Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 26, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. : _POPULATION 29,685 .S WARD REARRESTE KILLING CLARENCE. Rearrest Was Made ‘at the Request of District Attorney tails of the Killing as Told by Ward and Those Unearth- ed by County Officials—$10,000 Bail Has Been Can- celled—District Attorney Has Received Anonymous Letters Purporting to Outline the Hold the Blackmailers Had on the Accused. Thite Plains, Carence ex-navy man,’near reservoir nearly two weeks e by six _o'clock. ! unty authorities N. Y., —(By the A P.)— Ward, millionaie baker's son, arrésted on a charge that Petexs of Haverhill, ihe Ken- ago. who dropped out of sight dur- tter hia bond of 310,000 had celled, was brought to Shesiff George L. The_sherit soer into the office, closed led down the blind. reporters, investigators and politiclans all ence Peters, Kkeept: eleased on on a charge of Ward has ess regularly, but it was day morning. ushand's also asserted w whers sy that Ward would have to me clean’ his secret, if he in- nded to piead self-defense, announced from which the blackmatl thy young man.whose signation According to Mr. Weeks—who aftér ap- searing today before the May 4 ry of West Chester county, s ed ccause of the person m last " t Fach contained nformation, he said The letter was not hown mewspaper men Desides the apparent disappearance of Ward and receipt of the second anony- the high lights of the-day | Announcement by Sherlff George | Werner that Ward counsel had_deliv- | to him two pistols.alleged to have | used by Ward and Petefs in their veen Assartion by ong! has asvert A no evidence of attack declaration by the sheriff was “pretty well cleared ontradiction on the part’ of Announcement that the New harley d by he time of the shooting. Ross" rict Attorney Weeks after it mored that body intended to n in the Ward case, and before that, conference held with Supreme Court Seeger who had fixed ball at 0,000. Positive denial by Mr. the Ward home. uncement by Mr. iam A. Dickson, a travelling rhea: get” a threat in a New Ward. while there came to light indica- hat Ward and Peters may have seen assoclated before the ex-saflor's ar- st In Milford, N. H., on April 25 In an attempt to identify Peters’ body, Sheriff Werner advertised in a New Ro- per for a tallor who had mended helle trousr Ig of a brown muit "’d‘ Py Sacco answered, have the repairs made. According to Chief of Police Mamoroneck, located near New Rochelle, e has witnesses who can testify to see- Peters riding on Ward truck at erent times. District Attorney Weeks, in reiterating ¥ to have wide-open publieity in sonnection with the case, stoutly- denisd hat reguiar detectives had been assigned o track amateurs from newspmper ranks o determine the source of thelr.infofma. des son. Ward' ey Weeks. wnd th The district attorney sald belleve the ball of $18, Fard had been released was Tustice $10,000 bail, n showing up at home mdre hud not been at the house Answering the Ward professed not to whereabouts. Attorney Weeks, who asserted ecelved a second anonymous let- Vew York purporting to outline as police commilssioner of w Rochelle was ofticlaily received to- ould be held in session intg June Ward case—the second etter apparently was written by anoth- - an the one who addressed the sheriff that the car ng to Ward which the young man d had been in the zone of fire rald that he wasn't so sure about had been furnished descriptions of and “Jack” two men al- Ward to have been with Peters ppearance before the grand jury of Weeks that he 1ad any information that Peters had been Weeks that he niended to investigate a report that Wil- Chicago, who was expected in New rom Waterbury, Con., York hotal " inside the coat. as & man who had alighted rd Baking company truck ; ¢ his store last month and asked re-arrest followed issuance of wn order by Supreme Court Jristics Seeger oday at the request of District:Attor- Mr Weeks asked the order o re-arrest after telling- the-court that se had discovered discrepancies betwesn 2 Getails of the killing as told by Ward 10se unearthed by county officlals, e, the secret of the black- ged to be lingering in the t eanwhile it seemed this after- n as if Walter S. Ward—millionairs who Saturday confessed to asserting he ed to do so in. self-defence an appointment with @ ackmailing band near the Kensico res- had dropped out of sight while were trying to discover the. n which he had waled homicide, reported His they hac s had on Jetter of the same that the up” and Coroner York po- had been take mc- salesman had ov- bearing ONeill of aif- ed_doubt as fo the advisabllity of Jecting a cloture contest into the traift situation belleving that it would *delay rather than expedite action on the tarift sisted vigorously. of the finance committee fn charge of the tariff measure, sald would remain in the semate and confine their discussion to_the bill there would be no need for cloture. sufticlent. Seeger immedtatdly issued the rrest order, which was directed to Sheriff Werner and all other county. of. Sclals. sall Some hours later ‘Sheriff Werner re- urned 1o the court house with Ward and me of attorneys, Ellwood He also cancelled the $10,000 M. . Rabs- 30ld, in his car. The party fmmediately “etired (o the sheriff’s office where they went into an executive cofiference. District Attorney .