Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 11, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 9 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNES-DAY, JANUARY 11, 1922 ARTHUR GRIFFITH AT HELM OF RISH SHIP OF STATE Elected New President, to Succeed Eamonn De Valera—Dail | Has Ratified New Cabinet, With Michael Collins as Min- ister of Finance—With the Consent of All Sides, the Dail Has Adjourned Until February 14—Immense Re- lief is Felt in Dublin at the Turn Events Have Taken— De Valera Feels That the Not to Obstruct the New the Right of Criticism. Dublin, Jan. 10.—(By Th Eireann the Dail consant of all n which last rified an a and the way noved ahinet o VIVE Shass finanes—Michs George Ga amenn I o goverrgnent Rryan ahy Witlia government Duffy memh net the nig! had been The new president cabinet, had appointmery committee and van A adjourned te- sides to February P)— ht wa. to a had hean effact the terms Collins, Dufry. Dugan. o'H T. Cos gcins. Arthur Grif- T th he new were mem- Theea are m T. « tfolios of fi- respective- Famonn T are af the egatinn tenity foreign ¥ me held of De nister of seon- €. PRarton, one o 8 Brats: bt v - re was given nnder . for the treatv, but for Pa Valera on % the poestdent's re-elac- " epeeches richt ARy In ont Ghe the 1 M- o nrovisls " ¢t Bnglish 1. There hoth ho: an «ana h Mr allenge the 2 In recone the n e ot fon ds » the the cap nal coneintant e <till tdes support attack from s as Mr. table the in Dublin at hie will ont Soma ated re- sunsels ariv is to formulate plans avident to ot im and new treaty. the of free critl- s m the the may at the Rritich In his an taly mressad hv nsition, A new FHeda" blic g h positian Asfine and it would posi- of gnvernment fith, hawever, frankly reeec- . <itlnn merfod the axlst- ¢ 2 remunlie. which he undertenk 5 t he wald when the free Aere, were iPIEh Anantione and crnressad his cor- ta come In_ general com'd chanse the eontin- taward Mr i Thiz wae the fir ewpants a Tis Talera sunporters nn- 2nx! questions actione which srdsd tn smbarrase him. Fe Asclarinky he tn ra- wars ang an = sat hv anv of the lead- e « friends acconnted for 1t hy . as Mr. Griffithe ' imself sald Tandan resmaneihil which aneth Hlee wrmzht gronnd he nenrred withont sxnendlture als, which would not was o that the it w he had heen engag:d for many ~amtirmane and arduons puh- and Dublin, for the would tax hie and Anpams mean- constitu- Paf's Co'ling asenred the mem- {nvolvad arv wesklv wages of the as mot nrnment in- appeal by Mr. De Va. a consented to fix the date as Feh- A general agreement was reachsd Valars araw azaln tn aslk re- P g the position of the army. Rich- #74 Muleahv, the new min‘star of Aefense need thet It would he hix pollev xesn (e army abeslutelr Intact, Mr. n alara wafd an arder tn ths army #hould ha given In the name of the or- ganized ranubiie ster renl'ad that the army armv mediataly afrer Wnehron frne brought face to face with am ur- | more of t the he e this N Valara sxnressed sat- Pl ! De | Decision of the Dail Binds Him Government, But He Reserves er by a deputation The depu- of u tation « questi | ployment in Ireland and t andard living. The situation was declared to t serious and the Dail was asked to | deal with the problem. Mr. Griffith |promised that a committee would be ap- | poirted o inanire into the matter. The intervention of labor is regard- ad as plainly intended to strengthen the hands of the makers of the treaty, and | that labor looks for practical and im- mediate results from the provisional government and afterwards from the | fre state. AMNESTY FOR IRISH POLITICAL PRISONERS Jan. 10 (By the A. P.).—Am- heen npon am a result of negotiations the new Irish d the governmen ing to a Trish need t * here to and those sen confined in both Trish and Britis ne, will be liberated Wednesday or Thursday. The death pen- alty prisoners ruriber abont forty. London, Jan. 10.—The Press associa- tiorf = Dublin correspondent sends the report that all the Irish political prison- ers. includinz those sentenced to death, will be released Thursda DESPERATE FIGHT OF NEGRO WITH FOUR DETECTIVES New York. Jan. 10 After a desperate gun and hand-to-hand fight which arous- ed the notorious Hells Kitchen secti four police detectiveg Everard McDonald arrest a 23 years , on the charge of having shot and seriously wounded Michael T. Kennedy. A customs inspector, In a bootleggers battle in Weehawk T.. last night. According to the police, McDonald | signed a ‘confession The four detectives came upon Me- Donald in the doorway of his home West Tk th street He answered their command fo surrender with a shot, which lade. wh the They and Big 7 strength ht fficeré answered him who e with a fi the known s off nursued McDonald inta hall- as of Flons WELCOME IN CHICAGO Jan. 10.