Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 24, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 20 POPULATION 29,685 ORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 19—22 % PAGES—64 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS BURIAL OF BENEDICT XV SET FORWEDNESDAY AFTERNOON o Wish of Dead Pontiff That His Body be Not Embalmed Pre- cludes Custom of Having the Pope’s Body Lie in State For Three Days—With Imposing Ceremony the Body Has Been Removed From the Throne Room to the Bas- cilica—Date For Conclave of Cardinals Has Been Defi- nitely Fixed For February 2—Participation of American Cardinals is Regarded as Doubtful. King Don C by g XV Loubet ¢ 5 who disrezarded fon and Pius X s 2 diplomatic relation v t, however, abolished th p st and King Albert of Belgil ut to go to Rome when the pope ¢ taken ill. The only form of tangi- protest on the part of the Vatican . w remaining is that of the voluntary t of the pope in the apostolic Yet, improvement in the relations be- n the church and the state has.been r this reason some people he- ald | Maffi, archbishop of Pisa, " s sions showp an i g desire that a compiete unaer- o should be reacned between the 7 church and the state, will probably not ted the conclave next Cardinale De Lai and Baggiani rded in informed ¢ eing too favorabe to intensify- he anc e and, therefore impr are considered as babie seicctions. {he [ The chances are also said to be against 4 \king | Cardinal Gasparri, because he has been e | papat tary of state and azainst » 5 Merry Del Val, because he is o c- | not an Ttalian.” Tt, therefore, is held hers . slin © head | that the next pope nerhans will be one . prominently mentioned among t . o P Leo XTII, it is recalled, was not among o . the conclave from which he em % head of the church. He was Sy Sy frail at time, =0 much so, it ’ 3 »t immediately after his elec- . he was belng assisted in don- papal robes, he exciaimed “ - , or T shall die before I am pottificate lasted over 25 N W 7 to then had been e longest s n the history of the papacy. o (1. | KING ALFONSO VisITS 1 w, b r, of THE PAPAL NUNCIO Madrd. Jan 23 sal “Kin= Alfonso and th atica il nfante Pernands today visited the pap:1 g 2, Inu re to exross concolence on the § - telegTam to Rome that b . - id al members of 1 family | The urt will not ze Into offica! s e g - hield in the church of | ' lLuTHER BODDY ON TRIAL TODAY FOR KIL ING DETECTIVES Tan who on J; Detective am Milier, me 1 chos:n latc will g0 to actual the finel juro today. Boddy w for the murder of Bu~kley for the murder of 1 in aheyvanes. opening of Boday's tral, there pultaneo: sly iened in orrs another A with ha Motz on S general Wha 2ol Ahaley otto crazed W unacy commission 0 date has been set for his l0ddy's comnsel, made estioning Jurors that uld be hs defense, it evide heraditary insan- b He sad he ha partially verified information that of the slay§; mother € asylum, an dthat family is in a simi| Jersey t in a sister died in nother merber lar institution PROGRESS IN ESTABLISHING . NEW IRISH FREE STATE E i i Ry London, Jan, 23.—(By the A. P.)—An. can car- | POUNCement was made this evening that 3 ubstantial progress had been made to- concerning the arrangemente for es shing the new Irish Free State, The ! > siznificanee is attached in official to the fact that before the Frec k ate has come fully into being, Sir James u £ | Craig, the Ulstr leader, and Michael Col. £d ins, having reached = agreement wheh a genuine desira in |1 Sconsidered to be fraught with good pos- e 5 ities for the future of Ireland. It transpires that Mr. Collins and Sir ¢ Y o James met Saturday in the Toom of Win- 3 2 e ton Spencer Churchill, the colonial sec- « flooded with thous. | TE12TY at the eolonial office. After the e ] amioienes and |chanze of greetines between the two Trish a0t the glabe |leaders Mr. Churehill withdrew frem the aymathy e ereatee: |TOOM S0 that they might endeavor to ar- . rive at a mutually satisfactory arrange- 't o ment by themsclves. The agreement was s m reached after a few hours and the negoti o ators then proceeded to Downing straet to B o7 | see Premier Lloyad George, & of Seneds bt . 3 “ ’“,«,T':'-',;;f NEW HAVEN ROAD mas - - : 15 the, igov- REVISED TRAIN SCHEDULES S 5 SECSINNCS W1 Betbi, Jans WG wu voayons “the general financial condition of the - — company and the decre: in travel on CHIBCH AND STATE IN certain lines,” the New York, New Haven ITALY COMING TOGETHER |2nd Hartford Railroad company tonight announced revised traln schedules, ef- oo e fective January 29, by which a number k. 2 (i :}:’_‘4; P |of trains are eliminated and existing roh and state in T atoer | fervices rearranged, according to the Lemporal power iy 1375 | COMPany’s statement, “to provide the o todey §hon The faz that | Teest p;rfl' le convenience to the travel. oSy S S pat ling pu u S n:d',:! “Careful studies have been made in misters of the King of | S2Ch case of reduced service” the rail- " © the oth o alleglance 1o |TP34 announces, and the requirements, ] - save for the ret | Measurede by travel from the various . d o s communities involved, have been con- g forms of protest | Sidered and the adjustments made to the S SRR