Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 27, 1921, Page 1

9., .70 PREVENT B Rl At Meeting of Union Leaders Called at the Suggestion of the Board—Railway Union Chiefs Were Defiant and Utter- ed Practically an Ultimatum at Hearing that Adjourned Last Night—Declared That No Power on Earth Save a “Satisfactory Settlement” Can Prevent “Their Men Walk- ing Out, Beginning Next Sunday Morning at 6 O’clock —Board Will Render Decision Not Later Than Friday, Possibly Today. Chicago, Oct. 26 (By the A. P.).—The government will make its final attempt |to prevent the threatened gemeral rail- |road strike tomorrow mornirg, at 9 |o'clock, when presidenis, gemeral cnair- men and executive commttees of the five train service unions meet here at a con- ference reported to have been arranged {at the instigation of the United States \railroad labor board, The board's Investigation of the causes of the strike threat ended abruptly at {5.30 tonight when the five union leaders asked permission to make anrouncement to_their- men. Union leaders tonight said that the meeting tomorrow had been called at the suggestion of Ben W. Hooper, vice chair- man of the board, and that they expected {him to personally present a final propo- |sition from the board. Mr. Hooper re- |fused to confirm or deny this. Judge R. I3 Bartor, chairman of the board, said at its decision on today's hearing might be rendered tomorrow. and cer- |1ainly would be forthcoming by the next ay Each of the presidents of the five | transportation group unions said, how- lever, that the prospects for a settlement “certainly were no better than thgs were \is morning,” while two went farther, Ceclaring that “the clouds were darker an eve It was understood that the board would make the following proposal to the junions tomorrow That the unions suspend or call off the strike ordered for next Sunday and based on the wage cut made last July, pending ’decisions by the board on further wage cuts or on any revision of rules which the employes fear the roads will ask. The |1oads have already announced their in- {tention of secking a 10 per cent. wage cut for the train service men in addition to the 12 per cent. slash of last July. any roads bave. indicited a desire to rogate time and a half for overtime ‘also. Throughout the hearifig today the un- jon leaders insisted fear of changes in | rules and fear of further wage reduc- tions had influenced their men in voting to strike. The board is understood to be prepared to urge that this fear of some- thing which may: happen in the future i8 not sufficient grounds for a strike, and that the men caanot lose anything by waiting for those decisions to be ren- dered. The umexpected-ending of the board's hearing after. little miore than an hour had been devoted to taking testimony of the rallroads’ side foliowed a series of whispered confercnces among the union ileaders. W. G. Lee, president of the trainmen, ed permission to’ make an announc Ument to his general chairmen, 160 of iwhom Were present. jmeet here at § o'clock tomarrow. War- S. Stone of the.,engineers, L. E. ppard of the conductors, W. 8. Carter of the firemen and T. C, Cashen of the switchmen made similar - announcements, and after a brief statement from Judge . M. Barton, chairman of the labor hoard, to the effect that the board’s de- cision as to whether the unions had vio- lated the July 1 wage cut order would be handed down either tomorrow or Friday, | the meeting was adjourned. Vihether the proposal which the board jis expected to make tomorrow can pre- vent the strike was a question no unton jofMcial would comment on. Throughout the hearing today they reiterated their {previous declarations that they could not lcall off the strike unless a “satisfactory ement” was reacted, and they de- fined such a settlement as revocation ot the wage cut of July 1, payment'to the ‘men of the wages they have lgst as a result of that cut, and a promise by the roads not to seek further wage reduc- tions or changes in rules for a stated period Poard members declired to comment (on the meeting to be held tomorrow, but iothers pointed out that the generai chairmen, grand officers .and executive committees who will attend have the power to call off the strike without refer- ence to any other body. Throughout the hearing today Mr. Hooper, chairman of the board’s judi- ciary committee, developed in his exam- }ination of the union presidents that fear future wage cuts or rules changes was the impelling motive behind the wverwhelming strike majority, rather than opposition to the 12 per cent, wage reduction of last July. Each president declared he did not accept the July cut but that it alone would probably not have deen enough to cause a strike. JLEADERS SAY “SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT” OR STRIKE Chicago, Oet. 26.—(By the A. P.)