Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 4, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 189 POPULATION 29,685 EASTERN RAILROADS SEER Pefe Plces i - FURTHER WAGE DECREASES Proposals of Executives is to be Communicated to the Four Big Railroad Brotherhoods and the Switchmen’s Union of North America Next Week—Referendum Vote on Re- cent Award of Railroad Board Will be Held in Abeyance Until Final Action is Taken at Railroad President’s Con- ference. New York, Aug. 3.—The attitude 'o( the big eastern railroads toward further/ wage decreases and the elimination of time and one-half for overtime for en- gine, train and yard service workers, will be communicated to the four big rallroad brotherhoods and the Switch- men’s Union of North America hext week. This was announced tohight af- ter a conference mittes of the ra Eastern President h of the concerned. Until the here between a com- iiroad executives of the conference and the rafiroad organizations conference has taken final action, it is nnderstood that the referen- dum vote and the making of agreements under the recent award of the raflroad labor board, reducing wages 12 per cent., effective July 1, will be held in abeyance. Tha union chiefs today asked the at- titude of auestions: 1t th nads will on June the railroads on the following nperating officials of the rail- restore the wage rates in 30, 1921 N demands further decreases withdrawn all demands for the elimination and one-half for overtime and schednle revision will be with- and not pressed ag: for a perind.” raflroad in éxcentives, according to ted by them, pointed out grant the first request “would n Inerease th wages of approxi-| ly 12 per cent. at a time when all er wages are coming down:” and to ede to the second would be assum- that “no further uccreases are oOr a statement } at an 1 m will be warranted by reductions in the cost of living.” The union chiefs were told that in granting the requost for the withdraw- al of the demand for elimination of overtime, the railroad officials = would be “taking the question of time and. a half for overtime out of the hands of the labor board, where it is now under discussion, and violate every agrae- ment the men now have with their respective roads, each of which has a terminating or revision clause.” After hearing the arguments present- ed by the labor men in behalf of their reques the raflroad officials informed them that they would make a report to the president's conference, which will take final action. The conference will meet next week and adopt resolutions, it was stated, making known the atti- tude of the railway executlves, which will be forwarded to the union chiefs. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who héaded the union delegation, de- clined to make any statement. He was accompanied by L. E. Sheppard, presi- dent of the Order of Railroad Conduc- tors: W. S, Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive iFremen and Enginemen, and James Murdock, vice president of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen. The railroad executives was headed by E. E. Loomis of the Lehigh Valley Rallroad: W. W. Atterbury, vice president of the Pénn- sylvania raflroad; E. N. Brown, chair- man of the Pere Marquette Rallway, and Percy R. Todd, president of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. committee president K. OF C. MOVEM END FOREIG T TO PROPAGANDA San Franelsco, Calif.. Aug. 3. Tiecessary the Knights of Columbus will “put its whole force of 800,000 members the movement to end foreign pro- paganda in America, be it European or Asiatic.” Supreme Master John Red- din, Denver, told the thirty-ninth annu- international supreme convention of o Knights toddy. “If need be, we will flood every town n the country with pamphlets that tell 1o true tale of America’s great origin America’s greatness, stripped of all manner of Fyropean or Asiatic coloring,” Reddin said Fdward F. McSweeney, Boston, chair- man of the national American history commission of the order, in his first re- said that Japan was equally gullty . Furopean natione in operating pro- pozanda agencies in the United States. “The Knights of Columbus” he said, an do no greater service to the United States, their country, than to expose and correct the fnnumerable and insidious at- co-called Americanization so- the wells of historical and temps of cieties to poison truth.” Archbishop Edward J. Hanna of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, in an address on dlvorce, said (h![ the “iaxness” of certain American divorze Jaws is a national shame. The tendency o treat divorce as a national idiosun- When in reality it is a nationl cra menace 3 He urged the Knlg of Columbus to would all “fight the divorce evils they social evils.” : The grand officers were entertained at a luncheon by the county council of the American Legoion A cablegram was e convention telling of indertake weifare work quested by the pontiff. S nt to the pope by its readiness Italy re- IRREGULARITIES CHARGED IN INTERNAL REVENUE DEP'T| Topeka, Kas, Aug. 3—When shown a Washington despatch stating that Com- missioner