Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 2, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. B3 NAVY DEPARTMENT HIT BY POLICY OF RETRENCHMENT House Appropriations Committee Makes Drastic Cut in Fuel Deficiency Estimate Submitted by the Department— Naval Officials Regard the Situation as Serious—An Effort is Being Made to Save Naval Academy Graduat- ing Class From Being Turned Back to Private Life. Wrashington, March 1—Neocessity of tying up every ship in the navy for lack of fuel to permit cperation, faced the avy department as an immediate prob- - tonight dus to action of the 1%e appropriations committes in re- ng out today a deficlenny item of £6.200.000 £or naval fuel to be used dur- ng the ramainder of the fiscal year. This sum s ad one-haif of the original fusl deficienay estimate submitted by » department As drawn Dy the committes, the HUl does not provide for an additional ap- propriation by #ly authorizes the de- mend money i might be take from other current appro- for fuel up to the limit set officials are known to regard the although Secretary the action of the committes. ndlcations, however, that g0 forward to all parts of aimost immediately under which no ship would be parmitted to op- rate under steam for the remainder of the fiseal y e adeministration of- Scals wers sueressful in indueing oon- ess to maks more lheral fusl provi- e the navy department has au- existing law to oreate de- fciancles as an emergency matter. it is that e policy of the administra- against that practios and that Sec- Denby proposes to keep sxpendi- s department within limits of it it is humanly pos- ohis tr do mo Action approprations commit- house fs generally regarded A3 forsaming closely nltimate action of sngress and untfl there Is some dsvelop- ment showing that congress has appre- Sated the situmtion in which the navy ®0uld be left, thers are nddcations that 20 aperation of the fleet will be author- zed which would 1sad to expenditure of fael beyond the lmit set. In presenting the fus! defclency i al Secretary Denby pointed the original sstimates for the * wers $37,000,000, which was reduned by the depaptment to 128,000,000 and cut by congrees to $17, 00000, Of this sum, only $14,000,000 was avallable for fleat fuel, and Mr. Denby sxplained that should every ship w in cowssiseion rematn at anchor hroughout the year, the total fuel il = keap them under necessary steam in »rt would amount to $12,850,000, which *ould leave the navy only $1,150,000 for werations under way as against $13,- 0,000 required for the 1822 year. 1! was also pointed out that when he bill was passed in July, 1921, ofl surning battleships wers being re-dis- rhuted between the Atlantic and Pacific \%eta. that five hattleships were in Nor- *ay with the midshipmen on a practice Tulse: that the Atiantic destroyers with +luced personnel wers in Newport and hat to complete these operations and ut fusl expenditures to the bone had equired very heavy demand on the lim- tad funds avadlable. Staps taken to save fusl fnkluded can- cellation of combined fleet mynonver operations exeept during target prac- on the Both coasts are now to & maximum of sight hours' aming per month to save fuel and wpital ships of both flests to a max- dayw steaming per mionth. within the deficlency limit in- by the appropriations committes howsver, it 1s sald to be obvious thess steaming allowances *t be smspended and every ship from leships and destroyers to naval wanmports and togs, be kept idle at an- ihor, or at the dock with only sufficlent koo Boller to provide fire pro- whts. heating and other vital eswition of ship We. Traming of for war servioe eannot ba con- a inder such olrcumstances of. flors declared, and department ls wderstond to he awalting the fnal ac- Hon of congress on the fusl deflelency ®ith great anxi Mr. Tenby t0ld the committee in te- WA o the deficlency estimates that iaval efficioncy restad on four inter-de- pendent eements. Thees, he sald. were Mictency of personmel, gunnery. steam- Toe ah of the Individual @hips asd #est tratning or the abilitw of the fiest as % view of the urgent nacessity for Eovernment economy, however, the de. partmert alreads has reduced fleet op- aln'ng and sbandoned engin- when its estimates of $12,- the probable fuel deficlency A% presentad. It is haped by naval of- feials that the situation, which mus not more than $8,000,000 ia wi1l be recognized by congress nal action on this item fs taken Chalrman ¥adden of the house ap- prowciations rommittes, calldd at the Witte House late today but dechned to fwenss nis talk with the president. He mid on Ing, hewsver, that he be- aved the committes would go ahsad ®ith 1tx programme and hold to the fusl 10prapriation ae reported. The mavy the war, he added, when ofl was nuch higher than 1t is now. used $2,500.. 190 & month for this #ne! and now it st Wmands the same figu EFFORT TO SAVE THE NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATING CLASS Torm Washington, March 1.—The navy de- mastment stepped forward today in an W%ort 1o save s naval academy grad- “sting olass from being forced to walk the lank In Jun “aking cognieance af a mevement n eonzrems to turm 541 members back to #4+1] 1¥a, Secratary Deriy, Rear Admiral on. superintandent of the academy nd Mear Admiral Washington, chief of the bureau of mavigation, insisted before 'he house naval committes that they were #eadad, that the three other classes @oud he pemitad to gradusts ac- sording to schedule and that no re- mads ™ the number to be Suction be nnrest among the 2.