Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 17, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 42 NORWICH, CONN., OF VALERA AND ADHERENTS MENAGE IRISH FREE STATE Winston Spencer Churchill, British Secretary of Colonies, Re- o gards as Remote the Success of D¢ Valera at Election— Declares “We Don’t Recogriize the Irish Republic, and Never Will”—Is Anxious For an Early Election in Ire- land Under the Authority of the Irish Free State. Lefdon, Feb, 16 (By the A. P.).—In Fres State bill Th the house of commons today, Winston Spencer Churchill tary for the colontes, iaid stress on the necessity of giving effect to the treaty by [umonists. know, yourself, how- othing the provisiomal government. % |ever, how I have worked to secure their ne treaty provided, with lawful powers. | releage.” and énabling it to hold an election at the st moment. * the view of the Irish signatories the treaty.” he =aid “that an I =pub¥c had been set up by the Ir'sh cop'e at the slections and that the re i only be converted into a free the dectron of the people. We n't recognize the Irish republic, and o cent Irish pardiament Mr declarad that it was not chosen se of the fitness of it wt because they were thought mnst obnoxious to Great Brit ety resent and cn wio it ! nos se | victims _were buried with Ogange hon- T e M mera 5t thecteetion he|ors. There were no untoward inel- srized ax hypothasic dents. « perfectly ciear that the repudia-| During the afternoon and evening the ¢ the treaty by Ireland would free|city Was quiet except for a sudden out- warties from their agreements” the | break In the evening, cretary continued, “and the position of [ Which Was “quickly suppressed. There standing on the treaty and ready f of the Irish nation to do their a position of great moral as undoubted material strength. os'tion of seuthern Irsiand, on other hand. would be one of the|six and difficuity, abs a5t weakness nd bitterly divided In herself. The »{ morthern Ireland would be » unaffected A'l the government's ~ fesl that such an formation led it mption as the De Valera was incorract. “In added the sscretary, “It would for us to.go_threatening and | 3¢ i#ring at this stage and give the im- | *IN8 : ks vis, sexion that the Irish people were heing made 1o vete under duress or that the o'nt of the bayomet. If this were in- god in it cokd afterwards be siated o vots had been given under dur- e tending mpair the authority o nio a fervent apmeal to the e bill. Mr. Churchiii ra consequens ¢ rous men fo 4 K emes of sawehter in su..erranean scereey ta undermine and overturn the (@ short zovernment which.is faithfully endeavor.| The he position .of Ulster as_ of strength.. hoth miiltary and agan referred o the diffienl- s of the provisional government. and evad the present situatien . through- “eland. the claborate and terribie | Sande was known amonz navy sailors cansequences inveivad -in the reconmuest | theer London, Conn., as 5t the country which the government | “Chiet” would have o face if the treaty feil throngh. and. ventured & forecast of the | LITMATUM ISSUED lopments of the eoming months. . UNION COAL MINERS e the next month. that Trish elec- g T e A R M O e Feb. 16—A wage t the Pree State fariiament won'd Pting mo reduction of wag- el and * fofintite conatitution, | £ 10 coal miners and demanding by m May pr-June and then fina] | NCreases for anthracite workers, ba frmation 1h -tha imperinl parliament | °0 UD by of nation-wide strike lune or July ; on “an. almost unanimous The Rig norable Sir Frederick | V01" delezates, acordinz to a Rasbery, umlomist, Interfectsd: Every. | Statement tonight by President - ard w “dead by then:|John L. - e ailied each other. The convention today stood still after Then 4 S0 Pe greatly simpli- | finally completing the work of seating #04" responded Mr Charehil Aslegates however, cleared The emlonial seeratary axnrassed the | the way for a roll call vote, requiring wpimion -that the. meeting ' batween ‘Eie | All of ’s session, to decide £ the Tister premier. and Mi. | Whether Howat and other ns. head of th provisional 7as besn premature sn far ndary was concerned, hut it se nuseful in the matter of the | 3 wil® - they he exclaimed. . “Th heen n make zu'ng that Tlster mill held a strong « pointed out that Fngland , the treaty. “But” he add- we saw Ulster maltreatad and | *d by the heundary commission was no langer an Irish eco- | iver n + should be hound fn re. | S whoie economic and finan- | pore sion. M= Churchiil thought | v, een a metback, but th repaired and re. SENDS TELEGRAM To WINSTON SPENCER CoLLINS CHURCRILE | his “ad of the provisiona' Eht sent a long tele- to Winston Spencer Churchill o for the colonies. It re of a manifesto to the asking fair play for the L to the recent happen- and for the apportion- blame for them in the-pro- ot Washington, Feb. 16.