Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 28, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 155 ; “POPULATION 400.000RAILROADSHOPMEN ARE READYTOSTRKE LY 1 Unless the Railroads Agree to Call Off $60,000,000 Wage Cut Scheduled for That Working Conditions Formerly in Effect—B. M. Jewell, Head of the Shop Crafts, Has So Notified the Associa- tion of Railway Executives—Pennsylvania Road Has Reached an Agreement With Its Employes. : Chicagd, June 27.—(By The A. P)— A strike of the 400,000 railway shop- of the country will be called for July 1. unless the railroads agres to o $60.000.000 wage cut due the shop workers on that date and to re- store working conditions former- was made known tonight clegram from B. M. Jewell, ad of the shop crafis, to the Assola- ¢ Railway Executijves. Decision t ocall a strike came late way after a lengthy discussion by the . e committes of the six shcp ons. based on the strike vote men thus far tabulated rail heads arrange an im- 2ta conference, agreeing, meanwhile ntinue present wages, restors s modified by the railroad labor board and discontinue farming out ratroad however. a walkout can be halted telegram said. Otherwise sanction of withdrawal from employ- July 1. 1922, as voted by the will be unavoldable.” 0 word telegram, addressed to tt Cuyler. chairman of the As- Railway Executives, threw t on the actual strike vte beyond was an “overwhelming ma- Ballots were still coming in, was said, as they were mot returnable A two-thirds majority is union by-laws to call a Although the actual call for the walk- it was made dependent on the rail- way executives' reply to President Je atum, little expectation was in rhilroad cirsles tonight that the executives would agree to such weeping demands as those made by the X _international unlon presidents, ming the executive council of the me. cal section, railway employes de- f the American Federation were responsible for the strike Closeted for two days in se- they remained silent on 1l tonight heads who will lssue the the proposed conference onsummated, are H. Johwaton, Machinists. International *Brather- Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and pers of America Frankiin, lermakers. Iron Shipbutidefs % of America. partment call. it annot be Wiilimm International ation I W K 1 A . J. Hynes. Amalgamated Sheet Met- Workers International Alliance. plames P 1. International erhood of Electrical Workers, artin F. Rvan. Brotherhood of Rail- way Carmen of America gotciaring that the raiiroads have act- d on a common programme to reduce wages and obtain other advantages to ® carciers. President Jewetll's mes- *age pointed out “one benefit which may come rriers nd t come to . r employes snd e general public, from the fact at the national spokesman of e conft nterests, who might be ®ble o halt a nation-wide withdrawal men from employment in the raliway he railway executives sin- to avoid this consequence e of action.” the telegram said, and by the authority of ve council of railway employ- s department. I am Informing you, and_throug nforming the respon- heads of the various rallway sys- n the United States and also the ompany, most of which are the Association of Rall- that unless an fmme. ‘ment can be made: rea behalf of. execy vou Pullman epresente To continue the payment of the wages at present in force ¢ {2)—To restore operation under rules 12 14, 15, 46, and 177, as they ed prior to the amendments there. osed in decision 222; and ~To discontinue the contracting of work and shops, pending nego- ations betwsen the - Assoclation — of Rallway Executives and the Rallway Empioyes department, looking forward rd adjustment of the existing dis- 2% upon these questions. a sanetion of Mrawa from employment on ~July 922, ax voted by the employes wil unavoidable o The three points on which are asked to meet the employes demands are fdentical with the thre @uestions on which the unions are oy completing their strike ballots. The first ballot covers the $60.000,000 the execu- to wage cut ordered Jily 1. The mecond ballor “invalves soven uies regarding ovartime and physical examinati fought principally by aneh 7iosy the men because e and one- overtime and Surflay 'wn';:(l.! The rd strike question involved the prac. tice of mumerous roads in farming out cefain work, deciared to be in order to avoid the rulings on wages and working conditions by the Federal Labor Board While union heads express the veiled hape that the rallroad heads might list- *0 to their last minute truce they wiped out o to Pproposal, he suppressed excitement and tense at. mosphere around union headquarters yeemed to portend some momentous ac. tion 1t was learned that mitt of the federated shon crafts would continue thelr meetings tomorrow with the drafting of a strike progra, program subject of their discussions. T I he general com- PENN ROAD REACHES AGREEMENT WITH EMPLOYES Philadelphia. fane 27— Announce- ment was made late today by lheo‘l":s:n- *ylvania railroad that agreements on re- duction of wages have been reached be- tween the management and the clected representatives of 42,500 of its employ- e, The settlements afféct the mai) tenance of way department, embracing 39490 men, and the employes of the telegraph and signal department, num- bering 31,00 men. The revised ssales beome effective July 1. “They involve reductions which bave been mutually agreed upon to con- form with the lower cost of living, the general conditions of employment throughout the country and the demand of the public for cheaper transportation, ts expressed in the interstate commerce commission order reducing freight * the announcement said. No figures were given out by the com- I‘n:n)-a-‘-ofim -‘wuauau ‘with Internatiomal Brother- | Date—Also Restore Certain committees of its employes, the Penn- sylvania was not a party to the reduc- tions asked by other railroads and grant- ed by the United States rallroad labor board. s E The Pennsylvania's, statement ~further sald: “The negotlations were entirely vol- untary and were conducted solely = be- tween management rejteserfiatives on the one side, and clected representatives of the employes on the other, free from outside intervention. “The information on which ‘these ne- gotiations were based -was gathered jointly by representatives of the man- agement and of the employes from in- dustries in the territory served by the Pennsylvania system. The management desires to thank not only the emmloves, and their officers eoncerned, —for the epirit in which the negotiations wera conducted, but also the industries along the lines of the system for their.co- operating in furnishing such informa- tion BRITISH APPRECIATE THE THE WITTICISMS OF TAFT London, June 27.