Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 1, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 80 POPULATION 29,685 PRODUCTION OF COAL CEASES INMINES OF TWENTY STATES Miners Propose to Remain Idle Indefinitely in an Effort to Force Acceptance of Their Terms For New Wage Con- tracts—Union Leaders Claim That, at Least 100,000 Non-Union Men Will Join in Walkout of Half-Million Union Miners—Washington Officials AresCalm But Ob- servant While Awaiting (By The Assoclated Press.) Approximately 600,000 coal miners fuft work last night to enforce new wage contracts, according to union reports from bituminous and anthracite flelds. The ldle miners include nfon men and some 100,000 men, according to union tabulation, A number of coal diggers in Illinois and other places left the mines at the ciose of work yesterday afternoon, ai- though the strike began officially at mid- night, he federal government decided not to take any action at present, as the situa- tien was not deemed critical The only oasis e strike area was entucky, wh 000 union men con- ued w because their contract runs her year, Kansas miners were ordered out de- spita an order of the industrial court extending the present contract a month. Union officers ordered 13,000 men to remain in the mines to protect proper from damages incldent to non-operation. In Canada, the strike is expected to be effective in the western provinces but not 1 e east, Governfnent reports indicate goodly 1 supplies on hand, estimated to last days in certain areas at least. Rafl- d officers asserted plans had been made o suspend certain freight trains, 500,000} non-union | Developments. closest of contact and study on the part of the president and his advisers which began long before general recognition of the strike danger. However. the chureh men, whose delegation included amongz othérs, Rev., Worth M. Tiplsy, of the Fede- couneil, and the Rev. Father John A. Ryan, for the National Catholic Council, aid they had found President Harding mpathetic and considered he would support any steps congrgss might be in- duced to take to set up machinery for set- tling the strike. Since last October President Harding personally, as well as Secretarles Hoover, Davi and Mellon and other cabinet offic- ers. ha ticipated the break and there have been intermittent negotiations in the endeavor to bring the mine workers and the mine operators, particularly, in the biteminous fields, into a conference to dis cuss wage agreements. In October. operators in the central competitive bituminous fields agreed aft- er a meeting with President Harding to go into such a cooference with the pos- sbility of preventing a general suspen- sion of work. Officers of the United Min= Worker: the union directly concerned, wever, uflable at the time to agree fer, because a national convention of the union had to be assembled to give them power to act. Later the convention was assembled #specially on coal roads. It is estimated that 18,000 raillroad men in Pennsylva- nia will be out of work today as a re- mit of the strike. The effectiveness of the strike in the non-union flelds of southern West - einia nrobably will not be determined be- fore Monday. Today being a holiday in ome mining flelds, the actual extent of strike was undeterminable. STATEMENT BY OFFICIALS OF UNION COAL MINEES Indianapolis, Ind., March 31 (By the A P.)—Coal production was stopped lonight by the union coal miners, who juit their day work in the mines of twenty states with the avowed policy of remaining idle indefintely in an effort to force the operators to accept the miners' terms for new wage contracts, Officlals at the headquarters here of United Mine Workers of America de- red that the suspension would not only inolude a half million workers but aiso that at least 100,000 non-union 'men would join in the walk-out. No last min- ute Instructions were issued from head- quarters, and the only sigmifoant con- ference held during the day by Presi- John L. Lewls was with Lonnie on, president of the Kentucky un- fon district, where 5,000 union men will continue at work because their contract with operators has another year to run. During the day Mr. Lewis declared at the susnension of work by Kansas on miners would not be averted by the nction of the Kansas industrial court or- dering that wagd scales of the last two rs be contiwued for thirty days. In a the union aref :he nation-wid» walk-out affect “hundreds of thousands of not directly engaged in the coal and he reiterated his charge operators had forced “the strike the son the miners.” In addtion to the Kentucky miners, nion men in Nova Scotia will Femain at