Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 30, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—No. 312 VIEWS OF SECY HUGHES ON SOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN REPARATIONS TANGLE; PROBLEMS ABROAD ARE WORLD PROBLEMS Bulletin + UPULATION 29,685 " $°CH, CONN,, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922 14 PAGES—-102 COLS. .RICE TWO CENTS fn'an Address at New Haven the Secretary of State Suggests That an Independent Commission of Financiers Could Accomplish More Than a General International Confer- ence—Would Have Commission Kept Free From Re- sponsibility to Foreign Officials on Any Duty to.Obey Political Instructions—Recognizes Reparations * Settle- ment as the Root of !iconomic Equilibrium—Has No De- sire to Have Germany Relieved of Responsibility for the War, But Does Not Wish Believes Permanent Peace is Dependent Upon Economic | to See a Prostrate Ge;-mnny— Satisfactions—Says America Should Aid in Any Prac- tisable Way, But is Opposed to the United States As- suming the Role of Arbiter. New Haven, Dec 2.—A suggéstion that an Independent commission of men competent in financial affairs could ac mplish more .than a general interna: tonal donference toward solution of the Buropean reparations _tangle were put torward by’ Secretary -Hughes here - to- aight in the first public pronouncement wm the economic crisis‘to come trom re- sponsidle officials of the administratioi it Washington. The secretary, who spoks befors thy American Historlcal assoclation, adde that he had “no doubt" distinguished Americans would bo willing to serve on mch a commission, which he sald might well be kept free trom any responsibility io forelgn officlals or ‘any duty to obey political instructions. Once advantage bad, been taken of the opportunities thus e said, “the avenue of Amerl> Ipfulness cannot. ail 1o open hope- Referring to suggestions ‘that the United States assume the role of arbiter m the reparations - dispute, Mr. Hughest sald a sufficlent answer to that was the fact “that we have not been ask- ", He went on to sy he did not be- jove this government -should take such viburden of responsibility. roughout - his discussion . the secre- i d that the questions of Fman reparations lay at the rootiof my economic sottlement. The problems throad he eaid, are world problems,, and /muld not be disposed i oal hém European:” e declared the United States would “view, with-distayor ‘meas- aféd. which instead of -producing repa- -ations would threaten disastér” and said 10 6ne could foresse the “serious conse fuepces” which might ensue if forcibl giving that commission broad powers such as the administration _proposea, which quite apart from cancellation might permit a sound discretiop to be exercised In accordance with , the facts elicited, congress has placed definite, re- strictions upon the power of the com- mission in providing for ‘the refunding ot these debts. “But what is our attituds toward the question of reparations, starding as it does as a distinct questior ; 4 as.one which cannot be settled unless the Burop- ean governments concerned are able to agree? Fair Aliko to Germany and France “We have mo. desire to.see: Germaay relleved of her - responsibliity for tae war, or her just ' obligations. to mase reparation for the injuries ‘due to her ag- gression. There is not the slightest de- sire_that France shall lose any. part of her just claims,” On the other hand, e do not wish to see a prostrate Germany There can be no ecomomic recuperation in Europe unless Germany . recuperates. There will be no.permanent .peace unless economic - satisfactions, -are ~ enjoyed. Thefe must be hope and industry must have promise of reward if there {s°to be prosperity. We should. view! with -dis- favor measures, which instead - of pro- ducing reparations would threaten- dis- i aster, Opposed to U. 8, Becoming Arbiter “Soiiie 0" our: have sug- gested that the Unfted States should;uss sufne’ thd ‘réle, of drbiter, ‘There:is ons sufticient ‘answer to this suggestion ahd that i3 that wo have not been asked to assume the role of arbitér. There: could be no such arbitrament. uniess it: were Deans were adopted to obtaln repara- | sdons from Germany. 