Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 18, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIll—NO. 201 TION 29,685 : NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1921 - UAIL EIREANN WILL DISCISS BRITISH PROPOSALS TODAY ‘De Valera Insists That Nothing Less Than Independence is " in the Minds of the Irish Leaders—Irish Republican Par- liament Will Go Into Secret Session Todly—-B'e’lief Pre- vails That Events Are Transpiring Behind the Scenes to Bring Sir James Craig, the Ulster Premier, Into Touch With the Sinn Fein Leaders. Aug. 17.—(By The A. P.)— "The Dail Eireann will go Into secret session tomerrow to discues the British Eovernment's proposals for peace witn reiterated words of Famonn De Valera stili fresh in the minds of the mbers: “The Dail Eireann canno: and w not on behalf of Ireland acoept rms offered th A session of the marlis- men d today in the Mansion House, Mr. De Valera again deal: with = the “British offer. Again he insisted that nothing less than independance for Ire- and was in the minds of the Irish leaa- He stressed his viewpoint that the 18 of a dominion government had not offered to 1lrel The statement t such a government had he>n «ffrred ned two falsehoods. Thes: was and mentioned in the terms, on! ken pieces of -Ireland. Daminions right L to secede, but tho h tepublic must stay within ihe empre whether it desired to do o or mot. he ®aid During his address Mr. De Valera held branch to Ulster by de- entering into negotiations nt of the ocomtroversy ! need not gi.a up ew. He sa:] he woild t0 suggest that the Irish pee- up a good deal in orde: that be able to visw the ‘%u- amicipaging distrasting problems.” De Valera declared again that the of the ng ple give M minority in Ireand. as represented b 1sterite: were wrong but add that he for one woald b ready 1o go a long way t) give in t “if we could get them to come h and consider the interest of r ountry and no: be allying with foreigners.” * of Mr. De 1 tr were Te- ndication that events were behind the scenes havinz as heir purpose the bringing of Sir James Cr the U1 premier, inin teuch with nn Fein leaders in the hope . o me of surmounting impasse, gnificance in this respect also attach- words of Mr. De Valera; that fcans were ready ta make 10 Ire acrifices we never would of making t0 England.” er way out of the dea ilock aside possible submission of the f Premier Lloyd Georze ta a dum, is #aid to have been suz- today to members of the Dalil In effect this suzgestion Is to have been the D which is considerel the rov- ning body of the I 1y, shourl Great ic are desic1s of ba- : a mem of the British com- monwealt are willing to gpram ou the coneessions whish Mr. Lleyd has denwinded in s letter, surn al and alt bases ™ t was said in high quarters to- would ‘nvelve Ulst>r coming in- a single dominion with south Ire- H avthorities toni ex- ssed the view that they did not be- Ulster wor do- this » the pres- nt time. biit that they > convinsed would do o when a n>w Irisn par- ment was elected, mal: un of men people of Ulster felt they could trust late with respect (s0their prop- Mr De Valera is consierel to have some sudh ecnems tn . his today when he said: 8 ion that wou'i he econ- . w right to ses that wa were t obe judges of whi are our wn interests, and that wo were ndt leay judgment of what nterests or not to others—a inataion of that sort wou'd, I be- commend itself to u majority cf cagues, should really bs a combina- is in accord with the descrip- British themselves gave of this association. Speakmgz cf do- they described it' in tarma at rate which amount te free and friendly co-operation. Fres and fricnd- co-operation is one thing anl forced operation another.” Mr. De Valera went on t) say that there never had been union, therefora there could be secession, and that if the negotiations were to be continued Ire- nd should act as a separate natiom, a;d it did when the negotiations start- e Charles Burgess wn minister of defense \nd the most fluent speaker in the as- \embly, evoked rounds of applause not- withstaning the prohibition by the speak- ir against such demonstration when in course of a siort speech be said hat naturally most of the work of his lepartment was of a secret nature but 1dded our work against England already = done Countess Markieviez, minister of labor and her substitute while the eountess wa. n jall, told the assembly how the Brit- ish labor department virtually had been yusted from reland and an organization set up by the Daft Eireann to settle all abor disputes. This organization it was declared, already was working success- tally. Countess Markievicz said this dspart- nent has In charge the boycott against ster and Englad and added that ex- sept In & few places nothing made in Ulster, or more definitely Belfast, now a8 on sale in the southwest of Ireland, where even the branches of the bank of Belfast had been closed. Four hundred courts had been established to deal with this qistion and certain = government merchants wio ignored the orders