work, but those intho western Canadian were expected to join the sus- pension. The conference over the Ken- ucky situation was said by Hs particl- pants 1o have been a general review of the situation there, with President Lewis taking the position that the union must ts contract with the operators. umerous reports from the coal fields the count reached headquarters, Mr. Lewis declared indicated a -up of ail union fields. These that 13,000 union men would be left in the mines to pro- the properties from damage, and the between operators and connection was reported ton, where operators were ting to paying the wages the contracts that ex- VIEWS ON COAL STRIKE FROM OFFICIAL WASHINGTON Washington, March 31.—Convinced every reasonable effort had bees e to irevent a national coal strike in sracite and bituminous coal mines to- ow, but belleving that although thes s have been without avail existin, ditions and surplus coal assure pric otection and current supply for the gen- at al public siffeial Washington led ack tonight to await the event with isiderable ea'mness, In a fi White House discussion it was said that the goticn wi and pvernment’s long ne the parties to the controvers; s study of the industry's had convinced the ad- immediate intervention. ways, would be and that w co volu nistration that together and t o adjust their differenr.- I oWy y. thet lent (o a and today on 1o t cleewhere, that. miners o union ve them cosss work, tment offfeials alen were intereste? + remoits from unien flelds in \Western Keatueky, where It was esiimated that soroximately 8,006 Mminers were consid- job vnder a I anding the na- | b | by White House n the @dministra- lon decision to withhold present action. it was reiterated, have Leen formed by the & but thereafter operators of the coal mines ia Western Pennsylvania particularly re- fused to go forward with the conference plan for reaching a new semi-national wage agreement. Although it is consid- ered by the administration that while the mining interests of Illinois, Indiana, and Objo, the other states in the central fields might have been induced to enter anc/her natienal wage agreement. the refuzal of the Fennsylvania contingent was suicient to block the conference plan. This refusal, which was persisted in to the point of “obduracy,” it was said at the White House, had fleft the government with nothing more to do than the general welfare demanded. Existence of large surplus stocks of coal, with the likeli- hood that nelther shortage nor rrice dis- turbance would cventuate from the strike for some time, now has resulted in the movernment's determination to refrain “rom any sort of forcible intervention in he industry until and unless need for -uch actlon becomes, evident. Tederal reserve, bank and Geological urvey statements were issued today, Jearing upon the recemt over-production i€ coal, which has bulked largely in White {Tousé ¥hd labor departmeht. agirances that moderate prices and a plentirul sup- ply of fuel were assured. = The reserve bank said that bituminous users recently had so amplified. their stocks that oven the fear of a strike had not sufficed to prevent a falling off in de- mand and a weakening of prices. The Geological Survey asserted that “even (hough most of the coal mines in the country- should remain closed down for three months, citizens of our larger citles need fear no- interruption of light and power service: Its queries during recent weeks have disclosed large public utilities whose stocik piles will last for one hundred and sixty days, while average stores have run be- tween forty-eight and seventy-one days in potential capacities. Rallroads, manufac- and dealers alike have reported conditions for official records, dituation. marking the preseat coal strike as different from former ones, was uncficlally classed as being re-, sponsible for a rdther cool acceptance of the strike in informed labor union, in- dustrfal and official circles. Decause, strike or no strike, it was tending to pro- duce a fairly widespread suspension of enal mining, fparticularly in bituminous fields, STRIKE WILL AFFECT 18,000 RAILROAD WORKERS IN PENN. New York, March 31. and railroad workers in the Pennsylvania will be thrown state out work tomorrow as a, direct result of the of anthracite coal strike, Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Work- ers of America, annouriced here today. This, Mr. Murray asserted, Will be “only a prelude to the far-reaching sus- pension of industry which is bound to follow idleness at the mine: He predicts that the Great Lakes re- glon, both manufacturing centers and transportations terminals, will be severe- ly