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- Normis VOL. LXIV—No. 306 ~UPULATION 29,685 e NORWICH, CONN., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1922 10 PAGES 74 COLUMN E TWO CENTS 7.9 CABLED ;’ <AGRAPHS Houghte srus to Berlin British Troops Have Assassination of the BRIEF TELEGRAMS A mild epidemic of influenza wn the COMMENT ON U1.S.PLAN FOR § Berlin, Dec battleship Florida has spread to other! sadér, Alany. vesgels at the Boston navy yard. PROMIBITION CONFERENCE REHABILITATION OF EUROPE “ . 3 Press of France Regard the Method as “Conceived Exclu- s A ; sively in the Interest of Germany”’—Contemplated Action Has Received Much Adverse Criticism in Bel- gian Newspapers—London Times Warns Its' Read- ers Not to Expect Too Much From Reports of Pos- sible American Intervention. = Dec. 18 (By the A. P.).—-The reported plaia of he ‘L'l\fltd States fatl the rehabilitation of Kurope “seem con- celved exclusively in the interest of Ger- many,” says the Temps in an editoria! today that reflects the viewpoint of a majority of the French newspapeis. Septicism and resentment predominate in these second day reflections on the situation, but there are a few words of welcome for th proposition, as in the case of the opposition newspaper, 1/Oeuvre, which expresses pleasure over the interest of the United States “even if it has no immediate practical results. The Temps says the plan looks as if it | to pay reparacions for two years, thereby avolding a morwterium. Many of the leading newspapers, kike the Matin. the Petit Parisien and the Journal Des Debates, refrain from edi- toria! comment, simply publishing Amer- ican despatches to' the London news- papers and referring to the “reserved at~ titude” of London bankers. ADVEESE CRITICISM BY BELGIAN NEWSPAPERS Brussels, Dec. 17 (By the A. P)— {Rewr:s of contemplated action in the United States looking to the reconstruc- had been drafted by the Germans rather | tion of Europe have been received with than the Americans, and su ts that | mugh adverse criticism by the Belgian the Germans, after claborating an agrec- | NeWspapers. ment with American bankers, made a| The Nation Belge, says it would be. proposition to the allies for the payment | Belgium and France who would bear of reparations and then the allies will |the burden as they would have to aban- soe If they can make the concessions (hat |don their liens on Germany. The Ving- s tieme Siecle considers the plan as a M. Bainville, in La Liberte, is the most | feeler and expresses astomishment that severe critic of the reported project. “If | America should show confidence in Ger- the United States sertously wished to|Mmany's intentions to pay reparations. save Europe from financial chaos,” says|Le Soirre regards t¥e plan as evidence M. Bainville, “their first care should be [that America is not concerned in the to anpul the claims they have against the | European chaos. allies.” Ho sees simply an effort to pre- vent ocoupation of the Ruhr by France, and esks “is this the only result of Clemenceau’s tour?” The writer adds that the money the Americans would lend “will be asked fc~ some day, just as they already demand the billlons they advanced the allies for a common war. " in the Echo De Paris, says the conditions made by America “are ex- actly the reverse of what is necessary to prevent Germany from employing the new strength she would get to avold pay- ing reparations.” He suggests that the LONDON TIMES WAENS REEADERS NOT TO EXPECT TOO MUCH | London, Dec. 17 (By the A. P.)—The iTimes editorially warns its readers not to expect too much from the numerous reports of possible American interven- tion in the European economic situation. | It points out that there is only a slen- der chance for the coming Paris confer- ence of premiers to arrive at definite limits for the German debt add that un- til such finality is attained the suggest- ed international loan on behalt of Ger- Americans could remder great aid by al-|many is entirely impracticable and-that lowing France to seize German capital in | the -American administration certainly | America, which he declarcs is suffclent | realizes this faet P ——— #9 PERSONS PERISHED -IN b WRECK OE TUG RELIANCE MADAME GANNA WALSKA TO MAKE CONCERT TOUR Ssult Ste Marle, Dec. 17.—Twenty-sev- en persons are missing and are believed to have have been drowned or dled from re following < -the disaster which | Paris, Dec. 17 (By the A.'P.)—"I am | intensely interested in my operatic ca- reer, and not in what people say. .or think about me,” said. Madame :Ganna svertook the tug’ Reliance when it hit the Walska. to The ®Associated Press “today. focks off Lizard Island foun days ago. | She will sail for the United States on This was the fear of athe officials of ' the steamer Homeric January 3 fer.a thefl Superior Paper company, owner-of | two, months concert tour, accompanted the tug, who tonight for the first time, | by her husband, Hafold F. McCormick. dmitted that In addition to the crew of | It will be & chance- for: ome. of my 14 the Reliamce carried 32 passengers. | Amesican friends to see what a. splen- Seven surylvors of the wréck reached !did wife I have got” interjected Mr. here last night. Two other, Mr. and McCormick. =~ The -McCormicks” are :liv- Mrs. John Harten, cooks, wefe suffering ing at 16 Rue Lubeck. They both ex- 0 from the cold that they wero left at 'ressed themselves as being very hap- the station of ‘the Algoma Central rail- py. . road for medical attention by the other Mme. Ganna Walska said her “Amer- surytvors. ican. concert tour would begin shortly The last seen of the missing 27 persons | after she lands. ~She will :not sing’ in was Wednesday morning when the Re- | New York .city but will give. concerts Hancs, battling through a blinding snow the immediate neightiorhood of the Me ¥torm, went on the rocks off Lizzard Is- tropolis. Then she will tour southwards land, stripped her wheel and sank almostas far as Florida. She will' sing n immediately. Paris Dec. 29 & he Salle' Gaveau, Captain D. A. Williams, of this city and | An arrangement has been concluded 1% others who were forward, took ofle ;by Mme. Ganna Walska o sing he lead- Tife boat, while nine others, fncluding Mr. ing rolos in Rigoleto, Romeo and. Juliet, and Mrs. Harten, took the other. The Thais and Pagliacci at-the Paris grand sacond lifeboat drifted several hours in'opera early in the spring, ~she ~an- the storm and was blown ashore on the | nounced. The singer.has been studying Canadian mainland 85 miles north of here, | Very hard for the last two- months, Wx- Mrs. Harten was so exhausted that the |ing two lessons daily and declining wo party was held up 36 hours in an Indian ' receive callers.. She also has been Pus- whack Lefore it was able to start toward |ily engaged, with-the costume mmr; the, railroad, which was reached Satur- day. The survivors express little hope PEINCE GEORGE TO UNDEBGO that the others survived the storm. AN APPENDICITIS OPERATION The announcement by the company to- > night sald that in addition to the crew | Lomdon, Dec. 17.—Prince Gearge, of 14, the Reliance carried twenty lum- |the king’s youngest son, will be oper. berjacks, an official of the company’s ated on for appendicitis: almost imme- forestry department, and a fisheries com- | diately, according to the Daily Mail. pany agent who had been picked up by v the Rellance on its last trip to the lumber camps. The miesing men, it is said by surviz> ors, left the wrecked tug in a launch - Prince George is twenty years of age and is a naval cager 5 His brother, the Duke of York, the been in Lin dosr Harve Berlin v.n:? Demenstration in London. Taempa L. ec. 17.—(By The A. P.)— After a acanstration of unempioyed in Trafalgar square today a deputation was sent (o Buckingham Palace in an order- 1y attempt to present a petition to King George. Tbe king declined to reccive the, men and. referred them to the home seerela: Fletcher, returned to _ Two Outiaw Mores Kilied * Maniia, 'Dec. 17.—Two outlaws Killed -and * five constabulary _soldiers were -wounded when a band of 15 Moros attacked the constabulary detachment on Island, in the Sulu group, it was an- nounced at constabulary headquarters to- were | aay. The Moros were repulsed and the entire . ‘company - of constabulary pursucd them into the mountains, ACTION BY CONFERENCE BOAED OF TEXTILE WORKERS Manchester, N. H., Dec. 17.—The New England conference board of _textile workers at a meeting todaay voted in fa- vor of action precedent to restoration to New FEngland textile workers of the wage scale. in effect=prior to the 22 1-2 egates voted to place the question in the hands of the general officers of the United Textile Workers of America with the recommendation that action be taken at _an opportune time. The meéting was attended by more n Sty represcntatives of unins in Rhods Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The board will meet again January 21 in Lawrence, Mass., when the question will be further considered. Francis -Johnson of Maynard, Mass, was re-elected president of the confer- ence board. _Among the vice presidents elected was Harold Masten, of Williman- tic; Conn: NOT TO ABANDON SEARCH FOR LOST AVIATORS San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 17.—Rumors that the search for the lost aviators, Colonel Francis R. Marshall and Lieuten- ant Charles. L. Webber, would be aban- doned, were denied tonight by Major Gen- eral E. H. Lewis, eighth corps area com- mander through his adjutant, Colonel Al- ‘bert' E. Saxton. Colonel -Saxton said that possibly some of thirty airplanes now engaged in the search would be recalled to their base in ‘Texas or California for necessary repairs, but’ that the tenth cavalry, 25th infan- try, Indian runners from the reserva- tions, and Arizona National Guard would still: function in the seatch and that no relaxation would be considered until the lost aviators hgd been found. Today. is the tenth day Gf the disappearance of the airplane en route from Son Diego to Fort Huachuca, Ariz. ‘The search still centers near the latter place where the plane was last seem. SENGERS LANDED . FEOM STEAMER PROSPERO “ St Johns, N_.F., Déc. 17.