Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 5, 1922, Page 1

LXIV—NO. _'ms [P Leaders of Three Railroad BrotharhoodsHlveRaqudl Conference With President Harding to Present Their | Views in Connection With the Strike of Shopmen—Ex- press Fear That They Will be Unable to Restrain Their Members From Being Drawn Into the Controversy— Declare That Rolling Stock is in a Condition That Vio- lates Safety Statutes and Rules Enacted for the Pro- tection of the Lives and Property of the Public. leveland, Aug sentatives of three of the four rallroad brotherhoods in Washington were re- quested by teiegraph tonight to arrange a comferencs between President Harding and the chief executives of the brother- hoods for the purnose of presenting to the president their views in connection with the present strike of railroad shop crattsmen, A sent direct to Presi- dent Harding tonight by the theee iocal chief executives of the brotherhoods ask- ng for a conference The matter has been under considera- tion since vesterday by Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Engi- neers; W. G. Lee, president of the Railcoad Trainmen, and tdent of the Broth- erhood of and Enginemen, but because of faiture to get a reply for joint action from L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order of Ratiway Conductors and the other member of the “Big Four. it was decided tonight to ask for the con- ference, through the legislative repre- sentatives of the engineers, trainmen and firemen Mr. Sheppard was telegraphed tonight that because of the serious situation hourly developing, it was decided to seek conference immediate! “I you decide to take similar action, you can wire yoor legisiative representa. tivé direct.” the telegram said. The telegram was addressed to H. E. Wills of the engineers, Arthur J. Lovell of the firemen and W. N. Doak of the tritnmen, as follo Referring to our joint telegram this date authorizing you to arrange confer. ence with the president, we have wi the president as follows: “ “The undersigned have this day wired our natignal legisiative representatives at, ‘Washington instructing them to re- Juest 3 conference with you for the pur- Pose of presenting to you our views in ! commection W the present strike of aliroad shop crafts, which s dally de- veioping into a more serious situation.’ ASigned) “STONE, LEE and ROBERTSON " Another message to the three legisla- tiye representatives. signed by thre, chisf executives. sent tonig! Eives de talls for fhe urgency of the coi®efenc magfle necessary by the flood of tom- pigints received headquarters regard- ing working conditions on railroads since the beginning of the shopmen's strike. The legislativa cep: tatives are re. quested t5 file this message with the pres 1485t as a basis for discussion with him of the questions at issue. The message i “H. E._ Wils. Arthur J Lovell, W. N. Doak, Washington “Complaints in increasing numbers are polring into our respective offices agains demands that our men take out locomo. tives and equinment which are in a dan- gerous and unsafe condition, in violation of safety statutes and rules which have ection of the lives and property of the public, and of | assauits on and insults to our members by armed guards that are placed on the been e ed for the prot various railroad properties “Up. of a neutral a our members to continue at their posts. Comstant aggravation of the above con- @itions, and the refusal of the railroad the president for a compromise settlement of pending questions, are makifg the sit- executives to accept the proposals uation infl tely more difficult to handle The. plain ai hazardous occupation are creased oonditions will inev members, as a matter of deplore such & contingeney. “We feel that the American public is fully In sympathy with the president's in the lght of the above facts, and in'the in- public weifare, peace and efforts to settle this strike, and terest mfety, we wuggest vou call upon the president and urge him to again - bein this matter to the attention of the ra road executives wi th have been accepted by the shop crafts. Continued refusal to accept the presi dent's proposals for a compromise settl ment of pending questions will place upon the railroad executives full responsibility for The increasing seriousness of the sit- uation keeping pace with production. i i this time, by constant urging titude, fidelity to thelr coptracts and in the intetest of publie peace and safety. we have prevalled om intention of the raiiroad ex- ecutives to sr®ash the shon eraft unions i& resulting in more and more of the to- comotives and equipment getting Inte repalr, and the dangers of most aily in- ‘e fear that a continuation of thess ably resuit in our 1f-protection, into the controversy, and the hope that he may yet succeed in convincing them of necessity for their prompt accept- ance of the president’'s proposal. which it was said here that shipmemts were Announcement of . the ' ‘annulshent .ot twenty Erie trains at Hornell, to become effective tomorrow, brought from Presi- dent Underwood of the Erle a statement that unless the coal strike was settled soon the road might have to make still further