Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 18, 1922, Page 1

Upon the Operators the Fact That Public National Security Are Paramount to “the Freedom of Action on the Part of Workmen and on the Part of Em- ployers”—Miners’ Union Has Thus Far Declined to Ac- "CABLED PARAGRAPHS | London, ‘July 17.—(By the A. X‘?"M and 43 Captur question in the house of commons sald | * wwiycpire W : 57 that the British government was steadily | 4. oo oours; W & July 17—(By the pursuing. a_ policy of insisting that Ger- | {eg ‘many adopt thé financial reforms Te-J i commended by the reparations commis- [, the first essential was re- of the German system and restoration of the equilibrium /in thé sion. He sal establishme! budget. e RUSSIA TO BE ALLOWED TO . | 2sainst a2 mob, sata i P.)—Four known dead, whose bod- lay in the morgue here tonight, w Nt witnesses of .the gun fight whi Taged. for more than an hour at day- break. around . the Clifton mine of the! Richland - Coal company at Clintonville, '| t¢n miles away. = Sherift H. H, Duval | Who led nis little. band of deputi to ‘have crossed from the union coal fleld of Pennsylva- ree Men' of At.| | fiected with the Brazillan revolt have sur- | rendered. | gration ‘the tide has turned . to South Paris, July 17—(By the A. P.)—The reduction of the German indemnity to 50,000,000,000 gold marks: from “the pres- ent total of 132,000,000,000 and the can- cellation of the Freneh deot to England is the basis of a solution of the repara- tions question now being seriously dis- cussed by French and British officlals. Although the scheme has no: ficially reached the reparations commis- sion members of the latter have discursed America. Compulsory police pistol practics will | ‘begin among the The steamship Mobile City 1s ashore o Protection - Island in. Puget Sound, ac- cording to word received in San Francis- ©o. v ‘Bridgéport ofticers- on ‘"Chen Chlung Ming’s troops have brok- en the drive of Sun Yat Sen's forces in the vicinity of Shiukwan, infileting con- siderable losses. 3 Herbert W. Snow, formerly auditor of passenger receipts on the New York, New | Haven and (Hartford railroad, ~died in Grace hospital, New Haven. Peace Conferences Between the Members of the U. S. Labor Board and the " Resumed. Peace conferences between members of the United States railroad lsbor board “ F o X out, during the last two weeks in anticl pation of President Healy & 2 ¥ OUTLINE NEW PROPOSALS 1 -The Hague, July 17 &ippl and the Plttsburghsvein operators and other association of Obio, voted for. an unqualified acceptance of the presi- dent’s arbitration plan. Indiana state association stood out against_the plan, on the ground that no arbitration commission should have rep- resentation of partisans on it, elther min- ers or mine operators. The .Pittsburgh permission and the raliway executives are resumed. | to strike today, failed t0 show up If Wage reductlons became effeetive yes-| Rail officials assert many thousand | power houses and shops, it was reported terday Jn two textile plants in Lowell |strikers returned to work on the last|Non-union firemen employed in the B . employing normally approximately 7,000 ; day given them to protect their seniority | and O. shops at Staten Island. declined rights on_many roads. to join the strike. J. C. Smock, vice president of the| Thirty stationary enginemen at moom Dorchester, an |Maintenance workers, estimated that 25.- | joined the strike of workers af the attorney took out papers for the demo-{000 out of some four hundred thousand , Lackawanna shops at Hoboken; Kings- cratic nomination for lieutenant govern- | Mmembers of his union have struck with- | land and Secaucus. The. company res - or of Massachusetts. o | out authorization. ported their places had been filled by Strike sympathizers in Jowa who pre- | newly hired men. cept the Arbitration Proposal. « Washington, July 7.—Bituminous coal mine operators were “invited” by Presi- dent Harding at the White House today “to return to your mine property and restime operations” after they had re- plied to the president's tender of arbitra- tion for settiing the national coal strike with a collective offer to put their proper- ty and their services at the disposal of nia, was among. those ers are: = Fran (By he A. ) | T, o Foe —Sovlet Russia will be given an op- portunity tomorrow to outline any new | pr proposais for a seftlement of the, is- sues which have been before the con- ference, ‘in other words, The Hague con- ference has been resuscitated. . Everything depends upon whether the Russian. delegation has_concrete propo- dead. The oth-|the detalls. It is cxpected the pruposed > Milich, Monnessen, | plan will be bne of the chi»f subjects of -~ Crook ; an unidentified man.| discussion in’the- forthcoming menting of With Sheriff Duval,. when his. men|Premiers Poincare .and Lioyd George. essed battle dgainst the. attacking| The suggested solution has the hear‘y force .and drove them back ~from _the|support of British. ofticlals, who have mine, after the tipple had been fired been urging its acceptance upom the and at least two of the participants had French officials, it is announced. The fallen, was ‘his son Thomas. He saw|latter, so The Associated Press has been Nis father shot down. the body later,reliably informed, is lookiaz with more being, found to. contain marks of seven the government “in this crisis.” the @ttempt to resume operations. Mganwhile, the miners’ union, through 25 _adjournment sine die of its controlling polley committee, made certain its refus- al 1o aeeept the arbitration proposal, and left The bituminous operators were likewise not a unit in accepting the many of its officials ‘Washington. immediately government arbitration proposal, but the