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VOL. LXIII—NO. 308 POPULATION 29,685 (ORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, 'DECEMBER 22, 1921 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS DAIL'S RATIFICATION OF IRISH TREATY PREDICTED Debate Probably Will Close at End of Today’s Session— De Valera Suggests an Evening Session if Necessary “to Finish It”—Character of Applause and Remarks of Speakers at Session Yesterday Indicated Feeling Favor- able to Ratification—Miss MacSwiney Was Vitriolic in Opposition and Intimated Rebellion ‘Against the Free State. Dublin, Dec. 21. (By the A. P.)—The possibility of concluding the debate or He declared the pact represented the fruits. of the sacrifices of all who had Irish treaty and reaching a decision |died for Ireland. “Every man and wo- tomorrow night was indicated by Ea-[man here,” hs said, “is entitled to §0 monn De Valera at close of today's [out and die for Ireland. But none is en- < when he .suggested that, if the|titled to send the Irish people to death.” 15 were not concluded tomorrow | David Kent of East Cork, one of ‘ session should be | Whose brothers was executed in 1916, finis and another sentenced to penal servi- Griffith, eriticising Mary Mac- | tude, opposed the treaty. Hz said that Sw speaking so long (her ad-|umler 4. Mr. Valera, who had bedn s a tw < and forty min-|culy elected president of the republic at fifteen minutes woul d | would have to make way for some Eng- : of the remaining |lish lord as governor general. They s xpress his views, One dep-|ocould have no idea what Irish taxation ged pinion ‘that no more | would be, he added, because they did were required, and in this he|mot know what part of the debt they a to voice impatience of | might be compelled to pay. " t0 vote without further Cosgrave Supports Treaty. ’ At the afternoon session, William Cos- Applause Indieates Acceptance. grave, minister of local government, who first time there was a dis-|was in the fighting of Kaster week and tonight on the part of certain|who has been r@peatedly imprisoned, - ¢ Dail nn supporting | supported the treaty: He argued that ' i nitely that it |one could be faithful to an equal and The character of the ap- his interpretatdn of the oath was that v and the incidental remarks |all members of the commonwealth were akers led apport this | equal He contrasted the Canadian legal stat- lose of her long speech, |us gvith its ‘real status and showed that « MacSwinay not only sald that she|whWe Great Britain could nominally n r have another opportun’ override Camnadian legislatio] Canada ss that assembly, unless Treland [ was, in fact, supreme within its own ame a republic, but marked out her |borders. Ireland was getting what Can. of .the republican |ada had. In law the crown had supreme yortunities taii ese references were take : to her considered opinion » in the Sinn Few srobahle result othe! tak ean despit Gavan Duffy ratfficat 4 tha the treayt, 2 la of th continued apprehen regarding the outcome. severa] references to a plebiscite, decision may be a free expression from the electorat e, and thue “clear the air.” n to tthe but, element s day whateve! Frictian Between Opposing Sides, the opposin Interchanges n between Mr. De Vi Griffith were marked a tense aimosphere. Willtam Cosgr. in th went far friendliness, between evidence = Mr. mutual ir members of t touch w ns active Dail h mu thronghout knowin timent of the a great v acce effec sharpest anizat ciy well strongly treat majo more er by the men \a Charles Bur mple ave's but not goor v chiefly ~ effects on Irish social nditions. Cosgrave Suggests Plebiscite. who is really the prin ainst the free stats. members of the Dafl today, in order to ob- in vy towards and eann, 1 and Treland th ad thrusts descrip- followed the lins and wel- authority in Canada; in fact the crown had no power whatever. Mr. Cosgrave was loudly applauded, but was interruped by Brskine Childers, v{7o asserted that Ireland Jpmld fnot get the Canadian powers. Mr. Cosgrave proceeded to dissect Mr. Childer's speech and his interpretation of the treaty, es- pecially as regarded Eritish . control of Irish ports. The treaty had accomplish- el more than the Irish fcaders had hop- ed for, from Emmet to Parnell and Red- mechd, with a unlted country behind them. The original basis of the Sinn Fein movement, he said, was the restoration of Grattan's constitution of kings, lords and commons of Ireland; therefore the