cancellations Reports of all metfopolitan roads that striking shopmen were drifting back to their jobs in twos and threes, were vig- orously denied by David Wililams, secre- tary of the eastern strike committee. The roads are decelving themselves, he de- elared, and trying to lull the pyblic into a false sense of security in the belief that the strike was all over. “Because the eastern roads are . the most powerful, Besides being most advan- tageous! located near biz markets for strikebreakers, they ignore _distresstul eonditions on western roa he assert- ed. “They would have President Harding believe the strike is broken, whereas it is just going good.” Officiale of the New Haven announced tonight that the system Brotherhood of Rallway and Steamship Clerks, Freigh) Handlers. Express and Station Employe: had agreed, after a conference with road executives, to await advice from the United States railroad-iabor hoard before taking action on wage cuts ordered by the board to become effective as of last July 1. Rules and practices with respect to va- cations, Saturday haif holidays and sick leaves would be restored as they were prior to the board’s ruling pending a ¥We- cision from the federal body on pamtests now on file before it. This deci ecutives, iminated all possibility of a strike of their clecks until the United States labor board announces its find- inge. REQUEST TO BE PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT HARDING TODAY ‘Washington. Aug. 4. —:The. telegram sent from executives. of three of the four raliroad brotherhoods in Cleveland, ask- ing a éonference with President Harding on the rafl strike ituation, did: not reach the hite House in time to re- ceive Mr. Harding's consideration to- night. Legielative agents of the brotherhoods also were understood to have agreed to wait until tmofrow before presenting the request, with an explanation of reasons which fmpelled. the brotherhood chiefs to seak the conference. Ths armimistrationts immy4iate at- titnde towar the rail strike, its spokes- men have declared, wouid be to as- jcertain whether the rafiroad manage- ments would he able to earry out their | proposal to “deliver transportation.” de- pite continuance of the strike of the hopmen. In some quarters, it was ex- pected that the protest of the brother- hoods would be considered in relation to this policy, the government seeking to determine whether the use of alleged di- lapidated equipment had reached the point where it endangered public in- terests, TWO FORMER B. & 0. SHOPMEN SHOT BY U. 5. DEPUTY MARSHAL Newark, Ohio, Aug. 4—John Kalman, former Baltimore and Ohio_ railroad shopman. was shot and killed and Pas- quale Susi, a striking B. and O. shop- MY, was wounded . here tomighf b Moses Slocum, 26, negro, of St. Louis. Mo... who claims to be a United States deputy marshal, sent here three weeks ago. SEABOARD AIR LINE EMPLOYES KIDNAPPED AND BEATE Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 4-—Twenty-five masked men kidnafiped five Seaboard Alr Line employes and one railroad guard at Manly, near Southern Pines today, carried them two miles from that point and severely beat them, one, it is believed, fatally, accordinz (to reports to the Seaboard officers here. NO ERROR IN THE CASE OF VIRGINTUS ST. JULIEN MAYO New Haven, Aug. 4—In an opinfon written by Justice John K. Beach, the supreme court here today finds no error in the proceedings brought by Edward B. Eames, et al, against Virginius St. Julien Mayo, of Stamford, formerly head of the Mayo Radiator company of this city Eames. head of a brokerage con- rn, brought suit against the Mayo Ra- jator company claiming- commission for ‘flnn(ing'l financial deaj for the company. | The concern was granted a nom-suit in t he lower courts making Mayo the sole “We suggest you file this message wity § defendant. the president as a hasis for discusslon | with him of the duestions at (Signed) “STONE, LEE and ROBERTSON GENERAL SUMMARY OF RAIL STRIKE SITUATION New York, Aug. 4—Spurred by re- ports that governors of Great Lakes wtatés were preparing to demand fefiecal operation of railroads which haul coal mined for the northwest, rail executives In “the metropolitan district today sent theee deachments of shop mechanics to né relief of roads In Virginia, West Vir- ginta-and Kentucky. weni tc the Chssapeake and E Nashville. Norfoik and Western and Vieginian, which had appeaied to L. F. Loree, cahirman of the sstersn rallway conference, for man powar with which to keep equipment in vepgir and coal trains moving to Lake ports was estimated that a total of 1,200 in this district to the would be sent from the els®n roads f of the coal- ’mu the uneasiness displayed by r Preus of Minnesota at St. Paul Bhen, B4 announced that he, with of nearby states, would call on to assure unlmmmed e Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin in . hiy superior court granted .Mayo a non.sy’, from which the plaintiff appealed. VIEWS OF STRIKE GIVEN BY, A WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN Washington, Aug. - 4—The ~major | purpose of administration Intervention in the rail strike was accomplished, a White House spokesman declared today when