Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1921, Page 1

A3 of Her Friend, Miss Virginia Rappe—Arbuckle ¢ sel Has Secured a Continuance of the Case to Friday, ¢ “ | and the Prisoner Has Been Returned to His Cell—Those | . Who Attended the Arbuckle Party Are Being Question- Used Against the Action—Arbuckle’s Attorneys Ask the Public t Withhold Judgment. .~ Francisco, Sept. 12—Roscos ,C. ¥) Arbuckle, motion picture comedi- was formally arraigned in police here today on.a charge of murder connection with the death of Miss Rappe, motion picture actress, occurred last Friday following a in Arbuckle's rooms at the St. cis hotel last Monday. complaint against Arbuckle. the to be lodged against him_since 1 here from Los Angeles on was signed Mrs. Bambina a friend of the’ dead woman. compiaint, fade by volice of- s was for the purpose of ~holding comedian in custody pending further stigation i Vhen Arbuckle apheared before Judge Daniel O'Brien today he refused to talk the case. Through his. attorney .a nee to ¥riday was obtained and vrisoner was returned to .his.cell. sentatives of the district attor- = office continued their questioning of known to haje attended ‘the Ar- day-and from these dy stated, was ob- San Derby, Sept.’ 12-~A"motion picture “a theatré here which had a Roscoe Ar- buckle film booked for tonight, cancell- ed the showing and obtained = am®ther | film 1o {akel its place. 2 Portland, Maine, Sept. 12.—Managers of lecal motfon picture houses featuring Roscoe Arbuckle pictures announced to- night -a ‘cancellation of all such. films until the -outcome of the murder cha: against, Arbuckle. TO TAKE ACTION ON FILMS rnA!vn‘x'oAlosc?z ARBUCKLE ay Imont, first New . York, Sept. 12.—Officers of the Motion Picture - Exhibition lLesgue today Wwere summoned to meet here tombrrow to take action regarding gancetlation of films featuring/ Roscoe Arbuckle. 3 Jt was-staled at “the leazu's head- aqharters-that the'cal had been.sent -out after messages had been icceived- from numerous exhibitors. ¥ Joseph Levenson, secretaty of 'the state “board’ of motion pictare eensor- ship, said‘ the board did not contem- Plate any. action -against Arhuckls jch ~ will be used|tures. He declared that the law und L at his trial. Among | which. the board operates .rovides only S today was Mrs. Sidi|for censorship of pictures 2nd does not Wirt Spredkels, widow =~ of John D. | empower, the board to bar a picture be- B reckels, J ~|cause of any personal act of a member Mrs. Spreckels told the district at-|of the case. at she was informed over the {-ertone last Friday by Mrs, Delmont| JAPAN AND FRANCE FAVOR 1 the voung actress was in a serious IS v V! . on in a local hospital. ~ Mrs. Del- P AN NORLANY asked Mrs. Spreckels to_telegraph ‘Washington, Sept, 12—Japan and France raves formally given assent to the American proposal that Beigium and Holland, because of their. large inter- ests in the Orient, be invited to the dis- cussion of Far Eastern quistions at the conference on limitation of armament. Favorable responses from other powers are expected at the state department within ‘the méxt few .days, but mo form- al_invitations will go forward to the Lehrman in New York concerning ope’s condition. ‘ After the fele. m had been sent, Mrs. Spieckels ‘told listrict attorney that she called at and saw Miss Rappe. wreckels said she was not sure s Rappe recognized her, but she said Mrs. Spreckels: “Oh, to think that I led sych a quiet life and to think that I shoild get into such a party.” wter in the day Mrs. Spreckels said the returned to the hospital with an an- 7 the telegram she. had sent to n. On her arrival at tha hospital preckcla said the Rappe girl was = and the telegram was pot her. there' js unanimous agreement on the subjeet. While these negotiations are ing stata department officials are out the aititude. pants on what subjects are” to ba told the district attor-|sidered at-the conference. The -British-| n called on Dr. James | ambassador, Sir Auckiand Geddes, con~ yastor of the First Congregas | ferred with Secretary Hughes today, and church and asked him to offer | it is understood the problem of fram- rs for the dying givl. / 4ing a conference programme was consid- kels met Miss Rappe in this| ered, - although there was .no -indication id. that the embassy had received detailed instructions. from Lnadon or®that the secretary had formulated any definite, proposal on the part of the American government, Conferences of a similar nature have taken place between Mr. Hughes and other ambassadors, the intention being to_keep the negotiations in an informal phase until the views of ‘all the inter- ested nations have been more or less clearly defined, roceed- eling a cafe entertainer, was the office of the captain after it was learned that| ifed to Arbuckle's pafty. | d she went as far as the he hotel, but decided not to Arbuckle’s rooms. She met Mrs. he next day, she sald. and Mrs. ave her the details of the party alleged attack. ne into Miss Rappe's n late today Arbuckle's at- king cognizance of cancella- e showines of pctures in which n is the star, issued a state- king * the public to withhold ntil the court has rendered TWO BOMBS THROWN AT ey ADMIRAL MINORU SAITO Seoul, Korea, Sept. 12.