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wich VOL. LXIlI—NO. 188 POPULATION 29,685 Bulletin , CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921 ATTACK ON POLIGIES OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Made Before Joint Congressional Commission by John Shel- ton Williams, Former Comptroller of the Currency— Charges Favoritism in Lending to New York Banking Groups and Undue Curtailment of Southern and Western Borrowers—Accuses Board of Adopting a Policy to Force Up Interest Rates. : Washington, Aug. 2.—Policies of the ¥ederal reserve board during the past 18 gmonths or more were attacked today be- fore a joint congressional commission by John Skelton Williams, former comp- troller of the currency, who charged that the board tad displayed undue favorit- fsm in lending to New Ycrk banking while southern and western bor- were undul® curtailed. ‘There bundant ground for complaints of meémoranda and letters interchanged be- tween himgelf and Governor Harding over the situation, of which he com- plained. The board, Adoptmg the policy of ferc- ing up interest rates, he said, was indi- recty responsible for 30 per cent. interest charges prevailing on the New York money markets, and this “drained off funds from the farming sections.” Mr. Mills met him at this stage with a series Eroups rowears nation (by farmers generally,”, |of statistics, tending to show that Rich- he added. mond, Minneapolis, Dalias, Atlanta, Kan- The congressional commission was ap- | sas City, and St. Louis banks were ber- to inquire intp the agricnitural |rowing much greater sums proportionate- ituation and summoned Mr. Williams in mnection with its investigation into credt facilities for farmer: Many of Mr. Willlams' assertions were challenged in cross examination by Rep- resentatives Ogden Mills, republican, New York, a commission member, who was armed with volumes of statistics. The shes required commission rulings time again. During the examination Governor Harding of the reserve board and several other of its officials were ly than New York institutions. “You've seen the figurés, haven't you?" Mr. Mills demanded during interchanges in which Mr. Williams told him to “go to the reserve board for the statements. One borrower of call money had to pay two hundred per cent. to get a $100,000,- 000 loan Mr. Williams said, although Mr. Mills insisted he had misinterpreted the arrangements, and the charge was 25 per cent. At the same time, he added. western institutions re-discounting were “obliged to put up collateral of 100 and 200 per cent. in excess of the amount thy got.” ve us one example of that,” Chair- man Anderson instructed the witness, but after intercnange, Mr. Williams’' re- peated respcnse “Get it from the re- serve board,” was accepted as final. Mr. Mills likewise went into rules establish- statement was uncom- pleted after a six hour session. In December, 1919, Mr. Williams said, one New York banking institution, which he described as “known for speculative nctivities rowed $130,000,000 through the New York federal reserve bank. No Jaw was broken, he said, but several oth- er New York banks, ard and in good |ed by the hoard for credit control, and time: were alowed to hold out large [the creation by it of a “basic line,” mmounts of reserve loans, while western | which determined a bank's borrowing snd southern borrowers were heing press- limit. Governor Harding will follow Mr. ed to reduce loans. Mr. Williams read Williams, probably tomorrow. K. OF C. CONVENTION PRICES CUT ON CERTAIN oF ED WITH PARADE GRADES OF STEEL I’BODCCTBI San Francisco, Aug. 2.—The thirty-| New York, Aug. 2.—Elbert H. Gary, ni nternational supreme convention | chairman of the United - States Steel of e Knights of Columbus opened here |Corporation, tocay confirmed reports tod; parade that ended at the |that subsidiary companies of the cor- Mission Delores, where the pontificial | poration had cut prices. on certain b ng was received. Later a series of grades of steel products t8 meet prices ons were held and then the first |quoted by lesding independent manu- busincas session of the convention be- | tacturers. Keductions under the . new James A, Fiaherty, supreme knight | schedule range from $3 & % e Knights of Columbus, sent a ca- el Tad,t0 100 tonltig lo wthe schedule announced July 7, he said. ‘Our subsidiaries,” he said, “have not made any reduction except to meet the ‘prices of leading independent manufac- turers. Prices generally would seem to have reached the low point, as many, if not most of the manufacturers, are at present selling below the cost of pro-: duction.” It was pointed out that the corpora. tion was underselling independent com- panies in tinplate, the quotation being $5.25 a 100 pound box agzainst § [charged by the independents. The July am of co! sa, dolence to Enrico Caru- ng that before the singer he last time he had prais- work of the Knights of the cision to establish what it terms largest correspondence school in | States” which shall be de- 