—There ittle like. lihood that Madame Galli-Curef will de- sert the Chicago Opera Company at the | #nd of this season, even though she has been signed to appear with the Metro- | politan Opera Compahy in New York xt year, according to opera officials here ports that Galli-Curci has agreed to 8ing here for six weeks next season { conld not be confirmed because, officials | said, plans Involving a re-organization of the company, have not been com- Dleted But Mary Garden, director, declared today that Madame Galli-Curel conld sing for the Chicazo Opera Commany | “whenever she wants to and as long as | ®he wants | STRIKE OF GOLD MINERS THROUGHOUT THE TRANSVAAL 1" Johanneshurg. Africa, Jhn. 10 |WBy the A. P.)—The strike of gold min- ers, which was declared Sunday, rame effective today in all tha mine throughont Transvaal \ The was precipitated through an attemnt hy the mine owners to re- organize the lahor forces by greater am- mloyment nf nat { the semi-skill decrease wo decreased South the strike nooupations, ng costs Drice and thus meet f gold. © SEARCH JAMES MAHER the Duluth. Minn., Jan. 10.—Plloted by Major R. S. Miller, commander of the | ®tate aero mquadron, the airpiane or- dered by Governor Preus to search for tha mis James Maher near the Pen- tnsular point arrived here Paul. of northeastern Minnasota, late today e PROPOSE INCREASF IN PAY FOR NEW YORK ALDERMEN New York, Jan, 10.—Inereasa of the pay of New York aldermen from $3,008 to $5.000 50 as to attract better logisla- tive talant was one of the proposals 'n the draft of a proposed home rmle char- ter, for New York city, prepared by Comptroller Craig, and taken up for dls- cussion by the state charter revision commission today. FUGITIVE ST. LOUIS BANK CASHIER $754,000 SHORT 8t. Louls, Jan, 10._Arthur O, Main- Inger, fugitive cashier of the Night and Day Bank, late today was indicted en a charge of making a false report of the affairs of a compo-ation. His alleged de- falcations are =ald to be $754,009, RIOTERS IN CAIRO FITHER IMPRISONED OR FLOGGER ! Caire, Egypt, Jan. 10 —Twenty-seven ! marticipants In the recent riots hore have been sentenced to from six to nina months' imprisonment. acrording to ane mouncements in the Egyptian press to- iay. A number of others wers ordersd flogged, according to” Incal papers, OBITUARY. Sister Mary Borgla Farrell. Jan. 10-—Sister Mary Borgla . for more than half a century a member of tha Order of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, dled to- day at St. Joseph's retreat, where she was mother superior. She w &1 years old and was formerly mother superior of Bi. Agnes’ hospital, Baitl Dearbarn, including | particularly In} in order to! from St | Testimony For and Against Major Opie! Some Men Tesified That They Saw the Major Shoot Run- ners—Others That He Fir- ed to Halt Retreat. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—: witnesses, all trom Virginia, ahout even in numbers today in testifying for and against Major Hierome L. Opie of Staunton, Va., befors a senate commi tee investizating charges that American Nearly a dozen goldiers had been hanged without trial in Franoe. But at the all-day session there was no evidence relating specifically to hang- ings. It all swung around charges that Major Opie. as commander of the Third battalion, 116th infantry, had shot some of his own men. Men who had served with the regiment, ing testi mony subm declared they saw Major Opie shoot runners in October, 1918, wi is command was in the Ar- gonne offensi s who were with the officer on the dates mentioned, as- serted that he had shot no one, that he only fired to stop some of his men, ap- parentiy in digordered retreat, in an ef- fort to reform his line and get his troops back into fighting state. Chairman Brandegee, seeking to cut through the conflicting evidence, endeav- ored to ascertain the exact number al- Jeged to have been shot, but in the end there was some doubt in the mind members as to whether the witnesses had seen and were attempting to describe the same alleged slaughter. Counsel for Major Opie. in a briet