Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 27, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 75 POPULATION 29,685 ECONOMY ACHIEVEDBY THE | 2 HARDING ADMINISTRATION Story of Retrenchment Related by Vice President Coolidge | Before the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences—A Reduction of Nearly 60,000 in Force of Public Employes Has Been Made—Declared Constructive Economy Has Been the First Thought and the Chief Effort of the Pres- ent Administration. k. March 26.—The first yeat resident Harding's administration en a period of progress, with ar redible achlevement in econ- dent Calvin Coolldge de- ldress today before the tute of Arts and Sciences. that public employes had ‘uced nearly 68000, the army by and large reductions proposed in aval forces. all of which were be- to show in the government's ap- d expenditures, the vice sident sa’ to the war the annual ations were a Prior appro- ittie over a billlon dol- were | than five and one-haif bil- © present fiscal year it is this will be reduced to ewhat less than four biillons, and for next fiscal year. for which appropria s are now being made, there will be a to about three and onme-half The international and pay required for the public debt are one billion, thres hundred and fifty The cost of ministering to th ements of the veterans' bureau is one-half a billlon. The cost of the and navy Is over eight hundred me, and another quarter of @ billion soes into pensions If, from present expenditures, there sducted those items that arose from war and the extra amount now being spended on good roads and the army Seew. the present cost of running government would not exceed the e-war cost by more than two or three ndred millions. This represents an achlevement in nomy which is almost incredsble.” ting that the Washington arms nference “proceeded on the fundamen- 4! theory of substituting for the sanction force In international relations the »nction of reason,” Mr. Coolidgr: assert- ham detn a year of progress alto- her worthy of a great people. It does mean that the burdens of existenco 170 o be lifted from mankind. 1t does mean that military establishments i7e o be no longer required. An. Agree- nt to maintain a parity between na- s 5 not au agreement to -abolish navies. Thers will be & great saving of expenditure, but it will not be so much DResent costs as In future require- 8. These great remedial policles *hich are being adopted are fundamental o prineiple. They mean that hereafter + larger preportion of human effort can 5> Iuto productive activity. They dimin sh the materfal waste of extravagance government and the spiritual waste of tistrust in &iplomacy. Liberty has taken tcreased guarantees. Reason is more irmly enthtoned. Hope and faith are revealed more clearly as the great ~alities.” An adequate organization for adminis- ing government rellef of war veterans was ome of the first domestic problems * said which later was placett under iparvision of the veterans' bureau It is easy to realize.” he added, “what + stupendous task this work is when it is smembered that there has already been paid to disabled veterans and their de- ndent relatives about a billion and a f dollars, and thers is going out of ® treasury each day close to a million —_—_— IUGO-SLOVIA REFUGE OF REFUGEES FROM FIUME Fiume, March 26—Fity of the seven- five members of the Fiume constituent wssembly, representing the Zanella ma- tority, and headed by Signor Zanella, are ow the guests of the Jugo-Slav govern- ment at Potore, on the Croat%n coast, t miles southeast of Fiume, according 1] Puese of Agram. The newspape® #4ds that the Tefugees have been provid- i with sccommodations In a luxurious buliding It has been declded by the rafugees to return to Flume untii all the le- slonaires evacuate the city. Signor Zanefia refuses to treat with the Italiap matic offcers at Flume untfl all-the ands of the constituent assembly are 1t is the intentfon of Zanella owers to send protests to all s of Europe regarding condi- s at Fiume, says the newspaper. Meantima, Italian carabineers under nel Marra are occupying Fiume. night Marra issued an order pro- ting anyone appearing in a uniform they belong to the Italian army roops to the number of 2000 hav moved to the Flume border Th y the Fascisiti. as the were ssault on Fiume which D Annunz rrender ired Ga el GERMANS LOST THEIR LIVES IN TRAE M 26 men were Kk 1 808,346 WAR the A. P.).- led and 109 side during war was ragin ate arrived at b a statisticlan. This om a study of offi- German e world s made ses totailed in dead wounded 4.246. Men 13,000,000 were under the course of the war. of in scten was killed in 000 men | German so agh deall by the war meral Von Altrock at orps inat OBITUARY. AL Vizetelly. i A: Vizetei- | died toda was born in German 1853, Diir- war in 1570 he | ame & newspaner correspondent and for London new He later | st 0 works of Emil | sh and also wrote several Fras ners. demes W. Latta. adelplia. March 26 —James W. former department commander of Ui Grand Army of the Republic and for- adjutant general of the national He Mr. Latta served two ) internal’ affairs of ard of Pennsvivanta, died today. ears ald and a cuarter doliars. The government already has nearly 30,000 hospital beds, and will soon have 35,000. There are about 29,000 men already in hospitais who receive, besldes their keeping and care, from $30 to §157 each month. The awards for compensation run over 200,- 000 each month and the awards for in- surance over 140,000, while there are 15,000 compensation cia ;s and 1,200 in- surance clalms received Aluring the same time. Theer are about 105,000 men re- ceiving vocational training. most of them under pay, and at a maximum cost of $160 each per month. There are already in existence 107 hospitais which provide 182 employes for each 200 patients. There are 5.000 schools used throughout the country for training ex-service .men and 000 institutions for placement training.” He said the shipping board problem Was “to get the government out of the { shipping business with as little loss &s possible, and to provide an American merchant marine that American goods might not have to be carried to market in the ships of competitors and that, there might be sufficient ships to provide for an adequate national defense.”” There is now a fair prospect, he aeserted, that the country will have .a mdrchant marine,, “supported from a small proportion of the revenue derived from shipping and holding a place on the seas Worthy of the American people. Constructive economy, Mr. Coolidge said, has been the first thought and the chiet effort of the present administration. To secure that, he declared, is to accom- plish reconstruction. “There has been a steady determina- tion not to interfere in those European affeirs with which we had no direct con- " he said. “When there was an at- tempt to piace responsibilities on government for the fixing of ib:parations It was firmly declined, but with the as. sertion that reparations must be met to the limit of abillty. “There has %ewise been a refusal to participate in the Genoa conference out of a feeling that'the chief causes of eco- nomic disturbance in Europe can only be j@ettled by thelr own domestic actiorr and our unwillingness to become involved in any way In their political questions. The sincerity of American sympathy for Eu- ropean distress s revealed and establish- ed in loans of almost a billion. dollars made since Armistice day, in addition to :715 . ministration of ‘enormous chari- es. He referred to the refusal of Mexico 1o execute the treaty offered to - her, “which would have recognized her gov. ernment and declared her adherense to those principles of protection of the rights of persons and of property which are the necessary mark of a_clvilized state.” “A more than friendly interest in the people of Russia” he added, “has been declared in our willingness 'to consider coumercial relations on the presentation of evidence that there is to be maintain- ed those rights of free labor. respect for contracts and security of property, with- out which there can be no commerce, and our good faith demonstrated by great private charities and the appropriation of twenty millions of dollars for the re- lief of her starving population. CONFESS HOLD-UP OF CAPITOL THEATRE IN NEW YOBK Newark, N. I, March 26—Two of five men arrested here late last night con- fessed today, police said, that they took part in the hold-up of the Capitol theatre in New York citn last December in which $8,600 was taken. Although they each are reported to have received $2,700 as their share of the stolen money, the two men, Thomas F. Donovan and Thomas J, Buckley, had only a few doilars between them when they were arrested, The robbery was planned, they said, by a negro formerly employed by the theatre, who is now under arrest in Man- hattan. He received $500 as his share ol the loot, and the remaining $2,7(0 went to another white man whose ideu- tity was not revealed. The theatre robbery took place on a Sunday night. After the day's receipts had been taken to an office on one of the upper floors the four bandits entered, ordered three men and a girl to stand with their faces to the wall and escapéd with the money. After dividing the loot Donovan and Buckley went to New ven, coming to Newark two weeks e OPPOSES REVIVAL OF PATENT TREATY WITH GERMANY Washington, March 26.—Revival of the patent convention treaty with Germany would ba “nothing short of a calamity, for the United States. according to Henry Howard, of Cleveland, chairman of the exccutive committee, Manufacturing Chemists' Association. In @ letter to Under-Secretary of Stat Fletcher, made public here tonight, Mr. Howard declared it was common knowl- edge that the treaty originally had been conceived and engineered by a certain chemical interest of Germany because of their fear that the United States would pass a law providing for some kind of ‘working clause® in its patent system.” “Phe German interests resfized,” hé that if they were obliged to work patents | nthe United States it @ be the beginning of the end of their said, BELIEVES HIS DAUGHTER HAS BEEN STOLEN FOR BEVENGE Woodbury. N. J., March than one hundred policemen and special officers tonight were gearching for seven- year-od 1da Grame, who disappeared from her home last night and who the authorities belleve was kidnapped. Isa- adore Krame, the child's father, told the police that he believed she had bees stolen in revenge. He gave them the name of the person e suspecied, but it was not made public. The little girl disappeared while play ng with other children in front of her father's butcher shop between §' and 9 o'clock. She was not sed until Mrs. Krame went to call her for bed. An automobile with iwo strange men was seen In the neighborhood several times Dbefore the child disappeared and the policé belleye she was carried away in this car, 26—>More ! CABLED PARAGRAPHS For Care of Russian Refugees March 26—Plans for taking Russian _refugees from - Constantinople and_clsewhere . to Southern European states have been approved by the coun- cil of the League of Nations. It has decided aifo to have the task proceed under the supervison of = Dr. Fridtjol Nansen, who is high commissioner of the international committee for Rus- slan rellef. . INTEREST IN VATICAN VISIT OF RULERS OF BELGIUM Rome, March 26.—(By The A. P.)