Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 6, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—No. 296 « UPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1922 10 PAGES 74 COLUMNS DEVELOPMENTS AGHIEVED BY INTERIOR DEPARTMENT Work Recounted in Annual Report of Secretary Fall—Tells of of Discovery of New Oil Fields, Increasing Production of Oil and Its Products, Exploitation of Coal Deposits, and the Opening of Mines in the Western States—More Than 130,000 Pension Claims Disposed of—Applica- tions for Patents Numbered in Excess.of 113,500—Con- on to National Stabilization and Prosperity. . Dec. 5.-~Usa and develop- ev ant of the country’s natural rescurces | passed through one of the most critical } rol of the interior department jand financial periods,in its histor; o contributed in great measure to na-|that while general business tributi Washington under cof ilization and prosperity Se retary’ Fall declared today in his a rual regort. The sscretary listed t iuore outstanding of thess contributions opportunities for home making upon by returned soldiers and ner citizens: the discovery. of mew development of existing fields 1nd. increasing production of oll and if products ; xploitation of coal potits, and t 7 Incidentally, the interior sceretary de- clared these developments have resuited in very substantial casit returns to tho fedoral treasury and . to the various states in which these mineral resourecs have been developed under leading laws. Land Office and Pe Office. he outstanding administrative < ac- mplishment of the department durk the fscal year ended last Jume 30 was declared to bo the reaching ‘almost of current work in both the land office and the pension offics. The examination of final homestead proots is éurrent in the former office. a situation which has no existed for many years, eald. This, he added, has aiready sulted placing in the hands of the peoplo assets valued at more than §$30, 00,000 amd has been done without in- “emse in force of that office and in t! face of greatly increasing work.' Reclamation of Arid Lands Wider extension of the reclamation solicy ' former arld Jands of the Wes was recommended -in the report, which showed (hat whiie funds were restricted for_the “work the achievements of the reclamation service justificd the contin- uation of the reciamation policy._.On new irrigation project was started despite the ¢k of funds. and the total wvahio of crbps. ralsbd on. reclaimed lands was és- timated at more than $475,000.000. The baniefits in the ‘way of ‘making homes, in- af teod production and additiv. . W“. fh by -the reclamation of lunds make that werk of great value . -Abe " regort as- werl Education of Indians;- which falls 12 the fot o the IntéFior .départmént, bas been greatly promoted. . The attendance at Indiah schools for the past yoar was greater-than in any previous year. A speclal effort to provide greater health” ynio, “labor took tacilities. to_ the ‘Indian. . throngh...more | part (o tne sleation. héspitals and more. vervice was made. 180,000 Perision Clsims More thian “130,000 ° penswons were dispoded of during the year by the extensty | | DUrsIng | when ‘the shoe workers' protective union claims and would éndorse two candidates for Burfeau of Pensions and 99,000 applica- | tions fof ‘pensions; ‘the" accumilation in March, 1921, Wérs ~ landled; practically | bringitg that work up to date.” The to-. tal number of pcpsioners @ the roll At the end bf the fiscal year was 547.01 being 19,037 less than the previous year. Tho amount disbursed for pensions was : campaign grew out of a labor contro-! $2§3,807,883. . Increasing _efficlency in this service was altested to by the de- vayment. 113,500 Applicstions for Patients A record bregking number of applica- | PECISION RESERVED IN tions for -patents in this = country was recelved by the patent office, more than 113,500, This has caused great need of increased office forces,” and if the in- crease in the work continues-at the rate of the past three years, the director re- ported, I’ may. be necessary further to wugment the number of employes, The patent office is a self-supporting institu- ! court. ton, Mr. Fall pointed oyt addihg that last year the recelpts of the office were | Frederick' Davies Gordon, $172,000 greater than expenses. " National Parks The playgrounds of ‘the mation,its na- tiomal parks and monuments, ‘were: visit- ed by @ record breaking number ‘of - per- wotis. . Moe -than 1,316,000 citizens -of overy state and territory - in the- uhion, its . péssessions mnd many- feréign' coun- trigs viewed the wonders-of ‘nature’pre- werved 'm ' these™ patrk: . Provision ‘for storage - of oil from’ government oll wells in theiwest, to ‘mligw:- for - keeping- greater quantitics ot erude ofl, wes recommended in the Te- port, - Int order | that* the -goverament, which 1a forced “to-sall ity oit foyalties monthiy, - miy ' tike advantige. 