Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 11, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 61 POPULATION 29,685 IMPUGNS INTEGRITY OF THE MASS. RAILROAD COMMITTEE Edrmund D. Codman, Head of the Minority Stockholders’ As- sociation of the B. & M., Asserts That For Twenty Years the Committee Had Been “Reported as Owned by the Transportation Companies’ During Protest Against the Boston & Maine Reverting to the Control of the New Haven Road. ston, March 10 —Edmund .D. Ced- head of the minority stockholders’ ation of the Boston and Maine rail- former president of the Fitch- railroad committee today n he asserted that he did not recall year In the last twenty when the railroad committee had not been “report- 1 as owned by the transportation com- ¥ e The committees had done the 1d’s bidding for twenty years, he r. Codman was speaking in behalf of ition that the legislature pass & o protesting against modifications federal court decres direoting the New Haven road to dispos of its subsi- Varles. He asserted that a plan was n with the endarsement of At- ral Daugherty, to obtain a jon of the decree mo that the ven might practically vegain : of the Boston and Maine. Mr. Codman sald that in each of the :st twenty years “wrong advice has fed oumt of the railroads and the tee has swallowed it.” tor Walter Hardy of Fitchburg, of the committee, interrupted ar “e did not like the expres- t the comunittee, I suppose & the railroad committee the 4 done your bidding, every- have been all right” he ey say ul Codman continued: “I canmot go s far as to helleve that the committees 2 en hought, but lack of indepen- n initiative has surely been eirs The intarstate commerce com- s denounced the railroad com- > this.general court. The com- ve been afraid of the railroads, h s of the committee broke protest against continuation of Mr. Codman's remarks. The speaker, how- halting him ever, resumed: “The average citizen like me is un- willing to come before you. The record behind you stares him in the face. He distrusts you—I do—and the general court will continue to lose standing un- til you show signs of strength and inde- pendence.” G Chairman Hardy then succeeded in asserted that there was a ‘‘scheme on foot to remarry the New Haven with the Boston and Maine.” “And I must submit,” he declared, “that the New Haven doesn’t look like a | very attractive bridegroom in-its present condition. “If the plan which I understand the | attorney general of the United Statee has in mind is carried out, there will be a violation of the solemn decree of the United States court which divorced these railroads and found the New Haven an unlawful combiration in restraint of trade under the Sherman act.” George L. Barnes, counsel for the New Haven, denied that the roa dwas being managed by outside interests and resent- ed Mr. Crooker’s insinuation that the sale of the stock would result in trunk line contrdl: He asserted that the road was in good condition finanetally. “The road s worth $120.000,000 more than the valuation carried on its own books, according fo a tentative valuation made under the direction of the inter- state commerce commission,” he said. | “The legal rights of the Boston and Maine stockholders would not be preju- diced by the proposed sale. but 24 per cent. of the stock would be affected, and it is absurd to say that that represents control of any raliroad” FW ABOUT THE SOLDIERS’ BONUS BILL n, March 10.—Announcement irman Fordney that the house s and means committee would meet A of tomorrow, to con- promise soldier bonus bill f development today in the v of several committee members on hand tomorrow prompted —the nent of the meeting, accord- > chairman, who declared, how- ever, that the del in obtaining com- mitt action on the bill would in ro way programme which calls for n the house within ten days. e report on Monday by the ee of the revised bill which pro- for insurance of adjusted compen- certificates to war veterans is vepublican and democratic mem- at no further changes of con- would be made in the measure. committee members are ex- vote against reporting the bill but a safe majority is said ! that the measure s a “satlsfac- npromise. T HARDING IS iSTING ABOARD HOUSEBOAT March 10.—Presi- e resting tonight aboard at of ¥. B. McLean, of Wash z *h ir anchored in Mantanzas t near Summer Haven, 18 miles south \ccompanied by Mrs. Harding his party, the president went aboard after moon and the boat imme- 1 for a cruise along the morning the party expects rough the east coast canal and Sea PBreeze, a beach resort near for a round of golf, atter which nianned to continue down the coast. s are scheduleded where golfing is The party will return to St. Au- out the middle of next week 2 stay of a day or two before leav- Washing*on. and Seeretary Christlan officlal correspondence dur ng afternoon. ORANGEMEN NOT PLANNING ONSLAUGHT ON CATHOLICS Balfast, March 10 (By the A. P.)