preaident said that “a large majority” of tham, by unqualified acceptance, had giv- en him occasion to “express my own and the public’s gratitude. There were Intimations in official clr- cles that all the implications of the de- cision to ask that the mines be opened had been fully considered by the govern- ment, and that there was a possidility that the protection of troops and the American flag would be furnished in dis: tricts where men wers willing to work, falling sufficient local safeguarding. Employers generally held the view that some coal production would result in onibn flelds in Pennsylvania and Ohio, it nowhere else, even though executives of the non-union mines south of the Ohlo river reported today that outpit was be- Ing cut off sharply through lack of trans portation, due to the rallroad strike. A day and a night of almost éontinu- vus sessions did not suffice to make the bltuminous employers a unit for accept- ince of the detailed arbitration proposals »f the government, even though anthra- tite, operators last week had given quick Acoeptance. On a final vote, a general letter, accepting the principle of arbitra- tioh, and making the tender of mines snd services, was agreed upon and pre- sefited to the presifient. Operstors’ Letter to President. In their letter to the president plainig their situation the said: “We have given most careful and thorough consideration to the proposal submitted by you on ‘July 10, supple- meénted by your statement of July 15, and we are not only in entire accord with your plan to establish a general tribunal to inquire into all the facts in ex- operators our Industry and make recommendations fof the solution of our fundamental problem, but we urge that such a plan beput fnto effect by you. “We also wish to remind you that we have already proposed the broad. prin- r previous con- fertnces with the officialf of the admin- the representatives of the miners. We still stand on that ciple of arbitration in istration and with ‘broad principle and are in entire aecord with you in that respect. “We did have in mind, dscussing with you certain recommendations as to the machinery to make an arbitration- plan effectivé and to accomplish the result which the country and you yourself de- sire, “In vi*w of the contingencies that confront us and the varying conditions In the different coal producing districts of the country,” our conference has de- ciffed to answer your proposal by dis- tricts, rather than as a whole, and we uttach hérets statements of the positions| taken by the several districts represent- @ in the conference of operators assem- Bied at your request in Washington. “All of the operators of your confer- ence unmite in supporting the prineiple of arbitration and collective bargaining and your high motives in calling us to- pether. “And. fimally, they say to you and to the Amer_an people that each and ev- sryone of them stands read yin this cris- Is t put his property and his own ser- oes at your disposa] and command at uny instance.” A delegation consisting of fifteen op- srators took the message to the White House and after their visit a statement sxplaining the procedure was given out &5 well as the text of the president’s re- The White House statement which' prectded a transcript of the president's! Temarks to the operators follows: “At five o'clock this afternoon, the coal operators made an extended verbal #pd_written report to the president. All of them subscribed broadly to the pr Posals to arbitrate. “The majority of the districts repre- sented in the conference accepted the president’s proposal unconditionally, “A minority of the districts jotned in the conference in subscribing to the yeneral principies of arbitration and col- lective bargaining.” President's Statement to Operators. President liarding's statement to the 1 have your decision. 1 would not be frank if I did not confess a disappointment of your lack of uran- bmity. To the large majority of you, who have pledged readiness to resums, metfvity under the government's propo- sal 1 must cxpress my own and the! public's gratitade. “We have now reached a point, ow- ing-to the refusal of mins workers and the minority of your opera to aos cept the proposed ~rbftration where tha g0od offices of the government in seek- ing-a voluntarily adjustment of the dis-| pate between mine operators and mine warkers are without avail. “1 casnot permit you to depart with. out remifding you that coal is a nation al -necessir~ the amrle supply of which is ‘gasestial likewise to a common wel fars_ and int’istate commerce. s frepdom of mction on the part workers and on tha part ol the does 5ot measure in import- 1 therefore invite vou Speak- ing a8 chairman of the group of operators after the White House conference, Alfred M, Oglo said the employers would make Producers’ assodiation, in. Pennsylvania, and the associations in central Pennsyl- vania operating ;unionized mines, with some support from Ohlo districts, présent- ed memorials which were rejections of the president’s plans. All minority spokesmen offered -to ac- Jovh axbltcation hie. digeiet Sials Secretary Weeks went to the . senate, late in the day while the operators were still in session and discussed with sen- ators from coal states the situation and the possiblé steps which might. be taken by the government in the emergency. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS WITH U. 8. RAILROAD LABOR BOARD Chicago, July 17, (By ‘the A. P.)