Blair has ordered a thorough pivestigation of alleged irregularitics in the revenue department,, Gov- ernor Allen #ald he was glad of the op- portunity to prove his charges. The charges were made in a copy- righted news story which appeared in the Wichita Beacon a few weeks ago, pecompanied by a statement signed by v ernor to the effect that he had In ated the charges and was satis- Bed of their truth. The governor alleged that former Bemocratic congressmen and government Mttaches, acting as agents for large pay- ®rs of income and excess profits taxes bave heen using their influence to obtain yeductions in the amount. These cases bave been taken, it was charged on a rommission basis and it is alleged that sertain employes In the treasury de- partment have shared in the money. ook ey Sadbuiing Yo HOLD IN ABEYANCE PROSECUTION OF JITNEYMEN Hartford, Conn.,, Aug. 3.—-Instructions to hold abeyance all prosecutions of ftneymen were sent to police chiefs and w enforcement officials throughout the n pate_ by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Robert B. Stoeckel today. In his letter, Commissioner Stoeckel ointed out that while, in his opinfon, ihe restraining order of Federal Judge Fhomas: does not command officers to flesist from enforcing the law relating lo public service markers on .motor buses. enforcement “might be construed bs To the aatupe of an evasion, at-least ¥ the spirit, of the restraining order.” pliadinte'c =45 g POLICE CRITICISED FOR OPENING TRAVELING BAGS New York, Aug. 3.—District Attorney Ewann today criticised police who forei- bly open traveling hazs of innecent eft- fzens in their search for liomor. In a letter to Magistrate McAdoo he declared puch acts trespassed on the rights of pitizens, and suggested that when it was learned a policeman had acted in this manner, magistrates should direct that charges be made against them for vio- lation of the law. FURKS HAVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FIFTY GREEKS -1t BRITISH NAVAL ESTIMATES DISCUSSED IN COMMONS London, Aug. 3 (b~ the A. P.)—Dis- cussing the naval estimates in the house of commons today Lieutenant Colonel L. C. Amery, parliamentary secretary of the admiralty, announced that the four replacement ships the government pro- posed to build would be battle cruisers of the Hood type, armed with 16-inch guns and designed to obviate the need of larger dockyards than at present ex- ist. He declined to say how many guns they would carry on the ground that it WaS customary to give such informa- tion in advance. Contending that there was no ele- ment of challenge or provocation in this policy of replacing obsolete ships, he said it was simply a policy eircumserib- ed within the narrowest limits and post- poned to the very latest date consistent with the empire's safoty. Alluding to the building programs of the United States and Japan Colonel Amety arguad that the admiralty by postponing the completion of only these four ships by 1925 was laying itself opén to the charge of accepting the risk that the British navy would temporarily be inferfor to the navies of other powers, but the government was facing this risk to aoid any step tending to invite fresh competition on the eve of a conference for gisarmament. The object of tha disarmament con- ference, he said, war to endeavor to se- cure by agreement no further expansion of the navies of the three greatest na- val powers, but as it was quite unlfkely that tne other powers participating in the conference would offer to scrap the ships already bullt or under construc- tion, 1t was obvious that the building of these four ships, or even twice their number, could not in any way affect the préblem before the conference. The secretary’s statement was fol- lowed by an animated discussion involy- inz many references to the relative po- sitions of Great Britain, the United States “and Japan and reealing the in- terest taken in the proposed Washington conference. ‘Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the colonies, replying in the debate for the government, made reference. to the biz bullding programs in both the United States and Japan. He contended that there could be no conceivable cause for a guarrel with elther of these coun- tries. Sfill. the fact remained that if England delayed another year the con- struction of necessary vital units she | would have to face a vosition of definite and perhans final naval fnferfority. She wuold sink to third naval power, and having sunk there, might neveg, be able to recover. PAINTERS OF PORTLAND, ME. ABANDON WAGE SCALE ‘Portland, ifalne, Aug. 3.—There is no stated price which a union painter shan receive from his emploved in this city beginning today. Proverty owners were notifled through an advertisement signed by officers of Painters' Local Union No. 237, In the local nevispapers today. that It had been voted to release every mem- ber to go to work wherever he saw fit at_any price. They stated that they had been re- sisting “lockout _ccnditions” for the last eight weeks and had been unable to' get a settlement - at different conferences with the employers. . They claimed they had received only 85 cents an hour out of $1.10 to $1.30 paid by the public. REPORT THAT EX-EMPEROR CHARLES IS IN HUNGARY Geneva, Aug. 3 (By the A. P.).