Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 44 ECONOMIC MEASURES WILL HIT ANNAPOLIS GRADUATES Chairman Kelly Says But Few of the First Class Will Be Commissioned—Cannot Swap *Experienced Men For Boys—Not a Dollar is to be Spent For Upkeep of Old Warships—Committee Has Decided to Junk All Vessels That Are Worthless For Defense Purposes—Junking of Ships Will Permit Decrease in Number of Enlisted chairman that he belleves a larger num- ber of destroyer could be laid up than the rundred mentioned by the secretary of the navy. The ol rules called for four destroy- ers for each battleshi and by applying rule we might get rs in actve commmssion number mentioned Butler of the naval ifficient, in his opinion. ig can be effected in 1d and worthless ships, committea a: normous sarv “Take the old Olympla, for ex- year the cost of her opera- is a fine senti- ave her, but she ought e where there will be no he old craiser , and the Rochester, commission- cost $1,154,000. line and you will h a tinker's dam owever, he wanted to be no ruthless full commission e number of ancient fbe no new construction next IEARING ON LOBBYVING INTERESTS TODAY MASS MEETINGS OF TEXTILE WORKERS IN PAWTUCKET VALLY 19.—The senate hearing being who introduced the Senator Freling- measure hroadened the tion to_include im- had com- | of an em-| tar | manu- | Amer- | huysen | cction | AUTOISTS FOR CAUTION AT GRADE CEOSSINGS 10 —Speakers the | composed of | ts of the! ent appeal for the part of au- approaching grade htrough al- motor rough disregard or lack of year was par- epeakers. nerease de- efforts made by the transporta- clected are Herbert A. e Delaware, and Western+railroad, chair- agent 0ad of New Jersey, ABOR LEADER TO HOLD OrT| EXPLOSION ROOM OF EDISON PLANT . —Huge rts of a revolving disc were hurled into residences by an in the boiler room of the Ed- E and fireman on duty in the boiler room were injured, former seriousl. A fifty-pound piece of the disc, cata- the roof of the hundreds of boller the half a block away, Another larger piece was sent flying over five-story factory building, shattering face of another home. in charge, the stomach by a sliver He was taken to Orange it was sald Joseph from HAUFFEUR THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE had ‘a ‘chancs t and killed his OBITUARY. Meier General Sir David Watsen. Feb. 19.—Major General Sir owner of a controlling in- terest in the Quebec Chronicle, died here early today after a brief illness. was born in Quebec in Feb- At the outbreak of the Furopean war he volunteered and was sent overseas in September, 1914, in com. mand of a battalion of the First Cana- he wife's un- have two chi and Vernon, to effect a reconcillation. the uncle's home, command the Fifth brigade of the Second division and later to command the Fourth division, an assignment he held until the end of the war. He had been associated Quebec Chronicle aince 1891. Sister Mary Joseph. Philadelphia, a few minutes drew a revolver, fired at en shot himself. Both died with the PIED AFTER DRINKING 19.—Sister Mary | # the missing jewels. & MALT POLISH FOR WHISKETY | yoseph, suparior emeritus of St. Vincents Home, said to be one of the most wide- | PRINCESS MARY'S HONEYMOON Iy known nuns in the country, died today She was 94 years old and had a Sister of Mercy more than sixty [ Londen, Feb. She served on the battleflelds | honeymoon will be epent at the Villa Medloea, Florence, after a comparatively short stay at Weston Park, Shifnal, the The post office and general store of | home’of the Harl nad Comntess of Brad- located in the. same | ford, according to the London Times. The Were destroyed by fire early|bridal couple wiil visit Parls for a few from drinking malt pol- | at the home. mtz of Baltimore, Md., who aise is in a precarious con- during the Civii war, — Jomh Gramsk owner of the sa- coneoction was pur- | Westminster, . Vt., shased, was held pending an Investiga- | bullding, . NORWICH, CONN., | CABLED PARAGRAPHS Open Deor Polloy in Persia. Teheran, Pergia, Feb, 19.—It is re- .| porttd the American government had informed the Persian government that the United States is greatly interested in the realization of the epen door pol- ley in Persia and has emphasized that American interests in Persia should be safeguarded In 2 manner similar to those of any other power.. R. Aldred Brown Died of Wound. Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 19.—R. Aldred Brown, controller general of the Egypt- fan ministry of education, who was shot last week, has died from the results of his wound. Two Effendis, who unsuc- cesstully tried to capture Mr, Brown's assallant, were fired upon. The persons Who shot Deputy Chlef Peach of the me- chanical engineering department of the state raflwaye, the same day that Mr. Brown was wounded, were dressed in native garb. There are no clues as to the identity of his assalants, M e i STATISTICS OF TAXABLE INCOMES OF INDIVIDUALS ‘Washington, Fsb. 19.