~ Weeks - mald that Ward would not be given an opportunity sgain to furnish bafl at this time, but hat he would be held untit some legal steps were taken in court. The next. ste) n Mr. Weeks' opinion, will be for Ward's counsel to apply for @ writ of habeas corpus. In that event, said the district the authorities will bs com- to make known .what théy have against Ward. evfasnce e made to obtain V lease from prison tonight. It wa€ iuc.i.r agreed that Ward's attorneys will file an ap- plication for a writ of habeas corpus before Suprems Court Justce Young to- morfow morning. Mr. Weeks said he would contest the application and it is ex- pected he will reveal additional details of the state’y cager Sherift Werner refused to tell where he had- found -Ward,s who-had been re- ported “missing” throughout the day He explained his act in rushing the ‘prisoner into his office as*'the usual courtesy ac- corded a man under arrest. CLOTURE ON TARIFF BILL PROPOSED IN THE SENATE ‘Washington, May . 25—Cloture as a means of cutting down debate on the tarift bill was proposed today at a con- ference of republican senator and was discussed later in the senate. Opposi- tlon to’the suggestion developed on botn sides. of the chamber, democrats giving warning that any effort by the majority to put over a “gag” rule would be re- sisted. to the utmost. The "proposal will:be discussed further at a second majority conference called for Saturday. The cloture ' rule was framed by Senators Kellogg of Minnesota and Lenroot, of Wisconsin and presented to the republican . membership by former. the As drafted the ruls would apply not alone to the pending tariff bill, but to all revenus and appropriations measufes. It would not apply tb any other legisla- tion and would ‘leave stnators fred to discuss the soldiers’ bonus, ship subsidy and any other subject of special or gen- eral legislation, including treatles. - A majority vote of the senate only would be neckssary for adoption of the rule. Under the rule after a revenue ap- propriation bill has been before the sen- ate five days, sixteen senators could pre- sent a motion for cloture and if sustain ed by a majority vote the time of each senator desiring to-speak would be limit- ed to one hour on the bill and. ten. min- utés on any amendment, with require- ment that the debate be confined to the subject matter befors the senate. Today some majority senators expre: Dbill. Advocates of he cloure rule con- tended however,-that time would be sav- ed in the end and it was indicated that & determined . effort would be made. to have the conference approve the proposal. Senator Underwood of Alabama,” the democratic leader and others,on the mi- nority side served notice in the senate that any effort by the republicans to force” a cloture. rule through in’ connec- tion with the tarift bill ‘would be re- Chairman McCumber that it senators He referred again to absentecism, particularly on the majority side which was' discussed at the republican conference resulting fu the adoption of a resolution; urging sen- ators able to do so to make themselves continuously available. It was indicated/ howevér. that those in charge of the billiwere determined to continue indefinitely sessions of eleven hours a day. After the senate got around to the tariff bill itselt, discussion of the crockery and china {tem was resumed with Sena- tor Jones, democrat, New Mexico, mak- ing a vigorous fight against the commit- tee rates and Senator Frelinghuysen, re- publican, a8 necessary for the Industry. Senator Jonues asserted that the domestic man- ew Jersey, supporting them ufacturers had little competition from broad, had made huge profits and Ar- mot themselves demand any such pro- tection as had been proposed o e Sy PROBABLY NOT THE MURDERER OF WILLIAM DESMOND TAYLOR — Poughkeeysie, N, Y., May 25—County authoritles tonight expressed doubt. that Frank A. (Mac) Doran of Chicago, ar- rested todoly near Fiskill villaga, 17 mies southeast of this city, had an con- nection with the murder of William Des- mond Taylor, motion picture director. Doran asserted that he could not remem- ber having told Herbert Barnhard of Waterbury, Conn., a chauffeur, who caus- #4 his arrest that he had been implicatéd in ‘the killing. The arrest followed an all night taxicab ride from Waterbury during which at-the point of a revolver, Doran. forced Barnhart to drive him to Duchess county. He was cantured after he had taken to-the woods. when Barn- hart fell exhausted at the wheel of his cab. - County authorities sald that the prisoner’s photograph-and Anger prints Wwould be sent to Chicago in an at- tempt to check hiy record. 24 HOUES BEWIXD 1IN : FLIGHT AROUND WORLD Paris, May 25.—(By The A.'P.)~Ma-. jor W. T. Blake and his companions in the projected 30,000 mile fight arpund the world, are tweniy-four hours behind their scheduls, as they fafled tg taqe off from the Boprget fleld today owing to the weather condittons. A light souther- Iy breeze suddenly shifted to cooler. an high northwesterly winds; creating a mist, with low vistbilit 2 Mafor Blake stood aroind Le Bourget 2l day, but the reports from the air ministry were unfayorable. The British aviators decided to remain in_Paris over- night. Their schedule: called for a land- ing at Rome tonight. Several of the Fremh aviators say that Major Blakes machine is entirely too new for: the long' flight and needs tu ing up, hense the:delay. Blake denies that there is anything wrong with his ‘machine. - OBITUARY. William H. Harty. g ‘Bridgeport, May 25.