Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 28, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 25 — 10 PRESS REF POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1922 12 PAGES—96 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS = UNDING BILL TOAVOTEINSENATE TODAY Agreement Reached By Republican and Democratic Leaders After Five Hours of Debate—To Hold Night Session if Necessary—Senator Reed Opposes Granting of Authori- ty to Debt Commission to Extend Time of Interest Payments. wa Jan. 27.—Agreement to [press the aliled debt refun diy bill to a 'Yote tomorrow even if that makes nee-| easary a night session enate was | Erit mmission, headed s P 1e time s at fts diseretion crat, Missouri, de- > ‘doubt there was was on to realize on their investment ahead of the Americzn government. Senator lieed also declared that if the commission couid defer interest pay- ments for ten years, as he said one sen- ator had suggested might be done in the | case of some countrics, there could be a cancellation of the whole debt, as the accumulated interest for tem or 12 years would aboat equal the present principal of the debt. The Missourl senator said cause of “the environment” in which Secretary Mellon had lived, Mr. )l(‘l\nn; would be the “last man, save one in this | country,” to whom he would grant the anthorly proposed. The one cxception, he added, was "“Morgan himself.” ex- plaining that J. P. Morgzn and company had blen the financial sgents in the United States of the ailied nations dur- ng the war, that be- TO HAVE oF A RULES WARFAR ative required tted to the American go- ¢ after Yourns, whie fixe a t meet. ovides that the con- te oommunicated to rs who are tien to as o 3 method to sesure world serence to the new warfare reg- ecorz=ion be The commisslon f ten is charged with rining firm whether ng inter- a e agencies of wa developed since the Hagne ¢ 1907, and second wha ade in order to bring > date, ermination of new rules ater conference, the tee curried out the a sub<committes weeks o neider: e resolution as adopt- another sub-commit- u Root of the is as follows ra Amer} commission of jur- 4 States of America, italy and the Japan re, France commission comi-osed members represent- above ioned powers consider the foi- of of ew methods es nternational £ the 2870 tie Hague agencies of new es in the adopted in s a part of the law 1 be of the thr. 1€ pres.nt Lation with fix the day and shall report powers o ernment within reuzon con the report wed to secu its recommendations 1 powers. MONARCHIST PRESS SYMPATHETIS FOR “KAISER” GERMAN “German em- on the occa- 45 which occurred monarchist press. is day in former Zeltung, which reproduces ross with the motto “Forwar and the Fatherland s for advisers, and mans true, and we The newspaper ath can government every r the necessity for a forget &0 quickly our g says the Taeglische i “If wishes were deeds, we have a right to be thankful to sche Zeltung says there ought . s consolation that the ‘Martyr knew that the shame which im was aimed by an enemy whole German peopie. “God tect our kaiser,” this news- Vorwaerts. or¥ of the few liberal liudes to the occasion nts mocking verse de- the former emperor's military e and his love for medals. manne WESLEYAN FUND HAS BEEN OVERSUBSCRIBED $51,000 . Jan. 27.—Wesleyan univer- 00 additional endowment tarted two years ago, has scribed $51,000, President Arnoid ShanXfin announced to- it a dinner of the New York and mni. He also made known of $150,000 in the will of the neome from the endowment of will be used to meet a sub- nerease in salaries of tha facul. ovide for an enlarged teaching ing exs emistry s, Construction of a new laboratory also s contem- (By the A. P.) —Wil- with saciiess the i to renounce his| in | CLOSING SESSION OF WORLD CONGRESS OF THE IRISH RACE Jan (By the A. P.).—The entire time of the last session of the 4 congress of the Irish race today devoted to a discussion of dets nnected with the International Iris ague. After choosing Eamonn De Valera president of the new organization and naming other officers, and deciding to establish a central executive council in Dubjin, the congress adjourned.. A| pledge of $20,000 as an American contri- | bution was recelved from Mr. Castellini, | one of the delegates from. the United States. Today's secret session w a fight against time to fin'sh the spirited debate | and reach a settlement by tonigh. as the| hall is not available for tomo™.w. Mr. De Valera todk the presidency | upon condition that his election be, | unanimous and - without political varty | significance. The Americans, who took | a prominent part in the discussions throughout the meetings of the congress, }are represented on the central executive council, the duty of which will be to co- | ordinate the mational organizations of the various cduntries. was ters at the Mansion House offered by the lord mayor of Dublin. No mention was ‘made in munique issned at the com-, the close of the sion of the resolution which the congress to has had under discussion that the Anglo-Irish treaty was a denial of sclf-determination for Ireland cnd pledging the delegates to use all means to obtain complete independence for their country. From this, the implication gen- erally is taken that the resolution not adopted the effect, SIR JAMES CRAIG TELLS OF TALK WITH MICHAEL COLLINS BeMfast, Jan. 27—(By the A. P.)