deputies then in the movement and now opposing the treaty must -have been roval republicans. (Laughter.) He ask- ed did the members admit that the coun- try_had the right to decide. There were loud cries of “Yes “Well, if we have got tbat - {may still find & common g.ound. | the people speal, we should have thelr way People talked of 750 years of war, but he remembered the last forty vears, and thers was war for only five of those ears. The ecomomic situation in Ire- jand did not justify taking the risks of n n r n e T e far we Ir let them Mary MacSwiney In Opposition. Mary MacSwiney, sister of the late Terence MacSwine; ord mayor of Cork, She quoted Winston Spencer 5 as evidence of British control : and under the treaty. She de- ! | seribed Premier Llovd George as an un- | scrupulous whose word no *| European would accepk; vet 1 |Trelana was asked to accent it This treaty, she declared, represented Griffith, who had never belleved in a republic. She has told the ministers cupporting the treaty that ifa free state were established she would teach that the treaty was an act of treachery Eng- land would not continue the Irish agita- tion against that nation in every coun- strat of Dublin City, | try of the world by this instrument, and h pathos of the mise Trish enemies would still undermine Eng- 2 Dublin fam! each of whom{land's attempt at friendship with room, and suggested the de- | America. at 1 the decision to th Miss MacSwiney declared the worst s wi A the best right to|thing that could happen in Ireland was ™ ow are. a solit, and a split was inevitable, sicce today was notable for |they could not abandon a principle. Feo- n Duffy and Eamonn F.|[ple had accepted this treafy because zgan the delegates who signed | they sald what was good enmougn for tr 1gh ey spoke from | Mick Collins was good encugh for them. ‘ Mr. Duffy regretting the | (Toud applause) t uggan praising its pos-| “If Mick Collins went to hell in the rongly recom- | morning, would you folow him?” reann to ratify it.| Loud crles of “Yes” (Laughter.) Ny on applied to obtain Duffy corroborating R Barton, who made the charg speech Mc that signature wa! ed by denying coercion. MacSwiney Victriolie, Ming the question a threat of immediate war, Miss MacSwiney went on to say that of a royal residence were set up fin Ireland and there were roval visits® her party could keep up the policy of black flags and_boycott, and it wouid be Mi- chael Colling’ duty, on the complaint of the governor general, to currest them. After speaking for more than an hour, she complained that members wers Ma MacSwiney spoke passionately |} oiing at their watches, but she point- e ng repeatedly that},.q out that this might be thelast occa- a of a republic was dead, siopshe could speak until the the re- : resident and a united cabinet | nuinie was established. England could . Ay, she declared, “We|not win this battle, and she was will- | for a republic” ing o leave the issue of this treaty or s . plebiscite of the wo-|war to the women's vote. f i M of a republic, sa: n and children of Ire Famonn De Valera and his colleagues S - Jondly applaudedthis statement. v continue to stand for it, even| she denled that the alternative was men turned their backs on it. war. E should choose extermination| Fven of Mr. Griffith got a majorht e, wun_exuigied, in the country for thetregty, she predic : winey attacked Premier laq that nearly half the populdtion would . the treaty and the press, |pe moholc to his government, and she American press, which 244 “Th> Irish army is still re- fair to the republiean cause. | pub| [ at heart.” resented the action of M TacSwiney spoke for two hours ¢ supporters of the treat and ty minutes and adjournment fol- of the room when she be- | lowed about 7 o'clock. Another member who opvosed the Ipancse < treaty was Peter J. Ruttledge, of Mavo. PROCEEDINGS AT MEETING It was. he said, like the Act of Union, OF DAIL EIREANN YESTERDAY |obtained by force. He arzued that the Dee. 21.—(By oth of the Irish Free State mu. under n The A. P.)— |the treaty be an oath to the ritish. The ion to referring the Anglo-Irigh | ministers of the Irish Free State would the Irish electorate was voie- |be His Majesty’s ministers: thelr au- Gavan Duffy, one of the |thority would come from King George, in his argument for ratifi- | Instead of¢ as in a severeign state. go- the pact delivkred in this |ing from the people up. He had been session of the Dail ann. |elected as a republican, and his con- ared he opposed this course | sclence would not permit him to devi- e high feeling a plebiscite |ate from the straight path. campaign would create. Such a cam. T 1e asserted, would rend the coun- | OBJECTED TO BEING t one end to the other. He said CALLED A BOOKLEGGER W ternat o the treaty and = #poke as if he were confidently expecting | Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21.