Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 5, 1921, Page 1

Bulletin VOL. LXIll—NO. 269 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., NOVEMBER 5, 1921 12 PAGES—92 COLUMNS SENATE REORDERS INQUIRY INTO CHARGES OF WATSON Special Committee, Headed by Senator Brandegee, Will Meet Next Monday to Determine Upon the Procedure—Com- mittee Has Been Empowered to Subpoena Persons and Papers—The War Department is Preparing to Give Its Fullest Support to the Investigation—Another Speech by Mr. Watson his eviden M. sblicans to ex- debate jn the effort Earlier eclar. r open should nce” charg-s senate met at 10 Senator Edge be- a criticism of Sen- | Miller, of Beaumont | gro soldier mear la T Preceded the Final Order For Investigation. yesterday where a eofdier had been exe- cuted, after a court martial, the New Jersey senator said, for a “brutal” at- ack upon a 7 year old girl. stor Watson said his information regarding twenty-one alleged hanging of soldiers without trial came from a former er who said he had seen the gal- been toid by a gallows s number ‘vas hanged. His Senator Watson said, would senate and answer all questions. French government cnd General were criticised by the Georsia n commenting on a statement by D. Baker, former secretary of r, that the Senator's cnarges were “pre- and_incredible.” Referring to Baker's statement that France was ed cou ard that word of illegal jons would have spread Senator Watson said that France Tafayette senator Newion osterous Mr. a any exec quickly a charged American for trenches and wds nsed American troops. 'h, yes, France is not howling wil- derness but a civilized country,” the | Georefa senator continued, “from which afayette came upon a written contract made with Sflas Dean, pledging tins country to make him a major general before he would leave France nad come to America; and he did not have sense nough to drill a company of soldiers, be- sides which he sniffied. Some of these days, when somebody gets up here ana blows off about Lafayette, [ mean to ks him down a peg o two. I know Lafayette and Washington knew him, and it was not Washington who had him re- leased from that Austrian prison into which he was when the French arus chased him with the intent to 13, It was oleon Bonapu in the treaty of Campo-Formio. Yes, 1 know Lafay ette. He betrayed every French govern- ment that trusted him and the only inde- pendent command he ever had in America came very near getting bagzed by Be: dict Arnold it was only tne James that saved Lafayette and his com- from being captured.” NEGRO WAS GIVEN COURT MARTIAL AND HANGED Peaumont, Tex, Nov. i—Dr. E. \ho was one of the 1o soven year old by an American ne- clielle hosital u Franee in December, 1915, said today the T surgeons attending French girl attacked negro was given a court martial and hanged. He declared thia was the only crime that happened in the La Rochelle area that he knew anything about and that never heard of instances of unjust treat- ment of Amerfean soldiers. MWAULIFFE TO BE TRIED Nt DISTRICT COURT 8T dera necticut, will be i alatiice comre bes, This decision_an- | Judge Edwin 1o grant the mo- Hugh M. Aleorn for a dismissal of a ng a ho refused ibeas corpus was issued by Judge Thomas = on application of counsel for . ffe. who sought to have Mc- Aulife's case taken out of the state o nd tried in the federal court. The decision of Judge Thomac, it is un- rstood, superscdes_an order issued by es Commiissioner Corbett yes scharging MeAuliffe from the the federal authorities be- not ready to present n the case. agh Judge Thomas' decision ove a of the state authorities, it ate's Attorney Aleorn shall prosscuting attorney in the case McAuliffe. TUnited States Dis- ict Attorney Edrard L. Smith 18 named defend McAukiffe. MeAuliffe was arrested a monmth age e police a8 a resukt of the in- n of a murder and bootlegging Nef Britain. He was released in < of £15.000. Later he was arrested the federal muthorities and also held n $15,000 bonds. n his decision Judge Thomas sald: n granting the writ of habeas corpus denying the motion to remand the state courts for trial, i MeAulifte t e is and can be no miscarriage of s The accused is not released from dy. nor is his bail discharged.” States's Attorney Aleorn, upon learning would be sxpested to prosecute Tere the federal court, said he follow wherever the case ald he would ask for an im- Walsh of New Haven, comnsel said that the defendant waive his right to be defended by ted States district attorney. RESTLTS OF RACES AT NATIONAL ATR CONGRESS AT, eb., Nov. 4—F, A. Donald- Lake, Towa, was first, and Jones of New York second in one anes held herk today in connec- the national air congres. s time was §9 minutes and Jines made the course in 69 20 seconds. Harry Buff, was third 72 minutes Kas, in and 15 seconds. nes won the first of two 90-mile free races for airplanes able to make His time was 55 min- seconds and his average of Milford, Towa, course from here to Love- Calhoun, Neb., and return and 42 seconds, was sec- S. Miller of Minneapolis was Major Ira A, Rader, U. 