Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 22, 1922, Page 1

« Sem's; Army Moving Northward. Hong Kong, May 21 (By the A, P)— Bun Yat Sen's southérn army is_driving rd into the province of Kiangsi, and the ‘troops’ of the military governor, Two American Women Are Among th Missing—Ship Went Down OFff Island of Ushant After a Collision During 2 Dense Fog With the French Freight Steamer Seine— Of 41 Passengers 15 Are Missing, Also 80 of the Crew of 200—R. F. Devan, an American, Was Saved—The Seine, Badly Damaged, Rescued 29 Passengers and More Than 200 of the Crew. France, May 21 (By the A. P.). 100 persons perished last night » Peninsuiar and Oriental line E sank off the Island of olliston with the French « cine from London for Fri with forty-one passen 4 a crew of 290. A roil call on e Seine after the disaster showed east fifteen of the passengers an¢ of the crew of the Egypt were lision occurred during a dense n twenty-two miles of the Ar- ouse. The dinner gong Wwas sounded on board the Egypt. Many of the passengers and most of the rew were on deck. The shock threw ersons intg the sea: others jumped. and & numbs ‘went down with the~ ship, wh wenty minutes. The Egypt was med amidships on the port side. badly damaged, reached with _ twenty-nine rescued ers, more than two hundred of and the bodies of twenty dead. o Egypt is among the sion occutred there was ome of those rescued Indian sailors on board t0 the lifeboats immedi- s crashed, 50 that a large the passengers and crew had hemselves. Those who jump- sea and who could swim for bits of wreckage to ing. Many of these ey ficated about in the pt_went down, cailing The sound of their voices di- } members of the craw of the Seing who were patrolling the both living and dead. ances the rescue ‘crews 1 persons C.inging to bits of de- t go and sank just as ald for was at hand. The small boats en a5 occasions sought vainly in the ersons 1ifting cries of dis- gh the fog. Among the known the doctor and cChief engineer ab. *n . ght were rescued. T ? the B The was 2 vessel of 5,000 tons. The Seine was bound for Havre when the 1w rred. 9 n Le Barzie of the Seine in de- the disaster said: s at my post on tHe upper bridge y evening at 7..o%clock. fifteen rom Armen light. The sea’ was th a siight sweil. The fog was dense 1 was listening for foghorns at the siow speea of five fess time than it takes to tell, a great steamer emerged from the fog. versed. of a catastraphe 1 found her if twenty minutes. ing from the steamer. to go under. to floating debris. lowered. English channel. 11 o'cleck Saturday night.” It wag said late tonight that the Seine, landed 22. TWO AMERICAN WOMEN officials there. are mot known to the company. | saved. - ONLY 38 PASSENGERS, OF London, May 21.—Late tonight gers who were rescued and Brest. PREMIER POINCARE ‘18 DISTEUSTFUL OF GERMANY sbourg, Alface Lorraime, May 21 —The keynote of Premier pudlic speech since the noa conference was dis- and the reSolve of otain war reparations. The e congress of the French rans’ “association today, at entatives of the American, and oher veteran ~association: resent M. F olncare, mindful of the eity in he was speaking, seized the op- denounce what he termed s insidious plottings of Pan-German sropaganda at home and abroad, nota- Ny in America, to separate Alsace-Lor- om_Franee” remier continued: “We ali wish peace back to the hearts of all we are 160 near the frontier Ulusions. Aleace would never fable of German disarma- divines only too clearly s hidden behind the police organi- rations and knows too well what depots are daily discovered in the ory. Neither can Alsace be- moral disarmament of Ger- she i too accurately informed of he innermost thoughts of our neighbors, nd cheerves repeated manifestations The premier went on to Fecall that be- fors an ring the war Germany curt ¥ » consider any form of in- tap for Alsace-Lorraine, because oh the Aleace b she was afraid of the consequences to- ay. without the least concern, Pan- ‘manists contradicted themselves and femanded neutrality. But every time he inhabitants had been consulted. Al- mce emphatically expressed her will to e French, and against that unanimous =solution no external machinations souid prevail. The American vetsrans were repre- wented by Colonel Cabot Ward, Major Arthur W. Kipling and C. Carpenter. Major Kipling 11 the course of his ad- tress. which was greatly applauded. d tlared Little by little we are being against each other. It we do mot this insidious propaganda. soon task will have been com- yot SELGIUM TO REMAIN FIRM FOR PROPERTY BIGHTS ussels, May 21 (By the A. P)— 1 Jaspar. head of the Belgian dele- mtion to the Gemoa conference, talking © the newspaper men this afterncon, id that Belgium at The Hague would tontinue to defend the principle of prop- ‘rty rights. Although the conference at moa had not succeeded in bringing Wout a restoration of Europe, the ex- perts considered that important solu- Jons had been found for certain eco- jomic, financlal _and . transportation srobiems. and & step had \«en taken to- wards peace, since the soviet delegation 328 agreed to the non-aggression pact. FATALITY IN ACCIDENT ON A ROLLER COASTER CA®R New York, May 21.