both rail exeeutives and shop craft union leaders agreed to consider authority of the rallhoad labor board as i supreme in future controversies. This, aspect of President . Harding’ Jected the president’s further _proposal regarding strikers being taken back by. seniority status, was said to_be secon] ary in the White House view. This outline of the administration at- titude was made available today after the cabinet session. It strengthened = the belief that for the moment no further government move affecting’ the conduct of rallroads was to be expected, As to the actual progress of the sop- men's strike, the assoclation of Railway. Executives tonight fssued a statement declaring that representatives of striking raflroad empioyes were “attempting o trouse public concern” with “ridiculous” 3 ;s Great anxiety was felt this morning over the condition of Viscount Northcl There was ‘some increase in the heart weakness previously noted, and he was in a state of general exhaustion. ILLINOIS COAL OPEEATORS sion, asserfed New Haven ex-! CABLED PARAGRAPHS Around the World Flight Delhi, India, Aug. 4—Major W. T. Blake has.combleted .another lap. of his airplane journéy around’the world,: ar- riving at Delhi today. Northeliffe's Condition Alarming. London, ‘Aug. 4—(By The A, P.)— Bourse , Remains . Optimiatic Berlin, Aug. 4—(By the A. P.)—The Bourse today In the main was optimistic on the foreign situation. In consequence the mark. showed visible improvement. The optimism was based largely on the assumption that the - forthcoming con- ference between the allied leaders in London would result in some definite set- tlement of the reparations. problem. DECLINE LEWIS INVITATION Chicago, Aus. 4—(By _the A. P)— Tllinois coal operators meeting here to- day refused to attend the meeting of union officials and operators caliad for Cleveland next Monday by John = L. Lewls, president of the United Mine ‘Workers, but submitted a proposiiion to Frank Farrington, president of the Iii- nois Miners’ union, which, if accapted, would result in re-opening of Illinois mines. “Aceeding to and being governel ty the request of the president of ths Unit- ed States, the proposal to Mr. Farrington said, “We are prepared to at onci open our mines for work, phying the wage scale in effeffct at the expirasion of the last contract. And to avoid _possibie further disruption of coal production this fall and winter when the coal sup- ply will be dangerously- short even un- der the best condition, we will agrae that the old wage scale shall remain effective until Mareh 31, 1923." The proposals, signed by the Tilino's { Coal Operators' ' association, he Central Ilinois . Coal Operators’ associtivn and the Coal Operators’. Association- of. the fith ‘and ninth districts, suggested that immediately “upon- resumption nf opera- tions, the whole matter of Illinois wages and working conditions he submittel to a board of arbitration-composed of per- sons mutually agreed to, or’appoint:d by President” Harding, no members of the board to be.an operator or @ mincr. The findings of the board, according (o the terms of the proposal would:le bind- ing and would constitute the wage basis foré a period of two years from April 1, 1823, The letter to President Lewls rel\ulng to-attend the Cleveland = conference. as- serted that Mr. Lewis had called two such meetings and the Tilinois operators accepted invitations but hoth were later | b abandoned. The letter also sai “By reason of the published refusals| from practically ‘all ~other . unionized | districts to attend vour suggésted meet- ing, it is clear that the confersncs can- not be in any senss representarive ‘cr a Droper basis for determination. of wage scales to apply throughout the country.” The letier concluded by informing Mr. Lewis that an offer was being made to the Tilinois miners. Operators af- tending ‘the, meeting sald that Iliinois mines can produce 90,000,000 tons of coal a vear and that a settiement on the basis agreed upon would practically as- ! sure no shortage of fuel in the mudile | Western states. MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY LIGHTNING AT UNIONVILLE Farmington, Conn., Aug. 4.—Aldar McMahon was instanily killed by lisni- ning_at Unionville tonight during what was said to be one of ‘he mos: ‘hevere storms In this sectign in many years. McMahon was at work in his garage, which was only sligatiy damaged. He was a former manager of the Unionville Battery company. The lightning also struck several houses here, among_them the _building occupied by J. Broadbent and Son, Inc., which was severely damaged. Consider- able damage was also done by water which flooded cellars and _destroyed crops. HAY, ICE AND STOCK BARNS BURNED AT WINDSOR LOCKS ‘Windsor Lock, Conn., Aug. 4.—Light- ning struck the hay, ice and stock barns owned by Andrew Weidakor, on what is known as the Edward Shellon estate in West Sheffftield tonight, causing dam- age by fire estimated at $5,000, partly covered by insurance. Forty tons of hay were consumed by the = flames. ock and toois were salvaged by the firsmen. WORST THUNDER STORM * IN YEARS IN BRISTOL Bristol,Conn., Aug. 4.