Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 18, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. PO 199 PULATION 29,685 CONN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1922 PRESIDENT HARDING 1S EXPECTED T0 PLACERAIL STRIKE BEFORE CONGRESS TODA Conference Between Railway Executives and Brotherhood Chiefs in New York Was Adjourned Until Today—Con- ferees Were Reticent as They Eme‘!ged from Council Chamber~Striking Shop Crafts Are Determined That Any Proposal That Would Include a Sacrifice of Their Seniority Rights Would Not be Acceptabl . $ork. Aug. 17 (By the A, P.)—| histeey of his attempte to settle the in- -‘4" . u:’ .,,d' beotherhood | dustrial tie-ups by negotiaions during popd g ¢ | recent weeks and, it is believed, will as- chiefs today wreetled with the problem of | ¢yro congress that the federal govern- settiing the shopmen's strike and then ment intends to give its aid and protec- adjourned until tomorrow without 500r-!tion to the maintenance of rail opera- g a fall tions. It Is doubtful whether there will Tomorrow, while President Harding 15| be any suggestion for legisiation affecting axpectsd to appear before congress with the rail sitwation. 3 2 message on the rail situation, the con-| Secretary Weeks received from the le- forses will reassemble in an effort to gal department of the army a formal come to grips on the slippery question of | opinion to the effect that the strike sit- seniority. uation did not constitute an emergency Today was a day of conferences—oon- which would authorize the recruiting of ferences this morning among brotherhood chiefs, this afternoon between brother- hood chiefs and executives, this evening between brotherhood chiefs and officials of the striking shop crafts. drafting of men in time of peace. While no such action is contemplated. Mr. Weeks said the opinions were asked from the judge advocate general to settle any T New Jersey, was disabled cit Block ls- The fiewt gathering, over which War-|doubt in the minds of officials and the lat Tuosday, killing Wood and a| The mecting was held fn Mr. Warri-| = 3 land. yen . Stone, head of the Brotherhood of | public as to the power of government in|friend, was questioned today by Dis-[ner's office, and was eaid to have been ashington, Aug. 17.—Promise of AL Loomotive Engineers, presided, was|the circumstances. trict Attorney Saltonstall of Middlesex|marked by the friendlicst of feeng, Ir|Eradual relief from the heat wWave| girg in fne factory of (he Danbary slied for the ostensible purpose of fram. | Both the senate and house were in ses. | county as o his knowledge of the fatal|was chiefly taken up by preliminary |Vhich has ltrgught rcostrations and|afetal Ball company caused damage e ing a concrete program to be submitted | sion today, in readipess to hear the presi- |crash. Edward Earle and James F. |discussion, definite negotiations looking|d°ath in some parts of the country was|iimated at $40,000. The flames are be- 16 the sxecutives at the main conference | dent, but he house adjourned when it be- | Bailey, other occupants of the Earle |toward a settlement of the difficulty de.|Offered tonight by the weather burent|licved to have’ originated from cpon- In the afternoon. The brotherhood men. | came known that he intended to delay the |car, were also questioned. ferrd until tomorrow. with the announcement that the areaiiancous comuistion. who made it plain that their position In | presentation of his message another day.| Earle's story to the offictal was not| Some person in close touch with the|Of lower temperature which appeared = the drama which was absorbing the at- [ —— made public. * Mr. Saltonstall sid- he|aituation predicted that an agreemen;|!0day over the morthwest would move| ey Qmer is reported to have game to tention of the nation was solely that of | voLUNTARY INCREASE FOR would question other wiiesses. of the|would be negotiated not later than Sat-|SOWlY castwerd afiended by howers | pagle, Switzeriand, his na own, mediator, went into the afternoon parley ¢ H. ROAD SECTION HAND |(ragedy before determining what ac-|urday, and that the men would be back (2nd U under showers and reach the At-|yhere he must take the tirst legal steps he headquarters of the Association of N H. D SECTION a2 tion, it any, would ba- taken. at the mines a week or ten days later.|lantc coast Saturday or = Saturday|in obtatning the necessacy papers for his Railway Executives without breathing af o e AuE. 17—A voluntary | Earle has denied he was raung with|Any agreement reached by the confer-|Might. No marked drop in temperature|marriage to Miss Mathilds McCormick word of the proposals for a strike settle. ‘estfield, Mass.. Aug. o ey | Wood's car when that - machine, " after |ence woud have to be ratified either by WS to be expected, however, it was 25 ment which they were beieved to have }“"’f"" o f‘“’l ”‘:‘s i vt “hf:cf"s“ sideswiping two other automobiles, col-|a .convention of the miners or a refer- | a95erted. Many delinguent federal taxpayers ure | frakn up. e N Tort o e Mttory |lided with atelephone pole. He aiwo|endum vote. The former method, it is g : i being rounded up in New Haven as the But if the traln servics men were si-| the Wew Tork, New