3 ely to the education and neral welfare of former service men, annouhcement that the order had eased by 87,660 since last year,.made he outstanding fe: res today of the g business session. Supreme Sec- iam J. McGinley outlined the S2TESd BY w wi Vi c ot s fl;i“l‘fir“:‘. Other articles in the % is erecting in New Ha-|Ciided: bars 31 comgm s headquarters er hat were reduced in- reduced from $1.9 plates, forfnerly $2 and now $1.85; gal vanized sheets, reduced from $4.50 to $4.25 and block sheets that formerly | sold for $£75 were cut to $5.25. Conn No limit will number of former nrollment in school and no practical be placed upon the service men seeking the _ correspondence limit will be set upon subjects in the course of ‘\ Fudy,” Mr. McGinley reported. The srstem, he said, will oost approximately $1.000,000 to establish and will call for t year enroliment of 100,000 stu- 15 WARRANTS FOR ARRESTS FOR | §$6,000,000 MAIL TREIT!I Chicago, Aug. 2—Fifteen warrants for the arrest of men said to have been associated with John W. Worthington 5 Dbk in_conneotion With mail robberies totall- Aspeokiliately $4.006 600 h:;"”;:‘r"wng nearly $6,000,000 were issued today sxpended by the Kaights in e Dasllb"; James R. Glass, United States com- year maintaining 132 % | missioner, . schools and r;""\mll:\n!vnr}s .::\; w’::i:: News of the arrest In New York of eonrses for former service men Arthur M. Goldesmith, sald to be a lien- On June 1 the total membership of |(cNaNt of Worthington, pleased federal the of Columbus was 755165 | OMclals who have been conducting te New York led the states with 107 |inVestigation fhat led to the apprehen- ¢ members, McGinley reporved. rns|Si0n Of Worthington yesterday. Knights were instrumental - in" ralsing| . "Goldsmith in New York was what $4.000,000 for charity during the ye“‘ ‘Worthington was in Chicago,” sald John peibioutly e Bertect kAl m(er"v‘RC"“r"“"' 1.|ulsmn|t :ilslrlct attorney. U ' TRS — hog eports were received also of the ar- Belslan renabilitation " Eonal | rest in Detrolt of “Lefty Lewis, said to be another of Worthington's aides. The search of Worthington's office, it was declared, revealed securities valued at $350,000. Some of these securities, it was asserted, were part of the loot of the Dearborn station mail robbery He expressed that the order would have 1,000,000 members in another year. HELD FOR APPROPRIATING 41 AUTOMOBILE TIRES 2 in Chicago, the Sinclair Ofl robbery In °w Haven, Conn, Aug. 2.—Michele, | New York and the Council Bluffs, Towa, and_Samuel Culmo, brothers, | mall robbery. tteo Scutard, all of Ansonta, were | ted today on bench warrants issued Judge Isaac Wolf at a special se: on of the criminal side of the super-| court. They are charged with con. | acy unlawfully to appropriate forty- | bne automobile tires, valued at $1.162, | belonging to Hyman Jeruss, of Ansonia. They were committed to the county fafl In_defanit of dail of $2.500 each. The four men were Arrested several fove ago, and their cases were pending In the Ansonia town court. A special wession of the superfor court was con- rened today and the bench warrants fs. Revenue stamps, cancelled and stolen, | were declared to have been washed in {2 mixture of chemicals to remove the | canceliation Ink and the stamps re-sold. Stolen Liberty bonds were likewise said to have been washed to remove the num- bers, later re-piinted. CONSPIRACY TO CREATE A MONOPOLY ON COAL Baltimore, Aug. 2.—Alleging a com- | mon-law conspiracy to create a monop- {oly in anthracite coal in Baltimore and en the ba the state of Maryland, the grand jury oy ;’ .‘“"‘."m:::‘_ oo “‘“h""" of the late today presented indictments against | it at such actlon was | directors of the Baltimore Coal Ex- {0 meet the ends of justiee. |change and the firms represented by them. These directors represent firms (and individuals who handle ninety per cent. of hard coal sold at retafl in Bal- | timore, $3,500 WORTH OF LIQUOR AND AUTOMOBILE SEIZED New Haven, Conn., 2 Federal| Back of the formal chargps, eight in prohition eshforcement agents selzed number, is the story of the operations about $3.500 worth of liguor and a val-|0f the exchange since its organization Bable automobile In two raids teday. in 1905 “for social purposes” since One raid was made at 18 Cain street, | Which time it is alleged that the men where 215 bottles of whiskey and gin!|and firms under indictment have regu- were ready for distribution, and 136 |larly maintained, a monopoly in anthra- Bottles of whiskey were found in an au-|cite coal and fixed the prices to be tomobila outside the door. Collettt | charged by members of the exchange. Conda, propristor of the place, said the | Mémbers who are not on the board of Yiquor did not helong to him but was |directors‘were not indicted. placed in storage there twn weeks ago. —_— Conde was arrested and latér released|A LAW TO SUPPRESS 4n ball of $1,000 TERRORISM IN JUGO-SLAVIA The other rald wae made on the road Ang. mear Stamford, where an antomoblle| Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, Aug. 2 (by The containing 130 quarts of whiskey was|A. P.)