statement at the conclusion of the Opie tostimony, expressed the hope that there might be a speedy finding. and asked that further evidence relating to him | might be presented at one time. Sena- tor Watson, democrat. Georgia, whosa speech in the senate led to the investis gation, opposed any attempt to single out the Onie casa declaring he was not the prosecutor. that he had not brou: tha major's nAme in, and that the major himse s the first to give the charges publicity after a witness had told of the shooting by an officer designated as Tajor Opiez.” As all the testimony for and against Major Opie was cleared from the siate, special date will be fixed for reopening the charges by the committee in the' event further statements ghould be fortheom- ing. The hearing will ba row. army officers summoned. resumed being ameng tomar- thosa G. M. COR TO RESUME THE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS ew York, Jan. 10.—Georze M. Co- an, who announced his r an American vroducing m r the Actors’ Equity Association extended the his attractions, has recon: decision and will again hegin the production of plays hers in the near future. At a meeting of the Producinz Man- agers' Assoclation today, Mr. unanimously re-elected thus permitting him free of equity interference until June 1. 1924, Mr. Cohan declared that ke was endeavorinz to call off or post- pone his contemplated London produc- tions, Cohan was membersht: produce plavs tonizht 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS CHLOROFORMED BY BURGLARS New York, Jan. 10.—Chloroformi the 16 year old daughter of the fami- Iy who had eeen left at home to cars for the four younger. children, burglars Monday night ransacked the home of Mrs. Regina Tarrad in the bath beach section of Brooklyn and escaped with jewelry and heirlooms valued at $73,- 004. The theft was reported tonight. Mrs. Tarrad with three older children returned from a theatre in Manhattan to find her home brilliantly illuminated and several rooms In d Unable to awaken her daughter, Adele, ghs sent for police whe announced the had been drugged. The ada the maurauders were discovered MILD DRIVERS WRONGLY ADVISED TO GO ON STRIKE New York, Jan. 18, —Asserting that they had been wrongly adv strike and were e old jobs, ahout 1,800 milk wagon ers of local nlon N. 584, who have ceen on strike since November 1, unanimously voted the officiale out of office at indignation meeting lata today. BRasis for the action, it was sald. was provid- ed In the union’s constitution. A committee wae appointed to go to the union's headquarters tomorrow and demand that the to them. A refu to de stated, would lead to court ac ised to go on r to return to their an HIRED BURGLARS TO ROB THEIR JEWELRY STORE Hartford, Jan. 10.—Edward J. Abrams and Bernard Beck, propristors of Main street jewelry tonight confessed the police announced, that they store, hired burglars to stage a robbery in their place on New Year's dav. The safe was broken n and jewelry worth $3.000 was claimed to have heen stolen Abrams and Beck were locked up in de- fanlt of bonds of $5,000 each. 200 TO 300 PER CENT. PROFIT ON ELECTRIC LIGHT BULBS New York, Jan. 10.—Testimony that profits on electric light bulbs ranged in instances from 200 to 300 per cent., was given today at the Lockwood commit- tee's investigation of the General Elee- tric Company's allezed monopoly of tha business. This was the figure, Thomas Spina, manager of the Continental Lamp Company testified, at which the com- pany’s list price compelled dealers tc sell Its lights above the manufacturing cost of independent concerns. FLAPPING GALOSHES FOR GIBLS T0 BE DISCARDED Chicago, Jan. 19.—The heavy, flapping galosheg will soon lose ponularity with the women and girls acoording to exhib- itors at the natiomal shoe retailers’ ex- position today. They are to be supplant- ed by the Russian boot, according to shoemen. The foot gear on exhibition which dealers say will dethrqne the ga- loshe is a patent leather boot topped with red leather stripes. MISS MARY TRASK CLATMSR SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 10, — Miss Mary Trask, Radcl'ffe college senior, whose self-inflicted bullet wound has been a mystry for two days, tonight de- nied that she had tried to commit su cide and declared that it was an ac- cldent. “I was cleaning a revolver when it happened,” she said. . of | | | | CABLED PARAGRAPHS Four more cases of smallpox were re- ported