Haven and Hartford) ;. ioreq that he went back to the scene|believed, will be adopted because a ESTLALS. o) = result of a drive by the office of the Wné, representatives of the striking shop | TEITORE (OTaY. ThE Taen have IR DA | o¢ tne accident to render assistance. |convention could -dispose of the maiter YORK IN NINE YEARS |collector of internal revenue. An avirage trafta, massed in an uptown hotel to g RS Chiet of Police Cyllinane said shis Await the result of the conference, made k pan that they did not believe any proposal would be made by the running irades which would include a sacrifice of Iheir senfority rights. While representa- tives of the strikers would not permit themselves to be quoted, they indicated that they would stand fiem s ever on the propesition that they must be taken back With their ranking unimpaired. A committes representing the execu- Hves, headed by T. DeWitt Cuyler, chair- man of their organization. lunched to- gether and then went to the comference thamber, where they awaited the arrival of the mediators. At 2 o'clock the doors tiosed and the conference was on Two hints of what had transpired es- taped during the afternoon First, the executives sent for files oon- taining decisions of the railroad labor board in which the government body, in rilings bearing 6n other strikes, had di- rectad that strikers should forfeit thelr sentority rights, This was taken to indi- vate that the troublesome question of wanority. which had figured so promi- ently in the two efforts by President Harding to end the strike, had bobbed up as that paid previous to the cut operative July 1. The company has found it im- rate of 35 cents an hour. DISTURBANCE IN RAIROAD YARDS IN SOUTH BOSTON Boston, August. 17.—Durlng a row which started when non-union w ers, left the Doevr street railroad yards in South Boston late today, Robert Hender- son, secretary of the system federation iof the New York, Naw Haven aud Hart- ford railroad, who is .eading the strike of shopmen of that system, and Joseph McNamara, another officers of th strik- ers’ union, were arrested. Samuel Dyer, a negro car cleaner, for the road who, railroad police suid, was assaulted by two urion men, wis also taken to tie police’ station. The xirike leaders were immediately bailed after being booked on the charge of assauit and battery. COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT Fort Madison, Towa. Aug Return= | BRN, retiriig qresiept ; ON REPARATIONS PROBABLE |than 2,000 men are fighting fires in va. | Frank Kane of this city stcuck bottom in | ing from praver mecting e and sire. L rous sections. shallow water @nd sustained e fractufe|agerrit Vanausdell, who' live on 4 farm |, sine. American Tohaccs company snd The second hint was obtained fom| pras Aug, 17 (By the A. P)—A| Ofcial reperts tonight were that the|of the spime. His condition is said 10 be |near here. fonnd h hocehoad ‘milch jon|the Chicago Tobacco Jobbers association Julius K. Kruttstmitt, chadrman of the | compromise settiement on the towns of Fairbamks, Silver Creek and |serous at the New Haven hospital. whiskey on the front porch of their |DAS been cited to appear before tue fed- bomrd of the Southern Pacific, who. leav- | raparaions problem acceptable bo Pimio, in Lake county, all small settle-| _William O'Donnell, 27, is at the New |y Z00 00 FORL RO0Ch OF IR | eral trade commission and answer g the conference shortly before ® 8d-|pronce and Great Britain was regard ¥ o 1 t ok Journed_ indicated that Kttle progress had been made Upon leaving thelr conference with the the brotherhood men hastened A uptown to discuss the ay's developments with the heads of the Eixteen other unions. As sllent as when he had entered the sonference chamber, Mr. Stone declined to discuss what had transnired. Bert M. as probable by officials tonight reparations com:nission following a day sgiven tion were dismssed. these plans were w authoritatively stated that the proposals would The details latest courses beginning this fall at thirt round house of the New York, New v Vlas Jewell, head of the railway employes' di. | Teasurea prescribed by Raymond | DESTROYER TO ACCOMPANY leges and unnversities under the Knights | Haven and Hartford rairoad. Madala ce;’?:& :l::iyo?.u‘xz.:rm::nn;“;l';‘:Un'\:s vision of the American ederation of La- Poincar the French premier, at the ENGLISH CHA (EL SWIMMERS |of Columbus scholarship plan, it was | with several fellow workmen em ed | Fails, V of her daughter Mab. bor. who arrived here this morning to be | " London conference. — euniounc sl here tonight. The expense of {by the railroad went swimming ater |of the Rev. Rodney W Round: * on hand if he was wanted, was equally | A comPromise would bridge over the| Dover, England, Aug 7.—The Amer-|completing the education of these men |eating a hearty meal It is belleved | Montclalr, N. J.. who is asao ent on the day's parley. He did|bivation until the alies could meet atijoan long distance swimmers who areiwill be about .