Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 45 RHODE SLAND CAVALRY SENT 70 PONTIAG 0 SUBDUE TEXTILE STRIKE SYMPATHIZERS POPULATION 29,685 Governor San Seuci Ordered Troops Into Action in Response to Telephone Message That Armed Rioters Had Sur- rounded the Pontiac Mills—Message Said Officials Were Imprisoned, Windows Smashed and Telephone Wires Cut. Providence, Feb. 20 Two ¢ —(By the A, P.)— tate cavairy wera dispatch wtuxet valley rbunces that tonight to quell arose late today when ke symmpathizers stormed the offics at Pos event the remova ht compan ucket plant late at resistance. » started late aw afternno e crowd office and The officials remained up vaira troops arrived B Slitné il 3o Prottilince to il arnor San to sefl trops was sntiac tonight. Soon arter e o wires st from routs, and com. the sald counties,” peaceably assem- to de and part to thelr habitations upon penalties inflicted by the laws of the state.” LOCATION OF TEXTILE MILLS IN THE BLACKSTONE VALLEY Pawtucket, R. I, Feb. 20.—The geo- graphy of the -textile strike in Rhode Island is a blank puzzle to any but a native of the state. The cities of Paw- tucket ad Central Falls are easily dentified but the towns of>Lincoln and “umberland are seldom mentioned in the strike news. Yet in these two towns are located most of the Blackstone valley mills outside of the two citles. Each mill village has its own name which is commonly used without refer- ence to the town in which it is located. In Lincoln are the villages of Sayles- ville, Lonsdale, Berkeley, Albion and Manville. In Cumberiand are Valley Falls and Ashton, Similarly, in the Pawtuxet valley the ike centres’are in the towns of War- wick and West Warwick. The village of Pontiac is in the former and in the Jatter are Natick, Riverpoint, Arctic, Centerville and Crompton. Pawtucket and Central Falls are just north of Providence and the rest of the Blackstone valley stretches northwest from the twin clties. The Pawtuxet valley is a short distance southwest of Providence. Each of the valle is named for the river which furnishes power for the mills, TEXTILE CONFERENCES HELD AT MANCHESTEEK, N. H. Manchester, N, H,, Fob. 20.—Two com- missioners of conciliation from the federal dmartment of labor, Charles Bendteim and John J. . Rodgers, visited this city today and held several conferences with union leaders and oti persons interested in the strike at the Amoskeas and Stark mills against a wage reduction and an in- crese in working hours. They planned to return tomorrow to Providence where they have been assiting in efforts to settle the textile strike in Rhode Island. % “OLDIERS' BONUS REFERRED BACK TO TAX COMMITTER s 0% sisalien of S o Tt sub-com membere of the committae means a od that sub-com the problem again ought that n cloakroom Snd et of Sy tax plat accord with Presi- the fin- a sales tax. Whether that tax entir peared to be a moot ek oy tax were Represen- who called the g of & wa, scald it was hoped to obtain Miciant signatures to convines the ity memiprs t t would be im- * 1o p sales tax provision D n Ared I faver of ad- in spposition a sales or man- that its the for « dis honus question, it was the White that H had recelved many > Oubosiis enactméut of time American Leglon's i S e & tol- MaeNid der er, the Te- pposing any legisiation. he communications - in opposition to of the bonus ont- was added that many of = the bill showed a similiari- APPLICATION OF EDITH KELL GOULD DENIED | Feb. 20.—Supreme Court today denied applica- Gould for an order nE the divorce decree obtained in I Gould o action with $10 costs, - wid TRt UAEER" The lest opportunity, “she t to say a single word in woman i3 not to ba ex- any rights she may technical.” Justiee Mul- + she would ruy harefoot sword: vindicate hes plaintiff’s honor has Irast she would be ab- falled to avallherself of the opportunity to deny the highly charzes of her guflt.” an eaid he was convinced merely wished to coerce her nto “purchasing the she po " and that not made in good falith, ntMf has not a meritorious nad a AMERICAN CORN HAS REACHED VOLGA VALLEY 20.—The Feb. first corn propriation hed Voiga a_report American congression- $20,000.000 has ley in Russia, ac- received by the rel'at administration authori- Tonde Eleven trains loaded *n are on thelr way to Ufa, Or- amara and Saratov, Loading of corn at Novorossisk, on s proceeding at the rate or 900 tons, daily. Thus ar et government has allocated sy 06 cars for the transportation of “rn. an@ many mare are meeded. he Biack Se * cars, he son . DISCUSSION IN COMMITTEE OVER TARIFF VALUATION Washington, Feb. 20.—Differences be- esn republicans of the senate finance ommittee and the house ways and means ommittee over tariff valuation principle vere aired today at at hree -hours' se. conference without any concrete re- sult. The discuesion is to be continued tomorrow, but neither side tonight ap- ared hopeful of an early agreement. The house committesmen, Representa- tives Fordney, Longworth and Green, who would constitute the majority con- ferees for the house on any tariff bill passed by the senate, held out strongly at todav's conference for the American valuation principle as written into the house bill. This wae resisted by the senate committeemen, who, in undertak- inz to re-write the house measure, long ago abandoned that principle. The conference was asked for hy the senate committee majority following the declaration Saturday of Mr. Fardney that If the senate sent back to the house a bill earrzing a foreign valuation bas- is as tentatively agrecd upon by committee republicans, the ways meang committee would re-write measure on the basls of the valuat the American on principle and the house would return that to the senate. Chairman McCumber sald it was de- sirable to bring about an agreement he- tween the two committees if possible before the bill was reported to the sen- ate as timbe prohably would be saved in that wav. Tt was explained that any change in the valuatlon principle under- Iving the bill ‘would involve a recasting of the ad valorem rates or a £ of a great part of the whole measure, OPERATORS WILLING TO CONFER WITH ANTHRACITE MINERS Wilkesbarre, Pa., Feb, 20.