Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 1, 1921, Page 1

; TROOPS READY WEST VIRGINIA fl'woRegimenbotl,OOOMenEuthd'w, e e " ata Moment's Notice Should Presider.. «1arding’s Procla- mation Calling For Dispersal of “Insurrectionists” Be Disregerded—Officials Are Hopeful That Such a Step Will Not Be Necessary—Forces of Armed Men Are Con- tinuing to Collect On the Eastern Slope of Spruce Fork Ridge—Deputies and Volunteers Have Been Called to the Aid of the Officers of Logan County—Two Volun- teers ard One Deputy Sheriff Have Been Killed. Washington, Aug. 31. — The federal t stood Teady tonight to acy + Virginia should tomorrow’s re- f compliance with Pres- roclamation calling on engdged in u'nlawful and nary proceedings” to return to their homes. Two regiments of troops of a thous- and men each, one at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and the othqr at Camp Dix, wers in readiness {to move into the st on a moment's nntice, war department officials said, o A proclamation |declaring martial law in five West Virgimia counties has been drawn up and signed by the president for promulgaltien. remained hopeful of these steps although their spir- nsurrect that by dispapches from the dis- patches from the disurbed area telling of hes between |bands of armed men | and state authoritiep and containing no | indlcations of a disposition to comply | with the president’s| proelamation. Decision as to wiether the federal ernmant will er troops into the ate and declare martia] law—a step as not been taken in any state the days immediately fol'owing the | war—will depend on conditions as yrted by Brimdier General Band- tz at noon tomerrow, the hour fixed by Presiderit Harding. Gener- z left W inzton late today rleston early to- rvey of the sit- morrow will begin uation. : The declaration of {military rulé and of the state and embracing Charleston state capital. Reports from several| points in the dis- turbed area were forwalrded to Secretary | by Governor Mlorgan during the | da sented orders to disnersfle, declaring they; would force hte goverijment to declare al law and ‘hreaténihg to blow up e ains in the evfnt soldiers were sent into the state. General Pandholtz, orj leaving Wash- ington, carried a letter| from Secretary Weeks to Governor 1t said: Xor{ln “You bave received {[the president’s proclamation ordering the insurrectionary element in West Virginiaj to retire peace- ably to their homes by moon on Sept. 1, 1921. I am sending Genefal H. H. Band- oltz,"the bearer of this |letter, with in- etructions to report to mle the extent to which the order of the priesident is obey- ed. In case it becomes n¢ jary to send tederal troops, this officert is designated to command them. May ask that you will afford him every posisible assistanee and co-operation in the ay of offices, stenographers and clerks, quarters, trans- portation, etc. “1 very earmestly hope that it may not become necessary to emiploy federal troops. 1If they are used it] will be to re- st peace and order in the most effect- @ and prompt way. e problem will be regarded by the militajry authorities purely as a tactical one. LOGAN AUTHORITIES confirmation. Other developments nouncement that the men had advanced two miles during the day and were only four miles from Logan county deputies, while from Peck’s Mill, where the Mc- Dowell men made their headguarters it was six miles across rough mountain country to ,the nearest large body of armed rioters. Surgeons and nurses were Sent to Peck’s Mill, where an emergency hos- pital was established late in the after- noon, Other hospitals, it was said, would be ready before tomorrow. Sheriff Chafin and Sheriff Hatfield made a tour of inspection before night- fall, and it was ‘expected that upon treir return the exact position of the contending groups would be made known. Volunteers continued to come into Lo- gan from all over the southern part of the state. Women of “‘the county serv- ed tfiem with food and hot coffee while military men organized them into units. The unusual situation confronting the people of Logan county, which has been described by Governor Morgan as an insurrection, is the direct outgrowth of the long controversy between the or- ganized and organiznd miners of this section. All of Logan county east of Spruce Fork Ridge is unorganized, but the little section lying between the east- ern slope of the mountains and the Boone County line is filled with™ union miners, These men last week prepared to join the march of other union men from Marmet to Mingo county, which was stopped at tehinstance of united mme workers officia’s acting 6n the advice of Brigadier General Bandholtz. Within 24 hours after the head of marching columns had been turned back it became known that the miners in the unionized sections of Logan county hau not abandoned their