$250,000. that he was seized with cramps. retary of the Home Missions Co state, however. that although he had not | the end of this year or the first Part of |in training here for an attempt to swim > - sonferred with Wbor men who had at- tended the downtown meeting. he be- lieved the gathering had worked toward satisfactory solution. Meanwhile he ed newspapermen not to speculate on of the reparations question. tente, Swues under discussion, but to await o iy - BB5 eittite acton EXCURSIONISTS TO NIAGARA Prior to adjournment of the meeting, FALLS IN TROLLEY WRECK Bowever, Mr. Jewell imsued two state- T meris Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 17.—Three trol- 1 ing The first. made Immedsately upon his | wrrival. merely stated that “the officers of all the raflway labor organizations are here mow, oontinuing ae they have throughout the strike to do everything cars bound for the Falls, contain excursionists from Wsahington, ed just after midnight. 1 pasmible 10 bring about an honceable set- | Killed, if any, but the injured have |tion at the offer of the American offi- tiament {pbeen removed to hospitals in Buffalo | cers, but said they had been advised by The second. of greater length, ad-|and in Tonawanda and it is estimated |tidal experts that a etart would be in- vaneed the opinion that the settlement of |the mjured will number~ fifty. . |advisable at the present stage of the the coa! d strike would to a large degree Astermine the settiement of the rallread Jmrike, because the roads in the next few Wweeks would be called upon to move the greatest amount of coal in history and at present there was an unrrecedented pro- portian of bad order cars Ths point made by Mr. Jewell—that “it 8 mfe to say there will be places for one and one-half times the normal num- ber of men in eval oar repair shops"— was emphasized by other Mabor leaders who pointed out that more bad order cars were constantiy piling up. This they contended. would make it poemible for executives to take back all strikers and still not be forced to dis- charge new employes. This contention WHs made in connection with the asser- tion made by executives at their last ®sssion in this city that pledges made to mew workers would make it imperative that none of the new recruits should be distodged. NEW HAVEN TAILO Blenner, a tailor here was arresied to- an alleged incendiary fire which last 31, M He was held / bonds for a hearing on Se; mber 5. of here. tenement Finch, 17 house. One boy, cidentally drowned last nigat. 53 CHINESE SMUGGLED ON PRESIDENT TO GO BEFORE CONGRESS IN JOINT SESSION | Taid by immigration offica’s on the|face, eyes rolling furtively, a youth of shipping board steamship President | 21, claiming he is Edward Youny, alias Washington. Aug. 17 (By the A, P.).—|Jackson which amrived Monday from President Harding was sid by adminis- tration advisers iate today virtually to Bave decided 10 go before congress in joint session tomorrow with his state- mént of the industrial situation. Indiea- tibne were that the chief executive would deliver his message by noon. He was known to have concluded the writing of the message. which was to be sent to the public primter tonight The decmion to address ocongrees t: morrow was reached afier earlier reports bed indicated that the president might dater his statement on the strike situa- tlon until after the railroad conference in New York had reached some definite con- clusion. Administration advisers sald tonight. however, that the president felt he should deiay no longer in sresenting the administration case to congress apd the country, resardiess of the status of the Orlent. trated the most extensive plot ever un. the United States. CHARGES MADE AGAINST Hartford, Aug. Barr whose home is ‘n Suffiell witn cf fices in this city, will Le asked to ap grievance committee of the of investigation. Papers in the ca: were filed’ by the committee this afier noon. The wpecific case mentioned Gapdone Riviera, Ttaly, Aug. 1 wrike negotiaticns now in progress Springfield client of the sum of about|Gabriele D'Annunzio’s condition, al- The president’s meseage, it is satd. will | §2,000 which-he had been commussicnod |still grave, is perceptibly improving. the need of legislation to|to collect. en the government's coal distri- but'on system. and to prevent profiteer- Redding—Charles E. Ives of the army to war strength, or to allow the rate is 40 cents an hour, and is the same possible, it is said, to secure men at the over to conversations and to two infor- mal meetings during which at least two new plans for meeting the French posi- of thheld, but it was yield more cash than next vear to consider a full settiement Commis- sion officials see in the present moment an oppartunity for Dreserving the en- Harrisburg and Baltimore were wweck- was not known how many are HELD FOR INCENDIARISM New Haven, Conn., August 17.—Isaac day on the charge of beinz involved in seeur- red in a tenement house sn Elm street i of Blenner’s arrest followeil four montha investigation on the pact of folice According to their raport Blenner arranged with two boys to fire his tailer shop which was on the first fioor of the Edward, s now in a reformatory. The othe rboy, Frank Segnallia, 15, was ac- A SHIPPING BOARD STEAMER Seatle, Washn., Aug. 17.