Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 15, 1921, Page 1

A wlletin VOL. LXIlIl—NO. 302 POPULATION 29,685 * NORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1921 12 PAGES—88 COLS. AMONN DE VALERA WOULD REPUDIATE AGREEMENT SIGNED BY At Public Meeting of the Dail Eireann, De Valera Contended That the Treaty Should Not Have Been Signed Before Submission to the Dublin Plrlinm;nt—Delegntg Griffith Maintained That the Irish Representatives Were in Po- sitions Identical With the British Cabinet, Each Being Obligated to Refer the Treaty to Their Respective Legis- latures—Matter Later Was Debated at Two Secret Ses- is to be Held Today— sions of the Dail—Another Session Communists Attempted (o Distribute Pamphlets Urging Rejection of the Treaty. k. members os-d dnors aimated dis: ssion of out having r President De Va and Mr. Collins. evenly 4 Al ao- ultimat were in agresment that cations ceem » thers is a larze majority in favor of the treaty. Fxcept for a Stn Fi flag Araped with erepe and hung from a telephone tole, the only evidence of propazanda aeainat ratification of the treaty o atversity College, where the ecasions of the Dafl were held, were memhers of the communist party tn Iraland, who endeay- ored to distriute pamphists nreing re- Section of the tresty. Members Irish renublican army dlspersed the com- ws and confiscated el literature LLOYD GEORGE EXPLAINS TREATY IS COMMONS London, Dee. Whia ratificatio ween Great F & Minister George enterd and was grested % a atorm of cheers. *He was cheered a8 he rose 1o speak. No agresment concluded between two neoples ever ed as universal a welcome, It is Lioyd said The dominions, sinoe tha war, have heen given equal rights with Great Bri- ain in eontrol of the forsign policy of the empire” satd Mr. Lioyd Georife. These rights wers wor by the ald they cave us in the great war. When we e mAllion men—young. strong. trave indomitable young men—who came from dominions to help the mother land In our danger and readzed “ngy came 10 help the emplrs to ear- cut the policy they had no share in saning we felt that in future it would \s an unfair dilemma to put them in The control of forelgn policy is now vested Iz the empire as a whole. That is the mew fact. Joint contro! means joir responstoll Replsing 1o an interjection as to how it provose! to enforee thy limitation armed forces, the premier argued that it the tresty wers broken it woubl nat be a questi>n one article, but of the whle agreement. The empire bad heen cabable of deating with Bresshes of treaties with more for- midable powers than Ireland but Great Trialn woull want to fee] perfectly clear when ghe did 80 that the re-conswility was not hers but was entirely upon the cther shonlder. Mr. Lioyd George admitted that the Rritsh rebresentatives gave only a luetant assest to fiscal freedom for Ir 1and, but took Into considera:l that Treland was more d Grest Britsin in the matter of tr i-eat Britain was vron Ireland therefore the aqv » Prieish hacds. and that tion of dang-r to Pritish uitimately rest | come her co-operatic The premier said the Introduction of amendments to the treaty would unidubt- edly wreck the agreemnt, and that unless he question of «atering into the agr ment was seriously ¢hall nzed it wou.d 1 a waste of the time of the house to enter nto a defense of it. e Mr. Lloyd Gerge said there were ny peculiarly Irish difficulies. Ire and’s geographica 1 stratezic position was analagous to that of no other ‘do- minfon. Every other dominion had its var debt and pensions, hea‘ded, and if that had ntt been ceal with the Irish one would have come out of the war un re also the difficulty rooted r-Hzious ani- exa fears » be dealt W He sai £ the greatest uestions was the pre minary p-sition .of North Ireland wh had wrecked every pro. before the present one. With reference ‘o the cuestion of allezl ance to the crown. whi h w=s rquest ona in house, he sald he would reply f later, contenting himsclenvy wita the statement that there had be'n conolet acceptance of alleziarc: to the British crown, acceptance of membership n thic empire and zenship. Alluding to th minion status, Mr. Llyd it full and complete ¢ fon statuss ha heen conferred Ircland would have had power to raise any army or navy she lik ed, and he Instanced the fact that Sco and during the war ra 700,000 m-n, Ho 1d Great Britain have purs-ed policy ©f dlsarmament at home an road if Treland had been thus able raise possibly a half million men, he as' ed. tance of common questicn of ieorge declarec ace o That was an international objectin RBesides, if Ire'and had besn entitle raise Jarze forees, nortk Ircland woul have been driven to imitate the south in its ewn protection. It was under such menacing circumstances that conflict were likely to arisc, and it was desir able in the interests of the emwpire, th world and Ireland itself that there shoul be limitation At the same time it possible to leave' the governmen sponsible for law and order without certain nymher of armed firees, and th vt heyord what was need e for this purpose. In justitying treaty, the vital Ire nited Kingzdom, aval provisions of the remier argued that the ex- the late war had shown how nd was to the security of th Therefore, he cin- nded, it was imbosskile to allow an or dominion status 1o operate, al though he agreed that Ire'and would nev er be Itkely to raise a formidab'e flee “The provisicns of the treaty however. d no mean that we do not contemplate ha! dinary Treland should not iater take her s the defence ol these isles and her coas by defending it and helping to defenc yurs”” he continued. “We should wel Just as we now wel- of the dominions.’ the government ha stood by its plege not fo coerce Ulster the prime mtwster explained that had not preeluded them from trying bersuade Ulster to enter a nall-Treland parliament. The Ulster leaders them selves had often spoken of the unity of Ireland as the ultimate ideal. The gov- ernment would Tot bave heen juctified in breaking $he conference up by refusin discuss an all-Treland prlitment Alluding to Ulster's opinion on the re tention of her existing status with change In the boundaries, he asserted that TUlster desired to set up a model govern- ment, and, as an undoubted majority of the people of two of the morthern coun tles would prefer to be with their sou ern nelehbors, Ulster would have trow at her own doors, which would complicatc the whole of her machinery. The boundary commission, he pointed out would consist of a reprozentative of the merthern government, one from the come the co-operat Mafntatning that Irish Fres State and a chairman - pointed by the Rritsh government, and he added, “we sholl ta'a care to Secur the voice of the ablest men we can get.’ Dealing with the me huds of putting the agreement Into onctatan ho <ald there were two wavs of dealing with the n essary interregnum—ihe first, a status quo, which would be undesirable. There- fore it was preposed that a provistonal Zovernment be established until such time as a responsible government could be ar- ranged, when the crown forces would be withdrawn. Replying to criticisms that the asree- ment was a surrender, the prime minis- ter asked was It to be considered that no rebellion could be settled by pacific méane. “If the, terms are gocd,” he continued. "ars we never to negotlata with rebels? In the bresent case who else aould we have negotiated with?” The commona were the last anthortty in the world to maintain that argument, be- cavee they owed their greatest rights and brivlezes 0 concesslons made to muoces- siva rebellions. The most ruthless re. pression of an Irish insurrection, declar- o4 the premier, was effacted by the greatest EngHsh rebel In history, leadis an army of rebels on behalt of a rebel government to crush Irishmen who had rallied to thelr lesiilmata soverelgn. Thers were aficulties in connection with the rebelifon in Ireland, which when onscame to disentangle them, it would be betier not to teo much about The same arguments werq used with resard to the settlement with Canaga, and the bill was cailed the ‘“rebels’ reward bfll” but it brought a %alf miilion vallant men to the A1 of Great Brita'n In her greatest strug- e. i Liova George, “I @1 not shrink from this set- tlement.* Pepl¥ing to & ruegestion that the set- tlement mizht have been made 2 year azo, he argued at length that states. menship cgnaisted not mercly in the wis- {Continued an Page Eleven. Cel. Six) | Bmith, senfor missionary ¢f the Am IRISH ENVOYS COLLUSIVE BIDDING STILL PREVAILS IN TILE INDUSTRY New York, Dec. 14.—(By the A. P.)— Four penitentiary sentences and fines aggrezating $125.000, which recently were tmposed upon members of the tlls combine for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, did not put a stop to collusive bidding by dealers and manu- facturers in that Industry, the Lockwood legislative committee, which exposed the trust, was told today, The committee also was Informed of a report that the fines which were im- posed on both corporations and individ- uals by Federal Judge Van Fleet, would be pald from the funds of the Tile, Grate and Mantel Manufacturers Natlonal Assoclation. Hyman I Morse, a Brooklyn builder, testified that in the tile industry there stlll exists “a com- bination, where in when one bidder gets a figure, the others will not even get near you and ficure for you." “Is that so still, since wo sent four of them to prison?” inquired Samuel Un- termyer, committee counsel. “Yes, sir.” “And with resnect to one Individual” the witness added, “last Friday I said to him, ‘How often do you meet’ T¢ said, “We met last week’ T sald, “Who 1s going to pay the fines that were im- posed upon all of you! He satd, ‘Th national association has a fund of $14.- 000 which T should judge might be ap- plied for the fines’ T 40ld him $14,000 would not pay $125.000 fines. and he gald, “We will have to get somehow.’ " Builders aired their grievanc against union labor in the buflding trades be- fors the committes today and labor leaders defended some of the practices comnlained of. The allezed exactlons of the plasterers’ unions. plumbers, painters and other ganizations were criticised ty the bufld- ers who complained of the inefficlency of labor. They sald that whila the unlon wage scale is $10 a day. delegates takes the men off jobs unless all are given $14 | to $18 a day. Tt was charged the unlons intentionally brought about a shortaga of u on workmen by restricting admisstons to membership. This was denled by la- bor leaders. RULING ON SALE OF ECTICUT Railroads Ask For - Suspension of Order For Reductions in Rates For Grain and Hay in the Trans- Mississippi Territory— Strong Opposition. Washington, Dec. 14.