—One of the worst thunder storms in the recollection of the oldest residents visited this city tonight causing several ‘thousands dol- lars damage. Mud and cobble stones jwere washed down a grade into city's center stalling trolley cars until rasidents and workmen cleared the roadway with shovels. The electric lighting equip- ment was out of commission for about thirty minutes. Lightnifg struck in at four places, ane of which took fire caus- ing ‘about $700 damage, during a par: of the storm, hail stones, said to be. as large as walnuts fell, damaging tobzcco crops. Many of the cellars ware food- ed and Main street for a a time was im- passable. OBITUARY, Henry A. Smith, Bridgeport, Aug. 4—Henry A. Smith, |96, former member of the Chicago- stock exchange, who for' the last 15 years has, been compiling. biographies of pmmmenl personages, -died today at his home Milford.: Deceased - retired from acme proposals for a settlement of the strike | business 1ife at the ‘age of Is viewed by the administration as para- | located in Milford. mount. The fact that the executives re- | Theodore Hubbell. Bridgeporf, Aug. 4.—Theodore Hub- the carriers without impairment of their | Déll, ‘80, of Walnut Tree Hill, Hunting- e ¢ ut P ton, died suddenly at noon today while on his way home to lunch. He was a well known agriculturalist. Death was said to be due to heart failure, stories about “enormous impairtnent in condition of engines and : cars on the roads.” “On July 15—two weeks ~after the strike began-—there were fewer locomo- tives in bad order on lines than on Feb- ruary 1, March 1, April .1, May 1 or _June.1" the statement added Advam:mg vancing on Listowel. _ Dublin, Aug. the A, P.)— headquarters at the ~Beggars Bush ' barracks announces that national troops landed at Fenit, and captured the town of Tralee. then . continyed to advance and seized Tarbet anl Ballylongford and are now ad- vancing on Listowel. FATHER D‘nflmc ORDERED DEPORTED FROM IRELAND . Aug. 4 (By the the Irish republican Headquarters here "today Father Dominic, chaplain of the repub- lican guard, who is coming to London on his way to the continent, was deport- ed by order of the Britith government. Upon the recommendation of .a com- petent military authority, says the bul letin, Father Dominic, on July Egiven 24 hours to quit the country on Ppenalty of arrest and was not permit- ted to go anywhere except “the area un- der the jurisdiction of the Irish provis- ional government.' FUNERAL OF HARRY J. MARKED BY SIMPLICITY Dublin, Aug. ~4.—mimplicity 0 today of Harry J. close frlend and associate of Eamonn De Valera, who died here Tuesday night of wounds received the day before whi attempting to evade arrest by national The band which is a usual army troops. AchflnPodpémduanlu— + tion for Investigation After - Squabbling Four Hours. “Washington, Aug. 4—For four hours today ‘the serate wrangled over - the | Gogaing . sesotution | proposing, & broad County Kerry, investigation ‘of the interest of senators. newspapérs and others in the passage or defeat of the pending tariff bill, but ac- tion.on it was postponed indefinitely. The resolution -was reported unfavor- ably by the committee on' contingent ex- penses. Democrats urged immediate consideration, but Senator Lodge, Massachusetts, republican leader, asked that the committee report lie over for a day under the rules. Subsequently Senator Spencer, republican , Missourd, who was' presiding, stated in answer to an inquiry that the measure had gone to the calendar, There it will remain un- il after the passage of the tariff bill unless sopner taken up by ~unanimous cunsent ér by vote of the senate. Senator Caraway, democrat, Arkanwas, who offered the original resolution pro- pesing an investigation of the financtal interest, of senators in the tariff sched- ules, told the senate that he realized the investigation was “dead.” Senator Gooding, republican, Tdaho, defending “his vote for the raw wool rate. said he had hoped the resolution weuld be adopted and added that he would continue to defend the interests of his state. He told the senate he own- ed 8,000 sheep, but that his conscience was clear as to his vote because the duty approved would mot equalize the the difference in the cost of production here and abroad. A charge by Senator Gooding that Frank A. Munsey, owner of the New Wednesday, Newspaper’s Advertisers Give Service A glance through your paper and you jump from New York to San Francisco, Philadelphia to London, Montreal, to Timbuctoo. You know what is going on in the world almost as soon as the event occurs. Turn to the advertising columns and you aré transported to the srocers, the clothiers, the music store; you visit the factory of a manu- tacturer ‘or talk with the maker of a mew household appliance. Right in_your own armchair, without effort, you can make vour: choice of good merchandise, for merchants who advertise are progressi: must give good value. They They know that by advertising, by increasing the number of sales, they will lower prices and give you more for your Make the advertisements in the Bulletin serve you this way. In the past week the following news-matter has appeared in the Local -~ General Tatal . 