Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 1, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 184 * SETTLEMENT OFRAILS POPULATION zs,sag 5 SPECII, PROPOSALS FOR e i e | (3 Contained in President Harding’s Plan to be Considered by Rail Executives and Union Heads Today—Include Pref- erential Treatment For Employes Who Remained on the Job During the Strike; That Employes in Future Abide by the Decisions of the Railroad Labor Board; Accept- ance of Wage Reductions Pending a Rehearing on the Matter by the Board—There is Lttle Doubt About the Acceptance of These Compromise Proposals. Cineinnati, July 31.—(By The A. P.) ~Five specific proposals for the settle the rail strike are contained in Harding’s plan_which will be eubmitted to rail executives in New York and rail union heads in Chica- €o tomorrow. Tt was asserted here to- night by an official of the raiiroad shop er jon. The official, who refused n permit the use of his name, stated that he had secured the information from rail union officials. in Washing- proposals, aceording nclude the employes will abide by the decsion of the United States rail- coad labor board in the future. 2—1In the matter of seniority the em- ployes who remained on thé job during the strike will receive preferential treat- me Men who have been en strike will re- turn with their eeniority rights subject ¢ &rike 1 acquired dur'ly: the en who remained on the job erd o he seniority of the mew em- ploves will date frem the time they en- tered the servies 3-—The men will accspt the recent wage reductions‘of the rail labor hoard pend- ing a further rehearing on the matter by the board 4—Farminz out of shop work by the Iroads w1 be discontinued Rezarding the matter of adjustment ‘eia! stated that the unions rational board of adjustment the raiiroad executives seek either nal or svstem boards Three noints Wwill be .stressed by the general chairmen tomorrow, it was stat- #4. as a basis for settlement, restora- tion of ful! seniority. national hoards of adjustment. and elimination of “farm- Ing” out of work. They wlil oppose, it was stated. curtailment of seriiority, agreement to accept in the future deci sions of the board and otfier than.a na- tional board of adiustment It was stated that the matter of ac- septing the propocals of President Hard- is_entirely up to the policy commit- tee of the railroad’ department of Amcriean Federation of Labor, sinwe fhis hady was the one which sanctioned the strike of the shopmen. The polley/com- mittee is comnnsed of ninety men. thirty fro meach of three districts nes which are the Mississip the Mason Dixzon line the dividing i river and 40 RAILWAY EXECUTIVES AWAITING THE PROPOSALS 31.—Forty-nine repre- tern roadd, meeting here to Aiscuss President Harding's ex- July atives of e v New York pected Troposals for - ehding the shop frs strike, adjournéd without fofm anv n'an of aetion and announced were “still waiting for the presi tn outiine his proposals.” F. Loree president of the Delaware 2nd Hudeon, was chosen to preside to- marrew at a conference of the National Association of Rat Executives, which will be attended by renresentatives of 142 roads T. Dewits Cuvier, president of the as- woctation semt rait a2 message to chiefs 2t todav’'s meeting, stating he expected Prasident Hardng~ pm:: would be trans- mitted to them when they convened to- morrow merning. LITTLE DOUBT CONCERNING ACCEPTANCE OF COMPEOMISE Washington, July 31 (B¥ the A. P.)— Convinced that the rail strike would be = matter of history within twenty-four hours after acceptance by railway shop- men and transportation chiefs of Presi- dent Harding’s compromise plan, all of the government's influence was muster- »d Arrgr' behind the effort to obtain adoption the employ meeting in New York and that of the employes In Chicago tomorrow. Chairman Hooper, of ard. after a conference with Pres- dent Harding today. left for Chicago to N hand when the meeting is called of the general policy committee of the iking shop craft unions. Secretary Hoover left tonight to attend the New York meeting of the executives. There was little doubt in administra- tion circles concerning acceptance by ‘the gnion leaders of the proposed compro- fise gettlement. Several rail executives, however. are known to hold strong ob- jection bhecause of thelr helief that it would entail abandonment of mew em- pioyes. who Ignored strong inducements ot accept employment during the smergency Optimistic forecast of action tn be ex- pectsd from the New York meeting was Sased to more than a little extent it was Indicated. on the belief that T. De- witt Cuvier. chairman of the executives' wssociation. and Viee President Atter- nf the TPennevivania, representa- of an influential group in the man- wgement side of the rail controversy. would vete for acceptance. At the same tfme. the sticking point T the whoie attemnt to negotiate a set- ent the “seniority rights” so-called ntinued protrude in. every conver- @tion and public statement of the We concerned lead- Managements of several systems which 1 now claim o have the strike heaten. have insisted | hat restoring the strikers, even though. b accept the decreased pay and abro- Fation he of favorable rules, would mean dismissal of great numbers of com- t men employed since: the strike. Tt would further mean the displacement of men whe stuck by the roads*and who bave since received promised promo~ ions in the service, On the union side. it was held that no ement wou'd be made by the-:or- rization unlese it took care of all their. men. That meant that al! railroads.