of the Dall Bireann had been fined one hundred pounds sterling, while the English firms which bad sent Belfast gocds to Ireland as English goods tad been placed on the blacklist. ‘ A certain amount of moral persuasion was required, the speaker said, to_effect his, and she thanked the Jrish republican and the labor party, which had Te- fased to handle Beifast goods, for their nssistance. Attention was crlled to fail- ures during the past year in_Belfast which it was asserted. numericafly, were the greatest In the history of that city. It was_intended to make the boyeott a: st England as effective as that inst Belfast, the minister asserted, and In the meantime the truce did not mean that the boycott had been raised but that at present drastic action camnet be taken. H Mintster _ of . — T spoke ooncerning the steps that had been taken to create work for the people and He said the Dail Eireann wonld be asked to vote authority for sums whica thé British gov- to do away with workhouses. ernment had refused to grant. of local indweerfes, importance of establishing American, republics, SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE Washington, | Aug. 17.—Tariff ad in resentatives of vision of tion. import; ons be continued. it grasped the benefiis to come from _Protective tariff programme.” of plus of try. the commodi Dairy es in in urging the tariff, declaring their by is, secretary of the Dairy Union, would ampunt to an’ emb: based on American valuation. Chairman Penrose -g0 tinue, consideration of through next week, the teyriff uled for Saturd would precede of the senate, detenmined.. the tariff on he added, SBUSPENSION OF CUSTOM: Washington, Aug. pension of the cus’ intoxicating liquors which fro mone foreign country to another nounced tonight by Secretary Mellon. “In view of the injunctions granted Detroit and at New York,” Mr. and exportation entries for liquors ed it advisable cordingly, and until United States when the destination BOLSHEVIK CONTENTION attitude of istration concerning the feeding of ter L, can relief administration, Russian relief committee. They ber of American relief workers and expel any will sénd to Mr. Hoover. UPRISINGS REPORTED IN Tokio Aug. 17—(By the A. lia, where the far eastern republic A Viadivostock despaton ing “to urconfirmed reforts by anti-Boishevik forces. DEATH OF CARL EOHL-SMITH, DANISH-AMERICAN hagen, Denmark, on :June 17, artist-and he was only the workman. The couple were responsible for massive figure of Benjamin Franklin the Army of ~Tennessee, other works in this, country. BEEKS NEAR DEFENSIVE of Angora, the capital, The Greek south of this river with the intentlon ward Angora. ¢ e morth toward Ismid. A large demarld.for grain cradles still ‘exists “in’ hilly sections where Teaper is impractible. . . - B2 te In his speech minister of trade Blythe dealt with the development of trade and He emphasized the trade rela- tions with Argentina and other South whete he declared active propaganda was being carried out. GIVES TARIFF RATES HEARING rates which would %equalize American and for- eign production costs and legislation tv the ostablishment of an Ameri- ean dve industry were urged before the senate finance committee today by rep- the North Carolina di- the Southern Tariff Associa- They also asked that the embargo in the emergency tariff law against dve Chairman Penrose assured them the committee was glad they had come for “cheers us up to know the south has Proposed dutles on vegetable ofls and fats was the basis around which much of ‘the day's discussion centered. Users oils protected againat high rates, declaring there was an exportable sur- this coun- interests joined with some of the ofl producers. on the other hand, iness was being rn at a loss. The dairy | ers on their July payroils as against industry continually feels tha compe- | g0 in June, an increase of 3.1 per cent., n of butter substitutes, A. M, Loom- said in asking' for schedules of rates which some members of the committee declared when announced during the day that the committee would col regardless of pass- age by the house of the. tax bill, sched- . Whetber the tax bill the floor had not been BAN ON SHIPPING LIQUORS 17.—Temporary Ssus- ms ban prohibiting are shipped move across the United States was an- Mellon said, “requiring the collector of customs to continue to permit the transportation bond, the treasury department has deem- temporazily to suspend its order regarding such shipments. Ac- otherwise advised, the coilectors of customs will permit in- toxicating liquors shipped from a foreign country to move over the territory of the such liquors is another foreign country.” DELAYS RUSSIAN RELIEF - Riga, Letvia, Aug. 17.—(By The A. With Herbert Hoover's telegram, which reitdrates the uncompromising the American relief admin- the famine districts in Russia at hand, Wal Brown, director of the Ameri tonight heia another conference on the subject with Maxim Litvitnoff, representative of the reacied an agreement on all subjects except the contention of the bol- sheviki for the right to limit the num- individual among them. The reiief administration firmly opposes this, and Litvinoff has submitted -a modi- fied proposal which Mr. Brown probably FAR EASTERN SIBEKIA P.)