Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 14, 1922, Page 1

‘YOL. LXIV—No. 303 TUPULATION 29,685 N§ = fi% x ‘E'\\ S Ty N\ )] {ORWICH, CONN., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1922 10 PAGES 74 COLUMNS COMMITTEE HEARING ON DAUGHERTY INPEACHMEN | CABLED PARAGRAPHE Dellar at Par in Amstordam. 3 Londen, Dec. 13—For the first time in more than three and a half years the modhl’ teday dropped to par en the Am- erdam Bowrse, says a despatch (o the Times from Amsterday. Chinese Bandits Release Amerlcans. Peking, Dec. 13—(By The A. P.)— The American legation has been advis- ed that.the Chinese bandits have relcas- Session Developed a Question of eracity Between Samuel |G 77" Pisionaries held by Gompers and William J. Burns—Burns Claimed Gom- pers Had “Hounded Him” Ever Since the Arrest of '.be McNamara Brothers.in San Francisco—Gompers Denied That He Had an Agent in San Francisco to “Prevent” the Confession of the McNamara Brothers—Burns Declared That Jones Had “Paid For” His Pardon and That Presi- dent Taft Had Been-“Deceived”. Washington, Dec. 13.—Hearings be- lore the house judiciary committee om impeachment charges against Attorney Gemeral Daugherty today took on an aspect somewhat ltke that of a‘trial of William J. Burns, director of the bu-| reau of investigation of the department 0! justice. Witnesses Johrmson, of California ; included Mr. Burns, Senator former Attorney General Wickersham and Samuel Gomp- | spectfication neral Wickersham {oeatnet Willia, crx, president tion of Labor. Mer. Burne. whose alleged actiwities 'n connection with the drawing of\a jury for the trial of Willard N. Jomes in the Oregon fraud cases was the principal sabject. yesterday, was called by Paul HHowland, personal attormey for ~Mr. Daugherty He not only denied in general amd in considerable detwil that there was any- thing improper in his ‘conduct as a gov- ernment agent in Oregon under Francls J. Heney, but asserted that President Taft, in granting a pardon to Jones had been “deccived” and that Joues had ‘pald for” the pardon. Senator Johison, as a character wit: ness for the investigation bureau di- reotor, declared he had Lknown Mr Burns intimately during the graft prosc- cutions in San Francisco after e fir ) 1906 and had urged his appointmen! 10 his presemt post by Mr. Daugherty, He added that he had observed Mr. Durns under the “pressure “and unde: fir in the San Franctsco investigatidn and had commended him to the aftor. ney. general as a man of integrity and possessing the - qualifications essential lo_the office to which he aspired. Mr. Burns charged that since the ar- st of the MeNamara_brothers, Samuel Gompers -had - ‘*hounded him” at every opportunity. - ! He also-charged that A. P. MisAuly, Ameriean citizen Hving in onto, nada, ‘Who wrote to. President Hard-| ng Drotesting against his appointme lnde baen - arrested in St Louis on formation obtained by the Burns detec- tive agency as to the alieged passing of wortkless checks drawn against the Cunadlan Express company. The St. Louls case was not pressed, Mr. Durns testified, MacAuley being moved to, New York for trial on a simi- lar charge. Te added that the cass never was brought to trial because of a “peculiar al®1” that-when he was sup- posed to be In New York he was iden- tified as having at that time been in S Louls and vice' versa. Mr, Burns said he had made repeat- 4 efforts to clear up any ponts about | which there might have been doudt as the department of justice before the pardon was issued. After it was sign. ed by President Taft he said he went to Secretary of Interior Fisher and former him that lie president been deceived and that Jomes had pa for his pardon.” Fisher went to see Mr. Taft, continued, and was told that fhe ident personally knew nothing _about the case except what Attorney General Wickersham had reported and that th er should. be referred to Mr. Wick- ersham. This ‘was @oie, the avitness went on, but Mrt Fisher had brought bagk word that the attorney gemeral was “very much absorbed” and had said that are going out of office won anyhow: Tet him take it up with Vur SuCCessors. 3 Mr. Burns told the committee #at he fallowed this suggestion, ‘but ~without ult, and added: , “T have been knocking at the door om that d to this to get a hear- ng." Replyng to testimony given earlier 6 the day by Mr. Wickersham that the report to President Taff in the casc was hell up-Coveral days while efforts made to see Mr. Burns, the inven- ton bureau director said he called department about the matter erent times . and not just one a8 Lad been reported to Mr. Wick- ahaw. He added that he had been 'mwgocessful i his cfforts to. seo the \hen attorney general and flually sought contact through Assistant Attorney of the Amercan Federa- ) Burns pres- MeNamara . ar- rests, Mr, Bumns charged . that Mr. Gompers had sent an agent to Los An. geles to “prevent” the confession of the the- railroads with the safety appliance acts. Previously the committee had com- pleted the taking of eyidence on the first of the fourteen charging that Mr. Daugherty had kuow- ingly cppointed to office men who were untrustworthy, corrupt and dangerous to the liberties of the peopie of the Unit- ed_States.’ Most of the evidence relating to this had to do with charges m J. Burns, @irector of the mureau of investigation of the depart- ment of justice, and a Geiemse of Mr. Burns against those charges. WORKING FOR CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES IN 1RELAND Dublin, Dec. 13 (By the A. P.)—The committee appointed by the senate to en- deavor to bring about an Immediate ces- sation of hostilities throughout the Free State ismot regarded her with hope.-The committee has no government prompting | of adthortly and is mercly a renewal of the frequent fruitless attempts at peace- making between the discordant factions. In the sonate tonight one of the mem- bers of the committee, Mr. Douglas, an- rounced . that the. committee would not issue any stitement regarding its activi- tics. ~ Tho- Free -State 'government has not yet modified it insistence on absolute sufrender by the republicans ielding_up of their arms. % The only persons with whom any fruit- ful negotiations could take place are per- sons liable to immediate arrest, and, hav ing regard for recent happenings, it is comsidered that they will not be likely to risk revealing their whereabouts. The committee's proceedings therefore must be in secret. The cost of installing the new gover- nor-general in the former viceregal lodge was the subject of strong protests from the. luborites in_the Dall Eireann todiy. The estimates provide 10.000 pounds for the upkeep of the governor-general's establishment. The laborites objected to this price for “putting Tim Healy in” and moved to spend only 1,000-pounds. President Cosgrave said the treaty and constitution placed upon the government the responsibility of housing the gover- nor-general. ~ He challenged the Jaborites to find & Suituble-cstablishment for less money. The laporites took up the challenge. declaring they could do it easily, since guarding would be done by the army. Tom. Johnson, -the labor leader, pointed out that the 18,000 pounds only covered four months and that the annual expend ture might be between 30,000 pounds and 40,000 pounds. ment, he said, was clearly to go as far as possible towards® setting up a viceregal court. President Cosgrave ridiculed the charge. The cntiré viceregal establish- ment now consists of three soldiers, and it was at his own request that Governor- General Healy had gone to the lodge, he said. Thcteen deputies voted ‘for. the reduction and thirty-three against. Deputics showed some sensitiveness us to whether the Free State was being given tho same treatment as the other dominions by the British government.- Mr. Johnson, referring to former Prime Minister Lloyd George's promise to_keep | the dominion reemiers-fully and confi- dentially informed of British foreign poli- cy, asked Wwhether Mr. Bonar Law. had communicated to the- Irish premler in- formation regarding the recent confer- ences on German. reparations, and the like. . Desmond Fitzgerald, minister of Toreign affairs, in replying. said the Irish cabinet hied-only been in office one week | and that for the present it was laboring “under a sacred egotsm.” Mr. Fitsgerald announced the sntention of the goyernmerit to appoint Irish diplo- matic Tepresentatives in Washington, London, and Paris.” In dealing with the Rriitsh’ government as the government of England , they - would - do_it. thtough the London representative, who would be ap- pointed ‘shortly. PARIS "SOON MAY HAVE ONE MAYOR INSTEAD OF 21 Paris, Dec. 13.—Paris, which has twenty mayors, each yuling a little po- litical ward, is likely to have one more but the twenty-first would be a real MeNamara brothers. Also he, ' chargel when that the McNamara brothers were Lrrested in Indianapolis Mr. Gompers promptly had jssued a statement de: lazing the arrests o he " “frame-uj MMr. Gompers, in reply, testified that tho' statement that he had sent an wrent to- Los Angeles, for the purpose stated by Mr. Hurns was “absolutely without . the slightest -foundation” He also sald Ne did mot think he had i sued_any statement to the ‘newspapers charging that the arrests of the McNa- murs brothers was a “frame-up. that it was untrug that he had “houmded” Mr. Burns, tife veteran lobor leader told the committee it had never oocurred to him “that this man- explosion Burns went over the speaking at luncheons and re- stated that he woul Gompers, the man higher up.’ _vAsked the specific question as the American Federsition ~ mayor - representing the entire’ city. . Loulg- Peuch, president of the Paris municipal council. told the congress cf mayore, in, gession here today, that he reretied- the capital was not represented in_the organization, but - that it was fairly ‘certain the epecial legislation un- der. which Paris is administered wonid 'soan bo changed. The -duties . of. Paris’ chief -executive are, now .shared by Prefect- Autrand. of the_department of the Seiné and Chief ot Police Naudin. APPOINTMENTS MADE BY GOVEENOR LAKE Hartford, Dec. 13.—Governor Everett J. Lake today appointed Herbert B, Seward, of New Haven, as a member of the state board of accountancy, for three years, commencing January 1, 1923. Mr. ard succeeds John Starkweather, of E. Kent Hubbard, of Middletown, was reappointed member of ‘the state beard of finance for & term of six years com- mencing on the first Monday in Jam- uary, 1922 B specifications—that | and the| The object of the govern- | Governor-General Healy in London. London, Dee. 13 (By the A. P.).