—The senats lats I ’ today recommitted to its labor commit " he suspensto the ot Tretand o o “Erttirs | tee the Kenyon bill to give the: presi- . et ki dent_power to speed up In slack timex . jlnd retard its prosperous times con- ave seen It suggested In the En-| struction of public works as an ald to g ress that mispemsion of the evae- ¢ British troops in Ireland s ernment. The best way the roment can help- us at the me s not by suspending the = of the treaty, but by car- = ' oul. It is by adhering.to. ita stter that Treland will be hat Britain is really deliv- g the goods this time. Many of the people of Ireland.:be< ve that even at this late hour Eng- and wil again trick us. and this be- < used as_much as possible to our advantage by those The people and government bt England ouid understand that Ireland h: ‘merged from a Black and Tan era, and ' nevitable that the fesling. should niinue for a tima to bs" conspicuous, lr of England's good faith, but * good sense of . trust England, We have put our hands te the trea- dcn't intend to turn back, but *e must insist that the other side show rard 1t nine * bigh time that the Engli fuestion in 1 true perspective. prominent 1 R. A. officers “who were the s reading of the Irish|proceeding to a football Fros 8 S > ¢ fallure to notify in time of the reprieve secre-| of the Derry: prisoners should have been met locally by the seizure of prominent FUNERAL OF VICTIMS OF BELFAST DISORDERS Relfast, (By the A, P.)—The of Relfast today bore a mournful There were many funerals dur- inz the day of persons Killed In the re- The processions in all cases were escorted lorries containing soldiers, % o |strong forces of police and troops oc- o % ne danger zones through which the corteges passed. aspect. cupied was no casualties. f others wers found on| Sir James Craig, wided today, ment restraint shown by northern count -|a continuance solated from the sympathy of the | conduet. the Ulster premier, over a meeting of his cabinot afterwards issued a state- appreciation for - the the loyalists of the s and appealing for “such praiseworthy FURTHER QUESTIONING OF MABEL NORMAND’ Los Angeles, Feb. 16.—William Da- chauffeur for Mabel Normand, film s@ihjected to~another quiz- the officials who are for & clue to the slayer of William Desmond Taylor, motion picture director. Day actress, searchinz was_questioned at the office of the district attorney for two hours, with stenographer present. the conclusion, vis had retold his original story, corro- of Miss Normand, one of the last persons to see Taylor allve, that the director accompanied her to her au- tomobile when she left his appartment, time before a court At borating that ceived_some Conn., Sans, retary to incinde the months prior to ation from Hartford relative to This was understood fatrment that for some the latter part of 1219 expellad Kaneas miners Portunity to amneal to the convention for reinstatement = supporters last ground prday when were awakened to the fact that an- delegate¥ from Kansas - had seated as delezates by conventlon action last Tuesday. their in the ave an election and see what | t-Howat MOTHER AND S0ON SLAIN IN Feb. Newport, shot and killed le¢ in an attempt to put a bul- let through his own head, was arrested charged the shooting. heard shots in the Pike apartment, and woman and her Korschny had fired one shot at the bullet Mrs. in Worceste returned recently to her home city of he was 28 years old. tive for the shoodng was known to the police tonight. discovered I¥ing. own zed his temple. 16 (By the A. P.)—Mi-|merly Newport, SENATE HAS RECOMMITTED THE KENYON LABOR BILL employment was taken after irmose of helping the provis-|heen adopted which Senator Towa, author of sald destroyed the measure. llsved that the return of the measurs to the committes meant its death, conditions. The republican, Just | 993, Westfield, rad Hooker, aged 47 years, for the past years paster zood-will alse, and in this re-|latcopal church in this city, and one of the leading ministers in New Eng- seopls should view the se-called Ulster | land died tonight in Noble hospital. Dr. Heoker was a native of Iowa. of the match, and by armored cars while Several of the CHAUFFEUR it was stated Da- he was murdered. ®aid to have re- Edward F. former butler-sec- have an op- union. Ho- WPORT 16.—Mrs. Mar- four-year-old . son | in their apartment | Alfred Korschny, apartment block child merely Pike, who for- Mass., had No mo- action amendment “had Kenyon, Liquor Question in Sweden. Stockholm, Feb, 16.—Creation of & new organization, expected by its spon- sors to have an important influence up- on the development of the liquor ques- tion in Sweden—the national soviety for temperance without prohibition— was announced today. . PROHIBITION ARRESTS OF OFFICIALS IN KENTUCKY Newport, Ky., Feb. 16—Two city of- ficials of Newport, including the may or, and three county officlais of Camp- bell county were arrested today by Ken- tucky _state mu@::mn on charges of conspiracy to violate the federal prohi- bitfon law. A sixth officlal, who was nimed in the warrants, had not been located. Those arrested wWere Mayor Joseph Hermann and Chief of Police Frank Bregel of Newport; and County Attor- ney Conrad Matz, County Detective Ed- ward Hamilton and County Patrolman Charles Bullett of Campbell county. County Patrolman John Sheeran, the sixth official, s being sought. \s rapidly as the arrests were mads the men were arraigned and released on bond of $2.500 each. The arrests were made on Wwarrants sworr to by John F. Marcum, prohi- bition enforcement officer, at the direc- tion of a United States district attor- ney. Eight officials now are