- men At Angapolis. Admiral Wilison laciared, a wpaed) decision ought to be made, while Admiral Washington, leak- wg 15 the future. asserted that the nesd for marvices of the midshipmen would # far gregter ten yéars hence than now. While conflloting views were 4 as tc what the naval commlttes might pecommend, questions at the long hear- ing today jndicated a growing sentiment in favor of commissioning the first class, and retiring at least an equal number of older ment in the service, many of whom have reached the age of retirement and reported to be anxious to get out. Acting on the advice of Admiral Wil- ®on, the class has delayed the purchase of first year naval equipment, and mean- while a number of business concerns have approached the admiral with a view of obtalning the services af a large part of the class, if it is to bs dropped under the naval appropriation bill, which will be reported (o the house, accord- Ing to the present expectstions, by the end of the month. “ntil the bill ls presented the midship- men will not know their status definitely but thers is the certainty, however, of & long fight on the question In the sen- ate and house, regardiess of what the appropriations committee may write in the respscting the ehss Admriral Wilson pleaded earnestly for every man at the academy and especial- Iy for the first class, standing squarely with Secretary Denmby, who unged that the antire June class be commirsioned. The question as to the number to be ad- mitted each year In the future was dis- cussed at some length. Representative McArthur, republican, Oregon, declared for a sixty per cent. reduction, or a cut ‘n the congressional allotment from five to two. President Harding, at a con- “erence last week with republican mem- Sers of the committes, is said to have recommended this number. Representa- sivsa McClintle, democratic, Ollahoma, Stephens, republican, Ohlo, and McPher-- Son, republican, Missouri, and pthers, in- Sicated by questions that they felt’ the whole calss should be put Into the navy. and older officers retired. Reminded that the question of com- missioning the gradvating class would eome up again next year, Admiral Wil- wn insisted that congress could cross that bridge when it was reached, adding that in a “year everybody might be hol- lering for the navy.” DE VALERA CAUSES CLASH IN THE DAIL EIREANN Dublin, March 1 (By the A P.)— Numerous clashes occurred again in the Dall Eireann today, the feeling® runniny high. Mr. De Valera continued to press for recogniton of the Dail's supremacy, but the ministers of the provisional gov- ernment held firmly that they were su- preme, and responsible only to the Irish people. Divisions continue to show there is no doubt that Griffith is in control Obe servers expressed the opinion tonight that the met resplt of the two days' de- bate has been to strengthen the hands of the provisonal government and In- orease nublic confidence In their ability to handie the situation. In the course of a long #'bate on the election machinery, Mr, Griffith = main- tained his determination to hold the elec- tions as planmed. three months hence, and on the old register. The members of the provisional gov- ernment displayed intense impaitence at the tediovs debates which they call an appalling waste of time. They have much work to do In connection with getting the Free State established, and are eager to get on with it. Mr. Colins, on ad- journment, hitterly reproached his oppo- nents for faillng to submit a singte con- structive idea. The finance minister’s feats of endur- ance amaze his associates; he works dally until 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning, Eetting_only four or five hours' sleep. The nature of the work of the provision- al ministers, Mr. Coltins informed The Associated Press correspondent, was so complicatad and deicate that it could not be delegates to subordinates SWEARS TO HER STORY OF THE MURDER OF TAYLOR 1.—Mrs. May Rupp today made a sworn statement ta the police of her story of the murder & month ago of Wilham Desmond Taylor, mtion plcture director. Her verbal state- ment yesterday caused the detention of ax men. Mrs. Rupp's statement definiysly as- serted that Rodney Calvert, one of the six men In custody, sald in her presence that he would shoot Taylor if the latter carried out a purported threat to report the gale to him of synthetic liquor under the guise of bonded goods. Detectlves were put to work checking up the various angles of the ease and i was stated at police headquarters that the woman's story had stood preliminary Investigation. The police afso wers endeavoring to lsarn something of the records of the #ix men. TWO STOCK BROKERS AND THEIR SALESMAN IDICTED Phitadelphia, March 1.—Arthur W. Wooton and Harold A. Wooton, members ofthe firm af A. Wooton and Company, Tnc., stock brokers, which ons of thair salssmen and Edgar C. Leighton, presi- gent of the Public Service Taxicad com- pany, were indicted by the federal grand jury today on charges of having made fraudulent representatfons to promote the sale of stocks of the taxieab com- pany. The miesman is Herry D. Bur- The brokers wers alleged to have hed an arrangsment with the taxieab con- cern under which, in rqdition to ra- ostving 2924 per cent. cash commisston for the mls of the stock =t $10 a share, they also were to receive 3,500 shares of a total of 10,000 shares. The defendants are charged with having sold the stock, knowing that the takocab company wag Ineolvent. THREE MINERS ENTOMBED IN CAVE-IN IN GOLD MINE 8an Franciseo, March 1.