Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 46 34 MEN KILLED, EIGHT INJURED IN THE FIRE- 1 Posity of |Gest rlr in CONSUMED GIANT ARMY AIRSHIP ROMA Plunged From a Thousand Feet or More in the Air to the Ground at the Hampton Roads Naval Base—Airship Struck a High Tension Electric Wire and Burst Into a Furnace of Blazing Hydrogen Gas—Thirty Bodies Have Been Recovered—Identification Has Been Made of Only One Body, as the Victims Were VMy Cooked to Death—Airship Was Making a Trial Flight With a New Battery of Liberty Motors—Misplacement of Rudder is a v-four men e large dirizible been removed, ac- on the fata ndder Slipped to One Side of eye wit- arpened acl-eared trial filg! motors. They were Italian engines 2 r in Italy. but which have - aticfactory. Installation was . ol 2t Langley Fiald two weeks ago, 2 p. m. when thos ention caught by na dip down from t the down hsing blunt On the er glide earth- d v hundred feet t the waters of I earriad a Roma's m gard thil et Flames Drove Reseners Back » on haek hefore s T 3 helplessly as P shriveladin the t berated gas. The dead in that flery no passenger list behind v out for a brief trial run v and men as passengers, e from 19, her iretde one civillan on » and that she actually carried Victims Virtually Cooked to Death whe personally many of eniisted men, were un- e one of the vic- charred was each—virtually in the mass of wreckage lon and Sames encompas- the forward part of the & compartment of the ship had a cir lives Several were in- by jumping, but three came out 2 rt and were discharged m the hoeplial within a few hours disaster. Bart, who with Csitain ~sd was the principal pilot of the Roma, vas one of these. He jumped when the was only a few yards from the round. A Han. Roy Hurley, also es- aged u as dld Master-Sergeant the forty-five who laft Langley Field ation this afiernoon only eleven own to have survives the accident. of these, more dead than alive, lay efr cots at the United States Puh- ealth Service hospital with burned broken limhe swathed in bandages © had their faces smeared with cream ee them of their intense suffering hers By asleep or uncomsclous v their climed eyes vistble. All were able to talk, were suffering rom shock Storles of Survivors Albert Floree, who was in the observ- Believed to Have Caused the der, itself as large Catastrophe. ers’ pit on top of the bag, eatd: "I felt the ship tiit vp from the back and start to slip down. I tried to go back down in- side but then I decided to come out for- ward again. By that time we hit the ground and 1 was thrown out on the ground” Flores was burned bout the hands and fs suffering from shock. Major J. D. Reardon, who was In the control cabin at the time of fhe accident, |sald that the work of the officers in was excellent, “Lieutenant Burt and Captain Mabry were at thelr wheels,” the major said e ship gave a duck and I saw Lieuten- ant Burt pull with all his hight on the eievation lever. He velled out ‘She won't nd,’ and then, Tut the motors.! One by one T heard the motors shut off and then we struck, If the motors had not been shut off we Wwould have hit the ground nuch harder.” en asked If he had seen any flames, he sald he had not rley, a clvilian and engine ex- as aboard and suffered a shght rain ‘of one arm and burns about the hand. The trip was Hurley's first flight. it was the first time I had ever been he &aid, “and when the Roma. started to swing I Aidn’t know anything was wrong. 1 thought she was acting all right. T didn't know different. It was rot tmtil the machine hit the ground that I realized she was wrecked. She was sail- mz along smoothly and she was coming straght from the Langley Field. We were up only a short time when we fell.” ©One of the mechanics in the crew of the Roma, who wa® rescued shortly after the big ship hit said “Ovr rudder broke and the planes did not work, =o far as I could see thera was mo fife until we hit the ground Colonel P, M. Guiney, commandant of the army base who witnessed the fall of the Roma, bore out this statement. He | said he did not see any fire until after the big gas bag had landed on the ground. As the Roma ieared the scene of the isaster it was apparent she was in trouble, other officers at the base sald. The big rudders seemed to be working badly and the érew waas desperately throwing off balast, Thelr efforts to jmt fhe big airshts on an even keel however, suc- ceded for only a minute or two as the ship azain tilted and began plunging toward the earth narrowly missing the smokestack of the base power plant it failing to clear the net work of high voltage electric wires which covered the spot where the Roma was destroyed. Two shamx explo- &ions were heard before the firemen began fighting the flames but it Is belleved these were caused hy gasoline in the fuel tanks. Sergeant Peek, an engineer aboard the Roma eaTd he was telncing his motor in the port rear engine boat. “The Liberty was nninz fine,” he declared, when we suddenly veered up and nosed down. I was 100 insane to think much of any- thing. Joseph N. Bledenbeck, enginesr wa: burned about the face and hands. He said: I didn't see any fire. The ship just tilted 112 and started to nose dive. When we hit the ground an explosion followed. I was pinned so that I could not