—J. N. Webb, itification by the Dail of Tastpoint, a suberb, want info supe- The memberg of the Dail listened with | rf rt -here yesterday and obtained niense erest while he and Eamonn stian temporarily restrajing J. Dugan, also a member of the, Lon- [R. W. Godfrey, a fellow townsman, from don delegation, ardently recommended |calling h'm a “bootlegger.” Tatification of the treaty. Five times, Webbs' petition declared, Mr. Duffy declared he recommended | Godfrey had told Fastpoint police he ratification reluctantly, becaus: he arg- |was a bootlegger and five tmes the po- d that the signatures of the Jrish del- |lice had searched bls prewises. Judge egates had been forcel unjer duress.|John T. Pendleton set pir. Dugan, on the other hand, warmly faented that he had Ween coerced. ! a hearing for January 14 to determine whether to make the mjunction permanent, France s to Present Naval Plans Today Great Britain May Present Plea For Total Abolition of Submarine. ‘Washington, Dec. 21 (By the A. P.).— The formal negotiations of the arms con- ference were at a standstill today, but groups of delegates continued personal consultations ‘which appeared to strengthen the general gonfidence of an carly solution of afl m‘ms remaining ssue. France is to present®er estimates for auxiliary vessels at tomorrow’s meeting of the naval committee, and aithough she is expected ‘to ask for a submarine and cruiser strength out of proportion to the capital ship ratio fixed for her. no one appears to regard the prospect of ad- justing Ther claims as a difficult one. It is not understood to be regarded as es- ® sential by conference leaders that the capital ship ratios be applied rigidly down the line through the various classes of smailer vessels.’ - The Japanese, who are awaiting for further instructions from Tokio regarding the terms of withdrawal from the Tsing- tao-Tsinanfu railroadl, expressed the opin- jon that the temporary halt in formal exchanges wit hthe Chinese did not con- stitute a serlous deallock. The Chinese seemed inclined to fear that the Shantung discussions had encountered serious obstacle. The difference in view revealed yester- day between President Harding and mem- bers of the American delegation relating to the application of the four-power Pacific treaty to the principal islands.of the Japanese empire, furnished the chief topic of personal comversation among many of the foreign plenipoetntiaries who privately expressed themselves as unable to understand how such a situa- tion had developed. No further explanation was forthcom- ing from the White House or from mem- bers of the American greup in the con- ference, but it was declared in state de- partment circles that there existed no question of the attitude of the American government. The interpretation of the American delegation, it was said, holding that the treaty does apply to the major Japanese islands, stood as the officia American view. The treaty's opponents in the senat etook advantage of the lull in conference developments to launch another attack which centered about yes- terday’s White House statement.” Senator Reed, democrat, Missouri, declared in a senate speech that the difference of view between the president and the American plenipotentiaries was new proof that the treaty had been drafted “so as to de- ceive” The whole incident, he asserted, betrayed a policy of “twisting and turn- ing” cloaked behind a curtain of secret diplomacy. At tomorrow’s meeting of the full naval committee there may also be a presenta- tion of Great Britain's plea for total abo- lition of the submarine. The delegates of Great Britain, al- though apparently not intending to press their request to the point of greatly pro- longing the conference, have prepared to make a stubborn fight™at least for a.great reduction in the submarine strength now under consideration and have cancelled their plans for leaving the United States on Dec. 31. They now expect to depart about the middle of January. The French have mnot revealed what submarine tonnage they will request, but it is known