under arrest on federa: charges growing out of the raids. Ccunty Judge William C. Buten and City aPtrolman Charles Hamilton spiracy charges. It was explained that the real offense ‘charged against the officials is fallure to attempt to stop violations of the pro- hibition law. HOW NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMAN FOILED NEGRO BURGLAR New York, Feb. 15. Butler, sc woman and broker's wifc “this af @ %on appeared in court and identifiel ohn Hardeastie, a nesro, as the burglar she had by a :rick induced tc return §50.000 worth of jewelry he yoc oted after breaking into the Butler apart- ment on East 82nd street. He was held without bail. Mrs, Butler wa sawakened last night by a draught. Switching on the lights, she formd 2 negro standing at her aresser. “A.word from you and i'll kil you," said the burglar as Mrs. Butler sat up in bed. i “I am not going to make an outery, said Mrs. Butler. “[ wish you would make no noise, for my daughter is very 11l in the next room. As the burglar picked up her jewels, she continued : “You may have all that stuff. You see that is just some things I bouzht in the five and ten cent store f,r a masque bal Al together they are not worth Aifty cents 3 “You mean that this stuff ain't na_zood?” “That is just what I mdan,” said Mirs Futier. “Well, then I dom't want it.” replied the burglar, climbing out of the window anl descending to the street, Mrs. Butler then telephone the police and Hardcastle was arrestal n a docr- way. irs. Henry W. WOMAN MAY FIGURE IN MURDER OF RAOUL DELORME Montrea} Feh. 16—The police theor: that a woman wgs.invoived in the mys- terious murder. of Raoul Delorme, for which his half-frother, Rev. Adelard De- lorme, is awaiting. trial, was eliminated | from the investization of the case tonight when the. woman told detectives she had arted it by making a silly joke about | ing been with Raoul the night he died. The woman, an usher in a theatre here, told her questioners she had laughingly | boasted to a friend that she had been out | with the voung student, and said she supposed her remarks were overheard and repeated. The clue connecting a Woman with the case was coiitained in an anonymous | letter to the police. Detectives will go to Ottawa soon to compare the handwriting of the dead man's will with the signature at its foot, officials announced tonight. ADJIUSTMENT OF RAILROAD WAGES AND WORKING RULES New, York, Feb. 16.—Negotiations look- ing to an adjustment of disputes af- fecting wages and working rules on rail- roads east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio, were begun today at a meet- ing of the conference committee of man- agers, L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Railway Conductors, and W. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The day's discussion, it was sald, progressed, along general lines in an attempt to outline some of the facts to be used 25 a basis for action at the second session tomorrow. The sessions with the conductors and tralnmen were expected to be finished by Saturday, On Monday the committee expected to meet with Warren S. Stone, head of the engineers, and William S. Carter, head of the firemen. T. W. FARNAM ASSOCIATE TREASURER OF YALE New Haven, Conn., Feb. 16.—Thomas W. Farnam, of this clty, has been ap- pointed associate treasurer and comptrol- ler of Yale university, it was announced tonight. This'is & new position created by the Yale corporation. In accepting the post Mr. Farnam has resigned as a mem- ber of the comporation. He will continue fer the present as acting socretary of the university, in which capacity he has sery- €d since the resignation of Seeretary Stokes last June. Mr. Farnam was grad- uated from Yale in 1899, During the war he was in charge of American Red Cross work in Serbla. the bill, It was be- GUILTY OF STRANGLING A FELLOW JAPANESE - New York, Feb. 16.—Changed with hav- ing strangled a fellow-Japanese. to death, Safto Taizo, tonight was found guilty of o e Bl ;m-d‘er in oz:n: first degree by Jury in The crime was commi:- ted in _small Broadway hotel, October. 4, The assailant stole $200 from the pockets of his victim, who was stopving here on his way to Seattle, Wash. OBITUARY . Conrad Hooker. Feb. 16.—Dr. Con- Methodist He had 1 protest stremgly against the cam-|occupied the longest continuous pastor- uign o fon with trouble between sast and west terence. ander in progress in connec-|ate in the New England Methodist con- Previous to coming here he Cister. No matter what our wishes may | held pastorates In Council Bluff and Des it Was inevitabie that the arrest and | Moines, Towa, and in Rochester, Peeks: wiention by the Relfast authorities of kil and Buffalo, N, Y. HARVARD MAY USE OARS DISCARDED BY THE NAVY Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 15.-—Indlcations that the mavy is scrapping its ears with its gors and battleships were contained in lettors sent out today by Dr. R. Heber Howe, Jr., director of rowing at Harvard University. The government has sold to Harvard 537 oars, Dr. Howe wrote to to the rowing supervisors at several scheols in this vicinity, and Marvard is willing to make a number of tliem available to achols to heip out Interscholastic rowing. Oars discarded by the navy ars now being wused for dormitory and class crews at Har vard, he sadd. —_— SUIT FOR DIVORCE BY THRICE ABANDONED WIFE New York, Feb. 16.