Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 22, 1922, Page 1

EmCmmmWMnndW&uSnw hPmlfintledmg—AWMmMfi& BoudofMulnhonbeCfiuhthonflu»Tm tion Controversies—Chairman Hooper of the Railroad jugge 5. leotBolrdHuBaenCalledloWuhqnctonhlee the President His Views of Conditions. ¢ ‘Washington, July 21.—(By the {A. P.)jat widely scattered points, bt mo se- | of -the- industrial court act *~Determined to obtain a first hand view of the railroad strike situation, President Harding ‘oday called Chairman Hooper, of the rallroad labor board here from Chicago for a personal ingerview. Prior to summoring the labor / board Bead, the president received Chairman Cummins and Senators Kellogg and Wat- %on, of the senate interstate comnmerce sommittce, who reported on their confer- ence last night with eastern railroad ex- scutives and later the whole question was taken up for discussion in a prolonged sabinet session. Tbe president was represented as’de- sirous of hearing from Mr. Hooper on account of the positions taken by the leaders of striking shopmen, the rail ex- ecutives, and the board itself, during the negotiations aimed at a strike settlement, but which now have been broken Some conflicting reports in_the matter have Been received at the White House, sspecially since the conference, held last night by the three interstate commerce gommittes senators and the exectives of the larger eastern trunk lines. Meanwhile, Attorney Generl Daugh- erty conferred at the capltol first with Semator Borah, chairman ofithe senate fabor committee, and -then ~with Mr. Cummins,, the discussions involving the possibility of legal action in both the rallroad and the coal strikes, although the attorney general stated afterward that no immediate legal proceedings were under contemplation With Mr. Borah. the attorney general @iscussed particularly the / railroad strike situation in the west, while with Mr. Cummins he went over, not only the western problems but the ' entire legal situation as it concerns both the rail- road. and the coal strikes, the results be- ing. Mr. Daugherty said, that he and Mr. Cummins were in agreement as to the government's power to act in both cases. The attorney general said no papers were now in course of preparation in con- nection with the strike, but declared that the administration’s plan involved con- “The coal situation, more or less involved in the pallway-sit- sation, whether purposely, I do not kfiow. ‘A good many roads, however, are re- sorting serfotis shortages of coal. Several { have noticed in going over the reports, save about.only ten days' supply.” Regarding the raliroad strike situstion m the west, the attorney general said it was “about the same as yesterday, ex- sept that in Montana, and Idaho trains e being interfered with mors than here- During the day, Samuel Gompers, gresident of the American Federation of Labor, issued a statement calling. upon government to open “direct negotia- ons” between union chiefs and em- sloying corporations, both in transpor- iaflon and coal mining, and suggesting “the helpless and all but defunct be set aside in the Senators Cummins, Watson and Kel- logg during their visit to the White House told the president that they found the seniority issue the chief obstacle to settlement of the railroad strike, but #1s0 indicated that the leaders of the striking shopment were also demanding that a new federal board of mediation be set up to" consider transportation labor contro- versies. Rallroad exxullvu the senators re- ported, would not' reinstate returning whopmen in the servics positions they formerly held, even should the strike be be called off, because they claimed that ® total of nearly 240,000 men had been empioyed to fill the places of 400,000 strikers. These mew men, it was safd, bad been promised permanent employ- ment € they developed efficlency. A GENERAL REVIEW oF EAIL STRIKE CONDITIONS Chicago, Jily 21—(By The A. P)— Chairman Ben W. Hooper, of the road jabor board was on his way Washington tonight for a conference with President Harding, which admiais iration officlals hoped would be the Hasis for peace négotiations in the national rallway shopmen's strike, The third week of the walk-out ended tonight with rail executives and uaiwm Weads 5w in their respectiva positi- fons, described by Mr. Hooper at ths of unsuccesstil peace con- lerences here as “antipodal. Additional roads today followed the lead of the Balimore and Ohio raliroada | ind anngmced that seperate peace Jgreements with their men would pe Sought. It was learned today that the teasibility of secking separate agraa- ments was ohe of the matters discussed | it| conferences between Chairman Hoop- ¥ and rail executives here a few days sgo when conciliation efforts were wero #opped. While B. M. Jewell, head of the shop srafts emrloves, previously stated that iy agreement must be on national Masis, he has not commented on recent moves of the carriers for separate agres. ments. He indicated definitely tonight, towever, that separate would mot be considered when he wi R A. Henning. of St. Paul (zeners “hairman, denying statements that 3ad asserted he was ready to negotiate with Individual roads. - Mr. Jewell 10 comment temight except that “every. ing looks A%e” He sald he would preb- 15ly have a statement on the general si.