—(By The A. P)— William Howard Taft, chief justice of the United States supreme court, told a British audience today that America was_not likely to pay much attention to European politics unless the . price of wheat was affected. The former president was addressing the English- speaking union, which gave a luncheon in his honor. Captain Frederick E. Guest, secretary of state for air, presid- ed “To the man In Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louls, or in the west,"said Mr. Taft, Europe seems very far away. What is happening on this eide of the ocean does not interest ham very much unless the Price of wheat or other commodities is affected.” Captain Guest, in his _introductory peech. predicted that the United States would soon enter the League of Nations. He said the only cure for the world's disease of materlalism was spiritualism. He asked why the law, s exebplified by Mr. Taft and other prominent men, could not play the part of physician in eradi- cating the neurasthenia and' other- disas bilities from which the world was suf- fering, Chiéf Justice Taft delighted the Brit- ishérs, who had not heard him before, with frequent -chuckles over 'his ‘own jokes and. sallies. “I cannot discuss political he explained, subjects,” “with the same delicacy with which my feet touch the floor. Mr. Taft discussed the benefits and evils of self-government, which he said was the highest aspirations a. m>ople could have. but 'a too liveral applica- tioh of it might lead to anarchy. “Some republics on our side’ of the j water have constitutions replets with | idealistic and" cloquent ~declaations in favor of liberty, yet they make & fail. ure in government.” he said The former president then . dlscussed arbitration as a means of settling dis- putes and justifiiable issues, ana <xplain- d why the proposed treaties of arbitra- | tion between ‘the United States, -France land England had failed to pass the American senate. “We all felt, he add- ed. humorously, “that these treaties wete { going down ,the corridors of time as a great human achievement. But the senate thought otherwise. By the time our law makers got through with them 1. as father of the treaties, did not. rec- ognize them. But you must not misin- terprete our government's action. They did not dissent from arbitration; they simply did not want to bind ourselves to something which they were not will- ing to carry out in letter and spirit.” Tmmediately after the luncheon Mr. Taft motored to Oxford, where with Lord Chancellor Birkenhead ~and _Cardinal Bourne, he will receive the Degree of Doctor of Laws tomorrow. He refurns to London tomorrow night to attend Prin- cess Mary's charity ball with Mrs. Taft and ‘Ambassador and Mrs. Harvey. STOLE JEWELRY VALUED AT $12.000 FROM HARTFORD P, O. Hartford, June 27.—Edward A, Stearns of this city, who was arrested in a pawn- shop tonight, was said by the police to have confes€ed that he stole a package of Jewelry valued at $12,000 from the post- office department last October. Stearns had been employed in the local postoffice, but quit his job last November. Stearns was held without bail pending action by the federal authorities. The police say he admitted pawning, jewels from time to time during the last few months. At his home poflce found the broken package, which contained jewelry which they vahied at $7,000. ATTACK IMMINENT BY IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY TROOPS London, June 28 (By the A. P.)— Despatches filed in Dubiin after midnight indicate that an. attack on _the . Four [ Saifte putaing by regular republican army troops is imminent unless the O'Connorites compiy with the ultimatum the government is reported to have sent [ to Rory O'Connor, their leader, demand- ing the evacuation of the building within a few hours. - | Meantime the men under O'Connor have. taken in fresh stores of provisions and increased their barbed wire entan- giements. . At ‘midnight they began tear- {ing up granite paving blocks and sfreet car tracks to provide barricad: |zmn'r MEN WERE KILLED Knoxville, Tenn., June-27.—Blght. men were killed and 10 injured,, several of ‘Holston 13 aftefnodn at the plant of - the Quarry company at Straw Plains, miles east of this place. . * * 3 OFFICERS OF NEW ENGLAND BRANCH OF L % U. New. Bedford, Mass,, June 27.—At the closing session today of thé New Eng- land Branch of thé International Typo-. graphical Unlon, George M. Andrews, of Danbury, Conn., -was - elected” president, and John F. Murphy, of Providencs, sec- retary-treasurer. Next year's convention “will be beld at Pittsfleld. - - . owenq in the opinion of-the IN A QUARRY EXPLOSION | S€Tera them seriously in an:explasion. carly this 26 Kllled in Rallyay Accident Berlin, "June :27.—(By the A. P.)— Twenty-six persons.were killed dnd-num- bers" of " others “injured, -30 ‘seriously, -in | :Odr:!l’lwuy accidenty just -outside - Berlin FORTY AMERCANS, SEIZED y BY MEXICAN BANDITS Washington, June 27.