Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIII—NO. -309 POPULATION 29,685 ) Bulletin CONN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921 16 Pages—112 Columns PRICE TWO CENTS DAIL ADJQURNSUNTIL IAN. 3; TESTVOTEINDIGATES GOD MAJORITY FORRATIFIGATION Motion For Adiournment Was Made by Michael Collins—An Amendment to Continue Debate Was Defeated 77 to 44— Vote is Regarded as a Test of the Sentiment of Mem- bers, and is Regarded as Assuring a Substantial Majority For Acceptance of the Agreement—Clare County Coun- cil Voted 17 to 5 in Favor of the Treaty. 2 P.).—The | kine Childers, Austin Stack, Charles Bur- Dail Eire 2 to 44 de-|Bess, and their active supporters all de- = 1eq | Sired to keep the Dail sitting, while' Ar- - i "‘"pnur Griffith, Michael Collins, Eamorn 3 wdjourn further Duggan, Professor John.MacNeill and . I | Tuesday, | the advocates of the treaty were equally It motion itself, but | anxjous to afford an opportunity to all otion, on Which | members for a breathing space. of inter- s taken. ~The | coyrse with their constituents, Who, as o and seconded by | admitted throughout the debates, . FeNty, (SRl S0x “”"’1 ly support the treaty. { evening until a Division Not thiled- on the LEEN at tly on Party Lines. ¢ rejectibe | The division followed almost, but not ot of endment automat- | quite, strict party lines, for there were \ motion. W W ex- | some member o looked solely to the <o far as couid be observed, the | question . of cenvenience. There are yarty lines of those members of the parliament who sing the treaty n no sign up to the present how gt believes, of course, that | they intend to vote on the main ques- | been taken on the treaty |tion, and adjournmen: accords them an m. would ce been so | opportunity of hout any pa obvious abandonifent of their neutrality e ts When the final decision or the treaty p | s actually taken, the numbers may be g { much closer than the adjournment fig- |ures. The amendment in faver of con- This | tinuons sittings was first put verbally . ts of the | and a show of hands taken. The result s Mot a fair | was challenged on the ground that a f s on both | motion must be in writing and the vote t members. | should be by roll call. The secretary f Continuing | read in Gaelic the names of the mem- for ad-|pers by constituencies, recelved their they might answer and made the announcement in lidays, Gaelic for and against the amendment. farkieweiz, one of N ot treaty o CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL as VOTES FOR RATIFICATION ng speecls t Dossie e continuing through i overlook- varty division Ennle, P*)—The Clare stituency of voted 17 to & in favo tween Ireland and Great Britaln and re- questing Mr. De Valera to is in- flue for the maintenance onal 09 ¢ Ireland, Dec. —By county eouncil, Samonn De The A the con- Valera, today of the treaty be- rness to rush iston. He who in. vote to have to whether constituens two Mr. Collins uld not hear of h decided on use of na Mr M h.q of the as c2 for unity. The d fon admitted tr ns to the was no s acceptance. of the treaty,” the reso- lution added, “would be almost certain to involve us in a war of anmihilation, because our people will be divided, and because world opinion, instead of being with us, as at present; will be against at there reaty but rational al- otes, there the jection Tense With Excitement. thers | n the vote the | with ex ectators failed of the pro- erment uncement Valera's h o nies . De V entative f the regolu ra and the on o were sent to ance e rep- est hew WOMEN CAUSTIC IN REMARKS PRIOR TO ‘ ADJOURNMENT OF DAIL London, Mee. 22 —According to A despatch to .ne Assol from Du extraording nes occurred in the Dail Eireann over the a - motio A reference by A to the length of Mary it Miss to her s feet tearful or sov- 1 sat through Brixton ton prison), and I think t to smeak for the honor ent occurred when the #Nicz referred to Michael having faced Premier Llovd after nt Mr. Col- worn ont and To this, to the Press ation, Mr. torted: ver worn ont and eary."” imitted that he was some- ! retorted the countes F T “I did no shouted Mr. Collins at Press Associat voic n ays a yeritable e evchange, tess Markiewicz Collins. of s fol 1y lowes apologized HARVARD