Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 21, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXi—No. 177 GOVERNOR OF CHARGED WATH I With Lieut. Gov. F. E. Sterling and Vernon Curtis, a Bank- er, Gov. Small Has Been Indicted For Embezzlement, | pr—————— Conspiracy and Operation "of a Confidence Game— $700,000 is Mentioned in the Embezzlement Charge— In the Conspiracy and Confidence Game Charges $2,- 000,000 is Involved-—Alleged Use of Interest on State Funds For Their Personal Gain is Charged. Springfield, TIL. July 20.—Warrants were lssued tonight for Governor Small, Licutenant Governor Sterling and Ver- n Curtis. a banker, Grant Park, IiL, swing their indictment this afternoon charges of embezzlement, conspiracy confidence game through the alleged t on state funds for their ictments were returned. They arges of fraud by the trio terms of Small and Sterling ¢ state treasurer's offics ~ between and 1921 first indictment charged the gov- eutenant governor and Curtis with embezziement of $700,000. indictment against Governor charged him with embezzlement of . while Lieutenant _Governor was individually charged with mbezziement of $700,800. The fourth dictment charged the thers with con- racy and confidence game involving o interest on state funds) zal operations by the gov- utenant governor and Curtis o the indictments centered 1 deposits of state funds with the Park bank,” held by the grand nave been a fictitieus institution ce 1908, when it ceased to function. The "G The ant Park bank,” ~established many vears ago by the late Senator E. Curtis and Alonzo Curtis. father Vernon Curdls, although having function eeveral years prior ‘o m as treasurer, was used by alleged conspirators as the agency which to make loans of state s to Armour & Co. and Swift & Co., c chers, according to the. indict- nough the packers' notes drew er cent. interest, it is charged ess than 2 per cent. was turned into asew o rougt ot the state treasury during the Small and terling terme. Under th a law in operation then the treasurer was reouired to obtaim at 2 per cént. on state funds, but ac- rding to Attorney General Brundage e law did not permit thee treasurer to for private gain any interest earn- s in excess of 2 per.cent. Attorney General Brumdage, political ¢ of Governor Small_and prime mover e imvestigation, said: t has. been common gossip of ringfield for quite a time that the g of the publie funds was a busi- of profit for the officials charged their custody. When the new Mil state treasurer, Fd- v, brought to.my atiention mation of this misuse of . 1 deemed it my duty fo matier before the state’s presentation to" the grand re s resort presented by D. A. Brian, reman, the jury sal From the evidence /submitt that the treasury of the wis carries large daily balances and 4t durfig the administration of Fred 1. Sterling those balances have ranged from 0000 o $32,000.000. The law re- e stale treasurer lo deposit all nevs received in such banks as in the n of the treasurer were secure and paid the highest rate of interest to tate for such deposits. Peginning with the administration of former Treasurer Small, the daily bal- ances of the staf treasury were carried on the book undef two primary funds, one denominated as tha ‘vauit fund’ and the other as the ‘safe fund.' "Phe vauit fund representsd the aggregate loans made to legitimate banking institutions throughout the state and was uniformly less in amount than the safe fund. The so-called safe . fund represented lo: made to the so-called ‘Grant Park bank,’ which was_ formerly a private Mnking Lnul!ut!rm’ which ~absolutely ceased (o unction as a bank after 1908. Although this purported- bank was purported to be owned by a single individual, and did not transact banking business whatever, and had no depositor other than the state of lllinois, yet it was given huge depo!.!ls of public moneys by two former stite treasurers, Small and Sterling. The.ave erage deposits of state moneys carried by this purported bank were $10,000,000. “The evidence shows that money, was taken from the state treasury, generally in lots of $500,000, and deposited in the so-called. Grant Park bank, which there- upon jssued and delivered to the state treasurer certificates of deposits for the amounts received, but without any col- lateral security. In other words, the only evidence of indebtedness and the only security held by the treasurer for loans aggregating $10,000,000 were pa- per obligations of a fictitious ban e moneys . so received were used in pul chasing_at a discount short-time notes issued by Swift & Co. and Armour & Co., two large corporations engaged in the packing business in Chicago. These transactions nétted the purchasers of the notes large profits. 1If any portion of the profits so realized was paid into the state treasury, it was less than 2 per cen Lieutenant Governor F. E. Sterling made the following statement today in connection with his indictment: “I have never beieved in trying cases in, the newspapers and have no further statement to make at this time other than that I havé violated no law to my ‘knowledge and Will welcome an oppor- tunity to meet and fully answer any charges that maw be preferred against me when the proper time arrives.” GOV, !X‘LL' DECLARES INNOCENCE OF CHARGES Len Small, indicted today by the Sanga- mon county grand jury on charges or em- bezzlement and conspiracy to defraud, ionight issued_a statement, “to the peo- ple of ‘IllinoiS"" declaring his -innocence of every charge made and asserting the charges were the result of a conspiracy to accomplish his “political assassina- tion.” The governor said that in his efforts to cut state. expenses he had vetoed ap- propriations of seven hundrea thous- and doliars for the office of’ Attorney General Brundage whom he accuses of heading the movement against him. - Mr. Small and Mr. Brundage were Both candidates in the republican primary but were supported by separate wings of the party within the state. Governor Small's candidacy had the support of the politi- cal adherents of Mayor Thompson of Chicago. JISCUSS PLAN TO FUND $500,000,000 OWED RAILEOADS New York, July 20.