fullest possible cxtent.” In every fn- v zains spation of Rome was the . = of all Catholics to vete or | Stance the scrvice affected has been op- ; v - olitical or administra. | €Fated unprofitabl; e e hut hie sradually D ime | socusr 1NN, MonXIs: COVE, Piux X. Benedict XV amplified the WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE n of his predecessor and the Jar party” consisting of Catholics,| New Haven, Jan. 23—The Locust inn, was formed and in the last election |at Morris Cove, was destroyed by fire 100 seats in parliament late today. Four houses and a garage Renedic on after t form e war suppress- ¢ protest by the which no Cath- was allowed to as guest of the king of er penalty of being excommuni. sated. This had prevented visits to Jome by Francls Joseph of Austria and also caught fire, but the flames were ex- tinguished before much damage wns done. Firemen found a wrecked sis @ the ruins of the inn and expressed t opinion that the fire was caused by the explosion of the stlll. The in was sup- poscd to be unoceupicd in winter. The loss was placed at $7,000. mpo ant 187 ereign ruler to Rome CABLED PARAGRAPHS Crown Solicitor Kidnapped. Fermcy, Ireland Jan. 23.—Crown Solic- itor Carroll was kidnapoed this macminz by unidentified persons. It is surmised by his friends that the kidnapoing was in connection with his duties a: the openin of the quarter sessions court set for today OPENING OF THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE Washington, Jan. 23 —TImmediate relief must be given farmers in the present agricultural crisis, delegates to the na- tional agricultural conference which con- vened here today were told by speakers representing every phase of this industry. President Harding, who opened the con- ference with an address, Secretary Wal- lace, farmers and representatives of in« dustries dependent on agriculture, em- phasized the seriousness of the situation and suggested remedies. Remedial measures outlined by the prseident and subsequently endorsed by many of the speakers included more ade- quate financial facilities, especially working ital, for the farmers on long time 10/ to provide for his turnover; extension of the co-operative marketing, buying and loan associations of farm- ers; development of waterway transpor- tation and power possibilities; more effi- cient tributing market information, including the demand consumption outlook; devel- opment of the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway project and assurance to agri- culture of equality of opportunity with all other industries. Demand for reduction of freight rates was voiced generally by the farmers and a reduction in retail prices also was sug- gested as a necessary step to start in- creased consumption of farm products. farm regions, is reflected in industries in- timately connected with and dependent on a prosperous agriculture, it was asserted by representatives of the milling, pack- fertilizer and implement industries. Zach of the latter pledged full co-opera- tion with agriculture in any effort looking to restoration of normal conditions. Secretary Wa head of the de- partment _of agriculture, outlined the purpose of the conference after Presie dent Harding had delivered his address and Representative Anderson of Minne- sota was then made permanent chairman while twelve major committees were ap- pointed to study variousgroblems with the view of submitting recommendations. The delegates and their families to- night were guests of President and Mrs. Harding at a reception at the White Hous Willlam J. Bryan, who was in the au- dience, was called to the platform late in the afternoon and described the confer- ence as one of the most important held in this country in a long time. Touching on other questions, he de- ed that the present congress had done af more than previous ones, “because I think it’s more scared than other congresses. Praising the agriculture Dioc. he said s different from other blocs hecause its members had “acted openly and the others secret] The situation of farming sections of the United States were deseribed by their representatives, and the effects of the depro: tural conditions on the allied was discussed during the afternoon, it w the varlous great d agricul- WARN AGAINST ECONOMIC INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA New York, Jan. 23.—The executive committee of the dnference of the All- Russian constitatent bly—which comprises all Russian democratic par- ties opposed to bolshevism and includes former Premier Alexander F. Kerensky has adopted a declaration in connec- tion with the Genoa economic conference to whic et Russia has ed, warnning against economic vention in Russla. The declaration, received ~by om Paris, was made public tonight Nicholas D. Avksentiev and Profes- Paul N. Miliukov, tht committee’s delegates in this country. They previ- ously had issued a statement criticising the “invitation to the boisheviki as a step to “dezrade Russia to the state of a colony open to foreizn exploitation.” The committee's formal declaration read, ass inter- cabre <or “Every concession obiained by the for- eleners from the bolsheviki will Inevita- bly result in a situation wherehy ners will defend the power in ite struggle against the oppre: ed peoples of Russia. in order to mate- he gains and arvantages con- tained in the concessfons. “In this forelgn support of the bol- shevist rule lles the danger of the in- evitable sharp struggle and conflicts which, even after the downfall of hol- shevism. will for many years prevent the establishment of peaceful co-opera- tlon between Russla and the outside world.” the bolshev} RESCUED AFTER SEVERAL DAYS IN OPEN BOAT Bostom, Jan. 23.