Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 12, 1922, Page 1

Norwic « UPULATION 29,685 REPARATINS CONFERECE e et ~ ADJOURNED TO JANUARY 2, hoeve Immediate ,Consideration of; -ICE TWb CENTS TWO DECISIONS COVERING SRl oo HBTION ENFORCENENT Suit for $100,000 Based on| Y ; S‘el‘duc‘:;Oll Charge. Supreme Court, in an Opinion by Chief Justice Taft, Holde Oxford, Miss,, Dec. 11.—(By the A. P.) That Violators of the Volstead Act Are Liable to Double the senate and was subjected immediate- |inS camps on Lake Kezar, Me, was —A "cvrd,m-mr,lhcs?,f:e?::';(‘azd‘fg;ef;r,-:: % iz o o e Iy to a baptism of firo at the hands of | drowned when he broke through an air | ¢4 tonight In che et for B OR000 PiC Punishment, Conviction in State Ceourts Not Giving Im- dag\hocg-auc opponents. Ilm]u in the 11; ,b?dy was recovered. | E0 stenographer, against Governor Lee ’ < P h “ airman Jones of the commerce com- munity From Federal Prosecution for the Same Offense —FEach State May Shape Different Measures tc Enforce Prohibition, Not in Conflict With Federal Prohibition mittee, Which reported the bill Saturday | The Canadian Pacific liner Metagama, | - Rugsell, based on charges P after making several changes in which arrived at St. John, N. B., from 'ion and other alles: 5 Law—Second Decision Holds That Taxes Cannot be Imposed on Liquor. VOL. LXIV—No. 301 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1922 TEN PA(;F.S—‘— 70 COLUMNS Forans | Mass., fire de- persens in an “Little Jack orm .den, est man in 4 eight artment, g f Are. president ot Silas Picreo partment £ ., wholesale grocers, died . Brookline, Mass, from Jury Exonerates Silas 7.8, & Comp at his/ 8 heary/g® = - o the Bill Was Blocked by| Theris neters in Nashua, N. 1, and in s Hudson rei ix below zéro Monday Democratic Objection. | morning. From Merrimack, N. H., elght | | below was reported. Washington, Dec. 11.—The administra- | N tion shipping bill was taken up today by | Merbert K. Adams, proprietor of sport- Action Taken When the British Refused Formally to Agree to French Military Occupation of the Ruhr and Taking Charge of Important German Industries-—German Note Was Rejected Unanimously—Was Regarded as Merely Sparring' to Gain Time—German Moratorium Expires January 15, When the Next Payment on Account of Reparations is Due—In the Event of Failure of Agree- ment in Coming Conference France Plans for Independ- ent Action, London, Dec. 11 (By the A. P.).—The London conferenc on Grman raparations, generally described as the critical con- ference, ended today in agreement only on another conference. The next link in the long chain of the allies’ struggles to get together will be forged at Paris on Jan. 2. There will be a fortnight then | left for the allies to agree upon some pro= gram. The moratorium granted the Germans expires Jan. 15, and the next payment on account of reparations, which Germany protests she is unable to meet. will be due on that date, Another futile round table session of the diplomats would seem to mean only fulfillment of the French plans for inde- pendent action, which British opinion be- lleves woull spell calamity for the totter- ing edifice of European prosperity. and sow the sceds for a future great war. The agrecment to disagree—only tem- porarily, the diplomats assert—was con- summaited in three days, embracing four meetings of the allied premiers. The rock on which harmony foundered was the Dritish refusal formalily to countenance the Frencn project for martial occupation of the Ruhr and the taking charge of im- portant German industries. The British iy e e s e ey ;M‘sgw.v h’-”fi"r;fd running Li'mo storm g)m'!l.‘:\e jury was out less than half an et itaas g If of the legis. | AUring which the wind at times reache et S atds Tation, howsver, weit over untll tomar- | veioeky of 100 miles an hour. T ot ety e row, because of the time consumed by Neither the plaintiff nor the def the democrats in several attacks on the a It Seourtitoom )l Only, the 30 e R e e s and a few court ‘attachies and newsp il and both majority and minority re- ermen were on hand when the jury ports in compliance with a demand by ported. - Senator Fletcher of Florida, ranking 3 Within three minutes from the democratic member of the COMMCCCE| Ay pnereage in employment over the|he verdict was presented court committee. 