-and not merely the largest number of smaller had to put the agresment into and that all the strikers on each *0ad had to be taken back. Advisers to the prasident had the executives of the larger - svstens who have publicly stated thoir pocitive | vefusal to take back the strikers on a it that ciates that while they thought the pol- icy wrong, they couid not persist in re- fusing to accept a plan devised by the government of the United States. These advisers were hopeful that a resolution would be passed by the executives' sese sion - declaring that such a procedure was contrary to their best judgment, but that in view of the responsibility of the president, they would accede to his } views of what public interest required. Though not officially made public, the president’s comprom suggestion as it iappiies to the crucial seniority -issue.l wuold place all shop employes who did not strike first on the seniority lists, would give all returning strikers places just behind these, and would give all the efficient men hired by the roads since the strike began such positions on the sts as their length of actual service had earned The “pr: ent's proposals were said to be lengthy. but the only highly contro- versial matter dealt with seniority. In | Beneral, the men would go back to work, accepting the railroad labor board’s award, with an opportunity for a re- hearing before the board. the _roads agreeing to drop all outside contracting of shop work, and agree in aadition. to set up boards of adjustment to consider grievances. RAIL STRIKE LEADERS ARRIVING IN CHICAGO Chicage, July 31.—Leaders of the striking -railway shopmen arriving here tonight f4* ‘tomorrow’s meeting called to consider President Harding’s peace j proposals insisted tonight. despite all re- poris to the contrary, that any settle- ment would restore their full seniority rights to the strikers. All expressed belief, that the terms of the president’s plans would be ratified by the union leaders—the hinety men composing the policy committee of the raiiroad department of the American Federation of Labor. = These represent the six shop crafis unions now on strike under the leadership of Bert M. Jewell The meeting of the strike leaders ‘will open ‘about the same hour the 148 rail- way president will“ open their ‘meeting in New York, to act on the same pro- posals’ looking toward a settlement of the strike. Among. the union men to- night, the belief was expressed that the president’s plan would meet the greatest opposition from a. minority of the rai way executives, but they were firm their conviction that it would finally in car- ry and that the strikers would be back to work before the end of the week. — Denison, Texas, will pray for the set- tlement of the rail strike - The mayor Tis a proclamation, asked business hous- es tomorrow (o close for ome hour and urged the citizens to asssmble in church and pray that the conferences of execu- tives and shopmen result in peace. All the local churches have arrangement for morning prayer meetings. The Southern Pacific rai'road, through its general manager. J. H. Dyer, an- nounced it will not accept any plan to end the present shopmen's strike that calls for ‘the displacing of men now in the service by strikers. THREE-CORNERED CONTEST OKLAHOMA PRIMARY Okla., July 31 (By the A. P).—With the Ku Klux Klan de- clared to be supporting one candidate for the democratic nomination for governor, and representatives of the kian denying that the organization was taking any active part in the campaign, Oklahoma's threelcornered gubernatorial primary campaign finished tonight and voters Oklahoma Cit. made ready to go to the polls tomorrow. Overshadowing the alleged klan issue in importance, according to many other observers, ¥ was the cand C. Walton of klahoma ¥y, farmer- bor candidate fer the democratic nomi- nation, who has espoused public owner- ship of a number of utilities. state aid to farmers, and the Plumb vlan for govern- ment control of railroad: R. H. Wiison, another candidate had been given the endorsement in state- ments purporting to have been issued by the Ku Klux Klan, but today the official publication of the organization denied that the klan as an organization ‘%as backing any candidate. It will be the first time women of Okla- homa