Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 24, 1922, Page 1

" OVERNMENT WATEAFUL OF OFIRAIL STRIE President Harding is Keeping in Pérsonal Touen With the De- ** velopments—Federal Control /of Both Railroads and " Coal Mines Has Been Suggested as the Final Emergen- cy—Every White HousefAnnouncement lndn:tu Sup- \ ChairmanjHooper. - ‘Waskington, July —The govern ment's future coursefin the situationy cre. ated by the strike/ of railroad erats t in the resfm o ing, who was in perscnal touch nent agencies werel active. Chairman Hooper of fthe rail Handing, carr! highly confidential instruetio opening of negotiations leaders, or whet! the administrat t unyieldingly by against: which matters Hoover and Chairman McChord Interstate commerce would assist in the operation soal supply. The commission, it was agreed, under the terms of the transportation act, somid require raiiroads to embargo ship- ments of coal uniess consighed ‘to ports and territories deemed to haye greatest g, it was need for fuel. For a_beginn ected that the coal rationing system wouid be applied only to assure railroads suppli. maintenanes of the their coal transportation machine beingyconsidered the primary neceesity. Every possible contingencyfin connec- been canvassed by President Hamding in his ton with the rail situation' has conference with advisers in \the cabinet and with members of the sepate, it was understood, the suggestions placed be- ing- even fed- fore the government inch sral control both of railroads and mines 23 2 step to be considersd in. the final smergency. Other suggestions'were said to have been that the strike be left to wear itself out, the government main- taining a policy of protecting interstate sommerce meanwhile; that labor repre- sentatives be charged in court proceed- ings with conspiracy to interrupt inter- state commerce ; apd finally that ealflroad managements be required to yield ‘on the seniority rule, while the railroad labor board be induced to modify some of the sonclusions against which the shop crafts Bave struck. To date every White House announce- ment has been of a nature supporting the railroad labor board and the actions of Chairman Hooper. Opinion thap any modification of this attitude was'intended lacked official support tonight. NO STRIKE SETTLEMENT WORK BY RAILROAD LABOR BOARD Chicago, July 23 (By the A. P.)—No further action toward ending the rail- way shopmen's striks ts contemplated by the United States railroad labor board at this time, Ben V§ Hooper, chairman of the labor board, announced tonight on his return from a conference with President Harding at Washington, Asked whether any new plans looking | toward a settiement of the strike had 'shop roblem, cancelled his to stay at the hatever an extended confer- 106 new and for a re- with fthe union the the concerning 1 in Washingtony would T rmey:General Daugherty, Secretary f the commission] were 3aid to have agreed on the powex of the commission to exercise a certaly super- visory suthority over the carriezs which jof Mr. Hoover's plan for rationing the reduced <port of ithe Railroad{Labor Board and the Action of - | tional Coal announced commission last week, ', .. Such a tribunal if -appe diatel th Association. 3 -{ the governors oi volvd.” Mr. “Ogle, nelther to havé a vote or voice in deliberations of the tribuual, The telegram reads: bers of your administration or in the minds of the public concerning the atti- tude of the operators who attended your act so that- th tribunal can proceed at between the miners and operators in the union fields. As we have pointed out be- fore, we strongly feel that this tribunal should be mon-partisan without eithec miners or opérators being included in its membership. “If it is feit aggisable by you to have technical ‘advice for the benefit of the tribunal I:might suggest that one op- erator could be selected by the operators and one minér by the miners to git with your tribunal in a purely advisory ca- bacity but without voiés or vote. 1 feel, and I know that a lacge majority, if not all, feel that such a tribunal selected by you, comparatively short time develop out- standing esséntial facts in regard to the situation. With such facts before it, the tribunal would be ablé to give informa- tion to the public and to you that would strengthen your hand in carrying out your program to start the mines in ac- cordance with your prociamation to the governors of' the sl & invelved, on a basis of wages which inevitably must mean liquidation of costs and prices to meet the demands and requirements of the public and industry. “We also have in mind that'a thor- ough investigation of all the facts relat- ing to the union bituminous ‘coal fields will be extremely he®nful to the Ameri- can public and to the coal industry as well and should lead to some constructive suggestions. “You may be assured that in the meantime the operators of.Indiana are earnestly working ~with Governor Me- Cray and the local authoritle' sto deter- mine the best and most effective plan under which production of coal can be resumed, and T am informed that the op- to the same end. All operators in all districts, union and non-union, unite in supporting you in your determ! protect every man in his right to work.> inalienable | TNREST AMONG MAINTENANCE i MEN OF THE NEW HAVEN ROAD been made, he dictated the following | New Haven, July 23.—Although con- formal statement: v ditions surrounding the strike of thc “My trip to Washington was mainly | shopmen on the New York, New Haven for the purpose of furnishing the presi- dent with the fullest information possi- ble in regard to the strike situation. “As might be supposed. the president vesks to know this situation from every ngle, from the viewnoint of the carriers, the emploves, the labor board and the public. “There s nothing else that can be sald just now other than to answer the ques- tion asked me by saying that no further action by the labor board is contemplated at_this time.