— The uprisings reported -in trans-Daika- Siberia is situated, really cccurred, saysi the Harbin correspondent Kokousai news ggency-but apparently their ex- tent Wad exaggerateq, wnder _ the date of Saturday last said that aceord- received there the government of the far eastern rdyublic Siberia had been overthrown SCULPTOR Chicago, Aug. 17.—Friends here re- i ceived word today of the death in Copen- ot Mrs. Sara Rohl-Smith, widow of the Danish- American sculptor, Carl Rohl-Smith. The sculptor, who lived in Chicago. years ago, always asserted his wife was the real the the world’s fair here, the She®man monu- ment in Washington. D..C., erected by and numerous POSITIONS OF THE TURKS Smyma, Aug. 17 (By the A. P.) —King Constantine’s - fast-moving army is now within eight miles of the last real defen- sive positions of the Turkish nationalists, along the Sakaria river, sixty miles west right wing !8 at present crossing the extensive salt desert to-the cutting off the retreat of the Turks to- “In all, there are four great columns| making a thrust toward the nationalist seat of governmient and one striking to PRESCTIS O 9t Y e, | “The Good Killrs,” A Murderous Band Six Men Committed to the Tombs, New York, Charged With a Series of Murders. New York® Aug. 17—Six of the seven mén arrested last night by detectives in- vestigating a séries of murders in this vicinity' and at Detroit, and attributed nd called The Good Killers were e8 to the Tombs for thirty days pending arrival of extradition papers from New Jersey. ' Bach of the half dozen prisoners was |indicted yesterdy in Monmouth county, J. charged with tie murder of Ca- mieilo Caizzo on July 30, it was recited in a fugitive: complaint offered today be- fore Magistrate Rigan by a Monmouth county detective. The complaint alleged three of the men had admitted inducing the other trio to commit the crime. The sin indicted were described as Bartolow Fontano, barber, wao, police said, confessed to killing Caizzo, his friend : Francesco Puma, grocer; Vito Bonventre, baker; Stefano = Magaddino, salesman; Giuseppe Lombardi barber and Mariano Galante, painter. Counsel for three of the men called the magistrate's attention to their con- dition, recording that Magaddino's face was bandaged, his shirt and hat bore blood stains an¢. that his arms were black and blue. Puma removed his shirt to show the magistrate that his back bore blue whel; His shoulders and eyes were bruised. The lawyer did not explain how these injuries came about, or why he displayed them. 3 DECREASE IN THE NUMBER _ OF PERSONS UNEMPLOYED ‘Washington, Aug. 17.—Increases in the number of persons employed in July over the number employed in June were shown in 8 out of 14 industries for which the department of labor published figures to- day. Manufacturers of men's ready-made clothing reported that they had increased their forces in July to 28,314 from 25,998 in Junme, an increase of 8.9 per cent. Leather factories employed 12,138 im July a sagainst 11,701 in June, an in- erease of 3.7 per cent. Boot and shoe factories making re- ports to the department had 59,385 worl whild automobile factories employed 79, 064 in July as compared with 76,734 in Juné, an increase of 3 per cent. The greatest decrease was shown in the ‘number employed in 118 iron and steel factories, which in July had on their payroils 100,778 persons as against 115,411 in June, .a decrease of 12.7 per cent. Hosiery #nd underwear factories cut their forces from 623 in June to 26,877 in July, a decrease of 3.4 per cent. RESULTS AT THE ANNUAL SEAGIRT RIFLE TOUBNAMENT Seagirt, N. I, Aug. 17.—Because of a heavy rain, only three of the events of the annual Seagirt rifie tournament were shot today. The only company team Massachusetts infantry, with # team score of 133 for the 200 and 500 yard ranges. - Capt. J. H: Keudel of the regular army infantry team won the Risner match with 94 hits out of a possible 100 at 200 yards. Lieutenant Commander A. D. Denny of the navy team was second With the same score, but the former’s longer string of bullseyes gave him first place. After many ties had been shot off in the Hayes individual match at 500 yards, Machine Gunner Otto Wiggs of the ma- rines won first plat He contested for the victory in a shoot-off with Private P. L. Marfin of Massachusetts, who had tied him with a string of 16 hits. to at in of STOLEN AMEICAN FILMS EXHIBITED IN JAPAN New York, Aug. 17.