—Sir James Craig, speaking at a unionist council luncheon today said both he and Michael Collins would be falthful to the agreement they reached at thelr rccent important conference. At tiiis conference the premier of Ulster and Collins as head of the provisional government of South Ireland came to an understanding re- garding the boundary uestion, the lifting of the boycott of Ulster and other mat- ters. Incidentally Sir James sald the negotiations had been difficult from his standpoint because he conld not aerer to any reduction of the agzregate area of Ulster from that fixed under the act of 1920, Sir James, who was making his first public statement with regard to this con- ference, said when he entered into the dis- cussions he had no idea of arriving at a specific agreement about anything, but that as the conference both participants saw the o portunity to arrive at a useful understanding. can promise you sald Sir James, “that he and I will be faithful to the |bargain we entered into, and there wiil ibe no disturbance of those peonls wio de- sire to remain with us any more than | there wiil be any disturbance of those de- siring to go from under our flag Into the free state. “That seems to me to be a fair bar- |gain_which will close a difficul: matter 1-«11"1 ult from hs point of view, because (he wants peace and difficult from my | viewpoint, because I will never give in to any re-arrangement of the houndary that leaves our Ulster area less than it is under the act of 1920." “We sat three hours and discussed fully the questions going to the foundation of the future of our country. I said: ‘Can we come to some agreement—an agree- | ment not favorable to you and not favor- |able to me—some agreement which will {allay the horrors of the past, calm down the people, try to encourage the best el- ements throughout the whole of Ireland and then leave the road open in some fu- | turs time for the Ulster peaple to choose whether they will come into your free | state or not? " REPORT OF WAR BETWEEN MEXICO AND GUATEMALA London Jan. 27.—A Reuter despatch from Paris eays news has been received there that war has broken eut between 'Mexicn and Guatemala. Reports have been current for some time of strained relations between Mexico and Guatemals. Antagonism has been ex- pressed in various Mexican guarters against the new Guatemalan regime es tablished recently when the Herrera gov- ernment was overthrown and a provisicn- al government headed by General Jose Marla Orellana. was established. In an interview on January 14, howdver, Pres- ident Obregon asserted that the Mexican government had no intention of inter- fering in the interal affairs of Guatemala, as had been reported. Reports Without Foundation Mexico Olty, Jan. 27.—Rerorts cmanat. ing in Paris that war between Mexico City and Guatemala has broken out are wholly without foundation, #o far as newsvaver _ circles m Mexico City are informed. _ Proteute MUsNClIl. was . elsctad vioelT with Mr. Potter were chara president of the International Irish | Mr. Haynes as a “storm cen- Jeague: Thomas Hughes Kelly of New |l€r in administrative matters” making It York, honorary secretary, and Dr. Irwin |US€iess to hipe for ultimate harmonious of Belfast. honorary treasurer. Mr. : O'Connor of New York, Hutchins Scott |, s been suggested,” he continued. | ana Mr. O'Brien of London were given (DY Sme of Mr. Wiison's friends tha: | piices on the central commiftee, which | {h% _Mmain difficulty is thal Mr. Wiiscn's will open an office immediately in quar- | ®:*-Cement poicy was too vigorous. Of was | CABLED PARAGRAPHS Bweden to Have Enveys at Genoa. Stockholm. _ Jan. 27.—The Swedish government -as accépted the invitation to send Yepresentatives to the Genoa economic™ conference. King's Condolence to Lady Bryre London, Jan. 27.—(By the A. P.)—A telegram from King George to Lady Bryce, widow of the late Viscount Bryce, exizressing condolences on behalf of him- self and the queen, was made public Loday It reads: “I regardea Visccunt Eryce as an old friend and trusted counselor, to whom I coul always turr, confident in the strength and wisdom of his advice; and my loss isone which will be shared not only by our own c-untry and Amer- ica, where he was so beloved and respect- but amorg all English-speaking peo- ples. CHANGE IN PROHIBITION OFFICERS IN MASSACRUSETTS 2 ‘Washington, Jan, —Federal prohibi- tion enforcement machinery in Massachu- | setts was readjusted today by the internal revenue bureau with the appointment of James P. Roberts of Brookline as chief enforcement officers for the state, suc- ceeding Harold D. Wilson who was re- moved: from the service. At the same time General Prohibition Agent John Harper of the Washington staff was assigned temiorarily to as- sist the new appointee in the enforcement work in Massichusetts. Federal Pronibitin Director Potter alparently retains that offica as 1% change was annouhced concerning bim. The action of the bureau which 1w: made public by both internal reve Commissiomer Blair and Prohibil Commissioner Haynes in lengthy - state- ments came as a result of a long contro- versy between the two-Massachusetts of- {sials over prohfition eniorsement in tuat state. May Haynes in his