2 country in November greater than dur-jJjvourned and the trial Mis: The democrats started their attack as|j widely-discussed ¢ a soon as Chairman Jones made his first | d ‘nto history move in the legislative struggle which is | Submission of “th expected to occupy the senate for weeks. ! followed four hou: Senator Jones proposed first that the which pleas, & senate proceed to immediate considera-: with dramatic intense supplicatios tion of the ship bill but objection from the were made to the jury on the ume b democratic side blocked this move until for the exoneration of the steci after the cegular calendar had been dis- | on the other, for a verdict upholding ti posed of. He next suggested that thej contention of the young womin th: senate, beginning tomorrow. meet an hour ! she had been wronged by the state e: carlier, but withdrew the proposal in tfe ecutive and deserving of redress. {nia, the government lost in its cor face of objections from several demo-; Miss Birkhead asked $100,000: 10 ‘that in tOTEEmanE DT cratic senators and Chairman Norris of | damages. Fifty thousand on!; ofticer the agriculture committee that this would €ach of the two counts, interfere with committee activities. seduction and 1)\‘:; other imp: z £ The next move by Senator Jones—a health as a result of an alleged opera- proposal that the senate, on quitfing tion which she declared Mr. Russell work today recess instead of adjourn in had connived at. order to expedite comsideration of the | The jury wa: bill—however, was used by three demo- men ranging i cratic senators as a vehicle of attack on of age. the administration policy with respect to | amined during ue measure and on the legislation itself. | trial. The proposal later was ruled out of order | by Senator McNary, republican, Oregon, | who was presiding. Senator Robinson of Arkansas led oft in the attack with a criticism of the ad- ministration’s course in postponing house ion until after the elections on what | “We, "the | Pralse for American naval officers and | men serving at Smyrna during the Greek evacuation of that place is con- tained ' in letters made public by the navy department. e ad- pri’s decude on, Dec red by the g portance, in tie rohibition were court today. ng zny month since January is shown in reports to the United States employ- ment service. ted to pass through these watcrways to the Black Sea. Tchitcherin called on Ismet Pasha today with ~counter-proposals. He in-| formed Ismet that Russia would surely never sign a straits settlement which {followed the lines of the allied project. The allied project is that the stratits shall be open to as many warships' of each nation as are possessed by the greatest maritme power of the Black Sea, which will certainly be Russia. As a counter-measure Tchitcherin ask- ed that the Turkish delegation support a plan whereby foreign nations could despatch through the straits only one- third as many warships as Russia main- tained in the Black Sea. This, he argu- ed, was only fair to Russia, because the entente powers could always amalga- ! | mate their forces and thus be as pow- erful as Russia, - Ismet Pasha told M. Tchitcherin that the world wanted the straits opened on a reasonable basis and that Turkey should not combat the whole world. The Near Lastern conference, which made litle progres today, is plainly marking time to await the outcome of the London geparations negotiations. The executive board of the India in- An abandoned tenement bulilding, stripped of its timbers for fuel, coilaps-| :d, kiliing Joseph Maurkovich, a boy of en years. { supreme evurt federal and a ecute and pu : Same the manufacturer's possassion, ira: portation or of intoxicating liquor: The other case, coming from Calif humeve unlawfui ac added, court the laws, the amendment, rema Referring to tne o Nauss, of New pastor Rev. Earl F. Cumber- land, ¥ North cepted a call to the West End Congre- gational church of Bridgeport. an pose and collect and penalt of Dy, Miller Koyal Whitenack, widely Ik as a children’s physician wes reported dying at a hospital in Newark, N. J., He is suffering trom blood pois- oning. i