—Fiftythree Chinese were under arrest today after Immigration Commissioner Weeden declared that the arrests frus- covered here to smuggle Orientals into A HARTFOKD ATTORNEY —Attornsy Jeseph pear before the superior court In Scp- tember to answer to chargss ‘which the Hartford County Bar association coasiders worthy is that Barr failed to make proper returns to a New York, who is spending the summer in from the shortage brought about by coal and rail strikes. In addition, it Redding, has pubdshed a song book, “A be will sketch & complets Book of Songs.” CABLED PARAGRAPYS Enver Pasha Dead on Battlefield Moseow, Aug. 17.—Enver Pash, form- er Turkish minister of war, and recently chief antagonist to bolshevist rule in the Transcaucusus, was found dead un the |2 30 o'clock until 3 g'clock ¢omoero | terday in three deaths and seven known battlefield in Eastern Bokhara, aceording | &fternoon. . |prostrations. The mercury which reach- to advices recsived by the government{ Optimism prevailed - fonight among |here yesterday. Goernment in China Tottering Peking, Aug. 17.—The attempt to re- vive popular government in China is cn the verge of collapse, according to a survey of conditions brought to tho at- tention of htfeoreign legations. Mili- tary leaders are openly dsfving the government, cabinet ministers are re- fusing to assume the responsibliities of their posts, the treasury 1is empty and civil empioyes, unpald, have quiz their Jobs. to QUESTIONING MEN WITH WO00OD WHEN HE WAS KILLED Reading, Mass., Aug. 7.—Arthwr H. Earle, of Lexington and Andover, whose uatomobile was mear that of William M. Wood, Jr.. when the lakter coliided with a telephone pole near here afternoon that he would not ask for the arrest of Earle and that he woui not continue his investigation tmto the accident. Funeral services for Wood, who was a son of the president of the Americas Woolen company, will be held at And- over on Sunday afternoon. —_— SIX LIVES LOST A SERIES OF FOREST FIRES Duluth, Minn, Aug. 17.—Six known dead, hundreds homeless, a% least two towns wiped out and =z dogen others in imminent_danger was the apparent toll tonight of a series of forest fires which swept northeastern Minnesota today, causing the worst conflagration since 1815, when four hundred persons lest their lives:s, Governor J. A. O. Preus tonight pee- sonally took charge of the situaion, or- dering out national guardsmen here for relief duty. Drought conditione have imcreased the menace to alarming proportions, accord- | ing to state forestry officials, and more ments, had been destroyed, the refugees mainly fleeing to Two Harbors. Cotton and Central Lakes in St. Louis county, also were renorted destroyed. Fires were reported in Wisconsin where it was said the city of Drummond was menaced. Telephone communication with that place was interrupted and no details were available. t 1 the English channel had a welcome call today from the officers of the American torpedo destroyer No. 223, which had just arcived in Dover. The officers said the destroyer would accompany the men on their swim ané that #s Dboats would Dbe available 1o feed and otherwise attempt them while in the water. The officers were anx- fous that all four men should start the -|same day. Charles Toth, Sam Rich- ards, Henry Sullivan and Walter Pat- terson, the men who are to make the try to swim France, all from the Emglish coast to expressed their gratifica- tides, SQUALLS ENCOUNTERED BY SEAPLANE . SAMPAIO COREEIA Manteo, Cq/ Aug. 17—The glant seaplane Sampalo Correla, in which Lieutenant Waker Hinton left Jamai- ca bay, New York, this morning for Rio, Brazil, safely completed the first leg of its long flight tHis afternoon and landed here for the night. The aviatcrs passed beyond this point during the afternoon, hoping to make a longer flight on the first leg but were forced to return because of squalls in Pamiico sound. Strong head winds, they reported. were encountered all the way from New York. They expect to leave tomorrow for their mext stop, which probably will be Charleston, GRIEF-STRICKIIN MURDERER SURRENDERS IN BEIDGEFORT Bridgeport, Aug. 17.—With haggard C. I Young, of 884 Broadway, Brook- Iyn Y., presented himself before ths dews at police headquarters- here to- night declaring: T am a murderer. 1 killed James Or- land in Brooklyn last night. He was my best friend and I shot him. A couple of weeks ago we quarrelled and he stabe bed me twice on the face and in the left kndney,” he said, pointing to s wound in his upper lip. Brooklyn police on being communicat- ed with wired that the man had commit- ted a murder and was the object of 8 wide ‘search. He will be taken in charge tomorrow morning by Brooklyn detectives. D'ANNUNZIO'S CONDITION 18 PERCEPTIBLY IMPROVING Yesterday he recovered from his terror for a few minutes and was able to prc- nounce a few.swords. He understood what was sald to him, and the doctors were able to get him t3 _ swallow a little milk and mineral water. Philadelphia, Aug, ence of anthracite operators and mi ers’ representatives adjwxned tonight the leaders of the miners and the op- erators direotly interested thracite ‘coal stuation at the conciusion of the first session of the joint confer- ence which is expected to result in an early settlement of the strike and send 155,000 men, ddle since April 1, back nounced that they could return at the old wage