—(By The ‘A. P)—An attempt upon the life of Ad- miral Baron Minoru Saito, the governor of Korea, was made by a Korean who threw two bombs at the rooms in the government building where. . Governor Saito. was assuming. his duties after his return from the country. The governor was not injured. % One-of the bombs landed in the ac- counts’ division, its explosion causing considerable damage, the missile breake ing ‘through the ceiingenlaoilictitaYulxP ing. through. the ceiling of the paymas- ter's department. B The other bomb, Which landed in the secretarial division. did not explode. The bomb thrower, who So fat has es- caped arrest, was. apparently - familiar with ‘the: general layout of the . govern. ment compound. The police have begun an organized search for ‘him, \l MARKS DOWN TO 0915 IN ~ FOREIGN EXCHANGE MAREET ment enys in part: 1 full knowledge of our position » torneys we assert that ‘Roscoe (Fat- t buckle is innocent of any and all nade against him in connection ¢ Miss VirgWia Rappe; of California will confidence in his innocence. apoeal to the comscience and the 1 of the American public to hoid in nee any judcment until the courts have determimed upon the zuilt or inno- conee of our ellent. We, with complete knowiedgo of all facts know that he js innocent " Arbuckle Wwill not be- is guilty_of |the -charge him. unffl proved in a inst t justice « manager of the Hotel St. Francis, Arbuckle had his suite was ord- oday to anpear hefore the district prohibition enforcement “officer | New York, Sept. -12.-~Cables from to be questioned resarding the liquor &aid | London and Paris intimating tnat Ger- to have been consumed by the Arbuckle |nfany may temporarily ‘dsfait fyrther party reparations payments 1o - the alliek foreced marks down,to 0.915 in ths for- eig nexchange marker today—the 1ow- est_quotation ever recorded in the. mem- ory . of Jocal foréign exchange dealers. | The further collapse of the German rate had an unfavorable effect 61 most other European exchanges, French ind Belgfan bills falling about 25 points with moderate weakness in Italian ex- change. ~ The. British rate was. steady most of the day but fell away to 3.71 5-8 for demand: bills after the ciose of the CANCELLATION OF ARBUCKLE PICTURES IS WIDESPREAD Providence, R I, Sept. e police commiseion Jrder today that no moving picture Youses in thig city should show any ' min which Roscoe Arbuckla appears Intll he is acqwitted ip connection with he death of Miss Virginia Rappe in Jan Francisco. No such pictures as it the mar-| are advertised to be ShOWN |ket, This represented a lcss of abont two cents In th PR TR s e pound sterling from last week's final figures, tructed Director Cortelyou, department of public safety, to - 1@ showing of “Fatty” Ar-|A FURTHER BREAK IN kle films in Philadelphia. PRICES IN COTTON MARKET Any further exhibition of such Nims view of the conditfons that New York, Sept. 12.—The cotton mar- ket today experienced another feverish day, an early advance being followed by a violent break m prices. October contracis sold off from 21,50 at the openirig to 19.50 where the deeline was checked by the maximurm fluctation'| rule. Later months showed losses. of from $8.50 to $8.90 per bale as com- pared with the early high-leyals. 2 The :Z_ect of Texas starm news which had “responsible. for Saturday's big advance was evident in- the gensational strength of Liverpool - before the open- ingof the American markets today bat private advices from the southwest were reassuring as to the extent of the ‘dam- age to eotton. * 3 z save arisen in San Francisco. - would lend at this time to offend public mor- M= and I a7 convineed the theatrical Ives will feel this way’ ut it.” the mayor wrote. " T am willing to put the meving ple- mre men upon their honor in this mat- ler. It there shou'd be any persistent Holation of this request, however. you fre authorized to take such steps in the mises as yvou think advisable” Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 12.—At a specfal’ peeting tonight of Buffalo theatre man- \wers, they voted to show no Arbuekle [ms until the murder charge against be comedian has been settled. Chicago, Sepf. 12.—Two theatre firms’ perating strings of moving picture wuses in Chicago, today cancelled :1' CALIFORNIA ALIEN POLL TAX LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL e, San Francisco, Sept. 12—The state alien poll tax la as wdeclared .unconstitu- tional today by the state supreme court mnouneed TRoseoe Arbuckle films ®id plctures of the comedian wou'd be Rid on the shelf for the present. Jersey City, Sept. 12.