the rev which remain repealed by the Vo 2 tead act and whici a be authori nufacture composed of mary age from 46 to 76 year: Thirty-four witnesses were ex- Dr. John T. Dilling, an agcd Easton, | 2 the seven days or the (Me.) physician, pleaved guilly to man- laughter in the supreme courc for caus- ing thé death of Mrs. Winono Oak of Caribou by an iliegal operation last May. | western V indictment I Barto and { transporting = ssessing liuquors on the ground that been tried and convicted in the state courts for the same offensc. In ing this action today the supreme cou ineld that “in the absence of special pri char; AT PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL CONFERENCE d dignity of nufacturing, d by ¥ intoxicating 2 they hau | TERMOIL nstruction did no: ated, it wouid the rusn of offenders to stait ! courts to piead gui! so doing they couid oblain immunity from federal prosecution for the san Ten decisions were handed down by the supreme- court of errors in Hari ford, four of which wde construccions of dispuied wills. One will required a 3,500 word opinion. Cie nd, Dee. 1L—(By the A. P. The ques.ion of seating representati the workers' cabinet met this afternoon and registered ity refusal to co-operate with France in such measures. Premier Mussolinl's proposals for a settlement were treated courteously, as ‘was ¢ge the head of a powerful nation, but were not taken geriously as a panacea for the Gérman sick man of Kurope. The German note was rejected unanimously, with the general comment that it meant manifesto, attacking English adm tion in India and declaring tha long as India was not freed from ti in the world. UNABLE TO FIND TRACE OF idependence party today made public a s0 British yoke there was no possibility of permanent political and economic peace MISSING AVIATORS % described as “concededly unpopumlar’ legislation, and then in bringing pressuce to bear to hasten enactment of the legis- lation “before the members of congress have had a chance to refiect on the e pression of the people at the polls in No- vember.” Senator Harrison denied that he or any other democratic genator proposed to fi buster against the b He criticised he i gas jet was open. 'show a decidedly upward trend, accord- | ! o i Carmello Buccifeno and Pasquale | Scappeilo, recently arrived in this coun- try frem Iltaly, were fougd dead in | bed at the home of James Cicatello. Al Industrial comditions in New Kngland | ing to an analysis for November maue | for Vaily of America pre i tated a ncated aud prolonged discussion | at this afternoon’s session of the first day’s meeting of the sccond conference progressive political action, and} caused an early adjournment when the | question was referred back to the cre- dential committee for further considera- tion. This committee hoped to reach final | decision tonight and report to- the con- ference tomorrow morning. ! vision by congress, convictiva and punish ment in a state court un for makin, transporting oxicating liquors is not cution in a court of the United States u der the federal law for the same acts. The efiect of the prohibition amend- ment, the court stated in an opinion by Chief Justice Tafi, hibition in every part of was 1o establish pro- | The Regal Drug corporation Francisco obtaincd a p from bonded w quor and wine of San it 1o withdraw toxicating - nder the prohi- on act for non-beverage purposes. The permit was calied, and the coliector of intersal revenue imposed the company, in addition to those the prohibi taxes and penalties carried by unrepea or saic the action of the administeation in calling | | the special session at which the house| passed the shipping bill and at which he | said the senate had dome ‘“just four things.” United States | merely. sparring-to_gain time. The British govermment submitted no general plan to- solve the de: s o8 practically ~offered - ‘to ~ cancel France's debt to Great Beftain as an' inducement Nogales, Ariz., Dec. 11.