—Un- confirmed reports still persist that the former Emperor Charles of Austria has left Hertenstein secretly and now is in Hungary awaiting an opportunity to launch a coup d'etat, It is said that Captain Werkman, pri- vate secretary to Charles, and several of the former monarch's servants already have left for Budapest. It is stated in usually well informed circles that Charles will make an attempt to rezain his throne this month, in spite of the warnings of the allies. Pusserand Leaves For Paris. Havre, Aug. 3.—Ambassador Jussu- rand arrived today from New ¥ork ani * Angora, Asia Minor, Aug. 3.—(By The . P.)—A Turkish ' nationalist court artial today sentenced to death fifty reek prisoners and natives ‘of Samsun rusa. The natives are regarded rkish subjects. left at once for Paris, Great pleasure was expressed by France's diplomatic representative at Washington over the prospects of Marshal Foch's visit to the United States the coming fall. He sajd an unsurpassed reception was awailing the allied commander-in-chief. Reserve Credits Critisism of John Shelton Wil- liams Arouses Ire of Gov. Harding and Gov. Strong. ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—Criticism of fed- eral reserve system credit nolicies which was continued today before a congrese sional commission by John Skelton Will- iams, former comptroller of the currency, aroused resentment on the part of the system’s two highest officers, Governor Harding of the reserve board and Gov- ernor Strong of the New York reserve bank. In one of the frequent inter- changes Governor Harding charged across the committee room swinging his fist, but was halted by struggling asso- clates just in front of his adversary, who remained cool, but was rising for the threatened encounter. A few minutes later Mr. Strong while reading to the commission a report which charged Mr. Willlams with “false and misleading statements,” was interrupt- P(; by the former comptroller who shout- e “That statement of yours is fals Governor Strong, however, continued reading and presently referred to Mr. Williams as being “iealous of his preor- gratives” “Aand that's a lle” the latter terjected. “At this point, T request the commit- tee to reauire the comptroller to make oath, whether he has stated the whole Q;ulh or not,” Governor Strong exclaim- o - Chalrman Anderson ruled amid the confusion that it was “not feasible to adopt the policy at this stage of the game.” Both federal reserve officials, along With a number of associates, had sat apparently unmoved during two days, along with an audience which nutbered marny senators and representatives allied with the “agricultural bloc,” in con- gress, while Mr. Williams elaborated three general charges, He sald first that the board had countenanced undue lend- ing to a New York banking roup during the last two vears, for speculative uses, while forcing liguidation in southern and in- Western agricultural districts, and that it had allowed extortionate interest charges, and generally falled to “ease down” inflation. Governor Harding today rose out of the audience and demanded a hearing on personal grounds, to deny allegations concerning himself, as Mr. Williams had made them, and presently with Governor Strong, produced from the confidential files of reserve offices correspondence and eports to.combat Mr. Williams' criticisms. To Answer letters and memorandums read by Mr. Williams and which he said he had sent to his, associates on the reserve board during 1920 and 1921, Drotesting their policy and course, Gov- ernor Harding demanded and received permission to read.a single letter of re- sponse which the board made to Mr. ‘Williams in 1921, “The federal reserve board feels cofi- strained to say,” the letter sald, “tha your action has demonstrated the fu- tility of discussions with vou on ques- tions of honor or fair play.” Mr. ‘Williams' criticisms of the board's handling of credit problems as contained in the correspondence and ‘reneated to the congressional commission were characterized in Governor Harding’s let- ter as ‘“ignorant, inaccurate and mis- leading.” “The object seems to have heen mere- Iy to make a record during vour tenure of office of statements to be handed to the public later,” the letter said in part, “ag an appeal to preiudices and sympa- thies and not to reason” The Harding letter further sald that Mr. Williams’ criticisms generally were “trivial, . ir- relevant or susceptible of no definite con- structive interpretation” and added that “a failure to comply with vou cannot be failure to challenge your state- SINN FEINERS STILL HOPEFUL OF ULSTER London, Aug. 3 (By the A. P.).