in Bridgeport, making the total 13, Robert MacDougal was elected presi- dent of the Chicago Board of Trade, Worsted yerns In the New York mar. ket have been advanced 5 to 10 cents a pound since the first of the year. The government withdrew $7.000.,000 from the New York Federal Reserve Rank district, Population of the Provinee of .Quebec was 2,349,067 in 1921, an increase 343,291 or 17.11 per cent in 10 years. Vincent Mass: Harris Co., . president of Mnssey- was eleoted a director Canadian Bank of Commerce, to muc- ceeed the late Themas Findley. Renewsl of Chicaza building trades strikes has been ordered. All unions, ex cepting the bricklayers, wited to reject Judge Landis' wage awards. Seventeenth conventien of National Rivers and Harbors Congress wiil ™~ held in Washington the first w March—“Water’ Transportation Week.” Fire grades of Fastern erude oil, in- cluding Penmsybania, dropped 25 cents a barrel, the second reduction during a week. During the month of Nevember, the Census Bureau announces, 23.590.610 of boots and shoes were manufac- tured. The strike of tugbeat skippers against proposed wage cut has resnited in the ieinz up of 25 harbor eraft In New York Frank J. F. Thiel of Fort Wayne. Ind.. s nominated by President Harding to ssistant treasurer of the United tes. w be The community of Welch, Okln., a conl mining region, is excited aver the find- in= of what is thought to be a petrifiad man. Per capita circnlation af meney in the T'nited States declined $6.09 Auring the past year, according to a statement is- sued by the treasury. The annual meeting of the Manufactar- ers' N bank. Waterbury, was the retirement of Charles F. dent. C. Palmer. 67, a prominent the New TYork bar. dled Arthur practitioner at fn Stamford of nervous breakdown after a short {llness. Annonncement was made by the Bor- dens Farm Products company of a reduc- tion of three cents a quart for grade B milk and one cent for grade A. Two cases challenging conatitntionaifty of the national woman’s siffrage amend- ment, which were on the calendar for arzument in the supreme court were postponed until Jan. 20. Cocon butter was advanced to the ba- sls af 20 to 30c a pound for dBu'k mater- jal in ths resale markets. Higher im- port costs and the reduction in spot hold- |Inss forced the gain. national ecouneil of the Self-De- ination for Ireland League ef Can- The ada and Newfoundland issued a state- ment declaring that the Irish peace treaty was not binding. A ten-minmte, high-powered wireless service has been inaugurated hetween Hamburg and Rerlin. Tt will cater chiefly to those who wish to send important commercial messages. Thonsands of Christmas« packages from forelgn countries are cluttering up peet- offices, becay of failure of addresses make dectaration through the Cue- toms House. The New York office alone reports 7,500 such parcels on hand. Arthur 1. Balfeur, head of the British delegation to Washington, cancefed hix reservatfon cn the Olymnic safling from New York Saturday. He reserved ac- commodations on the Geo. Washington Activity of white silave agents In transporting women to the Pamama ea- nal zone has hean reported to the league of nations by the American social hy- giene assoclation of New York. Argnment In the anit brenght by the tederal trade commisslon to enfores .an order requiring the Winsted Hosfery company to change its maethod of brand- ing Its output, was postponed by the supreme court to March 13. Tnterstate Commerce Commixsien has granted permission to Fairfax Harrison to continue to hold his position as presi- dent and director of the Southern Rall- way Co., and of 47 rallrcads In the south. For the fiseal year ending Jan, 31, 1922 a total of 755,000 motor vehicles will have been resigsterad, an Increase of more than 100,000 over previous year, ac- cording to flgures commfled by the Mo- tor Vehicle Burean. Disconnt rates of the federal reserv bank In Minneapolle wers reduced to per cent on all maturities at a meeting of the executive eommittes of the bamk today. The former rate was § 1-2 per cent. President Harding eonferred with Chairman Tasker of the United Shippiny Board and with Homer L. Fergusen, president of the Newport Naws Ship- building & Drvdeck Co., With reference to a subsidy for the Amerfcan merchant marine Charles Garland, youngy New FEngland idealist, who has accepted the paternal legacy of $1.600000 which he spurned a vear ago, was led to change his mind by insistent pressure from his wife and ‘con- sideration cf their one year old daught- er. . 