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Paris. Sept. 14—(By The A. P.)—The pewly developed crisis In the reparations question became 3o acuts tonight upon |reach an agreement with Great Britain receipt of Berlin advices that Germany had categorically refused to give up the 100,000,000 gold marks demanded by Bel- tum as 3 guarantes of the six menths note & the members of the commission decided the alllied pjremiers. Elr John Bradbury, British member of o deliver the gold will bs followed by teparations commission by Belglum and a French demand for a declaration of Ger- many’s default. An official communique issued: by th French ministry of forelgn aftairs - care and M. Dubois, of the reparations commission, &t Ramboutllet, says: “The cablnet council, through the pre- mier, gave definite instructions to M. Dubols concerning the French attitude in the event of Germany's failure to com- ply with the reparations commission's de- sisiop on August 31." M. Dubols, who is president o the com- mission. will exercise his right to cast Britain and Italy oppose such declaration, us is probabie. Inet took a very eritical view of the sit- explicit_ instructions to [ many’s request. 8 At a meeting of - London August 14, to reach an agreement on the qusitibn of & meratorium for Germany, Sir Rob- ert Stevenson-Horne, ths Btitish chancel- nationals, has gerved to stiffen the &t |lor of the exchequer, announeed that the alljed financial experts had -agreed unanimously that Germany must make her next payment of. 2,000,000 pounds on pre-war - debts, dut within & month, but that thereafter the various -governments should make sep- arate arrangéments with Germany, sub- ject, In every case, to the approval of tho reparations commission. Germany in accordance with her note of August 5, paid to the clearing house on August 15, 500,000 pounds, leaving a balence of 1500,000 pounds falls due September: 15 under the, de- cision of the alfed &xperts. satien and g M. Dubo misslon unless the gold is deposited. The refusal of Germany to pay the 1,- 500,000 pounds dua tomorrow s part payment of her pre-war &ébts to allied AGREEMENT REACHED ON yereement on the administration tarift }il was reached tonight by the repub- lican conferses and it was the hope of majority leaders in the house and sen- ate to have the measure ready for Pres!- Sent Harding by the end of this week or tarly next week of the ave they previously had re-inserted into the BT and ¢ pound duty on potash. In Heu of the gmbargo, the managers inereased the vates proposed on dyes And synthet!c themicals and medicines the products of toal tar. would be seven cents a pound and 55 per cent ad valorem on Intermediates nd gever tent on the finished products, while af- ler two years, they would bé seven cenls » pound and forty per cent on the in- lermediates asA seven cents a pound and 16 per cent on the finished products. In ind 59 cents on intermediates and sev- ®n cents a pourd and sixty per cent om the finished product, with the ed va- lorem based on foreign valuation. -The penate dutles wers 10 1-2 cents & pound and 75 per cent in the one case and 10 1-2 cents a pound and ninety per cent | nthe other case while the house duties fent In the oMe case and seven cents a pound and 45 per cent. in the other. Un- fer both house and senate bills the ad Falorems were on American valuation. A. F. OF L. TO PUSH THEIR sxecutive council of pration of Labor today demandéd the Daugherty and Federal Judge Wilkerson »f Chicago in connection with the in- junction proceedings brought by - the yovernment in the rall shopmen's strike. Their Control, and Now is a Matter Requiring the At- tention of the Allied Premiers—Germany Also Has No- tified the Commission That She Will be Unable to Pay the 1,500,000 Pounds Due Today as Part Payment of Her Pre-War Dehts—British Views Are Said to Differ Strongly With the French. ue on account of reparations, that and requires the immediate action of commission, is proceeding to Lon- meeting today of the French notification of Germany's refusal laying of the matter bofore the ting the meeting between M. Pol deciding vote in the event that Great to demand action by the com- titude of the cabinet. The recent Lon- fon conference reduced the payments due in August and September from 4,000,000 pounds to 2.000,000 pounds. Germany has ald 500.000 pounds and was requnred o pay the balance tomorrow. Her Te- usa) to do so has caused deep resentment in the Franch cabinet, which feels that Germsny could easily meet the pay- mept. French policy is being directed toward 4 formal assertion from the commission ¥ Germany’s voluntary default; it is re- Rably s jyuest an immediate confersnce of the al- ted that France will then re- ADMINISTRATION TARIFF BILL Washington, _Sept. 14—A wecond In accord with the expressed direction . the confees eliminated the bargo fleensing provision, which e one and one-half cents A For the first two years the dutics cents a pound and sixty pes cases the advalorems would be based American valuation, that 1s, .the lesale selling price in the American tormerly