—FEx- jecutives of the big four brotherhoods. pnd the Switchmen's Union of North Emeflca. after a day of verbal jockeying ith the United States Labor Board de- lared late today that no power en earth pave a “satisfactory settlement” ean pre- vent their men walking out beginning ext Sunday morning at 6 o'clock. Their declaration came at the close of a \ay of fruitless questidning, when Judge R M. Barton, chairman of the labor Doard, called each union president in turn jand asked him four prepared questions, he third of which was: . “If the board shall declare a strike 1s ot justified and should not oceur and direct that the enfployes not strike, will at order be ebeyed?’ ; The union chiefs, Warren 8. Stone, of e engineers; W. G, Lée, of the train- en; L. E. Sheppard, of the conductors; W. S. Carter, of the firemen, and T. C. E:amn of the Switshmen—declared in urn they had no power to cancel the rike order, expressed the individuals jovinion that their men would not obey lan order from them or the board to re- main at work; and reiterated thefr previ- jous declarations that only a “satisfactory settlement” could avert the walkout. Such a settlement, they sald would be Feconsideration by the labor board of its Flve per cent. wage reduction order of st July 1, or a movement by the Individ- al raliroads to confer with the unions Bnd set aside the hoard's order. I W. 8. Carter declared- a settlement ligs, o He, called them to ;¥ shoyld also reimbursé the men for the pay lost since July 1 as a result of the wage cut. Questions Asked Union Leaders The other three questions asked the union leaders were: “Who, or what authority, in your la- bor organization, can withdraw the or- der to =irike or stop a strike?” “Suppose you, the chief executive of your organization, or your exccutive committee, issued an order or a state- ment . that a strike should not occur, do you believe the strike would be prevent- ed? “Will you, as chief executive, use your power andl influence to see that the orders of the board on the matter be obeyed?” (Continued on Page’ 3, Column 4) PRESIDENT TALKS AGAINST OLD RACE PREJUDICES Birmingham, Ala., Oct. '26.—North and south whites and blacks were admonished by President Harding here today to put aide old prejudices and pretensés and set the face of the nation courageously toward a constructive and permanent so- lution of the race problem In a sweeping presentafion of his views, which was received with varying manifestations of emotion by a crowd of several thpusand wisdtes and negroes; the president declared social equality' be- tween the races must not be considered a possibility but that the black man must have an increased political, economic and educational opportunity if the American nation is to live true to its traditions of democracy. The address, one of five delivered here by the president during a day's visit to the Birmingham semi-centennial celebra- tion, was driven home with vigorous ges- ture and deliberate utterances such as Mr. Harding has seldom employed since he became chief executi He spoke with a manifest determination to drive his shafts to the heart of racial disagree- ments and to make the pronouncement one of the most plain spoken of his ad- ministration. The crowd before whom he appeared was packed: in the inadequate confines of Woodrow Wilson park, and many hun- dreds on the outskirts apparently unable to hear, kept up a hub-bub which made his declaration inaudible to all but those -who were close by. Repeated bursts of cheering swept .the segregated sections allotted to the negroes as they caught portions of th speech relating to political and economic opportunity. In the whits section there were occasional ripples of applause as the significance of a phrase : and there was ralizd and pondred these near the speaker. A tribute to the aid of Masonry in the bullding of citizenship was paid by the president in the address he delivered after wielding a trowel in the placing of the cornerstone. Suggesting that there has been mis- junderstanding of the purposes and re- cnirer of the organization, the presi- dent said: G 1 want to tell those outside the order that there isn't anything in the ritual or the oath'that any free, righteous and Just American couldn’t subscribe to and be the better citizen for it. I know I am a better citizen for being a better Mason. “There are moments of anxiety when one wonders what the morrow w and—I can say it publicly—I can find myself heartened because I know there is this great fraternity which is ever ready to give of its all for the maintenance of Jaw and order, 1 do not disparage any other fraternity, and I think the fraternal spirit is one of the finest of our republic. I want to see more of the fraternal spirit among nations." + EMENT AGAINST MUSHROOM” DRUG HOUSES Hartford, Oct. 2 ed to check the act —An order design- ies of “mushroom” drug houses was issued tonight hy Har- ry E. Mackenzie, federal prohibition director for Connmecticut, The prder lim- its the liquor withdrawals of wholesale drug concerns to 10 per cent. of their gross business for the preceding month. Director Mackenzie said his office has received more than applications fot wholesale druggist liquor permits in the last three months. The mew ruling, . he said, mgans that holders of permits will showing the gross amount of their bus- i»ess in dollars and cents, after which they will be dbermitted to withdraw from bondde warehouses liquor to the value of 10 per cent. of the gross business Usted. CAUGHT WHILE MOVING STCLEN BED FURNISHINGS Bridgeport, Cann., Oct. 26.