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at the Washington Confer- trouble Wes chiefly in the aban- domment of the formula used at the Sutset—namely, agreeing on a prin- ciple that should govern naval wirength before discussing each kind of crate If Mr. Hughes had not In- on applying that idea to the of battleships the conference Barve been unable to reach ary it on larger craft either. Mr. jughes declared that national needs too vague and indefinite a rule to y, god that existing strength aiche be ysed by trying to effect compromise of national viewpoin:s. | There i# still another principle, mely, the relationship of the sub- and the Jight cruiser to the ittleship.as a technica unit, for the experts have always bad dient: ratios determining how many o"- wines, destroyers, cruisers and craft should be propor- to each battleship Heet. , Great Britain started out by ‘that all submarines be nbci- America refubed to ucoept t, viewpoint. $o did France and Much argument was eed as Mefenkive value of the sub-; rine and emphasis was laia upon jatidnal needs” again. The con- ef these two principles ind the further and further astray until Mry Hughes again tried a com- romise by proposing definite ratios “submarine tonnage. France op- ngges on the ground of national needs. ‘When the history of this conference omes to be written it will be found “that the failure of the American pr.)- ““posals at the outset to include deii- ‘ite ratios for auxiliary craft had 1s “ritich to do with the prolongation yi “Whe conference and possibly its last- Minute failures as any other factor. _ By contrast, the initiative of the American delegation in establishing “ ‘gflefinite ratios for the battleshipr a ark out as proof of what might | have been done if the programme hud deen all inclusive. British dof't want any sub- Ines built, but would agree to 000 tons. On the other hand, talk ‘postponing the Issue until another ‘and larger conference could be called tm which smaller nations would ve “Included has only served to accentu- “ate the British view that if no agrec- it is reached they must be per- ted to build submarines without limit. In a race between Great - ‘Britain and France the iatter would “he -hopelessly behind as neither the funds nor the materials are available extensive submarine programm: ica, too, would be at liberty to ‘build copntiess numbers of sub- - marines, peer: hile to-day the submarine situa- looks hopeless, it really need not regarded *in that light, for the’ jure of the British and Ameri- can be applied in such fashion to compel an agreement in the But if the ratio of submarines ot be settled, it also upsets all lculation on other auailiary craft. jo nation will be content to bulld a iimited number of light cruisers and itroyers if, on the other hand, the ‘ine is unlimited. For the ‘War has shown that destroyers ight cruisers are the real with which submarines can it effectively. say plainly that it) spokesmen is no iimit on the crulsers that be built or their size, it will not long before the cruiser encroaches , tonnage on the capital ships and | the value of the capital agreement. pistes co HAVEN RAILROAD ANNOUNCES WAGE cur) Planne@ by Workers te Against Reductions. NEW |, Dec. 28.—All employees rod New York, New Haven and will be subjected to reductions on Jan, 16, it was an- here to-dey. Company officials pe state aaeet purnentages of the Aah wen, orett workers were notified to-dey ani they have to held conference with Gen- Bardé to protest against reductions. Other employees d will take up the matter with ret untons. PARK COMMISSIONER @ Democrat and He's a Repab- Mean—Accepts Reluctantly. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 38. — Mra. Shenk, a Democrat, wife of Sam- Lewis Shank, Republican Mayor- i been appointed a member of of Park Commissioners by And the Brit-| POLISH CONSUL GETS XMAS BOX; FEARS ITS BOMB Wire Horns Arouse picion—Police Will Open It Later To-Day. Following a demonstration by Ukrainian Bolshevists in front of the office of the Polish Consul Genera!, No. 968 Third Avenue, Sunday, a mys- terlous package was received at the addressed Dr. Consul General tailed in Providence consulate iv-day Stefan Grotowskt, The package, R. 1, on Doc 10 Arthur Riley, aulnte, when s he peculias hooking wire herns protruding from the ends of the box. He notified the East Slat Street Police Station, which in turn sent for the Bomb Squad etary of the Cott saw two ‘They will open the package later in the day. On the upper left hand of the ad- dreas side of the package is scrily bled the name of Kalmen Hirsh, Tay- lor Street, lrovidence, R. Tre package is covered with Christmay seals and is marked “Personal.” jt is so unusual for a Christmas package to arrive at the consulate that 1 became suspicious,” said Sec- retary Riley. “Then when I saw the two wire horns sticking out | de- cided that an ounce of prevention was worth a thousand Christenas packages and notified the police.’ An account of a picketing demon- stration by Polish paper and it is believed by attaches of the consulute that the package might have been sent by some one inflamed by the account. qaoniislhalicio GALLANTLY BESOUGHT WIFE TO GET DIVORCE Mra, Miller Says 920,000 a Year Ha a Wants w An order by Supreme Court Justice Morschauser at White Platns yesterday directs any Sheriff to arrest Harry (. MiMer and hold him until he gives $10,000 bond to guarantee payment of aflmony to hix wife, Mra. Vera Millor cf Yonkers. Mr. Miller nad been di- rected to pay $600 a month alimony and 2, J aon 1 feos pending the trial of his wil ‘ation sult. For a year Be hoa fo a In anew id Mra, Miller wore married tn 1907 at Calter Iily and for years lived iin Yonkers. gee says he abandoned her es? December is onpected with the Ni ioe fF Company and | fae ave, an tncome of $20,000 Another, ‘earnestly, even her to allow him to obtain a divorce so he can marry a womart on Long Island. a Sy “WHITE” RUSSIANS TAKE SIBERIAN TOWN Whabarevek Evacuated by Troops of Chita Government. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.--Milltary forees of the: “White” Russian Gov- ernment of Viadivostok lave taken ; Whabarovsk, according to despatches recelved ut the State Department to- day, by way of Tokio. Troops of the Chita Government evacuated the town on Dec. 22. ‘The reported fail of Khabarovsk Andicates a more extensive campaign than had been forecast. Khabarovss Js an imporatant point on the Trans- Siberian Railroad several hundred miles from Vladivostok, whence the operations against the Chita forces are being carried on by a rather imited number of former soldiers in Baron Gen. Wrangel's army of the Crimea. ie $86,000 VOTED BY CITY TO ENLARGE AQUARIUM Superstrectare Is PI to House Atten ‘Those who serve the city’s star boarders at the aquarium, from the poorest of the poor fish to the richest of the seal skinned flappers, are to have quarters of their own in a sec- end story to be built over part of the ancient structure, once Castle Garden and before that a fort. The new quar- tera will also contain offices, To-day the Board of Estimate voted $8F,000 for the superstructure, but not until there had been a dissertation on art ana ancestry in which Mayor Mylan and Aldermanic President La Guardia shone. a LEAGUE SUGGESTS POPE CHANGE RULE ON WINE Saye Oharches Would Aid Enforce- ment by Use of Nom-Intoxicants, CLEVELAND, 0., Dec. 2.—Denial there was anything “secret and at the Washington confer- fee Dec. 9, attended by members of ots Farm Bureau, Grange, Interna- Congress, manufacturers, ship- and & representation of rall-|ciston of as charged by Senator La Fol- Declaring that the Pope could, If he Wished, make the use of unfermented Tine for sacramental purpotes “per. Droper In Catholic | Churches," fam H. Anderson has tamed a state- ment in which he says that the Anti- ry ague's attitude is that the mat- ter ahould be left for the voluntary de. egch denomination. The state- churches which vse intoxicat- for sacramental purposs ment se: BR. Howard, President of the /** thelr way cle: elne, it would facilitate we the nf Bowe, adopted by the Nation Ip prevent violation of the law M. Johnsen Also Contradicts By waprinetpled perron ; om La Follette. President of the Railway ind some reli, DELPHIA, Dec. %.—Alba B. | TO GIVE DEGREE TO PATRIARCH. | dow and swinging over to the veranda Archbishop Meletios Metaxikis, Beu- Aasooiation, last night denied |Menical Patriarch-elect, of the Greek Be sea oo wernmctte tn | Orebedes Church, ive the de- Sus- 23, weighs about five! pounds and attracted the attention of | radicals was carried in aj j| persons were endangered by an apart- gree of doctor of divinity from New| w, DAIL IS CERTAIN TO RATIFY TREATY, Noted Irishman Also Says Ulster Will Come Into Free State. Sir on year Horace Plunkett, identified with the regeneration of Ireland, styling for many 18 for that arrived and mself “a farmer,” here to-day on the White Star steam- Ship Olympic. He looked ruddier and younger than he has jooked in years. ]} When he was asked what le intend- ed to do in this country, he smiled “Well, E think I'll be a rt of Trappist monk for a while. 