—Seizure'of forty American employes of the Cortex - Oil company at Tampico, Mexico, reported to, the- state department as security for a ransom of 15,000 pesds created a. stir in official - circles in" Washington. Lacing turther information &s to what has hap-, pened behind what is apparently a rigid | bandits, censorship at Tampico, however, there [ $25,000 liquo was little to indicate tonight whether the | Was. suddenl; incldent would lead to any change of ut- titude here toward the Obregon govern- ment in Meéxico. s In fact at the.White House.it was said that relations between the .Unitéd. States and-Mexico were not- likely to be affected in any, way by. thé bandits outbreak and the recent kidnappipg for ransom .negr Cuernavaca; some sixty miles from Max- ico City of A Bruce Bielaskl, -formerly chief of the bureau of investigation of the department .of- justicé and “more Té cently identified with American oil in- lersl'-l who' have property in Mexico. Untll it is known that the incidents are not & matter of domestic politics in Méx- ico, coneeived by enemies of the Obregon government to ‘embarass its relation with the United States, or until that gov- ernment had been - proved unequal to according such- protéction to Americans and their property as the occasicn de- mands, there appears to be no disposizion here to move in any other than a dip- lomatic way. . Beyond a brief report stating that in addition to the score. American empioves a quarter of a million of -dollars. worth of _destructible property -of. the Cortez Oil company was being held as security for the payment demanded, no other word had reached the state department.tonight concerning the bandit action in Tanipico. Both the embassy in. Mexico Coty and the consul at Tampico. were promp:ly in- structed to press for immedlate wc.ion by the Mexican federal authorities, :dequate protection for American lives and proper- ty and punishment of the perpetritors of the outrage. General Corozave, whose men ~neized the American oil men, is a ngfi_m the Mexican situation. her Te is a new bandit starting out on & of outlawry, or one of the group i the Ta13- pico region formerly headed by Ganeral Paleas, who controlled the oll ferritory for years, levying heayy tribute on oil operators, was not known at the state department. There were indications ‘that state de- partment officials were not exactly sure just what sort of a situation they had to met. Some elements in the meagre official account, inclined them to move cautiously beyond prompt insistance that | g, that the Mexican federal authorities pro- tect all American interests adequactaly. The new situation in the oil region ov- ershadowed for the. moment the ssiznre of Bruce Bielaski. No word had eome fro mthe embassy today: to-show progress of the efforts of the Mexican fédernl au- thorities to obtain the release of the cap- tive. ‘The delay caused little u here, however, as the region is mountuin- ous and it was recognized that the Mexi- can_goveriment must .move Jiutiovsly if dealing with reckless outlaws in order. that the'life of the prisonér wmay. not,be Jeodardized. MEXICAN PETROLEUM AGAIN A MOST UNCERTAIN QUANTITY * shipment. n 4" grade throug] bridge. -~ ' the top of the train to.investigate. tween -the:-cars ‘in the center bi . As, the-side door of ‘one of the cars. cpend fire on the detective. drop down out of sight. gressed. only in the leg. ‘- * - Attracted: by the shooting, train and the bandits fled. had picked the wrong car, 1iquor. DOCTOR NOT PERMITTED TO Freeport, N. Y.; June sent by Assistaat District Attorn: who, was shot [raay night. re ot Miss R he was denied admittance to the hous: He was told, he sald, a serious ’condition. how Hirsh is getting along. of hér husband. first degree,” he sald, present it to the grand:jury it ThursGay:': ay. Hirshes-have homes, quiry ‘are, New York, June 27.—Mexican’ Petrole- um_again today maintained'its reputa- tion asi‘the: most uncertainquantity 'in the stock market, fluctuating . within a range ‘of over 20 points and closing at’'a loss of 15 points. Y Signs of further ' enforged. covering were evident at the outset when tHe stock made a five point jump fo 200, A reac- tion of almost 10 points occurred before mid-day, followed by a partial rally. In the later dealings, however, a concénirat- ed selling movement drove “Mex Pete” ;!:;vn to 179, with a final quotation of Concurrent unsettlement was shown by Pan-American Petroleum “A” and “B" shares, both selling- off more rapidly in the general liquidation before the close and registering net losses of almost six points each. Rails were adversely affected by labor situation and old-time market favorites den, has with the case. . C. G. W. REFUSES TO APPEAR road 1a its _ int tenance of. way. unions. The two unions’ filed - their against the ‘Toad, which is alleged answer was filed by the road. the company’ severe declines. FIVE MEN PLEADED GUILT OF HOLDUP IN WEST HAVEN EN | formerly, it was declared. New Haven, June 27—Five of the six men arrested in connection with the hold- up of the Orange Dramatic club in- West Haven on April Opleaded guilty in’su- perior court today to charges of robbery. Judge Avéry will impose sentence tomor- row. 2 Those pleading guilty” were Salvators and Roberto Santaniello, both of Spring- | fleld, Mass, and Antonio Ruggiero, Al- bero Esposito and Raffaele Cippola, all of this city. Biagio Gafgano of this city, the other man arrested in the case plead- On their: first appearance the Santaniellos and Es- not guilty, but 1later PERSECUTION CHARGED Bath, Maine, June 27.—Charles him. 26 surviving members of the Pposits pleaded changed their pleas. The hold-up was carrled out by nine enm, the state alleges, and about $1,000 is sald to have been taken from members of the club. Tecent commencement reunion. else that could in an yway effect TROOPS STILL NEEDED TO PROTECT WOUNDED MEN us have been used on us.” e e S | COAL STRIKE ANNOUNCEMENT Chicago, June 27.