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Mlmfeshuons in Favor of Acceptance of Anglo-Irish Treaty Are Pouring Into the Mansion Hmue, Dublm—Cgunty Councils of Louth and Tyroné Have Voted Favorably— Considerable Shooting in Belfut—Sevenl Persons Were Killed and Gthers Wounded. Jan, 2.—Resolutions In faver on kept pouring Into tha Man- here, and up to tonight enly which expressed thems < vora on thé tion 1 from, In all forty-six nrban » IWeRLY-two s twenty S'nn o ns, eight town irds of guartians tions ani 16| nanded rati- s de 5 testations for - ? t s the vete of which favore and ths executive The resolution of the & ared the treaty “the o goal of indspend. | | rs of farmers at Farme-y | il W - " Al n war now with a & . . d K PAIL KIREANY RESUMES SESSIONS IN DUBLIN TODAY with Great ered frof con- tonight, the | materially - against « the | . favor- Associated membe-s | eonfer- | ireann | the of | Dait ed four | stil] w Dail 1 jikely he influenced | of the debate Mr. Childers o <ihle for him | ¢ approved the treaty, to enter not of tonizhtig yeijable source that Sir Laming made it | ¢ to “"‘i clear that Great Brita'n regarded the r oW th adjourned $6r | ;o ficipation by the United States as one ol by thelr A= | of press campaisn arently has " their 1 ot opposita noint out ¥ 5~ them. w) v&pasers are Mow publis fr from he o 15 tow whole - nent nee spir-| rt ublicans !s! r ision to es- own, the re- of whien | adyance copy he correspondent ! s whole ef- | Valera In 1 of the pro- party, except an are represented which | | ner: CONTINTE: IN THE CITY OF BELFAST | i 1dic exchanges of | © ing for 24| en members of the | without serious /re- ¢ SHOOTING 2.—Spe s er in character during e T today two men wele | Another man was «d by intervention of | ping was re- | rer ‘serdous | “penetrated e | t% and struck | Both, cf arms. injured/ and for s brother Franc's marksmen as the two ir butcher death ¥outh - 1 dufng the/ noon hour died early this in which there and in wirch several deraygle disorder, was much shoot’ng. persons were kilied and others wounded, ~~ took place here durlwg the day and thie aven: Two men and n 14 yenr old boy #ed o8 o result of wounds, One of the Jead men was Privie Darncs, who wie shot and inetantly idiled wiille en duty | of {n Sussex street, There was considerable eniping as darkness set in|tomight, pars teularly in North Queens street, VIEWS ON PEACE TREATY BY DUBLI sl-:isr.;n:’ls Dubdin, Jan, 2 (By the A, P.).—Th question of outstanding interest in thi on discussed by the Dublih news. ioday is the effect the expressions yuilic sentiment in favor of ratifica- tion of the Angloglrish treaty will have on iis opronents in the Dail Eireann, The Freeman's Journal and the Irish Independent deciafe the Wil of the pes- ple mus tprevail, the Freemaf's Journal ng No sephisiry, however fine spun. can {sguise the fact that to,/thwart this will wouid be o beiray a sacred trust, Fnat sort of trcachery makes do sopesl e Irishmen.” The Independeni b expresses confidence that ‘ the treaty ip be Dail, will hear the populnr velce, hut writée I e b says there I8 round for the beiief that when the mects tomorrow it will be any bete towavd ratification, The er femarks that the opponents | the agreement are continuing their in. Times w scrutahle silence and deciares the Dall leaders themselves do not know what the outeome wiil be, At the weck end meetings of publle or- ganizatfons and Sinn Fgin ciubs strong s were made for the preservation Limerick county Counciiman Michaef Ryan de- clared negotlations werc taking: place in Dualin that ad to a unanimous decision, fon of his state- ment was avaflabie hers, The néwspapers me the New Year message of Sir J alg, the Ulster man's premicr, the Journal sayiIng |y jice meanwhile combed, the colymn ont- that if his apheal meets With the response | i oot “CTE S ST NRAL LS COMEE O it deserves, peace will not be Tong de-| (it hearers or taking the boxes away ved. i s for deposit, % oy ‘“"“‘;‘ "f“‘j"“ ot ‘F"",f‘ ,’";1“;‘:: The presidential party stood in the shown by the six countles” !i adds, |, a plye room just out of hearing of would kindle_bonfires throughout Ire- : 2 land.” Display advertisements in today's Dub- newspapers announce detzils regard-| ing the appearance tomorroy of the newspaper to be called the Répablic of Ireland. which *tands for the independence of Treland.” It will be pub- lished by a committee of direction com- prising Charles Burgess, the Dail min ter of defense, Austin Stack. minister of aff: J. O'Kelly, Erskine Cail- absolute