that figures running as high as 90,000 tons have been under considera- tion by members of the delegation. That would be more than double the present strength of the French submarine fleet, and so high that there seems littie doubt it would meet with determined opposi- tion. It has been hinted that in any settlement of the auxiliary que: large submarine tonnage for might be balanced off by a large cru and destroyer. tonnage for Great Britain, because she is the nation who admittedly has most to fear from any use of sub- marines as offensive weapons. Although not holding membership on the naval committee, the delezation of The Netherlands have communicated its views on the submarine question to con- ference officials and they have been in- formally under consideration. It it pointed out that before the.final decision is ratified the representatives of the smaler powerse all will have an oppor- tunity to express their views in plenary session. In discussions of the four-power treaty the American delegates are said to take the view that the language of the pact so clearly includes the major Japamese isl- ands that no Teservations on the subject will be necessary whe nthe question of ratification is formally under considera- tion by the senate. Inclusion of these islands contrary to the interpretatiog of President Harding is declared by the delegates to be embraced beyond disputs by the words “insular dominjons.” When the treaty comes before the senate Senttors Lodge and Underwood as members of the delegation are plan- ning to explain the circumstances under which the term “insular dominions” was selected and the understanding reached by all the pienipotentiarics as to its meaning. It is said they ate prepared to tell in detail of the part of The American delegation in urging that the word “do- minions” be included, so that the treaty would apply definitely not only to Hawail, Australa and New Zealand but to the Japanese “homeland” as well. In the original draft of the treaty ap- ation is said to have been limited to insular possessions.” In the discussion which brouzht about the change the Americans and British are understood to have stood together in insisting that the broader scope be given the new agree- ment. D! TO FIGHT THE BUILDING ' TRADES EMPLOYERS’ ASS'N New York, Dec. 21,—Samuel Unter- myer, chief counsel for the Lockwood legislative committee, made public to- night a letter to Christian G. Norman, chairman of the board of governors of the Building Trades Employers Associa- tlon, accusing the association of con ulng to be a breeding nest for unlawful combinations. He declared he would en- deavor to “rid the ic of the ecrimi- nal combinations that are now existi under the protection of your associa- tion.” With the letter to Mr. Norman, the committee counsel enclosed a copy of his demands for reforms in labor unions given out vesterday and invited his com- ment on them. —_— BRITISH DELEGATION I CASCELLED RESERVATIONS ‘Washington, Dec. 21.—(By The A. P.) —The British delegation today cancelled reservations it had made on a steamer sailing from New York on = December 31. L was stated ‘imembers of .the dele- gates think therc ‘is littl2- dh&ace of their being able to leave before the mid- dle of January. BRIEF TELEGRAMS Boston & Maine railroad posted - an- nouncement that wages in all depart- mnents would be cut. Ten per cent. bonus ican Lines, in New York. An outbreak in Belfast was ended by troops who arrested thirty persons and seized huge uantities of ammunition . J. C. Ropp was appointed, assistant commissioner of the national budget by Charles G. Dawes. Thomas Findley, president of the Massey Harris Co., of Toronto, died at his home in Toronto. Fifth avenne, New ‘York, is In the midst of the greatest Christmas shopping carnival it has ever known. The death of Cardinal Francls Mary Roverie De Cabrieres. bishop of Mont- pelier, France, was announced, ‘American Malt & Grain Co. linidating trustees, sold the Buffalo plant for $500,000 to a Minneapolis milling con- cern. Idie freight cars on Dec. 8 total $528,158, compared with 5,376 on D 1, an increase of 72,782 cars, accord- ing to the American Railway association. A messenger of the Choteau Trust Co. of St. Louis was held up by three bandit who escaped with a satchel containing $8,180. eorge Rogers, .an escaped convict is being held by the’ icago police inco: nection with the million dollar mail robbery in Toledo. Under a ruling by the Interstate Com- merce