8. A., chairman committes of the Pulitzer y race, announced fonight the aver- age time of Bert Acosta, New York, win- ner of the race yestorday, was 176.7 miles per hour. Major Rader also sald the course, according to authorized o was a fraction more than 153 HEAVY BUYING OF 1 ONDS FENDS PRICES SOARING New York. No Trading in bon e open market and in ptivate negotiations today was the arzest in and volume of almost any session this year, in marked con- trast to stock dealings, which were mod- erate On and irregular. exchange tha turnover ated alightly more than of this total almust 85 represented purchases of Lib- per erty and Victory notes. established new high prices for the vear, nctivity again being most marked in the 4% per_cent. series. Victory 3%s al 2 maximum quotation for the year at 9.98 and the 43%s repeated yesterday's record price of par, including one lot of $1,000,000, which sold slightly under the record price. Buying of bonds was not confined to domestic issues, however, a number of the foreign group making substantial gains. Foremost among these were French government 8¢', and Belgian gov- ernment 7%’8, which made extreme ad- vances of 1% and 3 points, respective- Iy, ‘Although the demsnd for railroad stocks was desultory at best, many rafl- road bonds rose (o highest prices of the corrent movement and ir some in- stances to their best of the year. TO INVESTIGATE ALLZGED HARDSHIPS AT ELLIS ISLAND ‘Washington, Nov. 4—Corwplets In- quiry is being conducted at the instance of the state department into alleged hardsirips suffered by British subjects at Ellis Island, the immigration station at the port of New York, to the end that difficulties encountered through admints- tration if immigration laws may be re- duced to a mintmum. This was learned today in connection with statements made yesterday in the House of Commons by Cecil Harmsworth, under secretary of foreign affairs, that “repeated representations (with respect to Ellis_Island conditions) made to the TUnited States govermment have, I regret to say, had no tangible result” ARGENTINE COMMISSIO SURVEYED LAKE BOAT PLANT Bridgeport, Nov. 4—Two of the mem- bers of the Argentine naval commission to this country made an exhaustive sur- vey of the Lake Torpedo Boat company plant here today. It is believed possible that contracts for Lake hoats may be placed by the Argentine navy. The Lake company’s guests were Captain Enrique G. Fliess, president of the commission, and Lieutenant Commander Antonio Sciacaluga. The commission arrived in the eity at 11 o'clock accompanied by J. W. Bar- nette, Jr., president of the Deisel Electro company of Washington, D, C. After the inspection of the plant, the six subma- rines now lying In the harbor were in- spected. BREWERIES APPLY FOR PEBRMITS TO MAKE BEER New York, Nov. 4—Seven brewertes have applied to Celiector Rafferty of Brooklyn gor permilsion to make beer under the federal ruling allowing manu- tacture of 7% per cent. brew for medicin- al purposes, from most of the brewerles of Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island. Applications ara expected | CABLED PARAGRAPHS .Bill to Dethrone Ex-Emperor Charles. Budapest, Nov. 4.—The Tungarima; national assembly today’ e % two readings of the bill callify _he de- throning of former Emp¢ arles It then adjourned until § When the measure will come up g* - .rd reading and final passage. © &¥ Stefan Beth- len, the premier, 1 troduced the bill, Thursday is d formally to resign immediate. oill bezomes aw and afterwardg® stitate the cabi- net. X B PROGRAM & STICE DAY AT ALLINGTON CEMETERY Washington, Nov. 4—The call of an army bugle sounding ‘“attention” will bring the gathering at Arlington Nation- al Cemetery to its feet at noon on Ar- mistice Day to stand two minutes in si- lence, as a memorial to America’s un- known dead from France. For the same period a similar pause in the natlon's ifa everywhere, by proclamation of the i will testify to the country’ for its nameless soldlers in France, Secretary Weeks wil act as offictal master of ceremonies, The detafled program for the services was made public today by the war de- partment. To conclude the period of si- Tence, the Marine band will lead the au- dlenca M America, and the address of President Harding. the only address to be delivered over the casket, w1l then be made. A amartet from the Metropolitan Op- era “ompany of New York will follow with the hymn. The Supreme Sacrifice Those composing the quartet are Miss Rosa Ponselle. Miss Jeanne Gordon, Morgan Kingston and Willidm Gustaf- <on. The honors hestowed hy the United States povernment and bve the allied Fovernments on the unknown soldier will then he conferred. President Mard- ing wi'l pin on the casket the Congres- slonal Medal of Fonor and_the Distin- euished Servica Cross. Ta will he fol- lowed by Lieutenant General Baron Tacques. who will hestow the Belzian Croix de Guerre. Earl Reattv. admiral of the fleet, will pin the British Victoria Cross heside the other decorations. Mar- shal Foch will place upon it the French Medaille Militaire and Croix De