,000, Chairman Las: ker of the board announced today. This deficit was greater by $307,000,000 than previous estimates from official sources and was made following an examination of all board accounts, The government's venture in the mer- chant marine business last year involved a total expenditure of $680,000,00 so far as could be ascertained from the board's books, which Mr. Lasker declared as in bad shape. The new chairman estimated that it would cost the government $380,- 000,000 to carry on operation of the fleet this year. SAMUEL GOMPERS CALLS ON PRESIDENT HARDING ‘Washington, July 18 President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor called today on President Hard- ing, primarily, it was understood to pro- test against admission of Chinese coolie labor into Hawaii for work on the su- gar plantations as has been proposed by some island interests. Mr. Gompers said, however, that he had also- taken occa- sion to call to Mr, Harding's attention the disarmament resolution adopted by the Denver convention of the Federation and to commend the action of the exe- cutive in calling an international dis- armament conference . STEAMER NAVIGATED THE LONG SAULT RAPIDS ogaensburg, N. Y., July 18.—The dam- aged steamer Rapids King reached Mon- treal today after navigating the Long Sault rapids of the St. Lawrence river by night, a feat hitherto unaecomplished. Although the ship had three holes in her hull, caused when she was dashed against the rocks in the rapids Saturday, the trip was made unassisted. The vessel went Into drydock at Monm. treal. COMMUTED SENTENCE OF 13.-YEAE OLD MURDERER Los Angeles, July 183—.Governor Ste- phens today commuted the sentence of ‘William Henry Norris, alias Arthur Ow- en Davis, a Terre Haute, Ind., vouth, from death to life imprisonment. The governor announced that the reason was that Norris was not 18 years of age at the time of the murder for which he. Was convicted. OPPOSED TO INCREASING LOANS TO FARMERS ‘Washington, July 18.—Opposition to permitting farm loan banks to advance a maximum of twenty-five thousand dol- lars to farmers was expressed today be- fore the senate banking committee by Charles E Lobdell, farm loan commis- sioner. Nome of the regional banks, he said, is able to' meet reqUests for loans of less than 10,000, the present max- imum, because of shortaze of funds. of Brooklyn, is recovering after his heart today was plerced with a knife and promptly sewed up. ' The boy was working in a factory when a 17-inch knife with which he was 4 Ulster government must be derived tet from the ,.l:"u.mc p-nnun:}'c'm trom an Irish Te~t representir. Shois country. Unity of Ireland is |revised working conditions and a reduc: from Mr. De Valera's standpoint ab- |tion in pay proportionate to that recent- solutely essential to any possible nego- |ly accepted by officials of the éngineers has been submitted by the owners, ships will begin here tomorrow at a con- ference of owners and empioyes. A new contract. effective August 1, embodying cutting rope slipped. The blade entered his chest, piercing the heart covering and cutting through the heart muscles. He was whisked to a hospital where surgeons opened his chest wall. took four stitches in the heart muscles and three in the covering. Latest photograph of James A. Stillman, taken at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. during his trial. for a di- vorce from Mrs. Stillman, ACQUITED OF CHARGE OF _ MURDERING HIS FINANCEE Corunna, {Mch., July 18.—Forrest Hig- #gins was acquitted of a charge of ‘hav- ing murdered his financee, Lucy Wittum, by a jury in circuit court here tonight. The jury deltberated on the evidence less than two hours and took but twe m the nstitution. About 800 of these, he | W. W. Kemnard, chairman of the Massachusetts State Industrial Accident Board was severely injured in an au- tomobile accident on the Newburyport turnpike at Topsfieia Mass. Raliroad officals belleve the United States railroad labor board will not ar- rive at its final decision concerning rules !and working conditions before the last of { August, e Detectives employed Ly msuramee ‘companies”have been piacyd on baard trans-Atlantic liners in an effor: to run down 1 suspected band of internaticoa; jewel thieves. The gas cure for trams-Atlantis stow- aways ‘was described Ly Captain Mar- centelli of the steamsh’'p Provilence who in ridding him of thirty-nine deadhead jassengers to the United States. A riot eceurred at the Buffale (N. Y.) baseball park during the game between Buffalo and Jersey City. Startng be- tween umpire and players, spectators joined in the melee and many received bruises and_abrasions. Mrs. Beulah Johnsem, whe was tarred and suffered the clipping of some of her locks by hands of masked men at Ten- aha, Texas, Saturday night, is in jail at Center, Texas, held to the next grand jury on s charge of bigamy. Fitty firemen were overeyme jn fight- ing a $1,000,000 fire in the buiid the Phoenix Cheese company on wich street, New York, on the West Side of Lower Manhattan. Pirate yarns and reperts of mysterious ships seen