Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 24, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 258 POPULATION 29,685 NOR PEACE T0 BE CHIEF PLANK CanaseiSttety INNEW BRITISH PLATFORM Bonar Law, New Prime Minister Meets Popular Demand by a Declaration for “Tranquillity, Stability, Freedom Frory Adventures and Further Commitments”—Lloyd George | in May Decide to Form a Personal Party of Compromise. London, The Tranquillity Law’s specch, will be the chief ph in the platform of the new governm Oct —(BY A. That is a watchword to which a large is like to respond section of the voters whole-heartedly. In declaring that am a commonplace man” the new prime of lead- minister has described the type er many have been calling for. The conservatives have P, it appears from Mr. Bonar been harking ) that the country dislike a gengral election 50 near Christmas because it interferes with Christmas shopping. If the elections are held on November 15 parliament will be able to reassemble on the twentieth, but several days will be consumed in swearing in themembers, clecting the speaker and debating the reply to the king’s speech, which, it ia expected, will only contain a single leg- islation item, namely the Irish constitu- ank ent. “1 ck to the Marquis of Harkington, | tjon. Thus there will be very few days father of the present Duke of Devon-j.rt to debate the Irish .bill. and the shire, who once stopped to yawn com- | prime minister will probably invite the fortably in the course of an important wpeech and often slept peacefullly wl s were speaking, as the sort v England wants today—the care- house to pass it practically without de- hile | hate as an agreed measure. of STATE RESTS CASE IN THE ful, solid, unsensational John Bull Eng- lishman. A programme of tranquillity, BERGEN MUEDER TRIAL stability, freedom from adventunre and further commitments, as Mr. Bonar| Hackensack. N. Oct. 23.—Consum- w outlined it, preecisely meots what | ing but one court day, in which forty- appears to be popular damand. What platform Mr. Lloyd George urse, is the problem \ppose to this moderale and unexciting e the retiring pre- mier has to grapple with, and the com- five minutes were given to the selection of a jury, the state tonight rested its case in the joint trial of George Clime, motion picture Jocation director. Miss Alice Thornton and Charles Scullion, will fexity of the outlook does not less- | brother-in-law of Cline, for the murder on Aug. 23 of John Bergen, motion pie- Most of the london papers assume |ture actor. that Mr. Bobar Law will have the larg-| Decision was reserved by the court on st group of supporters in the new par- | the admissibility of two notes offered in liament ; some predict that the unionists | cvidence by the state. One was said to and laborites will be so evenly balanced - be the dying statement of Bergen: “This hat the um;z George group Will hold | was a frame-up,” and the other was a i cermtice of POWeF. note said to have been found on Bergen The particular appeal Mr. Llo¥d|afier his death, which read .“George George may maKe 0 the voters is the | G pined o zreat question; he is under obligations to Austen Chamberlain and other union- A motion made by defense counsel {o dismiss . 4 the indictment against Miss ists of his cabinet who supported him 1o the end. If he tries (o rally the ex- ’\"hm‘nl.on ‘and Scullion on- the ;’Irnund treme liberals, who are called radicals | that the state had produced no evidence oy the old Georgian must alienate his porters. In that unfonists may be libera! party, event the coalition unionist sup- coalition -en gradually drifting he | to connect either with the crime, was denied. The principal witness for the state was County Detective Na than Allyn of o Mr. Bonar Nawis Catiet Bergen county, who testified to two state- Mr. Lloyd George may decide to form |MCNts made by Miss Thornton. One, he 4 personal party of compromise, but |53'd, was taken by him at a hotel in with what principles it is difficult to fore- | FOrt Tee on Aug. 2§ before Miss Thorn- see. When Mr. Bonar Law spoke of a | (0N Was arrested. and the other was period of quietness “even at the sac ie by Assistant Prosecutor MeCarthy rifice of things dear to myseif,” it wag |t hls nresence after she had been ar. interpreted to mean that he would re- ! vesterd rain from exciting (he country by push- In the latter statement, Detective Al- ing the tarift reform, of which he has |ln ios'ified Miss Thornton stated that been one of the principal advocates in | when =he went to the Cline home on the he unioniss, of the murder, Mr. and Mrs. Cline SAER Terzen were - there. Bergen and covir e o Clne were sittinz in a corner and p ter suid to Bergen: NEW BRITISH PREMIER . 18 Gelbimy Bska by b ren.” London, Oct. 23.—(By the A. P.)