—Three min- ers were entombed n a cave-in todty at the one thousand foot level of the Idaho-Maryland gold mine in Grassval- ley, California, the company reported to the state industrial accident comms- sion, The men apparently had room to m Tapping on an alr pipe Indicated at Jeast one was alive. An air pips and & water pips lead to the secelon of the mine where the men were entombd. The mine crew and volunteers are working to reach the men. been awarded the ten guinea d by the Pall Mall Gazette f suggestions on how to make magnet of the world" Young of Mishawaka, Ind, based her suggestions on America to make towns EDUCATORS SEE MENACE IN X LECTURES OF W. J. BRYAN Chicago, March 1—Attempts to up- press by law the teaching of the doc- trine of evolution and other sclentific theories in the public schools wers vig- orously opposed todty by speakers be- fore the annual meeting of the Natlonal Education assoclation. Recent writings and lectures by W. J. Bryan urging a “back to the Bible movement” together with alleged efforts of legislators in Kentucky to pass a law against the teaching of Darwintsm were viewsd by & number of educators as representing an attempt to substitute methods of the dark ages for modern pudlle schooling. “Opposition to the theory of evolution,” declared Pforessor Edwin R. A. Selig- man, of Columbla university, “sxpressed the ldeas of the childhood of moclety. Now, it we are going back to childhood, let's go all the way. Let's teach that the earth ig flat and that the sun mover around 1t.” ’ He suggested as an eftective way of evolution, the preparation of an exhibit containing the remains of extinct dino- sur and other exhibits of antmal life —all showing proofs of svolution through the ages. Such an exhibition, he zald, could be carrled on a speclal! brain “to the benignted sections of the country where it s most needed.” Mr. Bryan waq characterized by the professor as being “still a medlevalist.” . “If those who are opposing the teach- Ing of evolution want to ses thelr move- ment completely discredited,” he de- ared, “all they had to do is to con- tinue the Ir fight for suppression.” ““The effort to support and defend the Bible through legislation,” Dr. Frank E. Spaulding, head of the department of education of the gradute school of Yale untversity, declared, “strongly swegests o wavering faith on the part of the ad- vocates of such measures.” “Those who are sound In the faith” he asserted, “know that the unhamper- ed effort to extend the knowledge of truth In every direction can only con- firm the truths of the Bible that have stood unshakable through the age: “If we were to eliminate those studies basad on the doctrines of evolution from our public school curricula, we would have left n sclence at all in the schools I think Mr. Brvan and certain state legislators and their supporters in this matter are taking the wrong course. Such methods lead away from the true epirit of the Bible” Every Intelligent person, State School Superinendent Will G. Wood, of Cali- fornia, pointed out. should be famfliar with the first chapter of the book of Genests and likewise, he added, with the doctrine of evelution. “Obvious!y.” sald Dr, George Straver, professor of educational administration, Columbia university, “the public schools must teach truth. Mrs. Cora Stewart, of Loulsville, Ky. head of the national commission In lera expressed the hope that Ken- tucky, where a bill for the suppression of evolution teaching is in the hands of the house rules committee, “will not at- tempt to turn the olock back.” “In the words of the greatest teacher of all” gald Thomas E. Finegan, state superintendent of public Instruction in Pennaylvania, “know the truth aw’ the truth shall make you free' At the afternoon session of the de- partment of superintendents, resalutions were adopted voleing uranimous disap- protal of federal supervision of educa- tion And declaring state supervision fs and Inallenable state’s right. The resolution was atmed at certatn sectiors of the Smith-Lever and the Smith-Hughes bills now before con- gress. Support of the Towner-Sterling measure, providing for a federal de- partment of education and representation In the president's cabinet, was reaffirm- o4, because “it recognizes and 'smbodies the policy of the undivided responsi- bility¥and authority of the state in the matter of sducation. TO GIVE LIST OF FRIENDS FLEECED BY LINDSAY New York, March 1—Miss Florence James, New York soclety woman, who sald she had been both a vietim and an alde of Alfred E. Lindsay, former stock broker, in his alleged depredations upon the bank rolls of the feminine “400,” to- night promised Assist pt District Attor ney Murphy a complete list of her friends who had given him money to invest. Miss James sald she inveSted money in Lindsay'’s operations and that, at his suggestion, she became an agent for him on a commission and bonus basis. She was hostess to prominent society women at one function whers Lindsay was a guest, ehe sald and many of her friends became his clientsat that time. Lindsay pald her the commissions and bonuses promptly, as he dld the expenses of the function at which he met his al- leged victims, she asserted. Lindsay, who Is at Tombe prison un- der several indictments for grand lar- ceny in the first degree, tomight pleaded with the assistant district attorney for an opportunity to reimburse those Who lost money through his operations. Al- though he aid he was “fat broke” he asserted he wa sa capable salesman and could “smooth things over” i Mis coun- sel and the prosecutors could “get to- gether.” The accused man bemoaned the fact that he had included Mrs. Lillian N. Duke, divoroed wife of the “Tobacco King” in his list of clients, saying that incident had been the beginning of all his troubles. $25,000 STLE BOBEERY FRO! 16TH STORY LOFT IN NEW YORK New York, March 1—A bekt line of ropa, stretching from the sixteenth floor of a West Twenty-first street loft build- ing to the seventh floor of & structure a block away, was employed by burglars in & $25,000 slik robbery last might. This was announced by detectives who tonight arrested thre men in a loft ad- jolning the seventh floor establishment, the ‘receiving” end of the belt line They weer charged with Rurglary. ice held as evidence several scors urlap bags stuffed with silks. TROUBLE OVER TOWN MANAGER IN STEATFORD Stratford, Conn,, March 1.