—Troops- still ‘are | needed in. Williamson counly to protect the wounded men, shot down and beaten in the mine strike at Herrin, in the be- lief of Attorney General Edward J. Brundage, expressed here today. The wounded men, lying in the hospital at errin, are the principal witnesses on whom prosecution of those responsible for the rioting last Thursday - must ~de- attorney- Washington, June to make an announcement in of waze differences, NOT T # “The only thing to do is to send troops O CALL ZTHE PUME. in there to protéct those wounded men,” 4 the attorney-general said, “I am not a | peace officer and cannot do it. - But those men should' be protected.” OBITUARY Mrs. Atine H. Tiffany Portland, Me.,-June 27.—Mrs. Anne H. Tiffany, widow .of Dexter. Tiffany of . §t. Louls, and’ daughter of Genéral (ieorge ¥. Shepléy, who served in the Civil war was the first” military = comman: “of. New Orleans and later military. governor of Loulsiana, died ‘at the -Shepley. home here' today. She was-the granddaughter of Esther Shepley, chief - justice of ‘the ‘Ii-;l‘ne Supreme Court -from" 1348 - until L who Washihgton . today, = the from- the mines, is, anthracite workers'~ representative: Tecelnt of' & telegram from his for “itself.” i “I ‘can’t ‘add anything to Smarked. Hohokus, N. J.. June 27.—At the cost of one wounded, the créw of an Erie freight train today defended thelr cars from & dramatic. attack ibyeight armed apparently seeking to raid g The frelght nogpod nead Waldwick, a_cut; spanned by a Almost thrown from his seat in'the cab by the sudden stop, George Hamil- ‘ton, 2 'railroad detective assigned tu the trafh, seized his shot gyn. climbed to Two of the bandits, who, are believed to Have ridden the bumpers from Jer- sey City, had slashed-the air hose be- of the train. and. automatically -thrown on the Hamilton_ approached, the- pair opefied : fire ‘with revolvers. The detec- tive. dropped flat on his stomach, wrig- gled-to the edge of the car top, and saw | five more bandits .dash down the side of the gulley and, with crowbars, attack The ‘eighth bandit was crouched on the bridge over the tracks and from his position commanded the car top. He, too, Hamilton by this time, was crawling toward one end .of the car, hoping .to He had pro- few feet when he was hit the crew came running from both® ends -of the Investigations showed that the bandits The one at- tacked. was filled with tabacco instead of EXAMINE 0SCAK A HIRSI docter Ed- wards today i> examine Ossar A. Horsh, >n the lawn of the hceme Tred with the report that io Davies, ac'ress, last Si1- that he would first have to get permission from George M. Levy, counsel for Mrs. Hirsh, who is charged with having shot her husband. The doctor was sent to the Hirsh home ‘when it was reported that Hirsh was in Mr. Edwards sald he contemplated no further steps to learn The assistant district attorney made it lear, However, that he intended" {0 prose- cute Mrs. Hirsh for the alleged shooting his is & clear case of assault in the nd I intend to as ?lc.h W}lofl: ¢ho i free on $25,000 bail, a hearing in the Freeport wards, has subpoenaed. many of Davis’ party for the grand jury investigation. He would not ceveal their names, but it is believed sev- eral of them are residents of the theatri- cal colony where Miss Davies and the . Important points which Mr. Edwards expects Lo clear up at the.gvand jury in- the cause of thé shooting, wWho held the automatic nisfol when:the gun was fired, and:the connection of o ‘Sec- ond_pistol, found outside the Davies gar- BEFORE THE LABOE BOARD . Chicago, June 21.—A flat refusal to appear before the United States rail- or -board .and announcement of ention of pursuing its policy - of contracting railroad shop work, -consti- tuted the answer of the Chicago Great estern railroad today when cases ‘were called “before the board over contract diemutes with- the shop crafts and main- charges 10 have contracted shop and track work iat various points along its system. No The Erle, one of the leading expon- em- ploy to that.of the Lincoln Engineering Corporation, the federation charged. The men, after the transfer, have been paid from five to ten-cents an hour less than BY CHARLES W. MORSE w. Modse, -the shipbuilder ‘who ‘is under in- dictment. for -alleged frauds against the Bovernment in connection with war time contracts, made’ public a letter tuday in which he again charges that the govern- ment as represented by Attorney General Harry M. M. Daughtery is “persectting’ The letter was written by Morse to the Bowsloin College class of 177, whom he met at the o police court methods toward as- sassins could excel that adopted by the government in our case,” says the leiter. “Falsehood, intimidation and everything any one who had ever had any business with TG COME FROM .WHITE HOUSE ; 27. — Indications. were. ziven.at. the White House today that the government soon would be abic the coal strike situation and that the step con- templdted was a move to bring he lead- ers-Gf the.union miners and répresenta- tive opérators_together for a discussion - 'MEN FROM THE MINES Wilbésbarre,” Pa., June 27.—Upon re: celpt ‘of"a telégraim from John L. Lewis, i | president .ot _the. United, Mine Workers, coniferred with President Harding at general _.scale commitfee ‘of he anthracite workers to- da;yabandoned all. plans for immediate- Iy cgliing an absolute ~strike and, ~the contemplated ' withdrawal of pump:men ‘Washington, June 27.—John L. Lew- xrulder of the United Mine Workers, sald “toddy that action taken by the it,” he re-lClee was transterred to'the criminal wing Liguors Customs Inspectors Claim New York, June 27.—Customs inspec- tors late today raided three vessels in port, two flying the American flag and the cated. 