get out. All the tyne I was afraid that the big ges envelope behind us would explods. As it happened te fire reached the fabric be- fore the blg explosion. It it had not, I could naver have gotten out allve. I saw one man try a Jump. I dom't know who he was or if he made a safe landing. We hit right after that. We were too to make a safe jump.” denbeck and Major Reardon spoke of th egallant way the officers re- mained at their posts. Until the instant of the crash the officers stuck at the wheels. One of the survivors sald that the Roma <ailed with a little tilt and that he res: pald lttie attention to the initial life of | e 1ail of the spund he heard a man Fell that the craft refused to Tespond to the helm. The airship Roma was an Italtan-bullt craft, purchased by the United States government from Italy early in 1921°for $200,000. She was, it was belleved, the largest semi-riged aircraft in the world the cost of duplicating which, it was sald by the war department at the time of her purchase, would probably be $1.- 250,000, The airship was of 1, 200,000 cublc feet capacity, 410 feet long, 82 feet wide and 8814 feet high. She wag originally equip- ped with six 12-cvlinder engines of 400 horsepower each, giving an estimated speed of 30 miles an hour, and a cruis- ing_radius at full speed of 3,300 miles. These engines, however, were replaced with Liberty motors affer the airship was brought to the United States. An American crew was sent to Rome to make tests of the Roma in Italy, and after these had been completed the air- craft was dismantled and shhipped to this country, reaching here last sum- (Continued on Page x, Col. Four) ULTIMATE IDENTIFICATION VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE Newport News, Va., Feb. stream of ambulances tonight into this city with bodies that hgd been taken from the ill-fated airship Roma, queen of the American air fleet. It was apparent at once that ultimate identifi- catlon of the bodies would be virtually impossible, for wany of them were 50 mangled and disfigured as to make them unrecognizable. Many wkre lacking arms and legs, some were head- less, others torn and burned so terribly that extreme care had to be taken in handling them. Many persons went from hers to the arny base during the afternoon to view the ruins and Witness the recovery of many bodies. Describing their experi- ence, some declared the scene to have been one of the greatest horror. Sol- dlers and oficers at the army base who witnessed the disaster saw several members of the crew leap from the doomed machine while she was still high in the air. One of these who 21.—A poured jumped had a parachute but it failed to open. He landed on a concrete pave- ment, In the local mergue bodles sheeted on POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, N., Leaders of Factions to En- the tables attractsd many, among whom were army officers and men seeking vainly to identify comrades. It was evident, however, had come to some of them instantane: ously, In almost every case the fea: tures retained a strange calm. body- lay on its cot Wwith the trapping of a parachute hanging in threads of burned rags to the shoulders. DECVELOPMENTS REGARDING THE SOLDIERS’ BONUS Washington, Feb. 31.—The seven re- ublicans of the house ways and means committes who are” charged With solving the problem of financing the soldiers’ bon- us expect to get down to brass tacks tomorrow, Chairman Fordney sald late to- day after the committeemen had had an- other general disoussion of the whole ques- tion with Secretary Meilon. The treasury secretary was heard be- hind closed doors, but he was wnderstood to have taken substantially the same bo- the open hearings two weeks ago when he reiterated his op- position to a bonus at this time, but de- clareq tha® is such lgidigion wms o be sition that he did af passed it should be financed b or some other form of taxation. a sales, Asked what ‘the treasury would do if congress passed a bonus bill as a genera charge against the treasury, w tificate: ancing, however, funding certifjcates due in 1923. tween & sales tax or bond I bonus he would recommend the former. Members of the sub-committee general belief at the capitol continued tc e that some form of sales or manufactur- that death Ons Mr. Melion sald to have replied that the amount would be paid by ssuing short term cer- He ojfosed this form of fin- on the ground that it might affect the interest rates on the re- Some members of the committee quoted the sec- retary as saying in substance that as be- e for the would not anticipate committee action, but the deavor to Devise a Plan to Keep the Organization In- . tact. -| Dublin, Feb. 21.