—An- 5 Bonar Law today, in (hb)trml. DNt ahe whid, retecteifo wnal phrase of the court circular “k: hands upon his abpointment as pri vigter and first iord of the treasw ind thus becomes Engiand’s first Canadi- in-born premier. Today was devoted to the formalities | .y, e Ves: th ut Ve - rceessary in a monarchial country to a | 0 € the truth. What are you go namge in the government. The king 'y gt feun NI L L n the morning gave an audience to and |, *yrg 2, NS TIRIRE: AVl have it ok formal leave of the outgoing prime (X, TN INT And Bergen , anwered: minlsier, Mr:Lioyd George. ‘Then came |+ “ypi ' T Tebe It out here.” unionist fmeeting in the afternoon |, T o ol 00 8 ESRcenring | when M Bonar Law wis unsnimossit| Cline sent T e opnat fected leadler of the party. was | 2 - unstain Iy e- followed by an audience at Buckingham :If:{“:;im-r:‘:m“”"m‘" testified that Miss palace wher Mr, Bomar Law. at the| .0 on sad on Scullion’s return: king’s _invitation, undertook to form ‘a |y, TUCL Che mem :d“"'::‘ :f‘ E;\hur-xta};;s e iristratio e attem ston them, but :‘h:fl:nu '\::leff:u:d a privy council | |, Tushed between them and heid Mrs, : age: kgl in- | Cline back. Bergen and Cline then w probably Wednesday, if the prime min- Fs e —'d iine then went ister has by then completed his ministry, eard a scuffle, then one for the ewearing in of the new ministers. ' 17" “:f r’fi‘i';g'" A@;rr]rf”downmirs. fol- will o e vice 8 §i OVE 3 - ergen went out s .mw.l‘s..(‘h A rjiziol!::i::mt‘fl went into the Kitchen to get a drink n}' sarliament Thursday and, according (v»‘,“"""" for Mrs. Cline, and Cline told me eaeiss | mir s A A T Eha e Tinpant: s ifier T eaot o reld November 15, Mr. Bonar Law is understood to have | I had vassed Bergen Iying in the street. | nis cabinet list almost eompleted, and it | Clin® made no answer and hung up the | s expected the composition of-the min- | Feceiver. stry will be announced tomorrow. It is| The defense will begin its case tomor- he almost universal opinion that he [ TOW-: succeeds to a most difficult and onerous| SIX men and six women are on the and many miegivings are heard | JUrY, Wwhich was selected in forty-five whether his health will stand the inevit- | Minutes. Miss Susan S. Squire, a 23 le strain, but he has made it quite [Y€ar old stenographer, was chosen fore. ‘lear that if he fiinds his health unequal | Woman of the jury. The last juror was the task he shall be allowed quietly | Seated at 10.45, o0 step aside The situation Rritish with only date Is_unique election polities, three wecks of the of inasmuch to the none leaders has’ yet nouned his poliey ; each side appears to be Mr. Lloyd George's waiting on the order. opponents are making merry - with suggestion that the sword he announ himself as brandishing when he left L don Saturday must have been lost some- where on the The only rate is whether they wish to be gove ed by coalition. But that cannot pr way to Leeds. erly be described as an election plank, because, except in the quite unanticipated rsult af a tremendous landslide in favor of one party, It is almost certain that party will be returned strong enough form a government without the co-opera- tion ©f some other party. Mr. Bonar Law confirn tection would not - form an item of poliey. And since Mr. Lloyd George anmbunced himself as a free trader this question cannot come to the front, béth the liberal and labor parties are in The prime minister define his policy in his com- asgow, but judging from favor of free trade. promises to ing speech at ¢ his remarks today eventuful character. Previous to the breakdown of health, which forced him temporarily it will not be of retire from politics, Mr. Ronar Law was LioydGeorge d coa- T is therefore practically impossible that he can in any important a very closo friend of Mr. and was identified with the entire Hition policy; it measure reverse this policy. lexs Mr. Lloyd George should atrong turn in his policy, there will be tie difference between the policies of two men. The contest Thus, mecms likely to be one personalities, of men, rather than meas- gres. so far as concerned. The these two free parties liberals and laborites have of course well defined pol- indica- lcies, tians and, according to present are resolutely opposed-to any operation with Lloyd George, even should reconciliation the former premier with either of them The laborites will resent the fixing ck the clections for mid-week and will rep- resent the declsion as a deliberateinten- tion of the unionist party to handi the workingmen Yoters. The union have two arguments against delaying slections, until the following Saturday— first. tHat a short time is allowed paesing Irish legislation, and, second, -k in the annals eiection real question before the elec- s that Treland is an agreed question, and he further inti- mated clearly and frankly at the unionist meeting today that tariff reform or pro- | take a sroper relations between Mrs 1 zen. Then Cline said to “If “sieu haye anything to say. ise: ime ry ve fon 67 Miss Thornton's statement- home I televhoned to Cline and told him and Prosecutor A. C. Hart began at once to outline his case. He rested at 4.25 o'clock this afternoon. as BCHUTTE WAS EXECUTED IN an- STATE PRISON AT 12.93 A. M. _ Wethersfieid, Conn., Oct. 24.