—No Roscoe Ar- mekle films will be shown here for the resend John Rentley, gommissioner of | in a unanimous decision which' held- that mblifkatety annonnced today. No the- | the mq » s i violation of the foii tres Wdvertlsed the comedian ay, | teenth amendment to &. ut a se that was to.have featnred §= tomorrow withdrew the plotuve. LS constitution and’ to Py Belgian and’ Dutéh governments untu | of the three republi of the other pm:{e.:- 9SS Lhe - "thre mlg ntifgple, Sept. 12—(By the A, sdbyery of a vast revolution- tinople is ahnounced ~London,Sept. 12.<The Sritish intelli- gence: department at Constantinonle ‘has iscovered a plot, organized and sub- sidized from Angora, the Turkish na- tionalist “capital, to foment a revolution at Constantinople, according to Reuter dispatches, It was planned to spread disaffection among loyal Indian troops and assassinate the leading .allied officers. Seventeen desperadoes, it is reported, were brought | $o Constantinople: to. carry out the. mur- ders. - The British authorities have de- manded the arrest of those implicated. A e A VETERANS’ BUREAU THE g “FOOTBALL ' OF POLITICS™ Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 12.—Dr. Haven Emerson, medical advisor of the Vet- erans’ Bureau at Washington, charged in a speech before the Mississippi Val- ley conference :on tubercalosis here to- night that the newly organized Veter- ans' Bureau was “being made the foot- ball of politics” and announced that he had tendered his resignation as med- ieal adviser, effective. Sept. 15. “Plumbers’ and policemen,” Dr. Emer- son declared, “are befwg substituted for scientific - medical menx -in ther soldiers’ bureau at Washington,” which he said had ‘been taken away from the public health service and was beinz handled as: a political organization much after the fashion of Grand Army of the Re- public po’ities, “Unnecessary salaries to the extent of $500,000 a year' Dr. Emerson de- clared, “are beinz distributed for politi- cal patronage.” . . Lack of cooperation on the part of ex=service ‘men _ themselves is affording the greatest handicap to’ government ef- forts to care for tubercular exegola'ers, Dr. Emerson said. _ “We find patients eager to be found sick, grateful for declaration that they are worse, hopeful of continued disa- bility, resenting attempts to persuade them that the will to win against dis- ease is tantamount to recovery, clinging to/ any straw that wi'l permit them to stay on the hospital roster, indifferent to truth if the monthly check can he in- creased, ‘reckless in their expenditures for luxuries and gambling and the vices of drugs and liguor,” he added. RESULT OF RFPUBLICAN °~ ~ PRIMARIES IN WATERBURY ‘Waterburyg Corn,, Sept. 12.—All pres- ént .républican “city office - holders were renominated at the republican city con- vention tnoight with the exception of City” Clerk” C. B, TomKWmson and two ican aldermen whose ; - expire ar. The. -ticket St. Germain. S For Waasor, Wiliam H. Sandland; for | =i city. qJérk, Charles Spain in ‘place of Charles B. Tomkinson, the present city clerk; for' city controller, Elmer E. Patker; for. tax collector, F. C. Bauby; for’ city “shériff, Robert Stone. Alderman “A. A.7 Ashborn, defeated in the primaries by Mayor Sandland for the' momination ‘for mayor, was renonw inated as alderman, and Attorney Carroll Hincks and Frank Pepe were nominated for ‘aldermen’ in place of Alderman Charles A. Templeton. the lieutenant- governor,. and ° Alderman R. E. Day, whose 'terms expire this ,year. Robert Palmer was renominated for town clerk for the seventh time. 4 50 DEAD IN TEXAS FLOOD EXCLUSIVE OF SAN ANTONIO Dallas, Texas, Sept. 12.—Partial res- toration of communications throughout the flood stricken section-of central Tex- as, brought the list of dead, exclusive of the dead of S4n Antonio, to fifty. The figures are based on unconfirmed’ re- ports. and revision downward is. proba- ble when wire conditions permit accurate Teports to come. through. That the heavy rain storms that caus- ed the eentral Texas streams to go on a rampage extended far into Mexoco was learned today when Browns- ville reported the Rio Grande broke through the city levee at Matamoros, Mexieo, opposite Brownsville early to- day-and ‘flooded a large section of the town.: No:damage was reported on the Ameri¢an side, 5,000 ON STRIKE IN OIL "FIELDS ‘OF CALIFORNIA Bakersfleld, . California.\ Sept. 12.