—A despatch from Dublin to the press asso- ciation confirms the statement made in Dublin today that the delay in the Sinn Fein reply to the British government on the Irish peace proposals is due to the fact that an attempt is being made to secure the adhesion of Ulster to the peace plan. The despatch expresses the belief that, provided Ulster was disosed to adopt the attitude of give and “take, the Sinn Fein would be willing to accept the government'’s proposals. The attitude of Sir James Craig, the TUlster premier, says the press associa- tion, appears to be that he is prepared to enter the conference in London but that until such a conference is arranged he is not called upon to participate in the present deliberations. On the other hand, Eamonn De Valera is disinclined to sum- mon the Dail Eireann until he is in a position to submit both the government's proposals and Ulster's attitude to it. This may entail a long delay, and Mr. De Valera’s reply may be postponed for a few weeks, TULSTER IS CAUSING DELAY IN THE SINN FEIN REPLY Dublin, Aug. 3 (By the A. P.).—The sole reason for the delay in the e Sinn Fein's reply to the government's Irish peace proposals, it Is authoritatively stated, is the attempt being made to ob- tain the adhesion of Ulster to the peace plan before returning to negotiations with Premier Lloyd George, so he ¢tould’ be met by a united Ireland. It is felt that there is no use even to consider the terms, it is said, until it is settled who are the real parties to the bargain. ' Every effort is being made behind the scenes, it is declared, to induce Ulster to accept a share in the powerful body which it is planred to make the all-Ireland par- liament, while retnining her own, local autonomy. So far these efforts, although Dbenevolently regarded by the government, have been unsuccessful. The expectation of an arrangement with Ulster has not yet been abandongd, howevr. Should it fail to be brought about the republicans, it is pointed out, must consider whether they will accept for the twenty-six counties outside of Ulster the terms offered, or refiew the war. Some of the republican leaders ex- press the view that eventual unity would be more speedily reached by such accept- ance. \ WOBK AMONG FAMINE SUFFEREKS IN RUSSIA Paris, Aug. 3. (By the A. P.)—Allied cooperation With the” United States in relief work among famine sufferers in Russia has been vostponed by Premier Briand for "consideration at the com- ing meeting of the allied supreme coun- cil. The announcemenc or tms dects- fon of the premier set forth that relief measures would be nostpomed on solely humanitarian grounds. Tae settlement ot the Upper Silestan question, however, is to remain the prin- sipal topic of the meeting. NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1921 BRIEF TELEGRAMS Chief Justic Toft afrived in Washing- ton for a brief stay. = 8 Aug. 16 will be fhe seventh anniversary of the opening of the Parama Canal. Quotations on 1,000,000 tons of Cubsi sugar has been requested from Berlin. Resumption of diplomatic relations be- tween France and the Vatican have been formally effected. Gov. Len Small ,0f Ilinois, was near death when his automobile plunged into a ditch near Momence on his tour of in- spection of state highways. Ears will be popular for “wemen again this winter, according to delegates to the convention of tie National Hair dressers’ Association, The Canadian government steamer Canadian Exporter, which went ashore last_Sunday off Willapa Harbor, Wash., hs broken -ber bek and is total loss. David Balley, 80, a former city mar- shal, of Lawrence, Mass., committed sul~ cide by shooting. He had bten despond- ent because of ill health. Subscriptions of mearly 5,500,000,000 francs have been received by the French government for the issue of. six Der cent. treasury bonds, which will ma- ture in two years, Famine conditions In the Volga prov- inces ot Russia are very serious, George Chiteherin, bolshevik minister of foreign affairs, has declared in a wireless dis- patch to Vienna. Express company officials are trying to solve the mystery of the disappear- ance of $57,000 in cash said to have been shipped by express on June 22 last from Concord, N. C, to Chicago. A revolution in women's styles involv- ing everything except short skirts was indicated for the coming winter by mem- bers of tlie National Wearing Apparel Association. The postoffice building at Bari, in south- eastern Italy, on the Adriatic, collapsed as a result of an earth tremor, -eight bodies were recovered from the ruins. Others are reported to have been killed. Bandits in & speeding mutomoblle rob- bed a bank messenger and companion in another running gear in Chicago's down- town section of $3,000 in cash and some liberty bonds. Wage of clerical workers employed by the Canadian Pacific ailway were orlered reduced at once 12.24 a month and those of office boys $10.20. About 36,000 work- ers are effected. Constitutional amendments providing for a $15,000,000 bond issme for & sol- diers’ bonus and allowing women to hold any office in the state, were voted oh in_special Missouri election. Fred C. Riegelmann, brother of Borough President Riecplm-nn, of Brooklyn, and secretary to Commissioner of Plants and Wh; L ile on a . = M‘fif e Cuba will send a special delegation to Washington to appear before the senate finance committee in opposition to ‘the sugar and obacco provisions of the Ford- ney tariff law. The torpedo hoat