—FEmil Schutte, convicted last year of the mur- der of three members of the Bail family in 1915, was hanged at the Connecticut state prison here this- morning. Schutte was led o the death chamber at 12.03 2. m., and the trap was sprung a min- ute later. He was pronounced dead of- ficially at 12,15 a. m. the ced on- rn- op- the last and no unusual incident occur- red. He entered the death chamber carrying two red roses = clenched be- tween his fingers and his grip on their stems did not relax even after death. He made no statement concerning his case and his last words as the black cloth was slipped over his head were: vell, goodbye.” no to o-| Dr. Edward G. Fox, medical exam- his | iner, and Dr. Percy B. Battey, prison has | physician, were in attendance. The Rev. 0. E. Heqdenreich of the German Lutheran church of Hartford and the Rev. William B, Carey, prison chap- lain, remained with him until the last. COMMON LABOR SHORTAGE IS BECOMING PRONOUNCED _ Washington, Oct. 23.—Improved bus- iness conditions and increased employ- ment with almost no idle men seeking work mow obtam in practically all sec. tions of the United States, according to an official report today by the depart- ment of labor. The conclusion is based upon telegraphic responses to a query sent out through the United States em- pioyment service o every state, the agents of the service as an his to un- Tit- the of common labor and a very general de- mand for skilied workmen variety of trades and occupations. In Massachusetts, /Connecticut other New Engiand states, common la- bor shortage was said to be pronounced and building trade workers fully' em- ployed. ot are the co- RUMANIANS TO DISCUSS RUSSIA'S DEBT TO U. s. Bucharest, Rumania, Oct. 23.—Peter A. Jay, the American minister, has in- vited Rumania to discuss methods . for the payment of Rumania’s debt to the United States. As a consequence a Ru- manian delegation will leave for the U. S.- mext -week, proceeding by way - of Havre. *, of ican ists the for Schutte was calm and composed to| agents in their answers indicating an_almost universal shortage in a wide and Wind and Lightning ed 23 Feet Off the Top of the Steeple of Plymouth Church. Milford, Oct. 23.—Wind and lightning a sudden storra tonight played mum- ble-the-peg with the steeple of the Ply- mouth church' here and dropped about 25 feet of the top of the shaft point foremost through the roof of the church.. The steeple was snapped off at its base by the lightning and was whirled over by the wind. A force of nfty volunteers worked in the rain to cover up the hole n the roof to protect the interior of the church. The wnusually eevere wind unrooted trees throughout the section of the town; a barn had Dbeen lifted bodily by the wind and carried 400 feet when it wa sdeposited practically intact. Py Barn Burned in Thempsonville, Thompsonviile, Oct.. 23.—A stock barn, two silos and a windmill, valued at $10,000, were stroyed tonight in a fire caused by lightning on a farm two miles from here. Four horses and 20 cows in the barn were saved. The loss was partially covered by insurance. IN SPRINGFIELD STREETS WERE FLOODED BY RAIN Springfield, Mass., Oct. were flooded and street railway and vehicular traffic delayed tonighi by a severe electrical and rain storm which swept over this section. In spi of the large amount of - lightning, however, only one barn was reported to have Deen struck. A building on the farm in mers, Conn.. owned by Dr, Max Price of New York city, was struck by lightning about 7.30 o'clock and destroy- ed by fire. The loss is estimated at about §15,000. The heavy rain aided firemen in saving the house and a gar- age on the farm. —Streets DENIES HE PROMPTED MRS. ROSIER TO KILL HER HUSBAND Philadeiphia, Oct. 23.—Arthur E. Rosier, brother of Oscar Rosier, the ad- vertising man who was shot to death with his stenographer, Miss Mildred Ge aldine Reckitt, today denied on the w ness stand that he had poisoned the mind of Mrs. Catherine Rosier against her husband and nrompted the shooting. The young widow, accused of the double slaying, is being tried on a murder charge in connection with the death of the stenographer. Rosier, described by the defense as the “Tago” of the case, was subjected to stgenuous cross-examination throughout the afternoon session by John R. K. | Scott. chief counsel for Mrs. Rosier. Questions were hurled at the withess in an endeavor to prove that “he was in league with his brother to drive this woman from the house.” Rosier main- tained that he never had told his sister- in-law that the slain man was anxious to cast her off for 2 new love. Verbal clashes between opposing attor- neys enlivened the session. Almost every wealth. : Rosier stared bitterly at the wit- s, who avoided meeting her eves. Only once toCes Wwas she overcome with emo- tion—in the morning session, when I Tolin, her husband's partner,. was jasked to identify Rosier's “blood-flecked spectacles. Then she broke into sobs. It was in:the course of the examina- tion of Tolin that Mr. Scott objected to the identification by the witness of the memorandum of a business engagement on the ground that testimony