fdivided In—two mectlons so that by alter- | pressure of aides and attaches, _~Washington, Jan, Ing thréw the W] ‘& doors open the first’ New ~there for' nine vears, responding to the general Invitatio, was officlally estl- | mated at 6,500, many of whom staod for liours fn a biting wind in a slowly mov-| ing column of fours which extended fo biacks frem the Pennsylvania avenue porticoes, The president and Mrs. Harding mot and shook hands with all, o physical feat of ne mean magnitude and one from which they shewed more than . few €igns of strain at, 4 o'clock when the lzst persen in the line Lad passed, The officlal. sectlon was received from i1 until ane o'clogk, and thera were ap- preximately 2,000 \participating. in It headed hy the eabimet, tha diplomatia cerps, members of congress, armysand navy officers, and the higher officials of the government establishments. The bril- liant uniforms and gala_dress kept tha big state rooms of.the White Heuse full of color while the eurvifip Ariveways wen: jammed wifh autemobiles. The numbers were swelled by the delsgates and atfendanis unon the arms cenfer- ence, all resplendent in orders and decor- ations, The entes of the Whire Tonsa en- rinsure wers swung back at 2 o'clock for the publle to enter and; led by the Ine- viidble smalt bov, the heafl of a long eolumn which had dared tha January Breeze, swept forward to the pillared en- tranes, A red coated marina orchestra, aiing eontliuous musle could be main- talfi=d, bogan Its programme as thc pro- eosalon movad un, The blg doers were prepped back and for two hours the moving masy movad through the massive entrance, Ita Indlvidusl units fizging un- der the combined stimulus of the music and the cold. Seeret service men, ushers and =old corded military aides cut the auadruple line dewn to single file, once it wa within the entrance. TUnder the insist- ent Instructions of ‘keen vour hands in sizht,” many develoned a tendency to put both hands out in front of the waist line and hold em there. TUniformed the orchestra and the visitors passed at the rate of 30 or 40 a minute. This speed was attained Through the insistent and the president and Mrs. Harding rose to the occasion, meeting the physical test prac- tically without Hagging. The crowd was thoroughly cosmopolitan. representative of many races’ and nationalities, The children, of whom there werg many, were given _gpecial zuemiofl. “Hello,” deadie” (price of milk \ !"t th lut H.- l- tvmr-hrmyeln Albany, Y., was Tunder a dsmocratic ndmlnlltrlllun yesterday, anthor and lec- u hospital m At- is seriously” iif in hm o City, 3 - > \\ H, E. Seaver, who was Injsted in_an automobile accident in Rocky Mili~Sun- ay, is still In a very eriteal .ondition, — __For the first time in the history of Ne Haven county u woman took tho office of county, ecommissioner, 4 Francls T'. Guilfolle was sworn in ves- terday as Waterbury's mayor for the Next two years, -~ The Derby Drivers' Assoclaion of Derby hag incorporated with a -carital of $25,000, N The Saungatuck truction - compan:; u capital ot §15 Estate and Con- luu incorporated on !lre denrs!ed a two-family house in ‘West Hartford early yesterday, driving the inmdtes ofit into zero weather and providing a hard fight for the frremen. ET Wolfe” Lindentel®, alleged Wall Street boml /eonfessor, has eluded Unit= Staigs government agents In Warsaw and fled into the hlnlerlend of Russia. The 70-ton Briti®h steamer Harbin- er and her erew of ten men were dee tained at Eastport, Me, by customs of- ficers pending Investigation. Drafting of the mew 1921 iacome fax return from incomes of $5,000 or under hag heen completed by—/ihe tax simpl: cation board, Seventeen bodles have been remaved from the San Francisco del i)ro mine, near Parral, Chihuahuar whére a cave- in gecurred, Dec, 28, dyring a change of workmen, Hartfor™s municipal exhibit, depict- Ing “Hattford—Yesterda vand Todauy.” in picture, chart and ‘otherwise, was fcr- mally opened. yesterday aftgrnooa at the old, state house. The appearance of twe fires vester- day, after four othefs in the past fort- night, all within a stone’s throw of Wash- ington” square, Newport, I, caused the police to search for an incendiary. S ) Winsted milk dealers, who reeently organized an association, boosted the n New Year's day from 12 to 15 cents'a quart. Alice Yorraine, formerly anm Ameri- can soprano will he married to Richard Northeott at St. George's church- Han- over square, London, Thurziay. Trwenty-seven thousand Canadian soldiers have been settled on farms by the Canadian Zovernment and $85,000,< 900 has been lent to these men by their government. € Preliminary action , tewards entering sults ' for allezed damages growing cut of deaths and injuries in the recent Ri- alto theatre“fire was taken in Naw lla- “Interests as the ‘Eamme g The Panamz@anal u.gd.flmynookmca-_ Panama, Jan. 2.