LABORATORY Oppos’tion by De Valera, Valoos % ASSISTANT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE B Dec. vears old, of sistant to Dr. vard Medical ng on- into ! ing the ston, 29, —Feli Chicago, Saunders, 24 laburaory as- W. T. Bovie, of the Har- schopl cancer commission, wag taken to a hospital tonight sufferi from a serious bullet wound.. Accor to the police he had written a not ing that he was discouraged and at he was a burden to the world. They ound 7 letter which he had ad- dressed to Miss Ame Hastings of Hart. ford, a Radeliffe student er made pub- pocket ad- and siened sald: “I was arl Paine. T lov- 5o I spent all my money. a FT f M Conn., The medical examiNr a lic note found int man' dressed “Mr. Rogers “Nick" in which the w: all right until I met P ed too dearly, to strength of and suprorters of the | Now I am broke, so we are both going o &t this Bro- | teeic o £ STOLEN SAFE FISTTED ¢ i Griffith. Col- OUT OF MANHASSET BAY MacNelll, hapnenes . S, ta emed 101 Mineols, N. Y., Dec. 22.—A safe con- $ < the treaty. The reai|taining certificates and jewelry valued - Teion e a test a¢at $30,000, stolen last August, from the : matn fsste, tather than | POt Washington home of Frank 8. _ 4 Hon. wae mate |Hastings, was fished out of Manhasset e The hiding olace was dis- - i ihe | ctes Olaf Olafsen, a former butler & in the Hastings' home, and divers found enttiied to ne o e ntes ot b jsix hundred feet from shore. Collins Wins on Straight Diviston. Olafsen pleaded guilty to the theft De Valera's supporters argued that land wag sentenced to Elmira Reforma r cack should be allowed, [tory by County Judge Smith. Michael ! which was becoming very | Pickardi, his confederate, was conviet ) ave lasted for |ed of larcency and will be sentenced to- 7 this subsidiary point alone, | morrow. whe Mr. Colline walved any claim to otes, and the deputy speaker gave | STRIKING LONGSHOREMEN fulisg allowing only one. This left CLOSE PORT OF PORTLAND v clear for a straight division, es came upon the press and Montreal Que., Dec. Colored 01 Kills Auto Bandt Five Other Robbers Were Put to Flight by Heroic Youth in a New York Real Estate Office. New York, Dec. 22.—One automobile bandit was slain and a second seriously wounded in a pistol fight that followed an attempt late today to loot the offices of a real estate firm in West Sixty-third street, near Broadway. Four others es- caped The bandits, finding Mrs. Mary Stock- inger, ‘apartment renting superintendent, alone in the réalty office, held her against the wall with revolvers and took $800 from the safe. A colored office boy, Charles Davis, re- turning from an errand, saw the hold-up through a window, procured his pistol in a nearby room, and when the bandits emerged opened fire. One fell dead, shot through the heart. Returning the fire, the others jumped into their taxi and sped * west. A policeman fired at the car as it turned down West End avenue, and an- other bluecoat hlazed away a block fur- ther south, the bullet shattering the jaw of the driver, whose name was given by the police at John Little. He drove on for six blocks nad. then. weakened by loss of blood, lost control. and the car smashed into the curb. Little’s four com- panions escaped. He refused to give their names when taken to a hospital. GERMANY ALLOWED TO KEEP 300 DIESEL ENGINES Paris, Dec. council of amba: mission to Germany to March 31 three hundred D which have been the subject of controversy since the armistice. TI the third postponement of final decis on a matter in which American business interests are miuch concerned. | The engines, admitted by the allied ex- | perts to be the finest airplane engines in existence today, were manufactured by Germany for her air service, but had not been placed in use when the armistice was signed. The French have urged the destruc 22 (By the A. P.).