Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 15, 1922, Page 1

—_—— VOL. LXIV—No. 304 Normich . UPULATION 29,685 - for - Balletin £ NORY £, CONN., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1922 Es 16 PAGES---120 COLS. . AICE TWO CENTS PREMIER BONARLAW FAVORS CANCELLATION OF DEBTS In the House of Commons the British Premier Declares land Stands Ready to Surrender Her Share of Repara- tions to be Paid by Germany—Would Have France Mod- erate Its Attitude Toward Germany—Believes America Should Cooperate in Settling the Problems of Repara- tions and Inter-Allied Debts—Anxious That Their Should be No Misunderstanding of British Feelings | Toward France and the United States. tondon, Dee. 14—(By the A. P)— Premier Bonar Law, in thé house - of commons today declared trankly tor tns policy of the Dalfour note,” which ad- vocated adjustment of inter-allied debts by an all-round cancellation, England on her part surrendering her share of repa- rations to be paid by Germany, Thus the prime ministef indicated that the new government, despie its first dec- laration that the Balfour note no longer existed wo far as the present British gov- ernment was concerned and that it would net consider itself bound by it, feels im= pelled to the new policy as the previous Bonar's _Law’'s spoech was clearly addressed tq both France and the United States—to France, a plea for moderation In dealing with Germany, on the ground that that coun- try'is already on tho verge of collapse to America a call for help.and .co-opera- tion in settling the difticult problems of reparations and inter-allled debts. Another important phase of Mis speech was the dark picture drawn of England' sconomic and industrial future, should the | uch hoped for improvement in trade not materlalize. The prime minister showed the utmeds wnxiety that thero shéuld be no misun- derstanding British feelings towards both brance and the United Statées amd sald that it was oniy England’s diffieuit, po- sitlon he was making clear. England was burdened with very heavy taxation whieh was a clog on _Industrizl enter- prise, resuiting in terribls unemployment —a problem that made it necessary first chat there showld be no milltary occupa- tion of German territory, which would still futther handicap European ' trade without producing results in cash, and, segond compelled him frankly to face the fact that England was unable to pay tne American ‘debt if sho received nothing trom Burope, he sald. Strong points In the speech were the anfairness of the view that because Eng- iand had made sacrifices to pay her way she should Be expected to pay her debts, while athe -‘.&. 3’ d, and the warning that too sudden jon in’ Germany . might ‘pro- dube there all the evils of unemployment trom which other countries arc aiready In the Subsequent debato thid most noteworthy contribution was by James Ramsay. MacDonald, the labor leader. Mr. Lioyd Gebrge also spoke, himselt to & brief expression of completo pproval of Mr. Bonar Law's speech. My, ‘MacDonald, gave a corfplete eluc- tdation of the policy cf the labor party. He maintained that the United States 1d ithe 'key and was the only| country hioi to give:Great :Britain any |help, Declaring that reparations were a curse both those who pald and those fwho re- fyed, ‘the labor leader sald the - real guestion was. rioti what Germany was Able to pay, but what the alltes’ cculd a rd to recelve, and - even 'If-Gérmany togid pay the full amoimt demaaded, it wauld Tiot be to the advantage of! the al- Ujes to receive’ It Fratice' must remember that England had her owa trade tocon- sider, .and while threats of military pen- C pesoe would be impossible, he added. D. Morel, a noted paciist, main- talned that it would be ridiculous to say ‘hgt Germany had>paid nothing,.and: de clared that, including the cost of armies of occupation, her actual fi% payments, coal dellveries, ~surrendere: mercantile marine and other. ways Qer- many had already paid the equivalant of 00,000,000 pounds or quadruple the in- ity France in 1870, Great unanimity was displayed in sup- vort of the government_. throughout. /the whole debate. ~The submission of ques- tions ‘drafted by agreement between Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Asquith and M, Lioy George, was a complete novelty in' pariia- mentary procedure, cspeclally 'as ithe questions had ‘been shown to tho' prime minister. in advance. . Similarly, after Mr. Bowar Law's speech, (Mr. Asquith ond Mr. Lioyd Georgo had a consultation, and agreed that there was no Lt for them to speak us they wers I-acbord with the prime minister's pronouncement. Lilayd George, in fagt, jtore up his, niotes and only Lool part in the debate-t reply to Mr. Morel's criticsms, Mr.. Bonar Law, as usual, spoke with- wut any