lurking along the trade las of the North Atiantic may be explain- ed by the discovery of “blockade run- ners” that have been landing valuable cargoes of contraband liquor sr the Jer- sey coast. Advertistag columms of Asily mew, papers are to be used for gencral church advertising as well as for svan- gelistic purposes, it was announced officials of the Protestant church. by Episeopal Twe hundred armsd hinejackets wers landed at Kobe to cooperate with 3,000 police and a company of infan‘ry who are’ protecting navy bronerty as a sult of the strike of dockyard work- er: The Turkish natinalist premler Fevzi Pasha speaking in the chamber of dep- uties Thursday protests against meas- lure of reorisal and the commission of atrocities in the warfare between the Turkish nationalsts and Greeks. To determine a umiferm peitey of mak- ing loans to market cotten, Gov. W. P. G. Harding of the federal reserve board has called a conference of governors of the five reserve districts in the cotton belt to be held in Washington today. Twenty-six persems were hurt, sevem seriously, when two street cars on the Pottstown and Phoenixville electric rafl- way collided near Pottstown. A m'x-up |in sigmals is believed to have caused the accldent. Great Britain is planning formatiom of an Empire cotton growing corporation to stimulate cotton production throughout the Empire and will grant 1,000,000 pounds sterling to the enterprise, Consul Linnell informed the department of com- meree, Seven hundred miles of rallway track will be torn up in Russia, =0 that the materfal may be used in repairs and naw construction of important lines under the new program proposing to put trunk lines into a state of efficlency, according to the Mosow Izvestia. John L. Lewis, presid of the Unit- ed Mine Workers of America, declared full strength of the organization will af- ford every possible protection and as- sistance to David Robb and othar un'on representatives ordered by the mfiltary authorities to leave West Virginia. Peter Duffley, former employe of the ballots, the first being ten to two for acquittal. A boy was_tossed rnd t to pleees by o bull at ::gun::. Spaia, wie play- t win some com- ‘oanions. Guaranty Trust Company of New York, who was arrested on June 10, chargbd with the theft of a United States cer- tificate of indebtedness for $506.63. al- leged to be the property. of the Guar- :: Trust Co., was releaied on $1,000 recess or adjowrnment of the senate But there never was any doubt of the. while its finangs committee considers temper of the house on the oil question, the house tarif’ bill but it was learned the adiournmen!. proposal was meeting with small favor. Fourtean republi- can and three democratic senators voted on opposition to taking up the Noriss bill ahead of the beer measure. Among the TESTIMONY AGAINST DISTRICT ATTORNEY NATHAN A, TUFTS Boston, July 18 —Distriet - Attorney Nathan A. Tufts, of Middiesex county, told Mrs, Charles E. Stearns that he could make a case for divoree against her husband, a former captain in the army, Mrs. Annie Eastman Brown tes- The Treadway proposition was adepted with votes to spare—157 to 75—om & stand-up count. but Chairman Fordnmey, on the losing side, demanded tellers. The count, as members marched down the aisle, was 196 to 86. DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING P.)—While the state department is ad« vancing its negotiations for the disarme ament conference as capidly as it cone siders practicable, tlere is a well de- fined feeling here that time and pre- DISAEMAMENT CONFERENCH Wasiington, -July 1h—(By The X tified befors the full bench of the su- preme court tod Mrs. Brown was the first witness in & new line of evidence In connection with Atorney General J. Weston Allen’s pro- ceedings for removal of the district at- torney from office. This evidence charg- es Tufts with entering a conspracy to procure commission of crime by Captain Stearns to enable Mrs. Stearns to ob- tain a divorce. He is further charged with faliure to prosecute Stearns for the alleged crime. Mrs. Brown testified that she and Mrs. Stearns in 1918 called on the district attorney in his private office. There Mr. Tufts told Mrs. Stearns that she had no case, but that one could be arranged. She testified that Tufts said he had in his employ or knew of persons who could arrange to “catch” Captain Stearns, but that it would take a lot of time and money end that his name must mot ap- pear. Mrs. Stearns told the district attorney that her husband was expected in Boston on a turlough about Decoration day rs always came at that time to visit his mother's grave, Mrs. Brown testified. The captain was then at Fortress Mon- yos, Va. When Mrs. Stearns said It would have to be an attractive woman to “catch” Captain Stearns, Mr. Tufts replied there wouid be “no trouble about that,” Mrs. Brown sald. Mrs. Brown said she Jater learned from Mrs. Stearns that Daniel H. Coakley had been retained as her counsel. Mr. Coakley has been named by the attorney general In connection with other charges against Mr. Tufts. In response to a question as to whether Mrs. Stearns told her Coakley was to get “one-third” Mrs. Brown said: “She told my husband that* The court also heard Policeman Fran- cis G. Foley, of Newton, testify that he was offered a new suit of ciotheg and $200 by a man the attorney general said ‘was connected with Mr. Tufts' oftiee, to drop out of a case of drunkennese. GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO INVESTIGATE CHAELES LEROND Berlin, July 18 By the A. P.)