statement reviewed the developments in thé case since last July when Mr. Potter, who was then sup- envising agent for Massachusctts w sppointed federal director, the rosition then held by Mr. Wilsn and the iatter was made head of the field force. Differendss between Mr. P41 and Mr. Wilson developed soon after this re- adjustments Mr. Haynes said and Mr. Wilson was “repeatedly” warned that he was not showing sufficient ciscFetion in his attitude toward the director: and his public statements cften went far beyond the line of propriety which should be ob- served by every public official. When there was no improvemert in the situation, Mr. Haynes continued, and it was felt that a change mus: be made in view of the fact there never was a ques- tion of Mr. Wilson's “honesty, energy and interest,” he was offered a position in the general agents office which ae did not regard favirably. Mr. Haynes declared Mr. Wilson “show- ed an utter lack of respect for superiors” when pending the adjustment of floor space in the Boston office he carried his -riticism of officials to th. public thr-uzh the press and the platform. Mr. W course, this was utterly without founda- ton for the success or lack of su: ™ the specific work of enforcement has | | not been considered in the set:lement of | | this issue. Poiiti’s has ro: eat-red ir the discussion. The dezree of succe achid.ed in the enforcement work has not | matter resolved itseif ints one big issue, ~amely, that Mr. Wilson tempera 3 ha “ Lroven himself an impos | Masa_~husetts - organization Where work is @n absolute essential. His successor Mr. Raberts, Mr. Ha declared was “heartily endorsed” b, anti-saloon league of Ma. was firmerly associated with the treasur$ department field force in that state. Comenissioner Blair dealared that state! ments Tnade by Mr. Wilson in interviews in Boston papers that Senator Lodge and a number of represetatives had his removal was untrue. i, BRANDED AS FALSEHOOD BY HAROLD B. WILSON ility in the team Boston, Jan .27.—Harold B. Wilson to- night branded as a falsehood the state- ment made by Prohibition Commissioner Haynes at Washington that he had re- peatedly warned that as chief enforce- ment agent in Massachusetts he was not showing sufficient discretion in his ‘atti- tude toward the state director. He as- serted that the only letter he had received that might be construed as a ‘warning was one which summoned him to Wash- ington to confer with prohibition leaders Tecently, Mr. ilson =ald that he womld answer in detail the charges contained in Com- missioner Haynes' statement announcing his removal when he had been definitely “put out.” ‘I have been fired so many times since last July that I _don't want to act until I hate been actudlly discharged,” he said. He declared that he intended to stay on the job until someone appeared with the oroper authority to take over bis dutles and added that he was working and had men working in various parts of the state tonight. . James P. Roberts, appointed chief state enforcement officer to succeed Mr. Wilson, declared tonight that his respect for the eighteenth (pronibition) amend- ment to the constitution, while great, Was no greater than for the first and fourth amendments. Those amendments, included in the bill of rights, protect ths right of freedom of speecn and of the Press and regulate the right of search selzure, PAYMENT OF INTEREST BY COLUMBIA GRAPHAPHONE €h, New York, Jan 27.—Payment of Fei ruary 1 interest on the $6,000,000 of out- standing 5 year 3 per cent. notes of the Columbla Graphaphone Manufacturinz company was offered today to holders who deposit their notes on or betore Febru. 15, 1922, with the Guaranty Trust com- pany of New York, The announcement was made by a committee headed by Harold Staniey, president of the Guaranty company of New York, which has been appointed to represent the note holders in working out a ;D;ann ‘With the bank and merchandise creditors to readjust the company’s in- debtedness. i “The committee has made arrange- ments” a statement said, “whereby the February 1, 1922, coupons on notes de- posited on. o before February 15, 1922 will be amiired by the committee repre. seifting bank crediqors and held for such disposition under the plan or other- Wise as shall be equitable. “This arrangement assures to note holders who deposit thelr notes on or Defore February 15, 1922, the immediate Tecelt of the $40 represented by the February 1 coupon.” The 8 per cent. bonds rose five pu. *s to 38 1-2 today on, reports of th> ar- entered into the discussion, but the entire | achusetis and | sought | Of Importance to | Deserter Sergeant Chicken Raisers| 0f Marines Killed Discovery of Sex Upon ing Made at Storrs Experi- ment Station. New York, Jan. 27. (By The A. P.)— Means for dlscovering, unon hatching, the sex of a chick—formerly unknown for six or eigi= yweeks—has been found by inheritance tests by the Storrs Ex- periment Station at Connecticut Agricul- tural colleze, which on March 1 purposes to Cistribute to certaln farmers birds of known sex. B The anndsancement wag made today by Dr. Leslie C. Dunn, attached to the sta- tion, who tending the poultry show here. Dr. Dunn pointed out this discovery was of graat economic Importance to the chicken rafser, who now could be sure he was purchasing females if he desired to preduce eggh or males if he was rais- ing chickaas for market. Mureover, knowledge cf the sex woulud rmit im- mediately proper feeding for either pur- Pose. Tests have shown, Dr. Dunn said, that plumage colors are Inherited in criss-eross fashion ; that :s, a male chick hag char- acteristics of tie female perent and the female chick cf tha male parent. For example, in the breeding of a Barred Plymouth R feniale and a Rhode Ts- land Red male, the male chicks would be barred, with white top knots. 