—A law for the suppression of reized and the occupants of the car. |terrorism. which, its advocates said, Frank H. Composti. of Prooklyn and |“was inspired by similar ‘measures in Joseph Toole, of Snringfield, Mass., [tho United States and Russia” was were arrested. They gave bonds for |adopted today by the national assembly $500 sach. In special session. The | measure dis- solves communist organizations, and ROCKVILLE BARN BURNED WITH LOSS OF $35,000 provide the penalty of death or life im- prisonwent for attempts to change the form of government, death for attempts to kill police or political authorities, and imprisonment for public workers who strike or who interfere with the free- dom of workers. Communists, under the law, are not eligible to hold office. Rockville, Conn. Aug. 2.—Fire de= sroyed the barn of Abraham Goldfield, a well known tobaceo grower, tonight. causing a loss of $35,000. All of Mr. Goldfield’s 1920 crop, about one hun- fred and ty cases, was ctored in e structurs. Ths cause of the blaze not knowa * fat man always has more troubles than sympathizers. Charge Against Red Cross Officer Senator France Accuses Dr. Edward W. Ryan of Having Instigated a Revolt in Kron- stadt—Mutiny Riga, Aug. 2. (By th in 1921. e A. P.)—Before leaving for Berlin last night, Senator Jo- seph L\France of Maryl Edward W. Ryan, land accused Dr. American Red Cross commissioner in the Baltic states, of having instigated the revolt at Kronstadt last winter. Dr. Ryan opinion of the senator’s expressed his credence in what Dr. Ryan termed bolsheviki reports and of the senator’s dealing viki in general. with the bolshe- ‘When questioned today concerning the incident, Dr. Ryan said: ridiculous, raving.” American official rep also said today that the the senator “The charge is must have been resentatives here e accusation was absolutely without basis in fact. The argument began room in the hotel during the trip to the where Senator France train for Berlin. ©y a number of perso: anied the senator to the France be would renew this ch: of the United States sen: It s invited Dr. Ryan to his ly made his accusation here and in the semator's continued railway station, was to take the It was heard in part ns who accomp- station. Mr. is said to have, declared that arge on the floor ate. understood tbat Senator France room and abrupt- and added that the bolsheviki foreign office had promised to furnish him proof of Dr. Ryan has been Cross and other relief parts of Europe since early His home is Scranton, He fought the tvphu the charge. engaged in Red work in various in the war. Pa. us in Serbia and also did notable relief work for the Re Cross during the great In 1919 he was made in relief work Hoover, and head of the Red Cros thonia. After a vi ported that was “a social adventur ghastly failure. in _Austria by in 1920 w the bolsheyTki fire in_Saloni executive of = Herbert s placed at the to. Russia he re- government e had become a The mutiny in Kronstradt began early in February, 1921, wh inthe Baltic revolted an en soviet sailots d seized the city, which was held for about fifteen) days, ‘When force: it was surrendered to the sov All officers and civilian leaders in the revolt who were captured were executed. AMERICAN VALUATIO IN FORDNEY TARIFF BILL ‘Washington, Aug. ace committee practica —The senate fin- 1y completed its hearings today on American valuation provisions in the Fordn paratory to determining whether they shall be basis of assessing dut nesses remain to be h after which the dye embargo ey tariff bill pre- later in the week retained as the ies. Three wit- eard tomorrow, section which was stricken out by the house, will be taken up for bri ief testimony. Its fate also will be determined in the se- ries of legislative mee! begin Thursday. Chairman Penrose announced democratic as well‘as republican commi tee members would participate legislative consideratio ject. od of disposing of such tings which will that in the ns of ithe sub- Calling in tthe minority members barks a departure from the sual meth- Dproblems by the majority party and from the course fol- lowed by the house ways and means com- mittee in drafting the present bill. As a result of the change in procedure, many senators declared the American valuation section as draf had small tee approval. change of receiving comm It was said that none of fted by the house the democratic committee members favor- ed it and that several republicans would oppose N, Serfiment has beck evi- dent in the committee for acceptance of the modified home value plan proposed by Georrge C. Davis, of the New York customs house. This would place the burden of proving that petitive with American domestic manufacturer eoms service. is claimed, would be cases where proof was f similarity of the article its proponents believe little room for litigati decisions as to values. imports were comparable or com- products on the nstead of the cus- The home