Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 24, 1921, Page 1

RAILROAD IN WHave Decided to Hold the United States Railroad Labor Board ard the Carriers Responsible For Nation-Wide Strike, Should It Become Effective Next Sunday Morning— Claim Railroads Are Attempting to Gain Sympathy of Public by Reduci'ng Rates—350,000 More Employes Have Voted Not to Strike—Only One-Fourth of 2,000,- 000 Railroad Workers Are Scheduled For Walkout. ! Following were Sunday's develop- !ments in the rallroad strike situation: San Antonio—Labor leaders claim |strike of 800 trainmen on Internationa! land Great Northern, which started' Sat- jurday, Jis “100 per cent. effective,” but Poa dsays passenger service is unim- paired and that resumption of freight C-—. ce, halted Saturday, has been tarted. . Unions announce ‘no attempt would be made to interfere with efforts to esume full service. Cleveland—Big four brotherhood if strike materializes it should be vlaced on United ates Doard and on the nailroads. Chicago—Officials represent ng 350.000 mbers of the rallway and steamship wclerks’ orgenization voted not to author- {ize a strike at present, thus limiting the inuwinber of prospective strikers to about = lone-fourth of the total rail employes in ithe nation. Lo bal'ot being taken among 14,- €00 of organized gignal men, Result ‘expected to be known Wednesday. United States District Attorney Clyne summoned to Washington by Attorney ‘General Daugherty, presumably to dis- cuss the strike situation. 330,00 MORE RAILROAD EMPLOYES HAVE VOTED NOT TO STRIKE Chicago, Oct. 23 (By the’A. P.).—Offiy of the Brotherhood of Rallway Freight Handlers, Express and n Employes, with a membership of 000, tonight joined the unions which Jave voted not to go on strike by adopt- ing a resolution in which their men are Fefused authorization to walk out for ihe Hime being. The matter will be reconsid- tered after the labor board renders its s working - conditions. decision. on brought the number of rai Avorkers who will not strike to more than iree-fourths of the natiof’s total. iaving finally decided to keep their en at work, for the time being at least, <espite the overwhelming vote cast: in favor of a strike, leaders of a majority ©f_the eieven “standard” rail unions to- night were on the way home to communi- cate to their foliowers the decision not to join the “big five” in the walkout sched- uled for Oct. 39. The last of the series of meetings of these unions was held tonight, when. the grand officers of the clerks’ organization fendered their decision. The signaimen are expected to call a meeting of execu- tives within a few!days to take strike n, this organization being ihe only which has not met to discuss the Jkout question. A strike ballot now is being taken smong the 14,000 organized signaimen, liot being general in terms and €imply asking that the officials be au- thorized to take what action they deem mecessary to protect the interest of their men, This ballot probably wil He finished by next Wednesday, D. W. Helt. presi- sent of the union, said tonight. All shairmen have been notified to be ready 1o come here on short motice, Mr. Helt raid A The action of eight of these unions, who affiliated with the ' Américan Faderation of Labor, in_deciding not to v and thus making it unlikely a strike would be joined by more one-fourth of the country's railroad probably would affect any ac- tion to be taken by the signalmen, Mr. Helt said. F . “We feel the same way 25 the shop “srafts—that » strike now on a wage question alone may not be advisable, and that among the most important things to be considered are.rules and working lconditions. The labor board is expectea to that question shortly.” While no official announcement was made by the labor board, it was inti- mated by members that the decision on Tules and working conditions will not be forthcoming until after Oct. 30, the date ;!l for the pm‘d strike by the “y | Members let it become known that all \@ecisions on questions on which there might be a strike will be withheld until after that date, explaining that in that ‘Way it was hoped the walkout would be rted, as the men have been ordered 4 board not to strike until after the € of rail and union chiefs which Wednesday. board announced tonight that it was summoning 1,400 general chah of the unions affected as well as the presi- < The sessions will be open to the and a large attendance s ex- oad officials tonight expressed the f that the backbone of the proposed ke was broken when a majority of the Ftandard unions, who control most of the rallroad employes. decidel not to strike Dct. 30. Although a strike would affect @il train service men, officlals said that ®ervice would not be impaired for more than a day or twn and that these men Fwota b ¥1v replaced. . | Pozsibllity that the situation on the |Tremort and Culf Railway company, a o mile iin~ inyLouisiana, which regently installed the open shop, would ‘be brought to the attention of the labor iboard again by the uniéns caused inter- rest among board members when they ware shown the despatches fror: Cleve- Tand to that effect The board members said they consid- ered that matter settled for, after recent- Iy ordering the open shop announcamn~nt ennulled, they recsived word. that the thirty smployes were satiefled and that there was no dlspu explaining that it contd there was dispute. ot act unless FRDERAL OFFICIALS SHOW A WAITING Arryvnz Railroad Labor | The Soard then'nthe last presic withdrew the jurisdiction it had assumed, ’ the Association of Railroad Executives, indicated that' the freight decrcase. given western shippers would make a differenca of two cents a bushel on average ship- ment of wheat betweenyproducing dis- tricts and’ primary market centers, TABLE SHOWING WAGES OF RAILRDAD EMPLOYES Chicago. Oct. 23.—Statisties. compiled by the United States railroad labor board |in its consideration of the wages of rail- jroad employes show that the average | daily rate of pay for all grades of work now is $4.54 as compared with an aver- age rate of $2.87 in 1017, The present rate includes the wage cut anthorized July 1 by the board. The following, ta- ble, taken from labor - hoard" figures, jshows the average rate of pay per day inow and the average rate of pay per day in 1917: Now, 1917, Supervisory forces Clerical and station Maintenance of way and un- skilled ...... g Shop employes . Telegraphers, ete. Engine service employes.. Train.service .... .. engineers Stationary and firemen e . 439 248 Signal department . 5.50 3.30 Marine department 6.69 5.02 Present average for all Erades of em- ployes, $.54; 1917 average for all grades of employes, $2.87. ‘OSLY ONE-FOURTH OF i RAILWAY MEN TO STRIKE ! Chicago, Oct.’ 23.—(By The A. P.) The prospective rail strike scheduled for Oétober 30 was limited to appréximately one-fourth of the nation’s rallroad em- ployes when officials of the ‘Brotherhood of ‘Railway ' and Steamship = (Clerks, { Freight Handlers, Express and Stafon Employegfrepresenting 350,000 men vot- ed tonight not to authorize a walkout by their members for the time being. | This action “increased the number of major rail unions which have voted mot to strike now' to nifie and the number of railroad employes bound by such action o about three-fourths of the country’s [ total ‘of approximately 2,000,000, | CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KILL Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 23.—Tony Ni- kituk of this city was taken into cus- tody tonight on a charze of assault with intent to kill following an alleged at- tack on Egines Alikise, also of this city. The accused, according.to the police, ad- mitted his_ guilt. He ‘was arrested by Inspector Timothy F. Hickey of ‘the local headquarters only 15 minutes after the act occurred approximately cne mile from the scene of the attack. The injured man is expected to live. He is in a local hos- pital suffering from a deep gash in the left thigh, a gash in the left cheek, .a gash under the left arm behind the heart and a deep cut in the left arm. TWO PERSONS INJURED IN FAIRFIELD AUTO AC NT Bridgeport, Oct, 23.—Two persons were seriously injured tonight when an auto- mobile, in charge.of a driver alleged to, have been intoxicated, turned a halfy somersault, when a rear tire blew oul and fell bottom side up at Benspn's Switch, Fairfield. . Thomas. Sodanski is in St. Vincent's hespital in eritical condition with a frac- tured skull. His wife, Antoinette, suffer- ed a broken shoulder. Fred Wycothi, driver of the automobile that was wreck- led, was held by the police, charged with driving while under the Influence of liquor. LEGION HEADQUARTERS OPENED IN KANSAS CTTY Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 23.—Lemuel Polles, national adZutant of the American Legion, Russell G. Creviston, assistaant adjutant, and Marquis James, head of the Legion News service, arrived today, and tomorrew will open temporary na- tional headquarters. of the legion here. Kaneas . City will be ~ national head- quarters of the legion from that’time un- til, the national convention adjourns the night of November 2. The national officials expressed them2 selyes as delighted With preparations for the comventfon whicli will open October |31 NAVIGATION ON THE YUKON CLOSED FOR THE WINTER —_ * Dawson, Y. T., Oct. 23.—Navigation on the Yukon river is closed for the winter and the first mail stage, drawn by four horses, left here yesterday for White- ! horse. The stages form the only link between Dawson and the coast during the” winter. —— MISS ANNIE #TONE DIED IN BOSTON AT AGE OF 103 | Boston, Oct. 23.5-Mlss Annife Stone, 1102 years old, and reputed to be the old- {nat woman voter in the state, died today 13% a homs for aged people. Vice Presi- | dent Coolidge remembering her birthday |on Ostober 5 sent her a congratulatory le‘ter. Mis§ Stape case her first vote in 1al election. | WOMAN KILLED BY AN £ | AUTOMOBILE IN GREENWICH ! Greenwich, Conn., Oot. 23.