Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXIII—NO. 313 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS 7 MOVE TOENFORCE THE LIOUR, FOODAND FUEL SUPPLY LAWS ' Attorney General Daugherty Generals of the Various Has Sent Letters to Attorney States Asking Cooperation of State Officials With Those of the Federal Government— Prohibition and Food and Fuel Laws Particularly Refer- red to—Letters Carry the Impression as a Step in Con- nection With the Investigation of Retail Prices. Was! Dec. of Istate law enforcement officials with ghos —Co-operation of the federal government was asked A General Daugierty in lette . today to the attorneys « various states. Such co-overation 1 was maintained, would result in better and mere uniform enforcement of , prohibitior. and th particu ugherty ex- ne of th was no disposition on ta > ment to evad but there wa should mak enforce their laws w ation of federal statut al complishing more thcrough iaw enforee- ment. The co-ordination sciught, Mr. Daugh- erty said, ought to be of real help to nunicipal authorities, chambers of com- nerce and cthers interested in reaching “violations for extortion in the prices row maintained.” Referring further to the co-operation Mr. Daughterty sai It will also among the peopie. afford an Tty for the seiveral states, without duplicatica with the fed- ral government, to enforce laws which should be enforced by s awthorities ind leave for the federal government 1 duties as devolve upon it. The two principal offerses which 1 w.w have in mind are those against the iquor and the food and fuel supply lav rere is no disposition on the part of he federal government, as represented v the department of justice, to evade responsibility in respect to its duties, ut the states, I should, first enforce their aws in regard to the violations and the ? rderal ¢ nment promptly €o-o: ith the states enforce the I . wuld be by it. ‘Chere are wtial dublications in many of thes « + + * land a Dbetter under nt. Such dded, ough nding hetween state a:d fedcral a T d ea r. that th os will prove most beneficial to sis of ! coull be rmplo in the enforcement cf prohibition A ymies in expenit rd food and fuel laws pertaining tc © W the real purposs of az- | srices.” FAVORS CANCELLATION OF ToO POOR TO MARRY WAR LOANS MADE ALLIES COUPLE COMMITTED STICIDE d, Ohio, Dec. 27.—That the | Passaic, N. Dec. 27.—Too poor to war made by the United States to |marry, that was the reason that mpell- now amount- Justice Ciarke said roposal to of m trer nat sacrificed and mu o great he basis, h more husiness poliey. Q ¢ many fignre asserted (hat <es of mer {han one to « In o s wonld Qe four times as great 3 - 1 the debt these eoun- . ow tos a crushing an immedi- business of the was eancellad at omee. v of tha deht obl t a4 our ow ation 1 s Wit ) ar for the sreat the cause of hu- 1 the strug- a4 alreadv in- < of life cach of countrics sustained In at eventually be- as theirs, and final- neantive to ts consecent tmmense lo Euronea ntatni « and t woon our own industrial life. FOUR FATALITIES IN NEW YORK FROM POISONOUS LIQUOR New York's holi- | tsonous liquor in- t. One alleged is being held dead: g clerk. also a ship- , according to the ator widows, bought a v from John Hu- ron 1 Christmas cel- ey sampled the stuff and b . Frank died shortly after blinded, but lingered for sev- he also died. Huron to Bellevue & fternoon and assigned | Becoming blind, cral holiday drinks, could direct the was admitted r mource. licd at her home on West eet, Where had been attend- a private physielan. Her illness gnosed as wood alecoh~l poisoning. . was FIVE SMALL BUILDINGS DURNED IN HARTFORD wept five B arter Oak avenus ¥ this morning. The at $125,000. The len structure, was brick barn was | and the flames also through two garages. Fifteen automobiles in the garages were elther destroyed or badly damaged 'y the flames. 0 SELECT NEGOTIATORS ¥OR CHILE AND PERU went Santi C 27 (By the P.)