—One man was tllled and six men and two women were ujured when they were hurled from a ‘olier coaster car at Starlight park, a Gronx amusement resort, . early :today. Henry Spitz died from a fractured skull nd two of the others have slight chance ‘o recovery. Nell Conmolly, the operator, Was. ar- tested charged with suspicion ,of homi- tide and held in $2.500 bail for a- hear- &g Tuesday. WHEN NATIONS DEOP POLITICS v. 8. rope are ready to eliminate rehabilitation—was forecast tonight official _circles. with other nations to, work out tives could journey abroad from any conference they attended. receive a “much more cordial past three years. healing the world's war - wounds of this end by decreased rathere than through more Armament reduction is urged as the unliklihood of interruption to newed commercial enterprise. Fixation of the tio: standard is imperative. necessary o establish the goid ard, officlals maintained, and officials have declared that the in. Europe. ENGINE. LEFT RAILS WHILE GOING SIXTY MILES AN HOUE Lakewood, N. J, May 21 rails on a sharp here. plied the up, none of the 30¢ - aboard received injury. Traftic was delayed an hour and a half. Wwas not determ- The cause of the accident ined. ? 7 it struck my ship and tore away \the for- ward works and moved on at great speed. 1 immediately ordered our engines re- saw nothing further. But then I be- Ban to hear cries of ‘horror that told me 1 went In search of the stricken vessel in the fog and darkness. “She lay on her port side, ready to turn over. - Water was pouring into a long, deep tear in her side plates. Cries and walls of despair were to be heard com- “Passengers were seen running about on the decks as the steamer was about 41 saw.a man throw himself into the sea with two little children in his arms. The shipwrecked people in the sea olung 1 had all my lifeboats 1t was pariicularly perilous work, for we were on the main path of vessels going from the open sea to the 1 stayed at the scene of the wreck until twenty minutes after there might be more survivors of the disaster since the steamer Cap Iracon was nine miles ‘away at the time of the collison and hurried to the spot and may have i picked up fome of those in the water who were missed by the small boats of It was also learned late tonight that the Seine brought jn four bodies and that the tugs Vafllante and Cannonlere. ARE AMONG THE MISSING London, May 21 (By the A. P.)—Two American women, Mrs. M. L. Sibley and Miss V, M. Boyér, were on board the steamer Egypt and are nilssing, accord- ing to the Peninsular and Oriental Line Their home addresses R. F. Devan, another American, was WHOM .28 WEKE SAVED the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship com- pany announced that only 38 passengers had satled on the Egypt and gave out a st of the mames of 28 of these passen- landed at WILL JOIN IN €OUNCIL ‘Washington, May 21—Participation of the United States in economic councils abroad—when the governments of Lu- political questions from their discussions of world in The American government, according to officials in close touch with the ad- ministration, would be willing “to oin plans for restoring the international commer- clal equilibrium if American representa- Convinced that political subjects would be . barred Some officlals express the. belief that if the governments of Europe would in- vite this country to a conference which definitely confinde the scope of its pro- posed deliberations to the solution of economlic problems, the invitation would reception than has bBeen. accorded the numerous requests for American representatives at the series\of councils held abroad in the While the problems to be solved in are nany, government economists maintain tiat the basic questions to be answered are few. Balancing of budgets by Eu- ropean governments accompanied by de- flation of bloated currencies Is of vital importance, according to gcvernment ex- perts who advocate the accomplishment expenditure taxation. an economy measure and to restore. confi- dence in the peremanency of peace and Te- r debts of the na- of the terms of Geprman repara- tlons upon a basis\mo defined as to in- still a confidence that payments of in- terest and principal will be made as they fall due is the master key to the Swua- tlon, in the opinion of experts, who also contend the establishment of the gold Either credits or gold loans may be stand- therein lies the part the American bankers can play in the restoration of Wurope. High stepr |this country may take to aid interna- jtional recovery may be “In the shoes of its bankers” and before the financlal feet can. move there must be assurance of ‘a revival of productivity abroad to Justity investment of American money Driving #head at more than sixty miles an hour, the northbound New York-Atlantic City expreas of the Central Rallroad of New Jersey narrowly ‘averted a serious wreck. today when the engine tender left the curve a mile south of Engineer Patterson immediately ap- e brakes, Qut the speeding train went more than 1,000 feet farther befors X being brought to a stop. Though severely shaken passengers Chen Kuang-Yuan, are -reported’ to bcl fleeing in- disorder. CONFLICTING REPORTS OF A BEVOLUTION IN BULGARIA Vienna, May 21.—(By the A, P.)