—The rescue at sea from an open boat off St. John's, N. F., of five men who had been exposed for several days and nights after abandoning the British schooner Eileen Lake, was announced by the Belgian steamship Persier in radiograms re- ceived here today. The cook of the schooner Jost his life in the experience. dying the second night that the crew spent in their little boat. The Persia, hound from New York for Antwerpt, said the Fileen Lake was abandoned on Jan. 19 at St Pierre shoals. The Eileen Lake, a schooner of 164 tons, is listed at being in command of one Noseworthy, and was last reported on a voyage between Lishon and Oporte. POINCARE HAS SENT INSTRUCTIONS TO LONDON Paris, Jan. 23.—(By the A. P.)—Pre- mier Poincare has sent instruction to Am- bassador St. Aulaire in London for con- tinuaticn of the conversations with (reat Britain concerning the proposed Anglo- French pact. The premier’s instractions are known to be directed toward a lengthening of the duration of the paci, probably a period of twenty-five years, and to the inclusion of reciprocity in military action, so that France would be oblizated to go to the aid of Great Britaln, thus establishing the basis of equaliy in the pact which the premier has indicated he desired. Discussion of the Genoa economic con- ference has not a eyet been taken up by the French foreign office. REPUBLICAN ARMY SENTRIES OUTSIDE CITY HALL, DUBLIN Dublin Jan.»23.—Armed sentries of the Irish republican army were on Guty out- side the ¢ity hall today when the members of the provisional government entered to officlally occupy the premises. Michael Collins, head of the provisional govern- ment, was one of the first mimsters o ar- mive. Arthur Grifiith president of the Dail Eireann, visited the hall later and chatted for some time with Mr. Collins and other ministers, machinery for collecting and dis-| Depression in agriculture, which was| deciared to be general in the United States by speakers from five leading industries | been jnvit. | | | i i | sthods of Taxation | Gain in Prohihition For Soldiers’ Bonus | Enforcement Claimed Data to Raise Funds Has Been Statement b_y Ray A. Haynes, Prepared by the Treasury National Director, to 500 Department. New York Pastors. Washington, Jan. 23.—Call for a cau~ New York, Jan. cus Thursday night of republican mem- bers of the house on the soldier bonus question was issued today. Immediate action on an adjusted compensation bil: has been demanded by a group of mem- bers who were in the military_service during the war. = At the Thursday night conference they Dlan to offer a resolution instructing the ways and means committee to proceed at once to the drafting of a bonus measure, The resolution also will provide that When reported to the house the measure is to be the continuing business until passed. Data upon possible new methods of taxation with whicn .o raise funds for a honus has been prepared by the treasury department, it was said, for the informa- tion of congress. It was said that the treasury’s position with regard to the advisability of a bonus | for voterans of the world war was un- 1 23.—Asserting that only two per cent: of the “vile stuff” being “seized by prohibition agents is found to be frec from poisonous fusel oil, Roy A. Haynes, national director of ibition enforcement, today told 300 New York pastors that he “not surprised” at the number of post holiday alcoholice under treatment in New York hospitals. “Today it is danerous to violate the law in the purchase of the stuff and it is especlally aangerous to drink the stuff after it Is purchased,” Director Havnes said. “When you hear a man talking loose- ly and flippantly about ‘my bootlegger,” he either has not thought seriously of the menace to law and order which the booklegger represents or he had not plac- ed a proper valuation on the sancity and majesty of the law.” ghanged, the enactment of compensation |, Dircetor Haynes insisted that prohi. tev;xsla'innlnmxcr existing conditions be- | ™' e g et e P e ing viewed with difavor. i oy Egreed, ydeeplie o bioiieventiaiDonns biniis cna Tt < 2reclerited Jag fantifsldibugs clover, treasiry’ officials”sald, 'some fax/wonl | LOPRTIotc, false jwet propagaida, ‘par have to be provided to take cars of'ik | ticularly In the large metropotitan cen- Use of the allied debt as a basis for| ™ that has as its object the delu- sion of the American people into the ba. lief that the prohibition law is a fail- ure.” He asserted there zations In_existence bonus financing was said to be regarded as_impractical, In the op ficials sa n of the treasury, high of- it would cost more to raise the money for a soldier bonus from the are 30 paid organ- “stiiving night