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— VOL. LXIV—NO. 38, POI " PIUS XI WAS ENTHRONED WITHGREAT DISPLAY OF POMP Ancient Custom Was Carried Out With Impressive Cere- monies in St. Peter’s—Dignitaries of the Church, Diplo- ~ats of Foreign Countries and Members of the Roman Aristocracy Were in the Vast Assemblage—Pius XI Blessed the Crowd From the Outer Balcony—Nearly 200,000 People Cheered the New Pontiff. Rome Feb. 12 (By the A. P.).—Plus| St. Peter's but there is no record of Wiy v ¥ i ™ anyone having been serfously injured. XT was crowned pope In the basiiica of | 15 Pl (hrics a8 large-as ‘that within St Peter's today amid scenes of POMP| o church filled the immense St. Peter's %4 enthusiasm and in the presence of | aquare, and when the pope’came out on rinoes and dismitaries of the church, the [the balcony after the. coronation cere- Bt Seratatidive . of mony it was estimated that nearly 200.- {plomatic representatives of f0TIEN| 000 cone had gathered in the immedi- countries, members of the Roman aris- and ate vicinity of St. Peter's. o4 3 vast assemblage NG| 7p, gay hroke clear and sharply cold, e great structure to the very doorS |y jong hefore sunrise the many who Ih# anclent custom was carried out With| paq remained around the Vatican cesive ceremonics, and the newly-|ihroughout the night were seeking admit- by UMt now occunies the throne|ianee to the chureh. The confusion in- - the pone reporied crowned 1#9 | reaced as the morning advanced, and 1. who r om 795 to S16, there wak much crowding and pushing to on Leo XTI and | p. heavy bronze doors, giving the who, awing to T2ned | wing's troops, who were trying to keep existing between the Quirinal e n in 1876 and the world| (Continued on Page Seven. Col. Six) * referred to he crowned in . S apel, the coronation of all x lectod s'nee (he erection of the | RAILWAY STRIKE IN BRITISH eilica has been celebrated there INDIA BECOMING SERIOUS e or balcony of St. Peter's. this| TLondon, Feb. 12~—A dispatch to the ® _mearly 000 people chegring | London Times from Allahabad, British ang ilve pope.”” and waving hand-| India. says the railway strike there is rebiefs » them muiti-colored. | assuming most serfous proportions. Be- nd admise kets the Vatican | tween Allahabad and Cawnpore several - om mside | ctations where Indlans were In charge . chureh have been entirely deserted by thelr MMicially announced | staffs. An armored train left Allahabad wing © eold weather” the pope| Saturday to investigate trouble reported ess the crowds from the| along the line such was the insist-| Freight transportation has been en- he cheers, las tirely suspendad from Moghalseral to Kalya northwards, and to Jubufpore, Mercier znty westwards, Important industries are un- able to obtain coal. The strike is reported to have origi- atel through an Ineldent which occur- red Febr when an Indian fireman unola comlained of having heen ally assaulted with a rshovel by a opean b man and thrown from t hin three hours the en- { tire Indian locomotive staff at Tunola Ted | struck A magistrate investigating the siy | affair rized the fireman's story nal |'ae a fabrication. 10e | There have heen Instances of strikers shouting the name of Mohandusy Gandh!, the non. operationist leader, during be strike. BANDITS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED 27| POLICE CHIEF' AND PATROLMAN "%l paimyra J. Feb. 12.—Four bandits the | EN0t and seriously wounded @hief ot e Police Morrls Beck and Patroiman Jo- seph Rozers eardy today when they came 4 (7o AmOTE men Was| fian tham acting suxpicionsly in. front of v % i w "|a garage. Rogers was shot through the e, b ith &\ lungs and physicians sald he had oniv act and business-) qjight change of- recovering. Chlef Beck .. - 1 the world War-Ywas jess seriously wounded. sixteenth cent mingling w red th The quartette opened fire when ques- tioned Rogers was struck by one of the first shots and Chief Beck dropped with a bullet through his right shoulder. 3 the e 5 = band'ts fled immediately after the (the e ® £ates of & for-|ghooting. leaving parts of burglars' kits Z . Vatican revealed that|on the pavement and scattered . over ng was changed in Rome. tawns in vielnity. thousand nersons were packed in = ‘he nable an *;:'"'_‘ basilica of "h AN INCREASE OF $1.500,000 IN s e o ot e LIQUOR IMPORTS LAST YEAR £, which was the recrea. | . WAShington. Feh. 12.—Liquor imports . . during the nast vear increased by nearly v of Desio. climbing | . 5 B e Of Taio MInME | BVE0N 00148 oombered with 1950, il o s a Brisomer within the Vati.|Shipments of soft drinks into the country S a IS ane j= | fe11 off by more than $200,005 during the is same period 3§ Mty according to foreign trade r of the commeon |TePOTtS made public tonight by the com- merce department out hroadeast| DUFINE 1321 the total of spirits, wines Phus expreseed | N4 mak llauors imported aggregated pacfication and | $4711,000, compared with $2.629.000 in wen should | 1920 while mineral waters and other iren's om. | DVerages entering the country amonunted e o earimtatory mlto $347.000 as against £569,000 tn 19230, g S the Valiosn colll | 4 XTCAN (DK, CAIE DL, 55 A BAND OF ARMED MEN Standing upen the throme directly un- Ser the cupola of St Peter's, Michael| Mexico City. Feb. 12.