—Eight thousand oil workers in_the fiields of the San Joaquin Valley, California, struck at midnight because operators refused to enter jnto agreements with the union, R. H. Frazer, vige vresident of the- Cali- fqrzla( district council of the Oil Workers’ union, announced. The strike: does not. involve the work- ers of the Standard Oil Company and the Royal Dutch Shell company. The Stand- ard does not recognize the union and the Shell company recently signed a memo- randum of terms with the -union. GOV'T SELLS RAILROAD TRUST CERTIFICATES Washington, Sept. 12—Sale at par.and accrued interest of $7,500,000 par value of “railroad equipment trust ecrtificates held by the. government, with the ap- proval “of . President Harding was an. nouneed today by “Director Gereral of Railroads Davis, .The certificates were bought by Kuhn, Loeb and Company, of New York, through the war finance corporation which “handled the sale for the railroad administration. COPIES OF PEACE' TREATY ' BETWEEN U. 8. AND GERMANY —— ‘Washington, Sept. 12.—One of the two copies of the peace signed by the United ates .and Gérmany at Berlin August was received at the state department. I¢Y was . brought to. America by Hugn R. Wilson, secrefary -of the American commission to- Germany.: The treaty is printed ‘in -English and German in the usual form of parallel texts. 2 SALE OF REVOLVERS IS 5 PROHIBITED IN BOSTON ton, /Sevt. 12.— By a vote of 5 to 3, the city~ council today voted to re- voke all licenses for the sale of pistols and slvers -in Boston. This action waé taken, the ‘members ‘said, because of several ' recent fatal shootings, . The’.minority protested on_the ground that thé action. was illegal and ineffective, Tmmediately: after:this action’ the council voted to graiit -the abolication of a local dealer to handle fi.e arms. sd | wotk in Constan " Peace virtually was restarel in Hardin ‘County fiuorspar mining district, the first anniversary. qf the calling of the strike. Y IR a . Western Sixteen firement slightly injured i Merchant Storage delphia. - weze a $150, ‘Warehouse, of Phila- Reports recieved by Londen papers from Moscow. and Petrograd says “Red ©rrov” and wholesdle executions cong tinue., VAN s Three persons were killad and three injured near Norristown, Pa.. when the Allentown Electric/ limited train srtuck a taxicab, completely demolishing it. Employesy of the New York ~navy yard organized a saving and loan associ- ation known as the New York Navy Yard Savings and Loan Association. Hawail has ‘asked that a pillar repre- senting the territory be inclufled in the Hall Rememb National Found{lticm will build shortly, Gerhart Hauptman, German dramatist | avereaged nearly 40 miles an hour. and poet, will be a candidate for prési- ident of Germany, = against Ebert, his friends *annouice Drenching rains and wintry weather and snow in . several. areas . throughout | promptu reception while the otners rest- the provinee. o Saskatohewan are re-led.in a hotel, before taking. the ferry ported to have haited harvesting and|to Staten Island where the motor trip threshing - op¢ S. Society of the Fifth Divisios jzed by the -doughboys & of that. unit while it was still part of the American army of occupation, held it first annual regnion at Philadelphia. 4 Traffic on the tracks of “the New York, Ontario and Westérn railroad in ‘Weehawken ~was held up, for half an hour through an engine striking an open switch and overturming. No one was injured. 2 & The United States naavy swill be rep- resented at the celebration of the 100th anniversary of five Central American republics, to be held in Guatemala C:ty, Sept. 12 and 18. Thomas “D. Nelsom, secretary and treasurer of the Kosciuszko Oil & Gas Co. of New Yark, was arrested on a charge f misappropriating $10,000 and $500 wortn of Polish liberty bonds, Marquis Milford Haven, better known as Prince Louis Battenburg, the man ws)\o bottled up the German fleet at the beginning of the war, died suddenly of heart failure in London. : Tncensored dispatches from Madrid state that the Spanish forces have com- menced their offensive in Moroceo. With 22,000 troops the Spaniards left Melilld" in’ two columns heading south_and west. Regular Hungarian treops have reoccu- vied Burgenland, the srtip of territory between Hungary adm Austria, which was awarded to Austria by of Referring to teports printed in Ger- man\newspapers to the effect that Swed- en is on the point of = quitting "the seague of mnations, the Swedigh foréign office " gave categorical denial of ‘them. Vault of the Bank .of Draper,. near Pulaski, Va.,, was opened by hurglars who escaped with everything of value, imcluding an undetermined amount of cash and $10,000 in bonds. ST Reoresentative Thomas S. Butler of Pennsylvania, ‘is certain the forthcom- ing - conference on limitation of arma- ments nad Pacific and Far Eastern will be a success. Former Emperor- Wilhelm has given his consent to the 'publication of the thind volume of Bismarck's memoirs, after many years of suppression, it be- come known in Berlin. . American