—(By earthquake lasting” abou curred at one o'clock this morning, sha ing up the city somewh: damage either here ma Canal. about sixty A-heavy flood was regi Lake between 3 o'clock noon and 8.30 o'clock Ralph Z. Kirkpatrick, in_charge of the 1 and Hydrographic <eanal reported tbday. Meteorologi reau of the made it necessary 1o\ oD spillway gates to let the water out,” de- spite ‘the fact that four kept open during the last 24 hours, Mr. Kirkpatrick added that the hea ed since the opering of The extraordinary volurhe of water attributed to the disturbed weather: con- ditjons that have prevailed in the south- ern part of the western hemisphere in. the “last three weeks, Pa that have .occurred tg thi over the territory surrou al. duging the pastafive ditions beinghunusual fust ag the drv season is about to beg! ASSETS OF CHICAGO B > TMPAIRED BY BAD LOANS Chicago. Jan. 2.—Two e sold tonight an examination and had beén tmpaired by vestments. After two days' negotiation the bank and the Dearborn Trust and Sav! Dearborn National d_by National bank and Commercial Trust and Sav Members of the clearing pooled guarantees totalli protect depositors agains The clearing house announced that af- ter a special axamination of the Drovers' National bank and the and Savjngs, bank, both old Fort Dearborn Drovers’ bank resigned a by new men. A Fort Dearborn ban ing house committge las asked assistance in straightening out tangied affairs of uy the tonight's, ruereer. most lapse of John R. or along the Pana- "“The jcenter of the shock was miles distant. 5. pressure of Wwater experienc- ing the effects of the floods an have been heavy, continuous raing all th résources of more than § after olearing house committee had conducted found their- assets bad loans and in- the—€ontinenta owned by Fort Dearborn ba institutions had bcmlo be soivent. All directors r g the interes jam A. Tilden, president called in the clear- bankers' sa‘d. serious finaneial crisis-—which threatened La Salle street since the col- Walsh's Chicago Na- F act Indi&ted in Comparison The A. P)—an'| inute oc- - i Eastern Districts ' Was 0) at but doing no istered in Gatur-| vesterday alter- this\ morning, of Consdmers For Lower B | Washington, Jan. 3—intie eq up- This | Ward movement of business and the grad- en seven of the|ual restoration of normal conditibns are indicated in the compazison 6f reports in the last month with those of the ccrre- sponding month of 1920, according 1o the December review of the' economic sit- yatio nisszed tonight ‘by the federal re- serve board. i Net improvement was found by the béard despite the recession of business ac- tivity in December as compared with the same month las{ vear. “The holiday trade.” the board said, “is a test of the soundness of the pre- céding business activity. Reports from the varisus f®deral reserve districts: cov- ering over half of the month show that this year's demand in the e; tricts has registered an increase’ run as hizh~as 10 per cent. of that cf 1920, While in other districts the situation is ates had been this hase been the canal. nama now feel- storms e nortH. There unding the can- days, such con- NEK8 With Those of Deccmber, 1820—Holiday Trade ix MOVING TOWARDS NORMALCY Per Cent Greater Than Last Year—Manufacturing Conditions Are Backwud Be- cause of Labor Disturbances and the Contmued Demand Prices. try has been thriugh period, in which many of the weake operators have been forced out of bus -ness, and in which, as a result of greai(- ly reduced freight rates, smaller avail able cargoes and continued high costs -of§ operation, very few commpanies have ceen able to make a satisfactory showing. This condition has been worid wide, ai- though American companies have felt i ial_degres \theshandoap of & bigher of wages than their foreign com- Pemors have been obliged to a most aifficul f OPTIMISTIC FORECASTS FOR BUSINESS THIS YEAE Washington, Jan. 2—Indications that § the turn of the year is being marked by a striking improvement n the husine® and economic outlook of the country and the world generaliy were discussed te- t by Comptroller of the Currency pronounged satisfacto Crissinger in a forecasf for 1922. Manufactur.ng conditiong however. the fl‘h?re ‘un