—Sir on Bates, home secretary of the Ireland cabinet, today emphati- cally denied the report from Dublin yesterday that Orangemen were plan- ning a wholesale onslaught on Catho- s in Belfast. The provisional gov- ment was reported as claiming to s knowledge of such intentions. Dawson characterized the report t of a general conspiracy agalnst ace of the city, with the ulterior of making law and order impos- #ible and compelling Ulster to abandon right to a separate government from the rest of Ireland. HOUSE AUTHORIZES $1,000,000 TO PURCHASE SEED GRAIN Was! ton, March 10.—By a vote of P3 to 82 the house today passed a bill authorizing a $1,000,000 approgiriation for the purchase of seed grain for far- pmers in drought stricken areas' of the northwest. As previously approved by the senate the bill carried a $5,000,000 wopropriation and the difference was to lhe stze of the appropriation must be pompromiised before the measure gbes to the presidtnt, i TR e P IANDREAS HERMES FINANCE 1 MINISTER OF GERMANY | Berlin, March 10.—Andreas Hermes, Who was made interim finance minister when the Wirth cabinet was reorgan- tzed recently, was definitely appointes o that office today. As a result of this pppointment he will relinquish his port- lo'lo as minister of food. MAGICIAN HARRY KELLAR DFAD IN LOS ANGELES 108 Angeles, Cal, March 10.—Harry Kellar, world famous magician, died a: after two years ill- ith and a severe iliness of several Jocke. He wae 13 years oM. - agrqed. They generally were of the | by the motive active bi ARGUMENTS IN CASE OF CHURCH OF CHRIST New York, Maréh 10.—Supreme Court Justice Newburger today heard arguments in an action brought by Wal- ter -Fairchild, a lawyer, to compel trus- tees of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, to show cause why they should mot be. restrained from expelling him from membership in the church. The justice reserved .decision after counsel for the trustees had agreed that) action would be deferred, after a hear-t ing next Monday of charged against Fairchild, until the injunction action, was decided. Fairchild, who was counsel for Mrs. Augusta Stetson in the long litigation that followed her that did not prevent him from being true to the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the church, EXPECT INCREASED DEMAND ¥OR COTTON GOODS IN CHINA! ‘Washington, March 10.—An increased demand for ootton goods in. Chinese markets soon may be expected, the de- partment of commerce announced to-| day. American exporters and manufac- turers, the department added, should begin active Dreparations to re-enter these markets as soon as possible, Greater optimism was reported in the Shanghai piece goods market as shown ding at auc- tion. The Manchurian cotton goods market, cabled Teports said, were opening mp for Americans, While American goods, the advices said, might be unable to com- pete with the low prices of Japanese products, “the superiority in American quality should offset this disadvantage.” SMALLPOX HAS INCREASED IN TOWNS NEAR BRIDGEPORT Hartford, March 10.—Smallipox has Increased in towns near Bridgeport, re- ports to Health Commissioner John T. Black ‘today showed. Compulsory vac- cination was ordered in Bethel early in th eweek and it is estfmated there are 150 cases in Fairfield county which in cludes Danbury. In Milford four cases were officially reported today, one be- ing of the postmistress a. Devon, a yil- Jage, Whose son had been ill supposedly with chickenpox. A fortnight ago near- 1ty 150 cases had been under treatment in Bridgeport and nearby towns and the epidemic has since extended to more distant places, doubling the number of patients, HOW POT OF COFFEE CAUSEDL MAN’S DEATH Great Neck, N. Y., March 10.—A pot of coffee, which bofled over and extin- | guished the gas flame beneath it, today caused the death by asphyxiation of Philip Henry Sheridan, 32, a lieutenant commander in the naval reserve. He was found dead, sitting g3t the kitchen table in his home here, with a book In his hands, His wife and brother, Arthur Sheridan, discovered the body when they reached the home after an absence of several hours. Sheridan had been in the naval ser- vico 12 years. Daring the war he com- manded the U. S. 8. Mars. A -brother, Thomas, is master of the Munson Line steamer Huron, 2 GENOA ECONOMIC PROGRAM AOCCEPTABLE TO GERMANY Berlin, March 10.