—Railroad execu- s who met here today to discuss the v lan of the government to fund 700,000 owed by the - carriers additions and betterments to their during the period of federal withheld announcement of their on Thomas Dewitt Asroctation of Cuyler, chairman of Raliway Executives, SENATE PASSED SWEET BILL WITHOUT A EOLL CALL Washington, July 20. — In record breaking time the senate passed today the Swect bill 1o consolidate all federal agencies dealing', with veterans and ex- tending additional benefits to disabled former service men. The bill now goes to conference with fhe house, the principal senate amend- ment being a centralization of adminis- tering soldier relief in a veterans' bu- wio cajled the conference, sas trut |Teau, independent of any government statement on the situation must |department. The ~var risk insurance bu- wme [rom the president of the Unitedjreau, work of the board for vocational 4 that creernment While nothing further could be learned ¢ was understood that the rail- oficials approved tentative propo- made by the Harding administra- fund the railroad’s debt over a of years. They aiso, it was re- accepted proposals tending to the way for the settling of claims + agains the government. proposed debt funding pian was stood to have been placed before Be executives by the steering committee association In_its report on the “ort 1o reach a final settlement with the o ernment Other ailroad officials indi- the next move was up to the *heially. wrted FUSION CANDIDATE MAY OPPOSE MAYOR MYLAN %. July 2qQ.—Sentiment for somsitile fusion candidates to oppose May- Hylan in the coming mayoralty elec- jon was sounded today at a “towh meet- sponsored by a coalition conference mmittee headed by Henry W. Taft. About three hundred voters, half of Fem women, attended the meeting. No vote was taken to determine which sossible candidate had the largest foliow. among those present. It was an- imeed. that the ‘oalition confersnce -ommittee would _consider the subjects ‘urther at am executive session later his week. FOR WITHDRAWAL OF U. TEOOPS FROM GERMANY Germany was understood to be behind a ‘esolution introduced today by Senator 3orah, (Rep. Ida) and adopted by the ienate without debate. It seeks informa- don from the war department as bhe cost their maintensnce and the amount rmany has paid toward their support. - s mtedt ol €0 CHANGE IN WAGE SCAL® OF N, Y. NEWSPAPER PRINTERS New York July 20.—The present wage wale of New York newspaper printers s until July 1 next, as the re- - H training which would abolished and bu- reaus of the public health service which minister to war veterans would be un- der the new bureau. The bill was reported only today giv- en exclusive right of way and passed in less than three hours with little debate and without a roll call, A preliminary report scoring past ad- ministration of relief work was submit- ted during the debate by Chairman Suth- erland of tHe special committes investi- gating soldier relief. “The committee s convinced,” it said, “that unexplainable delays, gontusion, red tape, complications and intricate slow moving ‘nacshinery have combined to increase the difficulties of the incapa- citated ex-servies men. Duplication, the committes found, had cdused ‘“great waste of public funds* and continuanee of separate bureaus longer ‘would be “absolutely unjusia- . SUSPECT BRUMFIELD WAS KILLED AND DECAPITATED Roseburg, Ore., July 20—W. B. Bow- man testified today at the resumption of the inquest over the headless body found under the wrecked automobile of Dr. ‘R. M. Brumfield, a dentist, who .is missing, that he saw legs dangling from an open door of the dentist's motor -car last Ménday night near the Booth ranch. He said Brumfleld was driving the machine: Hargls told of finding a hat whigh hé identified as one worn for at least a year by Dennis Russell, whose murder is charged in a warrant issued against Brumfield. It s the taeory of the authorities that Brumfield killed and decapitated Russell so Mrs. Brumfield could collect $26.000 tnsurance. ABBITERS TO SETTLE THE DESTINY OF PEKINESE PUP New York, July 20.—The supreme ay ordered a board of arbitra- icked to settle the destiny of a Pekinese pup. ‘When Daniel G. Reid, tin plate mag- nate and his former wife Margaret part- ed, they agreed that any dispute arising regarding division of their belongings should be settled by arbltration. Bast week, Mr. Reid, denied possession of the pup made a formal motion that Mrs. Reid be eompelled terms of their agreeme: McCook granted the Soringfeld, s, July 20.