—Mrs. Sarah ! G. Wooledge of this town was killed last i{nighit when she was struck by an auto- Washington, Oct. 23.—A waiting atti- | mobile. 'The driver of - the automobile, mde towards the impending railroad ytrike still prevailed in official eircles pated intention of th eadministration to leawe all direct conduct of dealings with It to the rallroad labor hoard was ob- Yervable. The cut ordered by the Anter- Mate commeree commission in Western prain rates remained the ‘only ealient jrove of the government In the railroad ¥itnation sines the strike eall. Calenlations upon this. prepared for ‘W. Given, of Noroton, was held }in $5,000 ‘bail pending the coroner’s in- loday, and no modification of the indi- ; vestigatio FIRE DESTROYED FOUR BARXNS IN ANSONIA Ansonia, Oct.” 23,—F're tonight .de- stroyed four barns owned by John W. Schmacher. a former mayor of the city. ethers from the flames. The loss escaped was-placed at $10.000° j _POPULATION 29685 peror Charles of Hv:mgnry “Vienna, Oct. 23 (by the A. P.)—Mili- tary forces supporting ‘former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary in his sec- ond attempt to regain.the throme in} Hungary have reached Budaors, four miles ~ from the Hungarian capital, Where sharp fighting was in progr thigg afternoon. Admiral Horthy, regent ‘Hungary; is reported to be perscnal- 1y leading the troops azainst Charles. e forces of Charles aggregated sev- eral battalions. They arrived at Bud- aors early this morning. The sound of the guards was audible in Budapest. MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT HUNGARY Budapest, Oct. 23.—Martial' law has been prociaimed throughout Hungary, and Admiral Horthy the regent, has issued a manifesto to the country* to keep order. He calls upoa the people to “restrain the royalists and plotters Wwho are plunging Hungary into inevit- able and: final catastrophe.” 2 The cabinet ‘council has resolved to fight the ‘“conspirators,” and lines have now been sharply drawn between the government and the monarchists rally- ing around the former king. REPORT THAT GHARLES 5 HAS ENTERED BUDAPEST Vienma, Oct. 23 (by the A. P)— Charles, former king of Hungary, en- tered Budapest this afternoon, accord- ing to a renort telenhoned here from Prague. . This is not confirmed from other sources. All wires: between Wienna and Hun- ek HUNGAKIAN GOVERNMENT FIRM AGAINST C?ARLES Budapest, Oct. 23 (by_ the The Hungarian gevernment, while Charles and his army Wwas vet some miles from the canital, ‘was standing firmly against his restoration to _the throne. Government troops soon after word. was received -of the former king intentions to invest pr invade Budapest, established a line of defence around the town of Bickewich, fifty miles from Budapest, which is held by regiments recruited from the Hapsburg-hating peasants of certain districts. These troops were under stringent orders to Drevent the passage of Charles' train, and as a precaution the rails.were torn up. Charles apparently gained some ground,: as the troons at Komorn, who, according to previous report, had turn- ed back his train, are now said to have ewor nallegiance to' him. * Former Em- press is believe® to be ‘with him but is suffering from a cold Wwhich she ac- quired “during ‘her airplane trin. " The cabinet, after mctifying the al- lies of its decision to”opnose the res. toration of Charles, remained in contin- nous ‘sessfon, devising means of action. The - ministers representing the agricul- tur eelement, asked'for the arrest of the former king: Archauke Friedrich, who was here for A P)— a |at Bolling Field, Wash., from New York. | The on. the Thursday of this week. 0o} with 1$50,000 in notes and securities. : pul ‘debt has increased 11,867,000,000 francs. Washington on Nov. 11 will sail from Rotterdam on Tuesday. 3 'Alut!ll.ill wheat crop estimated at 137,000,000 bushels, bourne dispatch. troops from Germany is expected to start 2 “save Sacco and -Vanzetti” were pastel oa walls throughout Berne. States at 4.30 o'clock Saturday after- nonz has placed a'head tax of $8 on all: Am: leans entering Mexico through port of No- £ales, effective immediately. 