have been given a voice in select- ing state officers. Next in genecal interest are campaigns i of Miss Alice Robertson, Muskogee, and Manuel Herrick. incumbents, for renomi- nation to congress in their respective dis- tricts. Miss Robertson has announced that she s been threatened with polit- icai punishment by women's political or- ganizations because of her refusal to support those organizations or yield un- liesitatingly to their suggestions, She aiso has announced that she expected apposition from proponents of the soldier bonus, which she has opposed. Representative Herrick of distriet is opposed by for renomination. of Mayer ; 1 the Eighth three republicans | S RECEIVER IN EQUITY 1 | FOR THE FERGUS MOTORS Newark, N. J., July -31.—Federal’ {Judge Bodine late today named Samuel | . Kessler receiver in equity for the Fer- gus Motors of America, Inc.. on com- plaints of Joseph Bell Ferguson, New-- ark; president of the company. Ferguson alleges that he has advanced $42,600 to the company, which has an authorized capital stock™ of $1,000,000 | assets of $359,000, and liabilities of $200,000. 1 Fdward Bushman was fined $50 in dis- trict court in Cambridge, Mass., afte- uhe had been round guilty of cruel!y to animals. The police charged that waen Bushman left home for a vacation he Seniorits basls were willing. in advance|left a eat with three kittens locked in ¥ tomeorrow's meéting, to ‘say to asso-’the houss with nothinz to eat Iers .of Afty Burning Flercely American Hotel Among sonic Hall Threatened. Hong Kong, July 31 (By the A. P.).— The most disastrous /fire that has swept the European business section in Hong Kong in many years broke out tonight and is still burning fiercely. Among the buildings badly damaged is the Carleton hotel, on Icehouse road, the oniy Ameri- can hotel in the city. * The Grand hotel, on Queens road, also suffered considerably, wnile several other buiildings have been destroyed. The fire is threatening Masunic ihall, only a few blocks from Government house, in the heart of the city. BITTER CONTEST IN PRIMARIES IN MISSOUEI TODAY St. Louis, Mo., Ju —Missouri tomurrow . in“the first primacy participated in by. women in the history of the state, will seiect her candidates for -United States senator, congressmen, and a host of state, county auu city of- fices. Four political partics—democratic, re- pubiican, socialist and socialist-labor— have tickets in the field. Interest in the primacy in Missouri has ! been overshadowed by the bitier cam- paign between Senator James . A. lived and Breckenridge- Long, third assistant secretary of state under President Wii- son, .for. the democratic senatorial nomi- nation. There is a third candidate in the race, Robert I. Young. St. Joseph, who has not made an active campaign e league of nations, the war, prohi- bition, home rule, party regularity and other subjects ;have been invoked:in the Reed-Long ' fight. ‘While many crganizations are fighting Senator.Reed: of womeén because of hxs suffrage stand.. others. are as a supporting him, Mrs. Champ Clark, widow of the former speaker of the house, and her son are among those. who have endorsed Reed. | On the republican ballot there are six | candlda!e; for Uniled States senater—J. Barrett, state attorney genéral, David \r. Proctor of Kzssas City and John C. McKiniey of Ur®nville _represent the progressive ~side. R. R. Brewster of Kansas City has the suppert.of the regu- lar republican organization. . William Sacks, reputed millionaire -oil man, is:in the'race on a light wines and:beer plat- form, a program that is also endorsed by Col. John H. Parker of Jefferson bar- a- soldier candidate. es the senatorial race, congres- sional candidates will be eclected in each of the sixteen districts. All present in- cumbents, with the excention of Repre- sentative Samuel A. Shelton. repubiican, of the Sixteenth district, are seeking re- nomination. Four women are in the race for con- gress. COAL STRIKE SETTLEMENT MAY BE MADE BY DISTRICTS ‘Washingten, July 31 (By the A. P)—; With the federal emergency coal control machine plloted by Fuel Distributor | Spencer finally under way, the possibil- ity that negotiation for a separate wage settlement between the miners’ union and some operators in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana bituminous flelds might be instituted this week, was strongly fmdicated in Washington to- night. Representatives of the various gov- ernment departments and producinz op- erators co-operating under the admin: istration's distribution plan set to worl on the initia] problems, such as organ ization of regional committees in the producing fields and formation of coal ool Members of federal distribution rred toda Cleveland operators on the question of | supplies for the Great Lakes region, but| no statement was made as to conclu- sions reached by the conferees. In Cleveland. it was understood, a meefing is t6' be’ ' held next