—Governor| NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, JuLY 21, 1921 ABLED PARAGRAPHS France to Delay Beply on Silesia. ~Paris, July 20 (by the A, P. French reply to the latest British not on Silesia probably will not go forward In well informed | I the response _declare. that France does not wish the supreme | council to discuss the Silesian situation and is_even willing to hold the meeting on a date named by Great Britain, pro- ritish agree to send rein- until late- Thursday. les it is indicated that to retard theymeeting of vided the forcements. AIRCEAFT FAILED TO MATERIALLY DAMAGE GEBMAN \ man battleship Ostfriesland in the opening of the final phase of the joint army and navy bombing tests off the Virginia Capes to determine the effect of airplane attacks on capital and | other types of warships. Dropping a‘total of 52 bombs, thir- ty-three of 230-pounds and nineteen of 520 and 600-pounds, navy, marine corps and army aviators placed thi by. decks and superstructure jectiles struck. board exploded, two of 230-pounds day, The 600-pound “live a gun turret, was declared to be undamaged. navy F-5-L struck on the after deck aear a 12-inch gun turret and in ex- Voding tore through the deck, It did ome minor damage to part of the su- rerstructure near by. The two 230- rounders which detonated Hit within + few feet of each othed on the up- up the wooden decking for a short distance. The “big hombs exploding on the decks wrouzht no such havoc to the superstructure as did bombs of simi- las size dropped on the Frankfurt. TO ISSUE REGULATIONS ment. Pronibition - Commissioner Blair nounced that he would isue regulations covering the use of beer as a medicine Within ‘the next few days unless that it appeared prohibitory action would Dbe taken by congress in the meanwhile. Ef- forts to bring the Willis-Campbell anti- beer bill o a vote in the senate next week Were blocked today by opponents. lssuance of the beer regulations have been held up upon the asurances of con- gerssional leaders that the new prohibi- tion legislation would be expedited, Mr. Blair said, adding that the completed regulations - were on his desk awaiting signature. ‘The new regulations for the manufac- ture and use of beer for medical pur- poses are understood to make the case the unit for prescriptions, buf without any limit as o the number of prescrip- tions which may be Written or obtained, on the theory that Atlorney Gener: Palmer held the quantity of beer or ( number of prescriptions might be limite but not botn. ~ Regulations for the u: of, wine as medicine are understood permit two quarts to be prescribed one time. Formal proposals by Senator Sterlin disposition of the measure next Monda. €@ by Senator Louisiana, who refused to enter i unanimous consent agreement. SENATOR WALSH AGAIN njo ‘Washington, July 20.—Auather ve bal attack wa$ given in the senate t pathizers in the United States. much of the “coldness” in America t warg the Irish cause. told Secretary Denmby’ ously in his book and other addresses. “That this statement is not true evident from a most casual reading his remarks,” said Senator Walsh. “Whether speaking metaphoricall cording to the press, by an altogeth: pleasant visit with the president, (Admiral Sims’) offense, considering discuss” Senator Walsh continued. PHOTOGEAPHED HIMSEL IN HIS POSTURE OF DEAT Superior, Wis, July 20.—The body of Arthur A. McDonald, found hanging from a blue and rere last nigt. Two photographs of himself in_the bouse. man seemed mnot they peeped int him taking the peculfar pictures. man’s neck and into the wall. for of. the 1. triend. B BRITISH NOTE TO FRANCE pointed . out that allied were needed immediately in Upper Si this_ eveningy lesian situation. The French government appears to be to live up to the [in mo hurry to request that reinforce- 2 nt. Today Justice | ments be sent to. upper Stlesia before tie'among those hil ind' the I question is considered. )—The BATTLESHIP On Board the Destroyer Leary, en Toute to Norfolk, Va., July 20 (by the A. P.)—Aircraft failed today to sink or materially damage the former Ger- teen of them on board and practically all of the others in the water close About all the apparent damage resulting, however, was to the upper immediate- iy _around the spots where the pro- Only four of the bombs landing on each, one of 520-pounds and one of 600-pounds, the kind that sent down the light cruiser Frankfurst last Mon- bomb launched by an army Martin plane, struek at a coal chute on the forward deck to the right of the bridze near tearing a big hole in the upper deck and going through to the protective deck, Which, however, The 520-pound bomb dropped by a per deck just aft of the smokestacks. One .charreq the wooden covering of the upper deck and the other ripped e e ——— e COVEEING USE OF BEEE ‘Washington, July 20.—Beer bobbed up again foday as a possible addition to the doctor’s list of panaceas for human ail- an- No Import Tax On Boots Ard Shoes House Voted to Place Them on Free List at the Close of a Stormy Session Yester- day. . Washington, _July 30.—The house’ re- fused today to put an import tax .on DoOts and shoes and other leather pro- ducts, although it previously had fixed a tarift on hides. 5 The house véted down 99 to 62 a ways and means comnittee amendment pro- Posing a duty of ten per cent. on leath- er products Which was regarded as-an indication that the house may reverse itself on the duty of 15 per cent. on hides when that question comes up for separate vote tomorrow. Action by the house on' the leather schedule came at the close of a stormy session, the Jast full day to be given over to actual consideration of the Ford- ney bill. Tomorrow at 3 o'clock voting © namendments and on the bill itself will start with the understanding thaly final action on the measure will be taken be- fore adjournment. The bill then will be sent to the senate. { Hides and leather products Including shoes were alike placed on. the !reefi:! originally by the ways and means c mittee but the republican caucus in- structed the committee to” offer -an amendment giving hides protection. ;| A tax of 15 per cent. on all kinds of. hides resulted. Many members swho voted for a tax on hides opposed today-the added tax on the manufactured article. The bulk of the republican members. of ‘the committee stood® out, however, for the compensatory duty. Representative Kreider, republican, Bennsylvania, 2 shos