—Five men were arrested here tonight when they were surprised moving stolen bed fur- nishings into an automobile from sleep- ing cars in the winter headquarters vard of the Ringling Brothers and Bar- num & Bailey's Circus. , An automobile load of blankets and sheets from the cars, stolen Monday, are said by, the police to have been disposed of in New Haven. The men under arrest are: Robert Manley, a circus cook, living at the headquarters, and Osborn Hutch- ings, James Gunchoein and Louis Ler- ner, all of New Haven and Clifford Wood of East Haven. LIQUOR RAID AT RUSTIC INN, NORTH GUILFORD Guiford, Conn., Oct. 26.—Three fed- eral prohibition enforcement officers from New Haven raided the Rustic, Inn, at North Guilford, tonight and gseized 20 quarts of liquor found concealed in the attic. Casper Cummings, proprie- tor of the Inn, was ordered to appear before United, States Lynch in New Haven tomorrow., Cum- of prokibition and last Sunday morning Pis place was raided by the ja freight car at Amesbury, Mass. 1 bring,| have to submit a statement each month | Commissioner | mings has been arrested three times pre- | viously by federal officers since the era | Times sign BRIEF TELEGRAMS - Marshal Foch will receive the honor- ary degree of docter of laws at a special convocation of Columibia university. Karllsts under Stephan Friedrich, former Hungarian - premier, occupied Odenburg, in West Hungary. — General Charles T. Menoher, former chief of army air service has been asigned to command the First division at Camp Dix, N. J. The steamship Prince Arthur, bound from Yarmouth N §., to Boston, with pasengers and, cargo, went ashore in Yarmouth harbor. In a note delivered to the ambassadors’ council the Polish government accepts the decision of the allies concerning Upper Silesia. Federal officers today Seized 1147 quarts of honded' whiskey: found bur-~ ied beneath 900 bushels of turnips in Fred W. Adams, a widely known lum- ber dea’er, died at his home in Auburn, Me., aged 54, He is survived by his wife and one son. Nearly 1,500,000 persons will be with- out employment throughout the coming winter in Great Britain, declares T. J. McNamara, minister of labor. A definite plan for re-uniting the Methodist Episcopal church, North and South, is to be made here immediately preceding the world conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. Chief Engineer Caleb M. Saville of the Hartford Water départment, was ap- pointed chairman of the -state commis- sion on the pollution of the waters of Connecticut, Liquor runners have been bringing li- quor across the Canadian border at night on a rubber tired, power driven hand car operated over the rails of the Spo- kane Falls and Northern railway. - Army surplus material costing the government ~ $209,620,147 had been transferred by the war department to other governmental agencies on Septem- ber 30. A far-reaching and, for England, sens sational decision has been rendered by the house of lords in a ruling that money pald by check in settlement of a gambling debt is recoverable by the loser. The Cunard line announced that the Agquitania, bringnig Premier Lloyd George and his official party would sail from Southampfon November 3, two days ahead of regular schedule, Sir John Kemnedy, comsulting engineer of the Montreal harbor commission and builder of the first double track railroad in .Canada, ‘died in Montreal. He was 83 years old. W. B. (Bat) Masterson, former sherlff in the southwest and in recemt years a sporting editor of the Morning Telegraph, dled of heart disease while at work at his desk in New York. He was’66 years old. Tntll the prohibitory liquor law is removed from the state constitution, the sale of beer or other liquors cannot take place in Maine, Attorney General Rans- ford W. Shaw sajd. The state public serviee commission denied the petition of fifteen residents of Concord, N. H., that the operation of one-man cars on the local street rail- way be forbidden. Search for radium needles valued at $10,000 will be made in the sewers of the City hospital at Hamilton ,Ont..on arriv- al of an expert from Pittsburgh, Pa, equipped with a magnetic instrument for attracting radium. Passage of the Appleby bill to prevent pollution of navigable watcrs with oil and other refuse matters was urged be- for the house rivers and harbors com- mittee by a delegation from New York and nearby cities. Sam Gordon, a 35 year old negro, was hanged by 2 mob at Winneboro, La., after the shooting to death of Jos Ki ball, a white farmer. Gordon was said to have shot Kimball during a uarrel over a bag of pecans. Seventeen men