and sale of honds based on the debts of the | 92Y Lo bring ahout e inpossihle—the lied nations that it would ito float the|°Peal of the eishteenth amendmen country's own obligations. For instance, | The speaker called upon the clergy t was explained. should bonds represent-| ' uvho'd him, saving that prohibition ing Great Britain of approximataly §5.. | ¥as sponsored by the church and its en- forcement should have their “I make hold to make this he said, “that there never acted In any ci ic as this law 900,000 be issued as a part of a bonus Payment plan, they would have to be sold t a discount by this government, by cause they would be subject to the varj ous forms of taxations, local. state and|' support. statement,” a law en- lized country as dres- which had been =o clear- Lederal Wwhioh wonld /make SiMcnit (5l [y - and =0~ successinlly enforeed 2 (He carpetition iwith ‘obligatinns ‘o ithTs fross | descrlbed StheiprogTess of Senforcamen ernment. as “Insistent, definite ard sure,” assert- At the same time, it was added, the Zovernment would have to guarantee the foreign bonds, the sale of which would be ing it cecrees “the fi legal liquor business.” doom of the Joing money out of the investment mar- | STCDENTS AT STORRS PROVED ket which otherwise might go toward 5 e e 5 American securitics. TG BE GOOD FIRE FIGHTERS Yot colwBed By tho tressuay for BY - ceoiry, 'conn. Tani 35— AnoPee fen- information of congress ws = Storrs, Conn., Jan. 23.—As iht- e oo e Ao | g T sttt Iy the - Connecint x @ i al ollege lay demonstrated tion without, however, considering a sales ,‘,’,‘;’l‘l ':‘ hm‘_‘mg,hwm_.{\w e 3 3 us. ¥utlatag. whi e tanad it T The treasury, it was added. eonsiders|PNiding which was threatened with de _‘\ s as advisable. and has aiready suggested, | Struction: it was the fire was lim- BRIEF TELEGRAMS Herbert M. Tower, for many years a coal dealer at New Haven, and latterly an automobile dealer, died aged 62. All pupils and tenchers in Bridgeport schools who have mot been vaccinated are to be excluded from the schools. Milk dealers of Conmecticut compris- ing the state assoclation met in New Ha- ven to discuss various problems. The average total state tax for indi- viduals of Massachusetts last year was §54.30. Foreign steamship companies, it Is re- forted are offering special rates and privileges to officlals of the United St government to travel under forelzn fiags Federnl Sugar Refining Co. says Cu is delaying the grinding of its new sugar crop because vf low prices and lack of finances. < A test well will be put down cn a truct of land, at Stony Mountain, near Winni- peg by American oil men, w20 have been investigating for cil. The diplomatic dinner and reception at Elysee Palace, Paris, which had been ar- ranged for Wednesday. has been coun- termanded, Dr. M. F. Bajer, noted peace advocate, died in Copenhagen, yisterday. He was | a winner with K. P. Arnoldson, of the Nobel Prize in 1908. * Insurance covering most of the loss of $50,000 was held by the the Springside property. in Haven, burned Saturday night. A bequest of $150,000 to Veesleran university is made by the will of Dexter Smith, of Springfield, Mass., whose death occurred last week. The McManus block, in Peabods Mass, a two story wooden structure, was destroved by fire early vesterday.| The lo: is estimated at 2 Michael Collins as Trish provisional govern sa .000. chairman of the 2ent, sent a res » of condolence to Cardiral Gasparri on the death of P-pe Benedi North German Lloyd, affer seven and half years suspensim on account of the war, will resume its services between the United States and Bremen direct, with three steamers of 9,000 tons Tegister. Captain Willlam A Maher. manager of the United Association of Master Mates and Pilots, annousiced that the towboat strike hasebeen in force in New York was over and that the men had won. With Admiral Hilary P. Jones. T. S. in command, the Atlantic flect is assembl- ed in the harbor of Guantanamo, prepar- E X 0 C 1 5 ited to the lower part of the buildin ed to start the manueveres that have bee bt e g i checkS | "Phe fire was discovered about 4.30 a. |held in these waters annually since 1303 t is estimated would produge a 2 5 2 reventie of $50,000.000 a vear, whie tar | M. in_ the basement and may have | ther Tevenues might he shiamed famm oo | Started at the heating plant. An alarm| Block ecutters in ix leather remnant X s might bhe obtained from ina | Started stutichts: pour concerns at Haverhill, Mass, were call- creasing taxes.on megotiable instruments. | WAS_given and.the students poured out | conce According to the treasur: of the dormitories and laid four lines of estimates. avproximately $80,000,000 a year couyd | 10Se as a fire brigade in the manner in be obtained from x tax on gasoline levieg | Iich they had been drilled. Other at three cents a gallon students rushed into the unper rooms Increased postage through use of a|and removed farniture, books, and three-cent stamp, it was thought would equipment. 13',1‘\‘%;\“:';: IS WAl an prod approxi ely T ple from , £ an e ](';\l‘.