—An armed band Angeio's masterpiece. Plus X1 with head | Ot Mmounted men, eaid to have ben under e he tiara bestowed thethe leadershin of former Colomel Bustil. pon the crowda below, in which | 105, held un the oil camp of La Corona s and many creeds mingled. | At Chijol, near Tampico, Saturday mighe saims and hymns of joy | Wihout firing a shot. the band secured n in which 40.000 pesos which were in the custody of the paymaster and escaped. g s n. German, * French S o o Sice caloaul | CHILE AND PERU TO CONYER - riege from the Vatican to the | ON BOUNGARY DISPUTE 5 » ceremonies, followed | _Santiago, ChHe. Feb. 12.—The govern- . e rious Roman e ment has been advised that Beltran eges, and escorted two Swiss guards. | Mathieu, Chilean ambaseador to the - Ao of the pontifical family | United States, and Federic A. Pezet, the * order, came | Peruvian ambassador at Washington, > en the servanis. the “busso|have agreed upon the mecond week of : s .d forms. A cf March ae the time for the and The feweier 1o the Vati ehind the tiara arder pore:the tiara on a vel- opening of the looking to a of the Tacna-Arica question as affected by the unfulfilled prov: of the Ancon traaty. i d | conference in Washington rettlement can came ordinary chap- —_— » rrving the precious mitre: two|100 PRESENT AT ZIon1sT ) ers in violet colored uni- v N A ma . the secret eamerieri, led by Mon- N ShaLamw AT sgnor Nasalli-Recea. the honor chap-| New Haven, Feb, 12.—A state meeting ains and participants wearing purple | of the {Zonist organization was held hers choir of the pontifical chapel, | today, with more than 100 delegates pree. m ed uniforms, _including the!campalsn for the Palestine restoration s s 3w e Peter, Wwearing | fund, reported on the results of the work white chasubles In various sections of Connecticut to date. The ushers of the “red mass” custodi- | Pledges in Hartford total ane apel cross during the cere- mony. were next in line, with bishops not attending the throne. archbishops and prelates from the Ories b'shops and attending the throne. pa linai-deacons, eardinal-prie -bishops. and princes Oreini assistants Secrat camerieri of the cape and sword, and the throne, follow- $72,00, Bridgacort $25,000, in Norwikh, $14,000 and Stamford $12,000, according to the report. in tri- TWO SMALL BOYS WERE SAVED FROM DROWNING Naugatuck, Feb. 12.—Two small boys, Frederick Smith, aged 3, and another ‘Wwhose identity was not determined, +4 by Marquie Sacchetti, and the forager | saveq from drowning In s pond formed major and paiatine guards. commanded | by'y gam here today by Dajias Ferme y Baron Tabanelll, escorted the papal|ajgeq by Peter Morusky and Arthur Le. hair. which was borne by Parafrenierl.|yor The hoys broke through the thim vearing red uniforms Fight prelates| ., ’ang were in serfous danger when Mr. arcied the casopy over the pontfl's | parmer went to their ald. He also broke ca through. but managed to pull himsel out Seated on the papal chair, wearing a vi L o e PPl BRI B and, with the ald o the others, saved b eamed - the worshinpers who i the corridors of the Vat'can and the he precious mitre, the newly-elected the youngsters. ned .| GIRL KILLED, TWO INJURED BY S o St Potech INEiatuiing e A SNOW-LADEN MOTOR TRUCK with drawn swords were & s New York, Feb. 12.—One girl wi Tuards commanded by Colonel Hirsch- uge Swiss guards, sion The crugh inside the hasilica was ter- closed “fic. many women fainting. arried the emvrgency hospital talled In a small chapel 1o the rear [ noble guard and court. with two the proces- These were kilied and two others were seriously in- jured today when struck by a snow- inden motor truck of the department of street cleaning as they left the sidewalk 1o hail a surface car at Second avenue and Fast 62nd street. They were re- turning home after attending a friend's in- birthday party. The driver was held ea of a homicids charge. [ SRR s e b B A POPULATION. 29,685 CABLED PARAGRAPHS 2,000,000 Poundg Sterling For Austria. Paris, Feb. 12.—A Vienna official statement, according to ‘a despatch to the Havas Agency, s that the British minister has - informed Austria that Great Britaln will grant an advance credit of 2,000,000 pounds sterling. India Officlals Sentenced Aliahabad, British India ,Feb. 12. officials of the All-India congress, Nara- gen Maliviya, eecretary, and Kishan Te- war, assistant. secretary, have been sen- tenced to eighteen months imprisonmen: and fined two hundred rupees. STILL SEEKING SLAYER OF WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR 1os Angeles, Feb. 12.—The investiga- tion of the slaying of William Desmond, Taylor, motion picture director, proceed- ed today with hat chiefs of the inquiry described as “a checking. up of remote possiblities.” Detectives of the police departments, district attorneys and sher- iff’s offices were despatched upon unlike- ly misslons. and most of them. Teportea before nightfall that they had reached the same blank wall encountered in pre- vious investigations. Both District Attorney Woolwine and Captain Adams, head of the detective bureau, said the man they were most anxious to locate was Edward F. Sands, former secretary and butler of Taylor, who has been missing since last August. Captain Adams said he thought there could be mo doubt nmow that Sands i hiding for some good reason of his own. “I cannot for the life of me see w! he shouid remain In seclusion if he has nothing to relate about the Taylor case,” the captain continued. It is true he was accused of grand larceny by Taylor and that we still have such a charge on fiie against him here. but he is an_intelligent man and must know what