—Tim- othy Healy, governor-general of the Irish Free State, arrived in London this even- ing for a consultation with the govern- ent. ’ e e China Gives Credit to U. S. Peking, Dec. 13.—(By The A. P.)— The Chinese newspapers editorially ex- press gratification over the restoration to China by the Japanese of Kiao-Chau, They attribute the return of the terri- tory to the influence of the United Staes and 20 o the decisions of the Wash- ington far east conferemce. SCENE IN COURT AT THE BRUNEN MURDER TRIAL Mount Holy. | the witness stand today for the prosecu- tion in the trial of Mrs. Doris Brunem and Harry C. Mohr, her brother, charged with the murder of “Honest” John T. Brunen, circus owner, Hazel Brunen, 18 year oid daughter of the slain showman, testified that Mrs. Brunen had cautioned her sister, Mattie Mahr, on the day of the murder not to be surprised if she re- ceived a telephoen message that “John Her testimony caused a stir in court Mrs. Bessie Mohr, wife of one of the de { fendants, aried out: “I'l smack you dead | for that” Mohr jumped to his feet, ad- vanced toward the witness and exclaimed “You lie!” He had to be pulled to his {seat. Monr's wife was ejected from the : Toom. ! Hazel Brunen followed on the stand Charles M. Powell confessed siayer of | shot at the instization of Mohr and Mrs. i Brunen. During his cross-examination lteduy Powell re-enacted for Jusice Ka- {tiseh ¢he details of the shooting | Hazel testified that the day before the funeeal of her father Mohr said to her “the guy that killed your father ought to get a gold médal.” She told of frequent quarrels between the showman and his wife. She said that Brungn. exchanged shots. | Broded was hit the stomach. pistol fluel, Hazel said. crew out quarrel over hier elopement and marriage with Will'lam Paekstrom, @ with the circus. Mrs. Brunen sided with her, the girl said, against her father. | who objected to the marriage. The mar- riage was later annulled. Hazel said her father once had a bitter quarrel with Mrs. Brunen over a man said her father suspicioned On_cross-cxamination by counsel for the defense, the witness said that she hag been. her stepmother's “comforter” and that there had been no cross words { botween thern. ~ Asked why she had turn- ed against Mrs. Brunen. she said “Becanse of the things I knew that™L nistol ! and the confession of that man théce who committed the murder.” Here she leaned forward in her seat und pointed her fin- ger at Powell | ASTRONOMERS HAVE BEE VIEWING THREE COMETS Decn 15.—(By the of three comets is affordegd in vear: Cambridge,, Mas A, P.)—The spectacle | swinging throngh the skies tastronomers for the first time To the two comets, jellerup's Bagde's, that have been under obsery; tion for week another was added today. !The tailed-star known as Perrine's mal |ing another visitation to our stellar | |tem after an absence of two generation |has been sighted again. = t_ Announcement of the re-di R rPerrine’s comet was made by the Har- | vard coilege ‘observatory. Nakamura, a {ted the wandered on Nov.ember 29 The position which is southeast of the’star Procyon, and about midway between constellations Monocheros ~and {"The comet-is comparatively fain, but the daily- motion was said to-be fairly fast. 11ts figiht is in a southeasterly direction. The Harvard observatory announced iso an observation from Professor A. O. Leuschned, director of the Students' ob- servatory, University of California, that may change the name\ of Skejellerup’s comet by identifying it as Brooks' comet. The latter, after a brief career in our skies in 1892, swept along out of sight. | INTERNATIONAL CANARY Chicago, Dec. 13 —Resuming quest for the songster with the ‘beautiful voice .in the work, the su- preme court of Canarydom, now in ses- sion at the International show will determine the best singer re- spectively of the United States, Canada, England and Germany tomorrow. i ‘The four birds chosen ‘will then warble for the three judges. “Deep notes being most pure and rare to an expert ear, the singer ' with . the lowest register and. the most contingous thelody : will be “declared the king song- ter of the world,” said ranking Judge P. Grenall of Manchester, England. A gold cup is the first prize and the winner. will ;sing a concert Friday even- ing for radio fans, their, GIRL WIDOW KIDNAPPED AT -HIGHLAND PARK;" New Brunswick, N. J., Dec.: 13, —Mrs. Gearglanna Mauro, 16 years old, wife of John Mauro, of Highland Park;. who was | slain last July, was kidnapped *from her home. here about 7 oclock tonight, short- Iy .after testifying as the state’s chief ‘Witness against George Girando, 30, who was sentenced to from five to ten-years in prison as her husband’s slayer. STATISTICS SHOW GREAT INCREASE IN BUILDING New York, Dec. 13.~Increased. build- ing through the country: during the fall was reported in statistics issued by Bradstreet’s today. In November, a short menth which incinded & holiday, a total of $205619,700 was put inte new buildings in 161 against 2 total of $208,253,990 . for October. Both the Teport stated, were ahead of July and August. i PRESIDENT OF URUGUAY ~ IN BLOODLESS DUEL e . Montevidso, Uruguay, Dec. 13 (By the A. P.)