‘uce e e T al] and the fire was held close to the On the basis of the pending McCumber | POFtion of the building in which it had | Dill, the treasu: imated that it wou | Started. The loss will be about $2.500 be necessary to provide The Administration building was built approximately $800.000,000 in the first two years after the act compensation legistation. in 1890 and had lonz been considered a bad fire risk. It had been used for many purposes, including clasc rooms. Most of the students room in dormitories some distance from the structure which was on five today END OF STEEL APPEAL FOR LOWER FREIGHT RATES ‘Washington, Jan. 23 —Representatives of the steel industr completed today presentation of their case in behalf of }'Dducfld freight rates before the hear- ing of the interstate commerce commis. | sion into prevailing levels of transpor- tatlon charges and with pracitcal unani- mity asked f- iz complete elimination of the increases put on freight rates in 1920. Southern producers, who were the last to be heard, argued for the removal of the 25 per cent. advances glven then in thelr territory, exactly as the east- ern and northern producers had argued the removal of the forty per cent. ad- vances which affected them. R. Lust, publisher of the Traf. s and expert for a number of smaller iron concerns was one witni who did not argue for the general re- duction, He expressed the opinfon that general cuts would not be advantageous to business, but pleaded for a redu tion of the diffe~entlals existing as be- tween different producing centers. These should be decreased, he sald, since the percentage increase of 1920 made them unbearably high. THREATS OF SPLIT IN THE FRENCH COMMUNIST PARTY SESSION OF UNITED STATES BOARD OF TEA EXPERTS New York, Jan. 23.—Seven dignificd officials <f the United States sat nb\rl a long baize covered table fn a New York warehouse today. and brewed and sniffed brewed and sniffed, all day long without tasting a drop. On the table before them stood an an- cient, battered copper tea pot. Beside each <f them were tiny French curs. which they alternately filled, stirred with long handled spoons, sniffed portentously, and flung aside. Around them was tea, Formosa, Oolong, Ceylon, Inlian, CLl zreen, Cantaon Oolong in cans, canisters 41 protected packages and huge lead wrapped chests. 4 The sniffers were members of the Unit- ed States board of tea experts, holling their twenty-fifth annual orey under the pure food and dru gact of 1807, to safe- guard the American housewife against im- portation of adulterated tea. They are fixing standards for all teas which may be brcught into this country next year for tha gcidance of federa .ln— spectors at Honolulu, Sa nFrancisco, New York, Boston, Tacoma, Chicago and St ‘Paul, American ports of entry for the pr.- duot of the Orient. And they will continue inhaling tea for an entire wezk. The board is headed by H. G. Wood- korth of Boston, himself an importer of tea. Parls, Jan. 23.—(By the A. P.)—. schism in the communist rarty of France is threatened as a result of a conflict over the new polic: w of the M:s2ow governme: in modifying its zovernmental practics o neputy and M. Frossard, of the | _ e T leaders, are refusing to fol. | ERSTWHILE PROMI in his latest evolution. The: declare the communists must main tain an independent, separate fight for the pur: doctrine of communism. On the cther hand, Loriot and Rappeport, and other of the most conspicuous leaders, have ex- 1ressed themselves in favor <f sending to the forthcoming congress in Moscow del- HAS BE N DECLARED INSANE New York, Jan. 23.—Braéford Webster, one-time prominent lawyer, formerly of Waterbury, Conn., teday was declared in- sane. A charce that he sent threatening letters to Willlam J. Purns of the depart- ment of justice was drorped on the un- « o dina ezates instructed to follew the lead of |derstaading !hz!)‘ should He con:‘Lver Lenine, and to combine with all working- |state asylum. Webster was arrested Jan- menls «rganizations in efforts agatust |uary 6. war. Dr. M. S. Gregory of Dellevue hospital, testified that he considered it danger:us x Webster to be at large. ~ He s suf- fering under the deiusion that department of justice detectives'are prosceuting him to obtain “Inside information” on the Wall street bomb cutrage, Dr. Gregory said. SMASH IN THE EXCHANGE RATES FOR AUSTRIA U. S.—MEXICO PASSPORTS ARE TO BE ABOLISHED Washinzton, Jan, 23.—Passpert restric- tions for Americans enterinz Mexico and Mericans entering this country from Mex- ico will be abolished February 1, under exeoutive orders signed by President Hard- ing and by President Obregon it was iearn- ed today at the state department. H The department, it was announced, was advised today by its charge d'affaires at Mexico City that the executive order had been signed in Mexlco City, January 18, to permit American or. and after February 1, to enter without passports, permits, iden- tity cards or similar documents. President Harding, it was added, had signed a sim- ilar executive order here, txtending the same privileges to Mexicans who enter the United States from Mexico. $100,000 FOR DISCOVERY OF A CUKE FOR CANCER Vienna, Jan. 23.