- 1ation tomarrow Grand lodge officers of the mainten. ! Ao of wiiy organization. meeting in De. | woit, deeided that any road failing to u.a conferences with maintenance < of n fo adlust wage differences w us- a strike on the Individual road. srought to the board in case an agrac. sent is mot reached. Confersnees continued today between road executives of western in an ef- { abmaacrat hbuu ‘ompany, late today. ‘bandi ered | iablishment ‘P.qn-nnu il } dlamond . merchants, and asked\ to rious disorders -were .reported. 1. J. Manion, ‘head of ‘the rallrvad telegraphers' -union, offered first substin- tial support to-the ‘strikers when hme: .. sued an apneal to his men to-donate ous day's pay to the striking shopthen and miners, Many additional trains were annulled, and others were announced to be discon- tinued tomorrow. TROOPERS AND.POLICE PATROL INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY LINKS Buffalo,' N. Y., July 21.—Twe' hun- dred state treopers, more than 600 city policemen and a force of deputy sherifty maintained - unbroigen ' peace - along the lines of. the International: Bailway Con. pany today. Turbulent scenés of the last two days of the East Side.'where Btfih- off. | ers and their sympathizers had sought t Impede the resumption of :trolley ser- vice after nearly thres weoks of - idies ness, were entlrely. lacking. - An: occa- sional shower of rocks, aimed at stece: cars, missiles hurled from . the top of bufldings on ‘Broadway and..the subifi- gation of an occasional strike sympi- thizer, were the only incidents.record- Officlals of the International announe- 4 tonight ‘that with the protéction. af- forded by county and state police: force- es, additional lines would be manned o- morrow and that early next week pight service would be resumeéd. CURTAILMENT OF h.gu_ls ON GRAND TRUNK AT DETROIT Detroit, Mich., July 21.—Withdrawal of 18 passenger trains .and -curtallment of the runs ‘of tem others .to but:three days a week, effective July 25,.due to the coal shortage and tairoad shopmen's strike, was ‘announced late today by officials of ‘the Grand . Trunk = raliway here. % CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ' - Ohio_ 1ailway. fi Qodlyythl“n,o‘ ed erishab] celved: yesterday, ai today ls consldered. an important. devel- - opmentgy | nrudnl employes. of the road ere, CHARGED WITH HAVING ASSAULTED. RAILROAD GUARDS Hartford, July, 21.—Tdentified /by their alleged ‘victoms while standing in' line at the East Hartford. yards of the New York, New Hayen andHartford Railroad company, acsording to the. pollee, -taren men were arrested today. 01 charges of having assaulted Godirey and Thomas Blythe, railroad guards on the nght of July 8. The third arrest was made late this afternoon when William Curtin, 'r., of Fast Hartford, said to be one of the leaders of the striking railroad men, was taken into custody. Curtin was released under bonds of $300 to insure his appearanc: befme Justice Hickey bn Monday when the others will also be given a hearing. The men arrested earlier in the day are An- drew Dolan and James Folan. The arrests we: made by denuy sheriffs and the state police, who fhey acted on complainy of ‘the Bvers Brothers. The latter claim that on the night. in question they vire set uyun by a gan of 30 men, sald to be strikers. and maitreated. Sheriff Gabb sald the men were charged with assault and breach of the peace. Other arrests may follow, the sheriff sald. EMERSON SHGPS NAVE BEEN REOPENED UNDEE GUARD Rocky Mount, N. C. July 21.