notes or dny prepared documents. The opinfon In the labbies was that this ufiysual unanimity would “be- without in- fluenice on tho adjourned’ conferenco to be held' in’ Parle, Jamvary 2,"" In outjining the British policy toward Germany, Mr. Bonar Law said that, the government wag not thinking of past mistakes or of enmity, but only desired 1o find the best method of ascertalning the amount Germany could pay. > . added, “she will be'in' & €ar ‘better posi- tion to pay these indemnities than we Pointing out that the -result_ of ‘the most terrible misfortune for Germany, mambely, the destruction of her middle classes, has been that’Germany's intern- al debt was wiped out, the premier said: “If"the Germans ever do recover they will b efres from that terrible burden of who had made no such sac- | but' confineds; CABLED PARAGRAPHS Change of Japancse Ambassaders. Tokio, Dec. 14 (By the A. P.).—The appointment of Foreign Minister Hani- hara as ambassador to Washington to succeed Ambassador Shidehara will be gazetted Saturday, it was announced to- day. He expeots to leave for the United States the latter part of January, ai- though the debates In the diet relating to foreign affairs may delay his departure. ‘Was Not a Communist Leader. Rome, Dec. 14—(By The A. P.)—A Russian named Zinovieff, who was thought by the police to be G. S. Zino- vieff, governor of Petrograd before the war and now chairman of the executive committee of the third internationale, was taken into custody today on g train bound from Triest to Rome. The police afterwards ascertained that the man was the communist leader, but a Rus- sian with anti-bolshevi - tendencies, They therefore set him free. ‘5“.' TURKS ADAMANT AGAINST GREEK OETHODOX CHURCH Lausanne, Dec. 14 (By the A, P)— Although . Turkey. was conciliatory to- day on the great question of accepting some form of supervision from without ments would utilize to the utmost the.in- terval remaining before the re-assembl- ing of the premiers in Paris so as to ad- tian populatiohs inhabiting Turkey, sne just their differences. proved . adamant in insisting upon the Qeportation -from Constantinople of tho supreme patriarch of the Greek Ortho- dox church. This is one of the mest important is- sues of the Lausanne _conference. Around it surge all the MMtor™=® and religious differences between Christian- ity and Mohammedanism. As the Turks cons'der Constantinople their sacred lcity they resent that its soil should serve as the permanent. seat of -the DontiT of the Greek Christian church; they maintain that Athens or Rome, or some other avowedly Christian center, hould be chosen as his place of r dence. At the meeting of the sub-commission én_ the exchange of populations this af- ternoon the allied ~delegates diffidently brotwst up the question of the Greek patriarch, knowing full well ihe dangers surrounding any discussion of this delicate religious problem. Im- mediately the Ottoman representative arose and insisted that the patriarch must go, because he had been mixing in politics, to the detriment of the' Otto- man ‘state. A debate of considerable asperity en- sued. The Greek delegate warned the subcommission -~ that Greece would probably refuse to, sign any treaty which authorized such a step. AMBASSADOE HARVEY IS RETUBNING TO UNITED STATES - London, Dec: 14.—(By the A. P.)—The American ambassador, - Cojonel _George Harvey, is returning to the United States almost- Immedlately for a short visit.-The reason ascribed for his visit is his anxi- ety about his wWife's health, which has been upnsatistactory of late, and the am- | bassador desires to give ber a much necd- ed rest. As the ambassador's visit will coincide with the presence..in ~Ametlca. ot.the British mission headed by “the chancel- lor of the flexchequer, Stanley Bl-\\‘lflinvl it is assumed that Harvey will take the opportunity to confer with his ~gavern- ment on the European situation generally. 1 — RETURN OF HARVEY COMES AS SURPRISE IN WASHINGTON i Washington, Dec. 14.—(By the A. P.) | _Word of the return of Ambassador {Harvey to this covatry for a_short visit iwas received unexjectedly in Washing- ton and officials would not comment up- ton it in the light of any bearing it might have upon forelgn questions. Although apparently the visit is to be made because of Mrs. Harvey's Health, it {1s belleved that the &mbassador will un- | doudtedly confer. with President. Harc: ing, Secretary Hughes and other officiala. ! The Washingtoh- government has made | ino secret of its interest in Buropeanl prus- |iems and ts ccvcecn ‘at breach among the allies due to thelr in- ' Ath Bania of action With, Fegaci o German |ETestest excliement Sross among. the reparations. It his been siated on White | Athenlans, who foresaw. the possibility iHouse authority