Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 27, 1922, Page 1

Declare They Will Hold Their Present nelles—The Town of Bigha Has Been Occupied by the Kemalists, Who Refuse to Heed Representations Made by the British—Along the Anatblian Railway.the Brit- ish Are Digging Three Lines of Trenches—Many Brit- ish Warships Have Been Ordered to Constantinople— British Commissioner Has Sent an-Ultimatum to the Kemalists Allowing 48 Hours for Withdrawal of Turks From Neutral Zones Around the Dardanelles. netantinople, Sept. 2, 7.55 p.' m.|Tuscan and Tribune and ome subma- By the A. P)-<Jt i reported that the|rine. Turki¢s nationalist troops are entremeh-i Tho B dreadnaught 'z In the neutral zone of the Darda-|arrived here today. nelies. The Turks refuse to recoguize he neutral zone and declase they Wil| ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES ol Shale S Bosliie. ON NEAR EAST MATTERS Kemalist forces also occupied the el own of Bigha The British made rep-| o oo. - SoVT e Gt e 4Ry rosentations against this, but tbese) . 0GR C0 0 o ensure eftectively wero not heeded. ' freedom of the Dardanelles and- profec- Tha re Centurion |2 Position at the Darda-| Monday, and ‘which has been dramatio CABLED PARAGRAPHS Obstacles to . Vemizelos. i -Athens, Sept. 26.—(By the A. P.) — Becausé former Premier Venizelos does not recognize either king Constantine or the existing regime, the Greek govern- ment cannot ask for the vilaboration of Venizelos in the present Premier Triant Afillakos decl: e hour, s, DECISION IN PATERNITY CASE SATUBDAY MORNING Soutn Bend, Ind.. Sept. 36—The ques- tion of the paternity of “Billy,” the ten months’ and John P. Tiernan, Notfe Dame law Dprofessor, Tests_tonight in the hands of Judge Chester L. Ducomb, judge of the Soutn-Bend: City Court. son: of Mrs, Augusta Tiernan At 9 o'clock 'next Saturday morning curlosly revised 'version of Solomon's fainous judgment is scheduled to be en- acted when Judge. Ducomb will {final judgment a5 to whether the infant is the son of Harry Poulin, local clothing salesman,‘ as Mrs. Tiernan - claims, whether it is a legitimate off-spring. pass or The hearing, which began a week ago, full of incidents .and sordid details, prociaimed 2 zome of operations by the British. . The civilian populations of the vhlages within the zone have been or- dersq to leave, and the British are dig- ging three lnes of tremches, MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN PROCLAIMED IN GREECE m from Pandik to Yarinje,|tion of racial and religious minorities in along, the Anatolian raff#ay. has been|negotiating a permanent peace settles “are ment ‘of the near eastern . crisis claarly in accord with American sen ment,” - Secretary Hughes declared t day in the fimt formal -assertion American policy toward - the problem. At the same time, Loccasion to express the trust Washington . government _that mients woi . open and maintain peace pending of. Turkish Mr. Hughes ‘took thet arrange- 1d be made to keep the straits the came to a close: late this afternoon with the - completion of the attorney’s clos- ing arguments summing up the evidence previously presented. ~Prior to-the argu- ments, which were limited to an hour for each side, several additional witnesses were called to the stand, two for the de- fense and three for the state, one,of the three prosecutlon witnesses being, Mrs. Tiernan, herself. Proseeutor Floyd O. Jellison having decided to call her-back in an attempt to refute-the absolute den- ial of ‘hec charges made by the: defend- o- of it conferénce. to. conelude a final tréaty of Peace between Turkey, Greece and the Athens. Sept allies. erisis 5 rapidly The 6 (By the A developing proclaimed martial thousand troops at Sa. lonica have revolted, insisting on a change the government Sections of the army in the Aegean trlands also have revolted. They ». = Secretary Hughes' Reply. The statement was made in_reply to a question eubmitted to Mr. Hughes by The Associated Presk.as 1o the attifuds of the American govérnment toward the peace ‘proposals made by the Alfies. His anewer follows: king has Eight Worden attendance at church on the night he is charged” Tiernan ruff; oné of the points for . Poulin. ant and: other- defense witnesses. ©ne of the defense witnesses, Mrs. Sara testificd ~congerning . ‘Poulin's when Wwith -having visited Mrs. The ‘other. witness. -Vee Wood- a Tumberman, testified | concerning rresented as-an alibl mand . that the king abdicate Part of the army in Thrace de. mands that the king gjoin the army there. “Th fied to observe three. allied governments American governmemt {s grati- that the proposal of ‘the seeks. to_ in- # Tha naw witnesses for the state were Patrick Doran’ a Notre Dame student, who refuted one nertion of Poulin’s testi- mony. and Mrs. Louise Powers. who said sure” effectively ‘the liberty of the Dar- daneiles, the' Sea of Marmora and. the Bosphorus as well .as protection of the racial, and religious -minorities.” Thes» Lolnts are clearly in accord with Amer- ican sentiment. ““This government also trusts that sujtable arrangements . may be agreed upon in the interest of peace to preserve the freedom of the straits pending tne eonference to concluddé a final treaty of (. Greece and the The officers and troops who revolt- od at Salomica have sent word to Athens insisting on the imprisonment of several of the former premiers. ciuding . Gounarls, and M. Strai- tos, who are held responsibld for Tne] adverse campaign in Asia-Minor. They aleo demand, a change in.the govermment and