3 Secretary Woover, Chalrman Laaker and certain experts from the shipping board will confer today with President Harding on the rate to be charged the American relief administration by ths shipping board for carrying grain te Rus- sia. Viscount Falkiand died In Londen ves- day. Byron Plantagenet Cary, twelfth count of Falkland, a representative peer for Scotland, married an American woman_ Miss Mary Reed. of New York. She died in November, 1920. He was born in 1845. A messnge of condelence from Treal- dent Harding to the family of the late Josaph Ofiver, grand sire of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows was delfv- ered yesterday by F. W. Bradford, rep- resentative of the soverelgn grand lodge at Washington, who arrived at Torento, to attend Mr. Oliver's funeral. TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Vote Likely in the Newberry Case Today Supporters Predict Majority of ' Seven Votes — Opponents Declare He Will Be Unseat- ed by a Margin of Three. ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—The Newberry election controversy in the senaic Te- vealed today under-surface Indications of a seething line-tightening fight with the title to Trumam H. Newberry's seat us sepator from Michigan, which been challenged by Henry Ford, his dem- wcratic opponent in the 1918 election, 'n Xhe opinion of leaders, hanging in the balance. Both sides claimed victory to- might, Mr. Newberry's supporters pre- dictirg e majority of four to seven voies, ‘while his opponents declared he would be unseated by a margin of three to five volcing opposition to being seated were de- livered on the ficor today while lcadérs ‘of both sides were busy examining the 'situation in the expectation tha ta vote ‘may be reached tomorrow. If a vote de- ciding the issue not taken, thera is said to be a pos: ility of one to recom- ‘mit the whole question to the genate committes on privileges and _elections with instructions to call Mr. Newberry for an examination and for further in- vestigation of the record of his cam- paign committee, The senate will meat an hour earifer tomorrow in the expectation that a vote may be reached during the day and wih at least five senators prepared to dis- cuss the case on the floor Leaders of the opposition wera de- clared today to have begun efforts to send the whole thing back (o the com- mittee which reported a resoiution de- claring Mr. Newberry to be 'the elected senator. They sald that Mr Newberry should he called to testify de- e the usual senatorial custom of inviting rather than gubpoe- naing a sitting membe Thay claimed| the record is not complete znd will not be without his testimony. In addition to this development there were energetic efforts by republican lead- | ers to have absent one such pair, however, was actuslly arranged, Senator Crow, republican Pennsylvanfa, who fs Il in a Pittshurgh hospital. being paired to vete for the resolution with Senator Kandrick, demo- crat, Wyeming, against It. The limitation of one hour for eaeh =enator began to have itz effect on the debate today, Senators Walsh of Mon- tana and Heflin of Alabama exhausting their time. Besides Mr.* Walsh and Mr. Heflin, Serators Borah, republican, Ida- ho. and Robinson, of Arkansas, and Ash- conrte: and urst. of Arizona, democrats, al= con- tributed to the attack heing wazed against the resolution clearing the Mi- chigan senator's title to his seat. REASONABLE DOUBT AS To GUILT OF MISS BETTY INCH New York, Jan. 10.—Tt wil not be ne- cessary to baild any more fences around the witness chair in the criminal branch of supreme court to save jurors from the distriction of Betty Inch's silk-clad an- Kles. An Indictment charging Miss Inch with attempting to extort money from Fu- gene P. Herrman, wealthy contraotor, was dismissed by Justice Wasservogal, today on recammendation of Assistant District Attorney Brothers, who sald there appeared to be “reasonable doubt” as to her guilt. Two juries disagresd on the evidene: although the second was snabled to con- centrate on the evidence by a fence built about the witness chalr at diractisn of the district attorney's office, before Miss Inch took the stand. CLAIMS AGAINST SHIPPING BOARD TOTAL # 060,000 ‘Washington, Jan. 10.