* Whils Mr. Hooper was meeting the government officials in Washington, . J°. M. Jewett, and other strike leaders werc in conference with James J. Davis, sec- retary of labor, at Mooseheart, III, At the end of the meeting and befors departing for Washington, Mr. Davis ex- pressed the bellef that the strike coull ba settled at once if the roads would restore the seniority rights of the gtrik- #rs, and the labor board would take up the other questions in dispute. 1n discussing the hopes of a settlement members of the labor board reviewed tho progress of the strike since its inemy- tion on July 1. They pointed out that the atrike vote precipited the eountr wide walk-out was taken on three que Mons. These grievances were given 'n s strike bulletin issued or July 7 by Mr. Jewsll which sald: “The pres strike centers around these issues: 1—To discontinue contracting out of work. —To establish a national board of djustment. “3—To continue seniority rights of tmployes who ruspended work.” It was pointed out that the list f lemands contained only oma of the oriz- Inal three grievances which remuued in the strike cali—that relating to the dis- continuancs of outside contracting—and R was Indicated that almos: every road In the country already had agreed ta op this practice. The omission of tha sriginal demands relating to wages anl mies occasioned some comment, the bellef beinz expressed that the thopmeon Srally had decided to agree to a ra. bearing of these pointz bb the laby Yeard. W. L. McMenimen, labor member of e board. who was targely instrimental in_averting threatened strikes of main- enance of way men, signal men and clerk organizations, announced tonizht that he will confer here tomorrow with W. P. Noone, representing the station slerks’ organization. . It was reported also that the general chalrmen of the unfon composed of rallway and steamship clerks, frelznt handlers a=1 express station employes wil meet here Tueeday. FAVORS TBIBUNAL TO INQUIRE INTO THE COAL SITUATION Indianapolis, Ind. July 23 (By the A. P.)—President Harding was urged to appoint immediately a non-partisan fact- finding tribunal to inquire into the coaljdemands from every yruation and Hartford railroad remained quist over Sunday, union men declare that the indications are that the maintenancs men of this clty are likely to join the strikers without orders from their execu- soon. There'is considerable unrest amonz the latter. it is safd, some of them mak- ing positive statements that the strike can be brought to a head if they nre allowed to joln the shopmen in sympa- thy. . The striking shopmen are making claims that the effects of the strike are being felt by the company and are call- ing attention to the decrease in the nuw- ber of trains on time. ‘ The company da- nies this, declaring that in no small times traing are late from elght to ten:par cent. of the time while at present th> average is not over 15 per cent.. The road also savs that the number of shop- men is being increased' daily ard pro- dict a full force soon. There is considerable talk concerning the injunction prdceedings which will take place before Judge Edwin S. Thom- as in the United States district court on Saturday. Counsel for-the railroaad are sald to be trylng to replace the tem- porary restraining order with a . par- manent Injunction, and 'Attorney . Corn- elins J. Danaher of Meriden, reained by System Federation No, 17, 1s said to. have expressed the opinion that this cannat be done under the circumstances. The stricers claim that they have been with- in the law and intend to remain so, the Injunction therefore being unnecessary, they say. ¢ TEXAS RANGERS PROTEST .SHOPMEN DURING STRIKD Austin, Texas, July 23.—A force of state rangers under Adjutant Gener:l Barton will arrive in Denison tomorro: to protect shopmen during the ' strike, Governor Neft announced tonight. Gen. eral Barton reached Denison today and the raggers will arrive tonight or > morromPPthe governor said. RAIL’ SHOPMEN HAVE LONG the strike now: in progress since “Aprfl, of & desjré to nation-wide strike” were Machinists, at a here, ¢ Union officlals learned April 8, :1621. Mr_ Conlon continued, that, the national declared, the. unlons road we approach- Ju 3 telegram sent him tonight dAw,mmufimmmVu by A. M. Cgle, president of the Na- The president the _consideration of such a inted ‘ame- v, could develop within a compara- ly short time such facts regarding the coal Industry, says the ‘telegram, as “would strengthen your hand ‘in carry- ing out your program to start'the mines in accordance wtb your ‘proclamation to the several states. in- tn"the telegram” also sus- gested the appointment of one miner and one operator as technical advisers, bue e “In order that there may be no mis- understanding in the minds of the mem- Washington conference, toward the ap- pointment of a fact-finding tribunal by you, 1 respectfully and strongly urge upon you the advisability of immediately selecting the men whom you desire to once to investigate the questions.at issue of the union bituminous operators if immediately appointed, could within a erators in all other states are working ination to tive officers unless some action is taken BEEN PREPARING FOR STRIKE Washington, July 28.—That the rail- road shobmen have been preparing for 1921, and several watted months because “accumulate ° enough grievances to suppert a demand for a statements made today by P. J. Conlon, vice preei- dent of the International Association of public. mass meeting agreement with the railroads was to be abolished, although _the raliroad labor board did not act until April 14. When individual agreements were- sought, he | New York, New Ha . Americans Invited to Visit Belgrade | Belgrade, Jugo Slavia, July 23.