the establishment of & mew neutral cabinet, Tmportant contingents of the asmy. on the Islands of Mtiylene, Chios and Crete also have revolted. They sent an airplane over Athens which re. leased pamphlets demanding the ab- dication of the king, the removal of « ministry and active continuance ? the war in Thrace. A revolts are yeported to be i}’ expression, state depart- ment_ofticials declincd to go in butlning the American attitude. No authoritatis rfatemant was @vailable as to the poss bility fhat the Washington govcrnment would ‘accept an invitatlonto be . repre- Py nted at the conference of Venice to n she had eéen Mrs. huéband at church-on the nights under question during Lent of 1921. ATUTOIST FI KNOCKING OVER D. A. R. MERORIAL Legey Xknoclked over a memorial erceted by. the Daughters of the "American Revolution here in a collison oarly Sunday-morning. cassfinéd $130 .on'a charge of -driving while under the influence of. liguor and $50 on a charge of réckless dri Judge Johnson court_today. would appeal the cage. Poulin but not her ED $150 FOR “Conn.. Sept.. 2 of “Hartford.. whose Manchest — -Arthur automobile g by in the Manchester town Legvet announced that he gotiate the peace treaty. As the ques- tion: has mot arisen except in vnofficlal reports from London as to the desire of the: . Evitish government for American pariicipation it was deemed to be not now before the American government. Mr. Hughes declined _specificaily. answering the inquiry as to the Amer- }lcan atiitude, to comment in any way on any terr.iorial questions involved In solution of the present near castern problem. In this connection, .however, It was pointed out at the department that tary did express {he government's views involved only matters in _which the “nited States has a very direct interest of lonz standing. These include fres movement between the Aegean and Black * seds “for American vessels, the rights under treaty of the denomina- tional cducational Institutions maintaln- ed in Turkey by American religious or- Eanizations and other similar ‘matters. With the territorial readjustments o Turkey as a result of 'the great war of the present developments . due ‘o Kémalist ~ successes, the = Washington government fs mot mow concerned Might' Smooth Out Sitaation. There Was some feeling among offi- cials that . the . positive- assertion . of, American approval of the - miain. allied principles’ of gettlément” umight - help. ¢ an entirely political nature. KING CONSTANTINE HAS ABDICATED in ~—King Constan- in favor of the according to an Athens to the Central News, BRITISH SEND TLTIMATUM TO TRESSPASSING TURKS Constantinople, Sept. 26.—(By the A P.)—The British general Sir . Charles Harington., commander in chief of the allied forces here, has ordered the Turks of the neutral zones around the Dar- danelles. - He has sent an ultimatum to stapha Kemal Pisha at Smyrna, al- wing forty-eight hours for withdra®at the nationalist cavalry. detachments whieh have occupied Kum Kaleh, at the entrance of the Dardapelles, as weil as Firen Keul. to the southwest of Chanak, and Bigha This action was taken by General Har- ngton after several requests had been made by the British commandees in the areas mentioned that the Turkish forces rectly respon the points upen which the secre-|locai commanders to order a.retirement. alry from the Chanak zone in the Dar- danelles. other detachment crossed the border from Bigha. Instead of withdrawing, an- pumbering . 1,000 has 1t in_extenaation of thes: is stated movements that they were ordered be- fore receipt of the allied joint note, and the British authorities therefore are mal ing every dijeulties of communication and the pos- prudent allowance for ‘the t Mustapha Kemal is not dfx ibie for the refusal of the General Haringion, Beitish commander of. the, sllied forces in Constantinople, has stirulated a time limit of forty: hours for withdrawl of the Turks, considering he, allows the perlod to date from the less despatch.”” His ultimatum, therefore, ight but ime of the receipt of his wire- thus doing their ufmost to avold precipl- tating trouble. do not conceal that the| situation entalls Kemalists apparently contend that the British and_allled governments _should cease military preparations dueing the sittings of the proposed peace conference. or, conversely, that the Kemalists should be permitted to continue troop movements | duri and, much danger. . The the progress of the; negotiations, Ithough it {s very generally be- withdraw ; and after the Turks had be- gun to entrench. Likewise, the British troops are throwing up enurenchments, erecting barbed wire entanglements and ing every preparation both for d e and an offensive movement if tha becomes necessary. Yesterday it was announced .that the wives and famitiss of the allied authori- ties would remain in Constantinople, but today some of them had been sent out of the_city, and others wers prepering: (o depart This carres its own slgnificgnce. Precautions to prevent disorders in the. sapital have also been redoubled. but some rellef is felt over the arrival at Chanak of Britih reinforcements and smooth out. the situation. edge of the.American viewpoint. As matter of routine any governmental pro- nouncement of such lmportance ‘as Mr. Hughes' statement of today is commu- nicated .tc American diplomatic . .repre- and Rear - Admiral withour Question be able to advise the Kemalist “entative sabroad Etistol .at Constantinople, will Topresentative there quite fully of' American attitude, Theré also is” 1 Auckland Geddes, it 1t was felt that the Kemalist government might be influenced to a certain extent by knowl- tle question. that Sir Britieh ambassador, in his Jong conference yesterday . with Mr, lHughes, recetved a clear impression Tieved. that Kemal is not desirous of pro- Yyoking a conflict. apprehensions will con- tinue until” the invading’ cavalry retires. No_ formal cabinet cotncils are being held here, bt ‘thé ministers and defense expects are meeting daily at the colonial office, dealing with military questions and, arrangemenits for removing refugees from Smyrna. 