—The sadors has granted per- until engines | ! allied retain sel n of engines on the ground t Ger- many could not be trusted to put them to commercial use, but would retain them as potential war material. American and | British interests have disputed t point of view on the theory that it is foolish to destroy valuabl ecommercial material which js hard to replace without great cost. In the course of its matter the council has that Germany has secret inauiry into the been informed v manufactured additional Diesel engines since the armis- would be in’direct violation of Fr tice. Th the Versailles treaty, and the nch point to this as proof that Germa an not be trusted to nut the engines to legit mate uses. It is further explained th retention of these engines by even for commercial purposes, would giv Germany's commercial air service a vast advantage over all other services in Eu- rope. In the meantime the engines are lying idle under allied supervision while Amer- ican interests are urging their sale to highest bidder. t Germany, the | $60,000 FIRE DAMAGE IN NEW HAVEN LAST NIGPT Dec. 22.—Fire late to- damaged the Mitchel Chapel street, with a at $60,000. Three stores on ground floor of the building suffer- ed losses from water. The stores were: #. L. Douglas Shoe Company, Stewart’ Women’s Shop and M. Myers and Sons, shoes. loss stimated the lhe fire started on the gecond floor of the three story brick structure, in the workroom of »the Stewart store. The origin was unknown. The closeness of buildings at the rear and oa either side handicapped the firemen in get- ting water on the center of the blaze. Oflices on the second and third floors sustained small losses. RAILROAD WORKERS TO REJECT WAGE PROPOSAL | Jersey of the 1 Marine V City, ed Dec. 22.—Repre Railroad Te orkers, an organi with the American abor, voted tonight to reject a propos- by the railroads for a 10 per cent. e reduction. Thev announced they would carry the case to tr oad labor board the see~nd week In Jan- uary. { Seven thousand men are affected. Offi- cesr of the organization sand they were acting with the approval of the Marine Enginecrs'’ Beneficial Asssfiation and the Masters, Mates and Pilot, atlon, organizations with a confbined membership of 00, sentatives ninal and affil eration of W. J. BRYAN'S TRIBUTE TO HENRY WATTERSON Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22 —Willlam Jennings Bryan, alternatively opposed and supported in his presidential asp ations by the trenchant pen of Colone. Watterson, paid this tribute to the de. ceased journalist: “The country will lear~ with a gret of the death of Henry Watterson,' said Mr. Bryan. “His ability, long ex perience, his picturesque style and his impressive and genial personality ga him a conspicuous position among nation’s journalists, He was a unique character—no one fill his place.” BRIDE AX D GROOM EACH 87 YEARS OLD Meriden, Dec. 22.—Mrs. Harrlet E. Lu- cas of this city and George L. Elmer of Providence, R. I, both 87 years old, were farried here this afternoon by Rev. Ev- erett A, Burnes at the First M. E. church. OBITUARY. Rev. Edward A. George. New Haven, Dec. 22.—Rev. Edward A. George, pastor-in-charge of the United church on the Green, dled on the street today while walking. Heart trouble was the probable cause. He was seen to sl and fall. Dr. B. Austin Cheney was near at hand and gave aid. but Mr. George was dead before an ambulance could be called. < Mr. George had been in charge of the United church for two years and was settled over it in September of last year. He had preached in several places, in- cluding Bridgeport, after leaving Ithaca, N. Y., which was his last regular pas- torate. Mr. George was a graduate of Yale. class of 1885. and of the Divinity | school, .class of 1891. e was about 57 years of age and is survived by 2 5 22 —Export nd the Dafl Eireann With |freignt will not be loaded on T the White Star-Dominion line at Portland, net re is twofold Me., until the striking longshoremen at country will have an opportunity { that port “come to their senses’” Major of influencing the various representa- | P, A, Curry, general manager of the line, tives between now and January’ 3, and | stated tonight. He expressed the opinion such portions of the country as are!that the strike would be settled in a few doubtful I« expected by some | days. 10ge nfluenced in favor of the| “Steamers will load freight nt Halifax, treat n that the fig-| Boston and New London.” he said. ures represent a vote in its favor. “Grain -will be loaded- af the two,first- When the question was put, it was Im-! named ports, as New Londun has no mediately scen that