—The government -has ofticially ; invited the American senators and representatives Who. are. attending the international par- liamentary . conference, to visit Belgrade. Paderewsk! in Havre. Havre, July 23.—Ignace Jean Padercw- ski arrived here today on board. the steamer Savoie from New York. He as- serted that he had no political aspira. tlons in Poland. He said he was goiny to- Switezerland for three. months and afterwards perhaps might visit Poland. EFREE STATERS OUTNUMBERED WHEN‘ THEY “TOOK LIMERICK Limerick, Jyly 23' (By the ‘A" P)— Fron 'the beginning to-the end of the operations which ended with“the capture of Limerick on Friday by the Free State forces, the :irregulc®s outnumbered the Dationals. Not moro ‘than 700 Frée State troops were engaged while the re- publican -forces reached at least one thousazd, The whole centre of the city was in- volved in.the battle zone, the -line of the,_national troops xtnding th Ingth of Thomas and. William streets, and at some points the combatants were separ- ated by less than rten yards. The fighting durine the week consist- ed .mostly of rifie and bombinz duels; each side tunneled from house o House " s that entlre streets were transformed into .miniature fortresses. The irregulars from the outset occupled the strongest positions and their final defeat was due to the division of their forces by the isolation of tne Strand and Castle ‘barracks by means of an artil- lery assault and a threatened encircle- ment. The irregulars were forced evacuate their positions to avoid ha ing their retreat to the south cut off. Before their evacuation, the republi- cans set fire to all the barracks by ex- ploding mines. The new, barracks, a great block of buildings erected around a square of about 200 yards were lev- eled. Castle barracks was destroved With the exception of the thirteenth cen- tury tower .of King John's castle. One of ‘the two blocks comprising the ordi- nance braracks and the Frederick police barracks were also destroyed. The civilian population suffered acutely during the fighting; many were made Homeless and at times there was grave menace of ‘starvation. Famine was averted by the Free State General 'Brennan, who supplied food to 20,000 people. Nothing definite is known about the leaders of, the irregular forces, except that Liam Lynch, the so-called chief of staff, who directed the operations in the early stages, then returned to Clonmel. The irregulars were well armed and had an jmmense supply of high explosives. Normal) conditions are returning; pos- tal service has been resumed and busi- ness_is proceeding after three weeks of almost complete suspension. FATALITY IN COLLISION OF AUTOMOBILES NEAE MILFORD New Haven, July 23—One man was instantiy kilied, another is expected to die, and three others are in serious con- dftion as the result of &' ¢ollisfon on the Milford turnpike when an “automobile in which they weee riding toward Bridge- port collided with another car bound in the opposite direction early this morning. The dead man is Arthur Yale, 19, of this city. His skull was fractured and internal injuries were contributory fac- tors in causing death. Bernard Marshak. 20, is at Geace hospital with a fracture of the collarbone and concussion of the brain. He was reported in seriods cun- dition late tonight. The other injured are Isidore E. Webber, 22, fracturea an- kle and multiple injuries; Benjaniin Wis- osky, 22, fractured wrist and contuslons about the head; Maurice Weinstein, 19, bruised and shaken ‘up. The car in which the men Were in- jured is said to have run for about 300 feet before it overturned, burying its oc- cupants underneath. The machine said to have caused the acides did not stop and the police are seekin ginformation Tegarding its owner and driver. POLITICAL ENDORSEMENTS BY VETS OF FOREIGN WARS Waterbury, Conn., July 23.—The state executive body of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in session here today en- dorsed Augustins Lonergan for congress and George P. Mylan for re-election to the United States senate. The organi- zation went on record as favoring a state bonus and named a committee to draft a sultable bill to be presented to the next sesslon of the general assem- y. State Commander John H. Williams of Bridgeport named the following ap- pointive officers: Chief of staff, Henry E, Gerrish, Hartford; patriotic instruc- tor, D. & 'Nielson, Hartford; director of publicity, Wa’er R. Brooks, Water- bury; committee to revise bylaws, J. R. Kelley,” C. W. Farrar, J. J. Devine, Bridgeport; legislative committee, Ber- tram Weil, department judge advocate, New Haven;J. J. D%vine, Bridgeport George Post, Hartford; W. J. Shanahan, Junior vice commander, Waterbury; W. R, Colliis, South Norwalk. central agency or authority directing the fight against us.” “Then we. realized’ Vice President Conlin' continued, “that we would have to, sit tight and suffer. in silence until eniough grievances had been accumu- lated to support a demand for a na- tion wide strike.” Of the 1,100 decisions handed down by s favorable to the railroads and 400 as “nominally in favor of our side” but of the latter'he sald, at least 300 were not put into effect by the railroads and therefore “didn't mean -anything.” Asserting that. the strike leaders were well satisfied with the sftuation, Mr. Conlon said:s, < “It generally takes from thirty to =ix- iy days to make a shop strine effective but before this one had been on ten days, ‘more than 250 trains had been cancelled out of Chicago, the