—Request for a six months suspension in the reductions recently ordered by the Interstate com- merce: commission on grain, grain pro- ducts and hay in the trans-Mississippt territory was made by the railroads of the country and opposed by fifteen west- ern state railroad commissions, agricul- tural organizations and shippers in hearings today before the federal com- misston, Alfred R. Thom, general counsel for the Association of Railway Executives, in proposing the suspemsion asked the commission to allow the carriers in the meantime to make effective a cut of 10 Der cent. in rates on all products of farm, range, and orchard In all move- ments in the United States outside of New FEngland. Clyde M. Reed, chalrman of the Kan- s utilities commisaion, asserted that 0 far as the western farmer is con- cerned, the 10 per cent. voluntary offer of the carriers is a delusion and a snare,” and that the “manoeuvres of the carriers since Qctober have prin pally been for the purpose of delay. Clifford Thorne. appearing in behalf of western agricultural associations, said that prices .of all commodities ex- cept ‘railroad transportation had drop- ped materfally In the last year, while this haq increased. J. R. Benton, at: torney for the state commissions, assert- ed that the commission had found the reductions reasonable and that ac- cordingly it wou'd not be legal to main- tain higher rates. Railr trafic officials declared they were ready to make the 10 per cent. general reduction effective December 31 The commission's orders, unless chanzed hy tha rehearing today, will re- auire rates on bread grains and thelr products and hay to be reduced by 12 1-2 per cent, 17 1-2 per cent, and 16 2-3 Per cent. of the charges in effect during government control, according to the rritory, and in additfon require a ten or cent. lower rate to be fixed on corn and other coarse grains than is charged on wheat. Present charzes on coarse &r: S ! caual the wheat rates. 4, Dec. | of bread | Howard Elliott, chalrman of the mif‘i‘nroz\“fl‘? n\r:r true weig can bes board of the Northern Pacific and a di- legaily sold in Connecticut, said Attorney |rector of the New Haven, in a statement General Frank E. Healy tonight in an|=aid President Harding had asked the opinion submitted {o Superinte: t Hur- | railroads last September to take the fi ley of the state police on the state law |Sten towards readjustment of price lev- of 1921 dealing with the sale of ols e e e e pose of the law was o protect the public. | carned a fair return on a falr value last Police and sealers of weights and | year. or this vear to date” he said. measures in several cities of the state | “have offered a voluntary tem per cent. have besn active under the new bread | reduction law and arrests have been made because loaves of bread did not tveigh one pound, a pound and one-half or two pounds. An nterpretation of the law give, to several oflicials was that loaves of Lread must weigh in multiples of a half pound. WARRANTS FOR NEW HAVEN MOY THEATRE OWNERS New Haven, Dec. 14—City Attorney Whitaker tonight prepared eighteen war- rants charging the owners of that num- ber of theatre here with operating w out licenses. The warrants were issued on complatts filed by Chief of Police nith, and it was said they would be ved tomorrow. The controversy i® an outgrowth of the Rialto theatre fire here, city officials ntending that all theatres in the city have been violating the law in regard to safety in such buildings. In spite of the revocation of all old permits, nearly ail theatres wer eopen today and tonight. The Shubert theatre tonight announced the cancellation of a musical comedy scheduled to open tomorrow night. The management said the theatre would main closed until legalt action is taken as to the rights of theatres. PINTO CABINET OF PORTUGAL HAS RESIGNED Lisbon, Portugal, Dec. 14.—The cabi- net headed by Major Pinto as premier and minister of ths interior, has resign- ed owing to the dissension prevalent in the republic. Recent dispatches have indicated con- siderable unrest in Portugal: It was only on November 4 of the past year that Senor Pinto reconstructed the cab- fnet, WOMAN FREED OF FIRST DEREE MURDER CHARGE Long Island City, Dec. 14.—Miss Gus- sle Humann, on trial In_the county court on a first cegree murder charge in con- nection with the slaying of Harry Garbe last October, was fred today by Judge Humphrey on the ground that the prose- cution had falled to present evidence { warranting rubmission of the case to the Jury. . PAWNBROKER'S SAFE WAS TAEEN FROM HIS SHOP Chelsea, Mass, Dec. 14—The qawn- broker's saf of Samuel Berkman, welgh- Ing 500 poinds, taken from his shop during the nisht, was found Jying in a fidld near Suugus today. Berkman said it contained $1,600 worth of jewelry. All was massing. WILLIMANTIC AUTOIST HELD FOR HARTFORD BOY'S DEATH Hartford, Dec. 24—Sylvester Prosper, 8 years old, died in a hospital tonight from injuries received this afternoon when he was struck by an automobile. Edwin C. Ackley of Willimantic, driver of the zutomobile, was arrested. OBITUARY. Dr. Daniel Appleton White Smith, Boston, Dec. 14.