6( better marksts by~ holding back its* stocks. Provisiensfor' more-storage tanks, such saiprivate companies: have, -in“the- fields, 1. abyolutely- mecossary, it was-sald, U der this system, Mr..T'ail etated, the gov- went’s oils tend to beat down the in periods. of depression to'the in- Jury of the comsumer. To the extent that the¢ government is obliged to take part in businiess, it should - through lts influence loward stabilization ratber than.toward demorausation of. the pausiry, he saia: drawn es trom . of] -lands’ leases in- the form -of crude ofl, Mr. Fgll ‘said returns from this soures during the year -amount- *4 t0-$7,800,000, while in, the fiscal year $32,500,000. was reesived by the ‘Indlan tribes: from royalties = on oll produced trom Indien owned lands.. ¥ Aiaska and Hawall P of ' the 'goernars of Alaska ‘Hawal!, summarized in, the interior Feport, review the progress of the two tertitories during the year. Governor Bome, of Alaska, moted that Inerease in exports and im- g.nm-d'ruuml.nx prosperity sald that. with encouragement a tide of immigration might have He added that, however, until i in the cost of adjudication and;ers' union for the control of the work: | f 1 jover has become demoralizing. [ needed, he said. ed last June the Pacific territory and conditions had improved the agricultural labor situation still was serious. One of the foremost of his recommendations was passage by congress of the Hawal ncy labor resolution o tmilar legisiation to °provide workers and at the same time bring tud racial populaticn of the territory more nearly o balance. 5 - Production of helium, the non-in- ammable gas substitute for hydrogen in lighter-than-air , craft is under ~the jurisdiction of the interior department and under legislation notable progress has beeri made by the bureau of mines In perfecting methods of separating helium from natural gas, in which it occurs. Low Scalo of Salaries The most serious situation facing' the department is the low scale of salaries, | the sccretary asscrted. One of ths bu- reaus of the department was organized in | | i 1812 and another in 1§32 and since those dates the salary scnedule for employes has not been revised. Because employes can earn more In other departments and in_outside industries, the loss and turn- Speedy is sorel; legistation to increase salaric s MAVEKHILL CITIZENS' TICKET W ELECTION 1IN apported b: . which had the sup- Shoe Manufacturer™ asso- ciation here. over the ticket by the Shoe Workers' Protective union was scored in tho municipal eleotion here toda. Dr. William McFee was ele or over Parkham B. for the past two years and a_socia: while George L. Martin and uct Levis were elecfed to the board of al- dermen- over - Mic J. Kelleher and ¥red W. Plerce in the mos tested election ever held Aged “voters ‘were convy poils in.aytomobiles and in taken: from their -beds: to swell - fhe. L @k, Dr.. MoFes lod his opponent b 2341 votes, ~The yote for alderman : Martin. 10,071; Lewis, 9,505 ; citizens committe port of ‘the Pierce, 5,709; and Kelleher, 5,194, For.the first time in the city’s history n active and open Since last fan announced that its members would sup- port Mayor Fianders for i re-election, | the board of aldermen, strenuous cam- paigns had been conducted. The shoc manufacturers' assoclation united n support' of the citizens committee on the announced ground that, election of a so- clalist mayor would hurt the city's bus-! iness reputation. The entrance of the union into twe versy between the shoe workers' protec- | tive~Ginion and the boot and shoe work- | ers. q DOROTHE GORDON CASE Cambridge. Masg; Dec. 5.—Decision in the hearing On.the' question of the leit- | imacy- of -Dorothy -Gordon. - heiress - to | $400,000, who is confined in the McLean | hospital for -the insane, was reserved to- day by Judge Leggatt in probate,| The. action, brought by - Mrs Catherme E. Hughes, sister of the law 7 the heiress’ foster father, has as its object the quali- | fication of Mrs. Hughes as a party to the controversy over the control 'of the young wemen’s estate. John D. Gard-| inér, of Baldwin, L. I, uncle of Miss | Gordon of her mgthers side. who is op-{ posing ‘the re-appointmien: * of W.- F. Jardine-as-her guardian, contends that ! her birthright has never been established as she was bord. out of. wedlock, ‘and that ‘Mrs, Hughes has no" standing. . in court. $124,842,393 INTANGIBLES REGISTERED IN THE STATE | > | Hartford, Dec.’ 5.—Intangibles valued at $124,847,392 were registered for tax- ation in the office of the state’ treasurer during. the list fiscal years, according to figures i the-annual réport of . Treasurer | G Harold “Gllpatric: This was an in- | crease of $5660,151 over the valuation of such securitics listed with tho state treasurer’ in the previous fiscal .year, ~The, tax .paid on the intangibles regis- tered duing the last vear aggregatedl $500,500 as against $498,625 paid in taxes on- those registered the year be- fore. By paying thé taxes on these se- cufities' to the state instead of to their réspective 'towns - the owners saved about $2,500,000 @5 the, average local tax rate, 2t which they would then betaxed, 1| about six ‘times the state rato of four | BANKEUPT DEY GOODS MERCHANT ARRESTED Bristol, Conti,, Dec. 5.—Harry, Raffel, dry goods merchant who filed-a petition @ bankruptey eignt days ago showing Labilitles of $60 000 and assets of $10,- 000, was arrested here today on a charge of Gemeiracy o defrind. The arrest wao made on the complaint of .Wail Lrothers of North Adams, Mass.,, who al- leged that Raffel disposed of ‘stock consigned. 