—(By The A. P)— The exchanze rate went to smash to- day. The kronen dropped to 10,000 to the dollar, and other standard monies went down equally. The panic was ascribed to the ap- proaching change in the government and the growing disbelief that any ministrr will be able to cure ths present condi- tions. 1In financlal circles it was said the trouble was due partly to irksome restrictions and- heavy taxes on foreign mongy purchases, which have driven buyers to Prague and Budapest and re- sulted in a foreisn money famine here. Montreal Jan. 23.—An offer of §109,000 “to the graduate ¢r student of any re- cogni¥ed university who within five years after date is the first to discover a medicin- al treatment for the effective cure of can- cer’ was made today by Lord Atholstan proprietor of the Mcntreal Star. [t was contained in a letter to Sir Arthur Currie, princl>al of McGill University. The decision is to be made by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Lon- @, Er The offcr, which was made “to heip in stimulating thework of re- FOUND ICEBOAT OVERTUNED; SKIPPER FROZEN TO DEATH Fast Moriches, N. T, Jan, 23.—Harold Fordham went out on the Creat South Bay yesterday in his leeboat. ‘When at night he had not returned, his father organized a searching party. Arm- ed with torches, they tramped over the ice, dodging cracke. This morning they discovered the ice- beat overturned and Fordham frozen to scarch throzpfiont thi: work™ may be re- |death. The youth apparently had been Rewed, the icticr sald knocked unconscious and died of exposuxe. ed out on strike, the unlon alleging that he manufacturers have adopted an open shop policy. Col. Francis Edwin Elweli, distinguish- ed sculptor and one of the foremost art- ists of the United States dropped dead while waiting for a trolley car, in the Noroton district, Darien. Flames drove to the streets scantily clothed and in sub-zero temperature eleven persons, ocupants of a lodzing house on Congress street, Portsmouth, N. H, early yesterday. The -mnnual convention cf dehool teachers of Connecticut, scheduled to be held in Bridgeport, February 2, 3 and 4, may be held in some other city as a result of the small pox scare. The shipping board vesterday approved Chairman Lasker's plan for subsidizing ddvelopment of a privately owned Am can mechant marine and it will b present- ed today to President Harding. Judge Webster Thager, court at Worcester, Mass. other extension of time until Feb. filing exceptions case, superior granted an- for 10, in the Sacco-Va The Italian delegation to the Washing- ton conference is understood to be using what influence it can in tr est of American representation in the « economic conlerence. A thief robbed the receptacles under the statues of Holy Trinity church, Wall- ingford, between nightfall and 9 o'clock Sunday evening and robbed the boxes of votive candle offerings. Frederick Bostwick, aged 70, librarian and curator of the New Haven Colony Historical soclety, died in New Haven Sunday. He served as state registrar of the Connecticut Sons of the American Revolution. > King George yosterday semt a mes- sage of sympathy to Cardinal Gasparri, papel secretary of state, on the death of Pope Benedict. The message was sent through Count De Salis, British minister at the Vatican. Superintendent of Police Crowley, of Boston, in a general order read at all the statlons directed patrolmen to take more care of personal appearance, and | cailed attention specifically to “slobber- ing and drooling” over their uniform. Aimie J. Cummings was arraigned in the dlstrict court at Pawtucket, R. L. on the charge of murder, in connection with the death Saturday of Mrs. Rose Menard, with whom the police say he lived. The coast guad cutter Ossipes “was ordered from Portland, Maine, to search for the fishing power dories, reported missing from Thatcher's Island, off Cape Ann. It was understood that both had ten men aboard. The United Synagogue of America yesterday recommended that the com- ing Rabbinical assembly take measures to avoid violations of the federal pro- hibition laws in the distribution of sac- ramental wines. In order to aid the unemployment sit- uation, the city of Providence will with- fn two months undertake a programme of street building and sewer construc. tion involving an expenditure of approxi- mately $1,250,000. There were small strikes In fout mills and two were shut down when the pay of the greater part of the approximately 25,000 employes of the cotton manufac- turing industries of Rhode Island was re- FIGHTINTHE SENATE OVERTHE. ALLIED DEBT REFUNDINGBILL Democrats Oppose Granting of Authority to the Debt Coms< mission to Fix the Time When Interest Payments Shall Begin—Senator McCumber Pleaded That the United States “Not Play the Role of Shylock in Dealing With Its Allies”—Declared Proceeds From Refunded Debt Weuld Not be Available For the Soldiers’ Bonus Within One Year After Next July 1. Washington Jan. 23.