on the activities of Oscar Rosier were irrelevant to a trial concerned exclusively with the killing * of the stenographer, ‘“Jerry” Reckitt. a; ng statement of Rosier was relevant. Judge Barratt sustained Mr. Scott. Toln testified that he had takem down in a small memorandum book-a will dis- inheriting ‘his wife and child as Rosier dictated it on his death bed in the hos- pital. Frank Batchellor, another partner of the dea® man. was also called to the stand in the morning session. He testl- fied to the bloodstain on the wall made by the hand of the stenographer. The commonwealth is relying. upon this blood- stain to prove its contention that the girl was seated at her typewriter when Mrs. Rosier entered the room. Batchel- lor also identified the plstol with which the shooting was done. FHe said it was give nto him by Arthur Rosier a weck after the kiiling. SEARCHING MICHIGAN SWAMPS FOR, PROWLING LIONS St. Joseph. Mich.. Oct. 23.—Two posses, comprising more than a hundred men each and armed with every de- scription of weapon, scoured the sand | hills and swamps in this country today as a result of fresh evidence reported in the search for what are believed to be prowling lions that have terrorized hundreds of residents. Edward Demorrow, a farmer living near Michigan City, Ind., reported the finding of fresh tracks, resembling the imprint of a lion's foot, leading from his_vineyard to a nearby ravine, ‘The skeletons of eight sheep, report- ed missing from the farm of E. E. Wyer two days ago, have been found north of Lakeside, Mich., all meat hav- ing been gnawed from the bones. Professor _ William Darnal MacClin- took, of the University of Chicago after a visit to his property in Lakeside, said he was convinced of the presence of real lions. “There - are undoubtedly ing around my property,” sor MacClintook, and could bardly them.” Acording to Professor MacClintook, a reward of $1,000 has been offered through Sheriff Gowdy, of Michigan City, for the capture of the lion or lions dead or alive.. lions roam- said Profes- “for 1 saw the tracks be mistaken about LIQUOE SMUGGLERS ACTIVE BINCE THE 12-MILE RULING 2 New York, Oct. 25—Taking advan- tage of the recent ruling prohibiting search beyond the three-mile limit of craft apparently carrying unbroken cargoes, 30,000 casee of whiskey ship- ped from Nassau, in ~the Bahamas, during the past week, have been con- signed to illegal channeis, prohibition officers of the dry mavy ‘said tonight. An attempt, it is alleged. will he made to_ transfer this liquor from regular car- riers to rum-running craft beyond the three-mile limit of this port. Prohibition Zone Chief ‘Appleby, head of the dry navy, said that the owners of the craft receiving such liquor car- zoes in the Bahamas, while mostly Americans, have ‘placed their carriers eger %ritish registry, question was objected to by the common- | He asserted that not even a! S s : in Japan continue to show steady growth, Wool sales in the Boston market last week totaled 10,000,000 pounds. Russia’s pig-iron output for first half of 1922 amounted to 87,100 long tons. Pittsburgh steel companies will advance the wages of common labor 10 per cent. according to reperts. Finance commission recommended a reduction of 269,546,769 francs in the 1923 French budget. Belfast ship yards are rebuilding near- Iy 140,000 tons of ships for the trans- Atlantic passenger trade. L. F. Loree denied reports that he would resign as president of the Dela- ware & Hudson Co. “One man intervention” is a phrase coined in Cuba to describe the Crowder mission. It is estimated that the cost of living in Austria has increased over 20,000 per cent since January of this year. A German publicist announced that a total of 19,300,000 tons of enemy mercan- tile shipping was sunk by German sub- marines during the war. It is estimated that speculators on the Berlin Boerse are paying bankers and brokers 100,000,000 marks in commissions daily. Juan Bautista’ Vieini Burgos took the oath as provisional president of Santo | Domingo, ending the regime of American { occupation. e 1 America Sumatra Tobacco Co, Teports a net loss of $114,389 for six months ended July 31 last.. Net loss for previous six months was $2,021,132. Milk distribution by auto truck is be- coming more general and a nation-wide movement in favor of such transportation is now in progress. Condemnatory resolutions aimed at | masked and secret bodies have been pass- ed by the administrative committee of the federal council of churches. The Bridregort Hydraulic company has asked fhe public utilities commis- sion to authorize it to charge Bridgeport | i {for water furnished for fire service | Henry Connor, who was hurt in an au- tomobile coilision at North Haven a month azo, died at his home in Green- wich as a result of that mishap. i West Point's football squad will come ! to Derby Friday noon and nut un at a hotel until just before the game twith Yale on Saturday. Frederick Northrop was probably fa* tally injured in Waterbury last night when he was struck by an auto truck op- erated by Thomas Keys at the junction of Bishop and North Main streets. Motor vehicle bonding companies de- ined to furnish bonds or accident. poli- es for the municipal buses because they considered the danger of accident too great. 