5 Dr. Dunn explained that this method was partly one of sex-discrimination and not sex-determ'naticn. He dded that chicks usmally Fatcked fifty fifty ana that no meth01 hzd been found for con- trolling sex. AMENDMENTS CONCERNING THE SHIPPING BOARD Washington, “ Jan. 2 fus; 27—The house re- °d today to attach to the Independent ces appropriatior: biil an amendment which would have prohibited . the ping board from proceeding with tne reconditioning ¢f the Leviathan. Representativa Graham, republican, Ti- linois, offared tne amendment which would have placed a $1,000,000 limit on the amount the shipping hoard could ex- pend for repairs ¢n any one ship without cong donal suachority. Refitting of the Teviattan, It waz said. probably woula cost at least $8,000,000. The Graham proposal was refected by bill Hatch|In Battle With Police at Mari- gua, Nicaragua—37 Ma- rines Held as Prisoners. Washing®on, Jan. 27.—Sergeant Lee Henry, of ‘the marine corps, and four members of the police force at Managua, Nicaragua, were kiiled In a fight Janu- ary 24 when the police overtook Henry and three marine corporals who had becn reported as .leserters from the marine detachment ihe previous day. The po- lice later_captured the thrée corporals, Amthor, 3ednett and Russell, according to a despatcih today to the mavy de- partment iron the commandant of the Fifteentn Naval District. The commandaunt highly commended the work of the Managua police In the case. Hen:y eriisted from Louisville, The battle between the deserters and the Managua pciice was the second of the kind within thic last few weeks, the previous Aisturbance also having re- sulted in tne kiiling of several police- men. The crulser Gaiveston is now at the port and 37 marines of the Managua de- tachment are held aboard the vessel as prisoners. i ction with the disor- ders. Pre advices indicated that #nd his three com- amung the prisoners on »scaped by jumping over- as Sergeant Henry panions wr the ship and board and swimming ashore. Because of the unusual conditions surrounding the miarine detachment at Managua where tlere are no healthful divisions “or the men, the navy depart- ment alrsaly has ordered the ersttre force of 100 men on duty there relieved by a new detachment to be sent from Haitl and in fatnre it is indicated ma- rines will he kept at the Managua post only for sho-t nerfods of service in th {hope of keening the morale of the de- tachment at a higher level. CHANCELLOR WIRTH SUSTAINED BY REICHSTAG Berlin, Jan. 27.—The reichstag today rejected a resolution of lack of confi- dence in the government om the declara- tions made Ly Chancellor Wirth in his speech of Thursday. The motion was prozosed by the com- No Equal as a Business eveloper. Results are what count and results are obtained through persistent and judicious use of newspaper advertising. One farm agency has got ten such results from the classified advertising that it will ise no other means of business development, and its field is nation-wide. Despite the general business depression the past year the agency increased its sales, in number and valuation, 20 per cent. over 1820, which was inch of advertising space used during the year the best vear in its history. Bach produced’ for the com- pany on the average the sale of an acre of improved farm land, to say nothing of the houses and other buildings, the practically all of the properties. implements on DS, In live stock and its opinion the “possibilities of classified advertising appear to have been overlooked in connection with many businesses which would greatly profit by it.” The benefit of classified or any other kind of advertising is increased by the amount of circulation obtained. In Norwich and vieinity there is furnished by The Bulletin, a circulation that goes into the home and nearly all of them. Its service tops them all. During the past week the following news matter has appeared in The Bulletin’s columns, at the pre- Bulleti Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, January 21. January 23. January 24 Januavy 25.... January 26.. January 27... Totals Telegraph war price of two cents a day : Total 589 447 333 415 Lozal 108 108 99 General 78 89 85 77 80 440 2705 a vive voce vote after the house had adopted an amendment, offered by Rep- resentative Dailinger, republican, Massa- chusetts, which would give navy yards the right to submit estimates for the repair of shipping board vessels. On a point of order by Representative Byrnes, democrat, South Carolna, a pro- vision continuing’ for another fiscal year the authority of the board to retain for its own use $55,000,000 derlved from the sale of its property was eliminated from the bill. During hearings before the appropri- ation sub-committes which framed the measure, Chairman