— Conflicting reports have reached here of a Bulgarian revolution. ' | Despatches from Belgrade say that King Borls has fled to Varna and that Premler Stambou- Hsky, who represents the peasants and agrarians, has with his followers pro- claimed 2 republic, ‘A state of civil war, it is further reported, exists, and fifteen of General ‘Wrangel's officers bave been expelled. s Agram advices, however declare that a train from Sofla arrived at Belgrade at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, - and - those eral Alexandrov having issued a counter- proclamation at’ Sofia calling upon the Ppopulace to remain loyal to the king. Tehitcherin and Stamboulisky, accord- ing to an Agram paper, reached an agres- ment at Genoa that if the Bulgaria prem- fer would expel Wrangel's troops from Bulgaria he would have the support of the entire Bulgaria communist element. A despatch to the Frele Press from Sofia says that an attempt to carry out the ex- pulsion of these troops . precipitated trouble. o Communists Proclaim s Bepublic London, May 21—A Central News despatch from Belgrade gives. a report from the frontier that the Stamboulisky party in Bulgaria has united with the communists and. proclaimed a republic King Borls 'is reported to have fled to Varna. DISARMAMENT OF THE WEANGEL TROOPS ORDERED Sofia, Bulgaria, May 20—(By the ‘A. P.)—The ambassadors’ council has ord- ered the ‘Bulgaria government to proceed immediately with the disarmament of the ‘Wrangel troops on Bulgarian territory and the dissolution of their military or- ganization. These measures had provi- ously been begun by the government, with a view to expelling the Wrangel troops, who were accused of plotting with the bourgeols parties to overturn Premier Stamboulisky. The peasant party, of which Stambou- lisky is the leader, has fonvoked a great congress on May 28 of 50,000 delegates to appeove the peasant government's dis- tinctly anti-bourgeois policy. As it is Teared that animosity may be shown by citizens of Sofia such as bourgeols offic- ers, intellectuals and Macedonians, the government has mustered large forces of police to.protect it and the peasant con- gress. BURCH JURY HAS _ .- FAILED TO AGREE ON VERDICT Los Angeles, May 1.—The jury in the Arthur 'C. Burch case passed the, 48 hour mark in its deliberations _late today ‘without having reached a ves Bureh i8_accused of the-murder—of -J.- o jury in the first having disagreed. The jurors—eight men and four wo- Men—resumed deliberations at-10 o’clock this morning and two hours later notified the court bailiff they did not think it would be necessary for Trial Judge Sig- ney N. Reeve to come” ‘o _court before eight. They went to lunch at 1 p. m: and returned to the jury room at 2.30. At 5.05 they went out to dinner expecting to return. to.the hall of justice at seven. At 7.50 ‘o'clock Judge Reeve ordered the jury locked up for ‘the night and said he would discharge them between 10 and 11 o'clock tomorrow morning ff théy had not reached 'a verdict by that ime. CREW OF TUGBOAT HELD FOE CONSPIEACY TO SMUGGLE New York, May 1—Captaln George Forsyth and seven members of the crew of the Tugboat Willlam C. Bickle were held on charges of tonspiracy to smuggle contraband into the United States an the arrival of the tug here today in charge of customs officlals. The vessel was seized off New London,( Conn., yesterday. S A request for the detention of ‘the Bickle was sent out Friday by Port Col- lector George Aldridge who alleged she had been implicated in the activities of the sloop Edna and Grace. seized off the New Jersey coast recently with a cargo of liquor, by the former sub-chaser Hahn of the prohibition navy. Captain Forsyth was released in $10,- 000 bond and. the members of the crew in $200 each for appearance tomorrow. SALVATION AEMY CAPTAIN ELOPED WITH YOUNG GIRL Elmira, N. Y., May 21.—Police of Olean have wired descriptions broadcast over the ~country for former Salvation Army Captain E. E. Ballinger “and Blanche Foster, 16, with whom he eloped _ The girl had been & member “of the army’s Olean corps. 'Ballinger has been dismissed from connection with the or- ganization. He has a ‘wife and a small child. The girl's mother has caused a warrant to be issued charging the captain with abduction. —_— MILLIONAIEE LUMBERMAN FATALLY SHOT IN CHICAGO Chicago, May 21.—Edward L. Thorn- ton, millionaire lumberman, died at a hospital teday ‘from a bullet wound in his lung sustained in his apartments Tuesday. Friends of the family declared that the lumberman was preparing for a hunting trip and was cleaning an old rifle in which a sheil had been jammed. ‘The cartridge continued to stick and he pounded the weapon on the floor. The shell: exploded and the buliet tore com- pletely through the body. RUSSIAN DELEGATES HAVE LEFT GENOA FOR BERLIN Genoa, May 1—M.. Litvinoff and al- most the entire Russian delegation left today for ‘Berlin, but Tchitcherin, Kras- sin_and Vorpvsky, remained. at Rapallo in order to continye. negotfations relating to the Italo-Russian commercial. treaty. Long conversations on -this, subject took Rlace today, but Signor Schanzer, the Itallan forelgn minister, - still. has many_ difficulties -to overcome before complete agreement is .reached, particu- larly; with regard to the guarantees to be extended to the property in -Russia of forelgn owners. . - NEW HAVEN WOMAN CHARGED WITH SHOOTING HUSBAND New Haven, May 21.—Daniel Shee- han was taken from his home taa hos- pital tonight in a critical condition with 1 biullet wound in his side, Hig wife was arrested,’ She is alleged to hare shot r husband in 2 B¢ of jéhcusy. - abroad reported comparative quiet, Gen- | | brought about Kennedy. This is his second trial, tite: and ‘Several Were Wound- Belfast, May 21.