2 | Los Angeles & Salt Lake Tailroad will construct thirty-two miles of road from Lund to Cedar City in Utah, at a cost of $798,000. Line will tap ifon ore de- posits. German potash prodaction during 1922 may reach 12,500,000,000 double hundred- weights. Production up to end of Sep- tember approximatéd 10,000,000 double hundredweights. Something akin to consternation has been caused in Russian monarchist cir- cles by Grand Duke Cyril’s recent mani- festo claiming succession to Czar Nich- olas II. Stamp collectors in Germany have been warned to be on the lookout for counter- i feit German stamps alleged to have been imade in London during the war for use by ILnglish spies in Germany. Members of the Allied Shoe Workers of America employed at the factory of the Watson Shoe company, one of the largest in Lypn, Mass., walked out to the number of 100. The man killed In the ecollision of & troiley car with an automobile on a way crossing in North Haven is believ to be ‘James Sollazzi of 43 East 134th street, New York city. George N. Andrews of Oakville, an em- ploye of the Oakville company sustained a fracture of the pelvis when an eleva- tor in the plan which he was operating fell three stories. e Twe new federal judges for Massachu- setts, James A. Lowell of Boston and Klisha H. Brewster of Springfield, were sworn into office in an impressive cere- mony in Boston. .J. Thomas Gettlgan of Revere, Mass was placed on trial a second time in su- perior court in Boston, charged with the murder of his aunt, Mrs. Lizzie M Cook of Revere, in June, 1921. The jury in the first trial disagreed. More than 2,000 of the world's prom- inent surgeons, including 25 or 30 from South ‘American countries, are gathered in Boston for the congress of the Amer- ican College of Surgeons. Thomas Stratton of Cambridge, Mass., pinned . for several minutes beneath his burning automobile near Portsmouth, N. H., crawled from the wreckage with only a scratched face. Bond ™ Goodwin has eombined with Maynard S. Bird & Co, to conduct a business in commercial paper, bank ac- ceptances, - collateral, loans and invest- ment securities under name of Bond & Goodwin, Inc. Fire of undetermined origin totally destroyed the two story frame barn owned by Samuel Hall in Cheshire yes- terday afternoon. The barn was filled with hay, grain, potatoes and apples. The loss is estimated at $8,000 with $500 insurance. Found gullty of driving their automo- bile while under the influence of liquor, two respondents in Bangor, Me., munici- pal court were each fined $1,000 and costs, the maximum fine and the heavi- est ever imposed in the state. JFrank Valenti of Porbchester, NX. Y, was fined $75 for recklees driving by Judge Mead in Greenwich, and a recital of the incidents leading up to his arrest indicated that Valenti was making 75 miles an hour at ome time. | get a drink from that feliow,” witnesses 1 self, sending a bullet into her breast. on Trial for Mmler‘ Of Thomas O’Connell of New Haven in a Ruhunnt! Crime. Cleveland, Oct. 23.—Four -jurors— three women and a man—were tentative- ly selected today in the first degree mur- der trial of Mrs, Mabel Champion, 22, alleged slayer of Thomas O'Connell, of New Haven, Conn., in a restaurant here early in the morning of July 27. Mrs. Champion in the court room today retained the composure she has manifest- ed ever since her arrest following the shooting. She sat almost motionless as prospective jurors were being examined, except to whisper something occasional- Iy to her attorneys. The opening of the case was dclayed until late today, due to the failure of one of the state’s witnesses to appear in court. County Prosecutor Stanton has an- nounced he wili seek the death penalty for Mrs. Champion. Mrs. Champion is charged with shoot- ing O’'Connell following an altercation between him and another man in a res- taurant here.. According to witnesses O'Connell followed Mrs. Champion and a man, who later sald he was her hus- band; into the restaurant. O'Connell was heard to exclaim: “I am going to say. There was an argument and O'Con- nell was knocked to the fioor. When he arose the shooting began. A witness told police that Mrs. Champlon fired three shots from under her husband's coat, but she denied this next day to police. ' “PEGGY” oF BEAL MURDER OF F. ACQUITTED w. ANDERSON Kansas C Mo., Oct. 23—A jury minal court here acquitted Marie Peggy” Beal tonight of the murder Frank W. Anderson, here last summer. The jury deliberated two hours. Prizoners in the county jail adjoin the court room joindd the applause in- cited by the announcement of the ac- quittal. The room was crowded de- te the late hour The trial started this morning. Fe witnesses were examined and the tes mony was short. When questioned concerning the fa- tal shooting which occurred June 3 in a hotel room Mrs. Beal asserted And had lured her by