—The fight over the allied debt Tefunding bill broke today i the senate, with Senator McCumber, Nerth Dakota, in charge of the measure, pleading that the United States “not piay the role serious objection was that if the re- funded bonds were sold at par the Unit- ed States would lose al Ithe deferred in- terest while the purchasers of the bonds would recelve it. Senator McCumber gave it 28 his opinfon f Shylock in dealing with its allies” and |that none of the proceeds from the re- g sk oppesing the propased | funded foreign debt woulx de available for grant of authority to the debt commi: to fix the time when interest shall begin, Disoussicn today covered a‘wide ranz including use of proceeds from the refund- ed bonds to pay the soldier benus, the ability of tha debtor nations to be: ing thelr Interest and the plans of tae fon paymen the soldiers’ bonus withtn <ne year after next July 1, the date on which republican leaders have said the bonus would bs made effeative. He thought that congress . should provide some form of special tax- ation to ccver bonus payments for the ons year and then authorize the sale of a ficient ameount of the bonds to take cara o S wAth Fosses sate <f |of succeeding yearly bonus expenses it Some. ot the refanten olizarions i toe | the Interest from the foreiga dtbt should United States. ading for broad authos- | DOt prove sufficient. His estmate was ity for the commission in conducting the |that for the first year the bonus wouid refunding negotiati-ns, Senator MeCam- |€ost $200.000,000. ser said he could conceive of a situation | Objecting to writing into the bill a pro- ~ where it nt be desirable to agree wi a debtor nation to fix the intere the bonds high enouah to caver during th. Hife <f the bonds the accumulated intcrest on fixing any definite time for begi ning interest payments, Senator MoCum- ber said that if the time mit were mad three years, for insiance. ail of the debt- Such a plan was napposed by Senator |or nations irrescective cf their ability to Simmons _ard_Len republéicay, Wis- | pay, would press for deferment of interes: consin. The er sald Secretary Mue- |Yor the maximum period. Some nations, b ion had informed the finance committes | said, would not be able to pay for several President proposal a: foreign bonds the more readity in the United States. Hare o s a means of making the had appr-veq | years, adding that the commission should have authority to determine the facts as to the financial conditions of the wvari counries and then determine the time limi: salea He added that SEC’Y WEEKS REVIEWS WAR DEP'T ACTIVITIES Washington, Jan Policics and ac- tivities of the war department with ref- erence to the land forces of the country are reviewed in a letter to the chairman of the senate and hous: m itary com- mittees made public today by Secre Week: The letter, which is accepted some officlals as revealing, for the first time since the armament confe ence met, the administration’s policy for future treatment o fthe army, is re. garded as showing that while the secre- tary recognizes the demand for economy and has already affected savings agere- JAPAN DENTES DESIGNS FOR TERRITORY IN SIBERIA Washinzton, Jan. 23.—(By the A. P.)— swearing disclalmer of any design aganst the territorial integrity of Russa, coupled with a. pledgé to withdraw th JJapanese troops stationed in Siberia as soon as orderly conditions are restored, was rresented to the arms conference F: Eastern committes today by the Japanesa delezation and was received with a gen- eral show of satisfaction by the repre- sentative of the other principal powers. Formal d fey tomorrow, dication tonight that any gating millions of dollars, he opposes any |of the “Big Five” delegation would opposa effort to destroy either the efficiency [2cceptance of today's declaration at its of the army or its organization along ex- [face walue, or serfously dispute the plan isting lines. 2 of continuing, for the rresent, the Japa: ollowing action of the armament con- ese occupation of Siberian soil.. The gen- ference with regard to gas, aviation and |€ral view was that the whole Sibesian other sclentific developments of warfare, the letter shows that stens already have been taken to apply new methods to problem touched upon today for the firsc time soon would be disposed of on he basis of the Japanese oledges. army training. At the same time the long conttmed “The department has Initiated a care ls»:umm: nesotiations also approached ful study.” the letter saye, “of the in-their conclusion. At their idriy e fluence that modern develop- | meeting to discuss the subject the Japan. ments will have upo technique of | eése and Chinese virtuall; comgideted an warfare, esnecially with rd to avi- | agreement on all of seues involved ex- o e o b €cpt the central question cf the Tsngias ‘Althouzh the letter omits reference | Tuinanfu railroad, and there were sioos of as to detailg of th tudy, it under. impending developments regarding that. stood that questios dealing with| Ma Soo, Washington representative of e Dbt GrTa warfare have |the unrecogrized Chnese government uf been prepared by the general staff and | Canton. announced that a salivosd. suctie. broadcasted throughout the army. Com- |met already had been reachos manding officers of troons stationed | In connection with the Japimess state: everywhere in the United States are re- |ment regarding Siberia. ft was reveatcs quired to submit answers to the ques- at the American government had ad- tions, ziving not only the thoushts of ed a communication on that subject thelr troops on