1o hitn the day = before the. bankruptey petition -was fited. - ng‘mmwm of thé company claim- ed that the. stock was found in'a store owned by Morris Raffel, a brother of the detepdantt Harry Baffel was held -in £ §5,000 for a hearing in the clty court .. - — . TODAY IN ILLNESS OF the ‘singer, who" is 3 ‘at her Lobg Ieland home, may {parts along th i DECLINING BIRTR RATE:; i wood “went into the caboose New Spanish Cabinet R/ Medrid, Dec. 5 (By the newly-reconstituted - cabinet, Temier Sanchez Guerra resigned te.® — . TNy Greek Generals Liberated. Athens, Dec. 5 (By the A. P.)—Gen- eral Papoulas, former ~eommander-in- chief, of the Greek army, and one of those arrested by the revolutionary committee in conneation with the Greek military disaster in Asia-Minor, has been liberated. ~General' Frangus, Who commanded the Greek troops on the Island of Mitylene, off the Smyrna coast, also was given his freedom. on parole, because of ill health. PHILLIPS ENOWS NOTHING OF WIFE'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON Los Angeles, Dec. G.—Armour L.| Phillips, whose wife, Clara Phillips, con- victed murder: escaped fromthe Los Angeles county fail last night, appeared ; at the office of her attorney late today | and sent word to the sheriff’s office that he was, ready o be interviewed about | the * escape. Phillips later made statement in; whicii he said he knew nothing about the escape cr .vhere his wife had gon He gave a detailed accout of his movi ments. for the past 24 hours, In his statem: Phillips said he r ceived e first inkling of Mrs. Phi lips' escape th igh " today’s pape: first_move upon lcarning of the jail break. he, raid, was to teicphone to | Bertram Herrington, his wife's atterney. | He then went to Herrinzton's office and | there continued the conference which re- sulted several hours laicr in-a messa; to the sherif’s office that Phillips was “ready to tell what Le knew about the escape: H Mrs. Clara Phillips was under sen-! tence to serve from ten years to life in' the state penitentiary for the murder of A Her escape was | so well planned and executed that it re- mained unknown for more than six hours. Three steel bars guarding the window | in_her cell were sawed through from the ingide. Then a square of heavy sash netiing was cut out, and through the opening thus formed the woman made | her way and over adjacent roofs of oth- er parts of the Jail, down through @ | trap-door and out_to where liberty and | an_automobile awaited her. The sheriff de-matched deputies to all sestern portion of the | boundary of Mexico. He also had all depots and the main roads out of south ern California guarded, telegraphed de-| scriptions of the woman and her. hus- band to nearly peace officers and pe sonally led a search of those places to! which it was believed the woman might have fled. Investigation indicated tha three persons had aided the woman. The Jail stands in the main business section of the cit¥. There are alwayt jallers| and matrons on duty and a glare ‘of street lamps surrounds it. 53 The matron on duty at the time of the escape was Mrs. D. Fisher. long a | member of the jail staff. She said she | isited Mrs. Phillipscin her cell at abput 4 found her in bed and complaining of illness. Mrs. Fisher said she then returned to the matron’s guar- ters about 25 feet from the door of Mrs. Phillips’.cell. - She._said-during the night she” Nieard Wothitig unusual. Mrs. Fisher said“she knocked on all the cell doors at 6.30 this morning. Lat- er the eells were unlocked and when | Mrs. Fisher noticed that Mrs. . Phillips | had not appeared she asked other pris- oners_concerning her and they said she was “around here some .place.’ Stin unable to locate her, _the matren resumed her routine work and then, she said a woman who occupied a cell ad- joining that of Mrs. Phillips told her that Mrs. Phillips’ had. escaped. INCREASING DEATHRATE ‘Washington, Dec. 5.—(By the A. P.)— A declining birth rate and an increasing | death rate for 1922 as compared . with 1921 were forecast today by the census bureau ‘which based its calculation on records for the first six months of the year for the registration area of the country, comprising about 82 per cent. of | the total population of the United States. The birth rate for the first six months of this year was 22.7 per 1000 popula- tion, while for the same period of 1921 i | the rate was 24.8 and for the whole Of | m; Jast year 24.3. North Carolina had the | highést rate for the half year, it being | while Virginia was second with 27.5. Vermont had the lowest rate 18.1. The death rate for the six months end- ing June 30 this year 12.6 per 1,600 population; while for the same period -of | 1921 the rate was 12, and for the whole ! of ‘last year, 11.6. Main had the high- est mortality rate for the half year, its Tate being 15.7 with New ~Hampshire second. with & rate of 15.5. Idaho had the lowest rate with 8.2. £ Not all' states are represented in the | registration aréa.” Fo N ! TEAINMEN WERE STARTLED BY BLACKESNAKE IN CABOOSE Stamford, - Dee. 5—Charles Hagser- v, 'a brakeman on a. workirain which stood at ‘Cos. Cob-this morning, : saw what he took to be a dead black /snake tween “the' ralls. - He gave it.a fling|" into the caboose. ' Later, Haggerty with Conductor Meehan -and Brakeman-. Ei- and sat down. “The - Sthers ‘were startled when ' Haggerty with a_shriek boited out -0, the door and jumped, to"the tracks, El- Wood ' then saw. something black -cutting figures onthe floor. He sprang through the ‘window. ‘Conduetor Meehan did not know what the.trouble was until from to behind the stove ‘wriggled ' the ' snake. Fe sprang to. an upper . ']::fl but could not hold ‘on apd when he:dropped to-the floor he also Jost.no time in-go- ing through- the foor. ' The: three meén | bombarded - the -caboose: interior: “until; the' snake, which: had- thawed ‘ut besids tho' stove, . was ‘really dead. HIGHWAY INSPECTOE AND / HARTFORD POLICEMAN FINED East Haddsm, Conn;, Dee. 5.