agreed upon by were seven cents a pound weke seven cqnts 2 pound, and 30 per . Eing of ltaly Seriously ML “Naples, Sept. 14—King Vietor Em-| manuel of Italy is_ seriously ill, atcord- ing. to the Mattino, today that the Itallan monarch not-be able'to attend he Naples fair be- cause of his rather grave condition. _ Heavy Snowtall on the Alps. ° which * announced Alps eay that snow is falling heavily. At Some places it has reached a foot in depth, - especially around “Mount' Blanc, Simplon and St. Gothard. temperature has fallen to winter levels, in. contrast to ‘the excessive heat of a féw ‘weeks - ago. In Tyrol the WIFE BORN OUT OF WEDLOCK; HUSBAND SUING ¥OE DIVORCE New York, Sept. 14—Attorney George G. ‘Battle, appearing before Court Justice Martin today for Elaine Harrls, whose husband, Beverly D. Harrls, former vice-president of the Na- tional City bank, s seeking annulment of his marrisge and an injunction to prevent her from.collecfing money from him under a separation agreement, char? acterized statements made b: ris as a “contemptible exhibition of lles made by a man to rid himself of his lied powers to consider the, reparations situstion, and an effort will be made. to on the French debt and also a definite settlement of the reparations question. No military measures would be taken unless the conference broke. down. o The, British differ strongly Sith the nch in the present crisis, and believe ‘tuation has gone beyond their con- | that Germany's offer should be accepted. They. contend that the commission never contemplated that Belgium would actually demand gold, such provision being put into the decision simply f don to lay the matier in detall before |lase resort L oo e ® Premier Lioyd George, whils' M. Poin- care has assumed command of the French side of the negotiations. The Itallan and Belgian premiers also are handling the sitgation for their countries. Beiglum's request for, the depsit of gold not later than tomorrow, instead of be- ing merely a diplomatic manosuvre to permit further discussion as at first in- @icated, now appears to be a stern de- mand with the full backing of the French &nd Belgian governments. After t t, it was authoritatively stated that | The charge that Mrs. Harris had been intimate with El Raynor, gambler, was disproven, he declared, by the fact that she was only ten years of age at the time. “It is an unfortunate fact Harris was born out of wedlock,” he ad- ded, “but her husband knew it at the time, of his marriage to hef. is certainly no reflection on the girl.” Mr. Harris met his wife in Houston, Texas, in 1913, Mr. Battle said, and im- medlately began to lavish gifts upon her, The attorney charged that Harris, when in his cups, taunted his wife and abused Despite the very serious turn of events, the-German delegation in Paris remains calm and optimistic. that the cabinet had decided upon stern policy, one German officlal said: “They always decide on stern meas- ures. However, We have refused the gold, and shall continue to refuse it. But I {ihink that some compromise will be af- fected, as the allies do not want to cipitate trouble at this time.” When informed A despatch from Berlin Wednesday it was officially announqed that Germany had notified Great Britain and France that 500,000 pounds would be paid September 18 on account of next clearing house installment on pre- war debts of allied natlonals. ment, it was ‘added, was possible only through the accommodation of the reichs- ank, and the remainder of the install- amounting te 1,500,000 pounds, would be forthcaming a5 500; stances permitted. . A total of 2,000,000 pounds on pre- war debts to allied: nationals was due by Germany August 15. Prior. to that time, on August 5, Germany sent a note to France saying she' would be unable to meet the full installment and requested that the amount be cut 75 per cent., or to 500,000 pounds. . Premier Poincare de- clined to assent and threatened measur- The membars of the eab- | 5 to safeguard-French interests: reparations commission also rejected Ges- iied delegates in they Tiad failed Mr. Harris contends his wife vepre- sented herself as a member of a dis- tinguished southern family, and that he learned only last March of relationg with Raynor in Memphis. Justice Martin announced that a de- cision on the would be made on Monday. OE IN NEW YORK TO PROMOTE POLICE EFFICIENCY ment, n as circume- New York, Sept. 14—An international co-operative body for promoting police efficiency. throughout all countries, and to be known as the world police conference, came into being today at the national police conference. Delegates who feared that membership in the conference’ would mean' interfer- ence with the local operation of police departments were tbld - that .the world conference would in. no_sense _seek. to > . Fend regulate the methods of police depart-| CORONER RESERVES DECIEION {n ments as individual . ONVATE ¥ would exist simply-as a medium for co- operation in checking crime. . As none of the - del countries came instructed to join such a world organization, it was decided to ac- cépt