5 Until Kemal's reply is received there will be no diminution in the war. pre- parationis,"and, as,” aceording’ to Kemal's side; essad Bev, the Angora governmeént will insist.upon the’ admiesion % Rus- sia. ‘Persio, ;and’ Bulgaria to the confer- ence . there ‘will bes many difficulti to overcome befors the conference actually e meete. It of American approval of the allied peaos the announcement that additional naval|proposals insofar as the mom-territorinl anits wers on the way to Constantinopie from Maita, ‘Thess consist of & destroyer | pression he may haye fotilia and two light cruigers, which are | American willingne: sxpected to Temch hers with all des- formed to' foin as to e in nego- tiations of the proposed treaty has not patch. been dfsclosed. There was no stater The statement by Major General Mau-| o' be obtained at-the state dopasiment. rice, the British military exveet, who is | however, which seemed wsudlly & severs,ecritic, that the British nrn course, RS toress could hold Chamak, the Key posi-| Thus Zar the Amer'can ¢lon of the Dardaneiles. against any na- | has not participa !l:‘-lll! attempt, is Ty':h"y fl;mfl‘:l‘ht tiations arising wnd accepted here as voicing the opinion | where it was itselt a belligerent. Tuskoy of the officers In genetal. and the United 'States n‘::.r .'2‘."2’, “We are prepared,” he said. “We can|war and the treaty of Sevres, rejacied prevent the Turks from crossing the|by the Angora government ang ‘Which straits and invading Thrace and can suc-| the Venice pact is proposed to supplans =esfully keep him out of Corstantin- ople.” government ted in &ny treaty nego- from the war except ‘atlon. It 1s a fact, however, that in that treaty the United States was NOT USING CAPITAL SHIPS ::l'oll!l' of t!bomwnn! o Duk P ratlon of the neutral zome of thy 7O BE SCHAPEED| sirasts the treaty wWould have cieates Landon, Sept. 26, (By the A. P.)—The| The Washington government was no British admiralty emphatically demied |COnSulted by the. treaty negotiators be- today thai any capital ships, due to be|fore it was included in this group of wcrapped under the Washington treaty, |POwers. J were being sent to, or prepared for sor-| A furether complicalion to any direct vies in the pear east or any other part|American on ‘in the of the world. conference may arise from the demand Greecs Mvas tramed without American pariic.|to the, efféct ‘that the Greek army in in the-Smyena: region. share in afmin, | Kemalists are, objecting: to Greeic mili- tary naval movements. arguing that mich movements justify, the Kemalists in con- +jtinuing their military operations regard- less of the cenference or negotiations and until the proposed armistice confer- ence at Mudania has settled the terms, thiess matters ‘Will continue to be a dis- the. Venice | turbing factor. * « is <thought that the Beitish Boverpment is less averse to Russia' par- points are involved, What further im.| tUOIPAting. than are. the>French, but the British contention .in the first place will b6 that the conference is limited to-the #ame nations as wera cencerned in mak- ing the Sevwres treaty, ly Rusein should be excluded. and _consequent- The Russian: soviet .government, how- ever, has addressed another note to the powers, putting- forward. a° strong. ples for the inclusion of Russia. Bulgaria and othor interested- mations in any settle- ment. of the Tirkish-question, and refas- ing to recognize and. méttiement unless Russia‘is a pasty thereto, Littie. is_known hers of the attitude of in Thrace. Ou are published race is no more reliable’ than it was Nevertheless, the Reports through Parls tonight show The admiralty farther stated that on|¢f Russlan: soviet:authorities o be ren.|that the ministrial crisis ‘at Athens has the contrary thess ®hips, long since|Tt5entsd In the. negotations and Kenral- have had their stores unioaded, their|!st support.of that demand.. Should,an ammunition taken off and all par:s dis- invitation to the. conference be ‘extended mentled ready for the ship breaker,|to the TUnited States and also to the whils several others have aiready been|MOscow government, the policy of ‘ab- broken up. staining from uny. political intercourss : Russia, which the Wi MANY BRITIER WARSHIPS {on authorities have. followed, wou'd OBUERED TO CONSTANTINOPLE|"®"® 12 be considered. - e ANXIETY IN LONDON OVER Mala, Sept. 26 (By the A. P.)