Guerre, General Armando Diaz, the ltalian Gold Medal for Bravery, Dr. Bedrich Stepa- nek, Czecho-Slovak minister, the Cze- choSlovak War Cross, and P Lu- bomirski, Polish minister, the Virtuti Militari. The audience will join the quartet in the hymn, O God, Our Help in Ages Past, Chap'ain Lazaron will read from the Psalms, Miss Ponselle sing I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, Frazier recite a Scripture les: the services within the amphitheatre will conclude with the singing of Near- er, My Cod, to Thee, by the audience. The casket will then be carried out to the crypt on the terrace-of the amphi- theatre, the president and Mrs. Harding, the vice president and Mrs. Coolidge, senior foreign delegates to the confef- ence, Secretaries Hughes, Weeks and and General Pershing following. As the casket is placed in the crypt, the burla’ service will he read by Chaplain Brent and floral decorations will be placed on |the tomb by Representative Hamilton ney, representing American war wmoth- ers, Mrs, Julia McCudden, for Pritish war mothers, and Chief Plenty Coups as a tribute from the Indians of Tnited States to the unknown dead. the regular triple volleys for military doal trict court here this a.cernoon. The ver- dict was returned after 23 hours deliber- ation. The defendant showed no sign of feelin and did not raise her eyes from the floor when the verdict was announced. The verdict carries a penaity of not less than ten years' imprisonment. Sentence will be passed November Tth Trial here of Lyda Meyer Southard on a charge of causing the death of her fgourth husband, Edward F. Meyer, fore- man of the Blue Lakes ranch. Twin Falls, by administration of poison, Was opened in the district court on September 26. Because of the extended notoriety gi en the case difficulty was encountered in impanelling a jury. In all 732 witnes: were named to appear on both sides, not all were called to the stand. Hypo- thetical questions together with clinical discussions consumed the greater portion of the trial. On the stand the accused woman matn- tained an unperturbed attiude through- out a long grilling by the prosecution, which failed to derive any important ad- missions from her. ut PRESIDENT HARDING MEETS THE GEEATEST WAR HERO Washington, Nov. i—Sergeant Sam- uel Woodfitt, selected by General Persh- ing as the greatest war hero of them all, was presented to President Harding to- day and congratulated by the chief execu- tive on his war reco-d. Sergeant Woodflll jater was accorded an unusual reception by the house. The sergeant sitting alone in the members' gallery, arose, saluted and then bowed as he was introcnced to the house by Representative Benham of Indiana, In whose distrh 1he was born and where he was known ii “is bovhood days as “the Belleview Scrappe. " Representative a at onme time Woodfi ~1 % of Michigan, Tuanding of- ficer, in anmomncing he, ‘on would introduce a bill to give th 1s form- er rank as a captain, dec at no- body clogely assoclated wi... knew of his expioits until after tré issnance of general orders. LLOYD GEORGE MAY SAIL IN TWO WEEKS London, Nov. 4—(By The A. P)— Two weeks from the present is the earli- est date now considered pnaisible for Price Minister Lloyd George to go to Washington for the armamests confer- ence, according to his secretary. J “Our bags are not packed in anticipa- tion of momentary departure,’ the sec- retary stated this afternoon, “but al- ‘most every other preparation except the actual booking of passages has been made, and should the present obstacles be | cleared the prime munister wiil make quick work of his leave-taking.” ¢ ‘Washington, Nov. 4.—Premier Llovd George hopes domesti: affaifs will e ad- justed so0as to permit him to leave with- in a fortnight for Washington to attend the armament conference, Sir Auckland Geddes, the British ambassador, today in- formed Secretary Hughes, o> Denby, the distinguished foreign officers Fish of New York, Mrs. R. Emmett Diz- of the Crow nation will place his war | honnet and coun stick on the tomb, aiso Three salvos of artilery will mark the Youth Assassinated Premier Hara, Japan Japanese Armament Delega- tion in Washington Thrown Into Confusion—Admiral Kato Wept. Tok#, Nov. 4—Premier (Hara wale fatally stabbed in the breast today at the railroad station in Tokio. He died an hour later. The assassin, who is 19 years old and demented, was arrested. The premier was on hig way to Kioto to attend a political meeting. He died in the station where he was attacked. __Viscount Yasuya Uchida, foreign min- ister, is acting as premier. JAPANESE DELEGATION THEOWN INTO CONFUSION Washington, Nov. 4—(By The A. P.) The Japanese delegation to the armament conference was thrown into sorrow and confusion and official Washington, in- cluding the delegates from other lands to the conference was profoundly shocked today by the announcement from To- kio, that Takaski Hara, the Japanese premicr, had been assassinated. Admiral Baron 'Kato, the ranking member of the Japanese - delegation and Mr. Hara’s most intimate friend, was so affected by the annoumement