members as fapidly as applications Were recelved. . The present membership of the organization is comprised only of the "heads of ‘police departments of citles of “this country. A committee of one was. appointed. to devise a secret, confidential code to be used by thé world organization. organizations, but legate from foreign following -day, UNABLE TO FIND HANGMAN MAN SHOT THREE CHILDREN licited jeve prubip iy e e reprieve for three weeks today be. cauge in all the countryside no one could be found to spring the trap. Stratford, Conn., Sept. 14—Police hers are searching the surrounding woods to- night in an effort to find an unidentified man, believed to be demented, who sud- denly came out of the underbrush this afternoon and fired three charges of bird shot at a group of children playing in a vacant lot, wounding three of them. The man disappeared after firing the shots and has eluded capaure. 3 The three wounded children are Charles C. Horus, 6, his brother, Sidney, ‘5, and 2 younger brother, Willlam, 3. Charles was. struck by four shots, one of which may cause the loss of one eye. was struck in the arm, and Willlam 'in All three were taken to the Bridgeport hospltal where their condi- tion as reported as nét serlous. The only description of the man was turnished by Rose Klepackl, a young girl who was passing at the time of the shoot- She said the man fired one shot et her and then fled. struck. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chorus, parents of the wounded children, rushed from their home nearby when the: shoot- ing occurred but anly caught a glimpse of the man as he disappeured. asked Chief Justice McKeown for the postponement, said he had first retained ‘Arthur Ellis, discharged as executioner by the de- partment of ‘justice. He then retained J. M. Holmes, who was recommended by the sheriff of Mon- treal, but Tuesday a wire came saying Holmes had been hurt in an autemobile accident and .could not come. tried to reach an ott but found he was in British Co- Next he named He himself was unfit to carey out the execution, Sheriff ‘Foster continued, be- cause of pervousness with which he has been afflicted since he was hurt in an au. tomobile accident several years ago. Was to wait until the injured Mr. Holmes the new date for the execution She was 1ot | g of Oct. 6. BRITISH CRAFT WINS RACE FOR 6-METRE BOATS Aboard Destroyer Mahan, off, Oyster Sept. 14—Cofla of the British craft, won today's in the international six-metre yacht one BRIDGEPORT GIRL = HERSELF IN GEANNIS BROOK Sept. 14 (By the A.-P)—Tha|" Neer York. Nept: T4--Although | five assembly - disermament - committee | has |‘eastern roads *ahmounced Ttoday ‘they | decided " to. recommend 'to. the -assembly | would: not meet strikers' to:consider. the of the league of nations u resolution, in-|ferms adented: by. the-policy’ committes in troduced by M. De Jouvenal, of France, asking all countries, except those:whobe jurisdicial - situation’ has been o %o reduce their expenditure for arma-[his line stomorrow. No:official of the sys- ments to the figures of - 1813. -This|tem. howeyer, would discuss the subject- would exclude - the United States and |matter of the Chicago-agreement or:the Cmg;. as well as Spain, which ds at|purpose of the meeting tomorrow. war Moroceo, | . e “/F. D. Undecwood, president. of the Erle, The idea is to make. it apply. to;ail | declared that; the strikeswas “crumbling” Buropean: states under . preséat clroum. 2nd that his road, ‘at present ‘wWas not stances, having no excuses for mair.|considering. entering: inte:negotiations for taining" bigger armaments thdn' bef a settlement with its striking shopmen. the war. ~The reductions’ that the Teso-|C. H.'Stein, general manager of the Cen- lution ‘would invélve, are’ indicatéd by |tral Railroad of New Jersey. declared his the' statistics - of the mixed comissiofi, | road ‘would. not .even consider a settle- which show that _ the following “eoun- | ment proposdl on the Chicago, meeting tries are spending more . for -millt er E. E. Loomis, president of the Durposes: than before -the war. . Lehigh Valléy, .sald his’ empioyes: were Great Britain, 13 per cent; India, 14:|forming an’assoclation of their own, and Australia, 17; Canada 7 1-37- Néw Zea-|that it now would be “oiit of ‘the ques- land, 15; Portugal, 71-4; Japanm~ 62;|tion” for the Lehigh to enter-into any Denmark 33; Holland 48; Sweden-20. ' |settlement negotiations. i cent: Rumania 23; Italy 46, Brasil 45./meeting or the settlement negotiations. 14.3. FROM THE JOHN LYON ESTATE | 5, jnfyence of the smaller lines. vestor who died about two years ago leaving an estate value dat nearly $2.- The will indicates that Mrs, Lyon Was| omens Greenwich. About $90,000 will be deducted from e T TS the estate in taxation. The state of { RAIL LABOR CONTROVERST the -government will receive- l‘l;.l"“h : T income tax, and several other states Wil | : o recelve a total of $5,551 1n taxes on 3-5- SR ToRk SSBLE 4 s ontitudg ious properties. < the. Big - Four which was reserved by Coroner John: J. Stamford. .He' claimed that the whis-(are now employed. . Willlam H. Smelter, of Stamford, an | f0r one.year or two." Washirngton, Sept. 14 —(By the A. P.) —Suggestions from Newcastle, Engiand, that the Amerlcan consulate there 'was about to be reopened by-the “assighment of a new consul at the post, met with flat contradiction today at the state de- partment. It was said there had been no change in the situation at Newca: tle and that the American government! 