—(By The A. P.)—At the foreign office today it was announced that the German government would loy- { ally abide by the programme for the Genoa economic conference agreed up- on by Premiers Lloyd George and Po- incare and make no attempt to.have It | altered, B —— ARMED BAND ATBTACKED CONSTABLES IN BELFAST Belfast, March 10.—Constables O'- Connor and Cullen were attacked by an ' NORWICH, CON) 10.—The ‘workers cast re- and suggested that his| statement be filed with the committee. Conrad W. Crooker, who said he rep- | resented between 3,000 and 4,000 minori- ¢y stockholders of the Boston and Maine, | the New ., York though no however, declared for a suspension in lvent a new wage agreement did not provide for wage advances. In the soft lof their present baslc wage scales. The executive board of the union end- ®d a four day meeting here today with the announcement that its twork was purely routine business. conslderation was glven the strike sit-|aleohol to remain in the mation, members said, adding that all questions’ relating to the strike were for | permit. the pollcy committee, which has not yet; fbeen called to meet. President John L. Lewis sald no date mittee meeting had last day’s No ffor the policy Teen set. Tabultion of the strike vote twill begin mnext Two Plants. names. xpulsion for “here- | sy” is accused of violating the laws of | the church in adhering to. Mrs, Stetson.| He admitted in an affidavit that he was| a follower of Mrs.. Stetson, but declared | Wednesday, An Enviable Record as a Trade Builder There have been periods when business has faced discouraging conditions, when it has been halting and hesitating and when the cry has frequently been heard that the people were not buying. Those were times when it was realized that trade needeq stimuln- tion and merchants began offering inducements, but in addition to offering them they advertised the fact, advertised it in the newspapers for the purpose of reaching the eye of those who had needs to fill. It is the methods of getting results here; there and everywhere. Newspaper advertising can be relied upon to save the day when it is consistently and persistently used. ness force on this continent today. . 5 Newspaper advertising is a business builder because it reaches the people who want to and who do trade, and in Norwich and vielnity there is no medium which can bring the results like The Bulletin’s columns because of the extensive circulation that it provides. Use them and get the benefit. During the past week the following matter has appeared in the news columns of The Bulletin for two cents a day: It is the greatest single busi- Telegraph Local General Total wrhile returns‘are expected to pile up at the union headquarters. Wots may be oveswhelmingly in favor of the strike, it is not necessarily final for 2 khe policy conmittee has broad author-|, New York, March 10.—Two ity for dealing with question that may arise in connection However, the union of- ¥iclals have not manifest any intentlon ©of offsetting the strike in absence of eny conference with the operators, thel emergency with the strike. BROKERS LURED WALTER A. UNGER TO HIS DOWNFALL Philadelphia, March 10.—“Pretty pic- tures” drawn by brokers, which led him | Were confiscated. deeper and deeper into debt . in and a desire to stock his bezzled securities of the institute valued at $190,000. After 2 hearing, Unger was | injuring the woman. held in $50,000 ball for court. Unger was captured in a Philadelphia rooming house last night. ‘When taken Unger declared he cover the margin. said he had bought stock in a sufflcient amount to net him $60,000 profit. when he went to the brokerage firm to collect they denfed that he had placed —_— TO REMOVE ALL INSIGNIA OF MONARCHIAL GERMANY Berlin, March 10.—(By The A. P.)— All insignia of monarchial Germany must be removed from public buildings, Min- ister of the Interior Adolph Koester to- day told the reischstag. He added that the government had decided to fix definite’ period within which this deci- sicn would be carried out. a This: order will chiefly apply to portraits of former Em- peror William, although Herr Koester armed band in the Falls road tonight. martally wounded. i said exceptions might be made if their O'Connor was shot dead and Cullen was | revomal “destroyed the ‘“artistic and his- torical unity of the interior decorations. formed w: city from Canada. JAPANESE INDUSTRIAL opened today. URDAY, MARCH 11, 1922 ~ [Soft Coal Miners |0rg@5t Proktiton Finish Strike Vote @ector Modified It is Believed Nine-Tenths Have Cast Their Ballots For a Walkout April 1. Indianapolls, Ind, March strike vote of soft coal miners was com- pleted tonight by local unions scattered throughout the country and though the > 5 exact returns will not be known for a —Assertion Made | week, officials of the United Mine Work- ers of America here believed that nine- tenths or. more of the evolution bill, 42 to 41. to Retain Permits For +| last year is estimated by American Insti- ‘Washington, March 10.