—One hundred and twéhty 'passengeérs of the Steamer | Prospero, whici{ ran" aground on Small Isiand, near: Greens Pond, ‘on the east ‘coast .of Newfoundiand, :last night, were safely landed this morning. The vessel, which:is owned by the Newfoundland government, was refloated later with Nox. 1 and 2 holds damaged. According to word reaching here, the passengers were linded in small boats on the: bleak and rocky coasts without un- toward ineident. eports last night had indicated that the steamer was in grave danger, fast aground. and-pounding heavily. The Prospero plied between St. Johns, N. F., and St. Anthony’s, at the northern end. of the fgland. She registered 378 ons. 120 PAS! CONSUMPTION OF COAL IN CONSTEUCTION WORK Washington, Dec. 17.—The recent re- vial of bullding operations in our cities everywhere affords visual evidence of the extent to which the huge steam shovel with #s pile of coal has taken the place of human labor in excavating for the modern building. - Nor is the contribution of coal in construction work all visible, for the structural materials themselves are largely the product of coal burned at mine, quarry and furnace, at brick or ce- ment kilm, and at the steel plar‘y This explains how figures recently presented before the United States coal commis- king's second son, underwent a simflar which was carried by the Reliance in ad- | operation in 1814, dition to #ts two lifeboats, if the missing PRAISE FOE STEPS TO FIGHT THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL Washington, Dec.. 17.—Steps taken by the repartment of agriculture to combat the cotton boll weevil have brought about a_situation “more favorable than ever before” Seciviary Wallace inform- cd Senator Harris, of Georgia, n a letter made public by the senator. It is pointed out that men reached Lizard Island in the storm, they were without food. If they reached the island where there were huts, thelr problem of fighting the cold swould mot be so great, but being without weap- 88, their chances of ‘obtaining enough t00d were declared to be slender. The tug Gray late today had mot reached the epot where the Reliance sank, apcording to wireless advices, but was il fghting the snow storm. The wrecking tug Favorite of St. Ignace pass- +d here at noon today to aid In the Yearch. PEOHIBITION RAIDS MADE IN WASHINGTON ‘Washington, Dec. 17.—Wilile Rennie, proprietor of the Little club, which was raided last night by police and prohi- bition officers, will be arraigned in po- lice court tomorrow on charges of con- ducting a disorderly “establishiment and of illegal possession of liguor. He is.at liberty on $1.000 bomd. Fifteen minutes after . the raiders swooped down on the club, a “Bohemian” restavrant, shortly before . midnight, 78 men and women, most of them in even- ing clothes, were riding at tha nation’s jexpense to.a precmct station in six pa- trol wagone After they had been serv- ed ‘with subpoenas to appear as witness- es, all wer released. X Half of the patrons tsken to the po- lice station were women. } Tn the raiding . detail were: fifteen po- lico women.. - | OVEMBEE DEMAND FOR STRUCTURAL STEEL Washington, Dec. 17.—The usual sessonal doclfne in sales of fabricated mu-.l steel was roported- for Nov- , i statistics issued today by the department of commerce, showing the total sales for the month to have been LIGHT X Der ceit of the shop capacity, ‘The. department estimates the . of . approxi- wasisly 22 per cemt since 1913 FIBST COASTING FATALITY IN NEW HAVEN SUNDAY New Haven, Dec. 17.--The first’ coast- ing fatality heére and ‘the second in the state, this winter, was reported: todsy when John H, Dales, 11 year-6ld-sen ot Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dales, of this city, !ma txn’sthmfl asrs homial a3 the resuit: of ‘injuries -he. receive? ¥sterday while coasting.- The bey “was. coastimiy 'on a hill near lis home when his sldd tan inio a pole. He was thrown against DEPARTURE PLANT, nmistoy | 3¢ Dole and received internal-injurles. New York, Dec. ths Theatre Owners' Distributing cor- for co-operstien among Inde- It has an au- thorised capitalization of $5,000,000. " Divectors include Sydney 'S, Cohen, inches of snow fell. 1the naval safety of the United States de- pnds on the expausion of its submafine He. attacked . American , newspapers, ar-as.known |saying that they fail to:ksep tie- people infermed en maval and miNtary sukjcts. - sion show that about one-third of the weight of a fireproof office building as today constructed represents the tonnage of coal that was consumed in the prepa- ration of the building materials. GUILTY OF MURDEEING HIS BEOTHEE AND SISTER-IN-LAW Angola, Ind, Dec. 17.—Nie Sheffer, on trial here, charged with slaymg ms brother, James M. Sheffer, and the lat- ter's_ wife, was found guilty of murder in the second degree, in circuit court today and senterced fo life imprison- ment. The jury in the case deliberated nineteen hours. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs, Sheffer, ‘who;had been shot to death, were found in a garage at.their home at Auburn, near here, last June. Il feeling was said ¢to ‘have -existed between the slain man and Nie Sheffer and the latter was immediptely ~ arrested in commection with the- crime. ~He ‘maintained his in- nocence throwghout- the trial. AIR MATL' PTLOT MISSING SINCE FRIDAY AFTEENOON -Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec, 17.—Hen- Ty G.