—The - 2 ; itisi light cruisers Cerss, - Ci AGGRESSIVENESS OF TURKS already begun, the Greek government's Tefusal to contenance 2 national ministry, including Veniselos, having' resulted .in the resignation of’ one- minister, others are-expected to-follow. and British reinforcements were disembark- &4 at Chanak today and further maval units “are proceeding to Constantinople. ‘The home governmeént has requisitioned the liners Manora and Corsican, both of British registry, as troop ships, and they | will leave in east. "One effect of A.V;-m_ il likely be | a few days for the mear | house of reprosentatives that does moth- | Rahway, |N. J. Sept. 26—A flood of orders from housewives for municipal potatoes at’ $2.15 for two and a half bushels gave local grocees a Jolt today and they immediately cut their price-for the same amount to $2.10-defivered, and $2 on the “take and carry” basis. The war was started by Rahway's soclalist mayor, James. B. Furber. who has in= structed city cleck Walker to order po- tatoes by thé carload. The city is co- operating ‘with the New -Jersey bureau of markets in the cut rate sale. g BEER AND LIGHT WINES IN BAY STATEaREM. PLATFORM . Springfield, Mass,, Sept. 26.—The dem- ocratic state convention today adopted a platform declaring that “in the interest of law and good health, of civic decency, as well as of {rue temperance” the par- ty, although opposed to the return of the saloon, believed in ‘the legal use of beer and light - wines.” A The . platform assailed. the republican farift sct of 1922, condemning’ ‘“the be trayal of the American peopis by Sen- ator Henry Cabot Lodge ‘in his leader- ship for the adeption of the bill and favored the payment of adjusted compen- sation to World war veteruns. The report. of tho tions commit- | tee was submitted after a.day of con- ferénces among party leaders, including Senator David: I. Walsh, who as perma- nent convention chairman arraigned the republican national administration, aue Colonel Wililam A: Gaston; candidate for the United States senate, and John F. Fitzgerald, gubernatorial nomince, The platform deplored “a sterile lead- ership lodged in an impotent senate; & \ ing and adjourns for a senat less to catch up with it: a senate and a hauy awaliting orders from a hesitating president and rejecting his hesitant ad- vice when at last it is given Senator Walsh in his address as perm- ane chairman, point 0. the tariff as the “most collosal failure” of an admins istration whose three oenspletious achlevements to’ date he: eald wars “ab- solutely devotion to ultra-conservative capitalism, platitudes and failures” The result of. the. tariff, Senator Walsh edclared, would be a_greater_ penaliz: tion of the consumer. “The cost of living has _been increased. not by.millions, but by billions,’ he sald. WILBUBLUCILS CROSS ACTING PEOYOST,OF YALE Xew Haven;“Sept. 26.—Witbur’ Tmcius Cross, professor of England and dean of the graduate school. was appointed acting provest of Yale umiversity for the com- ing vear to take up the work “of the office left vacant by the death of Provost Williston Walker, last March, at the September meeting of the Yale corpora- tion Saturday. according t0 ‘an announce- ment here tonight. Professor Croes was appointed dean of the graduate school in 1816 and has been 2 member of the Yale faculty since 1594, He is editor of the Yale Review and is 2 member of ‘the—National Institute of Arts and Letters. He is also the author of several books. Chief Justice William Howard Taft at- i tended the meeting of the corporation for the first time since his election as alumni fellow in June, Assistant_Professor Carl F. Schrefber ‘was _appointed “acting registrar of the Sheffield Scientific- school " for the first term of the academic year to officiate in the absence of Registrar Havemeyer, who is Tecuperating from typhoid fever. TWO BROTHERS FOUND HANGING SIDE BY SIDE that does Gorham, Jie,, Sept. 26.—A new clothes line rope, helieved by the police to have been purchased her, was. regarded to- night as the most likely factor in dterm- ining .the identity of the two men found hanging side by. side from the limbs of a| pine tree in woods near here today. The men, both past middle age and apparent- 1y_brothers, had divided the rope equal- 1y between them. 3 | Sherlff ‘King F. Grabam, called in_to investigate.the hanging, was. working to- night.on. the theory that the - supposed brothers had 'made, & suicide pact, and returned to the scene of their boyhood i to put thelr agreement into_effect. The medical _examiner who viewed the bodies late today expressed the opinion: that the men had. been ‘dead several days. IS5 MARGARET WOODROW WILSON: THE COMPLAINANT New York, Sept. 26.—Miss Margaret ‘Woodrow Wilgon, daughter of former President Woodrow Wilson appeared in Essex court court today - with having stolen a $100 gold watcin and curtains and-curtain rods worth $46. from her apartment_in Greenwich Village. Miss Wilson, who told. the court she was a student, declared that the articles disappeared after Cook cleaned the win- dows of her apartment. She was.accom- paniéd to court by Miss Cole, & friend. Cook was remanded in. $1,000- bail for action by the grand jury. FIRE AT ST. FRANOIS® ' HOSPITAL IN HARTFORD Hartford, Sept. 26—Quick work on the part.of the fire department here prevent- ed a serious situation when fire' broke out in the attic of the interne's home in St. Francis’ hospital .tonight and threat- ened for a time to endanger nearby bulldings: in ‘which were patients. The fire, however, was put under control 50 quickly that few patlents knew it and practically mo uneasiness was present in any of the wards. - Thé. fire, which spread to the roof be- fore it was' chicked, is believed to have ‘been, caused by sparks’from a- defective chimney. - The -damage was slight. SENTENCED ‘TWO TO FIVE YEARS TOE, BIGAMY New Haven, Conn,, Sept. 26.