Mr, De Valera, Ers- clevators.” e s o e George, who Is out of town. A san died 000 retail was seized from a man jn Buf- falo, N. Y., by the narcotic squad. Loy |and Stripes, BRIEF TELEGRAMS Cocaine said to be worth abont $20,- Dr. John Glover Smith, the new Amer- I(‘an minister to Panama has arrived tnere. Quiney, Watch Ci Mass., plant of the Waltham s reopened after having been closed since July. Price of refined sugar has been redue- ed to five cents a pound hs New York by refiners. President Harding nominated Genrge L. Minot to be postmaster at Ganlner, Mass. Walter Havey, a boy of 16 years, living apart from his parents in Boston, hanged himself. Mexican chamber of deputies denounc- ed the coup d'etat in Guatemala in a mes- sage to chambers of all other Latin- American republics. Omar Grandmansion, aged 27, was found dead near Lewiston, Me. His head was bruised. Hc was paid $30 in wages Wednesday which was missing. The state bank at Karthaus, Clearficld County, was robbed by two men who escape h a sum of money, belleved from $10,000 to §$20,000 Divorces are decreasing in Manhattan. This r's divorce book reached its 1.107th case Wednesday. Last year there were 1,254 cases up to December 21. A new powerful German wiraless sta- tion has been constructed at Monte Grands, im the Province of Suenos Alres. Five armed bandits held up tke skele. ch of the C s bank at Columbus, O., with $10,000 ens’ Trust & Sav- and escaped The prohibition order making the pro- vince of New Brunswick dry will be- come effective on January 10 under the terms of an order-in-council. The unsuccessful mayoralty campaign of John R. Mu Boston cost him 2.085, and cost ndidate Charles S. Baxter an evens The steamer Norfolk, hound from Portlard, Me., for Philadelphia, reported by wireless that she was anchored off National assembly at Vienna reached a compromise plan to abokish bread sub- The process of the ~lan would be accomplishes gradually lasting from January to May Tifteen people were hirt when a trol- car on the New Jersey & Traction Co. and freizht car crashed in a head-on collisi near Trenton. ania e Joint Council of United Shoe Workers of America at Lynn, Mass, wsed to ar- |bitrate with the Lynn Shoe Manufactur- on for settlement of the wage FEl1 Paso, Texas, dlspatch to the Stars reports former Lieutanant (Hardboiled) Smith is now a in President Obregon’s army in Frank H. colonel Mexico. Construction of a passenger tunnel nn- der New York bay connecting Bay Ridge, Prooklyn. with Staten Island is proposed by transit commission at an estimated cost of $25,000,000 have taken $10,000 worta of sive are, tapestries and other articles fro the summer home of Baroness Jeanne D'Etreillis at Long Beach, N. = Jobbers Senator Walsh introduced a resolution asking congresdional investigation into recent charzes that examinations for n of naval alr service office and unreasonable.” Congress recessed January 3 and imme 1y senators and r entatives bezan leaving for their homes for the Christmas and New Year holiday period. e vesterday until Three men lost their lives when the coal laden barge Dunmore, New York for Boston. in tow of the tug Mercury., foun- off Minot's light in Wednes night's The skeleton of a man found yester- day on a mountain back of Oranzeburg, N. Y., was believed to have been identi- fled as that of Jacob Nell, a negro, who iopeared from his home in N veral mont’ go. A radio message received at Roston from the Cunard liner Verbania, London for Boston, said she was proceeding to Halifax §., to land the chief en- gineer of the ship, whe was seriously ill with pneumonia. British delegates to conefrence hone United States will ratify tha Polk of 1919, which will pre- vent the shipment of war material from one country to another, a¢ a means te in- sure peace. Dr. T. von Jagow. former police com- missioner of Rer! was found ity in supreme court of Lenzig of participat- ipg in von Kapp revolution Berlin, March, 1919. He was sentenced to fave vears’ imprisonment. The Iatest killing in an generatior Tndian old is charged against John “Red Bird” Beauregard, who was lodged in jail In Washburn, Wis., for the slay ing of John Mealey, an asel Indian re- clue of the Northern Wisconsin woods. fend Claiming her professional