tHat the Washington {Of the deportation of the patriarch, administration has not been Inactlye with | Former Premier Venizelos has received respect to such prablems mor licked in- ; COUntless messages from devout Greeks timate pictures of what was transpiring | oPloring him to make no surrender cn abroal. jthe issue of ‘the patriarch. { It has alfe beén sald . jNezyv. Ameriean ‘ehurchmen - have { atsiei ishown great interest in the Greek Or- Bates. ?":n;‘;o’:- wf'n:x'p‘ th‘i::‘um;“wu church, especially. members .of of Kurope's vexing questions’of any way. & Episcopal chureh. In §820 Bishop ican be found to do so without entang- | Davlington, of arrisburg, Pa.. visited iling this country, pofitically with. a not_its own. o A St of a close u e pen “hnn“ ‘flwflflfl '“th:{: ret{ > By announcing today her inmtentiom ot erence to the repagations tangle, cannoti Joining the league of nations' as_sbon as be said definitely Jacking any authoriged vPeace is signed . at Lausanne, Turksy explanation of the forthcoming visit of ; Virtually admitted that she would we- Ambassador Harvey. It -cannot ' be |¢ePt the league of nations' supervision oudted however, that the opportinity Over the Christian populations in Tur- will be taken by President Harding, ‘Sec- | key. retary Hughes and ofher administration | The sub-commission for the study of Ileaders to obtaim from him 1, closer | tNe future administration of the, straits | view of the incidents and back-ground of | Of .the Dardanelles and the Bospharus ithe London meeting of the council, of 415 steadily | premdlers which. s0 nearly split definitely on_the rock of German reparations. ed, but another attempt to reach an agreement will be made in a day or two. ‘When the probable return- of Constan- the ‘wdenug | tinople to the Turks was sullutces .25 Athens as the inevitable Greek defeat in: Asia-M'nor;”" the 1 i T’o(dzy'x developments, despite ‘tae mably the ambassador - wue . | Turks" implacability on the question of ;mfl":t i Lotdon post. betore . the the patrlarch and the exchange of pos- premiers resume *helr discusaion atter the . Ulations has -created the impression that year end.- If so hs will without question Reace Will really be signed at Lausanna. ‘be able to communicate in such fashion ; Lord Curzon, said he expected Turkey 3% seemd best @t the time the views of /Would Jjoin the league of nations in a the American government — on all. the ew weeks, which means that the Lau- on, the general treatment of the Chris- | somewhat ! Tha | ‘meeting was somewhat hastily ndjournAihad to do with the “conduct | this hearing, making progress, waougn!With you everal ponts still remain unadjusted.|statemen tters with which the premiers must |3anne document, barring the unexpect-! ulties were mixed up with echnomic aims | geal.| Shold It prove that the Washing- | ¢d, . should be. drafted and disposed of {ton government has seen.what it hopes ! might afford a way out of the repara- | | tions ifficulty, the ambassador would in | il probebility be directed to sound out European fecing in advance 'of any formal suggestion. i HORRORS OF HERRIN MASSACRE DESCRIBED BY WITNESSES Marion, Ills,, sDec. 14—(By the A. P.) —The march of several hundred armed men “driving beforé theém through. the streets” of Herrin, Six blood “stained prisoners and .the finding, later -of twenty bodies was described to the Jury by several witnesses today at the trial of five men held in comnectio: with the riot of last June.. Before a_tense audience who pack- |/ ed the sombre court room to the doors and “overflowed into _ the stairway leading to it and. the corriders below, witnesses for the state ' pointed out three of the ‘defendants as:men. they had seen with weapons.in their hands | the morning of the tragedy. G, Six of the bodies, according to’ the testimony of J. Marshall Lents, a Her- rin, real éstate dealer, and.L.N.. his brother, who s a_ blacksmith and a member of the Uniled Mine . Work- ers of- America, were bovnd: together with a single rope about tieir necks. Fourteen other. dead or injured. yie- tims were found just outside the Her; rin city cemetery on the. outskirts of the town, thoy testified. APPOINTMENTS MADE BY. " | * SEC'Y OF STATE- PALLOTTI Hartford, Dec. 14—Emer H. Loun bury, of this city, republican -chief clerk in the - office of: the secretary's oftice forty ‘Mz. Dwyer is 72 years old. To fill the vacancy crested by Mr. before the mrddle of January. MYSTERIOUS WOMAN NOW FIGURES IN BRUEN MURDEE —— Mount . Holly, N. J., Dec. 14—A new troduced today in the trial of Mrs. Doris Bruen and her brother, ing of “Honest” John T. Brien, circus | owner, in the form of a mysterious un- identified woman: _Mrs. Anna Baur, one of the three prin- cipal witnesses today, said ‘she saw. two women at the. Bruen