scale. In a joint statement given out after the conference had adjourned until to- marrow John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, who headed the miners’ Warrtner, spokesman for the operators, said there apparently was a datermination” on both sides to effec tuate an adjustment, “if at all possibi but that it was necessary that wunion officials and the operators hold conferences between themselves before further progress could be made toward an_agreement. in a day or two, while it would take more than a week for the referendum. Mr. Cleveland, where he had been attending the bituminous conferenoe. ‘The committee of mayors of the six leading anthracite cities today declined an invitation to sit in the conference. It agreed, however. to act as a neu- tral body and the mayors were cxpect- ed to aTive hare tomorrow to render opinions and give information, Qesired. Reports from the hard coal today said that the mimes were being put in shape far early resumption Im some places members of the union were said to have agreed to make the neces- sary repairs, so that work can be start- ed more quickly, but they have refy kind until officialiy glven permission by the - union, TWO MEN HURT FROM New Haven, Aug. 1 from 2 pavilion at Savin Rock late today Haven hcepital With a fracture of the neck as the result of a dive in sh: water while bathing at Ravin Rock. 135 WAR VETERANS 13 New Haven, Aug. 0 tonfahtn |Three Deaths From 3¢ Resumed Today is Made That Strike Will be Settled Not Later Than Saturday. 17.—The _conter- ‘Boston, Aug. 1 ed scorching 93 as its highest point r in the am- |and was flocking €OTtS to escape the sizzling sun-rays. responsible for chusetts waters. Mrs. Wilfred J. D work. The operators have an- <= went to his aid. Both ‘were lost. After mescuing two drowning at Pembroke and while brin Ing in a third, Jeremiah P. Sylvester Quincy fell exhausted in three feet delegation, and Samuel D. drowned, Mrs. ‘sincere far from the side of a boat while dr; the | ing her hair and fell into the water. GRADUAL RELIEF FROM New York, Aug. and squares the cases of dispired ragzled crowds seeking to escape burning pavements, New Yotk battled in the open the ing of the hottest August 17 enced in nine year: perature being 9. The low was held responsible for the sm: ber of heat prostrations recorded Lewis came here today from it it is pesce HEAT CAUSED DEATH OF regions New York, Aug. of the Long Island Raflroad opened box car in the raiiroad they found a dend circus I mal had roared lustily late y and employes, who opened the allowed more air to oirculate in other sections to do wark of any A caused death. FOUND HOGSHEAD OF DIVING AT SAVIN ROCK ~~While diving tified the authorities, who took charg: the liquor last night. SWIMMER DROWNED I FINAL YEAR OF K. OF C. COURSES = Aug. 17.—Joseph Madal —Approximately take final war veterans noon in the Quinnipiac DOCTOR HUBERT WORK Postmaster General Of The United States 1f there's anything in a name “Bert” ought to get along as Post-\ master for his Uncle Sam. For the principal “letters” in the alphabet of the Department are W-O-R-K. The State of Pennsylvania presented him to the nation back in 1860. Subsequently he left his home in Indiana, Pa. to study medicine, capturing M. D. degrees from the uni- versities of Michigan and Pennsylvanfa. Taking a wife from the home town, Doctor Bert removed to Colorado, where he practiced medicine and founded 3 hospital for treatment of nervous diseases. He got into politics, perhaps, because he thought that institution needed doctoring; was a delegate to the G. O. P. National Convention of 1908, chairman pf the Colorado State Central Committee and member of the Republican* National Committee. He has gained eminence in his profession, was a leutenant-colonel in the Medical Corps during the late war, then first assisfant to Will Hays, jumping into his shoes when Will resigned to docter the movies. 2 Heat in Boston Several Prostrations Also Re-| .ported—Temperature Was .Above 90 for Five Hours. —The third das of -|the heat wave, which has gripped this city since early. Monday, resulted yes- mained above 90 for five long hours thousands to the beaches and cther re- Four persons, including a mother and son, loot theT lives in eastern Massa- menrs of Worcester seemg her 10-year- oid fon in danger in an Auburn pond little ' girls from wate rand before help arrived he was Irene H. Forbes of Melrose lost her life (n a pond when she leaned too HEAT WAVE PROMISED 17.—With the parks bed tonizht heurs t has experi- the maxmmm tem- he CIRCUS LION IN BOX CAR 17.