—Declaring she had been abandoned by her husband in a part of St, John's in the Virgin Istands where there were no other women, Mrs, Charles Seymour Westbrook today filed complaint in a suit for separation. They wers mar- ried in Newport, R. L, in Saptember, 1816. She eaid her husband had deserted her twice before they went to St. John's, Th. final abandenment, she added, was due to ‘her refusal to give her husband mors Toner when sho already had given h‘m\‘ were arrested several days ago on con-[hy a Cortez jtaken from the. post e Result of an Persoris In; Including Mrs. John Ringling. Bradentown, Fla., Feb. 16.—Firs re- sulting from an explosion on the Yacht Salome, owned by John Ringling, million- aire cireds man, injured six persons ' last night and destroyed the vessel which was valued at 50,000 The injured are Mrs, Jom Ringling, L C. Wallick, New York hotel man and Mrs. Wallick, Mrs. Sanford Makeaver, Judge FErnst Heppenhelmer of the New Jersey court of errors and ‘appeals and Mrs. Heppenheimer. All exceot Judge Heppenheimer were reported today as having been severely burned. The only other persons aboard the vessels were Captain C. W. Jarriot, the master, and his son who were unhurt. The explosion occurred last night when the yacht was two miles oft Cortez, a fishing village near hers. It was said to have been caused by a back-fira from the engine which lgnited and expiodzd the gasoline tank. In a few moments ~he boat was in flames and it bacame neces- sary for those on board to leap overboard. The accident occurred during a severe ejectric storm. Three small boats manned fisherman pleked up the yacht's passengers and crew. Four nurses were sent to the Ringling home. All of the injured with the excep- tion of Judge Hdppenheimer were severely burned about the face and limbs and wiil be confined to their beds for zeveral days. ‘The members of the party were guests of Mrs. Ringling having come hers two wecks ago via the St. John's river from Sanford to Jacksonville on a houseboat: Mr. Ringling is said to be in New York. LOW TEMPERATURE AND GALE IN NEW YORK CITY New York, Feb. 16—Howling north- ward from some point in the ocean off Cape Hatteras, an icy gale struck New York tonight, sending the mercury zero- ward and bombarding shrinking pedes- trians with hard-driven ets of snow. At 10 o'clock the weather bureau rec- order a still-falling Fahrenheit and it spread gloom among and visit the Norwich stores early Dollar Day morn- ing. Dollar Day is a day you cannot afford to over- look for its value as a: marchandising event is known far ard wide threcughout the three counties of east- ern Connecticut. Come early and avoid disappoint- ment as Dollar Day bargains are quickly snapped up. READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS! temperature of 9,1 AY, FEBRUARY 17, 1922 ourt’s Decision s Against Butterworth Denied Motion to Dissolve In- junction Restraining Draw- ing Salary of $300 a Month. Hartford, Conn., Feb, 16.—Judge W. M. Maltbie, of the superior court, in & decision announced this afternoon, de- nied a motion to dissolve the tempor- ary injunction restraining Frank S. But terworth of New Haven from drawing a salary of! $300 a month for admin- Istering the state fund for disabled war veterans. The temporary injunction was granted a few weeks ago on appli- cation of two members of the American Legion. Mr. Butterworth is state treasurer of the American Legion. The effect of the court’s decision is to prevent Mr, But- terworth ' from receiving any salary for administering the state fund until the entire question Is settled by the court. Clarence W-"Seymour, state command- ed of the Legion, said tonight that it was likely the Legion would appeal to the state supreme court to set asidle the decision by Judge Maltbie. The question will be discussed at a meeting of the Legion's counsel to be held tomorrow. Statement by Butterworth. New Haven, Feb. 16.—Frank S. But- terworth, former Yale football star, to- night made the following statement in regard to Judge Malibie's decision: My stand, so far as salary and res- ignation are concerned, will be that which I have maintained since Novem- ber. The salary, so far as I am cone rned, has always been the least con- deration. When the question of my resigning came up I felt that it would be but just to my successor to have a provided for h meeting of legal advisers of the legion is to be held Friday noon for the purpose of deciding on the course that shall now be pur- sued.” NO DEVELOPMENT IN THE TEXTILE STRIKE SITUATION —Developments to- New Engiand strike situation s toward Dollar Day! Saturday, February 18th Read the advertisements of the Norwich merchants in Today’s Bulletin, make a list of the articles you need of -winter weather with the that Gothamites would shiv- I Saturday—and maybe longer. As ve, however, it gave assurance that th < of the windstorm, 56 miles an hour, had passed. MILKE REDUCED TWO CENTS A QUART IN SPRINGFIELD Springfleld, Mass., Feb. 16.