be no dn:m. Mr. Crissinges Chicago banks,board recorted, as far from uniferm; lwd fhe trth the “political and economi 5,000,000, | there bein deprease of 3 ¢ in the | index fizures” are T ering nflpro\«; thé-~ Chicagotiron and steel dhdustry while textilgs |Ment at ths time en politieal ané wed little ' chanze > from previcus | €conomic- conditions so intimately inter- months and uncertainty exists as-to the tture of the clothing industry/ due to labor disturbances and the confinued de- mand of consumers. for lower prices. Freight rates” the hoard sald, “con- tinue as a didurbin£ factor due to the belief that rductfins alreadr annou ed as affecting some commoditles may he much more widely extended In the near future, ’ Relatively lower prices for 'cereals and cotton, the board continued, had ouraged trade in the asfrieultural tricts and al% had romnm in_retard- the process of liquidag loans. Hardware and relate also said to he in an aitions but prices “aro sho ing_incre; {ty." Unemnloyment conditions were reported My the board as but Ittle changed. “A. decided jeprovement in TFuror exchar e board- said, “has ten to some extént to %ol the foreisn trade situation during the month of Decamber Tt the extreme caution in the extenslon of hank credits which was\nrevt notahle a rhase of our foreign stili - continues. ~ Export figures a_still further decline of activity ples. Fort Fort ings bank were and Com- and Continental ngs bank. hquse committee ng $2.500,000 to t any loss. Drovers' Trust the same | s, ing ne froven Ines_were actory con- in the nd were replaced of the t Thureday and the institutions. the has | two 18ty 87 frada indicate in sta- i pends the success of act. “Taking this wider view.” feel that we may be just inz the outlook as and that the new with guarantess t octimistic foregasts. In the pcltical domain, Mr. Crissinger described as predominating favorable fac- tors the limitation of armk confarenc= and “the apparently insured settlement of the aze lang controversy fnvolving the rela- tions of Treland to the United Kinzdom. Alread” he declared. “a betterment in the condit ¢t internaticnal exchanes has taken ce, adding that no hetter index of widespread business condition: exists. “In view of these aceomplishments.” he continued, “we'may anticipate eonfidently that the Year 1922 will take its place in history as one of the lamdmarks in the record of human progress. Men have turned their fades definitely in the risht direction ; they have sot thelr feet n pathy ‘to restore security and rrosserity ; they have fixed their minds on the highcs and hetter thines. Already we begin to find evidence of the far reachinz importance of theee' ac- comiplishments. Every Indication of far- he added, “Y fed ltogether vear is coming tAiis t justify the most while fmports show an advanes. orable cutcome in these great underlving 3 4 . the president said to | ven, tional batik omTe than a decade ag0 Was | “Dyisturhed conditfns in various comn- | eonciicrations bas hewn oractionie sy Robert Brennan and three WHURN | 5ie (6t who Was DRSS ol s DLtne il averted. tries of Burcpe still render a maintenance | yltaneous with- s distiner tarn Tor ine nbers of the Dail, Countess Markie- | ooiger My Mabet “Thsor, aped 19 ot Biistds The Fort Dearbotn National bank had|of ymness relatons with them uncertain |hetter in the affairs of business and in- Mary MacSwiney agd. Mra. | \iTne next momeht the flickering line | was. killed In Southbuey when st og | Nearly ‘7.000- dénositors e ;v!‘\,-wx hazardous. Rates of interest which | dustry. The very promptness with whi nan. disciosed: toute Lt by S obile drven b | $51,124.749.86 when it made its last pub- | had already made a notable decline dur-|the commerctal community has thus s The of Eamonn De. Valera does| o et ,:.‘,:xe:’egncs e Fobo A g:\r-?- a:hna:tfu;\:‘i‘:l:’vel I‘Y‘rm:: h::d He-satementundsr the national bank-call fing thel a:“‘!ulhn have tended, - on the |sponded. Is the most emrhasle testimony pelaniar St TS e il s ook who's Here.” the president | skidded and collided with 3 troe. s B B B e { o "\Y,’ o i g Ry Boethe readineey SnTANISRENAGh o (0 e iication N : exclaimed-as he bent over and smiled £ 3 owlng to the fitt that there was no for- | business world to shape its course tow: of the Dail for “East Galw is ; s 0 . A v / e Dail for “ast Galway, WEO 18 |into the flashing teeth and rolling eye. | Attorney General Frank E. Healy caid | 25 ors With deposits of $9.00L,(96.76 at | cign outlet/for our capital restored prosper resumbtion of T e S eands to ¥ zland!ba”‘ that \\ere»s\reepmg by. “How are | vesterday that he knew nothing T iaiion DRk W as foandad i 1N4 ' § “n\‘xfl:\[n:hthhdv;:'“yrz;na shitdneg In- :;;n JEreat Yreaceful ac vies of efviliza- i , Tvou, youngsters?” thesinjunction brought! to restrain T 3 gk ¢ dustey the board declared 2 e e e 9 ehellio) U el ed it s $2.000,00 Sint betore the imeqrrection and ted tha | (Mrs. Tarding smileq ahd added x |2 Butterworth from drawing A sulary oI this- s raaea 1o, 43,000,000, dnd Haia Nfier the mrismg he | Pleasant word here and there while she for administering the soldiers al fund SO thetotaltwadl Brsusnthne to $5.5 ] 3 rrA Fer o e is ome o the |auickly developed and efffeient swing of o ol e e o || EIBE- AT HISTORIC WEST ARRANGEWENTS FOR FUNERAL e e s her vight arm an shoulder whichmstood | JIndis_has proclaimed a republic and te ) The newspaver, it. was stated, will ba ! published daily during the remaining ons of the Dail to state the cuses of the ty’s opponents. "ONOMIC ATION OF EUROPE 22 (By the A. P.).—The L]o\ George. the British | vrime minister, for @n_economic rejuve- | Europe, and the resuits of the tings in Paris by bankers and busi ess men of the ed countries, were tiined to George Harvey, the American hassador, today by Sir Laming Worth= ‘ans, the British, secretary oy The Associgted Press is informed from essentials if the_gonsortium pro- osed in Pariz would sice Mr. Har- s underStood to have replied that the United States will not make known its position until the plan is- formally brought up before the supreme council. In British circles the expectation is that Mr. Harvey will actively participate in the economic discussion at the supreme council. Mr. Harvey and Myron T. Her- rick, the Ameri mn. m ¥ X had lunci + . after- | wards were fh lcn"!hy comemtlon at which the veonoiL. and other | un ln fore confer-' dered. It is considered frobable both the ambassadors are re-\ portng on the situation to Washington, Mr. Harvey particularly referrizs to interview with \l Launing Worihin Evans, Mr. Herrick put Mr. Har n tonch avitit the problems which have been be- fore the council of Mr. questions cc emce were con ambassade “Herrick returned to Bea he is spending his holiday. Sir Laming had just previously report- ed theTesults of the Paris economic meet- ing to Mr. Lioyd George, who w: vieased over the outcome. He is re- pofted to be eager to whip the con: n into shane and this probabis one of the first things to be discussed at the preliminary meeting beiween i M. Briand. Mr. Lloyd George hoves to convince M. Briand of the necessity for making the ! scheme operative as.soon as possible, and if M. Briand and Mr. Lioyd George agree on definite proposals it is probable the United States wiil be asked to participate in the plan, making possible Mr. Harvey being included “in the, discussions at the council. eu, where ny It was learned from an authoritative source toda ;‘!\at the entire submarine Guestion may be threshed out between Premier Lloyd George and Premier Briand at,their initial talk when the French premiex arrives here. and that the dis ion of this subject at Washing- ton may mark time while the two—pre- miers try to.iron out the difficulties. Mr. Lioyd George is said to be anxious for the complete success of the Washington conference, because he believes on it de- the economic con- Lerence. The coming here of Marquis Curzon, the British forelgn secretary, makes it increasingly” clear, according to the British, that the meeting of the allied ministers on the question of the Lastern gcttiement will be held at 2 A 6t tmmediat tar the supreme councl! ! developed muscles. fmdenu]lv encountered the trio at the { they haa started for Stockholm'the oth- |ihe train on the outskirts of the eity and [ held up the party. the strain as well as the president’s goif Only occasionally did the president discover a personal acquaintance in the throng, one being Urbat Ledoux, whose activitiés in connection with unemploy- ment and other activities have been fre- aquently noted. To him the president gave a cheery greeting. As the Tine ran out to extinction Mrs, { Harding beckoned forward the newspa- per correspondents. zreeting them chedr- fully but abnoancing that she was “ready to go home." The White House recention was het the only one held in Washington today. When the president received the pu the Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge were at home to several hundred guests, while cabinet officials were at home to their official assogfates and friends. Sec- reiary and Mrs. Hughes gave a break- fast to the diplothatic corps 4t the Pan- Amerlcan Union build'ng at 1230 p. m.,, while Secretaries Weeks, Denby, Wallace and Hoover recerved at their homes. FEMMA GOLDMAN AGAIN STARTS FOR STOCKHOLM Riga, Jan. (By The A. P.)