—Taxable in- comes of individuals returned to the government for the calendar yar 1919 showed an increase of nearly $4,000,000,- 800 as compared with 1918, according to statistics issued tomight by the in- ternal revenue bureau. For the year 1919 there were 5,332~ 760 individual returns filed for a total income of $19,859,000,000 as against 4,- 425,116 returas for a total of $15,92 000,000 for the previous year. The tax collected on the 1919 returns amounted to §1,270,000,000 which was an increase of $141.908,000 over the year 1918. Personal returns of incomes. of $- 000,000 and over totaled 65 for 1919 as compared with 67 for 1918, while for 1819 there were five returns filed for in- comeg of $5.000,00 and ov For 1919 there were six personal re- turns of income from $3,000,000 to $4.1 000,000; seven from $2.000,000 to $3.- 000,000: 13 from £2,500,000 to $2,000.- 000 34 from $1.000,000 to $1,500,000; 60 from $750.000 to $1,000,000 and 140 from $400,000 to $500,000, The average net income reported for 1919 was $3.724.05, the average amount of tax §238.08 and the avarage tax 6.39 per cent. The preportion of the popula- tion of the country filing returna for the vear was 5.03 per cent. reporting a per capita net income of $187.32 and a percapital income tax of $11.98. The number of joint returns of hus- hands and wives for 1919 was 2.858.597 sep- and the number of wives making arate returns from their hushands was 5%.534. The number of sinzle men filing famil returns as head s was 362, sinzle women was 361,980, The number of corporation income tax returns, other than personal service dor- porations for 1919 was 320,198 of which 9.634 reported net income amountinz to $8.411,000.000 with o total tax of £2.175,000.000 compared with the 1915 figures of 317.579 cornorations lling re turns of which 202,061 reported a total net Income of $5.361.000,000 and a tax aggrezating $3.158,000,000. Partnerships filing returns for 1919 fo- tajled 175,898 and the number of per- sonal service corporations 4,758. Personal income returns of more SL000.000.000 were reported from cach Iof five states. New York leading with £3.436.000.000 Pennsylvania S1.838 000,000 ; Tllinoia $1662.000,000; Mass chusetts $1.090.000,000 and Ohin $1.0 200,000, Nevada with a total of $20,SS7.- | 000 the smallest tot the than reported states | TO TRANSMIT SERMONS TO SUNDAY GOLFERS ago, Feb. 19.—Special facilities to care for the spiritual welfare of church members addicted to playing golf Sunday will be instailed by the Dix- moor Go!f club, it was announced today. A wireless receiving station will e in- stalled as goon as the links are opened in the sprizg, it was said o that mem- bers can iisten to their favorite pastor on Sunday mornings while enjoying a cigar- ette on the veranda. Pastors are complaining bers of their congregati to church i 0. C am, president of the club. “Of course, we can't take the ers to church, but we can. and we will, take the church to golfers.” MASKED BANDIT MADE RICH HAUL AT DINNER PARTY that mem- prefer gpif Deal, N, J.. Feb. 19.—A dinner party at the home of Mrs. Sarah H. Robertson was interrupted Saturday night by a masked bandit, who was admitted by the hostess, and at the point of a revolver robbed her of a handbag which she told the jolice contained jewelry valued at $59,000, stripped her four guests of their valugbie and_ esoaped. the Hotel McAXsAn, New York, the day be- fore, with the intention, said, of placing them vault in Asbury tate braker of Long Branch; Edgar Lazarus, his bueiness associate; a niece. door while entertaining her guests ered by a white mask. her t6 hoid up her hands and Keep silent. throat an dwith the weapon the dining room. -|an_outery. tims to turn over thelr valuables, Mrs. snatched it from her. i houes. shortly before the rdbbery. aided the thief to escape. 797 and' the nur of single women | filing such returns was 88.595. The number of returns from all other single men was 1,602 and from all other The jewels were taken from a safe in Mrs. Robertson in a safe deposit Park. Mrs. Robertson's guests inclided David S. Meyer, real es- M. 5= e Faber of Bellmore and Oiive Roberison, Mrs. Robertson was called to the front and there was confronted by the robber whose face excepting the eves was entirely cov- He leveled his revolyer at her and in sharp tones ordered He tore a dlamond sunburet from her pressed against her body, forced her to return to Before the startled guests could realize what was happening, the bandtt flourished his revolver, commanding alt to put up their hands and warned them not to make While the intruder Instructed his vic- Robertson tried to conceal the handbaz with her jewels that lay one a sideboard. The robber observed her. however, and Gathering up the loot that had been deposited on the. din- ing table by the frightened guests, ‘the bandit then warned all to keeo uiet for five minutes, backed out of the room and fled. Lazarus told the police he thought he heard a motor car after the man left the The polics learned that & woman and a man wers seen near the Robertson home It is believed the women waited in the motor car and Mrs. Robertson’s hysterical ~condition since her experfence, the polics sald has made &t tmpossible for them to get a list lies sruption Large rs of the Irish Re: publican Army Were Pres- ent at Meeting Held at Cork. Cork, Feb. 19.