the uitimate result is upon the death of the complaining witness to a charge of such a character. While the police cannot ofter immunity upon an un- dismissed charge, Sands cannot but real- ize that he stands in no danger of con- viction on the charge made by Taylor, “I believed in the beginning that: Sands was the man we wanted, and I have no reason now to change my be- lief." 2,000,000 NEEDED FOR LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY Pittsburgh, Feb. 12 Hubbell, president of Lincoln emoria University, - addressed a gathering here tonight on the institution’s need for 000,000 and at the same time his words, transmitted by wirdless, were being ta en down by students at the University in' Cumberiand Gap, Tenn. The itution was founded ago to serve the illiterate whites surrounding ‘mountains. It was started with_only one building—a sanatorium harking back to the boom-day of a health resort. Now it has 10 Jarge brick and stone buildings and a number cf smaller ones and is seeking more. Some were. erected hy the students themsel Reviewing the history of the co-educa- tional unfversity, Dr.. Hubbell said: “Today. the ;113th anniversary of Lin- coln’s birth and the _quartey eentu: ‘mark of lts own career, it stands at t threshold of a great future and service to American_citizenship.” DISGUISE FOR LEGISLATORS TO HELP EVADE LOBBYISTS Richmond. Va.. Feb. 12 —Protection fer merher of the Virginia house of gates from lotbrists by furnishing e Dr. George member with a becoming and ropr! ately designed set of false whiskers is prasided in a resolution offered in that Lody and row pending before the commii- tee on manufactures gnd mechanical arts The resolution follows: “Resolved, by the house of @elegatos, that the clerk of the house be and he is hereby authorized. and directed to take the measurement of and furnish to cach merher of the house a luxurious set of Ar- tiftzial whiskers, arprooriately and be- cominz designed for the pur-nses of dls- Zuise to fasilitate ingress and agress from the housa without reeognition by the vari- ous Inbhies. solved further, that the cost of such paraphernalia be paid by such lobbies. PRORIBITION ENFORCEMENT AGENT SHOT FROM AMBUSH Huntington, W. Va., Feb. 12—William Meade, aged 35 vears, attached to the State staff of prohibition enforcement agents operating in Wayne county, W. Va., was shot from ambush and instantly killed tonight on a road near Dunlow, W. Va., according to information sent to authorities here. Meade, who was appointed to the en- forcement staff two months agn, was alone when fired upon, aecording to the report. Bloodhounds have been rushhed here at the request of Dunlow authori- thes. Several raids were conducted In Wayne county recently by the squad to which Meade was attached. The raids resulted In several arrests and the con- fiscation of stills and Haquor. AN AMNESTY IS PROPOSED BY REV. MELETIOS METARAKIS Constantinople, Feb. 10.—The Most Rev. Meletios Metarakis, who ~ recentl was installed at patriarch of the Greek church in Constantinople, and who pre- sided over the first mesting of the holy synod today, proposed amnesty for the seven dissentient bishops who withdrew from the synod and proceeded to Salon- ika to attend a rival couneil. The Angora government has decided to refer the case of Metaxakis to the revo- lutionary tribunal on a charge of treason. VARIOUS DANCES ARE PROHIBITED IN ROCHESTER Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 12.—At a con- terence of dance hall proprietors with Public Safety Commissioner Bareham, Police Chiet Quigley and Police Woman McElroy this afternoon, it wag decided to bar from dance halls of the city the "cooty,” ‘“cheek-to-cheek” and “sleeping beauty” dances. The ban also was pro- nounced on “‘extreme” jazz music. ELSIE HILL NOT TO BE CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS Washington, Feb. 13 — Eisie Hill, chairman of the national council of the Woman's party, announced tonight the withdrawal of her nomination for con- gress made at Norwalk, .Conn., on the farmer-labor ticke. The nominaation, she said, was unauthorized, made without. her knowledge or consent and added that she would not run for congress on any ticket. BANK CLERK SHOT WIDOW THEN TOOK HIs OWN LIFE Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 12.—Michael Toz- 20, a 30 year old bank clerk, shot and killed Mrs. Augusta Miller, a widow, early this morning and then committed | Great Emancipator Vice President Coolidge and General Pershing Visited Old Homestead — Later Placed Wreath Upon Tomb of Martyred President. Springfield, TIL, Feb. 12.—Vice Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge and General John J. Pershing, in behalf of hte nation, hon- ored the memery of Abraham Lincoln here today. Through crowds which lined the streets they passed to_visit the old homestead where Lincoln lived. Later they placed a simple wreath upon the tomb where the body of the martyred president lies -in Oak Ridge cemetery. Arriving early this morning, General Pershing. with a military escort, journey- ed the forty miles out to the site of New Salem, Lincoln's one-time home, where the state of Tllinois has started to recon- struct the vanished village. Vice President Coolidge arrived in a special car this afternoon. The principles of right and justice pro- claimed by Abraham Lincoln, and for which he died, were the inspiration of the American armies that fought the world war, General