1did not contemplate re-opening the con- sulate until the questions raised by the British government of the exequaturs of the previous American consular. repre- men and enginemen. . sentative at Newcastle had been fully in- | this afternoon he announced that vestigated ramflné before signing the .‘l‘!il:::: So the only thing to do, he concluded, | = e e o et o whihic eastern lines, .| SPEEDING EVIDENCE IN trophy series. Southington, Sept. Miss Gertrude Weltner, who disappeared early this morning and was found in a brook near here this af- ternoon, was formally identified tonight by her father, Peter Weltner, who had conducted a search for his daughter all day. Mr. Weltner, according to the. po- lice, said he had no doubt that she had committed suiclde. Medical Examiner W. G. Steadman reported the caze as a suicide but said several myscterious circum- 14—The body of Bridgeport, is. The race toda; and blowing from southwest. “irnn hoat Clytie fouling Colla at the finish of the first FUELL CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON TepAY IMPEACHMENT DEMANDS Atiantic City, N. kmpeachment of Attorpey General Immediate steps looking toward im. peachment will be taken by the federa: Hon, sald a formal statement emgody- Ing the labor organization's demand. T0 BETIRE AS COMMANDER OF THE SALVATION ABMY Kew York, Sept. 14—Evangeline Booth, commander of the Salvation Ar- ny in America, today recelved a radio Booth, com- mander-in-chie of the organization, no- nessage from Bramwell ot been fully cleare ‘.l:am which'had not been fully cleared| o 0 oo o pia s R Mr. Weltner sald his daughter, who was 35 years old, had been iil for some time and suffered from attacks of mel~ ancholia. She was employed as a sten- ographer in a Bridgeport bank. and merce ‘ department for voluntar yaction to. limit coal prices P and eftect the most advantageous dis- S iy ke and.then. dig; e tribution of fuel supplies. o Call for the conference was issued by the president’s fuel committee at the Te. quest of the United States Chamber REQUEST FUEL CONFERENCE OF NORTHEASTEEN STATES ‘Washington, Sept. ~14.—Federal Fuel Distributor Spencer has asked W. B. chalrman “of the Pennsylvanie fuel commission to call a conference’ of fue! administrators -of the states and lake states to meet with an- thracite operators and Pennsylvania and in- Philadelphia to- fix{ a fair price for hard coal it was announc- od today at fuel headquarters, Arrangements ‘for the conference are yet to be made, officlals said, matter has been left In the hands of mal as rapldly as possible, A FLOCK OF 300,000 STORKS HAS INVADED OE¥NHAUSEN | __and the King 'hul“]vu'hh au- st sust consent to the merriage. The ' | Permidsion was unofficially given the un. esti.{ lover in the case is tenant Cas- | lons today. to stage tag days’ in Chicago invaged |, tenskiold,” formerly of'the Guards, |am@ other cities to funds. for the re- From ten to twelve of the| Who only recently returned to Cop- . | lief of families of s birds rest nightly on the roof of each| enhagen from a two years stay in 5 federal ofticials Oeynhausen, Westphalia, Sept. 14 (By the “A. P.).—A flogk of storks, mated to mumber 300,000, has Efying her that her retirement as com- pandér had been définitely decided up- 1o take effect at a date to be an later, the Pennsylvania authorities, but. it is believed that the meeung . will be held very soom, & reprepemusuive of the presi- dent’s ‘fuel committes will attend. the_yisitors every morning as they iy to the Teighboring fields, where they spend the day feeding, and when they return to thelr coosts in the evening. Thousé in the town. ' The air is alive with| Alaska. Thé Princess i s:‘ ‘| tion bill by Saturday noon. and Blackburn Esterline, assistant to th e wind being fresh th nu‘hut] 4 solicitor general, worked in relays cead. / : ing. additional affidavits of violence dur- i e 4 ing the progress of the strike, the defense the unions. hundred representatives of business, in- o X :m“or’ni -t!rool;:;h ;;'lif.’?-"pfx;"h.:wfm'i“ i ge o » the government are to meet at the com- - rail executives were in-conspiracy to de- to frame measures Strov the urfons. . . % 2 will_show they first sought' to thIng in their power fo prevent peace. Commerce with a vlew to finding rgeans Princess Dagmare, sister of King | 12rd and, other rall presidents;,can now for returning the coal situation to nor-| Christlan. of Denmark, -is follow- bf!