value basis, 1t instailed only in ‘orthcoming of the s, in which event there would be on over customs $2,000,000 SUIT FOR ALLEGED BREAC Boston, Aug. 2 damages against Albert thi seity, was flled in Suffolk Co H OF PROMISE suit for $2,000,000 ictor Searles, of for alleged breach of promise unty court today by Mary Johnson, of Portsmouth, N. H. Attempts to file a summons on Searles brought the information the late Edward lionaire. In her declaration Mis: that in Jebruary, 1919, F. Searl that he was ab- |sent on a yachting trip. He is a nephew of les, Methuen mil- s Johnson alleges at which time Searles was already married, he repeat- edly promised to marry her. she was ignorant of the a married man, she asserts. At that time fact that he was She says they met in a restaurant at Portsmourth. Searles’ wife, Mrs Ett: a A. Searles, ob- tained a dtvorce fwom him in April last. A contest of the will of Edward F. Searles was instituted by his nephew last yvear was finally settled out of court] How much the nephew received from the estate was not made $20,000,000 and ,$50,000, public. The es- |tate was variously estimated at between ,000. COMMISSION WORKING FOR INDEPENDENCE OF HELGOLAND Helgoland, Aug. 2—A commission of sixty-two members working for the inde- pendence of Helgoland today issued a me- morial in which it was “bureaueratic German-: failed to learn the lesso: charged that the Prussian regime n which the mal- administration of Alsace, Schleswig, Si- lesia and Posen should have taught” The memorial asserted that its signers are tired of sending de lin “to sit with some mi putations to Ber- inister in an audi- ence reem catching flies while Prussian officials refsse to listen, or, having heard, fail to understand Helgoland's case.” The memorial concludes that the isl- and’s fuutre demands an independent ad- ministration to sec that there is no fur- ther misunderatanding and mistreatment at the hands of a regime which perpetu- ates the old Prussian principles of gov- ernment.” —_— INCREASE INTEREST ON FEDELAL FARM LOAN BONDS ‘Washington, Aug. 2. —By a vote of 233 to 20, the house today passed a sen- ate bill authorizing an increase in the maximum interest rate loan bonds from five on federal farm to five one-half per cent. An amendment, however, pro- vides that bonds issued os sold after June 30, 1923, shall not bear more than five per cent. interest. BRIEF TELEGRAMS Chicago Board of Trade membership has been sold for $7,750 net to buyer, oft $250 from the last previous sale. Edmond Perrier, director of the Muse- um of Natural History in Paris, died in Paris. He was born in 1844, The death of Edgar Saltus, publicist and author, at his home in New York ‘was announced. Belief that the run on the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank wiich' began Friday was nearing an end was expressed by of- ficials of the company. Further efforts of Panama to have its bounday dispute with Costa Rica again arbitrated bave failed of approval at the state department. Legislation to strengthen Texas laws s0 as to break up the secret organiza- tions of the Ku Klux Klan type was sub- mitted to the legislature by Gov. Neff. The Reading Coal & Iron Co., has ad- vanced the orice of domestic sizes of antharcite ten cents a' ton at the mines as of Aug. 1. Vice Presidenf Coolidge visited the state house at Boston yesterday for the first time since his term as governor ex- pired last January. Rich ooal deposits have been found im the Guadalquivir River Valley, of Spain, according to the Semana Financiera, and the exploittion of beds has been begun. American aeronauts may fly -the new American dirigible ZR-2 across the conti- nent to the Pacific coast it was stated in London. Three thousand negroes attended the opening session of the second interna- tional convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association in New Ycrk. The United States transport Cantigny returned to New York from France bear- ing the bodies of 1,400 American soldiers who were killed in the war and buried in French cemteries. A deed recorded shows that Chief Jus- tice William Howard Taft has sold for 5,000 the house in Whitney avenue, w Haven, which he bought for a home several years ago. Guernsey Mitchell, noted sonlptor and brother of Francis B. Mitchell, publisher of the Rochester Post-Express, is dead at the home of his sister, Mrs. Laura M. Kimball, in Rochester, N. Y. The senate reached an agreement to 1fmit speeches on the agriculture credits bill, woich has been introduced as a substitute for the original Norris measure, to 10 minutes, beginning today. Meat packers from every part of the United States are expected in Chicago August $, 9 and 10 for the annual con- vention of the Institute of American Meat Packers. Plans for a trans-Polar flight in September, from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spitshergen and tha North Cape, Nor- way, were announced by Edwin Fairfax Naulty, of New-Ycrk, & The cotton mew year, with its annual statistics and rusn of excited