affected in the first few weeks of the bituminous strike. Inability of lake carriers to get coal cargoes Wwhen the navigation season openms, April 15, will be especially felt at the lake ports, he said. Officials of the Pennsylvania railroad, the largest single carrier of anthracite in that state, tonight revealed that plans for suspension of certain freight trains were already under way, but that crews would be relieved gradually. The first trains will be taken off tomorrow, they! said, and others as fast as the present supply of coal at the mines is distrib- uted. Other rcads where the strike will be most keenly felt include the New York Central, the Baltimore and Ohio, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western and the Le- high Valley. accordiny to the mine Officials of these roads declared it would not be possible for several days to esti- mate the number of men to be affected stoppage of the sources of coal ton- lines, as weil as other pub- have taken precautions to hortage of fuel ~ due to the was revealed today. No short- tieipated uniess suspension of the mines coatinues moré than four months, tically passenzer jimers the larger, freighters, remov: the influence of the coal strike, HUNCER STRIKE GOES ON 7 TO AVOID DEPORTATION igeport, Serra, 17. an Home for observation, ed to eat or dring since Wednesday, iaking this hod, it is claimed by dopart nt of vy officials to resist «c ortation h s being sought. Serra lad shown niai derangement at his hoarding use and was sent to Hiliside Home. He was released but had to be returned there. 1 | | hem from ; Stat Trafic Tumel Under Hudson River Will Connect New—.lersey a New York City—To Cost $28,000,000. New York, March 31.—A group of men stood in a drizzling rain foday, and without ostenation quietly began act- ual work on the gigantic engineering un- dertaking which will connect New Jer- sey and New York with a vehicular tun- nel under the Hudson river. The tunnel will cost more than $20.- 000,000 but the only ceremony today came when Clifford M. Holland, chiet engineer for the commission drove his pick nto earth at Canal wnd Wee streets while about fifty other officials of the commission and contracting firm watched him. The excavation he started will be the site of a power house which will supply the current for actual under water con- struction. A The tunnel will be 925 feet in length, afford a roadway of 20 feet wide andl will accommodate 3,800 vehicles every hour. The total cost of the undertaking, it i estimated, will be $28,000,000 and it will be finished in 1925. The shaft to mark the beginning of the New York and of the tunnel 1was completed in October, 1920, and a form- al opening with due ceremonies in which - Mayor Hylan and Goyernor Bd- wards of New Jersey took part, featured its completion. The contract for the tunnell was signed yesterday by Booth and Flynn, Ltd. contractors, and the New Jersey and New Yok commission. CIANFLONE-RUGIERO JURY LOCKED UP FOR THE NIGHT Hartford, Conn., March 31.—The jury in the trial of Joseph Cianflone of West New York, N. J, and Michael Rugiero of New Britain, charged with the mur- der of Enio Renaldino in Farmington on October 25, 1920, was locked up at mid- night tonight without having reached a verdict. The jurors deliberated six hours before Judge Wolfe placed them in the custody of the sheriff. - The jury came in at 10 o'clock and re- ported a disagreement. The court sent them back to resume consideration of the case. At 11.30 they again came in and reported that they had been un- able to agree. Judge Wolfe orderea Admits Authorship of Let- ters—Intent Was to Scare. New York, March 31.—Admitting au- thorship of lctters in which threats were made to kill Ellis Guy Kinkead, {ormer corporation counsel of Ciacim@t, for whose murder’ last summer she is on trial, Miss Olivia M. P. Stone today told a tu- preme court jury that her sole intent was to scare the lawyer into leading her to the altar for a ceremonial marriage. It has been her contention that Kinkead refused to go through the ceremony with her after their alieged common-law mar- riage almost four years ago. From time to time, he promised to, she said, but put off the day and finally he abandoned heY and married another woman, Marie Louise Gormley. “No matter what extravagant lanz- uage you used, your only intention was to make him right that wrong, wasn't it?" she was asied by her lawyer. “Yes. I swear by all that_is good anl holy that that is the truth” she said. raising her right arm above her head. God knows it is true,” she added, but her answer was stricken out, save for the mere “Yes." > All day the trained nurse