that he burst into tears. President Harding expressed his hof- Tor at the outrage. It was an unhappy discordant note, he said, in a formal ing to come together around the con- ference table and add to the good under- standing and good will - throughout the world. Secretary Hughes went immedi. ately to the Japanese embassy and ex- pressed his condolences to Baron Shide- hara, the Japanese ambassador. Later he cabled to Ambassador Warren at Tokio to express to Count Uchida, the foreign minister, his profound distress, and to say how much the news had caused a feeling of deep sorrow throughout the United States. The death of Premler Harr, who at- tained a dominating political influence in the Japanese empire, and who was ex- pected personally toshape from Tokio the Japanese policy at the forthcoming con- Violence Develops InN. Y. Milk Strike Attacks Made on Wagons and Milk Spilled in the Gut- ters—Police Use Pistols to Disperse Crowds. New York, Nov. 4 — More violence marked the fourth aay of New York's milk strike, the deadlock showed no sign of weakening. From various parts of the city came police reports of attacks on wagons by strike sympathizers and the spilling of milk in the gutters. The sharpest of these disorders ocour- red in Brooklyn, where three wazons leaving a milk station were attacked. More than a score of shots were fired, two policemen were injured and nearly a score of men rounded up fur question- ing. The wagons, eac) with a policeman on the driver's seat, had been uent out to peddle milk through the Bedford section. Alleged strike sympathizers, taking ref- uge behind lumber piles, opened fire with bricks, { The drivers hid under seats. The po- licemen, with drawn pistols, stood on the running boards. They warned that they would shoot if the barrage of bricks tement, at a time when all were ssek- | did_not stop. “Go ahead and shoot,” the entrenched replied. Then the shooting began and the crowd | scattered. No one was hit. Soon Te- | serves arrived and the attacking party was rushed. Two men, arresteq for riot- | ing, were held without bail. | "On the lower East Side, a crowd at- | tacked a wagon carrying milk to a small store and hurled nearly a hundred bot- tles through tha, shop's window, nar- rowly missing some women and children. Distributors reported more strikers had been replaced and that deliveries were being resumed. Health Commissioner Copeland, who warned the distributors yesterday that he would take over the milk companies i distribution dld not Teach 50 per cent. normal by Saturday, announced tonight that this measure would not be necessais provided deliveries continued to be a8 good as they were today. 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They are bona fide guides to buying—shorn of mystery and voodoo. rtisements tell you plainly where to go for what you They show you how to save steps—any money—and time. watching them carefully each day you are able to buy to the best By Anything that adds to the purchasing power of your dollar is work- Read The Bulletin advertisements and make them In the past week the following news matter has appeared in the columns of The Bulletin for two cents a day : Taps will be sounded by an army buler A a:rl i:f nmin;‘:; :ra!n;l- of twenty-one Bulletin Telegraph Lozal General Total guns fired from a nearby field batiery Saturday, Oct. 29. 88 104 380 572 end the ceremony. Monday, Oct. 31.. 114 20 290 494 CONVICTED OF THE MURDER Tuesday, Nov. 1.... 78 110 216 404 OF HER FOURTH HUSBAND Wednesday, Nov. 2. 116 105 265 485 S o 106 110 256 42 Twin Falls, 1daho, Nov. 4.—Mrs. Lyda Friday, Nov. 8 9 46 525 Meyer Southard was declared guilty of Second degree murder of Edward F. Mey- e e er, her fourth husband, by a jury in dis- Totals...... . 5% 611 ference, {s a very serious loss to Japan verion of transition. The emperor, Yos- hihito is incurably ill, mentally and physically, and is no longer able to car- Ty on his dutles. It is understood that plans have been oy under the crown prince, Mr. Hara and Viscount household minister have been trying to solve the problem of modernizing the Japanese court and seeking means to bring it nearer to the people of Japan Makino the cy. Mr. Hara frequently referred in pub- lic addresses to the dangers of a ton into Japanese life, belfeving country could mot quickly digest success- fully western concepts of soclety. Grad- ually his infiuence grew until the Jap- anese_bagan to look upon his as a pop- ular I in their history. It was a common say- ing at Tokio that Hara alone was run- ning Japan and.that it was hig decision alonn that always obtained. He suc- ceedyl in inducing General Tanaska, un- til recently minister of war, to bring about a more stralghtforward co-oper- ation between the military elements and the civic branches of the government. Important public personages in Japan are never announced as dead, although actually so, until the emperor has been notified of the demise, and it is possible that this anclent Japanese custom may account for the fact that the Japanese embassy ficial announcement of the