—Appeal of the Fleischmann Company, inc, of New York, from orders of* Prohibition Com- missioner Haynes comcelling its *permits for the distiiling of alcohol in connection with the manufacture of yeast at its|out the cduntry continuing through the Peekskill, N. Y., and Langdon, N. C. plants, was sustained tonight by Intern- | ficlals. their ballots for a ywalkout on April 1|al Revenue Commissioner Blair. At the unless a new wage agreement is made In the meantime. Chances of getting a wage conference With the operators of the central com- petitive field, comprising western Uenn- Ohio, Indiana seemed remote to the union chiefs for no change in the attitude of operators opposing an interstate : sulted from the appeal of Secretary of Labor Dawts for the two sides getting The only possibility of a con- ference as viewed by unicn officials was for the government calling both opera- ttors and miners to Washington, but no ©one at unfon headquarters had any In- formation that such a call was contem- (lated by administration officials. same time Mr. Blair upheld orders by Mr. Haynes revoking permits for the sale of alechol by the company’s agencies at Philadelphia, Scranton, Pa., Yonkers, |204 one woman have been arrested. Brooklyn, Jersey City, Bridgeport, Conn, Tiifnots, | Cambridge and Cineinnati. While Mr. Blair absolved the Fleisch- mann company from knowledge of di- ;'arllon of alcohol to illegal purposes by ts agencles he declared the agency meth- », od of distribution was In violation of | , Vi€ Winslow, father of ®rof, C. 1. treasuary regulations “but was adopted | N * in good faith and accordance to the un- contradicted testimony of witnesses with full knowledge and consent of certain officials of the prohfbition unit who have since resigned or been transferred from et e e inthe Pennayiva- |hat unit” He did not" disclose their mia anthracite fields depends ! outcome of the meeting betwecn union officlals and operators mext Wednesday. To the extent only of having arranged for a joint conference s the strike situation in the soft and thard coal flelds differently referendum vote was cast by the an- The final deciston in the case, Mr. Blair explained, enables the company which furnishes “between 80 and 90 per cent. of the total amount of yeast man- ufactured in the continent of North America” to contlnue its operations at its manufacturing plants at Peekskill and vonvention, | Langdon. Alcohol in the hands of the agencies of the company he ruled, must bs returned to those plants within 30 days or be subject to forfeiture to the retention | government. The agencles, however, he voal . flalde;he Mniners ek fhe stated, might obtain permits for the sale of alcohol by complying With new regu- lations issued tonight. These make the manufacturer responsible for his agents complying with the law and cause little manufacturer until disposed of to a purchaser under Mr. Blair held there was no evidence that the company knew of unlawful di- versions of alcohol by its agents but that the officers were negligent in in- specting the agencies and dld not use hursday, and mean~‘care in supervising them. 'WOMEN AND MEN BUM RUNNEES FOUGHT PROHIBITION squap|, Fifteen of the crew of the bolshesth young ‘women and two mea, said by polics to ‘be members of a Canadian Tum-running &ang, put up a spirited battle with re- Volvers tonight when two detectives of the prohibition squad raided a house in Charlton street which they had been in- used as a terminal for dis- tributing liquor brought from Canada. One of the detectives was shot in the shoulder before police reserves arrested three of the band. Th other escaped, One thousand bottles of Scotch ‘Whiskey ' The detectives were admitted to thel| house by a young woman who gave her mother in comfort, was blamed for his|mame as Marie Pamero, downfall today by Walter A. Unger, the 27 year old former assistant treasurer | Woman, standing on the first of the'Dr. Thomas W. Evans Dental In-|{open fire. A moment later stitute and museum of the University of 27 years old. ‘As they started up the stairs, another landing she was dolned by two wmen Who also fired sev- Pennsylvania, who i alleged to have eru- | eral shots. The ralders returned - the fire but took pains, they