—L. G, Rudolph, an _inspector of. the state high way ‘department, and’ Nathan' S. McNa- mara, & Hartford policeman, rrested ner here Sunday on a charge of violating the game laws, were fined $10 and costs of 326 each today. Their cases were the first ‘to come before Miss Della A. Russell, justice of the peace, for this town, who recently assumed ofice. Rudolph, McNamara and a constable: from Moodus were, arrested -on -the charge of skooting a duck after sunset on Salmon river. RS P e T §. H. WOOLWORTH ORITICALLY ILL AT HOME IN LONDON _Portland, Me., Dec.. 5.—S. H. Waal- worth, head of ‘a chain ‘store or; iza- Lon- 2 to legram e U e o . > the messags said, ha: hn‘lgz“ml_ly»g} mn:: susfained ‘o shack. weiks 2go. son] Neorman, for /. Lond “student. o | by {Red Flag. Erin to Become a | Dominion Today, All Formalities Have Been Concluded for the Inaugu- ration Ceremonies. Dublin, Dee. 5 (By the A, P.)—With the announcement from London that the royal assent had been given to the Irish constitution. and that Healy had been appointed governor- general, all formalities have been con- cluded for the inauguration of the Free State government. The Dail Eireann méets as the Free State parliament to- morrow night to elect a speaker, In the mgmbers and procecd with the election ofya senate. Mr. nm)& be sworn in as ernor - tomy the lord chief jus enca at Chapelizod s of Dublin, the few gov- at his po tative had orrow that he was repre: 1 government and the one hand, that the con: tution was not violated, and. on th was adhered to. his position was ilar vernor general of Canada, where consuitations were held between the governor and the Lon- don cabinet whereby 4 common state of mind /was reached. In internal Trish affairs he would be the servant of the sh_government and would be advisea v that government. Regarding him- self personally he smilinzly remarked that he would still be Tim Healy, at s friend deciared Mr. Healy, when it he would be given any other “Will. you set up a_viceregal court?’ “That is the last thing I would think oy ou be usual to address you as excellenc: T hope not. cannot prevent any tourtecus.” “EH man you dress for stale func Referring to the status of ate, Mr. Healy declared: been ‘given 2 measure the ¥ “We hav. freedom as ¢ any of the The only aration of the six coun- m the rest of the country. but I hope that in a few years by a spirit of mutual concession, the mnorth and the south will come together in a reunifi- cation of the country. “We ask the American public” ne added, “to give the new Irish govern- ment their moral support, or at & rate met to give its enemies financial surport. He receiled that he visited every secking 1Irish and American B in the land strugzle. and said the sup- port ther had received then had much to do with pianting the Irish Fre State, concluded-Mr. Healy, had no icy “save ambushing; road-mining & the destruction of railroads and canals. Any American or Irish-American who sent money to Ireland to injure the Free State should open his yes to the nature of the campaign to wnicn e was subscribing. forty-one years agy state IN PARLIAMENT FOR IRISH FREE STATE the land. this afternoon when, following the ancient ceremony. of responding to{ 2 summons from “the Black Rod,” the speaker of the house of commons head- ed a procession of the members of the lower house to the upper chamber of parliament to hear the king's assent to the two Irish bills—the constitution and ;the consequential provisions bill—read | by a royal commission. Immediately after the ceremony, an- |nouncement was made of the appoint- ment of Timothy Healy, a mative born Irishman, famous as a parliamentarian and lawyer, as' the first. governor-general of the Irish Free State. ' The entire ceremony took only a few inutes.” The constitution bill had pass- ed both houses : of parliament unani- mously anfl unamended. The conse- quential provisions bill had been sub- jected to minor amendments in the up- per chamber, but these were agreed to by the lower. house. As the procession was returning to the house of commons from the house of lords some" strangers in the lobby of parliament housc began singing _“the ‘They were promp eject- ed by the police. King. George will make 4 special jour- ney from; Sandringham tomorrofy to hold a privy council inm Buckingham Palace, at which time he will sign a_proclama- “Jtion declaring the: adoption of the Irish constitution by the British and Irish parliaments. The constitution will ‘come in operation immediately. on ‘the issue of the proclamation. PROCLAMATION ISSUED . .BY EAMONN DE VALERA -~ Dublin, Dec. 5.—(By The A. P.)