—Revelations as to stealing of American films :and their du- tion and exhibition in Japan and ¢lsewhere in the Orient were made today oy thé national association of the mo- sion picture industry in announcing that an active campaign was under way to orevent such piracy, which has cost large imerican prejucing companies thousands of dollars. Gustave E. Lanzke has been indicted disposing of two fiims which were stolen dere and recovered in San Francisco, whence they were to be forwarded to Jjapan. - They are ®ow in possession of the New York district attorney's office. The film theft committee of the associa- iion announces that they were shipped to San Francisco by a Japanese concern with an office on Broadway. to VIEW ON IRISH PROBLEM BY THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL Dublin, Aug. 17.—~The Freeman’s Jour- nal in an editorial dealing with the Irish situation says: “A crisis has been reached in the ne- gotiations between the representatives of the Irish people and - Premier Lloyd George. To prevent complications and to clear _the atmosphere it is of first impor- tance that the position should be ac- curately defiped.” of British. government adopts and indorses the statement contained in the letter of General Smuts, . the South African pre- mier, to Eamon De Valera, concerning Ireland's acceptance of the British peace proposals, and adds: “If General Smuts has been correctly interpreted as to Mr. Llovd George's promises and wishes, a plain’statement to this_ effect” would, in our ‘opinion, go a long ‘way g smooth the path to peace.” L ©. 0. F. GRAND LODGE ® " IN'SESSION'IN ROCHESTER ' Kl at| Rochester, N. Y., Aug..17.—Sessions of the .Odd- Fellows' grand lodge may be neld anywhere in New York state every year as; the result. of an amendment to its constitution adopted her etoday. Among addresses at a public meeting tonight was one by Hei®ert J. Phillips’ grand master of Connecticut. ———— - TEMPORARY SHUT-DOWN OF BOYAL TYPEWRITER PLANT Hartford, Aug. 17.—The Royal Type- writer company closed its plant here to- day, making- 1,800 persons idle. The management announced 'that it was ex- pected’ the plant’ would resume operations of | on Sept. 8. TEN HORSES WERE BUENED TO DEATH IN WEST HAVEN ‘West . Haven, -Conn., Aug. .18.—Ten horses were burned to death early_this morning ‘When fire’ destre; the barn of D. M. Weleli & "Son,’ gtockrs. The origin “aof the'fire was' 1 Y étermined, - The loss is { estimated -at '$10,000, = ¢ . "7 oo £ match was Won by Company K, Ninth} n this city on charges of receiving and | The newspaper then asks whether, the | BRIEF TELEGRAMS According to reports frem Chieags Tex Rickard, sport. promotor, ,has purchasea the Chicago Coliseum for!$§1,000,000, % Maine Rotarians will entertain the New England conclave of Rotarians on September: 28-30 at Poland Springs. Serious earthquake shocks are reported from the Italian colony of Grarea, on the African shore of the Red Sea. The Turkisp nationalists have mccept- &d the revised agreement viin France, subject to certain slight alteraticns, Joseph Ryan of Toronto is being Sought on a charge of stealing $8,00) from the Ontario Racing Ascc:asion. Phillip C. Clifford of Pertland, * Me., was appointed receiver of the . Signal Motor Truck company. Four deaths from pellagra were re- ported in Dallas, Texas, during the last week, This is the heaviest toll 1n years, Edwin A. Morse, 32 years old, heaa teller at the International Trust Com- pany, Denver, Colo., has disappearel along with about $75,000 in currencyy Curtailment of naval building due te decreased appropriations will' mater.auy slow up work on new battle sl cruisers. Arthur Henderson, M. P., British la- her leader, has abandoned plans for a visit to Canada and the United States this summer. Police reserves were called to quell a series, of fist fights that abruptly term- inated a Russian relief meeting in a down town theatre, New York. P. L. Palmerton of New York., was named by Secretary Hoover as the caicf of the new rubber hureau of the com- merce department. The Turkish nationalist governmeni has been transferred from Angosa 1o Caesarea (Kaisariyeh) 160 miles south- east of Angora. Russians predominate in the forelgn born populations of New York and I’hii- adeiphia, according to census bureau statistics. Officials of the Amnalgamated Textile Workers of America !ssued a call for a convention to begin in New York Oc- tober 15. A bill was infroduced in the house providing that any person compeiled to convert a Liberty bond into cash may | receive its par value from the treas- ury department. Fire destroyed the Griet Brothers’ Lumber Co., near the Bg Four tracks in Cleveland. The fire destroyed ile s:irag: plant and dry kiln, causing estimatel damage of $200,000. The goverament tug, Llentenant A. C. Tippan, left Wilmington, N. C. for what is planged to be the first voyage by the inland water route. from :hat Port to Detroit, Mich, ‘Several residents of Camden, N, J., were to be questioned by custcms nffi- cials in an effort to learn who financea the schooner Thomaston's re from the Bahamas. . Eldred, A. Mitchell of Marblshead, a salesman for a Boston brokerago house, was arrested cha’zeA with larcency (t securities valued at .