reputation has been endangered by publication over her name of an incorrect recipe for mak- ing waffles. Mrs. Ida Bailey Allen Chap man, New York domestic science lecturer, sued the Hebe Publishing company in federal court for $100,000. A small favor done several vears ago for Ernest de Saint Giles, author, pro- fessor and business man, by Archibald Birse, a Chicago taflor, was ropaid Wedl- nesday when Mr. De Saint-Giles' will was filed, leaving more than half his $100,000 estate to the taflor. Frank E, Spurr, 25, allas Frank Martia, wanted by Pittsfield authoritles to face trial on the chargze of forging a $500 check, shot and probably wounded him- self at Middletown, N. Y.. as Detective C. C. Middlebrooks of Winsted, Com was about to placec him under arrest. The Boston city election comminsion has announced the official plurality of Mayor-elect James M. Curley to be 2.470 recently after a long lilness and. Mr. George had not been in the best of health since then. over John R. Burphy, following the com- pletion of a recount of the votes cast in the recent election. This represented & net gain of 228 for Murphy. Chatham with her steering gear disabled. | Reduce FreightRates Voluntary Cut of 10 Per Cent. For Six Months as an Ex-} periment—Effective Janu- ary 1. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22.—(Bye The A. P.)—The railroads of the country will put into effect on January 1, or as soon thereafter as possiule, a voluntary 10 per cent. freight rate reduction on cot- ton, butter, poultry and other commo- dities, as well as the reduction by the interstate commerce commission for the western territory on 'iin and grain products and hay, accord.ng to a state- ment issued tonight by F. W. Robinson, freight manager of the Union Pacific Systers. The voluntdry 10 per cent. cut is to be effective for six months as an experi- ment and will applvy to the entire coun- try, he declared. Mr. Robinson also announced the would continue until June 30, reduced rates on HNvestock and 10 per cent. cut in rates for live- stock on which no cut has been made, would be put into effect. The statement is as follows: “Reduction In the rates on grain, grain products, hay, butter, eggs, cheese and other commodities will be undertak- v _carriers o become effective Jan- , on_one day's notice, or as soon thereafter as tariffs can be amended. “A reduction ol ten per cent. apply- ing generally throughout the United States will be mad> on the following commodities: “Cotton, butter, live or dress hulls, unmanu fresh or gre preserved fr other than c exas, cheese, poultry. i; cottonsced, cottonsecd t Lwits uding canned or evaporated, tallized, ery glazed or s tables, fresh or green, dried or evaporated, wool and mohair.” PROHIBITION CHIEF REPORTS THI S8 ARE GOIN WELL Chicago, Dec. drawals of duced the fifty per cent.. and ments” have mate: smuggling over the asserted today in a “Christmas greeting” to his army of enforcement agents throughout the country, “On the whole,” he sald. “things are going well, notwithstanding obstacles strewn along the path by antagonistic propagand “I am Yuletlde s gratifying results are construciive enforcement eenth amendment. “To all. those W.o cons prohibition organiz: in , the forty-eight states of the TUnion, a, Porto Rieco and Hawall I extend tha most optimistic TYuletlde greetings. The certain success of our tagk betokens = Christmas gift that will be of everlasting value, have it 1 v of il Proh bition to he state, at added, being of this glad “that most secured in the eight- splendid WOOL WORKERS' WAG NOT TO BE REDUCED Lawrence, Mas: Dec. M. Wood, addressing mn'dn\w of the American Woolen Company through “The Booster, a company n pearing today, to rumors” directors,” he savys, you that your w he coming se son are not to be reduced.’ He speaks of “an outs cle to which we would call your tion and which threatens the mainte- nance of the present standar wages in the American Woolen Company; t competition of c in other states than Massachusetts where hours, are longer than those the American ‘Woolen Company, and v Wi ges for nding obsta- ten- rages are less. This must occur to you as an un- f: competition, and one that affects you directly C. V. FLAGMAN FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH Dee. at a today. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND KILLED WHILE HUNTING | Richmond, N. Van F shot and k sterday by it was learned tm Y. Toung Van Brocklin was cutting wood in a clump of timber when Dunton came up following the trail of a deer, according to the story told the medical examiner. Dunton said he saw what he took to be a deer in the woods and fired. The bul- | let struck’Van Brocklin in the breast. The medical examined returned a aer- dict of accidental deatk. H., Dec. n. aged 15 ed Tn_a hunting | Walter R. Dunton, “PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON HAS RETURNED FROM INDIA New York, Dec. 22—William E. “Pus- syfoot” Johnson, crusading American prohibitionist, returns from India on the Adriatic today, at a time when enforce- ment agents are striving to make New Year Eve the driest in history. Mr. Johnson, who lost his eye in a London riot, has been preaching the dovtrine of aridity to the Indians for four months, as a representative of the anti-saloon league. STEAMER NEW ENGLAND IN GALE WITHOUT FUEL Boston, Deec. 22— radio call for im- mediate assistance was received here to- day from the shipping board steamer New England, Brest for New York. She said she was drifting before a northeast gale, thirty miles off Chebuckto Head, N. S.. and was without fuel oil. PHYSICIAN OF BRISTOL, CUTS HIS THROAT WITH R, I, A ZOR Bristol, She R.T. d Churel physician of this the town eouncil, a razor early today. a hospital in. Providence. in {1l health for a year. Dec. aged 22.—Dr. Russell 45, a prominent and a member of thr with ut ‘He dled later at He had been here, was found short distance from s cabin He apparently |t left the cabi 1 of coal last [ hospital are F night, became confused and wandered |nue, Joseph W airt the cabin, tripped over his | nue, both of Glenbrook; Willlam H ich wag found beside him, and, | Broad street rd, and J ! exhausted the cold, was unable tolLawlor of Atlantic street se. His body was found by Paul [last named is an 3arrett, who was to have reluieved him | Charles Tymann of 1 from duty for a vacation today. The |nue was the only one mercury dropped to 10 below zero here | The train was in char airoais ae 1o | CAEAT BRITAIN IS WITHOUT SUPPORT INITS PLEA FOR BANISHMENT OF SUBMARINE Spokesmen of France, Italy and Japan Regard Submarines as a Legitimate and Valuable Arm of Naval Strength—Am- erican Delegates Took No Final Stand on the Question —A Further Exchange of Views on the British Proposal Will Take Place Today—French Delegates Were Not Prepared to Submit Estimates For Auxiliary Craft. (By the A. P)— t the submar! seven ‘Washington, Dec, 22 Great Britain's plea tk be banished from the presented to the arms conference tod: but it received no support from any oth- er power. In seas was turn, the spokesmen of France, Italy and Japan replied that they re- garded submarines, when properly em- ployed, as a legitimate and valuable arm of naval strength, and w unprepared to see them abolished The American legates took no fi question, but ward practices of t such as would prevent subma a ruthless the world war. A further exchange of British proposal will ta row unless France, wi tives in are await from their premier, ahead with the estimates for au to keep under the naval reduction pro- gram. Today's discussions took place behind the closed ¢ but the B ment of t ang dicated tha carry their fight sion of committee jater the conference. Iy not hope to after today's expres: are planning to join In the move understanding to restrict to an the ope: of underw Announcement of the French that they were unprepared te present o day as to their auxiliary quirements caused zeneral reles. fore mmit- dicated that th but later cable exchan read that ature werp In 1 % gton and Premler In these exchanges Sec joined as the conference chairm ceiving word of the 1 sires of the French premier in a msesage from Am- bassador Harvey at London. The nature of the exchanges was not revealed, but considerable significance was attached to a news dispatch from abroad saving that M. Briand felt he must consult with the cabinet before making a definite answer to the message from Washinzton. »That dev opment was