Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 11, 1921, Page 1

== VOL. LXIll—NO. 247 letin NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1921 SENATE PASSED THE B0 PANAMA CANALBILLA7T037 iFor Tolls Exemption of American Coastwise Vessels Passing Through the Canal—Twelve Democrats Voted For the Bill and Seventeen Republicans in Opposition—Senator Brandegee Cast a Negative Vote and Senator McLean Was Paired Against the Bill—Test Vote in Committee Tax Revision Bill Resulted 5 to 4 For the Compromise Program—Senator McLean, Who Has Opposed the Com- promise, Was Abser ‘Washington, Oct. 10.—The Borah bill tolls exemption of American coast- wise vessels passing through the Panama nal was paseed by the senate today, to 37. The measure now goes to the se, where it is expected it will be bject to ind delay in considera- at least until after the conference tation of armament. Before proceeding to a final vote the senate rejected w out a roll call two substitutes offered by Senater King, to ihorize the president to negotiate for bitration of the tolls question and to appropriate £2,000,000 as a subsidiary for American vessels using the canal. De- ate on the Borah pronosal disclosed a in party ranks, opponents declar- nz the bill was nopportune while Sen- r B h declared he had talked with President Harding and Secretary Hughes 1 they did not share such views. . Twelve demacrats voted for the bill the 15l call while 17 republicans vot- n opoosition, so that the democratic support 1-as regacded the determin- 1z factor. Democrats who gave their support to the hill were: Ashurst, Arizona; Brussard, Loulsiana ; Mississippi: Kendrick, Wyom- Ransdel!, Touisiana: Reed, Mis- sour! son, Arkansas; Shields, Ten- nessee ey, Ken Underwood, Alabama: Walsh, Masachusetts; and Waish tana s voting in opposition were: Conn.; Colt, Rhode Island Vermont ; Frnst, Kentuck : Kenvon, To Keyes, New Lodge, Massachuset Tlinois: MeC umber, North Da ta: McKinley, nesota; New, Tndlana: Spencer, Missou- South Dakota; Wadsworth, and Warren, Wyoming. er republicans. Dupont, Dela- nd MeTean. Connecticut, were inst the biL In referring to "» armament conferemee, Senator Bo- rah said he did not understand that this conference will fnvolve the United States bartering away any substantial right. “T have talked with those most re- sponsible for and concerned ih the con- ference! he added. “T have had a full understanding and discussion. The fpars expressed are mot shared by them.” Senator Lodge was among those who alsed the anestion of the armament con- rence. Heé admitted that the United States had the Jegal right to pass the Il but sald that tMere were ‘potent n<" against action at this time, in w of the coming conference. Serator “ormick expressed similar sentiments, the senate's aetlon would “give conferees” and "rebuff the and friendly and generous feel- foreten delegates. Arbitration was the course nrged by rs Lod, Willlams, and others s r Wadswor republican, New to present a motion to re- hill but Vive President ed t the agreement for i required a vote nator Ashurst dur- = dehate sted an amendment to ¥ r that the tolls ex- m he confined to “American “exclusively” In coast- ut did not offer it. Rorah, In closing the dlscus- n. said his hill would be merely a con- of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. rtains a disputed clause to glve °s to vessels of “all ma- ons" with the British contending that not authorize free tolls or even beidiaries for American coastwise The last officlal declaration on the was the Wilson bill of 1914, re- free tolls bill passed late in the Taft administration, Senator Bo- rah said, addtng that it was p that there should be a lat- claration to give force to the Amer- position In event of arbltration. Senator Borah said, would ay for Great Britain to ask which, he added, probably 4 result The repu lican platform pledzes for was emphasized by Senator h and also Senator Willis, who nom- 1 President Harding at the Chicago ention. Mr. Borah said the presi- al cabinet declared often for free tolls and added: “And notwithstanding the submarhing has been going on, the president not changed his mind. Senator Ashurst urged democrats to ep the pledge” of the Baltimore dem- tic convention, which favored free »s. Senator Pomerene, wha opposed the bill, declared the Baltimore plank did not “ represent the real sentiment” of the convention and added that the Borah bill wond “barter awa or of the country for a shi ater legislation. Senator Rorah clared, stating he wonld advocate reg- wlation of a tolls subsidy by the interstate commerce commission or some other trl- bunal SENATE COMMITTEE 5 TO 4 IN TEST VOTE ON TAX REVISION on, Oct. 10.