—The town council at it feeting tonight received a petition requesting a referendum vote on the question of retaining R. H. Hunter as town manager. The petition was #gned by 1,607 voters of the town. or nearly half of the registered electors. The councll, which recently diemissed Hunter, took no.sction on the petition, and the meeting was adjourned subject 10 the call of Chairman Robert Turney. NORWICH, CONN. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922 Committee Endeavoring to Devise Means Without Heavy Draft on Treasury. Washington, March 1.—Elimination of the cash featurs of the soldfers’ bonus bill, but under a plan which would enablr former service men to obtain funds from banks on adjusted service certificates tm- mediately after they wers issued, is under consideration by medority membdrs of the house ways and means committes as a possible solution of the bonus problem. This would make unnecessary any heavy draft on the federal treasury cur- ing the next two years while the refund- ing of the $6,500,000,000 short dated debt is in progress and, it was sald, would re- move the fundamental cause of the dif- ferences in congress and between the ad- ministration and congress over the bonus question The task of working out the plan was assigned today to a speclal sub- committee which was alppointed by what was descrfbed 2s “unanimous consent” after the majority members had failed to agres on any method of financing the cash payments which it had been planned should he spread over a period of twe and one-half years from next October 1. The sub-committes had its first meeting late today and, it is understood/ plans to cali in Secretary Mellon and possibly members of the federal reserve board for a discus- sion of the whole proposal, Pmihasizing that the suggested plan was only in the “incubation” stage, Ren- resentative Longworth, of Ohlo, a mem- ber of the sub-committee, said it probably would be a week or more before the sun- committee had completed its work. What ever program is agreed upon must be submitted to the other majority members for a decision and it appeared probable that it would be at least & month before whatever bill was agreed upon would be ready for the house. Under the plan now contemplated, the face walue of the adjusted certificate would be equal to the sum of the adjusted service fay of the veteran one dollar a day for domestic service and $1,25 a day for foreign service less the $60 bonus paid at the time of discharge), increased by forty per cent, plus interest therefor for twen- ty years at the reto of four and ore-haif per cent. a year, compounded annually. The total face value thus would approx- fmately 3.38 times the amount ot cash that a veteran would have received under the cash feature. Tmmediately after the certificate was re- cefved the service man could obtain from 2 bank an amount cqual to fifty per cent. of the total of the adjusted service pay. 1t, at the expiration of three years the sum’ thus obtained plus interest had not been raid by the service man, the bank could make demand on the federal treas- ury for the amount due. The govern- ment thus would take over and carry the loan. Provisions respecting loans to bs made by the government on the certificates after three years from their lssue would be re- tained in the bil), it wae 52:d. Under these provisions, if the Joan were. made within from thre etto five years after issue the amount could not exceed minety per cent. of the sum, of the adjusted service pay, pus interes! from the date of issue at a rate of 4 1-2 per cent. compounded an- nually. If the loan were made af:er five years the amount could not exceed efgh per cent. of the sum of the adjusted ser- vice pay Increased by forty per cent, plus interest from the date of issue at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent. compounded annually. Representative Longworth expressed the opinion that the suggested plan if it could be put into workable Form would meet the approval of President Harding and aiso of both the house and-senate. He also thought it would be acceptable to the service men. Thls view was shared by sevaral other members of the committee, who said the lrogram would enable men in immediate need to obtain a fairly larg= sum of cash and at the same time retain to them more lasting benefits perhaps than would have been obtained through an all-cash adjusted compensation. The agreement amung the way anl means committee republicans | to under- take the working out of a compromise plan was reached after there had bean another test of strength on the proposal made by President Harding that the cash bonus be financed by means of a sales tax It was learned today that @ motion to write o tax provision into the bill wae re- jected late yesterday by a vote of mine to six, with one member absent. This left the question of reporting a bill without any means _of financing the cash payments. This was vigorously o> Dosed by some members and the diseu sion finally got around to the basis of a possible compromise along the lines row under consideration with officlals of the American legion. . Restriction of the cash feature previ- ouely had been approved by several mem- bers of the house who served with the colors during the world war and It was said there had been a growing sentiment among the house membership for this plan as a compromise. Representative Fish, ragublican, New York, & foramer service man, had drawn An amendment restricting the cash to those taking vocational train- ing, the sick and the unemployed. Anoth- or pial® suggested was that of insurance for all of the men with sick and unem- bloyment benefits and a monthly cash payment after the beneficiaries readned the age of sixty-five. Mr. Fish submitted his amendment to President Harding today at the White House and sald afterwards tnat Mr. {Harding favored a restriction of the cash feature and bad expreseed the hope that congress would not be swap: Off their foet on the bonus question. FURNITURE OF SENATOR PENROSE SOLD AT AUCTION Philadelphia, March 1—Furniture and ornaments from the effices of the late TUnited States Senator Boles Penrose were placed on the auction block here today. Among the articles soM was an sle- prant, emblem of rébublicanism, made of bronze, with trunk raised deflantly against imaginary attackers, which was said to have a significant history. Sen- ator Penrose received the ornament, ac- cording to the story, when the bull moose movement was making things difficult for him, and he treasured it with grim pleasure. Sl T LIS BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A FRIENDLY TUSSLE New York. March 1.