{mlhuwxvm. it was said. % ing the ‘fashion ‘set by Princess 2 ‘man.distinctly not of royal birth - | pgj w Toungest member of the 1380, L 5 of 26 ' teame buliding of the New Eng- lag company of East Canaan, used as a locomotive and repair shop, burned. ‘The loss, was_$8,000. “ Capt. James J. Nedley, for twenty-four years a member of the borough police of Several mutinies in the Gree k army in Thrace have been reported in Athens, the emn- demanding to be demobilized. The Greek naval personnel somewhat agitated. The Stafford Springs Library assocla- tion has received a bequest of $15,000 un- der the will of George L. Demnis, which ‘was admitted fo probate at a hearing in the_peobate court Wednesday morning. Belgium, which is spending’ 82 per| New York, New Haven and Hartford cent, more than-before the war, fs ex-|officials #aid a settlement now would do cused because she had practically no|no good, as there was no room left in army in 1913, but was . protected by |their shops for the men who struck. The treaties of neutrality. : Atlantic Coast Line, through the Assocla- The countries which are spending less|tion of Railway Executives, announced than in 1913 are: South Africa 25 per|that it was mot a party to the Chicago France 8, Switzerland 39, and Norway| - Following the announcement that 2 new £ agreement with its trainmen and conduc- M. De Jouvenal remarked:after ‘he|tors had been made in conference-today. eession that he had not included the|the New York Gentral admitted’ that Unlted - States- because everyone' relt|President Smith would meet the. shop- that the stronger the United States is|crafts men at 3 o'clock tomorrow. after- the greater the guarantee agalnst was.|noon. This announcement was considered The European nations were particular- | significant. as Mr, Smith had never ad- v mentloned, because the fleld of con- | mitted that his road was a party to-the flict is in Europe. Chicago' negotiations ~ with this road, P A which represents a large percentage of the trackage and freight hauling capacity STATE R0 ERCEID SN AN affected by the strike; probably would be Mrs. W. 3. Clark and Mrs. W. Clark, both of Providnce, R. Bridgeport hospital suffering Jurles they received when a heavy truck collided with their automobile. Except for seven different days il March, more cars were loaded with coal Monday than on any one day this year, either before or after the coal strike be- san on April 1. Homer §. Cummings who will be tem- porary chairman of state convention in Hartford next week has been in California for six weeks, but is now homeward bound and due prob- ably Saturday. Greenwich, Conn,, Sept. -14.—%he will| Oficlals ctithe Delaware and Hudson of John Lyon. wealthy farmer and in- | {00 (oi® caue retrained foom cotament- ing on ‘the settlement negotiations. A i It take: loward 000,000, was filed for probate hete today. | Brice Sreioooy Yot i, re e According to its terms the estate 18 dl- | torg of the Northern Pacific, S. Davies Vided in equal shares among his thres | o ac, T O E T SRR B e children while his widow receives s [ pnctooy PICECON L N e his. New home in Port Chester and 37,000 in c8h. | yory offices today but would make no Sleeping cars constructed with rooms to each car, each room accommo- dating five persons, will be placed in the Chicago-California service of the Santa pravided for during. her husband’s 1fs. | e Association ofRaflwey Exscutives | ® T Ty foF fall and winter travel The three children, John M. Lyon,|icuq Sarah B. Lyon and Lilllan Lyon Ritch, | man pay e oo, Gatming that 3054 will each receive $415,556. A legacy of | snon forces of ‘all the rallyoads o the 32,000 was left- to Hattis Wilson of |country to replace the Sielhins shommer Fifty per cént. of the men employed in the open hearth department of the ‘Wickwire-Spencer _ Steel Buffalo, N. Y., struck in protest against the discharge of employes for union activ- at Connecticut will receive §67.200 in taxes: 5 LOBING ITS ITTERNESS | . yuid wo, o o e who had been tion is in a panic. ANl the wives and Scores of bulldings in the European beyond their control. =te property damage fs estimated into millions. The fire originated in ths Armenian quarter and spread rapidiy. GREEK AND ARMENIAN QUARTERS DESTEOYED Smyrna, Sept. 14 (By the A. P)—A fire of serious proportions broke out to- day. The Greek and Armeniaif quarters are completely destroyed. The fire is rapidly spreading to other areas. ITALIAN WARSHPS TO CONCENTEATE IN SMYENA Rome, Sept. 14.—(By the A. P)— Italian ships are attempting to take off the Italian colony of Smyrna due to the fire which is reported raging in that city. . The Italian government has des- patched several vessels to Smyrna with provisions and medical stores. It has also issued instructions that all Italian warships must concentrate in Smyrna waters to provide shelter for Italian res- idents. REFUGEE SITUATION 1S DECLARED TO BE APPALLING Washington, Sept. 14.