—Six of the largest dis of milk in this city followed the example of Tait Brothers, tonight, and announced a reduction of two cents a quart, bringing the retall price to 12 cents? Tait Brothers an- nounced a cut this morning. The deal- ers will ask representatives of the local division of the New England Milk Pro- ducers’ assoclation tomorrow to ac- cept a cut of one cent in the price pald to producers. BANDITS ROB SPRINGFIELD ’ WEST SIDE POSTOFFICE Springfield, Mass, Feb. 16.—Three masked men entered the drug store and branch post office operated by I A. Darling in the West Side late tonight and after firing numerous shots: escaped with §$80 In cash. The shots were fired when Dar! mands of the hold-up men te throw up his hards. Between §50 and $60 was office till drawer and the remainder was hurriedly scoop. &d by the men from another cash regis- ter. The men escaped In a taxicab. EDISON MEDAL AWARDED CUMMINGS ©. CHENEY New York, Feb. 16.—The Edison Medal for meritorious contributions to electric- al sclence was awarded to Cummings C. Chesney of Pittsfield, Mass,, tonight at the tenth annaal convention of the American Inetitute of Electrical Engineers. Mr. Chesney 1is chief engineers and general manager of the General Eleetric company's plant at Pittsfield. He invent- ed an alterndtor which transmits 229,000 wolts in commercial serivice and recently, in an experimental test, succeeded in transmitting 1,000,000 volts. PNEUMONIA HAS BECOME EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK New York, Feb. 16.—The peak of the in- fluenza epidemic has passed, but New York is now in the grip of a pneumonia epidemie, "Health Commissioner Copeland said tonight. TToday there were 34 7new pneumonia cases, with 80 deaths, and he predicted an increasing number for several days. Girls who go about with flapping galosh- es because fad marks those who iwear ‘em Ibuckled as married, were advised by Dr. Copeland to look married and protect thelr ankles against the cold. SURROGATE COURT HOLDS AMOS F. ENO WILL INVALID New York, Feb. 16.—The will of Amos F. Eno, disposing of an estate of §$13,- 000,000, largely to Columbia university and other public institutions here, to- night was declared invalid by a jury in surrogate's court, which found that the testator was of unsound mind when the instrument was extended on June 18, 1915, ling refused to obey the com-| mediation in various sections. No furth- er additions to the ranks of the strik- ing textile workers were reported. In Rhede Isiand the board of comefli- ation and mediation named yesterday, to tent of a strike of some 15,000 operatives in the Pawtuxet and tone valleys, today summoned rep- Tesentatives of the mill ownerg and the strikers to appear before it in Providence Saturday and outline their contentions. In Pawtucket, R. I, the card and spin- ing departments of the Jenckes Spinning company, employing about 50, which closed down Monday, resumed operations today. Governor Brown of New Hampshing announced today that he would lay be- fore the governor's council Thursday a suggestion made by Mayor Waldron, of Dover, N. H., that a special sessién of the state legislature be called to pass a law prescribing a 48 hour working week for women and minors. Such legislation, its proponents claim, wauld meet some of the difficulties in the Manchester tex- tile situation. Officials of the textile workers union in -Fitchburg, Mass., announced today that they had advised members of the union to remain at work, despite the recent 20 per ceny wage cut. Leaders stated that only 300 of the 5000 opera~ tives in that city are organized. SENATE AGRICULTURAL BLOC TO CONTINUE IN ACTIVE FORM ‘Washington, Feb. 16.—The senate agri- culturai bloc, its members declared today would continue In more or less active form despite the resignation from the sen- ate of {ts orzanizer and official chairmman, | Senator Kenyon of Iowa. Tndications point to Senator Capper, re- publican, Kansas, as the succassor of Senator Kenyon a sbloc chatrman. The bloc is 'bi-partisan but according to some senators has lost £ome active re. npublican adherents since some of fts mem- ters have criticised President Harding. Secretary Weeks and other republican lcaders. Tt is sald at the same time, to ave gained sufficlent democratic mem- s t0 give the democraty an actual vot- ing majority. Yioth democratic and republican sena- tors who are bloc memhers said today that there was at presen: little legisla- tive business which woud seem to re- quire the spectal attention of the bioc SOLDIER BELIEVED DEAD RECOVERS FROM AMNESIA Fairton, N. J., Feb. 16—Relatives of Nhn Wallace believed he had died in adtion in France until today when they were notified by Camp Dix authorities that an amnesia victim answering to that name had recovered. His father, Da- vid Wallace, completed identification. For more than three Years the soldfer has been under a mental cloud, an aft- 20 PAGES---144 COLS. . BRIEF TELEGRAMS The presidential elections began in Guatemala to continue for a week. Lord Dundas, formerly ome of the senators of the College of Justice in Scotland, “dled yesterday. The Right Rev. Taomas Fidmund Malioy was installed as third Lishop of Brocklyn with imposing ceremontes. Shareholders of the Bank of Montreal ratified the merger with tie Merchants’ Bank of Canada. Study of the Gernna language once more has been made a part of