—The republi- nise tax revision programme ‘was approved teday by a majority of the n abers of the senate finance esmm eports from the commit- tee room were that the vbte was 5 to 4, with one opponent, Senator McLean, of abeent. The first test wote on the compromise, which was an outgrowth of a threaten t #~ainst the original bill by re- jcan semators In the agricultural was said to have been 5 to 4 ainst. This vote was taken Satur- day and those listed in opposition were Chalrman Penrose and Senator McCum- ber of North Dakota: Smoot of Utah; McLean and Dillingham, of Vermont. Senator Calder of New York was absent. Chairman Penrose was reported to have cast the deciding vote for the pro- gramme today, with Senator Calder vot- inz with the opposition. Senator Pen- ri thie amendments to the genate as majerity prop: B today tiwy would command prac- tically the united support of the repub- !g It is understood, hewever, that ‘1 Cancellation of Allied i Debts an “lllusion some of the committee members opposing floor and will be supported by a number tors from the eastern states. Differences among the republ mitteemen were reported to have been on reason for the amendment of a plan, discussed Saturday ocratic members of view to having the out by vote of the the committee with a amendments reported entire membership. After disposing of the compromise pro- gramme, the republicans made some fur- ther revisions in the bill. ed amendments, today, would provide for: A graduated The approv- as officially increae from the house income sur-tax maximum of 32 per cent. on $£66,000 to a maxfmum of 30 per cent., | on_$200,000, effective next January 1. Repeal of the tax on freight, passeng- and parcel post transportation. also ef- fective next January 1. A graduated increase In estate rates the existing maximum .000.000 to 2 maximum of 50 £100,000,000 cent. on $2 Retention of the corporation -capital doliar_on each $1,000 of capital in, excess of Repeal of the corporations where the net come iz less than $25,000, effective next A flat rate of $6.40 a gallon on distilled pirits, but with a provision for a rebate of £4.20 a gallon when it can be shown faction of the comm of internal revenue that the spirits are used for industrial or medicinal purpos- linsis: Nelson, Min< Repeal of the excise taxes on sporting goods, furs. chewing gum, electric fans, and hunting equipment, toilet soaps and powders and perfumes and cosmetics Repeal of the 5 per cent. tax on the leasing of motion picture licensing or rade through the prison gronnds wh continued for two hours. The whistled and sang T Retention of the house proposal for a flat tax of 3 per cent elemination of the senate committee pro- posal for a 10 per cent. tax on candy, wholesale for more than 40 cents apound. Retention of the house provision for a reduction from 10 per cent. to in the tax on works of art ation of the senate committee provisi for taxes on phonograpic apparatus and ho'el rooms in excess of cer- tain prices and office furniture made of These were the. only new taxes proposed by the senmate com- imported harwoods. Treasury experts working with committee have not yet completed their compilation showing the these changes on but it was roughly total of the senate sommiT be reduced by more than $125. transportation cut off an estimated $262.- 000,000" in the next calendar year, while climination of the excise taxes agreed upon would mean a further reduction of about $50,000,000. these losses there will he estimated gains of $50,000,000 from $30,000,000 from $30,000,000 by reason of repeal of the $2.000 exemption for cornorations. tention of the canital stock ta% would add_another $75.000.000, With the exception of *he whiskey tax and the repeal of the excises on motion picture films and some other articles, the revision as aporoved follows closely that agreed apon by the federal estimated that ne bill would BANDITS CAPTURED THREE taxes would offsets against istilled spirits PROGRAM COMPLETED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT CONFERENCF | CIVIL ENGINEERS IN ‘Washington, 10.—Recommenda- tions for a general policy for the perman- ent relief of the country’s employment problem and the return of commerce and business to normal were practically com- pleted tonight by the. sub-committees of the national conference on unemploy- twenty-eight miles distant from t this afternoon, and tonight listened to an address by on “the mining, refining and uses of na- tive, asphalts.” Finishing touches are to be put on. the suggestions tomorrow morning and in the afternoon a general report is to be sub- sion upon its reer of more than a week. Hearings™ on ~ning after a recess rament reclamation work as a means of aiding in the unem- ployment situation were held today by i the commitiee on public works. Blaine, of Seattle, senting the western tion, declared that a appropriation by the federal government to carry on reelamation projects already approved would give work for thousand men. perfence had shown that only about fif- ty per cent. of those out of work realiy ‘Washington, states reclamation that his ex- TWO BAN Preference for former service men In reclamation employment. was urged by Richard C. Jones, junior vice commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, who declared these men had been otherwise engaged in time of prosperity and were pnable to save for the rainy day. Ottomar Hamerle, the reclamation mittee that $16,000.000 could be spent the winter on irri- ch would give employ- ment to 16,000 men directly and that, if a loan to the reclamation fund was au- thorized by congress, an additional $28.