—The refugee sit. uatlon in Smyrna was declared to b: “appalling” in despatches received today by the state department from Rear “Ad- miral Bristol at Constantinople.. Inhab- | ftants of the city. other than the refugees are short of food, the message added, the victorfous Turkish forces. mow occupy- ing the city being on half rations. The dispatches were dated September 13. and at least two of that 1 AT ST lines: had_pract e g i X‘A*Ded;flfl -W% with the trainmen and ¢ uctér he- | . s, announeement, coming from - W. G. | lan this afternoon when he had 'finished |Les, president of . the- -Beotherhood of |, taking evidence in’ Sunday's automobile | Rallroad Trainmen; was féllowsd by the truck ‘accident which ' cost’ thtee men |feport that the Pensisylvania, Etfe, Lack- their_lives. . He'heard three witnesses in- | 2%2nna and other “eastern -trunk ' line: cluding Frederick Nee, the driver, who|also. were ready-to -continue the * wage said he had three drinks of whiskey two SCales; Working: conditions and eules un- hours before he started to"drive back to |der which the trainmen’ and conductors lls owing to a very Paul Gesl of ey had no effect upon him. - He. also| Chleftains of these twobrotherhdods claimed that the headlights of anotherand officials of the thirteen roads making automobile blinded him forcing him to|UP the New York Central system proba- drive to the side of the road. His ma-|bly Will sign the renewal agreements to- TO EXECUTE BENNIE swr | chine struck the guy wire of a pole and | MOFTow, Mr. Les said. ~The only undetet- turned over. He said he was not driving | Mined question tonight, he explaineg. PR iR was whether the néw.agresment would Do Swim, sentenced to ba hanged at Wood- stock tomorrow morning for the murder | auto-mechanic, testified that the brakes| The agreements in prospect will auto- of Olive’ Swim Trenhorne s an e | were In. Eood ‘conaltlon *ard . trérs. his|matically remove. from, the United States. judgment the machine was not going tast | 1abor board the task of deciding upon the at the Uiig of thiraselisst pay and working conditions for trainmen. When, the beotherhioods and the eastern Sherift Foster of Carleton county, w} N R e y, who | CONSULATE A: :!WCA!Tflu Teach agreements, the mattsr was put be- OT TO BE REOPENED | fore the board, but now the trainmen and o satathal — conductors seem about. to settle the mat- ter themselves with. the separate roads. Me. Les said tonight he did not' know what plans: for_settling:the wage question had been made by the other- two big Drotherhoods—the ‘engineers and-the fire. ‘Any” special effort {0 get ¢ facts in the | Pazha has resolved to march his army killing of Joseph Marviel of Waterbury |on Constantinople unless the powers ©on the state road at North Haven Monday { hand over the clty to the Turks, accord- has‘been given up by the police in New | ing to a statement he made to the Daily story | Mail correspondent at Smyrna. He al- Haven because, should ‘come out at Springfield. Charles Passanini of New Britatn. who was caught with a load of alcohol in his autoimobile on Aug. 9, and was fined §250 | he sid “The frontlers we claim exclue and. costs and given six months In jail, [Syrla and Mesopotamla. but embracs had his appeal -tried in common pleas|all the areas principally populated by court and ‘recelved a $500.fine and one |the Turkish race. We ask for Asia-Mi- month in jail. “Blg Tim” Murphy, Chicego’s pletur-| “We are prepared to give every esque’ labor leader, whose six year sen-|curity for fres passage of the Darda- station [ nelles, which we will undertake not to tence for the $386,000 ~Dearborn mail robbery in April. 1921 was affirmed | fortif: yesterday by the ‘United States court: of appeals; prepared to carry his|fensive works on the shores of the Sea fight to the United States Supreme Court. [of Marmora as will protect Constanti- circuit | power. He and.Mr. Sheppard arrived: hers this morning from Cleveland and with 2 com. mittee of brothechood leaders on the va- rious .roads making up: the New York Central lines went into secret conference With A. H. Smith, head of that system and officials-of component railroads. Late Three priests, a Christian brother and six nuns, comprising the fifth missionary | powers might refuse to deliver ovar part-to leave Maryknoll, N. Y., the home | Constantinople, to which Kemal re- of the Roman Catholic Forelgn Missions | sponded: Soclety of ‘America within three years, are | *“We must heve our capital, and in en route to San Francisco where on Sep- tember 25 they they will sail for China Freight loadings on all rallroads dur- ing the weed ended September 2, reached | negotiation: a total of 931,590 cars, an Increase of | indefinitely. 40,760 cars over the preceding week. Three bandits held up a fur shop on | ADMIRAL BRISTOL REPORTS Seventh. avenue, New York, selected 100 beaver, skins valued at $2,500 and es- caped in an automobile, the renewal would run one year or two. Chiet Justice McKeown set 2s| Danish King Gives Consent |47, %on 25 mog::x‘so:m;‘:?ed"?e & the morn- . To Love Match Be and Mr. Sleppard will begin a serie : of conferences with officfals of other A call to_the church forces in Connec- ticut composing Connecticut Federation of Churches. to join ~with movement. in Massachusetts in issuance of & call for a New England county con- ference -in Worcester on November has been voted by the executive hpard of the fedration. STRIKE INJUNCTION CASE Chicago, Sept. 14 (By the A. P.).