Commission many big rail men must give up their directorships on com- peting roads. It was announced at the White House that President Harding will make pub- lic next Friday a list of Christmas par- dons. Sir James McKechnie, of Vickers, Ltd., of Barrow, England, arrived on the Cun- ard liner Scythia to study shipbuilding conditions in the United States. Custom officers seized Javary, which arrived at Paltimore. It is alleg 250s drums of aleohol the tramp ship New York from d she had avoard Representative Volk of New York, in- troduced a bill in the house to provide a soldiers’ bonus, funds to be obtuined by a sales tax. Notices were posted by Philadelphia & Readisg Railway Co. announcing wage cuts of maintenance of way employes ranging from 5 to 15 cents an hour. An official order to close the Sedalia shops of the Missouri Pacific railroad was received from St. Lou Approxi- mately 1,400 men are affected. Closing of small railroad stations for purposes of economy will be opposed by fhe Massachusetts state department of public utilities. The expected * arrival big ship- ments of Christmas from Maine promise to assure a plentiful supply of holiday greens for greater Boston. of trees Rev. Dr. James Ballantyne, moderator of the Canadian Presbyterian general assemf died suddenly at his home in Toronto. He was 64 years old. formerly An express train from Paris collided last night with the Trieste-Rome express on the bridge crossing the Piave at San Dona. Relief trains have been sent to the wreck, but detalls are lacking. A woman, 50 years of age, who had just made a trip by water and rail from Boston to Jacksonville, Florida, and back, has been found to be suffering from typhus. Fxcitement prevailed at the cornmer of Chauncey and Essex streets, Boston when a charge of dynamite, used to blast awayv pieces of concrete in build- ing operations, went the wrong way and threw rocks and stones in all directions. Dr. Walter Simons, the former forelgn minster, In an open lette to Von Hind- enburg, accuses the field marshal of do- ing him a bitter injustice in asserting at Simons had renewed in ondon his Versailles admission of Germany’s war gullt. American exporters were told to “hold their heads up” as their feet were “on solid ground” by Dr. Julius Klein, di- rector of the bureau of foreign and do- mestic commerce, of the commerce de- partment in an address before the Phil- adelphia Export club. Major Gemeral Clarence R. Edwards, commanding the First Army Corps area, will act’' as a post-Christmas Santa Claus on December 27 when he will con- fer decorations awarded by this and oth- er governments on 13 nersons from va- rious parts of New England. Peoples’ Bank and Realty Trust Co., of Savannah, C(h,. <were placed in the haids of the State Bank Ex- aminer, due to heavy withdrawals of de- posits. During the last few months flve banks suspended in Savannah. Sovings & Gluseppe Parisi, arrested in Spring- field soon after Carlo Siniscalchi, local Ttalian teacher had been shot in his au- tomobile, was arraigned in district court on a charge of murder and was held without bail for preliminery hearing De- cember 27. Fire damage that may oxceed $30,- 000 was done to a store in a Main street business block in Springfield and seri- sly threatened the Hotel Hawkins, oc- pying the same building, whose 75 guests made their escape with little dif- fleulty. A scheme to defraud in stock and bond transactions by misuse of the Unit- of dollarg is alleged in Indictments made in the federal court against Hollister, White & Company, Inc., investment un- derwriters, of Boston. A galn of 57 ballots by John R. Mur- phy in the counting of the ballots cast In the Boston mupicipal election last week announced at the close of Tuesda: count, slumped tc 36 late Wednesday. About three fourhs of the recount has been completed. A large sign reading “Federal Agents —Stop,” and further down the road a pavement of heavy plants, studded with £p! Jds a device which Herbert H. s, Hovey, chief fleld denuty of Maine's pro- hibition enforcement agents, has pro- posed for catching hootleggers running -rum by motor. = will be paid American employes of the Baltic-Amer- ed States mafls said to involve millions | TveeWonen et ECONOVIC PROBLENS FOR SUPREME COUNCI - By Gas Explosion Which Wrecked a Women’sl Furnishings Store in Colum- bus—Forty Injured. Coiumbus, Ohio, Dea 21.