— Peace negotiations, halted over the week-end, were resumed by members of the United States raliroad labor board today in an effort to bring about an ear- ly settlement of the railway shopme; striké, - W, H. Finley, president of the Chi- cago and Northwesterh and W. G. Blerd, president of the Chicago. and Alton: were among the raflway chiefs - who ited the labor board during the day for conferences with Ben Hpoper, chair-| man, while Walter L, McMenimen,” a Jabor board - member, met several high operating executives. While none of those present would make any statement regarding the ‘sub- jects discussed, jt Was intimated some) basis for agreement on the five demands prisented by B. M. Jewell, leader of the shopmen, to Hooper at a ‘conference. Detiveen the two last week was Sought as prelimimary to the: caliing of a new formal Bearing of all parties before the letor board. : 7 The five demands of m were announced - as the ot feniority rights to strikeys; ‘fmme- @'ate establishment of a national ad- justment board ‘so'that ‘the men may| ‘obtain . quicker action on local griev- ances than is possible through the labor hoard, the abol tracting Dby the roads, the ‘restoration of certain rules and working agreements and a return to the scale of wages in effect before the cut, ordered by the la- bor, board for July 1, became effective, simultaneously with the strike. An-indieation of the Tesult of the ne- gotiations on these fssues was seen in the statement of R. A. Henning, general chairman of the Federated Shop Crafts of ‘the Northwest, that only the refusal of the eastern roads to reinstate strik- ing workers -with their- full seniority ‘ghts was preventing a settlement as fir as‘the roads of the northwest wers cuncerned. Hepes for an early peace also were ruud .on the attitude of E, F. Grab!. president of the maintenance of way emplcyes, who arrived in Chicago to- ulght for conferences with members of tha labor board to. get support to pre- ven: carriers from _requiring ma:nte- nence men to do strikers’ work. While malntenance men were reported from various_sections of the country, mestly New York, as having joined th sir'ke, Mr. Grable asserted that such watkouts were entirely unauthorized znl that no strike orders would be issued, ut leasi until a meeting of the grand lodge of his orgAnization in Detroit, Friday. He will report there the result of the pexotiations with' members. of the- labor curd. Meanwhile, strike disturbances con- tinced to sprexd, the forces of federal mershals protecting the movement - of the mhils and interstate traflc was In- creased and more federal injunctions against picketing were granted, [ | N. C. 'TROOPS ORDERED TO PROCEED TO WAYCROSS, GA. Atlanta, Ga., July 17.—Governor Hardwick' fonight ordered Georgia Na- tional Guard troops to move as soon as possible to -Waycross, Ga., where aisor- ders were reported In connection with| the strike of some 1,000 union employes at the Atlantic Coast Line railway shope, A The trouble is sald to have started when two shop foremen attempted to Sring into rallroad shops two non-union men. The four were set upon and beat- en, and free-for-all fighting followed, in which several men are safd to nave been injured seriously, - H, J. Sweat officlally ‘wired Governor Hardwick tonight that he belleved- the that troops were neéded at once. prestnt empioyes of the raflroad had beén either beaten severely or driven from their territory. strike situation beyond.his control and, deemed utterly unacceptable. M. Lityinoff’s letter to the non-Rus: afternoon by the European yepresenta. monious, but” the Russians should be invited to meel the sub-commission on property tomor- row and submit their new suggestions. * The French opposed any renewal tion. . The Russians would mot restore prop: ertyg the Frerfu would discuss forms ~ of compénsation tolheln Russia financialiy.y M Litvinoff's suggestion for' a join ation of the conference, the Russlang “should be requested stale immediately their grounds thinking' that the conference can -be ef fectively resumed. Russians providing for some kind of restitution . of confiscated property, ra er than a promise of compensation, b slans will never pay ‘compsnsation =0 they can run under efffcient ment for. the benefit of Russians Russia derice. ¢ Some of the delegates cited the sarae: phraseology of M. Livinoff's letter as in Russia, and believe that the utmost pa- tience should exercised. SENATOR LAFOLLETTE . OPEN tacked predatory wealth, asserting tha congress, ‘the tariff ‘and other importan republican Jegislation. out would be found. of industry through over-capitaiization. was the zreatest cause of present “in dustrial disease.” To overcome monpp. oply he proposed the government tak: maintaining a strict leasin system. give all manufacturers an equal oppof- tunity. "He predicted that the govern. under this. system. The senator did not go into the ques. tion of prohibition. g5 Agriculture is almost prostrate, indus. try strewn with wrezks, the merchan fieet idle, when, idle. and_about vate individuals the dollar,” he added. people, namely, us, I, he sald, service, in the interests of the who ple and not special inferests, the Ford ney-McCumber bill wodld not get’ ten substantially higher than those of publican party from power. raising money for the soldiers’ and decls war. IMEXICAN BANDIT LEADER aciprding to advices sources - in" Tamsico , today, A newspa per sitions concerning confiscated property showing = distint change from the pre- vious attityde of the delegation on this problem, which the European delegates slan experts today asking for a renewal of the negotiations was discussed this tives, This meeting was far from har- inally it was agreed that of the pourparlors insistin vigorously that Litvinoff's communication was merely a reiteration of -the old bolshevik posi- declaed, and they only when they knew how much they owed: foreign countries and the extent #_which foreign countries were* ready European experts declined, o adopt meeting of the leaders of the non-Rus- sian commissions and the Russlans, to find, if possible, a basis for the continu- believing that to for Many of the delegates, especlaliy the British, prefer an arrangement with ihe cauce they frankly belleve that (he Rus: they want foreiners to get their factories back “and foreigners, .and are convinced that this would be the best means of regénerating and recreating - general -confi- dicating a_sincere. desire {o atiain a en- hment of outside con-|eral accord for the reconstruction of CAMPAIGN: FOR RENOMINATION Milwaukee, Wis, July 17.