intention to move on Mingo. Although their numbers were omparaiively smal|, the news spread rapidly through Kanawha, Boone, Fa- yette and Wyoming counties. Many of " They said that tife armedsmen re-|gthe miners who had ~abar{ioned the march are fsaid (o have started for Jeftery where thé union miners of Logan were gathered. These reports reached Sheriff Chafin called on the neighboring counties and to Morgan for help, Two companies of the state police and a number of volunteers were sent from Mingo county to Logan, while some two hundred or three hundred deputy sheriffs -were hastily enrol'ed in McDowell coun- ty and went to Logan with Sheriff Hat- field. These forces hurried to the moun- tain range separating the union and the non-union fields, and early Sunday, in a clash between the state police and a body of men marching toward Leogan, four men were killed. From all over the southern part of the state miners were reported as hurry- ing to join the forces at Jeffery. This Logan and sheriffs or Governor movement was continuing even today and | tonight it was estimated that fully 5,000, it not more men were in that regicn. The mining villages from which the armed men marched into the mountalns Saturday and Sunday, and where rein- forcements are now sald to be gathered, are far removed from wire communica- tion. Details of what has been xoing on there have been unknown except to the AR peace officers at Madison, the county ATTACK BY 4,000 TP 6,000 MEN | seat of Boone county, and they have — refused al information. They admit- zan, W. Va., Aug. 31\—Togan au-| ted, however, that the force of miners s tonight m had beén sent to stating that unless troons once the county would he announced | that a' tele- ‘Washington ere sent at attacked by Sherifft Chafin at the sai sued the following stateme! paper men: “There has been more or \less contin- uons firing on four points (of the line taday. The points are Bleesh Creek, Yair. Crooked Creek and MIll Creek. jes. according to the fi.y reports n obtain ‘were limited 45 three in the defensive or Logan coulnty forces. Jahn Gofe, deputy sheriff, as kmed.l We b not recetved identification of the of two,_ One was a| McDowell e other from Logan county. We ed no information | as to the led_on the omposing side. We #iner who was khot when men. The m serfous = was renorted from the vicinity 1l points our fGress sue- z back the Inwaders. ts advanced onb mile In Riair distriet but were driven back. the Peech Croek district 'they ad- wvanced one mile and there 8igo were turned back. The furthest advhnece was the Peck Hill distriot Whers they Hewjrt Creel ere we also drove them badk > We have 1.200 men and; phvelar- 4 for reinforcements from vari- ois points including Bluefield, Willlam- ¥on. McDowell and Huntington, © “I have heard nothing of the fate of the deputies held prisoners (but I fear for them. That is all 1 can’ gay at this Thé announeement that | an appeal had been made o the fedleral govern- to hasten despatch of troops was made by officials at the court henss while the sherifft was talking to the Dewspaper men. MEN COLLECTING ON BASTERN SLOPE OF SPRUCE FORK RIDGE Logan, W. Va., Aug. 31— eontinued today g ' forces of armed men who had been eol'ecting on I:!‘ eastern slope of Spruce Fork Ridze and the thousand or mere deputy sheriffs and volunteers who 4ad heen called t» the aid of the officers of Logan county. De- spite President Harding's p-oclamation asking the armed men to disperse and mot violate the law one deputy sheriff of the armed men lost his life in clash. .A.“dk'l’ad!l]’ mr{aud points, mnal reports received hy Shi Don Chafitn of Lozan: county g Sherift Bill Hatfleld of McDowell col ty were to the effect that three otper had been killed in an TROUBLE BEYOND CONTROL White last April. outgrowth .of a feud of twenty years standing between the -Bafley and White was killed and others missing and one | \ered here in large number for the trial. {Due to the presence of state troopers sent here by Governor Mcrrow as a pre- was in- in the mountains and vfllag? 7 gun an creasing, that every man had some of them had two. TWO VOLUNTEERS AND ONE DEPUTY KILLED Huntington, W. Va.,, Aug. 31.—Two volunteers and one deputy were killed during the morning's Blair mountain, in eastern Logan coun- ty, according to a statement given to a engagement on Huntington néwspaDer by the office of Sherifft Don Chafin at Logan tonight. AT ASHEVILLE, N, C. Asheville, N. C., Aug. 31.