1 am going to take the train for the West and lose myself out there, as ve done before, 1 expect to eeturn to Ireland the second week in Febru- ary.” Sir Hor neh in the Went that he The Irish and replied ce has at sits yearly, ~ question was the ir Hor. "So far He said as that is concerned, the old contlict between Britain and Tre- land is buried, though there are many | Tris questions remaining, 4 will require a tong time for jsettlement. As to Ulster, when: this jauestion is no longer dn issue in | British politics I am confident that | there will be a wholly new spirit in |Treland in regard to the Ulster dif- feutty “It would be to the best Inte: of those of the northeast corner of Ireland to join hands with the great majority of their fellow countrymen, as the Southern Unionists have done, | jin building up the Irish Free State, If they do not come in at once, I have | ts no doubt they will do so soon “The bigger issue, that of glv'nx| Home Rule to Ireland, was settied be- cause an overwhelming public opinion demanded a. settlement, ‘The lesser issue, that of Ulster, will be settled for the additional reason that it iv every Irishman’s wish that it should be settled.” Sir'Horace, asked how he knew that the treaty would be ratified, said: “L know it because even the Dail cannot, on account of the pledges of its members to an Irish Republic, ngree to another form of government. ‘The terms of the treaty are substan- tlally those I have advocated for the last two and a half years, so, nat- urally, I am very happy over them. So also should the Irishmen and the friends of Ireland in America be happy. They know enough of demo- cratic politics to realize that if the Irish people have not got all their leaders asked for in the last few years, they have won the power of self-government with which they can mold their political destinies and bulld up a civilization in harmony Upper Broadway in Smoke Cloud From Fire Following Explosion AFFIRMS PLUNKETT uitural | | firat | thing the ship news reporters put to WOMAN BOXES EARS OF MAN IN “L” TRAIN He Arrests Her, but Court Blames Entire Trouble ow Transit , Congestion. In the morning free-for-all aboaré the Ninth Avenue Elevated trains a 66th Street to-day, Harry S, Robin- son of No. 17 West 42d Street wished to change from an express to a local train, This is quite « feat. No meda's are given for it, Miss Helen Brown, twenty-two and | food looking, of No. 136 West 117th Street. was swinging to a strap and resting on one foot when Robinson tried to get out. Her intefrerence was perfect. /The Verdun “They shall not pass" evidently had made a great impression on her memory and Rob- inson could not get through. He says after an exchange of words she hit him in the back of the neck. When he protested, he said, Miss Brown slapped his face. There was quite a time and Miss Brown, who ad no idea of changing at 66th Street, was forced to change and was arrested and taken to the West Side Court. There Magistrate Douras dis- nilssed the complaint made against her by Robinson. The Magistrate said the railroad companies and not the’ passengers were responsible for the conditious that caused persons (o lose the'r tempers and that one who objected to with the glories of the race. “p shall make no eddresses in this country if } can help it 1am here! to learn what 1 can about the move rent of public o jon in a country in) \shich 1 have been deeply interested | ‘tor forty years.” | Speaking of the Armament Confer- | ence, Sir Horace said that all Burope | was keenly interested in it, “America ‘was in a position to advocate the tnovement,” he added, “because she ts self-supporting and does not need a large ermy and navy, It's different 1 England, which has to import so much.” — RECEIVERS ASKED FOR KU KLUX KLAN Deposed Goblins Head List of 170 “Bona Fide Members’ in Petition to Court. ATLANTA, Dec. 28.