2,400 ‘bottles of ‘alleged -liquor, all of which was declared: to have been smuggled .aboard. - The ships searcned were the United States shipping - board steamship President Arthur, operated by the United States lines; the Ward liner Sibonney and the Barfond, a Norwegian | cargo ship. Reports that the raid aboard the Presi- dent Arthur-in- Hoboken, N. J., was. ¢on- ducted as a test case. as a resuit of the recent rciing of Chairman Lasker of the shipping board that ‘ships carrying the American flag may carry and sell liquor outside the three-mile zone were later deniéd by members ' of the ' searching squad. Despite the statement of customs in- spectors, some mystery is attached to the seizure. Port Surveyor Thomas W. Whit- tle and the chief of the customs inspec- tion professed ignorance of the raids, but indicated that the searorfig squad had authority to act on his.own discretion. The Ward.finer Sibonney and the Bar- fond were visited at their docks in Brook- ‘Iyn. A search for drugs aboard the for- mer vessél failed of result, but the in- spectors located about 309 bottles of al- leged liquor. This was confiscated when no owner for it could be founu. A similar quantity of contraband Wwas seized aboard the . Norwegian ship. No arrests were mx;:: during the course of any of the raids, g OFFERS TO MEDIATE TO SETTLE SOFT COAL STRIKE Pittsburgh, Pa., June 27.—(By the A. P.) Dr. Clifford B. Connelly, commission- er of labor 4nd industry, today sent. a Jetter ‘to leaders of district Numbess 2 and 5, United Mine Workers of America, and to heads of all bituminous coal opp- erators’ associations, offering the services of the division of mediattion to settle the bituminous coal strike, and calling a meeting of union leaders and operators for_Pittsburgh, July 6. The operators addressed represent all al the miners east of the Susquehanna river in Pennsylvania and the union of- ficers recefving the community preside over approximately 100,000 union miners. . “I am sending this appeal to you, be- lieving that you are deeply interested in its contents and that you will be able to attend the mecting as sugsested,” wrote Dr. Connelley. “In view of the fact that the depart- ment of labor and industry of Pennsyl- vania has under its jurisdiction a division of mediation, T am taking this method of tting ;together the operators and min- fil -of Pennsy] “for' a conference leading to_an adjustment of the coal sit- uation,”” the- letter_contipued. . The motive for the invitation to, meet was due “to the fact that the suspension of® operations in the bituminous coal in- Qustry In “this state_lias now entéred upon its thirteenth week and in view of the enormous and iriconceivable losses in worklng ‘days, wages and- tonnage, past, present and-future, in order to limit the incréeasing industrial and social rervous- ness and to prevent possible economic disorder,” the communication set forth. SUES TO RECOVER MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROYALTIES New York, June 27.—The suit of George T. Rogers of Pjlainfield, N. J., against the Tezas company and Joseph M. Adams, to recover millions of dollars in royalties on the “Adams process” for extracting gasoline from crude oil, was decided in his favor today by Justice John V. McAvoy-of the supreme court. Justice McAvoy ruled that Rogers had established his claim and was entitled to forty per cent. of the profits. It was estimated that the Standard Oil com> panies of New York and New Jersey and other ofl producing companies had paid royalties of about $20,000,000 for the use of the patent, which would yield Rog- ers, through“the court’s decision, about $8,000,000. When _the suit rent to trial on May 11, ents: of contract work in the countay, e e ipments, | "'0%® a1d | was . again before the board today in | Frank Howard development manager of Tent reversalNag jpaid toll In the Vio-| dispute brought by the American Fed: |the Standard Oll compary o New Jer- omged forthe tongt es,In these kTouns | eration of Railroad. Workera. About | sey, testified that the improved Adums Three points. ot etseen e ome 101300 - men, mostly -flagmen, watchmen, | process was superior to any other process, o s s of | and imately 100,000,000 gal- thic more smeculative v astalaen vy | 284 track laborers, are said to have bene | and (hat_approximately lons of gasoline were extracted under it in 1921. THestimony was offered to the eftect that in 1907, Adams, who owned the pat- ent, needed money -for its development and exploitation, which Rogers advanzed him under an agreement that hs wis to receive 40 per cent. interest in the patent. It was alleged that Adams later ignored the agreement and sold his patent right to the Texas company, which has been receiving large royalties from the Standard Oil and other companies. $7,500,000 MUSCLE SHOALS BILL UP TO PRESIDENT HARDING Waghington, June 27. — Presiflent Harding's signature was all that was required tonight for authorizing the ap- propriation of $§7.500,000 for new work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals, ‘Ala. The army bill, containing’ authori- ty ‘of congress to spend the' money on {hat project, effective October 1, was passed today by the senate without a change in tre.language already approved by the house and by conferees of the two legislative bodies. 5 Dusing the final senate consideration, however, the measure at ceriain stag- es was threatened with being sent back to the gouse for further conference, Sen- ator Nortis, of Nebraska, chairman of the agricultural committee, moving that the senate disagree with the house pro- vision delaying excenditure of the mon- ey until October. He was finally over- ruled by the senaté on a vote of 28 to 32. AN INMATE OF INSANE . ASYLUM SLAYS ANOTHER Trenton, N. J., June 27.