8t. Mark's church, Washington, was unan- smously elected rector of Trinity churcn, New York. cialist, is seriousy ill with appendicii according to report from Helsingfors to London. left New York for Buffalo, Chicago and other cities on a tour. = world’'s largest vessel, will leave South- ampton on maiden voyage to New York on April 5 next. two armed freight bandits at 1IL, and robbed of $5,000 worth of Whis- key. lins, says league of nations’ decision gives the bulk of all upper and industries to Poland. ‘was, caused in three sections of New Or- leans. Cause of fires has not been escertained. liams & Peters, coal dealers of New York, died of heart trouble at his home at Islip, Long Island. committee announced police stations will be headquarters of sectional committees to provide jobs for the-alty’s:tmemployed. cf the Indianapolis News died The all-metal armored airpiane arrived official exchange rate in Moscow dollar reached 105,000 rubles on ‘wo robbérs entered the bank st Ver- , near Denver, Colo., and escaped Sinee Jan, 1, 1920, the French Dutch delegation to arms conference in according to Mel- cials of this The gradual withdrawal ef American |Jinod the strects. ithin two weeks. Posters appealing -to Swiss workers to success ‘of the poble Marshni Foch sailed for the Tairaq %n the steamer Faris. State department was advised Mexico vain,”™ Rev. Dr. Rochford Stetson, ‘rector of | ference. by station. .department, Maxim Gorky, Russian writer and so- is, S ner, Sir Reginald McKenna, English banker, He will confer ith leading bankers of cities he visits. Majestic, of the White Star Line, and visitors in each 'Santa Fe freight train was held up by MeCook: | naval officer. Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of Ber- | Brigadier General n for the army. Silesian minerals A spective services, Fire damage estimated at $1,000,000, No loss of life was reported. corps. Afterwards, Smuel Twyford Peters, member of Wil- Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce here. John H. Holliday, bankers and founder it heart isease at his home in Indianapolis, aged ances, old and new.' & years. 3 President Harding with the obji lieving all the nations from the miseries of war and from the heavy expenditures | incidental to the rivalry of armaments among the varions na‘ions, from the desire that the millions who fell in the Armageddon have not Admiral representing the navy, by Robert Woods Bliss, secretary of state, Coontz, said . to himself, relative. parent calm in Budapest. TO INVITE CHARLES TO LEAVE HUNGARY London, Oct. 23.—The Hungaridn gov- ernment hag entrusted to the minister of education the task of inviting Charles to leave Hungary ijmmediately says against the restoration of the ex-king. )| CZECHO-SLOVAKIA HAS 1 PREPARED \FOB DEFENSE Prague action. The diplomatic steps alread; taken would be supplemented by 'militar; and defensive measures. lization. A semi-official statement issue settlement of the Hapsburg question. MARTIAL LAW PRESERVES ORDEE Oct. 23. Lisbon, the country. two days with his mother, Isabella, is ave had ambitious plans for nd is greatly embarrassed by the sudien and unwelcome. return of his The Bethlen cabinet claims to be mas- ffer of the situation, and there is ap- Reuter Despatch from Budapest. Premier Belhlen today received a large delegation of sociali democratic workers, who as- suredhim “of the'support of the workers Czecho-Slovakia, ‘Oct. 23 (By the A. P.)—At a cabinet council hela| today to consider the situation in Hun-, gary, Premier Benes informed the min- isters that all measures had been taken to defend the interests of the republic; e accord between the members of the little entente was complete, and a full agreement existed fo ra common line of The cabinet resolved on partial mobi- after the council says that the govern- ment is determined to secure a definite IN PORTUGAL ince the proclamae tion of martial law following the over- throw of the ministry last week, perfect order has been maintained throughout Treight rates on wheat and hay throughout the middle west and- west wvere ordered reduced by the interstate commerce commi3sion, A dispatch to the Lordon Times from Smyrna dated Saturday says that at the time of the filing of the dispatch the town of Afium-Karahissar was burning and had been partially destroyed. Congressman Langley intreduced a bill in house providing $16,000,000 for con- struction of additional hospital facilities for ex-service men. Selection of. sites is a|left to discretion of the director of the Edward Townsend Reed, a retired law- vyer of Albany, N. Y., died in Greenwich yesterday at the home of his sister, Mrs, David M. Look. He was 63 years old and a graduate of Yale, class of 1878, " General Sousa Roxas, commanding Por- tuguese troops loyal to the government whicii was ousted from cffice on Wednes- tlay. is marching on Lisbon to suppress the revolutionary movement. Emma Howard, a nursemaid, was ar- rested on the charge of larceny of $3,000 in money. jewels and flurs from the home of J: T. Guetling, in Williamsttown, Mass., where she was employed. y ; Fifty Irisk prisoners in the Cork mili- tary detention barracks have been cn hunger strike since six o'clock Friday evening as a p rotest against cheir treat- ment and the quality of food supplied. d | Relatives, friends and charitable Institu- tions wili_receive the $275,000 estate of Joha C..Webster former vice nrosident of tl:e Actra Life Insurance comoaav, by the terms of the will filed in Hartforl. The failure of the five masted schooner Singleton Palmer to arrive at Norfolic for which port she set sail from Biston on New York, Oct. 23. cloth, energetically clews today. victim. the missing parts of police Hartford. Oct. night It given questionnaires Reach Washington| - ‘To Participate in Amenh Troops Against Former Em-| ., winim v coay, widow of “mut.