—With two companles ‘of National Guardsmen held at their camp near the'city In raad- iness to quell any disturbance, the Aa- lantic Coast Line Rallway company to- day reopened the Emersop sho.s here. The railroad ‘property is not being guarded by the soldiers, but by 100 spe- clul guards. SENATOR KING'S PLAN TO SETTLE COAL STRIKE ‘Washington, . July zl—ltn-llnr King, Utah, today presented to.the senate his plan to settle the:coal’strike when heintroduced a.resolution - provid- Ing for a’statutory committee, appoint- ed, by the president -to investigate. the coal strike and make findings to be pro- claimed by the president, but without any provision for enforcing its- find- inigs. Thé resolution’ would -appropriate 15100000 tor _expenses of the commis- sion. Under “Senator King's resolation, the commission ‘would be composed of five mem! It would hear representatives of miners and operators, “make findi to the materlal or controlling facts n the controversy.” make recomiacrifia- tions as to wagee-and report its findings to the president. Senator. King said:- he agreements | thought ‘a statutory body such as he red | Proposed would -have more weight ‘than ione merely appointive, | Was referred to.the labor. cmnmmn. s i rad | BANDITS IN MONTREAL GET ‘The resolution DIAMONDS VALUED AT 25,000 Montreal, * July 'L—m— disnionds | yalued at $25,000 “were - bardits from the Pleby and Compa "\ shown a number of ‘good stome:. pleby, a junior- member of. the frm, was alone in the shop, took cm private office. After fine rones Bad mfin vault, ti dits The ead with & nd tiéd him Jewels. To \uwo his & consigrment” of >agint ”:k:m the iy over “bag, gazged nim n.uh-)h; with th m':’:: dr;;;wm:w “the firm, sn Interests in America during tho. war. affair took place at the Inlet-Alhe}‘:lub. 4 A large, comrany of distingulshed - per- sons were present.. AR | EDITOR WHITE oF EMPORIA . GAZETTE ncons FACETIOUS Kas, July 21 (By the AP, A MeDermott, of the Kansas ndlutrLll court; left- late’ today for Bm- & o investigate the William Allen- case. " From the governor's office, ik ‘u announced that“there will be no ‘| change in the, state's plans. to arrest the Emporia_ editor for his alleged violation in ‘posting » s _encouraging the - striking raii- road shopmen. The only reason zor the npon;mem. of action, it was: said, was determine a plan of campaign. It was understood that Judge McDer- mot had a complaint against- White with_him'and that his’instructions were that, it White took down the offending 'sign, no attempt should ve made to ar- Test him. - But, that if he did not, Mc- | Dermott was to file the information with the county attorney. Late information from Emporia was to the effect that the yellow card which caused wie _break between White and Al- fen is stul in position, but White had not changed the Fifty per cent sympa- the sign was changed from forty-nine to Afty ger cent. Word alsa came that Mr. White, lite- long friend /2f Governor Allen, was dis- appointed at the delay in the anosed Test. In an article in ‘tonight's i of the Emporia Gazette, White says: “All day the editor of the Gazette has beer. ‘sitting’ up dressed?up for the exe- cution. Occasionally a box of flowers ! would éome in. He got his last commu- nication from Henry Gannse, his attor- néy, and sat singing pious hymns, wait- ing for the procession to start. He had 2 dying statement written and put ‘n type and was in a beautific frame ‘of mind, when the notice came that a re- prieve had been granted, until ' sun- down. ‘The motice that Judge McDer- mott was, coming to Emporia under a flag of truce sent the Gazette man .in to his. bomb-proof. with his gas msak on.and his tin hat over his eves.” MAY SELL SHIP TO PAY BACK WAGES OF CREW Philadelphia, July 21.—Uniess the thir- teen :members of the crew of the steam- ship Blakely, which the Leaviit-Lusitania Salvage Co,, Inc., had planned to use in its search for the miliions in Zold and jewels’ believed to haye gone down with - ACCEPTING N0 - lhzmm the the mnme-m ' Lusitania;. are paid back wages aggre: gung some. iz 100, the. ship wilf | tio. atbti ml ahlrL New Yor own 100} Yvue “éompany for 7 z ‘ton & Co. said the Blakely had ‘been ¢h teeed by-the Leavitt coneern for the treas ure hunting voyage. . The court, however, ruled that the crew was entitled to.its pay ‘either from the owner or the sale of the vessel. Meémbers of the crew testified that they had ‘been obliged to subscribe to stock ot the Leavitt-Lusitana Salvage Co., ‘Inc. before they were emplayed, Thé Blakely is in custody .of a United States .marshal, having been seized after the seamen filéd their libel for wages. ‘BOY’'S BODY IN PASTURE WITH SKULL CRUSHED Salem, Mass, July 21.—~The body of years old, was founq Highland ayenue ‘this affernoon, with the skull crushed. The boy ‘had beeen missing since last Tues- day. "The body was found by Michael Roma no, 11 years old, who was vicking blue- berriés in the pasture. It lay ui the foot of a low Jedge, and near 1t were two sharp stones, The McMahon boy was last seen Tues- day afternoon walking Gown ' Highland avenue toward Lymn hand in hand with a man-whom friends of the lad did not know. The man was described as tall and of light complexion, wearing a green cap and a blue suit. Medical Examiner Frank S. Atwood took charge of the body and ordere d it removed te the Salem hospital for an autopsy tomorrow. S R R e “READY CUT” HOMES HEAD CHARGED WITH LARCENCY New York, July 21.