664 feature at republican funerals was ab- a prominent re- a wreath with jcard bearing the inscription: monn De Valera. & [Senators Lenroot, republican, The funeral proces- ch included 32 members of the filed past Mount Joy prison order that the republican prisoners could WILSON ASSASSINS ASK PERMISSION FOR APPEAL London, Aug. 4 (By the A. P.)—Coun- sel for Joseph O'Sullian Dunn. under sentence to be hanged Aug- ust 10 for the assassination of the late Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. applied general late this after- noon for permission to take an appeal in their behalf to the house of lords. and Reginald to the attorney OF WOMEN MOODUS SCHOOL QUESTION Aug. 4—Women gave their votes and settled the question as to the need of a new school i towny vesterdayy the majorijs twelve-room school house for the whole town of East Haddam being at The slx schoo! will be merged into one district and the $560.000 huilding placed in this village. will be quite a contrast from the little wooden Nathan Hale school on the coun- try road to which 8o many of the towns- three to onme. MOB ‘STORMING JAIL TO LYNCH THREE NEGROES . C., Aug. 4—The Durham machine gun company left tonight for Raleigh under orders from the stats ad- jutant general. pand were informed y wanted to guard the state penitentiary, reported as being stormed by a mob in- Iynching three negroes, on a charge of assault. HOUSEHOLDS GET PRIORITY FOR BITUMINOUS COAL ‘Washington, 4—Bituminous coal for household use and for manufac- ture’ of foodstuffs, medicines tainers for foodstuffs and medicines was given. priority . statug by ‘intérstate com- commission orders today, which amend- ed the original orders declaring emerengey in transportation. ON-STOP FLIGHT FROM SAN ANTONIO TO FLORIDA Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 4—Lieutenant H. J. Doolittle landed at.Camp Joseph E. Johnson here today at five p. m. mak- ing ‘the non-stop- flight from Kelly Iild, San Antonio. Texas, in nine hours. Li tenant Doolittle expects to hop nine p. m. Sunday in his attemp: to jump from the Atlantic to the Pacific in one day, with a stop at Kelly Field for 75 vears and RENOMINATION OF SENATOR MISSOURI ASSURED Aug. 4. —(By the A. P)— 1 precincts-to' be heard from United States Senator James A. Reed tonight. had a lead over Breckenriugs 0 votes' in itie race for tne democratic senatorial nomination Political observers.declared it was im- possible ‘to- overcome this lead #1.outstanding precincts which are chiaf- 1y +in rural districts where- tis vote York . Herald, was opposing the tariff Dbill in the interest of his investments in Enrope -and sharp . exchange between sin, and Harrison, democrat, Mississip- pi, marked debate on the 'resolution, Sen- ator Harrson insisted that Scnator Good- ing and othr senators charged in news- papers. with having material interest in the tariff schedules should have an op- portunity to “clear their skirts! Sena- tor Lenroot insisted fhat the 'inquiry proposed would involve a large expendi- ture and would ‘be without result. “After the debate on the resolutlon died down, new proposals for a unani- mous consent agreement for a final vote on the tariff bill on August 17 were put forward by Senmator McCumber, republi- caii, North Dakota, in charge of the measure, and Senator Simmons of Northmunicipal pier July 13 and rescued a Caroina, the minority leader. Senator Leuroot, whose' objection vesterday pre- vented such an agreement, stated pri- vately that he would not =ive his con- sent to a final vote on August 17, or any other date until after important com- mittee amendments had been disposed of. Late in the afternoon the senate got back to the tariff bill, finishing up com- mittee amendments on the schedule on paper and books, the democrats making a strenuous fight' against the proposed duty of 35 per cent ad valorem on stere- otype-matrix mat or boards. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, proposed to substitute 5 per cent but his amend- ment was rejected 28 to 18 and ‘the com- mittee rates approved. Two. republi- cans, Borah and Jones of Washington. supported- the *Walsh ~ amendment ~and one democrat,. Broussard, voted against e MUNSEY NOT GOING TO READ GOODING’'S CHARGES New York, Aug: 4—Frank A. Munsey, pubiisher, who returned from Europe today, 'refused ‘comment on the charges brought in-the senate by Sénator Good- ing, Idaho, that he was.. opposing - the tariffff ffbill in the interest of ais invest- ments in Europe. “I haven't read it Mr. Mun: 1d. “And I do not intend- to read Sen- ator -Gooding's charges do not interest me_in the least.” - MIDPLETOWN *MERCHANT CUT THROAT.WITH RAZOR Middletown, Conn., Aug. 4—Rohert W. Camp, a merchant in this city, is said by_the polics to have slashed hig throat with a razor wkhile seated on a rock at the edse of tha lake in Lakeview Park late this afternoon. The: body was re- covered from the.water where it is, be- lieved ‘to_have fallen when .Camp lost consciousness from loss of, bleod. Camp was in business here during the last 30 vears prior to which he was a merchant in Waterbury. No reason has been as- signed for the act.’ THOTUSANDS OF JITNEYS IN STREETS OF CHICAGO Chicago, Aug. 4.