—Gunmen were active again today. Two mep were shot dead and several . were - wounded. Seaman Poweli, who had. just arrived in ‘Bel- fast after a long voyage and who was not aware of his surroundings, wander- ed into the street. He was interrogated as to his religion and then was fired up- on and wounded, it is feared fatally, - There were several incendiary fires to- day at/Cioughmills, County Antrim. - Last night's indiscriminate shootings the ~death of Cecllla Carns, aged 24; Agnes Conduat, 33, and Bridget Skillen, 3 years old. All of them died in the Mater hospital. Two men called at the home of a fam- 1ly named Shields last night and asked Mrs Shields for her son. When told he was out, the men shot the woman and her married daughter. " ONE OF THE WORST WEEK-ENDS iN THE EXPERIENCE OF BELFAST Belfast, March 21 (By the A. P.)— ‘This has been one of the worst week- ends in the experience of the city. Shoot- ings, incendiarism, bombing “and out- rages generally -have been exceptionally numerous. The fire brigade responded to seven calls between Saturday evening and Sunday morning. In some cases bombs were thrown into bulldings. ‘The exact number of deaths is not known, but it is believed they will reach thirteen bringing the total deaths by shooting during the past week up to thirty-five. In addition many persons have been treated for gunshot wounds in_ hospitals. Belfast Is suffering from intense ner- vous_tension. -At one point police placed on duty to protect the firemen were at- tacked by gunmen, and several casual- tles resuited. Ralders shot -and _severely wounded the mother of a special constable at Moniaghan, because she refused to al- Jow them to search her house. " _There was considerable firing in the East End of the city this evening. An Itaiian boy was shot dead at the door of his home, ahd a man, picked up se- verely wounded, died in the. hospital. Tram se istrict was sus- pended on account of sniping. HEADQUARTERS OF NATIONAL WOMEN'S PARTY DEDICATEFR Washington, May 21.—The headquar- ters of the National Women's party was formally dedicated today, while the lay- ipg of the ‘cornerstone of ' their mew building which is to be canstructed op- posite the capitol of the \United States. A crowd of several thousand thousand péople including 2 number of notable men k™ part in the ceremontes. 2 T music furnished by the Marine Band the purple, white and yellow banner of the national woman's party was form- ally raised: by Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont of New ork, their president, .who -deeclared the purposes of the occarsion were “to acclaimthe acceptance into political lite of an organized body of women,” and man’s political parliament in the world.” President Harding had accepted an in- vitation_to- attend brt at the last’ mo- ment found that he was unable to'do s0 and expressed his regret in a letfer to Mrs. John Gordon Battelle, chairman of he reception committee, in which he sald: “I share with you and your associ- ates a rejoicing in the enfranchisement of the women of the United States, and 1 truly wish that the larger opportunity for American womanhood will be marked by the highest ideals, lofty patriotism, noble inspirations and great good to our common country.” Senator Curtis of Kansas and Repre- sentative Fess 'of Ohio, republicans, and Senator Caraway, democrat, of Arkansis, brought cordial greetings from the two ongressional branches to the women in hort addresses. In the éornersone were deposited dis- toric documents connected with the suf- frage campaign and greetings, from all Darts of the world. The first of the presidential series of medals struck off by the mint at Philadelphia for Presi- dent Harding and the historic “woman's rights” charter. drawn up in 1848, were given places of homor. The cornerstons was sealed With a silver plated trowel presented by the only survivor of the convention which drew up the charter, Mrs. Charlotte Piecer of Philadelphia. The /ceremonies opened with a proges- sion of nearly 2,000 women, led by a chorus of women who were followed by & group,of women in white carrying pur- pie, " white and” yellow banners of the women’s party and followed by six little girls, daughters of the officers of the party, carrying. the new -official banner of the headquarters. g Next came a delegation of women pi- oneers, leaders in blazing the trail for professions of women, including Dr. Clara McNaughton, -pioneer dentist; the Rev. Olympia Brown, pioneer woman clergyman; Dr. Mary Parsons, pioneer woman physician, and Dr. Clara Ludlow, pioneer woman scientist. Then came state delegaitons of the woman's party, led by women from the 43 states. Occu. pational groups, léd by women promin- ent in various flelds, marched under ban- ners of their occupations. GENEBAL CHANG TSO-LIN ° £ DENOUNCED AS A REBEL Peking, May 21—(By The A. P.)— The cabinet has issued a formal state- ment -deriouncing General Chang Tso-Lin as a rebel in view of his recently pub- lished “declaration of independence” for Manchuria’ and - Mongolia. : “Manchuria,”_says the statement, -“is not’a part. of the personal property of Chang ™ Tso-Lin." It continues: “Chan Tso-Lin was dismissed from his® official positions and has- no official standing with the government of China. His dec. laration, therefore, that the"three -eastt- ern_ provinees. of Manchuria,. Jehol -and Shahar, and Outér and Inner ‘Mongclia are not a part of China is a direct vio- lation of the 'constitution,. and Chang Tso-Lin has committed the crime of re- Deltion / After_ citing: Chang’s alleged assump- tion of the power to negotiate treatfes for the districts ngmed, the cabinet states meqts: - “The. republic of PChina - bhas leen formally recognized by ally the powers, and al! treatles entered into by China are valid and sacred. ... . .