—A_few momen) after a friendly tussle with another boy, Joseph Crea, 7, fainted today. He was waken to a_ hospital, whers doctors found that & lead pencil Which the lad had in his pocket had penetrated his back and entered his spleen. He was reported in & serious condttion. The will of the late Willlam Rock- hill Potts, wealthy real ‘estats dealer, providing for equal distribution of his estate among five children, was filed for probate New York. The valus of the estato was described only as “more) than $160,000." ; Ramifications For Lakes-St. Lawrence - SoldierBonus Fund | Ship Canal Hearing dence of peddlers of drugs and iHguor, Governors Allen and Miller ' Appear Before Rivers and Harbors Committee. Washington, March 1.—The battle for and agalnst the Great Lakes-St. Law- rence ship canal project was fought for nearly three hours today in a debate before the national rivers and harbors congress between governors of two states, Henry J. Allen of-Kansas and Nathan L. Miller of New York, Governor Mien, alded by H. H. Mer- rick, of Chicago, former president of the Mississippi Valley association, champloned the project, While Governor Miller took the negative side. As the bAttle waged from side to side, with se- rious and humorous thrusts and par- rles, the warriors were cheered appar- ently with impartiality, There was 1o decision, both governors agreeing at the end that congress would become the fi- nal arbiter in its action on the Interna- tional commission’s recommendations for construction of the project. As the final gong sounded frém the chairman’s gavel, the two governors shook hands and exchanged congratulations. The cry of “sectionalism”. early was brought Into the joint debate of the governors, who were brought together on the restum after Tecent newspaper exchanges between them. Governor Al- len and Mr. Merrick attributed New. York opposition to the St. Lawrence Project to a desire to protect Interests of New York harbor and state and the New York barge canal, Governor Mil ler denied and decried sectionalism. De- claring he spoke from the national viewpoint, he' marshalled arguments against proceeding with the project un- til after a thorough investigation had heen made by experts and the project examined fron all angles. Governor Allen stressed the “tragedy of trafisportation” from which, he de- clared, the middle west had suffered. The proposed canal, he said, would bring ocean-going vessels to the Ilgke ports, aiding the transportation short- age of elghtee nmiddle western states. Besides, he added, power development of the project would give great power supplies to the eaitern states and the whole project, he argued, could be fl- nanced and paid for within fifty years from the power receipts, Governor Miller emphasized the cost of the project and branded ‘the inter- national commission’s favorable report as “superficial” and one of “utter Worth- lessmess.” The cost, he added, would greatly exceed the estimate of $250,000.- 000 and he declared that the project ought not to proceed without a further exhaustive investigation. Cost of the project figured largely throughout the debate, in conclusion, Governor Allen declared: “Jt isn’t a question of cost, but jt's a questior” of ghiing-th~43,010,000 iymert« eans of the middle west the use of this perfectly possibla enterprise.” Governor Miller had the last word and declared that he and Governor Al- len after all were “very close together.’ Replying to Governor Allen's declara- tlon that congress should create a com- mission “to check. up” the international commission’s recommendations and de- termination upon the “method” of con- structing the project, - Governor Miller urged that an impartial and expert com- mission be authorized and ended the fray with the statement, “that if it Is demonstrated that this project is feasi- ble, I pledge my support to it, no mat- ter what it costs.” Governor Allen and Mr. Merrick open- ed the joint debate, Governor Miller oo- cupied an Intermediate interval and af- ter the Kansas governor had seven minutes to reply o Governor Miller, the latter had an vqual period to close in final rebuttal. Governor Allen appraled to the “Imag- ination™ of his audience to visualize the results of the ship canal, togsther with its power develcoment plans. The ca- nal, he said, would bring the middle west 1200 miles nearer the Atlantie and enable direct, through shipments to Eu- ropean ports. He declared that argu- ments agalnst the canal, because of lce, weather and cther difficulties applied with equal force o the New York barge canal. ~Construction of only 33 miles of canal actually was required, he con- tended, and not 1,800 miles as contended by opponents, Governor Miller sald that the lake channels were too shallow to admit passage of ocean-going ships and would have to be deepened at extra expense, not now contemplated. After his racl tal of obstacles, Governor Miller sald: “I agree with Governor Allen that if 1t will do what he believes it wlill do, we should not count the cost. We should find out whether the method fs practical and results feasible and then declde whether to go ahead.” Governor Miller also emphasized the existence of trade agencles at New Yorkc and questioned whether they could be re-distributed. He disclaimed offering the state barge canal as a sub- stitute for the St. Lawrence profect Bnd emphasized Its cost and those of harbor tmprovements in New York, WILLIAM' G. MWADOO TO SETTLE IN LOS ANGELES New York, March 1 (By the A. P.).