Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 10, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 36 POPULATION 29,685 FRIDAY, 2] FEBRUARY 10, 1922 FIGHT SOURCES OF TAXATION FOR SALDIERS' BONUS FUND Being Considered by Sub-Committee of the Republican Mem- bers of the House Ways and Means Committee—One Cent on Gasboline, 25 Cents Per Horsepower on Automo- biles, One C:nt on Each Bank Check, Five Cents on Each $10 Involved in Real Estate Transfers, Increased Taxes on Entertainment Admissions Costing More Than 25 Cents, Also on Cigarettes, Tobacco and Documentary Stamps—All to Extend Over a Period of Three Years to Take Car: of Cash Payments. The fisld of pos & CABLED PARAGRAPHS British Civil Service Estimates. London, Feb. 9.—Supplementary eivil service estimates issued today show that @ sum of-fearly pounds sterling 1.500,- 000 will. be required on account of the royal Irish constabulary and pounds sterling 1,130,000 to b granted to the Irish provisional government for com- pensation for -criminal injuries pending the settlement between the two govern- ments. e INVESTIGATING FAILURES OF BROKERAGE HOUSES New York, Feb. 5 —The grand jury today commenced an investigation Into the reasons for failure of a number of brokerage houses accused of buckst shop operations. Cases of alleged frauds wers presented by the district attorney’s office in co-operation with the attorney gener- al's office. The TUnited States distriet attorney's office, it was stated, also 8 co-operating in the investigation. More than twenty-five firms are to come under the grand jury's scrutiny, it was sald. and dozens of customers who loet heavily through their faRure will be asked to testify. Assistant District Attorn: who 1s presenting the ev grand jury, with an Simmons, nce to the said he could not estimate acouracy the amount of money Investiros as a result of shady deaiings. Indications were, however, he said, that the figures would run well into the milijons. kinds of documentary stamp taxes now in force were discussed today in the | sub-committee with sentiment said to | been in favor of imposing the high- S whys And.means com-| 25 Tate in (he case of the tranXfer of| g i oiie’of complatiiti have heen Fe: ol e ax prawlema. | CAPital stock-and bonds. The flEure Skt | covcd by the dieteict wiiormey ans. tne iated oo followa: | Fested was 110 of one per cent. on-all | ryfeq States attorney from persons who e transfers Whether original _or subse-| o5t (neir investments as a result of the wasclin sumption tax of possi-|quent. The present tax is 1-20 ‘of one| i Mo ™ IIVESIMEntS as a result of the galion: a license tax onper cent. in the case- of the original| ™ no “qinfONE Oiq" bhooke- and - doou. cents per horse-| transfer and 1-50 of one per cent. On| ments of meveral of the bankrupt'firme a otw ax on bank checks at|ea subsequent transfer. have been seized and are being examined « on cach 310 invoived.| The miggested increase in the taxes|hy experts for evidence of illegal pras- 1 taxes on admissions wher®| on cigarettes is estimated t6 yield $25.-| tices. xcesds 25 cents; cigaret-( 060,000 while on tohacco would vield an| The latest instance of this kind was nd documentary stamps | additional $5.000,000. In the case of | the seizure today, on duces fteeum sub- o TahPh of Ohio.| admissions the existing rate of ten per|pocnas, of the books of the Ame:ican . “man of the sub-committee | cont, may he doubled where the charge|Cotton exchange, Allegations have been R wentative rmq.iqMM\ cents. ;vvadr- l'havr:mr»ra\ :rms \\flfieh are ;flpm; hers was little sentiment for | bers of the firm have been guilty of sas cither in the frst ciase or| Representative Tongworth sald that|.pi, o Re fom ] 5 = ge rates, but added | Y spreading the taxes over eight differ-| Omoiale of the New York Stock ex- 4 been some discussion of | PNt sources the burden would be fairl¥| change and the Consolidated: sxchange o ot g well distributed. He thought also that|.re co.operating M the efforts to “clean - \ee "will b temporary, | this plan woull result in the minimum |y Wa sireet & “th satd, sxtending over a|0f interference with the improvement of| "Nr Simmons sald ,the Investigation : <. and will be ‘Kn,i"‘ siness conditions. probahiy would consume two weeks or : made seater $eevice siot | genting mwith the tax “-—\"\.“M:{;rl::v":‘m:;“ A canvass showed that reputable Wall : & Jdanua 823 It was eX-| Representative Green of lowa, began| Street houses weicomed the inquiry as a a of the other four | worn om the bill 1t was saii that pe| Means of ridding the financial dietrict of - n the bonus! be made in the five op.|@ 1ONg standing evil, the harmful effect * Rl G Y Sars] L L Td beage B einni| of which recently was . not hegin tobe a o8| Fordney measure, but that several al-|3¥ SiGfK exchanes oficials The dues- e s st 02 e momet 0f thevadmimstrative |y ons s biehitl o- thalt moeet v sttt + hasis of estimates furnished| One important change was made to-| exchange to guard against business con- ceasury sxperts the $330.000,000 | duy. the commitiee striking out the pro-| nections with brr for threa a vears for the ould he obtained from sht sourees outlined. Fxact rates ramain to be fixad, but the tee expacts 4o have tha en- o nrogram completed by Saturday. Tt assad upon by the major- mbers of the wave and means . 3 ter present nlane, will republican mem- committee and the varicus FORETGN CARDINALS FAVORED PARTICTATION OF AMERICANS Feb. %—(By the A. P.)