—(By the A. P.)—A strik- ing feature of the meeting held in Cork today under the auspices of Eamonn De Valera was the pregence of large rumbers of the Irish republican army for the city of Cork and from various parts of the county, who were assembled by com- panies under their officers. Donald _O'Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, me”ded at the principal platform from which the speeches were delivered. Mr .De Valera proposed the same resolu- tions as were adopted at his meeting in Dublin last Sunday, Tepeated virtually the same arguments ag were then put for- ward, declaring that Ireland was in gret- er dangerthan it had been at any timein 750 years. The Countess Markievicz and Charles Burgess and other followers of De Valera supported the resolutions. The train on which Mr. Ds Valera met at the railway station at Thurles by 3,000 persons carrying Sinn Fetn fags Addressing the peaple Mr. De Valera saic he was glad to see that the people in Tip- perary did not want the British monarch as king of Ireland. other prominent republicans. zen fully [ what they were doing. foulr blic tiey lize what they were Going. d upon them, he sure that the ci their part in prov ev still stood for to the v an Irish republic. of the Free tion proving their contention could give to Ireland and thereby let Ireland know what is voting for. s “If they can make a which the English king will not be. i said Mr. De Valera State to that A FEW MINOR WEEK-END Feb. 19— the A n & A sack of registered mall, the value|by Mrs. Edith Rockefeiler McCormick, | 501 iS a graduate, and a full lne of of the football team of the bl _offers a2 Englend and !::a"];'c-“:;'\; of which could not be le:med{ 77as Te-| who recently obtained a divorce from Mr. :‘1‘-"5“2::“;;;:;‘ flashlights and other ume tan army, recently cspture M. Radek and his associates are ported to have been stolen from the|McCormick, and by Miss Mathildes | - . re_have been ordered released by | to belleve that the German offars are | wajting room of the union .depot at|grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. T oy tho viseldy, according to an officlal an- | better caleulated to n”'”f"‘;,“‘r"man o | White River Junction, Vt. Miss Mathilde is one of the heirs to the | CBUril “to get warm. ment fssued this evening. The an- | sia, which especially needs Ge 2 — great fortunes of John D. Rockefeller and ement adds that Michael Coliins. | comotives and other Germam MANULAC | wirnat wedding present would you lke | Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the Fourteen Poor Boxes Robbed. e e vt et s fuves : to give to Princess Mary?" was the|reaping machine. Her fiance, of whom| Fall River, Mass, Feb. 13.—Fourteen civen assurances of the relcase of addition- | qte bolsheviki negot! }"‘f“‘;‘fe’l’fj“‘:‘; theme for essays given to a class of littie is known here, is said to have an|poor boxes robbed and a, gold al kidnami-el lovalists, 2 the German officials that they prbag ten-year-old girls In. a North London|income of $10,000 a year. He is just | chalice, two ciburiums, two cruets and a official announcement came in a|hoth England and France fl"‘ P“ma«h'“ school. two years younger than Miss Mathilde's | targe silver cruci were stolen by Gespateh trom the viceroy, Vicount Fitr | ine to outld Germany for Russian e father, who was born in Chicago 30 years | thieves who entered St. Anmn's Roman alan, in Dub St James Craiz trade. hut made It cle < despatch said that Mr. Coll ised the release of eighteen Tokio, Fel 1 ~—DMajor Orde Lees, ivama, the celebrated mountain top of the mountain in winter. mountain is 12.365 feet ahove sea level. Irish of London, trip to the top of the mountain in for eight hours. mission to Japan. THREE HORSES BUENED Meriden, travelled Saturday evening to Cork was Arriving in Cork Mr. De Valera was greeted by Lord Mayor O'Callaghan and De Valera apologized for mot speaking in aelle, de- claring that he desired every Irisn citi- understand the seriousness of the situation and fully jto appreciate He declared that they were being asked to say that when vears ago they pronounced for a were fools and did not rea- It an elfction ed, he was ns of Cork would do orld_that Mr. De Valera challenged the leaders frame a constitu- they perfect freedom constitution “it may not be very P)— lins had prom- individual kidnapped at various times, these not In- TO SUMMIT OF FUJIYAMA a British balloonist and polar explorer, has just completed a trip to the summit of in southeastern Japan, and it is asserted he is the first European to have reached the The Major Lees was accompanied by H. C, and accomplished his The last 4,000 feet of the climb was made over slippery ice. Major Lees was a member of the Shackleton Antarctic expedition in 1914, ahd he and Mr. Irish are members of the British air WITH BARY IN MEBIDEN Feb. 19.