—(By The A. P)— There is a possibility that a split in the 8| Sinn Fefn over the Anglo-Irish treaty | will be avolded. The Ard Fhels, the national Sinn Fein convention, which met at the Mansion House today for the purpose of defining the attitude of the Stom Fein clubs on the treaty, whethe er for a free state or a republic, ad- Journed until tomorrow with instructions to the leaders of the two partles to come together and devise a plan ta keep the Sinn Fein organization united. This unexpectsd outcome was due to the direct initlative of the meeting in general, and wag not prompted by the leadars of either side. After Eamon De Valera had presented a resolution pledg- Ing adherence to the constitution adopt- 6 by the Ard Fhels in 1917, looking to “international recogmition of Ireland as an independent republic,” snd stated his objections to the treaty on republican principles, the debate, unlike the discus- sion in the Dail Eireann, did not settle down into an examination pf the merits ' | and demerits of the treaty. Arthur Griffith, president of the Dafl 1| Eireann, replying to Mr.. De Valera, ralsed no new points; he merely reassert- ed that the treaty gave Ireland the op- portunity it needed. Cheers from both sides greeted the suggestion of Father Gaynor*an influen- tial member of the standing committes composed of both supporters ani op- ponents of the treaty, for a three vears' postponement of the elections, and prov- ed that the prevalling sentiment of the convention wos for unity in the organ- 1zation, in view of possible eventualities, and that it should not be difficult for » | Mr. De Valera and Mr. Griffith to reach an arrangement avoiding disruption of ers’ tax would be recommended. It was|the organizatlon, on which Ireland, in {ponted out in some quarters that with|the case of a breach between the British President Harding opposed to both the| ministers and Ireland might be com- original tax program suggested and to the | peled to rely. issue of bonds, the fiers s been nar-| Mr. De Valera argued that electfons rowed to a sales tax or the drafting of a measure that would be a general charge on the treasary. . Th a night that he believed he spoke the senti ments “of a hundred rd:ublican mem. bers of the house to the effect that a sale tax will be opposed or any rule seeking tc impose it on the members.” He explain ed that his anmouncement was based_on the fact that seventy repuolicans had signed a petition against any sales tax nd that many others Wormd sign. “Nearly all of these one hundred mem- bers are in favor of a bomus bill," said Mr. Frear, “and in favor of having it Cassed the same as the bill was reported to the senate, leaving the treasury to fin- ance any fmmediate demands, estimated at ajroximately $300,000,000 curhg the commg year, by the lssuance of certificates | which will be covered by fhe foreign loans. This does not take into consider- ation any economics that may be put into | force Urging adoption of a sales tax similar to that in force in Canada, Representative Volk of New York, sent an open letter today to Chairman Fordney asking that the eub-committee hear him on the ques- tion. He sald that if opporidiy <ere given for an explanation of how the Ca- nadian law would work in this cduntry, it was his Jjudgement that fhe sub- committes would favorably endorse this plan of raising bonus revenue. “It seems most unfortunate,” he added “that so many consclentious and well meaning members of the house, though lacking understanding of this most bene- fictal legislation, will Tush to put ideas into fprint and circularize members of the house with misinformation and mis- leading statements."” REPRESENTATIVES OF TEXTILE ALLIANCE AT DYE INQUIRY ,Washington, Feb. 21.—Representatives of the Textile Allfance, appearing today at the senate dye stuff lobby inquiry, re. quested enactment of legislation to em. power some government agency to recefve to American consumers and distribute German dyestuffs acquired by the repara- tlons commisslon and shared have been made by firms which the wit. ness described as “representative of the great German trust.” Mr. Coudert quoted the department as saying that it had continued to receive the dyes, although aware it had no legal power to do so, until the protests were made and added that the department had suggested that the alliance seek legisia tion. Coudert told the committes there tad been no complaint against the alli- ance or its methods of distributing the consignments for which he sald the al liance received_no pay or other recom: Dpnese. ALUMNI UNIVEBRSITY DAY AT YALE TODAY New Haven, Feb. 21.—The nineh an. nual observance of Alumni day at Yale tomorrow Is to New Haven. university secretary’s that a record attendance hand, it was said tonight. An extensive program has been ar: ranged by the committee, of George Gramt Mason of New Tork chairman. Beginning with the fresh: man chapel service at 7.50 a. m. returning alumni will be able to se office will indlcat be every phase of activity st the university in the course of the day. Classroom! aneé laboratories will ba open for visit. ing graduates through the luncheon in the Yale dining hall o'clock. Repeptions, teas, its, athletic events, lectures and con: certs crowd the afternoon and evening Dprogram, John Perter, 3 prominent British race- horse trainer, died in Nedbury, Mass., Porter was the trainer of seven Derby winners and the winners aged 84 years. of stakes amounting to $3,970,000. Richard Whorlskey, professor of mod- edn langnuages at New Hampshlie col- He was lege, dled after a brief ilness. 