| | Conference~Received With ralo Bill,” aged 78, died at her home at ‘Cody, Wyo. Impressive Ceremonies. ‘Washington, Oct. 23, —The internation- al conference for limitation of armaments and discussion of Pacific and Far Eastern questions, initiated by President Hard- ing, entered today the final phase of :con- structicn with the arrival here of a con- tingent of Japanese official parti the firs¢ delegation from the inviled gov- ¢ nments to reach the United States cap- ital. The visitors were received by offi- government. cheered by thousands of spectators who Major General K. Tanaka, heading the military advisory staff of his government, in a statement issued soon after his ar- rival, formally expressed wishes task . inif died He declared there was not the “slightest 'hesitation” on the part of his companions “in tendering our respect and well wishes as to the success” of the con- The delegation's arrival.was signalized impressive ceremonies at the union Officers representing the 'state the army and scarcely been introduced to the visitors before the military band began the Jap- anese national anthem, following a mo- ment later with The Star Spangled Ban- Army automobile were in waiting and soon the delegates, preceded by a cavalry troop and accompanied by American ot- ficers, began the procession through the |city to the'r hotel residence. station to the hotel, crowds assembled in the streets cheered and applauded the instance returning im- mediately their friendiy greetings. General Tanaka headed the six other Japanese army delegates, while Vice Ad- miral Kanji Kato was the senior ranking The delegation was met third assistant Robert E. and by Andre W. Brewster, Both American military representatives = were other distinguished officials of their re- accompanied Tomorrow will be passed by the dele- gation receiving the courtesy calls from government executives and exchanging visits amonz members of the diplomatic the visitors will be- gin actual preparations incident to par- ticipation' in the. conference and to the arrival of other members of their confer- ence_group, already en route. General Tanaka referred ton with American officials to his past experiences .in the United States as mili- tary attache of the Japanese embassy “It is with- great pléasure.” he said, “that I now re-visit Washington, charged with an important mission. and renew the {riendships with my American acquaint- CLEW OF MYSTERIOUS f DEATH OF YOUNG WOMAN followed Their first success was in finding the manufacturer of the oit cloth and through him it was hop=d to trace the dealer who might have sold it to a possible slaver. A laundry mark was another clew which the sleuths expected to identify the Search was continned throughout the day in the vicinity of the nond and of all other swamps in the neighborhood for which had been cut in two above the hips. The also were trying to find a man described as a railroad employe, who had been seen oing in the direction of the pond carrying a bundle. The records of young women. report- ed missing for several months past have been carefully checked with the descrip- tion of the dead woman, queraters reported, but the cémparisons tailed to afd the identification. f the body TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR EMERGENCY RAILROAD MEN 23 —Training schools for volunteers' for employment on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad in case of a strike emergency are to be opened this week, it was an- nounced by an. official of the railroad to- is understood the schools this state will be located In this city, New Haven, Waterbury and New London. All employes of the railroad have been out and in these they are asked about their attituds toward a strike and whether they intend to fil. “to remain loyal to the road.” President Almeida offered the family of Premier Granjo a mausoleum in which to place his body, but the widow of tus premier declined to accept, saying she Wwould take the body to north Portugal for burfal. The government also offered to hold fu- nerals at which national honors would be rendered the other high persons. killed in the disorders, out the families all de- clined to accept, saying they desired to hold private funerals. | MAIL BY AIRPLANE FROM WASHINGTON TO BOSTON Framingham, Mass., Oct, 23.