—When employ wage. sa’d the infense heat undoGbtedly WHISKEY ON FRONT PORCH THE QUINNIPIAC RIVER v was drowned this after. iver, east of tl Forty thousand tons of Sritish coal ar- rived at Boston within the last 24 Lours on five steamer: | Five vessels, laden with Britlsh coal, Feached New York with 30.000 tons cou- signed to railroads and public utilitles of New York city. Three more ships loaded witn British minett coal and one frowa Nova Scotia arrived in New Yook yesterday with nearly 22,000 tons. of the extreme hent the Ses- dry company, Bristol, employ- ing 4.00 men, was forced to suspend work. The Metz Manufacturing Compans of Waltham, Mass.,, makers of automobilss, 'was petitioned into bankruptey in the federal court in Boston. o Norman Carmel. residence unknown, employed at the Lehigh Valley rallrcad shops in Sayre, Pa, died from stillatto wounds received when he was attacked by five unknown men. - The Canadlan government has secepted the resignation of Howard G. Kelly as a director of the Grand Trunk Railw and he automatically ceased to be pres- ident of the road. 5- of of While seated at a table with seven frieds In summer garden in the :car of his grocery store in Brooklyn, Camelio Ferraro was shot and killed by 2 gun y-|loaded with buckshot. Eagle boat 52, with 74 citizen sailors of the naval reserve from Imiladelphia and nearby pomts in Penasylvama and of $300 and $400 is collected each day. Joseph Viola, a tallor, shot his wire, Emma, in the kitchen of thei~ home 1n New York and then shot himsel?. Mrs. {Viola was taken to a hospital with a bullet wound in the neck and it was, said she would not recover. Graton and Knight ufacturing Company, Worcester, belt makers, has increased its working force from “00 to 1200 at the local plant, and i's naw tan- nery In St. Louis is renortel to be run- ning at 75 per cent. o capacity. ™ The canal barge steamer Westchester. | towing two barges with a -otal eargo of 46,000 bushels of grain, arr: 3 York, the pioneers of a naw E by water service from Tol:do to York. es a his Dispensation by the [fed:ral or state government of whiskey of physicians prescriptions was recommended to the convention of American Pharmacuetical assoclation in Cleveland, by Samuel L. 1 charges involving alleged price agreements. i [ Mrs. Mary Margaret Roper, 83, who has lived at the Jackson _county (Mo.) home for the aged for 12 years is on her way to Columbus, Ohio, to live with her . i son, Joseph, 62 vears old, whom has not seen since he was four years old. 1a, he New York city. Rather than have her ears forn off hy two hold men who followed her into her garage and clutched 2t ner diamond ear-rings, Mrs. B. P. Bergen of Brook- Iy, gave them the jewels ani 00 | worth of other gems she wis wzaring, The recent ejection of Willlam Z. Foster, labor leader, from Colorado ot the direction of Adjutent-General Ham- rock, will be challenged a: ing In Denver, at which the principal speaker. ostar will be Edwin B. Trafton, whoss in the Jackson Hole counr: ing was said to have furm-1 of Owen Wister's novel, “The Virginian,” dropped dead whil s an ice eream soda in Los Angel experisnces Frank E. Shaughnessy, 38 years old, was arrested in Bristol, on a warrent is- sued by the authorities of Soringfield, Massachusetts. Shaughnessy waived ex tradition and will be sant to Spring-| fleld. He is charged with sweallig a stickpin and $300 in cash. Emil Dankwerth, of New Haven, wa sentenced to three months i jall Judge Edwin S. Thomas in tie United States District court in South Norwalk, on a charge of .sending postal cards with obscene drawings on them, through the malls. . Dankworth is an artist. The -sehooner Good Luck brought to Boston, Emmanuel Oliver, » Gloucester fisherman who had been adrift in Scuth Channei two days and a nlgnt after being separated from his vessel, the schooner Hortense. Witnesses to the trial in Boston of six Ttalians for the murder of Aichael Scarpone, alleged blackhand victom, are being guarded with extra care as the result of the shooting of Carmello Far- raro in Brooklyn. The offier of a reward for the appre. hension of raliroad vandals in Massa- chusetts 18 dependent on a report of the character of damages done to rail equin- ment and property sinca the beginning of the shopmen’s sfrike, Governor Cox said. Resolutlons calling mpon the United States shipping board to inform he house where and how much iiquor ‘s bought for sale on Amevicaa salps sirce the national prohibitim law went into effect, wera introducsd by Representa- tives Gallivan, democr:, Masszchusetts, and Brennan, republizaa, Michigan. 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS 18 in Custody. dred and sixteen men were indicted to- day by the Brooke county grand jury for alleged participation in the battle at the Clifton mine, Cliftonville, on the morning of July 17. Seventy-eight are charged with first degree murder and the rest CHARGED WITH MURDER 'FOR CLIFTON MINE BATT Brook County (W. Va.) Grand Jury Indicted 216 Men for Alleged Participation in the Battle Near Ciftonville on July 17, 78 for First Degree Murder, the Rest for Con- spiracy—All But About Fifty of the Indicted Men Are Wellsburg, W. Va., Aug. 17.—Two hun. | with conspiracy. day and it is undersiood that this action : PRICE TWO CENTS All but about fifty of the indicted men are in custody. " The grand jury adjourned unti] Satur- A was taken so that indictment proceed- posed of meanwhile. Prisoners in cus- ings pending at Harrisburg may be dis- tody there wil be acraigned tomorrow morning in circuft court. It is expeoted that a number will be admitted to bail. TO SIMPLIFY CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF BETH. STEEL New York, Aug. 17.