—Conditions in and near Concord, an imporatnt tex- tile center, are again beyond control of the city and county authorities, Governor Morrison was advised Sheriff Carl Spears ‘Womble of Concord. requested to order the return of state troops to the posts from which they were withdrawn a few days ago. late today by and Mayor J. B. The governor was NEW BEDFORD MILLS RUNNING ON FULL TIME New Bedford, Mass. Aug. 31—An In- crease in the demand for cotton zoods is reported by mills Rere, quent stimulation of operations. The majority of the cloth mills in the ecity are now_running full time with most of the machinery in operation, the output being estimated at eighty to ninety per cent of normal. departments is reported must slower al- though one mill has started up a night #hift to take care of the orders received during the last few weeks. machinery installed in new mills is ready with conse- Recovery in the yarn When the mill hands say there will be a shortage of- skilled labor. e LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR , .FEUDIST JOHN BAILEY Mount Vernon, Ky. Aug. 31—John Bailey, mountain feudist who has been on trial for more than a’ week today wis found guilty -of murder and sen- tenced to imprisonment for ' life. Bailey. shot and Killed Beverly D. The tragedy was the amilies whose kin and clansmen gath- autionary measure, the trial was un: tful incinded the an-| * Bucow id a1 6 Among the List of Ger- irial Was Demanded by the Treaty of Versailles. - Berlin, Aug 31.—Field Marshal Count Karl” Von Buelow, who was comman- der-in-chief of the German second army during the war, died here today. Marshal Von Buelow, who was 76 years old, was cne of Germany’s lead- ing commanders during the war. He Was raised to the rank of field marshal on January 27, 1915, the 56th anniver- sary of the kaiser's birth, Marshal Von Buelow's name was among the list of Germans whose sur- render for trial wag demanded by the treaty of Versajlles. After his name Was published he declared publicly that the Germans whose names were on the list of those whose extradition was de- manded by the allies “only. did their duty to the Fatherland” and that ex- tradition was an ignominy to which ‘nn German' would voluntarily submit.” At that time the field marshal declared that he would never place himself at the disposal of the entente nations, and ex- préssed the belief that most of the com- manders named in the list would take & similar yiew. SENATE COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP REVENUE BILL Washington, Aug. 31.—Tariff questions had their last inning for several weeks before the senate finance committee to- day, and the committee made ready to take up the house revenue bill tomorrow. The tax measure will hold the center of the stage until final committee action has been taker and it is ready for the senate. Leaders said today it would be possible to complete committee action. in two weeks, although their plan contem- plates only haying the bill ready for sub- mission when the semate Teconvenes on Sept. 21. No open hearings on taxes have been announced, the committee, under present plans, intending to work wholly behind closed doors, discussing the subjects with tréasury officials and tax experts. Secretary Mellon has been asked to be present on Sept. 7. Little indication has been given as to what changes, if any, may be made in the house bill. The committee, however, will have for its consideration a few tax program announced vesterday by Senator Smoot, which he will seek to have sub- stituted for the house bifl. Assurance was given President Hard- ing -today by Senator Watson that the tax revision bill would be ready for con- sideration by the senate on reconvening and would be put through without delay. Senator Watson, who is a member of the finance committee, told the president also that the administration's railroad funding bill would be taken up by the senate immediately after the passage of the tax medsure, and after that would come the tariff. LONDON 18 HAVING UNEMPLOYMENT TROUBLES London, Aug. 31/(by the A. P.)—TLon- don municipalities are facing new and difficult social problems through the de- mands being made by the unemployed in various working class districts such as Woolwich and Poplar, where there are labor majorities of the local boards. The present demands insist that instead of the small amounts ordinarily paid by the hoard of guardians for what is known. as outdoor poor relief—eight to twelve chillines for a man and four to six shilfings for each child, where the man is unemployed—an amount virtual- 1y equivalent to what the man would receive for his full work shall be pald for himself, wite and children. As in some of these districts there are' from 20,008 to 30,000 unemployed. and at the end of July in addition to more than 54,000 inmates of workhouses and infirmaries, there were over 132,000 persons receiving outdoor relief it would be impossible for the municipalities to pay such demands without an enormous Laddition to the tax burden. Some of the boards, however, pos- sessing labor majorities, have been ac- ing on a generous. scale. Thus Isling- ton and Camberwell paying outdoor re- lef have been giving a man with six Iehfldren as much as 73 shillings week- Y. RECOMMENDATIONS BY ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN MILLER ‘Washington, Aug. 31.