was on the stand, weak and distressed to almost con- stant tears. She admitted writing the letters during cross-examination, and ex- plained their purpose Wiver her counsel took up the questloning. Her lawyer brought out that she went tc several criminal lawyers with her troubles. that she took them to the dean of te Cin- cinnati Law school where Kinkead was an instructor, and that he schsequently lpst is position. Because of Kinkeals sanding in the.profession, she said, she got little encouragement from the law- yers. This statement was eiminatel from the record. Kinkead was forced to resign from the law school ‘on account of the Gormlsy woman,” she said, but this, too, was ord- ered erased. The trial will be resumed Monday. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICIALS DISCHARGED ‘Washington, March 31.—James L. Wil- meth, director of the bureau of engrav- ing and printing, and a number of other executives in the bureau were removed How Far Will Your Dollar Go Today ? ‘What you get for a dollar determines its value. of economical buying is information. And the secret The man or woman who is best informed is the one who buys to best advantage. Every day The Bulletin contains information you should have in order to increase your buying power. little lessons in economy. They are notices of how—where—when.and for what yeur doilar will go farthest. This advertising awaits your pleasure. 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Carlson, counsel for Rugiero, declared in his closing argument that he did not think the state had produced the testimony of two witnesses or its equivalent, which is necessary to con- civt for first degree murder. He attack- ed the testimony of Dominick Cropanese, who was the State’s star witness. Na- than O. Freedman, counsel for Ciaflone, also assalled the statements of Cropan- ese and said the defense witnesses had discredited many points of Cropanese's testimony. PROMOTING A REVOLT IN IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY Dublin, March 31.—(By the A. P.) proclamation has been issued at Irish re. publican army headquarters urging ths men to “stand by the government set up by the Irish pecple.’ It requests loyal of- | ficers and men at any one of six brigade, divisional or battalion headquarters nam- od prior to ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Richard Mulcahy. the minister of de- fense in the Dail Erieann, today In an in- terview said that 25 Irish republican army men who were guarding the Bank of Ireland had been paradel and given ‘an opportunity to leave the army if they were opzosed to the Irish treaty. { Nineteen of the men thereupon left the ranks. 5 Tihe Freeman's Journal, the plant of ich suffered at the hands of Traiders. rsday morning, will make its reap- pearance tomorrow morning in a sm: seven page issue, produced by a dunl cating process. CUSTOMS AND CISE REVENUE IN CANADA SHRINKS $64,000,000 Oitawa, Ont., March 31.—Canada lost $64.000,000 in customs anl excise re nue for the fihcal vear as compared with the previous year, figures given out fo- day show. The total reverue for tho vear ending March, 1952 ~ was $220,800,274 {against $294,407.560 for last vear. ‘The drop in revenue for the month of March. however, was proportionately les ¢ the vear as a whole, totals be- 0,071,757 in 1922 as against $21 1771,065 for 1921, a decreasc of $1,69 1035. The falling off in customs Gutiss jalone. was only $8,120 for the month as { compared to March of last year. 700 FRENCH SOLDIERS KILLED OR WOUNDED BY TRIBESME London, March 31.—Seven hundred men belonging to two French columns have been killed or wounded in a sur- prise attack by tribesmen in the Moulou- ya valley of French Moroce according to a despatch to the London Times from Huelva, Spain, dated Thursday, quoting private advices recelved from the EI Araish, Morocco, wireless station. 2 “fox the good of the service” tomight by Presiden{” Harding through an executive order, Louis A. Hill, assistant chief of the devision of engraving, was named as the new director of the bureau and all other vacancies were also filled. : The executive order affected executive beads of every division in the bureau and the action was taken, it was explained, as the result of an extended investiga- ton and in connection with a complete readjustment of the bureau to peace- time conditions. Mr. Hill was sworn in immediately, went to the bureau and took charge. The new executive person- nel will be in complete charge tomorrow. Announcement was made yesterday of the dropping of several handred men from the payroll of the bureau, but it Was stated that this had no connection