2 ’ Text of Mr. Hughes', Discussion THS Tull text of Mr. Hughes discus- siom of economio problems follows: “The economic” conditions i - Europe JAve us the greatest concern. Juve long received the earnest considera Jdon ot the, administration. It is idle to iay that we are not interested in these srobléms for ‘we ars - deeply interestéd ‘rom- an economlo -standpoint, as our wredits and markets are. involved, and irom & humanititian” §taddbolnt, as the ! aeart of the American people goes out to | “hose who are :in. distress. We canadt Hispose ot these prablems by calling them Buropean for - they are world problems wnd we cannot escape the. infurious con- | tequences of a failure ‘o settle them. ! “Phey are, however, Buropean prob- ems, In the sense that they cannot be ! wivéd without the- consent of European o its. We cannot consent for them. The key to the Settl:ment is in eirhands, not in.ours, Settlemens of Reparations Paramount | “The crux of the European situation Jes In the ~settlement of reparations. There will be no adjustment = of other | 10eds, however, pressing, until a definits | nd accepted basis for the discharge of | reparations claims has been fixed. It ¥ futilé to attempt to erect any economic |’ »ccupation , we have maintained our army in Europe at the request of the’ allfes and of Gere “we have not been paid. U. 8. Hés Made No Demands “But We/are not seekirg general rop- Argtions. We are bearing our own burs and part of manner under ‘and_under the | ter 18 DIain enough from cur The of Germany to fected by any Indebt- to us. That diminish Ger- ‘and its removal would For lnmll’ll:» r Sorroming 2t al invited and it would be an extraordinary and unprecedented. thing for. us-to~ask for such an Invitation. ¢ v “I do mot think that that we should endeavor to take such a burden of re- bility. . We_have. quite enough 0 ‘ear without drawing ourselves all .the Il feeling which was viewed as forced: upod nations by this country- which ac the same time is demanding the pgyment-cf its debts..- 3 “Bit the altuation does call for a set: ! tlement upon its merits, The first condl- company’s planes in_Gastuala, N, C., and tlon of a satisfactory, settlement Is that the question should be' taken out of pol- itics. Statesmen have theéir -difficulties, their public opinion, the exigencies whicn they must.face. It Is devoutly to bo hoped that they will effect a settlement among themselves and that: the coming jmeeting at Paris will find & solution. Ploylng ovér 4,000 persons - which are | But if it does not, what should be done? Dot affected by the decislon. BROKER DEEAY MUST SERVE FIVE YEAR SENTENCE Providence, R. I, Dec. 20.—After & fight lastiig almost eight years to avoid % teym in prison for ‘his part in alding | and ‘abetting in the. mis-application of $210,785.7¢ of-the funds of the Atlantic National bank which failed here in April, 913, Henry E, DeKay, New York brok- er, must serve five years in the Provi- dence county Jjail- because the supreme court of the United States had disallowed his petition fo>ra writ of certiorari by which he tried to have the higher court review the records of the federal court here in his trial and convictlon in Jan- uary, 1915. DeKay took an appeal to the United States Circuit court of ap- Peals at Boston, but that tribunal/ sus- tained his conviction. The case then went to Washington for final decision. A mandate from the Supreme Court or- dering De Kay to prison to serve his sen- tence Is expected here within the mext two weeks. John W. DeKay, his brother, also und- e 'indictment here in the same case, has never been appreheded and is said to be jIn_ Switzerlad. The goverment made several attempts to_ extradite him. ABOUT 200 TELEPHONE LINES DOWN IN NEW BEDFORD New Bedford, Mass., Dec. 29.—Alout’ 1200 telephone Iiries are down here, affect. ing 500 or more subseribers, and tele- phone service to the lower Cape towns is cut oft by the gale-and snow of last night. Steamboat service to Nantucket land Martha's Vineyard is suspended, one boat tying up at Nantucket and ons at | Edgartown. . The New York freight boat Was ‘held at her dock here last night. | A tree five feet through at tne base, crashed against a house here, tsaring away the piazza, smashing windows and showering Willlam Murphy, in bed, with ‘broken" glass, The wind attained a velocity of 48 miles an hour In New Bedford, while a | Hurrlcane estimated at 60 miles velocity, i was reported at Cuttyhunk and Nane j tucket. RESULTS IN MASSACHUSETTS OF THURBDAY’S BLIZZARDS | Boston, Dec. 29.