—Reorganization and siplifications of the corporate struc- ture of the Bethlehem Steel Corporaticn is privided for in. a plan sumbitted to stockholders today by Presmdent W. G. Grace in connection with a rejuest for their approval of the purchase by the corgoration of the Lackewanny Steel company.~ he stockholders suscung will be held in Newark, N. J., 2a September 15, Under the proposed plan, the Deth- lehem corporation will- bave only two classes of stocks, all witx voting pow- er, instead of four, two of wL'~l: re mot enfranchised, as at present. The $10:, 000,000 of outstanding A mon, $ per cent. cumulat and 7 per cent. non-cumulat will be virtually retired aud there will be auttgried dn its place $77.019,u00 in new 7 per cent. cumularive preferred stock and $82.608,500 in common stock. Holders of $30,000,000 $ per ccat. cu muiative preferred stock will be given an opportunity to exchange their sacur- snd . com- lative pfeferred on the basis of $11 in new stock for each share of the ol and the holders of the existing $:5.00 000 of 7 per cent. non-cumulative ferred, and the- additional steck of th cent. preferred on an even basis. The class I common stock will be exchanz- ed for the new common dollar for doi- lar. If this change is effected. it wiil m2an that all the stockholders, instead of the imited number now holding the $3! 000,080 of Class A common ans 7 P cent. non-cumulative preferred oatstand- ing, will/have a voice In ths managé- ment ‘of the eorporation. : The Lackawayia puschas: invo the accepptance by Bethichem of existing liabilities and obligations to tha Lagtawanna company. the payment of $308,680 in cash and a_par amount (f the capital stock in Bethlehem - mal in par value to the outstanding stock of the Lackawanna company. This will necessitate the issuance of $12,500.000 more of the present 7 per cemt. non- cumulative preferred stocy and $22,60 0 of Class B stock. No additional financing is required by the Lackawanna purchase, but the Beth- lehem board of directors has decided to epend. $15,000,000 in improving and en- larging the Buffalo plant of the Lacka- wanna company and the money for this will be ubtained throught the new financ- ing provided for in the reorganization plan. The Bethlehem board also asks for authority to provide for an increase in the capital stock of approximat:'v £38.000.000 to be available for us the discretion of the directors, :n payment of stock dividends and icr an properties that may be required. In +his connection President Grace 1 that no stock dividend was under considera tion at present and that ro negotial were pending for the purchase of properties. e A COURT OF LOVE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT HAMMONTOM Hammonton J.. Aug. 17 (By the A. P.).—There has come into being here one of the strangest courts in all the world— the cour of love—where men and women in scarch of mates may come, pour oul the longings of the heart and be succored. Befoce the court are the qualifications and the yearnings of some 1,000 bachel- ors and 1,100 spinsters, but the first day's work resulted in oniy five matings. These, however. were shming exampies of what may come today and hereafter. A man 60 years old was mated wih a goid-siar mather 43 years old; an under- takee was selected -&s - husband for a nurse; a coast guard was picked to be- come the protector and life companion of 2 fair divorcee; a widow was siated to | become the helpmate of a painter, and a entucky belle—a! daughter of he mountains—was snatched | last, but not least, up by Thomas Bancroft Delker, founder of the court. The court of.love, be i known,’is con- stitked much the eame ‘as any other court. having a rresiding judge, or Cupid. in.this ocast a woman, anl a jury of seven, including the chief of police, a for- mer soiier, a “telegrapher and " four women. * NEW HAVEN MAN DIES OF AUTOMOBILE INJURIES Wallingferd, - Conn., Aug. 17.—John Plary, 15, of New Haven, died tonight at the Meridoa hespital as the result of in- juries sustained when an automobile in which he was ridinz skidded at Yalesville this afternoon. The boy was thrown viojently agairst the seering wheel. A fractured rib ranctured the liver, accord- ing to physicians . The driver of the machine, Adolph Mittau, of Hartford, said that he gave the boy and a companion a ride from ew Haven. No arvsts have been made. FOUR PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM 8. D. STATE PENITENTIARY Stoux. Falls, §! D, Aug. 17.—Under cover of a riot, which started in the prison tailor shop late this afterncon, four prisoners captonted Warden Georze Jamleson, of the South Dakola sate penitentiary and escaped in his.car. Dur: ing the fighting preceding the ascapc, Deputy Warden Arthur Muchew was serisusly wounded with knixes anl a Unable to sell or give away the old suspension bridge spauning the Con- necticut river betwaon “Varehouse Point and Windsor Locks, th> Har:f>rd £unty commissioners are prepared to gc hefore a meeting of creditors anl representa- tives of the county next monci and re- quest an appropria’in to pay for i's re- moval. guard named Berzman was. badly -cut.. The men with the wardes uad hig car are belng pursued by guaris. The German mark yesterday declined to a new low record pries qf § 3-4 cents per hundred. One bank reportsd it rad offers of 10,000,000 marks at this price and no takers. class to be issued In connection with the Lackawanna purchase, wil b= al- lowed to exchange for the mew 7 perj TARIFF DUTIES ON DYES | ities for the new seven per cen:. cumu- |COFing that “no ordinary fariff gan APPROVED BY THE SENATE Washington, Aug. 17.