—The an- thracite operators today anmounced that they were willing to meet the United Mine Workers of the anthracite fleld in joint conference to discuss a wage con- iract_to replace that which expires on March 31, next. In a statement issued by the general policies committee, the operators sald: “Statements by officials of the United Mine Workers of America tend to give the impression that the anthracite op- erators have refused to enter a Jjoint conference with representatives of the mine workers for the purpose of nego- tiating a new wage contract to replace that which expires on March 31. “This is not the case. There has as vet been no request made of tha an- thracits operators to mest With the mine workers. The operators under- stand that such a request has been au- thorized by the United Mine Workers to be made through James A. Gorman, secretary of the anthraeite conecillatitn board. On receipt by the operators of such a request a joint conference will be arranged. BELIEVE BENSON MAN WHO ENTERED HARTFORD CHURCH Hartford, Feb, 0. —Charles Benson, 38 vears old, who gave a Philadelphia ad- dress when he was arrested in Prov- fdence, Bunday, when he was caught red-handed by Rev. Martin F. Reddy, after Benson had broken into St. Pat- rick's church on Smith street in that city, ls belleved by the Hartford au- thorities to be the same man who en- tered Trinfty piscopal church here. A typewrited found in Benson's trunk Is balleved to ba the machina that was tak- en from the local church. Hartford wag Included in a st of citles that Benson, according to a nota- tion in a dlary found In his possession was expected to visit. A typewriter, the property of the Rev. Samuel Harmon Fdsall, assistant rec. tor at Trinity Episcopal church, appar- ently the only article of value that eould ba carried away, was stolen by a burg- Jar last Thursday night from his offics in the parishehouse. An attempt to open the church safe and get the church sil- ver was unsucossstul. The local polls belleve it to be the work of the men arrested fn Providence. SINN FEIN CONVENTION OPENS IN DUBLIN TODAY Dublin, Feb. 20 (By the A. P.).—The Totels o Dublin were crowded tonight with delegates who tomorrow will attend the opening of the Ard Fheis, or National Sinn Fein, convention at Mansion House, More than 2,000 delegates had arrived up to a late hour this evening. The convention is expected to have an important_bearing on the efforts of Eamonn De Valera and his followers to prevent the treaty with the’ British gov- ernment from being carried into effect. Mr. De Valera, as president of the Sinn Fein, will preside over the deliberations of the gathering. It is expected tha tthe convention will last only one day, as the executive com- mittee of the party recommended that a vote be taken. tomorrow evening at £ o'clock. It has been said that the num- ber of speakers on each side of the ques- tion but the followers of Mr. De Valera possibly may disregard the recommenda- tion. Elaborate arrangements have been made for recording the vote, but even if the balloting takes place at 8 o'clock the result may ot be determined until 11 o'clock. Therefore it is considered pos- sible that the figures will not be available until early Wednesday morning. The 1,500 Dublin clubs have a right to ect two delegates each, but notification has heen received that there will be a totil nomination of 2,600 persons, of | whom it is expected 2,200 actually will | attend the gathering. The issue to be determined by the del- egates is clearly recognized as being for and against the treaty. Mr. De Valera kas given notice of a resolution that the Sinn Fein organization will continue ta adhere to the spirit and the letter of the | constitution adopted by 1917 the Ard Fheis in and that “accordingiy, until inter- mal recognition of Ireland as an in. dependent republic has been secured. the aim of the organization shall be, as be- fore, to secure that recogmition.” Estimates cencerning the result of the balloting are conflicting, although the leaders of the Free State party declare they are confident of receiving a clear majority. At an_executive council armnged for the Ard Fheis Mr. De Valera today made evident his determination to construe the | Irish constitution in its strictest sense. It undoubtedly is his view that accept- ance of the treaty weuld be a departure from the constitution and that the Ard Fheis cannot depart from the constitu- tion except by a two-thinds majority. + It was comceded tonight that a two- thirds majority’ cannot be obtained. There is much interesting speculation congern- ing the line Mr. De Valera, as president of the assembly. may take on the cffect of the resolutions. The meeting will de- termine whether the republicans or the adherents of the Free State shall control the party machine which is an Important consiferation in view of the forthcoming | elections. Control of fumds would follow control of the organization. The funds in ques- tion, however, would not mean the war chest of the Sinn Fein movement, but merely the working capital of the party | organization. These fuflde, it is believed o not amount to more than pounds ster ling 500. PROVIDENCE CHURCH BURGLAR PLEADED GUILTY Providence, R. 1. Feb. 20.