—No trace of the missing aviators was reported here tonight by Capt. R. G. Ervin, who re- turned with four planes from the interior !and affectimg iransactions which are es- { sentially local or intrastate, as well as| i those pertaining to Interstate or foreign | | commerce. The power to take legislative | Unofficially it was reported that the committee would refuse to seat the workers' party representatives on the ground they were “un-American and an- public by the New England district, de- partment of labor. scctions of the revised siatutes govern- ing the manufacture and sale o fdisulle¢ spirits and wine prior to national prohi- bition. Miron Korykera of ' Hartford com- for. .sealing down the 'amouynt monetary demand upon Germany. “"he French, Italian and Belgian pre- miers, with their staffs.of experts, em- bark for home®tamorraw. ’ This- confersnce resembles several of ite; predecessors in- that- the conferees in- st it has not been a fallure, that its —dissolution cannot be described as a dead- lock, and, in general, that there is a bet- ter understanding among: them than be- fore they met. Certainly - this attitude pietures their hopes, if not the realities. However steadfastly ghe may .stand aloof and. protest her detachment from these Kuropean debates, - the. United States cannot prevent her name from be- ing involved and- the possibilities of her icipation being made. the subject of speculation. Continental ‘politicians con- tend that reparations and the adjustment of- war debts cannot be ‘spared and that the United States cannot avoid becoming party to the solution of these problems. of the ALLIES LOOKING TO UNITED STATES AS THE LAST HOPE London, Dec. 11 (By ‘the A. P. sllied powers tonight seem to be looking to the United States as a last hope of preventing a definite break in the emtente over reparations, following upon the col- lapse of the London reparations confer- ence. Despite official explanations and the decision to continue the discussions in Paris, the allied premiers ofter three daye’ conversations find themselves in what appears to be complete disagree- ment ‘over reparations. Adjournment to January is an effort to delay a little longer the apparently inevitable split in allled unity, It is regarded as not unlikely that Great Britaim,will make one great gen- erous offer to France before adopting a policy of isolation. This, it is thought. iy take the form of offering to‘cancel the French debt, provided France accepts reasonable indemnity and gives up the idea, of measures of force. It is thought possible in French quarters that the British might approach President Hard- ing's administration between now and January with the purpose of ascertaining if the United States would be willing to mgke possible European settlement of reparations by cancellation of the ¥French debt, or at least entering a conference in whith such a step would be considered. The. possibility of the United States caficelling ‘the French debt at this time \s mdmitted to be remote, although the View is expressed that shc might eonsent o & Jong delay without Interest, provided Wiie had a clear Bromise of the payment of ‘tho British debt in full, which the Eritish consider she has. The promiers, bowever, are prepared to consider the gquestion of inter- debts exelusive of the United States, ‘@nd.it has been assert- o that Great Britain might cancel the ‘Freneh debt if such a move tended to the.recovery of the economic life of the continent and disposed of military. meas- urea Even this would have to be based on some understanding with the United States over the British debt. 3 It is certain that M. Poincare’s fi attitude .In London was due to the pres- of thé nationalist bloc in the cham- ber, which. informed him that they would not tolerate any appearance fo weakening in the face of England. The British, on the other hand, were. equally firm in re- fusing to endorse :tha!t they termed Pain- care's measures orce. . They: assert fhat the projected, measures are really The sord on reparations, sud ‘outeoma could ‘not ba construed s breaking up the entente; Franca would simply be poting alone in a situntion “in' whieh e #aw It to remain a non-partiel -y ;. wp.m’onu ny : RUSSIANS ON STRAITH GUESITION Tavsanne, Des, 11.~(By Thas A, Pj— 6. ok AbRRdARG4 oDt OF Fope: of Mexico, where they scouted today in their search for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. C. L. Webber. No attempts were made to land in {Mexico, he announced. The squadrom jflew low over a wide area eighty miles across the border. San Antonié, Tex.. Dec. 11.