gas. aviation and other 1y before the arms conference met weapons, but to reflect the prevailing |and that the Japanse forelsn office had clvilian oninfons as well. These answ. |replied nirtually in the same terme Ioid ers will he studied by the staff and |down at todayes commmtin mms, 24 from 1t is expected that a poliex will |Barcn Shidehara, The exact mere op sttt Pleles iRl the American note was not disclosed but at'zz heliefs of the nation. it was said to have pointed out that ths The letter refers at length to develc-s. | American forces having been. withdram, o of the Tnited from Siberia there was much speculat e ) ponents the regular forc - |as to why the Japanese troops remained. es, the na atmn the Wrcan i American spokesmen would n-t discuss the subject tonight in advance of the formal statement of view to be made a: tomorrow's committee meeing. fnvolved alar strensth enlisted men have been met. it says, and erzanizatlon of units allotted to the national zuard has progresssd 400 P In 18 national guard divisions an average | W OBLD IRISH CONGRESS of 65 per comnpleted units is re- WORKING AT RANDOY ported, % 96 per cent. and — Penns; 94 ver cent. complete. The | Parls, Jan. 25—(By the A. P.)—1Twe repot eves world Iri: h congress in the absence of ans concrete question on fis program, spent first day's session today in academic si-n of education and the spread o: culture abroad. . Eamonn De Valera, former president ot the Dail Eircann, made a briet appear- the 2,900 rves of The summer for roon aininz 160 national 10,000 reserve officer traininz corps [ance on the platform this afternoon. tak. members, 20000 reserve officers. 11.000 |ing occasios to invite rich Trishmen g ve enlisted men and 27,000 civli- |foreien countries to endew professorshipe universi s and create scholarships for children of the Irish race to complete their education in Ireland. APPASED TO GOVERNMENT OF DAVID LLOYD GEORGE London, Jan. 23 (By the A. P.).—The independent liberals at a meeting tral hall tonight definitely placed them- selves on record as being opposed to the government of David LI bert H. Asquith and Viscount Grey The idea of Mr. De Valera and other leaders is to make use of the existing Irfs: organizaticn in every country to form a worl dleague through which to workfor the spread of Irish culture, to educats Irish descendants everywhere In Irlsh his. tory .and help in Ireland’s ecomomie in- terests, Ar. De Valera asked the delegates from n Cen vd- Georze. He: every mati , Fallodon were the principal speakers. | yznic s(;’:"nww;il;z mu‘m :;(:',Tx Viscount Gladstone, who presided, de- lanzuaze was still ket aj el nx;", clared amid loud cheers that “we enter | 7S A8 sUll Koot alive. He said 12 the lists and take the fleld ac: Mr. met a group of l.flh d!;{'endu':is n;\" i Lioyd George and his coalition Sovern- | Gia noy ncinae e porse eocondants which ment. 0 SR e St Jeaxt (o8 s atic Mr. Asquith eulogized Viscount Grey ((7 SPe2k the native tongue. He deciares it was also through athlet people would be able to make their mark in all corners of the world, since most <f the great athletic champs bore Irish names. He recommended that an appeal also he made to the hizher sentiments by poou’ar- izing Irish folk dancing. W. B. Yeats, the Irsh poet, Mr. De Valera with an address on Iris: literature. of recent as the greatest peacemaker ics that the Trisy, times. “The return of such a man at such a moment as this to our public Jife,” Mr. Asquith declared, “is the restoration to us of a national asset of incalculable val- ue.” GIRL KILLED IN WORCESTER BY AUTOMOBILE FIRE TRUCK —_— CHICAGO OPERA COMPANY OPENED NEW YORK SEASON Worcester, Mass., Jan. 23.—Miss Fanny Reed, 23 years old, was instantly killed, and Miss Mary M. Moyse, 23 years old, both of this city, was seriously injured today when they were struck by an auto- mobile fir etruck near the corner of Main and Pledmont streets. The machine was returning from a fire and as the driver tried to get out.of the car tracks it got beyond control and shot up on to the New York Jan. 23.—With interest heightened by Director General Mary Garden’s announcement that this was positively its last appearance in the eas, the Chicago Opera company opened ite ew York season tonight before a house that had been sold out long in advance. duced by about 20 per cent. yesterday morning. 1 Miss Caroline A. Hayden, 82 years nld,l who has been in the Home For Aged ‘Women, at Malden, Mass., for seven years, Tecelved word yesterday that she had been bequathed the income from $65,000 under the will of a brother the late Thomas Hayden of Boston Jhero fund commission for attemptinz to Camille Saint Saens’ “Samson anr: Delilah” was the initial offering, writt Marguerite D'Alvarez, the Peruvian mez- 2z0-soprano as Delilah. Lucien Muratore the French tenor who recently broke with Miss Garden and announced he would never sing under her direction after this season, sang the role sidewalk, hitting the two young women. New Haven.—John F. Helfick and Rob- ert Stewart, employes of the Connecticut company in New Haven, have been awarded bronze medals by the Carnegie save the life of people who were touched by dangerous elestric wires. et e