West -Vir- ginia non-union coal mines were bot- tled up and the iron and steel industries were crylng for help. And we have herdly started yet.” CAMPAIGN TO RAISE FUNDS FOR STRIEING SHOPMEN Boston, July 2 campaign to raise tunds for- striking shopmen in the New £ngland district was planned today at 4 joint meeting of the executive boards of the Boston-and Maine and New York, New Haven and Hartford system fed- <¢ra%ions of shop workers. According to plans accepted at the meeting - speakers - from ‘the striking anfons wil visit meetings of other un- rons, in and out of the railroad indus- Iy, to explain the situation and appeal for financiai assistance. Circulars will also, be 'sent to labor organizations. Robert “Henderson, secretary; of 1 the vén: and Hartford “ran-into identical| tederation, said the strikers n that rail- £oad, had ‘made heavy ¥ gaing during the to! Deterrent Business| Distribution of Coal Railroad Strike Has Caused a|Secretary the labor board, tde speaker listed 700 (° are Serious | To Arrange For the Hoover is to Meet Further Important Loss in| Today Operators From the Coal * Production — Car | Coal Producing Districts of Shortage. New ‘York, July 23 (By the A.'P.) Signs were not, wanting in'the, country’s markets ‘during”the past week that the coal ‘and railroad strikes have begun to impose an appreciable , check .on . the Tates - of industrial’ ‘activity, = Oddly enough it Is the shopmens strike, which has' been considered relatively, unim- portant as-an immediate disturbing fac- tor, that has caused a further important loss'in ‘cbal production. Serious conges- tion on, the roads conveying. coal from the’ non-union fields in West idginia and Kentucky to the steel works . in the Pittsburgn and Ohio " districts - has cut the total amount of toal mined in the country,” from “aPproximately 5,250,000 tons a week before the July holidays to only” about 4,000,000 tons. The opinion is held, furthermore, that with car shortage such a factor, any majos gains in mining in accordance with the pres- ident’s " invitation will be difficult as long as the railroad strike persists. ‘What may be accomplished, accoraing to the view held in some quarters is a certain gain in output. in ~Pennsylvania and Ohio “which would ease the strain on the more southerly mines’and per- haps permit the diversion of some of their coal to coast points, In ‘the steel industry, it is estimated that ingot production’ has been reduced about five per cent., which puts the in- dustry on something like a 70 per cent of capacity basis. Judges consider, how- ever, that the loss may reach ten per cent by the end of the month unless the situation’ changes radically. Ohio plants have suffered worse than those around Pittsburgh, a considerable number of blest furnaces having been banked in the former state. Buying of steel pro- ducts for future delivery meanwhile has been falling off, consumers being dis- couraged by the uncertainties regarding costs and market conditions. Those Who havé steel products in the process of manufacture are, on the other hand, making vigorous efforts to expedite de- liverfes. Car loading statistics also reveal the effects of the walk-out. Thus the total cars loaded during the week ended July 8 amounted to 718,000 cars as compared with 877,000 cars in the previous week. The decline is partly accounted for by the holiday but the total loaded Is 32,000 cars less than in the week which includ- ed the May 30 holday. ‘A part of the screral slackening of activity might be explained on the basis of the mid-sum- mer season; it is quite clear, however, that the strikes are becoming serious factors’in business affairs, The markets for agricultural products continue to he quiet affairs. influenced by the day to day changes in the ‘wea- ther reports - With the price of wheat below one dollar a bushel at primary points, farmers are moving their grain slowly but this restriction of supply is finding an offset In meagre export busi- ness. Crop prospects remumn unchanged, with cot*~n traders still waiting to see what \d W 32 the weevil will accom- plish, . Renewed ease in money meanwhile has been keeping the security markets firm, bond prices reflecting the greater supply of idle funds with a rather vigor- ous advance. Four per cent has now been established as the ruling rate on the best grades of commerclal paper, a considerable volume of time money has been lent at 3 3-4 per cent and bankers' acceptances eligible for rediscount the federal reserve bank nave touched a new in relaxing, even though tempor- arily to a 2 7-8 and 3 per cent basis. Such a further slight easing was per- Raps to be anticipated durmg the middle of the summer. With the revival having as yet made no apprediable new demands on the banks however, and with the strikes restricting business and Great Britain shipping gold in this ‘di- rection, most observers do not consider any tightening in the money market to be imminent DEOWNED WHILE BATHING WITH HIS FIANCEE J., July 23.—Harry of 425 Van Houten street, Paterson, N. J., is believed to have been drowned ile bathing in the ocean here late ,yesterday. Entwhistie was in the eurf with his fiancee, Miss Agnes Mc- Coid, of 790 East 1Sth street, Paterson. He wase swimming quite a distance away when he was seen to suddenly throw up his hands and disappeared below - the surfzce of the water. The search of life guards.near the spot failed to find any trace of him. Atlantic City, A. Entw] Chief Of Army Chaplains COPYRIGHT CLINEDINGY, WABRINGTON Colonel John T. Axton, chiet of Army chaplains, who has been au- thorized by Secretary Weeks to tour the military fleld in the United States in the interest of ‘the, re- ligious. welfare of soldiers. The de- nominational convictions of lnone will.be disturbed, but the faith and working program of each will be strengtlicncd aad established. at! Six States. Washington, July 23 (By the A. P.)