- 000,000 could be immediately expended To complete the lat- he explained $90,000,00 would be ¥, but during the next five months they would employ between 5.000 and 30.000 men on the work it- =elf and between 10,000 and 15,000 more ng director of told the com- economically durin; gation projects w! on other projects. required eventual Rev. Dr. Gerald H. Beard. Bridgeport, Oct. 10.—The Rev. Dr. Ger- ald H. Beard, aged 60. pastor of Park Avenue Congregational church here, and known in the denomination, died Littleton, N. H., yesterda; since June. and he pre- (had been i ived by four danghters, and two broth- ers, Harrington Beard and Dr. Richard Beard, both of Minzeapolis, - So Characterized by Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Italian Am- bassador to the United States. Washington, Oct. 10.—Proposals that thé United States cancel the allied deb were described as‘a vain illusion and useless rhetoric,” by Vittorio Rolandi- Ricci, the Italian ambassador to the TUnited States, in a statement given repre- sentatives of the Italian press at Viareg- gio, and cabled today to the Italian em- bassy here. “No Ameritan political leader could ever entertain a solution which would be entirely to the advantage of European interests unless he really meant to sup- press himself and his party,” the am- basador was quoted as saying. “To forfeit European loans would re- sult in a héavy burden on the United States budget which would signify a greater and heavier taxation on the peo- ple. It would seem evident that a much more profitable attitude could be drawn by debtor nations in absstaining from proposing demands that seem impossible for any state to grant” _ HEARINGS BEGIN TODAY ON THE KU KLUX KLAN ‘Vashington, Oct. 10.—Evidence ob- tained by the department of justice bear- ing on the activities of the Ku Klux Klan was presented today by Attorney General Daugherty to Chairman Camp-} bell of the house rules committee Which will begin hearings tomorrow on resolu- igation of the tions calling for an inves organization. After a conference with the attorney general, Chairman Campbell looked over Some of the records and a masS of in- formation compiled by William J. head of the burean of investiga There was no indication as to the na- man Campbell ture of the evidence, Ch merely stating that he w DOSS anted to be in advisable for consress to make an inves- tigation of its own. PENAL SERVITUDE CONVICTS RIOT AT WATERFORD, IRELAND Waterford, Ireland, Oct. 10 (By the A. P.).—Eighteen prisoners in the jail hefe who are undergoing various terms of penal servitude staged a riotous demon- stration today as the sequel of a demand served on the governor of the prison four days ago that they be placed on the same footing as prisoners of war and declaring that they would not longer tol- erate being treated as criminals. The demonstration began with a lutionary so DEM, NAT'L COMMITTEE TO MEET AT ST. LOUIS NOV. 1 —— Washington, © Oct. 10.—Chairman George White of the democratic nation- al committee tonight issued a formal call for a meeting of that body in St. Lou's Tuesday, Nov. formal notification said, was for the p pose of discussing party policy and adopt plans for future operations.” ist. The meeting, the to “Sufficient time has elapsed,” szid the official call, “since the last meeting of the committee to make it advisable to have a survey of the situyation hrough- out the country and to have the counsei of the entire membership of the commit- tee.” J HOURS AFTER ROBBERY Spring City, Pa., Oct. 10.—Three hours after six bandits had held up the officers of the Spring City National bank and robbed the vauits of $1 men were arrested at Phoenixville, four miles east of this place, and charged with the theft. 500 today, five The men were captured in the home of a man whom they had offered to pay $50 if he would prepare them a meal. The police surrounded the place. but one of | the sextette leaped from a window and escaped. Approximately $10,000 of the stolen money was said to have been recovered when the men were arrested. SESSION IN WATERBURY Waterbury, O&. 10-—Members of the Connecticut Socie: gathered here today at the autumn ses- sion of the societ; site of the proposed new reservoir for about of Civil Engineers They visited he ‘Waterbury in the Shepaug 1l s oity, S. Miller, Jr., of New York TO CONFINE KU KLUX KLAN REGALIA TO LODGE ROOMS ! "Newark, N. J., Oct. 10.