—Charles Benson, 39, of Ridley Park Philadel possessor of a diploma from “Wayne Strong School of Safe Work” pleaded guilty in the Sixth district| court today to two charges, ome of| breaking and entering St. Patfick's | church early yesterday morning and the other with possessing burglars tools. He was bound over to the grand jury in $3,000 on each complaint. He is a pho- to-engraver, he told the court, and came here from New York because he was told that there were ‘“better chances here.” “They call 'em burglars’ tools” he sald, “but I was using 'em . for other things, automotive and odd jobs.” The police are- sending his photograph and finger prints to several citles. LIEUT MEAD SHOT FROM AMBUSH NEAR DUBLIN Belfast, Feb. 20.—(By the A. P.)— Ligitenant Medd, of the army service corps was shot and kiled and Quarter- master-Sergeant Cunliffe was seriously wounded as the result of an attack from ambueh along a road near Dublin this afternoon. Cunliffe Is not expected to survive his injurfes. Both men were shot in the head. Lieutenant Mead, who was stationed in the royal barracks at Dublin, was Froceeding from there In a_tender, with Bergeant Cunlifte, two privates and a driver when attacked by an armed ganz. The driver put on speed and reached King George's hospital, but Mead was dead when he arrived. Some of the attacking party are reported to have been wound- ed In the exchange of shots THREE FATALLY BURNED WHEN A¥TO STRUCK A GAS POCKET Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 20—W. H. Kelley, afd wife, and their six year old daughter were fatally burned near Des- demonda last night when their automo- bile struck a gas pocket. An explosion and fire enveloping the automoblle ty lowed. Two other children tough badfy the | f NORWICH, CONN., League of N to Act on Armament Cases of Whiskey Commxulon is - to Prooeed With a General Plan of Re- duction—Not a General Treaty. : Paris, Feb. 20—(By the A. r\—’rhe dfsarmament -commission “of the -league of nations decided today it was unquali- fled to brepare a general treaty for the redugtion or limitation of armaments, as quested by the last meeting of the as- sembly of the league. The commission de- clded, however, to proceed with the slabo- ration of a general plan of reduction of armaments, in accordance with the reso- lution of the assembly. The commission met in the Luxembourg Palace under the presidency of former Premier Viviani to prepare for its work in accordance with the assembly’s resolu- tion, which, besides a general plan of a treaty on the limitation of armaments, asked the commission to consider the ques. tion of prohibiting the use of poisonous sases and prepare for an international conference on the control of private_ man- ufacture and trade of arms .M. Viviani delivered a short address in which he briefly summarized the work of the Wash- ington conference and pointed out how the results obtained there might be supple- mented by the league of nations. Count Bonin-Longare, Italian ambas- sador to France, headed the Italian del- egation in the bsence of Carlo Schanzer, and Lord Esher replaced H. A. L. Fish- er for Great Britain. M. Matsuda, repre- senting Japan; Leon Jouhaux, reprasent- ing France, and M. J. Qudegeesf, repre- senting Holland, were the principal rep- resentatives of labor at today’s mesting. The commission decided to ask the council of the league of nations to en- larze the commission’s membersh®y by adding reapresentatives from Switzerland pain, Poland and one South American te, Sub-committees were appointed for the collection of statistics necessary for final conclusions with regard to private manuracture of arms. A resolution was adopted requesting the leazue council to send circulars to all gov- ernments asking them to set forth consid- erations whic Geemed necessary con- cerninz their armament requirements for purely national defense, international ob- ligations and geographical and other spe- cil -conditions, creating exceptfonal needs, and to indicate separately what police or Gther forees were considered necessary for the maintenance of order in their rc spective interiors, B The various sub-cimmittees will mee: tomorrow, and the full commission will meet again on Thursday. DISCORD CAUSED BY SMOKING OF CO-ED STUDENT3 New York. Feb. 20.