—Dr. Danlel Appleton White Smith, who died at Rangoon, RBurma, today, was born at Watervilie, Me., while his father, Rev. Dr. Samuel Francis Smith, author of “America,” was a professor at Waterville (later Colby) college. He was graduated from Har- vard in 1859 and from the Newton Theo- logical institution in 1863, soon after- ward going to Burma as a missionary. He leaves two daughters, both in Burma, and one son, Dr. Appleton W. Smifh, for- merly superintendent of the Hartford hospital, Hartford, Conn. Death of Rev, D. Smita. Rangoon, Dec. 14—The Rev. can Baptist Foreign Missionary Socicty, dieq hero today at the age of 81 years. He »ad worked for £9 yzars in Burma, in rates on farm products. I violate no confidence in saving that this action follows the sugzestion of Presi- dent made to us last September that rail- roads take the sten towards read- instment of existing price levels and it In a way to affect Immedfately asrienltur “We recoznize the agrienltural ndus- to he the backbone of the industrial the food producing section whose Sucoess or faflure has a deep effect un- on every other Industry and we did that with the idea of starting readjustment. But thers has zof to be help from other sources than raflroads. “Tt is fair to say that high prices dur- Inz the period of expansion we have come throush brought unusnal profit for manufacturers and for farmers. Not §0, however, for railroads, which encoun- tered low earnings and government con- trol leading to many unusual and hard conditions for management and for terms of Jabor supply. Now that deflation has set in and continues, the farmer has been hit first and he has come down far from a hizh and prosperous state. More or less everyone has suffered. Labor by unemplayment, though we consider that its leaders ought a0 admit the nece slty now of allowing lower unit costs, lower wages which might in turn result In lower prices, increased consumption and more employment. But deflation has not helped the carrlers though Inflation hared them. Today thers is no ade- auate return on the property invest- ment of cur transportation machine.” N. Y. RATLROAD WORKERS ASK FOR STRIKE ORDEES New York, Dec. 14—(By The A. P.)— The action of the United States rallroad labor board in Chicago yesterday, in set- ting up a schedule of ten hours a day at the regular hourly wage for common laborers in new rules replacing the na- tional agreemaent made under government control, today brought to union officials appeals for strike orders from represen- tatives of 50,000 workers in the New York district. This annoancement’ was made tonight by William D. Roberts, grand vice pres- ident of the Unitéd Brotherhood of Main- tenance of Way Bmployes and Railway Shop Laborers. The first protest, he said, came from Pennsylvania Rallroad work- ers, followed Ly appeals from workers on the Brie, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Lehlgh Valley and the rest of the 12 lincs operating within ‘& 75 mile radiug of New York. Roberts said that the New York coun- cvil had advised local chatrmen to hold their memners at worl and awalt action by international officers. He explained these orders had been hastened out to fores™ sporadic strikfles, and that a meeti®, of the district council would be held as soop as word wag heard from the international officers. Roberts asserted that the board's new Tules, even while they retained the prin- cipal of elght consecutive hours consti- tuting a day's work, and granted time and a half ray after ten hours, carried | maintenance of way emploves back te conditions existing ten years ago. He added that, with regular assignment of Sunday and hollday work mo longer Grawing {me and a half pay, the re- sult would be that workers would be employed on the road beds on Sundays, when travel was lgifter. “The board has abolished the elght hour day in fact,” declared Roberts. “The eight hcur principle its speaks of becomes a worthless declaration and therefore a dead issue. The board by its declaration has -re-established the seven day week and the ten hour day and its eight hour principle 1s not worth the paper that it is written upon. * Asserting that there seemed to be no justice .in_America for. the common workmen, Hoberts, in a formal statement to union nembers, continued: W 93 JyB] ® SRulq 31 ssoum 1, eEpnn o) w3 [AAWeD 1D Y1ave 10 semod ou puw S10:04u] 94} J0 £14060d 908 oy 8] Jog SEATUD DUV POLeMSUB ugaq s sa0fvid U wul Mou b 03 904 0UO S[u0 5| SIOL, Qany ‘uaw 0 g [ 'Hearings on Wool In the Tariff Bill President of Wool Manufac- turers Opposes Proposal to Adjust Rates as Conditions Might Warrant. Washington, Dec. 14. President Harding's proposal to congress that he be glven authority to adjust tariff rates as changing conditions might warrant, fs “altogether impracticable and unde- sirable.” John R. Wood, of Philadelphia, president of the National Assoclation of Wool Manufacturers, declared today be- fore the senate finance committee at the hearings on the wool schedule in the permanent tarift hill. Such a plan, Mr. Wood sald, would keep industrles “in a state of unrest at all times” and would result in constant pressure for changes in rates belng BRIEF TELEGRAMS Population of Warsaw, “ew census, 18 931,136, according to Three American marines were slightly wounded In the “Fiest day brawl” cf las. Thursday in Managua, Nicaragua. Peruvian trops have cros: e Chile- an frontier according to the correspondent of La Nacion at La Paz Bolivia. Postmaster General Haxs left Washing- ton for his home at Sullivan, Ind., to spen-l the Christmas holidays. Since the armistice was signed 1.742 branch banks were obened by Canadiin banks and 214 closed. American Bankers’ assoclation arnounc- ed it would hold its 1922 convention in New York the last week in Scp‘ember. Several persons were bitten by l_l‘.l- e dog which Tan through the busines: district of Lynn, Mass. Miss Amelia Hodge, 76 vears old, was tally burned in her home on the out- |tlonal