—An appropria- tlon for settlement of clalms was re- quested of congrese today by the shipping board. This amount is needed In addi- tion to $80,000,000 already sought by the board for expenses during the coming flecal vear, a communication forwarded to Speaker Gillett by President Harding from the budget bureau stated. Total clalms pending against the hoard, congress was informed, totaled $298,428.845.59, offset by claims of the board against. various Individuals and companies amounting to $79,268,166.65. leaving the net totakof claims against the board at $213,160.678.94. #10,000 LIBERTY BOND TAKEN FROM BANK IN PROVIDENCE Providenca R. I, Jan. teller momentarily Iaft his cage in the Union Trust company early this after- noon one of two men standing outside the enclosure reached through the wickat, secured a $10,000 Liberty bond, a bill of lading covering a carload of cotton and a bundle of checks, and escaped from the ing before an alarm cou:d be given. Word has been sent thioughout the east by the police to watch for two young men, each probably about 22 years of age, of medium height and modishly at- tired, who were seen hurrying from the bank. 10.—When a $ %00 FIRE IN CLOTHING STORE IN WATERBURY ‘Waterbury, Jan. 18.—Damage ameunt- Ing to about $5,000 resulted late tonight when fire broke out in the ecellar of the Connecticut Clothing company. The most damage was done by smoke and water. Gas masks had to be used by the fire- men in combating the fire. while police- men had to plunge through the smoke in two upper story tenements and bring the {rightened inmates to safety. The cause of the fire could not he ascertained to- night, but local fire officials will conduct an investigation tomorrow morning. FUEL SHORTAGE CAUSING TROUBLE IN GERMANY Berlin, Jan. 10.—Authorization h heen given v tha government to officials in charge of nperating the railroads for the sefzure and utilization of private coal shipments in transit where necessary te prevent a traffic tie-up through the fuel shortage, which Is #aid to be acute on many. divisions. Shortage of rolling stock and the coal deliveries to the allies are given as reasons for the fuel scarcity. FIVE DEATHS FROM POISONOUS LIQUOR IN HOBOKEN YESTERDAY Hoboken, N. J., Jan. 10.—Six deaths from poisonous liquor, five in Hoboken today and one in Jersey City Saturdav, were attributed by police ‘tonizht to “whiskey” distributed by longshoramen has | {amarization of his statement, and that L fresults wit senators paired. dnly | oS h which had been tapped from barrels of alconol on Hoboken steamship piers and smuggled ashore in hot wWater bagm 2 ‘ AR PR % ANTI-GAMBLING LEGISLATION WOULD THROTTLE THE PRESS —— Rider to the Postal Bill Would Prohibit the Publication of Racing Odds and Other Data Which Could Be Used For Betting—S. E. Thompson, a Representative of the News- paper Publishers’ Association, Appeared in Opposition to the Measure Before a Senate Judiciary Sub-Commit- tee—Maintained That the Proposed Legislation Was More For Censorship Than Suppreuion of Gambling. ‘Washington, Jan. newspapers to enactment of proposed anti-gambling legislation which wouid prohibit the publication of racing odds and other data which could be used n betting, was voiced today before a sen ate judiciary sub-committee, by 8. E. Thomason, general manager of the C. cago Tribune and a representative of t legislative committee of the American Newspaper Publishers Assootation ; bert H. Baker, of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; W. F. Wiley, of the Cincinnati Inquirer and R. R, McCormick, of the Chicago Tribune. H. , of the National Reform Bureau, and Rev. liam S. Chase, of Brooklyn, thoge who spoke In support of the pro- P d legislation. The legisiation is pro- posed in a rider to the postal bll, has passed the senate and troduced by . Senator Sterlin can, South Dakota. The comm an- nounced tonight there would be no fur- fher hearings. » While not specially authorized by thel 0 newspapers comprisinz his associa- | vion to speak for them, Mr. Tho: | tated that he had submitted to pract cally all the larger newspapers a sum-| cere isxcspt one supported his position. e Heclared that not more than ten per cent. ©of the members of the association print racing entrles with the odds or racing the odds and that ber cent. of the papers, withont wral law to coerce them. had volunta viscontinued such reports. He a ¢hat the newspapers had “a standard of publle probity” than wupporters of the biMl, and related {‘normal principles of decency whish 10.