—Columbia Uni- versity officials tomight characterized as “regreitable’ the action of the board of cation of the Nebraska State Normal s in banning the famous New York college as a summer training school for their teachers because of reports that graduate students smoke cig- Columbia acFarlane, controller of sued a formal state- ing issue with the announce- nent by Miss Margaret Kilpatrick, pres- nt of the Whittier Hall Student - body, veek to the effect tiat emoking in the roms was prohibited, but merely smoke made the rooms too stuffy. Hall is ectural <aj “Smoking y women in Whit forbidden for moral, not for arch reasons,” Dr. MacFarlane saill “It is regrettable that state board of ed- uld act {upon stories not of- Contrary to statements accredited to Miss Margaret Kilpatrick, is president of the student body In ier hall, the majority of girls do mot smolce. Since the publication of a statement which denies saying that the girls all smoke, Miss Kilpatrick has receive:l scores of anonymous letters from all ovar the rountry deploring the moral standard of women t 1t has only been a rule at Whittier that smoking is forbidden, but it is impossible for us to follow every g’ 1 about. “Besides, if a girl wishes ‘o take tea at a_downtown hotel and smokes tha.e, as hundreds of other women do, we cannot prevent her, although we do not approve of it. Miss Kilpatrick herseif denies the statement that smoking has becn stopped in Whittier Hall because it makes the rooms too smoky.” to FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR SHAFROTH DEAD Denver, Colo, Feb. 20.—John F. Chafroth, former United States senator from Colorado and twice governor of this state, died here this afterncon. He was 67 years old. After having served in the national house of representatives Shafroth was elected governor of Colorado in 1308 arnd re-elected In 1910. He was chosen Unit- ed States senator in 1912 but was de- feated by Lawrence C. Phipps, republi- can. He bezan his political life as a re- publican. In 1904, one cf ‘the most dramatlc incidents of his political career occurred when he made a race for congress for the 58th sessbn as a democrat. His opponent was Robert W. Bonynge, republican. On the face of the returnns, Shafroth was dsclared the winner. Bonynge, however, charged fraud in the counting of ballcts. Prompted by his de- sire to hold offfce without criticism, Shafroth instituted an Investigation of his own. In ome of the most remarkable speeches of lts kind ever delivered in the house, Shafroth-resigned. burned, will recover. Kelley was a fore- man for an oil company and came to Texas from Illinofs. The automebile plunging into the hole where the gas had accumulated caused an explosion, igniting the car, the occu- pants and the surrounding woods which burned flercely all night. The accident occurred in the heart of an oil fleld. SCORE OF SINN FEL PRISONERS RELEASED Manchester, England, Feb. 20.—About a scors of Sinn Felners who were con- victed here in 1921 on a charge of shoot- ing with intent to kill, arson and oth- er offenses, and sentenced to terms of penal servitude ranging from fifteen years downward, returned to thelr homes tonight. The local branch of the Irish Self-Determination League gave the re- leased men a public reception. STAB WOUNDS CAUSED DEATH OF NAUGATUCE MAN ‘Waterbury, Feb. 20.—Jerry Bartog- noli, of Naugatuck, died in a local hos- pital tonight from stab wounds received early yesterday morning in a fight in front of his home, Armidio Lombardi and Premo Massi, both of Naugatuck, e tfl’imi:i!n u&‘ are locked up In Naugat pending coroner’s inquiry, . He is survived by a widow and three sons. FOURTH FIRE DISCOVERED IN TRINITY COLLEGE Hartford, Feb. 20.—Fire in the Latin room of Seabury Hall, Trinity college, was discovered today by a student. It was distinguished with small damage This was the fourth fire in Trinity Col- lege buildings in twelve days. Fire on Saturday badly damaged Alumni hall, with a loss of $60,000, and on February 9 and and February 12 there were small fires. Officials of the college believe the fires have been the work of an Incendiary. The state and city police have been in- vestlgating the fires and after today's blaze Superintendent Robert T. Hurley of the state police personally took charge of the inquiry. FIRE FOUND IN DRESSER IN TRINITY DORMITORY Hartford, Feb. 20.—Excitement on the Trinity campus increased late tonight when a student returning te\his dromi- tory room found the dresser in flames. An alarm was turned in and firemen quickly extinguished the blaze. The po- lice believed the fire, the fifth of the se- les at.the college was set in a drawer of the dressed. 4 JAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1922 | here today, | change, the sterling parity and not the s | SchoonerHad 11,500 Annabelle, British, Was Seiz- ed About Forty Miles South of Miami—Crew of 21 Cap- tured. Miam!{, Fla., Feb. 20.—The British schooned Annabelle was selzed late Sunday off Jewfish Creek about forty miles south of Miami with a cargo of 11,500 cases of whisked aboard by air- Dplanes of the prohibition squadron oper- ating out of Miami and adjacent coastal towns, it was learened today from offi- cials here. The entire crew of 21 men was cap- tured and is néw being held while the confiscated liquor is under guard aboard the schooner which fs under guard aboard the schooner which is anchored off Jewfilsh. The crew offered no re- sistance when the flying machines, with their machine guns pointing at the schooner from all directions, swooped down on the vessel. Fleven airplanes, painted a bttleship grey, gradually made their way down the coast last week, it became known one of them under the com- mand of Captain Rogers, stationed at Miaml. Some of the others stopped at St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Charleston and other points. Advance information_was furnished by £couts aboard sub-chasers which got the location of the Annabelle and Sunday a number of the lanes gathered mear Jewfish and at a signal gather simultane- ously over the alleged whiskey carrier. A Captaln Jomhnson, who brought the report here stated that the prohibition squadron was equipped with a wave code which no other wireless apparatus could Interpret and this is used exclusively in the sending and recelving of official mes- sages. In the stern of each airplane is & machiine gun capable of firing 400 shots a minute manned by expert gunfiers. HARVEY ADDRESSED PILGRIW'S SOCIETY DINNER, LONDON London, Feb. 20 (By the A. P.)