Pershing said tonight in his“address of tribute to the great emancipator. “Indced,” he adided, “the fundamental truths that feil from Lincoln’s lips have become the llving hope of oppressed 4hu- manity in. every clime.” General Pershing lauded in particular Lincoin's perseverance in securing an ed- ucation in his youth. “It is mot to the city of Washingtor that men must turn if they would under- stand Abraham Lincoln,” said Vice Presi. dent Cooiidze. “The beginning and the end of his nature is here. Here was the life which ‘he carried with him. Too often the world turns its eves to the huge viaces, thinking that from them will come its revelations and its great events, forgetfifl that a_greater wisdoh is In those who ‘mind not higher things but condescend to men of low estate. The great epoch in all human history be- an in a marger. This great Amerlcan, the foremost world: figure of the nine- teenth century, came out of a frontler clearinz and spent his early manhood in a viilage.of a few hundred souls.” RULES FOR SIGNALMEN BY RAILWAY LABOR BOARD Chicago, Feb. 12 (By the A. P.)—Re- shment of a ten-hour day at the nsual heurly wage and elimination” of time and one-half pay. for regularly: as- signed work on Sundays and holidavs, new rules governing railway signalmen, were announced tonight by the United States railfoad labor board to replace cn February 16, the national agreement made under federal contral! Tiie hoard's rules affect more than 12.- 000 rail, workers, according to - figures based on interstate commerce comm fon statistics, the annual labor bill will be cut about §300,000 by eliminating the | svertime pay provisioms of ke matienal agroement. While the new set of rules retairs the ! principle of the eight hour day, the door is ovened for a ten hour day Overtime pay ls likewise eltminated for employes paid a monthly salary by a new formula for determining the mont Iy rate, based on the standard hourly rate, Other minor provisions which will affect the signalmen’s pay énvelopes are substitution of straight time' pay for lunch periods when not taken, for t former time and one-half rule: prov fon for a minimum of three hou straight time instead of two hours at time and. one-half for working less than four hours on Sunday, and complete elimination of the old. rule ‘allowing half pay from 10 o'clock at night to six a. m. for men traveling on bhoarding cars. Other rules were changed to eliminate any fixed hour for startinz work and any specified Tunch perlod. The time limit for investigations into discharges. decis- ion _and appeals was extended from sev- en to ten day Rules o replace the government rafl- road administration’s working agres- ments covering train dispatchers, firemen and ollers and express emploves will be acted on and promulgated within a short time.. This will complete the board's work of revising the rules covering all classes of railroad employes. TOWN OF EAST HAMPTON HAS SOLD ITS ALMSHOUSE Middletown, Conn, Feb. 12.—The town of East Hampton, this county, finds its almshouse empty for the first time in forty years. The town fathers ac- cordingly have sold the building a New York merchant, who will made Into a summer residence. First Selectman William H. Wall the pleasing results obtained may have come in part through prohibition, al- though he thinks the great prosperity the town experienced during the world war may have had more to do with it. to have it LARGEST SINGLE INITIATION IN THE HISTORY OF K. OF C. Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 12—What was said to be the largest single initiation in the history of the Knights of Columbus in the United States was conducted hers today by Dr. James G. Coyle, of New York city, state deputy” grand knight of the order. In the one initiation, 3.144 new members of Rochester council were obligated, more than doubling the coun- cil's membership and making it the larg- est in the United States except that in Detroit. The ne wmembers were gained in a recent two weeks' drive preparatory to the erection of a new building. THREE MEN KILLED WHEN AUTO STRUCK TROLLEY POLE -Baltimore, Feb, 12.—Three men were killed and one other injured when an au- tomobile in wWhich they were riding struck an iron trolley pole today. The auto struck the pole with such force that the machine was split to the rear of the driveris seat., The engine of the car yas driven through the side of the autouno- bile and thrown fifty feet, While the dead and injured were tossed 100 feet away. “MAD DOG” SCARE IN THE CENTER OF SUFFIELD Suffield, Conn., Feb. 13.—A “mad dog” scare aroused the center of thi=s town this afternoon when a white hound ran through the streets and bit & young wo- man, a boy and 12 dogs. Mies Eunice Greenwood, 18, was bitten in the left hand and Alphonse Carney, 12, was bit- ten in the left arm. The animal was Honor For Licol, Bi Tetie Strke Will Begin Today About 21,009 Cotton Mill Workers in New Hampshire and Massachusetts Will Join 8,000 Now Out in Rhode Island. Boston, Feb. 12.