—William H. Har- ty, who was deputy internal revenué col- lector . under..the late« Al er Troup of-New Haven, died at htls home here tonight-at: the-s He b ¢ years® to ¥ Explosion Vinenna, May 25 CABLED PRAGRAPES Marshall to Atfend Masonie Mect, London, May 25.—Thomas R. Mar- shail, former vice president of the Unit- ed States,. left.for. Parjs this afternoon attend the conference - of =mational Masonic orders at Lausanne Friday. Af- | terthis ‘meeting he expects lo . g6 t¢ in Austria Kiils Ten, (By The A, P.)— Ten persons are known to have been kiil- ed and at least 60 injured in an explosion In an ammunition factory at Bluma near Vienna today. The force of the ex- plosion,_destroyed or damaged” all the houses in the town. The disaster was due to a fire which broke out in-the factory and caused the detonation of & large quantity of dynamite. CHARLES E. CRANE HAS NO ENOWLEDGE OF SENTENCE £ P)— " Paris, May 25.—(By The Charles R. Crane, of Chicago, informed The - Associated Press tonight that he has had no intimation of the reported action of a French military court ig| Syria imposing @ sentence of twenty years for inciting'a riot. “The report you bring me is the first news I have had on any such step by Mr.' Crane., the military authorities: of Syria," said ‘However, it would not.surprise me if the military authorities of Syria were much aroused over the popularity of the United States throughout Syria, and they might show resentment by mi tion - against ‘me. 3 three days during the first week in April for t 1919 by ary 1 visited Syrfa the purpose of observing what had ce since I was sent there in President Wilgn to report on ac- for the situation. I confirmed this time the conclusions which were contained in my report to President Wilson.’ : “It is true that a big demonstration oc- automoblle as 1 was curred around my leaving Damasous. United States. rest me.” Thousands of Syri- d sang ans gathered around the car an their national anthem and cheered the The next day there were y i that the any-arrests; but-it is not true French military authorities asked me to Jeave the country or threatened to ar- —_— KDNAPPED 7-YEAR OLD GIRL AND KILLED HER con: gan to cry, ence caused 1rce, 18 years,old, to confess today that he kidnapped from her home -year- ‘Woodbury March 4 her that night when she be- while he was taking her'to q 1da Kramer 25 a deserted house to hold her prisoner. the child's body was found nearly month later ‘Woodlynne. in Newton Creek a near Munroe said he had kidnapped the girl with the intention of holding her for ransom. He had been Without work and thought the pan would bring him some money. Beliet in her son's innocense” Was ex- pressed tonighl by Mrs. Laura Munroe who declared that he was a “'good heart- time.” ed _boy and staved home most of the He had appeared Tormal recent- s 13 1y and she had obseryed no- sighs {(ha he was- worrying, the mother said: Authorities today, in fthe investigation recalled. that emdy of -the “child's_ dis- appearance they had réceived anonymous D‘::u,l cards mailed from Atlantic City which - directed - that they. in.the creek if they wante d to- find’ Kramer's - body.”" - Munroe. was.sald have admitted sending this” card. e S HELEN A. P. MERKIMAN TO ~sheuld “look lda to CONTEST THE:BOURNE WILL New York. May riman of Providence, R.'L, niece of Miss ‘Emily H. Bourne, who died in New Yor_k March 22, filed ' notice in the:surrogate's office today that she would, contest the Will of her aunt disposing of “over’$1,- 000,000 in personal property” Helen A. P. Mer. 10 relatives, friends and charitable - instifutions: here and in' Massachusetts The notice alleged that Miss Bourne was' of unsound mind when she made her will, dated April 24, 1920. and when she executed three subsequcat. codicils, one of Wwhich gave all of the residuary estate to another niece, Mrs. Emily Bourne Mich- ler. It also is alleged that Miss Bourne was unduly influenced by some,of the legatees under the will, and establishment of the validity of the documents by a jury is requested. ATTORNEYS TO INVESTIGATE THE KILLING OF PETERS Salem, Mass, May 25.—Michael Sullivan and James J. Ronan, Salem at- torneys retained by Elbert Peters Haverhill, father of Clarence former navy man killed by Walter ‘Ward at White Plalns, N. Y., left to- night for New York. The vestig: L. of Peters, ttorneys will take part in the in ion of the killing of Peters, which Ward has sald grew out of a blackmail plot. Ohio Congressman Is Candi- date for U. S. Senate Congressman Simon D. Fess, Re- publican, of Ohio. has formally an-- ‘nounced his candidacy “for the: United ‘States Senate. %?""' _his 50 Ni George of commons today to render -as prime minister an account of his stewardship at Genoa, and once again, after a precise and carefully worded statement, and an eloquent rebuttal of critioims’ directed against him, he reccived the support ot the house in what is considered the equivalent of another vote ofyconfidence. ‘The house by an overwhels ing major- ity of 235 to 26 Tejected an amendment oved. by Rupert Gywnne, unionist, to who advocated “You cannot mier's recital and. Rumani, Lord Robert great affair. full conference willing to join. wise The Hagu ance.” In. conclusion, want to work