home soon after he, was shot. One of them was Mrs. Bruen. She did not mame the second Woman ‘and ‘gave but a meagre descrip- tion o' her. 3 Since the beginning of the trial Mon- @ay there had been reports that a fourth Pperson, -probably - a -woman, - would - be arrested as conspirator in the alleged plot out of which it is charged, the slay- ing of the showman by Charles M. Pow- ell. . Powell said he shot Bruen at the instigation ‘of Mrs. Bruen and' Mohr. Afrs. Baur's testimany was the first men- [tion i’ court of a fourth person. :“I 83w two ‘women -on-the porch,” she said. ‘It was about 7.30 or a little Jater. - One had ‘on a houge ‘dress and the ‘Gther a f@r piece. The church bells were ringing and it was_ raming.” Hazel ‘Bruen, 16 year old" daughter of the. circus owner, and Mrs. Pow- ell, wife' of “the confessed slayer, were the wther principal Witnesses,- Hazel resumed her testimany on cross- éxamination and was questioned chiefly a5 1o her reasons for taking the stapd against her step-mother who ‘she said liad_Jeen her confident. The girl denied she had any mercenary motive when asked . by - Walter Keonw, ‘counsel -for the defense, if, she would Have testified against Mrs. Bruen if her allowance had {ana IKell- “ncensed at Daugherty Hearing Characterizes the Proceedings as a “Comic Opera Per- formance”—Has Tilt With Volstead. Washington, Dec. 14—Representative Keller, of Minnesota, refused late today to_participate further in the hearings before the house judiciary committee on the impeachment “charges brought Dby him against Attorney General Daugh- erty. Characterizing the hearingg, as a “comic opera’ performance,” he ®ielared he would be untrue to his resppnSibility as’ a member of the house if h® assist- ed further in “a bare-faced al to whiterash Harry M. Daughery. Immediately after he annoumced h: withdrawal, the committee vithout leaving its place voted to go om ‘with the hearings; to- subpoena Mr. Keller, put him under oath and question him as to_the basis for his charges of high crimes and misdemeanors against the attorney general. Later he was sum- moned formally by the house sergean at-arms to appear before the committes at 10.30 a. m., tomorrow. This turn came with dramatic sud- denness and was attended by & tumult and uproar seldom witnessed n a gon- gressional committee room. After ab- senting himself, much of the day Mr. Keller appeared with a typewritten statement and announced that he de: sired to read it. He was refused, but later made public the statement, whica, dealt in detail with his reasons for re- fusing to go on and embodied a demand that the committee favorably report his Tesolutign to the house so that he might present’ his evidence “to”an unbiased . committee in the proper Way.” reiterate noy the statement said, “that I am in possession of evi- dence ample to prove Marry M. Daugh- erty guilty of all of the high crimes misdemeanors with which I have charged him.” When Mr. Keller asked to be heard. Paul Howland, counsel for Mr. Daugh- erty, demanded that the committee proceed in the regular order unless Mr. Keller desired to give testimony. Announcing that he did not have to be sworn, Mr. Keiler sald his statement of this hearing” and he demanded the right to read i “Is it your object to lecture the com- mittee?” inquired Representative Goody- koontz, of West Virginia. “I may,” was the response. There followed a general hubbub into which Chairman Volstead broke with & direction to Mr. Keller.to “sit down." “I refuse to sit down,” shouted the Minnesota member. “T want to read this. letter and I suk- mit-it to you now,” be went.on as he strode rapidly. to Mr. Volstedd's desk upon which hé laid the letter. “Look here,” shouted the chairman, “you haven't any right to control tals | proceeding ; the ‘committee ‘controls it. “As_ Mr. Keller insisted wgon _being hegfd ha agaAin.was,ordered by Mr.. Vol stead to take his seat. 4 “Do - you ‘refuse to hear me? shouted Mr. Kelier.” “Well, we ‘will have you sworn—vew can't bully rag this committes” the chairman returned. It is improper for you to say that,’ rejoined Keller. .- “T will-say to U now that if I cannot be heard on this state- | ment I “refuse to proceed any more in Nor do T expect to- pre- sent any more evidence. I am throush mléss T can present thts “That is just exactly what we expect- ed from you from fhe start” declared Volstead. ~ “Mr. Clerk, give us a sub- poena for Mr. Keller and let the ser- geant-at-arms serve it on_him. He s insulting this commiftee #nd trying to run it to suit himself.” [Attorney =~ Ralston _then announced that in view of the contents of the let- ter_submitted by.Mr. Keller, “there is nothing for me to do but withdraw my appearance from the committee” Representative: Yates, repudlican, 1l- linois, declared that Keller's course was “a grandstand play, 50 staged and .