—Frank E. Tedford, arrested here last month on the charge of bigamy, was sentenced to trom two to five years in the stats pri- son at Wethersfield today in the superior court by Judge L. P. Waldo Marvin. Ted- ford was: arrested in_charges preferred Dby *Miss Mildred A. Robinson, of High- wood,” whom he married, July, 18, al- though-Me had already been married to three other women. X4 = In the plantless’ depths of ¢ jclaime Mies Lavoy broke her engagement | elopement -to Japan. . “Knoxville, 'renn,at}.em. 26.—Reports of | actual starvation conditions among min- mm;dxw and Kentucky fields were confirmed by a Statement from the distride of the United Mine :Work- ers here' foday. Conditions in thé Har- 1an, Kentucky. fields and along the Ten- nessee €entral rallroad in _Tennessee wers as “terrible” by Edward L. R district eecretary. Miners have worked but one day a week singe the settlement -of the coal strike, to the statement which blames the for existing conditions. say- ing ‘that. the car shortage and lack of motive power are responsible for mini- m on, EVIDENCE TO DISPROVE EDITH SAVOY SCICIDED Mingola, N. Y., Sept. 26..— Evidence tending to disprove = William = Creasy’s claim that Edith Lavoy. vouthful Fre port ‘school™ teacher, committed sulcide last June in a fit of despondency because he would not marry her,.was introduced at ‘Creasy’s trial for her murder today. in the.form ‘of letters written by Miss Savoy shartly before she died. One.“writtén after a visit from Creasy inApril. at which time the prosecution to him, discioeed the girl as worried only because “of the desperation Creasy show- ed in communieations to her. T have no- words to_tell vou” she wrote, “howsurprised and shocked I am to know of the state You must be in to do_the things you are doing. “Now. for your own sake, as well as mine. pull youesell together and go back to vour job—settle down to work again and let time settle the rést. Perhaps you dn not realize how all this is af- me. Tou w me. and it s vinc jte. offect om my health “SThen vou sare calmer and vourself again, You will realize how honest I have been with yeu. Do you think it quit right to blame me for that very homesty? Can fYove be forced? Would you want 2 wife whe did not love vou? Ae for the #un. T will- take good care ‘of it, and keep ft for you. .. “Bllly, you say ¥ou love me. If vou do. you will do no tash and wicked thing. ‘That is not the way out for.a strong man and: @ eo'dier. That s the way of & coward and a -wsakling, .one-afraid (o face life. . In the old days. T thought you a strong man, ot a - weakling. . ‘Don’t make me know that T was mistaken. illy, Tiam sorrs forall” this. but. in;. Ik o, andsdlo your. part, we “Write me again soon. T sincsrely hape the Jetter will tell me that you are work- ing _avd your normal seif again.: I am sending you my best thoughts and pray- ing that God will open your eyes to the right.” Another letter, written to Miss Lavoya i younger sister. Eva, at the family home | in Tupper Lake, N. Y.. on May 22, said | she had “been trying to.throw Bill over; but don't believe I can.do it yet.” don’t believe T care a rap for any man" the letter added. The prosecution’s contention is that Creasy—as Miss Layoy wrote.in a Jet- ter to George Davidson, anothes, switor —came to Freeport from his. home. in: Kentucky in June, “to live with .me or die with, me”; that Miss Lavoy rebuf- fed his advances, and that he became enraged and shot her, Among the witnesses who_ testified to- day that Miss Lavoy appeared frightened when. Creasy arrived in Freeport, was Miss Louis Carter - Swmith, a fellow, teacher of Miss Lavoy's. She saw Creasy in Miss Lavoy's class woom the day. befors her- death, - Later she testified Miss Lavoy came out and throwing herself onto Miss ~Carter's shoulders, -wept ¢ and: sobbed. . Creasy’ came out, looking worried, Miss Smith said. 3 Mies Edna M. Shoemaker;- prineipal ob the school, testified that Miss Lavoy was “deathly -afraid of Creasy”.and that-she hid behind bushes, trees and hedges in an effort’ to ayold-him. AUTHORITIES QUESTION . MILLS AND. HIS DAUGHTEE ULEE New ‘Brunswick,” N 'J.; Sept. 26;—Dia- coyery of a -witiess who claimed’ to-hayi heard frequent- quarrels between Mrs.l Eleanor Reinhardt Mills'-and “her hus- band, James- Mills; -over the Rev. .1id- ward Wheeler Hall, today- 160 authorities investigating the double murder--of the rector and s -choir ‘leader, ‘to subject Mills to-another long grilfing. - Mills has maintainéd, since the bodies were discerered a week - a; Tast Sat: day, that-he had mo’suspicions concer: ing the relations- between the-slain pa'r —now- reported to ‘have planned ‘an Mills’- sixteen-year-old * daughter Char- Iotte also was examined again.at length. When _the twoleft the -court : house,| Prosecutor Beskman - of Somerset said that while some progress had been mads toward solution of the. mystery, it was not much as had been hoped for. . “The fruits of our investigation,” he said, “bave not. commenced io point to any specific person. This-is not another Rosenthal case in which we have te lnok for the murderer among a Iot. of pro- fessional -gunmen.” “Are you working upon any particular theory?" he was asked. No. . There are half a dozen channels along which we. are working. Jealou plays an: important part.in our investi. gations as furnishing 2 possible mative, but it is not the only possible motive.” “Fas anyone , been eliminated was asked. . Nobody.” he replied. The witness to whose -testimony authorities were giying special attention today was Miss Millie Opie, 2 neighbor of the Mills'. . She declared she had fhe- quently heard Mr. and Mrs. -Mills quar-| rel, and that recently she had. heard Mrs. Mills retort, when Mills taxed her with paying too much attention to her church and her pastor.. that, shé cared || “more for Dr. Hall's little finger than.1 do for your whole ‘body." FATALITY IN COLLISION OF ~ TRBUCK AT THOMPSONVILLE ‘Thompsonviile, Conn... Sept. - 26.