assassination of the premier. It was, however, de- cided in view of an official message re- ceived by the ftate department an- nouncing the death to cancel the offictal reception which the delegation had ar- ranged for tomorrow evening. All Jap- anese official dinners also have been suspended. Sennosuke Yokota, chief of the legisla- tive bureau of the Japanese cabinet and a personal reprzsentative of Premier Ha- ra at the conference, decided to to re- turn to Japan immediately. Before the Japanese delegation left Japan threatening letters were recsived by its members, including Prince Toku- gawa to whom were forwarded sugges- tive and sinister drawings of the as- sasination of Minister Mori in 1888 and the recent murder of Yasuds, a bank- er. wer at a rather critical moment DEATH OF PREMIER HARA RECALLS SENNOSUKE YOKOTA ‘Washington, Nov. 4—As a result of the death of Premier Hara, it was an- nounced todavfi Semnosuke Yokota, chief of the Japanese legislativé bureau and attached to the armamen+ delegation of that ¢ountry, will return .0 Tokio. Mr. Yokota was said tq have been the late premier’s it hand man” in legisla- tive matters. when that country is passing through a | under consideration to establish a regen- Hirchito. who are clamoring for a development of their country along the lines of democra- rapld absorption of western social ideas that his tonight was still without of- | 0 per cent. of the city's minimum suply had been received today and was increas- ing. lox THE TRAIL OF FoUR cows WHICH BECAME INTOXICATED ‘Westport, Mass,, 4—Four cows of a herd of Holsteins owned anuel Corey of this town have furnished oft cia’s with a eclue which may result in discovery of an illicit still. Corey reported that he found his cows Staggering when he went to his vas- ture in the vicinity of Beulah road to drive them home for the nizht. Une had imbibed so freely that she died soon afterward. Two abandoned stills which had been raided by federal agents were found but Corey and the constables aidinz him in the search believe the cows know ot the location of ‘anather still that is m ac- tive operation o MADE WORLD'S RECORD FOR COMPETITIVE FLIGHT New York, Nov. 4-—Caleb Bragm chairman of the contest committee of the Aero Club of America, announced to- day that the time of 176.7 miles per hour made by Bert Acosta at Omaha yester- day, was the world's record time for a competitive fiight, If the fizures were correct. The previous record he, was 173 miles an hour, made by Lieu- tendnt Georges Kirsch in Franes fiving for the Meurthe cup last Cetober. The record time for 1920, made by Captain Moseley of the army air service at Mitchel] Field, was 156.5 miles an hour, Mr Bragg sald, adding that pre- vicus figures of 178 miles per hour for Moseley were wrong, as the course as checked by the GéNocutte Survey was 116 miles instead of 139 as planned. REPORT OF RELFASE OF SINN FEIN TRISONERS DENTED London, Nov. 4—Tt developed today that the report made public yesterday from Belfast to the effect that all the Sinn Feln prisoners in the Ballykinlar in- ternment camp near that city, numbering about 1,700 had been released wag er- roneous. The giving out of the report, it seems, was based on the release of a number of prisoners from this camp, owing to congestion there, but no gen- eral freeing of the interned men at Bal- Iykinlar occurred. PRICE OF FLOUR UNDER 87 A BARREL IN MINNEAPOLIS Minneapolis, Nov. 4—For the first time in more than five years. flour went under the geven dollar a barrel price here today, the deciine following a break in the wheat market vesterday. One large mill reduced its price 15 cents on family patents, making their quotation $6.90 a barrel when old in car lots in 98 pound cotton sacks. The range here today was $6.90 and 37. o BRIEF TELEGRAMS Four harp earhtquake shocks were felt in Lima, Peru. Greeks are invading Albania from h south according to London report. ! In disorders at Jerusalem four Jews and one Arab were killed and 13 persons wounded. Order has been restored. The Bank of England reduced its rate of discount to five per cent, from five and one-half per cent. . American Agricultural Commission in London reports meat market there heav- ily overstocked. Women are to be allotted tickets to the Harvard-Yale game by the Crimson management this year for tne first lime. Several buildings of University of Lou- isiana, at Baton Rouge, La., were destroy- ed by fire. Main college buildings were saved by student fire fighters. Governor Len Small, of Jllinols, charz- ed with e=bezzlement of state funds when he was staie treasurer, repeated his re- quest for a quick trial. Henry W. Grace of Huntington, Ind.. who confessed to wrecking a fast Grand Trunk train near Lapeer, Mich., was sea- tenced to life imprisonment. Fines of $200 and costs each were glv- en eight saloon keepers in Greenwich by Judge Mead. The fonr-masted schooner Isabel C. Harriss was reported leaking badly 12 miles west of Nantucket Lightship, and in need of immediate assistance. , Gold importations by the United States from 1 to October 30 iota 06, according