indicted in connection with the fight between townspeople and private detectivgs in Matewan, W. Va., May 19, 1920, never will be brought to trial, said Judge R. D. Bailey, of the Mingo county court. It is reported that former King Charles accepted unconditionally terms offered him by Admiral Horthy, the regent, and that he has been assigned to the Bene- dictine Abbey of Tihany, on Platten Lake. - The fast dwindling band of those who in the sixties shouldered their guns under the Stars and Bars gathered in Chatta- nooga, Tenn., for the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans' Associ- ation. ' Three armed bandits who attempted to hold up a branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, in Montreal, during the lunch hour were frightened off by the manager, J H. Carnegi, when he fired one shot at them. They escaped in a stolen amtomobile, In official uarters at Berlin it was as- serted that there was no information con- cerning a report that it was the American zovernment's intention to invite the Ger- man government to the approaching con- ference on limitation of armaments at ‘Washington, g v Sbustitation of the plece-work system in the ladies’ garment manufacturing in- dustry for the week-work basls with A downward revision of wages, effective No- vember 14, was agreed upon at a meeting of the Cloak, Suit and Skirt Manufac- turers' Protective Association in New York. s A nation-wide appeal for English wo- ‘men to demonstrate their support of the statesmen at the Washington cenference is contained in a letter to the Lendon by Lady Astor and Mrs. Margaret Wintringham, members of par- | -an Hour on His Own De- Before House Today > & Mr. Blanton Will Be Given fense—Will Be Called at Noon. " Washington, Oct. 26.—The house of representatives was up in the air tonight over the method of procedure tomorrow on a resolution calling for the ousting of Thmas L. Blanton, democrat. of Texas, nofhwithstanding a statement by Lead- er Mondell that it would be called up. In the face of a plea from republicans and democrats alike for a resolution pro- viding only for severe condemnation and ecnsure, Mr. Mondell declared he would not turn back. “The resolution to ewpel Mr. Blanton for causing to be printed In our -highest government publication of offensive and obscene matter,” said Mr. Mondell, “will be called up at noon tomorrow. Mr. Blanton will be ‘given an hour in his own defnese I expect about two hours of de- bate on_ the resolution, which cannot be amended or put aside for a substitute, and I believe it will be adopted. There were claims, However, by some republicans and democrats that the two- thirds vote necessary to expel would be lacking and for this reason they urged a resolution of cnsure. Those insisting upon the latter course asserted that a res- olution, calling also for a public rebuke by the speaker, would be put through with few, ¥f any, dissenting wotes. Returning to his seat ‘in the house late today Blanton made-an attempt to speak but was prevented by a parllamentary situation, In which the charges agatnst him were In no way affected. After look- ing over the record for a féw moments, he talked with Speaker Gillett, who as- sured him that he would be given an op- portunity to address the house tomorrow before it voted on the question of his ex- pulsion. Then when he found that he would be unable obtain the floor during the afternoon, he went away, first refus- ing ‘to. make a public statement, Some of the facts relating to the publi- catlon of Blanton's “extenslon of re- marks” were revealed to members today by Mr. Mondell, after conforring with the public printer. The Texan had been glv- en the report by the house to print a soeech on the government printing office, which was not made on the floor. ‘“The manuscript was turned over to the printer's agent late Saturday,” Mr. Mondell said, “and on it was written the notice, ‘print in tonight's record without | fail’ The copy did not reach the com- positors until nearly mid-night and when the found the affidavit, which was made a part of the speeck with many cbscene words, the man in charge called u» the public-printer who informed him that he had no power to stop its publication. Consequently. thirty-odd thousand copies went every where. It has been expected that the Texas delegation would meet during the day to agree on a concerted plan of voting but there was no meeting, members deciding that such a step was not advisable. Near- 1y all the Texas representatives said they. would vote against-the Monde!l resolution’ but would support a resolution of censure. Although democratd and republicans asserted the issue was not partisan, the informal discussions touched often on the political angle, in view of reports that Blanton was preparing to enter the race for United States senator DETATLS OF CONTENTS OoF STPL'EZ\' MAIL BAGS New York, Oct. 26.