the ofticial curriculum of Chicago public schools. The twe hundred and fifty co-eds at Bates college will no: tolerate smoking amon gthelr number. Fire in a down town section of Towa City virtually destroysd a balf city biock at a loss of approximately $500,000. The Baltlc Sen nax heen converted in- to an isolated lake owinz to the closin: of the Cattegat and the sound by ice. Boaz W. Long, American minleter to Cuba eince 1919 has tendered his resigi tion to President Harding to take effect at onge. A terrorist program of intermational scope may be revealed throvgh the ar- Test in Los Angeles of efght alleged mem- bers of a band of extortionists. A loan of $5.000,000 to Liharia would be authorized under a resolution intro- duced by OChairman Fordney of the house way and means committss Roston palice captains told the legle- lativa committee on iezal affairs tgat bar- rooms, posing as’' soft drink establisi- ments, are defying the pronibition laws. W. L. Peckham, former manager of the Western Union Telegraph company in Ansonia, was given a year in jail in the city court on two charges of mis- appropriating funds. Pope Pius XI, says a despatch from Reuters Rome correspondent, has ap- pointed Monsignor Donald Mackintosh, Tector of Scots college, Rome, to be Archbishop of Glasgow. The war department . nanounsed the award of a contract for 20,000 pairs of officers’ shoes to the Erown Shoe com- pany of St. Louis, the total cost being $86,590. George A, Boden, attorney, shot and kill- ed his wite, Mary Boden, 37 years of age, and her mother, Mrs. Julia Taylor, 66, and then ended his life in his wife's nome in Los Angeles. Pairons of a Boston South End bath house were able to got wet inside as well as out until it caught fire. 'Then poiice found a still and some moonshine and ar- rested the proprietor Samuel Shubert. Frederick R (“K1d”) Wedge, of Pros- cott, Arizona, 40 years old, former lum- ber jack and prize fighter, was admitted to Harvard University as a student of the Graduate Sohool of Education. Plgs in Fltchbnrz, Mass,, are turning up their noses at garbags nowadays, and the board of health biam>s It on the Jarge amount of mash and other brewing and distilling refuse. e The 00 day test period for the five cent trolley fare in Bridgeport and Norw: probably will be extended to the end of the month at least, Richard T. Higzins, chairman of the public utilities commis- sion, announced. Richard Henry Dana, 71 years old, Wwhose first wife was a daughter of Henry Longfellow, the poet, filed mar- riage intentions to wed Mrs. James G. Mumford, 51 years old, of New York Father Francls J. Sexton lost his suit for $105,000 damages against Eugene F. Kinkead, Thomas J. Maloney and Thomas J. Stanton of Jersey City and Hugh Mon- tague of Passaic, whom he charged w! defamatfon of character. Bixteen hundred boys and 12,834 girls fifteen years of age in the United States were listed as married in 1920, the cen- sus bureau announced yesterday. Eighty- two boys and 439 girls of the same age werc recorded as widowed or divorced. The “shimmy”, thr “sratlal” and even the fox trot, are anathema to the Polish government. All American dances with the exception of tne one step were prok ited by official order at tn tary ball, held at Warsa. annual mili- ecently Appolntment of James F. Pershing, Jr.. nephew of General Pershing as assista federal prohibition director in New York state to succeed Colonel Herbert G. Cat- row, was announced by Director Ralph A. Day. During his forthcoming .trip to Eng- land, Arthur T, Hadley, president- emeritus of Yale University, will lec- ture, during April, on Economic Prob- lems of Democracy, on the Watson Foundation. ; Asserting that there were in the movies men and women whom 21l would be giad to have in their families, David W, Griffita, motion pleture producer, has warned the Advertising club of New York against “the power of the sincers, fanatical mi- nority. A general lockeut was declared through- out Denmark. It affects nearly all indus- tries, including the harbor workers in most of the ports, but not the seamen. About 150,000 employes are involved, and it is considered the biggest labor struggle in the history of the country. Toronto brewers have asked the gov- ernment for protection against the home made beverage. Many men employed by beer manufacturers have been laid off recently because of home brew compe- tition, One hundred and sixteen New York state soldiers took their own lives over- seag during the World war, a state- ment issued by Adjutant General . Leslie Kincald said. One hundred of the suicides were enlisted men, and six- teen were officers. ‘Willlam M. Wood, president of the American Woolen company, who recent- ly has been fll, will leave tomorrow from Boston for Palm Beach, Fla., ac- cording to announcement made at Nis home at Andover, Mass, The winter’s most severe smow storm in Greater ' Boston claimed one victim yesterday when Miss Editn Nasor, 45 years old, fell exhausted in front of a motion picture theatre in the Roxbury ermath of the gassing and shell shock yesterday that he recalied his name. Officers at Camp Dix now are wonder- district and died before the arrival of that he received in France, and it was|a physician, - After more than twenty vears' work Ing who the soldier is that was buried |among lunatics, an Edinburgh doctor has In Fairton cemetery under the name of | come to to the conclusion that many forms John Wallace and to whom a mapument | of insanity are cavsed by the action of was erected. fichobes. PRESIDENT HARDING SSOLDIER BONUS ADVICE TO GONGRESS Raise Fund With General Sales Tax,' or Postpone Legisiation —Leaders of the Agricultural Bloc Oppose the Propo- sition—Bloc Favors Reenactment of the Excess Profits and Higher Income Sur-Taxes and an Increase in Inheri- tance and some Other Such Taxes—Solons All at Sea on Solution. Washington, Feb. 16.