with the good will of the the motion on Which the debate based as a means of expressing the dis- satisfaction of the house wWith the pre- mier's exposition. For an hour and a hailf the premier gave a calm exposition of the conterence proceedings, to which the veteran, Her- bert Asquith, the labor leader, John Rob- ert Clynes, and Lord Robert Cecil replied. eriticising the-six weeks' session at Genoa. as having accomplished littie or nothing toward the rehabilitation of Europe. The criticism aroused the premier and he thundered answers towards the oppo- sition benches. After a spirited sceme in the crowded house, and shouting at the passage between the premier and Lord Robert George's second speech ended dramatical- Iy as he silenced the house and solemnly proclaimed a poficy of co-operation with the French democracy. There was loud cheering as he resumed his seat. The debate which followed the prime minister's speech brought many allusions to the relations between England and France, which ars exciting greater con- tentious feelings between sections of the house than even the policy toward Russia. Mr. Lioyd Gorge display- ed great impatience with going, settle question unless you car; of France alang with you, and you can- not do that by flouting the Versailles treaty and trying to ignore France.” Mr. Asquith, who spoke after the pre- of thought Mr. Llovd George had provided the bolsheviki with high authority for the principle that a basis for conservative society in Russia might be found in the adoption of a policy of confiscation. He contended that the Gezioa conference had resulted in nothing of importance except the truce pact, but the real fact was that a more solemn and enduring pact had al- ready been entered into by all those na- tions except Germany and Russia in the covenant of the league of nations. Mr, Asquith made a great play with the premier’s pleture of the nations of Eu- rope ‘prevaring: to march large armies against each other. house -that only quite. recently. another. member of the government had asserted that the government knew nothing about lit. and he inquired where Mr. George got his information. The prime minister, interrupting, said he got it from.the premiers of. Poland the ‘Wwas amid handclapping Cecil, Lloyd the different those” critics along without France as he exclaimed: the reparations the judgment Genoa events, He reminded tne Lioyd Mr. Asquith asked why Cecil's Of America, he said: pleaded and used every method except force to get America to Genoi and. like- If the noble lord can do anything more, we Welcome his assist- e. , the had the know: #ge of this been kept from the house, and pointed -out that Russia and Poland: had entered into an under- taking on March 31 not to attack®each other; therefore it could yot be suggested that Pofand was.a menace. ariticisms _were. ‘mostly concerned with the United States and, France, and ads with the private conversations at Genoa. if there was any possible way to comply with the conditions laid down by the United States government for~participa- tion in The Hague conference it should be done. He considered the refations between Engiand and France worse than beforé the conference and appealed to the house not to underrate the grave danger of a breach with France. Mr. Lioyd George, in a general reply. resented Lord Robert's asperstons on the private conversations and declared that such conversations were essential in any The Washington conference could never have arrived at Such a tri- umphant conclusion but for the fact that Balfour and Secretary Hughes and the Japanese, deiegates had had constant pri- vate conversations before entering the He urged that After a lengthy debate, the prime min- ister was again on his feet rebutting at- tacks by Lord Robert Cecil and others on his policy towards France. Lord Robert suggested it might be possible to get the United States:into the conference even if it were necessary to jettison The Hague meeting and arrange some economic’ ference which the United States might be con- "We have invited, premior said: “I democarcy of France. We must work to- gether for peace in Europe, and upon that princple we shall work as whole- heartediy. as the democracy of France for that purpose as we Work In order to defend Europe against the aggression of North Easton, Mass., May 2 cur common enemy. _— 26 HEAD OF GURN CATTLE BROUGHT $262,930 NSEY Ninety- six head of Guernsey cattle brought -a total “of - §262,930, an average of 738 per head at the.dispersal sale today of the Lamgwater farm herd of the estate of” Frederiok ' Lothrop_Ames. Cattle lov— ers from all parts of the country who at- tended the sale to the number of -2,000 Ppronounced it the most remarkable ever held in America or abroad. The record price of $19,500, paid for Langwater Cleopatra by R. J. Bej n of Princeton, N. J., is said to be_the high- est price ever paid for a Guernsey cow. The bull Langwater Warrier, head sire of the herd, was sold for. $15,000 to. Miss of Madison, N. J., whose father, M. Mc. Twombly, sold Mr. Ames his first Guernsey.more than 30 years ago. Miss Twombly Langwater Memoir, a daughter of Yang- water Warrior, for $13,000. Twenty of the progency of Langwater Warrior sold t an average of $4,500. John 8. Ames, a brother of the late breeder, bought a large number of cattle. Ruth Twomb!. ed. march | PRosEcUTION AND pEFENSE CLOSED. IN BLIZZARD TRIAL _Charietown,” W.. Va. May - 25 (By e Dran also purchased ‘He announced that he would continue his brother's work on his estate here ‘|under the name of Langwater farm. the Virginia e , Mflnhfis‘&w the *_|al palace in Genoa. England Railroads : jected|New York Federal District 235 to 26 an Amendment Opposed to Premier’s Londan, May 25 (By the A. P.).