—A general alarm for the apprehension of ‘Alfred G. Oxiey, president. and general manager of the Sterling ‘System Homes, Inc. who was indicted yesterday for grand- larcency, was issued today by Assistant Distoict Attorney James J. Wilson. -At the same time Mr. ‘Wilson announced that he nad learned.that Oxléy-is an ex-convict, hav- ing been. convictedof forgery in Mor- ristown, N.J., in 1916. 1t 'Oxiey does mot. surrénder. at onoe, Mr, Wilson said,-he will bo_befaore the grand jury and’ask his indictment as a second. offender. Oxley is charged; wth having obtainel lhout /336,000 from persons who_ thought were . buying . “ready cut” -homes trmn him. DENVER AND RI0 GRANDE IN HANDS OF RECEIVER Denver, Colo,, July 21.—The, Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad late today.'was ordered: placed in- the ‘hands of a receiver. The ‘receivership was granted on re- queést_of attorneys representing. holders the property of the road. Young, president of the road; was named recelver. The _ordér granting " the . receivership was gigried by Circuit Judge Robert E. Lewis, and District Judge J. »Foster Symes, sitting. fointly . f - the United States district court here. OBITUARY ‘Esther Hubbard. Bridgeport, July ~21.—Esther Hub- bard, 91, formerly of Tig ington, who came here about six monihs ago, died today at-the home of her grandson, Hod son Hubbard. Mrs. Hubbard, who was @ widow, was well known in Torrington where she was born. :She was past president of the Relief Corps of Stéele Post, G. A. R, to her birthplace tomorrow. 3 ¢ . Dennis Haggerty. Bruxcwn‘ July 21.—Dennis- Hagger- e e St S Sl x it the man in this city, died toda; of 89 years. ' He was well known in the state and furnished all the velicles far celebration eth_ centennial The body, will be uku: v | Street’s. most . Lasker, chairman of the United States shipping board, for'a kiR oday. “TRis is'a total of, twenty ships enter- et fin o coal’ trlda within. two days, Mr. Lasker said that in addition to the 187 ! vessels now | between American_and European ports there are 400_bottoms' idle in American. docks that could “be ‘commissioned” within 30_days. ‘The available ships now in. operation are capable of bringing in 500,000 tons every 30 days and 2,000,000 toms could be imporfed monthly. if . neeessary, Mr. Lasker declared, adding that Jt is up to the coal dealers to take advantage of the facilities it fhey want them. A’ canvass of importers: today revealed that orders have been placed for the! shipping of 500, 000 tons from England and Wales. * New ‘York; July 2L—Allan A. Ry generally regarded as. one - of /Wi ing the “war boom" period, and the soii of - Thomas Fprtune -Ryan, . from ‘waom s fasiiiies at T ing ‘his_liabil } $32,435,477, of which $27,806,984 are. s:. cgpef clalme. and his. assets at 643 Hu yoluntary petition ‘In_bankrupt=y, which-comes as a startling climax to one of ‘the stormiest financial careers of tie presemt - generation, indicates “the W ing out.of @ fortune variously estimated at: from 35,000,000 to. $30,000,000. Watl street, which began to count young Ryan out/ a&. soon- as he was expelled from th New York Stock Exchange, on June 2 1920, following his sensational “corner” of Stutz Motor sfgck, was nevertheless shocked by’ the amount of liabilities which the Young financiar had assumed. ‘Ryan's faffure recalled the story of & conversation that the young" financier 1§ WHAT ADVERTISING WILL DO For the purpose of celebrating. the moving of their offices from New York: to this city where its'plant is located, The American Ther- mos Bottle Company decided to credte a. greater interest in its pro- duct. It desired to have Thermos Bottles in more homes and in it recognized the importance of newspaper advertising in acocmplishing its object. ; How well it succeeded 18 indicated by the fact that 2262 bottles were sold during. Thermos week. That means a bottle for $veey three families, or one for ‘every 14 persons. This plesaing distribution of geods was accomplished through the thorough manner in which the sale was advertised. Having been in- - formed of the plan to move the goods and been impressed by the appeal that was made, bottles were sold at thé rate of 377-a day, or a bottle about every two minutes while the stores were open: What advertising will do in the moving of Thermos Bottles, it will “likewise do for the sale and distribution of other goods. was