to the federal serve board. The body of Louis Tellier, Massachu- sotts open golf champion, was found hanging by a smali rope in a shelter on the links of the Brae Burn Ceuntry club. Tracts of land aggregating 9,292 mcres in Wyoming will he thrown open to entry by ex-service men for 63 days from De- cember 30, 1921, Investigation and development of plans for warehousing corn on a large scale is to be undertaken by a committee ap- pointed by the war finance corporation. Southern California oll workers who have been on strike for several weeks, have voted practically unanimously accept recommendations of their district council for a return to work. The theft of jewels valued at $20,000 from his room in a hotel at Pittsburzn was reported to the police by A. S. Riley, salesman for a New York jewelry con- cern. Permits for the transportation of liquor except into five states will be de- nied by state federal prohibition direg: tors under insf uctions sent out by Com- missioner Hay.es. The disappearance of a mail pouch containing $26,000 in negotiable checks, 3ent by the Dedham National Rank 1o the Boston clearing house, became known yesterday. . Harold D. Wilson, prohibition fSeid discharge of three enforceme as a step in the reorganiza department. t agents n of ais Southern Pacific railroad announced reduction of from 25 to 30 per cent. in freight rates on lLardwood Mumber and forest rroducts from Mississippi Valloy producing points. Dan R. Hanna, son of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna, and proprietor of the { Cleveland News, died at his country home at Croton-on-the-Hudson. Former Emperor Charles would be de- prived of roval prerogatives by the terms of a bill prepared by the ministry of jus- tice for introduction in the national sembly of Hungary. Seldiers whe paid for the transporta- tion of European brides to this country must stand the expense themselves ac- cording to a ruling by Comptroller Gen- eral McCarl. More thin ten millien deflars has been added to the grand lists of 72 towns in the state, which have lists of less than four million dollars each, by the state hoard of equalization. Eight persons were injured, none of them seriously when Pennsylvania pas- senger train No. 901 bound from Colum- bus to Sandusky, Ohio, was derailed at Lewis Center, near Columbus, O, The fishing schooner Leonmora Sflveira, out of Boston, is a wreck on Peaked Hill Bars. One of her crew, Edward Meuse, was lost, washed overboard by the sea that piled the schooner on the reef. The appointment of Dr. Harlow Shap- ley, formerly of the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory at Pasadena, Calif, as di- rector of the Harvard College Observa- tory, was announced. Pensions of $60 a month for hemeine.., discharged soldiers, sailors and marines who served in the war with Spain, Phil- ippines Insurrection and Chinege Boxer uprising, are proposed m a bili by Con- gressman Gernerd, of Pennsylvania. ‘William J. Carroll, aged 65 years, vet- eran telegrapher of New York newspap- ers, died while at work in the Bankers Trust Co. office. He had fust started a wire to the West when he fell dead of heart disease. George O'Comnell who was charged with trying tc sel] Yale students liquor in their dormitory rooms, was fined $200 and costs in city court in New Haven on the charge o fllegaily transporting liquor. ' An appropriation of $5,000,000 to be used in furnishing employment to inval- untary idle on highways, river and har- bors improvements and reclamations of arid land projects is proposed in a bill in- troduced by Representative Morin. Soclalist natienal headquarters in Chi- cago announced that it has printed and is prepared to distribute copies of Eu- gene V. Debs' speech at Canton, Ohio, during the war which led to his conviction and sentence to ten years in prison, OBITUARY. Farry N. Farren. Lynn, Maes., Nov. 4.—Harry Far- ren, widely known in theatrical circles and for a time personal manager for agent for Massachusetts, announced the | Lforce, but would multiply them Case. Chicago! Nov. 4. States court of appeals here todas i sus- pending that part of the injunction is sued by Judge Anderson of Indianapolis applying to the check-oft system until further orders of the court} was aeclaim- ed tonizht by officials-of the United Mine Workers of America as a decided victogy. The court's action” allows the hoiding out of union dues and assessments from the coal' miners' pay 1o be contimued by the operators temporarily, An appeal hearing was granted the union for Wed- nesday, Nov. 15 - Union leaders professed to sec in the ATE HAS TEMPORARILY REJECTED THE SALES TAX Washington, Nov. 4—The sales tax As a source of federal revenue at this time was definitely rejected today by the senate, but there was further evi- dence that it was the purpose of repub. licar congressional leaders to forch later as a means o to finance the proposed * for adjusted compensation service men. The majority today against the Smoot amendment to the tax revision bill pro- Posing a business” sales tax of one-half of one per cent. was even