— William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury under President Wilson, an. nounced tomght that he soon will leave New York, his home since 1893, and set- tle in Los Angeles, Cal. With Mrs. McAdoo, he Wil leave for the Pacific coast on Friday. His son, Francis H. McAdoo, will succeed him as | a member of the New York law firm of Which he was senlor member. Astked whether he meant to retire from the practice of law, Mr. McAdoo said: “No, sir; I intend my new life to be the beginning of greater activity than ever before. Replying to further questions, he flouted the suggestion that he might be going west to become head of any part of the movie ‘industry, or that he was meking a polltical move. “I'm simply gomg to Los Angsles te make my home because Mrs. McAdoo and T like the climate and the country,” he said. “T expect to hang out my shin- gle and practice law, just as I have been doing since I left miy, office at Washing- ton.” SEVENTH ARREST MADE IN TAYLOR MURDER CASE Ios Angeles, March l.—Arrest of a seventh man, which if effected, they sald, would bring into custody a motion ple- ture actor of some prominence, was pre- dicted tonight by local officials in con. BRIEF TELEGRAMS ~Jullus Moss, & descendant of settlers of Cheshire, died at his home in the Moss Farm district, aged 91. e Director of the United Retall Steres Corporation announced that the quarterly dividend due April would be deferred. The Danbury hospital was placed in strict quarantine following the death there of Mrs. John A, Kellogg from smallpox, R Fire destroysd a garage owned by William M. Taul at 8 Gilman street, Hartford, together with three motor cars, The loss is put at $10,000. Herbert T. Munson was brought to New Hawen to stand trial on charges of issuing bad checks for $5,000 or more on local ‘merchante: Chicago grand opera stars will be paid less and hawe mare work to do, Samuel Opera us- soclation said in an eddress at Chicago. Insull, president of the Ci The first party of German refugees from the Volga region ‘ot Russia consisting of 28 men, women and children, arrived in Berlin after journey of nine months. Five armed bandits today. held up and robbgd a branch of the Fletcher Savines and Turst company at Indianapolis and escaped with 30,000 in cash. Fire destroyed the old wooden fac- dory bullding on the Milford road East Derby, known as the Bradley Sash & Blind factory and owned by the R. N. Bassett company. Influenza has placed Judge Frank D. Hafnes of the superior court who Wwas si ting at New Haven on the ciyil side, on the sick list and jury sessions of the court this week have been postponed. The nominations of Secretary Hughes of the state department and Secratary Hoov- er of the departmert of commerce to the allied debt funding commission were con- firmed by the senate. New Jersey's motorious forty varieties of mosquito have been reduced to eight or ve- ness of the New Jersey Mosquito Exterm- ten in the last ten years by the aggre: ination association. A heavier infestation on boll weerlls in the cotton belt thz¢ in any recent year indicated for the coming season by obser- vations made at’the Delta laboratory at Mullulah, La. Three bandits boarded a street car ut y., and at the point of guns Cavington, robbed two clerks connected with the Fir: National bank at Ludlow, K., of a satchy containing $7,000. The Penhandle Plains region, embrac- eastern New ing western Oklahoma, Mexico and the Panhandle of Texas, is the grip of one of the worst snowstorms of years, Dr. Harlow Shapley, University to the Pains professorsh of astronomy. Colonel George Wil commanding officers of the at Camp Devens mext summer. Rev. J. B. Bourasa, an emissary fro: the Canadian government, arrived Manchester, N. H., to attempt to pes suade striking French-Canadian texti workers to return to Canada. Charged with attempting money under false Rosenan, to pretenses, of Chicago was sentenced serve from ome to two years in state's prison by the criminal superior court Bridgeport. High power forestry department plans to wage thi epring on mound ants that infest state nurseries and plantations, Rofer Coulthurs, assistant keeper of the Hotel Touraine, who disappeared after cashing a hot: check for $7,448, was a‘rested In Wo: cester, proximately $7,000 in cash. Mrs. Anna Hart Spaulding, a dicect de- cendant of Stephen Hart, who aettled in Massachusetts Bay.in 1632 and who lat- er became one of the 84 proprietors of ‘Farmington in 1762, died in New Britain aged 83 years. - Benjamin Dowjat walked into a store in New Britain and sat down. announc- minutes later, the proprietor spoke to him and on recelving mo reply investigated and ing that he was tired. A few found the man was dead. Glacomo Bertino, director of the Harvard College Observatory, has been elected by the governing boards of ths ms commanding Fort Fthan Allen, was announced as the citizens' military training camp to be conducted obtain Ralph explosives will replace poison gas in the warfare which the state ‘book- Boston, Police officers sald he had ap- a South Nonwalk grocer, was sentenced to & year in jafl and fined $500 by Judge John T. Kel- logg in" the superior court, Bridgeport, YAP TREATY WAS RATIFIED - BY THE SENATE; 6770 22 PRICE TWO CENTS Three Republicans Cast Negative Votes—Democrats Splif 13 For and 19 Against—A Half Dozen HndBeenVotedDmby_Oyervdnknths —The Four-Power Treaty Now Comes. Before the pected to Begin Today. Washington, March 1-—Taking its first ratification roll call on the series of international covenants negotiated during the arms’conference, the senate