Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 28, 1922, Page 1

s % I 4 - Norwic VOL. LXIV—No. 315 Palletin OPULATION 29,685 NORWICH f '?;N-/THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1922 TEN PAGES—70 COLUMNS "RICE TWO CENTS BOMB PLOT DISCOVERED [N [Fme Vous T | ~ THECITY OF City COLUMBUS. GA. Authorities Have the Names of About a Dozen Men Who Met in a Cemetery and Maped Out Plans for Their At- tack—Plot is Said to be Directed Against the Homes of | the City Commission—The Plotters Possess 100 Pounds of Explosives. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 2 —An alleged plot to bomb the homes of the city com- mission was made public here this after- noon whed Commissioner Morton told a citizens’ meeting that about a dozen men whose names are known to the authori- ties met in a cemetery last night and mapped out plans for their attack. The gang is known to have 100 pounds of ex- plostve on hand, he said. JEARCHING FOR CLUES - IN MOREHOUSE PARISH Hagtrop, La., Dec. 27 {ary authorities today traveled over 25 miles of roads in Morehouso parish searching for additional clues implicat- Ing those responsible for the mysterious dynamiting that released two bodies fzom % lake here, following the kidnapping on Aug. 24 of five men_and the Kkilling of two. No particular developments of today’s search were made knownstonight. Prin- clpal interest centers I the efforts of Dr: B. M. McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, to avold extradition from Balti- more, Md., where he is held on a charge of murder. He wag arrested at that place when Governor Parker telegraphed instructions to Baitimore to arrest and hold him. = . Priends of the physician are rallying to hls support and have declared that bond of almost any figure will be arranged for bim if necessary. It is ceported that $350.000 is available for bond for T. J. Burnett, former deputy sheriff, who -was the first person arrested in connection with the case. Since hig arrest, Burnett has been vis- ited by a number of strangers. After brief oconferences, they departed. Pr. McKoin, it became known here to- Yy, engaged in a shooting some years ago at Gallior;—La., where he killed a man in self-defense, according to his pleh. He was discharged by a coroner's jury and no indictment was returned. He Sak prefldént of the Fifth Congressional Moallical soblety last year. He is known as an-ardent chiireh worker. During a.career as mayer he 8 said to have Igedfred .the enmity of many who ‘disre- garded the icw, which lie sought to en- Civil and mili- ditlopal developments today - includ- [ ferences at Baton Rouge betweén Governor Parker and Speclal Prosecutor 3t Clalr Adams. Requisition jpers. are belng prepared. State’s Attorney General Coco and his staff of assistantg today outlired their plana for the open hearing to be held in January, and also discussed their pro- grom of investigation, The events of each day are declared te be dividing the residents of Mer Rouge community, The town and outlying sec- tions are regarded as armed camps. State , lroops remain here, however, to prevent any demonstrations. _M'KOIN’S FRIENDS TO AID - ¥ FIGHT AGAINST EXTRADITION Baltimore, Dec. 27.—Hearing on the writ of habeas corpus obtained today by counsel for Dr. McKoin, former mayor of" Mer Rouge, La., was set for tomorrow. Dr. McKoing was arrested here yesterday by request of Governor John M. Parker, of Loulsiana, on the charge of murder as an ‘outgrowth of the Morehouse parish murder. and kidnapping. cases. The writt ob tained in an effort to obtain bail for l'lju .:noctor prior to his fight against extra- thon. ‘Requisition papers issued by Governot Parker on Governor Albert Ritchie, of this state for ‘the return to. Louisiana of De. McKoin are not expected: to reach here for two or three days. Governor Ritchie today, when asked what action he |' would take, sald he would await receipt .ot the papers before issfilng a statement. Ag that time, he said, he. would hear both &ides of the case and render an impartial decision. ‘Meanwhile friends of Dr. McKoing are rallying to—his assistance. Telegrams ‘were recelved today from any persons pledging their moral and “financial sup- pert. Among