—With the transfer of the negoti one betwesn Chile and Peru to Wash- xion virtually assured, the Chilean | government tvday had under considera- | tion the names of various prominent men as P ntiarje: Among these men are Augustin Edwards, minister to Great Britaln; Luls lzq 0, minister ‘o Argentina, and Luis Antonio Vergara, forelgn min BURGLARS MAKE A $10,000 HAUL IN NEW HAVEN 1 to the police urglars had entered his home % the day and stolen bonds and Jewe velued at £10,000. The loot WAs obtained from a safe, which had been broken open while the family was @ Wwa; ed Thomas sweetheart, ghteen, and his Rist, seventeen, to take their lives by poison here today, the boy told the police at the general hos- pital, whers he died. John was em- ployed as a clerk by a mill and the girl was a_stenographer. The boy and girl met about a ago, and soon became fast friends. friendshin developed and gether every possible wdnsa of thmr - vouth, that John was fust s reer and was not n enough mone; they had not planned an immediate ma riaze. Last Saturday, however, the. girl confided to her sweetheart that she felt they should marry soon. They tilked it over then declded that this was out of the auestion, for financlal reasons. Then came the resolve to dle. They planmed to make it Christmas dav. but loath to bring grief to their families on such a hol they waited until this Brands, Matild local vear The they were To- Be- on occasion 4nd the on his ng morning. A visit to a corner drug store, pur- poison with which to “kill a and they went to the girl's home where Brands had always been a wel- come visitor. They were alone in the sitting room most of the evening, and it was shortly fter midnight fhat the zirl staggered into her mother's room, suffering from conviusions. While an ambulance surgeon was working on her young Brands entered, in a similar eon- @itlon. They were taken In the same ambulance, to the hosnital where they dfed within two hours. ITALIAN OPERA SINGER STABBED IN BOSTON Boston, Der. —Gennaro Armato of New York, member of an Ttalian tt trical company which has been plaving at the Palace theatre in the West Tnd, today from the effects which he sustained a inches long on the -ight E face last night. The wound was made with a razor, and by a man. A woman inspired the attack. pointing out the victim to his assailant. A was recovering of an assault slash in eight Armato was leaving the theatre after performance last night when, he eays, an automobile stomped at the curbing nearby. A woman and three men got omt. Armato savs he knew none of them. The woman, according to his account, pointed him out to her com- panions and en returnsd to the anto- mobile. Three men approached him, and one drew a razor, and, without words slashed him from . cheekbone to the chin. The razor was dropmed and the men fled while bystanders made no effort-to stop them. Secates T DEMANDS BY JAPAN ON THE REPUBLIC OF CHITA Washington, Dec government at the ference of Da'ren h the Far Eastern republic of Chita as submitte? demands which if accepted wonld mean that the recmblic would he- come a Jahanese eolony, the trade dele- gation of that republic, now in Wash- ington. was informed today in a cabl> t Peking. to the mes- @#The Jananese from its news agency The demands, are: aceor Japanese subjects be gziven and privileges with c'tizens Far Rastern renublie. ; of all laws limiting the rights of Japanese subjects. —Destruction of fortifications in ddvostol: and in the maritime provinee, ~The right of Japan to maint military guards in the Far Eastern re- public.” QUERY: WHEN IS A RL OLD ENOUGH TO SMOKE? B New York, Dec. 2 old enough to smok cropped un at Cilumbia university and is puzzling hundreds of ca-eds who want to be told why Barnard College rules say nothing about use of th esoothing weed in graduate dormitories and pro- hibit it in those of the undergraduates, TUndergraduate sentiment hegan to rystalize last week when two girls were caught smoking in their Toom in Whit- tier Tfall, detected by a watchful mon- itor despite thefr every precaution— stuffing kevhole and transon cracks and laying down a barrage of incense. They were suspended. ~ Someone suggested that there were o such rules in Fournald Hall, which uses only faculty and graduate stu- dents, And then someone asked, and nome vet hasanswered, “Just when is a girl old enough to smoke?” -When js a girl ? Thig uestion has “Truce Week” is Being De- voted to Bringing Public Pressure to Bear in Favor of Treaty. Dublin, Dec. 27.