—Organized operatives in cotton mills employing about 21,000 hands in New Hampshire and Massachu- setts will go on strike tomorrow on ths protest against a wage reduction of 20 per cent. Officials of tue. textile unions with which the locals are affiliated" assert that the mills are well organized. Ap- proximately 3,000 operatives in Rhods Island textil. plants have been on stgike for the last three ~weeks in protest against wage cuts. Reductions _effective tomorrow, which in the case of New Hampshire mills are accompanied by .restoration of the 54- hour week, will cut the wages of nearly 50,000 operatives in the four northern New Lngland states. With the excep- tion of 1800 workers in Lowell all of those who have signified their intention of striking-are in the cotton centers of New Hampshire. The Amoskeag and the Stark mills in Manchester, employ- ing 17,000 hands, will furnish the largest qiotu. They are affiliated with the United Textile Workers of America. Operatives in Maine, Massachusetts, with the exception of those employed by the Hamilton Man facturing company and the Bay Stai mills in Lowell, have so far either withheld action on a protest strike or voted not to leave their work at this time. The Hamilton company announced yesterday that its mills would not open on Monday. The Lowell textile council has sanctioned strikes at any of the ten mills in that city that may follow the example of the two hat have announced a wage reduction. The strike situation where numerous in Rhode Island disturbances on the part of strike sympathizers have reported led Governor San Souci sue a proclamation yesterday to is- in which he declared that in event of further vio-! lence he would use the military to re- store order. Last night the governor or- dered the troops of National Gdard cav- alry held under full and equipment at the armory in Providence. “Law and order must be preserved at any cost,” he said. WHY INDUSTRIE OPTOSED TO ARE SOLDIERS' BONTS Washinfiton, Feb. 12.—Industries of the country oppose cash appropriations for a so'diers’ bonus as ‘“heing socially unwise, an economi; absurdity and po- litically - freposterou: according to a statement issued tonight by Jonm E. Edgerton, president of the National Asso- clatio nof Manufacturer; “That millions of former eoldfers,” he declared, “can have taeir votes au the ovember election by a paltry dole of 00 or §600, payable $50 a quarter, be- ginninz at some time jn 1923, is such an insuft 1B kel inte'lizence, and an. ut rage to thefr sense of decency, that in m7 my opinion it will defeat for re-eloction every member of consgess, house or sen- ate, who subports this iniquitous ure.” He added. however, of ‘the country mos me: that the industries were not opposing “the generons and liberal eire” for disabled veterans of the wor'd war or the dependents of those kiiled in it DEMANDED SUMS OF MONEY FROM TWO SALOONKEEPERS West New York, N. J., Feb. 12. men, accused of havi represented themselves as revenue agents and de- manded sums of money from two saloon- keepers, were arrested tonight, charged with. attempted assault, robbery and ex- tortion. Frank Sclogel and Rudoiph Tobits, saloon proprietors, said the men di played revolvers and badges and threa ened arrest if the money was not p They demanded $200 from Sclogel .and $50 from Tobitz, and were told to come back later. In the meantime police were notified. The men arrested were John Helfrich of North Bergen and William Kaubel of Congers, N. Y., said to be railroad de- tectives, and Frand Furlong of West New York. Three STOLE. EMPTY POCKETBOOK, THEN SURRENDERED HIMSELF New York, Feb. 12—William Henry Horn appeared at colice headquarters t day and inquired whether the police were looking for a man who had stolen a wo- man’s purse. When informed they were, Horn sald: “Weil, I'm the man you are looking for, Any dumbbell who steals an empty pocket book deserves to be locked up. Lock ma up.” He was, and will be given a hcar- ing_tomorrow. Mrs, S. L. Thorp reported to the au- thorities that her purss had been snatched from her hand on a dark street last night. Horn said he had done it, but was o disappointed when he found it empty that he decided to surrender. TWO FREIGHT WRECKS ON THE DANBURY DIVISION Danbury, Feb, 12.—Two freight wrecks| tied up trafiic for several hours last night and today on the Danbury division of the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railrgad. No onme was injured.. Fif- teen cars of a freight train bound for New Haven were derailed last night at Stevenson. Little damage was done and a wrecking crew from New Haven put the cars back on the tracks. Six cars of another New Haven bound freight train Were derailed this morning between Hawleyville and this city. Moré than 1,000 feet of roadbed was damaged in this accident. A broken wheel caused last night's deratlment, while the causs of today's was undetermined. HOLSTEIN COW MAKES RECORD 2 FOR MILK AND BUTTER FAT Shakopee, Minn., Feb., 12.—A World's record for milk and butter fat was broken by Princess Eaggie Polkedot De Kil, a Holstein cow owned by Dr. H. P. Fischer, of Shakopee, it Was announced today. The cow finished & vearly test on Jan- dary. 15 as a . senior four-year-old with 31,600 pounds of milk and 1,052, pounds of butter fat, equivalent to 1,315 Pounds of butter. TWO MEN WERE SHOT TO DEATH IN BEFFAST shot by Herman Haves. Its head was suicide. Evidence collected by the po- lice, they said, indicated that insane a&lonry was responsible for the trase- y. i sent to the state Jaboratory in New Ha- ven tonight and.J. H. Prophett, dog warden of the town,, ordered that the dogs which were bitten be quarantined. Belfast, Feb. 12.