—Three horses ana seventy-five chickens were burned and several wagons and a large quantity of bay and oats_were destroyed in a spec- tacular fire that swept a barn occupled by David Richmond, butcher, and John Mexico Suppressing Sporadic Revolts EGansesls Pabl Fabatuad Jue “an Marrero Rebelled Satur- day—Followers Dispersed. Mexico City, Feb. 19—(By the A. P.)— A week of sporadic revolts throughout Northern Mexico has left the federal gov- ernment forces entirely in control of the situation and with none of the rebel fac- tions threatening any serious campaign against the government, according to in- formation obtained by the war office here, The situation in the state of Michoacan, where Colonel Francisco Cardenas, with more than 200 men, is reported to have re- volted, still offers some what of & prob- lem, but General Enrighe Estrada, at the head of the federal forces there, had jyst been suppMed with more men and a saf- ficient amount of momey with which to prosecute a vigorous campaign and the complete disrersal of the rebellious fac- tion is expected during the present week. The rebel activities in the north are cen- tered in the state of Chihuahua, but en- ergetic measures have been taken by the small uprisings there are sald have prospered. and Juan Pablo Marrero are declared to not. men, shouting gla.” have immediately dispersed them. ral Alberto Salazar “Long cated in this vprising. The officials here have never taken ser. the all necess; in ers hil-e shown no alarm over the situa- tion, although they print lengthy des- patches concerning rebel movements. MOVE TOWARD RUSSIAN ONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION Berlin, Feb. 19.—(By The P.)— Carl Radek and Leonid Krassin, repre- sentatives of the Russian soviet, and comment i sorts of pol the advantage of the soviet.” must dea tionale, but actuaily lin were less officlal in character. o e PR T MAKING ARRANGEMENTS Rome, Feb. ence. Delegates to the Avezzano said nor ence which had been objected Franee and the United States. SEARCHING FOR TAXICAB afternoon. Several other horses were were threatened. SIX BURNING OARS HAULED Portland, Feb. threatened to destroy more than Wwooden freight carshere today. ing engine was sent to the scene, dava on-their way.to Florence. I8 TO BE SPENT IN FLORENCE 19.—Princess Mary" these. No water gupply was available. FOUR RAILROAD EMPLOYES. — EILLED BY A SNOWSLIDE Denver and Salt early this morning. down a canyon 700 feet deep. bodies have not yet begn.Tecovered, Slitz, milk dealer, on Veteran street this The loss to the building and content sis not expected to exceed $1,500. rescued from the flames. which had gained great headWay before being discovered. The barn is located.in the heart of a tenement district, close to the center of the city, and for a time several bulldings near by AWAY FEOM A LONG STRING 10.—A switching lo- comotive was used to check a fire which 500 The fire started at the end of a string of empty cars more than three miles long on a slding of the New York, New Hi ven and Hartford railroad. A spectator telephoned to Middletown and & switch- Six burning cars were uncoupled and haul- ed away from the string and the flames were allowed to burn themseves out on Denver, Feb. 19.—Four employes of the Lake railroad were killed, when a snowslide struck an engine belonging to that road near Loop, Cola., ‘The men were swept Thelr of the police investigation of the case. director the night he was slain. The officers, sence. several the ddrector was slain. rest and seclusion. e WEST INDIAN NEGRO POLICE FIGHT EOLDIERS government, which is acting in complete accord with Governor Enriquez, and the to Generals Pedro Fabela have rebelled Saturday with a handful of live General Mur- The federal forces are reported to Gene- according to reports from Torreon, has been taken into cus- tody on suspicion of having been impli- rumors of an ,attack againet Juarez, although the war office has made ry precautionary preparations thog disposttion of sufficlent troaps in that @zion. Likewise the lo¢al newspap- are on the way to Mgscow with proposals from on his ability ical discussions id is unable to make Russia as favor- with the nation giving the best Radek is prominent in the Third has no of- FOR THE GENOA CONFERENCE 19— The committee which is making arrangements for the Genoa economle conference is meeting dafly at the forelzn ministry under Baron Aver- azzano, former ambassador to the Unit- ed States, the secretary of the confer- number of 1 172 and journallsts to the number of 753 already have requested accommodations. e today he be- to the programme. Special cars was be- ing taken the secretary added, to avold subjects coming up before the confer- to by DRIVER IN TAYLOR CASE Los Angeles, Feb. 13.