— Operators from the coal producing dis- tricts of six states will be asked' tomor- row by Secretary Hoover to co-operate with the government and the railroads in a plam to ‘insure the distribution of fuel to the carriers and public utilities and to prevent profiteering during the 'strike emergency. All angles of Mr. Hoover's scheme, which contemplates the formation of a central’ committee to operate through local committees in the producing dis- tricts of Virzinia, West Virginia, Ten- nessee, KentUcky, Pennsylvania and Ala- bama, were threshed out today at a se- Ties of conferences of the federal agen-! cies involved. Before the opening of the meeting at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning Mr. Hoover will have from At- | toruey “General Daugherty a. report on the powers accruing to the government in the emergency through the co-opera-i tion of the interstate commerce commis- sion and its authority under the law regulating interstate commerce. n general, Mr. Hoover's program was understood to contemplate the creation of an emergency machine with the com- mittee inciuding representatives -from the departments of interior and the interstate commerce commission, with the commerce Secre- tary as chairman, operating through the local committees establishea in the pro- ducing districts at the time of the vol- untary agreements fixing maximum fair prices. Pooling of _coal in the prouucing dis- tricts, and distribution of cars under a preferential system to be instituted un- der authority of the Interstate commerce commission is“planned to permit’of the marshalling of fuel at the most avalia- ble points for quick shipments to tne destinations where most needed. Co- operation between the railroads and the interstate commerce coffmission woula make possible adequate supply of cars and estabiishment of a freight embargo if necessary, to facilitate fuel move- ment. Representatives of the operators and the railroads are to be drafted into ser- vice as administrative alas to the cen- tral committee to provide direct contact with those industries, Price maintenance is to be sought through efforts to obtain a more gen- eral observance on the part of small op- erators of the vVoluntary price -agres- ments already in force and by co-opera- tion on the part of the railroads to pre- vent competitive bidding sending coat prices skyward. ‘While Mr. Hoover's scheme was Qe- clared to ba bazed on the co-operation of the parties at.interest in continuing the distribution of cou) interstate commerce commission to act in emergency in bebalf of inderstate commerce was held 1o be the govern- ment’s “trwnp” card. To this end, ap- pointment of representatives of the com- mission to local committees was consid- ered as enabling the operation of the program should co-operative efforts in any district fall short. Primari Mr. Hoover has Insurance of coal supplies to the rai toads is the object of the distribution scheme, with industries producing nec- essities, public utilities and similar con- sumers to be taken care of as their needs become imperative, while at the same time the fuel requirements of the ew England states and the | Lakes regions are to be met. High officials expressed the belief to- day that the plan would work automati- cally to prevent undue price advances and enable the desired fuel distribution. Shorn of legal technicalities, it was ex- i plained, the plan would enable the in- terstate commerce commission, with its whip hand over the coal producing fields, Should prices advance unduly in any lo- was asserted, the commission hold coal . allocation until prices e’ gned to levels in proportion to the oth-r districts while coal once loaded could be given the right of way ment. | TO TAKE CARBONNEL CASE TO COURT OF CASSATION Paris, July 23.—The public |cutor announces that he will take the case of Axel Carbonnel, charged joint- Iy with Count Armand, now dead, with trading with the eremy, to the court of cassation. The criminal court of 17 acquitted Carbonnel. The accusa- tion ' against him was that a transac- tion, begun in 1913 for the sale of Chil- ean blast furnaces to a German firm for 5,500,000 francs was completed dur- ing the war. The lower court had sen- tenced Carbonnel to one year's impri- sonment and a fine of 20,000 francs. prose- | appeal on July A. BRUCE BIELASKI HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE MEXICO Mexico City, July 23. — A. Brace Blelaski, formerly attached to the i vestigation bureau of the department of fustice at Washington, and who receut- ly figured In a sensational kidnappins case, has formally notified the Me: authorities that he expects to leave Mox- ico tomorrow night if the supreme court acts on a minor matter of business, which brought him to Mexico. Thus far there is no intimation that he or Mrs. Blelaski Wwill be detained. The Cuerna- vaca court, however, is still conducting an investigation into his recent kidnap- ping. PROBAELE DEFEAT OF CULBERSON IN PRDIARY Dallas, Texas, July 23.