— Eamonn De Valera ignight -issved a proclamation enjoining all citizens of the “republic” to.refuse to pay income taxe, land commission annuities and other rents or du¢s to the congested districts board. . % «The peop] pay lo generally are told to refuse “all - monies demanded |by any department, acting with or un- der authority of the-British government, either directly or through its servants or agents, thé so-called provisional govern- ‘ment ‘or any other body purporting to exercise authority derived from the British parliament. I Citigens -of_the_ “republic” are *hereby notified that arrangements will be made forthwith by the government of the re- public, of all taxes, rents, annuities and other, public revenues payable to. -the government of the Tepublic.” COSGEAYE ORDEEED BY CTOR TO TAKE EEST London, Dee, -5.—Willlam _T. Cos- Erave, head of the Irish Free State gov- ernment, has been ordered by his docto: 0 take @ two months’ rest, says a Cen- tral News despatch from Dublin. = He expects to ‘go to southern Franee im- 'mediately after .the formalities of inau- gurating the uew dominion govermment. His' strenuous work of the last cxew months had begun to affect Mr. ‘Cos- grave's health, the despatch continued, and his medical advisers. foaring -a dbreakdown, decrecd a'holiday, ~ . “In"addition fo the multitudinous war- ries of his office, President Cosgravo as been affected by -the iliness of his wife, - who - Is _in.a - serious ecvnomion.| ‘There are said to be nd grounds for th: suggestion that he will resign. Timothy | tof BRIEF TELEGRAMS President and Mrs. Harding will leave ‘Washington for a rest after congress adjourns mext year, it was said at the White House. The vislt in - Paris of Alanson B. British Protect m“enian REngees | Houghton, American ambassador to Ger- British Troops Took Posses. | French cicles t the ;2. I ,Dupont de sion of the Customs House \54?,3’?:"2"51' ax:nr.uved i esarm in Constantinople. the authorized common capital Sivea evem $50,000,000 to $100,000,0000, Constantinople, Dec. 5. (By the A. PJ |y pog - Toom (0 el trom —¥Following the action of the Kemalist|, ‘ar0lq in Stamford, while decorating police in confiscating the passports of ; cojing in a Stamford manufacturing 100 Armenians as they were about to|pine died from flis injuries. board ship, British troops today, too Possession of the customs house and| gl ST L L premier armed with machine guns, protected the; poincare of France to hurry parliament- embarkations of the refugees. lary consiciration of the Washington The Turkish police today prevented| . Co) aecord. the cmbarkation of rafugees on a| Frenc hsteamship at Samsun, RS e = a coast of Asia-Minor, {horse-drawn vehicles parked in n granted by the Italian au-ipysiness distriet of Doston during Eeities: thero. A | one-hour _inspection. Rafet Pash: the military governor, had a four hours' conference with the iheae losniiaat ot allfed high commissioners and generals | (o New York Stock ex:hange motifiel and a provisional agreement was reach-|in, members that the weekly statement ed permitting the embarkation of all | o¢ tne amount of their brokerage loans presenting themselves until this evening, | ouisvanding no longer would be required. but the question of principle was not &ettled, and- further meetings have been arranged. Rafet Pasha takes the attitude that:® {the allies are net in occupation of Con- gtantinople- and refuses to recognize the right of the allies to interfere between {hfm and native Christiane The Turks’ refusal to permit Greek Vessels ‘to embark additional Christion |refugees from Asia-Minor has- created keen disappointment in Americtn relief circles here. - All preparations had been completed for the use of American de- strovers to facilitate the transfer of ref- ugees to the relief ships, as was done at Smyrna. Four large Gr direetion of A. K torda. vith the i 2 total carrying capacity persons. Refusal of th permit further emba: ed at Samsun by Powell. of the sall, who immediately forwarded news to Constantinople wireles: The Turks declare that not only would they prohibi further departures on Greck ships but would deport to the ex- terior all Christians ho remained in the Black Sea coastal towns after the next few days. Officials at the American emiassy d made no comment to hide their surpri clined to comment upon this ruling, but at the Kemalists' attitude. They explain= ed that they had asked nothing more of the naticnalists than their sanction for the use of American naval officers | as intermediaries between the local of- ficoals in the Black Sea ports and the officers of the Greek refugee vessels. The Turks' failurc to meet the Ameri- can proposals raises doubts as to lh‘o gafety of 50,000 persons, who made their way to the cca with the hope of leaving the country. | and t a The committee on bt The case to test the comstitutionality of the grain futures act brought by the Chicago Board of Trade and others was advanced by the Supreme Court for argu- ment on January 15. Announcement of the signing of a com- mercial arbitration agreement with the chamber of' commerce of Bogota, Cclom- bia were made by the chamber of coum- : | merce of the United States. The stockholders of the Standard Ol company of California yesterday author- ed a stéck dividend of 100 per cent. and creased the capita: stock from $115, 