promises of marriase, though he was already married, Mrs. Beal wept with her face in her hands “I came here from Springfield, to marry Warren,” she testified. told me that he could not marry me so I shot him. Mrs. Beal siew the man she loved when she realized that sie was about to lose him, Anthony Nugent, an assist- ant county prosecutor declared in his closing argument. He held she receiv- ed inspiration for her erime from book named “Thuyia, Maid of Mars’ which was found in her room after she| had. fired the fatal shot and attempted to take her own life. The. defense contended that Mrs. Beal was the victim of a “professional love pirate” and held that she was tempor- rily insane. As Judge Ralph S. Latshaw read the verdict, Mrs. Beal leaped to her feet, evincing animation for the first time during the trial. She turned to the jurymen, thanking them. Now I am going to stay in Kansas City,” she exclaimed, “and make good. T'm going to send for my little boys in Terre Haute, and make them a good home.” Mrs. Beal, 32 years old, a divorcee, shot Anderson as he lay on a bed in the roo mwhich they occupied together. She then turned the revolver upon her- Anderson was the manager of a de- partment in a local department stora, His wife, an invalid, lived at Camden, N.-J. CLUBBED WIFE TO DEATH} FREED BY COENNER'S JURY c—— Fresno, Cal, Oct. 23.—George T. Har- low, who carly vesterday clubbed his wife to death. and was exonerated by a coroner's jury which returend a verdict of “justifiable homicide,” told the au- thorities his story of his wife's death. He is held in the Madera county jail while District Attorney Mason A. Dailey determines what action to take. In an- other cell in the same jail is H. C. Blan- chard, a youth, charged by Harlow with being m his home when he returned from work unexpectedly at 4 o'clock Sunday morning. Blanchard is held partly for his own safety and partly while authori- ties determine if any action will be| brought against him. “ Harlow, according to the story he told the coroner’s jury, composed of neigh- | bors at Northfork, where he lived, re- turned home unexpectedly because he was ill, and in ‘the darkened bedroom came upon the sleening form of Blan- chard, who fled while e went to the front of the house for a shotgun. The gun was discharged accidentally, Harlow told the authorities, and Mrs. Harlow was not shot. Harlow said his wife taunted him, admitted her relations with the youth, and then he struck at her, smashing the gunstock. As she turned and fled, he followed her, belaboring her with the barrel of the gun until she fell at his feet. “I didn’t mean to kill her. I just real- ized that something terrible had hap- pened and I went mad,” he declared. “She stood in front of me when I asked: ‘How long has this been going! on? i “I became biind with rage when she smiled and said: ‘Long enough; how do you like it?' Harlow then returned to the home and found portions of the clothing left be- hind by the youth when he fled. He slashed them with a large knife and was wrecking the furniture and dismantling the houes when neighbors took him into | custody. i The dead woman was 18 years old and | the mother of a 3 year old child. She and Harlow. who is 30, were married when she was 14 years oid. | trial, PREPAREDNESS SECRETARY ADDRESS BY OF WARWEEKS in Cleveland—Story of the| Warns Against United States Disarming Army in Talk Before New While Other Nations York Post of the Army Ord- nance Association—Asserts That We Should Develop and Perfect Industrial Forces to Support the Fighting Forces—Major General James G. Harbord Launched an New York, Oct. 23.—Fear that Ameri- ca is “drifting back to its short-sighted, careless and happy-go-lucky attitude of the early days of the European war to- ward the vitally important matter of preparedness” was expressed by Secre- tary of War Weeks in an address tonight before the New York post of the Army Ordnance association. “I have no patience,” he declared, “with the groups of si pacificists in this country, who seeking universal peace through undermining with insidious propaganda the ability own country to protect itself. What do these people in the signs of the times to deceive themselves into believing that we can disarm while others arm? In what way has human nature changed their of their since 191 Disclaiming any intention to criticise the administration of Woodrow Wilson, the secretary declared that America en- tered the World war ‘totally unprepared.” “If we have learned anything from the World war,” he contin , “we must de- velop and perfect the industrial forces [t adequately support the fighting forces. “First, we must counteract indifference and, secondly, forget the idea which is somewhat prevalent that we did a good job in this war and will do even better in another. A systematic plan must be worked out to insure economic prepared- ness.” Mr, Weeks then putlined briefly the work that Assistant Secretary Wain- wright was doing in dividing the country into ordnance districts, presided over b district chiefs with the work of main- taining