—Search for Col. Francis H. Marshall ‘and Lieut. Charles L. Webber, missing aviators, will be conducted in tue state of Sonora, Mexico, tomorrow by army airplanes, following anmouricement today that the governor of Sonora had granted permis- sion for the fliers to cross the interna- | tional boundary. At the same time, how ever, a systematic combing of the terri- tory abeut twenty miles south of Tucson, Ariz., where a mail carrier reported hav. |ing seen an airplane fiying Thursday af- ternoon, with the motor missing, was or- | dered. LUXEMBURG IS WITHOUT A PIECE OE ARTILLERY . Paris, -Dec.~11.—(By The A. P.)—The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg has not a single plece of artillery to support its army of 250 men, says a despatch to The Matin from Metz. No gun was available even for the firing of a sa- lute -in honor of the expected accouch- ment of Grand Ruchess Charlotte, the ruler. A court emissary, therefore, call- ed on the military governor and asked him to’borrow one cannon so that the army might fire a royal salute with the salue with the advent of a new prince or princess. The governor telephones the ministry of war at Parish for the loan of a gun. His request was approved and a French “75” in charge of an officer and gun crew was despafched. With the gun came " double the requirement amount of ammunition, in case there should be twins. AUTOMO3ILE THIEVES ARE OPERATING IN OKLAHOMA Oklahoma. City, Okla.. Dec. 11.—Two officers and ten men of the 179th in- fantry, Oklahoma XNational guard, were ordered to Madill tonight by Adjutant General Charles F. Barrett to protect state and local officials there investigat- ing the- operations of a gang of automg- bile thieves. The detachment is made up | of members of 2 machine gun company at Ardmore. The guardsmen were ordered to Madill as thé result of an urgent appeal from Assistant Attorpey General R. E. Lee, who reported conditions ig the town were grave and that threats d been made against the lives of officers engaged in running down the automobile thieves. Investigators reported that a band op- erating in Oklahoma and Texas par- ently have made their headquarters at Madill. —— MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC ! o FISHERIES ASSOCTATION New York, Dec. 11.—An alluring plo- ture of New York city populated by 85,- 000,000 hungry people—with farmors une able to supply their food requirements, g and every day become a fish day—was dangled befors the Middle Atlantio Fiahe eries association tenight by Dr.“Royal B, Copeland, - city health commissioner -and United States senator-elsct, v “When that tima comes” he gald, “thero won't be enough farms or farmers to raiwe the city's supply of foed, The people of the future will have to he fed from the limitless supply of the sea,” Tho fishing Industry, he sald, “sheuld be ona for soven days a week, and net for eme.” Morsan, 7r, wes Willlam Fellawes iocted president of the amsosiating, —_— AEESION OF AMERICAN PANEERS ASSOCIATION backs.” ney representing Plerce county, “One was a very extraordinary propo- sition,” he continued, “and one-which-the American people welcomed, namely, the swearing in of a woman for the first time in the history of the Rmerican congress as a senator. from' the. state of Georgia. “Another was equally welcomed by the American people. and was more wel- comed by senators en-ihe other side of the aisle (the republican side). and that was the resignation of Mr. Newberry. “The_other two propositions that came before the congress were maftters that were not offered in good faith, that were attempted here in a sham battle, in order to obtain colored votes throughout the country—the - Dyer which all senators on the other side knew was dead at the moment it was born. and the Liberian loan proposition, during con- sideration of which we saw senators on the other side, like the king of France | with ‘forty thousand men, march up the hill, and then march down again. By -votes furnished by the republican major-; ity the Liberian loan was sent back to the sleep that knows no waking.” Senator Harrison declared that to ac- complish “these