$25,505 from Mrs. Ellen Flagg of Brookline, An antomebile fire machine, weed for connert:vn demonstration parposes, n Sons of Seotland from many parts of the United States assembled im Brook- lyn to the music of bagpines for ihe fo:ty-second annual conventicn of the order of Scottish clans. Colonel C. R. Newman, chief of siafll of the British army in Egvp:, was se- usly ‘njured when an_awplans in which he was riding crashel to tie ground lately. The New York Air Brake Company vesterday declared & quarter'y dividenl of one and one-quarter per cent. paya- ble in six per cent. scrip .o Stoex of roc- ord September 1. A white smoke screen, denser and more impenetrable to vision than any smoke screen vet invented, was demonstrated at Camp Meade for the membersiof the reserve officers’ training camp. Ten factory _buildings, eccupying a block, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, were destroyed by fire yester- day. The loss was estimatea at $1,000,- 000. One building was of hgick.. The others were small frame structures. Miss Miriam McConaunghy, ghter of Dr. Francis McConaughy' of Summerville, N. J., was fatally hurt when thrown from a horse at Great Barrington, Mass. She died at a hospital from a fractured skull Best estimates available at this'time show that 5,735,000 persons -are out of employment in the United States, Sec- retary of Labor Davos reported to the senate in response to a resolutioa eall- ing for figures. Sergeant Walter H. Malor, a veteran member of the Albany . police dcpart- ment was accidentally kijled in the Sce- ond Precinct station. He and Detecti Edward Hearly were trying to nnload an automatic pistol, when the weapon was accidentally discharged. The senate interstate commeres ,com- mittee refused to ' call. 'Wiliiam = G. McAdoo, former dtrector generai of railroads; to mive “expert testimony” on lb‘tfi administration’s raiiroad funding i, : —_— Complefe reorganization of the army general staff along lines tested in France by General Pershing, as commander of the Americap expeditonary fornes, = understood to have been anproved by Secretary Weeks. Towa farmers are atfempting te mn- ture the largeit crop in the history of the state, with no prospect of ngmar- ket, ‘and Minnesota' farmers ar:> pre- paring to burn their corn this winter in- £tead of buying coal, " - Entries for the elimination trials to Select - a boat-to represent’ this eountry in the . Internatiomal Fishermen’s. race, will ‘be received by the American com- mittes at Gloucester, Mass., unt'l Sep- tember 10 - -4 4 oo 4 3 _OBITUARY. ... © Charles A. L. Wright. Springfield, Mass., Aug. 17.~~Charles A. L. Wright, president of the ' Autdmobile club of. Springfleld; and for mére than twenty-five Years an expert on road con- striction in the employ of the city, died suddenly’ foriight ‘after ‘a. waltz at a car- nival uhder the ‘auspices of -the ~ Bela Grotton, ; e b Opens in the Senate General Sentiment is to Have the Conference Sit With Open Doors. ‘Wasnington, Aug. 17—The question of open or secret sessions at the disarma- ment conference started a senate de- bate in which democgats criticised some of the . steps taken by the administration and Chairman Lodge of the foreign re- lations committeé, who has been select- ed as one of the American delegates, gave bis colleagues some glimpses of the attitude he intends to adopt in the con- terence. “The outburst was short lived and failed to develop any. generad expression -of senate opini:n on ‘the subject. of. public or closed sessions. Further debate on the question was assured however, by presentation for future consideration of a measure which wbuld instruct e American delegates (o insist that the conference sit with open doors. Senater Lodge did not express his views in regard to publicity, but he did assert that in the negotlations over dis- armament itself he would ‘wold to the principle that the only solution was a general disarmament. He declared no one would work more earnestly for disar- mament that he but that he would hold to an unshaken convicti>n that to insuHr. success taere must be general reductions all alnog the line. § Later in the day the foreign relations chairman, speaking <n a good reads bill, asserted it was false economy {o save money for roads by taking it away from the army and navy, whose reductions he asserted, had been carried too far already under existing conditions. With- out specific mention of the disarmament proposals he reaffirmed his belief that this countrx could not now make further curtailments in its military and naval estamlishments without menacing national security. Whils the senate debate was in pro- gress President Harding listened to the plea of a group of women political lead- ers that he appoint a woman on the Am- erican delegation to the conference, and told them he. was confident a way- would be found to utilize ‘a woman's influence and intultions to aid in the success of the negotiations. The president’s words were variously interpreted by members of the group, but it was said he refrained | from a specific statement whether a wo- man would sit in the conference. Those: who took the petition to the White House were acting for the Nation- al Leagu~ of Women