the productive efficicncy of their district. This work, he said, would be fraught with great difficultics because many of the plants, developed by steel companies during the war w unfitted for peace time work and some of them would ha to be closed. “If the country were in a financial po- sition to do so, I believe we should sub- sidize those plants and keep them,” he declared. “I do not anticipate that such action can be taken at this time, but unless some plan is provided to main- tain these plants, we will gradually see Ironical Attack on Pacifism. them demolished. We are attempting t¢ work out some indirect means to save these plants to the government.' Major General James G. Harbord deputy chief of staff, also addressed the association, launching an ironical at ¥, a solemn demonstration witk flaunting banners, music and speechcs was held in Washington, in the course of which the president was urged to set aside a ‘no more war day’ for annua observances. The movement was said to be nation-wide, war was to end. The dove of peace was to take on immortal ity. “In September the war drums began to throb in the Near Last. There was a rush of troops and warships 1o the cross: roads of the world, the city of thé gold- en horn, Britain was at the breach. Th league of nations scurried for the eycione cellar. The cynical Old World , diplo- mats smiled and began to pin on their decorations preparatory to taking seats at the council table. Mustapha Kems whom 1 know to be a decent yourg man to do for his country whit you and 1 wo o for ours in similgr sit- his scimitar on the tomb of Mahomet, to slit the throats of the infidel. The faith ful had once more raiscd the crescen against the cros “Thus the headliners got in their dead whelmed with demands that our couniry Iy work, and the White House intervene in the Near Lastern and if necessary join England against Turkey. Resolutions were ed ali over the country insisting the Turks must be checked at any cost Most of this insistence came from or ganizations apparently willing to invoke war without giving the diplomats even’a chance to settle things. “The class which would di army and scuttle the navy a now wanted a host and an move gainst the Turk. Those demned even our niggardly tions in 1921 now demanded war to a finish regardiess of cost. The supporters of the league in 1919 were now howling for biood. In a month the dove of peace had grown spurs.” who con- appropria- 431 INDICTMENTS RETURNED FOR THE HERRIN MASSACRE Mar:on. Iil, Oct. 23 The special grand jury, sumed its investigation of the Herrin mine killings after a month's late this afternoon returned an ment for murder, naming 48 persons and announced it had completed ite work. ~This makes 434 indictments the grand jury has returned in connection with the rioting in which 23 men were! killed. Circuit Judge Hartwell, before whom the indictment was returned, expressed the opinion that the true bill is illegal because it was returned at the Septem- ber term of court by a grand jury im- (By the A. P)— which today re- panelled by the July term of court. State’s Atiorney Delos Duty expressed an opposite opinion, and stated he would appeal to the state supreme court if the indictments were declared iegal. Those indicted today were charged with the death of Ignace Kubinis, the last vietim of the rioting to expire, who died since the grand jury took a tem- porary adjournment 30 days ago. Only a few witnesses were heard today, and they are sald to have told of wounds inflicted on Kubinis, and which are said to have resulted In his death. In the total of 434 indictments, 77 in- dividual persons are named, some of the men having as high as nine indict- ments, charging murder, rioting and as- sault, facing them. Twenty-on individuals arc charged only ing and assault, leaving 56 indicted for murder. Of the total number of indict- ments, 215 are for murder, 103 for as- sault and 116 for rioting. The legality of the final 48 indict- ments returned today may not be de- cided until next year, it was stated to- night, because it was said there prob- ably would not be an opportunity to test the jury's proceedings until the in- dictments voted today are called for which not expected before is 1 All except a half dozen of the indict ed men either have been arrested or surrendered voluntarily. ‘The missing men are said to be unidentified or have ‘fled the country. Bond has been ac- cepted for all but eigut of the men who are charged with the more serious of- fenses and are lodged in jail. The first trial in connection with the riots is scheduled to begin November 8 when 48 men charged with the mur- der of one non-union worker are sched- uled to be trie It PONZI AND FIVE OF HIS AGENTS PLACED ON Doston, _Oct. 23.