four things” the taxpay- ers were forced to pay the expense of an extra session, and added that “now this plece of infamous Jegislation proposes to | saddle another $875,000,000 on their The ceading of the bill and reports toek about four hours and held the attention of an average of five or six senators. —— HEARING ON POTHIER - CASE IN PROVIDENCE R. I and Providence, army officers . T. S./Lylé, attor- Wash- ington, in negotiations resulting' in the location ‘of ‘Camp Lewis, were in the United States court here . today when Roland R: -Pothier, of Central Falls, R, former army sergeant, came up be- fore Federal ‘Judge Brown on the ques- tion of being removed to Tacoma, Wash., for trial before a federal jury on the charge of murdering Major Alexander P.. Cronkie at Camp Lewis, October 25, 1918. Late this afternoon the hearing had not been completed.” Counsel for Pothier opposed removal to Tacomia on the ground that the federal government did not acquire legal title from Pierce county for the camp site until October 1, 1919, ‘almost a year after ‘the major had been killed, and therefore did not have jurisdiction. WOMAN ARRESTED AS MRS, . CLARA PHILLIPS ‘Wye.,- Dec, 1l~In the arrest of a woman who oft the Burlington and Quincy passenger train from the west, here early tonight Cap- tain Clayton of the police department belives-he has captured Mrs, Clars Phil- lips, convicted of the murder of Mrs. Alberta. Meadows of Los Angeles, The woman, a4 A man Nevived fobent BN, b Bt Il ¥ emm:d taxioal Two the d tallles with m SOCIALIFTA AND OOMMUNISTA WHRE DEFEATHD IX MITAN == Hlems, Dee. il.—Hneiailsts and eam: TRURiSts Whe had eentrolled Mian sinse anti-lynching bill, | taway the ensign on' the destroyer Reid plained to the police that, actuated by motives of jealousy Pauline Korylitki, 23 years old, had attempted to kill his wife, firing two shots at her from a re- volver. The Swiss republican wmien has ad- dressed a demand to the federal coun- | cil asking_that an inquiry bé made con- | cerning German companies in which Hugo Stinnes has ‘2 controlling interest which are spreading im Switzerland. Each carrying a sleeping infant, Nich- olias Walsh, a boy of 14 years and his' mother, - Mrs. Bridget Walsh, fought | their way out of a burning house in the Charlestown district of Boston. The Iit- tle ones slept through the excitement. _Welfare legislation sponsered by the weman's bureau of the department of labor was attacked by Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, of New York, in an ad- dress at the headquarters of the nation- al woman’s party in Washingv.om N A non-aggressive pact, providing for an arbitration board, has been fully agreed upon by the limitation. of arma- ments conference in Moscow attended by delegates of Russia and the border states of Russia. Jean Murdock of Quincy, Mass., died at a hospital from Injuries received in a coasting accident when a double-runner crashed into an automobile in front of the historic home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. tank torch blew The efplosion of a small fuel oil that was feeding 2 blow and injured Malcolm Bfown, a machinist at work on the destroyer propellers at the Boston mnavy.yard. Seelng is belleving is an axiom _to which ‘Eugene Berue, 63 years old street cleaner in Elizabeth, N. J., inténds to ‘cling’ ‘while reports flourish that ‘his wife's brother, Michael Kelly, real es- tate operator, had died in Kansas leav- ing: them u,o(y@,ooo. -Deminic Pocopio of Providence was ar- raigned in ‘superior court in Cambridge, Mass,, .on an indictment for the murder of ‘Bruno Montegna, also of Providence, whose body wa$ found .on’ Oct. 29 on the shore of Cider Mill pond. ‘Plans for the restoration of the small red brick house ‘at ' tho cormer of Prince and Lafayette streets, New York, now occupled by ickers, but once the ames Monroe, #tgn- 'ine, were an- by the James Monroo Meme oria] association and feundation, A despaich to Manila says has »daptn: autherity 6t the London Timea frem the Philippine Jegislature &_resolution requesting tha ihe Amerioan eongress to & eenventisn with the 3 , tituf A baby desevted in ity evih amd & mether and her ehild huddled firemen New Hedford,. Mass., an § five stary tenement hleck was de- b¥ fire and & secen ftreyed d tenement wag partially-gutted, . it ;Eagé o oot 150000 | s un| 1 2 Rema _pays has been defilnitely defeated v Gancerd, ¥. H. Dee 11 Fnepwip Stester, pne gf | jawyery jn Now “Washingt e | e aavoeate gomesal Tashingten, Do, 1L—Ceila on Pros.