— Whetlier or not the coming visit to Italy of King -Albert and' Queen Elizabeth of Belglum will lead to the engagement of Princess Yolando, daughter of King Vic- tor Emmanuel and Queen Helena, to ihe Duke of Brabant, heir to the Belgian throne, the visit is considersd of great importance, because it will mark a new tage in the relations between church and state. The arrangements for the visit are expected to form the basis for the ceremonial of future visits by Cath- olic ruters. Pope Pius has taken personal interest in the detafls and has decided that the call of the Belgian sovereigns at the Vatican must take place immediately on their arrival in Rome and before any officidl functions occur, such as a din- ner at which toasts are exchanged With the Jtallan king, and even before the gelgian wonarchs visit Queen Mother Stargarita. No objections having been made by the Italian court, this procedure is considered to be definitely settled. Heretofore nen-Catholic sovereigns went to the Vatican in carriages supplied by the embassy of their country. Presi- dent Wilson in January, 1919, adopted his custom. Pope Pius has declded that Vatican automobfles shall be sent to bring the king and queen of the Belgians to the Vatican. This shows progress as 4 year ago the Batican had mo automo- les and ecclesiastics were forbidden to use them. Cardinal Vincenzo Vanutelli was the first prelate to have an automo- bile. Sometime ago he received a beau- tiful machine, painted a bright red from American friends, and induced the pope to withdraw his ban on the automo- bile. > Pope Pius has directed that five cars be placed at thhe disposal of the Belgian sovereigns and has ordered Prince Mas- simo, Who claims to trace his descem from early Roman history, to accompany them. The prince is hereditary ponti- ficial postmaster general. The prince mar- ried Princess Boncacclo, whose mother was Miss Hickson Fleld, daughter of a New York banker. Prince Massimo, as well as the papal chamberlains, one of whom will be in each car, will be dressed in gorgeous mediaval costumes. The drivers of the automobiles will wear black with gold buttons and cockades of the pontifical colors, white and yellow. Inside the Vatican, on the arrival of the Belglan rulers, the papal armed corps will Tender military honors. THREE MEN KILLED WHEN AUTO WAS STRUCK BY TRAIN Yonkers, N. Y., March 26.—Three men were Kkilled shortly before noon today when_their automobile was struck by a northbouhd train on'the Putnam division of the New"York Central railroad at the Gray Oaks station- on the outskirts of this city. The dead are Reuben Levine, 38, and Samuel Levine, 27. president and secre- tary, respectively, of the Levine Iron works, and John' Pigot, 30, an employe of_the concern. The men were returning from a fishing trip and while crossing the tracks, which are unprotected by gates, thelr machine became stalled. Before they could start it, or jump to safety, their car wae struck, by the engine nad the bodies ail three pen were dragged several hun- dred feet. Ap automatic bell ,alarm at the crossing was found to be In good working order after the accident. Eugene Kirk, engineer of the train, was paroled on a technical charge of homicide in the custody of railroad offi- cials. TO ATTEMPT FLIGHT FROM LISBON TO RIO JANEIRO Lisbon, March 26.—(By the A. P. Three Portuguese cruisers left yesterday to sctation themselves at different points in the Atlantic to act as a convoy for two Portuguest officers who will make an attempt to fly in a hydro-airplans from Linsbon to Rio Janeiro, The date of the start of the flight has not been definitely fixed, but the aviators hope with favorable weather conditions they will be able to make the trans-Atlan- tic passage of more than 4,000 miles in sixty hours. The machine they will use will develop 360 horse-power and is ex- pected to attain a speed of 80 miles an our. Ehis fomie ot il aviadres il B o Tishon to the Canary slands, thence to the Cape Verde Islands, from there to Fernando Noranha, a short distance northeast of Pernambuco and then south- ward to Rio. e 125,000 PEOPLE VISITED CONEY ISLAND SUNDAY New York, March 26—With the tem- perature giving New York a super-spring touch of 72 degrees, Coney Island en- joyed another pre-season vogue today and tonight, with more than 125,000 peo- ple invading the famous summer park. In obvious proof that it was a real spring day fully 2,000 men, women and children donned bathing suits and lux- uriated on the sands and sported in the surf in true mid-season manner. It was a “regular” Coney Island day, with ‘hot dogs” going briskly. The air of mid-season realism was added to by the loss of ten children, who, while in the care of the busy police, shad their terrors assuaged with the judiclous use of lolly-pops. On every hand the coatless “Spring is. here.” TEX RICKARD TO TAKE WITNESS STAND TO! New York, March 26—George “Tex” ckard, sports promoter, who plans to take the witness stand in his own de- fense fomorrow on cnarges that he as- saulted Sarah Schoenfeld, 15, spent the day conferring with his attorneys in the heriff's office, across the street rfrom Tombs prison. where he has been con- fined during his trial. The jury in.the s under guard at an nntown hotei. Rickard’s attorneys announced that Rex Beacn, as a character witrets for the defense when the trial is resumed. GERMANY TO REPLY TO NOTE ON REPARATIONS London, , March 26.—It is understood. says a despaich to the London Times reparations commission’s recent note will cite the impossibility of Germany pre- paring for a taxation schéme of sixty billion marks before May 31, and also the | rediced from $2.52 to proposed control of German finance. called: | the novelist. would appear | from Berlin, that the nrincipal objestions | of the German government to the allied ' Seizure of Rooms Made by Workmen Who Were Ex- pelled From Belfast. . Dublin, March 26 (By the A. P.)