—Recommenda- tions that “provisions be made in forth- coming negotiations with Germany and teiwin fo_enable the alien property eustodian to obtain information in those counries for use in litigation pending in this country over property seized by the government during the war was made to President Harding today by Colonel Thomas W. Miller, the custodian. It is necessary in the best interests of the = government, Colonel Miller said, that American agents be afforded fa- cilities in both Germany and Austria for clearing up matters for former enemy owners and particularly with regard to a number of cases now pending before the courts. Formation of a policy to govern jhe ultimate disposition of seized German and Austrian property was discussed with the president, Colonel Miller recom- mending the withholding of enemy prop- erty until -satisfaction is made in con- nection 'with the $400,000,00 in Ameri- can claims against Germany. REPUBLICAN AND RED FLAGS FLOWN IN BERLIN Berlin, Aug. 31 (By the A. P.).—The dem}on!tfltion of loyalty to the republic, for “which preparations have been going on for some days, drew a crowd estimat- ed at 200,000 to the Lustgarten this af- ternoon. The approacheg to the old royal palace, which is now a museum, and teh steps of the cathedral and build- ings were thronged. Everywhere repub- lican and red flags were flown. Those who took part in the demon- stration preserved remarkable order and discipline, the police having left the main- tenance of ‘order to the organizers of the great = assembly. Considerable police forces were held in readiness in case of necessity, but their services were not requireds’ e S MONSTER DEMONSTRATION FOR REPUBLIC IN GERMANY Berlin, Aug. 31—(By the A. P.)—The monster demonstration in favor of the maintenarce of the German republic was carried out today peaceably and no un- i rd incident occurred. Elaborate | precautions had been taken because of | the ta exchangm.\rmng from the | of Mathias Erzberger last ceding to the demands in part and pay-| Senator Enrique Dal Valle Iberluces, leader of the Argentine socialist party, died at Buenos Aires. . Ten million children are starving in the famine region of Russia, according to bolshevik estimate. A campaign of the Ameriean Federa- tion of Labor for a membership of 5,- 000,000 will be launched on Labor Day. There has been mo' run attempted on the closed Mariner's Harbor - National Bank, of Staten Island, Chief Clerk Benton Cline announced. Grand 'jury investigation of the French-Worthington alleged $500,000,- 090" swindie will be opened Sept. §, it Wwas announced in Chicago. Affairs of the Shelton Bank & Trusf Company, which went into the hands of Former Governor Holcomb as receiver, Were wound up in superior court. Federal investigation of the Ku Klux Klan has been started in Chicago by John V. Clinnin, assistant district United States attorney. Abbe Joseph D. Villandre, cure of the Sacred Heart parish of North Attle- boro, Mass,, died at the hotel Lieu in Montreal, after a short illness, Organized shirtwaist and dress mak- ers of Philadelphia went on strike as a result of a dispute with manufactur- ers over a reduction in rates of wages. For the first time in its history, the Great Northern Irish Railway is com- pletely tied up by a strike of engi- neers and firemen. Tax payers were warned by the in- ternal revenue bureau against attempt- ing to reduce their tax payments by the use of “formulae.” Wounded world war veterans at the Parker Hill hospital, Boston, witnessed the first showing in Massachusetts of the Carpentier-Dempsey fight pictures. A ten months’ campa'gn for better en- forcement of the prohibition amendment was begun at Noblesville, Indiana, by the Flying Squadron Foundation, an In- diana corporation. A)_ estimate that $4,500,000 was paid by life insurance companies in death claimg from automobile fatalities during 1920 is published by the Insurance Press. Virtually all of the wreckage of the ZR-2, which fell into the Humber river last week, has_now been raised, ac- cording to Sir Frederick Young, a sal- vage expert. An abundance of fish Is reported from all points on the southern portion of the Labrador coast and numerous schooners are returning to Newfound- land ports with full cargoes. Spanish aviaters operating with = the forces oppasing rebellious Moers are conducting extensive explorationg of the plains_and mountains in. the troubled district in northeastern Moroceo, Twenty-five new cases of typhoid fever were reported from Burlington county to the New Jersey department of health at Trenton. Four deaths oc- curred. Oliver H. Showp, governor of Cole- rado, has sent letters to the governors of sixteen