—The nertheast bliz- zard that pfled up snow or drove in ratn €nd sleet over most of * New England | last night had blown itself mearly out today, leaving ome schooner wrecked on ! Cape Cod, railroad, trolley and stegmship servides disturbed, and 4t least .tmres storm-caused fatalities, For a storm %0 severe, velocitles of 70 wiles an mm:&m 15 Some Pplaces, and the fall' of snow: approaching 0" feot on othéra—its effepty were con- sidered light. As the-center of ths storm| 1hall_moved Hoday éast -of Cape . Cod; heading further out to'Sea, its records will not go down with. those of tas: big- ger ‘sforms of recent years in damage | done, yet In its moteoralogical aspects | Of, it stands with those. 3 TO CLOSE COTTON MILL IN CENTRAL FALLS, B. L Pawtucket, R. I, Déc. 30.—The Jenckes. Spinning company has ‘decided to close ' . thé old United Statés-cotton-milll in Cen- tral Falls ad transfer the machinery whichi ‘Includes 58,000 spindles to the Drimmondville, "Qiebec. . . Unfavorable | manyfacturing conditions-and nabili.y to meet “Southern cormipetition are given by Supt. Hall as toe reasons for the com- Dpany’s action. o ! The Jenckes Spinning -Company con-+ trols” two -large plants‘ in thi”scity, em- rah to Withhold \ Pending Executive Movement to-Aid the Adjustment of Conditions in Europe. Washington, Dec. 29.—The fight over i the proposal of Senator Borah that Prei- | dent Harding call an-economic conference came to a sensational climax in' the sen- ate, today when -the. Idaho -senator .an- nounced that he would withhold his pro- posed amendment. to the naval appeopria- tion$ bill on administration assurances, given by Senator Watson of Indlaria, that the president already was sounding out the ‘situation in a way which might lsad to some movement which would.ald ‘the adjustment of conditions prevailing - in Europe. S Senator Borah made known his decision after Senator Watson. one of the admin- : instru- | istration spokesmen who was LiguorLaws Violated | His Amendment, in Select Cicles { | Four Indictments -for Bache- Jlor’s Dinner at Racquet and _ Tennis Club in New York. New York, Dec. 29.—Investigation by a -federal--grand. jury into a- bachelor's dinner. at_the fasilonable Racquct and Tenriis ¢lub, at which liquor wus ulleged to have flower ‘freeiy,.today brougat in- dictment of thirteen ‘men - including four members of ~ the La- Montagne family, prominent’in. sodlety. . Two- indictments’ were returned charg- ing'a cofispiracy through which appeoxi- mately. 30,000 gallons of assorted Hquors’ have been lllegally sold.© Some of-those indicted" also’ were charged with having forged liquor permits and other papers. In a statement in”connedtion With-the Indictments, United States Attorney Hay- ward assteted that his office iad followed that. 1 speak.purely .for myself as an [#ndi The alternative of forcible measures ‘to | rental in lining up opposition to tho pro- | the trail of 'alleged bootlegging even to posal, appezled to the Idaho senator mot | select circles and exclusive piaces. ' He to press his proposal, for substantially 'charged that liquor had been sold on a the same reasons outlined in President ' wholesale scale to exchusive clubs and to Harding’s letter of yesterday. | the wealthy. Senator Watson disclosed that adminis-| Federal Judge Knox received the in- tration “feclers’ had been made &3 to ! dictments while state juries were handing Buropean policy and ' referred to t he up. presentments urging repeal of the statement in President Hard'ng's letter state prohibition enforcement act, on the that it was necéssary first to ascertain ground that it was ineffective and waste- whether overtures for a conference would , ful of public funds. be “weleome.” | In discharging the tederal jury Judge “And I go 50 far as to say " sald the 'Knox thanked its members. declaring it Indiana senator, “that that has beem had performed a highly useful task if it done and that the things that have been had "brought pecple In high walks of lifc TAKE THE SHORT CUT ° When you were a youngster, you never went to sciodl the long way ‘round! You took a short cut. Every advertisement in The Bulletin is a’short’'cut. Advertise- ments make it possible to tell you in a few minutes all you want to know about the service or articles you need. At e glance you can sift out the things that interest’ you most and in 2 moment you know just when and where to go for what you want. Figure how many steps, how much ‘needless walking and talking the advertisements thus save you and your neighbors. 