| NS SRl B eent ideng ¥ Feserye heard and the of g lture marks: the aotivities teday t:' administra: five. committee of the Amorigan . Bank: ofi'l'ulnhhfi.an. Which Pegan a thpee iy giug | 3. 2 E R T8 AR T3 oot :’2’;:’ B§:tiaq 1‘;{%’:‘3&!, & ¢ 204 3 position frpm which he potired . : rl Aol dsglaration abor,” and had not been invited to sit in the conference. The credentials committee decided on the following voting strength on a roli call ballot ‘based on one.vote for each 10,000 accredited members. Brotherhood - of -Locomotive Bngineers, 9 votes ; Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- | men and Enginemen, 11; Order. of Rail- way. Telegraphers, ; Switchmen’s ‘Union P) and Oilers, 2; Order of Railway Con- ductors, 6; Brotherhood of Railroad | Clerks, 13 American Train Dispatchers’ | association, 1; International Brotherhood | of Electrical Workers, 10; Amalgamated | Sheet Metal Workers” International Alli- | ance, Nnternational Association of ! Machinists, 20; Amaligamated Clothing Workers of America, 26: International Typographical Union, §; Public Legisla: tive service, 1. \ The voting strength of the socialist party and the United Mine Workers of America has not yet been determined. The Farmers' National council the Farmer-Labor League of America and the National Non-Partisan League with a membership_estimated at 900,000 have also, not been determined, but it was es- timated that the tarmers vote would be about 90, W. G. Lee, president of the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen, did not at- end the conference. His organization Wwas not represented, TO REPORT DEPARTMENTAL REORGANIZATION PLAN Washington, Dec. 11.—The adminis- tration’s departmentalos- reorganization plan fs being shaped up rapidly ang a report will be made by President Hard- ing to the congressional commission ap- pointed to study the subject within a few days, Senator Smoot, repijlican, of Utah, a member of the commission, said today aftér a lengthy conference with the president. There is little likelihood, Senator Smoot added, however, that ac- tion can be obtained on the plan at this session of congress and the purpose is to pave the way_ for_ action at the mext congress. The members of the president inet’ were said to be not entirely recon- ciled to all features of ‘the réorganiza- tion plan, one- of -the stumbling blocks, it is ‘understood, being ‘the proposal to consolidate the -war and ‘navy depart- ments_into a department. of - defense. MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS STENOGRAPHER Richmond, Va., Dec. 11.—Thomas Poi- lard, real estate man of this city was $10,000 bail tonight on a the night while talking with Pollard and J. M, Woeat, of this city, in front of Pollard’'s home, Wost Is bel In; ‘under ot‘.h‘u g . The police were unable ta advance any for the killing, Mrs, Rlchardson shot through the stantly, Bhe was 33 was séid by fhe au -,dtv‘o:no. measures to make the poiicy effective ex- isted in congress, the court continued, “in respect of the. territorial limits of | the United States and at the same time the like power of the several states within their territorial limits shall not cease to exist.” ch state, as also congress,” it add- ed, “may exercise an independent Judg- ment in selecting and shaping measures | ot North America, 1; Stationary Firemén | to enforce prohibition, such as are adopt- ed by congress become laws of the United States and such as are adopted by a state become laws of that state. They penaities prescribed, but this is an insep- arable incident of independent legislative action in distinct jurisdictions. The declaration that the states shourd ave “concurrent power” was defined by may } vary in many particulars, including the The supreme court, in an opinion by Justice McKenna, explained that the court had held in a case decided last June, that a collector of internal reve- nue could not punish by fine and penaity for an alleged criminal offense without hearing, information, indictment or trial by jury . 