2 graduate of Harvard, class of 1897. Jast plan is supported by some re- publican leaders of the hoise and also by those who are leading the a:position to les tax. Representative Frear, Wis- consin, @eclared in a formal statement to- at the present time would be unfair be- cause the Irish people would have only the vaguest idea of what they were of- fered in exchange for the republic. Mi- chael Collins did his best to meet this objection, and indicated that he did not desire that the elections be rushed, but was unable to give a guarantee against elections. o g ont that so long ag the electlons were delayed it was open to b WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1922 Unity“m Sinn Fein| Blackstone Valley One Strike Sympathizer Kill- ed and Seven Wounded, Two Seriously, by Riot Gun Fire. E Providence, R. I, Feb, 21.—An jearly morning riot in Pawtucket, the estab- lishment of national guard units in three troublesome centers, and a meeting of the state board of mediation and concilia- tion ‘here were the day's outstanding de- velopments in the textile situation in Rhode Island. The Pawtucket riot. in which one strike sympathizer was killed, two erit- foally wounded, and five less serlously hurt by riot gun fire when a crowd came jto grips with the police at the Jenckes Spinning company plant. led to the immediate despatch of four coast ar- tillery companies to the Blackstone val- ley city from Providence. The Woon- socket and Fast Greenwich companies were under mobilization orders tonight. Their ultimate destination is belleved to be_Pawtucket. With the exception of the disturbance at Pawtuckst, quiet prevafled throughout the Blackstone and Pawtuxet valleys to- day. At Pontlac and Natick, where trou- ble was experienced yesterday, two troops of cavalry and a coast artillery company were in complete control. When the troons arrived at Pawtucket they found oifiy guard duty awaiting them, as the strike sympathizers quleted down im- mediately after their encounter with the palica Tonight soliers guarded the Jenckes mills, the plant of the J. & P. Coates company, and the Tamarack mill as a precaution_against nossible disorders to- morrow. The mills expect to operate on the holid: The hoard of mediation and concilia- tion, appointed to hear hoth sides of the strike controversy, with a view to arriv- ing a ta Bettlement, deolined to make public its progress today. A statement issued after the meefing said: “In view of the occurrences today in the mill sectionns of Rhoda Island. the board of mediation feels that It should give no publicity to its present delibera- tions for the reachn that the interpreta- tion of the results of the méeting might be too optimistic on the part of the pubiie or not optimistic enough, according to the menta lattitude of those concerned: The statement added that a public ses- sion would be heid tomorrow. John, Assuncao of Valley man kifled in the Pawtuck £aid to have been a spectator. Mayor Robert A. Kenyon was present Falls, t, Tiot, the was WASHINGTON Chieftain revered: unselfishly you sought The young, aspiring nation’s sovereign weal, As with your great heart, tried and true as steel, Through desperate days courageously you fought; Your ideal were to full fruition brought By telling blows your forces learned to deal; Through might of arms potential your appeal That from the wilderness an empire wrought. And although kingly, you refused to reign— Not for ambition your recourse to might; ’Twas not for conquest our forebears were slain, But for the proud supremacy of righ For Liberty they perished—not in vain, But to bequeath to us its sacred light. —LOUIS M. GRICE. with the Unfted States under decislons of that body. The state department, according to F. R. Coudert, counsel for the alliance has been turning over the dye consignments to the alliance for distribution but protests University expected to bring a large number of graduates back Replies received at the on which the ‘morning, President Angell will preside at a grad- uate assembly at 11 o'clock and at a at ol arp exhib- the supporters of DeValera to defsat the " | provisional government in the Dall Efreann and that defeat by even one vote on a minor point would compel the - | sovernment to resign. Mr. Griffith emphasized the same points and charged that De Valera was trying to avold a decislon by the peo- ple. Mr. De Valera resented this, and, meeting the objection of Collins and Griftith that they could not guarantes - | that Mr. Lioyd George would not fores elections, contended that no elections could be held without the sanction of the Dall Bireann and the army. Subsequent speakers reinforced the 1| plea that the leaders should endeavor to avold a split, the most notabls being priests, who without exceptlon took this -lline. The matter finally was settled by the intervention of Richard Muleahy, who, s minister of defense and head of the army, carrles great weight. -| Mr. Mulcahy framed a resolution ai- - | recting that tke leaders meet tonight and seelc » hasis af oagreement for submis- lon to the convention temorrow. Several of the leading members of both gldes, questioned later, expressed doubt a8 to the possibility of accommo- datlon. Mr. Collins, however, was strongly of the opinion, which he voiced forcibly to the mesting, that the situa- tlon would so improve that three months heneé tmited dectslons, impossibls now, mizht then be reached. Despite the long drawn omt and ardn- ous session In the cold and draughty hall the general tone of the convention was unexpectedly