—Twelve persons are known to be dead and an un- known number injured as the resuit of a gas explosion which wrecked a woman's furnishings store in the downtown dis- trict here late today. Forty injured have been taken to hospitals and rescuers declared there were a number more in the wreckage. The store was crowded with holiday shoppers at the time of the eplosion, which wrecked the building and tore up a portion of the adjacent street. Gas escaping from mains in the street tock fire and hindered rescue work. The cause of the explosion was not known. CHECK OF HOSPITALS SHOW ONLY THREE DEAD Columbus, C., Dec. 21.—While the nolice reportéd twelve dead and forty injured, a check of hospitals showed only three dead, all unidentified. women, as a result of a basement gas explosion late this af- ternoon that partially wrecked Wright's women'’s furnishings store in Main street, near Third. t Thirty-four injured are being cared for at four local hospitals. A police sergeart who directed the work of removing the dead and injured reported that twelve persons were known to be dead. Every available ambulance in the cfty was kept busy for some time hauling the injured to four nearby hospitals. These hospitals reported tonight that several of the injured may die. The explosion occurred shortly after 5 o'clock while the store was filled with shoppers and while the streets were crowded. The front of the three-story building was demolished and the side- walk in front destroyed. AMERICAN WELCOME IN PARIS FOR MARSHAL FOCH Paris, Dec. 21 shal Foch received a typical Ame Welcome when he stepped onto the plat- form of the St. Lazare railroad station at 1 o'clock today, returning from the United State With him was former Premier Viviani. For a few minutes after his arrival Marshal Foch said he thought he was making a five minutes’ stop in the course ©of his American tour. t the entire membership of“the Paris' post of the American Legion had assembled to wel- come the_ allied general imo. As he alighted from the train bringing him from Havre, there were thunderous cheers of the American variety. Marshal Foch stopped suddenly, smiled broadly, and turning to members of his party he said: “Parls! Paris! Paris, am arriving at.” Marshal Foch thanked the legionar} saying that since visiting the United States he had come to li the American brand of welcome. This surely cannot be crowd of 5,000 enthusiasts did not rec- ognize the French hero. Instead of a marshal’'s uniform, he wore a business suit and a derby hat. His friends who met him remarked how well he looked and sald his trip apparently had done him much good. They ob: d that his fear that American cooking might prove to be his Waterloo had been un- merited. A large group of French military lead- ers, as well as a personal representat of President Millerand and other gov- ernmental leaders were at the station. Myron T. Her the American am- bassador, and his embassy staff were present. As hsvwas_ leaving the station, Marshal Foch said his trip to America had been lnlrf"‘ of the most wonderful events of his e. THIRTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN RAILROAD SMASH AT COLUMBIA (Special to The Willimantie, Dwc. sons were slightly when passenger 2 Adr Line Division of the New Haven & Hartford Raflroad freight engine of Train No. 103 west of the Y track at the junction, not far from this city. A switcher from the Willimantie vards was sent to the scene of the wreck and hauled the coadheg back to this city where Dr. Michael Reardon and Fred Smith treated the injured passeng- ers for injurles. Mast of the injuries suffered were of minor nature, such ag broken teeth and slight lacerations, and one woman passenger suffered a broken Jaw. Both engines returned to the engine house for repairs and another engine took the coaches and made the run to New Haven. The accldent took place at 3.55 o'clock when the freight engine of Train 103 that had completed a run to this city entered the ¥ track at Columbia and had completed the turn and proceeded onto the main line In the time of 1033. En. giner Larrabee of 103 saw the passeng- er train approaching on the single track and increased the speed of his engine lessening to a great extent the force of the blow. The engine of the 1033 was the most damaged of the.two, but the impact was not forceful enough to derail any of the coaches. Train No. 1033 was in charge of Engineer Parker and Con- ductor Porter. The collision took placs Bulletin.) —TVirteen per- collide Columb near the bridge over the W‘.l]ima‘n(icl river, a curve in the road cutting off the vlew of both engineers until the trains were within a comparatively short distance of each other. - CRIMINAL ANARCHY INDICTMENTS DISMISSED New ' York, Dec. 21.