said, to avold The detectives continued to forco thelr way up, the defenders retreating Step by step. One of the men was seen he broke down completely and was sald | to drop his revolver, and appeared to to have told the police that he was gullty | be wounded. of taking the funds to play the stock He sald he began to dabble in stocks in 1916, and lost, continuing to “plunge” in an effort to regain his loss- | enter, While one of the officers guare E. D. Dier & company, bankrupt brokers, had been among the seven firma with whom he had dealt, he said. On one occasion, Reaching the second landing, the de- tectives found their quarry barricaded In a room, and challenging anyone to Tokio, March 10 (By the A. P.)—The Tokio peace exposition, organized by |cHusetts state bar ‘the Toklo Prefecture at a cost estimat-|suddenly at his ed at 6,000,000 yen for commemoration|He was an unsuccessful candidate for of world peace and to emphasize Ja-|state treasurer in 1911. He was in his man's progress industrially slhc;i the| 6lst year. war, Exceptions will be made, he satd, only | conousion. of the T2 dorclally; ‘when these emblems have been struct- ually incorporated in buildings where their removal would destroy the archi- tectural value and effect. * All paintings, busts and statues in government offices must also be removed it their retentlon is Incompatible with | acres of Ueno Park, where exhibits the republican regime. " BRIEF TELEGRAHS Columbia university’s total student en- Toliment is now 32,420. The Kentucky house defeated the Ellis The cost to the governmens of gusrding the mail with marines has been $220,000. The world’s production of petroleum tute at 759,080,000 barrels. The North Panhandle of Texas, is in the grip of one of the worst blizzards known in recent years. Improved business conditions through- summer are foreseen by high treasury of- Federal prohibition enforcement agents began spring drive on bootleggers severai days ago in Louisville, Ky., and exghty men Mrs., Mary Stewart Daggett, author of a number of novels, dled at Her home in Pasadena, Calf., after a brief illness. She was born at Morristown, Ohio, in 1856. ew Haven after a snort iliess, in his 83d year. A petition in involuntary bankruptey was filed against Theodore Bear, in Chi- cago, said to be the invenior of the “ted- dy bear,” a woman's garment. One_hundred and twenty-five paintin; from Europe have arrived in Pitisburgh, for the 21st international exhibit at Car- negie Institute, Myron E. Wood of New Bedford was elected president of the United States Warsted company at a meeting of the board of directors in Boston yesterday. The sealing fleet of nine ships has sailed: from St. John’s, N. F., for the ice fields. The American steamer West Munham, ashore off Heligoland, is half- full of water and likely to break in two at any moment. Citizens of France upon reaching the age of twenty-five hereaftor may marry without obtaining the consent of their parents. Considerable Toss of life and heavy ma- terial damage has resulted from the unus- ually violent storm which for three days has swept France. Two bandits alighted from a taxleab in front of the Penn Post hotel, Eighth av- enue and 31st Street, New York, entered the hotel and robbed the cash register of about $200. J. E. Morrls, a modern language In- structor at, McGill University, Montreal, was indicted by a king’s bench grand jury for the attempted murder of Professor Hefmann Waitey, head of his department. Fifty female and ten male relndeer, consigned to the State of Michigan, arriv- ed in New York on the steamship Bergens- tjord from Norway. They will be used for breeding experiments. Wholesale druggists may now stock up with a year's suoply of ‘potable liquor” according to a new Treasury regulation issued by the ifiternal revenue commis- sion Blair, Willlam H. Remick, twice president of the,New York stock exchange, and head of Remick, Hodges and company, investmen® bankers, died in New York after a brief illness. The funeral of Professory Willlston Walker, provost of Yale university, who died in New Haven Thursday night, will be held from Battel chapel this afternoon at 2.30. An involuntary petition in bankruptey was filed late yesterday against the brok- erage firm of Haverbeck & Co., of New York. Liabilities were estfmated at $30,- 000. Assets were mot estimated. Food and Dairy Commissioner Thomas Holt will take immediate action to clean up the meat situation in Meriden unless the local authorities in that city exert themselves to do so at once. ransport Corki were killed and many wounded when the ship's cargo of hand grenades exploded at