harmontous. It is unques- tloned that tha rank ard file, both re. nublicans and free staters, are earnestly desirous to prevent a split, and every move toward the continuation of unlty was heartlly applanded. Just befors ad- journment hoth Mr. De Valera and Mr. Collins admitted that they had entered the meeting helleving that a compromise was impossible and that the attitude of the delegates surprised them. 80 strong was the sentiment for unity that a priest, who suggested that the party leaders on both sides should be deposed, If necessary, to keep the organ- ization intact, recelved applause. NEWFOUNDLAND NAVAYL RESERVE TO BE DISBANDED St. John's, N. ¥. Feb. 21—As part of the naval reduction polley of ‘the British admiralty the Newfoundland nayal reserve, which has been in exist- ence for a quarter of a century and Which furnished 3.000 seamen for the British navy in the world war, is te be disbanded. Instructions were recaived today by " Twe perfons are dead and smotier is | Captaln Kerr, in chargs of the reserve in serious condition at St. Luke's hompital | here, to disband the force and sell the at New Bedford, Mass, as & result of | obsolets wraship Briton used as a train- inkaling the smoke from a chicken which ing ship and return to Egland with his murned to a crisp qn a red hot gas | Dermanent_officers. instructors and oth- *tove while-they were aslesp. Lo e » er personpel > throughout the trouble. He arrived at the factory gate at an early hour and watched the threatening crowd for some time. Then from his automobile he read the riot act. Meanwhile the crowd had become denser and the vpolice, badly Jjostled, found themselves without resources for holding it in check. Three patrolmen Were beaten; several of the strike sym- pathizers were hurt in the exchange of blowa. The firing of the volley followed the arrest of there men, ome of whom had been taken into custody by Mayor Ken- yoh. A passing wagon was commandeer- ed to convey the prisoners to police headquarters, but hardly twere thay shoved aboard when the crowd broke through the police line. The riot guns crackled and the efght men fell. The police charged with drawn clubs and suc. ceeded in dispersing the crowd. AN EFFORT TO MEDIATE STRIKE IN MANCHESTER Manchester, N. H., Feb. 21—The board of aldermen tonight anpointed a commit- tes of five of its fembers to make an effort to mediate in the strike at the Amoskeag and Stark mills. The commit- tee was empowered to try to bring about & conference betwesn miNl officlals and strike leaders in the hope of leading to a | settlement. ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF BEING EDWARD F. SANDS Concord, N. C., Feb. 21.—Chiet of Po- lce Talbert arrested a man hers to- night suspected of belng Edward F. Sands, who is wanted in_connection with the killlng of Wiillam Desmond Taylor, the motion picture director, in Califor- nla. The man held here !s sald to fit closely the description of Sands. NAMED FOR FOREIGN DEBT REFUNDING COMMISSION Washington, Feb. 21.—President Hard- ing today eent to the senate the names of Secretary, Mellon, Secretary Hughes, Sec- retary Hoover, Senator Smooth and Rep- Tesentative Burton to be memhers of the foreign debe refunding contmission. HOUSING BILL WAS PASESED BY THE HOUSE ‘Washingten, Feb. 27.—The house this afternoon passed the bill authorizing the United States housing committee to settle outstanding - contracts mads with munici- Dalities for rendering public service, This affects many New England cities that as- sisted in war work, New London is one of them. st EIGHT PAGES—60 COLUMNS BRIEF TELEGRAMS Between 350 and 400 cases of whiskey valued at $40,000, wers stolen 'at the Oscar Peoper distillery in Woodford county, Ky., by twenty masked bandits. Albert Sarrant, minister of the colonles, and the other members of the French del- egation to the Washington conference ar- rived at Havre. The house passed and sent te the sen- ate a resolution extending until June 30, 1923, the 3 per cent. restrictive immsigra- tion law. Captain Elijah G. Davls, tain of the New England Company steamers, aied at Swansea, Mass., at the age retired eap- Navigation his home in of 30 years. Colby college way bequenthed $5.000 to “establish a scholarship fund under the will of Emery B. Gibbs, of Brookline, Ma; TUse of airplanes along the Florida coast in the war on rum smugglers is understood to be under comsideration by prohibition headquirters. Lena Russo, 18, was arrested in New York, charged with shooting her 31-years old brother, Alfonso, during a family quarrel. The French government Is willing te 1eaiva the emtire question of organizing the international economic conferemce at Genoa to the league of natlons . Suspension of Kohler, Bremer and Cs., New York, stock brokers, was announced from the rostrum of the Consolidated stock exchange. Colonel Estaban Cantu, governor of Lower California during the Carranza regime IS the leader of the pragent revolu- tionary movement against the Obregon government in Mexico. The Women's Christlan Temperance Union “has fire In its eye,” and s =oing to drop its peacaful methods and fight to a finish to elect dry nomfttees in the fall elections. = The plan of the Boston Consolldated Gas Company to purchase the East B ton Gas Combpany d