—The search for a taxicab driver who disappeared from his home here about the time Willlam Desmond Taylor, film director, was mur- dered, was the outstanding feature today The man, it was sadl, had driven Tay- lor home on several oocasions, and de. tectives believe he might have visited the The driver's disappearance was report- ed to the police several days uoh;y hés ife, who expressed alarm at ab- mves. " Tne officers, in looking over his effects, discovered thres bullets of the calibre of that which killed Taylor and a cap similar to that wern by a man witnesses have reported seeing near the Taylor apartments the night Miss Mabel Normand, film actress, one of the last persons to ses Taylor aliv yesterday moved from her Los Angeles Tesidence to Alladena, a suburb of Pasa. dena. Her friends said she was seeking BRIEF TELEGRAMS XNicaraugs hae opened a consulate in ‘Warsaw. A meeting of Russians in favor of a eonstitutional monarchy will be held in Berlin March 4. A hold up in an elovator in Boston se- cured to two armed men the $384 pay- roll of the Boston Coat Front Company. The cost of lving In the United Kingdom continues to fall. The decline in the last month Was four points. Fire completely destroyed ~ Alumm hall at Trinity Collegs, Hartford, Sat- urday noon. A tree was planted in Pledmont Park, Atlanta, Ga., in memory of the late President William McKinley, Esst Indla rallway strike has extend- ed eastward to within 115 miles of Calcutta. In the shipping trade in Liverpool Is dislocated and liners are unable to en- ter or leave port owing to a strike of the tugboat men. than $2,000, car. A 13-year. of the Methodist Episcopal church. More than subscribed Foundation. to tee gle street, North Adams, Mass. difficult for us tc agree with them." Thanee o o lan ““'?,‘;;,;',":“»“,;‘ZZE' to the New York side. Pointing to question of an iter-| ing towan R £ @ native policy. Mr. De Valora asserted | Struction. While M. Radek was e Do | According fo advices trom Tampico, that his task was the task of any gen-|Sumabiy to discuss only economle p the Standard Onu Co. has definitely sus- eral with a statement army; he had to| lems. the Vosslsghe Zeltung zifi‘-‘:u:‘; pended ail work at its refineries near rally the people into a strong positi motives were chi ly political, ‘Tampico. Denind the standard. of the republicr | €8 that he was gelling information nec- : —_— the same strong position they had heid | CSary for the preparation of a Soviel| gieadily improvilng /business condi- ten mo a If that were accom- amme for the Genoa conferénce. |tiong in the south are indicated, in the plishi i 1d be as anxious ossische Zeitung deelc_r}:hes R:‘_ opinion of Walter C. Johnson, secretary to come to them as they were last Ju as one of the greatest living ©ro-| i eqgurer of the Southern Newspaper Publishers’ association. NCE:! 3 S & Playing with a revolver he is gald to | cocior president, and no intimation was |hurried to the church and hid himsel{. R e e e e o™ty | have found in the mreet in New York. |iiade as to when the wedding will be. |Dbehind a pillar watched the intruder at Belfast, Feb. 18 (By the A. P)—ith| Tne' Brest Titorck. trenties and. pledges | ¢ Vear old Danieison Patterson #hot | ™ jigs Mathilde, who came home from | Work with a fuil set of burglar's tools 2t the exception of & few minor incidents| Cermans (o reeognize the independent | NMSelt in the abdomen vesterday and | switzerland with her governess a month | the door of o safe which contained part the week-end_in Belfast passed quietly. | zovernments built out of the old Rus- |died before his parents could get him )ago to sesk her fathers and mothers|of the parish funds. Returning to tha A man named Hunter returning from| pire, . the..allisd, and. associated ji.°. 