with tomight’s action. The only excep- tions taken to dismissal in the execu- tive order, were in cases of persons eli- gible for retirement for age, all of whom Were retired as of this date, Mr. Wilmeth for years was chief clerk of the treasury and about four years ago was appointed chief of the bu- reau by President Wilson, succeeding Joseph A. Ralph. The bureau is one of the largest in point of personnel in the executive branch of the government, em- ploying about six thousand persons, It ODerates the greatest emgraving plant in the world, making all the paper money, bords, certificates and securities of the government as well as the pos S postage Those dismissed sald the order had come without any warning and was a complete surprise to them, It is understood that a complete inven- tory of notes, bonds and plates and other stock will he taken at once, but whether this will be done merely as a matter of course or in connection Wwith unconfirm- ed reports of the disappearance of some d!!)xczze bonds was not Indicated to- night. Officials of the treasury falled to thro sal order, saying the action and the brief announcement of its promulgation at the White House would have to speak for themselve: The changes, in bureau cticles were sweeping and meant, the complete elimination of those twho formerly had directed its operations. AR STANDING WHITE COLLARS FOR NEW HAVEN POLICEMEN howey regarded as it was declared, New Haven, March 31.—“Heads up” for New Haven's policemen is the decree of Police Chief Phillip T. Smith, who last night issued an order that the regutation standing white starched collar will he required as part of the uniform effectiv April 1.° The order went out to polic captains of 11 precincts last night. The detective bureau squad is Dot included in the new order, nor is it expected that the traffic men ‘will be obligsd to don the “stiff-necks.” The latter, in summer, are Seen o soft shirts with roll collars. 2 department | Phoid any light on the.dismis- | -*und BRIEF TELEGRANS Tor iirst detsh aent of the new Filea i, rumbering zLowt 270 nen, A an Jervsat «m Engiand The te re saastor sohosies Claea 4 1o nel, w0 ob Wen age uné off Avaien, N. J several days ago, has been floated. King Albert of Relgium, who is visiting Rome, injured his right arm in a fail in his room. The Interuationnl Harvester company mads a net profit in 1521 of 34. 138.80 as’ compared with $16,655,300 for 1920, Renewed outbreaks between the fasclst! and socialists are reported in various sec- tions of Italy. The citys 173rd smallpox case since the December outbreak was announced yes- terday at Bridgeport. The patient Is a man 30 years old. Col. James Geddes, connty commission. er of New Haven county, has recelved his commissioner as postmaster of . at- erbury, and will take office today. Austria has ratifled the <tatutes of the the international covrt of (he league of nations, including the obligatory jurisdte- tion clause., o 2131 Mey S * of the Dan- ish ded W day Mo was a member of the 5> men pariv of the muderate left grony Concern s felt over the schooner Sedgwick. which sailed from Charleston. S. C, February 11 with lumber for New York. She has not been heard from since, An armed Hungarlan customs patrol was arrested well within Austrian terri- tory, it was anncunced. The miembers of the patrol were imprisoned. Tce In the St. Lawrence river hegan to break up yesterday assuring tha resumn- tion of ravigation 'r a few days The break-up occurred ear ‘er than usual. Purchase of baildings for permanent at Americ:n Ber!in and consida cently hassies sther fc v the sos 4 by cong: i‘ns ~aritas semim sston Wi Tsuro Haragwhel, a retired llente: ant of .22 Jupanise ravy, was .1 of 2 S4rT 1o sell a4 ne t to Captaln !lowe Watson, fermer Amcrican naval atta31é at Tokin, two years ago lars & year nae spent m D t Tavior film 332 mvsterious 1:ata Ly b -y 4, fied cpelee, ace to an 2asuncement Ly the puliie pros or. A state highway for motor traffic for motor truck traffic exclusivaly frem the New York state line at Greenwich to Bridgeport will be reccmmended to the next general assembly. Mrs. L. L. Stears:s, a negress, shot her husband at their hvme at Ballows Falls, Vt. and then leaped out of & three story wmdow. Both were taken to a hos in a :erious condition. The Newfoundiand sealing fleet has not yet worked through the ice to the main herd locatéd by the airmen. The Viking now has 13,000 on board and 3,000 more to be stowed. Miss Kikoe Ide. a senlne at Wellesley eslege and Noboru Asami. a graduaie student” at Colum@ia ' univers:y, were married at ‘Houghton Memorial chapel, Wellesley college. Both are natives of