—Pay the sol- diers’ bonus with a general sales tax, or postpone the legislation, was President Harding’s advice-today to congress. Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committes and Chairman Me- Cumber of the senate finance committ; be postponed, but were siient 3s to a sales tax. Leaders of the agricwitural blocs were outspoken, however, against this tax and excess profits and higher income sur- was favored by some democratic Tead be confident that becaus a majority of the members could come to accept this levy rather than ses bonus program defeated. Pen, ther reaction from the move slowly. dressed to Representative Fordne; read at a joint meeting of reput members of the house and senate com- who agreed after some discussion to majority members of the house commit- tee. taken up immediately. Officers of the dertake to pay at once in full.” bonus bill with a sales tax pro would be *defeated. Some thought that of those now opposed to a sales tax would accept it rather than vote against the bill, but asserted that it prob- ably would be several days, at least, be- fore there would be a crystaMization of| bass a forecast. Ame vy can people wonld accept - such a for this purpode, adding that ‘it would distribute the cost so. that it would be borne by all of the people and would not contribute added difficulties to the probiems of. readfustment. If congress would not adopt such a tax, the president wrote that it would be wise to let legislation go over until *aere was a situation which would “justity the larze outlay.” Calling attention that the administration was “driving for large economies,” surplus war property, and has other traneactions under consideration “which ought to prove a great relief to the fed. eral treasury.” Mr. Harding added “It is not consistent to enact legisla- tion in anticipation of these thinge, but it would bs a prudent plan to awalt the developments, and I can see in such a postponement no lack of regamd for the service men in whom all the American people are so gendinely interested.” Republican leaders generally withheld comment. but Representative Garret of Tennessee, the democratic leader in the house, and Representative Garmer of Texas, ranking democrat on the house ways and means committen, issued a for- mal statement in which they asserted that “there has been from the beginning a purpose upon the part of the republi- cans to engraft the sales tax system upon the country, so that there may be a gradual reduction of the taxes on weakth.” Representativa Dickinson. republican, Towa, a_leader of the house agricultural bloc. de¥ared that republicans from the Western states would fight any effort on the part of party leaders to have adopted a rue under which a bonus bill with a S tax provision could be put through house without amendment and that the aid of the democrats they ought e successful, With the bill open to amendments, he said, there would be proposed a tax pro- gram including a levy on gifts, increased inheritance levies and sur-taxes and re- enactment of the excess profits tax Representative Garner said the demo- crats would join in the fight against rule and also would propose amendments cargying increases of many present tax- es, including those on lquors, Senator Capper, republican, Kansas, leadar of the senate agricultural bloo, stated that he had been “against a sales tax all along, and stidl am, either for a bonus or any other measure.” He said Me was not speaking for the bloc. al. though he was sure that many of its members were against a sales tax. “I would rather vote for an excess Profits tax,” he asserted, “and my people would much rather have me do - that. They believa as I believe, that the sales tax is based on @ wrong principle.” Discussing the president’s letter in the senate, Senator Caraway. democrat, Ar- kansas, declared that the sales tax was “a rich man's scheme to avoid the bur- dens of government.” “They are g < to take money out of the to tinued, “put it in his hand, and let him put it in the other pocket. They'M make used in France. Former service mne, now members -of the house—about a score in number—at question of writing a formal ment of national legiclative committee of the American Legion. ate, and added: “The legion doss not intend to be|through the tube. broueit o drawn into any discussion upon any pro- |The lung was not injured, dnct posed method for raising the revenue to threatened to counter with a program|University aut es Which would include re-enactment of the | plans for a permanent memorial tc faxes and an increase in inheritance and | Worid war was annou: some other