—Sal- vator L;;*lr 0, 45 years old, of this town was inscntly, kiljed tonight when a light truck driven by his son Joseph collided | with_a heavy truck stalled on the side of the Toad here. -Locario, Who was sit- ting, at his son’s slde was hurled from plduds peace -terms ¢ Paris conference’ Turkish question., - z The T i eorporation J.aulv: ment of 12 ships, aggregating more than 51,000 gross tons, with oll burnors. An’ inveluntary petition in bankeapty was filed in federal court in New York against Kirg and Scott, Inc, stock brokers. ‘ Tt is reported in Berlin that-a comtract between the Utited States shipping board and the North German Lioyd steamship company has been ratified. ‘ The Athens government apparen‘ly hi decided [n principle to use the diplymaiic services of former. Premier Venizelos in an effort to retaln eastern Thrace. " Judge Morton In' the federal district court, ditected the return to Henry Go- dat of Boston, of 176 quarts of- liquor seized by prohibition: officers in" Godat's garage nearly:two. years ago. The Massachusetts ballot law commis- sion. will not concern itseit with fixing responsibility for .the shortage of ballots in the democratic primaries held on Sep- tember 1. A fine of $1.000 was imposed im musi- Washington, S&pt. 26.—(By the A. P.) —Curtaliment of the actiyities of Amer-, ican prohibition “enforcement ufficérs’ on the Iigh seas was decided upon today by Presiderit Harding and his cabinet. Search of foreign vessels for contra- band - liguor “outside the international three-mile Jimit miay be made-hereafter, It was stated authoritatively, only In [the event that the. vessels actually e: tablish: communication With American shores by means of their own crews or. #mall boats: - Starch under such gir- cumstances was upheld recently by fed- era) district Judge Morton at Bosion in cipal court- yesterday, on Timothy Ken-|the case of the British schoonmer, Grace ney: arrested in a raid on & pool room, in|{and Ruby. An appeal in the case has Boston, . in- connection with _the . police | been taken to the supreme court and it drive.agalnat horse cace gaoibilng places. | was tated that & decislon would be hast T AR ahae. et Foreign vessels outside the theee-mile e aire. Tiarding - fa|limit. unloading thelr cargoes of contra- proving éffective, Brigadler General C. K. |band -rum onto craft from American Sawyer; - ‘White - House - . physiclan, -an- |Sh0res would not'come within-the federal iy Siedg law. in the view of high administration : E officials. The American craft undertak- ing to land the contrabapd, -however, would be subject to seareh/and seizure. Enforcement of -the prohibition act ot ' Dr. J. Feiming White, 73, credited with having much to do with the govern- ment's first successtul experiments with fun cotton; is dead at his home in Buf- falo, N. Y.. Fdward C. Marsh, editorial advisor for { Harper and Brothers and widely known critic and shodt story writer, accidents 1y shot and lied himself while hunting on hie country place at Pawling, N. Y. sea. which for some time has been the eubject of dinlomatic exchanges between the American and British governments, occupied much of. the time of the cabinet. Search of ‘foreign vessels for contraband llquor within twelve-miles of the coast line has’ paen undertaken by prohibition officers under the ‘direction -of customs afficials and under a more than century- old customs law. The exeeutive and. his The Polish diet has sutherized ths | adylsers took the view thay there were Building of thé fiFst all-Polish seaport at | ome authocizations in this law out of Gaynia_(Gdingen), providing 2 deep wat- er harbor at a cost of only 50,000,000 gold' mari B Hamid Ber, former govarnor gemeral of Cilicia, has been appaintd by the na- tional assembly as general comimssdr of the natiopalist government. to the Cali- phate in -Constantinople, . L e ‘Bmployment cenditions improved ma- terially in, 30" out “of 42 important” -in dustries of the ' country - during the month of August,as compared with July, the department of 1abeF- announced. Arrangéments for a filght aronnd fhe world from: London.: Engiand, are being mads by .Colonel'L.-E. Bréome, an avia- tor of that city, who has-arrived at Vie- toria, B. T Announcement coming almost sim: tancously ‘of gold and silver strikes in seven mines of‘the Rand Mining district causer . a. repetition of eariy Callfornia scenes in Randsburg, Calif. today. Jacques Villlard, editor and langusge teacher for whom 2 nation wide search was conducted in Chicago in December of 1920 and held for ransom committed suicide in St. Louis by cutting his throat. He was forty years old. Former Sherif Edward W. Dewey of | other relatives were at the Hartford arinounced his - candidacy for the republican nomination for the of fics in_opposition to former Assessor A pert M. Simons who is also a candidate for the nomination. 