— America joined in the praises of A. J. Balfour, head of the British mission at the Washington conference, in his wel- come to the homeland, when the Ameri- ambassador, George Harvey, ad- ilgrim’s society dinner to- The Duke of York represented and the others includ- 1 and mili- and unofficial the American com- night the royal family, ed ministers of the cabinet, tary leaders and official mepresentatives of munity. The king, by letter. the Duke of York, Lord Curzon, and Mr. Harvey indulged in eulogies of Mr. Balfour. Cheers greeted Ambassador Harvey's prediction that the United States senate was as certain to ratify the various treaties as the British parliament was to sanction them. Ambassador Harvey said in part No one could realize more clearly than myseif the futility of any effort of my own to enhance by =0 much as a gleam the lustre of the_noble ftribute already paid Mr. Balfour by the rresident of the TUnited States in a message to the prime minister, and yet I hove I may add without seeming presumption a simple expression of the firm conviction that never before did a chief magistrate of the republic ‘voice more accurately the true feeling of his countrymen. “In their hearts T know I can eay with- out exaggeration, without a suggestion of flattery or hardly of sentiment, but with absolute certainty, Mr. Balfonr is enshrined. That s the highest honor within the power of the American people to_confer on any man. “Obvlously it would be unbecoming ix one identified with the government of the United States to do homage to the members of the Amcrican delegation on this occasion, and, whatever my inclina- tion, T shall refrain from transgressing the proprieties. Nevartheless. T have con- fidence that it will not be taken amiss if I remark to the many Americans here that they need mot how their heads in humilfation. Full satisfaction they should not profess, since simulated perfection serves only as a bar to progress, but modest gratification assuredly may be theirs, “The statesmen who finally Inscribed their names on the various parchments | as ‘citizens of the United States' includ- | ed Elihu Root, whose place in public es- teem there colsely approximates that of Mr. Balfour here, as unique in- experi- ence and accomplishments; Henry Cabot Lodge. the nestor of the senate, eurdite in cloistocal aloofness, but dashing as a knight of old in political fray; Oscar W. Underwood, a happy blend of the fine &pirit of the old south and the high spirit of the new, and finally, Charles Evans Hughes, directive by nature, incisive from instinct. the embodiment of justice, the latest among fearless leadesr to fire a shot heard round the world.” FISHERMAN SUES GOV'T FOR LOSS OF SOHOONER Aflantic City, N. J, Feb. 20.—An ac- tion in court which, before it could be Instituted, required an act of congress, has been brought by Wilhelm Alexan- derson, a local fisherman, in the admir- alty court for the district of New Jer- sey to Tecover damages from the Unit- ed States government for the loss of his fishing schooner Spray on May 30, 1919, Testimony in the action was taken hers today before United Commissioner Steeiman. Alexanderson, the owner and the cap- tain of the schooner, in his testimony declared that his craft was sunk by the tug Greeve belonging to the United States, elght miles off Block Island. Be- fore suit could be brought it was neces- sary to have congress pass a bill giving Alexanderson permission to sue the goy- ernment. EXPLANATION OF EUROPEAN LOAN BY NEW HAVEN ROAD New Yotk, Feb. 20.—The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad com- Pany tonight announced that no definite Plan had been decided upon for refund- ing its Buropean loan and that ‘“re- ports \circulated to the contrary are in- accurate.” “The New Haven has made applica- tion to the Interstats commerce com- misslon for approval of a loan from the Eovernment and any plan depends upon the investigations in connection there- With,” the statement said. “It should be noted that a part of the European loan is pavable in sterling as Well as francs at the option of the Payee, and that sterling is approaching the dollar parity. “Since the great fall in French ex- franc parity has been demanded by the Dayee. Moreover, of the entire “Issuesof $27,582,000, about $13,400,000 are pay- able in francs or sterling. The bal- ance are payable in dollars, so that if the entire issue were paid at maturity the saving would be about ten per cent. of $13,400,000 or $1.340.000, = BRIEF TELEGRAMS Export trade of the United States to Mexico in 1921 totalled $221,854,000. 