- “Chang Tso-Lin ‘has. no longer au- thority. He has been” stripped of ‘his honors and ranks, and. is -under ser tence to await punishment. The centr: government does’ not understand what | could have been Ky fhtention in sending out the declaration of Independence. % %, S A 5 s “t0’ lay the cornerstone of the ‘first wo-| sought by the dry law agents in the south. Moonsbine Sxsusiers are’ mew betny enforcement £ r . The Shantung agreement, negotiated with “China-at the Washington' confer- [ ence was ratified Saturday by Japan. i Four letters written by G ington, were sold at auctiom: ‘delphja for $806. ‘ Lol mng 2 o oo Collvile Gty SRR, of S S S Trust company of Pawtucket, B. L. Christie”—Booth Tarkington Again Wins the P Price of $1,000 for His Novel, *lice Adams”—Ec . Arington Robinson Receives $1,000 fos “Colletted Po- ‘Wash- Phila- | 31. ‘Washington, May 21- istration plans for holding down coal prices were carried a step further today when | Secretary Hoover issyed a general call for a conference of all the 1,500 odd operators whose mines are still proauc- ing. ' The conferencé is to be held in Waskington May 31. RS The operators will ‘be asked: to prove and put into effect. the scheme of creating district committees to. receive and allocate all orders during the dura- tion of the strike, and with cd-opera- tion ‘from a Washington committee, to prevent coal going into hands of specu- lators and middle men who may unduly enhance prices ] Fifty operators controlling the bulk of present non-union and open shop pro- duction last week pledged themselves to support the plan, using the Garfield prices of the war-time fuel administra- tion as a genergl basls from which to set up “fair standards. This would establish mine prices of bitumin- ous in a range of from $2 to $3 per ton. - “In the. meantime, the administration expects the coal operators not to. sel coal at prices in excess of the Garfield prices with such adjutments as are nec- Mr. Hoover's statement on the general conference call sald. “Further- more, charges by wholesalers or retall- ers of larger commissions than allowed under the Garfield scale, or the resale of coal for speculative purposes is not fair to the public, and the government would ‘Mollle Fuller, for many years s fa- vorite in musical comedy, is in a hos- pital in Chicago almost 'blihd. ) Shipments from the 1921 California orange crop will be about 13,050,000 box- es, according to final estimazes received by the department of agriculture, o ‘;m,.;l Cotton spinning activity ~ car. the Year—Other Prizes Were Awarded for Journalism New ‘York, May 21.—Booth Tarking- %ach for graduates cf the Coz g ton again has won the Pulitzer prize of |School of journalism “¥ho have §L000 for the American novel best pre-| {1¢Ir eXamination with the nichest E senting “The Wholesome Atmosphere | went to Robert Arthur Curry of Nas P Of American Life and the Highest|Bahama lsiands; Zilpha Mary Standgrds of American Manners and|®rs of Denver and Robert Hemey Manhood,” Columbia _university an-|f Spartanburg, S. C. Thelr nounced today. The prize winning nov-(are Joseph Levi Jomes of West o e R Nor AR Mo.; Arthur Gayle Waldrop of Bugene O'Neill's “Anna Christie” won |TeX, and Clara Maud Heminway Lyles the $1,000 prize for the American play|of Wallington, Surrey, England. & marked decrease in April as . with March and with Aprfil of Census bureau statistics anmounced. Charles E. Cash, once a-betting com- missioner, tipped his barber to “lay off the ponles” and threw hims*lf under the wheels of a subway express in New York, A book written by formeer Emperor William dealing_with the world war is understood\to have been' acquired for Dublication by an American group. best representing “the educational value| , These scholarships ~mre and power of the stage in raising the| ¢hable them to spend a year in standard of good morals, good taste and |f0 study the social, political and 003 manners.” g conditions of the people and the char The 52000 prize for the “best book|3cter and principles of the European Of the year upon the history of the|Press. United States” goes to James Truslow({ Edith Bell of Des Moines, Ia. g Adams for “The Founding of New Eng-|the #1500 scholarship o the art student “who ‘shall be certified af the most promising and oy land,” and the $1,00(.prize for the “Dest the national academy o fdesign.”’ Adting Postmaster Geperal Burtlett left ‘Washington -for New /York with the announced purpost of thoroughly reeor- ganizing the New York city post office. A strike affectilng Dbotween 20 and 25 members of the Weaveers' Protective association has beerr declured at the Elgin Silk miss of Fall River, Mass. i [ American biographyl teaching patriotic A and unselfish services to the people, il- lustrating by an eminent example, ex- cluding as too obvious, the names of George Washington and Abraham Lin- Pilot Harry V. Huckings, of the air mall service, was hurt and his _pleae was wrecked when lost in a heavy fog. he PRIZE FOR BEST EXAMPLES v drove into Blue Camp Rock, a cliff " 8 e OF A REPORTER'S WORK Yea. to bf;:-{e o Sy who have | six miles north of Grass Valley, Calif {,"a'fl"h,j: P o S T v Yok iy TR ‘vm". subjected to r pr s —_ S e i ot ¥ baals warranta” Closer Felations between the Northern | EGWiR Atlington . Robinson's “Col-| Soldier” stories written last Nowember As to the actual coal production situa- tion, the geological survey reported to- day that weekly —output, - which rose sharpiy. to a total of 4,421,000 tons week before last, would remain approximately stationary at that point or might show a slight decline during the last week. " Striking union miners have gone back in consideraple numbers “only in south- eastern Kentucky and ' Tennegsee,” the report added, and the production figures gencrally “suggest no marked change in lected Poems” won the $1,000 prize for the best volume of verse published dur- ing the year. The Arlington ceremonfes for Amerl- ca’s “Unknown Soldier” last November proved the material which were written the prize winning newspaper stories and the prize winning newspaper editorial of ear. irke L. Simpson. of the Washing- ton staff of the Associated Press. for stories on the return of the “Unknown was awarded the $1.000 p and Southern Presbyterian churches are in immediate possibility - after sixty years of estangement. No trace has been fonnd of William E. Gay, of Granville, Vt., whose blcodstain- ed and bullet plerced clothing was dis- covered in a deserted automobile near Montpelier Junction. by Kirk /L. Simpson of the Washington staff of Tha Associated Pres, when America's symbolic here was brought back from France and laid to rest fa the Arlington National C . Wers the best examples of a reporfer's worl during the last year, a Pulitzer prize Jjury has decided. Columbia university amnomnced that Mr. Simpson had been awarded the Puiitzer prize for the best by & Teportpr the tests being “strict accurdcy The board of education of Marlboro Township, N. J., acquitteil Alrin W. 2 White, o teacher In a grade school of (for the “best example of & reportere| CISENeSS. the ‘accomplishment of some cite production, i charges preferred by the parents of nine | work during the. year: {',‘:,fi"“:mf",‘:‘:u‘t‘;’.’f”‘"‘““‘ Lo practically zero.” girl puplls. S Frank M. O'Brien's editorial, “The = o — - S B % Unlnown Soldier.” published in the New |, >t Simpson ’mm‘“’"‘: *: "‘m ADMINISTRATION WORKING FOR Absndogment of the propésed merger | York Herald on November 11, was|j"ieiCUt the eountry on LOWER FREIGHT RATES | Of indeperldent steel compantes was gen- | awarded the $300 prize for the “best 3 suc! espread ape | erally forecast as a result of the with- drawal of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company from the six-company combine. preciation from newspapers and individ~ 1s and such importunats inguiry, as te. who had written them tbat The Assoel ated Press reparted from .its usual rule of anonoymity, and in a note to &d= . ftors gave out the information. It late ¢| & reprintéd the entire stories in & clal supplement of the Servipcs Bul and also granted requests for sion to use some of the stories in ing_textbooks for the ‘public Mr. Simpson began his work on the Pacific coast and the service of The Associated Press at San Francisco in 1908. He was transe * ferred to Washington in 1913. tditorlal article, written during the year; the test of exceilence being clear- Tiess ‘of style, moral purpose, sound rea- soning. and power _to influence publie opinion in the right direction.” The prize of §500 for the best news paper cartoon went to Rollin Kirby the New York World for his cartoon. ‘On the Road to -3foscow.” published Armrst-, 1921 The New York World won the gold} meda] for -“ths most disinitrested and 2 ritorious public service remdered hy any ‘newspaper during the vean” for its expose of the Ky Klix Kian. Three traveling scholarships of $1,500 ‘Washington, May 21.—Adoption of an administrgtion policy calling for nduc—J tion in raflroad freight rates was the in- terpretation given in many quarters to- day to President. Harding's request to the leading railroad executives to lower transportation charges by voluntary ac- without waiting. for action by the ‘interstate commerce commission. Co-operation of railroad ‘®rganizations to secure the desired result was promised President Hazding and Secretary Hoover by the rallroad executives who met yith hem last night at a White House dinner conference. “The president voiced thelr unanimous desire to make the _fuliest contributions possible to restore and maintain prosperity,% according” to a statement issued at the White House when the conference ended at an early hour today. : The exccutives voted to name a com- mittee to recommend “what action could be taken” in line with Mr. Harding's sus- gestion. X Rallroads were directly ' asked, the statement sald, to bring about lower freight charges, on a plain first publicly outlined in a study which Secretary Hoover -presented to the interstate cori- merce commission during its hearings in the. general rate ipvestigation last win- ter. This involves Mting freight on coal, steel, farm products, minerals and other heavy low-priced, basic raw materials, and letting freights on high grade, high priced finished materials remain at ap- proximately their present levels. Rates reached their present post-war altitudes by climbing in percentage stag- es, flat’Increases all down the line being the rule, but Mr. Hoover argued that