—A white muslin laundry bag uesd to muffle the head of the driver today became the clue upon which postal authorities hove to track down perpetrators of Monday night's mail truck robbery, now believed to have been the richest haul in the history of mail thefts. Postul authorities said the fact that the bag was used by the rob- bers was not explained by Frank Hav- ranick, the driver of the truck, until to- day. In the absence of ,complete figures, be- ing compiled by a force of nearly fifty postal clerks, the belief gained ground in official circles that the loss would exceed | $1,000,000. Postal officials learned that the bulk of the stolen securities were non-negotia- ble and hence useless-to the robbers and likely to be destroyed as worthless im- pedimenta. Scores of federal operatives and city police were making every effort to lay. hands on the precious packages before their nature was discovered by the thieves. : Stock exchange tickers broke all rec- ords in carrying itemized ilsts of stocks and bonds reported lost by banks and brokerage houses of the financial dis- trict. ~ At the samo time, well defined reports were circulated that “a very large amount” of currency was in one of the sacks. The lists carried on the tick- ers supported the theory that the total loss would reach the million mark. While many theories of how the daring robbery was planned &nd executed con- tinued to be advanced, postal inevstigat- ors prosecuted their inquiry in the belief that the three fobbors must have re- ceived accurate information of the ship- ment. They worked on the theory that the plot. involved some present or recent employe of the city hall postofiice, where the looted truck was loaded before start- ing up Broadway. Insurance men advanced the theory that the holdup was connected In some way with the recent mail robbery in| Toledo, O., and pointed out that several members of the gang which operated there were still at liberty. Descriptions of these wmen have been circulated through the metropolitan district in thé hope of picking up some of them. The laundry bag which focused the in- terest of the investigators is about 18 inches long and 30 inches wide and is | equipped with drawstrings. Havranick said his assailants drew it over his head before they removed.the sacks of regis- tered mail from the truck. He also told the authorities that a second automobile figured in the holdup. This car, he said, drew up in front>of the mail truck, blocking its pasage, while the robbers climbed ‘aboard from another machine, One of the day's developments which served to intensify the fear of ‘officials that the robbers might destroy that part of their loot which they couid not con- Wit hgan Heads - German (Cahinet New Ministry Has Same View- point Regarding Upper Si- lesia as Preceding Govern- ment. Berlin, Oct. 26 (by the A. P.)—Mr. Joseph Wirth, who _remains German chancelor in fhe new (eavinet which takes the place of that which resigned last week, today announced the person- nel of the new cabinet formed by him. Upon making his announcement to the reichstag, Chancellor Wirth _declared that thé new government's -‘“viewpoint regarding Upper. Silesia differs in no way from that of the preceding govern- ment.” He declared the German gov- ernment would protest against the re- cent decision of the council of the league of nations concerning Upper Silesia on the ground of the illegality of the a'- lied supreme council's having referred the question to the league of nations. This ‘procedure, he said, was not pro- .ided for by the treaty of Versailles. The new cabinet is-constituted as fol- lows: . Chancellor and Minister of Fore Affalrs, Dr. Wirth, Vice chancellor and minister of the treasury, Gustave Adolf Bauer, socia'is Ulnister of the interior, Adolf Koes- ter, socialist. Defense, Herr Gessler, democrat. Economles, Robert Schmidt, socialist. Food and interim _finance, Andres Hermes. Posts and telegraphs, Joahnn Gies- berts, centrist. Labor, Dr. Heinrich Brauns, cen- trist. Communications, Herr Groener, no party. Justice, Herr Radbruch, socialist. The chancellor added that the new government would exnress to the allied powers its viewnoint on the Si‘esian sit- uation in such form as might appear ap- Srevriate. “Our reoly to the allles” the chan- gcellor declared, “will leave no doubt of the fact that we consider the decision of the conference of ambassadors op- posed to the Versailles treaty and to right, and that the rizhts of Germany upon the territory Which has been torn from us have suffered ne prejudics through the state of affairs which will be created by force.” Dr. Wirth said he was confident the government had the supnort of the Ger- man people in dealing with this most fmportant question. It had been de- cided to send a plenipotentiary tothe cconomic convention on the Upper Si- lestan question. as failure to do so would exnose Germany “to measures of force which will greatly compromise not only Upper Silesia but Germany it- self.” REICHSTAG VOTES CONFIDENCE IN NEW VINISTRY OF WIRTH Berlin, Oct. 26,—(By Tite A. P.)