600,000 to $250,000,000. under the arrived ¥ iving here, giv- of 50,000 The metion of Massachusetts to dismiss 1 the suit brought by the of Boston, arising out of the operation by the Bos- ton Elevated Railway company, was dis- raissed by the supreme court. government ' to as receiv- Mrs. Anna M. Schaefer, & nurse, struck and_seriously -hurt by an auto- mobile of William ‘S. Meany in Green- {wich and at the hospital little hope was held out for her recovery. The estate of the late H. C. president of North and Judd X turing Company, is valued at § according to an appraisal fiied court of probate in New Britai ble, a. The Belment block, on Main street, Gloucester, Mass., was damaked by a fire, the smoke from which penetrated the Belmont hotel, but without injury to the gues Deer hunters are belioved have started a fire which destroyed the his- toric Cyrus Bailey bouse in Litchfield, N. JI.. said to have been the first {rame building in town. John C. Farvar, cashier of tha. Simp- son, Campbeil Insurance Company. ap- peared in superior court,” Bostan, charg: ed wit hthe-larceny of $7,500 from the firm. LONG CONSULTATIO! # DEING HELD AT LAUSANNE eSS Lausanne, Dec. 5. s (By The A. P)— The treaty makers at' La, nne devot- ed themselves today to zn attempt to harmonize the divergent views of the various' delegations; everybody _seemed to realize that a few more Hhectic ses- sions like that of yesterday would hrvelk' down the conference and postpone Near Eastern peace indefinitely. The allied leaders held long consul- tations to frame a common project for dealing with the Dardanelles and are re- ported to have succeeded in drafting a proposal- permitting warships to use the | FEAA5 straits under international control. e The indications tonight are that the | * straits discussion will be resumed to- morrow when/the entente countries will fall in with the Turkish suggestion and t forth their wishes. *“Ihe allies Seom determined to-ignore the Russian attempt to speak for Tur- key, and are determined also to convince the Russian representatives that bolshe- vik Russia is not dominating the straits discussion. The fact that Ismet Pasha conferred with the allied leaders helped to strengthen the impression that if the conference is not yet out of danger it at least is not yet on the rocks. Ancther feature of the day was the Pope's intervention in behalf of the Christions in Constantinople. Selection of jurers to try Alvred W. Bartlett of Newburyport, for the mur der of Frank E. Small, & druggist, dur- ing a hold-up in the Dorchester district on Sept. 29, was begun in Boston and six were chosen quickly. Gorden, helress to $400,000, the McLean hospital for ths may be called into court to tes- her own behalf, Supreme Court Braley intimated. Dorothy confined in | insane, ! The small steamship Jonancy, owned by the Pocohontas Fuel company, collid- ed with a Standard Oil company’s barge in Hell Gate. Considerable damage was done to the Jonancy, but no one was in- Jured. i The Massachusetts state public em- ployment office announced that jtivities for November showed a falling oft from the previous month but a sub- stantial gain over the corresponding month of last year. Secretary Davis of the laber depart- ment on his return to Washington from a two months' trip through the west is- sued a statement assailing arguments Sdvanced by proponents of the proposal t0 let down the immigration bars. AMBASSADOR CHILD _ TALES WITH ISMET PASHA Lausanne, Dec. 5.—(By the A. P)— The American ambassador, Richarl Washburn Child had a lonz talk with Ismet Pasha today, discussing among other_things, control of the DardaneNes. Turkish delegates are siuc.. ed in the American attitude .to straits problem, but this far the Amer- ican delegation had made no statement in the public discussion’ of the. subject. The American spokesman, howeer, is epected to. have something to ‘say 'be- fore the question is closed, as American shipping and. commercial interests are Vitally interested in havifig free access to the Black Sea, and will ‘insist ubon the same treatment for the United States a8 the other great powers.’ | The Now Brunswick Power Company controlling the electric light and power, | street ca rand. gas services in St. Jona. N. B, has rejected the municipal offer of $2,577,655 for its plant and equip- ment. = The derallment -of four freight cars while they -were “being switched- in- the Tremont street freight yard. - Taunton, Mass.; -of . the' New Haven railroad, dis- j turhed . passenger- train. service out . of that clty for several hours yesterday. i Firk destroyed the tows hall, Xor- ifoik, Mass. “The. building, ~built in 1797, was used /a€ a chureh until 1876, Valuable records were destroyed by .the fire, the cause. of which was unknown. The loss was placed ‘at $40,000, DEATH OF FRIEND AND X BENEFACTORE OF CHILDREN Northampton, - Mass., - Dec. 5.