—(By The ALP)—United States Senator Lafolette, opening his' campaign for remomination in a Keynote speech here tonight, at- it had reached undreamed proportions and that it dominated-the disarmament|tha county with a company of state po-iwill /come, he said, depends upon the He was not a pessimist, he said, and believed a’way He claimed that monopolistic contro} ing back_control of natural resources and to ment would ot have'to fix the prices costing millions daily cven to e sold to pri- “for a few cents on Even greater plans are now under jto comply with the statutes of Connec- way, he said. to plunder the American |ticut and New Jersey, the appellate divi- the present tariff ~bill, the ship-subsidy bill, and an alleged ad- ministration plan to postpone the bon- | Alexander congress was Dbent on peo- votes in the senate, that its rates are the Payne-Aldrich; tariff that drove the ,re- He advocated an excess profits tax ‘bonus d” he opposed entry of the Wnited States into war because he knew who would have to bear'the ‘burdens, because he knew the shameful ‘ofgy of graft” that would uecomy‘any and fellow AMBUSHED AND KILLED Mexico City, July 17—(By The A. P.) The! —Eusebio - Gorozave, the bandit leader, sheriff statbd that so far as he could|and- ome of'his lieutenants, were -shot ascertain’ nearly fifty men isaid to bejand killed from ambush yesterday mnear Tampico Del Liano, State of Vera Cruz. from. authentic July 3. | KILLED BY FALL FROM THE Chesbire, Conn,, thet of pudlic welfare and pa-| from the top of: & load. of hay, Peter i 87, of Bethany, P our maine properties and; broken meck and died instantly here this afternoon. He was.standing on’the load Oyerus, while his gustus Selafani, STAMFORD MERCHANTS HELD A FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER Stamford, July 17.—Frank and Au- merchants, were held for the superior court without bail on.a charge of first degree murder, this af- ternoon in ity court, Coroner Phelan having found them criminally. responsi- ble for' the killing of Ignatius Montag- nino, also a merchant, on the night of nsel for the men tried to have Deputy Judge. Brinckerhof reduce the charge against Frank Sclafinl to that of| manslaughter but this was denied. CJuly two. 17.—Falling sustained bodies .are being brought” ¢d that oliy. “the Yaqui” ous deprecations in the Huasteca ol raid ‘o itex «Oll company and “the - na forty Americans for .ransom, “The _Yaqui” Gorozave’s domination. 1920 CENSUS SHOWS 508 DEAF MUTES IN CON 1920 mede public today by 1 United States - department of . comzierce. A Rort states, are native whiies ¥ were | males despatch from Tuxpan ssays the Should the news of Gorozave's death be. confirmed, the second In command, will_doubtless succced. to the leadership of the rebel baand waich for ‘months.has beeh commtting numer- region, the latest of which wap the - the ‘Aguada camp' uf the Cor- g of has the reputation of | being a_ typical ‘bad man” with the | gun, Who Was kept in restraint only by NNECTIOUT Hantford, ‘July 17.—Connecticut -has 598 deat mutes according to reports by | of ‘this city, were drowned here this af- government enumerators.in the census of Most of the peonle thus hancicapped, the :-- the have a slight majority over the bullets, but he continued. on with the} ‘defenders.: Not long afferward, when| the fight was over, heswas made sheritt of Brooks county, in his father's place;| by a court order. Watchers at the miné® were waiting for the Tuins of the tipple, burned in the attack to cool before searching for bod- ies of two men beMeved to-be buried un- der the debri i Rumor persisted that the bodies in the /morgue by no means represented the to- tal casualties ‘of the fight, but none of; the deputy sheriffs would confirm re-! ports thai numbers of men had been shot down and their bodies dragged, through the woods by their companions. Errors in repeated ‘announcements at the sheriff's office during the day that at least seven men had been killed and their' bodies brought here were /account-| ed for tonight by an official who sald| that men now known to be wounded were at first reported dead. Three wounded men of the attacking force were in hospitals in Wheeling and 13 others, captured by the deputies in| the battle were in he 'Ohio .county jail not far away. Nine prisoners, three of whom had been shot, were confined imi the Wellsburg jail, seven of this. num-| ber had been taken in the woods around| the Clinton mine late this afternoon by state - police, ‘who, It was reported . to-| night, were continuing the search, On’ the other side of the state line, four miles away, troopers of the Peni-. sylvania state ' contabulary were guard, operating’ in ' conjuriction with the ‘West- irginia“ forces, ~'It was expected by the authorities: that- they would b| reinforced by 26 "others from Harris-| Thomas H. Duval, who was in the fight - ‘with his—father, “but eseaped- un- t t court, and, among his first dutjes, ar- ranged with W. S. Wikin, prosecuting attorney. for.a speclal grand jury to in- vestigate the fight. He aiso. conferred| with the coroner for the inguest and then filed charges of murder against 27 men who, he alleged, took part in the battle. Nearly all of .them, the author- itles said; were, from the Cross Creek section. just over the border ii Penn- sylyania. G Prosecuting Attorney Wilkin, report- ing to Governor E, Morzan, at Charleston, today, said the ,sltua.tlnn: here was “dplorable” For the pres- ent, it was said. no call will be sent for the 'National Guard_as the authorities felt the situation was safe in.the hands) 1ot Captain White, who has arrived in! t t | Tice With_forty-three prisoners in custor three in Wheeling hospitals, 15 fn Ohio county jail there, and 25 in Jjail here. deputy’ ‘sheriffs. armed with 200" “John, Doe” warrants charging murder are! scouring the country as far as the Penn.