- Boonstra, lost pilot of the Salt Lake Rock Springs division of the air mail service, is believed to have been seen over Portersvilla, Utah, thirty-six miles ‘nartheast of Salt Lake late Fri- day - afternoon. - Seven pianes sent out.on scouting ex- The American ambas- | Houghton, who has aferring with Ambassa- 4 per cent. cut of December, 1920. The del- | textile | Evacuated Ireland iLast 18 Posts Were Transfer- red Saturddy to the Irish National Army. _ Dublin, Dec. 17 (By the A. lll-ll 13 pogts occupied by PBritish were transferred today to the k tional arm he evacual fected amid scenes of T thusiasm and gocd wi evincing a desire to forg All the evac post: arca. - Between troops lcft Dublin toda: ard Muleah; minister of defense, anl his staff taking over each post. At the royal barracks detachments of Britist a: Irish troops were dra e with ful President of Poland Narutowicz Was Shot While: Conversing With the Brit- ish Minister. | the A. f arutowics was em- wlil be taken Tues. day to the ai royal palace. whel will lie in state during a great p Tc ceremony. The funeral will be held after the election of the new presiden Narutowicz visited the art exatbition, where he was assassinated. against tr advice of Premier Nowak, who told h it would be dangerous to expose him- rutowicz, however, accented the n presented by a delegation of ists, with whom he arranged that his shouid be a private one. The president was shot while he was conversing with the British minister, William G. Max-Muller. Mr. Max-Mul- ler had jus offered congratulations on the election of Narutowicz to the pres: ideney. ‘Condolences, you should fed the president. He had spoken when three shots came in qu | suceession. Narutowlez slowly sank s. knees and then collapsed on balmed today. both sides | bygones. are in 00 and cquipment. v saluted the colors of the g troops and the Dritlsh sol- urned the courtes At the Royal hospital, General Mac- the British commander, before! leaving visited the waids containing| pensioners, many of t erans who had fought under the many parts of the wor | | | | say,” | | i 1 | undon jack and the incoming Free troops ~ immediat ed the rrsa!foor, dead. tri-color, which now floats from all th Narutowicz leaves barracks and government buldings in|qa Dublin. The British troeps, marchi the quays and bands play: colors fiying, made a picturesque sc One of the president's last acts was | Shich Atracted enormous crowds. ito telegraph Count Zamoyski. the Polish ritish and Irish armored cars cleared ' minister in Paris and his rival the a path for the froops as they marched final — balloting, for the presidency past General MacCready, who had tha x Zamoyski for his cordial con- taken up a position on the northern ' cratulations. quay side. The troops everywhere were loudly cheered. The crush here was so great that the barriers to the north wall extension, where the transports were lyinz ga: way and the. huge crowds. which . cluded many women friends of the de.lMarshal Joseph Pilsudski, former pro- parting soldiers, rushed out upon. ;he}\'isinnal president of Poland, has been quay, ‘waving handkerchiefs and union | appointed chief of staff of the Polish Jacks and wishing the soldiers God.|army, He roplaces General Sikorski, speed. The “Tommies” were astonish-|®¥ho has assumed the premiership. FoA ot theitolis: ot isvod 0. The asesssination - on Saturday of | Embarkation of the troops was cflm_|Prr<Id£n: Naroutow! has aroused th pleted at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon, | €7 and all the ships in the harbor soundad | Poli their sirens in farewell as the trons-|eral co-oner: |ports weighed anchors. Genera) T=c.|strict order. . Ready- left later aboard a British crui- The formation within a few honrs of e |2 new cobinet throush the efforts of . After the departure of the British . Ratal, Wwho automactically became ures- forces Mr. Mulcahy addressed the Irish ident when Narutowicz was assassi- troops at the roval barracks on the les-|nated, and of General j=ho son ot the transformation. He spoks!Was called to the premiership, has given first in Gaelic, reminding the soliers:the people a feeling of security. that for centuries the positions fue:. The immediate .summoning of parlia- evacuated had been held by vomenien gt ment for mext Wednesday to . elsct a the 'Ir'sh mation.” He added that tge|DOW President has strengthened this lesson of this transformation was em-|f°elng and Pilcudski's appomtment as Dhasized by his addressing them in the,Chief of staff has' Fiven additional as- Tangiisge o tho Gail. surance that all mecessary frmness will Then reverting to English, Mr. Mui-|be Shown by the heads of the govern- cahy said the occupation of the bar.|Ment in-this. critical time. racks in the future would of recessity| The cabinet.is being ranidiy. filed ont be very diffcrent in manner and spirit;a7ound the skeleton group of ministers T fpont Vet pog gt ot i {who tonk office Saturday night. The CotpliteRtie “the trocs tHe'r | ministries that were not Alled are being Vabia it urorarange.” the - daid | orerated for the présent by ‘the-variows the army Ireland had con=tituted would nowsholing Sparisoilen i e utilized for the defense of thc coun- owadoryskl, _the assasstn of Prest- try. The soldiers would have to . ge|deat Narutowiéz. who is a painter and work in an . ordinary wz 152 years old, was borm in Warsaw. Hel| among the people. The couraze. di pline and love of ordes they had learn. | ed in the army, he said, shonld wrepare them to take their places indnetrially among the peodle as useful o'tizens. Their task. he added was to place Ira. land in such a posiTon that the vis't- ine = ger would admire the counss the Irish peonle had d lonsd fn themrelves out of the material and gifts of mind and hand tnat tod ' had be stowed upon them. l two _children, 2 ughter 16 and a son, Earl Naruto- !wicz, who is in the twenties. The son onz|is 2’ music student in Zurich, Switzer wnelr | ang, | M. RATAJ RECOMES PRESIDENT OF POLAND Warsaw, Dec. 17 (By the A. P.)