—Tkv. . of the, forelgn; ~Shealnals and. a the Tisllans favored Anlbinn pRRtSpRMEn 10 . dbnative ch elected Pope Pius XL Againa: tae ction were aimost an cardinals, led by the camer- S Gaspa that the Avstrian Ca Arcrish Vienna, and Cardinal 3 rimate of Hungary, made A *aris M the conclave that the 1 at |east one Amer‘can a vial part of the ehurch” the memiers of be calamitons the sleetion of ave a grave reaction eople ; it will wonn 1 ask the rom- Tia consequences of ths vote ven more datermine Yes it may be trne,” one of his falan wrolongaton would not be » with the constitution o4 Collage risk offanding sake of a technicality?'1 ng v Pir . Tribols, Andrien and the papal secrerary of bmit with Cardinal Lu wpokesman, the request that th be amended fixinz the onvening of a co . at afier the demise of ‘he United States, Cana America 1o particizate. Gasparri, reeelvod the Assocl- s~hina corvesporn@en: a few mimutes fre teya-ture of the French He aheoliTey refused to be quoted pls when urged, parmit- * correspondent 1o say that it was wesitdh, aven probable. 1hat the rican garticipation in fu es would be discussed at thé “omsistory. s has pestponed untll after all deliberations and de- mportant matters. He has poointed his wuccessor to the ric of M#an, which by his own sutomatically becomes vaeADd, rues to administer the diocess P + pope's sieter Camilia and his r Francesco arrived from Desio to- and_teok wp quarters in the Vatican, ~re 1o remain umtil after the coronation The pops is understond te hgve exprese- “4 one regret—hat henceforfh he wouwld + unable to mduige in his favorke eport »pine climbing. REW RETURNS T0 HELP FLOAT A GROUNDED STEAMSHIP Highiand Light, Mass., Feb. $.—The *ighteen members of tife crew of the “urness Line freighter Thistiemers, ound on Peaked Hill bars, who wers aken off yesarday, rejoined the ecap- *in ana the rest of the crew en the anded vessel late today. The vessel was resting easfly and 1t had been 'in. nied to make an attempt te float her weathor conditions had been favera A thiek snow at high tide tonight owever upsst the plans. The freighter went aground late Tues- N 1a r starm ¥ B THOMTSON DENIES BORROWING ON “DUMMY NOTE” New Feb. 3 —William Boyes pson tonight demled Senator Hef- =% etatement in the semats toddy that *+ Lad porrowsd $5,00,000 from the New Fork Federa! Reserve Bank on a “fum- York £y mete Officlals of the bank declined te dis- mes the evbriect ers of doubtful stand- ere and in other cities. Tt was estimated by one prominent bankinz firm that last vear Investo throughout the countrs had been swin- dled of approximately $100.000.000 in the bucket shon game. More than. two score of “brokers” and firms designated as “commission houses” in New York have financial difficuities the months, almost each case being att e 1o reckless or frandulent onerations. Many of them, bankers said had been forced of businese b recent improvement ‘in the stock market upward price movements geldom being profitable to bucket shops. Wilfred Mulveny, a stoek broker. sald 10 have three sffices in- Besten, wiag- ar- rested tonfent hy Pollee Tnspécter Con- nelly of that city on a warrant charging him with being a fugitive from jus Hig home ‘s in Brookline, Ma: Inspector Connelly sald Mulveny was vision requ partments, ring the army and de | making payments te| former service men, to ascertain and de- Auct any amounts that might owed the government hy the men growinz ont | of thelr war sers Brigadier-General Lard the ment ing both before budget officer told the n war comm that the records of four million men who served with ors would exceed the amount that | vernment would obtain under this | epart- the more tree nf sxamining than experienced two | | tast provi out LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TAYLOR MURDER MYSTERY | Los prehe Angeles, Feb, 9.—A new ¢ investigation surrounding the Tayior and com- into the eircum- | slaying of Wil-| n director, was| ances am Desmond fi | underway here ‘today, directed by the|sought on indictments alleping - stock SlatEic Pt manipuiation involving $70,000. There Testerday and today the distriet attor-|are more than forty complainants, ney gathered into his hands the scat-' Financial frauds in the mercantile | tered threads of cvidence that had been| fleld; In addition to the hrokerage bu drawn out by the police, the sheriff's of-| ness investigation, are also included in fice and independent investigators, and|the probe District Attorney Bantsn an- tonight he was attempting to weave| nounced tonight. them Into sbme sort of pattern that| Co-operation in this phass of the in. would disclose what took place just be- | vestigation, he said, had heen promised | fore Tavior lost his life. by the Merchants' Protective association, One item gathered for this prospective | which has nledged ftseif that none of its fabric of fact and deduction was a|members will accept restitution in lieu of packet of letters written by Mabel Nor-| criminal prosecution. mand, motion picture actress, and which | disapyeared {rom Taylor's home after| GOV. SAN SOUCI ACTS his death. These letters were re-discov- IN R. L. TEXTILE § sred yesterday concealed among. Tay- LS ERE STRN lor's effee Their contents wers not Providenece. R. I, Feb. 9.