trading was marked by aa advance in price which experts estimated would bring southarn planters $41,000,000 more for their crop. Plans for consolidation of the Rubber company, of Chicopee, and the Federal Rubger company, with its sub- sidiary fabric manufacturing corporation, the Ninigret company, were announced. Flsk Sales of Sears-Roebuck & Ce., for July decreased 36.24 per cent. compared with the corresponding month last year. That is decrease for seven months to July 31 was 36.33 per cent. H. C. Frick Coke Co. has announced a 10 per cent cut in wages effective at once. Forty thousand men are affected by the reduction, which virtually rees- tablishes the 1916 wage scale. “Lady Lena” a barred Plymouth Reck hen registered at the Dominicn Experi- mental Farm at Kentville N. S, laid 104 eggs in 104 days. During 1920 she laid 246 eges. 0il wells completed during _ July amount to 1,706 a decrease of 365 com- pared with June. New pro- duction credited to thcse wells was 222- 007 an increase of 9.908 barrels. Dry toles numbered 433. Headquarters of the chief of the alleg- ed United States ‘bootlegging ring” are in Cineinnati, Ohio, according to a state- ment ued by J. Sherman Porter, chief prohibition inspector for Kentucky, whose {term of office expired this week. Three hundred unemployed heads of families went to work at Racine, Wis., on street, park and cemetery improve- ments under a municipal work project, for which a bond issue of $150,000 was created by the city. Several thousand bullding construction workers, who have been on strike at Ro- chester since April, returned to work without waiting for a decision on the new wage schedules being considered by the arbitration board recently appointed. Thomnas Harrison, of Baltimore, Will leave for England today on the Adriatic to meet his mother, Mrs. Marguerite E. |Harrison, newspaper correspondent, re- | cently released after detention in So- viet Russia. Twelve thousand dollars’ werth of whiskey—112 cases—selzed by authorities at Cape May, N. J., July 11 when they arrested Emanuel Katz, alleged “pilot” convoy of booze ships to Atlantic will be dumped into Delaware Bay. Louis Judelovitz, of Brooklyn, the first |man named in the government slacker lists to be tried in Brooklyn by court- martial, was sentenced to serve one year in military prison and forfeit all pay and allowances from the date of indue- tion, May, 1918. A violent earthquake shock was felt at Leghorn, Italy, and elsewhere Mon- days, says a despatch to the London Times from Milan. Severe damage was done in the Lake Lugano district. A large building collapsed in Bari, burying many persons. Jacques Gibrario, president of the Trans-Atlantic Film Company, New York, was arrested on complaint of Miss Rose Weiss, counsel for the Russian soviet government, who swore out a short af- fidavit charging him with the larceny of $136,000 of soviet funds on deposit at the National City bank. The fishing schooned Mary de Costa returned” ot Boston from the fishing grounds off Cape Cod with only three ot the fifteen men that she carried as crew. The other twelve were lost in a dense fog ‘on Sunday, each in a single dory equipped only. with small fog horn and scanty ratloms. I the presence of a subphrenic abscess ac- | say what singer would succr For Enrico Caruso Is Being Planned by Members of the Order of the Sons of Italy — Peritonitis Caused Death of Great Singer. 2 Naples, Italy, Aug. 2 (By the A. P.).— Caruso died today. The great singer, Whose ultimate recovery had been hoped for under the benign influences of his own Italy, passed away at 9 o'clock this morning at the Hotel Vesuvius in this city. He had been brought here hur- riedly from Sorrento, on the Bay of Na- ples, where less than a week ago he avowed his returning strength and ex- pressed the conviction that he would sing again as in the old days. He had been able to visit the famous sanctuary of Qur Lady of Pomveii, giv- ing thanks offering for his recovery. He went also to the wonderful island of Capri, where he attenced a luncheon in his honor. But soon afterwards unfavor- able symptoms, in the form of a high fever, manifested themselves, and his wife telegraphed to a Rome specialist to come to Sorrento. It was then discovered that a new internal abscess had developed. Caruso’s removal to Rome for an op- eration was advised, but he showed such weakness that it wae impossible to trans- fer him further than Naples, where he arrived by sea Suuday evening. Four eminent physicians were called in con- sultation, and their examination showed ompanied by severe peritonitis. An operation at noon today was decid- ed upon, but the patient's condition be- came suddenly worse at 430 in the morning and he died soon afterwards. Prior to this,-heart stimulation was re- sorted to hourly. In order that Caruso should not tire himself, the attending physicians ordered him not to speak, so during his last night | he. uttered no word Of the members of his family present at the death bed the| most pathetic was his