the Newton and Watertown Gas Comfpany was approvel by the state department of public utili- “ies. An attempt at delivery of convicts from ean Quentin penitentiary was frustrated when authorities discoversd a nearly completed tunmel from the machine shop in the juts mill to beyond the grison walls. Great Western Sugar Co. of Demver, Colo., advanced the wholesale price of sugar 2 cents per 100 pounds, making & total advance In the price of 30 cents per 100 pounds since the first of this year. Benjamin F. Brown, president of the Brown Bag Filling Machine Company, and member of the Fitchburg, Mass school board, dled yesterday, aged 73 years. Four hundred automoblle truck bodles were destroyed by fire at the tlant of the Continental Car Co. in Highland Park, a sutlvh of ‘Louisville, Ky Loss estimated at $100,000. The steamer Narbe, Philadelphia for Constantinople, whose machinery was dis- abled off the Delaware -capes Saturday, arrived at the Delaware breakwater in tow of two thgs. Coins welghing 15 pounds wers found vesterday in the pockets and Iining of the clotiing of Solon R. Handy, 92 vears old, by attendants in the hospital in Boston, where the aged man was treated after having been struck by a tax! cab. Ambrose Gilbert, 88 years old, the father of 21 children, grandfather of §9 and great-grandfather of 67, died at his home in Haverhill, Mass. He was born in Richmond, Quebec, but had lived here for 31 years. He was married twice. Miss Regina Kenny of- Stamford, 18 year old school teacher, died in a Hacken- sack, N. J. homital of a fractured skull Miss Kenny was there on a visit, was in- jured when her automobile skidded and overturned. A meeting of the forelgm ministers of the Baltic states to arrive &t an under- standing of their common interests and the role they will play at the Genoa econ- omfo _conference will be hel in Warsaw on March 5. e Efrhop Thomas F. Gallor, president of the natfonal . council af the Episcopal church, sald in an address at Chicago that he belleved “the elghtesnth amend- ment was a mistakie” e nlso said that he believed fn the modifcation of th Volstead law. Dean F. W. Nicolson of Wesleyan university In examining alumni statistics recently’ entered the realm of matrimo- nial poksibilities for Wesleyan men. He found “that 225 graduates had married girls who lived in Middletown. At & special town meeting at Middle- town last night, it was voted to appro- priate $40,000 for the erection of a stata trade school. The general assembly has voted $40.000 for the maintenance of such a school. Five hundred em; es of the Immigra- tion service of the port of New York re- ceived letters from the department of commerce informing them that the: ‘would be foreed to take a month's furfoug! before July without pa: The Fitth Regiment, U. 8. Infantry, diract from the bridgeheads at Coblens, Germany will be added to the New Eng- 1and coast defenss troops, it was an- nounced at First Army Corps Area head- quarters at Boston. Alfred E. Martin, for nearly 20 years superintendent of the Springfield Water Department and former president of the New England Waterworks association, died at Springfleld, Mass., aged 69. He was a 32 degree Mason and also promin- ent in Odd Fellowship. The case against Danlel Thompsom, a former Boston policeman, and later a court ofticer at the Suffolk county supe- rlor court, who was charged with at- tempting to " & jury in a civil sult, was nol prossed by the United States court. A Toklo despatch to the JImpamese American, a Japaness lansuage news- paper, said a Tokio school hoy had been arrested in connection with an alleged pplan to assassinate Prince Isevato Tokugawa. one of the Japaness delegates to the Washington Mmitation of armament con- ference. The Conmnecticut Soclety of Civil En- gineers, in annual session in New Ha- ven elected the following officers: Pres. ident, Robert J. Roes, of Hartford: first vice ‘president, Alfred H. Terry of Bridgeport ;' second vice president, Clar- ence M. Blalr of New Haven; secretary and treasurer, Henry JI. Kellogg, of New Haven. BRANDEGEE FOR TREATIES Would Protect the United States From Any Misunderstand« ing as to Moral or Legal Obligations in Defending In« _ sular Rights of Other Countries—Has the Support of Senator Borah and Other Former Irreconcilables—Seems to be No Doubt But What the Senate and the Foreign Countries Concerned Will Accept the Reservation With« out Protest. (Special to The Bulletin) ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—Senator Brande- gee has come out squarely in favor of ratification of the conference treaties, and taken a big step towards bringing ints line for ratification of the f8ur pact treat a number of senators who were previously counted in the dobbtful class. Today Mr. Brandegee introduced a reserivation in the foreign relations com- mittee which met universal favor and will result in the favorable action of some members of the committee and other sen- ators who were afraid the United States was being drawn Tnlo international com- plications. Mr. Brandegee's the reservation grotects United States from a v misunder- standings as to its moral or legal ubliga- tions in defending insular rights of oth- e rcountries, and it is understood it wil bo upported by Senators Borah and the