Vice President John D. Murphy brought to bear on tha president ang | *KITt8 of Bethel the tariff commission, which, under Mr. Harding's proposal. would ~recommend the changes in rates to the president within the limitations of maximum and Withdrawal of American troops sta- tioned in Ciba will be reu: Cuban governmert under a joint minimum figures to be fixed by oon- |t1on passed I3 both houses of congress. gress, Eh ey “Any plan that takes out of the| Christmas greetings have been extend- ed to the men and women In the post- office department and to all “postal co- workers” by Postmaster General Hays. hands of congress the power to fix rates for a definite time would be unsettling to business.”” Mr. Wood continued. “There would be constant hearings hefore the tariff commission and we feel that the commission would make no more rapld prozress In reaching decisions than the Interstate commerce commission mak and evervbody knows how fast that is Senators Smoot of Utah and Watson of Indiana, republican members of the committee. differed with Mr. Wood. ar- Euing that the plan proposed would re- sult In less uncertainty for husiness in this country than would otherwise fol- low. tha liquidation in Eureme and the changing yalues of currencles abroad. Senator Smoot declared that under pres Final check of the victims of a firs that destroved the farm home of Jos-ph Wa- keu two miles north of Detroit showed elght persons to be dead. State department at Washington w. advised that the Unionist pariy earrh the municipal el-ctions In Guatemala City by a large majority. Senate passed m bill extending for 18 months after the proclamation of reace the time for the establishment of claims for ‘alen property selzed during the war. ent conditlons congress would have te = delog: : 4 Tastoral Finance Assoclation _wool Jelegate authority as to tarifl rates In | archouse at Kirriball, Sydney, . S some such manner as suggested by the president. Protesting against the basle rate of twenty-five cents a pound on clean raw wool pronosed by the Fordney bill, Wil- llam Goldman, a clothinz manufacturer of New York. said that It would “mean W.. was destroyed by fire, causing 7500, 000 loss. According to report from London, Scots National League is starting a campiign for freedom along the lines of the inl<h a tax of $250.000.000 on ths annual|FTee State AN clothing bill of the Amerlean people in 4 th 3 Victer M. Tyler has resigned the order to nrotest the wool growing indus- presidency of the Shore Line Traction try JWith an annual output valued at|gorvanto which he was elected ten SEzNE SO0 days ago. He gave no reason. HELD FOR SMU LING Josephine Albaner, 2 |a hospital In New York from wound inflicted by her seven sister Marie. years old, dled in a bulle: year ol LIQUOR FROM CANADA Boston, Dec, 14.—Capt. Rudolph Giroux of Montreal, said to have served in the Canadian army during the war, and Os- car A. L. Johnson, a Boston chauffeur, were held under bonds of $5,000 and $1, 000, respectively, here today for a hear- ing Dec. 21 on a charge of smuggiing liquor across the Canadian border. I alleged they were in a party of rum-rubh ners operating from Canada into Ver- mont, of which three men were captured Sunday night near St. Albans, Vt., after two had been wounded in a chase. Giroux and Johnson were arrested late vesterday in this city when suspicion was aroused by the fumes of liquor said to have emanated from their car, which was standing in the street, Federal authori- ties are searching for twenty cases of liguor which the two men were alleged to have disposed of before they were taken into custody. The sum of $4,000 is said to have been found in tXelr possession when they were atrested Pollce restored at Fort Worth Tex. after a packing house striks sympathizers fhad halted trolley cars bound for the ards and turned back. spproximately 300 workers. Two armed bandits held up the Talf- way State bank at Halfway, near Mo:nt Clemens, Mich., and escaped with a sum estimated at $13,000. They fled n an automobile, heading for Detrolt. estimates submitted to congreas fo:‘::»‘en.!x: fiscal year it is hoped hy the administration, will be left substantially unchanged by congressional action in ap- propriations. Basle business and financlal conditions throughout the country have {Tprovel greatly during the past year but “normal- cy” s yet to ba attained, Governor Hard- ing of the federal reserve board declared —— “RAISER” OF BILLS GIVEN ¥ A TEN YEAR SENTENCE The Tondon Official Gazette publishes the formel revocation of the maturaliza- Philadelphia, Dec. 14—Convicted of [tion of Sir Edgar Seyer. ‘An order re- passing a §2 bank note raised to §$10,|moving him from the privy councll a Anthony J. Telensky, today was sen- |is gazetted. tenced to serve ten years in the federal S penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga. It was one Of the heaviest sentences ever imposed here for a similar offense. In the same court, A. Frank W. Hoo- ven, and Andrew Detwoiler, assistant disbursing officers of the emergency fleet corporation at Hog Island, convicted of embezzling more than $10,000 of Bov- ernment funds, were each sentenced to a vear and a day in the Atlanta prison, fThe defendants ad: ed having staged A “hold up” of Detweiler whils on his way to Hog Island with the payroll emounting to more than $10,000 in an effort to prevent detection of their pecu- lations. Detweller at first claimed to have been held