(—By The A. P.)— roday was regarded in southern and western Ireland as the beginning of “truct week,” which is to be devoted to bringing public pressure to bear in fa- vor of the ratification of the peace t t¥. An extensively signed petition from all classes of his constitutents has been sent to Dr. Patrick McCartan, former representative of the Dail Eireann in e United States, Implorifz him to actively support the treaty, instead, as he has announced his intention of mere- Iy abstaining from either voting for or against it. The Irish Horse Breeders' Association at the Leopardstown races today adopt- ed a resolution which will be sent to the principal members of the Dail Eireann, strongly supporting ratification of the treaty. The resolution says that under the new regimé horse breeding in Ireland will become a much more im portant industry and open new avenues of employment. Graset ANNUAL DINNER TODAY OF PAGES OF THE SENATE Washington, Dec. 27.—The pages of the senate have prepared an elahorate programme for their annual dinner to- morrow as guests of the vice president. In addition to Mr. Coolidge. Senators Flkirs. republican, West Virginia, and Kendrick, democrat, Wyoming, at- tend and assist in distributing s to the boys. > Page John W. Palmer will act as toastmaster and propose a toast to the vice president. He will then call unon | his fellow pages for the following speeches: Fugene W. Higgins on What a Page Thinks of a Senato; chard Risdell on Shall the Natlons sarm; Tom Cobb King, on Successful Ex-Pages; Melvin L. Hurley on Where Our Salaries @ Ingham Mack on & Page Ship Viewed From the Educational Standpoint, and Andrew Bergerson on Sport AUTO SUPPLY MAN. CHARGFED WITH THEFT OF $2,000 CAR South- Norwa¥%, Comn., Deo. 27— Aaron Kohn. a local automobile sup- ply man, was placed =nder arrest hy rgeant Frank Virelli of the state po- lice, charged with theft of a $2,000 automobile vesterday. This i€ a furth- er arrest in the round-up of alleged antomobile thieves started here two weeks ago. Kohn's case will come hefore the" local volice court on _Wednesday lgvhen the cases of Jacob Bertino and William H. Smith, both of this eity jand charged with simflar offenses, will be heard. Kohn's car was selzed by the state police a week ago. He claims to have nurchased it from; a man named David Rosenberg, a summer resident here. The charge : azainst him s “theft” instead. of possession of stolen goods as In the cases of “Bertino” and Smith. No reason was glven for the difference in the charge. HELD FOR CONNECTION ASSAULT WITH INT WITH T TO KILL Meriden, Dec. 27.—Salvatore ‘Alia was held In $2,000 for trial January by the local court this morning on a charge of assault with intent to kill in connectlon with the slashing at midnight Saturday of Willlam Schmidt, 32, who is recovering at the Meriden hospital from severe wounds in the face. Schmide is sald to have refused to rcmove his hat_while attendinf mass in Our La of Mt. Carmel church and Alie, who an usher, escorteg him from the edifice. Te was found bleeding in Goodwill av- enue. HELD FOR CONNEVTION WITH | gt WV HAVEN BANKRUPTCY CASE Pittsburgh. Pa., Dec. Iw was arrested hers today by federal authorities on a charge of conspiracy in connection with a New Haven, Conn., bankruptey case. He gave bail for a hearing before a United States commis- sioner. Perlow was acquitted earlier today by a jury in United S*ates district court He was charged with using the mails to defrand. As he stenned from the court room a deputy marshai arrested him on rtified copy of an indictment sald to have been returned by the federal grand jury at New Haven in March, 1920, The indictment charged Perlow and hers with conspiring to conceal the assets of a bankrunt from the trustces of Josenh Weissman, a New Haven mer- chant. More than $1.000.00 in cl wera mada against Welssman, the indict- ment said. 27.