—The reichstag this evening voted confidence In the new ministry of Dr. Wirth. The vote was 230 agajnst 132. The majority was made, up majority socialists, independent soclalists, centriste and democrats. PRIEST ON SICK CALL SHOT THEOUGH HEART Lead, S. D., Oct. 26.—The body of Fa- ther A. B. Belknap, rector of St. Pat- rick’s Cathedral here, was found to~ day on “Poor Man's Gulch”" highway, near the city limits of Lead. A bullet from a large calibre revolver had pierced his heart. The priest had been lured to h's death by a man who, a few mirates before, had appealed to Father Belklap to come With him to adminis- ter the last sacraments of the church to a sick man. Tonight the authorities of Lead were without a clue to the identity of the slayer. Bloodhounds were on the way from Mitchell, S. D., and when they ar- rive search for the murderer will start, Throughout the Black Hills scores of men were ready tonight to form posses. It was about 3.15 o'clock this morn- ing when a man rang the bel at the door of Bishop J. J. Lawler's residence, where Father B4qlknap lived. The young priest answered the call. Father Thomas Hoben and Father Belknap's parents, also living at the Lawler home heard a man ask Father Belknap to come iwth him to the Home of a Fk friend who was about to die and who desired the sacrament of extreme unc- tion administered. Father Belknap went to his garage to get his automobile. His visitor accom- Danied him. started on the car would not work and the pair left afoot. His body was found half an hdur la- ter i nthe roadway, face downward. A large bruise on the back of the priest's head indicated he had been struck 'from behind with a blunt instrument. sidents of the vicipity told police had heard shots. Bishop Lawler said Father Belknap had no enemies and never had received any threats. * No description of the man .who call- ed for the priest was_obtainable, au- thorities say, An examinath n of' Father Bélknap's automobile indicated it had been tam- pered With, according to his friends, a switch connecting the starter having been removed. Rewards totalling $1,500 for appre- hension of the slayer had been offered tonight. TREASURY CERTIFICATES TO BEAR ROOSEVELT PORTRAIT ‘Washington, Oct. 25.—The portrait of | Theodore Roosevelt will apear for the first time on a government security when & new {ssue of treasury certificates will be placed on sale toward the end of the year, 'flecretary Mellon announced tonight on the e¢ve of the late president’s birthday. The portrait, Mr. Mellon said, will be on the $25 denomiration of the new issue which is to be & part of a unified government plan belng worked out by the treasury and the postal savings sys- tem. It was regarded as particularly ap- propriate, he added, that the Roosevelt portrait should appeor “on the denomina- tion on which will be the most available to the general public.” vert into cash was the finding of 25 registered letters, belleved to haev been part of the plunder, The letters were found in a vacant lot in the Brony, They were turned over tp the police. SENATE CONFIRMS THE NOMINATION OF WALTERS (Special to The Bulletin) Washington Oct. 26.—The . senate last night confifmed the nomination of Jacod state po-|liament, and thrée other prominent wo- | Walters as United States marsha 1 for, e men. Connecticut. -, 5 ( . R R R e VR R R i e s 2 ot R g e INCBEASE IN ARMY VOTED 3. BY AUSTRIAN ASSEMBLY Vienna, Oct. 26.—(By The A. P.)—The Austrian assembly today adepted a res- olutlon providing for the increase of the army to the full strength provided in the treaty of St. Germain. The reselution also provides that Austria request the league of nations to permit the estab- lishment of a military system, for the disarming of Hungary immediately and the complete transfer to Austria of Bur- genland, thus carrying out the provisions of the treaty of Trianon. TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS REPEAL OF EXCESS PROFITS mcs'ijwo : -~ TAXES IS MADE CERTAIR Senate Passed Without Record Vote an Amendment Provide ing Only For Its Collection This Calendar Year—A Sub- s‘tituteForfiuExceuProfihSedionofflleE!isfin‘h' —Following Its Adoption the Republicans Abandoned Their Plan to Force a Continuous Session of the Senate. Wasliington, Oct. 26.—Repeal = cess profits taxes of m‘xlpjunzg::wfier:l Was made certain today with the addition by the senate without a Tecord vote of a provision in the tax revision bill pro- Vviding only forits colfection this calenw. dar Year. The provision adopted js a substitute for *he excess profits section of the existing law, i Before accepting the pro: bill, the senate voted dows: an amendment by Senator ¥ ing that for 1921 and thereafter the excess profits tax be 20 fer cent. on l}:e net income of corporations between 15 per cent. and 50 per cent. of the in- wsted capital and 40 per cent. on the Nl income in excess of 50 per cent. Six | republica_ns ioined with the solid gemo- cratic minority in supporting the amend- ment. They wwere Borah, Johnson, Ken- yon, La Follette, Norbeck and Norris. on_in the 43 to 31, Reed, propos- The senate also voted down, 42 to 33, another amendment by Senator Reed pro- Posing that the excess profits tax by 20 per cent. of .the net income in excess bf 50 per cent. of the invested capital. Eignt republicans — Borah, Capper, Johnson, Kenyon, La ¥ollette, McNary, Norbeck and Norris—supported this amendment, and cne democrat, Glass, opposed it Having disposed of tiie excess profits section of the bill, the senate proceeded to consideration of tae corporation in- come tax section under a unanimous con- sent agreement that jt would dispose of on the calendar day tomorrow all amend.