—Ripping a five toot siil ‘from & window 'in the ~men's dormitory at. the New. Jersey state hos- pital for. the insane, here, Joseph Clee, of Trenton, an inmate of the Institution since 1919, vesterday slew William Sherl- dan, 65 years old, of Middlesex county, as he’ selpt, it became known today. - Sheridan, who has been in_the asylum forty years, died of ‘a cranfal hemmor- horage, physicians said. - So silently, did Clee work that six ather men sleeping in the ward at the time were not awakened. Clee who is 25 years old, and a suffer- er from hallucinations, had often accused his victim of persecuting him, hospital at tendants said. Following discsoyery of the slayin " of the Institution. ~- other a Norwegian freighter, and confis- |. . The Haveehlll Slpper Con of Haverhill was petitioned into fuptey in federal-court. . - -/ . Amosa :Shepherd, :87," who ran for (he State: senate seven: times on the soclalist ticket died in’Southington. = £ Kl The Japanese training squadron sailed from Kokusuka for Honolulu on its trans- The hydrographic office of the navy de- partment sent out-a-warning o shipring that ice conditiohs In the transetizntic steamship-lanes were still menacins. Gregorie Sémenoff,” former ataman of the cossacks, @rrived at Toklo without a passport and has’ been refused permission to land. " He 1§ proceeding to Shanghal. * Summer schools for children will he so popular ‘that this city will ve unable to mmodate all the pupils who'desire to attend. . Justice liver Wendell Holmes of the United States_supreme- court, who is a patient at.a hospital in Boston, was sald to_be “doing: picely.” Degrees ot bachelor of science were conterred upon a graduating class of 99 at Massachusetts Agricultural College at the 51st commencement, The house post office -committee voted to postpone consideration of the Kelly bill for reduction of the second class postal rates until the December session. A proposal to premit public dancing on Sunddy nights at the beaches along the Sound. shore of Milford was voted down by the citizens in town meeting. The body of Wu Ting Faag, former Chinese minister .to Washington, was. cre- mated, says a Central News despatch from Hong Kong. He died at Canton last Friday. ~ 5 3 Indefinite continuance of American Mil- itary occupation of Haitl, but with a re- duction of the marine force, was recom: mended ih an unanimous revort prese: by the special senaté committee. a | Roald Amudnsen, the Norweglan ex- plorer, has changed his plans for his at- tempt to fiy to the North Pole, it was re- ported. He now ' intends to land at Spitzbergen, instead of Cape Columbia. Three hundred and fifty Japanese troops left Tien-Tsin Saturday for Chin- wangtao, on the Macnhurian border, to protect Japanese military posts along the railway. Educational problems in their rcla- tion to the worldwide “democratic awak- ening” will be discussed at the sessions of the National Education Association in Boston July 2-8. Alfred Myrtie, & negro, was sentenced 1o life imprisonment by Judge Keating in the superior criminal court, Boston, for the murder of his wife, May Myr- tle, on March 29. Riding the “bu of s freight train is not punis le by fine or impris- onment under. the laws, of New' Hamp- shire, according to Judge J. W. Murphy of Dover. , United States Submarine boat S-24 be- came an active unit In Uncle Sam’s un- derwater fleet’ yesterday when, with fit- ting ceréontes; she was launched at the Fore River. shipyards, - In the pocket of an unidentified man wha shot and killed himself on Boston Common, a fote in which the writer said: " “Prohibition got me in this free country.” At _the naturalization session of the United States court in Hartford yes- terday, 124 persons were admitted to American_citizenship and the applica- tions of 24 were rejected. Judge Edwin S. Thomas presided. Mrs. Nellie M. Thomson of Quincy ended her life in the South Station, Bos- ton, by taking poison. She was identified by her husband, George A. Thomson. Two young children survive. No motive was known for her act. About eight million cantaloupes rotted on the ground.in the vicinity of Brawley, Cal., the growers having decid= Lo cease | picking and take the resulting 0ss in the hope that as a consequence oversiocking of eastern markets would be eliminated. Distribution of forelgn trade mews and aispatches by radio as a means of inform- ing American business men of develop- ments in the flelds of industry and com- merce abroad will be given a trial next mionth. Stockholders of the Durant Motors, Inc., Wilmington, Dél., vesterday voted to increase the capital stock of the company t0 2,000,000 shares of no par value com- mon stock, and to provide for nine Instzad of five directors, Chinese river pirates have demanded a ransom of $7,500 for Yee Dong Foy, 17-year-old son of Yee Nam Gin, Chi- nese restaurant proprietor at Lynn, Mass., the latter Jearned through a let- ter from hie wife in Chird. The coal tipple at the Luella mine of the H. M. €rawford Coal Company at Grafton, W. Va., was destroyed and the tipple ‘at the Victor mine of the Radcliffe Summerville Coal Company at Arden, W. Va., was damaged early by explosions {of dynamite. Congressional action on the annual appropriation bill providing for an ave- rage. army. for. the coming year of 125, 000 enlisted men and 12,000 officers was compléted yesterday through final adop- tion by the-senate of the conference re- port on the measur A committee to represent the state of Maine at a hearing to be given repre- sentatives of New England states by tha interstate commerce commission on the propased _consolidation of . the railroads of New England-was appointet by Gov- ernor Percival P. Baxter. . Delexntes have been setseted by the Au- tomobile club-of New Haven to 4 meetiog in Hartford next fall' when it will b yrc. posed that all-clubs in New England be brought into & federation of autemobile Congressman ~ Joseph W. Fordney, chairman of the house ways and - means committee and author :of tke Fordney tariff bill, announced postively this morn- ing in a telegram to the Saginaw INews Courier, that he will not be a candiate for ré-election. Frok in Lawrence, . arrested fel, whom they charged with assault in attempting to interfere with & man re- porting’ for work. Pufel was found gullty of assailt when gned . in * district court ‘and was sentenced to ten days in +~.the house of correction. ~He apealed. Russian Delegates Must Outline Their Proposals for the Re- construction of Russia Before the Allies Will Discuss Credits—Russians Are The Hague, June 27 (By the A. P.)