—Moses Per- i BRIDGEPORT MEN HELD FOR FRAUDTU TLY RECEIVING MONEY Bridgeport, D —Joseph Bafley, known under the aliases of ch and | Williams. E4w-#1 Farnum, alias Ryan, and John Miller, alias Dougl were bound over to the crimina! su- to secure money under fals and the actual securing ¢ \ n such a manner. The police, ar @ prosecuting attorney o inv he operations of the three men, who conducted a stock hrok- erage business under the name of Lynch It was stated today that not vet gome far enough to determine what amount the ill be charged with having sec ulently, but Prosecutor Garli that would be large, when 'he opposed any reduction of bond. AUTHORITIES ARE BDUING RIOTOUS CROWDS AT SUEZ (By Cairo, Dee. 27 the A. P.)—The authorities are taking severe measures to prevent the congregation of riotops crowds at Suez, and an official notice has been posted there that if the mill- tary airplanes observe an assembly they will drop smoke bembs. and if the as- sembly does not then disperse they will drop shells and fire machine guns, The minister of education has closed the government schools, and the pos- ta¥ service is restricted to Cairo. The law - courts are heginning to strike, and many of the Fsyotian merchants have cancelied their orders with British fi 5 The Coptic Patriarch has ordered the Patriarchate to cease work for three days. T e oty The revival of yachting marked by per-} formances in the season of 1921 and fea- tured by the unusual interest shown by a ) new cron of competitors, BRIEF TELESRAMS Railway traflic to S reported suspended b rainfa)l and floods. ection of Dillard, Okla., In t il fields, was destroyed by caused $100,000 sdamage. Diego, Cal., was use of heavy Business the Hewi fire, whi Dr. Howard B.' Cross of the Rockefel- ler Institute, died at Vera +Cruz, a vice tim of yellow fever. 5 —_ Oil-burning rebest John Purroy Mitch- all, launched reccatly was deiiveredl to New York city. Ttalian Mmistar of Commerce reports savings depesits ir Tiaiy now amount to 19,000,0000.0900 fra, compoend . with 1,- 300.000,000 Lre in June. 1913 Semater Charon in debate on the bndget in the French senate, said France will never reduce Germany's reparation ray- ments. General Diaz will be siven| the title of Duke of Victory in the New [Year's hon- ors to be distributed by King*Victor Em- manuel. Senator Smoot of Utah invited Presi- dent Harding to wisit Salt Lake City on his proposed trip to the Pacific Coast and Alaska. next summer. Two men are believed to have lost their lives in fire which caused $500.000 Gam- age in the business district of Sioux City, Dowa. revorts from Londen sed quietly u Ireland, ex- According to Christmas pa caxt Belfast, where some shooting and ther disturbances occurred. Government reports indicated thay ore than $600,000,000 was spent on hol- Juxuries in, New York and other The tugs Baldrock left Vineyard Haven to seek the steam- er Mount Evans, a shipping board ves- sel, bound from Antwerp for New York. and Humaconna The steamer Dalsam is being towed to Portland, Me., by the steawer Storm King, according to reports which added that both were short of fuel and food. The next house of commons will con- tain an opposition group of conserva- tives led by Arthur Meighen, defeated prime minister. Denths from cancer in the death regis- tration area of the United States in 1920 totalled approximately 73,000 according to a report by the census hureau, Merchant= A fun, after comple- n of a canv announced 000 unemnioy:1 pers: comparal with ouncad at St. Paul that the As rin & Pas'fic ita’read, m Oregon, was purchassd by the Great Northern Jacific intsress for appr mately $2.500,000. Forty thousand Jewish refugees will be ed to romain in Bessarabia by by arrangement with Rumanian govern- ment, it was ann unced by the American Jewish relief commmittee. Twelve awards for distinguished ser- vice by New Englanders in the World war were conferred by Major General Clarence R. Corps 'wards at the First Army headquarters in Boston. Walter G. Fors¥th, employed in the Fogg -Art Museum at Harvard Univer- sity, committed suicide by firing two bul- lets into his right temple with a revol- ver. Vice Admiral Hilary P. Jones, com- mander of the Atlantic fleet, ordered that beginning December 28th there should be = further discharges of enlisted men m the fleet. Police of East St. Louls and neighbors ing towns expressed bellef that they ve rounded up a band of robbers which has obtained $140,000 in four bank and payroll robberies in central and soyth- ern Illino! 