- tended. Mr. Howland also urged that the proceedings go - forward, declaring the attorney general bad a right to demand it Finally the matter was put to a vote and the motion to ° continue carried Chairman_ Voistead - remarking that it Mr. Keller “can’t produce evidence we will- go-on .as best we can’ In his statement, Mr. Keller said his ‘decision followed consuMation with -his advisers, among them Samuel = Unter- myer, of New York. He made public a letter- from Mr. Untermyer, who writing under date of yesterday, sald he “must refuse absolutely to have any comnec- tion with this manifestly ‘biased, pre- Judged “white-washing ‘performance.’ Renewing in his letter to the commit- tee his complaint' about the postpone- ment of the hearings from last Septem- ber..18, - to December, ‘4, -Mr. Kell charged that ‘the ‘postponement had been taken to such a t'me “as the committes knew in advance that my chief adviser, Mr. Samuel Untermyer, would not be able to be in attendamce” * Ar. Kaller then set-forth ten specific complaints against committee action. These included; That every Important decision of the committee as to. procedure had been made. in secret and without opportunity for, himself or: his counsel to be heard in ‘advance, o That these ‘secret decisions had “oper- ated to restrict him in presenting his evidence in the order in hich it could be most “expediously and effectively™ presented and’ that also they had taked from him the right to call his witnesses been continued. The allowance came ! Without first notifying the committes 28 from Keown and was cut off two months A2 Mrs. Powell testified chiefly as to the amount of money she and her husband recelved from Mohr. Powell sald he had been’ promised $1,000° by Mohr for | obtain from them in advan to what they would rtestify. That the. committe had failed to com- ply with his requelt for the production of documents frem. the justice and oth- er federal departments so he might . important killing Bruen, hut had received only a|evidence In.support of Mis charges. emall part of it rious -sums ‘fecei: weeka. After fhe Killing sh zaid, Moh: Tave her & total of'$90 e 4 Mrs. Powell told of va- That the committe had “arrogated,” ived over a period of | to itself the right to determine documents should or should not be ad- ‘mitted into evidence by a. “secret exam . Most of the day was.taken up with | ination” of such documents. number of witnesses, whose testimony was offered as corroborative of that of HBEARING TODAY ON MOESE HABEAS COBPUS ACTIO! Hartford, Dec. 14.—U. 8. Judge Edwin S. Thomas, will hear ‘That the committee had announced BRIEF TELEGRAMS Recelpts of Massachusetts stato taxes for the year ending November 30 to- taled $40,558,069. Storm Finds Fuel Famine in New York Police Are Guarding Lumber _ Yards and New Buildings to Keep Off Would-Be Raid- ers. New York, Dec. 14—With the of the first real snow in New York a storm’ which caused a dozen injuri to people in the streets, a crash of si in the h severs or ti RELohareyy A sepril Silnor jtie The combined gold holdings of the in surface and elevated traffic e 2 fals {Japanese government and the Bank of and national coal officials met tod: in ¥ Y o !Japana at home and abroad amounted to an effort to stem the tide of fuel famine 1,837,000,000 3 November 30, which has become apparent in many | % * i e e g parts of the ci Conrad E. Spens, national fuel admin- istrator, came, unannounced, from | Washington and immediately went into ew York state’s coal bin guardian. conference with William H. Woodin, They discussed the proldem of getting| The Massachusetts State Grange elect- coal to the small dealers who supply the ed Charles M. Gardner, editor of tha thousands of tenements on the congested ' National Grange Monthly, as a member East Side. of the executive committee. 1t was said that the fuel official would | = have to ‘increase the price of 85 cents| o Price of 85 CENS| Xearly completo returns from the P o foands Wwiiich the Fast Side has | yoscow soviet show that 1,498 commun- £ i, ! Sl fsts and 110 non-party deputies were s tollowed by, the [storm: 'clected in the balloting which began a brought the lack of coal into prominence. | F¢¢K 380 Many homes were without coal and all day extra pofice guarded lumber yards|_The President Polk arrived in New and new buildings to keep off would-be | York with the second contingent of Amer- raiders. cans stranded in France. Eight persons were awakened by dogs and escaped from two fires in Greater A Dill to require general linbility in- surance of motor vehicle owners was filed in ¢he legislation. Plans for a grand opera scason in Pittsburgh this winter have been official- Iy abandoned. America Del Gaudio, 19, commitied su- icide in Lawrence, Mass., by shooting. He had quarreled with his parents, the po- lice say. arrival The British sieamer Manchester Spin ner, which sailed from Boston for John, N. B., went aground on the tip of Long Island, in Boston harber. a fened 2w that by the end of the week the situa- | children. on might be worse. Supply of domes- | - ic sizes of anthracite was so small, said | Mary G. Brady of Lowell, who shot the warning, thut consumers with ready 'ang kiiled her husband, F. W. Brady at cash would get no promises of deli - the Lowell city hall recently was adjudg- ed insane by she suprelor court. 