old mother. who had always clung obstinately to her lit- tle home, Gespite her son’s efforts to ac- stom her 10 the material comforts of life. Present also at the bedside were his wife, Who was Dorothy, daughter of Park Benjamin of New York, Caruso's little Jaughter Gloria and his son Rodolfo, his brother - Giovanni, several nephews, and the composers Vincenzo Belleza and Paolo Longone. For a time affer his arrival in Italy, Caruso showed improvement, his native air having a beneficial effect. Neverthe- less, he conserved his strength and for this reason was obliged to refuse to sing at a reception given by the admiralty to Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan. That his voice remained strong and clear was evidenced when recently he sang before the soprano Ridalgo and the baritone Montesanto, who expressed their delight. There was grave anxiety, however, when Caruso only a few days ago began to show signs_of depression. The rising temperature which = had . characterized previous -attacks recurred, and _steadily his condition grew worse until Saturday; when he suffered from violent pains in the abdominal region. The medical consul- tation followed, and it was apparent that the patient was not only suffering acute physical pain but that his heart was weakening rapldly. Oxygen was admin- istered and other measures were taken to prolong his vitality. Caruso himself wanted to proceed im- mediately to Rome, but he was dissuaded from this because such a journey, it was pointed out, might prove fatal. At his own request Caruso's body will be embalmed and the funeral services will be held tomorrow. It is recalled that when he lay seriously stricken in New York he had expressed the wish that he might die in Italy, and now all Italy is mourning that this sad wish has come true. The feeling of Italians has always been one of pride that Caruso for so many years represented the musical genius of | their race. And not only that, many of them had found a friend in the beloved singer in time of need. SUCCESSOR OF CARUSO YET TO BE DISCOVERED New York, Aug. one in New York —There was no tonight who could d the late Enrico Caruso next fall as lcading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company Caruso’'s death in Naples this morn- ing, was considered by critics to have| (Continued on Page Eight, Column Three) MUSICAL AND LITERARY FESTIVAL OPENS IN WALES ' Carnarvon, Wales, Aug. 2.—The an- nual Eisteddfod, or musical and literary festival, opened today with large throngs in attendance. The Gorsedd, or assembly, gathered in the ruins of Car- narvon Castle, where after the Druidi- cal rites of the bards were carried out, a| procession was formed and marched to the Eisteddfod pavilion. The viscountess | of Rhondda presided. i Premier Lloyd George and Marshal | Foch will attend the ceremony of pre-| senting the bard's chair to the winner of the competition in versification, Which | will take place Thursday. i The highest ambition of a Welsh bard is to be decreed the winner of the chair. “Chair day” is the greatest day of the Eisteddfod It occurs usually on the last day of the assembly. The ceremony of chairing the bards is an im-| posing ome. ARRESTED FOR MATL ROBBERIES INVOLVING $6,000,000 New York, Ang. 2.—Arthur M. Gold- smith, who conducts a private commer- cial school here, was arrested today by federal officlals, who' sald he was one of those named in Chicago with John W. Worthington of the Central Securities Company, In connection in mail robber- fes involving $6,000,000. Goldsmith wag released on $10,000 bail for a hearing next Tuesday before a United States commissioner. When arraigned before Commission- er Hitchcock today, he admitted having “dabbled in Liberty bonds and savines stamps,” in deals with the Central Se- curities Company, but denfed’ connee- tion with any mall thefts or frauds. REPORT THAT SPURGIN HAS TEN PAGES—70 COLS. National Memorial |F\ PRICE TWO CENTS. IDENGE SECURED OF BIG RUM RUNNING CONSPIRACY Federal Officials Have Information Which May Clear Uy Phantom Ships Off the Atlantic Coast—Prominent Per- sons in Various Cities Along the Seaboard Are Said to be Involved—Disclosure Made After the Seizure of the Lig- uor-Laden Schooner Henry L. Marshall Off Atlantic City —Ship Was Transfered From American to British Regis- try in February. New York, Aug. 2.