- ments to this section except that offered by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts. The Walsh amendment proposes in lieu of the 15 per cent. income tax on corporations recommended by the finance committee a graduaiad tax as follows: Twelve and one-half per cent on the net income up to $100,000; 15 per eent. on the net income between $100,000 and $300,000; 20 per cent. between $300,000 and $£500,000 and 25 per cent. on the amount in exdess of $500,000. A committee amendment limiting as next of January first, the $2,000 ex- empt’on now allowed corporations, to cor- porations having net income of $25,- 000 or less was adopted without objection or a record vote. As a result of the nanimoug consent agreemynt, the republicans held in abey- ance thulr plan to force a continuous session and the senate adjourned at 5.30 p. m. until 11 a. m. tomorrow. Majority leaders sall, however, that they had not abandoned this plan and that the ques- tion of putting it into execution wou depend upon developmerits from day to enator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, in charge of the bill, reiterated hig predic- tion that the measure would be passed by the end of the week. SESSION. OF INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT Princeton, Harding expres Amreican colleges are takinz up the| problem of "disarmament in a telegram| to President John Grier Hibben, of Princeton, read by the Princeton execu- tive at tonight's session of the inter-col legiate conference on disarmament. proximately 75 delegates representing 40 universities and colleges attended the sessions, Which were devoted to expres- sions of approval of the forthcoming Washington conference on the limita- tion of armament and desire that that conference m: succeed. President Harding's telegra g follo “My very cordial greetings to college conferees meeting at Princeton to dis-| cuss the problem ineident to internation- al agreement on the limitation of arm- ament. Knowing as I do the sincerity of our American purpose, free from ev- ery phase of -nationa lselfishness, it is most gratifying to know the college tought of the republic is being exer- cised helpfully to commit the sentiment of our country and the world to real achievements. A great service to this generation may prove vastly greater to generations yet to come. A general commit 2e of one man from each state was named at the afternoon session to continue the work of crysta’-| izing student opinion throughout the | country. This committee will elgct an| executive committee which will attempt to interest all America's colleges in the disarmament movement. TWO NET~ ISSUES OF TREASURY CERTIFICATHES ‘Washington, Oct. est at less than first time in about a year and two new issues of treasury certificates were offered for subscription tonight by Secretary Mellon. The combined offer- ing is for about $200,600,000. Both is sues are dated November 1st, one ma- turing April 1, 1922, with interest at four and a quarter per cent, and the other maturing Sent. 15, 1922, with in-| terest at four and a half per ecent, The low interest rate, officials said, was explained by the present condition | of the money market and by the heavy | over-subscriptions received for recent ue sof these securitie 26.—Bearing five per cent. inter- for the a half, DE. W. A. HADLEY FOUND GUILTY OF WIFE MURDER | Richmond, Va., Oct. 26.—A verdict of | guilty of murder in the first degree was returned by a jury in Henrico County circuit court here ‘this afternoon i case of Dr. Wilmarth A. Hadley mer United States army surgeon, charg- ed with the murder of his wife, Mrs.| Sue Kathleen Tinsley Hadle The body of Mrs. Hadley was found the James river near here about three years| ago. The verdict, which was returned after the jury had been out less than fort minutes, carries with it a sentence of RE-IDENTIFICATION OF LEGLESS BODY OF WOMAN New York, Oct. 26.