5 the week ended Jan. 31 Britain mported 21,000,000 imperial galloris of oil. Ol production in the southern fields of Mexico for the week ended Feb. 11 amounted to 3,261,000 barrels. The cost to Norfolk county, Mass,, of the Sacco-Vanzett! trial last summer was $28,648. The athletes of the United States lead the world as holders of track and field records. c— The Stevens-Duryea company automo- bile plant at Chicopee, Mass, has gone on a half-time basis in ocertain depart- ments. Only citizens of the United States are permitted to pilot or fiy in an airplane over the territory of Hawaii according to the aviation regulations The American dollar 11 francs 30 centimes on the Paris Bourse, compared with 11 francs 8% centimes at previous close. was quoted The number of idle freight cars on February § totalled 467,997, compared with 489,842 on Jan. 31, according to American Railway Association. Fire, caused by an exploding still, crus- ed damages of 5,000 Sunday at the house at 593 Main street, Ansonia, occupied by Abraham Cooper and Morris Cavelwitz. King George’s princlpal wedding gift to Princess Mary i$ a handsome piece of jewelry which has already been given to her. Fourteen thousand British troops are now left in Ireland, according to a state- ment iseued by the publicity branch of the Irish republican army. The house resolution extending privi- leges of maval radio service to the press for five years was adopted yesterday by the senate. The body of Frank Baren, aged 35, mine owper, of Piney Fork. 0., was found half & mile from his home wich four bul- et holes through his mouth. Rev. W. A. (Billy) Sunday, well known | evangelist, called on President Harding yesterday and later took' lunch with the president at the White House. Dennis W. Stanley, widely known by sportsmen, having been many years a fish and game warden for the state of Maine, died at the age of 72. Portland, Me., vesterday, with an of- ficial temperature of 53 degrees, experi enced the warmest February day since 1902, when it was two degrees warmer. Price of refined sugar has been ad- vanced to 5.10 cents a pound in New York market by three refiners and by two refiners in the Philadelphia mar- ket. F Officlals of the publle school sys- tem of Detroit, have set themselves the task of learming how each person at- tending the schools fares after he leaves the institution. Only two women were elected mem- bers of the Central Executive Committes, the real governing body of Soviet Rus- sia at the last All-Rusfian Soviet eon- gress recently held at Moscow. Raw sugar production in Germany decreased from nearly 2,500,000 metric tons during the vear preceding the war to less than 750,000 tons in the year 1921 German ships have been the pumerous in the harhor of P since it has been reopened to shipping. Between that date and Jan. 1, 132 Ger- man, 48 British, 24 Danish and 20 Tor- weglan vessels arrived at Petrograd. most, etrograd Lucy Dulgou, a 15 year old school girl, drank polson at her home in Torrington because her parents considered her too young to have a beau. She left a fare well note to Rier mothe: The condition of Irvin 8. Cobb, humor- ist and author. whose lecture tour was interrupted in Boston by an attack.of in- fluenza, was reported as considerably im- proved. No antleravinationdsts aftended ‘e hearing in Bridgerort before Coroner Phelan into the cause of death of Mary J .Casey, aged 6, who died January 24 following vaceination. A turther continuance of two weeks was made :n the city court in Danbury in the case of Charles H. Brundage, ex-treas- urer of the Connecticut Poultry associ- ation, charged with embezzlement by azent of the funds of the association. Business throughout the countrs, pro- gressing through well defined circles, is nearing the point of the upward swing | of the economic pendulum, aceording to the annual report of hte federal reserve board. The condition of Frederick F. Brewster, millionaire oil man and a former director of the New York. New Haven and Hart- ford railroad. was reported to be “good” at the New Haven hospital. A new trophy, *o be presented by Car- dinal O'Connell, will be the prize in a relay race that will decide the champion- ship of the Catholic colleges at the K. of C. games to be held a tthe Boston arena on March 4. A floating mine twe miles sonth of Block Island, in the direct path of steam. ers plying between Boston and Norfolk and Philadeiphia, was reported to the United States hydrographic offics by the steamer Transportation. —_— comst guard eutter Tampa reported that she had left the shipping board steamer West Carnifax in tow of the tug Barrenfork about 175 miles southeast from Nantucket lightship, and was re- turning to her base in Boston. Two countertelt halt dollars were found in the money that was taken in at the door of St Peter's church, Rockdale, Mass., on Sunday by the sexton, August Emond. The four-masted schoonsr Bradford E. Jones, which left Vineyard Haven Jan, 20 for Poreland, Me., ard then dropped from eight, arrived safely yesterday at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1500 miles from her destination. Under the bellef that three fires in the groun of Trinity college buildings had been set Supt. Robert Hurley of the state police, and Assistant Supt. Rameden, in charge of fire prevention In the Hariford department, were at the college yester- day, examining the buildings. ‘The rhll'y ll lh. American Legion's EIGHT PAGES—60 COLUMNS PRE-NUPTIAL ACTIVITIES FOR- ROVAL WEDDING IN LONDC ‘PRICE TWO CENTS Arranging a Maze of Formality and Detail For the warriags Ceremonies in Westminster Abbey, Next Tuesday, of Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles—Besides Elabor- rangements Not of a Simple Nature. London, Feb. 20.