larger than was that last night the Smoot ome per cent. ma sales tax The vote toda: as com- bring 1t ng funds plan former was 46 pared to 43 to 25 last night. As was the case with the manufactnr- ers' tax, the democrats voted solldly against the business tax. Thev were joined by 22 reitiblicans. three of whom, Fernald, Gooding and Keyes voted for the manufacturers’ tax. Six republicans who dld not vote last night, Brandezee, Calder, gham, Hale, Harreld and Johnson, supported the amendment to- day. Three republicans wha supported the manufacturers’ tax dld not vote todar. They were Edge, Ernst and Warren. Counting senators who were nafred, it wag estimated that the maximum vote which would have been cast for the sales tax was 34, or some less than it had been cstimated would support it. Some senators thought that the debate result- €3 In the loss of some votes. The senate continued consideration of the tax hbill at a session tonight but with the foldier bonus and other fmportant amendments yet to be disposed of, re- publican leaders abandoned hope for the passage of the bill this week. The sought to obtain unanimous consent for a final vote at 3 p. m. Tuesday with debate limited after 3 p. m. Monday but the plan fel bate. Several senators who want to g0 home to vote ip local elections objected to a vote on Tuesday and asked t some hour on Wednesday be fixed. There seemed prospects of agreement _on thir but Senator democrat, New through after some de- an Jones, Mexico, protesting against the limiting of debat objected to the agreement Arafted. This ended the effort to obta unanimous consent for a vote but ations to this end probably will be renewed tomorrow. Trging his sales tax amendment. Sen- ator Smoot told the senate that since & sales tax was to be adonted in connec- tion with the soldier bonus he thought it would be a wis> plan to put it into effect now =0 determine what rate would be necessary to yield the money needed. Announcing Ms support of the sales tax, Senator Johnson assailed the pend- Ing bill as one seeking to continue “a tax scheme which requires an army of ex- perts {0 teach honest people how to pay what is due the government and which creates another army of exnerts to teach dishonest how to cheat the government.” Senator Walsh of Massachusetts op- posed the Smoot plan as one which mot only would fail to relieve the people of the vexatious nuisance taxes” now in many as fold. An unsmccessful effort was made to- ight by Senatof Townsend to have the 3 per cent. tax on automobile trucke and kazons repealed. The senate v 6 to 27 azainst reconsideration of the commit- tee amendment, proposing to continue this tax. Without a record vote the senate adopted an amendment by Sendtor Jones of New Mexieo, requiring corporations in making out their income tax Teturns to show the dividends declared during the year for which the return is made. Itz purpose, the author explained, was to prevent the possibility of concealing the profits. TUSED REVOLVER TO AROUSE OCCUPANTS OF HOUSE AFIRE New Haven, Conn., Nov. 4.—To awak- en gound sleepers in a four story block, on the northwest corner of Grand av- enue at the junction with Quinnipiac av- enue, Fair Haven, which was afire early today, Sergeant Leahy disoharged hi revolver. He had noticed a blaze in the building, had sert in an alarm and yet saw no oen leaving the block. His re- volver shots aroused the tenants and man yothers, and the sergeant and an- other officer guided about 40 persons through smoky hallwa: to the street, The fire damage was considerable. TO TEST SERUM FOR CURE OF BLINDNESS Hartford, Nov. 4.—The directors of the State Institute for the Blind, will at the’r_meeting next Monday In the gov- ernor’s effice in the capitol consider the matter of inviting Dr. Bovd, of Brook- Iyn, N. Y., to make a test of his serum for the cure of biindness on a subject in Connecticut. If arrangements can be made with Dr. Bovd the institute for the blind will place every faclity at his dis- posal for the satisfactory application of the serum. SENATE TO LIMIT DEBATE ON TAX REVISION BILL Washington, Nov. 5.—A unanimous consent agreement limitinz debate on the tax revision bill beginning today w: reached at 1 o'clock this morning by John 1. Sullivan d ere today aged 56 wears. He was “or ars con- nected with Bostou theatres and h managed many traveling burlesque com- paTiies. the senate after a continuwus session of thirteen hours. An earlier effort to fix & definite time for a -final vete on the bill falled. COURT OF APPEALS SUSPENDS THE CHEGK OFF INJUNCTION Court’s Action Allows the Holding Out of Union Dues and Assessments From the Coal Miners’ Pay by the Operac tors Temporarily—Union Leaders Are of the Opinion That the Action Wil Lead to a Reopening of the Entira - ction of the 'nied P a reopening of the emtirg The action todav, ther said, would dg much to clear up the labor situation ig the mines and would help to hold in line men who had been quitting work withe out authority. Operators, on the other hand, sald they saw only a delay of the final issue. They said that it would be better to have the status of the check-off system decided a1 once rather than delay a decision until cold weagker, if a cessation of work may result. e e e it Wt AN, Noli) - b v oy svs foihalilit Se” | PETITION FOR DISBARMENT OF PELLETIER 1§ FILED Boston, Nov. 4.