—The = bodies of two men shot to death were found lats to- night .in the Millfield district of Belfost. Firlng was in progress there in the evening. Vermont and| been | BRIEF TELEGRAMS John W. Dysenberry of Star City, W. Va., azed 70 yvears, is celebrating the birth of his saventeenth child. A drop of 47 degrees in 20 hours was reported by the weather bureau in-St. Paul, Minn,, Saturday with the thermom- eter registering 8 degrees below zero. January, 1022, has & record of construe- tion activity in New York, which excees by 49 per cent. bullding werk in January, 1921, Mrs, Irene Cockefalr, who would have been 101 years old next Wednesday, dizd in Bloomfield, N. J. She was born in Hinslale, Mass. Prices on women's wearing apparel this year are 40 per cent. lower taan las. year and skirts are about two inches long- er. For the second time within two weeks telegraphic communication with Eastern Canada was suspended on account of a blizzard. - The first joint myeeling of the representa- tives of the raircad men’s crganizations and the United Mine Workers of America will be held in Chicago Fébruary 21. The Suffolk county grand jury at Bos- ton returned the largest list of. indict- ments for scrious offenses in the past ten years, The Christian Science Monitor of Tos- ton announced that beginning today it wouid be fssuea as an afierncon .aper with international and local cditions. The Norwegian steamer Godosund ar- rived at Halifax, N. S,, from Lasirpes!, 35 days behind schedule time. Only Fri- et agents broadeasted wire] sages mquirin gfor her. More than a million Canadlan women went to the polls at the recent gereral election, the first, time women have voted ©on equal terms with men in lominion a‘- fairs. The New York hoard of health an- nounced that since Jan. 1, 14,453 cases of influgnza and 5.149 cascs of pneumos had Dbeen ragorted. Influenza has caused 297 deaths and pncumonix 1, Pleading gullty to a charge of embaz- zlement of post office funds while post master at Van Buren, Me., Louis P {1on was fingd $1,000 in the Unied Gag- States | district coure at Bangor, Me. Dr. Pearce Bailey, who served as colonel in the army medical corps curing the war and was awardei a distinguished serfi-e medal, died of pneumonis, in New York, in his fifty-seventh year. The Beacon Oil compony of Boston brought suit for $1,000,000 againet the In- ternational Paper company of New York for allezed breach of contract in connec- tion with fuel ofl purchases. * Warren E. Wrgiht, known, the police claim, to bankers in all parts of the coun- try as Warren E. Cawley, was arrestetd in New Hafven, and jg now held uncer 510,000 on the technical charge of :afle- ness, News reached New York of the death at Havana, on Jan 14 of W. J (Do:) Owens. a notorius old-time zambler. con- sidered one of the most expert card ma nipalatore of his time, Tex Rickard, sports promoter, was held in $i0,000 bail for the acdon of the grand jury by maglistrates’ court in New York, on a charge of assault preferrad by fifteen years old Alice Ruck and the children's soclety Deaths from gas will be reduced, cording to Dr. H. G. MeAdam, of the c nealth department of New York by a new device, a by-product of the war, which has been adopted for use in that city, to resucitate victims. Two former Austrian torpedic boats al- lotted to Rumana in the peace settlement ran aground at the entrance to the phorous on their maiden yovage to G The crew of one of the vessels were be- itaved lost. England appears to have Aiscovered Ireland as a market for bicycles, accord- ing to a report to the commerce depart ment from London which declared th British salesmen were early seeking bu Brit iness on the island The oil tank steamer Clement Smith struck a submerzed object at the entrance to the harbc: of Boston, was beached when itappeared that ghe was sinking but was later refloated and brought to her dock. The marriage of Joseph Michael Schwarz, baritone of the Chicago tirand Opera company, and Mrs. Clara Sielcken, widow of Herman Sleicken, the “coifee King" was secref performed in New York. They are in Atlantic City. A check for $8,000,000 bearing Henry Ford's signature was turned over to Ralph Stone, receiver of the Lincoln Motor ¢ pany, completing the transaction wrere- by Mr. Ford becomes owner of the Lin- coln property. The Itallam cabinet has Premier Bonomi and Foreign Minister Della Torretta to decide = whether the Genoa international economic conference, scheduled to dpen March 8, shall be post- poned, anthorized | Bakers' unlons in Springfiald and Hol- yoke, have been askel by the emmp! bakers to accept wage reductions of irom 10 to 15 per cent. to take effect Mareh 1. The bakers now receive from $25 to $40 weekly. Vassar girls are o anxions to get more men in the neighborhood that they are planning further activities to help along the campaign for $300,000 wanted tn en- large St. Stephen's college, near Annan- dale-on-Hudson, N. Y. Three and a hal million pounds of wool, belisved the largest cargo of the commodity ever shipred from a port on the American continent, left Los Angeles, on board the Edgar F. Lucenbach for east cost ports. Tnited States Commissioner WiRlam A. Hays, after his discharge of de- fendants i 2 lHquor case, was character- {1zed as the “greatest stumbling biock to enforcement of the prohibitory law™ in Massachusetts, by Jas. T. Roberts, prohi- bition supervisor. The state board of agriculturg has in- structed its secretary, Leonard H, Healey, to notify all tobaceo warehouses in the state that on or before February 20 the PRICE TWO CENTS DEVALERAISLEADING THE DISCORDANT IRISH ELEMENT Opened Campaign Against the Provisional Government Sun« day in Dublin With a Great Demonstration—Declares That an Election For Recognition of Partition of Ireland, Without Sanction of the Dail Eireann, is Unconstitu- tional—Maintains That the Treaty Was Obtained Un- der Duress. . : Dubiin, Feb. 12 (By the A. P).