—Governor disclosed and Miss Normand, who was In seclusion today, declined to comment on the new turn of events, Witnetses questioned today included Charies Evton, general manager of the Famous Plavers' Lasky Studio hers, at which Taylor was employed as a direc- tor. Mr. Eyton testified at the coroner's inquest that he was the first to suspect that Taylor's death had heen caused by other than natural events, He said he had Insisted that the body be examined for wounds, and It was his insisience, according to his statement, that caused discovery of the fatal wound. Others mimmoned to the district at. torney's office today and questioned in- ciuded Mr. and Mrs, Douglas MaecLean, whose home adjoined that of Taylor, and who had given statements at the Inquest and to the police; Henry Peave: Taylor's houseman; Howard Fellows, chauffeur for Taylor and Harry Fellows, brother of the chauffeur, and an assist- ant director, also were questioned fully. The district attorney declined to disclo: the results of these Interviews. Another development today San Souei today sent a request to the state labor hoard that it appoint at once & board of mediation and concfliation to try tn effect a Wettlement of the strike of approximately 12,000 operatives in cot- ton mills throughout the state. The lahor board announced that it would make the appointment either this afterncon or to- morrow. Farly this morning several trucklonds of strikers from the Pawtuxst valley went to the plant of the Imperial Finish- ing company in Cranston and attempted to storm the company's gate. The chief of polics with a“mquad of twenty mount- ed police armed with rifies drove them away. Nodamage was done to the plant. A demonstration by strikers at the Inter. laken Print works at Arkwright resnited in the management closing down the plant this morning. It had been run- ning with a much depleted force. STRIKERS DREW OUT, 250 WORKERS IN PAWTUCKET Pawtucket, R. I, Fab. $.—Over one thousand strikers and .their friends as sembled at the gates of the - Janckes Spinning company today and prevailed upon about 250 to join their ranks. The concern empioxs 3,000 hands,” 700 ©of whom have now, labor leaders say, Eone on strike againet reduction in wages. a well defined rumor that some person had found a revolver, possibly the weapon with which Taylor was slain, shortly after the murder bscame known. This rimor was brought to the attention of the district attorney and the police, both offices dinclaiming any direct knowledge of the purported discovery, but poth saving that efforts made to prove or dis- prove the rumeor. While these local developments kent the officials engaged, word came that the San Diego authorities belleved the body of a suicide lying in the morgue thars might he that of Edward F. Sands, miss- ing houseman whe has been sought by officers eager to learn what he knew of the murder. Investigation, however, developed thai the dead man was not Sands. It also was anneunced today that the pubiic administrator was searching for & stcond safe depesit box held by Mr. Taylor. One was found and opened, its contents being megligible. There was no direct evidence that he had another box, but the authorities said many men di- vided their documents in two or three boxes and it was possible that the search would yleld something. Inventory of Taylors estate o far located has dfs- closed little exeept some automobiles, persona effects and a small amount of cash, VOTE OF TEXTILE WORKERS TO BE MADE PUBLIC TODAY Manchester, N. H.. Feb. 3.—Th» result of the vyote of the varlous local branches of the United Textile Workers of Amer- fca on the question of a strike as a pro- test against the 20 por cent. wage reduc- tion and an increass in working hours, to hecome effective in the Amoskeag and Stark miils here nsxt Monday, will be made ‘public tomorrew. Union officials refused to make any official statement as to the vote, which was counted at a spe- clal meeting of the Textlie oouncil to- night, but the intimated that it was heavily In favor of a strike. e ARMED BANDIT RAIDED NEW YORK JEWELRY STORE New York, Feb. 5.—Two armed ban- dits ralded the jeweiry store of Jacob Berger in FEast S6th strest today, one covering Berger with a pistol while the other gathered up $2,500 worth of gems. They escaped before Berger could sum- mon ald. QUANTITY. OF LIQUOR FOUND IN RESIDENCE IN WATERBURY ‘Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 9.—The resi- dence of J. @ilver at 21 ' Backingham mreet, this eity, was raided thie after- noon by federal and local enforcement officers and 56 gallons of alleged aloohol, five galions of alleged moonshine, five gallons of alieged wine and a guantity of coloring were taken. A charocal flit- er was aleo eaptuved. BONOMI TO FORM A NEW GOVERNMENT IN ITALY Rome, Feb. 5 (By the A. P.).—King Victor Emantel’ this evening former Premier Honom! at the Quirinal, and it was aftérward reported that the iatten, whose cabinet resigned a few days ago, would attempt to form a n in| I ] received | 320,000 was paszed ceusedof yin_g_$75,flfl(l Edward G. F;s\er and Edward R. Grosvenor of the Win- chester (Mass.) Nat’l Bank. Boston, Feb. 9.