—Federal officials claimed tonight to have evidenée of a rum-running conspiracy involving prom- Inent persons in vaious cities along the Atlantic seaboard which would go far toward clearing up the mystery of phan- tom ships for several months repo bobbing up outside the three-mile I This claim was made after the liquor- | laden schooner Henry L. Marshall had | been seized off Atlantic City and brought | into this port with four of her crew by the coast guard cutter Semeca., Her | captain and mate escaped in a swift| motorboat. Federal agents declined to reveal the | nature of the evidence at their com- mand, but intimated that more than one vessel was engaged in landing liquor along the coast from Maine to Florida. Firm belief was expressed that these were the lightless crafts which marin-| ers had eclared on reaching port had | been sighied at sea but had refused to answer signals, No specific complaint heen = thus far has lodged against the schooner Mar- shall, which with her earzo of more than 1,500 cases of liouor is being held by armed guards pending further Investi- | erman, gation. Her cook and three seamen are being detained as material witnesses. Captain Aaron L. Gamble of the Sen- |eca has made an official report of the seizure to Cdllector of Customs Al- dridge. United States Attorney Hay- vard also has been called into confer- ence. Although tiie schooner was outside the three-mile limit and was flying the British flag when she was seized, fed- Pral officials asserted they we! Jjusti- | fied in taking charge of her by the evi- dence of conspniracy in their possession. Reported transfer to British registry of the vessel, a former Gloucester fish- is being investigated. Ome of her crew asserted this transfer had been |made. but federal agents said no sup- porting evidence had been offered, TRANSFERRED TO BRITISH REGISTRY FROM AMERICAN ‘Washington, Aug. 2.—Records of the bureau of navigation show that the schooner Henry L. Marshall, seized oft Atlantic City today, was transferred from American to Britsh registry in February last, officials said today. lndlcted White Sox Baseball Players Found Not Guilty §| Chicago, Aug. 2 (by the A. P.)— The seven former Chicago White Sox baseball players and two others on trial for alleged conspiracy to de- fraud the public through throwing of the 1919 world series games tonight were found not guilty by a jury. The jury took only one ballot . The verdict wis reached after two hours and forty-seven minutes of de- liberation, but was not returned un- til forty minutes later, Judge Hugo M. Friend being out of court, when the decision was reached. The defendants were: Buck Weayer, third baseman; Os= car Felsch, outfielder; Charles Ris- berg, short stop; Arnold Gandil, first baseman; Clavde Williams, and Ed- die Cicotte, pitchers; Joe Jackson, outfielder—all former White Sox players—and Carl Zork, of St. Louis, and David Zelcer, of Des Moines. Announcement of the verdict was | greeted by cheers from the several hundred persons who remained In court for the final decision, and shouts of “Hooray for the clean sox.” Judge Friend congratulated the jury, saying he thought it a just ver- dict. Eddie Cleotte was the first of the defendants to reach the jurers. He grabbed William Barrett by both hands, shouting his than! Joe Jackson, Claude Williams and ithe others were close behind. and the Jurors lifted them on to their shoul- ders, while flashlight ‘photographs were taken. The defendants, on hearing the nine verdicts solemnly read by the court clerks, gave ent to their feel- ings in varied manners. Throughout the hours the jury deliberated the men on trial had paced up and down at times, gathered in little groups quietly to discuss the case, or re- mained secluded. When the three loud knocks on the jury room door were heard, in- dicating a verdict, every one jumped for the court room, but the excite- ment was momentary, it being some %ime before Judge Friend could be hed. re;fimk Weaver and “Swede” Risberg were the most excited over the ver- dict, grabbing each other by the arms and shouting. Felsch and Williams merely smiled while Joe Jackson took the decision very quietly. Gandil shook hands with a few friends and quietly slip- ped from the couri room. “T'll give a sailor's farewell to Ban Johnson,” said Gandil. + “Goodbye, good luck and to with you." “I knew I'd be cleared,” er, and I'm glad tNe public foy me until the trial was ove: Williams termed the verdict a “true one” saying he was proud to have “come through clea Cicotte and Risberg rushed to tel- egraph offices to notify their wives. David Zelcer will return his home in Des Moines immediately and Carl Zork plans to leave for St Louis tomorrow. Henry Berger, defense counsel, termed the verdict a “complete vin- % dication of the most mistreated ball players in history. The state's attorneys were silent. —————ee sl said Weav- stood EXTENSION OF JITNEY SERVICE IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn., Aug. 2.—Exten- sion of jitney service on four lines in this city was announced tonight by Sam- uel Silverglit, secretary of the State Bus Owners Association. The new sche- dules will be effective Thursday. H Determination of the question of uni- form rates of fare is expected to be reached some tims tomorrow. | Although today was rainy, the jitneys was about 85 per cent. of the normal conditions existing before the service was suspended by order of the public utilities commission two weeks ago. traffic in CROSSED INTO MEXICO E1 Paso, Texas, Aug. 2.