—| Chiet of Staff Duffy and Sean Me- Eamonn De Valera today. opened the|Keown. a member of the Dail Eireann, campaign against the provisional govern- | 2rrived in Clones today to investigats ment with a great demonstration heid in | the affair. O'Connell street. Three latge piatforms| Fitzpatrick, the leader in the attack. had been placed for the speakers. and each was surrounded by large crowds Members of the republican metropolitan police regulated the gatheripg. Al street traflic in O'Connell street was suspended for an hour by order of the republican chief of police. About one thoufand republican soldlers paraded prior to the meeting. Mr. De Valera was accorded a great recepion. He spoke from the principal who was kilied, had an adventureous career. Before the truce he was twice wounded' in the Irich republican army service and twice rescued in excting ci cumstances by comrades after he a been captured bv the British. The last time he was rescued was while hhe was in the Monagha Infirmary Was under treasment with ance. This was last comrades invaded the infirmary in a dar- platform at the Parnell statute. Count|Ing manner. overpowered the armed Plunkett, who ' presided, introduced Mr. [guard, and took Fitzpatrick away. De Valera as “president of the repubi There was sharp rifle and Tevolves Six resolutions were proposed during the meeting, outlining the attitude of the re- publicans. The resolutions affirmed that the Irish fire in Belfast Sunday afternoon. Thess mingled with the rattles of the guns on. the armored cers. David Bord, 19 vears old, was shot dead in the Old nation was one and indivsbie; that all | Lodge road district state authority in Ireland is derived solely from the Irish people; that the|tomers in her bake shop in North Queen British crown Is an aiien crown, and that Ireland is no part of the «British empie. The resoiutions further deciared that the articles of the London agreement faited to represent the rue desire of the Irish people; that the treaty was ob- tained under duress, and that the Dail Eireann s not competent to give it iegal street Satuprday night a man entersd the place and deliberately chot and kif- ed her. ct Inspector Michael Teany was shot dead by a gang of men at midnight Saturday while on a week end visit to his fam!ly at Clon< akt His son. who, was with him, was severely wounded. sanction. and therefore it is null and i void. They added that to force upon LLE { Ireland an eiection involving recogniiion | FOUR CONSTABLES KILLED; of partition before the Dati Eireann has expressed its sanction is unconstitutional. An additional resolution calle? uvon the people for support for the aependents of prisoners. WOUNDED AND MISSING 1f e Belfast, Feb. 12 (By the A. P.)—Th( total casualties in the affray. at the raile Mr. Do Val 1| ¥ay station at Clones late Saturday at . 1 ternoon, when a party of Ulster consta. was a lie that the Irish people would by | y1o"wa's attacked, were four special cone Y a.majerity accept the treaty. b added | opioe Jalted. oiyht. wounded and _ sif that although the meeting had been ad- | Z800% e, CONL, PUlLCy leader of vertised for only three days, thousands of | Fe"i%: FENEW O FRCOC 0" persons had a 4 in support D has aYE i) e inaer e’ 2% heer e T dusing fray current. but Inquiries among the week,” and which was ratified at the n passengers of the train from Irish elections. The London agreement the special constables aMghtad was not a treaty but an instrument which that the constables had a tweniw in every line denied Irish sovereigmty. It e e e plattainil ot Yk was signed under duress and was no bl g, et more binding than the infamous act of | b tTA OE e n the plat union. 5 e P - Mr. De Valera said the articles of the o '-;-:;r,“' ,I-hg ’,.’l’:,,';?“.rl"'.;l agreement bound the Irish peopie to gt terit solih 7 exchange their republic for s monarchy, | PeRImE attack. L e He asked If the people wanted o P o howevpr, monarch “King Geq constables moved towar: 101 . which there wer o firing began from two machine gung o o repiies of : i £ tha The king would be embodied in the Irish | PoSted on a wooden bridge spanning the constitution and be realls the authority | Tallway track. and then from 3 EOtoS hold the principal forts and huve affer some revoiver f ;. ociwel e faciiities ; and when Great Britain w war, which was practicaily always, th ‘ e ioexs of cue coaches and h government could take over the the seats, to get out. 4 harbors and Iretand woul be nfide a|, All the occupants of the train thex igerent. liable to attack by Great|Were marched to the station platforni enem; and drawn up In two bodles—civillang = i one side d the speclal constables nd, the speaker continued, was to| o0 oM ide an: be saddied with tribute to the British was | On the other. Everyome was searched pensions, and an Jet Giideterminea | for domesy he’ clviixasl whre - osgre share in Great Britain's national debt,|Pack Into the train, while the unwound- Ireland was 1o be cut up into two war.