—Final unot- ficial figures late tonight of the Texas election bureau compiling the results nf ‘yesterday's democratic primary, includ- ing 216 out of 250 countles in the state, with eighteen counties completely ac- counted for, showed Earl® B. Mayfield, of Austin, conclusively leading for demi- ocratic nomination for United States senator. Seriator Charles A. Culbersor of Dallas was third in the fleld of six entries. GIVING $1,000,000 INHERITANCE TO_“THE ADVANTAGE #F aLL" New York, July 23—Confirmation of his endowment of the American fund for public service here was made today hy Charles Garland of North Carver, Mass., ‘n a formal statement through Walter Nelles, one of the incorporators of the fund, that he was giving $800,000 of his $1,000.000 inheritance to “the advantage of all” 3 Garland, who attracted world wide at- tention when he at first refused the § 000,000 bequest from his father's es- tate, stated he gave the money because | bottom of the turntable pit, and the | came to | bers of the Worcester police department comme. ., Justice, | the authority . of-tus| indicated, | Great duly constituted authority to hold the! over all other traffic for immediate ship-| BRIEF TELEGRAMS - The Australian federal governmelt has refused to agree to the appointment of German consuls in Australia. Governor Chgnning H. Cox of Massa- chusetts, accompanied by Mrs. Cox, is at Profile, N. H, for a week's vacation. The annual conventlon of the Ameri- can Red Cross will be held in Washing- ton October, 9, 10 and 11, with President Harding delivering the opening address. John Haas was restraland by court order in-Chicago, from ‘“visiting seeing, talking to, or riding with any woman except his wife.” 2 The White Star liner Olymple, on its voyage from New York to Cuerbours, maintained for several hours a speed ot 2781 knots, which {5 a world's record for a passenger liner. Wisconsin federation of labor went on record as’ unanimously in favor of modification of the Volstead act to per- mit manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. Chiet of Pollee George H. Hill of ‘Worcester, issued orders that, because of the railroad strike, all days off for mem- are cancelled until further notice. Three armed men entered the offices of H. M. Hillson company, Somerville, Mass, tinware manufacturers, in East Somerville, held up on of the pripretors and escaped with the payroll of $1775. Miss Marilyn Miller, dancer and musical comedy star is on her way to Los Angeles for her wedding on August 1 to Jack Pickford, motion picture actor, brother of Mary Pickford. Reuben §. Thorndike, who was serv- ing his fourth consecutive term as may- or of Rockland, Maine, died at the age of 53. The Nyanza mills, manufacturing cot- ton goods, Woonsocket, R. L, will be closed all this week, reopening Monday, July 31. Slackening up of orders is giv- en by the management as responsible. Mrs. Gertrude Baldwin Chittenden, wife of Professor Russell H. Chitten- den, who recently resigned as director ot the Sheffield Scientific school, died at her home in New Haven. Street car operations were resumed in Buffalo Saturday on four additional lines which have been tied up for three weeks by the strike of carmen employed by the International Railway company. Formation of an American league of nations will be proposed by Uruguay at the next Pan-American conference be held in Santlago, Chile, in' May.. 1923, The national conventlon of the Young People’s Christian Unfon of the U: versalist church, in Worcested, elécted Brnest C. Jones, of Somerville, Mass., president, succeeding Charles E. Taylor of Chicago. A" national defense - fHAd" mof lower {than $75,000 and-a maximum of $150,- 1000 was eéndorsed by delegates attend- ing the convention of the Internationai Elecerotypers and Stereotypers’ union in Cincinnatl. Out of ths frozen north s member of the Royal Canadian mounted police has just arrived at IZdmontun, Alaska, with news of the murder of seven men Ly zn Eskimo who ran amuck on.I{edschall | 1sland, Hudson Bav, fonr months ago. As a result of the long suspension at |the anthracite coal mines in Pennxyl- {vania, college students home on :their vacations were unable this year to cure any employment in or about collieries. Some have gone on farms. Demand for ships in England to con- vey coal to America is increasing daily. Many steamers have been loaded in the United Kingdom this week for sailings {to various American ports, the freight rate being from eight to ten shilling a ton. . 4. C. Brimblecom of Newton, Mas: acting president of the National Editor! al association, was prémoted to the presidency without opposition *_ at the closing session of its annual convention in Missoula, Mont. A third supplementary motion for a new trial for Nicola Sacco and Bartolo- meo Vanzetti, convicted of the murder of a paymaster and his guard at South| Braintree in 1920, was filed in the Nor- folk, Mass., superior court. Representative C. Bascom Slemp, of the Ninth Virginia district, only republi- can congressman from that state 1ssued | a definite stateman finally declining the renomination given him by the Assem- bly. More than 1,000 national guardsmen, are in southwestern and central Pens sylvania coal fields, read to be assigned | to strategic points when coal operators attempt resumption of mining activities in compliance with President Harding's | | order. Mrs. Alice E. Cram has resigned from the presidency of the Democratic Wo- men’s club of Massachusetts and will | be,a candidate for the democratic nom- ination for state auditor. Dr. Willlam Hiram Foulkes, general secretary of the Presbyterian new era movement, is to sall on the steamship Empress of Australla July 27, from Vancouver, B. C, for the Far East for a visit to Presbyterian mission fields of the Philippines, Japan, Korea and China. The Austrian government has modified the order, issued on Wednesday, prohib- iting trading in foreign moneys. Under the new ruling trading will be permitted between eight and ten o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Robert C. Eddy, of Milwaukee, wife of a former employe of the Good- year Rubber company’s branch in Mil- waukee, -has filed suit for $1,000.000 to cover “alleged royaities on articles in- vented by her late husband, which she claims were made by the rubber com- pany. Eleotrocution killed a young