— Forty men last night took possession of the' Orange ‘party’s headquarters in Par- nell street, quietly conducted the rightful ocupants ‘to_the street and ‘then closed the doors of the building. The men were still in possession late this afternoon, It Wwas sald they had Been identified as workmen who were expelled from Bel- fast. The interlopers are reported to have taken food into the bullding with them. One report during the day was that the bullding had been commandeered by_the Irish republican army. During the night Fowler Memorial hall and the fish market also were serzed. The taking over of Orange hall was the first instance of such an attack on southern Orangemen in retaliation for the treatment to which nationalists have been subjected in Belfast. It is a large and handsome buflding gnd had been prepared Saturday night for a dance and supper. When the seizure took place the occupants of the hall were expeiled and the Beifast natlonalist workmen. ‘who are now destitute in Dublin, through having been discharged from the shipyards, ate the supper prepared for the Orangemen, The metropolitan police did not attempt to disturb the Invaders. Later the clty fish market and the war materials stored there were seized. It is not known as yet whether all the seizurer were carried out by the same forces. The taking over of Orange h#ll seemed to be sympathetically greeted by the populace today. i WOMAN WOUNDED BY SNIPEES IN BELFAST Belfast, March 26.—There was much sndping this evening in the network of Streets between Grosvenor street and the Falls road. A woman was wounded. Special and military forces appeared in motor cars and fired, killing two men and wounded another ; they then searched the district. - ARMY PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO THE IRISH REPUBLIC London, March 26.—The conventlon of members of the Irish republican army held In Dublin today decided to confirm its n]l_tghncs to the Irish reqwblic; to main- tain the army as the army of the repub- Mc under an execitive committee of six- teen members, and to enforce a drastic boycott on Belfast, says an Exchanze Telegraph despateh from Dublin. DE VALERA CHALLENGED TO REVEAL HIS VIEWS Dublin, Maroh 26.—The silence of Ea- monn De Valera, in the tace of challeng- es by the newspapers to make known his attitude toward the ~army - convention, seemed perplexing in political quarters to- day. - Michael Collins in a spoech at Wat- erford today challanged Mr. De Valera to reveal his views and also to dissoclate himself from such ‘“mutinous state ments” as were made last week by Rod- erick O'Connor, director of engineering headquarters staff of the Irish republican army, (n announcing that today's con- vention would be held despite orders to the contrary. o Mr. Collins added that the greatest ar- gument with which he would be faced at the coming conference with the authori- ties in London weold be Mr, De Valera and that gentleman’s political followers. He said Sir James Craig, the Ulster prem- fer. would not dream of cowing into a union while the present dissenion rré- vailed, and it Mr. De Valera could nita the country under his own leadershin, ac- cept the treaty and agree to work for tht Free State, he (Collins) would gladly step aside. He added that he would not regret in such a contingency that so heavy burden of responsibility had been taken from him. IRISH ARMY DISOBEYS > DAIL EIREANN CABINET Dublin, March 26—(By the A. P)— Members of the Irish reputlican army, in defiance of the prohibition issued by the Dai Eireann cabinet, held two long ses- slons herp today in Mansion House. The meetings were conduoted in pri- vate. Extreme precautions were taken to prevent unaisthorized persons from en- tering the hall. A line of men remained throughout the day in fromt of Mansi House, and all entrances to it were close- 1y guarded. There was no dislay of arms and no attempt at interference with the meetings. A small crowd of the curious ingered in the vicinity of the hall throughout the day and evening. The convention was still in session at nine o'diock this evening, and an officlal re- port of the proceedings was not expected before midnight. The meetings seemingly were omly slightly affected by the declaration of Richard Miulcahy, minister of defense, that every man attending would be sus- pended from the army. It is estimated that about 250 delegates were present. A majority of them were youthful, Very few of them wore uniforms. The at- tendance included some members of the Belfast brizade. It is said they came to T1:Dlin not to support the purpose of the meeting but to urge unity as essential for the protection of the northern national- ists. 3 Mr. Mulcahy declared today that the convention had been arranged by two of the five brigade commanders of the army. The ecstimate that 250 persons attended the sessions was based on the fact that 0ak Room where they were held, is incap- able of accommodating a larger crowd The room was packed. HAWAII FLECTS REPUBLICAN DELEGATE TO U. S. CONGRESS Honolulu, March 26—Harry A. Bald- n was elected Hawali's new delegate to the United States congress by a land- slide of repubican votes, according to unofficial returns late Saturday night from all but one of the 99 precincts in the territory, He defeated Lincoln L. McCandless, demoerat, the next highest candidates. by more than 2 to 1. Baldwin's vote on the basie of unof- fic.al and incompiete returns from yes- ay's election was 14,11 less received 6,258, PRICE OF MILK IN APRIL K THE SAME AS IN MARCH Utica, N. Y., March 26.