an excellent object lesson, Thermos week Make use of The E‘ullel\ns advertising columns and keep your goods moving. In the past week the following news matter has appeared ln The Bulletin’s columns : Bulletin Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, | | Wednesday, b i rloonnlu)n TARIFF lIK!.L 53 MADE IN THE SENATE Washington, July | 21—Developments today- in senaté consideration of the ad- ministration tariff BUT included : - Material reductions in most ‘of the duties originally proposed on products of flax, hemp and jute, A’ charge by, Séngtor Smith, democrat, South Carolina, that the rate of two cents A potind on white arsenic was written into the biil for the sole benefit of “the great Guggenheim smelting interests.” "he introduction of a resolution by Senator Gooding, republican, Idaho, pro- posing a public {nvestigation of the claim of clothing producers that the proposed rate of 3. cents a pouné on sccured wool would result in an increase of about $4 in the price of a suit of clothes and $7 in_the rrice of an overcoat. Senator Smith brought up the arsenig rate in the midst of consideration of the linen schedule and promised that when the senate came to final action on the arsenic paragraph he would go into de- {aiis as to whom the, tariff would benefit and upon whom it would rest. He char- acterized the proposed duty 88 “the most shameless favoritiam for one combination and one set of men,” and estimated that it would cost the cditan Yroducers alone $18,000,000 a year. EDITOE WHITE STILL HAS POSTER IN WINDOW Topeka, Kansas, July 21 (By the A. P.)—The proposed advance on the Em- poria sector, all bgcduse William Allen ‘White displayed a strike-sympathy. pos- ter in ‘the window. of his newspaper of- fice, has been temporarily called off. Al- though State officials invojved were Te- iuetant to' discuss the sityation this af- ternoon, it -appeared, , that, Instead 0! sending state . emissaries to Em: armed with’a warrant for Mr. Whi arrest; they 'will carty a white flag. 1t was reported liére that. the strike poster which Mr. White refused. to T move ‘on_ofder from the attornéy gen- ‘eral, “still -held ‘forth “toddy, 'Mr. White carrying out bis announced plan to in- créase. the percentage of his sympathy one per cént’a ddy, mikln; it read fif- ty-one’ per cént today. - Following the day, that John. G.. Egan, assistant attorney general had been delegated 10 80 to Emporia and cause_ the arrest of the editor, this aftérnoon from the same mource, came. the report that Judge J. A. McDermott probably wlil proceed to Emporid—not to have Mr. Whits ~ar- rested, however. WAS EL!J‘G -LIQUOR ; ° FROM BABY caum.\cr New York, July ~—David = Faber wheeled his baby carriage down Fourt: street today and had 8o many men louk- ing ‘under the top fo see what it con- tained that the police got . suspicion: They looked in,, took David to the'polics station and there told,the lieutenant that while Ferber had a ecarriage and a bo:. tle, he had np baby. - A He was selling liquor out of the bot- tle at 50 cents a lick, they ‘declared, s he was held in.$1,000 bail for the grana jury on a charge of vxohun flu pro- hibition law. ‘s.uo,uo IN . CLAIMS -RESULT ~EBOM HEREIN MAKSACRE Hlflan, i July 21.—-(By The A. !’ —Additional' ‘claims we:s fiikd against ‘Williamson county today, bringing the tote® 6f claims-to §2,500,007. grownz cut of the. Herrin massacre. Ta> 4 st-deutli claim was. filed today by. 3ifs. Kaymond Cf Jsoate, ot York. Ba. viao aske &3 000 for the death of he 2.1 Wi _m—un{ T-hgra;h réported ‘to Have an_ dninouncement . early in| . Local General 143 14 Tatal 665 574 590 132 155 bank official while riding uptown st the close of the markét orie day during the “bul} market” of 1919. In a discussion of the businese situation, Ryan is sa.1 10 have remarked: % “Well, Charlie, I have been figuriag up my assets today and Pm worth $3u;- 000,00 However, even friends of ‘the younz man doubted that the had amassed tnat much wearth and conservative estimates of his fortune during the. height of his career varied between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Neither Ryan nor his attorney, George F. Lewis, would make any comment o3 the bankruptey procesdings, fpeyond stating that “the schedule tells ti Story.". The sehedule lists the assets and (Turn to Number Four, Page Five) FLEEING PRISONER CHASED THROUGT STREETS OF ANSOXNIA Ansonia, . Conn,,. July 21—Joseph § Morris, a Potuguest, of thig city, led the police 'and a crowd of residents a mcr- ry chase along the streets of ta.s city tonight before he was capturcd foiow- ing his escape from the poiy.2 station where he weg being booked ¢ii @ charse of_abductin of a six months’ old. chi Morris was I\‘r!slgd on complaint of a New Jersey woigin who accused .him of carrying off her child which had peen Tete alone during the afternoon in the house of her brother on Liberty stroet. He was brought to the police station hut before his mame could be learned ie proke away and dashed to the street. police gave,chase and fired several shots in the air, but Morris continued his flight. A crowd of residents returning from a carnival in Derby joined in the pursu't. The man was caught by a_motorman who jumper from hi car on Bridg struez, When he returned to the police sta- 1 tlon; the poltce claim they found a raz,: and a revolver in ‘thé ‘man’s pockets. 