—After a weel's imprisafiment, durinz which time they “were not permitted to com- municate with outsiders, Emma Gold- man, Alexander Berkman and Alexander Shapiro. the deportees from America who recefitly. came out of Soviet Rus- dia, started a second time today for Revel, Estl.onia, on their way to Stock- olm. Not untll the correspondent ac- station here was it known“that ‘after °r day thé Tfttish authorities hoarded They thought we were dangerous bol- shevik agents and searched us for jew- els. gold and papers, but finding’ nonme they released us” said Berlman. “We hope to get to Stockholm this time” ha ded, but Emma Goldman supnlemented s mith a remark promfzd by the ex- eriences of the'trio so far.\ “Yow.never can teli,” she sad. (’ASEALTIES IN NEW YORK FROM POISONOUS LIQUOR P New York, Jan. 2.—The New Year's toll of casualties from poisonous liquor tonight moun to four dead amd six dangerously lil'in city fospitals, with un- counted scores of cases of acute alcohol- #m and al:cld’am attributed to holiday liquor. James Cassidy, the-latest fatality, dled in Beltevue hospital thie afternoon after being ill since Sunday. . A fractured skull received in a fall at. his home on West Eighteently street was sald to have con- tributed” to his death. One case of alcoholic paralysis was re- rorted today. -— TOBAC(‘Q VALUED AT $10,000 DESTROYED BY FIRE - Windsor Locks. Conn, Jan. 2—A to-/ bacco barn owned, by Frank Martinelli was “destroved 'y fire. here. todav. A jarge quantity of hroadleaf tobacco was burned.. The loss.was placed at $10,000. A real estate ‘compény of Birmingham, gives g0 every purchaser of a lot 000 feet Bf lumber with which te he- gin the consiruetion of a home. the non-violence” policy of Mahatma Ghandi, who was given dictatorial pow- ers last week by the All-Tndia National congrers has been modified io permit violence “for defens The first of the new year In Chi- cago was marked bv A score of crimes, including \the shooting to death of one man, and the—theft of jewelry vaied at $10,000 from two couples who were kid- napped by automobile bandits. Tt is “objectional” for an attorney to accept employment from a newspaper to answer inquirles concerning law and legal rights, the committee on profes- sional ethics of the New Tork County Lawyers' Association decided. Statemanid by the' Hartford peltea court indges and prosecuting attorneys, vesterday, yere indleative of'a tizhten- ing of the fudicial roves as regards tha | punishment of liauor law (ing the vear just ushered In. RO ¢ Fdwime W. Fiske. whom the democrats elected mavor of Mount Veraon for the minth time last fall. started ia his term with a New Year's resolution fo reduce the mayor's salary from $5.000 tn $1,508 He carried sut his resolution. A merger of the Enst Boaton Gas com- manv, the Newton & Watertown Gas Tight company and the Bofton Cousoli- dated Gas company, having ageresaie capital stock of more than $16.000.000, and jolnt ‘assets of $33,000,000 js Indicat: ed, according to reports. * Struek by an antomohile driven by Charles W. Tater, Sunday night, Tena Facehinette, 8 vears old,” 6f Ha-tford, sustained severe injuries and was taken to the Hartford hosnital. Both said to have been fractured in cident. e2s are he ac- Word was received at Newport. R. T., by realatives of Lieutenant Donald Mac- Donald, 7. S. N., that the officer was swept overhoard from the mine sweeper Quail and lost. The Quail was off Mon- tauk Point at the time on ber way to Phifxelphia. President Millerand. of Trance, at a receptio of the dinlomatic corps Sun- day sald in an addrese that.two things marked the advent of the new year—a desire for neace and*the effacement of the traces of fhe long and cruel war, and the hope of all peoples for a real zation of this. e Proceeflings for the disbarment of Al-| bert A. Greenberg. former prosecuting attorney of the New Pritain nolice court Whowas convicted of blackmall 'n con- nection with a '?ew Britain rum running case, have been started in the superfor court by the grievance committse of the bar of Hartford county. The resignation of the Rev. Dr. Thur- man A. Varnadore as nastor of the First Tantist church of West, Hartford was offered at the morninz/service I the church, Sunday with the reauest chat ft hecome effective Immediately, and at a meeting of the church the resienation was acespted by & vote of 25 fo 15, A naturalist in Vemezuela has discov- ered a way to obtain algrettes from the species ‘of heron Which —produces - them without injury to the birds. offenders dur- | tion was founded in 191 stock of $506.000. The difficulties of the Fort Dearborn banks are credited by the clearing houss committee to bad inv: Edward Tilden & Co.