them was one from two physiclans signing themselves as fellows of the American College of Surgeons. Another, from the Central Savings and Trust company of Mer” Rouge, La., offer- ¢4 to deposit any amount of menew.in a « local-bank to obtaln release of Dr. Mc: «Br. Hugh Young, head of the Brady inatitute, of the Johns Hopkins Medical ogool, with whom Dr. McKoin has been ted since he arrived here last Oc- tober 1, made public the telegrams, ,-That from the trust company read: ““The Central Sayings and Trust company of Mer, Rouge. will indemnity you to any , kmount you might incur as the result of the arfest of Dr. McKoin. . This bank will deposit in any bank in Baltimore city sut- ficlent funds to coverany bonds that you might pledge for McKoin.” Jn an interview with newspapermen prior: to his arrangement in police court the former mayor stated: “I know doz- ens of them but I do not care to talk about th,’ activities of the klan at tiis time.” i Former U. S. District Attorney Robert R. Carman of counsel for the accused .satd he would fight extradition. Dr. McKoin did not flee from Loulsi- ana after the trouble at Mer Rouge,” he sald. “He remained there for many weeks after the death of the two men. He was with his father thirty miles away from Mer Rouge from August un- til October, when he came to Baltimore at the request of Dr. Young, who offered to permit him to assoclate with him"at the Johns Hopkins hospital. “{The mayor placed himself at the dis- ! posal of the district attorney of the ccun- ty seat and wa. sincon sultation with him for a long time before he left. Thare was nothing for him to hide and. he gave whatever information he had at his com- mand.” e EFFORT TO HOLD UP M’KOIN WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS Baltimore, Md., Dec. 27.—Capt. George G. Henry, chief inspector of the Balti- more police, received a telegram tonight from Gov. John M. Parker of Louisiana asking that hearing in the writ of habeas corpus obtained by counsel for Dr. Me- Koin ber held up until officers arrived with extradition papers. The writ was obtained in an effort to obtain bail for Dr. McKoin, who was ar- rested here yesterday after a telegram was received from the Louisiana gover- nor requesting that the former be held on a chafge of murdef in connectfon with the Morehouse parish murders and kid- nappings. Hearing on the writ is sched- ulxor tomorrow. THREE. MEN DEVOURED BY TIMBER WOLVES IN ONTARIO Port Arthur, Ont, Dec. 27.—A great roving band of hungry timber wolves has devoured three men, according to.meagre ceports sifting In today from the snow- covered trails of .the Sturgeon river country. ‘These reports told of a lesing battle fought by two Indians after a white trapper had ~been - downed and killed. ; Last Saturday an elderly trapper left his cabin .in the woodg -seventy ' miles north of Ignace, to mush dow; settierefit “for” his Christmas 3 arrived in.gafety. There was no mall, however, and the old man said he would come back Christmas morning. At noon he had not arrived. The post. master sent two Indians to follow the trail until they found him. About two. miles from the settlement the Indiaps found a spot pounded ‘down in the snow. There was blood. Bitg of dog harness torn to shreds were scattered about. In the midst of-them the Indians | found humen’ bones. They hastened back jto _report their discovery, ‘ The lure of the bounty on wolves, how- ever, urged the Indians: to take the trall again, with extra ammunition. They did not retuen. | Yesterday a new searching’ party ' de- | Th, parted. They found another patch- trod- den in the snow, with much more blood, about two miles beyond the first. The two runs the Indians had oarried wére lying in the crimsoned snow. Scat. tered about were bones, bits of clothing, and empty shells. The carcasses of sixteen dead wolves— some half eaten—Ilay stretched in a cir- cle about the remains of the two Indian hunters, i DE. JOSIAH H. PENNIMAN LECTED U. OF P. PROVOST Philadelphia, Dec. 27.