such taxes. This plan aleo|cludes among the ers. | Leonard Wood, Theodera 1t Proponents of a sales tax professed to|sistant Secretary of t: L of the strong|D. Roosevelt, farmer desire in both the house\and senate to|of tie navy; and Hanfo put through the bonus bill at this session, | ticnal commander of the | eraduates of the Harva & more careful consideration of |other committee headed b the whole problem, and a possible fur-|aid, of Boston, to co: country, there|of students and seemed to be a disposition on all sides to | schools to tha The _president’s letter, ad- | ways for mal was | factory. The ai ican | William mittee dealing with the bonus question, | M. Silb of Bowdoin. leave the matter in the hands of the|Washburn, of Worcester, It was announced that those members |evelt. would meet tomorrow but it was, indi- |bridge and Owe cated that the tax question would not be |are other members. American Legion will be calied in first, [formed to give the ui 2 it was stated, to give their views as to|alumni the benefit of expert Hr. Harding's suggestion that instead of | publicity matters, extending the cash payments over twoerick Roy Martin, general man: and one-half year. payments be deferred | Associated Press until “the day when we may safely un-|ident of the New Tork E: Leaders generaily, both repubtcan and | Monthly democratic, said it was too early to un-jNew 3 dertake any prediction as to whether. if [tor of World's Work, and Mark the issue finally came down to that, the |of Washington. Je iston | New York, is chairm sentiment on wirich he would be safe tc | cratic congressional ga In suzgesting a gemeral sales tax as |Chairman. Hull of the ¥a “the odly commendabie plan” of raising § té¢ with un adtre funds, Mr. Hapding sald he believed the | clared “aimlessn pushing the disposition of | party are having known, & majorfty of the congress favor the im: the adjusted compensation feel sure that the injection of = sion over revenue raising fear matter by whom. w sentiment of these legisl and we Cambridge, Mass., Feb. tee of graduates to assis Larvard men who gave their Four college presi: of Arts and Sciences, are Aydelott: A committee h to make further arra: vard memorial to Colc Wiliam R A committee on policy and p as as memb Edwin R. lery Sedgwick, editor of Rah Pul ork World: me D. Greene, of OPENING OF DEMOCRATIO * CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN Indianapolis, Feb. 16.—The demo- aign in the middle west was open; e tonight by comi ¥ which “he and inaction” to b y of the republican the controlling p administration. Speaking befors the TIngiana demo= cratic editorial assocfation, Ch Hull asserted that “with all their faise all their promises brok ple continue added that “in the Lodges, “the Newberry their ilk in control cal Bellsh capital™ The democratic the arms confer: in his address zzers nation's chairman allnded td s at se pointg o tima declaring itg “proceedings and a to have been “grossly exage: and at ane other, making the rae publican admint: conference -had our national so previously surren: Igndred years. articular st on what he de of the republican with disturbed econos 1 through ths rrendered m in that connectidn he publican leaders people by failing to nent depression. COMMITTEEMEN MAY I MUSCLE SHOALS IROJECT Washington, Feb. tion by the senate of the Ford offer { of the governme Shoals, Ala., resulted t entation to the senate of a reso ing aluthority inspect personally t J. W. Worthir executive comn River Imprdvemes viser to Mr. Ford o transaction was the on t today by the military commit-es fered to use of a fils picted the developme him pay for every uniferm and gun he| Phfladeiphia, Feb. a meeting called soon after Mr. Harding’s | days & hapy girl. letter reached the capitol, discussed the |today the skill of a ph: letter to | ficlency of one of the Senator McCumber urging that enact- |science. removed the pi the bonus bill be not postponed. | eling toward the ten Opposition to any postponement of the | Five operations in legislation also was expressed by John |relieve the child of Thomas . Taylor, vice chairman of the|substance in the bronchus. In a formal state- |no anasthetic was us ment tonight he declared that the need |der obsamvation for several o for the passage of the bil was immedi- |scope was today Inserted from the time the s ints present stage of comp accepted by the co The counter offer of tha Alabama Pow er company submitted for lease of the properties n a ge tion today aithoush before the legisiators. Mr. Worthington agreed to p: ment in the committex's rec would show the number of min finished fertilizer which <ol o annually by Mr. Ford a: Mascle S Several members asked whetlier ) would agroe definitely amount of fertilizers in forms and were intormed that he believed it an imnos<bis thimg for the Detroft manufacturer to do one pocket of ine service man,” he con. | GTRL HAD PIN REMOVED FROM HER LEFT LUNG 16— Hoffensteln, who was broueht from ta, Kansas, to have a pin removed from her left lung, will return & At Je o minutes and ter being um- a broneo- throuzh the of forceps, iowered the pin. ‘The operation L mouth anq a b The child awallowed the pin on Decem- meet this obligation. As is genmeraliy ber 20, vs sald. -