2 A call for the state convention of the Daughters of the King of the Protestant EpWeopal chureh “at .St. Paul's church, Wallingford, on November 4, was sent out vestermuy. About 150 delegates are expected. Twenty - thousand Civil- War veterans in_Des Moines, for-the fifty-sixth annual encampment- of -the” Grand - Army of .the Republic; joined - in‘ reunions - of -every major unit, of -the .union -army - in -the harmony with international which, if cafried ont, probably would Invoive the United States in international embarrassments. Regulations. in accord with the decl- slon ‘of the cabinet’ and affecting the customs ‘service as well as the prohibi- tion -bureau_will be issued as soon as practicable it was stated tonight at the treasury.” The customs service will be affécted, it waw expiained, Decause the pronbition cruisers_are under. the. per- soral ‘direction of a customs official Who ‘decides what action shall be taken by it in_every case. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, said law and ASTHMA CAUSED DEATH OF SENATOR THOMAS E. WATSON Wazhington, Sept. 25.—Another pow- erful and picturesque figure passed from public life m_the death today of Sena- tor Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, his death, which occurred at 2.46 o'clock this morning, was sudden and unex- pected, according to physiclans result- ing from an attack of asthma. The ‘senator had béen a sufferer for several weeks from the disease and on last Sunday experfenced” an acute at- tack. Two physicians and a nurse were at the bedside when the end came, but ithe widow, who fs in Il health, and home- in Thomson, Ga., for which Mr. Jvatsos had planned o depart today for th congressional recess, For forty years Senator Watson had been zctive in politics, a national as Celi as a.state figure.. He was nomi- nated by the populist party for presi- dent in 1304 affer receiving its yice pres- ential nomination in -1898. was 2 Populist member of -the house “of repre- sentatives i 1891-1893. In 1920 he was ¢lected senator as, he sa‘d, on an “an- ti-Wilson, anti-league (of nations) and anti-war _measures” platform, defeating former - Senator -Hoke. Smith and for- mer Governor Dorsey. He was 66 years of age Sept. 5_last znd his senatorial term would have expired March- 3. 1927. Civil War, Because - of - the - absence, during the presence - recess - of ~congress, of Vice President Coolidge, - Semator Cummins, republican, presidént pro-tempore, and most of the -semate membership, thers was difficalty today. in arranging a com- mittee to attend the funeral. Senators on ‘the tenfafive list include Heflin, Ala- bama;, Harrison, . Mississippi;; Dial, South Carolina ; Shields, Tennessee. and Fletcher, lorida ; democgats, and Bran- degee.: " Comhecticut ; Indiana ; /Shortridge.. California: Oddie. Nevada, and Caméron. . Atizon: republican: Senate flags were placed at Half mast for a peried of thirty days eut of re- &péct ts the late senator and the remate o of the Tampa manufacutrers’ - associution, . ‘announced today that- because’ of -a -shortage of cigarmakers in the, Tampa district, where every .available. workman now- is em- ployed. . 3 (Fla.), Cigar Mechamies have begun installing s new liberty motor in.the,great -Monoplane in which Licutenants John A. Macready.and Oakiey -Kelly of the army”will “attempt a non-stop-flight from San Disgo 1o New York, in.a fow dass. > The police of Springfeld: Mass., are in- vestigating a report from the police ‘of Portiand, Maine, that.one of two bodies found hanging from a. tree.near that city wore ¢lothing bearing the name of “John will adjourn out -of respect -when' it re. convenes. A day also will be set for methorial "services. President Mre. M. Tngerson, Highland. Hotel. Spring- field.” Champagne that defles detection, spark- les and has a ‘real Kick—is being synthe- tically’ manufactured - in' New York and Harding headed those who . praferred condolences. . St SRREE 65 VICTORY FOR FRELINGHUYSEN IN NEW JERSEY PRIMARIES Newark. N.¢ J., Sept. 27 —Maintain- sold at a profit. of 3.300. per-cent., John |ing the lead he got when the early re- D. -Appieby, zone chief of ‘federal pro- hibition enforcement has discovered. The feurteen naturalized - Ameticans reported - missing - at Smyrna some days ago. are “probably accounted for” the state department said after re- ceiving- a cablsgram from Rear. Admiral Bristol at Constantinopls Heuring of the-million dollar breach of promise .suit in, Schenectady, N. Y., stituted . by Evan _Burrows ° Fontaine. dancer,- agalnst Cornelius.’ Vanderbilt Whitney, son -of - Harry: Payne. Whitney, was. continued <until -October 4. The - disposition of .the . people of thi TUnited States-is. to. require- payment of the inter-allied_debts owing to America C an- Theodore E. Burton, de- clared in an address at » luncheon given by the American Chamber of Comm: in’ London.. Philip Barey, of Rochester, X. Y., is awarded the 3500 prize offered mnnuall Dby the Belmont theatrs of New York, to past 'and present. members of ® Prof. F. Baker's playwriting course at Harvard_and- Radeliffe, for a dramatic composition of at least three. acts. Bates’ collego ‘team, defeated - Ox- for ‘w..-(.m»ug,.u de- fhed 1 turns. were counted shortly after the Potls closed in the New Jersey primar- ies. United State§’ Senator. Joseph . Frelinghuysen, close-friend of President Harding, was more than 15.000 votes ahead “of George L. Record, his oppo- ment, for the senatorial nomination, car- Iy this morning. 5 Senator Frelinghuyseén* placed a ° bl £ap between himself and Mr. Record in 18 ‘qut"of 19 eoutities which had, report- ed. "Only in Mercer county was he be- hind® and_theére the lead see-sawed - ail evening. ~Record” started out n front, Was oyertaken, and then went aheal again when 35 districts out of 115 were reported. $577 . BP ZRhEa Just after midnight 825 disteicts out Of 2464.1n the state recorded 23,041 for | Freling] and., 13,502 ‘for. Record. ‘COKONER REPORTS THAT VERNON E. MARER svicIDED Middietown, Conn.. Sept. 26.