—The German government will investigate the charges of General Lerond, French head of the Inter-Allied Commission in Upper Silesia, that the German protective or- ganizations in Upper Silesia still are functioning, constituting a danger to the allied authority, before replying to them it was officially declared here today. The verbal protest of M. Laurent. the French ambassador to Germany, to Dr. Rosen, the German foreign minister, which car- ried a veiled threat of French military action against the German organizations in Upper Silesia unless they are prompt- Iy dissolved and disarmed, will be pass- ed without notice, the belief being en- tertained in official and unofficial eir- cles here that the French action was made without the knowledge of France's allies and does not meet with the ap- proval of Great Britain and Italy. DESERTER FROM ARMY SERVED IN NAVAL RESERVE Boston, July 15.—Although he served in the U. S. naval reserve almost a year and a half after May 11, 1915—part of the time overseas—William H. Nolan of Somerville was sentenced today by a general courtmartial to serve six months at hard labor on a charge of desertion from the national army. Major General Clarence J. Edwards, commanding the northeastern department, while approv- ing_the findings, remitted the sentence. Noian, an Insurance broker, testified he made repeated attempts to enlist in the navy but was rejected. He registered for the draft and about the time he was called was accepted in the naval reserve and failel to respond when summoned by the board. He was been in #ix months custody for directed ‘ment. - — liminary discussion are working on the side of the United States in its effort to conclude troublesome diplomatic prsbe lems within the scope’ of the comfer ence. This belief is particularly manifest just now with relation to Japan the only nation which has not motified of its accepted unreservedly the American suggestion that Far Eastern questions be. considered along with the gemeral topic of disarmament. Confidence that such an unreserved acceptance eventually will come from Tokio has increased measure- ably among American officials since the proposal became a subject of general dis- cussion throughout the Japanese Bmi« pire. From the start it has been apparent that President Harding and his advis ers were counting on the aroused pub- lic opinion of the world as their greate est aid In moving for armament litiga- tion. Press reports from Japan., ndicating that the question of full participatien i one of lively debate there are takem af a weicome sign. The same may be assumed also with rezard to London. despatches indicating i lir:ush opinion hopes for a compiete acceptance by Japan. $650,000 FOR ASSETS OF THE HAITIAN-AMERICAN CORP, New York, July 18.—The assets of the Haitian-American corporation were ond- ered sold today by Judge Mack in the U. S. distret court for $650,000 1o five cred- itor banks, the only bid received. The banks were the Irving National of New York, the Fletcher American Natiomal and Continental National Banks of In- dianapolig, and the National Exchange and Second National banks of Baltimore. The Haitian-American corporation I8 said to be holding organization for va- rious enterprises on the island of Haiti. The action today followed an equity suit and an involunfary bankruptcy petition brought against the corporation several weeks ago by four creditor banks which eharged default of interest payments. The bidding banks agreed to form a syndicate for the purpose of reorganis- ing the corporation. vt de INVESTIGATING THE BURIAL OF FORMER SOLDIERS New York, July 18.—An investigation into the alleged practice of burying the bodies of two and three former soldiers in one grave in cemeteries in this vicin- ty was begun today by Assistant Dis-. trict Attorney Maxwell S. Mattick. Dis- trict Attorney Hayward, who authorized the inuquiry, sald criminal prosecutions would follow if the evidence warranted them. Evidence obtained by the Meyer logis- lative committee investigating the elty administration, is sald to have disclosed violation of several conditions imposed by the government in its contracts with undertakers to bury unclalmed soldier dead in this vicinity. POLES PROTEST BEING ¢ London, July 15 —Poland has address. ed a note to the representatives of tha allied powers in Warsaw, says a des- patch to the London Times from the Polish capital, asking the representatives to prevent Poles in Lithuania “being bullied by the Kovno government™ = This request, the despatch adds. is the sequel to the resignation of fiu:.r. ports of & new “BULLIED” BY KOVNO GOV'T P X &