— His men- iine opecn Niowadomski abandonad his art wr)rk! ‘and became active pofitlcally several’ jears azo but his _ irresnonstrlity crused him to e exvalled from. two po- litfeal vart Thera sems to he no donht that he acted on his own resmon- hility, without. acocmmlices or knowl- MEETING IN MERIDEN oF |edzge of any political group. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS |MANY ARRESTS HAVE i BEEN MADE IN WARSAW Meriden, Dec. 17.—Onposition to anv| further lessening of the present army and navy forces of the country and declaration that war veterans should not be placed in state hosnitals, which it is claimed are now overcrowded, were among the actions taken at the Quarterly rgeeting of the state depart- ment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars here today. State Commander John H. Williams, of Bridgeport, and fifty offi- cers and delegates were fresent. A legislative program in behalf of the Warsaw, Dec. 17 (By the Many arrests have been made, particu- larly amone the veterans of General| Heller's army, In connection with- dis. orders and suspected plots that hav: assumed . new - seriousness’ now that Pres'dent Narutowicz has' been assas- sinated, General Haller himself, when he.en- {tered the art gallery immediately after Narutowicz was shot. was accused by a veterans was prepared for presentation ' Tadical. deputy of being implicated in| at the next session of the state legisla- the shooting. Haller’s face turnsd livil ture. Henry E. Gerrich, of Hartford, s he immediately left the gallery. was named national aide de camp for| M. Sikorski on taking over ‘the pre- Connecticut, in 2 communication re- mMiership ordered arrests among Hal- ceived from Colonel T. L. Houston, of ler's men and the detention of Colonel New York, natlonal commander-in-chief Mocelski, formerly Haller’s adjutant.| of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Es- Haller lately has been used by the. na-: monde Phelan, of Meriden, was ap- bionalist party as a counter influence ' pointed department chief of staff by the army to former iresident Pilsud Commander Williams. The next meet- ki ing will be in Hartford, in February. There . is. general mograing . through- et ocut Poland for Narutowicz. - All enter- MoED T tainments have been suspended. AND ROBBED BY = “GUEST” | \gs. BESSIE MOHE NOT New York, Dec. 17.—Dr. Henry Moel- IN'JANL BEEAK FLOT ler, 80 years old, admitted a well dress- ed young man to his home in ‘West57th street just oft Broadway tonight, and seated him by the fireplace to await a friend he said would soon arrive. The young man smoked a cigarette or two, iread ‘a magazine on the table, then smoked aanother cigarette, A few minutes later he legt Dr. Moel- ler stunned from the blows of a black- jack, crumpled on the floor. His guest had ‘robbed him of $22. Dr. Moeller, in spite of his age, fought for several min- utes before the bandit overpowered him. Mrs. Moeller and two daughters <wers in the house at the time. Both noticed the young man waiting, but knew noth- ing of the attack until they found the doctor on the floor in a daze. Jount Holly, N. J., Dec. 17.—Mrs. Bes- sie Mohr, wife of Harry C. Mohr, one of the defendants in the Brunen murder trial, had no part in the alleged plot to effect the escape of hér husband and three -other. prisoners from the Mount Holly jail, Sheriff Flagg declared tonight. The' sherift asid that the attempted jail delivery had been made several weeks 2go and that no suspicion whatever at It had been im- possible, he added, to trace the source of the files which had been smuggled into the jail 3 A’ confession, alleged to have beem ! said that Mrs. Mohr had given the files to ber husband. - THEEE AREESTS MADE FOR nEL g 7 MOURDER OF HENEY SCHLUTER P IOk THEMURINS X HIS 7 MONTHS .OLD té:] Hackensack, N. J., Dec, 17—Joseph M. Bragard, of Bogota, near here, ‘was Hackensack, N. J., Dec. 17.—Walter Fisher, George Fisher, and James Knapp, their brother-in-law, indicted in_connee- during the first ten ! vatrise, carrying made by Ernest Mayo, a lfe prisoner, “ tion- with the killing of Henry Schiuter, 27, of Leonia, December 8 .and released under bail last week, were re-arrested on a court order Saturday night charging each with murder. ‘Walter Fisher was indicted last Ties- day on”a charge of manslaughter and his brother-in-law. on charges of being ac- cessessories to the killing of - Schiuter, jwhose body was found in his automubile [With a bullet through his head £ peditions. today returned - at dusk this evening . without favorable reports. SNOW AND SLEET STORM IN | WESTERN - MASSACHUSETTS Springfield, Mass., “Dee. 17.