western states asking them to join with Colorado in effort to bring about a reduction of railroad rates. A solemn high reauiem maas, an of- fering by Miss Rosa Ponsella of the Me- tropolitan Opera Company to the mem- ory of Enrico Caruso, with whom she had sung, was celebrated in St, Joseph's church, Meriden. Miss Ponsella sang Pie Jesu and Face to Face. Crazed by palm from & compound fracture of the shoulder and with medi- cal aid 180 miles distant, Rev. W. Hay- thornwaite, Angelican rector at Mooss Factory, on James Bay, Ont., ended his suffering with a bullet. State prohibltion agents sided by pri- vate detectives in Atlantic City, raided many boardwalk cafes in what was ge- scribed as the greatest attempt ever made to make Atlantic City bone dry. Ths warrants served totaled 126. Thousands of famine aufferers in Trans-Caucasia, among them ~ many chiidren, are dying of cholefa, said a cabiegram received by the Near East Relief from Albert Johnson, one of its investigators. Conmumption of aleohelic drinks iIn Argentina, as shown by official figures, “is anormous,” Commercial Attache Edward F. Feely, at Buenos Aires, de- clared in a report to the commerce de- partment. Edna Townsend, fifteen-year-old orip- ple girl, who ran away in a wheel chair from her home in Baltimore to see New York, went back home with her father, John Townsend. of the United States Coast Guard Service. Grain shipments threugh the pert of Montreal are expected to break all rec- ords. This vear's shipments to date exceed 50,000,000 bushels. The record was established in 1914 when 75,361,- 828 bushels were exported: Rev. Canon Edgar Sheppard, for many years royal chaplain at Windsor Cas- tle, died in London at the age of 76 vears. He was chaplain to Queen Vic- toria, Jater to King Edward and Queen Alexandra and to the present roal fam- y. The passenger limer Secythis, latest addition to the Cunard line fleet, ar- rived in New York on her maiden voy- age from Liverpool. She registers 21,. 500 gross tons and can carry 2,200 passengers. R William B. Hayes, Jr., of Lookhaven, Pa, 17 years old, who entered Anna- polis Naval Academy this year, died from sn injury geceived in a boxing bout in the acadeny gymnasium on Aug. 20. - Census bureau anneunces pepulation of California is 75.4 per cent. native born while, 19.9 per cent. foreign born white, 2.1 per eent. Japanese, 8 per cent Chinese, 5 per cents Indian and 1.1 per cent. negro. — The exhibition motion pictures of the. Carpentier-Dempsey fight to wound- ed war veterans at the Parker Hill hos- pital, Boston, on Monday night will {slnss without action by federal authori- e, Gordon Nightingafs, the New ] shire College athlete whose long. dis- tance mn’:tmt‘i gained him an interna tional Teputation a vear % to be marri ?n' w or, L That It is a Violation of the ‘State Constitution — Vote Was Five to Two. ‘ Albany, N. Y, Aug. 31.—The court of appeals, by a vote of five to two, today held the soldier bonus act invalid on the ground that it violated Article VII, sec- tion one, of the state constitution, which prohibits lending the credit of the statas for the benefit of any individual, asso- ciation or corporation. Judge William S. Andrews wrote the prévailing opinion, which was concur- red in by Chief Judge Frank H, Hiscock and Associate Judge John W, Hogan, Chester B. McLaughiin and Frederick E. Crane. Dissenting opinions were filed by Judges Benjamin N. Cardozo and Cuthburt W. Pound. The majority of the court found mno objection o the act on the ground that it did not serve a public purpose. Re- viewing the history of the constitution prohibition against giving or loaning the state’s credit to any individual, the opinion of Judge Andre: ets forth that this clause represents “the triumph of efforts to prevent improvidence, to make useless the.pressure of special tn- terests, to safeguard the credit of the state and the interests of the people as a whol Great expendituree,” the opinon says, ‘may be lightly authorized if payment is postponed. To place the burden upon !ur children is easy. Nor do we scrut- nize so closely the expenditures to be made if that is done, We all recognize this tendency in private life. We incur a future oblization cheerfully where we would hesitate had we to pay the cash. It is true in public matters. The pres- sure which will come when the obligation matures is ignored. “Conscious of this human weakness, to guard against public bankruptcy, the people thought it wise to limit the legis- lative power. Tha courts must see to it that their intentions are not frus- trated or evaded. .ind this is 1172 even if the action quectioned seems to be ap- proved by the votcrs. One of the chief objedis of the constitution is protec- tlon of minorities against the hasty acts of the majority. The bonus act, according to the ma- jority of the court, is