—Dr. Josiah H. Penniman today was elected provost or the “educational or academic head” ¢%. the University of Pennsylvania. He had’ beén acting provost since the res- ignation of Dr, Edgar Fahs Smith about. three years ag At the same time the board of trus- tees created an “executive administra- tive” office to be known as the ‘‘pre dent of the university” and ordered ‘'a réevisiom of the statutes in “wecordance therewith. Belection of a president was referred to a special committee of five trustees who were 4nstructéd to confer with the sub-committee of the commrit- tee of one hundred of the general ‘alum- gl society and report as soon as possi- le. - Today’s action followed the - recent resignation of Major General Leonard | Wood as ‘head of the university.”. . NEW BRITAIN POLICEMEN A | PENALIZED BY CCMMISSIONERS New Britein, Dec. 27.—The -board- of police commissioners here tonight - posed 2 series of T thi smorning Dr. McKoin stated he would {the &ril be unable to to throw any light on the deaths of Thomas Richards and Watt "Danlels, whose mutilated bodies were found several days ago in La La Fourshe near Mer Rouge. 3 “At one time,” Dr, McKolng sad, *I was ‘willing t6 go back and téll them all ge, but now ight uisition to the. last ditch, iy ‘While angered ‘at his' arrest, Dr. Mec- Koln is inclined 'to treat the matter lightly. He said hé counld account for mr priér to_the kidnapping of the men and every minute since t! mysterious disappearance. When how hé could aceount for all the time ‘3o accufately since Adgust, when the men disappeared, Dr. MeKoln re- “When' the time comes’ I whi show Dr. McKoin reiterated he was not a mémber of the Ku Klux Klar, Neither _he béen asked to join the organiza- " tion, Me said. “In fairness to them, how- 0ver,” he added, “I must say they have done much good work in the ‘matter of ding\ Mer “Rouge of undesirables. 1 - mean \to say that théy have driven m t of town. On the ¢ontrary they 4 %nfl of common sense, talk and. tact, e good men - of indlvi who' udeubtedly would have landed in jail sooner or late z v Aaked to- ete a . particular instance — STATE POLICEMEN-GUARD . - THE TRANSFEE OF LIQUOR Haittord, Dec. 37—Under - federal authorities . for mawnu"m hospital use, . Removal of the . light the fact that the originall; in 't jthe klan had been responsible for | prefe B“'-M‘Illfl"l& to the He 2 and |"tor liquor brought , tal -iro ¥ catne | ‘GermanStateForest Premier Poincare to Present Scheme to Allied Premiers in Paris Next Week. Paris, Dec. 27—(By The A. P.)— Premier Poincare plans to follow up the reparati commission's decision declar- ing. G any in default of her wood de- liveries by presenting to the allied pre- miers’ meeting here next week a scheme for taking over the German state for- ests as a guarantee. If the other pre- miers will not agree to this step, it is understood France is prepared to ‘act alone. It is now feared that the British and French attitudes will be as far apart when the premiers reconvene, here as they were when the recent London con- ference adjourned and the latest repar- ations development is taken to support this view. Sir John Bradbury went to London today to confer with govern- ment officials. Sir John's reasons for refusing to sup- port the default vote, which reasons, it is thought, may be taken as a reflec- tion of the position of Mr. Bonar Law, were that certaln extenuating circum- stances entitled Germany to more lenient consideration and that, furthermore, the allies had previously agreed on a course less radical in the event of Germany's failure. France's victory in the reparations commisfon vote is ascribed to the per- sonal efforts of Premier Poincare, who is sald to have carefully planned the coup. The action was so quietly and swiftly executed that none of the Amer- ican unofficial observers had the oppor- tunity of being present. Although the United States has no vote in the commission, the views of its- obgervers have alway$ had much weight, especially when a vital issue was before- the commission, as was the case yesterday. It is declared in reparations circles that the position of the Amer- fcan observers has approximated that of the British. The sudden decision of the commossion tok not only the Americans, but French political circles, by surprise, since it was generally understood that the commis- sioners would take no decision untlil after the premiers’ meeting. GERMANY EXPLAINS v NON-DELIVERY QF WO0OD Berlin, Dec. 27.