—Edward S. Foster of Winchester, untfl recently president o the Winchester National bank of that ‘own, was arrésted late today on a federal war- rant charging wilul misappropriation of $73.000 of the bank's funds. Joseph Adame of Mancheste, Foste's son-in-law, Was also arrested, charged with aiding and abetting the irregularitios, A federal warrant was issued against Edward R. Grosvenor, racent cashier of the institution, on a charge similar to thas| against Foster. Foster and Adams were anralgned be- fore the commissioner and ghven until Saturday afternoon fo. furnisn bali of $15.000 each. Meanwhile they are o re- main In the custody of their attorney. Directors of the bank said that Foster used the money in business deals anc that Grosvenor, who they asserted had heen used as a toool, had. not benefited from the alleged speculations. Foster has turned aver to the dirsctors real estate valued at more than the amount named in the complatnt. Grisvenor is honded for $50,000. Both resigned their positions recently. ACTORS AND OTHER STAGE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR JOBS New York, Feb. 9 (By the A. P)— There are today more unemployed ac- tors and other stage people walking along Broadway and a hundred main streets looking for jobs tham ever before. iverybody in Times Square who knows anything about the theater, from the cut-rate ticket hawker tothe producer of a dozen hits, is complaining. The tailors, landladies and boarding- house owners secm to feel the hard times as acutely as the actors. They have sought a great many judgments thass last few weeks against stage folk who overlooked the rather prosaic duty of paying their bill in Jarger cities of the country where the lights flicker only a little less brightly than - in Broadway, conditions are just as bad. according to the heads of producing concerns and organizations of actors. Several well known managers estima ed today that half of the 15.000 actors in the United States. exciusive of vau- deville performers, were out of work. The Actors’ Enuity Aseociation said the number was not that large, . worse than usuval, but was 20 Many reasons are given for the ex- tremely hard times in the theater. Tha| managers complain of unbearable over- head expenses—increased railroad fare and union . regulations - which, - they as- sert, require the employment at high wages of a 1ot of men who only want to sit around and boss somcbody else. TUnion leaders ray this isn't so, »xplam that the main diffcultie rallroad rates and compet movles. Both agree that whi pany on tour formeriy was a paving propesition if. tha box nffice took in seven or cight thousand.dollars a week,. it almost double that income no 1o keep the show zoing. and are FEAR LOSS OF FOUR MEN WITH NORTHERN. PACIFIC Norfoll, Va. Feb. 9.—Members of the former United' States transport North- ern Pacific who wers rescued when the vessel was destroyed by fire off Cape May, N, Y., yesterday, said on their ar- rival at Newport s early tbday on the steamer Transportation the; ‘were almost certain the four emploves of the Sun Shipbuilding Corporation of Ches- ter, Pa., reported missing were lost with the ship. Twenty-one of the crew and. Captain William Tustl, who commanded the once-proud transport during her danger- ous trans-Atlantic trips during the war, arived here on the Transportation which rescued them from three of tha ship's small boats after reaching the seene to find the Northern Pacific envelopad in flames and abandoned by her erew. They confirmed reports that another hoat lead of five men had been picked up by ths tank steamer Herbert G. Wylls, whieh also was “understood to be proceeding to| Hampton Roads, DECREASE OF. 25 PER CENT. OF INFLUENZA IN NEW YORK New York, Feb. 9.—A decreass of 25 Per cent. in the influenza and pneumonia epidemic was raported today by Dr. Royal §. Copeland, health commission. er. New influenza cases totalled 940, com- pared with 1.316 vesterday and pneume- nia 282 compared with 342, There were 14 deaths from influenza today and 63 from pneumonia, com- pared with 19 and 33 vesterday. Dr. Copeland said tonight that. judg- Ing from the reports received during the latter part of the day, there would be 2 slight increase in the number of in- fluenza cases to be reported tomorrow. In Tombs court tofay Magistrate Ryt- tenberg Imposed fines of $2 each on 21| men who were arrasted for spitting and smoking in subway stations. 50 PER CENT. OF POPULATION oF UNIONTOWN, PA., ILL WITH “FLU~ Uniontown, Pa., Feb. 3.—Approximate- Iy ten ' thousand persons, or fifty per cent. of the population of Uniontown, are ill, with influenza, and unless dras- tic measures are taken to eombat tha disease the situation will -become ex- tremely sorious, said W. C. Hall, elty health officer, in a statsment issued to- day. The health department reported teday that six deaths, due to influenza had been recorded here In the last three days. GUSSIE HUMANN HELD IN $15,000 BAIL FOR PERJURY New York, Feb. 9.—Gussie Humann. Who was acquitted of the murder of Harry Garbe, entered pieas of not guil- ty In supreme court in Long Island City today to Indictments charging her with perjury and being an accessory after. the crime. She want back to jail in defamlt of $15,000 ball. The new indictments ~against Miss Humann followed a plea of guilty of see- ond degree murder by Joseph Likasel, with whom it is alleged Miss Humann had been walking fust before Garbe was €hot In Ozone Park. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—The annual leg. islative cppropriation bill, carrying $12, late today by the house and sent to the semate. The measure provides funds for comgress, the government printing office, congres- slonal library 26 othér levislative es- tabiishments. . | confidence that w | By Action by Ulster to * Protect Boundary 5,000 Specials Placed Along the Line to Prevent a New Invasion From the South. London, Feb. 9.