married | 'couple in Frankfort, Germany, in a most ursual accident. Both bodies were found in a bathroom and investigation revealed that the zinc bathtub, a waterpipe and a portable metal lampstand figured in completing the electrical circuit that caused their deaths. Several locomotives of the New Hav- an railroad were tled up in the Worces- ter round house as the result of an un- : { been produced by the automobile engine Paris, July 23 (By the A. PJ)—A conference between David Lloyd George the British prime minister, and Ray- mond Poincare, the French pramier, it discuss' the question of a moratorium for_Germany has been arranged 'for tn. first part of August. It is expected that the conference wil assume the - proportions of a meetins of the supreme council, as it is general- ly understood here that Belgium is sure to be represented and if the Italian cab- inet crisis is solved in time, that Italy also will have delegates present. Realization that the reparations ques- tion has reached a decisive crisis is held responsible in French circles for Lre- mier Poincare overcoming his oft-ex- pressed aversion for supreme councils and his decision to have the matter of a German moratoriv _discussed before the first supreme council he has agreed to attend since he was called to the pre- miership. The fact that M. Poincare will be accompanied to London by Minister of DSEUSS QUESTION OF A MORATORIMFOREE David Lloyd George and Poincare Have Arranged for ing the First Part of August—The Meeting Will Assume- thel’ropottiomoflSeuiohof&eSupremeCoumi:‘i* as Belgium is ‘Sure to be Represented and ltaly May Have Delegates in Attendance.. < i Finance De Lasteyrie, and' Count Pe- -etti De La Rocca, director of political affairs at the foreign office, as well everal technical experts from both reign affairs and finance ministries, and the premier's acceptance of the in- vitation to meet Mr. Lloyd George withe sut awaiting the decision of the repara- tions commission on the moratorium: question are regarded here as signifi- sant that the fate of the German mora- torium is more likely to be decided 2t London than Paris. 7 The report of the guarantees commit- tee is not yet ready. but” M. Mauclere, ot the committee, showed M. Poincare a draft of the report last mgnt. It ¥as after reading it that he wired Premier Lioyd George he would be ready to meet him August first. The report will be handed to the reparations commission the roiddle or end of this weex and the decision of the commission is not ex: pected before the third or fourth August when, accoiding to the presemt plan, M. Poincare will be in London. — EDITORS QUARRELED OVER TEXTILE STRIKE AT WARE Ware, Mass., July 23.—Di views on the merits of the textile here led two rival editors to meet combat in front of the town hall this morning. Later in the day C. Earle Pickner, correspondent of a labor pe- SWO) out a warrant charging H. Dearden, editor of a lo- ¢al new: f per with assault. When tie 2,500 employes of the Otis company went on strike March rice- aer took the part of the .n his articles attacked Captain Dearden Zor remaining neutral in the controver- One of Pickner's articies, which ap- oeared yesterday charged Dearden with deing “vellow {rom his head down to his <hoes.” Zarly today when Captain Dearden took a walk down to the post office he (ound Fitkner sitting on the town hall steps. : "] guess it's about time to show yyou now yellow I am.’ remarked the cap- zain, With that, according to by-sanders he hauled Pickner o his feet 2iid knock- ¢d him down. When Pickner refused io 4et_up again. Dearden Jifted him to his Zeet and proceeded to knock him -dowm nce more. A special police officer beld Dearden's spectacles while the mil tant editor worked. The assault warrant had not been served on Dearden late tonight. ATHLETIC HEART FACTOR IN DEOWNING OF W. A. CALDWELL Ticonderoga, N. 23.—Acci- dental drowning, With an aietic heart as a contributory factor. caused the death of William A: Caldweil, general early service editor in the New York of- fice of The Associated Peess, Who was the victim of a canoe accident on Lake George near here yesterday. While no autopsy was perfornied, Doctors Sargent and Cummings of this village and Cor- onerJohn Breen decided that some heart attack or fainting undoubtedly pre- vented Mr. Caldwell, who was formerly a celebrated coliege athlete and a power- ful swimmee, from £%ving himself when his canoe overturned. His four years of athletic activity as oarsman and football player at Cornell university, according to the physictans, probably caused an af- fection of the heart which relaxation of training and lack of his former custom- ary exercise aggravated. Mr. Caldwell was last seen alive at 10.45 a. m. yesterday. Fifteen minutes later his overturned canoe was noticed not far from where he was last observed. Search disclosed his body at the bottom of the lake in about tweise feet GY water and about 100 feet from shore. Efforts to resuscitate him were unavailing. His body was taken tonight to his home at Hasbreuck Heights, N. J., where funeral serviess will be held at 8 . m. Monday WORST THUNDER STORM Providence, R. L, July 23.—Heavy thunder showers tonight, the worst in several years, wrought Savoc with street car and railroad tracks and telephone service throughout the state. Little or no damage was re:@rted from lightning but property owners in all parts of this city and elsewhere Ift the state reported heavy losses from flooded cellars. Beginning at 9.30 ». m, the heavy rainfall continued unabated until almost midnight. Stores in the downtown sec- tion of the city were chief sufferers, mer- chandise and other goods being severely damaged by torvents of water rushing into cellars from the ovirflow in the streets which at some points reached a depth of fourteen inches. Telephone serviee if this cf other parts of the state was bad:y crip- pled. Late reports showed that com- munication between this city and New- and ‘port was practleally eut off. Numerous washouts were reported by the trolley companies and the local branch of the New York, New Huven and Hartford railroad. ASPHYXIATED WHILE ASLEEP IN HIS AUTOMOBILE MAN Jersey City, N. J. July 23.