—Mayor William Hale Thompson's pian for relieving the street car strike Situation with motor busses operating on a five cent fare basis, re- sulted ‘today in a genera] Invitation 1% bus owners to bring their cars to Chi- cago and operaté them. No licenses will be required so long as the fare is five cents. Thousands of iitneys are settling down to regular routés ana handing the 3, 000,000 passengers daily with littie or no delay. . - i1and choked to death in Cleveland when | county circuit court for a diverce from | BRIEF TELEGRAHS A reduction of §4000,000 in the public debt during July was announced by the treasury. ~ Blowly but surely the Connellsville, Pa., reglon is recovering from the ef- ects of the coal strike, although thou- sands of men are still listed as strikers. Directors of the ~orth American News- paper Alliance announced the election of Loring Pickering, , publisher- of the San Francisco Bulletin, as general manager. Overtime work is required in some de- partments of the Eagle Lotk company, Terryville, and the ent're plant is on at least a 55-hour schedule. Secretary Edwin Denby of the mavy department, reviewed the Filipino and American troops stationed at Fort Mc- Kinley. Harry Herman, 33, who conducted a boarding house in Hebron. committed sulcide, according to the police, by hang- ing. Herman was found hanging from a tree in back of his homs Charles Schupman.termed by peliee as “too smart a card player,” was beaten attacked by three men with whom he was playing cards. Edwin D. Reynolds, 27, of Minneapolls, brother of Marilyn Miller, who was married to Jack Pickford, movie star, Sunday, has been made defendant in a suit for divorce by his wife. Dr. Charles Henry Land, international- 1y known for his inventions and research work in dentistry, died at.his home in Detroit. He was 73 vears old and had practiced dentistry 58 years. The newspaper De Tag of Beriin says it learns that owing to the collapse of the mark the government has been oblig- ed to cease the purchase of forelgn cur- rency for the payment of reparations. Thirty-five cars were rendered useles: at Worcester when they were discovered in the New York, New Haven and Hartford yards at South Worcester with air hoses cut”through. Charles H. Frye, Seattfe capitalist announced his selection of Beacon Hill in South Seattie, for the -observatory wrich will house the largest telescope in the world, From the Rocky Mountains in Mon- tana to the Columbia river in Washing- ton and up 10 one hundred miles from the Canadian border, thousands of men are fighting fierce forest fires. Forty students headed by Professor Miller of Lehigh university arrived in Budapest on a pilgrimage of frienixaip, and were solemnly received at the Acaa- emy of Seiences. Mayor Cowart, of Waycross, Gn., has revokéd the license of two barber shops whera barbers had refused i snay> non- union men employed at the Aslanila Coast Line shops. ‘.\(n Ada Gorman Mugness, daughter ot the late Jipiled States Senator Arthur Pie Gormin, applied in the Baitimora | Charles J. Magness on statutory grounds. The Standard Oil company of New York' yesterday announced a raduction of two cents a gallon in the prics of gasc- line,- which will now sell at 35 cents throughout its territory. Dr. Reinhard Strecker, president of the | reohibition - national committee of Ger- many. will visit this country in October to_iRguire into the- prohibition question and its enforcement The present mosquito pest was pre- nounced the worst on record in Connecti- cut by Dr. E. H. Jen¥ins, director of the Connecticut Agricuitural Experiment sta- | tion. Hezekish R. Elwood, conmstable and deputy sheriff in Fairfield, was acquitted in the Fairfield town court of the charge of ilegally accepting money from a man whom he had arrested. Spot, a dog, Is being decorated at Long Branch, Cal, for bravery by_the Long Beach Human society. The dog is credited with having jumped from the cat which was struggling In the sea. After a running battle in the fog, the police boat Biueboy, captured a motor launch in New York, charged its three occupants with violating the proh:bition laws, and seized 300 cases of whiskey found on board. A giant gas well estimated te be making 30,000,000 feet of gas an hour and spraying oil, Is holding up pas- senger and freight traffic~over the St. Louis and San Franclsco railroad be- tween Bristow, Okla., and Kellyville. Smashing all speed records for Ameri- can ships on the run from Cherbours to Ambrose lightship, the President lard- ing steamed into Hoboken, N. J..wira ten American college students as mem- bers of her. crew. This is a swordfish year on the north Atlantic coast, and more have been caught than ever before. Arrivals at the Fish Pier, Boston, during the month of July were announced as 8430 fish, & record. Horace L. Johnson, 50 years old. mail carrier of Brownsville, Maine, com: mitfed suicide in Worcester by catting his throat with a razor, in the bathroom of the home of his sister and brotner- in-law. Mrs. Joseph Weber, has b2an released on $2,000 bonds after she had been ar- raignpd in municipal court, Cineinnati on a charge of cruelty for Faving hurn- ed .the trumbs of-her four-ysur-u:d-sen