11é is charged with abduction, ‘carrying-son- " geatea weapons dnd resisting, an -oft cer. The nolite. beliéve there 18 more behisa the ‘case than any- of the parties-coi- ! cernéd care to make public at the pres- ent time. —_— . DAMAGE SUIT MAY CAUSE INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS New * Haven, July 21.—International ing to attorneys hera following a request made by Jutige John L. Gilson in the pro- bate court hece, which was granted, ask- ing permission fo bring suit for .$10,000 damages for the death of Frank:Cozzo, who was shot and killed at Savin. Reck on July. 13. ‘The action. will be brought against Antonio Rafnaro, alias “Tony, the barber,” Who is under arrest charged with having fired the fatal shot. The request comes from Pasquale Cic- ©o, Italian consular agent, on behaif of Angleo Cozzo, father of the deceased, who resides in Italy, Because of the fact that the dead man's nearest kin lives in a for- eign country makes it necessary for the proceedings to zo through the Italian cons sular office. James A. Morcaldi was ap- pointed administrator and was given per- mission ta file papers In the suit. 5 LTI e e T nzno':s FOR_ GOLLAPSE OF THE mumuu:un DAM Boston, July fl—-x.m; of supervision and inspection was one_ of thé réasons assigned for the ocollanse of -the - Willis mansett dam- early Monday in a report siong Action of spring water in softening mate- Flal under a section of the core. wall. ol the' dam, where ‘there -was no piling, led the dam to burst, ueotdtn; to the commissioner. ~The surrounding coun -t sha property damage was estimated at & | States Jong Irish provisional government on the mil- complications are ljkely to arise, accord- i operators dut- |’ flr?!:nvh\pl"n?}:mh- e 60 an hour, to_lan on the deck of a ship, was announced by has heen received since May 20, and sales M are now limited to ome ton Price. ot sctecistay for lghting ‘purs poses was put down to pre-war figure of 10 cents per kilowatt hour, by the ‘Stamford Gas & Electric- Company. Alfred G. Oxley, pr nt and manag- er of the Sterling Hom Inc, New York, was_indicted by a supreme court grand jury on two clunu of grand lar- t&f Wearing only a nightgown, a young woman {gnoring the yelis of a policesan on the street, jumped to her death from the roof of ‘a four story _temement in West 27th street, New York. Hilda James, Britlsh woman swimminj champion and holder of the world’s record for 300, yards, will'sail for New York today ta compete in the United tange championship. An official statement Issued by the itary situation: says that at present the national army forces are supreme in the whole of twelve counties. “The entire directorate of the Canadian national railways resigned, according to a statement issued at the heaayuarters of the road, in order to facilitate reorgan- ization of xhe System by the government. Gold b-n. valued at approximately '$2,500,000, consigned to the order of J. P. Morgan and company for the account of the British government, arrived 'in New York on the steamship Homerlc. Major E. D. Libbey, 78, Civll war vet- eran and ‘Indlan war fighter and former adjutant general of Minnesota, died in St. }nmé ‘Ha was born in- Stockton, Maine, n 184 in the capacity of the nation- al feper home at Carville, Louisiana, from the present 200° h:fi 10,500 is pro- :Efi lE W Py, A hedigith & prominenth Patrolman Willlam Brown of Bevet- 1y, - Mass, -was thrown from a moving automobila after 2 -hard fight with two occupants of the car whom he was es- corting td the - Bevgrly ‘police station. The National m and Shoe Find- ers’” Assoclation in' the final letdnn of its 18th “annual convention in Boston, clected ‘Albert J. Ehlers of Chicago as Ppresident. Thirty Massachusette drugeists has been deprived of their federal permits to sell spirituous Tiguor on prescription dui the ending July 1, 1923, tor. Eimer C. &fi”’x‘fi%‘tfir o Potter The Aroosteok Dally News at Houlton, Me., suspended publication ~with last night's issue. It was started about two years ago by the - Arcostook ~Publishing gompany, of which Simeon L. White, a local. druggist, is. president. Six persons were killed and one seri- ously injured at Stevensville, -six miles from Bridgeburg, Ont., when a Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo = raflroad train struck an automobile at a grade cross- ing. The Buenos Alres branch of the British bank of South America, in the center of Buenos Aires, was held up by-a'bandit to hold up their hands.' The bank cashier fired five shots at the assailant, who fell mortally wvnnM The ‘.