000 worth one-third of Axtel hospital been recovered Nearly about from has E of radium, a quantity m i in Newton, from Ka 300 pounds of ashes by eastern chemists. Appeal of Frank and James MeMul- len of California, nephews of the late John MceMullin of Norwaik, from the probatnig of the will of their uncle, uns der which an estata of $2,000.000 is di=- posed of, was filed at Bridgeport. Charles M. Schwab sent a letter to the chairman of the National Theatrical Committes of Near East Relfef indorsinz the campaign for funds to save 200,000 Armenian orphans. The Massachusstts supreme court de. nied the motion of the trustees of the Christian Science Publishing Society, for an injunction to restrain the directors of the First Church of Christ (Sclentist) from removing the trustees. Robert L. Bean, former bank cashier and shipbuilder at Camden, Me, was sentenced for embezzlement, to serve 18 months in the federal penitentiary at At- lanta. No news had been received of the Whereabouts of Miss Lila Dale Russell, 23 y . of Albermarle, N, C., who d ppeared Sunday night from the south branch of the Young Woman's Christian Association at Baltimore. . Republican Leader Mondell after a conference wi‘h P = that nt economy tehwor house of declared ent Tlard- will be the representa- Fire cansed $150,000 damage to a two- story building covering t tria; r block)at Broadway, St. Nich-las avenue and 165th and 166th streets. New Vi Several firemen were overcome by smoke and cut by faliling glass. v | department announced annnal manoevres of the Atlantic and Pacific which we: re to have beem held in v in Febrvary .and March, haive been abandoned becauss of shortage of funds for purchase of required fuel —_— DAYS OF RAIN IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNTIA San Franciseo, Dec. Rain has fall- en in southern California for ten days and continued today with n; forecast from the weather bureau as to when it will cease. San Diego was isolated ex- cept by ocean going vessels as the high- ways and railroads have suffered many washouts. = No loss of life has been reported at any point in stuchern California hut the TEN is interpreted ‘h" enthusiasts of the sport as a recov- ‘ery from the slump into whick it tum- bled almosp” siy [} years ago. property damage has been heavy. Nearly nine inches of rain has fallen in T.os An- geles in ten days, | ks v (RENCH SEMTE LD e e T MANTAI STRONG VY By Railroad Interests to Ob- tain From Farm Organiza- : tion Leaders an Agreement| Debate Followed Submission of Naval Budget by Naval Com- on Transportation Act. mission Urging an Increase in the Number of Subma- Washington, "Dec. 37 Charges, were rines—Sentiment Prevails That France’s Naval Efforts Should Neither Be Obstructed Nor Limited—Vote of made by Senator Lafollette of Wiscon- sin, in a formal statement issued to- Confidence in the Biand Government Had a Majority of 177. day, that representatives of the rail- roads and of the coal, steel and lumber Parif, Dec. 27.—(By The A. P.)—[the invest] France's determination to have a pow- |ished interests, at a “secret” meeting held in Washington, December 9, attempted to obtain from farm organization leaders and did obtain from some such leade: adherence to an agreement not to pus legislation to rapeal the commonly call- ed guaranty section of the transportation gating judge had not yet fine secret inquiry, If the tribw act and to restore state control of state | Ul fieet and, objections to the limita- | nal found sufficient evidence to Justif tas tion offers of the Washington conference | prosecution, the fhinister added, th¢ HHe. Wissonsia senstorians e Alves vigorously voiced in the senate to- |charges would be vigorously pressed. day during a discussion of the marine section of the government's budget. Senator Henry Berenger, who reported es in elaborating on his assertion “that a plan is now afoot to perpetuate tha fundamental provisions of the transpor- TRIAL OF PELLETIER ON « g > Ly i CHARGES OF MISCONDUCT (the guaranty section, of which a por- [{naependent 1n her nave “eiar e n expires next March 1) and to ren- | . S 5 s der permanent the intolerable conditions | o oy o, 25ked. “Has the old prin- ciple of severeignty been sacrificed some- what those conferences whercin have been promised a sort of int which have made the transportation tem for the past two years an instru- ment for the exploitation of the Amer- W€ lfrom Meyer - el in the West ¥ ican people.” tionale of happines s st E : L et o defendeq the |EUPTEMe court today.’ The entire firs In substantiation of his charges Mr. EEstor e, Rergusseo dafended the |5ys 7 or ‘the trind: of- Billatiee: on Saar Lafollette made public what he de. | SLOWArine as an essential weapon Of log”or wmtscondact fn. office wmrh Cois 3 pade. spublic - | defense, but wished to be confined to |5, °f misconduct in office which scribed as “a brief re ¢ s to be confined t frvrmiey I Gener, ot £ 2 brief report of the action | mieary yses instead of belng applied to | ALOTReY Gen 3. Weston n seekd of the conference,” held here Decem- | foitary ar oE applled 10 |5 removal, was given up to the Ber- ber 9, which he branded “as a Tonspira- | !0rPedolng commerce. “At the Washi 5 SRR =il v ot only the: farmers hat |ton conference,” he said. “we were s the consum the natlon.” This report was made public by the senator without an explanation of its follows: mber 9, a secret meeting was shington at which high offi- roads, the coal and steel lumber interests, attemnted to en- t the farmers in an agreement where- g and producinz millicns of |PTi%ed to see the French delegation dl mand 350,000 tons of capital ships wh $ France does not desire to carry war intb for eign waters lism, but Bon's propo: ertheless, limitat accept.” Senator De Kergnezeo d fmpossible that the Fren France no. we found Admiral range there are. n ns which we cannot desires D and ared it 1 had examined by all agitation by the farm _interests |3t Washington had said th for repeal of section 13 A and for the |Would be used to destroy the nemy's A SRR restoration of state control over intra- |COmmercial fleet. He ezplained the nee- ho Afrected him to J: = stac rateg should cease y of submarines in defending the 'Ly Apelidr oo g S 1= incevests, " reprea- | CoRSt ‘and transportation of supplies e rhoerhggn s n»_"" sented at this eonference were success- | (0T {roops. AReTy of the Grievance Com ' ful in obtaininz the consent of certain | JMinister of Marinv & ston Bar Assoclation, | to Senator De Kerguezeo, of the farm repsesentatives to such an aEteendat: greatly effected by the remarks about the detafls “This conference was participated in the Washington conference. but he as- cakley in by the smecial committee representing |Serted: “Nothing has been proposed that P the railway o gatives, of w! Mr. | reduces France's power.” Moreover, 1'% Nie 18 Bk e Er Atterbury, of the Pennsylvanis road, | declared, no decislons reached at Wash WK e vis @airman. It was held tiys |inston would be effectivs until ot indiet) Rhm Sl e A Raquet cinb in Washington on December | French parliament h annroved t o R He explained that the naval program! 9. 1921. There had heen a grevious con- was reduced througn lack of money ference in New Yory on December 21, of which J. R. Howard was made chair- a defensive programme was pre man: Those present at the Raquet club |Pared. providing for the utilization of meeting were W Atterbury., of the | the commerclal fleet. Pennsylva Toward Senator Berenger severely critigsed of the No: W. J. the condition of the navy, and other sen. of the C 7. Storn ators joined with him in u-ging meedy Atehisor rt, who s as-|reforms. Senator Berenger described the sistant to t n of the Assocla. | central naval administration as belng tion of Railway New York, | “in a state of what I term rioscle- | “Phe fron and s {es were | TOSI 1 | poait represented by J. A. Campbell, of the Preceding the debate over the naval | : Youngstown Sheet and Tube Gompany |budget, the naval commission had pub- | A0 ¥ of Yeungstown, Ohlo, and C. E. Be- |lished a resolutlon urgine the minister ment of Lansing, Mich., representing |of marine to Increase the number of the Novo Engine Company. submarines so as to ademuately defend | “Railway supplr organizations were |the coast line, #h view of the present | o Conki represented by A. 1. Johnson, president | Weakness of the navy, which was stress- K & check for of the Railway