—Criminal anar- chy indictments against John E. Seiber: Abraham Jakira and Isreael Amter, ar- rested last April for having in their pos- session “May Day” ecirculars urging erthrow of the government, were dis- missed today by Judge Talley in general sessions. He held there was no evidence to show the trio ‘“prepared, composed, printed, circulated or distributed” the circnlars, as the indictment charged. “Mere possession of such literature is rot a violation of the law,” he said. CONSECRATED AUXILIARY BISHOP OF CHICAGO Chicago, Dec. 21,—The Right Rev. fliary bishop of Chicago ceremonies this morning at the Cathedral of the Holy Name. Archbishop G. W. Mundelein was the consecrator. Threa visiting archbishops, twnty bishops and hundreds of the clerzy were vresent. T T S -~ It must be an American city 1 Many persons in the l ALLIED A Meeting Has Been Called For the Second Week in January at Cannes, Southern France—It is Understood That Ger- man Reparations Will Be Discussed—Premiers Briand and Lloyd George Disagree in Opinions on Germany’s Ability to Make Payments—The Premiers Have Pledged Secrecy Concerning Their London Conversations. London, Dec. 21.—(By The A. P.)—|question of internationa] Decision was reached today to call meeting of the allled supreme council at Somthern Frange, du Catnes, second week of January. stood that German repara er European economic prob discussed. BRITISH AND FRENCH ODDS ON RE ing It ons s u AT ARAT finances and a |exchange, which is linked up with the question of reparations. A M. Briand said that the presemt ocon- the | versations between Mr. Llgyd George nder- | and himself re bad been made. Several g ad been smooth- be {ed out with comp was very much eorge Harvey 1088 London, Dec. 21.—Conversations awer Inquiries T tween Premiers Briand and of his but M George in Downing street were said th Amer-. ed today with regard to Germ ad paid him a pure nounced inability to pay the n to thank him in hoh’ul of arations installments, the manner ughes for ais letter regard- which payment be botained from 1 ships. i her and the question of apportionment and property among the nection with such In_diplomatic circles it the French view on the beg! conversations was that G laration of inabflity to pa and February erate attempt to evac The British are sald to ha that many wou'd cert. pressed to raise the nec Accordingly find a basis which might mon ground between This task hag proved than wag expected, and there s as yet a lack of the subject. The mesting will be weck in January. It wi a meeting of the coun within a few days s ing the detalls of the which 1s scheduled for e pledge to cen the London secrecy corver: preme council evident either to revise the repa sions of the treaty of Vi deliberate on the advisabi a still payments. the ‘experts were darker international with a view to dealing with the whole allies in is stated ng ermany’s ¥ the Ja ve repre ainly t essary form the two viwes mode 1s ul held mbas: e preceded by nd declined to be drawn imto ssion of the subject of secondary veseels. He dismissed mich in- aying that the question stil discuesion, anc added, “this conference ™ i the newspaper Id definitely be set. the present conv & which, purely between British and premier in no wise be con- that is not M. B men that noth could ing upon riies concern- 1 in the question- Belglum and com- |Italy. He added that a conference of the an ssadorg of the 5 2 countries eon. cerned wolld meet Within a few days in Tis, and arrangements for the meeting been concluded today with Lond on, the British fore secretary. first M. and definl'ely announced ¢ he would s depart for Paris at one o'clock ftenoon. He had another 1 Mr. Lloyd George tonight and 4 his final conversatione with the in the forenoon of adors the oonversations between . Loucheur, the French minister fons. and Dr. Walted - the German financial expert ersa 5 or stated these did not g0 Leyond the calling | merest formalitites in the ‘hotel eorri- conference |dor. The German delegates here refuse a information on the subjec:. WELL DRESSED AND POLITE LIANG SHIH-YI PREMIER OF CHINESE CABINEY Chicazo, Dee. 21.