with a hot smoothing iron iast Saturday. Miss Mathilde McCormick. duughter of Harold F. McCormick, refused i) be ir- terviewed concerning he rengagement to Max Oser, the' Swiss riding master, when she landed at Cherbourg, from-the steam- ship Majestic. O —— The schooner Maud, earrving the Amundsen polar expedition, _reported her position. at midnight,. August 3 as close to Wrangel Island and in_ice, with fine' weathér” prevalliag and Iiitle snow. The Prohibition Foundation, incorper- ated in 191. and of which B. L. G. Hohen- thal of South Manchester s the interna- tional secretary for Europe, has orgah- ized 2 prohibition campaign for Italy, Czechoslovakia, ‘Hungary and Germany. Dorothy Olark, the 16 year old dancer, in whose behalf her mother, Mrs. Ethel E. Clark of New York. has brought sult in Los Angeles for $200,000 damages against Herbert' Rawlinson, motion pic- ture actor, plans to-take actlon soon to annul her recent marriage to Karl Elms of Boston._. . Applmbl"nlfil!l‘l’lnflns,fiwtdm. fi- ployes—At Clerks’ Headquarters the Conference :Be- tweenanoudOffiml‘nfltbeCM&um ed as a Victory for the Men. New Haven, Aug. 4.—Restoration ofjboard, effective July 1, pending furthe: privileges in effect ‘prior to-July 1; and | advice from: the board to the committec Postponement of further action by -em- [rgarding ‘the ‘protest against ' these re ployes in connection with ay repductions | ductions now on file with the board. - The “conference -was. an -amiable .ona tween officials of the New Haven road |according to advices from some of thode and a committee representing the. Broth- | present. ~The. organization was - repre- erhood of Railway. and - Steamship|sented by R. G. Stearns, chairman ! Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and |the board of adjustment, W. E. Warley, Station Employes, according to a state-|George Cullis and J. J. D'Corinell, viot ment_issued by the railroad . company | chaitmen of divisions. of the clerks or tonight. ganization. were agreed upon at a conference be- The company is said to have agreed 65 CASES OF SEIZED SCOTCH WHISKEY ARN MISSING New York, Aug. 4.—Unless 65 cases sought by the offite of -the. United States - district attorne: Attorney Hay were only 35 cases, the district’ attorney . Charles Bui Helko. Newark, owner of the B. Possession of the vanished whiskey, a were later, released under: bRil.i + DISCUSSION CONCERNING - OPERATION ‘OF JITNEYS ew Haven. "Aug. 4-—litnéys cannot operate ariywhere. in this state without mission according to a decision . handed down by the supreme court here today. The . court, in an “opinibn written by ustice Howard J.” Cattis found nod error in a former decision given by-Judge John R. Booth in the court of common ples in this county, in which e imposed in an action Brought by the state. the suprems court holde that the jifney laws ars constitutional and that t) public utilities commission is vested with full power for their enforcement. Da- razo fought the case singlehanded, oth- er jitney men having dropped the fight after a decision was rendered sgainst them in the lower court. FASCISTI KEEP ITALIAN lan. Ancona, Genua and other Italian a state of turmoil by bands of Fascis- socialists and commemines. hours in Milan more than fifty persons to recover. Gabriel D'Annunzio made a speech to- he had not come to speak the “word of battle,” but ‘the #word of fraternity.” He urged Italians “to strive towards goodness but viriie goodness, a goodness grimly faces the hardest destiny nfl which_overcomes _all_evil.” TEN MEN HELD FOR -t ALLEGED LIQUOR SCANDAL Philadelphia Aug. 4—Ten men were held in $5,000 bail each at a hearing in federal court today in the case of, the allegedd lquor scandal, in which a group of men are charged .with haying brib- ed and defrauded the government out of _$5.000,000. Testimony centered ‘around an alleged: substitution of ‘water -in ‘100 barrels of liquor that were awaiting shipment ‘to Greece. . Arthur Hamill. custom ' guard, testified he had been offered’ $400.000 M bribes to -“clése his~ eyes™ Wil th whiskey was being removed. ' He said he had received only $180. Georg Miller. of Linden,.No-Jo-tailed to appear, although & warrant had been served on. him, - . FATALITY FROM BOLT OF . LIGHTNING AT.EASTON, P, Belvedere, N: J.° Aug. 4—A Dolt of the Delaware. river this .m then leaped & distance of. tén fest to . the Dorch -of ‘the summar. bame, o€ ¢ My Thomas A. Berkey, of Easton, Pa. and and leg, but eum With & burh of the heel. The thtn!n‘ boll Mék lr; Ber. key in the head’ She was_ 23 years old. | GERMANY TO PAY DEBTS - N CONTRATTED WITR mucuv _Berlin, Aug. 4—(By The A. P.) a supplentary nofe sent to Paris tonight, the German "government reaffirms . the position it assumed in jts original com- munication with regard to the t) of private debts contracted with men ‘before the war. The néte the German government does not nhw- to default in carrying ouf ths but vt statements m-mtlll to restore all former rules and ‘practices from* the clerks' ‘headquarters the resull in effect prior to decision 630, U. §, la-|of the conference is regarded as 2 vic- bor board, with respects to vacations,|tory for the men. Saturday half-holidays and . sick -leave.