dollar has supplanted the English pound in payment of Portuguese import ‘duties, according to repdrt from United States consul at Lisbon to the department at commerce. An extensive educational campaign during the week beginning Oct. 30. will be carried on by the American Society for the control of cancer, it was an- nounced. s The condition of United States Sena- ator Phipps, of Colorado, recently. ope- rated on at Flower- hospital for:appendi- citis, was reported to be “very satisfac- Oliver P. Robinson, 50 years old, chief | immigration .inspector of Ogdensburg, N. Y., committed suicide by shooting” him- €elf through the head. - The act was at- tributed to worry over his duties. Part of the supposed buried treasure of Jean Lafitte, the .pirate, -has been found in the vicinity of Jefferson Island, thé- home of the. late Joseph Jefferson, and excitement in -that neighborhood ‘is at faver pitch, according to - reports from the south Louisiana coast. Resolutions protesting ~ against “in- Justices which are being impesed upon navy yard -employees in the guise cf economy” were adopted by a mass meet- ing of 6,000 workmen from the Wash- ington navy yard which met to, consider the reduced wage scales Tecently ap- proved by Secretary Denby. An attempt on the life of Selectman Albert T: Allen, of Prospect. Cgnn.., was made by two unknown men. Allen was about to enter his home when two shots were fired, one bullet ~ narrowly missing him. : Attorpey General - Daugherty an- nounced, , establishment of a _ training school in New +York for government de- tectives as a part of the reorganization of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice. . 2 Official announcement was made a¢ Vienna that in pursuance of the recent | communication from the allies prohibit- ing employment of -Austrian. troops ‘in the occupation of West Hungary, Aus- tria withdrew the troops -and-evacuated that territory, B TN - Charles F.< Summerlin, American charge d'affairs, ‘with. all- members of his: staff nd _the : British -minister, were absent when President. Obregon ‘formally opened the centenary. celebration of Mex- ican lndemmwith- - - ‘reception te my ers of ' resident. dipl . Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristel, United States. high ‘commis&ioner in Turkey, has adgressed a letter-- of protest. to Axyeriean; Réd Cross at Washington as résult of the. report that®the committee” intends’ “to sc tinbpde. nce, ‘which the Woman's iday's President | was made, a hundred or more schcol _organ- | Mayor Hylan who received its members the | Sheehan, 24, “of- on a8 a | late today at the : axecutive { Derby FEleetric and’ Gas company when | Giscontinue ity he received a ot - . on a transformer, New, York, Sept. 12<—For the . third time since his inauguration last March, President Harding was in New York to- night after motoring fromn the Sea View Golf club near Atlantic City, a distance of about 120 miles. The president’s visit here, he explained after arriving at the:Ritz Carlton Hotel, was merely a continuation of his short golfing and vacation trip. The president ‘and Mrs. Harding attended a popular musical comedy tonight sharing their box with Henry P. Fletcher, inder secretary of state, Mrs. Fletcher and Mr. and Mrs. George Van Fleet of Iarion, Ohio. Despite a drizzling rain-that fell dur- ing the first 50 miies of the trip, Presi- dent Harding apparently enjoyed the motoring. Over roads for the most - part of gravel or macadam, the presidential party of four automobiles At Perth Amboy, where a short stop children and ryny of their elders lined the streets ~and waved flags as the party passed. Mr. Harding heid an im- was resumed. At St. George -the party was met by on the municipal ferry boat Queens. As it crossed the harbor to Manhattan the presidentjal pennant at the masthead of the ferry attracted the attention of river and harbor craft which blew their whistles in gresting. President and Mrs. Harding, who made the trip in the boat pilot house, waved back and the presi- dent frequently raised his hat in ac- knowledgment. After dinner in their apartment, Pres- ident and Mrs. Harding and their trav- eling _companions " left for the treatre withodt holding any formal reception al- thcugh Mr. Harding stopped frequently to shake hauds ith admirers. Mr. Harding reserved until aftef the treatre decision on his further plans. The yacht Mayflower is in readiness at the New York navy yard, should he de- cide to return at once to Washington in- stead of following his original plan for devoting tomorrcw to golf. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander P. Moore of Pitsburgh and Secretary of Commerce Hoover joined the presidential party at the theatre. During the intermission. the president stood up and waved to Senator Brandagee of Connecticut and Representative Nichclas ~Longworth of Ohio, who were in an adjoining box. The president plans to arise early in the morning and motor to Brook#yn where he will board the Mayflower at the navy yard. ~After a short’ cruise up Long Island sound, the presidential party will land at some point aleng the north ‘short and motor to the Piping Rock. golf club. The president plans to return to the Mayflower in the after- ‘neon and cruisé about New York™ water nugll. Wednesday, starting ~hack . for TWashington Wednesday evening. $600,000,000 IN TREASURY | NOTES FULLY SUBSCRIBED Washington, Sept. 12.—Secretary Mel- lon’s offer of $600,000,000 in treasury notes a ndcertificates dated September 15 has been fully subscribed treasury of- ficials said tonizht. Preliminary reports did not indicate the amount of the over- subscription but the- results of the gov- ernment’s financing were. considered very satisfactory by the treasury. \ The condition of the money market indicated by the absorption of the heavy issues of government securitfes at re- duced - interest rates, high officials de- clared, might mean the possibiity of a further reduction in federal reserve re- discount rates. ePREPARING LAST TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN VICTIMS OF ZR-2 New York, Sept. 12.—Comrades in arms today were preparing to pay their last tribute to the American officers and men who plunzed to their death witn the ill-fater dirigible ZR-2. The British cruiser Dauntless will bring the bodies of the 16 American sail- ormen to the New York navy yvard from England ne: Friday afternoon. There American blue jackets will receive thear own dead and the following afternoon will accord them the full naval honors due those who gave their lives in the line ofiduty. A fleet of destroyers, aircraft and pos- sibly seyeral battleships will put out from the base at Newport, R. L, and es- cort the Dauntless into port. —_—— AUCTIONS OF UXEMPLOY!ZD PROHIBITED IN MARYLAND Baltimore, Sent. 12.—Auctions of the unemployed, proposed . to be startel m Baltimore today, will not ve permitted by either state or city officials. This was announced tcday just as a crowd of jobless seaf: men wert preparing to hold a on the ety hall plaza. 3 Governor Ritchie ~ teleohoned from Annapolis to - Police Commiss.oner G the® forbidging the auction. He de- clared that the idea cou'd not be toler- ated, adding that “no man's: services ¥hould be offered in this state in a way which would violate the s:f.respect of the American working man. UNITED DRUG COMPANY PASSES COMMON DIVIDEND sate Boston, Sept. 12.—'|e direptors. of fthe United Drug Company today pass- ed the current 2 per cent quarterly divi- dend on. its common shares. The 1% per cont, quarterly dividends on the first- preferred and 1% per cent. on tne second prefered were declared as usual. Reason for passing the. common diy- idend lay in shrinkage of the cpmpany’s profits which accompanied marking down its inventories June 30 last to market prices or lower, in conformity with gen- STATE OF WAR S Riga, Sept. 12—(By the A. P.)—The Russian Soviet government has declared a state of war in Bessarabia in the Rumanian frontier zone. . According to the Rosta News Agency Leon .Trotzky, tH& Bolsheviki minister of war, has gone to the Ukraine, appar- etnly i cannection with the reported mo- bilization of Rumanian or anti-Bolshe- viki troops recruited in Rumania. At Zhitollfr, according to the Trotzky staid: *“We want 'peac those who want to penetrate Russih ore- ibly will collide with the armed Red fighters.” Rosta. but Because of the Mobilization of Rumanian or Anti-Bolshevil | Troops in the Rumanian Frontier Zone—Leon Trotzky Bolshevik Minister of War, Has Gone to the Ukraine— Gives Warning That Those Who Want to Penetrate Rus- sia Forcibly Will Meet Armed Red Fighters. Insurection in White Russis London, Sept. 12—White Russia is the scene of an insurrection agains:’the So- viet authorities, says a Warsaw dispatch to the Daily Mail. The treuble bégan, it is said, as 2 resylt of forcible food levies by the Bolsheviki The inhabitants of tnis section < Russia fought to protect their supples, and the insurrection ® declared to be sp-eading. Bolshevik commissars are being con- stantly murdered, the dispatch declares, and the oviet authorities are fighting the insurrection by all posisble means, thera being a number of mass executions re- ported. -_— — FOUR MAJOR PROVISIONS OF HOUSE TaX BILL APPROVED 2—Two of the the house tax bill were approved today by the senate finance committee. One fixes the max- imum income sur-tax rate at 32 per cent, as compared with the present 63 per cent., and the other increases by $500 the exemption allowed to. heads of families having net incomes of $5,000 or less and by $200 the exemption al- lowed on account of each dependent. Ghairman Penrose