up by automobile ban- dits, but later admitted the money had been left in this city with the Intention of placing it in his and Hooven's ac- counts to cover thelr shortage. “Curley™ Wackney, white, arrested In connection with an attack of an «'cht year old girl was taken from tre city jail, at Waco, Texas, and hanged. He confessed, accoréing to the polce. Premier Toka- A plot to masassinate 1 was unearthed by the police of ovince. They ar- distillers’ ap- h Shinoyama in Tama rested Skodacul, a Sake orentice. Government dry agents seized the vacht Michigan at Pensacola, Fla, ownei in Indfanapcils. It is - charged the yacht carries rum trom Crba to boats lving off the United States coast. Tt 1s estimated the Danish steamer Frederick VIII has $18.000,000 in Rus slan gold on board ccming to this coun- try. The Frederick VIII left Copenhagen on Dec. 13. NO UNION OF PRESBYTERIAN AND REFORMED CHURCHES Calami, aged 48 , of Ansonia. w:::"'!‘nys he has a wife and two chil- @ren in Italy, was held in bonds of $1 000 for the superlor court on charges made by little girls. New York, Dec. 14.—Proposals for union of all Presbyterian and Reform- ed churches in the United States have been deferred indefinitely, owing to in- ability of representatives of the vari- ous denominations to agree on a unifi- cation program, said a report of special conference investigating matter, made public tonight. The report said the various denomi- nations would continue to co-operate as before, though the Council of Reformed Churches holding the Presbyterian sys tem, but without in any way moditying their independent organizations. The point of disagreement, the report sald, was as to whether there should be a complete unfon, with one general as- sembly and a number of regional syn- ods, or a federal union in Which the va- rious denominations would preserve their autonomy. State Master Fred A. Rogers, of the New Hambehire Sta‘'e grarge. at the the | (sih annual meeting at Concord, N. H.. the | called for a law banning cigarette as a “natfonal curse. re has been prapared for in- !Yodnc‘ “;:;n‘l: congress with administra- tlon approval, to vermit the refnsment of 500,000 tons of Cuban sugar in bond n Tnited States refineries for sh'pment to export without payment of tariff duties. els Dowd, n high school student, rlo?‘(: & hospital at Wheeling, W. Va, of blood poisoning which accordinz to phywicians resulted from a alight reratch on the knee, recelved In ‘basketball practice three weeks ago. TEMPORARY ORGANIZATION OF POSTOFFICE CLERKS fo Blowers broke Into the offlcos of m:-u.mg Dressed Beer Co., at Cieveland. Ohlo and made away with $2,800 in cash and $6,829 In promissory notes after wrecking the door of the safe with a high explostve. New Haven, Dec. 14—A temporary state organization of post office clerks has been formed with Charles Ryan of Hartford as president. The vica pres- 4dent is Frank L. Parmelee, of Middle- town and_the secretary Reuben Kaplan of New Haven. The next meeting wili be In New Haven on Washington's birthday. 4 At a meeting here Tuesday night Na- Boesse, of Berlin, told leaders nf“m-:':eim-tu that the Clty of Berlin s at the end of its financial resource: and s facing a 300,000,000 mark defioit. The city must have a loan or be given governmental ald. F..G. Lee resigned ag vice chatrman of the Trving Nationa! bank, New York, to ancept the active chalrmanship of the fin- ance committee of Famous Plavers-Lasky Corporation. He will continue as ¢i- rector of the Irving bank. of Boston and James Smith, state or- ganizer were among the speakers. STEAMER WESTERN HERO IN TROUBLE IN MID-OCEAN Boston, D2c. 14.—The steamer Western Hero is in trouble in mid-ocean, accord- ing to radi)zrams recelved here today. With fuel zlmost exhausted and food supplies nealy gone, the steamer sent work that ghe was In need of fmmediate assistance. The position given was about five hundred miles northeast of St. Mi- chaels, whecre she was last reported as having stopad cn her voyage from Ant- The bodies of George L. Macomber and Lymen Manley were found in an attic tenement in Fall River, Mass. the vi~- tims of asphyxiation. Dr. Willlam H. Rlanchette medical examiner, said the men had been drinking moonshine. Sentence of mot less than 20 nor mere than 25 years in the state pris-n was Im- posed upon John Dies, Benjamin Gomez and Joseph Andrews all Cape Verde m3; €roes of Onset, convicted on December 4 of assauMing Miss Gertrude Butier of Buzzards Bay at Bourne last August. Flve seats sold on the New York Stock Exchange were $5,000 higher than previ- ous sale, selling for §95,000 each. DIFFICULTIES DEVELOP N~ FAR EASTERN NECOTIATIONS Japanese Delegates Object to Request by China For Abroga- tion of Treaties Resulting From Japan’s “Twenty-One PRICE TWO CENTS Demands”—On All the Major Issues of the Naval Ratic the Arms Conference Delegates Have Reached an Agree- ment. £ ‘Washington, Dec. 14 (By the A. P.)