| sylvania_border. and a- large force of, stat police and deputies guarding the: striking ‘miners’ tent colony at Clifton- ville where a battle ‘between a sheriff's force and a large crowd of men today resulted in the deaths of at least four men and the wounding of others. The situation in Brooke county was late to- night. tense. NEGLIGENCE WILL COST LAW FIRM MORE THAN $8,000 t New York, July 17.—Because contracts which they drew in a horse deal failed sion court today held Meier. Steinbrink, and the estate of his former law-partner, McKinney. accountable for $7,602, plus interest since 1913, which their negligence was alleged to have cost Max C. Degen, a elient. “Bvery lawyer should know _statute law and should know that the statutes of one state differ from those of another,” said Justice Page, writing the unanimous opinion of the court. Steinbrink had in- terposed posed a defense that any lawyer could not be expected to know all ‘about the laws of other states: “A lawyer, like any cltizen who under- takes a job,” the opinion continued,.‘rep- Tesents that he is capable of performing it {n a skillful manner. Not to do so, and to prepare documeénts that have no legal ‘potency, is such & negligent dis- charge of duty to his client as'to render him - liable for losses sustained through such negligence. MULLIGAN ‘CANDIDATE FOR" - SUPERIOR ADVOCATE K. OF C. Hartford,” July 17—The candidacy of| ‘William - J. Mulligan, of Thompsonyille, | was formally announcéd today for the! office - ~of ° Superior - advocate of 'tHe Knights: of Columbus, made vacant by the resignation of Joseph Pellieter of Boston. - His name will probably be pre- sented to the supreme conventfon of the order at Atlantic City, according to the announcement,: Mulligan is. an attorney here and was chairman of the K. of C.f committee engaged in war activitles. Tiel is a member of the board of directors and was formerly a state. députy:of the organization. For. a number of years he filled the office of prosecutor in the| Enfield courts. TWO BOYS DROWNED IN MILL RIVEE, NEW HAVEN 1 New Haven, July -17.—uDmped into the Mill-river when a raft upon ‘which they were playing tipped to one side, Frank Roman, 14, and John Geenty, 13, ternoon. . Geenty who was unable to swim, grabbed Roman' around the' meck, preventing him from saving either him- self or his - companion. Several —men with grappling irons recovered Geen- ty's body after twn hours of hard work. onsloan in’ itse ed- un-{would probabily be-able hurt, was elacted sheriff by the countybudget by Junuary, provided she is ri and more favor upon the -plan, provided it carries with it a clean out pledge of as- sistance in time of attack anl assures France the allotment, whoily or' m part of England's 22 per cent. shar> of the total indemnity. It is velieve 1 that Ing- land is ready to concede virfually all these demands if full aceptancs on the part’of the French government is obtain- ed. 4 5. The British decided to push the plan when it was definitely dstsrniined that the United States was not i1 a_mood to discuss cancellation of tha allied, debt, it was learned today. Supporters of the scheme hope Amerlca will fllow the lead after she had had tie chance to observa the good, which may result from even & rertial writing off of tlhe war deits. British officials have fnformed the French that their plan would bring abriut a radical change in the present situation. It s thought would be stahilized, busine: Testored and Germaiy, with w roilectible indemnity would be bound ‘s {ind msans of paying. The proposal has strons advocates in the reparacons commissi>u, it is an- nounced in these circles today. [t 15 ex- pected in that guarter it would have the unoffiriul of - the American government. £ point out that its adoption woull im: mediately aave the effect of calliaz to- gether the committee «f mtarrational bankers, Who would probably arranze-a Jarge enough sare Tep- aration payments fo. several yaurs under the revised fiure ' The plan would -call for a moratorinm for;the remainder ofithis.year!scash pay- ments, The Assceiated Press laarns, o perts taking the ‘view (aat ierigany to:palance lleved of payments until thic tije. The | acceptance si.the proposed adjustment hy France, advocates explain, wor'd have the effect of placing all the alliss, includ- ing Great Britain and the Unit>d States, firmly behind France in-the collection of the reparation® account. BELIEVES LOAN WILL BE . ARRANGED FOR GERMANY New York, July 17.