2s and WESLEYAN STUDENTS TO ENTORCE VOLSTEAD ACT Middletown, Conn., Dec. 14.—The un: der graduates of Wesleyan university have ratified by more than a two-thirds | majority a plan which places in their | hands the punishment of any of their number who may be found guilty of vi- | olating the V®stead act at any time while the college is in session. The stu- dents have further agreed to abstain from drinking duging the college year not only while they are on the campus, but also while representing the college in The veteran coasting schooner A. & W. Ogilvie blew into Boston harbor from jParrsboro, N. S., 3 days out on a voy- age frequently made with a fair wind in between two and three days. Dozens of womien daily are being at- tacked with poisoned needles by unidenti- fied monomaniacs in Paris. The work of the “needl demons” has been growing in intensity for the past two weeks. - 1 Prince Chrisiopher of Greece, his any capacity outsidd of Middietown. | wite, Princes Anastasia (the former Mrs. v ions may be reported by either iWilliam B. Leeds) were passengers on instructors or students, thc evidence be-:the liner Olympic which —salled in gsubmitted to a committee of Seven :Southampton for New York. upper classmen, to be appointed by the | resident of the under gradua | Vote of five on this committew jf, SInterventionhy -the i fedoral & savern-. sary for comviction. jment to prevent the rpollution of coast The penalty for the first offense will : Waters by steamers carrying fuel oil and be the loss of the offender's vote in the | Other betroleum products is being con- college body, carrying with it _inelig- | Sidered. ibllity to hold college office and disqual- ification for any intercollegiate and in- tra-mural sport during that and the fol- lowing semester. Upon the second gon- viction the committee will make the rec- ommendation to the faculty that the of-| fender- be suspended. or expelled h'om' college. ‘This action was not taken as the re- sult of any outbreak of drinking at the | lsgacit- e stated Iy ¢ as ther step n giving studénis a! greater share Jin student government. The plan wis suggested by the, facuity b Which Gesired fhe undér graduates to as-| A record kill of deer during. gthe epen Fuifie responsibility in the matter, but'Season in' Massachusetts was . reported. was_withdrawn up entirery by under | The number known to bave been shot, graduate” committees. ‘with returns etill incomplete, was 1720. The previous high mark was 120. A stock dividend of 1400 per cemt was declared by the Whitin Machine Works, of Whitinsville, Mass., which in- creases its authorized capitalization from $600,000 to $9,000,000. from A two-masted schoomer sald to be named Silver Piece, was adrift off San- {katy short of provisions and in need of assistance, according to a message re- ceived at the Boston navy yard. Greetings to the New Year extonded in Boston hotels this year may extend only from midnight until 2.30, according-te a police egict made public by Police Com- missioner Herbert A. Wilson. it 1 FRENCH PRESS SILENT ON CLEMENCEAU TOUE | - Paris, Dec. T4 (By the A. P.).—Former Premiar Clemenceau’s —departure . from the United States for home after his no- table tour has drawn but few scattering | paragraphs in the French press, this com- | The public utilities commission issued parative lack of attention given the 'an order abalishing the so-called Clay- “Tigee” being in keeping with the course ton's grade crossing in Newington on pursued by the newspapers of his home- ithe New Haven road between Hartford land during his American , visit; only land New Britain. Many fatal accidents short extracts from his speeches having been printed, without editorial comment of any sort. The most commonly accepted explana- have taken place there. |, The first reports on the trans-Atiantie tests of the American Radip Relay league, tion of what seems to. be . an - almost Teccived at the league headquarters in studied silence is that it has been the Hartford show that 25 American ama- French desire-to let Americans interpret teurs were heard in England and 13 in Clemenceau’s statements in whatever way ; France. they wished