ness As “of |ed during the diseussion in th> senate. [V n was mace Philadelphia and Frank W. Noxen, sec-| The concluding parazraph of-the na- | = alsn mi; retary of the same association. TLumber | val commission’s resolution was as fol- |/ hat Pol- interests were represented by Charles [lows: ¢ s fn Xo. Hill, of the Southern Pine and Sales| “One cannot conceive, therefore. that thers Corporation of New York: A. B. Ham- | France's efforts in this direction ould ) mond, of the Hammond Lumber Com-|be obstructed of limited. Tt is a ques- Y pany of San Francisco, J. H. Browne, |tion of national independence and of the he_x. of the Pacific Lumber Company, New |rizht of legitimate defense hat is a o '1\: York city state.” The resolution was adopted in and that “Construction companies were repre- |connection with the naval commission’s Rl Sake union ny charges sented b R. {C. Marshegl, Munsey |report on its programme, based on two |, o N t rson tors Washington, D. C., and E. T.|principles: 'x'hart1 the F{vn;h navy, must | Comp: el - 5 always be superior to the Germany navy 2 = —— at rl::!.pm;ll;adu,-fl!a] Traffic |and sufficiently supreme in the Mediter- ONE PLANT OF INGERSOLL Teague was represented by W. H. Chand- |ranean to snlffig\{l.'d l;ur sts in North WATCH €0. IN WATERBURY Boston, Mass., and J. ack, Chi- | Africa and the Near Fast. L:r;n‘no‘ ton, Mass, and J. H. Back, Chl- | Afriea and the Heie st oort credits | Waterh c =iy 5 e “The agricaltural ixterests were rep- |France with having fortv-nine subhma- 5 H. Ingedsoll and resented Howard, Gray Siiver, [rines, of which fifteen, it is declare 5 azd H. w York, Ralph |will be obsolete by These are to os'd Sny and O. E. Brad- |be replaced only by twelve provided in s i the present programme. aljhough twenty- four others are scheduled for the Indef- futs of Chicago. Amerfean Farm Burean were all of the Federation, the = Iocal plant last three named being members of its |Inite future. The commission sugges fa than [leaislative committes. The agricultural [two groups of undersea craft. one to b Waterbury interests were also represented by, W. I |composed of short range and the r a s ety hag manu Drummond, nresident of the Interna-|of long ranze submarines, the &7 i the cheaper 5 tional Farm Congress, and by T. C. At- | group being for “pursuit of enemy com- 1 by contrach? with kesan of the onal Grange. merce, pursuit of plrates and of light : : “Mr. Atterbury stated th: enemy cruisers Waterbury Clock :-::.;:Jn':p.]m;n”':..h 'm_:rg.‘,,, or wage | DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE atairs of Tnzersoll Comnany reductions in opposing the amend- IN THE BRIAND GOVERNMENT n in the hands of »_‘-—(sy-n-; ments pendi¥: in congress proposing re- imiline. sinco Jast Apel tren, peal of sectioa 15 A. Afte o consider.| Parls, Dec. 27 (By the A. P)—T ondl ons, er. have been such able ion, the acrieultural repre | chamber of deputies today e . surprised that an sentatives not beinx osed to oppose | Briand government a' new lea I been. Arem. the amendments absolutely, adjournment | by the substantial majority o actior ake for was taken for lunch with the under- |close of a two day debate over the fa of a e interests tanding that representatives of the car- | ure last summer of the Industrial Ba =2 ReEE rlers and of the acricvitural interests |of China. 99 1s. tho Bumber ' of Mol uld talk the matter out er lunch. 'he vote of confidence was given ocal Inger- Howard reported t the acgricul-|a refusal to appoint a commission acation renresentatives were prepared to | investigate alleged irregularities s agrees tion 5 should not be | connection, in addition to the pending| amended. excent for the removal of the | court procedure. proviso in parazraph 3 relating to the | After the majority of 177 had been nercentage of return f two vears fol- | registered in favor of the govern e Jowing March 1, 1920, which expires by | this proposal, showing the se g _as statutory 1!mitation March next. the chamber, a second vote was taken i o “Tt was left with a committee com- | on the order of the day formally ex- R oned posed_of Mr. Emery, Mr. Afkeson and | pressing confidence. This gave a som mpany. Mr. Silver to rewrite 'Yv|(‘:|r\'m.r rsr§ what smaller m;jorl._ljs.:lfo; aearoN SoR Rl asures proposing repeal o = ot ing 361 for to § A Rl b B ey S/ voteTRAIE | NOT GUILTY TO BLACKMAIE Tafollette in Senator declared that In! The government opposed the commis- 2 ? ¥ brief the alleged pronosal of the rn"—l.