—Belief that a loan to Germany will be arranged by in- ternational bankers was expressed today by_Clarencs” Dillon head of the banking 2nd brokerage firm of Dillon, Read & company, who has just returned from a two months' visit to Europe. When it political situation in Europe is adjusted. “It does not seem to me,” he said, “that relief can be arranged for Germany be- fore Germany ‘collapses. To all intents and purposes, the collapse nas already oc- curred and the mark may ce exrectel (o decline to almost the sani. extent as the Austrian kroner. In England they think that a soclal upheaval -will accompany political revolution in Germany, but I doubt that. Things will not be as bad in Germany as they are in Russia or Aus- tria. . ‘After the political problem is settled economic quektions easily can be disposed of. ' First, it is necessary that France Le provided for and we shouid sympathize with her in her demand for security against German attack and for her claim for reparations. She has a very real problem to face and it may take years to solve it. o congress of bankers can sit down and work out a formulasfor curing the ills of Europe; but individuai bankers, working in lependently, can accomplish a great deal” MES. PHILLIPS, CHARGED WITH MURDER, CONTINUES TO SMILE Los - Angeles, Jily i7.—A coroner's jury today charged Mrs. Clara Bhillips With'the death of Mrs. Alberta Meadows, who was slain with a hammer and rocks. The smiling prisoner was permitted- to- night to see her husband, A. J.. Phillips, for the first time ‘since he was srrest- ed. : B The meeting, Which took placs 10 the jailer's office, was affectionate. What- ever the two sald- to each other was not caught by the attorneys and newspaper- men’ oresen. Phillips, his wife and. counsel jater held a conference. The attorness issued a satement saying the clrcumstances of Mrs. Meadows' death as presented to the ‘public thus far were incomplete and asking that judgment be suspended un- til the' entire matter had been brought out in court. X The inquest verdict was based chlefly upon: the testimony of Mrs. Peggy Caf-: fee, that she accompanied Mrs. Meadows and Mrs. Phillips on the drive last Wed- ay. Which terminated in the trage- . She declared that Mrs. Phillips ac- cused Mrs. Meadows of accepting 'glite from Mr. Phillios. a set of tires for her automobile and s wrist. wateh. Mrs Meadows declared this was not true nnd Mrs. Phillips Tesponded with blows with 2. -hammer she.had drawn from under her cape. Mrs. Caffee testified. . The bank, where Mre. Meadows was employed, zave to, the. dlstrict attorney’s oftice a_statement that the tires 20 e watch had been bought by Mrs. Mea- dows with money she reeived in settle ment of a claim against a street rat way’ company for the death of her hus- band 11 months ago. NEGOTIATING WAGE SCALE / FOR CANADIAN RAILWAY MEN Montreal, July 17.—Negotiations of a new wage seale to affect 7,000 Taliway workers outside the running _trade were “opened today by officials of the Grand Trunk and delegates of the Ca- nadian Brotherhood of Rallroad 1m- ployes.. Needham appeared for A McGuire for the Reductions dmounting to from 24 to 40 cents a day for maintenance of way em- ployes on the Canadian roads went into effect Monday. Approximately 40,000 men are involved. The American Labor party was born in New York, when 236 delegates to the fusion convention being held there, voted unanimously to call themselves by that name, § The Right Rev. John G. Murray, aux- iliary bushop of the Hariford diocese, Sunday laid the cornerstone for the school and convent of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Bridgeport. Stones were thrown by pickets at the Pacific print works in, Lawrence, Mass, and Policé Officer Martin Dunn was hit in | the leg,-but was not hurt. ~No arrests were made. = Work was resumed- yesterday - in the two - Sears-Roebuck shoe factories in Springvale, -Me;, closed Thursday by labor troubles which have been adjust- ed. Rev. Francls X.~ Schadwell, of the Catholic diocese of Georgia, who was on a visit in New Haven, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Frank C. Beck .He was a native of Waterbury. Every auto bus _must come to a fall stop at all grade crossings in New Jer- sey. to aseertain if it may cross the tracks safely, an order just issued by the public| utility commission directs. Al i otginiaed Inio A, and thus have regular ew Hi ol ST ‘hours for & State department officlals sald yester- day.they had heard only indirectly of the intention of Adolfo De La Huerta, the Mexican:, seeretary _of finance, to visit Washington before his departure for Mex- ico City. Reports reaching Belfast represent ths city of Cork as, suffering sgrievously at the hands of the republican insurgent forces, who are said to be in absolute control. Five men arrested last Tuesday when the auxiliary schooner Lorena was seized off Newburyport by customs. officials after 250 cases of liquor had been found on board. 5 The suggestion that New England manufacturers begin to build up a coal reserve was made in a statement by How- ard Coonley, chairman. of ‘the chamber of commerce committee on commercial and industrial aftairs. Montreal had its second daylight pay- roll robbery this month wnen a youth snatched the $1,500° payroll of N.. C. Polson & Co,, wholesale druggists, from the hands of a girl cashier and uca 1 an automobile. 'y The Chemical Foundation, Inc., has de- clined to comply with the request of Alien Property Custodlan Thonss - W. Miller that it return to the government the pat- ents, trademarks and copyrights assigned to the company. Father Mortillac, the French monk, re- puted to have been the last lover of Mata Hari, the celebrated Dutch dancer who was executed by the French near the end of the war as a German spy, has been located in the Carthusan monastery at Cartuja de Miraflores, Spain. Five coaches on the Seaboard Alr Line_train No. 3, turned turtle at 5.30 o'clock one miles south of Cox, Ga. Mon- day morning. A negro dining car cook was killed and several passengers in jured. - N The body of Alleen Gregory, 19 years old, was found ‘lying by a lonely road on the Gertrude C.. Ritter estate near Manchester, Vt. ‘with . a bullet” wound near her heart. A revolver lay beside her The girl's home was_ only a few minutes’ walk from the