clearly a~sift of the credit of the state unless it i\ a payment of some ob'igation which the state owes. The court continues that the bonus is not the payment of an obli- gation to them from the state, The claim, the court holds, is a claim eseentlally against the federal govern- ment, a claim which the government rec- ognizes and in payment of which it pro- posed to appropriate an. amount esti- mated at between three billion and five billion dollars. Attorney General Charles D. Newton, who defended the constitutiona'ity of the statute, expressed the belief that the leg- Jislatures -of 1922 and 1923 wonld take action to amend the constitution so that the electorate might ratify a referendum in the fall of 1923 the proposed amend- ment that would overcome the barrier to the validity of the bonus law. It was said at the capitol tonight that plans were under consideration to raise by direct taxation the $45,000,000 esti- mated to be necessary for bonus pur- poses. e BELFAST TERRORIZED BY GUNMEN AND SNIPERS Belfast, Aug. 31.—(By The A. P)— Although the truce between the discora- ant factions is being completely observ- ed_throughout the remainder of Ireland, Belfast again today e:Nqrienced another period of terror from gunmen and snip- ers. As a result the death list was augmented by six, while thirty persons were injured, many of them seriously. Today's casualties bring the total death roll for the three davs of rioting to fif- teen. There probably have been one hundred persons more or less seriously injured, of whom numbers were non- combatant who luckless'y had ventur- ed into the streets Which were being swept by rifie and revolver fire. With ‘some quiet . intervals, resulting from the police putting snipers to flight, shooting persisted at various sections of the city from early morning until late this evening, Sometimes it became so dangerous as to necessitate the suspen- sion_ of the tramway service. Many workers were unable to reach their plac- es of employment. and returned to their homes, whi'e shopkeepers did not care toopen their stores, In gome of the disturbed . districts manufactories were compelled to close down for the day while owing to failure to open the shop: the-streets presented a deserted appear- ance. —_— PLIGHT OF AGRICULTURE NO WORSE THAN OTHER INDUSTRIES Washington, Ang. 31.—Agriculture is in.no more serious plizht than other in- dusiries as a result of the present de- pression, four vice nr ents of west- ern railroads declared today before the interstate sion at its hearing on the question of reducing freight rates on grain and hay. The officialy were Conrad E. Spens, of the cago, Burlington and Quiney; S. H. Johnson, of the Roek Island E. Woodworth- of the Northern Pacific and Edward Chambers of the Santa Fe. Freight vates, tha witnesses declared have. but iittle effect on business sen- erally, and &dvances in rates have never resulted in a reduction of traffic. Grain producers have made no appeals to the roads ‘for rednced freight rates, they added, all' such appeals having come from governmental officials or agencles. THRONGS OF MOURNERS AT FUNERAL OF ERZBERGER Berlin, Aug. 31 (by the A. P.)—The bod yof the late Mathias Erzberger, for- mer vice changellor, was placed at noon today in a mausoleum at Bleberach in the presence of a great throng. Spe- clal trains brought large numbers of mourners, Including several members of the Wurteemburg and Baden govern- ments, Chancellor Wirth, accompanied by President Paul Loebs of the Reichstas ‘Wwas at the graveside. The chancellor delivered- a speech in which he paid eloguent tribute to Herr Erzberger. A memorial chapel will be erected on the spot. 3 EXPLOSION AT PLANT OF BEACON OIL €O., EVERETT, MASS, “Everett, Mass, Aug. 31.—An explosion of undetermined origin blew off the tops of two large tanks of gasolene in pro- cess of refinemeg! at the plant of the ‘Beacon Company here today. Sev. ral employes, including Georze H. Hall, ‘burns about the I, 10 0F VAP CONTROVERSY Tokio Newspapers Report Advices Indicating That Points at Issue Between Japan and the United States Will Soon Be Settled—Japan to Exercise Mandate Over the Island —United States to Control the Cable Between the Is- lands of Yap and Guam—Washington Reports the Issue is Still Subject of Diplomatic Conversations. Tokio, Aug. 31 (by the A. P.)