—(By the A. P.) There were no important develosmonte today in the kidnappings in Ireiand. It is believed that the few persons caplured in Donegal have been released, but hat otherwise the situation remaine dead- looked, the Sinn Feiners acparemtly de- clined to liberate prisoners untll the foot- ball players from Monaghan have heen released by the Ulsterites. The Sinn Feiners today are declared to have cap- tured several more of the Ulster shacials The northern government & aken strong measures for protection, by plac- img some 5,000 specials along the bound- Ary to prevent a mew invasion from the south. It also is arranging for the re Inforozment of the specigls -ty troops. The government headed by Sir Jjames Craig is also urging th elrperial govern- ment to take action in the situation. but the imperfa] authoritles appear to he re- Bctant to interfere further (ending ac- tion by the provisional government of the Free State British. troops today were still leaving Southern Ireland, anl a statement made in parliament by Winston Spencer Church- 111, secretary for the colonies. seemed to indicate a desire on the part of the im- perial government to leave the solution of the disturbed siiuation to the two Irish governments, Arthur Griffith who 1s remaining in TLondon until tomorrow before returning to Dubin in an Intérview tonight expressed patience and restraint both sides, the TUlster question womld amicahly settied within the present ar on the hasls of a unifed Ireland He added that It must he remembered the provisional government did not enjoy fulh governmental nowers as vet, hut thas it might be reiled on o take every step pos- <l to prevent illegal acts from veing committed. ARE DOBILIZING FOR FURTHER RAIDS ON ULSTER Dublin, Feb. 9.—Michael Collins, head of the provisional government. has re- ceived a telegram froma the Sinn Fein executive In Cookstown, County Tyrone, saying: “B specials (constabulary) are believed 1o be mobilizing around here or further ra‘ds and outrages tonight, Apprise the Bri and_northern gov- ernments; 1f not stopped, consequences would be serious.” Mr. Colins immediately informed the Brit'sh government. stating that such | action by the specials could only be car- ried out with the support of the British troops. and addinz that the provisiona: government was doing its utmost to zet the situation under control. but if the action reported at Cookstown was ‘taken things would become cxtremely serious, MEN WERY READY TO ADVANCE ON LONDONDERRY 9.—(By 4,000 The A. P.)—Ac- received here from one, 4.000 armed had assembled 1, Tuesday night, Dublin, Feh, cording to a report Strabane, County Ty men with 300 motor ca in tha Falley at Dones: already to advance on Londonderry, when the news of the reprieve of tha thrae men under sentence of death at Londonderry wae received. SINN FEINERS FEARFUL OF ATTACKS BY SPECIALS Belfast, Feb. 9.—(By The A. P)— Trish republican army officers in Clones €ounty Monaghan, are credited with the Statement that even more onists will be kidnapped if the detention of Sinn Fein prisoners in Ulster continues. Four special officers in a motor car feil into the “hands of the Irish repudlican army men. Sinn Feiners in Cookstown are fear- ful of attacks by fhe speclals. Tonight they wired Michael Collins asking him to inform the Rritish government of their predicament. £ The prisoners taken arourd Clones were carried to Rallvbay, where there !s & large concentration of Sinn Feiners, CLERGYMAN BECOMES LAW- ENFORCEMENT COMMISSIONER . . Chicago, Feb. 9.—The Rev. John H Williamson, pastor of a Methodist Epis- copal church, “tonight hecame law en- forcement commissioner of Chicago with supreme powers In caring for the city's moral welfare. His. apoointment to the post, especially created by Mavor Will- jam Hale Thompson at the request of a reform and religious organization, was announced today by the mavor and to- night Mr. Williamson resigned as pastor of his-church and formally accepted the new position. In announcing his aceptance, the law enforcement commissioner declared that his office would be conducted “in me- cordance with the teachings of Christ.” He appealed to all Christlan organiza- tons, irrespactive of race, oolor and creed, to foin him in a crime drive which would forever rid Chicago of crooks re- gardless of what strata of Tife they llv- ed In. He was espoclally enjoined by Mavor Thompson to seek any corrup- tlon that might exist among city officials and was informed fhat his decisions would be final whether they hit “the highest city officlal or the lowest crook on the streets.” TREATY NEGOTIATED BETWEEN SWEDEN AND SOVIET RUSSIA Stockholm, Feb. 3. —Negotiations for a commercial treaty between Sweden and Soviet Russia were completed today by Swedish and Russian delezates.’ They agreed to proposals for an agresment providing as a safeguarding measure, for examination and adustment of cer- taln agreements recently concluded in Russta by a German expert trade com- mission, 21 MORE “POLICY” ARRESTS MADE IN WATERBURY Waterbury, Feb. Twenty-one men were arrested in a raid early tonight, three of them for writing “policy” and the remainder for frequenting a gam- bling house. . The raid was made on a Store at 465 West Main street by the in- cal “vice” squad under Lieutenant Chris Harmon. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO STEAL AUTOMOBILES Hartford, Feb. 3. —Morris Segal and his three sons, Herman, David and Charales, ‘Il of Bristol, and William Sherman, ‘also of Bristol, were given a Preliminary hearing before United Stateg Commissioner Corbett here today: on charges of conspiracay to steal amutomo- biles and defraud [msuramcs companies. At the request of counsel the cases wers continued to February 23. Bonds wers fixed at $2,000 each and were furnished. 