—(By The A. P.)— In connection with the reparations com- mission’s decidion that Germany is in de- fault for non-delivery of wood to apply on the reparations account, it is stated here ‘that the entente’s demands did not arrive until January, whereas the cutting of the wood regularly occurs in the course of the winter; thus the demands arrived too late to make compliance pos- sible this year. ‘Attention is also -called to ‘the fact that Germany had already announced her readiness to make, the delayed de- liveries, suggesting March 81 riext, “~as trialists. are wwhah: that they are obliged to go outsidt the country for wood with which .to build dwellings for their -workingmen. WILL BE NO HolA‘!‘olfl"u‘ ¥ ‘WITHOUT GUARANTEES — Brussels, Dec. 27 (By the'A. P.).—Re- ferring - in the-senate today to the ap- proaching gathering of the premiers for the ‘conference in Paris, M. Jaspar, for- elgn minister, sald it would be impossi- ble to grand Germany a motatorium, pure | row Wilson foundation will await upon i gpEAKERS AT and’ simple, without guarantees. © As regards the nature of the guaran- tees, he asked the senate to give Premier eunis the privilege of following the example of the other interested govern- ments - by refraining ferom specifying them. The minister added that thie Bel- glan cabinet thought it of-the utmost importance that the measures adopted at Paris should be by agreement_of all Germany’s creditor nations’ M. Jaspar sald the’ question of debts did not interest Beéigium directly, since Belgium's war debt had been taken up by the other allies. The Belgian govern- ment’s’ program 'consisted in preserving at all costs the Anglo-Franco-Belgian entente, without 'which Belgium's gafety would' be seriously threatenéd.\ Belgium, he added, was not seeking to play the role of mediator but was solely defending the ceuntry’s interests. ¥ PREMIER OF ITALY MAY NOT ATTEND PARIS MEET Il Rome, Dec. 27 .(By tHe A. P.).—It is not yet certain whether Premier Musso- linl will go to Paris for the meeting Jan. 2 of the allied premicrs. He is declared to be overwhelmed with his work here and does not_desire to . go abroad for academic discusgion.” He is sald to desire prior ‘to leaving here that some concrete plan for discussion shall be for- mulated. It the premier should go.to Paris, and heé Is riot Tecalled to Italy by urgent busa- iness, he purposes to make a short visit to Madrid; as he contemplates closer re- lationg between Italy and Spain.as the two, ;ounlflel have common interests in as velopment of Latin-America. i BTATE FUEL ADMINISTRATOR RUSSELL 18'TO RESIGN Hartford, - Dec. - 27-—Believing ~ that Governor-elect Charles A, - Mpm;n m :;l'-" his ;dmlnl.n:.uon Administrator Thomas !‘!:l:'all o s -4 . < : "Besides the courtesy procedure, Mr. [ Russell said he was anxious to give bueiness, mére time to his e e e FIHCAL YEAR'S FIRR LOSSES + . "IN - CONNEOTIOUT --§1,708-833.68 BRIEF TELEGRAMS Fourteen hundred Italian refugees who left Smyrna after the fire, have sailed from Brindisi, for Smyrna, again to take up their residence there. Christmas day witnessed the arrival at Mannheim of five Germans just re- leased from a French prison. The last German prisoners held in France. The Furness Mner Dighy, a week overdue on a voyage from Liverpool to St. John's, N. F., Halifax and Boston, werived at the former port Yesterday. ‘ A temporary injunction against the Hotel Rockland at Rockland, Me., un- der the Volstead liquor law, was de- creed by Federal Judge John A. Peters. Fifty-eight employes, including some war veterans, were discharged from the Boston Veterans' Bureau by Dr. Arthur E. Brides, the local director, Hanlis Taylor, former United Btate minister to Spain and recognized au- thority on International Law, died at hsl home in Washington. A street widening proSram jnvelving $139,50,000 was made public by Mayor Curley of Boston, Wednesday. Among the projects is the widening of Province street at a cost of $6,000,000. ¥lora Sdnford, 20, escaped from the stafe farm at Bridgewater, Mass, soon after dawn yesterday. She cluded the attention of guards and slipped through the gates when sent to the laundry. The imperial diet