2 bospital consent to the Wedding, is planning to | Tectory, he telephoned to the polics ank chureh_this morning, was shot and| ¢ the same time formally. re- = ‘ 1| rewirn, o her home in Zurich, where, she |3 m"“‘l,“w’,:“" full’ of officers wah u‘;;; WOUNGadE by A aried " party In the berving ‘the rihin of Russia to cotain | XBe ‘Berlin Bakers: “Assoclétion Deti-} s iived since she Was § years oid, in a| The burglar was nof atarmed by the P T e o e rreequently | tioned the ministry of food for tempor- | gnort tima commotion watil the ofioers catered At Clones the sitmation now auiet S S g o ihat the intri. |ary admission into Germany of foreign| " The formal announcement says: church. Then he gathered his tools has- The. patrols ate, moving abont unarmed. | 1> ATOUNd UHis Al bt Ao faea- |flour in order to reduce tne bigh brices| “Mr. Harold F. McCormick announces [tly and concealed himself behind t Members of th special constabulary | jure. s article is a mighty weapon |°f Gefman flour. the engagement of his daughter, Miss | lfar wherx‘ e Wascc:p!FrOdge:lflngfl_ who were kidnapped are still being o hands of both England and France — 1a|Mathilde, to Mr. Max Oser of ~erne, his namé later as Charles Benson, 39, tained at Newtown-Butler and Fosslea. o D nt a5 belioved | . The escaps of iluminating &as in|Switzeriand. This anncuncement is has- y Parks, Pa % BanedAsLe. and the soviet Zovernment as 79 | their room in the Roxbury district, Bos-| tened a few weeks by the fact of the, AmONE Dossessions claimed by the man : : = ' fo he makind use of It also, desplte e | ton, resulted In the death of Walter | regent newspaper publicity.” and taken from a checking room in % e i L bitter denunciation of the Versallles| progy “and the oritical filness of his| Though all comment was refused at |Taliroad station here are several corres TEAM TO BE RE treax y,(;r;vin j:\vv-v A e the McCormick home it was understood | #POndence course fessons in how to be & lermany on \account of he Samuel H. Rundle, Danbury Fair Association, ly president of the Danbury bank, died of pneumonia, cluding the unwounded special constables | ficial position in the sovelt government; % % sperding a t part of her time eSS R T arrested at Clones. It is believed, how- | consequently the German press is skepti- | V%8 oore, AIDIE Over. th mumntaine and |I¥ 1919 FIVE FERSONS HAD ever, that Mr. Collins has arranged for|cal of owers. The German forefen | . yweterbury American announces |riding her favorite horses, often in com- GROSS REVENUE OF $65,090,570 = rcb.na;e lzo. : § 1o | OfFICE openly received h:rf'» ardf“*;“,’"e' the sale of the entire capital stock of [pany with Mr. Oser, whose riding acad- — e t The border was qulet today, and(te ferred with representatives o 3 ms the American Printing Company, pub-|emy she attended. ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Five citizens of ’L‘:;‘ofl;‘m:’mm‘smfl will begin operations | stinnes, Krupps and the Genmeral Elec | jipery of the American to Russell R. the United States separted v. e e R T wvenue of 1 8 e sy with the Fiench ren-{ T oau ct New STy, JUDGE LANDIS INTERESTED g:;ng”m::oflc.az :r;.—'.n;.ma by the BALLOONIST MADE TRIP N resentatives both at Mavence and Ber-| o ol uiq cutter Tampa report- IN THE AMERICAN LEGION | treasury departfent. Deductions of 1is east of the Nantucket lightship. to sell the vessels on a rising market. Srtfkes in the South African fields have brought ready supply of the precious metal bench will be to make a swin around the ties leved the meeting ,,g ut‘; 4 c&n:e:en;e Pped into the breach with gold shipments. |y, aall training ca?uaas x’r:‘ xxhe south. 2nm;fzflt"vmm:e:;‘n&;‘n would be postponed but tha = 'm a rookle at this game myssif,” he sal = fng_ would take place gome time In| s, Enries Caruse, Widow of thel.[ mant to study the trainmg, oo E _ March. Meanwhile, he added, negotia- | Metropelitan opera star, announced | e haa been mpine - tno; | FAVOBABLE OCEAN CUERENT tlons were proceeding with the various | that she was interested in spiritualsm, | oot RS DSCR. PO Compliine thal HELPED MAKE RAPID VOYAGR countries interested on an agreement as | ang had enrolled in a small group of fair show. Some of them clim that they tended seances in the last few weeks, The Cairo, has been in: af English residenta. Mrs. Mary B. tucket, R. L, was instantly killed Sund; the Woodlawn etation and fell path of a local traim. Somny Glrdon. an artist, was u arrest in Spok ‘Washn, Jn bills in pe nand ink. for five years from New York. The firat ease of in ten years' was discoversd yesterd: polics ammounced after removing Al vin Dorcy, a megro, from his Brooklyn home to the County hospital, where the dlagnosis was made. Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 19.—A gerjous Five of the soldiers were wounded. clash occurred last night between the police and West Indian megro soidiers. Representations have been made to the British_authorities for the disbandment of the regiment on the charge of periodic GIOLITTI TO FORM A Londen, Feb. 19.