—Once again Lloyd George appeared in the house Court Allows 15 Per Cent. Increase on Traffic Mov- ing on Through Lines. New York, May 25.—The federal dis- triet court today handed down an op ion sustaining the order of the inter- State commerce commission allowing, the New England railroad lines a fifteen per cent increase in rates on traffic moving on_through lines, The lines -west of the Hudson river included in the eastern group undertook ‘o have this order set aside or modified. The court, sitting as a statutory dis- trict court, was composed of Judges Charles M. Hough, Martin T. Manton and Julius M. Mayer. The decision was written by Judge Manton. TREASURY DEPT. NOT TO REINSTATE SUMNER AND CHILDS ‘Washington, May 25.—Secretary Mel- lon after a conference with President Harding at the White House late today announced that no further action would be taken by the treasury department in the case of A. D. Sumner, of Iowa, and C."C. Childs of Ohio, Who were Temov- ed by order of the secretary from the offices of deputy commissioner of intern- al revenue and supervisor of collectors, respectively, through the consolidation of their units. Secretary Mellon sald that reports tc the effect that Sumner and Childs would be reinstated were without basis. “So far as the treasury department is concerned,’ he added, “the entire mat- ter is a closed issue.”, Despatches from the Pacific coast quoting Assistant Secretarw of the Treas- ury Dover to the effect that if the re- | moval of Sumner and Childs “was a per- sonal matter” he might be heard from” when called to the attention of Mr Mel- len, evoked a reply to the effect that “I fail to understand such remarks.” Secretary Mellon said further that Sumner and Childs were not appointees of Mr. Dover. He could not discuss, he sald, any plans for a further reorgan- ization of the internal revenue forces' of the government. DEAD BRIDGEPORT BANDIT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED PBridgeport, May 25.—Identification of the body of the leader in yesterday's holéup and attempted robbery here was made tonight by New York police, who sald it was the body of Hyman Serotoft of 450 East Broadway, New York. The three men arrested had told the police they knew the dead man as Louls Stone and that he had bired them to come to this city to help in the robbery of the Connecticut Company’s payroll. A man known as Louis Friedman, who is beliéved fo have planned the daring daylight_robbery, is being sought by the to Fried- ‘police.” The police are understood bave received Information that man is a former employe of the Con- necticut company, who -left here a year ago. The existence of such a man in the case would explain the efforts of the Tobbers to. find a ‘man by that man in Stratford and to turn over the money box to him. The three men under arrest are held in-$20,000 bail each. - GRIFFITH 'AND DUGGAN TO CONFER WITH CHURCHILL Dublin, May 25.—(By The A. P.)—Ar- thur Griffith and Eamon J. Duggan, sig- natories of the. Anglo-Irish treaty, left Dublin for London this evening in re- sponse to the invitation of ‘Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the col- onies, for a conference’ on the treaty. Mr. Griffith and Mr. Duggan were ac- companied by Minister of - Economics O'Hiegins and Legal) Advisor Kennedy. Mr. O'Higgins told the newspaper men that Michael Collins would go to Lon- don.later, if necessary. Military honors were acporded Mr. Griffith as president of the Dail Eireann. A guard of honor of the Irish republican army, posted at the quay, presented arms and buglers sounded a genera] salute. Mr. Griffith inspected the guard before embarking. CARDINAL LOGUE HELD UP BY ULSTER SPECIALS Dublin, Cardinal Logue, primate of all Ireland, while returning in an automobile this evening from a confirmation service ac- companied by Archbishop O'Donnell, co- adjutor to the cardinal powers was held up by Ulster specials at Lisnadill, 3% miles southeast of Armah. The car and the baggage of the prelates were search- ed. I S KU KLUX KLAN BURIAL SERVICE FOR LINEMAN Passaic, N. J., May 25.—The first Ku Klux Klan burial service known to have been held in this state took place at Ridge Lawn cemstery at Delawanna to- day when 29 unknown hooded figures ap- peared at the grave of Harry Tomer, a telephone lineman, who was killed last Monday, and conducted the Klan cer mony following the regular church ser- vice. The mourners arrived and departed in curtained limousines. The services con- sisted of the reading of poems and a short praver after which each of the hooded figures threw a White carnation into the open grave: BRANDEGEE DENIES THAT / HEARINGS HAVE ENDED ‘Washington, May 25.—Denials of re- ports that the investigation into the charges by’ Semator Watson, democrat, Georgia. as to flegal hangings in the A. E. F. had been concluded and that mo turther hearings would be held was made iIn the senate today by Senator Brandegee of Conmecticut, chairman of the speclal investigating committee. The committee’s study, studv of the charges has been delaved, the Connectl: cut ‘senator said. by freauent calls of the senate. He added that withm the tariff before the body mow it was not certain even that a report could be made at this session of congress. | X 16 YEAR OLD BOY MUEDERED IN STREET IN NEW YORK New York, May 25.