rates. should be reduced in & difterent fashion. Industrial betterment, he de- clared, could be best ‘attained by cutting those rates which constituted a large fraction” of ‘the price of articles moved to consuming parts, while leaving sta- tionary such rates as do not constitute a great portion of the cost of consumers. One subject frequently mentioned in advance of the White House dinner, that of railroad wage levels now under re- examination before the railroad labor board, apparently did not come up for discussion. . No mention of it was made in the. statement though questions of new equipment purchases an other “problems of rallroad management,” were referred to specifically. One thousand - ndditional policemen ten more prosecutors and four new criminal _court juiges are promised in Chicago to fhelp Chicago rid itself of ter- rorists. and ‘pombers. H i John 'l.ur-‘ll fell into the bath tub in Elizabeth, N. J., and was drowened i six inches of water. He had been suf- fering from heart distase. He was 42 years old. i Dr. Howard T. Crawford of Boston was elected president of the New Eng- 1and Osteopathic Association at the clos- ing session of the, 1Sth annual <onven- tion held in Providénce. CRITICISM OF ATTORNEY GENEKAL DAUGHERTY REFORMATORY FOR WOMEN BARS FLAPPER REQUISITES ‘Washington, May 21..—Represenitative Woodruff, republiean, Michigan, today made public-a letter received from Sam- uel Untermyer of New York, replying to the suggestion that he tender his services to Attorney General Daughtery in connec- tion with the prospective invesitgation by the department. of justice into war fraad cases Mr. Untermyer, declining to adopt the suggestion, explained that he was in- fuenced in his decision by “the last of my numerous controversies with the attorney general over his non-action in the anti- and wiso by his beliet that resolution referring the in- vestigation to Mr. Daugherty was hot an effective way of dealing with the matter. e added that Mr . Daugherty's recent statement that not ‘one of the sixty prom- inent attorneys who had been approached would accept the task of supervising the investigation was “a graye indictment agains he bar,” he accuracy of yhich he questioned. = S NIGHT SESSIONS OF SENATE 3 ARE TO BE CONTINUE Announcement was made that 4he Fall River and Norfolk Steamship Company would operate a freight steamer service between Fall River and Norfolk, begin- ning about June 15. state reformatory for women were , a death blow today in the form of enteen rules which are sald to put & new interpretation on what is lost with the relinquishing of personal freedom. Those inmates who would' indulge the cosmetic urge, the rules say, must do 0 in the future without the ald of lip sticks, powder puffs and eye orow pencils The rules ban, among other things, bloomers, roll down hose, law neck dresses and except in restricted areas, curl papers. They also rule against gossiping and re- strict exhibitions of fancy garters and caps, both boudoir and knee. = Explaining the necessity for the rules, Superintendent Baker: “They iake the seme pains in dressing and beautifying themselves here as they would-for 23 Easter parade in Fifth avenue. Mrs. C. A. Jollie' and Byron Warren, 22, an army sergeant, were convicted of murder in the first degree in federal court in Guthrie, Okla., for slaying the woman’s husband at Fort Reno, Okla. Busts of George Washington, Edgar Allen Poe, Marie Mitchell, astronomer, Mark Hopking educator and Gfibert Stuart, artist, were unveiled at thY Hall of Fame at New York university, Saturday.” One of the vietmims of measles which is prevalent in the southwest London district Js the Duchess of Devonshire, wife of the former governor general of Canada. She has a severe attack of the disease. SPECIAL GUAEDS AT HOMES & OF WEALTHY IN CHICAGOD Chicago, May 21—Mors than 204 homes of wealthy Chicagoans are guards ed by special policemen armed with, shotguns and heavy pistols, it known today, as. a result of the killi of a burglar Friday night by a spes cial officer at the home of Henry , president of the Chicago -rd Semator Dillingham, republican., Ver- mont, appeared in the senate with his right arm in s sling, 2n X-ray photo- graph having shown. that he fractured a small bone in his wrist by a fall a few days ago. ‘Washington, May 21.—Night sessions of the senate are to be continued in an effort’ to speed up action on the tariff bill, republican leaders sald today, when a review of the progress made during the month in which the meas- ure has been before the senate showed that all the items in the first schedule had not been disposed of. Items on which the biggest fights are expected, euch as dyés, wool, sugar, hides, steel and lumber, are yet to come, it was pointed out, with a possibility that the fight might develop this week. Senator Willis, republican, Ohio. in a statement today commenting on the de- lay in tariff' actidn, ascribed much of it to “the conscienceless opposition of importers and international bankers who are profiteering by buying cheaply abroad and selling at hold-up prices to the American consumer. e Thomas A. Edison conferred with Conmtroller of the Currency Crissinger and later with Secretary Hoover on his jlan for improving the country’s farm Ccredit through the establishment of a chain of government warehouses. Thomas A. Edison testified before the senate agricultural committee in exeecu- tive session