was formally open- ed in Tokio without the presence of Prince Regent Hirohito or Premier Ka- to, both of whom were said to be in- disposed. A two-story frame house in Fairfleld, Conn., owned by Louis Coppia and oc cupied by his famil, was destroyed by fire of undetermined origin. The loss is $4,000. Sir Derrick Julius Wernher, . son of the late Sir Julius Werhner, who was said to have made more than $50,000,- 000 in the South American diamond fields, and Miss Theodora Romanov, & young Russian, were married secretly two weeks ago in New York. John B. Hammond, chief of police of Des Moines, Iowa, announced that every drunken man who is brought into police headquarters hereafter will have his pic- ture taken. —r ‘Exports of principal food products for November showed, with few exceptions, marked increases over totals for No- vember, 1921, in an analysis made pub- lic by the department of commerce. The American Legion in Washington will do anything it can to help capture Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, convicted army deserter, whom a restaurant man believes he saw in Seattle. Mrs. Virginia R. Lyon, 61 years old, of New Haven, died at Grace hospital from a skull fracture which she received witen she fell eight steps in a restaur- ant. 1 Fifth street police station” at New York: to ‘congratulate detectives on -their a: rest of Joseph Cohen, charged with the murder of Nathan Guskind on October 19, last. One shot was fired at a watchman in Chicago as he discovered loosened rail bolts on the Santa Fe tracks near Jo- liet. He halted a passenger train bound for Kansas City until the bolts were tightened. < A delegation of five from the Wood- former President Wilson at his home in ‘Washington today to extend birthday greetings to him on the 66th anniversa- ry of his birth. ~ Frank Morris, 35, master of the Hart- ford grange and well market gardener, took his own life by shoot- ing in the cellar of his home. He was ill from nervous breakdown. He leaves a wife and child. Resolutions denouncing the Ku Kiux Klan, and calling for co-operation with organizations actively combatting it ere. adopted at the closing session of the annual convepgion of the Mu Sigma fraternity, in New York. Judge Braley, of the supreme court at Boston dismissed the petition of John D. Gardiner, of Baldwin, L. I, for a writ of -habeas corpus to release his niece, Dorothy Gordon, from the McLean hos- pital for the insane at Waverly. A special grand jury was sworn in at Boston to determine whether in the evi-{ dence on which Joseph C. Pelletier was removed from the office of district at- torney thére was probable cause to bring him and others to trial for erime. The Bausch and Lomb Optical Com- pany, of Rochester, N. Y., has bought the eye glass frame mamufacturing businéss, patents, good will and materials of Sev- ens and Company, Providence, R. L, for a comsideration “in excess of, $1,000,000.” George -C. Atkins, for 45 years ness manager. of The Patriot, a weekly newspaper, and Evening Argus, Montpelier, Vt., died there yesterday. ; Tufs from Boston- the auxil- {ary fishing schooner E. O'Hara after ‘the vessel had pounded for mere than 24 hours on Point Allerton. Half of her 60,000 ton cargo wof - fish was thrown “overboard- to lighten the craft. Atlantic is Being Lashed@mpests Skippers of All Incoming Ships Report Hurricanes and Heavy Seas. New York, Dec. 27.—More stories of terror at sea were brought into New York today when La Savole steamed into Quararline 48 hours late. , It was the third successive day that skippers of incoming ships have re- ported terrific hurricanes sweeping the Atlantic. La Savoie reported picking up a series of S. 0. S, from the Tudorstar and then hearing no more from her. This led the French liner's officers to believe that the Tudorstar might have gone down, but the freighter's agents later heard reports fhat rudderless and pound- ed by waves, she had been taken in tow by a rescue ship. Shortly after La Savole came in the Cunarder Caronia arrived in Quarantine and once more the stories of hurricanes and heavy waves were told. At one time during the storm, Captain Doggle, her skipper said, angle of 2414 degrees. Port holes on both sides df the =hip