—The Dairy- men's League Co-Operative Association ansounces that the milk of its 67/000 tro- ducers is being offered for sale to the dealers at tae same prices for April as for March with the exception of the milk known as class one A, which is milk sold to the consumer in glass bottles, which, is $2.30 per 100 pounds. McCand- | sMeeting of Mill WorkersinLawrence Under Auspices of the One Big Union—Vote to ‘Strike | Was Unanimous, Lawrence, Mass,, March 26—A mass meeting of mill workers on the Common herc today under the auspices of- the One Eig union voted without dissent in favor of a.strike. Seven Lawrence mills employing 13,000 operatives, have an- nounced & wage reduction of 20 per cent, eftective tomorrow and some of the craft unions have declared a strike, The speakers, including. Ben Legree, head of the O. B. U, Oliver Christian, president of the Loom Fixers' Union, and. Sam. Bromhall, head of the 1919 strike - committee, urged the English- speaking wWorkers to start the strike, and declared that the O. B. U., would finish it According to labor leaders thé O, B. U. is ont organized in the mills which have declared the wage cuts, but is ful- Iy roganized In some of the other Law- rence mills, Representatives of the mills said to- night that they would open Monday as usual, About 100 machine printers in the Pa- cific mills today accepted a 10 per cent Wage reduction. It was stated that these men were siilled workers and that the cut brought their wages down to what is known as the “standard scale.” REVIEW OF LABOR TROUBLE IN THE TEXTILE RNDUSTRY Boston, March 26.—The New England textile strike situation takes on a new angle this week with its extension to the | important cotton and woole mmill center at Lawrence. Seven mlils ih that city lha.\‘ announced a 20 per cent, wage re- duction effective tomorrow and some of the. operatives have declared a strike. Another mill has announted an indefinite shutdown beginning tomorrow and - the Lawrence textile coucil has declared this to be in the nature of a lockout. The big mills of the American Woolen com- pany have not joined in the wage cutting. The largest plant affected is the Pacific miils, employing some 10.00 operatives. The six others at which wages are re- duced empioy a total of about 3,000, The wool sorters, affiliated with the United Textile Workers of America and first to declare a strike are planning to picket the Pacific and Everett mills tomorrow. The strilce situation in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, where thousands of operatives have been idle for many weeks, appears to be deadlocked. The special state board of mediation and conciliation in Rhode Island hns been disscived after several futile at- tempts to bring about a compromise be- tween workers and mill owners on the matters of wages and working hours. - Ef- forts to arrange Hamgshire have failed. are in effect at Lowell Mass. and Fitchbure, BRIEF TELEGRAMS - The league of nations is likely to be asked to take control of the Dardanelles. President Harding signed approximate- 7,000 commissions for postrasters since lis inauguration. Presents of wood, bread or meat are more welcome than flowers to Odessa's srand opera singers. Charles Pope, once known as “tne glucose king,” and for years a multimil- lionaire, died in Chicago of pneumonia. Dr. Adolph Loten, Austrian orthopedist, ended his week of free ciinics in Detroit with five operations, Prime Minister Lloyd George is expect- ed to return today from Criccieth, where he has been ejoying a brief vacation. The University of Notre Dame confer the Lastare medal upon Patrick Naill, labor. will haries former gommissioner of Imports into Canada for the twelve months ending February had a total value of $761,026,201 as compared with $1,290, 067,546 for the previdus twelve months. Leaders in the nation wide coal strike of union miners set for April 1 have turn- ed attention toward winning 200,000 nn- union miners to the walkout. A wage erduction of 5c an hour, effec- tive April 1, was accepted by Manchester, N. H., street car men when they signed @ new agreement. All federal prohibition agents have been ordered to avold umnecessary dis- play in the destruction of seized liquors Commissioner Haynes sald Saturday. Home town folk of William E. “Pussy- foot" Johnson, probfbitionist, at West- erville, Ohio, celebrated his sixtieth birta- day anniversary. Action of the Ford Motor Company In- augurating operation of its plants on a five Qay basis was generally aporoved by American Federation of Labor officials. The allied council of ambassadors de- cided that the international troops occu- oying Soutani, Albania, should be with- drawn. The Greek press Is taking kindly to the idea of an armistice in Asia Minor, pro- posed by the powers, and general belief is felt at the prospect of peace. Industrial conditions throughout Con- necticut had noticeable improvements the past week attributed In art to the com- ing of spring and resumption of building operations. Five hundred employes of a hat factory at Westboro, Mass., made a safe and ord- erly exit in two minutes when fire broke out in in the dye room. The fire damage was less than $1,000. Judge Robert W. Hill, president of the Salem, Mass., Rotary club, was elected conferences between | governor of the New Engiand district of Rotary clubs to succeed Herbert C. Wil- Minor strikes | son, of Worcester. The Cumard-Anchor lime steamer The. declaration that the strike in New{Italia, rah on a mud bank. off Butler's England mills “will go to th%flmk 1o see | Flat as she wastentering port at New Bed- whether the stockholders, by refusing to |ford, Mass, to pick up passengers for cut fat dividends, can force workers to | Lisbon and St. Michael's. reduce