—The children of Florence and of ‘the surround- ing -country-side today lost. the. friend and benefactor who for many years has tossed to them marbles, pennies, “base- balls and -candy. in, the spring-time cent that has come to be. known .as the i marble scrambie. Jullus P. Maine, the | retired butcher who out of a moderate | competency bought these things for the ! children, gave fountalns to this city and to Florence, purchased a. playground for Northampton, and added a sun-room to the Dickinson hospital, here died in his 1 83rd year. ! Mr. Maine, came here trom Willington, Conn., 50 years ago. R. B. Howell, of Omahs, ~republican - United States senator-elect In a state- ment declared ‘the United States Is jn danger of public ownership of rallroads on a wholesale scale through action of “Fhe Railway Capitalist” to whom Mr. Howell is opposed. | ¥our bafrels of whiskey seized in the {cellars of, wealthy' summer residents of {the North Shore were claimed by- ths {latter and by the Bay State Wholesale ALLEGATIONS OF GEAFT 4 IN BOSTON CITY AFFAIRS Eoston, Dec. 5—The finance -commis ston, investigating reports of graft in another case, was_ told by Councilior| Danie! W. Lane today that the Project for widening Province street was Dass- or dtro. (e amayer's Sice that {here] Torca wor dfrom- the mayor's re| T e - o] was “something in It" for tho councile) seie 3¢ hecr of Tos ihes 7 por e lors. This “something” he sald. wasicanol by voltmie aad 35,000, He could mot say to whom ‘t|jess than 15 per cent® was to be paid, He refused to name his informant, but’ described him &3 & city 300 PER CENT DI ND BY STANDARD OIL OF KANSAL A-a--uu-‘-nm ure was introduced in the by Rep- resentative. O'Btien, & "..('Nn cent. Stamford A weman resident of- its ac-| “PROGS”IHE Pressure of Proposal May Test dent Elected by Popular ment Has Been Favorably celtural Committee. Washington. Tk Members of congress got into a very cutset ram into Whit sition. Ted by Semator larrk braska. bloe members | ate agriculture gommittee obtain-d a vorable report from that committee f constitutional amendment providi abolition of the electoral colleg. direct election of president and \dent and for abolition of time usually ela gresgional clection and the inz of the new congress ment forms one of platform adopted ganization mee Opposition on the Harding to any suc stitut tee resolution the senate and assigned calendar of Lusiness. Some tion leaders in the senate lil their disapproval of the a: tonight it appeared that any the bioc to press the prop migh bring on a fight which wouid test the {Powe of the progressive faction. The proposed amendment vide specifically that “th state for president and vice shall be determined at a general election of the qualified electors of such sfate,” thus permitting voters to cast their bal- lots directiy for president and vice pres dent. The vote would be canvassed by the senate and house me sion, each state being voies for this purp: and representative If such a canvass close lack of a majeri dent would be chosen by a majority vote of the house from the persons havin highest members, not exceedi three, om the_ list of those yoied forus prasident The vote for vice president would be canvassed in a similar manner,” except that in event of no choice by majoirty of the voters, the senate would select that official as between the two persons receiv- ing the Jargest number of votes. The comgnittee in reporting the amend- ment resolution through its chalrman Senator Norris, pointed out that the pro- Pposed system might result in the election ! of a president and vice president from | different parties—"a matter of funda- mental justice we ought to be protected | by law in taking * * * * should we| we _desire to do it. J “The amendment would further provide | that the terms of senators and represent- | atives should begin the first Monday in | January following the bienianl congres- | sional election and that congress thould meet each year on that date. This would wipe out the session of the old congress ; after the biennial clections. | H Another provision of the amendment { would be to change the date of fnaugura- tion of the president from March 1 to the Monday in January. White House officials in presentm President Harding’s views on the pro- posal represented the exeative as feeln hat constant changes in the constitutio were unnecessary and in some cases wise. 3r. Harding, it was said, regarde: the present procedure under the coastitu- | ition whereby a new congress does mot | meet for more than a year after its elue- tion as one of the wisest steps taken by the nation’s founding fdtners, &s it allows passions to cool. The agriculture wommittes in its re- port. however, took an opposite view. de- | claring “the present condition of affairs ' s, not only unfair to the citizenshp at' large. who, have expressed their will as to what legislation they desire. but it is likewise unfair to their they have elected to carry o i With respect to abolition of eice- | toral college, the committee declared its amepdment would make it possi! for an* independent candidate to run for presi- dent. without establishing an elabos potitital machine in every state which means the expenditure of a vast sum of ady ! would 1 dis- presi- i i | When the amendment and report wers - Inid before. the. senate some members in- | formally expressed surprise at such a| resolution being veported out by the agri. cultare committee, but committee mem- bers ‘said they rearded the courre as praper, inasmuch as the resolution was a substitute for one recently offered in the senate by Senator Caraway, democrat, ‘Arkansas. “The Caraway resolution would have de- clared it the sense of congress that de- | feated members should not vote on other | than routine legisiation at the session following an election and wes referred to the -agriculture committee by request of its-author, who sald reference to— any other conimittee would bring about fts death. At the same time the agricalture com- mittee was in sesson = ju Fub- | committee heard an enm"d‘;{ from | William Lowell Putnam of Eoston, repre- senting the American Bar assoctation for ' the pending Ashurst resolution amending terms of | HARDING. BBREAKS PRECEDENT BY DEFEEEING MESSAGE fablished early In the history of the re- . public was broken by President Harding today when he fatled to deliver his an- nual ressagé. which. was convened in - lar pession yesterday.