~The Japanese foreign office has received ad- vices, according to Tokio newspapers today, indicating tHat the points at i Sue between Japan and the ‘United States over control of the island of Yap Wwould soon be settled upon the follow- ing basis: First—The United States would reec- | ognize the Japanese mandate over the island. Second—The United States would con- trol the cable between the islands of Yap and Guam. Third—The cable connecting J; n. Yap and Menada, Holland, would be- set- tled on a basis of reeognition of Hol- land's rights thereon. The cabinet yesterday decided on an outline of Japan's policy at Washing- ton, ‘the Nichi Nichi says, whereby Ja- pan will insist “to the last” upon the exciusion from the agenda of the follow- ing accomplished facts: First, the Koanz-Tung leased tory ; second, the overation of the south Manchurian raflw: which will be returned ta China. accord- ing to previous declarations: fourth. the question of Yap. This outline will be submitted to the diplomatie advisery couneil. { The Chugai-Shogyo Shimpou belleves | that Japan will have difficulty in indue- in gthe powers participaing in Washington conference to ...rain from discissing matters solely affecting par- ticular powers, and accomplished facts in general. ISLAND OF YAP ISSUE SUBJECT OE DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS Washington, Aug. 31.—(By The A. P.) | —The question of adjusting- points af in the island of Yap is still the ject of diplomatic conversations be- tween th United States and Japan with 200d prospects of satisfactory settlemest, | It was said today al .he state depart- ment. No intimation, however,. was giv- en to probable basis of adjug- { men ‘ously it had been indicated that the cables would very possibly be dis- | tributed among interested powers suck | a5 “the United S {land. The quest recogn | Japanese mandate over the Is ever, it is understood, is still opem. SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN CONDITION OF BUSINESS Washington, Aug. ‘broad general busine: recovefs throughout the country are still lacking according to the review economic conditions d tonight by the federal reserve board. “Slight improvement,” the board said, “in some branches of foreign trade, fa 1y good agricultural yields and enlarge- ment of manufacturing demancs seem to point to a more favorable autumn sea- son, but the situation is mot such as to forecast any extensive or immediate re- vival of business in a large sense.” Heavy movement of a ultural prod- ucts to market, hastened by a revival of a fair export demand, the board de- clared, was the outstanding economic ac- tivity of the month. Taking up the employment problem, the board asserted that “large figures for unemployment have been transmitted to congress, but it should be that these figures are based on compari- sons With peak periods of employment in 1920, There are indications of increasing employment in various manufacturing in- dustries, but taken as a whole the em- ployment situation for the month of Au- from the preceding month.” In New England the board reported the leading industries, now fairly active, were not taking on any more employes, while the demand for skilled workers largely confined to the building t with practically no demand for unski labor. DOUBTFUL LOANS ON BOOKS OF THE HANOVER TRUST CO. Boston, Aug. 31.—More than $1,500,000 in loans which were on the books of the Hanover Trust company when it w: closed by Bank Commissioner Joseph C. Allen remains unpaid, the commissioner reported to the depositors today. Many of the loans are bad or of a doubtful value, he said. Assets totalling $1.400,000 have been liquidated during the year, the commis- sioner reported, and a payment of 50 per cent. to will be made immediately if pending ne- gotiations for the taking over of the Hanover by the Boston Naticnal bank fail. = The negotiations have been held up by court action instituted by the trustees of Charles Ponzi. The Hanover Trust company was the chief depository of Ponzi during the op- eration of his days” investment proposition. GOMPERS SILENT ABOUT RESIGNATION OF TOBIN Washington, Aug. 31.—Samue! Gom- pers, president of the American Feder- n of Labor, returning to Washington v after attending sessiong of the eration's executive council &t Atlantic City, refused to deny or ceafirm reports that Daniel J. Tobin, of Boston, presi- dent of the Teamsters’ Union, had tena- ered his resignation as a member of the council. ‘I can reports,” Teither deny or confirm the @id Mr. Gompers. The reports were that President Tobin offered his resignation yesterday after the execu- tive council, despite his opposition, adopt- ed a resolu bor to be willing to comsider a tation from the government to participate | Britain at midnight tonight, in the forthcoming unemployment con- ference. MRS. ALLIE BURCH GRANTED DIVORCE FROM A. C. BURCH Lawrence, Kansas, Aug. 31—Mrs. Allie Burch today was granted a divorce in district court here from Arthur C. Burch, jointly charged with Mrs, Mad- alynne Obenchain of the inurder of J. bY Belton Kennedy at Los Angeles. Burch is a daughter of Bishop W A. Quaile. Under the Kansas law the decree will become absolute ia six months. The divorce was granted on the ground of neglect of duty and abandonment for a period of more than a year. The suit was filed several months before the mur- der of Kennedy. Mrs. Burch was given custody of the four year old son. The plaintiff and her @ mother were the only witnesses heard. — am REDUCTIONS IN SaLARIES BY BRITISH GOVERNMENT London, Aug. 31.