Lasker estimated that during the current fiscal vear the shipping board would derive about $25._ 000,000 from thig source and asked that the extension be granted so the remain- ing $30.000,000 could be obtained as the lquidation process continues. Mr. Tyrnes held that the continuing provi- Slon was a legislative section which has no_place in an appropriation bill. When the house adjourned late today it had before it an amendment by Mr. Byrnes limiting to $400,000 the amount the shipping board could spend on pub- licitv and advertlsing during the com- Ing fiscal year. Budget estimates call for an expenditure of about $800,000. Assisting Mr. Dallinger in the fight for the adoptlon of his amendment were Representatives Gallivan and Tague, democrats, of Massachusetts. All declar- sd the work could be dome cheaper at Posten than by any private shipbuild- ing vards. X-RAY TREATMENT FO TONSITS AND LVEROIDS Atlaat's City . Charles .. Waltz's, a oist at Johas Tiokins X American Roen* Ray society at today's session of its ~onveazim that X-ray treat- ment of infeciel tonei's arG adncids Fad proved remariably successful Tonsils 50 Swollen that the throat nearly bad been closed had sprank almost to normal, he said. HELD UP IN HIS OFFICE AND ROBBED OF $600 CASH New York, Jan. 27.—Abraham Morri- son, president of the Morrison Fountain Pen company, was held up by three bandits in his office in the Gaiety Thea- tre building on Broadway tonight and To'Jzd of $600 in cash and two gross of valiaoTe fountain, pens. NIKOLAI LENINE TO HEAD THE SOVIET DELEGATION Moscow, Jan. 27 (By the. A, P.)—Ni- Kolai Leninc. the bolshevik premier, has rangement. The common stock also ad- vanced 1 3-8 to 2 7-8 and the preforred 5 3-4 to 13 1-4 points. been appointed to head the soviet-dele- gation to the Genoa economic confer- ence. munists. The independents and the na- tionalists abstained from woting. After debate en the speech which Chan- cellor Wirth made yesterday, the com munists in the reichstag moved a vote of lack of confidence in the government to- day but it eventually fell throush for lack of support. The nationalists declar- ed that while they were dissatisfied witn the government's attitude they weuld not support the communists’ motion. The chancellor's “policy of fu'filiment” was fully endorsed by the minority so- olalist leader Meiler, wio declared that everything that would rekindle hatred must be avolded. He Instanced the tun- inshment <f war criminals and declarei that anw German government which would try to carry out a policy Of re- venge would cause civil war as the work- ers would never consent to such a policy. The centrist, Herr Marx asserted that the centre party stood sclidly behind the chancellor, while Herr Breitschidt, speak- ing for the independents, declared his party svupported Dr. Wirth's foreign pol- icy, but rejected a taxation compromise. Herr Becker said the people's party ‘would co-operate with the taxation com- promise only because it believed all ought to work together to produce healthy financial conditions. The party made its approval ccnditional upon proper use of imperial _revenues. Fror Peterson, democrat, amd_ Herr T. @, Bavarian veople'’s party, sum- Por..d the chancellor, SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IN AUSTRIAN EXCHANGE Vienna, Jan. 27.—(By Tha A P)— dolar in the Austrian exchange market teday, “chiefly on account, it was be- leved, of London reports that a loan of "Dounds steiling, 2,500,000 might be forth. oming. The proposed Cmech credit egotia- tions, however, are now reported to be coupled with a demand that the Austrian #ait_and tobacco monopolies be trans- ferred to Czecho-Slovakla and that Czech schools be established in twents Austrian towns. These demands are greatly exercising exchange and political circles. GERMANY COMPLIES WITH TEN DAY PAYMENT SCHEDULE 2 Paris, Jan. 27.—(By The A. P.)—The German . government has notified the reparations commission that 31,000,000 gold marks Lave been deposited in va- ricus banks In compllance with the ten day payment schedule, adopted by the commissior. at the recent supreme cour. o1 meeting at Cannes. The first paymant of $1.000,000 gold marks, under = this schedule, was made by Germany on Jan- uary 1 BRIEF TELEGRAMS Canada’s fur industry fell 52 cent. during 1920-21, ° T. B. Catlin, warden at the Michigan state prisoh, Gied from injuries received in a prison riot a month ago. Fitty milllon dolldrs worth of oll ls ready for extort from the Baku fields in Southern Russia. Y A countrfelt bill was passed on the district court in Salem, Mass., in payment of a fine. Mrs, Herbert Hoover of Washington, wife of the secretary of oommerce, Was elected national president of toe Girl ‘Scouts of America. l Frederick T. Chandler, Jr., board mem- ber of the brokerage firm of Chandler Bros & Co., now in receivership, was ex- pelled from the New York stock exchange. Matthew Bullock, North Carolina ne- gro, has won his fight to avoid deporta- tion to the United States to face trial for inciting to riot. President Pessoa of Brazil vetoed the governmental budzet for 1922, which was rassed by congress before it weat into recess Deceraber 31. Possibly half the orange crop in Cali- fornia and one-third <f the lemon crop sas lost In the three-day freeze last week. ’ — Three bandits posing as prohibition of- ficers bound and gazged three serian's at the home of Maurice L. Rothschild in Chicago and stcle wines. and liquors valued at $50,000. Joseph Hauber, member of the board of ecmcation, started optimistically on a five day drive to cover up every bare feminine knee in the Newark high school. . The proportion of married men fo the total male population of the country fif- teen years of age and dver increased fmm 55.8 to 59.2 per cent. in the ten years preceding the 1920 census. Frank H. manutacturer o1 Danbury, filed a petition in superior court asking for the appointment of a receiver for the American Hat company of Norwalk to windup its affairs. Albert A. Greenberg, former prosecu- tor of the New Britain police court, was disbarred from further practice of law by Judge Hinman in the superior court at Hartford. - The waste material of moonshine and home brew have taxed {ho sewage dis- posal evstem of Brockton, Mass. Raisins Srunes, lemon peels, grains tand other matter have clogged conmections, 3 A meeting of the Irish bar was held in the Taw courts in Dublin, and jt was de- cided to assemble again on Menday to ciscuss a resoluitlon offering the services of lawyers to the new government. The wireless telegraph commission has recommended to the government the rec- ticn of stations in England, Canada, Aw tralia, South Africa, India, Esvpr, Eas Africa, Singapore and Hong Kons. The Women's Christian Temperance TUnlon announced a campalgn “to carry the trth about prohibition into Cuba and Mexico” in the hope of drying up these two cases In the prohibited desert. Fotel Nassau on the boardwalk, Long Beach, N. Y. was damaged and 200 guests had to abandon their rooms whes o fire destroyed two adjoinimg frame | gtructures. { The board of heaith yesterday an- nounced there was no small pox in New Haven. One person was taken under ob- servation but the board finds uo proof ! of the infection. The submarine T-2, which anchored oft Fenwick Island with a disabled rud- | der yesterday reached Delaware break- water just before ¥ o'clock last night in tow of a tug, the naval communica- tions office was informed. The government Is ready to bring suit against the Dayton Wright company and the Wright-Martin Alrcraft corporation to recdver a total of more than $7,000,- 000 in alleged over payments on war contracts. Crowns recovered 1,100 points on the | With the death of Charles W. Tattle, sixty, at Cambridge, Idaho, six members of the family he headed, had succumted to botuiinus ois:ning said to nave bean caused by eating home pressed greens at a birtnday party. Ahmed Abraham, 25 years old, was probably fatally shot at Whitinsville, Mass., while ehaking hands wilh sheir-v | Abdedlah, to whom he had just presented a new revolver as & gt 1 tas Turkey. Laca o Fire seriously damaged the Devon ave- nue carbarn of the Chicago surface lincs, destroyed 100 etreet cars and forced fifty families ldving mearby to the streets scantily clad. The loss was placed at §1,- 500,000, Max Swit, a saloon keeper In court for the fourth time in Stamford, was fined $200 and costs and given 30 davs in jail for violation of the liquor law. He ‘appealed and furnished bonds of $1,- 000. 5 Augustus H. Schumacher, former tell- er of the Phoenix National bank of Hartford, whom Judge Edwin S. Thomas sentenced to Atlanta penitentiary on May 30, 1920, for stealing from the bank has been paroled. Prohibition and what he termed the “Indpendent attitude of modern women ‘have resulted in such a scarcity of babies that the Child Welfare League of America for the first time is unablo to meet the demand for babies to be adooted. Tnneral services fer Viscoun former Britisn a.: o w Uit States, who cied lyast Suncay were held in the chapel of the crematorium at Gold- er's Green, London, where the body was cremated. Bryce, A bigger man firm in Germany, accord- ing to the Acht Uhr Aberdblatt has pur- chased about thirty British warshios for demolition. Its objeot is to provide raw material for German industries. The price is reported to have been about pounds sterling 500,000, The schooner Sarah Eaton, sold at auc- tion at Eastport, Me. for $500 after stranding in Lubec Narmows, was foated after about half the cargo of coal had been lightered, and taken to Lube: where the remainder of the cargo will be ds- charged. The persanal tax bill disiribution puz- zle at city hall, New Haven, continues to keep the city collector’s office and the general registrar's office in a perturbed -|SEVEN PERSONS ARE HELD AS BANK ROBBERSLSPECTS Taken Into Custody by Detectives in Fittsburgh Foliowing Robbery of Bank in Crafton, Pa.—Bandits Abandoned Automobile With Loot of About $23,000 After Running Gun Fight With Detectives—Cashier Was Killed During Rol'wbery of the Bank. Pittsburgh, Jan. 27.—Seven persons had been taKen into custody tomgit in connection with the robbery today of the First National Bank of Crafton, . su- burb by five armed bandits, during which Harold Moss, assistant cashier, was killed when he attempted to obtain a pist defend the institution. Althcush there ds o direct evidence against those arrested, one-of them is Miss Anna Joyce, srey are being held by the police as 2 precau- tionary measure, detectives sald. Sev- eral of the suspects have been taken to Crafton in an attempt tc have them iden- tified by mank employes it was sa The loct obtained by the bandt amounting to about $23,000 was recover after the robbers abandoned their automo- bile In which they escaped. followinz a Tunning gun fight with detectives in a machine who intercerted the bandi:s' car. I SPY IGNATIUS T. LINCOLN ARRESTED FOR DEPORTATION New York, Jan. 27.