—Private des- patches to the offices of the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Raflroad, said that officers in Marfa belleve War- ren C. Spurgin, missipg Chicago bank- er, arrived there yesterday, hired an automobile, went to Presldlo, and cross- ed into Mexico at that place, The rail- road messages indicate, the chief dis- patcher eaid, that Svurgln has given Marfa officers the “slip. SLOOP CAROLINA WINS RACE FOR KING'S CUP i tai | tomobi [ MELLON'S TAX SUGGESTIONS NOT RECEIVED FAVOBABLY Washington, Aug. 2.—Suggestions for |new taxes made by Treasury Secretary )lexlon apparently found little support |today among members of the house ways |and ‘means committee. Some committee- men were plainly outspoken, while others, ’\\.lhcul entering into the arguments ad- | vanced for or against the proposals, said {it was their judgment that the commit- |tee’s efforts should be directed toward |easing tne existing burden. With this end in view, it was explain- that the republican members of the led | committee had before tiem today Chair- {man Madden of the appropriations cemi- {mittee; F,.gene Meyer, Jr., director of {the war finance corporation, and Diree- {tor General Davis, of the railroad admin- |istration. Mr. Mever and Mr. Davis "were called in to_discues railroad finane- |ing and the chairman of the Interstate ‘commcrce commission probably will be |auestioned later on tne same, subject. Di ng Mr. Mellon's proposals in de- . Representative Bachrach, republi- can, New Jersey declared that he wis opposed to the elimination of all or asy part of the transportation taxes and te toe proposed $10 tax on all automebiles. | He also asserted that he was not in fav- or of the proposed tax on bank checks. but that he did f2vor the repeal of tne {tax on soda water and ice cream. | A fight against any license tax on earr | was launched today by the American Au- le Association. In a letter alreads transmitted to Chairman Fordney, the |association said the federal sale tax en {mactine and the state and municlpal txes {of 1l forms now totalled $346.720,878 an. nually, or $34.67 per car, and that amy increase would “add to the already ex- cessive burden charged against the aw- | temobile user.” | The new taxes suggested by Mr. Mel- {len are designed, it beczme known today, Hn vield a total of approximately $246 1000.000, of which $100.000.600 - woulg {come from automobiles, $45,000,000 from |the stamp tax on bank checks and about 1570.000,000 from the thres cent first |class postage rates. Mr. Mellon’s memo- {randum as presented to the committes | still 'was withhed today pending some |slizht revisions by treasury experts. It {may be made public tomorrow. | | GOVERNOR oF PETROGRAD BREAKS WITH SOVIETS London, Aug. 2 (by the A. P.)—Cen- firmation of recent reports that G. 8. ’Z.nm ieff, gov .sr\nred reial the soviet gov- | ernment was given in the house of com- | mons today by Major Sir Philip Lloyd- Craeme, parliamentary secretary of the board of trade. In answer to a question regarding Russia Sir Philip remarked that Zinovieff “has ceased to be a mem- :hnr of the soviet government.’ This is the first official news of this action received in London since Ztme- vieff's reported resignation. | The first report of M. Zinoviefs sev- {erance of relations. with the Soviet Fov- jernment was contained in a London |newspaper despatch published on - July |16. Only a few davs before this report | was published advices from Moscow stated that he had been unanimously re- | elected chairman of the legislative com- mittee of the third internationale at the closing session of its congress in Mos- cow. MUST CONSIDER AID FOR ALBANIA AND RUSSIA Paris, Aug. 2 (By the A. P.).—The future of Albania. succor for Russia, and troubles in the Near East, probably will be added to the work of the alleid su- preme council when it meets here Mon- day to consider the Upper Silesian prob- lem and other questions concerning Ger- many. The Albanian qiestion was brought be- fore the last meeting of the council of the league of natoins through complaints by Albania of encroachments on her terri- by Greege and Jugo Slavia. The m was left by the couneil, how- ever, for the allies to decide, since they had not definitely determined the statas of that country. PEETE R LR RS THREE MEN HELD FOR KILLING SID HATFIELD [ —— s Welch, W. Va., Aug. 2.—Three men, C. E. Lively, George Pence and William Stalters, today wer held in $10,000 bafl uch in connection with the killine of Sid Hatfleld and Ed Chambers at Welch vesterday, The men appeared in :eim- inal court, waived examination and pe- quested bail. Judge Stother fixed :ne Newport, R. I, Aug. 2.—The sloop Carblina, owned by Rear Commodcre George Nicnols, won the race of the New York Yacht Club fleet for the King's Cup over a trangular course off New- port today. Her corrected time was'$ hours, 5 minutes, 38 seconds. amount fo §10,000, which was furnished. There will be no special grand jury cajl- ed to investizate the shooting and ' the case thercfore, will go over until the mext regular term of court, October 3. The bodies of Hatfield and Chambers were taken from an undertaker's pasior : here to Matewan late last night.