Trebizond, on the Black sea. > 3 Because the petitioner had claimed exemption during the war on the ground that he was an alien, Judge G. W. Klett in naturalization court denied the appli- cation of Zacchio Zandrini of New Brit- ain for admission as a citizen. The Norwegian steamer Sisto, after being held three weeks in the ice, is safe in port at St. John's, N. F. with her forepeak full of water and her larder empty. Heavy screen hercafter will be used to Ipartition off the jury room county jail in St. Paul, Minn, when both men and women conprise a jury forced to spend a night there. Two hundred rosaries, persomally blessed by Pope Pius X1. are Lenten gifts brought by John O'Dwyer, of Toledo, O., supreme director of the Knights of Co- lumbus, who has 'just returned from Rome. The first woman to be selected for warning by the white robed nizhtrider. Wwho haive been active in the ofl district for 4-| the 1 ks, is Mrs. Mary Barn ed the door, the othér summoned police | 5a° peasrotor o & roaming ouss fo Tocs: Teserves, When they arrived and broke Into the room the man believed to have been wounded had escaped over the ad- bels yrriy < made $10,000 in a week, but held on too | joining roof. The woman and her other | tyseBoLations are belng carried on be long and was forced to put up $3,000 to | companion were huddled in a corner ] At another time he ! with revolvers levelled at the door. o e et At the police station one of the pris- but | oners, Frank Celam, admitted, the po- lice sald, that he was a chauffeur en- gaged to bring whiskey to New York rooming house in Fres- no, Calif. veen the United States and Germany for claims of the respective governments and their nationals arising out of the world War. John Bundy, 20, of Irvington, N. J.. was found guilty of murder in the first depr in Newark, N. J., and sentenced to li imprisonment, for the killing of Detectfve EXPOSITION OPENS IN TOKIO William J. Firnegan during an alterca- tion on February 4. Augustus L. Thorndike, former Massa- commissioner, died vine in Boston yesterday. Connecticnt 1s threatened with an epi- General Prince Kanin, honorary pres-|demic of rables, Cattle Commissioner J. ident of the exposition; Premier Tak4-|M. Whittlesey, sald yesterday and to pre- hashl, minister of agriculture and com-|vent its development he exterided the doz merce, Yamamoto and Mayor Baron|quarantine to twelve more towns, making Goto attended the opening ceremonies.|it effective in twenty-five in all. The exposition grounds covers 33 : Judges Jamies S. Fisk for ther_ superior will be on display from Formosa, Korea, | court, denfed a petition of the Hampden Manchuria, Mongolia and Saghalien. A special buflding, to be devoted to|which asked the court to vacate a “eceir- ‘#xhibits from the United States, Great|ership put into effect several months ago railroad corporation at Sbringfield, Mass. Britain, Germany, Ttaly and Switzer-|at the instigation of the Hampden Na- land, is nearing ocompletion, tional bank of Westfield. , 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS _ INDIAN NON-CO-OPERATIONIST PRICE TWO CENTS LEADER CHAND! ARRESTED Was Apprehended at Ahmedabad, 310 Miles North of Bom- bay—Chandi si Charged With Sedition—Incidents in In- dia Have Intensified the Strong Feeling Between the Lib< eral and Conservative Wings of the Coalition Ministry. Bombay, March 10 (By the A. P.).— India’s non-co-operationist leader, Mo- handas K. Gandhi, has been arrested at Ahmedabad, 310 miles north of Bombay. He is charged with sedition. LLOYD GEORGE'S OPINION ON SITUATION IN INDIA London, March 10 (By the A, P.)— Prime Minister Lloyd George, with his family, left this morning for Criccleth, ‘Wales, for thé vacation visit he has been planning. Asked just before he left for an opinion in regard to the publication of the recent messages from the Indian government, which led tu the resignation of Edwin 8. Montagu, the secretary for I Mr. Lloyd George said: We have been Kkeeping. the balance quite fairly between the Turkd and the Greeks, and we want real peace in that part of the world. The publication of a document of this sort makes it difficult to negotiate a satisfactory peace. “As for Moslem opinion in India, we have always paid every regard to it.. I had a great influence in the determina- tion of our policy throughout, and We paid great tribute to the part the Mos- lems took in the great war. They are fully entitled to express their opinion and have the right to expect that we will consider it as an element in the de- termination of our policy.” INDIA INCIDENT AROUSES BRITISH POLITICAL PARTIES London, March 10 (By the A. P.).