their meager wages” was made by Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textil Workers of America, to- Court, jury and cousel in the third trial o fRoscoe Arbuckle are to go today day. Mr. McMahon was in this city on [to the hotel St, Francis to inspect the his way from Rhode Island to strike cen- ters of Northern New England. ‘;zrke leaders and manifacturers in New 4 MEN KILLED, $100,000 DAMAGE BY THE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER Port Huron, Mich, March 26—Four men were killed and property damage estimated at $100,000 was caused by a boiler explosion on board the ferryboat Omar D. Cringo this afternoon. The ex- plosion shook the entire down town dis- trict. The boiler was thrown 250 feet Into a dwelling. The dead: Ransom A. Campbell, chief engineer of the ferry; Tom Bruckner and Kenneth Crandall, deck hands, and Cliffton Alt- house, fireman. The dead men were at work on the terry. No one else was aboard the boat at_the time of the explosion. Three persons were injured, none se- riously. The dwelling fnto which the boller was thrown caught fire and was burned to the ground. The occupants of the house, William Smith and family, were attend- ing a movie at the time. A steam radiator was thrown 1,000 feet into the chapel of Albert A. Falk, where a funeral was In progress.. Mourn- ers were injured by splinters. Glass was broken in store fronts two blocks away. The explosion was due to scarcity of water In the boiler, it is believed. The boat was tied at the dock in Black river. SEARCHING FOR BODIES OF FLYING BOAT VICTIMS Miami, Fla, March -26—Sarch for the gulf stream off - the Florida coast for the bodies of the five victims of wrecked seaplane “Miss Miami” which was wrecked on a flight between Miam! and Bimini last Wednesday, with Pilot Robert Moore as the sole survivor, was continued today, but when the several airplanes and speed boats particpating in the task returned to this city late this afternodn, the reported that no trace had been found of either the wreck. of seaplane or of the victims. Men familiar with the Gulf stream predict that search for the bodies will be successful, and that they will be found either floating on the stream or Wwill be washed ashore. The search will be resumed tomorrow. TO PROSECUTE CATHOLIC BISHOP OF AUCKLAND| Wellington, New Zealand, March 26— The government has decided to prose- cute Monsignor Liston, Catholic bishop of Auckland, on a charge of having made seditious utterances during a Tecent speech.. It is alleged that he denounced the British troops in Ireland as “for- eign troops.” Monsignor Liston at the time was glorifying the Easter rebellion in Ire- land and is said to have declared that the Trish were martyrs and “proud to die for their country, murdered by for- eign troops.” Strong _protests were made newspapeTs against the speech Lo SOVIET GOV'T DISCOUNTING by the tlie Danish capital, are to the effect that leaders of the Russlan soviet govern- the | THE DEATH OF NIKOLAI LENINE | yigit to his home suite where Arbuckle it is charged, in- flicyed fatal injuries on Miss Virginia Rappe, General Rafael Pimento was acquitted at Mexico City of the charze of murder- ing former Vice President Pino Suarez in 13. He was given his lberty immedi- ately. z A. C. Townley announced that he would present his resignation as president of the National Non-Partisan league to the meeting of the Minnesota organization in Minneapois March 31. A fish of a species hitherto unknown to sclence. caught by a Japanese fisherman 13 miles off shore at a dl¢h of 1,200 feet is on exhibition in Honolulu, excit- ing great interest among icthyologists. The strike in all Italian ports, precip- itated a few days ago by the redual of the Naples longshoremen to atiow the em- ployment of non-union workers, continues with no sign of settlement. The Baltimore Catholie Keview Satur- day published a letter from Presiden: Harding paying high tribute to tr ory of the late Cardinal G death occurred one year ago. Nine men are known to have perished and nine others were missing as a reslilt of an exolosion in Sopris Mine, No. 2, of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Compa near Trinidad, Colo. Clocks and watches throughout Fng- land were advanced. ome hour at two o'clock Sunday morning when daylignt |saving for the summer officially began The return to summer time is one week earlier this year than last. Sir Robert Horne, chancellor of the British exchequer, arrived In Paris to conferg with Charles de - Lastey- rie. French minister of finance, on the American note concerning reimbursement for the costs of occupying the Rhineland. Making one of the fastest voyages be- tween New York and San Diego ever ac- i comghished by a cargo steamer, the Julia Luckenback line arrived in San Diego. The freighter was out less than 14 days from New York. Pope Plus received in audience a delegation of Rome mobility, led by Prince Colonna. The Pope urged the wo- men of the Roman aristocracy to lead a crusade against the immodesty of pres- ent day fashions. Former Senator Henry ¥. Hollis of New Hamipshire, who married Miss Anne Hobbes in Italy last weel, obtained an absolute divorce from Mrs, Grace B. Hol- Iis in the Fremch courts within the last three months. At the golden jubilee May festival in Cineinnati, which will take place durinz the first week in May 1923, a new choral work by the celebrated American compds- er, Henry Hadley, will be given is first performance, it is called ‘Resurgam.” Captaln Roald Amundsen, noted Arctic explorer, who returns to New York from a in Norway _tomorrow v attempt to fiy from New York to Se- London, March 26—Renorts from Ber-|attle in one of the metal airplanes recent- lin received in Copenhagen. says a de-l3y purchased for his new Polar expedi- spatch to the Exchange Telegraph from|tion, Three young men who attempted to ment have been summoned to MOSCOW | steal the $1800 payroll of the Wiliam to consider the situation which may-arise | Schenkel Clothing company in the North In the event of the death of Nikolal Le-|End of Boston, were so surorised when ning, the premier, which is sald to be re-|Miss Bessle Pruitman carrying the money garded as a possibility in the near fu-|bag, darted up a stairway and out of sight turey that they beat & hasty retreat, | CREEK GOVTHASACCEPTED ARMISTICE PROPOSAL FOR PRICE TWO CENTS AN to One Month. Parls, March 26 (By the A. P.)