Voters, whose pres- ident, Mrs. Maud Wood Park, neaded the group and presented a resolution on the subject adopted at a recent oonven- tion of the league. Before their inter- view with Mr. Harding’ the women dis- [ tributed a series of statements assaili representative Alice Robertson of Okla- homa for her declaration that it would be- difficult to find a woman qualified to act as a delegate. In-all of the state- ments it was asserted ma;fi ss Robert- son could in no sense be rqgarded as & competent spokesmar of American wo- manhord. No names were yggested to the pres- ident by his callers, and when they were asked afterward what woman they con- sidered qualified they replied by insisting Vthere were so many that they preferred |to mention nome specifically. The senate discussion of disarmament subjects was started by Senator Harri- son, democrat. Mississippi, when he in- troduced a proposal to bind the American delegates to demand open sessions at the conference, He presented it as an amendment to that section of the ship- ping board appropriation bill which would make ,$200,000 available to pay expenses of the conference and although it did not come up for immediate considera- tion he took the opportunity to comment on Senator Lodge's selection as a dele- zate. The Massachusetts senator declared Mr. Harrison had dcne more than any other person to postpone disarmament by sponsoring. the rjservations which killed the league of nations. He added that he hoped to see Senator RBorah chosen-as a delegate because of his ef: forts to crystalize disarmament sent ment, but asserted that it seemed appar ent there are forces at work in Washing- ton and through the country for the se- [lection of men who do not share the views of Senator Borah. When Senator King, democrat Utah, suggested that some members of the foreign relations committee explain why Germany had not been invited to the conference, Senator Harrison said he sup- posed it was because the administration has not settled the question whether we are at peace or war with Germany. CONN. MAN SUPREM CHIEF RANGER, F. OF A. Baltimore, Md., Aug. 17.—Delegates to the biennial convention of the supreme court, Foresters of America, in session here today, elected George P. Sullivan of Derby, Conn.,' supreme chief ranger. Other ofticers chosen wWere: Supreme sub chief ranger, P. J. Kennedy, Exeter, N. H.; supreme treasurer, George Sinnamon, Philadelphia ; supreme _ secretary, Thomas M. Donnelly, Jersey City, N. J.; supreme ' recording secretary, Joseph M. Grise, Chicopee, Mass.; supreme lecturer, John H. Bachr, Cleveland, O.; supreme medical examiner, Dr. John J. Franlin- ger, Philadeiphia; supreme trustees, Wil- liam C. Rosenkranz (chairman), Brook- Iyn, N. Y., Frank Spesia, Joliet, IIL, Fred S. Pulver, New York city, Charies A. Root, Sacramento, Cal., John J. Mack, Hartford, Conn., James Duross, Philadel- phia, and Bert T. Michell, Baltimore. — STATISTICS SHOW AN INCREASE IN FOOD PRICES Washington, Aug. 17.—Retail food prices increased 2.7 per cent. in July over June prices, while the prices of wholesale foodstuffs advanced 1.5 per cent, and wholesale farm products 1.75 per eent., the department of labor announced to- day. Of 43 articles on Wwhich retail prices ‘were obtained, 16 showed increases, in- cluding potatoes 26 per cent., eggs 20, butter 16, and sirloin steak 1 per cent. Decreases were noted in 23 articles, in- cluding sugar % per cent., cabbage 8, on- ions 5, and bananas. 2 per cent. © The general increase in prices in St. Paul was 9 per cent., in Boston 5. New Haven 4, Bridgeport, Chicago and Fal] River.3, New York and Washington 2. In Los Angeles there-was a decrease of 2 per cent., and in Norfolk 1 per cent. ALEXANDER TO SUCCEED TO - THRONE OF JUGO SLOVIA " Paris, Aug. 17—The accession to the throne of Jugo Slaviz of Alexander son of the late King Peter of Serbia, is re- garded in-political and diplomatic circles as meating the strengthening of the hlicies carried oWt by Alexander as regent. B 2 Alexander is considered a frm friend of France and, to be -generally follow- . Ing the attitude of bis fathy New York, Aug. 17—The Polish gov- ernment in a message to Herbert Hoover as chairman of the American Relief Ad | ministration. made offered TEN PAGES—70 COLS. Warmanent Dbt GERMEANS. DEFEAT POL "TROOPS IN UPPER SILESH Poles Were Driven From Villages and Across the Frontier, With 24 Killed—Representatives of Germany. and Po - land Have Reached an Agreement on Silesia—May Ask For an Undivided Silesia, All For Poland or All For Ger- many. Berlin, Aug. 17.—(By The A. P)— Twenty-four Poles were killed and many wounded loday in a fight between Ger- mans and regular Polish troops near the frontier villages of Sternalitz and Kos- tellitg in Upper Silesia, The Germans drove the Poles across the border. AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY GERMANS AND POLES Kattaloowitz, Uspper Silesia, Aug. 1 The A, P.)