manufacturer, pre- cipitated an uproar during the debate by urging the duty on shoes and leather goods, halt of the house breaking in with demands for a vote. Representative Rayburn, (dem., Tex.) in reply declared shos manufacturers in the business for the last few years ought to be satisfied with fortunes already made. A telegram from Representative Kitch- in the democratic leader, ill at his home in North Carolina was read by Repre- sentative Garrett of Tennessee, tie act- ing leader. The fight being made against the Fordney bill Mr. Kitchin said, was “nerving democrats everywhere for an entousiastic and united fizht in 1922, and 1924 and giving them fresh hopg of com- ing victory. He asked that the “strongest possible appeal be made to cvery democrat mot to mar the excellent record made thus far by voting for republican protection on hides, cotton, oil, asphalt or other pro- ducts.” The house action on léather soes did not_hold, however, with respect to shoes, the uppers of which are made from cloth, felt, or kindred substances, of which a duty of 25 per cent. was placed. te 1 | Traffic In Liquor . 0ff Long Isfand 4,000 Cases Disposed of Out- side Three-Mile Limit— Landed in Connecticut and New York, New York, July 20.—Assertion that a floating bar was being operated off Long Island outside the 3-mile limit was made today by the Brooklyn Eagle. Accbrding to thal newspaper.a liquor- laden ship dubbed the Flying Dutchman, has made a third visit to waters near Montauk Point, disposed of 4,000 cases to craft that swarmed out from and sailed back to the was alleged that the liquor had been landed on New York and Connecticut shores, and that whatever might be said of the customers, the maritime bartender ‘was within the law. Federal officials professed ignorance of the visiting ship, Which was said to fly the English flag. 5 ARTHUR IRWIN LED A DOUBLE LIFE 30 YEARS Boston, July 20.—Thirty years leading 2 double life, with a wife in Boston and a woman posing as his wife in New York, with children' by both women ‘and managing to keep it all a secret from everybody but a few of those closest to him and, while failing to_contribute .to the support of his legal wife, yet sue- ceeding in convincing her that his long continued absences from the Boston home of, the Irwins was due to business, rather than infidelity—this is the weird story of "a checkered career, just- dis- closed, as the outcome of the suicide by drowning last week of Arthur A. Ir- win, long a prominent figure in the base- ball world, noted as player, scout and manager and last connected Wwith the national game as manager of the Hart- fords of the Eastern league. Irwin not only led a double life In the role of husband but was also at- the head ‘of two families, being the father of four..children, a son and two daughters by his lezal wife, who believed in him to the last and is today grieving over the death of the husband she believ. has been true to her, and a son by the! woman with whom he had lived 30 years and who was introduced to his later friends as his wife. Not until the Atlantic ocean swallowed him, either as a suicide or an accidental drowning—his brother Joh nand his son, Arthur K., are convinced that it was the former—was the news of the “old sleuth's” dual role made known. A No one save Arthur Irwin's brother, John. who is proprietor of the New Wey- mouth hotel at Nantasket Beach, and Richard, connected with a brokerage firm n N York, knew of the baseball dean’s unfaithfulness. Hig Wife does mot know It now and she will never hear of it, it The vote on this paragraph was close but | stand in the 5iil since @ separate vote in the house proper IS moi permit- it wi ted under the tuie. A duty of 3 cents a pound andincrease w%‘nlaced on coffee acorns and chickory. The house, however lower- ed rates affecting certain Kinds. of cedar logs from 15 per cent to ‘ten per cent. and reduced the-tax on phosphorous from of one cent, 15 cents to 10 cents a gound. Of the increases, perhaps thie greatest was on citrate of lime, a byproduct of which was raised from 2 1-2 lemons, cents to cents a pound. WILSOX'S AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN LOANS BINDING ‘Washington, July - 20.—The “under- in charge of the anti-beer bill, for final Tuesday or Wednesday, all were thwart- Broussard, democrat, ATTACKS ADMIEAL sIMS | day by Senator Walsh, (dem. Mont.) on Rear Admical Sims for his “Jackass” speech in London, criticising Irish sym- ‘The offi- cer was responsible, the senator said, for Senator Walsh said Kamiral Sims had that - his speech contained nothing not' expressed previ- the slap on the wrist administered /by Secretary Denby, followed as. it was, ac- was Tetribution quite proportionate to hie | was the second time he had to. be offi- | cially reprimanded, I leave to others to nude 40 was red painted cross in the parjor of his home in bis death, taken Sunday morning were found McDonald often had invited neighbors into the house to see his cross, and the ¢ all disturbed when e windows to watch A siiken cord was drawn about the That McDonald hoped to be “the sav- W. W." was that statement today by Antoine Anderson his nearest ON UPPER SILESIAN AFFAIRS Paris, July 20.