—Russell K. Trimble, Xing kleagle of the southern New .Jersey district of' the Ku Klu Klan, today announced that orders ha been received from .the organization's national headquarters in ‘ Atlanta, Ga., forbidding the use of regalia out lodge rooms. TMs will prevent a parade 1o in' helmets and robes which had been contemplated. K BANDITS CAPTURED AFTER GUN FIGHT Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 10.—Two men, | sel believed to be bank bandits, were cap- tured after a running gun fight which began in Muncie, Kas, and ended in The fight fol- | lowed the robbery of the Muncie State bank of several hundred dollars. Ore of Kansas City, Kas,, today. the captued men was shot through the head and is expected 4o die. SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE FELT IN NORTHERN MAINE Eastport, Me., Oct. 10.—A slight earth- quake was felt in this section of Maine and New Brunswick today, according to reports from several towns.. Rattiing of dishes and shaking of buildings were re- ported at Pembroke and Perry, in Maine, and at Cammobello. on the New Brunswick side of the border. CASHIER MISSING WITH OVER $100,000 IN LIBERTY BONDS Ansonia, Conn., Oct. 10.—Joseph D. Brown, missing cashier of the American PBrass company here, ig alleged to have left Ansonia with over $100,000 in Lib- «erty bonds, accorling to ofiicials of the company who examined the cashier's ac- counts. Brown left on Sept. 17 on - n and has not returned as yet. is on his way to on of all of the department’s evi- dence before starting into a hearing which will determine whether it will be BRIEF TELEGRAMS The armored ecruiser Pittsburg, form- erly the Pennsylvania, will be placed out 11 of commission October 15. Dr Charles Smith, of Egg Harbor, N. J., who says he celebrated his 145th birthday recently, has decided to retire from his practice. The Greeks are replacing the Turkish civil administrations in the regions- oc- cupied by them in Asia Minor with ‘Greek officials. Anthrax contracted, it is believed, when using a new shaving brush, caused the death of former Congressman Michael F. Farley, of New York. The King and Queen of England par. ticipated in the opening of the royal ex- change at Manchester, which is said to be the biggest exchange in the world Wilbur Glenn Voliva, overseer of Zion, W York to reform the morals of what he considers the “world’s most evil city.” Seven firemen of Lancaster, Pa., whe pleaded guilty to arson, have been sen- tenced by Judge Landis to serve terms in the Huntington reformatory. \ \ Thirty-one alleged rum runners were captured in an extensive rald conducted by prohibition officers at Washington, D. C. “Ulster cannot be pawned, bribed or coerced in the settlement of the Irish question” Sir Dawson. Bates, home secre- tary, declared in a speech at Belfast. The department of agriculture in its report of Oct. 1 estimates wheat crop at 740,000 bushels and corn crop at 3,163,- 063 bushels. An aerial policeman will regulate fiying at the American Legion national conven- tion and aerial circus at Kansas City, October 32 to November 2. A number of surplus obsolete warships are to be sold at low prices for breaking up by ffrms which agree to begin work at once, according to an announcement by the British admiralty. The Kansas court of industrial rela- tions was again upheld by the state su- preme court in a decision on questions of law involved in the Wolff Packing Co. case The Cherry Creek Bank of Jamestown, Y, was entered by burglars, who took 000 in cash and several thousands in curities A fpundle of $1 bills was burn- ed in opening the safe. ~ Executive of the National Council of “atholic Men formulated a policy to deal with unemployment. The plan contem- plates the organization of local commit- tees to co-operate with the national body. Hearing on a bill which seeks to bring about gradually the use of the metric system in the United States will begin to- day before a senate manufacturers’ sub- committee. Scliool histories are to be examined carefully, according to instructions sent to teachers, to find owt whether they contain statements derogatory to Ameri- can ideals or heroes. A dispatch from Simla, British India, tates that Mohla insurgents in the Mala- bar region are no longer giving battle-but have resorted to ambuscades and guerilla warfare. The long disputed question of whole- sale deajers in sacramental wines being permitted to do business under the na- tional prohibition laws, has b2en put to the department of justice fo rdecision. Judge John W. Banks in the superior court at Waterbury confirmed the ap- pointment of Otto A. Jassloff as receiv er for the Coco Cola Bottling Works of ‘Waterbury, Ine. John Karbowski, of 34 Prospect street, Hartford, was fined $200 and sent to jail for ten days for driving an auto- mobile while under the influence of liquor in Middletown. Directors, of the Fastern Steamship Company at a special meeting in Boston, voted to issue.1,877,000 shares of new first preferred stock, carrying interest at 7 per cent, cumulative. witha par value of $100. Philipptne independencé is lkely to be laid on the table four years more, Act- ing Governor General (‘)mrles E. Yeater declared at a dinner given to him on the eve of his departure for the United | States. The picked hattalion from the army of occupation which it was planned to have taken part in the ceremony of placing the American Ueongressional Medal of Honor upon the tomb of the “Unknown British Soldier” have returned to Coblenz. Chiet Deputy TUnited States Marshal William F Mays has tendered his resiz- nation to Attorney General Daugherty to become effective at the same time as that of United States Marshal William B. Palmer An agreement has been econcluded be- tween the American relief administration and the Moscow soviet government where- by Amerigans will be allowed to send packages of food to Russia ~through American relief organizations. “France must remain armed as long as her security has not been assured,” was the statement made by Aristide Briand, the French premier, in an address outlin- ing the French government's foreign pol- iey. Although it returned a finding that a -supporting woman in Massachusetts requires $13.50 a week to live, the min- imum wage commission made public an award fixing the minimum pay of ex- perienced workers in the minor lines of the candy industry at $12 a week. Arrangements for mass meetings at New York, Chicago and San Francisco, at which President Farding’'s address over the body of the unknqwn soldier in Arlington cemetery, will be' made audible by use of gigantic amplifiers. have been completed. A double funeral will be held to- day in Meriden for Mrs. James H. Fect- it of 29 Colony street and her son, Aus- tin, 11, who were killed Saturday aft- ernoon when an automobile in which they were passengers was struck by an electric train at the Beckley crossing on the Berlin state road. Orders have been jssued from the of- fice of the adujant general permitting the Third Company, Coast Arfillery corps. Rhode Islan@ National Guard " (Varnum Continentals) ‘o enter the state, under' arms,” for the’ purpose of partieipating in the celebration of the 50th anlnivers- ary of thé company, Governor's’ Foot Guards, October 18,- -~ ~ ~& mushroom hunter. TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS ~ PRICE TWO CENTS. of I]aytmLAtlumey Slain at Mi.ay in His Office —His Neck was Broken and a Knife Had Pierced His Heart. Dayton, Ohig, Oct. 10.—Lucian So- Wward, prominent Aayton attorney, was mysteriously attacked and murdered in his office here shortly after noon today. His body, with the neck broken and the eses blackened, was found In a pool of blood in one corner of his office, in one of the downtown office buildings. A k?\lfe was sticking in his body and had bierced his heart. The office was in great confusion and money was scatter- ed all over the floor. Police found no clue as to the possible murdered or murderess. IOmuIlanL! of a hair dressing estab- lishment in the next office told police they had heard loud talking in Soward's office some time before the body was found. They told the police they had heard the voices of a man and woman. but there was nothing in the tone of the voices to attract them to Soward's of- fice. Police do not believe that the murder could have been committed by a woman, although they admit a woman might have been present and assisted. Mr. Soward was about 40 years of age. He owned a large home in Oak- wood, a fashionable residence district. BANE MESSENGER ROBBED OF $17,650 IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis, Mo, Oct. 10.—Robert Hardaman. negro messenger for the Grand Avenue bank, was held up to- day by two men, who escaped with a satchel containing $17,650 in cash and $51.650 in non-negotiable paper. The robbery was committed on a crowded street car, near the down town quarter. Hardaman was taking the money toa downtown bank. After obtaining the satchel, the bandits compelled the con- ductor to stop the car, and open - the door. They escaped in an automobile. LIQUOR WAS FOUND IN RESTAURANT IN MERIDEN Meriden, Oct. 10.—James A. Cashen, who opened a restaurant establishment Friday night and was raided Saturday night. was fined $150 and costs and sen- tenced/to 15 days in jail by the local court this morning on charges of violat- ing the liquor law and a similar penalty was given his bartender, Donald Cron- in. They appealed and furnished bail of $300 each. The case of Michael J. Spel- lacy, another saloon keeper, arrested by the same raiding party, was continued to Saturday. 2 rep e PERSONNEL OF ITANY ARMAMENTS DELEGATION Rome, Oct. 10.—(By The A. P.)—The Gazette Del Popolo today announced that the Italian delegation to the conference on limitation of armaments and Far Bastern questione in Washington would be composed of the following members: Professor Luigi Luzzatti, former minister of the treasury; Signor Schanzer, also a former minister of the treasury; General Armando Diaz, commander in chief of the Italian armies, and Signor Meda, a member of the Italian war commission. The newspaper’ said that Signor Rolan- di-Ricei, the Italian ambassador to the United States, would go as an alter- nate. ~ STOLEN BONDS NOT RECOVERABLE FROM AN INNOCENT BUYER Washington, Oct. 10.