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS BRIEF TELEGRAMS On. hundred per cent. a month is the average interest charged in Moscow. which has become a money lenders' paradise. One hundred and four midshipmen were found deficient in their studles as a resait of the semi-annual examinations at the naval academy. A resolutien ealling on the adminlistra- tion to reconize the Obregon government in Mexioo was Introduced by Represent- ative Ryan, republican, New York. ) The L. C. Smith and Brothers Typewrit- er company, Syracuse, N, Y. announced that beginning next wek its factory there would go on fuli time. — The German government Wednesday wmade its third payment of 31,000,000 gold marks to the alflied reparations commis- sion. Three rumaway Vermont girls, nged 15. 16 and 17, were found by the Moytreal police, and are being held pending arrival of their parents. Mrs. Anna Tenkel, and her thres chil- Gren wereburned to death when fir> de- stroyed their home In the East End of Montreal. . Negotinilons for funding the British debts to the United States will commence about the end of February, it Is antici- pated In official quarters in London. Former Emveror Charles of Austria Hungary pawned an heirloom in Switzer- land preparatory to leaving that country by airplane in his last attempt to regain his throne. The mumber of blind persans the TUnited States decreased from in 1910 to 52,617 in 1920, according to the last eensus. in Severe snowstorms are raging In central and northern Italy. Telegrapii~ and tel- aphonic communication is. difficul: and trains are considerably delaved. The shipping hoard advertised for bids colds among the students. routine yesterday to prepare jfor its annual winter carnival, weicome a host of guests. George Mardello Is held $3.000, following his arrest the glary. Justiee Day of the Tnlted States su- preme court, who has heen confined *0 his bed with a.-heavy..col, 'has ; recovered sufficiently to it up. from Washington for thr made Baker, months, The Intest development in Ttalr's minie- teral eituaticn is understosd to be an at- tempt to form a cabir®® throuch the com- bination of varfous groups favoring Premier Orlando. Most Rer, Meletios Metaxakds. recent- Iy elected patrarch of Constaniinople. is dd-osed of his rank and posi‘fon under a royal decree pubiched in the offcial Gazette, at Athens. Federal Judge Garvin in Broklyn de nied the arblication of Plel PBrothers, brewers, for an injunction restrainin federal anthorities from Interferinz wit' them in the manufacture of beer for me- dicinal purposes. Rev. Grylvn E. Willlams, formerlr a cnrate at O:%ow. Sask., has heen & ed to nine months at hard labor for try ing to deceive his wife into thinking him dead. ntenc- General Franclsco Murgmin, commander under Carranza, declarsd he has had no connection with any of the scattered revolts reported thronghout Mexico within the last few weeks. Canada will be represented at tha world wide economic and financial eo terence, which opens in Genoa, March 8, it was announced after a cabinét mect- ing last ngiht. military Davld A. Taggart, a leader of New Hampehire bar and for forty years in active practice in Manche died in Manchester, N, H., trouble atter a briet illness. A movement has been started to make Emilio Aguinaldo, insurrectignary lead:r of the eardy days of the American reg head of the mission it is propos:d to send to Washington to urge the claims of Ui Filipinos for independence. A pledge of the moral and financlal support to the organized coal miners in opposition to wage reductions, was given by Bemjamin Sohieisinger of New Tork presidant of the International Ladles’ Garment Workers' Union Gold sald te run thousands of dollars to the ton was discovered by smployes of an excavation company making preparations for the comstruction of a buildings at Figueroa and Jefferson strects, Los An- geles, & 1s reported | Captain fiying an alrplane equipped with runners in place of wheels for tha “take off,” has just comleted a successful trip from the northern rak outpost of Coohrane, Ont., to Moose Fac- tory, on the south shore of Hudeon Bay. and return. Judge Fdwin 8. Thomas In a special sesston of the United States district court at South Norwalk, granted a mo- tion to strike from the docket an answer filed By the Bridgeport.Machine & Tool company, in which the ecompany, de- clared bankrupt some time-ago, denied fts insolveney. The old frigats Constellation, now swinging idly at moorings at the naval training station at Newport, R. I, was dressed yesterday in her battle flags in commemoration of the anniversary of her first battle 123 years ago which, ltks all gthers, she won. Donald D. MacDonald, of New Taven, was re-elected president of the Commecti- cut Vafley Stationere’ association .in the fourth annual mMeeting in Springfieid. Frank L. Cramberiain, of Bridgeport, treasurre; ¥imer W. Pape, of New Rrit- ain, secretary and John B. Tower, of Now Haven, wice president were all re-eclected. very presence at Genoa aces on 105,000 tons of fabricated steel now | [ STW BEESTOCR A1 GERoR Beceht e | cRAMBER APPROVES AcTION 4 stored at the .Hog- Isiand shipbuilding | | .00 ™, Vel P00 Chake clear OF PREMIERE POINCARE plant. means regarding non-intervention or 59 years & public| the iInterlor affairs of states Paris, Feb. 3 (By the A P)~Th( John A. Milliken, ‘"Y' 59 yea m’l\"‘"(‘ whether that mecans that the foreign affairs committee