—By the A. P.) The British government’s note in_responsé to & communication from the French gov/|Pressed a-desire to make their own way ernment last Saturday. in which it was reinforcements lesia was delivered to Premier Briand In the note the British government maintains its viewpoint that the supreme council must meet at Boulogne before the end of the month to discpss the Si- standing” reached by the Wilson admin istration, deferring interest payments on loans made by the United States to al- lied nations will be binding upon -the present administration, Secretary Mel- lon stated todgy to the senate finance committee. The gecretary, however, did not disclose the policy which he will pur- iking collections and advised the al he d, se to at % sue in mak committee he had reached no agreement with any of the debtor natiohs on the subject. The present situation, which the sec- retary embarrassing was caused by dis- cussions in 1919 between former Assist- ant Secretary of the Treasury Albert Rathborie and a Mr. Blackett. represent- ing Great Britain with the result that the understanding” was reduced to Writ ten memorandum. Assistant Secretary Wadsworth who accompanied Mr. Mellon before the com- mittee declared a large part of the in- terest which the United States had coi- lected upon its foreign loans was from money which the allied governments had borrowed for that purpose. Figures were presented to the committee showing that on the foreign loans amounting to over ten billlen dollars there has accumu- lated accrued _interest amounting to $343,534,755 which is unpaid and has been deferred. Secretary Mellon submittedwo the com- mittee’ a_copy of a letter written by him last May 11 to the British ambassa- dor following a conversation with him nine days earlier on the subject of re- funding the British debt. The secretary said be confined himself to submitted to tne wmbassador various memoranda Dpepaed as a result of the conference be- |tween Mr. Rathbone and Mr. Blackett. ¥, a ~ r- o- o- is of ly, er it SUES GROCER FOR SELLING HER HUSBAND EXTEACTS ™| Salisbury, N C, July 20—When a wite sues for damages for alienation of her husband's - affections, she generally names another woman. Not so- Mrs. Melissa J. Woodington of this city. Fla- voring extracts, grown potent since pro- hibition, are her co-respondent. Mrs. ‘Woodington today filed suit for ten thou- sand dollars against W. A. Roseman, grocer, who she charged sold to her hus. band flavoring extracts which caused to neglect and beat her. Mrs, ‘Woodington does not specify the flaver. MISSING MEN ARE SEARCHING FOE WORK New York, July 20—Relatives of Charles and Latrobe Leayeraft, 26 year old twins and cousins ,of the lats Theo- dore Roosevelt,” who disappeared from their home last Monday, reesived word tonight that the pair was in New Jersey searching for work. Their exact whers- abouts was not disclosed, but their moth- er said that for some time they had ex- in the world unaided by ' influential friends, SHADE-GROWN TOBACCO DAMAGED BY HEAVY RAIN Simsbury, Conn., July = 20.—Shade- grown tobacco suffered from' a heavy rain storm in this town this afternoon. Several tobacco growers reported con- erablo - damage to their .crops. , The farm of 15. S. Senator McLean . was 0ss there was i “#mated at $10,000, the news can possibly kept from her. WILL BE NO DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IN LONDON Loéndon, July 20—(By ‘the A. P.J)— It is belicved that the idea of holding a preliminary disarmament and pacific con- ference in London will be abandoned. Such a conference was originally propos- &d by Premiers Hughes of Australia and Massey, of New Zealand who - will * be unable 10 go to the United State during the: autumn owing to the couvening -of their respeetive parliaments. A London conference is supposed also to have been strongly favored by Japan. Instead of the proposed preliminary conference thiere will be neld here a con- ference between the British cabinet min- isters nad the Dominion premiers. For {this purpose Premier Meigaen of Canada has postponed indefinitely his idéa of sailing for home. This conference wil be devoted first to a discussion of ‘the policy and representations of the British empire at the . Washington _conference, and, second, to the advisability of ask- ing the Wasiington government to postpone “the disarmament and pacific conferencs to-some later date than No- vember 11. Such a postponement would not only be agreeable to the dominion premiers, who will Be unable to be in Washington in November, but it woull be more con- venient to the British government be- cause, in the event of the Irish negotia- tions proving sucesssful, it migat become necessary to hold an autumn sessicn of parliament to legiSiate for a new Irish settlement, A GREAT IRE IN THE OIL FIELDS AT TAMPICO Mexico City, Jwy 20 (By the A.-P.). —A great fire in the Amatlan oil fields has destroved property to the value of several million dclars, and so far as is known is not yet under control. Advices from Tampico, which are mea- gre, say that two wells are burning and that Lot 162 has been devastated. This lot comprises about 85 acres. One of the oil companies here has been informed that the fire was caused’.by lightning, which ignited two' wells sim- ultaneously. The consensus of = opinion among oil men in Mexico City is -that the fire was acci”ental, whether by light- ning or not, and that there was no delib- erate attempt at sabotage as had been rumored earlier in the day. Troops have been rushed to Amatlan and' workmen from other districts are aiding in fighting the flames to prevent them from spreading. The fire started in the property of Wollett & Thompson and.sperda quickly. There were 23 wells being drilled in Lot 162, It was said that the number already operating is unknown. FREANCE ABANDONS PLAN TO VISIT rll'lofl‘u: Riga, July 20.—(By the A. P.) Sena- jtor Joseph L. Framce of Maryland, who is in Russia to investigate trade condi- tions, has altered his plun of visiting Petrograd and instead will go to. the ‘in.