today ratified without reservation or amendments the treaty with Japan con- firming Ametican cable and radlo rights on the island of Yap. The final vote was 67 to 23, repre- “senting a margin of eseven over the necessary two-thirds. The 32 democrats present divided, 13 for ratification and 19 against, while only three republicans voted in the negative, As soon as the resulted had been an- nounced the four-power Parific trea the pivotal agreement of the Arms con- ference serfes, was brought before the menate for actin.' The prolonged and bitterly fought debate which ig expected to precede a vote on it will begin to- morror. Ratification of the Yap treaty followed an all-day battle over reservations and amendments, during which dlesatisfied fenators on the democratic side, joined by a few republicams, sought unsuaress- fully to attach qualifismtions Jto the ratification resolution. A half dozem pro- posals all presented by dsmocratic sen- ators, were voted down successively by overwhelming majorities. The reservationists mads their prin- cipal fight and reached the high water mark of their strength In favor of an amendment which would have declared that the United States should be the sole judge as to whether Amerian ra- dio developments on Yap Is warranted. Under the treaty no“American plant is to be installed there as long as Japan maintains one ‘adequate” to mest the situation, but proponents of the amend- ment argued that a controversy might arise over the questfon whether Japan facllities are adequate. On the roll call 23 votes, Including those of four re- pubdlicans, wers mustered for the pro- posal, while 54 senators, including five democrats, voted against t. In opposing the radio amendment. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, th rephiblican leader, and Senator Tnder- wooA, of Alabama, leader of the demo- crats, both of whom wers members of the American arms confersice delegation, declared that under the treaty itself this government would judge exclusive- Iy in any rontroversy over.the efficlency m - st el in D ate For Action—A Prdlonged and Bitter Debate is of the servics rendered and that to tach either reservations or amen: would requirs that the lomg Yap problem be re-opemed to ne tlon. H Senator Pottman, dempicra | yWeva«| da, who introduced the amend..ent, ale 50 presented it later in the form of m Teservation and it was rejected, 28 to 56. [ A further ¢esertvation agoposed by him to declare that existing treaty rightq would not be abridged under the Yam convention was voted down 23 to 58, and several others offered by him and by Senator King, democrat, Utah, wers loss on vive voce votes. i Leaders of the various senate slementq disagreed as tothe significancs of todey’ action with regard to the four-powse and other treaties awalting senate sc~ tion. The administration managers dees blared that on submequent ratification Yoll calls they expected to love “very few" of the votes they commanded to= @ay, while the ‘“irreconclisbles” pre« dicted that at lease seven and pesbably mors who voted for the Yap treaty om were absent would vote against the foure Power treaty. i Most of thelr accessions the “Irrecomefl~ able” leaders expect to reorult from the ranks of the demnocrats, many of whom have not yet definitely committed theme selves regarding the four-powsr treafy. In this connection they pointsd out to- night that Senator Underwood hed fafled to hold a majority of his colleagues in line for the Yap treaty, whils the blom regarded as followers of former Prasie dent Wilson had voted aimost solidiy against ratification. Of the four Aemo< cratic absentees. It was declared by democratic managers, on the other hand, 'that three would have favored ratificas tion, which would have given Mr. Une derwood a following of sixteen out of the democratic senate membership of 18, or encugh to block any effort to dsfeat. ratification with democratic votes. Two of the threq rerublicans whe wore absent and not paired, Senators Crow and Dupont, were said by repube llcan leaders to favor ratification while the third, Semator LaFolletts, apposed it. Only. one democrat, Senator Stanley, was ahsent and not paired, and hig party leaders gald he would have voted in the affirmative. THREAT OF RESIGNATION BY PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE London, March 1 (By the A. P.).— Premier Lloyd Georgé has thus far made no publio threat to resign, but he has done &0 definitely to Austim Chamberlain and other unionist leaders. His action Is in the nature of a protest against the tactics that have been employed to un- dermine his power in the coalition and in_pazliament. If tho, prime minister presents his res- ignation, it will merely be a personal resignation, and not the resignation of the government. The prime minister's threat of resig- nation has been the political sensation of the day. Hints of Mr. Lioyd George's resignation have been current ever since Sir George Younger, head of the con- servative party organization, engineered a revolt of some fifty “die-hard” Tories agalnst the premier during the latter's absence at the Canmes meeting. One outcome of that revoit was a prac- tical split in the coalition, and publia abandonment of the so-called coupon eys- tem, under which heretoforé candidates, Wwhether conservative or liberal, entered the electoral contests under a united banner. Lord Birkenhead, who perhaps is the most powerful member of the conserva. tive party, and Austin Chamberfain re- mained loyal to the premier. Birkenhead in pubiic speeches denounced the tactics ot Sir George Younger. A few days ago the prime minister had a frank talk with A. J. Balfour and | Mr. Chamberiain, placing the situation plainly before them, and its resglt has been communicated by Mr. Lioyd George formaily to Mr. Chamberiain, who is the nominal leader of the conservative party. According to the report. the prime min- ister’s ultimatum is that either he or Younger must ga, and the ultimatum is i in - 1o to m is el ' for theft of an automobfle. The jail|final sentence was suspended. ool Ll TWO AUTOMOBILE CASUALTY Rhode Island textile strike aread were qulet yesterday after the decision of unions and manufacturers yesterday not to submit the questions at issue to arbitration by Judge J. Jerome Hahn, chairman of the mediation board. 