—Stolen negotia- ble bonds, accepted in good faith for a loan, and subsequently converted, zive the original owner no grounds for recov- ery against innocent purchaser in the federal courts was in effect the holding of the supreme court today in refusing to review a decision of the federal dis- trict court of New York. The lower court held that William J. Crittenden of Pennsylvania could not recover on twelve §1,000 coundn bonds payable to bearer which were stolen from him and converted by Saul Widrevite after being pledged with the former as collateral for a loap. JAIL SENTENCES FOR LIQUOR LAW VIOLATORS IN BRISTOL Bristol, Oct. 10.—A jail sentence of 45 days was given Mrs. Thomas Tuni- la by Judge Mink today on conviction of making liquor, keeping such for sale, and on reputation of her house as a place in which intoxicating liquors were sold. Michael Gabriel, a boarder, was given 90 days on a like charge. The police raided the house Saturday and found a still on a- gas stove steam- ing a mash which had yielded a quart or more of fluid. All saloons here, eighteen in number, closed for good on Saturday night. MAN BLOWN TO PIECES WHEN DYNAMITE, EXPLODED ‘Waterbury, Oct. 10.—Fred Clarke, foreman of the farm at the state reform- atory, at Cheshire, about ten miles from were. was blown to pieces at about ten } o'clock this morning, when 100 pounds of dynamite stored in a barn exploided. The cause of the explosion is unknown. Mr. Clarke was seen to enter the barn and almost immediately the structure was torn apart by a violent explosion. Mr. Clarke's body was found in ‘the debris. There was no fire. e INDIAN TO BE ON BRITISH ARMAMENTS DELEGATION London, Oct. 10—(By The A. P.)— The British delegation to the Washington conference on limitation of armaments and Far Eastern questions will include a representative of India, according to British official circles today. This selec- tion will complete. the British delegation. with the exception of one other English representative, as it is expected official confirmation willgoe given ‘to the nomina- tion of A. J. Balfour, Baron Lee of Fareham, former premier borden of Can- ada and George Foster Pearce, minister of defence of Australia. NEW YORK PHYSICIAN'S BODY FOUND IN WOODS New York, Oct. 10.—The body of Dr. James Raynor Hayden, a well known New York physician, with a bullet wound in the head, was found today in a clump of trees near the fashionable Rock- away Hunt club on Long Island, where \he -had” been spending the summer. 'The police recorded the death as a suicide. Dr.. Hayden, it was learned, left the home of .a friend shortly before midnizht t night and returned to the club, where he ‘retired, Nothing more seen of him untll the body was found today by g = e e complete separation, which, they pointed out, is their mandate from their Spencer Churchill and Sir Hamar G ever, Mr. Lloyd George has said government must safegua-1 U Mysterus e BRITISH GABINET T0 MEET AN FEINDELEGATES TODA Will Open With Discussion of Procedure to Arrive at Some Definite Basis—Lloyd George Has Been Asked to Bring Before the Conference the Sinn Fein Boycott on English Goods—De Valera is Said to Have a Plan of Local Self- Gevernment For Ulster Within An Irish State, London, Oct. 10 (By the A. P. The prime minister and other represenfatives of the British gove: sates of the Dai other across the conference table in the cabinet room at 10 Downing street, the premier’s official residence, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning, The proeram for the first day takes the form of oyen conver- sation with a view to riviv definite basis upon whish negotiations looking to an Irish seltlerceni can pro-| ceed. ment and the dele- eann will face each Ei Either side may, nowive: raise some controversial subject. Ore of the dele- sates said today that,it was rot the in- tention to mention feicase uf inierned men for the present. N government is preparing « reply a request and has sumn.cnes Nevil MacReady and Gen the forces in Ireland, ané the heal cf tf police from Dublin to advise tie govern- ment should the proposal he made verta the The services of these gererals will alss be useful whefi arrangements are sug- gested for stricter observance of the truce which both the government and the Sinn Feiners desire, Another matter which Mr. Lioyd | George has been publicly asked to bring before the conference is the Sinn Fein boycott on English goods. It is Yot like- | v that the conference wiil concern it £ with this at this stage or that the Sinn Fein will agree to remove the boycott except as part of trade policy following upon a settlement. The cabinet is said to havé discussed today