—What ‘was said to be the first arial mail de-: livery ever made in New England was completed ' here today when Lieutenant R. C. Mossat arrived from Washington by alrplane with a pouch of letters for ! Boston and vicinity., The plane left | Bolling Field at 10.35 o'clock this fore- noon, and after a stop of fifty minutes at Mitchell Field, New York, landed here at 3.35 o'clock this afternoon, where it was met by a mail wagon from the Bos- ton post office. Included in the mail ‘were letters from President Harding, Vice President Coolidge ang Senator Lodge. MICHAEL COLLINS HAS BEEN CONSULTING WITH COLLEAGUES Dublin Oet. 23.—Michael Collins, min- ister of finance in the Dail Eireann, and one gf the members of the peace delega- tion, left Dublin for London nothing . of any concerning value that he could the Irish situation. Co., of San Pedro, ‘been sold fer $6,000,000 Corp, Authorily ¢ culd be <i‘en tne dc tine development uncer the b say germ and develoved an ‘anti-toxia and | and the party now A serum fcr the diseasa. “§INTENTIONAL SEC Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydecking is reported to have to Charles safe according to ports. boara At regular weekly meeting, the t Congressman Sweet of I\Nwa, introduced ‘ion in the house to abolisa the Board and trausfer its per- the department of ccmmerce. Two United States army filers, believed bus- Dr. Philip Rentfen, of Pasadens, Cal. Oct. 28 OND EXPOSURE a message here today by officials of the company. X b b- e o vt e peem- | The Alameda left Soward early Saturday Pition Jaows are emaeoted to be made with. | bound for Seattle via southeastern Alaska in_the next few days in New York, Phil- adelphia and Baltimore. conference, announced at|damage caused by the cyclone through Dr. Ranfjen, it was an-| which the Kashima Maru passed. One day was lost fighting the storm hopes' to reach Seattle September 26, caused some anxiety In|gypamER ALAMEDA ON ROCKS shicping circles in that port. s 'TO SOUTHEAST OF ALASEA Seattle, Wash., Oct. 23.—The passenger M | steamer Alameda of the Alaska Steam- ,, ship company, is on the Schwab, head of Bethichem Shipbullding | S210 company, 12 on th The Alameda had a crew of ninety and is believed to have had about fifty pas- sengers aboard when she went rocks. She :i;:jmte,;fixefi, r&pm';‘n&?cw Julius Johanson, who has bees in the thond freizht and passenger tunnel. Pro- |Alaskan service more than 30 years. posed project as a whole is estimated at $141.000,000. INFANT AND- TEN YEAR OLD GIRL BURNED TO DEATH Hyde Park, Vt, Oct. 23.—Mrs. Hugh Hurley, severely burned in a fire that early today took the lives of her three r{ment | months old son and tenyear old niece, to confinn: the Awerican merchral me- | Marion Greene, walked a quarter of a mile for medical aid, but died a few hours later in a Montpelier hospital. Her hus- band saved himself and a two year old to be Major Lyon and Lieutenant Nica- | daughter by jufhping from a window. ois, flying in a ewift pursuit plane from Boston to New Haven on efficial iness, were painfully injured when their machine tipped over and plunged into a field in Fiskeville in the Pawtuxet Valiey. JAPANESE FHIP WAS DAMAGED BY CYCLONE Aboard Steamshio Kishima Maru, Oct. 22 (By Radlo to the A. P.) —Today was s devoted on this ship, which is carrying tonight. | was ejected honorary —member “-by tha{the principal Japanese felegates to the Sigee his ‘arFival here last week he has|American Association ‘for the ' Advance- | Washington bten in consultation with colleagues and [ment of .Science, it was heads of varfous departments. Prior to | Washington. One horse was burned to death and twe | his departure Mr. Colling said there was|nounced, discovered the pernicious ansmia to \ix articipants, and were r “the ed by of re- as well as navy had From the by in conversa- Detectives engag- ed in solving the mysterious death of the unidentified young woman, part of whose body wag found vesterday in a pond near Léng Island City, wrapner in white oil several police head- rocks southeast all aboard are received on thHe is commanded by Captain repairing zetti, arrested seventeen persons 10 | disorders. AMBASSADOR HERRICK MUST WERE QUCKLY SUPPRESSED 10,000 Soldiers and Policemen Guarded the American Embas- sy in Paris—Grenade Thrown Among the Police at Mar- sailles Failed to Explode—Police Prevented Procession and Made Several Arrests—In London There Was a - Small Communist Gathering in White Chapel—Propos- ed March to the American Embassy Was Abandoned. Marseilles, France, Oct. 23 (By the A.)surance policy for the employes and also P.)—A grenade which failed to explode was thrown among the police here today while efforts were being made to organize a procession for a march on the Ameri- can consulate to protest against the con- viction for murder of Sacco and Van- The grenade was thrown immediately after a Sacco-Vanzetti protest meeting. The police prevented the procession and during the MAKE GOOD $5,000 DAMAGE Paris, Oct. 23.