destroyed Tilman, built at Boston mavy vard and last of the destroyerg authorized during the ‘World war, has finished her standardiza- tion trial on the Rockland course. | The new lcensing bill, regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in' England and Scotland, was given its third read- ing in the house of commons yesterday after an all-night session. Juliuvs Evans, of Hartford, Conn., a negro mess attendant on the U. S. S. Galveston, was held for the grand jury on the charge of murdering Edward F. Connolly in a restaurant in the Allston district, Bosten, three weeks ago. The necessity of establishing a candy cearing house to cope with the varying demands of the candy buyving public was under consideration at the convention of the National Jobbing Confectioners’ As- sociation. More vigorous prosecution of the work of the Catholic Tctal Abstinence Union than ever before, hotwithstanding the prohibitory amendment was*announced by Rev. John C. Beane of Pittsburgh, the national president. FEight men and eight gir students at the University of Wistonsin' summer sctool were suspended following a 'party given in honor of a movie star at a road house nmear Madison where liquor was served. Austen Chamberlain stated In the House of Commons that Premier Lloyd George and Eamon de Valera agreed that if negotiations collapsed there should be a reasonable notice of termination of the truce in Ireland. Miss Della E. Money and Mrs, Edward Pierson, prominent Louisville, Ky., so- lciety women, were killed when a limou- sine in which they were tcuring turned turtle on the Lincoln highway between Franklin Park and Ten Mile Run, N. J. The Secretary of Commerce and Mrs. Hoover will Jeave at the end of the week for New England, where Mrs. Hoover and their two sons will spend a fartnight mo- toring. The secretary will join them over week-ends. Tomasso Titteni, president of the Italian senate, (nvited last May to de- liver a series oy lectures before the American Institit> of Political now meeting at Williamstown, Mass., arrived in New York on' the steamship Dante Alighieri from Naples. A concurrent resolution by Represent- ative Pool, of El Paso, of the Texas House congratulating the present govern- ment of Mexico on its achievements and urging early recogmition by the United States government. of the Mexican repub- lic was adopted in the senate. Justice Burr sustained the demurrer interposed by the New York World to the complaint of Charles H. Hyman of No. 1134 Lexingten Avenue, who sued the newspaper for $100.000 damages for pub- lishing his name on May 5 last in a slacker list. ,The court held publication of the oicial list is privilegéd as a mat- ter of law. TO INVESTIGATE THE U. §. COURT 1IN sn.Ag(unn ‘Washington, Aug. 3.—Upon represen- tations 1hade by William F! Fleming, an American attorney of Shanghai, < Presi+ dent Harding, it.was learned today, has States court.In that-city.-The criticisms which have not been made public, - weré placed hefore. ‘he state denartiees. some time ago during a visit of Mr. Fleming to this city. : ordered «n investigation of .the -United Death Of Caruso Famous Singer by Kindness fections of the People. Had Won the Warm Af- Naples, Aug. 3 (By the A. P.).—All day the body of Enrico Caruso lay in the room where he died, for at the last mo- ment it was decided that the burial should not take place until tomorrow. By special permission of King Victor Em- manuel, services will be held in the Basilica of the Church of San Francisco di Paola, a famous edifice resembiing the Pantheon at Rome, and constructed by Ferdinand 1 in 1817-31. After this ceremony, the body will be taken to the cemetery and placed 4n the family vault. The mayor and prefect of Naples will speak in behalf of the eity and government, ‘respectively, and it is probable that the American consul will deliver a brief address in behalf of the American government and the city of New York, which Caruso called his sec- ond home. Naples is in truth a city of mourning, and from all parts of Italy have come expressions of grief, many of them of a tender nature, because of late years Caruso had by the mastery of his art and his kindness of heart found his way into the warm affections of the peovle. There- fore of the thousands who passed his bier today there was none whose personal grief was not apparent. One of the most touching scemes oc- curred when the godmother of the sing- er, Signora Maria Castaldi, came to the hotel to inquire how Caruso was faring. She was met at the entrance by Giolio Staffelli, the impresario. who informed her of Caruso's death. The aged wom- an was overcome with grief; then enter- ed the chapcle ardente and knelt beside the body and prayed. Only yesterday his aged stepmother came % the hotel hoping for his recoy- ery. She met an intimate friend of tfe family and greeted him with the query “How is Enrico?” The friend, unable to answer. burst into tears, and the mother, with_ dire forebodings, was led upstairs, where she broke into cries of. angu‘sh and fell on her knees by the bedside. The little daughter Gloriz was taken in to see the body of her father today. She only knew that something dreadful had happened, as her father could not speak to her. Mrs. Caruso is bearing her sor- row with fortitude. The American ambassador, Richard ‘Washburn Child, Has sent the following message to héf: { “All the personnel of the embassy join with me in expressing our profound grief at your loss, which is a loss to the whole world. America 1<els as much as Italy the loss of him whose heart and voice were of gold. We are at your disposal for whatever can be done.” According to a will, which Constantino J. 