—t Following announceme ro ho d 10 above zero i tonight, James, B. Forgan, chairman of | fure I e g cny e lfi“:’ the committee, ed a l'nrm'll statement | inclfectual attempiito save ¢ 3= ol e el which was bagned to the ground. Women S ol the saver EutendeN condition | Fuests managed; to sdve tapestries, paint- of Edward Tilden & Co., and some recent- | i8S and furniture valued at thousands Iy made loans ard investments twhich | Of doliars. TR loss by fire is ¢stimated proved to be bad, and losses, it _was found on the two Fort Dearborn b cago clearing, hodse commp capital of both banks had been imy “The Chicagh clearing house c: tee assures the deposit Fort Fort tected and that owing ment_entered into by th ing - House association nental and Commercial and the Continental a Trust and Savings bank, no loss, “Inasmuch as Fdwar: interested as a min®rity the Drovers' National Drovers' Trust and Sa alearing house for the purpose of ascerta dition. /“The result of these such as to warrant the cs ing that in its opinion absolutely solvent and entitled to the fuil confidence of their customers and the¥ tyaterbury, Jam. T—Jiss Sataw public in general. 2 | Donald and Miss Marzaret McDonald, “In this consiection, tne' committee DORAIL 0T THIs MipcEsret AfcDonall calishattention to: the fact that all the| . ¢ died here this afterncon as the directors of these institutions represent- i = ing the Tilden— interest from the banks’ board: ITALIAN AND U. S. SAILORS CLASH IN SHA Shanghai, Jan, Trouble between ‘sailors American warships here. About forty Italian sailc attacked about twelve cafe-and then went fr another seekinz and groups of Americans. were stabbed, two-of them being serious- 1y wounded. The attacks grew out of a brawl in a cafet, after which the ed the raiding party with knives and severa Americans were unarmed, it was said. from the war craft has been ‘suspended and the authorit are investigating the trouble. One of the wounded Amerjcan sailors, All shore liberty ton, died late today fro E. J. Reebbey, of the gunboat, “‘!h‘[‘ng- m hi¢ injur! HOUSE AND THREE BARNS ED “Suftteld, Conn. Jan. 2—Fire late to- daysdestroyed- a house here, owend by William loss was estimated at § ered by insurance. Twelve cows and fwo horses were saved, but {stroved a quantity of hay and grain, as well ‘as wagons and tools and a laree amount of card Wwood. on the second.fiqor of n undetermined origin, , Dearborn - National Dearborn Trust and Savings bank that thelr interests have been cocmmittee special examination of these institutigns, —(By The A. P.)— attacking " which was arme 1 with a capitai CHESTER COUNTRY CLUB New York, Jan. 2.—Society men and women hurriedly Jeft the ballroom of the historic West Chester Country afternoon, fory worked for ne club this d a bucket brigade, and an hour/in a-témpera- ments made by ie Tilden estate. nt of the merger at $250.000. “The clubhouse was a three- story frame building. i Several guests, in their eagerncas to help put out the fire, forzot to save their overcoats and wraps, which were destroyed. Fanned by ' strong. wind,the flames made great headway. The city firemen were handicapped because the nearest city hydrant three-quarters of a mile and inaccessible, while the private entailed heavy examination of anks by the Chi tee that v ors of bank bott and the | fuily pro- 10 the arranfe- |* | = a water supply was totally ‘inadequate. | ¢ Cieago Clearyl Tines of hose were stretched to Long National bank | 151and sound, which the elubhouse over- O meraiat | 100ks. but it was low tide and the fire- they . suf(e | MW were. unable to pump out a good 3 | stream of wa Tilden & Cs, tg' The West Chester Country club, : re- rded "as one of the most e bamk Vand the | the east, was established in 1876:1George vings- bank, the| TOWRsend, broker, is president of the has made a | club. which includes in its membership William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Clarence Mac- aining their | kay, George S. Nichols and Thomas Pot- ter, all prominent in New York society. examinations is ommittee in say- these banks are TWO SISTERS KILLED BY TRUCK IN WATERBURY result of an accident