Monday looking to the settlement of the strike in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and In- diana. - Since the strike began. some opera- tors have expressed willingness to ne- gotiate with John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and the scale} committees of the union. The controll- ing majority in most operators’ asso- ciations has been unwilling, however, to concede the union’s demand for a semi- national wage scale, and have also been unwilling to concede the wage scale of 1920, with its $7.50 daily wage base for common lzbor underground, Ohio coal operators’ associations are said to have been made a nucleus about | hich Mr. Lewis was forming an inter- state group with whom he would shortly attempt to negotiate a wage scale. Tt was declared today in informed circles that a representation of opera- tors from the three states other than Ohin in the conference proposed would be sa small as to leave it “a rump at-| fair.” There were also fears that if| such a gathering assembled, ft- might drag out a long time. while efforts were being made by those in it to get enough outsiders to make its wage declsions ef- fective in the industry. TUPHOLDS SALE OF RYAN STUTZ MOTOR STOCEK New York., July 31.—The motion of Francis G. Caffey, as receiver for Allan | A. Rvan, to halt the sale Wednesday | of $200,000 shares of Stutz motor stock | to repay l6ans made by the Guaranty Trust companp and -other banking firms to Ryan. was'denied today by Federal‘ Judge Augustus N. Hand. Recéiver Caffey asked for a postpone- ment, contending that the sale .of the | stock, which is-said to constitute con- trol of the Stutz company, was not ad- visable at this time. POISONED BY BLUEBEKRY AND HUCKLEBERRY PIES New TYork, July 31.—Blueberry and | huckleberry pies, sold in a lota) restaur- ant slightly poisoned scores of office workers today. ambulances removing two | bgirl stenographers toa hospital and oth- affected to their homes. Throughout the neighbornood of the rest. aurgnt, where hundreds lunch datly, men and women were stricken several hours after eating the pies, ana nearly all were forced to leave work for tair homes, SLIGHT HOPE FOR RECOVERY | OF U. §. SENATOR W. E. CROW Uniontown. - Pa., July 31.—Physicians attending United States Senator Wiiliam E. Crow at his summer h®me near here announced late tonight that his condition steadily was growing worse. They hold &iigh- hopes for his recovery. flay after successfuiy evading the swarms !flersily of Cracow, as prime minister. iare en route from Danzig to builders in dent of electrical transmission al the company's power house at Cos Cob. The will of J. Herbert Bromeon, ad- | miited to probate in Waterbuey, disposes 1 che, £, Becket, Mass., was to the ground, owwn.(ng total $20,000. er strike on the part ef some en now awaiting flogging in the jab is delaying the punishment prisoners. ack Pickford with his bride, Marilynn ilier, were on their houeymoon yester- of curiosity seekers in Lus Angeles. The Polish parliament by a vote of 140 to 184 confirmed Sunday the nomination t Dr. Julian Nowak, rector of the Uni- Mrs. George P. Baker (Christina Hop- kinson Baker) has been/appointed acting dean of Radcliffe coliege for the year 1922-23. Uncle Sam is refereeing 34 strike dis- putes and 10 controvevies thatliave not yet reached the strike stage, Secretary of Labor Davis announced. ‘Work has commenced on the 1,000,000 bushels'” capacity elevator at Fort Wil- liam, Ont., and it is expected that it will in time to handle the fali's By a sheer drop of 3,000 feet in a crevasse, three men and ‘one woman were ! Kkilled ile climbing the Jungfrau in Switzerland. Guides are sealwiing for the bodies. France has rejected Germany's request for a reduction in the morithiy payments on the debis conteacted by German na- tionals with allied citizens prior to th World war. Governor Cox will hold a conference this morping with Fuel Administrator| ugene C. Hultman in connection wita supply and distribution of ccal in Massachusetts this winter. The textile strike in Lawrence, Mass., which began mx\y weeks after the strike in Rhode Mland and New Hamp- shiré, appears to have settléd down into a gtim test of ~endurance. Two shinloads of German-made brick New York, the first shipment of foreign- made bri¢k to be importéd in an effort to beat down the prices of building ma- terial. Rejected by Miss Stephanie Pre: Holyoke, Frank Pankowich, of C Falls, fired one shot at her which miss-| ed its mark, and then turnéd his pistol | against himself, inflicting wounds from which it is said he cannot recover. F. MecKenney, from New Rev. Luther former congressman h widely known as a Universalist minis- ter and a prominent democrat, died at his-home in Bridgton, Me., at the age of s1. Hampshire, | Members of the Christmas club of the| Tremont Trust company, Boston, who| saved money for gifts in the holiday season of 1920. vesterday received a