—James Tierney, a 16 year old boy, was mardered tonight by one of three_men who ’shot the youth down while he stood across. the Street from a garage whers a raid sey- eral days ago-resulted in the selzure of @ large quantity of bootleg liquor: © The police! were forced to call the re- serves because of the uproar caused by the “murder but refused to on cause of the shooting. could furnish but meagre May 25.—(By The A. P)— BRIEF TEL ; e st T B Vo —_— Army aviators will attempt to blow = fort off the map in Baltimore next Tues_ day. An electric transmission line tower of the Virginia Power company was dyn- | amited near Elberton, Fayette County, W. V. elght mines were closed as 4 result The Conmecticut Chamber of Com- merce adopted a resolution favoring a uniform daylight saving law for the state, Mary Garden, Amelita Galll-Curcl and Gloglo Polacco, musical director, will appear again In opera in Chicago next season. 3 The German battleship and the sub- marine §-18 collided .during night ma- noevres, near Sassnitz, ten saflors on the submarine were killed. The steam trawler Surf, owned by the Bay State Fishing company of Boston, arrived at Fish Pier, Boston, with a catch of 40,000 pounds of mackerel. Samuel J. Marsh, clerk of the superior court, was stricken with an acute at- tack of indigestion just as he was about] to open court in Waterbury, 3 Diplomas and degrees were awarded| to 27 graduates at the annual com- mencement of the Hartford Seminary Foundation, Reverend J. Kelly Griffen, of Sudan, Egypt, for/many years the directing head of that missionary field, has been elected moderator of the United Presbyterian church of North America. Raymend B. Fosdick, a New York lawyer associated with John D. Rocke- feller, Jr., may succeed Dr. Harry Pratt Judson as president of the University of Chicago. Sale of $35,000,000 five per cent. bonds of the New England Telephone and Tel- cgraph company to a banking syndicate headed by J. P. Morgan and company, ‘was announced. Departure of the French mission head- ed by M. Parmentler, to confer with the American inter-allied debt funding com- mittée in Washington has been indefinite- Iy postponed. Federal Judfe Augustus N. Hand, In New York cancelled the naturalization papers of “Bela Kohn,” now of Budapest, Who is believed to be Bela Kuhn, former bolshevist dictator of Hungary. The finding In Boston harbor of the body of Charles T. Daw of Somerville, who disappeared a month ago caused re- lief that Daw fell from a ferryboat while on his way to work. Elmer ~Dover, tant secretary of the treasury, sald that he had “no com- ment to make” on the removal of certain of his appointees’ by Secretary Mellon yesterday, made in the interest of ef- ficlency and economy, President Harding. was initiated into the Phi Alpha Delta, a legal fraternity. The initiation took place at the White | House and was presided over by Frank L. Fawcett, supreme justice of the fraterni- ty, The heat wave in the Alps region has broken a ninety-year record for May. Thermometers at a number of points registered 90 degrees Farrenheit. Snow and glaclers are melting rapldly and the Rhine and Rhone rivers are rising. Sam Johnson, the “human locomotive™” who recently ran from New York to Boston in 46 hours, left Wednesday with a letter from Mayor Hylan to President Harding. He expects to reach Washing- ton this noon. The Connecticut Chamber merce in annual session in Hartford, adopted a_resolution commending the stand of the Connecticut men in con- gross in opposition to the soldiers’ bonus i 7 of Com- Dr. Charles P. Gaston,of New York, president of the National Council of Teachers of English speaking to the Uni- tarlan Sunday School soclety in Boston, stressed the necessity for new and force- ful methods of teaching the Bible in church schools. Thomas J. Thompson, who started his career with the Standard Oil company of Indiana 37 years ago as a day laborer, and Edward J Bullock, whose first em- ployment with ‘the concern was an office boy, were elected to the board of direct- ors at annual salaries said to exceed $30,000 each. Thomas A. Edison was characterized as “a good electrician, but a very poor financler,” in' an address by Thomas B. McAdams, president of the American Bankers' assoclation, before the conven- tion of Oklahoma Bankers' association. A communique issued by the Russian trade delegation in London quotes the bolshivik official newspaper Izvestia of Moscow. as - declaring that petroleum played the leading part in the Genoa con- ference. Three clty firemen and two tunnel workers were killed by gas and electricl_ ty at the bottom of a fifty-two foot shaft of a sewer system in Milwaukes and nearly a score of firemen were over. come. Complete returns from ' Oregon's 36 countles, 12 being officlal, gave Govern- or Ben W. Olcott @ pluraiity of 627 oven Charles Hall for the republican nomina- tion for-governor in last Friday's prim- ary. The latest figures we: Oleott, 43,102; Hall 42, 475. Officials in Boston are virtually agreed that John Lawthorn, the marine corps private, who is under