—Western Massachusetts was swept by smow ! and sleet storm 'today” which disrupted street railway ' schedules, - impeded auto- mobile trafic”and delayed trains. In soime - sections telephone’ and telegraph 5 s BROOKLYN FAMILY SUFFERING service® was .interered with, About six| FEOM FOOD POISONING New . York, Dec. 17.—After eating a dinner consistin: glargely of roast chick- en and fresh today, Charles Rosenthal, of Brooklyn, his wife ani three children. ranging in age from 3 to 10 years, became violently fIl. , All were taken to a hospital whers they were said to,be suffering from food poisoning and - were reported tonmight to Be ip a serious condition.s Remnan(s of ‘the meal were sent 1o *he board. of -health for analysis” - Injured, ome probably. fatally, early today when, & fire destroyed a cottage in which they ‘Were seeplng-at Little Wadewort nedr'tare. The dead and injured/iived at Massilion, - where three of the men were attoenye. = Z 1% held today- on.a: charge of murder aftar the deatl of his 7. months.old som; Ju! ius, from the effects of a bullet woun: in the stomach inflicted last. night. Mrs. Bragard's wrist was plerced by the bu let that fatally. wounded her baby. : Bragard told - the -police " he was ‘play- ing solitaire in his home- last night when a Tevolver, ;which- he. carried in . his belt,-caught in the chair and: fell ‘to the floor and was.discharged. . The bui- let plerced the wrist of Mrs. Bragard as she was- leaning over. the, baby's cradle before entering - the -infant's stomach. | | 3¢ BELOW IN MEDICINE HAT; Chicago, Dec. 17%(By. the Al P.)— Thirty-four degrées below zero in Medi-| cine Hat, Manitoba, and T#egrees abov: in Mizil. Fla, sepresenty’ thett ture range in ‘weather Snow “ repor Baftalo, but | Unifed States wap elear. floating _ debt days 123,000,000,000 marks, to 000,006,009 marks. increased of December a total of Gormany’s Appeintment of Dr. as dean of women at Maine was announced Clarenee C. Little. by President Loss estimated at more than $50,000 was caosed Theobald _apartments on South Concord, N. H. strect ce Pltney of the wrday Associate J preme Court tion to Pres January 1. Two British freighters—the City, outward bound, and th inbound, collided oft Staten Is neither was seriously damaged. a fire that destroyed the | Plans With President The Norwegian steamer Sangstead from London for Boston with a carzo of chalk put into Halifax, N. S, for bunker coal. . Miss Lucille Atcherson, said to be the first woman ever appointed in ti United States diplomatic _corps, recel d the oath of office in Columbus, Ohi: has been named an embassy clerk. Senator Walter Edge of New Jersey and his bride, the former Miss Camil- la Sewall, of Bath, Me. sailed on the Majestic for a two months’ honey muon in France. Marilal Flesry, wi Srested Thursday In the campaign of the po- lice in Paris round up of the mysteri- ous | wielders of ‘“poison needles” has | been released. The police In Boston detained a young ' man giving his name as James W. Gray and questioned him with regard to the murder and robbery of George A. Willls, superintendent of messetig ers of the Boston News Bureau. Lord Marcas do La Poer Berestord, | expert on horses and manager of the late King Edward's training stabie, found dead in bed in London. 74 years old. slight seratch inflicted a few dave by a pet [ rze H. Cag and well known figur. dustry in Verona, in the canning 27 The French two masted schooner Sal- a cargo of alcohol, wrich has been pursued for several days by the coast guard cutter Acush- net, was found by the cutter off the en: trance to the Cape Cod canad. Three men were injured mear Meriden shortly = before 6 oclogk _Saturday morning when the State of Maine ex- press, bound for New Yorks crashed in- to a-frolght train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford raliroad. Complete reports received by the and game commission show that deer were killed in Masbachuseits ing the orc week open = season h 543 dur- this {month. Of the total 899 were bucks and does. Isidére Guilbanlt of Woonsocket, E. was & stndent at the Aeademies of Fina L, arraigned in Uxbridge, Mass, on a'the 11 months of this year. of murder of Albert Touchette, & stone grocer, on Thanksziving cde, ived examination and was bound over ated two trephin- to-the grand jury meeting at Worces- | ter, Jan. 15. A eabled statement from Ottaws. that proposed _reciprocity between Cana-a and Australla is to be limited to fruits paper, pulp, newsprint paper and tiw pelp, ‘is denied by J..A. Robb, Canadian minister of trade and commerce. Trains om the Bosten & Maine rall- He | Washington, Dec. Harding’s confeienee w prihibition cnforcement itomorrow at the White House. state executives will attend. ‘The original ptan of the president eon- templated a us of govern in January for a disussion of prohl problems but the i igroup of them W Sulphur week was one change. In administration circles {however, that another con! Inecessary after Januas 17, Presi th governors on will take place many e out of of-| fice then. { President Harding it was said, thought i1t _desirable to obtain the views of those | iwho have dealt with prohibition during {the past few years. Those who expeet to a ernors Sproul, Pennsylvania; Kansas; Denney, Delaware; Maryland:; Kilby, Alabama: H souri; Davis, Idano; Campbell, Arizona: McKelvie Nebraska ; Trinkle, Virginia;; {McCrary, Indiana; Cox, Massachuseits; | running amuck ! prohibition . jconference would Harding—Believe Another Conference Will be Necessary After January 1, As Many Present Governers Will Be Out of Office Then —Statements by Counsel for the Anti-Saloon League and the Executive Head of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment. n | the Ax ton, exe Agatst the ¥ sued statements calling of the conf said: “The United lawlcssness or be ng; Mr. Stayton said his a “with the presidents declaration in his last message 1o cong hat crime i s country.” “The governors' law enforcement eom= erence is most opportune.’ Mr. Wheeler's statement said. Before the adoption of the 15th “amendment, Mr. Siayton said, ‘most of the states had their individual laws, which were duly en- fore:d without mandal.” “The orgy of crime and disrespect for law was not known at that time” Mr. Stayton said, adding that he hoped the have the effect of "pyinting to the inevitable adopting of he plan of our organization of turning |the entire matter of enforcement back to the governors and the states, where it belongs.” {INCREASE IN SUSPENSIONS OF AUTO DRIVERS' LICENSEs Hartford, Dec. | { of suspens censes in was announced in a report of { vebicles department, & .59 persgns suspended for various offenscs thus for r while 1,184 licen pefided last year. ‘I'he exa jthe number ‘of licenses issued was n announced. The chief causc of suspension was th operation of an automoblie without license to drive, which caused 4 {sons to forfeit the ri 3 {tor vehicle in the state for vari {Tiods during the - year. Intoxication while driving caused 366 operators to lose thelr lecenses for @ year, an in- crease of 112 over last year. The Gecrease in the nunber of auto- mobiic fatalities this year desulted in 2 corresionding decrease in surpeasions for tiis cause, although ihe complet report for th: year may change the to- As azainst 176 suspensions for fa- accidents in 1921, ther were 162 fo I. There were 98 suspensions for recklers drivine, how- ever, as compared with ninety for the prey Failure to report an aceident caused 1184 suspensions, while a variety of otrk- | i(-‘ offenses caused the suspension of 4 censcs. {tai- ital ! he | i Biston $250 000 FIRE DAMAGE IN DUSINESS SECTION OF BANGON esti- a fze tmen: store music house wers eval to have been causcd by defective wiring, was fougtat in a heavy smow siorm. TORN PAY ENVELOPES MAY T OF BANDITS 0 torn pay ene velopes found today by Mrs Mary Kelle- ‘n the South End provided a clew ch may lead to the amrest of the two men wanted for the murder and robbers of George A. Willis. superimtepdent if ews Bureau messengers, on Fri- day, the police mid tonight Police intimated that the two former #ws bureau messengers v ho were belng held o5 smpicious persons would be dis- migeed as 3 aresult of new evidenoe is was shot and killed while carry- o weekly payroll of Boston News Prenu messengers. The bandits escaped with $647. FLEET OF 12 WARSHIPS ARE CONVOYING MERCHANT VESSEL Pernambuco, Brazll, Dec. 17. — The captain and passengers of the British steamer Almanzora, which arrived here oday. reports hoving seen last night ca i P R —— TROUBLE FOR MASSACHUSETTS | HOSPITALS FOE THE INSANE | Boston, Dec. 17.—Thousands of in- mates of Massachusetts hospitals for the insane will have their cases investi-| he Ligh scas a fleet of 12 warships of he dsstroyer type, steamine southward conveying a merchant vessel, presuma- bly a collier. The nationality of the fleet Was. Zot ascertained. The semaphore station this mornig also reported observing a fieet, the ves- sels of which flew no flags. As far is road were held up for about two hours Suted as a result of the recent rulink|known no fleet at the present time s while firemen battled from the road bed and nearby streets a spectacular fire ville, Mass, Hugh C. Clas: 29, of New Ha en, arrested by members of the state patrol, who found 14 quarters of whis- key in his automobile, was fined $115 in- district court in Northampton, ‘Mass., | on a charge of violatting laws, the liquor A atterapt will be made to have A. Stanley Copeland, master of the “Joy Christians,” arrested in Rochester on a charge of transporting liquor, re- moved to the state hospital for mental observation. Gabriel D'Annunzio has formed = company for the publication of a daily newspaper in Rome, it was-announced. ' No details were given In. the annuonce- ment as to just.what character the pub- lication would take. Three highwaymen stepped up teo Bernard Brossowsky, clerk for a to- ‘bacco _comcern, at a crowded Brook- Iyn, N. Y., corner, levelled guns at him, an dmade .away with -$1189, which he was carrying to a bank. By s vote of 251 to 9, the house adopted . a resolution making in order a provision in the naval supply bill requesting the president to megotiate with forelgen powers relative to limit- ing the -construetion of war craft of 1,000 tons or lems. Fire in the hold of the Japaneso steamer Chicago Maru, lying in the outer harbor at Los Angeles with $750,000 cargo, including 6,400 bales of ‘cotton; ‘got beyond control. Ome hun- dred passengers were taken ashore soon after the fire was discovered. Thoe foreign ministry ‘of Italy has is- sued a’ circular to all Ttallan repre- sentatives in foreign countries asking them to_give instructions that a por- trait of King Victor Emimanuel and a crucifix. be placed . in every Itallan school abroad. Grieying over the death of s sis- ter is ascribed by the police to the sud- den “mental ~ unballancing of °'Thomas Kelty, 56, and his slaying_ his brother- : indlaw, Thomas' F. Jones, 64: brutally beating; his: niece, Lillian B.