1 Guy M. Wilson, of the 125t Michigan Infantry was elected president of the Natlomal Guard assoclatiod for the ensuing year at the final session of the annual convention of the guardsmen i New Orleans. meeting at Stratford the action of the seven bers of the town council, who voted to @eclarin; remove Town Manager R. H. Hunter, from office, as “unfair and without regard for the rights of the cltizens of Stratford.” The battleship West Virginia and the ‘Vattle cruisers Lexington and Saratog: probably will be the three capital ships wow buflding which, with the battleship retained under the limitation treaty for completion Colorado, will be waval or conversion. Appolntment of George publisher of the Munci of the Ind., Press an: Miller, Adams, was announced by The council of the league of natlons ha invited the Polish government to call meeting in Warsaw on March 15 of tech- nical representatives from Russia and bor- dering states for a hygienic conference to prevent infeeted per?®is from bringing twphus and cholera out of Russfa. Urging strict enforcement of the li- quor statutes because they are the law nection with .thelr investigation of the murder of William Desmond Taylor, mo- tion picture director. They said the man ‘was believed to have been in the confi- of the land, Attorney General J. Wes- ton. Allen in an address before the Bos- man who e et ton Rotary Club said the buys liquor from a bootlegger ner In crime, A resolution was adepted at s town mem- Lockwood, Natfonal Republican as actiag secretary of the republican national com- mittee to succeed the late Clarence B. Chatrman COMPANIES INSOLVENT New York, March 1—Francls Stoa- dard, Jr. state euperintendent of insur- ance, today flled application in supreme court for authority to take over two an- tomobsie casualty companies which he declared were insolvent and guilty of violations of the insurance lawa An or- der for a hearing on the application be. fore Justios Bijur tomorrow was signed by Justice Ford. The companies named by Mr. Stoddard were the Motor Car Casualty company and the Motor Car Mutial Fire Insur- ance company. These companies and the Motor Car Mutual Agency, Inc., are eon- troiled by Max C. Reinboth and Walter B. Renton. The deficit of the Motor Car Casualty company was placed by Mr. Emuamfln:nuou on an insurance asis an 9,657 on a eommercial liquidating basis. i Mr. Stoddard in he-Epplieation to court declE™! that the eompanies xg'a become “insolvent soon affer organization and that fiotitious entries had been made in their books for the purpose of deceiv- ing insurance examiners h n 4 a e CAMPAIGN TO REMOVE TARIFF FROM PO7rIC8 i Washington, Marct 1.—A ration-wids campaign to remove the tariff from poli. tics and to urge enactment of a mon. partiean tariff meéasure based on scien- s | tifically appraised duties is to be con- ducted by the Manufacturers' association of New Jersey, according to an an- nouncement made public here today by J. Philip Bird, president of the association, and Julius Forestman, a member of the organtzation’s tarff committee. The principles of the measurs spon- sored by the assoclation, it was stated, are embodied in the bill introduced Mon. day by Senator Frelinghuysen, repubii- can, New Jersey, and Under which fm- Dort duties would e based on the differ, ence in conversion costs in the United! States and foreign a JEW YORK PRESSMEN VOTE TO ACCEPT AWARN _— | New York, March 1—New York morn- ing newspepers which appeared in ab< benviated form today becauss of & delay by the local Web Pressmen's union in ac« cepting terms of an arbitration awarl: handed down by Federal Jufige Manton, will sbpear in their regular dress tomor- row morning, #t was was announced t#. night. The union voted early today for uncons ditional acceptance of the award, but &d not return to their posts wmtil 11 o'clock, after the publishers had met and sccept~ 4 the pressmen's offer to return to work. The publishers agreed to a conference Friday at which union reresentatives will urge modification of the award by agres- ment. The most tmportant concession 1o be sought, f was understood, Wikl be res storation of the six-hour shift. Judgs Manton deided in favor of an eight-hoss shift, which the union contends will throw several hundred of its 1,500 memberw out of work. Afternoon papers publshe? no early editions today but igsued ther regulam editions from 11 o'cleck on. David Simons, president of Printing Pressmen's Union, No. 25, declared in & statement tonight that “unjust as Judge Manton's findings ane, there 4 only ome course for the union’ to follow—abide by its contract.” That decision woul be fol. lowed he sald, and in the meantims, an en- deavar would be made to “make the Man- ton award workable” by co-operation ‘Modifications will have ¢o be made and with the publishers. the award interpreted in the light of rea- son ald fair dealing, if for no other reason on the pulbishers’ part than good busi- ness* he waid. ) “Ace of the 'sward, howawer, maust not be taken to mean that the men or any considerable minorit~"5¢ them, gon-. sider it other than unfatr and umfust. the most wrfust decision ever handed own fa. an arbitration awar. It mesns that hav- g & st bad though the bar- ent urovs 10 B 'wé gl £2ep B } Under the award, Simons sald, men lose and the publidhars save noc than $6,500,000 a year.” “This comes through taking sway froma: the men conditions that have obtained fer e |3 3 i