- It has been he custom for the chiel executives to . deliver_ thelr messages in person or In on either the first or second day of.a session and, according of the the only time jdisidend and the | sue of GRESS¥ULD CE TWO CENTS CHANGE ELEGTION LAW the Power of the New “Bloc” —Will Encounter Opposition From President Harding and Administration Leaders in the Senate—Aim to Abol- ish Electoral College and Have Presicent 2nd Vice Presi- Vete—Such Method Would Make Possible the Election of a President and Vice Pres- ident From Differert Parties—Constitutiona! Amend- Reported by the Senate Agri- the cause t was understood ing mendation: carefuliy sole Tespon: Pressure of pu; ieved to be in p: y. but th he pr discussions, wisdom to y to certain q was a su; ved possil had not been w and that m ed to put it In fina The executive aiso discussed the fmmi- gration question at lenst net today and It was § it in his mess dicated that he e aiso discuss this subject from the standpoint of restriction. The shipping bill and annual appropria- tion measures are already iimed for & posal at the present = STOCK DIVIDENDS OF $31.500,000 MADE BY SEVEN CONCERNS New York. Der. dividends totalling $31,500.000 were announced to, ay by seven larze indu and banks, tock dividends dec, few months to more 000. These sums in virtzally all & have bee nprovided for out of wmil- tributed _swrplus, apparently in -anpic- Pation—of unfavorable tax legistation in the next com The Studebaker corporation increassd its capitalization $15.000,000 by declar- ing a 25 per cent siock dividend. D rectors expected that the customlry an- nual 10 per cent dividend would be eon- tinued. The Vactum O!l company distributed $45.000,000 of surpiu= in the form of & 300 per cent stock dividend. The Wii- liam Wrigley Junior company declared 2 10 per cent stock dividend of $1. 570,000 to common shareholders. The Bank of Manhattan company, ens of the oldest in the country. increased its caiptal from $5000.000 to $10,000,« 000 by capitalizng surplus and deelar- ing a 100 per cent stock dividend. The Equitable Trust company annoumced plans to increase its capital from $12, 000,000 o $20,00,000, one-half of which would be a 33 1-3 per cent stoew remainder & new is- stock to which holder of the tank stock might sub The E. I Dupont De declared a 3 dend amounting to 69.000. The Whitman Nills, of New Bedford calied a stockholders' meeting to con ®ider a stock dividend of 50 per cent Ay in-reasing the capit 90,000 to $3,060,000. ons br mours eom- per cent stock ivi- HARTFORD MAYOR TO WORK ¥OR LOWER TROLLEY FARES Hartford, Dec. 5.—Mayor Kinsella bas notified President S. Storrs, of the Connecticut Hartford will try ey fares, going tg ties commission, and iegisiature. The ¢ will be made that Hartford is the best income pros ducer the Connecticut company ham. -* Ttie city will omose, Mr. Kimsella faid, any attempt of the company to in- duce the legisi to revoke the so- calied Tucker agreement under which the company pays two per cent of its net earnings in Hartford ineo the ity this year. undersicod that Presis dent Storrs recently told Mayor Kimeelr la that the company will seek. reveca- tion of the Tucker agreement on . the sround thdt it is unconsttutional Richa-4 Luc'ss company ) secure lower the pudlic wutl necessary to the $781,041 NEEDED TO EUN CONN. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGEN Hartford, Dec. 5—President Charles L. Beach of the Comnerticut Agricul tural coliege appeared before the state - board of finance today and explained the estimate of expenses for running the - institutien for the next two yedrs. His estimate was 041. He also Pre- Scnted estimates for two four-year pe- riods beginning with 1925, the f:rdt: period to 1929 being $1.24! a r the period end in 1933, 343,194 5 b - President Beach submitted & pamph- let which set forth the growth of the plant. The student increase has 150 per cent wince 1917. There are sow 500 students in the college. State Commissioner of Bducation A. B. Meredith supported President Beach . in his plea for funds. ARMED BOOTLEGGEE BEATEN B . BY. POLICE IN BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, Dec. §.—Joseph chl, who was arrested at a pistol's fl-wmm:—-mm-um' Other ‘beveérages of | Washington, Dec. 5.—A precedent es- lon of being a bocilegger, today fined 3200 and costs and sent t> jafl four months for having 15 galloms aleohol in his automobile, and g four months in jail for having & 3% calibre revoiver in his pockel &ppeale dand was heid in $3.000 The man Bad his car ard avenue. The