were shattered. The Caronia put into Halifax Christ- | mas morning to tscape the battering of the waves, and s delayed 48 hours in making New York. o Masters of out-going ships also scan- ned the heavens anxiously today, for a warning was issued by the weather bu-|the Turks materially, and ths alled rel- reau this afternoon with predicting gales from the Delaware Breakwater to East-|table in reparation for a final and com- port, Me. FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW HAVEN Hartford, Dec. 27. come for New Haven to decide on a definite program for the development of its harbor facilities and that the ci must stand behind the project, not only with funds. but with aciive moral su port, is asserted in the report of the New Haven development commission, submitted to Governor Lake today The commission was created by the last legislature report at the next ses- sion. The report was presented , by Frederick L. Ford, of Charles G. Bill, of this city. The conclusion reached by thi mission are summed up as follo “That # time allowed and with the limited funds available and owing to the disturbed state of business follow- ing the war, your commission has been unable to secure data warranting any definite action at the present time. com- “That any appeal to the general as- sembly for assistance in the matter of providing terminal facilities for New Haven harbor must be preceded by the commitment of New Haven to a de- nite program, and also by the appear- ance in New Haven of an organized ef- fort to stand behind the project, mot < only with funds, but with active moral| S e support. jeration of. “Pat the -co-operation of the federal - L government can only be secured after| uoe fhade the city of New Haven and the state of Connecticut have taken definite steps and have determined ace ually begun the work of initial instala- in the premises, upon a works-program and have tion. “That the New Haven harbor, if pro- vided with terminal facilities, might bef o it utilized to great advantage by the citi- zens of the state at large as an add nal means of transporting lime, stone. cement and other bulky commodities. MEETING OF HISTORIANS IN NEW HAVEN| mendment as presented, did not oppo New Haven, Dec. 2%.—The ship between the United States and the rest of the world in a historical sense was discussed here tonight by Professor Charles Homer Haskins of university, who as president. of the American Historical association and ning allied association which open- ed today. . He spoke on “Kuropean his- tory and Amrrican scholarship.” ~ Professor Ha. world as a historical unit said in part: “It iz the historian’s business ta tie up Europe and America. He is bound to see the United States as a part of a whole, Europe, America and Asla are one in history.’ In discussing the question of wars, Professor Haskin said: “Great TFuro- pean wars have always beenm American wars. Professor Haskin praised the work of the American Historical foundation In developing high scholarship among American historians and expressed him- Self in favor .of many traveling schol- arships by which the “vision and um- derstanding” of historians might Dbe broadened. In an earlier session Mrs. George M. Minor, of Waterford, Conn., president- general of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, spoke en the preserva- tion of American standards and ideals. She said in part: “The one big thought T want to leave with you is this: Yoa of American tradition and background —you must save this 'o-houmry."‘ e speaki on e growing num-. be:n:; 37 in the Unite@l States, “We are already be- ginning to see our American back- ground vanishing here and there in thé dimness of the past. That background must be painted in living colors.” Bhk : she careened at an| HARBOR FACILITIES! ew Haven and!have presented their claims; ecclesiastics, relation-| put said- it should be carefully Harvard| ation. delivered, the first formal address of the session } been “sounding out” several CONFERENCE AT LAUSANNE IS APPROACHING A CLIVAX Lord Curzon Makes Positive Announcement That Great Brit ain Will Not Cede Mosul to Turkey—Great Uneasines: is Shown by the Conferees as the Time Draws Near for Final Reckoning on All Important Questions. Lausanne, Dec. 27.