—Opposition of ) montrol the community of murders to promote homicides clared, adding that threat® against the to print the news, | mewsnapers have not abused in the past. da Baker explained, and an overwhelming aajority of them do not ~carry news, mwith here enen as engage in any prof {did not consider the proposed legisla: | mecessary, find mary difficulties of getting out a mews- paper, + The proposed legislation was mors s wensorship Zamblin Senator Borah, member senting he Ifked ‘played cards and anpealed te the som- mittas it the press as other members of The newspapers do rint betting odds to promote gamb- ling any more than they print accounts ha de- the bill consti right of newspapers a right which the There are more newspape: than in the two thousand country, Mr, racing of the newspapers, there an exception. are, h minded a body of ion, with ax Publishes and he declared, as izh a sense of public duty and publie =r as any. He estimated that ninetve mine out of every hundred newsoapers n that all weuld increase in the ordi- and asserted it a material B than the suppression of Mr. Wiley contended. dom of the prass. Mr. MoCor- tde. was not a privilege. while republican, Idahe, a of the committee, deciared tha tion presented was that of the of the burezucracy of the gev- The f arnment, which, he asserted, was rapide Iy placinz this government under the so- viet form. Henry D. Oxnard, of this city. repre- a million” who want horse rase news, stated he was a horse owner. that to put a small bet when he not “to take all the jov eut of " by the passage of the bilL TENTH DAY OF HEARING | OF THE PELLETIER CASE | Boston, Jan. 10.—Over the vig: ug protest of counsel for District Att Joseph C. Pelletier. on trial in the su preme court on multipls charges of mis- conduct, Attorney General J. Weston Al-| len was permitted today te present evi- | dence i support of his allegation that Pelletier conspired with former Siate Senator Charles H. Innes and William J. Corcoran, a former district attorney Middlesex county, to protect a ring automobile thieves in 1918. of of | The nearing. now in its tenth day, was " t on a specification charging that Pelletier failed from improper motives to prosecute Georgs T. Perry, a Boston lawyer, John M. Barry, Waiter H. Pembroke and o ers when they shouid have been pro cuted. Perry, against whom disbarment pro- ceedings are pending, and who was dicted In Middlesex county 1 alleged conspira handlin gof prosecuted, was asked to relate versation with Corcoran and Innes had been retained to defend Ba Pembroke. { Objection made by Pelletier's attorney led to an offer of proof by ths attorney | general in which he annonced he would connect Pelletier with Corcoran and In-| nes in a conspiracy. On the promiss of | the attorney general to support b: testimony his charge that P of Corcoran's “guarantee to nt dictments T Suffolk, Middlesex and Es- | mex countles” Perry was allowed to ra- | late interviews he claimed to have had | with Corcoran. | a con- who and TO INVESTIGATE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL PRICES Washington, Jan. 10—Tentative agree- ment for an investigation of wholesale and retail prices throughout the cpun- try to be carried on by the department of justios commerce department and de- parement of labor has been reached, Attorney Daugherty sald today. At a conference with Secretaries Hoover and Davis today Mr. Daugherts said, it was virtually decided to br the retall price investigation of the § tice department to include tha cost of various commodities from their origin to the consumer and to make the vey jointly by the thres departments. A ocommittes o:mposed of 2 he adde from each department, won be appointed to conduct the Investiga- tiom. I Mora sxtensive Investization is neces. wary, Mr. Daugherty declared, in ord that the public may know the “cost the agg as it travely from the hen ibreakfast table” and the government mlans to study the whole flald of price: and costs of manufacturing and produc tion, Just what commodition will be covered In the investigation, he said, have not yet been determined, but indi- cated that elothing, food and fuel would be included In the survey. { When completed. Mr. Daugherty de-| clared, the reports of the investigatorsy would be consolidated by the justice de- partment and the policy of the govera- ment towards the conditions found exizt throughout the country wou determined when the facts as to ex costs and prices were known. tn CAE TSI PR TWO CHILDREN RESCUED FROM A BURNING BUILDING | New Haven, Jan. 10.