—With the techni- eal end of the state of war for Great there will come a cut in the wages and salaries of employes of the zovernment approx mating pounds steriing 500,000 , week- ly. The bonuses of civil servants, grhich have been based on the cost of living will be reduced considerably. The high- er grade of the Workers will lose from ten per cent. to fifty per cent, of thejr weekly pay._ Salaries under pounds ‘sterling 500 yearly will be reduced from remembered | gust appears to show but little changé’ savings department depositors | WARNING OF LAWLESSNESS BY AMERICAN BAR ASS'N cinnati, Aug. 31.—Commercial and leaders who scoff at the federal tion law are aiding The cause of nd promoting mob violence ople by the judicial section merican Bar associatoin. The people of the United States have | undertaken to suppress the age-long evil { of -the liquor traffic.” the statement said. | “When for the gratification of their ap- petites, lawyers, bankers, merchants and manufacturers and social leaders, both men and women, scoff at this law, or any other law, the¥ are aiding the cause of and promoting mob violence, and homicide. hey are sowing dragon’s teeth and they need not be surprised when they find {that no judicial or fblice authority ‘ean | Save our country or humanity frem reap- 5 the harvest.” The statement was issued after a large audience had listened to William Howard Taft, chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, urge measures ta reduce delay in the courts. He recom- mended appointment of eighteen new jques—lwo for each federal district—tc in clearing the dockets. | Introduction of a report by Elihu Reot, chairman of the legal education section, in the section’s afternoon session, aroused considerable controversy over the require- ments for admission to the bar. After a turbulent session, the repert was adopted and will be presented to the association tomorrow. It recommends two years' college and three years’ law schooling, to admit to the bar; in scheols ! S CHARGED WITH VIOLATION oF SHEEMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW w York, Aug. —A supplemen- indictment charging the Atlas tland Cement Company, eighteen othe rcorporations and 44 of their offi- cers with violation of the Sherman Amnti- Trust Law returned by the special fed- eral grand jury, August 6, was made public tonight by Federal Attormey Most of the defendamts are now out on bail on the origimal indiet- ment. They are members of the se- called ‘nertheastern group of cément | manufacturers and dealers emgaged in the sale and shipment of cement im Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. Mass- | achusetts, Rhoda Island, Connectient, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and New York. The sunplementary~ indictment alleged that the defendant throngh the Ce- ment Manufacturers Proteetive Assocla- n. were kept mutually informed of the | transactions of competitors in their group, according to the “Eddy Plan"-of so-called open competition. The gov- ernment claims that this method of do- ing business is a cloak for unlawful JlPRCflCEN WATER SUBSTITUTED FOR WHISKEY IN 100 BARRELS Phi'adelphia, Aug. 31.—United States treasury department agents came here today fo.investizate charges that water had been substituted for whisyey in 130 barrels consigned to the governmemt of Greece. Ths barrels containing the water, the azenfs said, are held in a bonded ware- house hers. All the seals and stamps required by law showing the liquer to have been placed in bond were declared to have been intact when inspected. The seals of the cars in which the 100 bar- rels were transported from the New Hel'em d ery in York, Pa., were also declared to have been unbroken when the guards attached to the customs ser- vice here supervised their removal to the warehouse, L e SECTIONAL OFFICERS OF AMERICAN BAR ASS'N Cincinnati, Aug. 31.—Elihu Root war re-elected chairman of the legal educatien section of the American Bar association today. The comparative law section re-eleeted all its officers, including Chairman Wil- liam Smithers, Philadelphia. . John P. Briscoe of Prince Fred Md., was elected chairman of the judicial section. Johr G. Price, attorney gensral of Ohio, was elected head of the atlociation of attorneys general. PASSAGE OF REATPORTIONMENT Washington, Aug. 31.—Congress preb- ably Will pass & reapportionment bill at the present session, Rep: ntative Mondell, of Wyoming, Jeader of the house announced today after' a conference With . the nresident. . The house hag before it a bill maintaining certain standards. LY EILL BY CONGEESS PROBABLN . 7