—The spondent of SHOTS FIRED DURING RAIDS Reorganization of the national prohi- bition field forces is expected to be com- pleted soon with a total of 56 federal prohibition directors, - Five bandits held up James Win- throp, paymaster of an iron foundry in West Philadelphia, robbing him of more They escaped in a motor girl was among seven persons granted a license to preach by the Northeastern Oklahoma Conference $500,000, half the amount which will make up the fund, has been Woodrow Wilson A week-end survey of Connecticut by the state department of health on ths prevalence of infizenza showed 1,043 cases since January 1. \ Damafe estimated at $30,000 was caused by a fire in the Siciliano build- ing, a two-story brick structure on Ea- Whiskey valued at $6,000 was seized as it was being carried across icebound Lake Champlain from Alburg Springs president of the and former- Natlonal in his 90th ad that she had come up Wwith the drift- ing shipping board steamer West Carni- fax at a point about 300 miles south- By offering Its entire floet for sale at this time the shipping board expects, in the event of passage of the ship subsidy plan abeut te be submitted to congress, xo) Great Britain's =0 low that American bankers have step- soclety and stage pegple who have at- Zagloulist organ, Mahrussa, at tely suspended for publishing inflammatory articles. Five thousands pounds reward has been of- tered for the arrest of recent assailants Radeliffs, 52, of Paw. afternoon when she slipped on an fcy em- bankment bordering rallroad tracks near the charged with counterfeiting five dollar federal reserve notes. According to the police. Gordon drew the entire design of the Peggy Marsh, one tims sweetheart of the late Henry Field of Chicago, an- nounced that she had decided to go back INNEW YORK'S CHINATOWN Raiders Smashed Bharricaded Doors—Bullets Fired by De- fenders Passed Through the Hat of a Detective and Grazed the Shoe of a Federal Narcotic Agent—Eight Persons Were Arrested, Including a Young Woman Wha 3 Was Injured in a Leap From a Second Story Window. New York, Feb. 19.—The peace that for years has brooded over the crooked streets and mysterious dweliing of Chinatown was disturbed today by the crack of pistol shots and the crash of barricaded doors s Police raiders stormed a succession of ‘long-saspected opium dens. Eight persons were_arrested, including a young woman whos: back was thought to have been broken in a leap from a sec- ond story window. A man whose frantic Pplunge for freedom she imitated was only slightly injured. Two of the storming party had narrow escapes from injury. Bullets fired by un- seen defenders passed through the hat of a detective and grazed the 5006 of a fed- eral narcotic agent. Large quantities of oplum, with pipes and other paraphernalia were confiscated. TUnder command of Ralph Oyler, chief of the federal narcotic division. a score qf police’and government agents first sur- rounded a suspected den in Mott street. Two of the main squad, led by Oyler, at- An array of about 100 hollow-tops of va- rious sizes and descriptions seized. These wese thought used for trangorting opium to outside. When the raiders crepared ta leave place and gathered about tha entrance tihree_shots rang out in rapid Bullets whizzed past a woodwork about the door. The into the court yard and more b ijowed spattering on the paving o ad’ the jupper floor into shadowy corners and possible place of concealment & was found Mobilizing, the party next descended oy an apartment in Muderry street. Here it met with no istance, aside from barred dors. Four prisoners wkre taken. In marked contrast to Mulberry street resort was every detail. (Xfved maho tacked the front door. Wielding neavy |luxurious couches of upholstery and vels axes they smashed their way through the | vet hangings replaced the mean paliets of barred and iron-studded door. the place on Mott street. Four ;i-es, ong As the door gave way those inside made | of them of ivory and inlaid with gold for the fire escapes and one man, John |were seized, together with suppliss of opi Buff, 17 years oM, and a woman, Ethel|um and Horners. A long of names Kelly, 49, leaped from a window, g | presumably of patrons, aiso was foumd. on a stone pavement twenty feet below. Both were taken to Believue hospital un- der guard. The apartment, Tolice reported, was a typical oplum “joint”, equipped with tiers f wooden bunks ardund the walls, and filed with punigent fumes of cooking pel- lets rising from tiny alcohol burners. The last place visited, on Hi had been raided several weeks twenty Chinese were % bunks, Their slumbers were ed, howdver, Mr. Oyler Temark they seemed under the Sopo: not of apium, but of hard work and much chap suey. - street, MISS MATHILDE M CORMICK IS ENGAGED TO MAX OSE BURGLAR CAUGHT IN VESTRY OF CHUECH IN PEOVIDENCH Chicago, Feb. 19 (By the A. P.).