—On the morning of the explosion of the bomb in his home hers last week, Myron T. Herrick, the Ameri- can ambassador, took out an accident in- against damage to his residence, Mr. Herrick, under his contract. must make good to the Duc De Broglie the $5,000 damage which was done to the house and furnitur DEMONSTRATION IN LONDOL FAILED 20 MATERIALIZE London, Oct. 23.—A Sacco-Vanzett! demonstration outside the American em- bassy here today failed to materfalize. There was a small communist gathering in Whitechapel, however, at which speeches weer delivered by Sylvia Pank- hurst and other persons, who protested against the conviction of the Italians. Rain dampened the enthusiasm of the demonstrators and the proposed march to the American embassy was abandoned. SUICIDE WAS MISSING sfami, ‘Fla., Oect. 23.—The Mystery” who committed suicide Thursday night in a local hotel identified tonight as Warren C. g Avenue Trust Company of Chi ‘W. F. Bennett, of Miami, former ( 0o, The body “C. Hayde , of New York city,” the hotel forced an entrance to supported the theory of sulcide. Spurgin apparently had taken consi erable precaution to obliterote led to identification. Even parts the lining of his shoes had been saying he ‘had often been in banker in return. reading a local newepape shown by photographs of Spurgin. TOOK $500,000 IN GOLD WHEN Chicago, Oct. 23.—Warren C. Avenue Trust Company, d Chicago on July 2 institution was insolvent and ! it had taken more than $5 with him when he examiners 1 loss to the institution at $750,000. wild clues. He other places. \ of her husband told ~reporte during the past four months.” MARINE SHOT WHILE Boston, Oct. 23.—Quincy of Panama City, Fla., a marine co wound.fil Naval authorities said Richard Wissenfield, of this cl also reported to the officer of the day that cot in the barracks last night no reason for his act, officers s in OBITUARY Miss Mary Durnin Danbury, Conn., Oct. 2 Durnin, superintendent of fiss Frank V. Thompson today of ptomaine poisoning. He was 2 number of years. company for some time. the state. as state chairman of He leaves a widow and two daughters. Henry H. Spoonmer, Berlin, Conn., O Connecticut Temperance union, his home here early today. ill for tem weeks, He was born in Kent, Conn., 65 years As a young men he went to Chi- cago, where he was buyer for a hardware firm for twenty-five years. While. there Ilinois branch of the Christian Endeavor society. Returning to Connecticut twenty years |. ago, he was chosen secretary and treas- urer of the Connecticut Temperance un- ion and had held the post ever since. He was an active worker for prohibiton and in récent years was a familiar figure at ago. he served as president of the the state ‘capitol. He leaves a widow and two daughters. CHICAGO BANK PRESIDENT “Man of last was Spur- , missing president of the Michigan broker and intimate friend of Spurgin. identified at first as that of " was found Friday morning when employes of the room. A bullet wound in the forhead and a revolver co# aining one spent cartridge, every mark on his clothing which might have of cut out and could not be found. Bennett was | positive in his identification of the body as that of the missing Chicago banker, Spurgin’s company, had diened with him on numer- | ous occasions and had entertained the The identification followed Bennett's 's ‘article com- ! menting on the remarkable likeness of the dead man to the missing banker as HE DISAPPEARED Spurgin, president of the now defunct Michizgan isapeared ‘from and a day later the bank was closed by the state examiners. An audit of the books disclosed that the was charged by bank officials that Spurzin 00,000 in cash xnsan:wared. Bank ter estimated that the total ‘The search for Spurgin developed many was reported in Can- ada, Mexico, \Georgia, Cuba and many Mrs. Spurgin tonight expressed doubt that the body in Miami really was that “There have been =0 many reports of Mr Spurgin’s death or capture that I no longed pay any attention to them,” she “T will not go to Miam{ unless I have positive proof that the man who com- mitted suicide was my husband. I have almost lost interest in the whole affair ASLELP BY FELLOW MARINE O. Rouden, private stationed at the navy yard here, died at a hospital today from a bullet thata marine, who was placed under arrest, had h Reports from the mayors of cities in all had shot Rouden as he lay asleep on his He gave Mary the Danbury hospital for the last eight years and con- nected with the institution for 20 years, died last night following an operation. Boston, Oct. -23.—Frank V. Thompson, superintendent of schools of this €ity, died graduate of St. Anselm’s college at Man- chester, N. H., and had been in educa- tional work In eastern Massachusetts for He was 47 year's years old, a son of Cornelius S. Bush- nell, who was financial backer of John was connected with the General Electric Later he devel- oped several electric power properties in In the world war Mr. Bushnell served the united war work campaign. He had been president of the New Haven Y. M. C. A. since 1918, 24.