'Sperco, said he drew up for Caruso two years ago, he bulk of the tenor's es- tate was to be divided equally upoh his ‘death - among. his six nearest relatives. |They are the tenor's widow who was Dorotty Park Benjamin; their daughter, Gloria : his two sons by a previous mar- Tiage, Rudolfo and Enrico his brother Gi- ovanni and his stepmother. “Caruso spent his earnings like wild- fire,” Mr. Sperco said. ‘“He never got more than $2,500 a performance for sing- ing at the opera here. I know, be- because 1 aways saw the checks. He never refused the appeal for aid from a fellow countryman. He %ad lots of ap- peals and always appeased them with $100 bills, His income tax in 1919 was $170,000. Last year it was $165,000. MRS. CARUSO TO RETURN TO AMERICA SHORTLY London, Aug. 3.—Mrs. Caruso will proceed to” America shortly to look after her husband’s estate, accorc®ag to a Rome despatch to the’ London Times, later re- turning to Naples to make her home there. Numberless telegrams of sympathy have been received by Mrs. Caruso at Naples from every part of the world, the most notable being those of the king and queen of Italy, the queen mother and Duke of Aosta. Messages of condolence also were rece from the managers of the Metropolitan opera house, New York, and Covent Garden,” London. MRS, HARRISON RELEASED FROM PRISON IN RUSSIA Berlin, Aug. 3 (by The A. P.)—Mrs. Marguerite B. Harrison, the American newspaper correspondent who rljcenny was released from prison in Russia, ar- rived in Berlin early this morning from Riga, accompanied by United States Secator Joseph I. France of Maryland. Mry. Harrison immediately began a shopping. expedition. “You know, when a woman has been in jail in Russia for many months and gets to a place where there are good shops she cannot resist outfitting her- celf.” she said. “When I arrived In Riga T-possessed only a_miserable sofl- ed’ and worn gown and was wearing men's shoes. 1 haven't any clothes at all. That is my complete outfit,” point- ing.to a_small travel-worn bed-roll. “I have just received a cablegram from my son saying he is leaving the United States and that he will meet me in London, August 10.” she said. “So I must shake off my Russian appearance Dbefore then.” Major Hugh H. Young of Baltimore, a member of American medical reserve corps and many newspaper friends .met Mrs. Harrison at the railway station. She appeared to be animated and de- lighted to see old acquaintanc She shows the eects of her long imprison- ment, ARRIVAL OF BODIES OF 1,400 HEROES. FROM FRANCE New York, Aug. 3.—Conveying the hodjes of 1,400 American soldiers who died on French battlefields, the army transport Cantigny docked at Hoboken today. Memorial services for the dead will be held at the pler Sunday. The total number “of soldler dead brought back to the United States since the work of disinterment was undertak- en, 1s 31.857. Thirteen thousand bodies remain to be transported. The bodies of 34,000 will be allowed to rest where they are buried In French cemeteries in accordance with the wishes of their rel- tives, HENRY FORD'S PAPER GETS WRIT OF INJUNCTION Chicago, Aug. 3.—A writ of injunction was filed ‘in circuit court today to pre- vent city officials from interfering with Independent. % Perley . W.- Johnson, a distributor for the paper, alleged that several weeks ago’ two- boys selling the Dearborn In- dependent were arrested and. ' charged with ‘ disorderly conduct. The petitioner denied there was any disorderly conduct and . declared thé arrests to be In viola- ition of the right of free soeech - . TEN PAGES—70 € Al taly Mourns SEC'Y MELLON TOPRES NEWSOURGES FOR TAKATIN SRICE TWO CENTS. tions by Treasury Experts Call for a Largely Rewritten Tax Bill—'Treuurer Mellon Will be Recalled to Discuss Railroad Financing—Opposition to Repeal of the Excess Profits Tax is Increasing. Washington, Aug. 3.