—Two policemen and a bystander rescued two children and two aged women from ‘he third floor of | Con- a three-story wooden building grese avenue which was da tonight. Frightened by t poured into their tenement, and children remained In their until aid came. They were ¢: ed down a stairway tof the street. The fire loss was placed at $20,000, of which $15,000 fell on William R. Hartung's shoe store | on the ground floor. the women rooms TO REFORM NEW YORK BUILDING TRADES UNIONS New York, Jan. 10.—The New Yor Building Trades Council today formal- Iy ratified proposals submiitel for the Lockwood legislative commitiee by San uel Untermyer providing for forms In_the practices and s l";ululam“ of the pullding trades uniona REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT DELAYED UNTIL TODAY Cannes Jan. 10 (By the A. P.).—As reparations settiement was held up until tomorrow hecause of the failure nf the French prem M. Briand. te re- celve a reply from his cabinet at Paris 1o his report on what has been Aene thus 2t Cannes. the Franen-British d the attention of the members sipreme counell throughomt the day After two talks with Premier Lievd Georze. M. Rriand declarsd the negetla- s were a geod way tewards at nothing had vet heen declded in form of a treaty. which is taken te mean that the draft now befors the Brit- =h cabinet s merslr a Rritish engges- which will he submitted te the French premier after it is passed wpen at London Tn the view of M. Brisnd the past W simply a prolongation of the guaras eaties signed at Vermallles, but which wers not ratified Tt Is the intention af Premters Rréand and Liovd George to go over every auestion Involving Aifferences of but M. Briand said thees were net ‘:’-‘: As for the Turkish question gt was met one concerning the Angora treaty bet concerned the entire question of pease W the Near Fast. The mbmarine uestion. he thought, would disappear when Frawes and Great Rritain bacame allles _ The desire of the Ttallans to come tete the Franco-British pact has delayed an- nouncement of the detafls of the negetia. | tions that led un to the Arafting af the pact, which todar was hafors the Brithh cabinet for approval. Mr. Lieyd Gesrge Prenared a statament entlin'ng eonvessae tlons In London which formed the bests of tha document. At the request of M. Briand, thin statement was somewhat horated In ordar tn give mors fully the views expressed by the British prtme minister, —— OPENING EESSION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE L. oF ¥, Geneva, Jan. 10 (By the A. P)—A mote of optimism was observed at the opening session of the council ef i league of nations today over Sir Er Drummond's report on the Upper Si sian commission. The commrission was nted as a result of the couneil's de- summer drawing the bound- Germany and Poland submitted today stated that were procesding smoothly Germans and the Poles for the provisions of the eeun- fon, and hope was express lsment of the economic. Judi« and administrative features of the rangement would be effected @uring January. Considerable satiafaction was express- #d on ths progress of the intermotiomali court of justics, schaduled te opem at The Hague on January 39. It was an- nounced that 45 states have signed the statutes of the court, eightesn have ap- proved of the optional clausa for eem- pulsory jurisdiction and thirty have de- posited ratifications of the general pre- al "urnl of the court, HELD FOR THE DEATH OF HAROLD W. GOFF Mariden, Jan. 10.—Willlam W. Mfller, 21, of Middletown, was arralgned in the police court this morning on a eharge of manslaughter, resulting from the death on Dec. 17 of Harold W. Goff of East Hadam. who was struck by Miller's au- tomobile in this city. This charge againat morning to reckiess f liquon which was a surprise te three Jawyers, and they obtained nuance of the trial for one week. continued at $1,000, EFICIARIES OF ESTATE OF JEROME H. KOEHLER ew York, Jan. 10.—Yale University and the Neu Deuteron Chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity wers named as ultimate beneficlaries of the residuary estate of Jerome H. Koehler, who died hera last month. His will, probaad to- ¥. established Ilfe trust funds for bis or and a sister, but providel that the university and fraternity sheuld di- vide the esiate on their deaths, The ex- act value of the estate was ot