— Determined to go to the limit of concilia- tion, Europe's delegates acceded to the Russlan réquest to discuss credits first; and at the initial joint .meeting of the conference today, Russlan proposals werd heard and an unequivocal reply was made to them. E The formal holshevik request for an arfangement for loans or credits was met by the pronouncement on the part of the allies Tiit before there could e any thought of credits, the world must know. the exact situation in Russia and what the goviet intended to do with the cred- its. Moreover, the Russians were In- formed that capital could only flow to Russia in proportion to the re-estab. lishment of -confidence, and confidence largely depended upon what the bolshe- viki did_about private proporey and debts. Al three questions, it was de- clared, were inter-dependent and insep- arable. 3 Maxim Livinoff, head of the soviets. agreed to supply detailed information. The = bolsheviki resumed their com- munique habit, begun at Genoa, by is-| suing tonight a copy of a letter sent to President Patyn of the central commis- sion, demanding to know where France and Belgium stood -and whether they in- tended to adhere to their attitude of aloofnees adopted at Genoa on the ques- tion of the restoration of private prop- erty confiscated by the soviet ment. At today's meetinz Baron Avezzano. president of the sub-commission on cr. its, invited the Russians to proposals for the reconstruc sia under_the following headings transports; second, agriculture; industry; fourth. internal commerce. Under a sub-h following question was asked 4 propose to take any geological district first in the work of reconstruction Russia?? M. Yitvinoff asked whether the gov- ernments represented at the conference were prepared to give credits, and he wished to know also if the subscommis- govern- and foreign the MANIFESTO BY THE IRISH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Dublin, June 27° (By the A. P.).—The dissentient teoops holding four ~ courts are strengthening their defemses in the evident expectation that their capture of Lieutenant - General - O'Connelil, assistant chief of staff of the regular republican forces, will stir up the provisional govern- ment. They seized General O'Conneil, they announce, as a protection against their own leaders engaged in executive orders, and in Teprisal aagainst the ra- rest by the provisionai government au- thorities of Commandant Henderson, di- rector of the boycott agmnst Belfast in the belief tMat such reprisal arrests of the irregu- lar _chiefs less likel O’Connell s next in command to Owen O'Duffy ; he took over the Carragh camp from the British. and during the Euro- pean war served as a major in the Amer- ican army. He was returning to Be gars' Bush late at night afoot and in uniform, but was not armed_when he was intercepted by an armed party and car- cled away. Inquiries at republican head- quarters today were answered by the as- surance that he would not be released be- fore Commandant Henderson. A strong manifesto was evening by the provisional government. calling attention to “grave acts against security, peace and property,” and declar- | ing that the duty of the government to protect and_ secure all law respecting citizens_wiout distinction, will be reso- lutely performed.. The manifesto cal upon the citizens to co-operate actively with it in the measures it is taking to secure public safety. This manifesto is not believed to imply immedjate action against the occupants of Four Courts, and the opinion is held that before drastic measures are adopted the zovernment wiil ask for a vote of approval in the new Dail Eireann. The} pronouncement, however, appears to mack the end of the olicy of treating with the dissentient army.on compromise lines. FOUR BANDIT SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN MOUNT VERNON issued this | New York, June 27.—Four men, aid by the police to answer the description of the bandits who early today robbed two Bronx National bank messengers of a $3,500 payroil, were arrested this after- noon in Mount Vernon. The car in which swer thedescription of the one in which the bandits escaped. Detectives from hte Bronx were sent to Mount Vernon immediately after the report of the arrest was received to bring the suspects to New York for possible identification. Aifred Costino, 41 years old a laundry wagon driver of the Bronx. died in Lin- coln hospitali of a wound suffered when James McClary, one of the messenger: fired after the bandits. MeClafy was heid on a technical chaige of homicide. Adam Brode, the other messengee, may lose the sight of his right eye, as the result of a biow {rom the pislol of one of the bandit: The four prisoners from Mount Vernon later were charged with homicide, and two of them, Tony De Lucca and Teldo Bruno, were said by the poiice to have confessed after lengthy questioning at police Headquarters. A girl sald to be De Lucca’s sweet- heart, Alicedo May, also is held as af material witness. The two other prisoners gave the names of Barratiero Tuello and John ly Flow Into Russia in Proportion to the Reestablish- mission at The Huue"l'l_xlq"f sion would give