—Treasury Secre- tary Mellon is to re-appear tomorrow be- fore the house ways and means commit- tee and is expected to present tne revised copy of his . mémorandum containing possible new scurces for taxation. Com. mittee members bad expected to receive the copy today, but after an invitation invitation ‘had-been ‘sent to the secretary to re-appear, he decided to present the memorandum -in persond Chairman 'Fordney said Mr. Mellon Would. be recalled to discuss railroad financing, with witich four government departments—the treasury, war finance corporation, railroad administration and interstate commerce committee—have to do. It is expected, however, that thne secretary will ba’ questioned about some of the revisicns made in the original memorandum presented on Monday. The nature of the changes has not been disclosed, but it is understood that some additions have been made to the original document following conference among treasury officials. Republican members of the committee held two extended sessions today, dis- cussing witz Dr. T. S. Adams, a treasury tax expert, the grouping of various ad- niftrative features .of the bill and other changes which would ask for sim- plification in determining taxes. The extent to which the present law - is to be rewritten by the committes re- mains to be determined, but if.the sug- gesticns made by treasury experts are followed the old bill will be iargely re- written. ' Tois probably would delay its presentation - to the house considerably beyond the time heretofore expected. Railroad financing is only one .of a list of “subjects coming in for careful study and after the majority members have agreed upon an approximate total of the revenues needed next year they still will have before them the task of reaching an agreement as to what tax changes are to be made. Apparently the members now are some- what far apart as o the actual amount of taxes that it will be necessary te raise. It has been estimated that the present law will yieid approximately $3,- 700,000,000 this fiscai year, but revisicns suggested would reduce this total. All members of the committee are mot yet gnsflfll that t:is can be done with safe- Since the treasury suggestions for new taxes were presented on Monday there has been evidence of an increasing op- DOSition to a repeal of the excess profita tax, but apparently those championing this change in the law do not believe that this opposition has reached such px‘-oporuons 43 to threaten defeat of the plan. NEW LIQUOR LICENSE BILL PASSKS COMMONS London, Aug. 3 (by the A. P.)—The new licensing bill, which finally passed the house of commons today after an all night sitting and was sent to the house of lords where it is not likely, to be amended further, removes many restric- tions imposed by the defense of the realm act during the war and partially restores pre-war facilities for retailing Tiquor. The important concession which the bill makes to London night life_is that supper drinks may be ordered with food up to midnight In hotels, and restau- raats and up to 11.30 p. m. in licensed loons and clubs instead of 10 p. m., as heietofore. The bill also permits dis- tillers (o revert to the pre-war ajcoholic strennth of their beverages, A iew changes were made by the house In the original bill, Including the hours- of sale in the provinces, which are fixed 'definitely at eight, instead of a maximum of elght and a minimum seven, as originally proposed. Sunday opening fs fixed definitely at five hours, insteal of a maximum of five. On Satur- day evening public houses can be open betwa'n seven and ten o'clock. The house rejected the proposal te restore the pre-war facilities accorded the “bona fide traveler” even on Sun- days. The bill. however, enables a man to purchase liquor at any time in a ho- tel where he fs residing. It is expected that the new law will become operative by the middle of Sep- tember, when London's new . hours of opening will be from 11.30 a. m. to 3 n. m, and from 5.30 p. m. to 11 n. m.. instead of, as now, from 12 to 2.30 and 6 to 10, : Attemnts to limit the Carlisle and other control schemes to two years were defeated, the atlorney general having in behalf of the government a: sured the house that the Carlisle con- trol scheme is merely a temporary ex- periment. The new government bill has killed the , liquor popular control bill recently introduced by the bishon of Londen, which proposed to establish the princ $le of local option and to make the peo- ple decide by a noll whether no change, state purchase. or abolition of licenses was desired. The bishop's bill, of which Lord Astor *was sone of the principal hackers, was nezatived in the house of Jords on the second readinz. Tord Bir- kenhead, lord wghancellor at\cked it “That sobriety which depends upon com- pulsion” he excluimed, *“has no value at.all. Tt is tyranny, and s always re- sented as tyranny.” S PREMEDITATED ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN CANAAN Candan, Conn.. Aug. 3.—Four men in an, automobile stopped tonight in front of the home of Tony Bostardini, a butch- er of this town, and one of them en- tered the house and fired three shots at John# Scureco, . a .cousin of Bostardini. Scureco was taken to the Litchfield county hosnital at Winsted. Physicians who attended him sald he had little chance of recovery. It is believed that the assaflant, who escaped with his ‘companions Immedi- ately after the shooting, intended to kill Bostardini and fired at Scureco by mis- take. Local police_advance the ‘theory that the men impflcated in the attack harbored revenge against Bostardini in the bellef that he was the persoa who gave the authorities Information that resulted in dispersing a band of freight car thieves after a nistol battle with railroad detectives last January. NEW WAGE SCHEDULE * FOR N. H. RAILWAY CLERKS New Haven, Cohn., Aug. 3.