without any, extraneous com- ment from this side which mightTend to | _An appropriation of $8,000 lead to the accusation that he was play- - Hartley corporation for research in ing a propaganda role. {psychiartic work among children of the ‘While there seems no doubt that the State having mental or conduct disorders effects of his visit-to the United States Was accepted by the Connecticut Humane are being closely observey, it is recalled SOCiety. that Clemenceau left orf his tour unn.y.l R 3 alded by French officialdom, And it is be- | John T. Chamberlain, refired master lieved that. when he sets foot on French Cir bullder of the Boston and Mainé sol again at Havre jt will be withont any Tailroad and former president of the New official recognition of his return. England Railroad club, and of the Mast- from the er Car Builders’ association, died in Med- ford, Mass, e Charles A. Hoak, of Harrisburg, Pa., who_Was indicted under a special Maine statute for the taking of a human life while hunting last October, paid a fine of $500 and court costs in the supreme ju- dicial court in Houlton, Me. - The Money Power Of FEurope ; to enforce it” was suspended from offfes by District Judge Albert C. Hunt. are estimated “to have New Brunswick, N. J., during the thres months’ investigation into the murder of the Rey. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs, Eleanor R. Mlls. By & vote of 25 to 17 the British Ce- Jumbia legislature decided to drop for this season discussion of proposals fo sell beer by the glass. in the province. This disposes of a plan for & ETTONS. viEw oo Naw voRK - that it would “In secret and without op- |-us portunity for hearing ‘or argument, cor- rect the official record.” h“'l'm::,e the hearing room at all times dbeen “ led with official a nnomdu"nmmu of the l\‘: District | cused attorney general”; that some these agents have looked ovér my shoal- ments Friday morning at 10.45 at Soutl| der and sSpied upon my private papers, [ Norwalk, in the habeas corpus action of Harry. . ‘Morse, against Jacob D. Wal- [ full ‘of remarks by members of the That the ‘record of the hearings ' “is States ‘marshal. The action | committee that' indicate -bias and pre- . United culmination of the erder of “Judgment of the Case.” °* Before Mr:- i Bir is the ‘well known British =20 as the most mysterious figure -| in Burope politics, He played an THere were | Washington, Dec. 14.—President Hard- ing, according to a statement made in the house today, “has been engaged several months” with the question of me- gotiating Wwith the biz powers ateoad relative to limiting the comstruction of warships under 10,000 tons, which he requested to do under a provision of the | naval supply bill This information as to the reported at- titude of the president was given by Rep-| resentative Lincberger, republican, Ca.i fornia, durinf a brief flurry of debato while Chairman Kelley of the sub-com- mittce in charge of the measure was| seeking to explain the reasons for the! Tequest. It was admittedly a surprise to the committee, which had not consuited | the president prior to presentation of the bill, ! Mr. Kelley had just declared that while ) the arms conference had afforded = net saving of $128,000,000, the general stafl of the navy had recommended a project- ed program, under the 10,000 ton limita- tion, entailing the expenditure of $331. 000,000 when Mr. Lineberger interruptet “The gentieman is requesting the presi- dent of the United States to do some- thing which we and every one knows that he has been engaged in doing for several months _past,” said Mr. Lineberger. “ould it mot be much better verbiage to auprove that which the president is now doing rather than to request him to do something that he has been doing for months?" Mr. Kelley said he was not interested in the language of the request as set forth in the bill, at the same time ex- pressing the hope that the Californian ageeed with the idea. “I do agree with you in principle,” he replied. | The only other reference to the presi- dent was made by Representative Dyrmes, PRESIDENT IS NEGOTIATING FORFURTHER DISARMAMENT House Informed That Mr. Harding Has Been Engaged for Several Months on the Question With Big Powers— Would Limit the Construction of Warships Under 10,- 000 Tons—Information of the President's Attitude Comes as a Surprise to the House Members. South Carolina, ranking democrat of the | sub-commRtee, Who said he did not know what Mr. Lineberger that “the president some plan for the ca ference for the limi “I assume tha informa Syrnes added, know that th's is ust say that 1 should value the information more, and at T would feel more confident about it, if only 1 could hav Jeman state that he did recel he president, but 1 do ot see I the ficor. So far as T am