other_irreconcilables. Talking to The Bulletin correspondent this afternoon, Mr. Brandegeo made it clear he considérs four pact treaty the hub of the wheel on the entire con- terence turned, and that unless that trea: is ratified the naval lmitation of arma- ment could not be properly endorsed nor further stds taken. He theretore intro- duced the reservation as & means of sat- isfying doubtflul eenators that freedom of action of the United States was in no way jeopardized, At this moment there seems to be no doubt but what the senate and the forelegn countries concened will accdpt the Bra degee reservation without protest, and so will emphasize the splendid work of the Connecticut senator In thus smoothing out pending diffioulties. g The text of Senmatorf Brandegee's res- olution, which is the first to be proposed to any of the arma treaties, follows: “The senate advises and con: Ject to the following reservation, wh is to be made a part of the instrument of ratification, to wit: ub- % ‘ there is no obligation. efther logal er mors al, to give such consent.” BRANDEGEE'S PROPOSAL ) MEETS GENERAL APPROVAL Washington, Feb. 21—Administration leaders in the seate cleared away many of the obstacles Tn the pathway of ths fourtower Pacific reaty today by indi- cating that they would acoept withous a fight a blanket reservation drafted te cover the objections of those who Gpposq urfreserved ratification. As presented to the forelgn relationy committee by Senator Brandegee, rephilie can, Connecticut, and virtualy egreed ta by those in charge of the treaty, the res- ervation pravides that the United States acoa4s no “legal or moral” cbligation to “maintain” the Pacific interssts of any other power and that none of the adjust- ments reached under the treaty provisiong ars to be binding upon this givernment ex« capt by the consent of congress. The administration _senators om the committes, including Senator Lodze of Massachusetts, republican leader and & member of the American delegation to the arms conference, are said to bave shown general approval of the proposal during the two-hour committes debate, although they held that ail reservations wene whols Iy unnecessary. It was also the under- standing of some committee members thay President Harding, while hol®iag that res. ervations were superfluous, had indioated he would not appose e qualification lik{ that presented by Senator Brandeges. Senators Borah, repithlican, I¢aho, ang Johnson, California, were sald to have been consulted in the greparation of the reservation, but it was not sbarent toe night whether they would wote for ratifie cation with the reservation attached. I§ was evident, however, that considerable debate on the senate floor was certain te precede a ratification vote, regardiess of what action might be taken in the com- mittee. At a session tomorrow the committee leaders hope to compiete consideration of the Brandegee praposal and perhaps form- “The United States understand: assumes no obligation, elther legal or moral, to maintain the rights In ralation to insular possessions and insular domin. fons of any other high con that it racting parties ally adopt @ recommendation that the and that the consent of the congress of the treaty be rtified. It was uncertain wheth. TUnited States shall be n-~-ssmary to an er reservations wold be offered in adjustment or understar ®.3 under Ar ticles T or II, under which the Unite States 18 to de bound in any way and tha committee, several democratic discussions or yveserve their views for presentation to the senate itaif MASONS TO ERECT BUILDING TO GEORGE WASHINGTON Washington, Pefy 21.—Approval of fi APPROVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PORT OF NEW YOBK Albany, Y. Feb. 21.—Approval al plans for a magnificent building to|Was given by the New York legisiature George Washington to be erected by the |today to the comprehensive plan of tae Masons of the United States at Arling- | Port authority of New York to effect an ton, Virginia sewen miles from here, on a | aSreement with the state of New Jersey ridge commanding a view of the capital, | for the plan and appropriating $100,000 was given tonight at the twelfth annual | for expen: was passed by a vote of meeting of the George Washington Na- |37 to 11 in the senate and the assem- tion] Memorial ssociation. biy later concurred. The vote fin the. The structure and su lower house was 97 to } will cost sl broximately But one republican, Senator C. X ing two hundred fect ubove ounding grounds nest Smith, of Staten Island, was Te- the memorial tuflding w | cordea in opposition while four demo= viow of the national capital, an cratic assemblymen and Semator Na- passed W all who make the pilgrim than Straus, Jr., democrat, of from Washington to the Mour York, voted for the measure, i home of “the Father of his co Thus, in the opinion of Governor Mile The proposed memon with its col ler, to whom the measure was sent for lection of Washington eiriooms and mem- | favorable approval, the legisifture dis- orabilia, is 1o to be the result of a move- ment begun-more than 12 the Masonic lodge at Alexandria, of v Washington at one time was m: posed of what he previously had term- by | ed the most important legislation of the present session. of lodge, now