in which they fig- ured at about 3 o'clock, when a ona'ton truck, runping wild down Prospect street ran up on to- the sidewadk and struck them, throwing them to ti ound and pinning them underneath. Robert Mec- Donald, aged six vezrs, a nephew, who was also on the sidewalk with his aunts but who was _several feet behind them, escaped being hit by the truck. Donatn Dadone, an emplove of the Goldsmith- Chatfleld ©ompany, ¥ho was the driver of the truck, was held under\bonds of £5.000 pending an Investization into the accident by Coroner John T. Monzani. Margar-t almost instantly after Deing entercd at the Waterbur: hospital while Sarah died at 5 p'clock. knocked unconecious a(a result of b struck by the truck and did not reza msclousness up to the time ‘thev Wiad. s have resigned GHAIL CHI A from Italian and developed today. rs surprised and Americans in a om ora cafe to isolated Americans Five Italians gather- 1 revolvers. The OBITUARY. Rennold Wolf. New® York, Jan. 2.—Rennold Wolf, playwright and dramatic eritic, died .of apoplexy at h's home here today. Born in Ithaca, N. Y., fifty years ago, Mr. Wolf aas a graduate of Cornell uni- versity, where he was kfown as an all round athleticistar. Aftergracticing law for, 2 short time in Buffalo, he came to New®York and joined the staff of the New York Morning Telegraph, of which he was dramatic editor unt{l-about a year ago. He was the author, or coliab- ‘orating author, of fourteen plays, among them “The Rainbow Girl” and “The Red ‘Widow,” which he wroté in coilaboration The fire Atarted | With Channing Pollock. {he house, Bfmm l- The body will be taken to Ithaca for \ burial, \ iy - t AT SUFFIELD and three barns J. Wright. The 00, partly cov- the flames de. s|ments for Both were |5 OF SENATOR BOIES PENROSE 2.—Final e funeral of U Senator Boies Penrose will nounced *until the arr Spencer Penrose, who from Colorado. late ‘omorrow. It tely has been decided, however, that the funeral shall be.strictly pri nd devold ‘of any display of formal n keeping with the sedator's wishes. Arrange. ted Stateg not be an- 1 of his brother, is on his way hers He is expected to afrive A simple notic inserted ny the family In to- day’s Philadelphia newspapers said: Penrose—Deéember 31, Boles Pen. rose. Funeral and interment strictly pri- The late republican leader's wish thdy his obsequies be, attended only by hix relatives and close pegsonal friends, will be rigidly adhered to, Leighton C. Tay- lor, his secretary said. There is not even crepe or flowers on the door of his honss where the body has rested sinee It was brought from Washington Sunday. The honse was deserted today except for the senator's former housekeeper, who was t busy by a steady stream of me: senger boys bearing telezfams of con- lence from all sections of the country, ~~ Thepe were no callers. Governor Sproul sald tonight that he statement rezard- successor for se: days. He recelved flumerous mes- sages during the day offering adviee as tothe course to pursue. Some of them urged him to resien the governcrship so that he could be appointed senator, whila others suggested that he remain i of- fice and become a candidate at the elec- tlon In November. The zovernor sald that he had not authorized any state ment that he would reslgn. FORMER REPRESENTATIVE FRED A. MOORE KILLED Stafford Springs, Jan. 2.—Fred Alvin Moore of Union, was killed Saturday aft. ernoon while at work in a woodlot not far from his home. Wher he did not return at right, members of his fam!. ly went to search for him and found him dead. It was cvident, they said, he had Slipped” and fallen and been killed By being run over by a heavily loaded sled. Mr. Moare had been prominent In twe affairs of hig town, béing a member of the board' of selectmen, an sseessor and member of the board of relief. He served in the legislature in 1914. He was the son of the late Lyman Moore. He leaves his wife, Ida Green Moore, four children, Lawrence, Esther, Ruth and Winifred, and hjs mother, Afrs. Emma Moore of Southbridge, Mass., thre . Mrs. Harry Rpyce of Wales, Mass .‘Yr! D. B. Williams of Worcester and Miss Bes- Moore of Bridgeport. The funeral will be held at the home in Union on Wednesday at 1 and burial Wil be in the Unlon cemetery. BOMB INJURED 30 PERSONS AT DINKELSBUEML, BAVARIA - Berlin, Jan. 2—(By The A. P)—A ~ bomb was g¢xploded among the l.a{e ing to @ band in the market place inkelsbushl, Bavaria, on New Year's oo e et vy o) Lol _twenty of them seriously. The throwed or the bomb, 'a ¥outh, ‘and several other m were lrrencd. - .