scene. Rev. Walter W. Culp, former pastor of church at Spring Valley, Ohio, was taken to Xenia, Ohlo, to face a- charge: of -wife “Rev. Culp, it s alleged; deserted his wite and nfne children, giving as a reason, that hé could not support abandonment. them on his salary of $1,200, a year. Walter Patterson of Bridgeport; who as announced he would attempt to swim | the English Channel next .month,, swam from " Middle Ground Jight _to. . Seaside Park in six hours and twenty minutes, a distance estimated at tén” miles, against a strong -westerly. breese. Mrs. Margaret Uppereae, of Washing- ton, D,C., who took' a draught of lini- ment While ‘on-the Colonial Expréss Sat- urday afternoon appears to have fully Tecovered at the Stamford hospital. No -have been TN o iven .them, opportunity. to ¢ swimming in the vented wrecking crews fom clearing ke tracks are warned by - federal officlals ot interfers with interstate traffic. GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO AVOID DRASTIC ACTION Washington, July 17.—(By The A. P.) —Occupled almost exclusively with en- deavors to bring about a resumption of work in the coal fields, administrative officials of the government marked time today in the rallroad’ strike situation. Indications were given that the.suspen- sion of activity with respect to the rafl- road troubles was deliberate and for the purpose of giving full attention tv the coal strike. Bmphasis was placed hy most officiale. however, on the statement that eve within the next few days will necessarily govern the government’s policy and hope was expressed that it woud not be essary to take any drastic action. Everything pointed to deliberation an1 careful consideration prior to any de- cision and for proof ‘the government's tion With' respect to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad was point- ed to. Officlals in the case of that railroad, tonight awaited the final repor’ of the inspector general of the Eighta corps area, who went to Denison, Texas, Where @isorders have occurred, to in- vestigate. The inspector ‘general, Colonel Lincoln. in a telezram to the war de- partment late in the dav, said that Gov- ernor. Neff of Texas chad amnounced there: would be a few hours delay be- fore he announced what steps would be taken by the state to preserve order. Secretary, Weeks ‘would pot indicate the' course’ the government would pur- aue.if Goyernor Neff's reply was not re- garded here as satisfactory. It was evident that- the war' secretary-expected the whole question of federal interven- tipn. in: the railroad situation to be re- viewed by .tpe .cabinet ‘at its regular meeting tomorrow and that he did not anticipate- that instructions would come from the White House to send troops to.Denison before that.time regardlees of the governor's attitude. Co-operation of the state ot Penn- sylvania in any sten the federal govern- ment might take in either the rall or the coal strike was promised by Gov- ernor Sproul and Attorney General Al- aer of hat state in conferences during the, day with President Harding and Secretary. Weeks. Some rerorts of interfererce with movement of the mails cont:nued come in during the day, but the situa- tion'in that respect with the exception of an’ isolated case -of Iowa, Wheie sbilx- ing coal miners and their sympach: prévented the clearing of a wreck on the Burlington tracks, showed aa im- Piovement. The American Federation of Labar made public tonight a.“proclamatio the form of a resolution adopted by ‘1S xecutive council purporting to set forth important truths in conneciion with the strike of the railroad shop Lraues work- ers” Copies were sent to all national and ‘international unions and all ceniral labor bodies throughout the United States. The proslamation denfed that the work- ers werg “engaged in a conflict aga'nst the ‘govornment,” lasserting that they hdd ‘“ceased work because the railroat labor board has made an award in re- sponse to a pica by the railroads putling into effect terms and conditions of em- ployment * * * which the workers are unable to accept. “The stoppage of work can be ended at any moment through joint negotia- tions,” the resoltion continued, “and there 1z nothing to prevent the railroads from adopting this codrse at any mo- ment."” Alleging that the railroad coatrol is vested in “a comparatively smali gro of New York banks” the resolution a: cribed the’ recent cuts in wages of rail Toad workers to a desire on the part of railroad executives to “cover the cost of waste, extravagance and high finax ing. | WALKED OTUT IN THE.NEW YOBK DISTRICT 800 MEN men,. nciuding stationary engineers, firemen, oflers and maiutenance of way and repair shops of eleven roads in the New York district today. Sheriff's deputies of Bergen COUnty, and rifies, began at practiée with tear gas bombs. Sixty United States deputy in addition to 100 already thé ‘mails on the Erie. Gravity of conditions on at the Hoboken yards. TUnited . States District Judge Bodine at -Newark extended an o:nj}lncfloncli'f; Hagus ersey straining Mayor e e e d yards of the Erie rallroad, or interfer- and municpal__ poliee ing with private company police. information has been given by the. woman or members of.her party to throw light on the case. . S Cardinal Togue, the primate.of Ireland, preaching ‘at Carlingtord, County Louth, where he is taking a hollday, depounced the murders, ' lootings; burnings - and raidings. He said that in future those participating in such outrages would do 80 under pain of excommunication. . Rabbls, minlsters snd priests, duly ap- pointed by the heads of the ecclesiastical jurisdictions. of their churches, may sup- Orvm‘:ho ‘manufacture and distribution of wines in. their specified terri- tories, under new' regulations being ::nk-. Commissioner - i 1 ‘At Trenton, as deputies for emergency duty. General vast the machine going. . R:.rlrn.d ’:’xmfi’“l however, contin- 1 t the strike was seriously ted to deny that 4 affecting o Their clatms that mail trains were op- erating unhampered were corroborated er or freight New York, July 17.