—Petition for disbar« ment of District Attorney Joseph C. Pel« letier of Suffolk county, proceedings tor whose removal from office are pending, was filed the supreme court by At« torney General Allen iate today. Thirty-two allegations charging Mr, Pelletier with deceit, malpractice, gross misconduct, conspiracy to extort and corruptly ding and abetting to extori were included in the attorney general's petition. William J. Corcoran, former district attorney of Middlesex county, and now claiming residence in Port Chester, N, Y., and Daniel H. Coakley. both of whomnt face disbarment proceedings already filed here, are named in the attorney gener- al's petition, on the ground that Mr. Pel« tier conspired with each and both im efforts to extort. The petition for disbarment of Mr, Pelletier closely #illowed that filed last woek Ly Mr. Allen asking the court te remove him as district attorney for al- leged misfeasance, non-feasanee and mal< feasance in office. Announcement of Mr. Pelletier's candidacy for mayor of Bos- ton came ghortly before that, but after the Boston Bar assoeiation asked the at- torney general to seek the district attors ney’s removsl, The charges upon which the attorney zeneral today asked Mr. Pelletier's dfs- barment are in general the same as those upon which he asked his remoral as dis- trict attorney and the allepations &re #imilar in nature to items from a re- port of the grievanee committes of the bar association which investigated al- leged complaints against the district ate torney. o o All' allegations in today's petition have to do with Mr. Pelletier as district attore ney. — TRISH INTEREST CENTERS IN CONFERENCE WITH CRAIG. London, Nov. 4 (By the A. P.).—De- velopments in the negotiations toward an Irish settiement now are understood to hinge on the conferences which Sir James Craig, the Ulster premier, wil have in the next few days with Premier Lioyd George and Sir Edward Carson. A gpecial meeting was held by the Ulster cabinet in Belfast today prior te the departure of Sir James for He will spend the week end with his son at Eton. meeting the prime minister. 1t S expected, on Monday. At Irish headquarters today it was stated that the British representatives and the Sinn Feiners had reached a measure of accord that promised a solu- tion of all issues, and that Ulster mow Was as great a stumbling block in the path of the negotiations from the gov- ernment’s point of view 25 from that of the Sinn Fein. Desmond Fitzgerald, of the Sinn Feln paity, In a statement this afterncon defi- nitely denied a number of reports pub- lished in London newspapers relative te points on which an agreement is sald t¢ ha\'f been reached by the conferees. He deciared untrue rumors that the Sinn Feiners had accepted the principle of do- minion status and British control of Irish ports and had agreed to contribute from the Irish treasury to the imperial treas- ury. He refused to disclose any peints which have been agreed upon thus far, but it is stated in other Irieh quarters that the determinatiol of the Sinn Fein- ers not to accept the principle of allegie ance to the Britsh crown remains une shaken. _— MAESHAL FOCH'S AIDE HAS “EEY TO ST. LOTIS" St. Louls, Nov. 4—The “Ker of St. Louis” has been carried away by Mar- shal Foch's party, which spent the day here yesterday. While visiting Mayor Kiel's office, the mayor handed the brass key 12 inches long, to the generalissimi, saying: “You have won the heart of St. Louis, you uld have the key to ft.™ The marshal expressed his apprecia- tion, and handed it to an Alde. As the special train pulleg out last night, the aide had the key in his beit. The key has been used hundreds of times in’ the figurative ceremany of “Presenting the key of the city” to eom- entiong and visitors, and always had been recovered before. WEEHAWKEN FIRE CAUSED DAMAGE OF $2,000,000 ‘Weehawken. N. J., Nov. é—iAn esti- - mate of $2.000,000 damage was placed on the spectacular fire which early today swept piers, warehouses and roiling stock of the Erie railroad. A. E. Ruffer, master of transportatien, said the Erie was prepared to handle all freight offered it through its Jersey Chy and Weehawken terminals. The fire did not damage more than 10 per cent. of the road's terminal facilitles, he satd. NO PERMITS FOE BEEWERIES WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND GUILTY Bethel, Conn., Nov. é—Harry E. Mac- kenzle, federal prohibition ¢lrector for Connecticut, returned tonight from a con- ference with = Prohfition Commissiner Haynes in Washingtn. He said no per- jmits to reume the maufacture of beer for medicinal purposes would be issusd to any breweries in Connecticut which ¢ have been found guilty of viclating < Volstead act. Agpplications approved him will be forwarded to for the inspection of o—-—'? Haynes, be said.