announced that the committee would vote tomorrow on the effective date of the repeal of the excess profits tax. Even those sena- tors favoring Secretary Mellon's propo- sal to make the repeal retroactive to last January 1 were of the opinion that the committee ‘would accept the house provision for repeal as of next January 1. Shou'd the house date be approved, it was said the committee probably would approve repeal of all of the transpor- tation tax as of mext January 1 and most of the other tax repeals provided for in the housa bill. Secretary M: lon’s proposal for retention of the trans- portation - levies next vear at one-half the present rates and the restoration of a tax .on cosmetics, perfumery and proprietary medicines were predicated upon retroactive repeal of the profits tax. In voting to reject Secretary Mel- Ton's proposal that the maximum income sur-tax rate be reduced to 25 per cent., the committee took under considera- tion a treasury plan to reduce the rate in each of the income sur-tax brackets by one per cent., so as to lighten the taxes- on those having Mtomes of lags thar, $68,000 a year as well as those Wwhose incomes exceed that amount. Several new taX nroposals are to te ‘pretented to the committee, but Chalr- man Penrose sald it had been decided to ‘have a final vote on the ™ill n-xt Friday so as to give the experts time in which to. nut the measure in shape for presentation to the senate when congress recomvenes on September 21 If necessary the committee will h night sessions, Chairman Penrose . The question of the amount of the in- crease to be made in the corpocation ir- come tax as an offset to the repeai of the excess profits tax has fot yot been reached by the committee. The hruse bil! fixes the total ap 12 1-2 per cent., instead of the 15 per cent. recommend- ed by MF. Mellon, and the opinlen to- day at the capitol seemed tc be that the heuse rate would be acceptsd if elimination of the nrofits tax were put off until next January. Senator Penrose said tuls and the other lesser changea raommended could be disposed of within 2 few hours after the committes had decideld on the very imnortant question of the date of the profits tax repeal. Hea sail that personally he was willing to make the date. retroactive. The chairman also sta‘>d that he w: hoveful that the tax bi'l couid be » through the semate without any great delay. —_— CHICAGO BUTLDERS PROTES REHEARING BY LANDIS Chicago. Sent. Construciton Employer: the Associated B Association and TS protested today to- Judge K. M. T inst his' deti- sion to grant a re-hearing on September 21 of his recent arbitration decision re- ducing the wages of building empl approximately 12 1-2 per cent. and vising ‘their working agreements. They ked that the re-hearing be postponed until employves who struck in protest against the decision return to work. Meanwhile Thomas S. Kearney, presi- dent of the Building Trades,Council an- nounced that all union men were to “stick to their guns” until after their readjustment pleas had been heard. Oth- er union officials urged their men to re- turn to_work, but despite this there was an almdst complete prostration of build- ing operations. LATEST REPORTS OF FLOOD DISASTER IN SAN ANTONIO San Antonio, Sept. 12.—The loss of lfe In the San Antorio flood will not exceed fifty and the loss'and damage to property wil! not exceed $3,000,00, Mayor C.. B. Black said in a statement to “The Associated Press today. “The majority of the reports have been_exaggerated,” he said, “and es mates have been made without investi gation. 1 am sure that loss o. life and property wiil come’ within the figures I have named.” SPANISH TROOPS AIDED era ldecline in values since the first of the year, Louls K, Liggett, president, explained. KILLED OPENING A BOTTLE OF KETCHUP ‘Warren, R. I, Sept. 12—While Samuel Boeéninger, 50, was ,opening a ketchup bottle at his dinner fable here today, the container exploded. A triangular bit of glass was driven into Mr. Boenigerq's throat and he died a few hours later. MAN ETLLED IN DERBY WHILE WOREING ON TRANSFORMER Derby, Conn,, pt. 12.—Francis nia, | was | killed, iwer plant of th heavy shock while working “ BY SPANISH WAR VESSELS Madrid, Sept. 12, By The A. P)— THe Spanish. forces i nthe Melilla zone in Morocco, after a brilliant operation in’ their- new offensive against the rebel- lious . Moorish tribesmen, have occupied the line of Rasquiviana-Zoco-Arbaa, says an official statement of the fighting is- sued today. - The troops were assisted by Spanish war yessels. DENIES DISCOVERY OF PORTRAIT OF CERVANTES _Madrid, Sept. 12—Father Nemesio Is- idore Sanchg, curate of the parish of Ks- quivias, near Toledo, declared today that the recent announcement of the discovery, of an_original portarit of Cervantes at Esquivias was_a fabrication. He- diza. vowed the connection of his name wit the original . telegram announicng the discovery ot.nu alleged portrait, 12.