—Dr. Baltasar Brum. president of Drugusy, and Dr. Luis Alberto Herrera, former secrrary of the legation at Wash. ington. fomgut a duel with pistols late this afternoon, Each man fired two shots. Neither was hit. B 1 It 8 anmounced that i reconeiliation Dbetween-the men. N 7. Dec. 13—Taking) Brunen, who. said that he had fired the on Christmas day. 1891, Brunen and Mrs. | Mrs. | put together, the opinfon -of the public | 1150 honorary pail bearers are the names o Japanese scientist, reported having spot- | BIRD SHOW IN CHICAGO | most’ Canary _bird } Lafollete to Attack Shipping Bill Today R W ey Washington, Dec. 13.—The administra- tion shipping bill held up before the senato today as a measure “gor the ben- [efit of the American farmer, the Amer- ican business man and the American n_atinn" and on the other hand, “as a direct raid on the_treasury to pay some people to do what they oumght to do! ‘without payment.” The measure was praised by Senator Jones, of Washington, chairman of the |by Senator Fletcher, of Florida, ranking democratic member” of the same come mittee, Foes of the measure and advocates of Tural credits legislation further cement- d_their alliance designed to displace the [ShiD Bill in favor of the farm *acasure. Indications became increasingly r- {ent, however, that this move coul mot| be made in the near future, as no rural {credit bill possessing any considerable {degree of support appeared in sight in {the senate committee work rooms. { Senator Jones in conciuding hi {ment appealed for support of farmers ! and labor. He emphasized the national | defense possibilities of a merchant ma- |rine and declared the German merchant jmarine won the war for the allies. When senatores expressed surprise at the dec- {laration he. presented figures to show Ithat Geeman ships which were seized in {American ports carried 600,000 Ameri- can soldiers to France, whereas Amer- jican ships transported -only 248,000 {troops. i Semator Fletcher quoted Chairman {Lasker of the shipping board as having ;said that “it is pure bunk’ to charge | that the cost of operating American | increased materially by the seamen’s act. He asserted investigation had cqnvinced him {there was no practical difference in the {cost of operating vessels under the American flag as comparcd with thos under the foreign flags and insisted that {higher not be used as lan ar. for government aid for {americia gy The Florida senator declared the ship- ping_bird had conducted “obnoxiou: Ipropac § “a in behalf of the legislation. vl continue tomorrow, to be- fo {lowed Ly Semtor LaFollette. republican, { Wisconsin, who will inaugurate the on- {slaught of the new progressive bloc. sute- | | | {PHILADELPHIA TODAY HONORS6 | MEMORY OF JOHN WANAMAKER i 1 | the .memo Thiladelphia, Dec. 13-—In respect to ¢ of John Wanamaker, city councol will meet and adjourn it regular sssion tomorrow and the Philadelphia !stock exchange wili close its doors. The public schools of Philadelphia {will be closed for one session in memory {of the famous merchant who was long ; ¥ identified with the city’s educa- The leading competitors Wunamaker department store Wil ck c first five minutes of ti fufl< eral “Service which will - begin at two ‘clock in Bithany Presbyterian chur where Mr. Wanamaker was a long famil- ia] figure. i “The passing 1 of Philadelphia’s fore- {most citizen,” said Richard Wepelin, pres- j{ident of the city council, “should cause ; all ur people to pause and T deem it es- peciail fitting that council shoy {and immediately adjourn as a tribute to {his memory. ! Preparations have been made to_aliow {thousands of persons to view Mr. Wana- maker's body as it lies In state from ten noon tomorrow morning, in The funeral service and terment in the Wanamaker max-| soleum in the cemetery of St. James, | |the Tess, will be private. In the list of | of many distinguished persons in the na- | tion, state and cf CHINA’S ATTENTION CALLED 1 TO MUEDER OF AMERICANS Washington, Dec. 13.—Representations have been made to the Chinese govern- ment by Minister Schufman at Peking in connection with the serious shooting and wounding by Chinese soldieTs, of Charles Coltman, an American merchant, at Kal- gan, a town northwest of Peking just be- ¥ond the ‘Great Wall, while in an auto- mobile with Samuel Sokobin, the Amer- lican consul at Kalgan. The state de- artment was advised of the cast today Dby Minister Schurman. _ The foreign office at Peking, the de- partment said, had been informed by Min- ister Schurman that the - attack ~on the American consul was in violation of in- ternational law and an affront to the TUhited States government, and demand {was made, for the arrest and trial of hte offenders. ¥ Coltman, who is the son of a former missionary ‘and has speat most of *his life in China, was said to have a slight chance of surviving. His spinal cord was injured and, if he Nves, he will bs paralyzed. ' He is‘mow receiving medica! attention in Peking. 1 3 | FORMER NEW HAVEN BROKER H CHARGED WITH EMBEZZILEMENT' New Hayen, Dec. 13.