—The Greek government has accepted the pro- Posal made by the alled foreign minis- ters last week for an armistice between Greece and the Turkish nationalists. The reply to the proposal of the min- Isters. however, contains technical res- ervatiors on the military conditions. MINSTERIAL COUNCIL HELD IN ATHENS SUNDAY Athens, March 26—General Papoulas. general-in-chief of the Greek army, ar- rived here today and participated in the ministerial council at which was _dis- cussed the military clauses of the Greek Tepiy to the allied armistice proposal. TURKS DESIRE PERIOD OF ARMISTICE BE ONE MONTH Constantinople, March 26 (B; P.)—The Sublime Porte consi armistice proposa of the allied foreign ministers acceptable If the. perlod of three months as the duration of the ces- satlon in hostilites is reduced to one month. The government had advised the Angora government not to reject the propesal, v the A. ers the government accepts the in principle, its reply to the allies is not expected to be made in less thaa ten days. The principal con- dition in Angora’s counter-proposal will ba the evacuation by the Greeks of Thrace, with allied guarantees, RESULTS OF CONSIDERATION OF NEAR EASTERN QUESTIONS Parls, March 26.—(By The A. P.)— The retention by Turkey of Constanti ople and a large part of Eastern Thrace; the demilitarization of the territories ad- joining the Straits of the Dardanelles, Whether allotted to Turkey or Greece, and that an international commission shall attend to the upkeep of the straits, are proposals made by the al- led forelgn ministers after five day Conditional Upon Technical Reservation on the Military Con- * ditions—General Papoulas Participated in Ministerial Council Held in Athens—Turkish Reply From Angora is Not Expected in Less Than Ten Days—Turks Desira That the Period For Cessation of Hostilities be Reduced . consideration of the Near East quese tions. The conclusions of Premier Poincarey Marquis Curzon, the British foreign sece retary, and Signor Schanger, the Itallan foreign minister, are belleved to mark a step towards a settiement of a gpes- tion which has been one of the roots of unrest in the Old World. The amica- ble offer of mediation between Turkey and Greeer removes the dilema facing the French of either taking a hostile ate titude toward Turkey or breaking wi the allies, and also _removes the clou created over Anglo-French relations by the Angora accord. Should the Turkish natlonalist leaderd find the proposed modifications of the Sevres treaty dom't go far enough, it I8 pointed out that nothing has been done at Paris which would stand in the way of continuing the negotiations. The aue thorities at Constantinople have already accepted the armistice proposal, made several days ago, and the Angora repres sentatives, when told of the forelgn mine ¢ decisions tonight did not hide theis teeling of satisfaction. In connection with their proposal thay the strai's territories be demilitarized, the ministers suggested that allied forces on the Gallipoll peninsula and allied mili« tary inspectors be charged with the tasik of “enforcing the measures. The Dro- posals are to be submitted to the Inter- ested partles, who will be invited to send representatives to a city to be chosen later, within three weeks. These repre- sentatives will be assisted by the Brite h, Italian and French high commise sloners in Constantinople. The task of finding a means of satis fying the desires of the Armenians wag confided to the league of nations. After two meetings today the ministers were still at variances on certain lssues. With the desire of reaching a settiement before Signor Schanzer left for Londos to see Premier Lioyd George, a third ses. slon was called. It was midnight beforq apnouncement was made that declsiong had been reached on all points. MURDEROUS WORK I8 CONTINUED IN BELFAST Sclfast, March. 26 (By the A. P)— Tp to six o'clock this evening the total number of persons killed thus far In March in the disor@érs—hef® was™ This includes 50 ciyilians, 3 regular po- licemen, 2 special constables and a mil- itary officer. Two men and a girl were killed at miduight last night. The girl was srruck by a stray shot fired by the military during a panic caused by a woman houting “murder” while in an alterca- tion with her husband. The people in tay neighborhood, fearing an attack was being carried out, screamed and biew wiustles, Military and defense corps; contingents immediately appeared and| opened fire, the military using machine guns. Two men were shot by unknown persons in other parts of the city during the pizht. Tl afternoon there were two moie deaths in the hospitals of persons wounded in affrays- last week. *The first fatality aong the disputed border between the morth and south oc- curred téday when a man feeding cat- tle ncad Calledon was shot by a sniver from the free state side and died later the Armagh infirmary. Firing along| order conti d today and two bridges were blown up at Carrickmore, ne 10 funerals of Owen MacMahon, aluomk nd members