—FEight hundred employes, walked out of power houses . ‘With machine and riot guns Rk Hackensack +t0 marshals,! employed, were assigned to strike’duty guarding{ the Lacka- warns 194 General Manager E. H. Rine| Naudin, in the first automobile and Yo establish headquarters in a Pullmani e U..S, Marshal Mulhsrson| orderéd sherifts of 21 New Jersey coun- ‘ties to make a survey of men available Goethals, - commander of the ervice of supply and transporta- tion organized by the Port of New York authority for emergency, announced 38 per cent of its members are ready to set An Erje power station fes track sig- nals at Jersey City, was closed when ! stationary engine and firemen walked out this afternoon. Men immediately were assigned to operate the sfgmals by hand. until a new power house crew could be recruited. Conditions on the Erie, New York Central, Pennsylvania, Jersey Central and Lehigh Valley were declared by executives 10 be “unchanged.” At strike ‘headquarters, however, It was asserted the Erie has already been so. badly crippled by lack of men to repair apé clean locomotives and rol¥ng stock. that a_complete breakdown was imminent. TROUBLES INHERITED FROM THE WILSON ADMINISTEATION Jersey City, #ily 17—Presideng Harding’s present difflculties with the coal and rallroad strikes are troubles “inherited” from the Wison adminis- tration, Senator Willis, republ'dan, of Ohio, declared in an address here to- night before the Hudson County Re- punblican clubd. “Not only have the present unfortu- nate industrial % ubles cometo Harding,” said Senator Willis, “as the Tipened, bitter and certain fruitage of of mistaken—poicies _in the past, but om March 4, 1921, there was handed to him the most tangled, disorganized twreak of affairs that was ever presented by one administration to_another.” Discussing the industrial situation, he said the president had “inherited from the preceding_administration the legacy of largess and recklessness which is now culméniating in disturbent in e condjtions S0 grave as to tax the wis- dom of statesmanship for their solus tion. - b . During thé war, said Senator Wilis, - “about everybody who wanted anything from the government treasury got it ana if it did not S ‘ask for enouh - suggestion more liberal asking was in lmmam sanctioned and urged by those high'in authority, while in others threats extracted weak concessions from: the. government that were used as a basis for further de- mands.” ; K7 “As a result of this truckling poliey,* he continued. “respect for authority war weakened and government by threat and coeraion encouraged.” A Senator Willis reviewed acts of the republican_administration wrged the re: election of . Senator - Frelinghuysen, Ter publican, New Jersey. NEW SYSTEM DEVISED FOR WITHDRAWAL OF LIQUOX Washington, July 17.—Appearance of a counterfelt of the prohibition’ mnizs new permit blank for the withdrawal of liquor has caussd. the installation of & naw corfirmation system to peave: flowing_into fllegal channels, Commis- sioner Haynes sald today. A treasury decision is in the courss of preparation, Mr. Haynes sald, wiich will require all permits for the withirawal of liquor from warehouses to be confirmed by the federal prohibition direstor of the district before the spirits can be removed. Heretofare confirmation nas _only .beem required of withdrawals of more than fifteen cases. Mr: Haynes declared that to the best of the prohibition unit's know-. ledge. no liquor has been obtained upom , the counterfeit’ permits. WHY FRELINGHUYSEN VOTED FOR SENATOR NEWBEERY Jersey City. July 17.—Declaring that he “did not whnt to go behind 'the su- preme court of the United States” and thersfore “could do nothing ese but vote for Senator Newberry.” United States Senator Joseh S. Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey tonight declared in a speech be- fore the Hudson County Reppiblcan committee his reasons for voting to seat the Michigan senator. " v #1 voted for jthe man Vi thres stars, against the man with none he eontinued. “Senator Newberry had three sons in the war, but Henry Ford had none, Mr. Ford's son was drafted, but his father appealed and young Ford was — exempted.” 1 PLANNED TO ASSASSISATE " MILLERAND AND POINCARK Paris, July 17.—(By ths A. P.)--Gue- tav Bouvet, who firel three shots in ax attempt to assassinaze President Miller- - and on July 14, in 2 formal examination today with his 9ttormey present, said- that he really planned {0 assassinate ths president and Sromis Poincare. ex- pecting them both tc 1lde In the same carriage. . ¥ He stated that he was disappointed to. find only one person, Prefect of Police A. . 5 3 iz o thinking that the prefect was the premien, = Bouvet refused for the present to tell why he fired the shots. ‘Witnesses sald that = Bouvet fired at a distance of eight feet, aiming 2t the prefect. CAPT. RICE, A SUPREME DIRECTOR OF THE K. OF 0. New Haven. July 17.—It was announc- ed at the national headquarters of the Knights of Columbus today that Captain ' Patrick H. Rice of Augusta, Ga, had. been appointed. a supreme director of the K. of C. The appointment was made by Supreme Knights: James 3 Flaherty. <15 he Cuthotis Lassacats asae ers In the ' of Georgia, organized to t T by, officlals of the post office department, although it ws admitted that recruit-{lice in Ing of deputies for emergency duty was| against h engineers, going, on with increased vigor. Stratford, hanged in the