— There were no further developments in the India crisis tonight. It was stated authoritatively that an announcement of the name of the successor of Edwin.S. Montagu as secretary for India has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday. It was added that it was virtually certain the new secretary would not be Andrew Bonar Law. The eventual res- ignation of the Earl of Reading as vice- roy of India is still régarded as imevita- bie. The Indfa incident has intensified the strong feeling between the liberal and conservative wings of the coalition min- istry. The liberal newspapers without exception lument that Mr. Montagu al- lowed himself to be drawn into 2 “false step.” But some of them think the re- suit would have been the same in pay ase, because he consuited the gb- inet and the cabinet had refused to pvr- mit publication of the India s me! secretary still would have resigned as a protest Whil ting reports from India 29 to the effect of Mr. Montagu's resigna- tion, the position of Vic Reading is the chiaf subject of the discussions of the press. Official cirele dian affairs do ne he prevaile ing opinion that the 5 necessarily will follow the secretary of staie for In- dia in quitting the government. It is stated that the Earl of Reading certain- ly was in his rigit as far as technieall- ties wers concern th regaid to the publication of the Indian statement. His to have been takem elief that publication of tlement of Near Eastern sffairs waa necessary, and he sought and recelved sanction from the seerctary for India, the only officiul of the home government to whom he was responsible. The opinion was expressed tonight thaf the Barl of Reading could stand his ground as a champion of Indian rights, but it was considered likely that he might attempt to defend Mr. Montagu's actions and thus invoive h'mseif In the same kind of disfavor which caused the fall of his chief. That Mr. Montagu has not akered hig oplnfon concerning the publicity gives the Indian situation was evidenced today by the activithes of his personal secre. taries, who got in touch with all sections of the press this afternoon, arranging for the newspapers to give the fullest pub- licity to Mr. Montagu's speech to his constituents at Cambridge tomorrow. STRIKE DISORDERS ARE CAUSING TERROR IN THE RAND Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, March 10.—(By The A. P.)—Bold moves by the striking miners, accompanied by fierce fighting between strfkers, com- mandos and police, made the day one ot terror in The Rapd. Martial law eventually was proclaimed. Manuger Brodigah<of the Brakpan mine, the center of much of the day's fighting, and two special constables were captured and taken out on the veldt and shot. Seven special constables protecting the mine were kiiled. The strikers also captured 27 policemen at Newlands, west of Jahannesburg, where spirited fighting occurred, threatening to shoot them all if other police came to the rescue. At Fordsburg one man of & commando was killed and 13 commandos and four po- licemen were wounded. The sound of artillery firing at Fardsburg was audi- ble here. ‘With the proclamation of martial law and the seizure of the strikers’ head- quarters, where all documents were con- fiscated, the populagy felt a sense of re- lief. The ministers of justice and de- fense have lssued a statement denying reports af a contemplated native rising in The Rand. They assert there is no disposition on the part of the natives to | give trouble. Meanwhile military units are enrolling with remarkable epeed and a citizens’ protective league is being formed to run publlc services. Firing started at Benoni early this morning. Street fighting followed, both sides suffering casualtles. Many pedes- trians were hit. There was continued sniping and threa persons were killed one of them a policeman. TO USE JURY SYSTEM TO PASS JUDGMENT ON PLAYS New York, March 10.—Seeking to fore- stall threatened political censorship of plays on New York’s “Whita Way,” rep- resentatives of the various Interested groups, including theatre manager: day perfected plans for the onc a jury system to sit in judgment on all productions. Authors, playwrights and manragers, under the plan, pledge them- selves to accept the jury's decisions. The proponents will sesk to put “teeth” into the anti-political censorship pian by gaining the co-operation of the municipal 1 th To do this, a speclal com- headed by Channing Pollock of official sanction of the plad. t today's meetinf were representa- es of the producing managers, dram: ists and authors' league, the act equity association, the society fer tie suppression of vice, the better shows moVement and the Young Men's Chris- tian association. It was announced th this jolnt committes, which drafted the jury plan, unanimously agreed that po- litical censorship is “destructive of the finest things in dramatic art.” Juries are to conmsist of 12 mewmbers each, selected after the manner of a sheriff's jury, and a vote of 9 to 3 w be required to condemn a play. The jury panel will number 300, and it was agreed that no person officlally or financlally oconnected with the theatrical interest or identified with the *reform movemen will be elighle for service. 