—Recelvership | of all property, bonds, documents and records of the Ku Klux Klan ie sought in a petition filed to-day in the Fulton Superior Court by 170 persons describing themselves as “bona fide members" and headed by Harry B. Terrell, Lioyd B, Hooper, F. W. Atkin and A. U. Padon Jr., de~ posed grand goblins, A Upon filing of the petition, Judge John T. Pendleton granted a tempo- rary injunction, restraining the Klan from disposing of any of its prop- erty and from disbursing any mon>ys except for ordinary exepnses, which it is stipulated, must not include salaries of officers and employees. The petition further seeks the re- moval of Edward Young Clarke, Im- perial Kleagle of the Klan, and M Diizabeth Tyler, head of the propa- gation department, both of whom are Mnade co-defendants to the suit, it aeeeeeinpeaicens ROSWELL COLT BURNED IN BROOKLINE BLAZE ea s Apartment BROOKLINE, Mass., Dec. Bight te)! ctacular Fire ht ment house fire at No. 94 Pleasant Street early to-di Roswell C. Colt of New York, Mrs. Arnold C. Heath and Miss Margaret A. Gray suffered burns and two other pers escaped from the house by crawling out of a win- of an adjoining house. The police say the fire started from being crowded should take a taxi cab. a oe GIVES TAILOR A JOB; THEN HOLDS HIM UP is Spent a Dime im Shop— ‘Takes Out 300. A man with two buttons gone from his coat had them sewed on this morning by Herman Wexler, a tailor, No. 385 East 65th Street. The bill was 20 cents, but he said he had only a dime and that was accepted. He left. With Wexler were his wife and a neighbor, Samuel Tuckman, A sec- ond stranger entered the shop and told Tuckman there was a job for him at a certain Broadway address. Tuckman left, The stranger then told Mrs, Wexler she ought to get some lodine for a burn she was trying to bandage. She left. The stranger left. Then in came the man with the buttons. “That was my last dime you got-- will you give it back?” he asked. Wexler was reaching into his poci.et for the dime when the man thrust a revolver at him, backed into the rea: room, and robbed him of $300 worth of Jewelry. He escaped and Wex- ler told the police. ‘DRY VIGILANTES” BANNED BY BLAIR n Kuforcement to Be Done by Offi- ctals, He Says. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27,.—A ban on Frohibition vigilantes" was ordered to- day by Commissioner of Internal Rev- enue Blatr. He stated emphatically that no out- side organization would be permitted to take over any work of Prohibition en- forcement. Blair apparently was re- ferring to the proposals of S. 8. Kreage, Detroft, and others for a volunteer or- ganization of dry agents, A Bt SD ai FORECASTS EARLY ACTION ON BONUS BY STATE LEGISLATURE ALBANY, Dec. 28—Soldier bonus legislation will be considered early in the session of the State Legislature, which will convene at moon next Wednesday, H. Edmund Machold, Speaker of the Assembly, said to-day, Speaker Machold also predicted that the 1922 session would “be short and snappy.” He sald he could see no ‘a cigarette stub. The property damage small. York University at a ceremony to be reason why the Legislature should not be able to complete its business by the middle of March. (MRS. H. F. NPCORMICK IS AWARDED DIVORCE BY COURT IN CHICAGO = (Continued From First Page.) a separate establishment, Mr. Mc- Cormick living at his country home at Lake Forest and his wife taking up her abode at their town house, No. 1,000 Lake Shore Drive. Mrs, McCormick anhounced that her study. of synthetic psychology during her eight-year exile had completely filled her life. She said she would devote all her time to spreading the announcement, MoCormick announced that “My wife and I are no longer living under the same roof.” Mr, MoCormick for years has been financially interested in the Chicago Opera Company and at the time of the departure from the company of Mme. Ganna Walska, the Polish singer, his name was mentioned in the rumors about tilts between the singer and a director of the orchestra. Friends of Mr. McCormick, in com- ing to his defense at that time, de-/| clared he longs for home life and the companionship of a wife in the social activities in which he takes part. This was declared impossible under present conditions. Shortly before leaving France for America Mrs. MeCormick confirmed reports that her daughter, Muriel, had decided to take up a theatrical career. cee MILITARY WEDDING ‘TO-DAY. A marriage license was issued to-day to Capt. Samuel twenty-four years old, of Humphreys, Va., son of Major Gen. Sturgis, and Frances Jewett Murray, twenty-four years old, of Governor's Island, daughter of Col, Peter Murray. The couple will be married this after- hoon by Chaplain Percy Silver at Governor's Island Chapel. Soe eS. GOLFERS START PINEHURST TOURNEY, PINEHURST, N. ©, Dec. 28.—Mors than 100 contestants teed off in the qualifying round of the annual mid-win- ter golf tournament here to-day, In the Juvenile tournament qualifying round this morning George T. Dunlap jr, Summit, N. J. won with a score of 45 for the nine holes. David Sturgis Jr., JACK JOHNSON IN “UNCLE TO Jack Johnson, at one time heavy- weight champion of the world, will ap- pear as one of the negro extras in the levee scene of “Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the Manhattan Opera Huuse Saturday night, eee eescees NEW ORLEANS ENTRIES, JEFFERSON PARK, New Orleans, La 5 The following are the eutries for to: morrow's races: FIRST RA‘IE—3800. maiden {hree-rearokie and ing nmin, ws furtonas.