Tokio. The ministry of liberated regions has granted 5,500,900 francs to the city of Ver- dun with which to start reconstruction of the town battered by the German guns during the war. Work in the harbor at Gemoa, which has been suspended for two weks by a strike in sympathy with the striking port workers at Naples, has been resum- ed. Approximately 200 men will be added to the machining department of the Roiis- Royce company.cf America next wael in Sprinzfield. This will nearly doubl: the present working force. Approximately two thousand liens were filed azalnst property of taxpayers in Bridgeport for unpaid 1920 tax bills, by the town clerk under orders of Tax Col- jector Edgar A. Drew. The amount in- volved is about $500,000. A large demand for tickets to the din- ier to be given National Chairman Cor- adell Hull of the democratic party in New Haven May 4. was reported thus early by Sccretary Lynch of the state commit- tee. Estoblishment of an endowment $1,000,000 vielding $50.000 a year to 1 fray administration expenses of the offi of Bishon of the New York diocess, ha been undertzken by the committce on in- crease of the Episconal endowment. Phi'ip M. Lydig issued a denial of alle- gations made by W. E. D. Stokes, mil- lionaire hotel man, in_a letter ¢ Mr Philip Lydig, to the effect that he \Mr 1 Lydig) had been intimate with Mrs. Helen | Elwell Stokes. of Mrs, Frank S. Folk, 28, widow of former official of the Brooklyn Socitay f: the Prévention of Cruelty to Ammals, shot and killed herself according to her som, Rodney L. Folk, in Glen Ridge, N. . B. B. Parrai® and Major Redondo Snt- ton, officers in the Pacific Minerals and Chemicals company, New York, were ar- rested on henca warrants charging tiwm with grand iarceny. The parr wers in- dicted as a 1esult of testimony given by Lindsay befors the grand jury. v Vordoa nexiynpers creazed in a bastle for « itlon supremacs are using inzcnio is meth s t+ ea © new sub- Some have c o cew sub- negriv every vimps. iy- ever l.es oOf Mme. Marguerite Matzenazes, a grand opera singer, obtained a court order in White Plains, N. Y. changing her at- torneys in her suit against her husband. Floyd Glotzbach who recently returned to Delmonte, Cafif.. to resume his work as a chauffeur following a years marriage to the diva. An alleged viee ring which tha police declare includes s vell known taxi drivers in Worce: Leing inves ed by wembers of the police department 4 to have a8 the result of sta*ansnts s hecn made to the D men who have receatly 1 on charges alleging vagran Executlve officers of the New York New Haveu and Hartford railrcad com- pany last nligh: annodnced an exten- sion to Anrii 15 of time in which stock- holders may devosit 4 per cent. deben- tures of the road under its recently an- nounced plan of extension of ra period ¢f three years \ INTOTRAPIN PRICE TWO CENTS FOUR BANDITS WERE LURED NEW YORKGITY One Robber Was Shot Down in Pistol Battle With Detectives —Three Others Were Captured—Bandits Were Severely Beaten When They Put Up a Show of Fight While Be- ing Brought to Police Headquarters—Three Robbers Held Up Two Clerks and a Watchman in the Account ing Room of the New York Tribune and Escaped Witk $1,000. New York, March 31.—One bandit was shot down and three others captured to- day in a Listol battle with eight detec. tives at 4lst street and Park avsnue. The detectives had a tip that an at- tempt was to be made to snatch a $6,500 payroll from two employes of the Mas- terson Construction company A bag with only $150 in it was substituted As the employes turned east into 41st street from Park avenue, they were halted by a tall man who pointed a revolver at them. Simultaneously a detective appeared from hiding and crdered the bandit to drop his gun. The bandit turned and fired three shots at the detective. None took effect. The detective returned the fire bandit dropced with the second shor. The tall bandit's first shot was 3 Tha - nal for three confederates in a motor cf to ¢pen fire at the detective, but while they were drawing their pistcls, st more detectives sprang from hiding. The pistol battle was short but shsrp. Seeing themselves outniumbered by ter shots. The bandits surrendered. The street was fllled with a noos crowd when the shooting began. First pedestriafis sprang toward the bangits, but when the l-ullets began ‘o whistle they brok: anl fed. Some drop- oel to the ground for sa’ety; ochers dash- ed atound the nearest cormer. ‘Women, running to wirdows, thought .t was bandits alone who were doing the shcoting and screamed hysterdcally. ‘Even though :ney surrcndecad. the han- dits rut wp a show of fight whila th were being