3 Then you realize the great economy and necessity of advertising in your daily life. é Start the new year right. - Advertise in The Bulletin to get the benefits of its wide circulation and read the advertisements to get the benefit of the opportunities offered. During the past week the following matter has appeared in the news columns of The Bulletin for two cents a day:™ ’ . Bulletin Telegraph - Saturday, ¥ Monday, Tuesday, . Wednesday, Thyrsday,: Friday, “ Local 152 19 %4 - 187 "8 e Total General 288 undertaken. may, if successtully’ contin- uéd, go so far asto result in the holding | the Volstead-act with impunity.” conference’In the future. The principal defendants, according to Senator Watson then suggested that | Me. Hayward, were Montaigu' La Mon- Senafor Borah_withhold_his amendment [ talgne and his thres ‘younger brothers— on' the ground ' that the’administration’s Rene, -Willam and Morgan. Rene. has course would be embarrassed. been one of the foremost American pol Senator Borah ‘asked ‘whether the ad- fplayers. " @ ° ministration’s negotiations wers ‘for- the purpose of calling “this ‘conference. not - negotlations,” . Senator. Wat- son replied. “What I sald .was that “feelers’ had been put.out: that the, for- elgn nativns. were being sounded’ with a. view to: finding ‘out whether the United States may .be_heipful, and- that in,my opimin, {t might lead to.a conference: that I had no_authority. whateyer. to’ say to arealisafion that they cannot violate agents ‘of the brothers- With the four brothers were. indicted Samuel A. Story. vice. president of E. La Montagne’s Sons, Inc., an importing ‘concern. The ndiofments, - citing* overt -acts, charged that illegal sales had béen made to ber ‘of drug-stores In_Newark, Long Branch and ‘Asbury Park; N. 3. . Prohibition agents, who cleimed to have &lvén Broadway the driest Christmas eve vidual, and give my personal views,|in its history, were planning to usher in represeqting the. opinions -of nobody, in | the New Year just as acldly. ~ * authority, - At the same time, I am/not ! s p o e entirely_ ignorant -of the fact that- these, WOULD HAVE FORESTS feelers have.been .put out just as the The other detendisits were described s | jof the Catholio ton. obtain reparations is not an‘ - attractve No one can’foretell the extent of the serious consequences which -might ensue from such a ca Apart from political Tesults, I believe that the opin- don of experts is that such measures will not producé reparation — payments. but might tend to destroy the basis of thoss payments which myst be found ip econ- omic reuperation. N “If, however, statesmen cannot agres and such an alternative is faced, what can be done? Iy there not another way CESEATATAINATAL IaT AR CATHOLIC HISTORIANS IN % SESSION IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn. - Dee.. 20.—The Amerjcan Catholic Historical Soclety, one of the ten historical socleties now in ses> sion at Yale University 1s began consideration of varlous papers ; dealing with Cathollcism in ‘America. At .a din- ner last njght at which Rt Rev. J..G speakers were Rt. Rev. Monsignor J. B, Paterson of St. John's | thorl Mass Seminary, Bright Dr. George B ege, -Schenectady, N.. Y.; Rev. F. A. Donelly, of Poughkeep- sle, N. Y.; and. Rev. . Gullday University at Washing- In a paper read at an earlier sessiort ot . J.; apostle to the mn:‘h +the Kenebe¢ Tiver, who con- ferred with Governor Winthrop in 1651 was the first Catholic priest to come hers Mt d‘:r begin priestly labors among the sottlers, —_— FIVE STEAMSHIPS DELAYED BY ‘SLEET AND WINDSTOBM Halifax, N. 8, Dec. 29.—Five steam- ships due’ today have_ ing port; owing to the been delayed ‘mak- sleet and wind storm -last night and two vesssls have been compelled. to .seek -shelter in. the BEQUEST PROVIDES $§200,000 FOR _ i A SUMMER WHITE HOUSE Baltimore, $1d, Dec. 23, —Provisions for the erection of a summer _White : Houge for the use of {he president of the United States are made in the will ot J.