dividend of .50 per cent—in for summer vacation. John Senmott, 17 years old, was fatal- Iy injured in Cambridge, Mass., when he ! was struck by an eléetric truck which had previously hurled a motorcycle driven by William. L. Brooks of Somer- ville into a 10-foot excavation. time B. F. Bardo of New Haven, son of C. L. Bardo, general manager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, has been appointed superinten- of an estate of the estinfated value of $1,000000. Practically the entire estate ! is left to the testator's widow and son, from acoident or smiclde At least sons were injured and several from drowning were reported rescues H. Gower, 87, lntprnlflonn!lv. ganist, composer and expert on | psychical research, dled in Denver. suffered a paralytic suwoke three days ago. He was born in England. His mother was a descendant of Sir Walter Scott America’s share in the Argonne fight- ing was recalled Supday in Paris when a memorial to 150,000 killed In the for- ests was inaugurated at Haute Chevau- near the ruins of Vauquoise, Pre- mier Poincdre delivering the unveiling address Cardinal Logue, primate of Ireland, in a letter to the Duhdalk diocese, com- plained of the state of affairs of the past | two weeks and said he was deiiberating as to whether he should go to Dundalk and put the whole place under excom- munication. The latest statement at hand of the Ecitish government's floating debt shows a reduction of 71,278.000 pounfls since the end of last March and of 409,168 500 pounds sterling from the same date in July last year. The president and Mrs. Harding will | vote by mail in the Ohio primary Aug. .| It was said at- the White House that their ballots would be forwarded to Marion during the week. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned by the coroner's jury fol lowing an inquest on the bod¢ of the Countess of Essex. daughter of the late! Beach Grant of New York, who was found dead in the bathroom of her Lon- don residence Frida; Vittorio Orlando, who had been re- quested by King Victor Emmanuel of Italy to form a cabinet. informed the king that-he had found it impossible to ! carry out the task. because_of the in- transigeance of both .the sTialists and the Fascisti. An attempted robbery of the home of C. L. Bardo. general manager of the New -York.. New Haven and Hartford raiiroad. in Westvi was frustrated when poiice arrésted two men, one of whom was caught in the celar of the Bardo residenee. The engagement of Jane Norton Grew, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward W, Eggleworth Grew of Boston, to James Waterhouse Angell, eon of James Rowland Angell, president of Yale uni- versity, has been announced by Miss Grew’s parents. | CHICAGO IS FACING end casualty | the e per- | f iRPINE ORCHARD MOTORIST jed the About to ascend the stairs in his Fifth avenue home in New York, Frank W. Freuauff. a vice president and director of the Cities Service company and junior partner of Hefsy L. Doherty and eom- pany, dropped to the floor and died a few minutes later. —-.—-‘ __,__._—A—- MayKeepRumShps Twelve Miles at Sea| TalkotaRecipmuiAnm-;o;-A TwhhMumeunAfhmHnSataNdeb!h AllndHuhCommmmehmmgmwTw "Already Concentrated Are Estimated at So,m-—l’ro- tul'flmtltlsaViohtwnoftheNelm-luydCMn- hnoplel’ndnmedby the GredPowul—GteeceHu Ruffirmedltsl’wmneNottolnvadetheNeu&llbne, ment Between British and American Governments. London, July 31 (By the A. P.)—Pre- mier Lloyd George told the house of commons_this. afternoon the- British gov- ernment was considering certain tenta- tive suggestions made by . the.United States government with ‘a view to pré- venting the smuggling o: liquor ‘into the United States. Among: these Sagyestignitesit’ Mo Lloyd George, was a proposal that the American and British governments enter into a reciprocal arrangement ‘whereby the authorities of each government would be empowered to search vessels outside of territorial waters up to & dis~ tance of 12 miles from-shore. A OF STREET TRAFFIC TIE-UP 31.—Facing a complete tie-up of street car.and elevated traffic by Wednesday night, widespread prepa- rations were under way today by subur- ban railways, motor 'bus‘companies and automobile owners to nieet the:threaten- ed strike crisis, affecting approximately 20,000 men. All efforts of busmess men, city offi- cials, union leaders and car. line. chiéfs tonight apparéntly had failed in theie ef- to avert a walk-out. prec®itated the demand of the surface lines that their ‘men accent a. wage_reduction of approximately 17 per cent. Carfares re- cently were reduced from 8 'to 7 ceénts. e is to take eflect at 4 a. m. ‘lines and Wednesday on the ele\aled lines. A complete tie-up of streel car and elevated trafiic began to make itself féit shertiy before midnight tonight after the surface line employes at a mass meeting had voted for a ‘walk-out, effective at 4 a m. tomérrow, and -elevated rdad mén had joined them in a runaway ‘strike, an- ticipating a formal strike ordee by, twen- ty-fout hours. Chicago. July IRISH FREE STATE TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED TIPPEBARY London, July 31°(By the Al P.)