—After hearings General Manager C. I. Bardo of the New York. New Haven and Hart- ford Raolriad today issued a notice that the rallway clerks’ umion on the system has agreed to a new wage sthedule re- \garding the payment of overtime and other ecompensatory rates, effective as of July 1, the new scheduls to rematn m force pending the deeision _ of . the United States railway wage labor board now sitting in Chicago. Copies of the schedule will be issued shortly METROPOLITAN OPTRA HOUSE the street sale of Henry Ford's Dearborn. DRAPED IN HEAVY MOURNING New York, Auz. 3.—The exterior of the Metropoitan Opera House, where Enrico Caruso was a leading tenor for. sighteen seasqns, was draped in heavy mourning as a mark of sorrow brought by the death of the noted singer. The biack draperies. will remain on theopera house for thirty days. S . . A memorial mass for Caruso was said today in the Church of Our Lady of Loretto by the pastor, Father Joseph Sil- dipignL & \ POLICE RAID STORES IN TOPEKA FOR CIGARETTES Topeka, Kas, Aug. 3—City and county authorities united late teday in raiding about thirty-five Tapeka stores where it was suspected : ciga- rettes had been sold in violatio: state anti-cigarette law. Offemiy Lo nounced that cigarettes found ‘in bus- iness houses would be confincated a3 evidence and proprietors arrested About geventy policemen partici- pated in the raids which came with- out warning. Two officers were as. signed to each drug store, cigar shop, pool hall ‘and other business houses Suspected of seiling cigarettes. The authorities planned raids same weeks azo but as dealers obtgined ad. vance informatfori,“thé campaign was abandoned temporarily. Officials issued warnings two months ago that the anti-cigarette law would be enforced: but violations have continued accordin reports of welfare workers, i M B TR BT T, POSTMISTRESS CONFPESSES THEFT OF REGISTERED MAIL ‘West Palm ‘Beach, Florida, Auvg. 3.— According to L. A. Johnson, chief postal inspector for the southeastern district Miss Lena Clarke. postmistress here, con- fessed to F. J. C. Hilsifer, an assistant Inspector in her cell at Orlando, Florl- da, Tuesday night, that she alone wa: responsible for the loss of two register- ed packages containing §: 00 missing from the local post office since July 26 Miss Carke told Hilsifer, according te the statement, that $5.700 of the missing money would be found at the residence of J. E. Chambers, and this amount, In- spector Johnson says, his men reco'@red today. Other sums, accordinz to the statement, were used to cover a-deficit in Miss Clarke's accounts. Miss Clarke is held without bafl at Orlando _in connection with the killing of C. F. Miltimore Monday night in that city.. Miltimore was formerly em- ployed in the local post ffoice. Chambers is Miss Clark's grandfath- er with whom she lived, Miltimore, pro- prietor of a arestaurant in Orlando, wat found dead there Monday night in a ho- . tel room Which previously had been re- served by Miss Clarke. Beside the body was two bags which had apparently been cut open. They were of the tove used to carry money or other valuables. According to the hotel . clerk, the Clarke woman rezistered late Monday afternoon and Miltimore went to her room the same evening. No shot was heard and the body was not found umtfl, for reasons not made public, the hotel authorities made an investization several hours later. COMPLETE DAY OF REST FOR PRESIDENT HARDING Lancaster, N. H., Aug. 3.—President Harding, who is the guest herp of Seo- retary Weeks, had a taste of real va- cation today, but he promised to break in on his period of rest tomorrow by making + speech in Lancaster publie square. The occagion of the president's trip into Lancaster from the Weeks lodge on top of Mount Frospect. just outside the town, will be a special public gath- ering to weleome him to the - White Mountains, A number of other towns are expected to send delegations by train and motor, but at the president’s requesi the cere- monies will be kept as informal as pos- sible. Mr. Harding'is to make only a brief talk from his automobile. Today the president slept late and spent several hours resting and reading beneath the trees that surround . the Weeks' house. He then motored . to Waumbek, seven miles away, for a game of golf. He saw no callers execept a committee from Lancaster to arrange for tomorrow’s celebration. il i ANOTHER MOVE IN THE . & STATE JITNEY WARFARE New Haven, Conn., Aug. 3.—Another move in the jitney warfare was made today when State’s Attorney Arnon A. Alling and attoimeys for the. Connecti- cut Company petitioned Federal Judge Thomas to reseind or to modify. the or- der he issued last Saturday restraining peace officers of the state from inter- * fering with the operation of the motor buses. Judge Thomas saild he . would give a hearing on the netition at New Haven next Friday morning. 5 . State's Attorney Alling is one of the defendants named in the restraining or- der. Other defendants, hfl% Attorney ‘Whittaker, Prosecutor g o fthe coramon ple court, and Chief of Police Smith. apparently are not oem- mected with today’s vetition. &