brought to polica headquart- ers. nearly all required medical attention. The bandit who was-shot and who gave his name as John McGrath was founi o'y to be scratch by the bullet that down- ed bim. In his overcoat, however. wit found a bullet hole and it is oelieved he owned bis life to the heavy fabric, which diverted the leaden miszile. he other prisoners gave thelr name as Charles* Gallagher. Christopher Pep- pler and John Metz all of this city. The police asserted all four had ra:ords. The police said the payroll robbery was planned a week ago in zn w>town restau- rant, at which the bandits jlanned to meet after the job had been puiled off an snlit the loot. Jubilant as They wer: havinz caught th band, the 1olice mave full credit to Brady, the cashier, who hatfs from Bullvills In Orange cownty and who agreed to act as a dscoy for th= detectives According to the police, details of the hold-up were worked out marefuly with a fit*h man familiar With the business of the construction company. He was ai- leged to have toid the bandits that Fri- Aday was the day on which the payroll wa: to be trought to the job. a block from the grand central station. The pclice sald McGrath had been as- signed to hold up Brady: Gallagher ani Metz tn protect hi mwhile he roached his antomohile ; and Peppler to keep the mo- tor unning, ready for a dash. The auto- mobile, incidentally had been stolen in the Bronx, the detectives sald. About two hours before the hold-up was scheduled, the news was broken to Brady. He himself elected to carry the payroll—-reduced in size—to lure the rotibers into tfe trap. Selah Masten, company head, looked ai Brady. a man of slight stature. He re. membered that hs had a wife and child He shook his head. But Brady inSisted. “I'm going through,” weuld no do otherwise. Only, of courss I know the chances I'm taking an7 right row I'm thinking about the wift and bavy up in Bullville. I want you to gromise, Mr. Masten that you'll look cut for them if I do hapren to get bumped o Masten promised ctective Wing told Brady and Go- tellf tc remember he would be right bee hind them with nris pistol hand and that he'd tegin firing the moment he saw, vt of the iold-up wen unimber any alma ment. he sald. 7 HOLD UP IN ACCOUNTING ROOM OF NEW YORK TRIBUNE New Yosk, March 31.—Three bandits ked into the accounting room of thi New York Trioune, in Park Row, across the street from City Hall police station, at 10.30 ovlock tonight, held up twe clerks anl a watchman and escaped with 1,000. 4 The clerks and a watchman were alone in the room, which is on the third floor, one above the editorial roms. They were cngrossed in preparation of the mechsa- ical Cepartment payrool when the ban- dits entered. Robert O'Toole, one of the clerks, at- tempted to close the safe door and was felled Ly a gun butt. Charles Lee, & watchman, was beaten to the floor and badly injured when he offered resistance. The other clerk, his arms pinloned be- hind him, was held in a corper. Snaiching one crawer of pay envsldes from, the safe thc men fled through the rear of the building, which stands at the ction of Park ~ow, Nassau and Spruce 5 ®.cis, cne of the pusiest corners in Lower Manhattan at night. O'Toole went in pursuit, thea mnotified eadquarters. Lee was takea to pelic a hospital. 3 — s HIGHWAYMEN SHOT MAN BUT FAILED TO GET $0,00€ New York, March 31.—Three men held up employes in" the Bronx distribution station of R. H. Macy and Company late tonight, shot and seriously wounded the manager, Charles De Lorme, and fled without making an attempt to take a bag containing about $9,000, the day's re- eipts. ) 7 Spt-\'era,l men, including De Lorme, were at werk in the office of the station when th bandits enterei and ordered ail hande up. The employes complied, but one of the men, apparently unnerved, started firing. manager was struck tivice. one bLul- ertermg his peck and the other his t arm. He staggered outside the offics and fell, while the bandits ran to a waiting auto- mobiie. De Lorme was tzken to a hospital. 1et CARGO OF EXPLOSIVES SEIZED OFF IRISH COAST London, March 31.