-Wilson Leakin, lawyer, probated to- y. For the purchase of land and the erec- tion of the summer White House, $200, 000 is left to the United States of Amer~ ica. The site is to bo within automo- | biling distance of - W If the | legacy is not accepted within 18 months after Mr. Leakin's death, the $200,000 is to become part of the residus ot the ea- | TAKEN FROM HIS BED. AND FLOGGED BY MASKED MEN Hollis, Okla., Dec. 29.~Frank Day, 38, & tenant farmer living six miles north- west_of here, was taken: from- his- bed late last night by nine masked men, se- yerely .whipped and sunset,” ac- cording to the story he told county au- ety e s 2y S b TO BSCORT DE. B. M. WEOIN . . BACK TO LOUISIANA | i " New Orleans, Sheriff Calhoun- of | tonlght for Baltimore M. McKoin, held\ thers murder' in’ connection house kidnappings, back te - the event his extradition i _ granted. CONXEOTS OKDER oF oWLS 3 WITH THE KU ELUX:KLAN South Bnd, Ind., Dec.. 29.—aA: deal!ls pending. according to. John - : preme president of the i the ‘taking over ' of»: < Owls organi {liam J.-Simmo: 1 d FIRE DESTROYED BAERELS OF AROOSTOOK POTATOES president in. his. letter. states.” Senator Borah, pressing for more defl- nite information, -asked if the .adminis- tration course might “ultimately lead to coriference covering the question of the #comomic eonditions.” 3 “Or to some for the pur- pose ‘of determining ' the problem,” Sena- tor Watson replied. “But the senator does know that the feelers have been put out?’ Semator Bo-| otherwise move to other parts of the! rah pressed. “That f{s. my understanding,” Wi Senator son replied. E MAINTAINED BY TOWNS Boston, Dec. 29'—Town forests mod- elled after those in . Switzerland and | other European _ countries were today by Prof. Raiph 8. .Hosmer of Cornell unlversity befors the New. Eng- land Forestry Congress. He stressed the need of such timber supplies in the United States where, he said, woods are rapidly vanishing. Mills which might country would_be kept by towns and citles maintaining such forests, he said. Forest® Commissioner S. T. Dana argod | BRIEF TELEGRAMS Mme. Ernesfine Schumann-Heink has recovered from pneumonia and will sing in Meadville, Pa,, January 6. Traine ‘entering. Beston. were .delayed from.a few minutes. to two hours s snow storms fell, throughout New Eng- land ‘Thursday. Harry C. Whitehill, of Waterbury, Vt.. was ‘nominted by ;President Farding -to be: collector. of customs at St Albans, vt The Carnegle corporation bas announe- ed. the.election.of . Dr. Frederick P. Kep- ' pel was a former dean of Columbia uni- | versity. Stephen 8. Welch of Lowiston, Me., 80 iyears -0ld, died from injuries - recelved When, terrified by fire in his room, he Jjumped three storles to the ground. A reduction of cents. per thousand cubic feet’ of - gas was announced by the Boston Consolidated Gas. company, Bos- ton. : The present rate 15 $1.50 a thou- Word was received in New York by Diembers of the Order of Scottish clans ithat its- founder James MacCash died in :St. Louis at the age of 88. Fire which burtied out the three up- per floors of the- Washington Theat: building ‘at Kpaeland and Washingt | streots, Boston, caused an loss of $75,000. Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, was elec ed ‘president of the American Assoc: tion for the Advancement of Science in Cambridge, Mass. }1ast court session day of the year ghow that 345 divorces have been granted 28 against 407 In-1821 and 469 in 1920 The asnnual sepply bl fer upkeep lana operation of the goverfiment postal service,~.-as - reported - to- .the . house, carries a total of $84,614,191, or about $20,000,000- more than-last year. Robbers blew, open the safe of the Har. lem of of the New York Edtson coi pany, and escaped with- $40,000 after gagging and ‘assaulting the night watch- tman, Philip O'Connor, Fears are entertained in New York for Kayser, bound from Savannab tress 500 miles east of Cape’May. flims had been banned. by moviedom, edles are shown on New Year's eve. The Ford P e the coal lands, . mining - plant - and | equipment of ‘the Pond Creek Coal com: pany: th. Plke -éounty, - Kentucky, lan.pthn invélving gpproximately §10,- 1000, e Epi 3 John Hessi tice of the Unite@ States Supremo Court. Teaching of. entomology In -the lower grades of schools was urged by President 'J. G. Sanders. of ‘the American, Associ- iation of Ecomomic Entomologists at the annual meeting of the association in Boston. | o Recent _measufements by “sstronomers of the bright star Betelguese appear to dicate - that this ‘remarkably brilliant