of the cham« school teacher at Portland, 2 have set| Would undertake not to interfere ber of deputies today adopted a resolue vesterday. ,He'was believed to ha ® %! interior crganization of the German |tion approving Premier Poincare’s atti« a state record for continuous service. | j o i iont”if the restoration of the | tude regarding the Genoa comference, Bosten Symphony | Hohenzollerns were invoved or the res- | The resolution draws attéention to possi The trustees of the Do oy T fon. | toration of the monarchy in Hungar ble conflicting interpretations of the Orchestra announced that Plerr ductor| It is necessary to know, save the | clauses of the supreme council's Tesolu: i had "*(“‘:;“"LF"-’“C‘ 28 conductor| 1 ote, “exactly what fs meant hy non-In- | tion providing for respect for treatieg or a term of tw All sports at Phillips Andover Acad- emy were ordered suspended as the re-{ sult of a minor epidemic of grippe and Dartmonth College put aside academic | way and to in honds of in Stamford | Dby the state police, on a charge of bur-| The fact that the Boston postofice has been vinder Mispeetion by a commission was known by Postmaster Roland M. the! < FRANCE STATES POSITION ON THE GENOA CONFERENCE Might Abstain From Participation if Other Nations Accept In« vitation Under Conditions That Might Menace the In¢ terests of France or Compromise Its Rights—Announce: ment Made in Note to the United States and Allies— Note Says That First of All the Allies Must Come to ar Understanding as to the Interpretation of Resolutior Adopted by the Supreme Councit at Cannes. Parls, Feb. 9.—(By The A. P.)—The | The mete oconcludes by saying thaf Dote of the French government to the |first of all tie aliies must come to an 3 st p llies regarding | Understanding as to the interpretatiom France, ‘of the powers that fa- | council at Cannes, since the practical ap= sued the 1o the conforence, | Plication of those principies ls 1 frsy s e | item on the programme. "Hf{avn?w‘yvv"r:d 0 Soo. o,r,dfic”',."_:‘ “The government desiring to oppose abstaln from participation, however, if | the conditiong laid down on Jangary & the invitation is accepted under comdi- | Sa¥s Premier Poincare in his note, * | tions that might menace itg interests | MOt give warning of their intentivn. But | or compromise its rights. i they would Introduce dangerous ques- The officlal reply to the invitation | tions and endeavor to pas through from the Russian Soviet government, | the holes in the programme if it is not Premier Polncalce mentions 1a. the note, | prepared rigorously on a plan mot opes “makes no allustion to the conditions of | to_discussion.” January 6. 1f the moviet of any other | The Genoa conference must mot be als Zovernment should give to understand | 10wed to substitute itself for the Leagus that it did not accept those condi of Nafions in the tasks whidh the entirely, the French treaty of Vermailles attributed to it, tha not send delegates to Genoa." note says., and points out that the en- After stronziy advancing the principle that the agenda as fixed & be adhered to, that the existing trea must not be dl ssed and it mu: be understood that the 1 gagement to abstain from all aggression upon neighboring states coming within the province of the jeague as far as it eoncy Europe, which alone is in ques tion at Genoa. Cannes must Adalegates tervention ; otherwise this clause o be dangerous for the peace of Europe. and “the re-establishment of & solid peace basis.” MUSCLE SHOALS HEARING BY HOUSE COMMITTER HOOVER WAS MADE FULL REPORT ON RUSSIAN RELIEF Washington, Feb. 9.—A full report of the zrogress being made in the relief of famine in soviet Russia has been prepar- Washington, Feb. 9.—The advisabllity of reducing the time clause in Henry Ford's offer for the lease of the Musclq ed’ for President Harding by Secr:tary | Shoals properties from 100 to 50 yearg Hoover. The report, Secretary Hoover | was questioned indirectly today by Mae said today, included work heing donc in Jor General Lansing H. Beach, chief of army engineers before the house milie tary committes. Referring to the gen~ Russia by forelgn organizations as well as associations in this country. In its discussion of the rel eral policy of the government not to tions in this country, the secretary said |iease its properties for a period exceed- the report covered certain assoc ing 50 years, General Beach in his tes- which bave been raising money. osiens for Russian reliaf but are unde gation by the justice department for slile conmestion with the sovie gowrn- ment. According io -Difector Lur bureas of investigation of the j partment, a searching Inyestigation of ¢ activities of some of thése organization: is being made. President Harding is expectsd to make public Mr. Hoover's report week and pending its b timony at the second day of the hears ings of the committee on the Ford pro- posal sald that “it is not always advisa- ble to apply one general rule to things blg and small™ % General Beach asserted that in @ispos- ing of the properties at Muscle Shoaly the paramount consideration should ba effect upon the nation's defense ra- than the manufacture of fertilizer, country, he sald should not bs | | The “caught again” without an adsquate mie trate supply. Chatrman Kahn recstvad word tofay ficials refused to discuss the m: is understood however, that bo: Hoover and Mr. Burns have for some me been delving int various orZanization i tricken Ru have come to the J of the on is the use Ford would not appear