guarantees that ersdits would_be. forthcoming ; otherwise, &t said; discussion would be useless, Hilton Young. of the British delegs- tion, réplied: “We cannot answer- thal question withbut information which Rus- eia alone can give us; it could only be answered on the assumption that a sat- isfagfory solution will be reached. Ob- : we are not going to answer you in the negative, because we, who are Susy men, would ot be here as we 6 engage in a discussion on credits un- less we_all hoped to find a basis for crediis and make that basis frultful” 3. Litvinoff expressed satisfaction with the explanation. and announced that he would willingly supply the in- formation” required on condition that the sub-commission would discuss guaran- tees and credits and that the Russiang would not again be referred to as per- €615 Giftside the conference. He asked for time to 1~ 4ire the plans; then made the somewRar “arprising proposition that goods should be supplied to the Russian government with the understanding thst the- governments would back thelr own merchants bills, thus enabling the mer< chants to look to their home govern- ments for payment. rather tham to the Russian - government. This.idea met with little favor. and apparently was abandoned by Litvinoff. M. Lityinoff followed a visit to the Duteh foreign minister M. Van Karne- beek. today with calls omsseveral of the leading Dutch bankers to sound them relative to inaugurating banmkinz rela- tions_between Holland and soviei Russia and the possibility of obtaining credita. It is understood that the reply of the bankers. was non-committal. but that they, informed M. Litvinoff that it would be difficult for the Dutch banks to do business with Russia when the Duteh overnment had not made a treaty with the soviets and when the outcome The Hague conference was still uncers tain. The banks 10} the correspondents that they considered the problems involved in the- reconstruction of Russia difficult. but not hoj e INVESTIGATING AN ATTACK BY STRIKING MINERS St Clairsville, O., June 27.—Tnvestiga- tion by county offirials of the aileged at- tack of striking 1 iers on an automobiie carrying workers 10 the mine of the | Union Coal Stripning company, néar Laf- ferty, today, in which John H. Major 46 was shot to death, and his nephew, «# de Major, and Clack Story. all of Henurys- burg, were wounded, 5o {ar has fafled ta disclose names of any of the attacking party. Sheriff R. T. Lynch and Coroner C. C. Hardesty, who spent several hours at {he scene of -the crime, reported ignorance was professed by nersons in the vicinity regarding the inc'dent. Major_ a faemer and former deputy sherif!, liad been overating a steam shovel at the mine. This morning. it was said, he was warned by an official of the United Mine Workers not to go near the mine, but Major was quoted as saying he had $2,000 invested in the company and was interested in seeinz operations come . The three mefi were near the mine whesf they were haited by a crowd of men said to have numbered about 200. They were ordered to tuen bxck, and did se, according to information received by the coroner, bt as they turned firing started. Major was shot throush the back. Nine bullets pierced the rear of the machine. * When county officials arrived the crowd had dispersed and Major's body was found- lying in the machine. A revolver which: had. not been fired was found in His pdrRet. The mine, owned by Cieveland capital, was said to have been operated under’ lease by a Chicago concern which started "WorE~ Beferal days ago desoite alleged threate by striking miners. First. reports of the shooting erroneous. 1y slated that Major was an employe of the ‘Catharine Coal company at Unlon- town. PENN ROAD WOULD INCKE . - “RENTAL OF LONG ISLAND New York. June 27.—The N Central collects 35 cents a year for every commuter that the New York, New Haven and Hartford brings into Grand Central terminal, while the Pannsylvania railroad gets but six miter from the Long lsland the state transit commission was told today at & the men were taken also was said to an-{hearing of an application of the Fennsyl- vania for permission to increase M8 rental by $60,000 a year. “This"condition prevails despits the fact that the Long Island collecis a higher fare from its commuters, '3 D. Hutchin- son, & supervising transit inspactor, testi- fied. The rental increase sough: would boost the Long Island's cost per Dasseng- er for terminal facilities only a quarter of a cent. The present reatal is abowt $240,000 a year. MAN'S EARS CUT OFF WHILE HE WAS INTOXICATED New Brunswick, N. J., June 27—Aus- tin Batley, a plumber, was fcund by po- Iice today sitting on a curb with both his ears cut off. At St Peter's hespital, Billéy, Who was sald to Le intoxicatsd, was’ unable to tell how he nad Jost his ears. -He declared he could not remem- ber anything up to the time he was, found. A trail of blood led from wners he had been sitting 19 a deserted shamiy abawh forty feet away, hut search of the shame Citro. All are iu the early 20s. DECREASE IN PERSONAL INCOMES IN CONNECTICUT Hartford, June 27.—Indications of a decrease in personal incomes in this state were given today in figures made pub- lic. at the office of the United States in- ternal revenue collector. Federal re- turns on pérsonal income tax for the year 1921 indicate that the net income of Connecticut peple liable (o the tax was about $300,000,000. This is imately $150,000,000 less than the total ::;mmcmmhmx&urutfl' ty fevedlled nothing. No me couli be found who had eard any disurbance the neighborhond. RUSSIAN DELGATION TO MEET TWO SUB-COMMISSIONS TODAY The Hague, June 27.—(By the A. P.)—' Maxim_ Litvinoff, chief of the soviet delegation to the perts on Russian affeirs, after & mest~ ing today between the soviet th e v s v A ] o tinue. ] »w York, 1 cents per com-, 5 | Y |4