of h's family w erc murdered in their| home early Friday morning. were held today, Large crowds attended. : Jose Deviin, Irish nationalist member variiament for Belfas ong mourners. WOULD INVOLVE U. 8. IN EUROPEAN AFFAIRS the as the will Marc! Sofia, 26 —Deliberation of allies during the Genoa conferenc be Inconclusive if the United i | day. He said Gulgarl paring to send a delegation to Ge “aithough nobody knows whal the pro- he conference will be “The fact that the conference was called,” the premier added, “confirms my prophacy . that the treaties between the alliew 4né the central powers will not last for three years. My opimion is that America, sooner or later, will take part | in the settlement of European questions, just as she did in the war, although her action may be delayed. She hoids the purse, and until she takes an active part | practical solutions cannot be determined. “From the moment the buisheviki pre- sent themselves at Genoa they will cease to be real bolsheviki” « EIGHT BOY SCOUTS DROWNED; BODIES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED Southben, Ind., Barch 26—The bodies of elght members of the Southbend Hoy Scouts organization who were drowned yesterday at Maxician Lake, near Dow- aglac, Mich., were recovered today. Jdentificatior. of the victims verified the lst of dead as efitermined Saturday L. McDonald, director of the de- partment of camping New York city, and J. P. Freeman, assistant national di- recor of the Boy Scouts of -America, came to Southbend today to investigate the reports that negligence had caused the accident and they reported that every precaution had been taken for the pro- tection of the scout POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WEEE THE FIRST OF MAY Washington. March 26.—The first week in May is to be designated “Postal Im- provement Week” acocrding to an an- nouncement today by the post office de- partment. Efforts will be made duri the weel, Fifft Asdfarit Pastmaster| General Bartlett said, to get all of the 350,000 postal employes throughout the country “on their toes” In the, interest of better service for the public. Newssap- ers and the metion picture Industry will | four miles east of Marshall, Ge asked to co-operate In the campaign. GOMPERS AIRS VIEWS ON IMPENDING COAL STRIKE ‘Washington, March 26.—That owners of coal mining properties, both anthracite and bituminous, are forcing a gemeral “{strike—t union mines by their “auth= cratic attitude,” and that the reason for their attkude can be found In “domina- tion of the coal industry by financial inte- rests.” were charges made in a statement issued today by muel Gompers, presi- dent of the American Federation of La- bor. He supplemented these charges with statisios which he declared showed that real ownership of many bituminous coal properties lay in the hands of the steel industry, while anthracie mines were asserted to be “largely adjuncts to railroad operations™ Mr. Gompers asserted that control of the mines was thus taken “to an effective Gegree from the hands of actual operatin: men, and placed in the hands of financial interests.” Coal mines have becoms merely “wheels in a great profit-making machine.,” ha said operated by man for whom “ail things must give way 1o pro- fits.” As the anthracite fislds, Mr. Gom- pers sald thal congressional investiga- tiona and federal proceedirgs bad dis- closed “peven T Iroad controlling 96 per the rosd as the Reading, Lackawanna an Westers Tae Delaware and ‘Hudson, Penn- ew York, Ontario and Wes: - rn, and Lehigh Codl and Nasigation com< Cd 5. A result he asserted w a $rofics from coal operations are not ‘ound n the coal mine reports, but in dividend reports of the rafiroads,” whers they are “manipulated so as to appear moderate,: or at a loss, in order that miners’ wag! may be retained at the Jowest conceivable) level” In the bituminons flelds, he satd, “thi§ TUnited States Steel corporation controls vast interests,” and in sdathern territors other “steel interests control vast depos its" making it *fmpossible for prectica coal management to have aay effecth.c voice in the making of the policies GIRL INJURED IN JUMP FROM AUTO IN JOYRIDE Hackensack, . March 2 condition of Miss Margaret Fox, 1 0ld Newark stenographer, who, wiih ber chum, Miss Loretta Dalton, was found unconsclous late Friday nigtby the road- side In Westwood after they had jump- ©d from an automobile on a joyride with twko strange young men, was still erit- jcal tonight. Hospital surgeons would not perm!l th police to question the young woman, who is believed to be suffering either from a fracture of the skull or concus- sion cf the brain. Only oecasionally she has cpencd her eves and then for brief periods, Miss Dalton, who was able to leave the hospital, was under ball as a materia witness, She has given the polics no ad- ditonal information which might them in tracing the men who drov car from which the girls jumped. the FQUR PERSONS SERIOUSLY HUET IN COLLISION OF AUTOS Bayonne, N. J, March 26—Four per sons were hurt, two of them seriously when a motor car driven by Arthur Ris ley, 44, crashed into another nmear hert tonight. Harry Polmer, of Jersey City, jumped from Risley's car and feli under the wheels, recelving internal injuries. Mise Elizabeth Frank, Jersey City, also ir Risley's car, was internally injured wher caught between the qolliding automo- biles. Louls Rogon, of Bayonne, a spectater, was knocked down and run over. Risley. the least injured, was arrested on » technical charge of assault. GRADE CROSSING COLLISION CAUSED THREE DEATHS Battlecreek, Mich., March 26—Thres were killed when a Michigan Central passenger train struck an automobile at a grade crossing at Thomas ich. s afierncen,