—(By the A. P.,—Of- ficers- of church and stgte are hastening foward completion of the mazs of for- mality and detail which & royal weading necessitate, with only one week remaining bofore the nuptial ceremonies of Prin- cess Mary and Viscount Lascelies in Westminster Abbey. An English church wedding of which folk of humble station are the principals involves a formidable amount of for- mality, but when the birde is a daughter of the reizning monarch these difficuities are infinitely multinMed. Upon the state chamberlain’s office devolves the respon- sivility for bringing tha_wishes of the wishes of the princess” the bride-groom- to-be and the royal family into harmony with traditions and precedents to which such great importance s attributed and which must be scrupulously wbeyed This in itself is a coioskal task, involving the | searchinz of whole libraries for records of | past ceremonials of similar nature. Those whose positions in court soclety or office entitle them to be Invitsd to the wedding, members of the house of lords for instance, who have an inherent right to expect invitations but for whom the bhey does not afford adequate aceimmo- dations who will be given preference in as- ng seats to those who are finally in- the drafting of orders for vroces- at the abbey in accordance to fixed of precedence and the seiccting from the whole military, naval and air force of various units to compos: the | several escorts and guards of honor are | amonz the myriad incidentals which must receive most careful consideration and the emiployment of much tact and discretion Any aver-riding of rights or unintentional [blunder in discrimination might lead to | serious complications. In the case of the lords, what appearod first to be almost an insuperable diffi- wag bridged by asking the peers to ate whether they desired to attend | the ceremonies. A large number of re- quests resulted, wherdupon less than fifty tickets were forwarded from the cham- berlain with his apologies and the expla- nation that it was only possible to allocate t number of seats for the lords. The peers acepted the situation i eood grace and drew lote for these seats, and the arrangement apparently satisfied.au parties, When these other preliminaries are set- tled, the approval of church authorities ns rules at NO RECORDS WERE KEPT OF TREATY XNEGOTIATIONS Washington, Feb. 20 President Harding ™ informed the senate today he could not comply with its request of records of the four-power Pacific trea- ties negotiations because mo such rec- ords ever existed and because he con- ered incompatable with the public in- terest to reveal “informal and confiden- tial conversations. The president's five sentence reply to the resolution of inquiry sent to the White House last week was accepted by those in charge of the treaty at the cap- ol as closing the incident, although at the same time it aroused Increased dissatisfaction among senators who stigated in- he move for more complete in- forma A proposal to call Secretary Hughes before the foreign relations committee was revived momentarily but hout any immediate prospect of suc- cess. Meantime the committes took its first formal action on any of the interna- onal agreements negotiated during the arms conference by reporting favorably the Japanese-American treaty by which e United States is accorded cable and | wireless rights on the Pacific island of Yap. The committee leaders later made known their purpose to press the treaty toward a vote on the senate floor, indi- cating that debate on it might begin at ion. read to the senate the ter provgked no debate later Sonator Hitchcock declared it “absolutely necessary” the ap- Hughes to tell what be know of the conversations which took place at unrecorded meetings of the “Big Four.” Late In the day Mr. Hitch- eock left for a western trip. however, and thers was no indication that any of his democratic or republican colleazues on the committee would press a demand that Mr. Hughes be summoned. presiden but made pearance of Mr. ANNUAL CONVENTION OF POST OFFICE CLERKS TOMORROW New Haven, Feb. 20.—At the first an- nual convention of the newly formed Connecticut Federation of Postoffice Clerks here Wednesday _afternoon the speakers will be Sheriff Thomas L. Rellly, Thomas F. Flaherty, secretary- treasurer of the Natlonal Federation of Postoffce Clerks, and John D. Murphy, seventh national vice president. Invita- 1 tions to be present have been sent to the Connecticut delegation In congress. The officers of the Connecticut Feder- atlon are: Charles Ryan of Hartford, president; Frank Parmelee, of Middle town, vice president and R. Kaplan, of New Haven, secretary. e i IRISH FREESTATE WOULD BE REPRESENTED AT CONFERENCES London, Feb. 20—(By The A. Pp— Winston Spencer Churchill, colonial sec. retary, stated In the houss of commons this aftarnoon that the Irish Free State, when constituted, would be represented at conferences similar to the recent arms conference at Washington. His statement aroee from & question as to whether the decision of the Wash- ington conference regafding poison gas, whenever ratified, would become bind ing upon the Irish Free State. Mr. Churchill replied in the- affirmative. OBITUARY.