| dustrial cities of Yaroslav and Britansk, This _information was brought to Riga foday by a French merchant who was 2’ fellow passenger of Senator France on his journey to Moscow and saw much of him in that city. The merchant reported that Senator ce and himself were comfortably fed and quartered in the Soviet capital. Senator France conferred with George Chitcherin, the Soviet foreign minister, Maxim Litvinoff, chief of the soviet le- gations abroad, and a number of other ofcials in Moscow, the mcrchant said. PROTEST ATTEMPTS FOR TOBACCO 'PROHIBITION Manitowoe, . Wis., July 20,—Protest against alleged attempts of reformers apd blue law advocates to prohibit the A to_reports in Tokio, Japan is ready to evacuate Siberia. . 1e Al _Alresolution fo investigate the Ku Klux Klag of Texas is being prepared Ly Tezas legislature. . | Daring the first vix months of 1921 45, 005 mnwons were filed with the Onited States patent office. —_— 3 Representatives of farmers will sue- ceed the liberal party in control of the Alberta provincial ‘government as a re- sult of recent elections. ——— Fifteen persens were injured when the cable’snapped on & passenger clevator in the Morton building, 116 _Nassau street, New. York. A general jail delivery at Poughkeep- sie, N. Y. was frustarted by a nowe aropped cut of a window by a trusty to tae police. ‘Buffale Association of Fire Underwrit- ers adopted recommendations - of the Lockwood Ccmmitice and Lag changed its by-laws. 9 —_— Dewitt - Youns, of Johnstown, died in a hospital at Gloverille, N. Y., as a Te- sult of being hit on the head by a pitch- ed ball.’ Themas D. Rundelph, a leading busi- ness man of Sharon, Pa., was kidnapped and is being held’ for fifty thousand dol- lar ransom. Favorable report on the Sweet bill for co-ordination - of . government agencics dealing wita former service men.was or- déred by the senate finance committee. bers ransacked the Wentworth ho- tel imd. Bass Rock iouse at Kennebunk Beggh, Me., taking jewels and cash ao the Amount of several thousand dollars. Abstention from ice cream until the price comes down was, in effect, adviced by tie eommission on necessaries of life in Boston. _ Wemen are still wit the risht to hold constitutional cffice in Massachu- setts. THis is ruling of Attorney General “Allen. A reduction in the = discount rate 'of federal reserve banks in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and an Francisco to five and one-half percent was anaqunc- ed in Boston. “The Greek government is alleged by commercial inteests at Constantinople to have established a. censorship of business and press telegrain: fover lnes from Constantinople tcuching Greek territory. New York city’s mew fireboat Johm Purroy Mitchel _willybe launched at Shooters Island Saturday. A real boitle of champagne will be used.to christe the boat. . — Chairman Lasker announced he wonld appear ‘Dbefore the senate and house fin- ance committee chairman and exp condition. of the shipping board's American coast guard cutter Dear, turfing to Nome, - Alaska, annou Capt. Amundsen's ship Maud is o ed- ing under sall toward Dutch Hafbar, Alaska. Gemeral Pelascletas, rebel leader at Chinampa. Vera Cruz, is offering to sur- render, according to reports. His troops were dispersed by federal soldiers under ccmmahd of General Sanchez. Steamer Ameriea, formerly of the Tam- burg-America line, and allocated to the U..§. Mail line by the shipping board, completed its first round trip when it ar- rived at New York. Three hundred cans of oplum smuggled into-this country from Canada in an auto- mobile were confiscated in New York by detectives and Ortensio Antonacci, <f Montreal, was arrested. Bela Kun, former Hungarian commun- ist leader, was arrested in Lemberg on his arrival there from Moscow. He is accused of carrying plans for a commun- ist uprising in Galicia. Ray Hubbell, 72, prominent glove manu- tacturer of Northville, neay Gloversville, N. Y, dled’ Monday night. He was videly known in financial and masonic circles. William, the young som of Mr, and Mrs. Fred I Scnell of New Britain, died from tetanus, resulting from injuries re- ceived on July 4 when a firecracker ex- ploded in his hand. Pearl White the moving pictare ac- tress has been granted a divorce from Wallace McCutcheon by the superior court in Providence on the ground of ne- glect to provide. Boston, announced . that more than 1600 enlisted men out ofa total of 5600 in the area had applied for discharge under a recent ruling of the war department. Korean residents of New Yerk uave requested the Japanese parliamentary delegation ‘visiting the United States to endeavor, on their return to the Orient, to work for the complete independence of Korea." . Representative Martin B..Madden, re- publican, Illinois was electcd chairman.of the committee on_appropriations af the house succeeding Representative Goos of Towa who recently resigned from the Gouse. Thirty-feur educational institutions In the United States were named by the war department as the “distinguished colleges and honor. military schools,” respectively, for the year 1931 Ontario has joined the dry provinces ot Canada. The new prohibition . law forbids jmportation and transportation of spirituous and intoxicating beverages containing more than 2 1-2 per cent .al- cohol. Dispateh received in London from British-‘minister at Teheran says large Russian - forces’ were making fierce at- tacks in the region of Zangazwz, devas- tating villages and leaving thousands of victims. The will of Mrs. Evaline Kimball, wi- dow of the organ manufacturer, which bequeathed $2,000,000 of a $4,000,000 es- tatéto the Chicago Art Institute, was ad- mitted to probate. = Relatives announced they would contest the will. A suit seeking to prevent enforcement :|ot a.treasury department regulation on the shippjng of liquor via the United States was ‘filed in the federal eourt at New York by the Anchor Line, a British steamship corporation. _ Stanislaus C.. Papp, whe erganized a STowth, manufacture or use of “tobacco Was made today in a resolution presented to the Wisconsin State Federation of La- bor. convention here. g | It Was offercd by the International OF- ganization of Tobacco Workers. illion dollar corporation to make a gas- oline substitute from vegetables, corn- stalks and sugar cane. was sentenced to serve from 2 1-2 to 5 years in Sing Sing. ‘He. pleaded guilty to an indictment for d R N Headquarters of the frst army coirps, |siy | you London, July 20 (By the A. P.)