—The ::v:rn.mgt 3: today speeded up its. case : ainst “the steiking rall crafts in . a The British boats as a t alsh 5 effort to complete the evidence in suj i won, totalling 19 points to 16 of Att de American yachts. Ame tor oy Gt orney General Daugherty's infuc- leading in the series, however, 80 to' y was_the -best so 3, While two assistant at e T2l | A satomeblle Toft tn gear by Mrs. Walter E. Burbank, of Larchmont, while she went shopping, started - when one of her three children, whom_she. left in-the car self-starter, and the machine plunged in- to_a telegraph pole, killing - Robert Bur. apnounced it would , seek. to, sHow the railroad executives were:in a conspiracy toforce a’strike in an effort to wreck the “The ‘government has_sought to show presumption of a conspiracy among: the shopmen to carry ‘out acte of violence,” The murder trisl of Georgo Charles Scullion. and Miss All ton “in connection with. the. slaying of John .Bergen, a moving picture actor, to- | trol of the city are firing upon and terror- day was postponed .from October 9 to|izing the populgtion. October. ‘16, due. to the inabllity -of su- prece Court Justice .Parker to. convene | missioner, left aboard the British bat- -n,.,m'.' Smyrna, Sept: 14.—(By The A. P)— ? | court on the date first set. AMERICAN RADIO TEST : | . IN HABTFORD DEC. 13 TO 31 Tarttord, Sept. 14—The third annual | ALL NATURALIZED AMERICANS trans-Atlantic test of the American Radio EVACUATED TO ATHENS league will be held Dec. 13 to 31, g R“:’..,.., I co-operation with radio am.| Constantinople, Sept. 14.—(By The A. ‘ateurs+n England. France and Holland, nnounced here today by Fred H. Schnell,- traffic menager of the league. During the_first ten days of the test ‘American amateur operators will | torpedo boat destroyer Simpson. | transmit, while the European amateurs =t will. transmit the-rest of the time. . It was aleo announced that the British Ppostoffios department had granted. per. ‘mission to_the Manchester Wicelees so- ciety of . Manchester, England. to continuous - wave Power toicarry on the test. .} Evidence which the' unions. could not ‘corvmrar xeverows vicw sa. new voas | PEOUCe heretofors because it might hurt . Y thefr peace negotiations with Darlel Wil. o the government completes lu;u;- Mary—that of falling in-love with . | > s&'e“’g;l};n::o :fi:}?:;dfl:xm re the expiration of the present re. order. -mext Thursday nigl ‘Plink for a hydro-electric development ‘ths north and west forks of § St Callfarnia, Javolyo a0 sl d, use Royal family, and was born in | of 351,000,000, with-an, ultimate:capacity sending living in . Bridgeport with Mrs. Helen Tarks Have Began Reprisals ."aged 19."as man and wife,-was London, Sept. 14.—Reports have reach- e London- that -the Turks have . com- menced. reprisals against the- Armenians |at_Smyrna, but . no_indicatiop of “thelr nafure or extent has been received. Palestine is Tranguil London, Sept. 14.—The colonlal office this evening issued -a formal denial of rumors in circulation that a revoit is im- New Heven. whose sute- | Mient in Palestine. It is asserted that moblle struck and mortally hurt five vear | the country is quite tranquil. old Bérnle Griskiewich on Sunday last, et Has beeft released on $1,500 bonds pend- KEMAL PASHA TO MARCH HIS ing a Anding' by Coroner Monzani of ARMY ON CONSTANTINOPLE London, Sept. 14.—Mustapha Kémal £3 refterated that his peace based on the national pact “Qur demands remain the same after our recent victory as they were before.” terms were nor and Thrace as far as the river Ma- ritza, and Constantinople. But it is only right that the agree to our creating such da- nople from a surprise attack.” The correspondent suggested that the that case I should be obliged to march my army on Constantinople, - which would be an affair of only a few days. I much prefer to obtain possession by but, naturally, cannot wait 14 AMERICANS MIS¢ING Washington, Sept. 14.— Fourteen Americans are missing in the firewwept sections of the city of Smyrna the sta: department was advised tonight in & ca- federation | plegram from Rear Admiral Bristol, acting American commissioner at Con- stantinople. Admpiral Bristol sald his - information camé from Captain Arthur J. Hepburn, chiet of staff of the American destroye: fleet at Smyrna who reported that the fire, starting about 1 o'clock Wedresday afternoon in the Armenian quarter had was accidentaliy | practically obliterated the entire Euro- pean ‘quarter of the city and still was raging. TUBKISH REGULARS ARE TERRORIZING POPULATION The Turkish Irregulars' who are In ebn- Sir Harry Lamb, the British high eom- tieship Iron Duke. The British marines are_withdrawing leaving the protection the city to French, Italian and na- tionist guards and American biuejackets. P)—ANl “the naturalized ‘Americans in Smyrna have been evacuated to Athens, accompanied by George Horton, . the American consul general,” on board the _|SERGEANT OF TURKISH REGULARS STARTED FIRE London, Sept. 15 (By the A. P.) —The conflagration in Smyrna was started by a séegeant of Turkish regulars, according to Mise Mills, head mistress of the Amer- Situation is Declared to be Appnl!ml Constantinopls, Sept. 14—(By the A.