arrest at uantico, | Va,, for the murder of Ralph W Brews- ter, Winchester station agent, will prob- ably be able to present a complete alibi in official records as to his whereabouts o nthe night of the shooting in Win- chester. The,island of Kingman's Reet, reported discovered May 10 by Lorrin A. Thurs- ton, publisher of the Honolulu Advertiser and clalmed for the United States; has an area of five by nine miles at law tide and nine feet by 120 feet at high tide, according to the mewspaper. Never recovering from injurles recelved when struck by a trolley car in Water- bury last-July, Benjamin Hiel, Bristol, aged 83 years, former president of the home in Platts Mills, Conn. Rev. John B. McElmoyle was gul ‘Washington, eral Daugherty will direction of the fraud cages, at “d of ial of on Onl to “h as wl to in; Henry, “I have stuck to that at it di PROSECUTE Associated the statement said, will be & number of will be Regresentative C. Frank Reavis congress in order to take up this work Colone] ‘Henry W. Anderson of Rich- mond, Va. would assist- the attorney-genera] in the prosecution as well as former Represen- tative Roscoe C. McCulloch, of Canton. Mr. tonment cases. The attorney-general said he was not willing to make the names of the other counsel public at_this tim. By assuming direction fraud cases Mr. would be able to use in the prosecu the ‘salary of $25.000 or $50,000 a year which otherwise would have been paid eral under -authority ary to be paid this The assistants already. said, practice are probably five times as large for the conspicuous ser render to the government and the peo- ple.” statement continued, will law, as soon as it is organized and pre- pared to hear testimony mow in posses- sion of the department. BROTHER CAUSED DROWNING year-old Ciarence Scheim Prosecutor Jayne he and mot his faffer, for the deat hof his te Henry, whose body was found last Tues- day in a lake near Tuckerton. ther, who had been held on a technical charge of murder, the- county jall at Tom's River tonight. cutor by Clarence, he lied to his father about his younger brother, of whom he was enviodis, and that when his father wen tto punish Henry, he fled. Clarence said he pursued Henry to the edge of the lake and that the boy jumped to escape capture. . out by Prosecutor Jayne, foliows: pearance when Henry school I told father a lie, see Henry, whom I disliked, get a beat- his clothes and came yard. fleld, but father couldn't run fast enough o I took up the chase. him, when he jumped from the bank of the lake and disappeared. the spot for some time and then climbed ed to come to the top and I was afraid to go home in fear of my father and fear that I might be arrested, then I decided that I would go home and tell my parents that I did not see very beginning, but mow I am telling the truth.” ; where his brother jumped into the lake, five times, FACTIONAL FIGHTING HAS Connor was shot dead in the street here eastern part of (he city this afternoon and the military was compelled to inter- vene. persons were wounded, one man was killed. deaths today to six. were wounded today. JURY DISAGREES IN NEW 3% PER CENT. ISSUE OF / Washington, May 25.—Secretary Mel- lon tonight offéred for subscription an issue'of six months 3% per cent. treas- Representative Reavis of Nebraska Will Resign His Seat in Congress in Order to Take Up the Work—Col. Hen- ryW.AndqwntoAuistinlnvufiglfionofWqu tonment Cases. May 25.—Attorney-Gen- assume persofial prosecution of war it was announced tonight the dlpartment of justice. with the attorney-genera, istinguished lawyers froin all parts the country selécted for their espec- fitness for the post: Among_these P Mr. Nebraska, who will resign his seat in June 4. the announcement said, also fo, who was appointed recently by Daugherty to investigate war can- “of Daugherty the war said, he fon, ome special assistant attorne: of congress no limitation” on the sal- official. lected, 1t was ‘are men whose income in private as placed the the amount which they will receiva ice they will than Those cases in which the venus falls thin the Distdict of Columbia, the be presented the grand jury. drawn under the new taken in them. its regular force, priations were Daugherty said, 1 preliminary a year. DSTNGUSHEDLAWYERSTO WARFRALDC tion—Is to Retain Lawyers From All Parts of the Coun< The attorney-gencral will contimme te have associated with him in the cution Clonel Guy L. Goff, :1“-“ sin, assistant to the attorney. at well as each of the various assistani attorneys-general in their respective ca | pacity. have been personally informed* taken in these cases and have eithes given or approved every order or action shall continue i§ chrage of the new bureau to be knows as the war coutracts section. “It is mot until the audit comes fromt the department in which the matter orle ginated that the department of justice has any jurisdiction. This department has no right to go to any other departs ment and examine and audit either ft& books or its claims. Such claims, howe ever, as have come to this department during the past have received immediate attention and either have been sent the proper United States attorney appropriate action or they have turned over to the investigational 5 reau of this department with direstiont to gather all avaiiable evi end that such actions, crk as the facts justify, might be begunm. “Up to the