—The town of Tipperary was captured by Free State troops Sunday morning, says :a despatch to The Times from Dublin. ‘The attack was commenced Saturday DBy troops from Dublin. No progress was made for some hours owing to the absence of artillery. The gulars were well fortified and com- manded the main road with' machine guns. The firing died away just before mid- night, but was renewed at 5. o'cleck in the morning and the Free .Staters suc- ceeded eventually in getting around the town and turned the positions of the irregulars. 4 Sharp house-to-houge fighting follow- ed, but the town was won and.forty-four prisoners were taken. A factory was badly damaged by fire. BLAMES SHERITF FOR MASSACRDI AT HERRIN St. Louis, July 31 (By the A. P.).— Responsibiilty for failure to prevent a demonstration which cesulted in the killing of nineteen employes of the Southern Illinois Coal company by union miners and sympathizers * near Herrin, 1, June 4 is placed upon Sheriff Mel- vin Thaxtoa of Williamson. county by Col. Samuel Hunter of the Illinois National guard in his:official report to Adjutant General Charles B Black. Col- onel Hunter announced here today. FOCH SENDS GREETINGS TO ENIGHTS OF COLUMBLS J. o July 31—Marshal whe was inducted into Solumbus 2t Chicago last greetings to the supreme 2 of that organ- ization which ovens here tomorrow. The message read: “Greetings to my brothers of the Knights of Columbus assembled in con- vention, recognizing their gemerdus and effective services during the. war and afterwards. 1 cherish the memory of vour pilgrimage to Metz and of your hospitality in Chicago.” BRITISH TALK OF REPRISALS AGAINST SHIP SUBSIDY London. July 31.—Anewering a ques- tion In the house of commons tonight concerning possible reprisals in event of the American ship subsidy bill becoming a law, Cecil B. Harmsworth, under-sec- retary foreign affairs, explained that the customs consolidation =ct of 1853 em- powers the government to impose such duties on foreign tonnage or goods as may be necessary to counter act any dis- advaniage Dritish trade or shipping may suffer from preefrences granted by for- cign governments to their ~ vessels or goods HELD FORE DEATH OF CHILD New Haven, Ju Pine Orchard, sponsib! .—John Moran of was held criminally re- for the death of five-year-old Maresca, of this city in a find- ing public by Coroner Blix Mix teday. The child was struck by an au- tomobile operated by Mcran on July 24, a5 she was crossing the street in frént of her home ;. I'he coroner in his find- ing says that Moran might hdve prevent- accident had he kept his atten- tion to the roadway. Moran did. not know the youngster was struck untit told by a man who ran aftér the machine PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF RAPIDS PRINCE ON SEA SLEDS Montreal, July 31.—A ‘modern sea sled, driven by engines -of = 300-horse- power, collaborating with simple skiffs manned by Indians from the Caughna- waga reservation, today carriéd several hundred passengers of the steamer Rap- ids Prince, from the rocks upon which they had been marooned since last night to the mainland a half mile away. The vessel is now resting on a ledge of rock, with little' danger of sinking. J. W. Norcross, vice president of the Ca- nadian steamship lipe, owners of the Rapids Prince, said tonight that all of the 400 marooned on the ship will be rescued before morning. MORE THAN 1,000,000 TONS COAL COMING FROM EUROPE IN AUGUST Washington. July 31.—More than 1.- 000,000 tons of coal will be en route to the United States from Wales and the east coast of England by September 1. according to Vice President Smull, of the Emergency Fleet corporation. Char- ters have been let for 50 ships, ..u-r.. zating. 400,000 tons. to engage imnort of ecal he sald 'to lndudmg Comunhnople, Without Consent of the Al- Lies. Constantinople, July 31 (By the A. P.).neutral zone, Including Constantinople, —The: Turkish- minister of foreign affairs without the consént of the allies. The sent a -mote’ lodu to the allied high com- missioners ‘hére “sefting forth the Greek, concentraiion on the Thracean frontier. giving the numbers.of the regiments in the movement, and declaring that five train ]6ads of -troops have left Adrianople for Tchortu "and Tcharkesshelr. The troops ‘already concefitrated are estimat- ed at” 30,000 by the minister. The note expresses the hope that the allies ‘will take al] meagurés.to prevent a violation ofthe-néulrality of Constanti- nople progiaimed by the great powers. PEACE DEPENDENT UPON L Constantinople, . July 31.