—Charles whose scheme of qu investors in internationai coupons two years ago resulted in A federal sentenec for using the mails to defraud, became a defendant in super- for court today on indictments alleging larceny and conspiras Ponzi came into court with an arm ful of books and papers, and announced that he would conduct his own case. Ponzi who is serving his five-year fed- eral sentence at the Plymouth jail, wili spend each night in his cell. The trial is expec to last several weeks, Five of the dapper financier's agents in the sale of the coupons were placed on trial with him, charging larceny and with being accessories before the fact of larceny. Ponzi, looking considerably , older than when, two years ago, he traveled the streets of Boston in an expensive limousine, presented several motions to Judge Frederick Fosdick. The charges against Ponzi wefe con- tained in twelve indictments allezing larceny in six counts, conspirecy in one, and charging him with being an acces- sory before the fact of larceny in five others. The former agents of the pro- moter placed on trial were John S. Don- dero, John A. Dondero, Henry Maho- ney, Rinaldo Bosselli and Henry T Neilson, all of whom are charged with larceny in one count and with being accessories to larceny in another. A jury was obtained late today and the state will begin presentation of evidence tomorrow. TRIAL Ponzi tiches for al postal reply BRANFORD N SHOT HIMSELF AFTER HOLDING OFF POLICE Branford, Conn., Oct. 23.—After barri- cading himseif in his home here today and holding off local police with a volley of shots for four hours, Oscar Blumquist, a moulder, ears old, shot himself through the he A fiw minuteg later six state policemen arcived at the scene of the siege, and, after battering through a door, found mquist dead on the fioor. On the wall was scrawled a mes- sage bidding goodbye to his wife and family. Blumaquist became moody and fswitable s morning and drove his wife and two chiMren from the house at the point of a pistol. He then barricaded the doops and began to fire shots from a pistol af pass. ing trofley cars and antomobiles Two conetables who attemoted to enter the AROUND WORLD FLIGHT house were .driven off and a cafl was OF ARMY AIRPLANZS|sent to the satet”police. Meanwhile the s i constables kept guard i 2 o ; When the state police arrived junder Washington, Oc Tentative plans; When the siat o for an mtempted flight of army air-]Captain Wiliams a rush was mage for planes around the world have been uns|the house and Blumquist was foung dead. der consideration for some months He. had three loaded pistols and aj quan- air service officials,” it was learned to-|tity of ammunition. Medical Exgminer day, but the project has not as yet|Afthur McQueen gave an official Yerflict passed the preliminary survey stage.|of sulcide. It is not known whethee Valuable data on avaiable routes . injBlumquist suddeniy became insgne or both directions have becn obtained,| Whether he had becn drinking Riquor. however, and ultimately it is hoped to|None of the shots that he fired took:ef- send a considerable aerial squadron, on|fect. He was seen prowling aroufid the the voyage.. .The project will not, ,be|house just®before, the state troopers ar- laid before Secretary. Weeks for appro- val, was said, uptil it takes much moré definite form. _ Two of the routes ‘considered are that from the Atlantic coast via Iceland and rived, and it is believed that he shot himself when he =aw his escape was im- possible. Ireland and that fram the Pacific via Alaska, the Aleutian jslands, . Siberia OBITUARY. Rev. Robert Gilbert Osborn. Philadelphia, Oct. .23.—The Rev. Rob- ert Gilbert Osborn, librarian of the Church Historical society, with national headquarters here, died in a local hos- pital today after a minor operation. He was born in New Haven, Conn., October Scores of persons massed in front of a hall’ in_ McKees Rocks, Pittsburgh, told Chief of Police Edward Reider that if he did not prevent a Ku Klux' meet- ing within the hall, “they would.” Reider broke up the meeting. The crowd dis- persed. 26, 1855, and was graduated from Yale in 1877. Ordained to the Episcopal priesthood in 1885, he had churches in Elizabeth, N. J., Altany, Biffalo “and Baltimore. . In 1903 he, became a mis- sionary at Fondulac and later accepted a call to House of Prayer, Lowell, Mass. He came here in 1905. <) and home via' Ireland and Iceland. HENRY CAELETON ESCAPED FROM U. S§. MARSHAL New Haven, Conn.. Oct. 23.—Word came to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company officers to- day that Sigmund Henry Carleton, with various aliases, who was arrested on a night express recently charged with stealing wrom clothing of passengers in the sleeping cars, and' who was being taken to San Quentin prison to finish a term, had escaped from a United States marshal in Montana, \ DUBLIN CORPORATION CALLS b FOR FPEACE ARRANGEMEN) Dublin, Oct, Dublin corporation passed a resolution calling upon the Free Staters and the republicans compose their differences and endeavof W arrange a lasting peace. London, Oct. 23.—A despatch to the from Dublin says (By the A. P.)—Th¢ today unanimousiy Press. association peace proposals have been drafted by the republicans for consideration by the government. > The despatch adds that at a meeting of the corporation in Dublin eduncillor Murphy declared proposals for a truce