—Ignatius T. Lin- coln, international spy and former mem- ber of the British parliament, was taken into custody in lower Manhattan today by an agent of the department of jus- tice, Lincoln was arrested in Brooklyn in 1915 at the réquest of the British gov- ernment but esaped from his guards. He was later re-captured and after unsuc- cessfully appealing to the court, was re- turned to England as an undesirable. Recently he was reported to have been in the United States. United States Marshal James M. Power, # Brooklyn, stated then tha tif Lincoln’s presence in this country was established he would request tk™ government to deport him on the ground that Lincoln served as an agent of Germany here at the beginning of the war. When Lincoln was arrested in Brook- lyn Marshal Power said it had been re- vealed that he also had served as a spy for other countries, Lincoln_was charged by the German government last October with being one o fthe leaders- of the Kapp revolution, all of whom had been sought since March 1920. A reward of 50,000 marks was of- fered for information leading to the ar- Test of each of the accused and warrants were sworn out for their arrest. Lincoln previously was expelled from Austria for his actitities after being ac- quitted of a charge of high treason and forgery. William J. Burns, director of the bu- Teau of investigation of the department of justice, said tonight Lincoln had been arrested for deportation. “He doesn't belong in this country. Mr. Burns sa “He entered {he coun- try surreptitiously and will again be de- ported.” Lincoln was® taken Into custody lower Manhattan office building, where he was employed. He was sent imme- jately to Ellis Island. Mr. Burns denied knowledge of re- ports that Dr. Paul B. Allendorf. one of the agents who trailed Woife Lindenfeld to Russia whilc the latter was there sup- in a After checking up the amount taken by the bandits, bank officials said the bane dits overlooked 31000 in cesh. Tha Pittsburgh detectives had started for Crafton shortly after the robbery and met the bandits' car on Point bridge. An order to halt merely speeded their machine. The police lost some time in turning but followed, firing at the rod- bers who stood on the running boards of their car, returning the shots. The firing became too hot and the bandits left their ntiichine near the TS™ Wayne station, seeking shelter in a house nearby. Tha house was surrounded but the bandits escaped. In the car was found money, Liberty bonds, gms and overcoats. C jer Moss was killed, wi obeyinz orders to with five other emoloyes, a pistol and was instant the head. MORE RECOMMENDATIONS BY AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCH ‘Washington, Jan. 27.—The natonal agricultural conference went on record today in adopting its transportation co mittee's Teport, as favoring participa« tion. by railroad labor and railroad core porations in the general price “defiation™ after it had stricken from another come mwittee's report a recommendation for ap« peal of the Adamson eizht hour law and ihe “bringing down” of wages of rail- road labor and other industrial labor ta a parity with the return received by the farmer. The conference, which began its fiva day session here Monday, @id mot coms plete 1ts consideration of reports and wert into a night sesslon with the pros- pect of taking a final adjournment bee fore m'dnight. The debate on the question of waga “detlataion” today was long and at timea vehement. The proposal was strenuous- Iy fought by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who was a delegate to the conference. Severn! farmers who opposed reduction in wages and helped to defeat the firss recommendation _ supported the proposal finzlly adopted that both raflroads and thelr empioyes shall participate in tha readjustment. The conference also endorsed a2 pro- posal that the St. Lawrence-Great Lakes waterway project b: completed after ong commitiee’s recommendation to this efs fect had Feen lost. Action for repeal of the six per cent. guzrantee clauss of tis transportation act, defeated during tha labor debate, also received favorable action on a later report.. The conference reco on of the projects at Muscie Shea iabama, and urged that the governme: accept the offer of Henry Ford to leasa them. Reduction of freight rates on farm vreducrs, livestock and products of lied Industries to the basis prior to the izcrease of August, 1920, also was uiged as well as the restoration of certain raia mak 1f powers to J.ate raurcad com- nescions. Readustment of rates affecting other commodities should follow g le, it was added. Legls< posedly in search of evidence concern- ing the Wall street bomb outrage, had arrived here last night on the steam- ship Lithuania. “I know nothing about it,” was his re- ply, and he made similar answer to & question as to Dr. Allendorf's probable return, . MEMBERS OF CONN. C. OF C. FAVOR AMERICAN VALUATION Hartford, Conn, Jajn. 27.