known as Alexandria-Wash- ington lodge, No. 22, A. F. and A. M., was lodge 39, in Washington's day. Among its souvenirs of the in his own hand, written at Mou Primarily, the building is to be a morlal to Georgia Washington, and the Mason. The plan of its f inspired by the great memorial monu- ments bullt in the anclent days oi Greece and Rome at harbor entrances and from whose summits burning flares point- ed the way to incoming mariners, The dimensions over all will be 160 feet in width by 230 feet In ddoth, exclusi: of staps, terraces and spproaches. The height to the summit of the covered ob- semuation platform, from which visitors may view for miles around the country where Washington passed the greater part of his life, wiil be 200 feet. In the center is to be an atrhum, seventy by one hundred feet, to form & memor! hall, in which will be set a statuts of Washington. This hall, sixty-for feot in hefght, will rise, by a clear story, above the surrounding portion of the bui Environing it will be a nunfer of ro: dedicated to the use of Masonic interests where in every Masonic organization in the country may have space. Rising above the memorial hall will be & museum room, forming the second story of the tower. To the museum will be transferred some of the treasured posses- slons of the Alexanderia-Washington Ma- sonic lodge. me- he man rm wi PELLETIER REMOVED FROM OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY Boston, Feb. 28.—The supreme court today removed Joseph C. Pelletier from the office of district attorney of Suffolk county. Its decision, returned unani- mously by the majority of the full bench who sat as judges and jury at the re- cent trial, was that he had used his of- fice for “private favoritism and person al aggrandizemeat.” Conspiracy with eertain attorneys to extort large sums of money was held to be proved. The fact that Mr. Pelletier and Un!t. ed States Senator James A, Reed of Missouri, his chief counsel, elected at the trial to introduce no testimony in defense was declared by the court to warrant inferences unfavorable to the respondent. It is conduct in the nature of an.admisslon, the court declared. The decision, written by Chief Justice Rugg and subseribed to by Associate Justices Jenney, Carroll, De Courcy and Braley, maintained again that the district attorney was without right to take any exceptions to its rulings, Mr. Pelletier and his counsel at the trial had questioned the right of the court to try him, assertipg that the proceedings should have Been by im- peachment through the legisiature. Pending appointment by Governor Cox of a successor to Pellatfer, Attor- ney General J. Weston Allen assigned Albert Hurwitz, one of his assistants, to the office temporarily, Eugenius H. Outerbridge, chalrm: the port authority in & statement’ to- rizht com ng on the passage of the measure, sai ‘The next step for the port authority, has been inaugur already in anticl pation of a favorable action by the gove ernors of the two states. The Dort &= thority has begun studles regarding the determination of the order of the tmw Trovements contemplated. ‘The test will be & economic justi« fication and necessity, ‘The port authoritp will procesd with its negotiations and meetings with the business interests. There will be no de- lay. We are happy to inform the couae try at large that the port of New York s proceeding along progressive and syse temat nes to make its facllitieg ame Dle to take care of all the burdens that commerce will impose upon it.” Democratic members in cing op= position to the bill declared they did not believe it was for the best interests of the Decble of the city of New York, MAY COMPROMISE METHOD ’ OF TARIFF VALUATION, Washington, Feb. 21—After s twa days’ row over American Wi lon, re= publican tariff framers of the house and senate got down todap to the basis of possible compromise. Two plans wera £aild to have been proposed with ths understanding that when the senators had decided on one the house members would be called in again. TUnder one of the plans, as explained by Chairman Fordney of the house ways and means committes, ad valorem duties on Imported merchandise com= parable with American made goois Wwould be assessed on the value of the domestic produced icles. 'mported g00ds not comparable with American products would pay a duty on the basis of the wholesals selling price of thosa goods in American markets. The other plan, Mr. Fordney sald, was to assess all ad valorems duties om the basis of the wholesale selling prics of the tmported articles in the marketg of the United States. This is the plan Proposed by members of the tariff come mission and the court of customs ape peals and was considered at lensth by the senate finance commtites before the tentative agreement was Teached lasg week to accept the principle of forelgm valuation with bolstering provisions fof proclaimed American valuation; flexiblg rat and increased or decreased dutleg to meet. specific conditions In trade brought about by the depreciation of currencles in forelgn countries. Chalrman Fordney indicated that preferred the first plan outlined Irish Release Prisomers. Belfast, Feb. 21—Seventeen _addl- tional hostages in the hands of the l‘r;h republican army were released to-