—Join F. McCoy, | formerly. a broker here,-was Zrrested to- | day on a charge of embezzlement by de- teetives who pursued: by -automobile - & trolley ‘car in which he was_ riding\to | Bridgeport. McCoy, against ‘whom warrant was sworn out-October 19, was held in bond of $1,000. The charge. of ‘embezzlement {was pre- ferred by August. F.«Linahan, of this, i city, ‘who alleged that he gave 3lcCo¥ $3,500 in securities to invest for him. He |said that his money was never returned some years was a OBITUARY. Johm J. Fisher. Bridgeport, Dec. 13.—John J.'Fisher, former president of the Connecticut In- surance Underwriters, died /today follow- | ing apoplectic shock suffered last night. o was 56 vears old. He was a 32d de- | Bree Magon and a past commander of Hamilton Commabdery, Knights Tem- | plar. S . mlt: dared Clark . ' New Yok, ‘Dec. | 13.<~William Jared Clark, widely knoswn in the clectrical in- dustry, died at his-home here today. He | was born In July, 1854, in Derby, Conn. Herwas a pioneer in the commercial de- velopment of electric raliways, having Dbeen ‘instrumental in_ obtaining a ‘legisla- tive charter authorizing the first eléctric railway in'the world intended for frefght traffic. In 1888 he joined the Thomson- | Houston company .at Lynf, <Mass, and ! for thirty-five years was connected with ithe Gengraj - Eiectri¢ company. Active politically .from his youth, hs | was jélien a young man postmaster Derty, and fory officc inspector,” commerce committee, and was attacked | - land urge dh'm on humane grounds {Tne federated U. 3. Troops Net for Prohihition Warfare Secretary of War Weeks. So Informs Kentucky - Prohibi- tion Offocers. ‘Washington, Dec. 13.—Prohibition en- forcement officers who appealed _for United States troops to aid thein in the ‘warfare with moonshiners in the Ken- tucky mountains were said by Seeretary ‘Weéks today to have “misconstrued the purposes for which the army was cre- ated.” The war secretary added for the in- formation of the prohibition officers that the army was not authorized by law to nforce the prohibition act” and sug- gested that they might take their appeal for help to the United States marshal in Kentucky. o BILL TO PREVENT DOUBLE PENALTIES FOE ONE OFFENSE Washington, Dec. 13.—As_a Tesult of | teh supreme court ruling Monday that 2 man convicted in the state cpurts for vio- lztion of the prohibition act may b arrested and tried for the same offence in the fedral court, Represcnattive Lren- nin. republican, Michigan, introduccd i bill today providing that a liguor vie- lator may be prosccuted .in either the stats or federal court but mot in both. In a statement explaining his bill, Mr. Brennan said “one of the chief causes of the utter failure” of the Volstead act had boen the fremzisd axd ill-advised efforis of fanatics. \ “And now.” he added, “a weapon of fanaticism .is placed, in - their hands— double prosecution and double penalties for one offense.” ( AMBASSADOR CHILD TRIES PERSUASION ON ISMET PASH Lausanne, Dec. 13 (By the A I Ambassador Child had a long _confer- ence with Ismet Pasha this w®Thoon to make lFberal concessions for the pro- tection of the Armenians, Greeks anc other minorities remaining in Turkey. Mr. Child emphasized the good feel ing Turkey could inspre in the outside world by making amnle provision for the protection of foreigners 1 in Turkey, and explained to Ismet the zreat interest Amerieans of all classes have in seeing the dislodged populations properly cured for and in having guas antees set up that there shall be no farther dislodgments, He expressed American disapproval of the Turkish plans for the exchaA@® of populations in Turkey and Greee dnd explained to Ismet that the peopie of the United States were willing miserable victims of the war, but were anxious to know that their funds would be used to establish the unhappy refu- gees of the Near Fast In permanent homes, where they might settle and er joy permanent peace. At ten olock tomorrow morning Is- met Pasha will make a further state- ment regarding Tugkey’s counter propo- sals for protécting the minorities. At the afternoon session of the sub- commission devoted to the study of tho| exchange of populations the Turks fhaved & mpre conciifatory attitude, Turkey willing for the Gr&¥F ts stay in Constantinople but want definite conditions set up. The question of de- porting the Greek patriarch, who is the |supreme head of the Greek Orthodox church. was avoided today. This ix the most important condition of all, and be- l‘}wr trying to settle this delicate ques- ton the allies are striving tn come to an agreement Wt hthe ‘Turks on other points. The Turks originally insisted on send- ing away all the patriarchial institu- tions * from Constantinop’ but today they compromised on this point and agreed that all Greek churches and hospitals could remam. and also the Schools, ‘provided they did not adopt an anti-patriotic attitude towards Turkey. The Turks aiso agreed that Greek po- litical associations, be dishanded, but the members not be cxpelled. It was decided to expel only those Greek immigrants who had settled in Constantinople since. October 30, 1918, Furthermore, an accord in principle was reached that individuals would he in- demnified. for losses suffered by ChaniEs of residence, whether they were Greeks or Turks. The conclusion drawn from the meet- ing was that the Greeks actually forced to leave Constantinople will be few in number. PREPAREDNESS DISCUSSED AT DINNER GIVEN BY TILSON - (Special to The Bulletin; s Washington, - D C; 1:.