ébject. in the heavens may.be.a .variable. ege fraternily, ~' | star, it was said at the Harvard Observ- Vatory. yed on the Law- rence, newspapers have grante: Mass., ve ‘o -December ~ 1. |scale, $43 for days and 346 fer sald to be exceeded in New Engl at Providence, R. L, and Boston: Investigation by deputies - from - the state the fire which Wiped out the business district of Astoria, Ore., December 8 has resulted -in "the finding the incendiary, origin. Thiree ~ huidred " delegates, including some ‘of Americ ‘most - distinguished |a1 erature,. are d only fire was of “in Rhlladeiphia, for the ;clation of America. Irvisg L. Paul, seoretary of the New | oo .o f ry h ‘And that it ha$ for its ultimate ob.| Maine said that campers and rallroaqs YOork Wet Wash Laundry® Protective as- ject the adjusting of the _conditions which now prevail in- Burope?” said we could go.” He ‘however, :‘-t he. fl-’ru c::n advised that they lu::: to the conference %t.ammd : Borah, and added that hé did not Know to what length the forts had gone. . ° ACHIEVEMENTS IN TEANS: ' ATLANTIO BADIO TESTS 318 La. Dec. 23— Deputy | America f1de- Mo the were -the , principal causes fires. Ho urged restrictions on bunt- ing_during dangerous seasons. GREENWICH OHNECK RATSER ARBESTED IN CALIFORNIA and for whose-arrest a waTrant was 15 sued. here . charging: him- with, -raising & check ‘from $15 Lo »15,000, 3 ter' amount: he . agreed .-to i N. 8. was . ‘wrecked iy “today- and -the crew- of-six men, Xo; the’ rigging’In & storm .of ai: nection: with the recent. burning of 15 | laundries. ; lof Yar- st Bace|yige .y .Clask, of-Ohio, former jus- safety of the German freighter Helnrich |was arrested, charged with murder. £0f | Two patrolmen, hearing Bremen, which has not been heard from |rushed into the home where they found since’ December 6, when reported in dis- | Dagote and his wife lying deal beride Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, who recent- |automatic pictol. was “pardoned” by Will Hays after his |deid couple stood whimperiug nearby. will appear in person at a New York (er and mother had quarreled this morn- music hall- when two of ‘his mew com- |ing. Moter company has ‘ssquir- |the basemjent. door bellrang'and Mrs. in a |mother. then, two_shots. l [ all. The e a been | new play two weeks ago. d ‘2 wage Incréase of $5 a week | The new : gréat improvement today, having -be« nights, is _ able- to hi |2 ‘ disease of fire- marshal's office Investigating . the belle¢ that the collapse of Madame|phy, Bernhardt i uthorities of modern languages and lit- |2 new lease on meeting of the Modern Language Asso |10 CONTINUE CONTROL of + forest Eoctation, was held in §25,000 bail in con- | l : {to leave Sunday for Paris wher estimaied | remain_until Tuesday for the prrpose of R jthe question of ‘capitulations. Records for Fairfleld county during jare stressing the capitulations | the. 12 months ending yeSterday as, the ing a firm -stand agaiust the sub) "TURKS REAFFIRM DEMANDS FOR THE MOSUL OIL FIELDS Ismet Pasha Denies the British Contention That the Kurds / Who Inhabit the District Are Not Friendly to the Turks —Near East Peace Conference Again on the Verge of Disaster—British Fleet Has Hastily Returned to Con- stantinogle. Lausanne, Dec: 2 Ismit Pasha sent a Curzon_this afternoon demarids that the Moswt district with ks | interest in th valuable ofl fields be turned rote denfed the Britiah con- at the Kurds who inhablt district are not friendly 10 the Turks and want 'Mosul to remain under Arab government of Irak. Marquis Curzon, British forelgn sec- retary and head of the Dritish delega- tiow to the Near: East confere allies are plac- . vtion, the er murrend as firn lienable prope | BRITISH FLEET RETURNS i TO CONSTANTINOULE hie will London, Dec. 2 the British fleet | Malta attracts wid {ing is forthcoming |to explain the m |sumption that it uncompromising s reture of ntinopie from *tention hrre. Not' conferring with Prime Minister Bo Law In regard to the Near Eaatern .- uation. The Near-Fast peace confersiice stond today on the ‘verge of disaste: principally to the divergence -over ownership of the Mosul ofl ficlds ‘Ther Constantinopie a warships i regard: caution in view of the Tutks in that there is a 1 anne negotiations. of foreigners tien “of Turk is the real one on W prepared to meke a ever, ‘Turkey to the juris i RILLED BY FATHER-IN-LAW AFTER‘SLAYING HIS DAUGHTER | BORDEN ADDRESSED CHAMCTR OF COMMERCE IN NEW HAVEY New , York,. Dec. -28.