—(By the A. P.)— 1 ing what the map of Asia Minor shall be Great uneasiness is spreading throughout | Lord Curzon, Marquis DI Garron! and M Near East Conference circles as the time | Barrere had a long discussion today or approaches when there must be a final | capitulations which, after Mosul ofl, U recokoning on all important questions, | probably the most stubborn question fot which have been passed by with only par- | settlement. tial agreement or no agreement at all, be- | The three leaders made no announce- tween the Turks and the alliad powers. ment as to what decision had been reach- Lord Curzon’s positive announcement |ed, although they have repeatedly made today that Great Britain will not cede | clear that the inviting powers eannol Mosul to Turkey and does not propose jconsent to have foreigners on Turkey to discuss that question further was the |tried by Turkish courts, without some fore-runner of less positive statements |sore of forelgn supervision. from the other delegationsp on various The Turks are insistent upon this point questions, which indicates that the con-!and will not even consent to have a pro- ference is reaching a climax-and that bationary periods fixed so that their preparations are under way' for a final {courts may be brought up to western showing of strength. standards. Meantime Constantinople it ‘The sub-commissions are making 1 becoming more unsettled ever day, a tle progress. Riza Nur Bey was less |Greece and Bulgaria are floundering truculent today in the sub-commisaon on | along under the burden of the miserabie minorities. but the Christmas rest ap- |refugees, who dread a resumption of hos- parently did not improve the temper of |tilitles between Greece and Turkey. The allied delegates returned this ev- ening plamnly discouraged after several hours' discussion with the Turks on economic capitulations. The Turks made it clear that they wanted the right to give preferemtial treatment to their own manufactures in the matter of tax- ation, and justified their attitude bv saying that it was necessary to protect Turkish industries. In other worls, for- eigners would not onl ylose their pref- erential economic position, which they are ready to lose in the interest of équity. but must meet Turkish competition, which would be strengthened by exemp- tion from certain taxes imposed on for- elgners. A completed deadiock exists on the cus- toms tarlff question. The turks desire te postpone all action on this subject for two years, during which time they would undertake to negotiate separate commer- clal treaties with the powers, including the United States. The allies are ready to accept this, but, in return, want Tur- key to accept a maximum tariff scale, which would be arranged by negotiations at Lausanne, and operate both during the two year period. The Turks have refused this compromise suggestion. egations are clearly becoming less trac- | plete statement of the maximum will yield. \ The indications are that fhls final round-up will come early nex: week, and the contending parties are so far apart on capitulations, control of the stralt and the rights of minorities that the out- come is uncertain. It is clear that furth er meetings of the commissions and sub- commissions will be of little as Seemingly everyone is talted out and every foot of ground between Mount Ara- rat and the Garden of Eden has teen traversed. OIld testament history ha been reviewed from Genesis tc Malcha; poets, historians, soothsayérs, who trace their ancestry back to Adam and Eve, they soldlers and statesmen of many races, languages and religions have been heard. The hopper is filled to overlowmng and now the mill is starting to grind. Kurds, Arabs, Assyro-Chaldeans, Ar- menians, Greeks, Turks, Bulgarians and Russians are watching with tense interes. a sthe allied leaders meet dally in pri- vate conferences, which are really decid- SENATOR LODGE OPPOSES THE BORAH RESOLUTION BERNHARDT CONFIDENT THAT SHE WILL GET WELL ‘Washington,. Dec. 27 (By the A. P.)— Paris, Dec. ~(By the A. P.)