concorned it is my earnest hope that it is correct Many questions were directed at Mr. Kelley as to what the other nations had done in the matter of “I do ot think an a taken to destroy any of its ships, al though Great Britain possibly has scrap- ped some of its old ships w already begun to scrap bef ference,” he said. d the house, work upon { another con- armament.” man has the sident ” Mr. am delignted to results thus far?" asked London, soclalist, > Kelley answered *“N: Chairman Butler of the naval eommit. tee broke into the discussion. “We have accompiished just this” he said. *“We have traded the toen-inch gun for two eight-inch guns, and Representative Britten, Illinois. rank« ing republican of the navai cgmmittee, declared: “We have lost the opportunity to become the/first naval power, and we shall probably be the secand or third.” Generally, the bill had easy safling. Taking item by itom. the house had coy- ered one-fourth of the dista quit tonight, and it w tomorrow while an given right of way. FAEM BLOC TO HASTEN REPORT OF CEEDITS BILL Washington, Dec. 14—Plans were made today by semate champioms of farm credits legisiation to bring to a head earlier than first schedulea, their effort to set aside the shipping Lill in the senate. was said, might be made tomorrow ot Saturday and not later than lionday, with the Tesult in doubt in view of ths few program of the agrarian group. i Instead of walting for - the senate banking ecommittee to report o gonerah farm credits bill, members of the farm bloc who_also are opponents of the shipping “measure lald plans tcday to urge the Norris agricultural export cor- poration bill for immediate econsidera- tion to° the temporary misplacement of the shipping’ bill. . The semate agriculiure commiitee wns called to meet tomorrow to aet'on the Norris Dbill. they expected the bill to be reported fa- vorably tomorrow or Saturday and de- clared they would urge its being given imvimediate right of way in the senate. Administration leaders promised resist such a movement announcivg their rcadiness to lay aside the shipping Il when the gemeral farm credits bill ready, but they are against giving Committee miembers said SMALL WOOLEN MILL DECLARES 3,233 PEE CEXNT. STOCK DIVIDENE Boston, Dec. 14.—Stock dividend dec- larations by textilt mills continued to« day. A new high water mark in these increases of capitalization from which the distribution is made was set by the Davis & Brown Woolen company, of Ux~ bridge, a relatively small concemp, which expanded its capital stock from $15,000 to $500,000 to make possible a dividend of 3,233 per cent The most important of these actions to date, probably was that of a 100 per cent. incresse recommended by the di+ rectors of the Pacific Mills, making cat« ton and worsted cloths, which would place the capital stock at $20.000.900 in< stead of $10.000,000, the amount increas< ed to be paid to stockbolders as a stock dividend. Stockhoiders will meet Des cember 22 to consider ratification of e actien. After readjustments to make the still be a cash swp'us of $7,00.090. dividend possible, it was said, there will At Fall River, today there directors of the Lincoln Manufacturing Company vot< od to recommend an incresse from $1-~ 5,000 to $2,260,000 providing for = stock dividend of about The Corneil per ceat. Mills of Fall River, ente way to the Norris export bill. Senator Jones, in charge of-the ship- ping bill, failed today to lengihen the senate sessions by an hour to expedits the measure because of democratic ob- Jection. The shipping bill wis _attacked by Senator Fletcher, of demorat, as unsound and umwise. Declaring he favored bullding up an American mer- chant marine as much as any adminis- tration spokesman, ~ Senator Fletcher said that “subsidy is not the remedy." “We meed an American merchant ma- rine,” he declared, “but that's not say- ing we must pay a subsidy of $30,000. 000 annually for fiftee nyears to a few States Bobbin and Shuttle company, of 1, increasing the cap< $550,000 to §$2.550,000.1 company Privats operators. A subsidy will not|thelr give it to us. Subsidy hever estabVsh- ed; a merchant marine for any coun- ty.” DRASTIC PROVISION FOE THE EEGULATION OF UNION LABOR New York, Dec. 14.—Samuel Untermy- er, counsel for the Lockwood legislative committee. today introduced befors that body a program to be introduced In the next state legislature what is belleved that the constitution and by-laws of lzbor unions be subjected to supervision and regulation by the state; that a “blue sky” law be enacted regulating the issue and public sale of securities, and that the state be empowered to regulate stock PALMER RESIGNS FROM DEM. H §t i i | § i ¢ ?’f i %ggé iéi i 1 e be i ¥ ; t E E 3 i i i § | b ‘E i i | i F i i i : ! §H g it i i g i ill n