the possibility of extending the scope of the conference and inviting Ul- ster to send delegates. This is a matter fo the prime ministsr te decide, as the Sinn Fein delegates a:e bere only as the spokesmen of those th:¥ represent, and the premier might invite Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, and even Lord Ireland unionists. and Sir Horace Plunk ett, dominion home ruler, and their friends. But the Sinn Fein has not assented to any joint conference and it is*declared would object strongly to forming one of a three or four party conference. The | Irish delegates would, however, they sa: make great concessions to $ecure a united Ireland. Mr. De Valera is believed to have a plan of Jocal self-government for Ulster ithin an Irish state more at- tractive financially and otherwise to the northeast than its presenf status, and it is probable that this will be put forward. The real crux, as stated by an official today, is mot finance nor the extent Ulster’s local powers, but necessary se: erance of Ulster from the imper: par- liament, where it now has representalion it desires to maintain. The Sinn Fein, on tne otncr hand, le- sires no representation in the imperial parliament. They declare they are bound to set forth Ireland's cl: have . Any recession from tiat I be made at a price bringing 15 Ulster, 3 The British deles liberals, David Lloyd George, W nsto fon includes three wood; all of whom took part in Mr. Asquith's home rule bill w! ten Chamberlain, Lord Birkenhead and | Sir Laming Worthington-Evahs, th other three PBritish unionists, fought so Ulster's beha)# ter's in- terests. PROCLAMATION ISSUED BY EAMONN DE VALERA Dublin, Oct. 10.—(By The A. P)— Eamonn De Valefa issued a proclamation tonight through the Dail Eireann deal- ing with the London conference. In it he declares that the only peace which. can end the struggle will be one consistent with the nation's right and one guaran- teeing freedom worthy the sufferings en- dured to sectre it. The Irish delegates who are to meet the B says, indulge tn no foolish hopes, and he advises the country not to indulge in them. The Sinn Feln leader alludes to the Power opposing Irish aspirations and =ounds the warning that essential unity Wwill best be maintained by unswer: = faith in those deputed to act in the na- tion’s beharf. The text of the proclamation follows: “Féllow citizens: The ccnference in which the accredited representatives of the nation are about to engage with representatives of the British government must profoundly influence and may de- termine the fortunes of every section of the community. “Whatever the differences of the past if to the interest, it fs the duty of all Trishmen to stand together for Tre- land now. Our delegates are keenly con- sclous of their responsibilities ; they must be made to feel that a united nation has confidence in them and will support them unflinchingly. They share with each one of us the ardent desire that this secular conflict between the rulers | of Great Britaln and the Irish people may happily be hrought to an end. “But they realizs that the ending of the confliet does not depend unon their will or the will of this nation. The struggle on our side always has heen mply for the maintenance of a right that in its nature is indefeasible and that cammot therefore be elther relin- quished or compromised. “The only peace that in the very na- ture of things can end the struggle will be a peace consistent with the nation's right and guaranteeing freedom worthy the sufferings endured to secure it. “Such a peace wiil not be easy to ob- tain. A clalm that conflicts with Ire- land's right has been ruthlessly per- sisted in through centuries of bloodshed— it seems unlikely that this claim will be abandoned now. Peace and that claim are | incompatible. “The delegates are aware ghat no wis- dom of theirs will suffice; they Indulge therefore in no foolish hopes: nor should the country indulge in them. “The peace that will end this conflict will. be secured not by the skill or statesmanship of the leaders. but by the stern determination of a close kit natian steeled by acceptance - of desth rather than abandonment of rieh¥ful liberty. Nothing but such determination by our people can overcome the forces our | delegates will nave to contend with. IERTR IS [ PSR ac Middleton, representatfe of the south Dl} 3 m for | that the | . “By heroic endurance in suffering, Ire- land has gained the position she holds. Were the prospect of further horrors and further sacrifices to cause her to quail or falter, for a moment, all would be again lost; threats that could force sur- render in gne vital particular would be relied upon to force surrender in another and another, until al was gone. “Of necessity Ireland must stand whers she is, fearless on the rock of right. or be out-manoeuvered and defeated in de- tail. During the uegotiatiofis, then, the slightest lowering of the natiomn’s mo- rale would be fatal, and every one whose thought or action tends-to lower it is an enemy of peace, an enemy of both islands, an enemy of the cause of hu- manity, whose progress is intimately linked with each successive triumph of right over might. “The power against us will use every artifice it knows in the hope ofdissipat- ing, dividing, weakening us. We must all beware. Unity that is essential will be best maintained by unswerving faith in those deputed to act in the nation’s behalf and a confidence manifesting. it selt as hitherto, in an eloquent disci- e. For this I appeal THREE SUSPECTS HELD FOR MURDER OF JANET LAWRENCE Madison, N. J., Oct. 10.