—Police today investi- | P TR e i pee gated a report that a well dressed ban- | Lias 8 hnent manod = @it with fine m re who held - Cabinet to l.ow»m, “, . senvation car passengers on the ¥ v G ey and Ohio night flyer for Washin esig s g the heart « foliow of ¢ night had escared in an au en by a ating street sa in a car wh the raiiroad The bandit car at the Sixty-th forced the pasengers to sta D sen: up con and Mrs.. Robert L. Stz carl. New Mexico, on a pond at n‘ o the ot interested south woman companion. and their have, atd I ldren. If yo ansbury and BANDIT OPERATING IN CHIC \(m) 1tomot Sixty-se he robber made Ms get. ch had been parked nd in 1t Ohio hié 1 you her in any reliev: cheor statlon a: Please end of t here of 1 form- Cha vent nea: P as- gave A Mr. of Tecum- smal hat he be i req he of his pocket book. much, but you look as if fford to lose 1t, else 1 would the robber told F. W. Wil- liamson, another Baltimore and ORi ticket agent: . As inued down the line of £as- | CONFLICTING VIEWS 0N sengers the conductor acpeared at the b - 1 front end of the car ready to colleet RAILROAD EMPLOYES' WAGES tickets. The bandit regarded him ooy s quite possbl = he told his ¥ Haven, De —Conflicting tims, hat the conductor {s arme De Dl’.u ky fsn’t he can call men who are. es of the would mean shooting, and some of you Hartford might get hurt. T don‘t want that sl happen, so I will leave vou." b Cdvering the passengers with his gun . & he jerked the eme ed through the observation and as the train slowed BIG ARMY ‘Washington, Dec. 21 army ai p Roma fough: five hours and a wind from Langley ngton, today, to be commission officially Wainwright, daught secretary of war, wl liquid afr on the great ship's prow. The wind was ris ily with gale proportion and Major General Patric! army air service, ordered t to her hangar at Langley Field when the ceremonies were ended. Speaking for Italy, where the ship was designed and built, expressed his pleasure should have bought the great sem!: ship, and Secretary Weel officially for the war de the pleasure and opportuni his, that the army nate in secur ney bell rope broke should be so a ship developed by the platfo down I AIRSHIP ROMA ‘The 40 Miss Fonrose the ass s th k, ch! skill of Italian craftsmen. New Haven roa ounced that they nereases of 13 o Bardo set forth the proposal of the Haven road, which calls for reduc- tions in wages of from seven to 15 cents an hour. Union leaders questioned Mr. ing ¢t d’'s p'an to clo=e down in Mas 1 next Sat lerstood to have re-opening of the union shut dow: 5,000 men, ins s an b eaped over the rail and disappeared down the embankment. HARD FLIGHT FOR THE 0-foot istant the co #t was kail waze questic was in sight, but t would he dfs- 1 further in about two weeks CHIEF PROHIBITION AGENT INDICTED FOR ATTEMPT TO KILL Ambassador Ricel J,, Dec. Green Mil- that Ame: ition age: indictee late today 4 i o rges of as- é 3 to kill indictment was found on com- fortu- of Chief of Police McDonough of West Orange, growing of the shoo ing Friday night of William Stanton 1 s oSt - e es McFarl 3 After the christening_the color pres-| West Orange and James AMcPariand of entation fook place, Assistant Secretar: ncing & ARG Wainwright replying to Lieutenant Gen- fits o a' e Granky eral Guiseppe Vacarri, who spoke feel- ingly about the cordial relations between According to the story told to the p Ttaly and America as he presented the|lice at the time, Mi and, " /hia co TUnited States ensign for the Roma. leagues had seized a case of gin OBITUARY. Bishop Henry Clay Merrison. Leesburg, Fla., Dec. 21. Clay Morrison of the Met pal’ Church, South, died home here of his son. of age and was made bishop ia 1898. Prof. Joseph E. Goodrich ‘Windsor, Conn., Dec. 21.—Professor Jo- Mgr. E. F. Hoban was consecrated aux- | seph E. Goodrich, head of the agrioultural ith impressive { department at Hampshire State coliege. wifa and thre children. in Brunswick, Maine. Loomis Institute, his homeo here tonight of pneumonia. was 40 years old and a sraduate of New He leaves hi Burfal w died at e were leaving the crocery store when two men attacked Miller. One was said to have drawn a pistol. npon which M opened fire and wounded ta: ‘Bishop Henry | McFarland. Neither was said hodist Episco- | 3 gerious condition today lat the | 7 u s arraignment on the indictment He was 77 years was set for a week from tomorrow. " ARRESTED ONE LEADER OF MOPL. REBELLION India, Dec. 21.—Chambrass Thangal, one of the two principal lead- ers in the Moplah rebellion, has been arrested near Mannarghat. It 18 be- Heved his arrest will break the backbone of the rebellion. Calicut, He be