person- before the committee but would 4 properly accredited representatives, A telegram from E. G. Liebold, seere- tary to Mr. Ford, said W. B. Mayo, and J. W.. Worthington Would be delegated imquirk partment and one ang said to be caufing conc b i and it was learned later they were Te- the < of prominent rese B e for | Auested to be present Monday. funds. —_— Possible connection of some of thesa cr- ganizations with tie soviet authoritics I cald to have given rise to the MADALYNNE OBENCHAIN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER — some quarters that a chain of com Tos Angel Feb. 9—Madalynne tic societies, closely allied to the *-| Obenchain. charged with the murder of viks, was being established over her sweetheart, J. Belton Kennedy, to« country under the guise of famine r day heard the first testimony and saw machinery. the first evidence agalnst her. The testimony came from Dr. A. ¥, FOOTBALL STAR RECOVERS Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, and I. FROM BROKEN VERTEBRAE|D. Kennedy, father of the slaln man, both of whom testified as to his death Hartford, Feb. 8.—Harry Herbert, for- | from a gunshot wound., Inflicted as he mer Syracuse university football star,|walked up the steps of his summer eot< who suffered a broken vertebrae of the|tage in Beverly Glen, mear here, the back in the Syracuse-Colgate game last|night of August 5, last. | November, returned to his home heve to- night from York. H me-coming was a sirp to friends here, hough he sent a teiegram to his parent. them that he was leavi He stepped from the train un was weicomed by his parents and several friends. He was kept in a plaster Two photographs of Kennedy's body, showing_the wound, were shown to the Jury| The defendant averted her eres while her counsel examined the exhibits, On the jury, selection of which war not completed ‘until late in the court session. are nine men and three women. A thirteenth or alternate juror s & wo« for cast man. weeks in a New York hospital and has —_—— heen pronounced as fully recovered from | FUNERAL OF 138 YEAR - his injury. He pians to spend a month OLD CHIPFEWA INDIAX at home resting and then to return to his studies at Syracuse Cass Lake, Minn, Feb. 8.—All that was mortal of Ga-Be-Naa-Gewn-Wonce, 135 year old Chippewa Indian, was con- signed to Mother Zarth and his spirit TROUBLES OF THE COLUMBI? GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY e wished Godspeed with funeral —servies New Haven, Feb. §—Application for | according to the white man's creed, at- the appoimkment of recei for the nded by Indians and whites here today. Columbia Graphophone company, ident! Neariy 1,000 Chippewas. in which cal with that filed at Wilmington, Del, | tribe he also was called Go-Se-Nom, was made to the clerk of the United | which. transiated 4{ato English, means States district court here late today. An order to show cause was made return- able before Judge Edwin S. Thomas in South Norwalk. Conn., on Feh. 20 The application was filed by an attor- for the Universal Securities com- and others. The bfll of complaint recites that the company has plants at East Baltimore, Md., Toronto, Ont., and Bridgeport, Conn., the latter being the principal factory and comprising ninetees. bulldings and tw acres of land. GOV. AND MRES. LAKE GUESTS AT WHITE HOUSE “Daddy of Them AIL" thronged this vii« lage in the midst of the nmorthern Min- nesota Indian country, for the funeral. The body of the “Daddy of Them Al" was borne this morning from the horge of Tom Smith, his adopted son, where he had passed the last years of his life, to the Catholic church here. After simple services, it was interred in the Catholle cemetery. n pany FIVE HOUR DISCUSSION ON TARIFF VALUATION PROBLEM ‘Washington, Feb. 9.—For five hours today senate finance committes repub- licans wrestied Wwith the tariff valuation probiem, but withowt concrete result. Their discussion was said to have clarie fled the atmosphers to some extent, how ever, and they will return to work to= morrow with renewed hope. After a two-hour debate among them- selves during the morning. the senators, called in govermment tariff experts in, the afternoon and had them demonstrate by actual example the working of the scveral valuation plans in the cass of given list of commodities. o For this purposs a large blackbeard was brought in and the committes l: (Bpectal to The Bulletin) Washington, Feb. 9.—Governor and Mrs. Lake are here on their way to Flor- ida and tonight will be guests of Pre. ident and Mrs. Harding at the congre: slonal reception at the Whits House. Governor Lake came to the capitol this noon and called on Senmator Brandegee and other members of the Conmecticut delegation. —_— REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO STATE NORMAL SCHOOLS Hartford, Feb. 3-—Regulations adopt- ed by the state board of education changing the requirements for admission to state mormal schools were announced tonight by A. B. Merzdith, commissioner of education., Three methods of admis- sion to normal schoois are provided, as follows: By certificate from one ap- proved school, by examination, and by proof of previous successful teaching petience. The regulations are effective Sept. 1, 1922 resembled a school room during the tation of a class in mathematics. INDIAN GOV'T ORDERS THE ARREST OF GANDHI London, Feb. 10.—The Indian govern- ment has ordered the immediate arrest of Mahatma K. Gandhi, leaded of the mon- co-operationists in India, according ta the. Daily Sketch.