16-YEAR-OLD YOUTH CONFESSES ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK VAULTS Denver, Colo., March 10.—Harry Sin- ger, 16 years old, arresteN at 4 o'clock this morning, is sad by pdice to have coufess>d to an attempt made last night to rob the vauits of the Metropolitan State bank. b Singer, according to the poMce, de- clared that he had worked withcut the aid of an accomplish and had drilled and blasted half way through the walls of the vault before he became fright- encd away by the detonations of nitro- glveering which he had used in attempt- Ing to -ffect an entrance, i Hearing the police riot squad, he Mad lon the roof of the bank building in the downtown business district. After the ‘police had left the bullding he says he jumped to the roof of an ‘adjolning dbujlding. Then he entered a skylight and proceeded to rifie the cash register of a restaurant. It was while he was leavinz the restaurant that he was ar- Tested, ¥ : | agreed to. Senator Lodge to-| | before preparing FURTHER ATTACK ON FOUR- POWER TREATY IN THE SENATB * Washington, March 10.—Pressing thetr attack on the manner in which the four- power Pacific treaty was negotijted, the treaty's opponents declared on the sen- ate floor today that the American dele- gation to the arms conference not only concealed knowledge of the pegotiations from the public but was responsible for the dissemination of misleading reports concerning them. At the time when announcement of ths treaty’s conclusion was “imminent” Secretary Hughes, it was asserted by Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, told newspaper men that he had ne knowledge of any such project. As a result, the Arkansas senator declared the press not only was inaccurately in- formed but correspondents assigned ta suffered pressionally because they placed | reliance on what Mr. Hughes told them. That the secretary of state had made such details was characterized by Ben- | ator Lodge, republican, Massachuset! | another member of the American deles | gation as “inconcelvable.” Mr. Lodge { declared that the project for a Pacifi¢ concord had been discussed by him with Mr. Hughes before the conference bes gan. i | Senator Robinson's charge was made iduring a brief flurry of debate just be- fore the treaty was laid aside for the | day to give right of way to a judielary Ibill. At first the administration leadery ‘hgd opposed interruption of the treaty { discussion to take up the bill, but sa many senators-asked for more time te prepare their speeches, that a truce was announced, however, that tomorrow he would in. sist that the senate reach a vote on the first of the proposed reservations. The democratic leader, Mr. Underwood, 0 ) @ membder of the arme delegation, s to make a preparad address for the t as tomorrow’s of the “irrecon- waiting to RUM EUNNER SHOT DEAD; DIDX while small launch without yaying for ligunes he and four other men took off the steamship Imatra. Albert Fosberg, Imatra, which a Thursday, was a with Bauch's mur were held for g charged | r: At Brooklyn poli es sald Fosberg h, huel P te phael nhis tw Mos Raphael had liquor frox Imatra in the stuff, Fosberg paying er. on deck again” Pos- berg statsd, “the launch was mot to be seen but I conld hear the pucring of the motor and I s in the general @irec tion of the joat” BANDITS MADE $100,000 BANK HAUL IN TEZXAS San Antondo, Texas, March 10.—By- y able officer, including aerial po- h three planes, within a radiuy of 200 miles of New Braurfel searching tonight for five bandits whe today held up five officials and e of the New Brauufels St escaped in an awomd than $100,000 in cash, Libcrty bonds, and bonds of Comal county and the city of New Braunfels. The amount was at first report-d at $70,000 but a recheck touight by F. G. Blumberg, president of the bank showed in gold and currency and $83,- 000 in bonds missing. The bonds fin- cluded $55,000 of the five Liberty loan fssues, $26.200 in county and city bomds (2nd $1.800 in war savings stamps. Two men wers being held tonight for auestioning by officers, »