— The arms conference delegates havls reached an agreement on all the major iseues of the naval ratio but are en- countering new difficulties in thelr dis- cussions on the far east. The American “5-5-3" ratio forms the basis of the naval settlement, but there are to be readjustments in the original American plax to permit Japan to retain her new battleship Mutsu. The United States and Great Britain will be given A compensative quota of additional shi not yet determined in detail. In the far eastern negotiations the latest element of comtroversy is a re- quest by China for abrogation of the treaties resilting from Japan's famous “twenty-one demands.” When the re- quest was presented to the far eastern committee of the whole today the Jap- anese prox 1y eobjected and the com- mittes adjourned. Coming at a time when the Shantung negotiations are at a critical stage, the Chinese abrogation proposal has some- what beclouded the prospects of a far eastern azreement, but most of the del- egates remain confident of an ultimate solution. Another meeting of the “Big Thres late today advanced the naval question nearer t othe point of a final and detail- ed settlement, but left some minor points still to be determined. In all quarters announcement of a complel accord was regarded as only tion of hours. As an offset to Japanese retention the Mutsu, the United States is to re- tain the super dreadnaughts Washinston and Colorado. and an equivalent crease In British capital ship tonnage is to be provided, The detalls of this British increase constitute the only point still to he decided. Coupled with the the proposed treaty quo” understanding on Pactfie fortifi- cations and naval bases, exclusive of Hawall. and the islands of the Japanese, Australian and New Zealand ooasts. The plan means abandonment of the Ameri can Tsland of Guam as a potential na- val base, Temporarily ceiving major a ques- ot in- naval agreement will be a “status n the maval question Is re- attentlon from the arms delegates, but there were Indlcations to- day that the increasing serfonsness of the far castern differences might seon require the principal fizures of the con- ference to turn their efforts to that di- rection request for abrozation of the -one demands” treatles was cou- with a suggestion that the powers also take some definite and formal step toward abelition of existing “spher Influence™ In the far east. Thers was no discussion in the committee. hut it was evident tonizht that the Japanese would not stand alone in opposing the abrogation propoeal. In the Shantunz conversation. the present point of eontroversy is the enm- pensation that China i to give for Jap- anese improvements on the Kiaochow tallroad, The Japaness have asked for Instructions from Tokio, but suhiect 10 a favorable response from thelr gov- ernment. offered today to withdraw from the railroad in the event of a sat- tsfactory compensation arranzament In the view of soma of the Chiness delegates the financlal guarantees de- | sired %v Japan as a econdlition of her withdrawal amount to virtual perpetua- iton of Jamanese control over tha road. The sugzestion has been mads in some quarters that a new “Big Four,” com posed of heads of the American. Brit Japanes. and Chinese delegations, he asked to take the question under ad- visement. POWERS IN ACCORD 0N NAVAL LIMITATION PLAN Washington, Dec. 14 (By the A, P.).— Great Britaln, the United States and Japan were in ful! accord as to princi- ples tonight on a plan of maval Jimitd- tion. The plan worked out by Secretary | Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato follows the original Ameri- can proposal except in one resi-it. That difference is the agreement t apan may retain the battieship M ad of the Setsu; that the United States re- tain the Colorado and Washington in place of the Delaware and North Dakota, and thaf Great Britain build the approxi- mate cquivalent in capital ships. Promuigation of the agreement has been delayed by arranging details as to the British equivaient for the M The “Big Three” are in agreement as to pol- fey. It appears that the British angle might be settied by providing that she retain two super-Hoods and scrap three or more older ships in their places to bring rela- tive tonnage In retained ships into ap- proximately the same ratio as originally proposed by Secretary Hughes. That element of the plan was still to be finally decided, however, when the “Big T.# <" meeting late today adjourned. A proposal that Great Britain retain super-Hoods of the four she had ordered would be open, it is sald. to technical objections since the ships would be of a type not included in the Japanese or American navies. They would combing the batteries of battieships with the speed of battle cruisers, but sacrifice something in armor as compared to bat tleships. Since Great Britain ha already spent money on the plans and specifications of the ships, it seemed improbable that a proposal for their retention would meet objections In American circles, at least. The attitude of Japan's delegates was not known, Inciuded in the treaty Into which the naval limitation agreement is to be worked will be the establishment of a status quo understanding as to naval bases and fortifications on the Pacific. This feature of the plan has already been approved by the “Big Three. It means that the United States aban- dons any thought of creating a naval base at Guam, but excludes from the re- strictions to be imposed by treaty Ha- wail, islands on th€ coast of Japan, or those in waters immediately adjacent to Australia or New Zealand. In effecf the naval trio are in agreement that none but purely defensive outposts shall here- after be erected in the Pacific. It was this understanding and the willingness of the United States to bind itself not to add to present fortifications or base facllities at Guam which is be- a gang ef this kind. sy Tleved to have clearsd the way to & large extent for Japanese acceptance ef the “5-5-3" ratio of fleet strength. FRANCE WILL ASK 315,000 TONS OF CAPITAL SHIPS H Washingtoa, Dec. 14.