® Charles H. Latham, Hartford, Feb. 20—ChaMes H. La- tham, a deputy sheriff for 18 years, un- til recently, died at his home No. 129 Capital avenue today in his 70th year He was a native of Windsor Locks. Be- fore he was a shiriff's deputy he was a superintendent for marine construction congractors and as such had a part in some of the big undertakings along the North ‘Atlantic coast. His last job of magnitude was the dredging of the chan- nel from the sea to Great Salt pond in Block Island, thus making a harbor of it ’ Mr, Latham is survived by Mg wife and who are charged with re ity for seeing that there is no conflic. wih ece clesiastical precepts must be sought. To the uninvited it might amesr that the matter of obtaining the endorsement cf church dignitaries for such carefully Grawn plans would be mereiy perfanctory, but church authority in this country «n duch oocasions is well defined and abso- lute, and its prerogatives Fuaried. This may be appreciated when it is stated that even the form of head-iress to be worn by the bridesmaids must have cler- ical sanction. In this process thers have besn many changes in the ceremonial arrangements since they were first drawn several weeks ago, but the final stage—obtain- ing the king's assent—nas now been reachs ed, and the official program of the aro- cecdings is expected to be available by ‘Wednesday.” In addition to thess elaborate civil and church praparations, afother by no mean simple matter is the purely leeal aspe of the arrangements, such as fixing the pre-nuptial settlements as be-ween bride amd bridegroom. An ancient tradition in the English royal family insista that a royal bride must not-sign her name on her wedding day before she does s a3 a part of the wadding ceremony. A prin- cess in Victorian days, whose signature to an important legal Gocument was required on the morning of her wedding. refused to comply until after the cersmony, which kept the Jawyers waiting and seriously interfered with the day’s plans. While Princess Mary must devots soms of her attention to these matters, most of ler time during the last few wesks, has been divided between court dress-mak- ers of West End shdps, whero she come pleted_her trdueseau, and receptions tc mM\(&u:fls and delegations from all parts of the United Kingdom bringing gifts ta her. For the past ten days sbe has recelv- ed many such visitors, some cf them in the tthrone room at Buckingham Palace. Viscount Lascelles has been with her on some of these occasions. Tho social standing and the places from which thess callers came aré as Viried as their of- ferings. They have ranged from repre- sentatives of the diplomatic corps, bring- ing a eplendid silver rose water dish to a juvenile but loyal admirer, who bashiul- iy offerpd the princess a “wozo' ‘or Jumo- ing stick—a children’s plaything of Souta African origin. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE OFFERS FOR MUSCLE SHOALL Washington, Feb. 20.—Announcement by Secretary Weeks today that he would submit to congress-tomorrow for accept~ ance or rejection the Alabama Power company's offer to purchase and lease the Muscle Shoals Alabama, nitrate and waterpower projects submitted to him last Tuesday, added to the possibilities of further delay in congress of comsid- eration of Henry Ford's offer for the same properties. Chairman Kahn announced tonight that ‘the house body would conclude its study of the offer submitted by the Da- troft manufacturer before undertaljng hearings on the new proposal but would not report them separately to the houss. The plan in recommending acceptance or rejection of the offers to the tull members of the house, the chairman, would be to prepare a joint Teport om all_proposals congress might receive, The house committee today interrn- gated J. O. Hammitt, vice president of the Alr Nitrates corporation, a subsid- iary of the American Cyanamid com- pany of Maine, who defended the rights of the former concern to purchase nie trate plant No. 2 at Muscle Shoals up- on as favorable terms as the governe ment might accept from other private enterprises. He submitted a contract signed by the corporation and war department of- ficials under date of June 8, 1918, when it was agreed to build the plant and which contained a section extending op= tional privileges to the Air Nitrates sub- sidiary to buy the property in the evemt it was sold by the government. PROBING ALLEGED MONOPOLY OF DYE AND CHEMICAL MAKERS ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—The long ds- layed senate inquirf to determine whether a monopoly euists among the dye and chemical makers of this coun- try and to investigate the activities of their alleged lobbyists got under way today. Indications of the sweeping nas ture of the investigation were given ime mediately in demands by Senmator King, democrat, Utah, sponsor of the res tion, that thirty odd persons, some of them government or former government or former government officials, be call~ ed to testify. The day was devoted largely to state- ments by Mr. King and Senator Fre- linghuysen, _republican, New - Jersey, whose amendment to ths resolution has broadened it to include importers as well as American manufacturers. Mr. King lald before the committee the names of those who he said, should e called and who could give testimony “evidenciary in character” Mr. Fre- linghuysen, on the other hand, pleaded with the committee to make the inquiry an investigation in fact and met & “prosecution.” MILE DISTRIBUTORS ACCEPPT TERMS OF FARMERS Springfield, Mass, Feb. 20—Lats this afternoon all milk dealers in this elty, with the exception of ome large distributor, announced that they would accept the terms of the 300 farmers of the Springfield Marketing District of the New England Milk Producers’ asso- ciation wWho declared in a mass meeting today that they would not accept less than seven cents a quart for milk. The farmers had been asked to accept & eut of one cent a quart when dealers eut the retall price two cents a quart. WARMEST FEBRUARY 20 IN NEW YORK IN 51 YEARS ther man announced this today, with the D, DS e .o Se—