—Both the Building | | for lable to see Babe Ruth Hat D. J. TOBIN RESIGNS FROM A. F. OF L. EXECTIVE COUNCIL shington, Sept. 12.—Daniel J. Tobin, president of the International Brother- hood of Teamsters, has resigned as treasurer and member of the cxecutive council of the American Federation of Labor and his resignation will be acted on by the executive council at a meeting November 14, according to the current issue of Labor, a weekly paper published by sixteen railroad labor organizations. agreement with President Gompers the federation 4s to representation the. forthcoming unemployment con- ference was the cause of the resignation, the article says. Reports of Mr. Tobin’s resignation have persisted since the recent meeting of the executive council at Atlantic City but both he nad President Gompers have declined to confirm of deny them. Mr at Tobin has been treasurer of the federa- tion since /1917 and was re-elected at the recent onvention: at Denver. cident which led to Tobin's fon, the article says, oceurred at ity during the closing sessions il there. President Gompers, the article adds, suggésted that if an invitation were extended him to to rep- resent labor at the Harding unemploy- ment conference that he be authorized to attend as. representative of the federa- tion. Mr. Tobin is quoted as having de- cl:::ov.l that he was not in favor of more talk. “We are, sdffering from too meh talk In Washington,” the article credits Mr. Hobin as having declared. “What the unemployed want- work, not more talk. There has been too much running to see Secretary of Labor Davis, too mch kow- towing to an administration that is un- friendly to labor. In my opinion the sooner labor officials quit catering ta the administration the better it will be for everybody. “I am not in favor of geng into a con- ference that may inclde in ifs makep persons from dual outlaw movements. Nor am I in favor of going into a conference made up of government officials and so- called public spirited citizens, who will join in a declaration to make it appear lha:lnr';anizvd labor is the cause of un- employment and use it force i w0 e it as a club to Tobin's . motion was defeated whereup- on he submitted his resignation and left the meeting, the aritcle in Labor declares, —_— POIGNANT REGRET FOR FAILURE TO SEE BABE RUTH IN ACTION New York, Sept. 12, former British —Sir J5in Simon, ; = secretary of state for nome affairs, carries a poignant regre back to England when he sails on the He hasa't beem in action Speaking today of his five weeks' vie it to the new world—during which he attended the Américan Bar Associaticn convention in Cincinnatt and the Ca- nadian Bar Association assemblage in Ottawa—Sir John said: “We're sailing tomorrow snd it's too Aquitania tomorrow. or what?” he was asked. ‘To see your—er—er Babe- Ruth per form.™ . Sir John was tendered a farewell dinner tonight by the New York Bar Association. e s 3 CRIME WAVE SWEEPING THE TOWN OF PROSPECT “;2}"1\11 Sent. 12—A mysterious shogling affray tonight, a hold-up and twp thefts are the latest develonments in’ the crime wave that is sweeping the staid old town of Prosrist. So terror stricken have the inhdbitants become that they are waiting fro daylight to in- vestigate the shots that were heard toe night: about half a mile from Prospect Center. A milk mzn was ehid up, hig clothes rified and some milk taken.. Thieves stole 150 chickens from the farm of Merritt Walter, a former state po- llqeman. while he was investigating an- other thief. ~ A truck Toad of farm pro- duce was taken from another farm. A number of constables have been-appoint- ed and helping the state police has bsen asked. SPURIOUS $§10 BILLS IN CIRCULATION IN HARTFORD Boston, Sept. 12.—Warninzs ts leok out for counterfeit $10 oills, mads by pasting 5 bills numbers ~10" sal- vaged from waste paper of banks and other mercantile establishments hand- ling bank note paper, were issued to- day by the Fedcral Reserve Bank of Boston. The spurious paper has beea in circu'ation in Hartford, Conn., it was said. DISTRIBUTION OF BREAD IN REUSSIA IMPERATIVE Riga, Sept. 12.—A radio despatch re- ceived here from Moscow.says the Amer- ican relief administration on its arrival in Samara'sent a despatch to Herbert Hoover saying that #.mine reliet should not suffer the siightest delay and- thaf immediate distribution of bread was nec- essary, s LIGHTNING BURNED RA AND 1,400 HEAD OF SHEEF Danville, Ilis., Sept, 12. — Fourteen hundred head of sheep were burned to eath Sunday morning when lightning struck-a large stock barn’ on the E. G. Stephens farm, - near Muncie, - Il'tpols. Three thbusand head of sheep n:o in the -barn, but volunteers succeeded 1600, of the animals t0 ataizys P