2 The function 6f a tax, the court said to provide for the support of the govoroment, the function of a penalty cle involves the idea of punishment for infringement of the law.” Congress never intended, the court con- tinued, that penalties for crime should be enforced through the secret findings and summary action of executive officers, The guarantee of due process of law and triai by jury, the jus stated, are not to be forgotten or disregarded. HEARING IN GRON DIVORCE SUIT HAS BEEN COMPLETED Portiand, Me, Dec. 11.—Hearing the suit for divorce broug) by Madelne Masters Gron against N Gron, Danish diplomat, which opened December 2. was concluded late today in superior court. Judge Lauren M. Sanborn reserved decision, ewplaining that the verdict would be delayed ow- ing to the importance of the case and the necessity. of reading the voluminous exhibd M William S. Bouvier, of York, a davghter of Mrs. Gron by : former marriage, was to blame for “I destruction of Mr. Gron's private Lfe’ Attorney Frank A. Morey deciared presenting the argument for the defen at the ciose of the hearing. In the ar gument for the petitioner, Attorney Jo seph E. F. Comnolly, referred to Gro as “a contemptible cad.” Mrs. Gron's letters, according to At- torney Morey showed that she could. & live without her husband. ow she sees the heights from which she drop- ped into the ashes of her former exist- ence,” the attorney added. Dealing with Mrs, Gron's allegation that her husband” fafled to support her, Attorney Morey said that Gron turned over 1o his wife from 1912 to 1920 more than $32,000. Attacking Gron, whom he referred to 88’ “a Danish yeoman” Attorney Con- nolly said the diplomat had come ini> the marriage “with his eyes wide open and. seeing his bread and vutter ahead ©of him.” “It only goes to show that you can- not make a silk purse out of a som’s ear, despite education,” the attorney went on, “This man is & contemptible oad, and no prayers from Bishop Lloyd or half-beked ministers can make him othorwise, Fven in this court he has combed back his halr centinually wo that he might appear presentablo be- fore all these women ™ New character glven by olergymen at th trinl, Blngs August, §20, Gron had pent his #an ll:bgnd ‘millions of kisses,” At tern, nnelly eald, "r‘{ll ease .{l s eutstanding life he ceneluded. "It i mot only A ease for diveres, hut for Deating a man watll he v- for merey.” = FROBABLE ARMY PRISATER HELD OX MURDER OHAROR MRS. BREUNEN ON TRIAL FOR MUEDEE OF HUSBANL Mount Holly. J., Dec. 11.—The trial of Mrs. Doris Brunen, and he= brother, Harry C. Mohr, charged witk the murder of John T. Brunen, circus owner, got a rapid start today. The jury having Leen selected in less thas four hours. Prosecutor Jonathan M Kelsey had outlined his case and 3 number of witnesses for the state had testified when adjournment for the day was taken. Eight of the jurors ar¢ tarmers, All twelve are men. In his address to the jury, Prosecu- tor Kelsey declared the defendants sere the “authors of the most brutal nd carefully plotted murder that cou.d se conceived.” With Charles M. Powell 1e sald, they had planned the shooting n order to get ¢omtrol of Brunen's how and other property. Powell, ac- ording to the prosecution, confessed to having fired the fatal shot at the insti- gation of Mohr, who “promised him $1.000.” * On motion of the prosecutor, all wit- nesses when not actually testifying, were barred from the court room. The first witness called by the stats was George Wilkins, Asbury Park, dis- trict manager of the . Western Union Telegraph company: He was summon- ed to present seventy-fiye messages al- leged to have been sent by Mohr befors and after the siaying. After taking the stand, Prosecutor Kelsey changed his mind and asked permission (o, with- draw him, which was granted. Hazel = Brumen, , eghteen-year-old daughter of the slain’ mun, will be a witness against her step-mother. She lived with Mrs. Brunen until the latter was killed March 10, with a shotgun as he sat at the window of_his home ia Riverside, reading & NewSDApeEr. LOSs OF LIFE IN RIOTING AT INAUGURATION IN PFOLAND Warsaw, Dee, 11 (Dy the A.;.)—