—(By The A. P.) —France will ask for an allotment of 315,000 tods of capita? ships and a pro- portionate jercentage in smaller classes when the question of the French and Italian navies is taken up, probably to- morrow or t'riday by the recently ap- pointed conference maval committes of fifteen. This was discloseq authorita- tively tonizht by & spokesman of ths French delegation. Tne French delegates have assumed, their spokesman said, that they will met encounter a spirit of dictation respecting what are considered to be European re- quirements in a conference called to deal with Pacific naval proportions. Some_sugzcstion has been made fin French quart:ss that France's naval ra- o wag a subject for direct negotiations between France and Great Britain, and it is considercd as mot unilkely that Pre- miers Briand snd Lioyd George may discuss he questions at thelr approach- ing meeting ‘n London. Senator Schanzer, the head of the Italian delezation today sald the Ttalans will go mto the commitee with two prine ciples. ‘The first 1=™ he mald, “that we shall have have the same ratio as France: the second that fhe ratio de a low ome he- cause we do rot desire to bufld up to & large one”™ He added that France quits agreed to Italy's having the _same ra- tio as the French. GUARDSEMEN TO KEEP ORDER : IN KANSAS COAL FIELDS Pittshurzh, Kans, Dec. 14.—The coal fields of Kansas, long the mcens of in- dustrial turbalence, settled back tonight to awalt the coming of national guards- men, ordersd in after officials of the connty had rerorfed that they were un- able to cope with a situation growing out’ of the storming of mines and mistreat- ment of ron-striking miners by large £Toups of women strike = sympathizers who for thrie days have carried on thelr campalgn of terrorization. The stuatin in the mining camps was reported quint” tonight after a day ‘of hubbub created by the women march- ers who mraded from mine to mine, threatening workers and carrying on demonstrations desizned to prevent the men from entering the shafts. Although the requesting of troops had been discassad by officlals for several dars, 1t was ot unt!] early this morning that the act!>n finally was taken. Tt fol- lowed drama‘ic appeals to Sher? Mfie Could of Crawford countr. and Judgs J. H. Crawford of the Industrial court by deleza‘’inis of non- that they he s'ven protect mitted to veork. The non-s'riking miners, several thous- and In mumber, oricinally went out om the voluntesr strike called fn the Kan- sas district when Alexander Howat and August Dorchy, former president and vica president of the Kansas distrlet, were sent to fail for six month terms for violating the stats industrial eourt law by calling strikes. Later the Howat administration way denosed ny fte international union of- ficlals who ordered the striking minerds back to woik. The women demonstrators are wives and relatives of thoss miners who %0 ‘ar hive refused to obey tha internationil's edict and who are mupe porting the Howat organizttion, which maintaining » rival administration, PACKING WORKERS' LEADERS THREATEN GUEREILLA WARFARR ton and be per- Chicago, Dec. 13—(By The A. P.)— Declaring that striking packing houss workers are standing firm against what they term an “arbitrary reduction of wages” and denying statements by the “Big Five” packers that operations in Chicago are nearly normal, strike jead- erg In a statsment tonight asserted that “it the strike is t0 be & contest of en- aurance, it run for months and guer- rilla warfare, if that term can be used, can bs expected In every packing houss, cénter throughout the country.” ' The statement was given to Secretary. of Labor Davis over the signature of C. J. Hayes, president, and Dennis Lane, secretary, of the Amalgamated Meat Cut- ters and Dutcher Workmen of North America. Secretary Datls, in Chicago, on his re- turn to Washington from Milwaukee, atked the s:>ike leaders for & state- ment of their side of the issue. The conlitlons upon which they eatd the strike can be settled were named by the union: First—that the packers rescind the g reduction put into effect November Second—that the packers agree to sub- mit the question of wage reduction t arbitration and restors the former wags Pending the arbitration proceedings. | BosTON MAX ra> $17,500 HUSH MONEY TO BLACEMAILERS Boston, Dec. 14.—An alleged blacke malling conspiracy against a Bostos business man who sald he paid $17.500 to three men as “hush money” after he had been sgurprised in an apartment with 4 woman was under investigation by the Suffolk county grand jury today. Evi- dence in the matter was presented by Assistant Attorney General Murwitz, un- der arrangement with District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier. Two lawyers were said to be involved in the charges pre- sented. The evidence was sald to have de~ scribed how three men surprised the business man, demanded $100,000 under threat of exposing alleged inaccuracles in his ncome tax returns, and compromised on_$17,500, which was paid. Tt was understood that Attorney Gena eral Allen was in possession of sworn afidavite of girls and women who wers hired by one of the lawyers and assocle ates for blackmall purposes in gimiar cases. Testimony in the recent trial om which Nathan W, Tufts was removed as district attorney of Middlesex county ciuded instances of | { | ! | | ;