—Aft shot and killed- his 29 Frank Dagote tonight was killed b tather-in-law, Givovanni Magiiocco. The shooting t60k place in the Brook- Iyn home of the Dagotes, in tae pres- ence. ‘of their four children. Magliocco |ne chamber of com: #poks last night before the Americas Historical assoclation and discussed the devi “autoromous dominin British empire. He sugzested that the same gpirit that bound the Brit- ish empire tagether mig! accepted and realized i for the welfare of hu: Sir Robert referred to the absence of fortifications along the border betwees the United States and Canada “as “splen- did unpreparedness and a great prece- dent in the history of the world™ In speaking of the grave problems thaf beset the world today, Sir Robert traeed the history of past civilizations and said: “Our time-may be taxed by even greate} drngers-and fo ovgrthrovn” | He recourfled many of the sclentfiy triumphs of man in the past decades buf suggested tHat man’s control of sclemce might be infurious 1o the gace as well 31 benefictal. He a¥ man any suck the shots, ecach other on the floor, with Magiloccs standing over the bodles, ciutcaing an The children of tha According to_the children th ir fath- Tonight, while their grandfather, their mother and they. were in the dining room Dagote answezed. it. . The chiluren say they heard the voices of their father and Magliosyo tald- the police” that at ol point he is own forty-five calibre Mf?fld Tan amm‘ stairs to the basement’ entrance where he found Da- s‘g w'fi aver the young wife's y. The-chlidren came trooping after him. - - 3 “When T saw my daughter lying thore - that way 1 must heve gone crazy.” the]control of his passions and his own na- police_say Maglioccp told them. "L don't|ture as he has of sclence? The founds know how many shots I fired, or if I fired | tions of Burope are rocking and in som¢ 1 don’t know what" happéned.” - Iplaces crumbling. One of yovr generalt police say he fired nipe shots, WO lealled war ‘hell. © May it not be raised of which took effect. or lowered to the nth degree through > i wrong uses of these late discoveries?” “DIVINE SARAN" SENDS 23 \ MESSAGE TO AMERICANS|BANDIT GANG SENTENCED W = FOR SERIES OF BOBBERIES Paris, Dec. 29 '(By. the-A. P.)—"Tell the American people that I shall return| Cambridge, Mass, Rec. 29. — Ear to- the.stage next . Wednesday. night,”|“Tug” Wilson, confessed leader of & sald Sarah Bernhardt to The Associated |bandit gang and three other men were Press this evening in the course of the|given prison sentences today in com- first” interview she - has ‘r-xue«1 since {nection with a -ho;-;t;". and -d series of 1 du the rehearsal of a|robberies in Cambrl and nearby el e towns. _ Wilson who pleaded gulity to ¥ ‘distinguished actress showed|seven indictments including an attempt i o v {to kill Metropolitan Police Officer Fran- luncheon with the mem-icis P. Philbrick in Arlington was sen~ bers of her household in - the dining|tenced to from five to ten years in the room. Her physiclans declared that|state prison. had- found no evidence of organic charges against Wilson, chronic’ lllness and were of |ing the holdup and robbery of John a messenger for the ,395 were placed om . Other due only to over-exer-|Trust Co., of $2, hardt added, or from dying as.some would~have -it,”and that’this rest. as choose to call it, Srobably will giv e larceny. of an sutomobile. present serving a term of from four te eight yéars for robbery, Jokn OF FUEL DISTRIBUTION |yas given a term of from two and ones . - helf to five years for larcency of &5 S~ Dec. 29.—President Haed- {omobile at Watertown. ing hes decided to continue the existing federal control of fuel distribution for at | o covnrrey sENTENCES least another month, It was announced OF “POLITICAL PRISONERS* today at the White House. Though Con- 4 ‘Washington, Dec. 29.—President Hasd- ‘commuta« rad E. Spens, the present head of the of- fice, bas resigned and preserited a fmal report to the president upon the emer- Eency ‘measures takes since the ¢nd: of the. ccalstrike.ta assist the countcy in | litioal prisenera.” o ‘There il be maintained to continue such &s- | however, be no general amnesty, it wax tribution -activitles ds are-considered still lflfl-m il i ] i E}.’ made ublic | republ