—Tariff Cuties on dyes and other coal tar products which were declared by opponemts o be equivalent to an embacgo, were ap- proved tonight by the senate, 38 w0 28. Republicans and democrats split on the isSue, Seven republcans posing the increased rates and five democrais sup- portin git. The new duties proposed by Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, are basxl on American inead of foreign valuation—an option framers of the tarift had defred to leave to the presi dent—and are: On coal tar dye inters mediates 10 1-2 cents per pound and 7§ per cent ad valorem: in place of the old rates of 7 cents and 50 per ocenk and on finished dyes and coal tac pro- ducts 10 1-2 cents a pound and 90 per ocent instead of 7 cents and 60 per cent A woll call foliowed a sharp debate fn which Chairman Wadsworth of tha miltary commitee presented a letter from Secretary Weeks urging extensioz ©f the dye control act now in force, de prevent the lestruction of the Amadie an dye indusiwy which will thereby oripple the whole organic chemical in- dustry.” He said Germany realized the predominance in orgamical chemical industries @5 a most vital means of preparedness and had formed them inte one great trust which could produce dves and similar materials very mueh cheaper than the Americans. The wenate approved an amendment by Senator Shortridge, republican, California, proposiug a duty of 70 cemts a galion on grape juice containing of capable of jroducing less than one per cent of alcchol. On such juioe comtain- ng or capable of producing more thaz one per cent of alcohal the same rate would be applied with -an -~ addisongt = rate of $5 a proof gallo non the aico- hol contaned In it or that couid be pro- duced from &, Few changes (n the administration tariff bili were made today and tonight by the sénate in the final drive to cleas up individua! amendments. When the senate took a recess at a late hour, work on the measure in the committes of the whole had been completed and tomorrow it will be started on the last stases to final passage late Satur- NO HOPE OF SETTLING COAL STRIKE IN CAPE BRETON Sydney. N. S. Aug. 7 (By Canadian Press)—The third day of the coal smin- ers' smrike in Cape Breton brought na sTounds for hope that the dispute would be ed at an early date. Water is steadily ricing (n the pits, No. 2 the largest coal shaft in the 2 pit world, is in danger of complete destruc- tion, Another cause for grave concoxm the growing shortage of coal. O tim- ers are predicing a long-drawm out fight, with convequent hardship to ail concerned. Since the rough handing of the oae- load of relief workers s=nt down to Ne. 2 from Sydney lase night no further ate tempte 0 place reyef opcrators at the pumps and fans have been made. The roors, S0 fer, have not exercised their authorly. Minor hosiliies have oce curred ~ between sirikers and would-be strikebreaker Indignation at the presence of armed foroes: ew Aberdeen has shown fes self more markedly among the war vel= erans. who are now offering to form & protective battalion and gunrantee to Feoteqt life and propety during the stcike. They will not, however. inter- fere with the picketing at the mines. WOMAN'S HAIR SET AFIRE BY SHORT CIRCUITING OF Wik®s Y., Aug. 17. Longbeach. N. set afiire by the short cir:u wires in an electric curling Izetta McGill, youthful wife of _the ground-keeper at Lido Golf cii> suffered burns that caused her 1:ita early to- day. Attracted by the screams of the young woman, her husband smothered th flames “with blankets. She diel soum after being taken to a hospiial CHARGED WITH STEALING 3 WRIST WATCH VALUED AT $308 Her hate ng of ir>n, Mrs. Greenwich, Conn, August 17.—Hor tense Verheye, formerly employsd i the home of a prominent resident here, was held in $2,500 bail for the saperior court today by Judge Willlam J. Ferris on the charge of stealing a Jlamond and platinum wrist watch vaued at $x00. She was employed in the same of Mrs, Leslie Bruce to whom the watch belong= ed. The watch was reported by the po lice to have been found in aer possismon. “Enow-Als” On Csoitel HIll ‘When in doubt about anything on Cap- itol Hill, send it to the stats department. That is a rule of lor® staia'=g on Cap- itol Hill, and if Judge George D. Thore, Chief Gilbers H. Hassler or Charley Wil- litts” cannot produce Information, try Chief “Jim" Moore, of the Legislat'va: Reference Bureau, or if military, husile it upstairs to “Jake” Stauffer in the “War Department.” Chief Hassler ‘s accustomed to telling justices of _he peace they are in office and reminding notaries public that commissions do not. run forever and occassionally has to asg some official to file a new bond—Has- risburgh Telegram.. . . Bristol—That both the police and fire departments should go outside thelf’ territory in case of necessity instead of waiting to ask his permission is the conviction expressed by Mayor who declares the duty of every o the city to respond to an within the city limits.