—The Brit! cabinet sat for two hours and a half this evening considéring” the Irish plans, after whicl Premier Lloyd-George Went to Buckingham Palace and laid befors the king the proposals for sub- mission to Eamonn De Valera, the Irish republican leader, at tomorrow'ss confer- ence. The prime minister at the cabinet council. outlined for the benefit of those ministers who had not been closely con- cerned in the Irish negotiations, the h -‘ tory of recent events’ and the premier’ new ofter to Ireland, which is described as being drawn on generous fines. It is understood that the financial ar- ranggments in the new offer have giveh considerable trouble to the ministers, but eventually after consultation with Sir ! Robert Stevenson Horne, chancellor of the exchequer, and the treasury officials, the various provisions were agreed to. It is also understood that the general lines of the premier's offer have the ap- proval of Austen Chamberlain, the gov- Plans Formulated by th British Cabinet Have Been Laid B« + fore the King by Lloyd George—New Offer to be Made _to De Valera Today is Said to be Drawn on Generous Lines—Lloyd George Renews Endeavor to Have Sir James Craig Participate in Tripartite Conference. ernment leader in the house of coms mons, Sir Robert Horne, Sir Worthington Evans, seeretary for war, and other ministers an dthat probably with some modifications the entire eabie will be reduced to writing for presemta- tion to Mr. De Valera, Whether Mr. Lloyd-George has suc- ceeded in pvercoming the reluctance of Sir James Crawg, the Ulster premier, to join in a tripartite ccnference is not known but an. announcement that Sif James is coming to London again, prob- omen, and in any case no hint of & breakdown in the negotiations is appar- ent. These, however, may be mare pro< tracted than had been generally expecte ed. General Smuts is holding himself in readiness to go to Ireland agaim f needed. Mr. De Valera gave night, wi and execuives of the tzations rious Irish ergan- in Great Britain. 0 BURNS CONCLUDES STORY OF BASEBALL “CONSPIRACY™ ago, July 20—Bill Burns, - the baseball of how t Chi- them to | trial, he and_others cor cago White Sox players for throw the 1919 world series to Cincin- nati. The admitted accomplice alleged sell-out then withstood hours of crods-examination by two de- fense attorneys, never weakening in the main facts of his story, although sev- eral times Badly confused on incidental detalls, At the end of his 12th hour on the stand, the witness appeared exhausted.| His body was limp in the witness chair, his eyes were half closed, but h head was held back and his answers still came clearly and definitely despite a ca aract of innuendoes, heaped on him by his questioners After finishing his story of Cincinnati conferences between himself, Abe Attell and Bennel, whom he idenifled vester- day as David Zeiser. of Des Moines, Towa, a defendant. Burns told of fur- ther meetings in Chicago; of how the players double-crossed tue alleged “fia ers” by winninz the third game when they were not paid after she first two and of ow he agreed- with- Bam-John- son, president of the American league, and John Tyrrell, assistant state's at- torney, to eome to Chicago and testi for the state. He denicd that he was paid other than his expenses for his te timony or that he was promised any re- ward. He was then turned over to James C. *Ropes” O'Brien, who earned his nick- name and fame in the middle west by isending many men to the gallows when he was assistant state's attorney Under O'Brien’s examination, Burns at | first appeared hesitant in his answers After half an hour of repartee he ap- peared to gain confidence and, sitting erect, answered all questions in a clear volce heard ali over the courtroom. Yes- | terday the jury had difficulty in bearing | him and many times the reporters had to repeat his answers. Mr, O'Brien causei Burns to repeat his direct testimony that he had twice Chick Gandil in the Warner Hot z0. while games were being yed Then O'Brien said: “Don’t vou know that Gandil never at the Warner Hotel in this se- ries? Dom't yYou know that he and other players you say You met at the Warner lived at the Tyson?" “I only know that T met Gandil at the Warner,” replied Burns. “And Gandil told you there that he was through and wouldn't throw any more games, that he wouldn't aceept your offers of money timt—" began Mr. O'Brien. e “Jf you say he did. T guess he aid” Furns = replled sharply. “He's your and he knows more about this case than 1 do.” After Mr. O'Bricn. Thomas Nash. rep- nz Buck Weaver, took un another examination. ot with the witness, ng nim and asking several questions in a manner and then suddenly “Bill soft quiet shonting some sharp query at the w ness. e questioned Burns closely about the hours of alleged meetings with the dicted plavers, the distances between ho- tels in Cincinnati, room numbers and such details and_at times Burns was somewhat confused, once refusing to an- swer further questions until told by| Judge Friend to do so. Atked about his statement that he told the ball players in a hotel room| in