-6-&2.mr1 of | War Weeks and Senator Wadsworth of the military affairs committee of the sen- ate were honor guests at a dinner given tonight by Congressman John' Q. Tilson of Connecticut at which the other guésts Were men representing -the - four largest tool and ‘ gauge - manufacturers - in the country. Aftér ~dinnér - the- question - of adequate preparedness “ by ' munitions works, manufacturers'of jigs, dies, guag- s and -other" méchanical néces- sary for ‘quick: production’ wis All agreed that diring ‘pedes-is the time to frame a program’ of preparedness’ and the THson ‘dinrer is- likely: to- result in ot .only ‘a better-understanding - between of ‘quiek prodgetion of ‘arms m case -of an - emergency- call.~y 4 TO COMBAT THEATEE TICKET "!::-"ant. Det. (13 —The s fon - today: resolution’ at’ the elimination ticket speculators ‘ffom New, eity, and the establishment of a lidated offie, with branches ‘in all-. suburbs, Where tickets for all houses might be,ob- tained at an advance of only over box office prices. Premiums ranging from 50 cents to $2.00, per ticket are charged by private agencies now operatig on Broadway. The plan ajso_provided that, -for. the payment of only $1 a season, patrons the consoldated office or its would be entitled to purchase at flat box-office rates. The managers announced they would thia sezson, and possibly sabped a of theatre Lausanne, Dec. 13.—(By" the - committee, claim to volce the of the Al- to| -W4 RICE TWO CENTS BRIEF. TELEGRAMS President Harding has signed the bill authorizing the retirement of Associate Justice Pitney of the supreme court. Albert Downing, a carpenter, toek his life dy turning om the gas, in his room at 50 Clinton avenue, Stamford. Ora Carew, film actress sad John C. Howard, son of & wealthy Massachusetts manufscturer, were married in Los As- geles. Bosten 1s flooded with grain for ship- ment overseas. Two million bushels of the commodity are available for trans- port. | The expemse to Suffolk ceanty, Mass. of the recent trial for larceny of Charies Ponzi, the quick rich promoter was $4,” 189, The crew of the Britivh steamer Orterie which is on the rocks at Fish Rock oft the Callfornia coast was being transter- red to the steamer Cotton Plant. Other Powers. Washington, Dee. 15.—(Dy the A. P.) —Bluat notice that the United States annot avoid a new maval prog swift ccuisers and fieet sabm less treaty limdlatfone are such craft, was served Ly propriations committce todav Lack of fuel has clased five schovls in Reading, Pa., one of the gatewars to the !anthracite coal fields, tnrough which miliions of tons of coal pass evers vear. t Fourveen Europeans, 10 men und four women, were sent f:om Hoston to Provi- | dence for deportation o mehip Joma, bound for Marseliles — the $233,306.538 naval ap | Josiah Grossmau, 17, builder of bust- inces blocks and apartme [Lyun, Mass. to the veiue of 52 died in Malden w ne provision placed ir requested te witn G & Japan and i The St. Louis-San Fianci of the trea jcompany has purchased Tecently reorgaszed Great Not jroad which joins its lme in | Texas. | i repar rrozta “In other Joseph Feres, one of iwo micns burmed | 3E2In in th st at’ the American Tube and Stamping | Unratificd Company fire i Bridgeport, died at St | Vincent's hospital competition is on irection to whica the ent (the xtend, and i bé aliowed 1o 50 on unchecked, the purse r against must be relaxed and this John P. Hays, a rancher near Havre,}SOVernment, Jike all otiers Mont, killed his wife and himsel neh 3 new pr ording Lo a story told oilicers by his 15 eccssary to kcep us at {vears old son. The deatns left six chii- + abreast of any of the other powers.” dren orphans | will be con- st e by committce with relation to its The engagement of Prez, Liihu Thom- confercnce reques.. The pro- son of Swampscott, scientisi and acting T negotiations apparently came as |head of Massacnuseits Institut: of Tech- {a surprise even to naval officials. It inology for the past three vears, to MisS {was originated by Chairman Kelley of : Clarissa Hovey of Boston was announced. ! the naval appropriations sub-committe = The chief reason prompting Mr. Keliey J. A. Robb, Canadian minister of {10 propose a new naval conference was itrade and commcree, nas compicied pre- |understood to have been the light cruis- {liminary negotiations with tn: Austral- |er program recommended by the navy jlan commonwealth tariff board for a|general board. T No mention of this is in- reciprocal customs between Canada and |cluded in the published copics of com- jAustralia. ! mittee | hearings on the bill. The program | urged, however, as necessary to keep t Ject The apartment of Mr. and Mr: rice J. Dietch, on Beacon street in t0€ ier navies in cruisers included sixteen new iBack Bay district, Boston, was entered |light cruisers, witht by burgiars and $1,000 in casi and $5,990 | jimitation of the W n jewelry takes |to cost $168,000,000. The committee also eliminated from its ublished hearings testimony of naval in- telligence officers on the program of ] construction abroad. Presumably it was war debt or American participation with lthis information and the recommendation ashington treaty and The United States has not been #p- |y i proached, directly or indirectly, in re-| | gard either to cancellation of the Frenci allied ‘premiers in the discussion of Ger- fas to new construction made by the gen- | man reparations. eral board which prompted tie {check post-treaty competitive Wage boards at the various navy yards | through diplomatic negotintions. and stations throughout the country were | = L7 PR FogoE : [ instructed vy the navs department to ve- | Administration off LN, I consider their recommeridations made re- | <088 de“m"'w.'e“m P cagnil |°¢flfll; of wage scales for emploves dUF~ir ye that there appeared lttls likelihood ing the coming year. |of success for new negottations to lin in accordanee with the 5-5-3 or some oo ¢r ratio the sise of crulser and subma- ttempt to Lutlding | Articles of incorporation are ready be filed in Sacramento, for the mot ship service corporation, capltalized for |Fin¢ et . iy 3 310,000,000, and proposing cstablishment | The conference, it was pointed out, lof a retrigerator service through the: " Prolonged discussions had found i Panama Canal. possible ibasis of agreement on these | points or as to figuring aircraft. The 0 { French position at the conference fn op- Keefe's hotel, in the South End, Bos- S *tom, and elght ‘other parcels of property | Position to limiting submarine fleets, it {was_ added, brought a.specific reserva- jwere. sold at auction to meet the claims | /4% added. hrous . of e T} Cornalaw A DAL | Tl et imicrait ezt o ks {Keefe. The sale brought $212,215. ot g ol maximum size of iiste, tion save as to the It Loti stk ;:,';",,:n'fi’,n", cruisers, 10,000 tons, and limitation of {mediately after the first of the year to|the maximum size of mans they couid |determine finally the trolley fare rato|Carry to eight inch jyeapons. {for that city. In addition to the mew cruiser pro- gram, the committee is known to have Federal Judge Merten ' appelnted |been informed of the general Loard's re- Frank L. Sweetser, of Brookline, receiv- Washisglon | President Hardiing was not consulted ; | United States navy on a parity with oth. | the 10,000 ton ‘size | no! CIRCUMIVENTING THE NAVAL 5.5-3 LIMITATION PROGRAM Restricted in Construction of Capital Ships, the Nations Now Are Striving for Supremacy by the Construction of Swift Cruisers and Fleet Submarines—Fact Disclosed by the House Appropriations Committee in Reporting $293,- 806,538 Naval Appropriation Bill—New Program is Urged to Keep the United States Abreast of Any of the commendation { moderni pr i such o 2 way to aveld =ident was plac- very end of the fifty-five page It reacs 5 requested o enter fn- the povernments-of IE i aval b ing or agreement relative to limiting the constry sizes of sub-surface. and surface craft of 10,000 itons indard displacement or Jess, and of faircrat | The suggestion was made by momg members of the house that the paragraph might be subject to a puint of order, and hence g0 out in the house. It was indi- cated, however, that th Was every {reason to believe the senate would put i | back into the bill, which in the shaps of |a conference report would bring it befor the house to be voted up or down. It was claimed by mmittee friends of the Kelley proposal that the saving I8 lcapital ship expenditures under arms treaty would be more than offset in the bullding of lighter vessel: a siz per {mitted by the treaty, and his sit- uation possibly prevailed as 10 other par- ticipating nations The bill wi disarmament conf. pected to be reached Frid est. | Approving tie committes action, Rep- iregentative Byrnes, South Carolina, rank. {ing democrat of the sub-committes, maid today that while the actualn val cos! Inext year would reach $3: 00,000, the {budge tof the British navy this year, in- {cluding the colonles, was $535.000,00¢ “Thess figures show the necessity, =aild r. Byrnes, “for the provision re- Questing the president to call anmother conference for the limitati of na armament not included in regen conference. That conferemes has simply changed the character of the naval com- petition, without reducing to any appre- |clable extent the cost. Unless there is {an agreement covering all fighting ships, the Cnited States should immedi- {ately begin the construs n o certain |naval units permitted by the treaty, and specially of light crulsers in order te maintain tie reiative fighting efficiency of our fleet. When the naval bfll, with its disarma- {ment provision as prepared by Mr. Keh |lex’s sub-committec, was presented to the fuil appropriations committee of 35 mem- bers it was approved without & ward o discussion on that pott. smorrow and tem is is ex- eanil it er of the Inter-City Trust, of Boston, an- nouncing that a second receiver would | CHARGES HOLDING UP OF be named later. Vimeent Toretto, 12-year old school boy broke through thin ice on the Rip- powan river in Stamford and before he was safe two men had narrowly escaped drowning in the rescue. Boston, Dec. 13.