\l-.ll and ruby " llll‘ed erown of the ‘former - Hapsburgs, rul of Austria-Hungary, has' been stolen from the, Spanish. cénsulate in . Vientia.- where it was placed for safe . keeping _after the: nvoluuoh began. i Sergeant John . cuu' % fen_poice depa = i‘;: i in- a ident of the Stutz Com- Dany, cigar box mub:mm-. at_Co- Iumbia- and ‘Broome nmu, + York, | onthe lower Trlal ot the ~ $200,000 ‘damage bronght in £ ‘Angeles” against Srerbert Rawlinson, film ‘actor, in hhzut of Dor- othy Clark Elms, dancer of Bos- ton, by her mother, Mrs. Ethel E. Clark, of New !o!’k. 'has been set for January i Harding fook the waussal step ‘yesterday of cancelling his confer- ence With newspaper.-corresporidents be- causé of the press hl- engagements with_official m concerned in:the i 8u having’ kidnapped a | white, m'hv w-."nmuqJU - one of ‘Wagons, a ban % ‘was pursued through the Ruburimfllmt\‘. “erowd, Boston, “by “alarge” u—m;a A0 time 1o REV8: the- gypsies from ma@m'mumu ‘Washington, July 21 (By the A P.)— ‘The government-is prepared to “stand pat” for a period of ten days to twd weeks in its attitude foward the coal atrike, it was indicated today, in_order 0 ascertain whether sufficient. produc- tion will be obtained through the re- opening of bituminous mines under Suarantee of federa] protection to' as- sure the fuel requirements - of- essential industries, In the meantime, however, plams for distribution of the curtalled suppry faz coal are to be pushed, it was said. retary Hoover announced tonight thas he had called a meeting here next Mon- day of representatives of producing dis- tricts in Pennsylvania, West Virgini, Tennessee. Kentucky, Alabama, and Vir- gina, to discuss the proposed “ration- ‘ing” .plan and to formulate a policy de- signed to restrain profiteering. While all three partles to the recent conference in Washington. the govern- ment, operators and union, seemed sat- isfied that the situation, as it mow stands, was hopelessly deadlocked, 2 new move for restaration of peace.in the coal fields was seen In’ the resolution introduced in the semate today by Sena- tor King, democrat, Utal, ‘who pro- posed creatlon of a covimission of five to. investigate: both sides of ‘the contro- versy and report its findings. No pro- vision was made in the resolution for enforcing the findings made’ by the commission, but Mr. King expressed the opinion that such a body, set-up by pos- itive legislative action would have more authority than did the conference ap- pointed by the president. A survey of remaining coal stocks was. said to have convinced administra- tion_officials 17at these were sulicient to permit a fortnight qf waiting to develop the respanse to the presidentlal “mvita- tion" to the operators to resume opera- tion - without adding: unduly to-the dan-|- ger of an industrig) shut-down through lack of fuel, g templs Tha aim of.the admiaistratio un’ # stood, would be first to ficient tuel to_keep the wheels n( s country’s tFansportation syt ing- aal thanto, esabls’ the distibution of coal to the other most necessary im- dustrics, bearing in mind ' the pecullar needs of the northwest and New Eng- land ‘states. There has been evidence that the plan already adopted for restraint of coal LIMERICK IN POSSESSION OF IRISH NATIONAL FORCES London, July'21.~Limerick fell to the national forces carly this moening after a powerfu] military assault which fed to surrender by the irreguiar garrison and the rétreat of the remalning. irfegulars from the fortified positions into the sur- rounding country, according to the Press association correspondent with the Free State forces, who sent an account of what tok place by courier to Nemagh. Thirty prisoners were captured in the surres- dered garrison. Both the ‘irregulars and nationals, it is reported, held a number of strong posi- tlons. The earlier operations consist sniping, which resulted in a number of casualties. - National artillery arrived at ‘clock Thursday. morning. taking up positions commanding the feont and rear of the Strand barracks. the irregulars’ strongest position. * At 11 o'clock Thursday morning a sheil was dropped in the barracks 2s a cali o surrender.. After causing great breaches in° the wails and demolishing a portion of the bullding, the nationals stormed the acks. This adsault, says the account was a surpriss to the irregulars, and.the mines which. they had Jaid in the - adjoining. sireets and ‘ouses were disconnected be- fore £ they had time to fire-them. The total number of orisoners is about fifty, Limerick City. now Is quiet except for occasional sniping. nnwm EUSTACE WAS _NOT ENGLISH NOBLEMAN New York, July 2L—(By The A. P.)