[Jican college in Smyrna, saye & Greenwich, was promoted to be chief bY [ p5" Smvrna is burning. The popula-|to the Times from Athens. the warden and burgesses. Maj. Gen. J. H. McRae, assistant chlet of staff in charge of personnel, has been relieved from duty at Washington and as- signed 'to command the Fifth Corps area ‘with headquarters.at Columbus, O. The sergeant was seen la‘.'r children of native Americans are being |carrying cans of petrol. Up to Weds evacuated to Athens. The cause of the|day evening the damage was estin fire is not yet known. at 15,000,000 pounds. The correspondent save it is ] section of the city are destroyed, in-|Athens that up to the time of the cluding the American consulate. Amer- | break of the fice about 1.000 persons | fcan marines and allied soldlers formed | been massacred, and that it.1s feared the a fire brigade but the conflagration is \mmhu now is much greater. SOVIETS PROTEST ACTION OF ALLIES IN CONSTAN against the-action of the allies in Cone stantinople, sent by the Russian sovie! government to Great Britain, reached London today and is, under o~nsideration by the Eritish government. The soviet note, according to & patch from Moscow, took the stand that the allies had acted entirely to their own wishes and against the in- terests of Russla, Turkey, Georgia. It added that the fate of. Straits of the Dardanelles must be cided by the states bordering Black Sea and that Russia would recognize any decision contradicting The note also contended that no warships whatever should be al- Ukraine and - point of view. GEDDES PRATSES AMERICA . FOR PART IN WOELD WAR New York, Sept 14—Sir Aucklant Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, speaking at a dinner given 1o iting delegates to the national police con- ference, said that America played a great cole in ending the Worid war and that anyone who said otherwise was one of three things, “ignorant, malicious, or Just Both the British ambassador and John W. Davis, fofmer American ambassaor Great Britaln, who speaker, ceferred in their addresses 1o recent - interview attributed to Kipling, belittling America’s. part in the war. Both speakers expresped tion that Mr. Kipling had words attributed to-him: Geddes warned his hearers to be af .. guard against those seeds of discord. o sought Lo s Referring to Mr. Kiping again. he said. “T am glad that he has nied the interview attributed to him - If he hadn't he would not have spoken as a. representative of British thought; Ne would not have spoken as a man Wwhe knows what he was talking about™ - Ambassador Geddes eaid that the peo ple of the British empire a ayed in the World war by Amer. “America coming into the war as she aid, when she did” he said “played @ great role, a great part in’ ending 4he war. The marn or woman who says other- wise, is one of three things: Igmoramt, maticious, or just a fool. mistake” he contimued, “there are people existing who would ke to see suepicion and hatred between your nation and mine, between our nation and France, and your mation and . Framee There are those who seek to fix our rela. tions fn troubled waters. But, belleve me, they do mot represent the hearts and binds of the British people.” L T et AMERICAN MISSIONARY MURDERED IN BRITISH INDIA Bombay, British India. Sept. 14 (By —Rev. Lorin S. Gates of the American mission was murdered pur on Sept. 6. The polics arrested 3 Mohammedan charged with the crime. Mr. Gates, who was 77 years old, and had been for forty-seven years with the American mission at Sholapur, had gome to Bijapuc at the request of Miss Fulchar, head of the branch mission thers. The branch had rented for its Indian workers part of an oid Mohammedan palace. The landlord was a Mohammedan, Who oocu= ipled part of the palace himself, and, sc- cording to Miss Fulchar, was constantly imposing irritating restraint on the ten- ants, She had asked Mr. Gates to come there for the purpose of negotiating with the landiord. This be did unsucoesstully, and decided to remove the workers else- He and Miss Fulchar were leaving the palace iri search om another house when the landlord sprang from behind a tree and felied the missionary, slashing him with a sword. Miss Fulchar parrowly escaped. Mr. Gates was taken 1o & hos- pital, where he died. It is understood that Mrs. Gates will continue the mission work at Sholapur. A cablegram recently received by Pro- fessor Furness ¢f Yale university, from Bombay, announced that the death of Mr. Gates occurred in a Mohammedan upris- ing at Sholapur. A Mr. Gates was supported by the Con- gregational church. Washington, D. C. He was born at Hartford, Conn. GERMAN FINANCIER, MAX WARBURG, IS IN NEW TOBK New York Sept. 14—Max Warburg, one of Germany's leading financires; whe was reported to have recelved a written threat of assassination following fhe mure der of Dr. Walter Rathenau. German e Haners T mniby i s B rom- With _him _was brother, Felix Warburg, New Yark | er, and the latter’s wife and two sone - retary replied that he.