—James J. alleged actions of the Reading railway Three theusand betties of whiskey and | shpments of coal four cases of French cognacs and other liquors, said to be of a total value of $25,000, were destroyed in Bridgeport by order of the court. commerce - commission. and { to ailow its ears to be used to mov. | * Despits the negative sutesme of the al- led = premiers’ conference at London {neither ‘Chanecellor Cuno of Germany nor the members of his cabinet are pesximis- tic over the outlook of the reparations ' negotiations. The main line of the Missouri-Kansas and Texas railroad and branch Jines in Texas were bought in by the firm of Randolph' and - Blumenthal of New York for. $28,000,700 at an auction sale - at Colbert, Okla. - Qounty Judge ' Bleakley ~at = White Plains, N. Y., imposed fines aggregating $2,100 on six seamen of the yacht Bak which: was seized recently at New Ro- tchelle with a cargo of $50,000° worth of | liquor. the New Englend roads did not return the cars or. send their own cars j for this section. The Massacausetts official sn’ investigation' had convitced them that this atfitude had no foundat tact. CHANGES PROPOSED IN MEGULATION OF MILE badteriologists {who take the posed milk Tegulation changes at the eapitol ‘this afternoon by H. C. Fisher, professor of ‘dakying ‘at the Cofnecticut Agricultural college. The suggestion met with favor. and a bill embodying the ides may be imtrodoced at the toming session of the legislatur: The hearing-‘was beld {to cnable fhe Conniecticut milk’ “régulation + boad to soutd the sentiment of tife heaith ‘officers and milk dealers with regard Lo proposed regulation ~changes and umendments. Aboat 100 health officers and milk dealers sttended. The desired effect of {he pro- posed clhianges is to make the regulations ! more stringent. e , 35 years old, » farmer, | and--his-wife were-found murdered -in Middletown, Ind. Mrs. Sheffer’s bead had been cut off by a sharp instrument, presumably an axXe, and ~ Sheftey's” head i was split wide open. P z ¥ Madame Johanna Gadski; prima deans, | prepared to ke€p other engagement aft- er having cancelled hér engagement in Los Angeles s a resuit of continued protests by the American Legion and Qllhr "alflmk: organizations. ! STRIKE AVERTED IX THE WS 40" Visittas” D St the INDIANA COAL ¥IELD way from Los Angeles to the navy yard o on merton, Wash, 0 be recommis| Terre flaute. Ind., Dec. 13.—The threat- i ened coal strike in the Indiana field was averted tonight when members of -the Indiaffa Bituminous Coal Operators’ aseo- clation at a meeting here Yoted tq rescind om of last week, when théy voted o ciieck off a special asmess- ment feom the miners' wages. Following toulght's mecting, it was acnounced the Belviders | SPecial assssment will be checked off the same 2% reguiar Gues. - his fast on s grain of mor the Terrible” Monday night LARGE SHIPMENTS OF COAL Phelan, Massachusetts emergency fuel adminis- trator, In a letter today to Semators Lodge and Walsh requested that the Philadeiphts and in holding up large to . New England should be brought before the Interstate Phelan charged that the. Philadelphia Reading has persisted in refusing coal into New England on the plea that into Pennsylvania to take shipments of coal said Vaal Hartford, Dec. 15—A euggestion that bacteris counts.in., milk be licensed Ly. the state was made at a hearing relative to pro- HEARINGS ON NOMINATION OF PIERCE BUTLER CONCLUDED Washington, Dec. 13.—Hearings om the nomimation of Pierce Butler, 8t Paul attorney, to be an associate justios of the supreme court were concluded Iate today by a senate judiclary sub-com- mittee which then voled unanimously to tecommend Mr. Butler's cinfifirmation. ‘The final session of the hearings was brief and the sub-committee, which in~ cluded Chafrman Neison and Semators Cummins, republican, Jows. snd Walsh, demoerat, Montans. did not enter upon detailed inquiry into the charges made agninst Mr. Butier by Semator-slect- Shipstead. Mirnesots. farmer-iaborite. Nearly all of the witnesses mnndl'wx Mr. Shipstead and aiso seme to testify in belfalf of Mr Butler falled to put in an appearance. In the absence of witnesses, the wsub-committee closed the hearings and acted on the nomina- tion The sub-committee did not g0 into the icharges of Mr. Shipstead regarding Mr, Butler's connection with the Twin Oty traction fight, Lmt it was waid that suf- ficient Information wpon all Mr. Ship- siead's charges had been received to ene able committee members to form &m opinion. - The sub-commitiee’s recommendation. confirmation probably will be considersd by the entire committer later this wesk or on Monday. The committe during the recent special session voted umavimously. to confirm Mr. Butler's nomination. As- tion by the senate on the nominstion was blocked by Senators laFolieite, republi- can, and_Norris, republican, Nebrasks. AMERICAN JEWN IN PALESTINE o LOYAL TO UNITED STAYES Jerusalem, Dec. 13 —Few Britsh asd American Jews have renounced thetr citie ralization in Pak causing unfaver- the Palestinias i Lers of other nationalitics have mem- rpfied for naturalizatioh. 7 DISCOVERS ME MAD BEEN A A CITIZEN YOR 16 YRARS Mariden, Coms. Deo. 13.-~Dise