—Henry H. Spooner, secretary and treasurer of the| died at He had been ANOTHER “BLOW"” FORECAST FOR FISHERMEN'S RACE TODAY Hal'fax, Oct. 23.—Indications late to- night were that another piping breeze of the strongth that keeps America cup racers at’ their moorings would develop for the second race tomorrow of the se- ies of two out of three to decide the championship of the North Atla®ic fish- ing fleets now being sailed on an ocean course of forty miles off Halifax harbor, The Gloucesterman Elsie, commanded by Captain Marty Welch, defender of the international trophy won by the Es- peranto last year, Was fitted out today with a new main topmast, replacing the ong strained on the trip up from Massa- ctsetts, replac and with a new foretopmast. g the one carried away in Bat- s contest. ‘With one hand on the trophy, by vir- tue of their win in the opening raece, the _ crew of the Canadlan challenger Blue-¢ n commanded by Captain Angus , took things leisurely over Sun- . without in any wav minimizing the task that is theirs in trying to duplicate Saturday’s feat. R, Russell Smith, race manager of the , Wsa as one of the cfficial United ates observers was aboard the victori- ous Bluenose in Saturday's event, de- clared that the Lunenburg skipper, Cap- tain Walters, sailed one of the finest races he ever witnessed. The sail handling of the Bluenose was perfect, he said, and the abflity of the crew a credit to Nova Seotia. TWO NEGROES BURNED TO DEATH AT ORANGE, V4. o Orange, Va, Oct. 23.—Two negroes, ssupected of having been implicated in the murder yesterday of Sheriff W. C. Bond and Town Sergeant Julian F. yer, weze burned to death today when were surrounded by a posse in a barn near the scene of the double mur- der. The barn is supposed to have been set on fire by discharges from the shot guns operated by the two negroes. Tt body of -Walter Ware, one of the fugi. tives, was found in the ruins and that | of the other is supposed to be still b neath the debris. Seven members of the weer slightly wounded in the at- supposed to have been killed when they attempted to collect a fine imposed upon Ware for violation of the prohibition laws. Wken they failed to return today a search was started which resulted in the discovery of the bodies near the me- gro's home, HARTFORD VOTES $435, TO BE EXPENDED FOE LABOR ‘Washington, Oct. 23.—Expenditure of millions of dollars will be authorized by municipalities within the next few weeks to aid in providing jobs for the nation’s approximately four million idle wags earners. according to a stflement issued tonight by Colonel Arthur Woods, head of the central agency of the national um- employment conference. a parts of the country, Colonel Woods said. indicate that prompt action has been taken' to make effective the emergency measures recommended by the confer- ence. Employment activities in New England industrial cities have been spurred, Col- onel Woods declared. Hartford reported the appropriation of $435.000 to be ex- pended for labor, Springfleld, Mas., ad- vised that $1,000,000 in public works was now in the course of construction, while Worcester, Mas., stated that nearly $1.- 500,000 was going into school buildings and other works. 2 | GOVERNMENT MORTUARY REPORT SHOWS 1,142,578 DEATHS Washington, Oct. 23.—The government's annual report on mortality statistics for old. 1820, soon to be issued shows a total of Winthrop G. Bushnell 1,142,578 deaths within the death regs- New Haven, Oct. 23—Winthrop G.|tration area, representing a rate of 13.1 Bushnell, electrical engineer. died sud- |per thousand population as compared with denly today at his home. He was 57 |12.9 in 1919. The 1919 rate was the low- est recorded in any year since establish- ment of the registration area in 1900. Ericsson, builder of the “Monitor.,” He |There was an increase in the death rate was graduated from Yale in 1883 and|from pneumonia asd a marked decrease |in tuberculosis ftatalities. Fatalities' from automabile accidents and injuries increased from 9.4 to 10.4 per hundred thousand. —_— UNIVERSALISTS TO BUILD A MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON Detroit, Oct. 23.—The Universalist general convention, which has just closed here, decided to built a national church at Washington as 2 memorial to men whe served the country in the world war, it was announced today. .The cost. amd type of the structure was left in the hands of a committee: which already has been pledged $100,000 for its constructiom. ANGORA HAS RATIFIED TURCO-FRENCH TREATY Constantinople, Oct. 22.—The Angora assembly today ratified the Turco-French by an overwhelming majority. The Turks concede economic priority &1 the villages of Adena, Sivas and Har put. The French.recognize the Angers. government.