—Major Gen- eral Charies V..F.;Toxnshend, command- er” of tite British- troops which surren- dered 1o (B4 Turks at Kut-El:Amara in the campaign for Bagdad during the war, | who was reportéd. recently to bé on a private mission to.Angora, is quotid in an Angora méssage as declating béfore leaving - the 'rurkfsh natiopalist capital yesterday tHat a_speedy peace between Turkey and ‘Greece wenid be possible if the -Greeks should immeédiately &iacuate Asia Minor. If this territdry were re- turned- to Purkey; hé declared, ali other points ‘coule easily be settled. Geénéral Townshend’ expressed his con- viction ~that -a - séfious ~situztion would ; ensue ll the peau Tiegotiations failed. A Speclal despatehes” from . London | in May reportéd tyat., the. British govern- ment had refuséd: to give General Town- | shend- a . passnért. to, visit Turkey, because | it was believed the hero of Kut intended to deliver vro-Turkish - speeches, as he was said to strongly favor the Turkish side of the argument with Greece. Gen- | eral Townshend. since, his retirement from thé army, has been elected a mem- ber of parliament. It was he who pre- sented e’ Turkish armistice proposzls at the close of the war, the Turks who | had held -him after’ the capture of Kut, to make known the Turkish capitulation propositions. NoT "ro PERMIT GREEKS TO Londnn, July 31. -—The action of Greece in threatening to march on Constantino- | ple and- freciaiming autonomy for Smyrna and_its hinterland. again bas forced the difficult Near Eastern prob- lem to the forefront in diplomacy. Premier Lloyd George, in a statement to parliament today, gave reassuring in- formatjen—concerning the crisis—to the effect that Greeca' had rex previous undertaking not to invade the GREEKS LEAVING ASIA MINOR! allowing him- tp go to London on paroie | ¢ MARCH UPON COVSTA!TI!'OPLE“ premier éxpresseéd the opinion that the motive for the Greek action Wwas to ex- pedite a settlemeént of the Near Eastern question. .He added that.a meeting of the powers chiefly concérned would be | convened to-discuss the situation. ! 'Thé premier has invited M. .Poincare, the French premier. to meet him in Lon- don. Auzust 7 to discuss the réparations question which has been rendered -urg- ent owing to the renewed slump in the Should M. 'Poincare accept the invitation it may be assumed ‘that the two premiers will talk over the ponsi- bility of summoning a meeting of the supreme council. to which M. - Poincare is known to have objections, or repre- sentatives of the leading powers inter- ested to cnfer on the Near Eastern prob- lem. In this ‘mattér Great-Britain. Franca and Italy all are agreed nét to pérmit Greece to force matters by a march up- on Constantinople, but they are by ro méans agreed on a general Policy ‘eon- cérning the Néar East. It is consiflér- ed that it was knowledgé of this dTk- agfeémant which induded Gresce to at- témit to' fofce -the situatidh By pré- claiming thé autémony &f Smirna.” hép- {ing by doing so to prevérit: the propaked | =olutién “of the situation by retirnisg thi< territory to Turkes | Meantime it is not genérally betteved ‘that Greecs will proceed’ to extreme. Altheuzh' she ‘is' assembling large’ forces }r' troops at Podosto,” the” powérs dre | takinz the npcessary’ steps to rmn any attémnt upon Constantineple. “A' stfong British fleet is gathering in Torksh wa- ters and alliad reinforements are M!n: €ent- to Turkey. | DA M |TO PREVENT GREEK 1‘00" ! CROSSING INTO ASIA-MINOE ! | romam'nm. July 31.—(By The A. —Thke movement of British troops Sitaet the Tomitox to Piataead acin troops on the Tehatalia line. thirty miles iv\c t, continued today. This measure is inz taken in order to, cljeck any. noesi- ble violation of ‘the meutraity of Con- | stantinople by Greek troops wishing to | cross into Asfa-Minor to oppose the Turk- | ish nationalists. Yesterday's conference. of, allied gen- erals sealed an agreement between the allies toforcibly prevent any possible at- tempt by the Greeks to take Constan- | tinople. , The real danzer is ed to | arrive not from the possibllity of an or- | der toadvance from the Greek high com- mand, but from the exalted feeling among Greek troops, whose advance of | their “own accord is considered -possi- ble. The allied fleet hax been ordered to |keep up steam in readiness for any eventuality. 5 REPUDIATION ASRKED OF THE K. OF C. SUPREME KNIGHT Atlantie City, N. J., .July 31.