Cincinnati that he “had $100,000 for es to be thrown,” Mr. O'Brien had not lied then. 1 meant 1 could get—r Burns. nswer yes or no,” said O'Brien. o, 1 did not have it." 2 It was on such pointg as this that Burns got in the most trouble during| the -questioning. But, when questioned | closely about the alleged meetings with the players, the witness was ubt shaken In his first story, On direct examination Burns said—he was present when a St. Louis man vol- unteered to put up money to have the games thrown, but did not know the man’s name. Some of the questions asked Burns by defense attorneys most of whicy were ordered stricken from the record, are: “Weren't you traded by the White Sox to Cincinnati because You got in the habit of falling asleep between innings on. the bench?” “Did you ever work more than a year for the same man in your life?” “When you talked of throwing games you knew from your own experience as a pitcher that it could be done?” “You have no abjection to our trying to prove ‘that you are mot of a very high mental ealibre? “Weren't you traded all over th country because you were an undesir. able type of man?" “How much is Ban Johnson paying you' for your testimony?* “You know Ban Johnson will do any- thing to hurt Comiskey, don’t you?" B KIDNAPPED MAN HELD AS: SUSPICIOUS PERSON Sharon, Pa. July 20—Thomas D. Randolph, business man of Sharon, miss- ing since Monday and for whose returs a fifty thousand dollar ransom was said to Have been demanded by alleged ab- ductors, was arrested following his re- turn tonight to the home of his father- In-law, Boyce Fogle, on.orders of Mayor Frank Gilbert. He wag held without fail on the technical charge of .being & suspicions person, it was said. Randolph was said to be exhausted and a physiclan was summoned. His father-in-law told police that he would: g0 his surety for his appearance before local authorities tomorrow. The missing man had not been placed under arrest, but Digtrict Attorney L. A. Rickard said that if the police failed to place changes against him, he would have Randolph ar- rested on a charge of blackmafl. Postal authorities, after inspecting the letters sent through Randolph to his wife. one purporting to have been written by, his abductors demanding fifty thousand dol- lars, are reported to have declared Intention of charging the man with the ma to defraud. Acer 1ing to Lieutenant ™ Speaker “of | the con volice. Randolph has beem living ron, since Monday night, registered mn- der the name of R. F. Hutchison. He was accompanied by a woman, |sald. i SCHOONER POCOMOKE MAY PROVE TO BE MYSTERY SHIP Atlantic City, N. J., July 20.—Customs officials are making an investigation concerning the schooner Pocomoke which was ordered into Atlantic City today by the coastguard service on the ground that she may be the mretery ship Which has been reported cruising off the New Jersey coast. Those in charge of the Po- comoke claim ‘that she came mear the coast because of being in a leaking con- dition and was seeking a2 harbor of pef- uge. The government officials claim she left Nassau, Bahama Islands, two weeks ago with one thousand cases of whis- key, ostensibly for Quebec. When_ the .inspectors boarded the wes- Sel her hold was found to be clean swept, nothing of the cargo was found, and the leak was said to'be not of a serious character. Some of the crew sald the eargo was jettisoned iIn an easterly gale and drifted ashore at various points along the New Jersey coast. STRIPPED AND BEATEN BY WHITE-CAPPING PARTIES Nacogdoches, Texas, July 20—J. W. McKnight, a plumber, was a victim twide of white-capping parties, it became known tcday, when he returned to his home after a second flogging. Masked men took him from deputy sheriffs last night near Timpson, stripped and beat him and smeared tar on his clothing. A Tumor that the victim was compelled to submit to a surgical operation war declared untrue. McKnight was beaten by maskers ear- ly Sunday aud had gone-to Center Tex as, and filed a complaint against four men whom he declared he recognized as among his assailants. Then he was ar- rested on a charge of carrying a com- cealed weapon and it was while he war in custody last night that he was takes from officers by the second party -eof maskers. DOWNFALL OF SOVIET ADMINISTRATION IMMINENT Berlin July 20.—(By tre A. P.)—The possible downfall of the Russian soviet government unless means are found te prevent the starvaticn of large numbers of persons because of the crop failure in Russia is suggested today by the Rote Fahne the soviet organ which as- serts that 25,000,000 Russians are in im- minent danger of dying. An official ges- patch {rom Moscow, the newspaper says, verifies -reports that the situation if most serious and that death is threaten- ing a majority of the population of the region. . . The conservative newspapers point out that the bolshevik administration by the admission of its own organs, has fafled and they express the belief that a crisis if not a downfallof the soviet adminis- tration is imminent. s LIS GREEK THIRD ARMY HAS ENTERED ESKI-SHEEN Constantinople, July (By the A P.)—The Greek Third Army en- tered Eski-Shehr thie morning, 10 a wireless despatch received here this evening from tne Greek bartleship Aver of2. % Eski-Shehr, a town of . Asia Minor, Het 27 miles northeast of Kutala, from whieh the Greeks drove the Turks last week. Tk SHORTAGE OF R. J. THOMSON WILL TOTAL ABOUT Chicago, July 20.—Following a of the books of the George A. pany of Austin, Minnesota, the company - this that the total shortage of R. former - company 187,000, ; 0 net will assent to the proposals, which - ably next week, Is consldered a favorable/ t a hotel in Stonboro. near Sha- = :