|ed-that the other matters . now bending the final decision of the board |consideration will meet with similar on disputes which has the matter under |justment. advisement. The committee promised|and the organization postponement of all action by its organi- | themselves as pleased at the outcome of zation in connection with the accept-|the conference and it is the general opid- ance or rejection of the reduction in|ion.that all danger of 2 strite smong rates of pay awarded by the labor|the clerks has been averted. The hope s express- Officials of both the raiirosd DETAILS OF THE BURIAL OF DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Baddeck. N. S, Aug. 4—All the vil- ot Seotch whiskey, part of the i00-case | lagers of Baddeck trudged to the peak load of the motor boat F. N. J., aeized | of Beinn ?:fldmn Mountain this even- by the police boat Blue Boy, beb wup |ing ai L 4 soon, warrant to search the Battery po- :Nle Bt:: :fldv ‘.0‘; ‘D;fl:':;nwb‘flmm! i =t ill b am s B et ot e Pt hy. Timited | Earlier there had bsen short :services Federal Prose- |at the hiliside homestead, attended oniy cior Herman L. Falk declared ‘today. |by those who had been very close to.?.r‘. When the B. N. J. was raided, after | Bell at work or play. When thl-m - being trailad by wireless, U, S. District | ended, workmen on the estate e card charges in a letter to | their shoulders the casket, Which' Police Commissioner Enright, 100 ~cas- | been built “: Dr. Bell's 'N'k!‘!fl.: out es were taken aboard the .police beat. |Of Tugged pine. .and carried it 2 «Mlm Then the cargo was turned over by. the | €Oach. which led the cortege ©p - to Polica tothe customs authorities, there | Very highest. tip of the mountain. There, silhoutted’ againkt. the' mg cavs. sky, stood the village parson. Rev. @, Jersey' Clty. Joseph | MacKinnen ‘of the Greenwood .Presbyte 3| Wen G the“siopes of the’ moumtain and Harry Wagner. of Jersey City, were | him ‘down - - arraigned. before Federal Commissioner | Were % Nova Sotians and a l:' 'f‘; Hitchcock today, charged 'with - illegdl «;::Lm the . United States- Priends of_the' inventér recitéd one ot pwm-—xnwddfi in reverence at sunset Life.- “Tell me_not, in -mournful m ILife.is but an empty. dream.” Then the nintieth psalm was read, And. finally the first stanza of the a permit from ,the public utilities com- | Requiem. of Robert Loufs Stevenso: “Under the widened starry sky, “Dig the grave and let me lle. Glad, did I live, and .gladly dia™ | “And 1 laid me down with a L™ a3 _the day departed and the was entombed nllb( ca fine upon Louis Darazzo, the. defendant [ '™ th ";:: G I The decision. is taken to mean that | Al of the 13,000,000 telephones. in the Uniited- States “and Canada. were - NO REPLY FROM WHITE HOUSE ! TO SHOPMEN'S ACCEPTANCE Chicago, Aug. 4—(By the A. P)— Despite _reports from- Washington that the government wouid take no furthbr action in the strike. of ‘railway shopren $ at the present time, union ‘leaders and ¢+ CITIES IN STATE OF TERROR | ra)) executives tonight reiterated former assertions that move Rome, Aug. 4—(By The A. P.)—Mi- | Je2eFions that the next tgpic = cities Tast night and today were kept in | SRRt agthoriiies o : t, bent on working reprisals against the | tno” messeme e S e 14d o roply to In the fighting of the last twenty-tour | peoogers. ::rhl:!d.l:?'tuh: et were wounded, ten of them receiving in- | st O7T [nterpretation on- the. juries from which they are mot expected |PTMIONR L L e cone tering in Chicago maintained that trans-. night on the balcony ef the Milan Mu. [DorAton e o e DR nicipal bulldring. In. effect, he said, that | former cmployes wore returmie ot ot There were reports today that ths stop. crafts. leaders might- order 100 shopmen goodness—not inert, weak, . InaulEent | ta- tne rontons 1o T Lhem - which conquers national frontiers, which | ey for™er, senlority g :',,:f:'o: that these shopmen could -not make sueh anappeal. so long as they wore -em strike and- therefors not employes of the road. Mr. Jewell would not comment on this report. strike after IRISH NATIONAL TROOPS PROGRESS AT lu.mml i—The _Daily . Mair special correspundent with the army ‘in Séutfiern Ireland says the na- . tionals bezan their final attack on Kil- mialloch at dawn' Friday; tha they. afe setadily progressing, and that when the despatch was filed they were within & half mile of the center -of - the town, which _the -nailonal artiliery commands. from Quary Hill taken from the irregu- lars-after hard fighting. The despatch adds that the fighting. is ©on a yide front and that thére have been many casualties on-both. sides. ey cmAno; 18 TENSE IN COAL PIELDS DF quu:n shnm xu(‘n. 4 ”(!.y‘ the A P.] —All sections of the” 20x40 mile ‘aréa intaing Stfuck & usesed Winhanks of [Nl SEECE s aate tm--u- ‘SCatieref” guarding mines were gulet to- night, but the &’zation was considered by’ officers 1n charge, to e - decidedly | “At ‘Staunton, where snlpers 'fired” on sentries early This: mornivg, resultiig in contimuous -firing for nearly two MNours, | (mmmmawm - o' miners had answered Covetpor Me- Cray's call for volunteers to man ‘the minés late today. . - Londen, Augp