—After taking some friends to ride today, Ar- thur Walsh drove his automobile into tbe garage, ciosed the door. climbed into the tonneau and fell apieep. the engine st dead. Physicians attributed the death to car- bon monoxide polsoning, the gas having eating up the oxygen in the small room. BRISTOL MAN DROWNED WHEN BOAT CAPSIZED Bristol. Conn., July 23.—Harry Knight, 30, of this city, was drowned in Cedar swamp late this afterfioon when a boat from which he was fshing capsized. An- other man, whose name was not ascer- usual aceldent. A big Boston and Maine locomotive, which was being cared for In the roundhous: is Iying in the tained by tne noVice, gaved himself by clinging to the hull of the boat until two other companions who were ih_another assistance. ~ They were un- he thought ‘inherited wealth should be|other engines in the roudhouse cannotable to save Knight, who sank immedi- Put to work for soclety.” be " removed. strikers and| IN YEABS IN PEOVIDENCE | running. Four hours iater he was founu ! EDITOR WHITE HAS REMOVED OBJECTIONAL SIGN FROM WINDOW Emporla. Kas., July 23 {(By the A. P9, | -—Wililam _ Allan ~White, editor of the Emporia Gazette, who, for several days, hes been displaying a placard in thE window of the Gazette office, today kept his sign concealed from the public. The vellow poster announcing “we are fof the striking railroad men fifty per cent.™ Was removed late yesterday (following the issuing of a warrant charging Mr. | White with violating the industrial court law. The editor immediately made bond for his appearance when the case is called in the October term of the district court. N In a statement given out when the warrant was issued. Mr. Thite ded.n he was removing the offending sign. in “acknowledgment of the right of the. state to suppress free utterance. pub- lis] in a decent and orderly manner, but because he beleved a protesting zen should “obey the order or law the case is pending.” = “Henry anl Me' day. scheduled to take place tomorrow when Mr. White and Governor Henry J. Allen are on the program to address the Kaneas wate normal school. will be a day for “Hemsy only,” ~the - editor declared ~tonight, n stating that he will not appear on the platform. “No, 1 will mot be om the platform with the governor tomorrow.” he said. “I do not want to embarrass Henry. I had not agreed to speak at Normal. and this idea of "Henry and Me' day probd- ably was hatched to make & newspaper story. , The vellow placard started a contro- versy between Mr. White and Governor Allen, lifelong friends. over the inter- pretation of the industrial court act. At the outset of the railroad strike. Gov- ernor Allen lssued an order declaring that posting signs expressing sympathy for the strikers, was in violation of the amti-picketing provisions of the law. The editor last week placed the sign in his window and published an editorial in his paper, saying that the governor's interpretation of the law interfered with free speech and courting arrest for post- ing the placard. Mr. White has been an ardent supporter of the industrial court law. Mr. White said tonight he wonld mot. again post the placard in his window. “I will have % framed and keep it as & souvenir,” he said. 3 1 i HEARSE HALTED SEVEN TIMES BY PROHIBITION AGENTS New York. July 23.—A black motor hearse, sent to Isiip. Long Island, today for the body of & woman. wis stopped seven times on the T by bands ' of prohibftion ntoroesilt sleuths in quest of a shipment of boots 1 leg whiskey. B | “Richard Norton hearse driver. report- ed the inclient to his employer. sald the usual questin asxed by e parties who halted I\ was: = “Whatcha doin’ witn that hearse? ° ‘Going to Islip for a -body,” be s swered. He sald he was compelled to open the hearse three times on the road to Isitp and four times coming back with tha body. In une instance, he added, the leader of a party attemnted to open the casket. but he stopped him. ;- “Then.” TUorton sald, whv they etopped me. said: ‘We've been tinped that a load of liquor iz being moved and we're stops ping everything from baby buggies to funeral hacks’* + £ Norton's employer said he would ask the Undertakers' ssociation to take ofe ficlal action. POLICE BARRACKS BUENED = BY IRISH IRREGULARS Dubiin, July 23 (By the A. P.)—Telé= graphic communications between Gals wa_yand Athenny were restored tonights The Galway irregulars burned the. Dunmore, North Galway, police barracks, Saturday morning and then returned ime to the direction to Ballinasloe. It is re= ported from the irregular field headquars ters they have withdrawn from Castle bar. This is held here to indicate that the. irregulars intend fo abandon Coumty Mayo and retreat.to the mountains. == - INSTANTLY ELECTROCUTED BY A HIGH TENSION WIRN Nyack, N. T, July 23—Fred Kopp, painter of Pompton Lakes, N. J., '& ) instantly killed on a high tension wiré tower in a swamp near this city today. He ‘had been painting the tower and when men reported he and a fellow. workman had gone home, power Wwam ordered turned into the wires. \ Kopp. fell a moment after the power was y ed on. The other man was not STEEET CARS RUN ON Buffalo, N. Y., July 23.—Street were run on all lines in Buffale with no trouble from strikers scarcely any passengers were od night servios will and hive, bevk cIEAIn crowds 2