—Raiders today seized the cargo of explosives. chie gelignite, aboard an admiraity ship the Irish coast and stowed it safely in some unknown place, according to a des- patch to the London Times from Cork. The movement of a large number of motor lorries, which were commandeered in Cork Wednesday and driven to an unknown destination. is now explained as being a part of the coup to intercept the admiralty vessel, which was duc to leave Corkk Wednesday afternoon for Rocky Isiand with a cargo understood to have consisted mainly of gelignite, which was to have been transportad to England. More than 100 lorries were seen Wed- nesday going in the direction of Middle- ton and Youghal. Trees were being felied behind them across the roads, probably to prevent pursuit. The belief was expressed at the time that the seizures of the lorries were-made by re- publicans, As part of the plan, a tugboat Iyinz at the deep wa v, Queenstown, wus seized by raiders. Her captain = was ashore and the crew apparently was in- timdated. The tugboat, seems, fol- lowed the ordnance ship until Baliycotton was reached, when it overhauled and captured the ordnance vessel and trans- ferred the cargo to the lorries, which had arrived at Ballycotton from Cork. The lorries were returned to Cork on Thurs- day and restored to their owners. Meantime the naval officlals at Queenstown learned what had happened and sent the sioop Heather and other craft to investigate. They found the ordnance ship and the tug, but not until the cargo had been taken from the for- mer. SIS MEMBERS OF AMERICAN COTTON EXCHANGE INDICTED New York, March 31.—George W. Pratt of New York, secretary and treas- urer of the American Colton exchange, was oae of six members indicted today with the exchange itself on a charge of bucketiug. The names of the defendants re made public today ‘when' they wer> ararigned before Judge Crain in general sessions and held if $1,000 bail each for rleadimg next Monday. The other five in- dicted were: Angelo T. Jenninge, Jerse: City. N. I.; Raymond Palmer, Rrooklyn - Randolph Rose, Manhattan; Edwin L. Patton. Mountain Lakes, N. J.; Martin . Manhattan. FINANCIAL ACTION BY THE L R. T. CO. DIRECTORS New York, Marck 31.—Directors of the Interborough Rapid Transit company to- day voted to pay $813,660 semi-anual interest, due April 1, on the first mort- gage four per cent. bonds of the Man- hattan Railway company as part of the rental, and $17,500 semi-annual cash rental Action was defetred on the T per cent. stock dividend rental amount- igx to $1.060.00Q, S | crragLES W. MORSE AND SONS FILE DEMURRER! Washington, March 31.—Charles W, Morse, mfmree sons and the eight oth< er defendanis named with him recently {in indictments charging conspiracy to defraud the government in transactions with the shipping board, flied demurrers today when they were called for arraign- ment in the supreme court of the Dis- trict of Columbi Counsel ‘for Morse and his assoclates contended that mo of- fense against the government Wwax charged in the indictments as returned Argument on the question of law thut put forward will be heard April T. The demurrers were based on the con- tention that there was nothing to show that the money paid by the shipping board to the Groton Iron Works, or ths vVirginia Shipbuilding Company, both Morse companies, was “money of the United States” or that vessels construet- ed by the companies were the property of the government. The shipping board emergency fleet corporation was a qua- si-federal organization, it was claimed, | with the government oceupying the post- {tion only as a stockholder. DE VASLERA CONCERNED OVER THE NEW AGREEMENT London, March 3§ vress assoclation from Thublin followers of Eamonn DeValera are grave- concerned over what is implied in articls T of the new agreement. They argua that the Irish republizan army cannut coase its defensive efforts, The despatch adds that 1t has been poirted out at D= Valera's headquartsra that the De Valeraites have already offer- ed to arrange a joint plan of action be- tween both parties in the Dail Eireann to terminate, if possible, the state of aftairs prevailing in Ulster end stiil are)waiting the reply of Arthur Griffith to tiis pro- position Article VI of the agreement arrived at in London Thursday is as follows: “Irish republican army activities ara to cease in the six counties, and thereup- on a method of organizing spectal polica in the six counties oufside of Belfast shall proceed as speedily as posible on lines sim:lar to those agreed to in Belfasy SALE OF THE INGERSOLL ASSETS HAS BEEN POSTPONED New York, March 31.—John J. Town- send, referee in_bankruptcy, today post- poned . until Monday, axqcution of the sale of the assets of Robert H. Ingerso and brother, bankrupt manufacturera the “dollar watch,” 0 the Waterbury Clock Company for $1,500,000. The ref- eree recently confirmed the sale and the full amount was to have been paid In cash “véay, but the “ransaction was de- layed because the sale order had not been formally C. W. Wickersham, attorney for the bankrupt firm, préviously stated that he wunl;l‘lupel.l to the federal court to nuili- fy the sale when i tis executed, oa i sround thai & & “kuprovident® e,