— County morgue officis the * identification ~~ of Doughty. of Redbank, that ‘the body of Edward Euston, which police had, thought might be thai of an Engiish nobleman, was- in reality her brother, Edward Bustace, born of Irlsa parents. in Albany, N. Y. - Mrs. Doughty went:to the morgus just betore Robert J. Kenworthy, grand sec- retary of the grand lolse of Nasons, ar- Mr. Kenwort.y was struck by the “atariing resemblance” of we ieclus2, | who dled in a little roominz house, to the. Earl of Euston, whom he me: seve eral times when the nobienwan was spe- clal emissary for King Edward VIi. of Engiand, to Masonic affairs fn this coun- oft>:s dl ed'a Mason'c apron of high degree, have been temporarily abando.®.l. Mrs: Doughty #aid her brother a'wavs o6 | BB eennme nnd that he had been miss- ing from home for- 24 years. Nre thn.m ht mk the name of “Fusicn™ and ved clippiiize, whish were foun lpurnph which apeared to be. o RIERIE, because hs wamced 15 o atter o FATHER AND 80X SHOT was flooded to‘a depth of severa-ifeet | th prices to the Garfleld basis, to breix down, Mir. Hoover said todd) Plans will be discussed at conference, he sid, for maxing e “voluntary restraint of. profl fective {n the one or two. districts have refused to co-operate, and are mow demanding $7.50 2 ton for voal at e mine, and further to make jt against the minority of irresponsibjg & erators in the other districts, who ha broken away from . the agreement.” . — VISIT TO WHITE HOUSE BY MAYORS OF PENN. C Washington, July 21—ayors of cities in the -anthracite region of Penfs sylvania- paid a brief visit late today & the White House, accompanied by tor - Pepper, of Pennsyivania. were understood to have assured ‘n his program for the maintenance iaw and order in mining, districts. "' The Pennsylvan coming to the White House, had Ted in) New York with John L. head of the United Mine Workers, are said to plan a conference with representative ~anthracite opers-. tors. . 1 DETEEMINED TO REOPEN ‘-4 OELAHOMA COAL m McAlister, Okla, July 21—Determiba tion to reopen the coal mines in homa. but not until after another had been made to agree on 3 New Wage schedule, was expressed in a iseued here today at the close of ecutive meeting of the Oklahoma Coal Operators’ association. % STATEMENT BY BY PRESIDENT - : oFyAxH MAINTENANCE Ifl Detroit, July H (Bv the A. P)m‘i} raiiroad in FOUR AT ANNUAL BANQUET ormunxmm Bflllvlu!r B!nn,. Jllb fl (Bi 3 P.).—Four of ‘the sucviving of the “Last Man's cub" n 18 hele nual banquet in the Sawyer house today. Organized in 1884 and oy nnesota s % famous In-Civil war days, the club mem= bers agreed to meet annually for a bans quet and get-together on the anniversary 3¢, Sh Higie b Sl B 3 1888 a bottle of wine was presented to the club by one of its members and it was agred that this bottle shouid grace. of | the banquet table each year until one member survives and this “Last. should drink it 2s a toast to the members. The bottle of wine is kept in -v-!& a bank, and today it was taken-to and from. the banguet room under a escort. Tt eeciines in a cherrywood. and it held.the honor position in the ter of the tabie. In accérdance with the custom, coyers. were 1aid today for the original four members, and on the plates of who have died nosegays were placed flar to those worn by the survivors. HAMMERSTEIN MUST ANSWER - | ; ¥OR CONTEMIE OF COUET New York, July 21.—Sirrzate . lan today dirécted Arthur i theatrical s administrator of 1ba esmate of wite, Craire Nagle Hamwerstcin, and hei punished for contemi: <f eeiirt Ier .gawrs) iug. an order from Surrogewn Idiey fle an inventory not lat>r than Jums The petition for tod: order, 3 sented by counsel for Chars « Buffalo, father of the late Mrs. Hanuner. stein, statés that she was in Rens, vada, taking steps lu_cbtaia a when she died. Mr. Hammerstein received letters of he was alleged to have stated that hig' wite's estate did not exceed $1,500. gle values the estate at $30,000. INTERESTED IN REORGANIZATH OF LOCOMOBILE CO. OF New York, July 21—Reports the presidency of the pany. “Mr. Durant’ ssid -the keep its identity and class.