-.m, of inquiry as leading to a conflict | PBoston. Dec. Theresa Dug- roads that ‘the farmers abandon [of authority, inasmuch' as a judictal il gt ted secretly in their fizht for.lower rates in return for | vestization Was in progress. conection with attempts o ex- repeal of one ciause of section 15 A At the opening today of the second day | 107t money by | pleaded not which he addec, would exvire auto-|of this debate, With the aestion of the in the superior feally nest March 1 government's responsib tor 7an was ordered It the farmers of the country abide | pank's suspension of payments under Inspector Joha by the acreement entcred into hy al copsideration, Preier Briand was ag-| $1.000 bonds few of their representatives at Wash- | gragcively attacked - by the opposition, | 9. the senator further |apnq ay ageressively defended himself. on charges road interests will de- The premier declared that a battle be- united demand of hrmfr!‘ tween different groups of hanks had ob-| 1% ¥A% 10 ¢ ames L. Don- every section of the country for. relief | U0 4 (ke measures contemplated for | 2van and o - from the present exiortionate railroad | piising the bank in question on its feet | MO It was Donovan Tates. . again and that if the obstructions con- | Z00€ To . pay $17.- “I take thls oceasion to adnonish |yinuoq 'the measures could mot be car-|y # found in a compromis- the farmers to beware of ihat leader- | U/ Ing situa with a woman. Several ghip In any of the great farm 'nrmr\'f:\- The r'\rnmior explained the clrenm- | PeTSons = l).u. Corcoran, a lawe tlons and trusts of the country, 1eaving | stances under which Philipne Berthelor, been arraizned on in- it in the hands of that €roun to meak : gonara] secretary of the forelzn office, mnection Wwith the opera- the voice of tho farmer in framing 165- | wyoce resignation vesterday was pre- . Several other see islation dealing with transportation.” | gipitated by the previous debate in the ‘e Yet to be served i < : ntervensf]. 5 e DENIAL BY PRESIDENT OF chamber .on thix B et A 1o | IXVOLUNTARY BANERUPYOY FARM BUREAU FEDERATION | Andre Berthelot, his brother. The pre- OF INGERSOLL WATCH €O, - ‘mier id he regretted deeply that M. > Cleveland, Dec. 27.—Denial that thers was anything “secret and unholy” at the Washington conference December 9, at- Berthelot had seen fit to resien. He ab- solveqd M. Behthelot ahsolutely, but con- 'w Tork, Dec. 21. on in -An Involuntary bankruptcy was fileG in fed- pe ceded that if he had seen it he proba-|eral court today ag: Robert H. I tended by members of the farm bureau, | hly would not have sent in the same form | Bersoll and Brother, manufactirers o grange, international congress, ™RANU- | the telezram M. Behthelot sent to Mau- | the Ingersoll watches, of this city, L facturers, shippers and a representation|rice Casenave, in the United States, ask- bilities were set forth as $3,0¢ assets 000,000, The concern admitted its inability to pay its dedbts and expressed willingnese to_be- adjudged bankrug The proceedings were of railroads, as charged by Senator Lae follette, was made here tonight by James R. Howard, president of the American arm Bureau Federation. ing him to intervene with the American banks to have the checks of the Indust- rial Bank of China profected. Minister of ustice Bonnevay an- nounced that forty-two informations had been filed against Andre Berthelot, the exclu e of good will, as § William A. Kete ham, former comman- n brought by the d‘er-ln-r_‘hxr-f_ of the Grand Army of the|ciialrman of the board, members of the! Natwnal City Bank of New York, Chase u:p‘\‘xhhc, died 2t his home in Indian-|bank's board. and other officials on va-|National Bank of New York, and Hath- apoli He was seventy-five years old. rlons charges of irregularitfes, abuse of | awa Death was caused by acute indigestion. . Smith, Folds & Company, witk confidence and illegal dividends, but that combineq claims of $450,000, r——. e,y