—Two men and a boy were under arrest tonight in eon- nection with the murder of 11.year oid Janet Lawrence on the outskirts of thé tovn last Thursio Late today detectives went to Stam- ford, Conn., to Question a man arrested by the police there on the suspicion that he had knowledgze of the crime. The man, the police were informed, had been g in a queer fashion and refused to answer questions concerning himself. He reported to have been connected previously with a case similar to that of the Lawrence girl. Frank Felice, 21 years old. was ar- rested earlier in (he Gay in the wood: near Glen Ridge. N J., where he had been living in a hut. The poiice said his clothing was stainec and that they geted from him ‘s admissicn that he had slept in tae 1° - as near Mad son fo: several days preceding the murder. After ! questioning him detectives said they be- lieved Felice knew notnng of the mur- der, but would hold aim ;erding turthe movTI. ther suspect, Franc: Kiuxen, 14 vears old, is out on bail. No evidence has yet been made known to connect him w'th the crime. PERSISTS THAT SHE LOANED THEODORE ROOSEVELT $69,008 New York, Oct. 10.—Mrs. Emma Rich- ardson of Hillsdale, Indiana, today per- sisted in her declaration that during the ican national convention in e ient $69,000 to Theodore On trial for forzing Colonel Roose- velt's name to a note for that amount, Mrs. Burkett remained unshaken throngh hours of cross examination Assistant District Attorney John T. Doolinz. Replying to the pros-cutor's questions, she of bringing requested to 4o so | by Justice of the Peace Payton of Hills- dale, who had preceded her there. She - said the money had been hequeathed her b uncle and she brought it—in gold coin and thou: d dollar bills—in the bags in which she received it from her uncle’s estate. At Congress, hotel, she maintained, she met her distinguished client, and, in the presence of Payton and Charles 3 Shunson, exchanged the money for a te dated June 21. Mrs. Burkett produced a number of receipts for Interest at $4,000 a year which she had been paid by Colonel Roosevelt and explained she had rveover-‘ ed the receipts from Shunson. HEAVY SENTENCES FOR PORTCHESTER GAMBLERS Greenwich, Conn., Oct. 10.—Jan sen- tences were added to fines imposed upon those regarded as principals in the cone duct of an alleged gambling resort, just oves the town kime into Tortchester, by Judge James R. Mead today when the prisoners taken in a raid early Sunday wers convicted. Of 17 men wWho we takei. as frequenters 15 were fined $25 and costs each and the other two had the somplaints against them nolled. Patrick Fumino, of Portchester, the reputed own- er of the place was sent to jail for 30 days with $100 and costs added, and Edward Kieley of Bridgeport, alleged to be the keeper of the place for Fumino was given §0 days with $010 fle added. The latter's sentence was suspended. Fae mino appealed and gave $2,500 bonds. i sl BT $200,000 HARVARD BEQUEST ¥OR OVEECOMING CANCER Plymonth, Mass, Oct. 10.—A bequest of $200,000 to Harvard university, the income to be devoted to the investigation of the origin and cure of cancer, is con- tained in the will of Hiram F. Mills of Hingham, filed for probate here today. After numerous other public and pri- vate bequests, induding $10,000 each to the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy and Rennsaeler Polytechnic Insti« tute, the residue of the estate is to ba* used to establish a fund for charitable purposes among mill workers in Law- rence and Lowell : Mr. Mills, a noted hydraulic engineer, spent a large part of his life developing water power of the Merrimac river es. pecially at Lawrence and Lowell. MAYORS BAY STATE TAKE r MPLOYMENT PROBLEM Bostod, Oct. 10.—Mayors of many Massachusetts es outlined their views on the unemployment situation today at the first meeting of the governor's com- mittee to promote work. Conditions have greatly improved in this state since the middle of the summer, Governor Cox said but he added that there are still many men who have been out of work for months. Howard Coonley of Roston, chalrman of the committee, expressed the opiniom that New England was recovering from theé industrial depression more rapidly than the rest of the country. The for relief of unemployment was @il great, however, he said. - ps