present time it h:.h: ssible for the department to e e investigations essential to the preparation of thése cases with No additional appfo- quired ' for this wor¥ which has been in progréss for mord The point has been seach- £4 now where it is necessary to have as additional corps of experienced - ftor- neys and auditors.” Determination of the attorney-gemeral to direct the cases himself, meant. B¢ sald, that all of the principal assistants employed 1n these cases will recelvg & luhry of only $10,000 per anmnum. SRS OF YOUNG HENEY SCHEIM Lakewood, N. J., May 25 —Sixteen- today + told _Qcean county that was responsible year-old brother The fa- was released from According to the story told the prose- The confession of the boy, as given “On the afterncon of Henry's disap- returned from in order to Henry went to the house, changed into the back “Father ran after him across the 1 pursued him into the woods near the lake and he ran | gajcpyry. C: directly toward the water. | Milton, Fla. e “When 1 was about five feet behind |y 1 stayed at Ya a tree overlooking the lake, expecting that T shight see gy, hrother's ody_be- | ton, neath the muddy water. His body fail- “I stayed out until after dark and lle ‘since the Clarence said he had visited the pdace — BEEN RESUMED IN BELFAST Belfast, May 25. pecial Constable midnight tonight. Factional fighting was resumed In the One man was killed and several including two ris. Sniping broke out anew tonight and A man wounded in Sunday's disorders ed thish evening, bringing the total Fourteen persons NEWARK WHISKEY CASE Newark, N. J, May 25.—After delib- erating for over seven hours a federal jury at the trial of Bdmund La Brecque, Oscar C. Fredericks and John . Liebolt, charged with conspiracy to remove nine barrels of whiskey from-a governpent warehouse, reported their inability agree! tonight. to the jury this afternoon, Federal Judge Rellstad instructed that a verdict of not gullty should be returned against Lie- bolt. N to Before the case went thel, several CLEMENCEAU N. Y. antes, France, r lives in the THREE SOLDIERS KILLED DURING TARGET PEACTION Fayetteville, N. C, May. 35.—A board of officers has been appointed by Brig- Camp Brage, quiry intu the death’there of listed men and the wounding of thre men and an officer as a result of cidental explosion of a shrapnel tile during artillery practice. The board’s findings and recommenda tion will be sent to the war departmeny it was stated by camp officials. Preliminary examination of the gut which figured in the accident and detaili, given by surviving members of the crew led to the belief that the shell was defecy tive and, falling far short of its’ &t: tempted target struck a tree and Fe. bounded into the second gun squad whick was some distance away. All the victims were members of Bat tery E, Fifth Fleld.artillery, which waf | engaged in practice firing for the fleld ofs | ficers’ artillery school. are expected at recov Many narrow escapes from the shrap: nel scattered by the explosion were Te: ported among the scores of officers and men who were in the vicinity of the bat- tery. The dead are: Thomas L Wood 3 Walter C. Ammons George L. McClellan, Noble The injured besides Captain Dawson, are Private Willlam Owl, Lumberport, W, ; Private Alonz Morgan, Blantyre, N. C, and Sergeant Donnett Smith, Fuls LATEST REPORTS OF CONDITIONS IN IRELAND Dublin, May 25—(By the A. P.)—Al though Eamonn De Valera in a statement to th peress today expressed a desire foe peace with Ulster, he made it plain that his side still relies on force to resist force from the Orange side; therefore accommodation between the morth and south would seem {o be still far off. Many northerners who had been &p- pointed delegates to the Sinn Fein con< vention here were arrested on_trains, but managed to reach Dublin by roundabout ways. The Dublin pro-cathedral was crowd- ed today at the anniversary mass, with military horors, for the republicans who lost their lives in the burning of the customs house a year ago. A large de tachment of the Irish marched to the services from the Porte- General ODuffy, chief of bello - barracks. army Army unity has not yet been but, though there still are differeigs re- gardnig ultimate control, both siaes are #aid to agree In approving Richard J. Mulcahy as minister of was one of the chief authors of the e egreement which s about discussed at London. TO REVIEW POLITICS IN EUROFE Premler Clemenceau, France's war mier, will deliver an address hers urday at the unveiling of a In honor of the students a: of the Nantes High school ar. mier is an alumnus of the high It is reported that his speech ’ “of every steg B = to the or civil All the injureé republican _army staft _of Thosé present detense. Hs to be & May 25 —Formes The former & review of the present political TREASURY CERTIFICATES ury certifictes tb the amount of about 2,000,000,000. dated Jume 1, and carry-the usual tdx exemptions. NEW HAVEN MAN DIES OF The new issue will be maturing December 15 WOUNDS RECEIVED AT HOME 25.—Dennis ert New Haven, May J. | bert Sheehan, of this city died in a local hos- | 000. ngx”:l?t from & bullet WJ@& : reply to Pro— Strasbourg last summer. ‘Hertshorne. N. Y. STOCK, EXCHANGE SEAT SELLS FOR New York, May 25.—Sale exchange seat for 399, record for the year, when the m tion in Europe. and many French' uties are Jookine forward to fts are's addh