—Every delegate here for the opening of the fortieth annual convention of the Knights of Columbus received. a letter tonight signed by one hundred “representative Catholic citizens” of Boston, calling up- on the order fo disavow the attack made by Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty upon the supreme court of Massachusetts in connection with the Pelletier case Eleven resolutions will be offered to the convention demanding that the order re- nudiate the- uptterances of the supreme knight. The letter receivid by nicht reads-in part: fr. Flaherty, prejudged. misjudged, and misrepresented the decision of the supreme enurt of the commonwealth of Massachusetts. even previous to its an- nouncement. By unanimous decision of the full bench of the court, Mr. Pelle- tier was convicted of gross miscon- duct. Tts deeision removed Mr. Pelletier from the office of district attorney. He made no dsfense at that triali nor at the subsenuent disbarment proceedings. He was disharred from the practice of law. Finally he has resizned the office of supreme advocate. The intemperate utterances of Supreme.Knight Flaherty is still a compelling jssue. The Knizhts of Columbus must either -assume or-ds avow resnopsibilitr for them. They in- volve not merely the organization itself, but the entire Catholi> lai “His atfack upon the supmeme court of Massachusetts -was unwarranted and flagrant. He deliberatel¢ ‘alizned the great orzanizatidn of whieh he is the head. and for which he snpoke with those dastructive forces—avowedly -anarchistic. Eaually baseless, indefensible,- and "dan- i gerous to sooial tranqdflity.and to the safety of the renublic was his vicious attemnt to.rékindle the.consuming flames of religious and racial Intolerance, wikch hanvily here. had been dring out.” Electibn . of a supreme ' advocate and six membhers of° the board of directors will feature the annual election. ~There are two fa-tions in the field, ones head- ed by Williem J Mulligan, former chair- {man of the war activities _committee of the Knights. and now. a -member of the gl of -diréctérs, and ‘tHeother by Tuke E. HFlart. Theyr are the candidates for supremé advocate. s —_— Possmn.nv OF VERDICT BY THE. olz‘cnm JURY the delegates to- Los Angélés, July. 31.—Preparations to keep the jury cat ‘another night in the case of Mrs. Madalynne Obenchain. on trial for ‘tHe murdér of J. Belton Kenne- dy, were ordered late today when a ma- Jority of: the twelve jurors said there was a possibility of a verdict being reached. The jury, which had been divided, six to six, during most of the delibera- tions since last Friday afternoon, had switched to seven to five when Judge Shenk called it in to report shortly be- fore 3 p. m. The foreman did not indi- cate whether the muafl:y ‘was for con- viction or -acquittal. i The judge directed that if they failed reach & verdict during the evening, they be taken'to 2 Hotel for the night ISSUES INVOLVED IN KANSAS PRIMARY TODAY ‘Topeka, *Kan,, July 31.—(By the A. P)) —The eve of Kansas' eighth- primary election finds little enlightment . in‘ the enigma of what the morrow will bring forth The majority of the political prophets put the three best prospects’for..the. re- publican gubernatorial race in this of- der: W. Y. Morgan, C. L.-Lambertson, and former Governo Stubbs. The possible stength of any of these three and that of Tom McNeal, with his state-wide acquaintance formed thfough his position- as-editor-of a farm publica- tion and that of Fred" W. Knapp,” who has endorsement of the labor. unions and other organizations, is problematical te all observers. 5 The one big issue, the industrial court, is for abolition' by McNeal and ‘Knapp. Stubbs is favorable to jt. -Morgan angd Lambertson have asserted they favor the “idea.” Mrs. W. L. McMory, a woman. éandi- date for governor. has announded in fav- or of “so perfecting the court that it will serve with equal justice; the -lab- orer, the employer and. the-public.” Miss Helen Pettigrew. the.other wo- man candidate, wants the law repeajed. Colonel Leigh J. Hunt, of Kansas Ci an ex-service man, Jonathan Davis and Henderson S.. Martin.. of Lawrence, are candidates for the democratic nomina- tion for governor. MORE THAN 100 iNeJKED BY EXPLOSION IN CHICAGO Chicago, July 3.—DMore than.a hu dred persans were injured and an entire neizhborhood terrorized today by the ex- plosion of more than 4,000.000 feet of gas and the. coliapse of -its- container. The blast, accompanisd by a “fower- ing column of flame, came without warn- !ing and spread burns, désolation and fear throuzh a district coveringz ‘about six Dblocks and peopied mostly by forr- eign laborers. A _group .of boys. playing baseball in a vacant log more than 100 yards fram the gas rlant had thelr evebrows burn- ed off and their .hair singed and’ suffered burns on their faces. The millions of féet of gas. igrited from_ some mysteri- h_enginecers have, been unable to expiain. lifted the top off the huge circular . tank. fter- the expiosion the tank budt«! and collapsed — a mass of glowinz. twisted iron. The loss.was placed n approximately $56,000. MOTOR TRUCK INJURIES FATAL TO HARETFORD MAN Hartford, July 31.—Michael Tozzelio of Hartford died at the Hartford - hospital this afternoon as the result of injuries sustained shortly after 10 o'clock last night when he was struck by a motor truck operated by Frank Isleib of Mari- boro. Tozzello was walking um the New London turnpike when Isleib is said to have run him down. The latter was arrested, but released upon furnishing $1,000 bond. Isleib said he was blinded by the headiights of another autamoblile and did not see Tozzeéfa -