- Jones, 32, and, then killing himself o Providence. | To meet s shortage in trucks for de- livery of coal recently -bought by -the city of Boston for male.to families, the emergency - fuel - committée was “directing the use-of 100 city ash carts, comman- from_the public works depart- American king - the za¥ yeisd e supreme court in the case of Dor- of th ! Gordon, that an insane person may othy A Py | Which partly destroyed a bulldinz of the {not be a voluntary patient. - P)— 3 'p, O'Nell Coal Company in Somer-| The court ruled Friday that Miss Gor- idon, heiress to $409.000, for whose guar-!1a |dtanship a legal contest is being waged | |was llegally committed to the Mclean | hospital for the insanc at Waverly b jcavse she was irsege when she an application for admissioa. Dr. Lowell Wentworth, deputy com missioner of diseascs, said - yesterday that Judge Braley's rulng as it ap- Iplied to petients in hispitals under state {control would be considered tomorrow. ! According .to authorities most of the “voluntary5s patients are mow insane al-| though they may not have ben. when they were admiited. Each case will Le considered indiyidually, it was ssid. {INCREASE IN WIOLESALE | i AND RETAIL FOOD PEICES | { | Washington, Dec. 17.—Both retall and | ,Wholesale food prices increased two per {cent. or more during November, accord- ing to figures made public today by the department of labor. Notwithstanding ithe Increase, the department said therc | {was a decrease of five per cent. for the year ending November 15 in retail food prices, while wholesale food prices in- | creased about two and one-half per cent. during the year. As compared with 1913, retail food costs in November were given at 47 per_cent. higher in New Haven, The trend of wholesale prices of eom- modities, such as farm products, tex- tiles, metals, building material, chemicals and house furnishing goods was upward {during November to the extent of 1 1-3 per cent. Farm products aiso led for the year with an increase of ‘18 1-4 per cent. Chemicals alone were cheaper in Novem- ber of this year as compared with the same month last year. | SALVATION ARMY SERVICE i New York, Dec. 17.—Memorial services | for the late John Wanamaker of Phila- | delphia, were held tonight at Salvation temple, national headquarters of the Sal- vation army.- Colanel -Walter Jenkins, | much experience FOE LATE JOHN WANAMAKER | 4, navigating these waters. Therclore the Teporied presence of the ships is caus- ing speculation. Buenos Alres, Dec. 17.—A despatch o Nacion from Pernambuco reports |that 2 Swedisi squadron, salling south- ward on & cfuise of instruction, passed TO PHOTOGRAPH TREASUKE IN THE EARTH IN EGYPY Lomdon, Dec. 17.—Expert photograph- ers attached to the New York Metropel- tan Museum,of Art's staff at Thebes will PiotogTaph the treasures coniained in the chambers of the ancient Egyptian King Tuteckhamun before their removal is be<. gun, Lord Carnarvon, head of the British expedition, informed the Times correspoti= dent.at Marseilles upon his arrival there. ATTHEWRITEHOUSE TODAY Governors of Sixteen States Are to Discuss Enforcement The explorer explained that an attempt - to photograph the treasures by fashlight had fafled compietely and they were afraid to make another attempt becauss everything was intensely dry and infiam- = mable. The Americans, who have had in photographing the interfor of tombs of kings, then offered thelr services. which wers Ziadly acowd- The Americans will install a powesful electric plant and their chief photogra~ pher, Burton, will take the pictures. LOWEST INFANT MORTALITY IN EAST SIDE, NEW YORK New York, Dec. 17.—One square mils on the lower East Side, where five hun® dred thousand persons live, shows eme jOf the lowest infant mortality rates i the world, Dr. Royal 8. Copeland, U. & | senator-elect, declared today n an ad- dress to the Congregation Beth Hame drash’ Hagafol. . in this crowded area, Dr. Capelabd 5aid, among every ome thousand chil~' n born, only 56 die in the first year of life. In contrast, he said, in the ups per Fifth avenue flmmm of every ome thousand children dia dufe ing thelr first year. =~ ¥ national secretary of the organization, | WAGE INCEEASE FOR WORKEES read a tribute fro mCommander Evange- IN THE STOVE INDUSTRY ammind s e ety ol ot O Attant : a as “a y [t , N. J., Dec. 11—An ade Shurch,” ‘and & loyal friend of the Sal- | vanse thet will mekn Approlmatels False g of fifty cents a week on straight vation army.’ Speakers told of the friendship of Mr. ‘Wanamaker for General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, and of the ‘en- couragement, ‘both financial and ‘morsd, which the merehant had given the organ- ks 5 E OBITUARY Elieser Ben-Yahuds. 3 Jerusalem,- Dec. <17 | (Jewish . Telegrapt: Agency) —Eljeser Ben-Y 1 famous Hebrew author,