—The legless body of the murdered. woman found last Sat- urday in a pool of rainwater in Long Island City was re-identified late today as that of Mrs. Daiy Bailey Higsins, of this city. Last Monday Mrs. Mary ®pllard, sis- ter of Mrs. Higgins, viewed the body and declared it was Dolly's but a few hours later Higgins visited the morgue nd denied the remains were thoses of his wife. The body on two other occa- sions had been erroneously identified— once by a captain of marines as that of a girl who had complained to him that one of his men had wronged her, and again by a Jersey City woman giv. ing a fictitious address, who declared she recognized the face of a former do- mestic, Bertha Becker. The re-identification was made by Mrs. Anna Bailey of Brooklyn, mother lof Mrs. Higgins, who was accompanied to the morgue by Mrs. Helen Otto of Brookiyn and Oemr Dennis of East New York, both of whom also identified the corpse and” said they had known Mrs. Higgins a score of years. That's Doly, my poor Dolly,” erled Mrs. Bailey: “Poor girl, I demand the arrest of a man in connection with this brutal act.” - Then she gave the police the name of a man who she said “knows all about poor Dolly.” She also asked the arrest of his brother, a physician. Mrs. Bailey said Mrs. Higgins had left home two years ago and she had heard nothing from her until Mrs. Bul- lard made her identification Monday. N PONZI'S HOUSEHOLD GOODS g WERE SOLD AT AUCTION Lexington, Mass.,, Oct. 26.—The scemes of last year when hundreds of peop flocked to this town for a sight of Charles Ponzi, who was paying fifty per cent. on 45 day investments, were re-acted today. The crowds came this time to buy at auction the expensive furnishings of the house which he occupied for a brief pe- riod before being sent to jail, for using the mails to defraud. It was estimated that $15,000, prob- ab not more than half of the origi- nal cost of the furnishings, was real- ized. The money will be added to the assets being collected by the recelvers to meet the demands of Ponzl's ered!- to DELAY IN REASSEMBLING OF THE IRISH CONFERENCE London, Oct. 26.—At the Irish head- rters here tonight it was =ald the in the reassembling of thesIrish conference was caused by the British clegates, who had not been able to meet today on account of other press- ing matters. The Irish officlale ex- pressed the belief, however, that ar- rangements were being made for a meeting of °r the special committee qu a death in the electris chair. BRIAND POLICIES SUSTAINED BY CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES | Paris, Oct. 26 (By the A. P.).—The policies of the cabinet of Premier Briand were sustained by the chamber of depu- | ties tonight when a vote of confidence re- sulted in 381 votes in favor of the gov- ernment to 186 against it. The vote of. confidence in Premier Briand’s cabinet is taken as an indica-| tion that he will head the French delega-| tion ,to the coming conference on limita- tion of armaments and Far Eastern | questions in Washington. Earlier in the present debate he strongly hinted that unless he were given a majority of at least 100 votes he would feel that hel would not be backed up by the French nation at the conference table, SEVEN SEAMEN RESCUED OFF MASSACHUSETTS COAST Chatham, Mass, Oct 26.—Seven sea- men, members of the crew of the schoon- er Henry F. Krieger, which was wrecked on Pollock Rip shoals today, were res- cued after drifting several hours In a small boat and brought to a coast guard station on Nantucket. JEWELRY VALUED AT $60,000 STOLEN FROM AUTONOBILE Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 28—Jewelry said to be valued at §60,000 and an au- tomobile in which Sam Hurwitz, a sales- of the two uelegations or of the full delegation tomorrow. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED BY STORM AT TAMPA, PLA. Tampa, Oct. 26.- -Two persons were killed and more than one million dql- lars damage was done as a result of the tropical storm which struck here yesterday. Approximately four humdred houses wers washed into' the bay at Palmetto Beach, on the outskirts of Ybor City. The residential section along Bay Shore Boulevard was cov- ered with water over an area two blocks back from she sea wall, OBITUARY. Rev. Dr. George Edward Adams. Stamford, Conn., Oct. 26.—The Rev. Dr. Georze Edward Adams, a retired minister of the Methodist iscopal church, died last night at hllahpnmu in Glenbrook, aged 80 years. Dr. Adams was graduated from Dickinson eollege and Drey Seminary, and entered the New Jersey Conferencs in 1863 being the Lebanon Mission and later being a pas- tor at Beverly, Marlton, Titusville, Bor- dentown, Freehold, Vineland, New Bruns- wick and Camden. He entered the Gen- esce Conference in 1883 and was a pas- tor at Olean and Rochester. He was next In the Newark Conference in 1859:being 2 pastor at Newark. He came to the| New York Conference in 1304 and was @ pastor in Brooklyn, presiding elder ot the New Haven district and superintend. ent of the Brooklyn district from 1905 to man, was conveying it from one retail jeweler's establishment to another for exhibition purposes, were stolen here to- day by two men who jumped into the car and drove away immedlately after Hur- witz had stepped out of it L o s A e e oo 1809, He wag over a church in New Britain in 1911-13 and closed lkils active ministry in Springdale, here. Dr. Adams is survived by Mrs. Adams and a daughter, the latter being the wife of Dr. W. S. Baer of Johns Hopkins, unlyersity, «