—Har- old F. McCormick, president of the In- ternational Harvester company, tonight formally announced the engagement of daughetr, Miss Mathilde, aged 16, to Mr. Max Osr, 48 year old proprietor of a Berne, Switzerland, riding academy The announcement. which followed a day of family conferences, was issued through the butler at the home of Mrs. Cyrus McCormick, mother of the Har- Providence, R. I, Feb. 19. while at work drilling hole: the vestry of St. Patrick's Roman Cath- this morning;, olic church here early young man Who pOSsess a San Francisco school arrested by the polics early today. wag after a straggia F. Reddy, pastor of the awakened by the sound of 2 wins ing opemed in the church vestry, a |burgiar, a diploma signifying ghat Ben- that the engagement has been approv ago. C Miss McCormick went to Switzerland eight years ago for medical treatment, and has made her home there ever since, tholic church some time last night and ransacked the vestry. The ioss is esti mated at $1,000, Chicago, Feb. 10.—Judge K. M. Landis, who announced his resignation from the federal bench yesterday, told of his plans to devote more time to the American Le- &ion besides his duties as the supreme dic- tator of organized baseball ‘The American Legion is the grotest insurance policy this nation has,” he said, It is our standing gharanty of peace and liverty. I am déeply devoted t. legion and hall he!p in whatever way 1 can.” Judge Lgndis sald that one of the first things he will do when he leaves the come to $50,624 ment collscted $33, cent. The analysis of the service corporations.” “sals of real estate, stocks, $121,000 from “rents and ro; 000,000 from idends,” from “interest and inves: the balance, about $380. New York, Feb. 19—Six hours of schedule in making port, Captain Graalfs, master of the steas burg, from Hamburg, tonight have ‘arrived’ but are not given an op- abead portunity to prove it. Some of them, on the other hand, think that they have ‘ar- river when they are not ripe. I want to have a lok at this spring training sy tom and study it can waters by the 002 Vagary ooean currert. “Maybe a piece of the Gn broke off and decided to st United States,” he said “I nany there it was, and here we are eartier(han I had gured He eaid he calculated al when approaching N RUSSIAN BOLSHEVIK INFLUENCE IN ASIA MINOR SATLOES AND MARINES IN BATTLE MANEUVRES Guantanamo, Cuba, Feb. 19.—(By the A. P.)—Actual battle conditions have been approximated in the work of the sailors and marines of the United States Atlantic fieet, now engaged in winter ma- neuvers here. Landing forces of ve hun- dred men are eent ashore dally from the shis @ the harbor, going through the work of landing as ¥f they were under hostile fire. Marines, who landed & 150-milimeter gun from the battleship Fiorida, bhave mounted the piece on a tractor, and bave been engaged in target practice on a 20 laid ot that the shell fall far up in the mountains. The, bluejackets and rine landing detachments hawe been at Constantinople, Feb. 1 Russian bole ehevik influence in grow steadily In parts of Asia Minor dominated by the Turkish nationalists, it is reported here and a soviet economic m! n is tpuring the country, giving lectures in which they protest against the granting of €on- cessions to foreigners. Bolshevik. co-op= erative socleties and propaganda bureaus to -the stage rather than accept a $4,000 annunity offered her by Marshall Field. 3rd, in exchange for her “banishment” smallpex reported in the Metropolitan district of New York NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY Rome corre- report.that ex-Premier - Giolitti has been charged by. the Ring to form & new min- work on the rifle range, using rifies and maching guns in their practice. The Entire pattleship force has been ear- rying out maneuvers off the harbor, per- fecting its defense against torpedo at- tacks. have been opened in the larger citles. A mission of 150 Russian expert i reported to, be o nits way 1o Anayuia for the purposs of introducing the Hussiam agricultural system there. FRANCE ASKS POSTPONEMENT OF THE GENOA CONFERUNCR Parls, Feb. 19—The French govern. ment, desirous of making Proper preparas tion for the Geoa conference. has ame . nounced that the'work of French experts might require three weeks more. accords ing to the Temps. The government hag therefore informed all the participating powers that it will mot be possible for France to take part in the ooz called on March ¥, and bas as #3 —— FATHER AND SON VICTIMS OF A LEAKING GAS STOVE New York, Feb, 19.—John McDonaM, 75, and his son, Ri 27, were in Bellevue hospital tonight, the victims of a leaking gas stove in their home. The &on last night found his fathes unconseious in a chair, and had him removed to the hospital. Other inmates of the house to- night found Richard f the kame chair, also overcome by fumes. Both were re- poried in a serious condition.