that he was convinced fer- tilizers cheaper than those being manu- factured by present processes and ex- isting interests could be - manufactured at Muscle Shoals, .Alabama. Norman E. Mack, former chairman of the democratic national committee, au- thorized a statement that he not come out for Willlam R. Hearst for_governor of New York and Alfred E. Smith for senator. FIVE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT IN EAST HAVEN New Haven, May 21—Five, persons were injured, two seriously, when an automobile left the road on a curve near Cosey Beach, Eastt Haven, early today and crashed’ into a rock embankment. The injured, who ar eat Grace hospi- tal are: David ‘N. Harttsshorn, Youngs town, Ohio; Richard C. Carr, Toledo, Ohio; Staniey G. Barnett, Denver, Colo. Wallace F. Smith, West Roxbury, Mass., and Miss Marion Floersch, Plainfleld, N. J.. "Hartshorn, Carr and Barnett are ale students. Another student and an undentified woman were uninjured. Bar- nec and Miss Floersch are in a serious condition. a Nzw\cmuxz'r HAS| : - | BEEN FOBMED IN GREECE At the inquest Mr. Blair told of Pe= ceiving threatening letters and of eme ploying a special guard who had beef on duty at his home for geveral Others sald they were taking the precautions to protect themselves the property. 2 “The police are working hard fi Mr. Blair, “but they cannot handle E present situation. They are too few. = & CLASH BETWEEN ITALIAN COMMUNISTS AND F. Genoa, May 21—The first incident since the conference tween Italian communists and fi occurred at midnight last night, w M. Tchitcherin was leaving & dinner had given in honor of the Italian gation. He was greeted with cries “Long live Ruseia,” to which the ti responded “Long live Italy, cherin drove rapidly away and quently the opposing parties came blows. The police restored order, resting several of the fasclsti, who ter were released. —_— INTEREST ON 3 3-4 VICTORY NOTES TO CEASE JUNE Washington, May 21.—Interest 3-4 per cent Victory notes June 15, Secretary Mellon said in a statement calling attention to treasury’s offer to redesm at par accrued Interest to that date all of the issue. To date, he said, $100.000.000 of these notes deemed leaving $270,006,000 of per cent Victory notes still CONDEMN RAIDS OF CHICAGO BUILDING TEADES COUNCIL The Kansas court of industrial rela- tions issued its final minimum wage or- der, fixing the miRimum ‘wage for wo- men in laundries and factorites r¢ $11 a week and in mercantile establishments at $10.50. ¥ Chicego, May' 21.—Recent raids ‘on the Chicago bullding trades council ‘were condemned " as - “the most heinous and dastardly offense that has been commit- ted against our community” in resolu tions adopted today by the Chicago Fed- eration of Labor. 'We protest agamnst the unlawful and brutal methods of Chief of Police Charles Fitzmorris in raiding the union offices, arresting everybody therein, re: gardless of their connections or affilia. tions, seizing books and records, with- out warrant or other due process of law, ‘the resolutions said. More than 150 labor I Tested In the raids whith fotlowed an outbreak of violence and bombings blamed by the police to labor warfare in ‘the bullding trades. = On the verge of starvatiom and prac- tlcally nude, six children were found Iying in_a_hole burled under a straw stack covered with brushwood near Cupar, Sask. . Athens, May 21—The new ' cablnet, formed by M. Protopapadakis, is com- posed as follows: Premier, M. Protopa- padakis; foreign minister, George - P. Baltazzis; -minister of justice, - Deme- trios ‘Gounaris; war, M. Theotokis; in- teriof; Nicholas Stratos; mational econ- omy, M. Rouftos. 5 ‘The organizition of the mew. cabinst took place after Gounarls and Stratos reached a mutual agreement.'for - the formation of a coalition ministry under the presidency of Protopapadakis. -~ The newspapers gemerally are pleased with the arrangement, which gives'the govern. ment astrong backing in parliament. Salvatore Aversano and Pasquale Guerra, both of Woonsocket, were sen- tenced by the court in Providence to 20 years-in prison. They Were convict of_shooting and robbing in the /highway Antonio Sassone, s 62 year old store- keeper: e The attempt of two members of the po- lice “dry squad” to arrest Mr. Ching, 70 years oid, of Boston, on a. charge of il- legally selling liquor, brought scores ,of (Chinese from their Hutchins street homes to rescue Ching. The policemen sent in a riot call. Willam L. Hodgman, Yale 76, of were ar- TWO KILLED WHEN AUTO - o WENT OVEE EMBANKMENT Hackettstown, N. J., May 21L—Two persons were killed and anather serious- ly injured when au automobile driven by Charles Steelman went over an émbank- ment on the Budd lake road near here last night. The dead are: Mrs. Alena Kebler of Suctasunna and her seven- year-old son Allen. Mrs. Steel- Providence, R. I, was elected presidert | man was so badly hurt b’ ahd Tharnas Drer, 5. ot Springe | X , '95, of - field, Mass., vice president md':.rm:. 0L, o Providence, 5 e fleld day mext year will FORMER FIRE CHIEF BEATEN BY TWo YOI Asbury Park, N. I, -‘., 1~ Hughes, former of Deal, N. J., taken SEVERE EARTHQUAKDE WAS f FELT AT SANTIAGO OHILE Santiago; Chile, May 21.—A severe | earthq , ‘lasting five minutes, was feit at 10.50 o'clock this' morning. ‘The phenomenon also was experienced at/San Felipe, northward to Rantague | Thomas and south along the central valley. No ug?{,w y be at aPr