— The first official disclosyre that Presi-| The medical men attending Madame ng is negotiating toward an|Sarah Bernhardt declared this evening conference for the consid-|there was no improvement in her condi- jJems|tion since this morning. But neither had assa- | there been a change for the worse. The ,|actress, herself, was as optimistic as ever. during opening debate in the senate to-| ““Tell them Jn America, tell all my day on the proposal of Senator Borah,|friends, how much I appreciate thelt republican, Idaho, for the. Dresident to|kind interest,” she sald. “I shall get call an international conference to dis-;well again, never fear. cuss economic conditions and disarma-| This mecssage was sent out through ment. g Madame Norman, the directress of Bern- In opposing -the Borah proposal,|nardt’s household. As the doctors for- is in the form_ of an amendment their patient from receiving any to the maval. apppopriation. bill, Senator |visitors. Lodge urged that the pres'dent be not| Bernhardt’s butler said that ome of embarrassed. “in. the efforts * ¢ * which |every three of today's callers was Amer- he is now making as a matter of fa jcan. Government ministers, playwrights, Senator Lodge ,in the course of % | members of the French Acade: 1 hour's . address .against' the Borahent statesmen and fellow acto: tressey called at the house, but all were refused admittance to the sick room. The only “friend” Bernhardt was ailowed to see was her pet angora cat, which jump< ed upon her bed as soon as admitted. Her severe iliness has given rise te much speculation regarding Bernhardt's correct age. Most authorities give the date of .ber birth as 1844, but the birts records were burned in 1871 when the Paris eity hall was destroyed by the rev- olutionists. “The Divine Sarah hersell has always said that she was “a fow the calling of .an. efonomic cen(eronc; an strictly defined with such questions as| reparations, allled ddbts, and Immigra- tion specifically. excluded from consider- The ‘stite department declined to add anything to the statement of Senater Lodge but it was'learned that President Harding was . considering -seriousiy trafismitting” a-Jetter to.the senate giv- ing information’ of his nesotiations and xins, in speaking of thel a: the same time ddplorng any imser-|vears younger” than Georges,Clemenceau, vention from congress whica might op {who was born in 1841. erate to hinder his efforts. It is -understood that state department the - ' HEAVY SNOW FORECAST FOE NORTHEEN NEW ENGLANY garding “the desirability of iding an| Washington, Dec. 27.—Heavy snowt economic . conference. Whether thelin northern New England and in north- proposed conference: would be called by} ern and central sections of eastern N or held in the United States-or whether| York, with strong shifting winds and this nation - would be a participant wers, | the Atiantlc coast from Cape Hatteras howevef, important details not dis-) porthward, are forecast for tomorrow closed. Secretary “Hughes - conferred gy the weathér bureau. with the president.late today for an| “The gales are expected to becoms hour but there was no -intimation af-| dangerous over the northern part of the terwards of the detafls. and warnings are- oul The Borah:amendment. was discues-!from Cape Hatteras to Eastport, Me. ed for four hours in the semate; Sena-|due to a storm central tonight republican. | Kentucky and moving east-northeast. speaking—in- opposition, and|yard. This ° disturbance also hat Senators Borah and Willjams, demsa-| brought prospects of general precipita crat, Mississirgl, in" tion tomorrow in the lower lake regton, the upper Ohio valley and the Middle and. North Atlantic states. Tempera. tures are expected to fall gemerally Im the Washington forecast district but ne unusually cold weather is indicated ex- cept possibly in morthern New - Eng- land. ¥ seriously in, and more than] -Another disturbance . of marked in- .""%4,,,{,,.’“’,," smoke_ and. gas| tensity is central over the far Borth-. when a.four-story office building in the I tonight. Tavesgation’ when- the- i 1 In on n ght under control falled through the president has wers re- behalf of the pro- posal, . No action was and debate ‘went over until & —_— TWO. FIREMEN SEEIOUSLY «+° SAVINGS BANKS DEPOSITS ] E 2. i i b ef gl E | 1 B 3 & I En | | sz ) | g. i i i i il I i i | 1 ; !