—Co Stephen Davis oficially, réported as & suicide the death 'of Vernon E. Maher, an officer of the Connecticut Humane so. clety, who was fopnd * with: . byllet wound in his head July 35, in a handed down today. The the help of State pofice. Seizure—Search of Foreign £ Within Twelve Miles of the there “had been no i his. persoval knowledge hibition official ha ed-a ship outside the three of having seized any part of the carge of a ‘vessel in wuch location. . Activities ¢° castoms authorities “with- in the twelve-mile limit. officidls, ex- piained; have been governsd by whether & forelgn craft committed an “overt™ ael. it was explanncd that any attémpt to-land liquor by means of a ship’s own boats or 1o break out a cuatraband carge’ for Joading in: oiher craft from shore had been regarded as “overt” acts. Both always have been considered as an at- tempt 1o avoid the customs lg¥s, it was stated. ‘While there has been no official state- ment on the subject. it is known that the activity of the prohibition cruisers out- side the theee-mile limit since the begin- ning of megotiations with Great Britain looking to co-operation in enforcing the prohibition laws. has been looked upem with isfavor at the state department. Such activities have been regarded, it i understood. as = furnishing a2 possible source of embrdrasement to the negotia- tions. - Great Britaln has not vet rephied io the American note regarding the “dry” law enforeement along the coast, but this mibject §8 known to have been touched upon vesterday during visits of Sir Aucks land Geddes, the British ambassador, to President Harding and Secretary Hughes. The. British government is understood to have taken the whele question up with #ts dominion and colonies since some of these would be most directly affected by any agreement entered into. Administration officials state that ope of the schemes devised by rum-rumners is for a ship to have two sets of clear- ance papers, one for an American and the other for a foreign port. of search the cantain of the vessel present clearance papers for a port and so be allowsd to proceed. , It also has been brought to. tention of American government that vessels of American registry’ times are trassferred to British to make it more easy for them in the Yquor traffic and evade can prohibition authorities. tance, went %0 far e ot a_pro-: to the FAMOUS VON HOEGEN NOLLED IN U. S. DISTRICT COURE New Faven. Sept. 26—The against Maximillan Von Hoegen, former New Haven atlorney, who was arrested December, 1917, on a charge of, trea- son, was nolled in the United States dis- trict court here today on the recommen- dation of Assistant United States At- torney Cohen by Judge Edwin S: Thom- as. Von Hoegen was not in court and it is belleved that he is lving in New York. At the time Von Papen was the chiel German propagandist in the United States and was conducting a strenugus campaign to have this country forbid the exportatica of munitions to the ai- Ues. He was in charge of a publicity bureau in New York and was reperted 1o have agents throughout the United States, Von Hoegen first came into motics shortly after the beginning of the World war by publicly expressing bi sympathy with Germany and condemu- ing the attitude of the United States. He claimed to have been in the employ of Von Papen for the purpose of obtaming information on contracts being filled by munition makers in Connecticut for-the British government. He also boasted of a close friendship with the German am- bassador, Von Bernstorff. ° His attitude had attracted so much atteéntion that he was indicted in' De cember, 1917, on the treason charge dut waa _bailed out. Shortly after the in- dictment was returned a party of wciti- zens visited him at’his home cne night and roughly handled him. He dimap- peared soon after and was found in Sam Antonio, Tex., after a military = court had, acquitted him of eyading the draft: Von Hoegen achieved considerable mo- toriety on the manner in which he filied in“his draft questionnaire. In answer o the question as to whe American citizen, he wro doubtful honer.” He alco stated th WAS Mot proficient in ism” and wrote acro-s the face form: “Deutschland Uber Alles.” He was relcazed on a. bond on Augyet 11. 1919, and his been on the docket sinee that was disbarred in April. 1920, HARRY F. MORSE FIGHTING FOR TRANSFEE OF CASE Bridgeport, Sept ~Testimony.. - in- the hearing on the transfer of (e came of Harry F. Morse, charged .with £0n- spiracy ‘10 defraud, from Connecticut 1o éw York district jurisdiction, contins ued today lo bear on the question of probable cause being shown. Lawyers for the defense introduced testimony of accountants and auditors for the Virginia Shipbuilding company. the United States Transport . cCompaiy, and the I'nited States Steamship com= pany 1o disprove government . charges that ‘these firms in which the Morses | were interesied were nNot going concerns At the time of the indictment -aHeges: from_Mag. 1. 1919, to. Apil ‘1, 1928, " Fictcher Dobyns, special assistant of . the attorncy-general, attacked -the con tentions of the defénse by entering cross examination testimony. of the- defense's witnesses. ; : e contended an alleged illegal uze of * - vouchers, at Virginia' Shipbuliding com- pany! 41t which it ' ‘was ~charged the ‘Bmergency Fleet Ww ;?‘ bilis of the company other building sccount.. L %nvvfled for | congract. . When the' defense entered. imony_that the United States Transpe company had operated ships with “n tered T ¢ = min b