| €4 constables were taken away to an une ring states in order that England, w known destination. Meantime the dead and wounded, wha fell at the first onslaught, had been la!t in rows on the platform. Oniy a few of thy ecial constables had time to dmaw their revolvers before they wera overe powered In the exchangs of shots Fitzpatrick, who apparently was in command of tha dcad. A ped affray !s that a Ir constabua republica own po was to alow the parts,of by plebistite or district asked for it to have authority or a sub- s E P S en on 1! t who were unarm- ordinate parliament. That would not men on the train, w} deny the unity of the Irish state. The|ed. Were allowed to proceed ummolested speaker appealed o the Irish peopis| With the civilians. 1Tt is estimated thay again, for the third time, to defeat at about one hundred men participated in elections an attempt to misrepresent the attack. peop! views. Subsequently Mr. Vaiera spoke from another platform. The resolutions were zdopted at aj. platforms amid great cheering. was no indication of any opp them., MAGNITUDE OF MEETING A SURPRISE TO OBSERVEEY Dublin, Fet magnitude and tic charact stration held (By the A. P.)—Th¢ gene: enthusiase he repul demons afterncon was a sure an A STATEMENT ISSUED BY SIR JAMES CRAIG prise to observers of the political site vation. Eamonn De Valera was tha Belfast, Feb. the A. P.)—Sir speaker. James Crai Ulster premie: The supposition had prevailed that D Sramine Jas Tollow Valera’s uncompromising republican fole “The government of Nor ing was confined mainl to Cork and have been in constant communication but it seemed evident the . with Downing street (the official Dublia dence of Premier Lloyd Geo crowds still regard him with théir oid the week-end and have receiv tion that Arthur Griffith has emissaries to County Monaghan atched structions to arrange for the release of | or ag an inducement he people to the Lidnapped loyalists. turn out declared that ev mast “The northern government have pro-|recoznize the demonstration as being posed the following plan In case the| gignificant. he throng packed 0°Co: present negotiations of the British zov-| neil street from the Par ernment prove ineffective: ‘They telegraphed Saturday night to the British cabinet urging that Monag- ban and other danger p beyond the boundary of northern Ireland should be occupied by British troops, with a free hand to take whatever steps they consid- most down to the Nelson | flowed into the side stre able feature was the pres tary formation of a large body Irish republican army. 1zeq in Smithfield and .marched meeting, but were mot actually of the The men mobile ered necessary to secure the release of| g the demonstration, . the loyalists and to prevent further in-| Mo arrangements have as yet been sions across the border. Such troops made for o nter meetings on behalf of, should be able to prevent any recurrence the provisional governme but it is. exe of such cowardly and brutal outrages as| n.icq that those siding With the gove that perpetrated Saturday at Clones,| proment speedil I get busy. when forces of the crown proceeding or All the principal colleagues of Mr. Da duty through territory admitted by Mr. Valera supported hi - plattorm Churchill (British secretary of the colo-1 cooechas Notable among them wam niel) in the house of commons still to| Cparies Burgess, Aus: ack, Harry J. be under the British regime were foully Boiand and J. T. O H and brutally murdered. 3 “‘Further steps in the present'plan are to organize resolutions in both houses of the British parliament ~ that until all loyalists are restored unharm- ed to their homes, and until the British government agrees that the boundaries will mot be altered without the consent of porthern Ireland, the parliament should refuse to pass legislation deal- ing with Ireland and the treaty.’ “It is needless to state that this docs not exhaust the resources of northern Ireland for dealing with the situation if it still continwes, but it is obvious that STRIKE OF RATLWAY MEN IN CORK HAS ENDED Cork, Feb. 12.—The strike of the rail« way men, who on Friday seized the Vae rious rallway stations, ended today. After a stormy prolonged meeting on Saturday night a majo: de: on wag obtained on a vote on the question of res suming work on the terms agreed wpoq at the recent Dublin conferende. IRISH SOLDIERS GUARDING H owner cr manager of each warehouse must i1 out a blank detailing the amount of tobacco mtored in their waraiouses. Burton H. Strickland, aged 52, since 1913 an honoraey, 33rd desree member of the Supreme Council, Anctent and Accept- ed Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern Jurisdiction, died at his home in New Traven. He was 150 an offefer of the Grand Commandery, Knights of Temp'ar, of Connccticut. i a public pronouncement concerning other actions taken would be injudiclous. Meanwhile every opportunity is being given Arthur Grifith and Michael Col- lins to fulfill their promise that they wiil in time secure the release of the loyal- ists” The special ofnstables crrfured at Clones were released and reached -An- niskillen today. Three of them were sut- fering from wounds, which makes the total injured elevenm. THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL Dublin, Feb. 12—An armed guard of the Irish republican army was postsd in, the oftices of the Freeman's I-urpal to- night, {6 protect the staff from an antlel- pated attadk by republicans who wers of- ended by the publication of a cartoon re- :lmnn;: ‘o Bamonn Da Valera and Erskine Childers. It was said that an unsucessef: attempt Had Heen made 0 kidna) the gro- nristor’af the Daper.