—Members of the Connecticut Chamber of Com- mierce who wer: polled in a referendum ballot, sent out January 12, on the “American Valuation™ feature of the rending tariff bill, voted at a ratio of 1 in favor of this feature, the atcut it w Fo: s announced toda; 1.¥ Tlas, the pla ‘merte and the so-called “Co: ‘an, the last named was votes fur it, 87 for the Fo: ani 6 for the Smoot am n1 plan provides As pataeen “Connecticut™ The “pegging” the rate on an American Val- uation basis and then have a commission vary the rates of duty whenever there for are fluctuations in exchange or other conditions making changes necessary. On the straight question on the bal- lation to prevent the rallroads from. in. the “land mu't-ple” in makis up ther recommendatons was furtnc reenmn ended. €lopment of the Mississippi rives artery of commerce was advocated the adoption of & report which de red that “during and since the waf there has been a great increase In mavi< gation in the lower Mississippl rives and on the Ohio river.” The conference went on record as op-: pcting Aneal of the Panama Canal tolls, saying “the people of the United States have invested a large sum of money in the Panama canal. Other recommendations fncluded: Development of hydro-electric power projects to make current vailable to the small consumer on the farm and in the village. Closer co-ordinatalon of railway, wa- terway and highway transportation. Appointment of a commission to work out a national land pollcy, including reclamation, frrigation, grazing and col- onization problems in co-operation with similar bodies in the various states. Oposition to the opening of any mors land for farming purposes pending red adjustment of conditions in agriculture Stoppage of forest devastation, de- velopment of effective methods of firs prevention, Increase in reserves and ex- Iot: “Do you favor an American Valu- ation basis” the vote was 308 to 11 in favor. MEMORIAL SERVICE IN HONOR OF VISCOUNT BRYCE Oxford, England, Jan. 27.—A memorial service in honor of Viscount Bryce, wio died last week was read this afterncon in Oriel College chapel by L. R. Phelps, trovost of Oriel, where the late diplomat and publicist was an honorary fellow. The /443 of Cmopin's “Funeral March™ Was one of the features of the service. Among those wWho attended the service were Lewis Richard Farnell, vi chan- cellor; H. E. D. Blakiston president of Trinity college; Dean H. J. White of Christ church; Dr. A. C. Headlam, not- ed theologian ; R. R. Marett, the anthro- pologist; Victor Bvans, president of the Oxford Unlon; D. M. Amacker, president of the American club; J. M. Clark, see- retary of the British-American club, and a large number of Americins. PRESIDENT TO OPPOSE DRASTIC CUT IN PERSONNEL OF NAVY Washington, Jan. 27.—Any efforts for & drastic cut in the navy personnel be- cause of the five-power armament reduc- tion agreement will be opposed by Pres- ident Harding, it was g1 today at the White House. The president was said to disapprove of the proposil of Senator King, democrat, Utah, to reduce the navy to 50,000 men, holding that sc sweeping a reduction Twat even go to the extent of upsetting the ratios of na- val strength agreed upon. FOURTEEN TONS OF SILVER BFING SHIPPED TO CHINA Cobalt, Ont.. Jan. 27.—Fcurteen tons of silver, the largest bulion shipmert in the history of the Cobat camp, eft here today for New York, en route to China. state of mind. Out of 76,000 bills mailed over 15,000 have come back as non.de- Uverabl The Nipissing mine desatched 298 bars containing approximately 403,000 fine ounces of the metal. tension of research. MASS CELEBEATED NEAR TOMB OF BENEDICT XV Rome, Jan, 27.—(By the A. P.)—Mass was celebraied today near the tomb of Benedict XV in St. Peter's by Monsignor Sanz De Samper, Major Dom> of the Vatican. Requiem was also sung on the high altor in the church. Two mora re- quiem masses will be celebrated on the high altar, and after that requiem masses will be sun in the Sistine Chapel until the nine Novendiali masses are completed on_Feoruary 1. St. Peter's square resumed ts normal aspect today, guides and vendors, who guring the pericd of lying in state of the late pontiff were prevented from carrying out their calling, having resumed Business. Inside the Vatican preparations were ui derway by the marshal of the conclave, Prince Ludivigo Chigi, for the gathering o fthe cardinals who will ‘choose the suc-! cessor of Benediot. b OBITUARY. = | Mrs. Robert L. Seaman. L] New York: Jan. 27.—Mrs. Robert L Seaman (Nellie Bly), former newspapet woman, who achieved fame by & spectace ular trip around the world in record time, died today. She had been {il of heart trouble in a hospital. She gave wup newspaper work to marry a number of years ago. Mrs. Seaman, whose real maiden name was Elizabeth Cochran, was the widow: of Robert L. Seaman, a weaithy Chicago manufacturer, who married her at age of 72. She was then not quite 30. | Fifteen years later Mr. Seaman died, leaving to his wife sole ownership of the Ironelad Manufacturing company and the American Steel Barrel company. She at-. tended to the mdnagement of these concerns until their affairs became moived and they were forced into bamk- ruptey. S She was 56 years old at I-_‘fi.’q her death. two ;