—Co-operation in of their “common motherlan was pledged in an agreement _signea here ‘today by representative German industrial and political leaders and la- bor representatives from all Polish par- ties in Siles agreement W reached at of a secret confer- ence lasting twelve hours. Belief ence m: is expressed t the confer- result in a joint appeal by Germans and Poles tothe league of na- tions for a prompt settiement of the Se- lesian question. It is also stated thpt £ such a request is made the peti- tioners probably will ask for an wedi- Vided Silesia, all for Poland or all fer rmany. Both the iater-allied “comtmission® in Silesia and the Beriin government are to have known that today's con- ference was contemplated, ‘but o :- tempt at interference was. made. Im- mediately after the meeting Joahanmes achek, one of the most pewerful rman lead in sia, went to Op- n, where he reported to General Hen- the British commander, at a spe- ¢ aranged meeting, . ing the conference between the Tmans and Poles a discussion was held imed at reconciliation which would pro- ct_either side azainst loss of their - terests if Silesia should be awarded us- divided to Germany or to Poland. GERMANS CONFER ON PEACE TREATY WITH UNITED STATES| Berlin, Aug. 17 (By the A. P.).—| Chanceilor _ Wirth, Foreign M n:slcr" Haniel Von Haimhausen, under secreta of the foreizn office, coi ferred this afternoon with sentatives of the coalition party with regard to the| forthcoming peace treaty between the| United States and Germany. The chancellor followed the custom by | confining today’'s deliberations to repre- sentatives of the parties whi make the present coalition ministry. During the next few days he will call in the op-| position leaders and inform them that an| agreement has been drafted on - the| strength of informal conversations be- tween Dr. Rosen and Ellis Loring Dreseil, United States commissioner in Be which is believed to be acceptable United States government as a basis for the enactment -of a -final and formal treaty of peace. e Little serious opposition is expected by | the chahcellor when the treaty is taken | up for ratification by the foreign rela-| tions committee of the reichstag. None of the participants in today’s con- ference would indicate ihe nature of a memorandum submitted by the Washing- ton government through Commissioner Dreseil. M:%her wgs any indication of the nature of the proceedings given out In answer to inquiries it was asserted that complete ecrecy was maintained at the special request of the American gov- ernment. Officials of the American mission were steadfast in their refusal to discuss the progress of the peace negotiations, which are now believed to have reached a final stage. Rosen and Dr. MASTEE OF LIQUOR SHIP POCOMOKE SENT TO JAIL Atlantie City. Y., Aug. 17.—Cap- tain Joseph A. Roy, master of the I beled schooner Pocomoke, who was ar- rested hhere om charges of smusgling liquor into this port, was sent to the counity jail at Camden today. Upon reaching the jail he will be closely questioned by ireasury depart- ment operatives in an effort to learn the identity of the persons who financed the Pocomoke's cargo of whiskey. Two other members of the Pocomoke's crew were arrested today, and And Grob, proprietor of an _Atlantic Ci cafe, was rearrested. Grob was onl recently released from jail after having | been sentenced to three months for vi- olating pronibition laws. He is out pend- ing a new tria The new charges levied against him allege smuggling and violation of the state enforcement ac Kennéth White and Pearson Rober the two negro members of the schooner’s | crew, are charged with sm = TO RELEAS SE IN RUSSIA POLES OFFE SUPPLIES FOR U to provide the flour and sugar required for the Polish child-feeding program winter, thus releasing quantiti supplies for use in the Ru O e message. which was signed by foreign minister Skirmunt, declared that while Poland had form any years been under the oppre: voke, the Polish people d der a hand of friendship and relp to t suffering Russian masses. 1t was announced that Mr. Hoover had | cabled his appreciation of the offer and | also had accepted the free use of Polish rallroads for transportation of foodst to be used by the administration Russia. —_— | TO FIND INTENTIONS OF OF BANDIT CHIEFTAIN RAISULI victorious Rif nave dispatched an army commanded by Shereef Sid- hamid of Whzzan to aid or to destroy Raisull, the bandit chieftain, according 10 whether his intentions are national- ist or ipro-Spanish, says a dispatch to the London Times from Tangiers. Acting doubtless on “this m despatch adds, Raisuli last Wi attacked a contingent of Spanish sol- diers near Chemis. Details are lack- ing but the Spaniards suffered losses. The correspondent says he is informed that fhe Rifs have offered Raisuli su- preme command in the entire Spanish zone if he will take up arms against Spain. London, tribesmen Ang. 17—The in Morocco FOR FEDERAL REGULATION OF PACKING INDUSTRY ‘Washington, Aug. 17.