nccepted as gre nishing the 1 ent on auxiliary and some some new issu again obscure some major s of the conference. le the naval problems were in place of prominence during all of the day's neg ons, the delegates found tim: to give increasing attention to the | discuss ial quarters over the new fo pow T'\- weighed the pos: le effe difference view between arding and American watched developments in a group is organizing ion of the pact. Japanesa announced v at the next astern committee, next week, a far broga o occupy legates un case of Great was present - L alty, ot | submarine inderwater considera- Sarrant, Senator Schanzer and ugh submarines | {m HeI sce | Cloaity” | aAihie ‘the | hefr aboli- |t ement | ot nation express. lea warm a on of the presenta< | tlon of the case by Tord Lee. but indi- cated they could nof ree with him as to the snbmarine's value ne warfare the American advisory committee recom- mending retention of under murface warships under proper regulation, and pronnsed that attention' be given to the of bringing the submarina zanst merchant vessels with- well-established principles of search and e under International Taw A= an alterna the secretary sug- gested that the conference mizht even se of suhmarines (Continued on Page Eleven) . ONE WOMAN KILLED WH TRAIN STRUCK AUTOMOBILE Stamford, Dec. ed, four hurt 22.—0r woman was men serious! a train on the New Canaa New York, New raflroad to get to work ¢ tomobile tried f Conductor was Y N Joseph Keeton and engi Harry Livingston of Tuckahoe, and the fireman Wil walk. The Miller street crossing is close by the Springlale station. The t left Stamford at 6.08, was not to the Springda station. The o L in full view of anyone approachingz it but it.has no flagman to guard it. Sev- eral bad accidents have occurred upon it in years past. The automol which was struck today was dragged about 100 fee along the track and wedged agai freight shed. Miss Ulrich was k right. Four of the men appeared to he very badly hurt and the death of one or more seemed like FEW SPECTATORS ATTRACTED BY THE PRINCE OF WALES Patna, Rritish India, Dec. 22.—Owing | to the previous declaration of a “hartal” the procession which escorted the Prince of Wales through the city today attract- ed only a few spectators. The Durbar for the prince, which was subsequently held, proved a briilliant spectacle and elicited enthusiastic outbursts f~om the feudatory chiefs and enthusiastic cheering from the assembled crowds. NEWSPAPER MEN ADJOURN IN RESPECT TO WATTERSON Washington, Dec. 22.—A meeting of several hundred newspaner men held at the National Press club tonight to ex- press appreciation for the manner which press facilities have been handled at the arms confererce adjourned out of respect to the late Henry Watterson and sent Mrs. Watterson a telegram of condolence. MAN BOUND, GAGGED AND | ROBBED IN HIS OWN HOME Chieago, Dec. —Two armed robhers today entered the home of Stephen Mala- to, a former assistant state’s attorney. bound and gagged Mrs. Malato, who was alone, and robbed the house of jewelry and money estimated at $14,000, the illed out- 1 WITH STOLEN WARR! | FAMINE 1x RUssIA 1S ABSOLUTELY GHASTLY The A. P)— has become abs continued seople were The programme Is now hone appropriating of the famin, ple of Russia through has been adopted congress a It now needs onls ent Harding to £20,000.000 far ot pec- chase cken ¢ by t MADE SEIZURE OF LIQUOR T Boston, Dec. 22.— United Stat Robert 0. Harri office of one of been invaded late District said today his assistants v night to seized a quantity The raid was made W a dinner in honor of Gov. Channing H. Cox was in Drogress on tha floor below. “I don’'t vropose to permit any such thing in the future,” the district attorney nounced, “and I have asked the cus- todian of the federa! building to find out how entrance was gained. It is hard enou; to enforce prohidition in these days without such incidents as this. Specatcuiar raids Lelp no one” ‘When the district attorney’s statement was called to the attention of Mr. Wii- on he said that neither he mor any of assistants had “broken into” the fed- eral building. he warrant was obtainad in proper hion and® served properly he sald, refusing to comment on the matter fur- ther.