—The bill provid- ing for federal regulation of the meat packing industry has been signed by President Harding, it was announced at the White House today. Under the law the secretary of agriculture is ,given broad powers of control and supervision of the industry. TURKISH NATIONALISTS - Sh SRR U ORDERED TC EVACTATE London, Aug. 17.—Mustapha Kemal ‘Pasha, leader of the Turkish naconalists in Asia Minor, has ordered the cvacu- ation of the whole region between Sivri-Hissar and ' Angara, says a des- patch to the London Times from Smyrna. P _—— MUSIC IMPROVES THE MORALE OF NIGHT WORKERS Washington, Aug. 1 Music to im- Ve the morale of workers whose duties take them well into the wee, smail hours has been tried out in the Minneapelis postoffice and proved a success/"E. A. Purdy, postmaster, today informed Pest- master General Hays. The idea was ed, Mr. Purdy said, after he had made a psychoiogical study of conditions under which his night force worked. He found men working away from the general noises of the day as a rule showed a low morale, inclined to be morose and gen- ly worried at being away from their lies, which resuited in an, absenes of enthusiasm in their work. s an experiment a phonograph was nstalled, and records which it was hought would rest the merves and em- liven the spirits of employes were tried nightly with gratifying results. = Mr. Pur. dy said, although he was careful to ex- plain that no “jazz” was plaved until the fag end of the night, as he “did not want e men juggling and tossing about ‘let- ters and parcels” Byerybody was mere alert, he said, and at quitting time went home less tired, less worried and with a more efficient night's work dope. “The postmaster general approved thelidea and said he would watch further experiments With-interegt: i~ s Mr. Purdy, who was characterized by Mr. Hays as a “bird of postmaster, with a batting average of 1,000, althotigh a democrat,” is in Washington to give | the department some of the Meas which has made the Minneapolis office emé of the most successful in the country, Mr, Hays said. OPEN VERDICT IX DEATH OF THE REV. PATRICK HESLIN San Francisco, Aug. 17—An open ver- dict that Rev. Patrick Heslin, Colma t, came to his death sither by .blows toe head which fractured his skuil by two gunshot wounds was returned by the coromer's jury today. William A. Hightower, who led the police to the priest’s grave along the ocean, is in jail charged with murder. His name was ot tioned in the verdict. today expressed the belief that no such person as Dolly Mason, who Hightower said told him where the grave could be found, is in existence. The police investigators sought the ald scientific instruments today. High- tower was subjected to cross examination e delicate instruments recorded his t action and respiration when asked ading questions. ed point biank if he murdered Rev. Heslin, Hightower's blood pressure went up 32 millimeters at one jump, accerd- inz to August Volimer, chief, and Dr. J. A. Larsen, medical adviser of the Berl- keley police department, who conducted the investigation. DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ON TAX REVISION BILL gton, Aug. 17.—Democratie members of the house at a caucus tonight piedged themselves to vote against the epublican tax revision bill and adepted a resolution declaring that the measare was “subversive of the principle thal should govern taxation for the supper! of this govergment.” The decision was reached at the feurth meeting which had been held sinee yes- ay in an effor tto chart a course for the minority. The caucus also instructed the democratic members of the ways and means committee to offer a motion to re- commit the bill immediately before.the final vote, scheduled for 3 p. m. Satmr- day. pproximately 80 of the 132 demoerats n the house attended the .caucus and were reported to have veted unanimously to oppose the bill. — et ' MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF : INTEENAL REVENUE COLLECTOR leveland, Aug. 17—Authorities at Mill, a suburb 20 miles east iof city are investigating the 'circufp- stances of the death of E. J. Lymeh, former collector of internal revenue -at St. Paul, Minnesota, whose body . was found in the bottom of a row boat.on Chagrin river this afternoon. There wis a bullet wound in’the abdomen but thers was no gun in the boat. The body was discovered by James Mullen, a labores. e N WANT REPRESENTATIVE - DISARMAMENT DELEGATION Washington Aug. 17—The Woman's committee for world ‘disarmament, &t’a meeting tonight adopted resolutions sat- ing /that failure of President Harding to appoint & woman as member ‘of the American delegation could only be inter- preted as an effort to ignore the res- ponsibility of womien for their part in the American government. WOME o 4 D TR S VT 75 QUARTS OF WHISKEY 3§ IN A HOLLOW CUSHION Burlington, Vt. Aus. 17—A hollow cushion in an automobile Keld ‘up’ by venue authoritiés here ,today 5 quarts of Canzdian whiskey. occupants of tte machine, two men and a woman, were taken into custody. ‘The car bore a Québec licehse mumber and according to- officials - appeared-—to- have heen fitted up especialy for liquor ymagt- &