—aCokdeo ‘are “11 ee as aso elinbte <cranne { 18 ba “ibortha ehon ot Aves 118: oath "EMicker” Slots upward a ont Greynons 108. Are ier VO!" Rising Howe, 100; Vaew, ‘112. ik sti MACKS H OR Ae Si, Ht Bich Shamey ‘Giaty 100:° Camas oe ine ita ee Basi three: ere 108; “8 | that he had gent for a plumbe: cult among her friends. Following this | Camp the [CHRISTMAS RUM KILLS A WOMAN AND THREE MEN Believed Wood Alcohol Victims Got Liquor From Same Source—Suspect Arrested. Johny Horan of No. 206 Went 64th Street will be arraigned to-day in West Side Court in connection with the death, after drinking Christmas hooch, of Frank and John Tiffany, brothers, who lived in the same house with him. Two other victims of wood alcohol, one of them a young woman, have been reported to the police, Ed+ ward Gillece, thirty-one, a truck salesman of No, 501 East’ 17th Street, and Mrs. Ritchle Ryan, twenty-seven, a telephone operator at thé Alcazar Hotel, Broadway and %2nd Street, widow of a pugilist, No. 105 West 60th Street. The Tiffany brothers leave widows. Because all four victims obtained poisonous liquors in the same district, the police believe their investigation will disclose a central source of sup- ply. Chemical analysis will be made to establish beyond doubt the cause of death, Horan denied having supplied the men with drinks. He said they had visited him and offered him a drink of gin, but he had taken only a taste because he thought {t “bum stuff." He drank some more of it in the presence of an ambulance surgeon, however, to demonstrate that the ili- ness of the brothers must be due to some other cause. Chiet Medical Examiner Norris said autopsies had established the fact that the Tiffany brothers died of wood’ alcohol poisoning. the death of Mrs. Ryan w: be, from the same cause. is also being made_ia the case of Walter Young, No. 165 West 140th Street, who died in Harlem Hospital yesterday? Gillece and Mrs. Ryan, the physi- cians were told, had a “mild drinking party” with friends on Christmas. They both died last night. It was said at Bellevue, that from Saturday until midnight Monday, thirty-seven alcoholic cases were ad- mitted. Seven were women. ‘An unconscious man was taken to Bellevue to-day believed) to be suffer- ing from wood alcohol. When he was revived he said he was Edward Lan- igan, No. 26 Chapel Street, Brooklyn, He had been picked up at 42d Street and Fifth Avenue. Ea REJECTED, HE DRANK POISON AT BALL shown to - {Florida Youth Drops Partner’s Arm, Cries “Goodby” and Swal- lows Drug. TAMPA, Fle. Dec. 28.—Wilbur Morrow, twenty-five, prominent In local society circles, drank an ounce of potassium, manganate in the mid- dle of the Tampa Yacht and Country Club ballroom early yesterday after the daughter of the President of a St. Petersburg bank had rejected his proposal of marriage. Young Morrow waltzed into the middle of the room about 1.30 o'clock, dropped his partner, called out “Good- by, friends,” and drank the contents of @ bottle. The ball broke up and Morrow was carried to the billiard room, where two doctors worked over him. The prompt action proba- bly will gpault in saving his life, physicians stating he is expected to recover, eae ee LEAPS TO LIFE ON LIMB, WATCHES SON DROWN Elderly Woman Hauge fer Hours Over Flooded Ri GREENVILLE, 8S. C. Dec. When her boat capsized yesterday in a freshet, Mrs. Dullie Younce, an elderly leaped to a limb overhanging Saluda River, and from this perfigus position she saw her fourteen-year-old ‘son Johnnie drown in an heroic attempt to save the life of his sister-in-law, ‘Mrs, Younce clung to the limb for several hours, until a passerby, hear- ing the screams, spread the alarm. - > EX-EMPRESS ZITA DUE TO REACH BERNE JAN. 8 May Take Twe of Her On! Back Into E With He: BERNE, Dec. 28 (Associated Preas). —¥Former Empress Zita of Austria- Hungary {s expected to arrive in Swit- zeriand about Jan. 8, coming by way of Paris from the Istand of Madeira, where she and former Emperor Charles are exiled, Zita is going to Zurich under special permission of the Allied Council of Ambassadors and the Swiss Government in order to be present when an operation !8 performed on her son, obert. It is sald that, she take two of her children back to Madeira with ner. -| EEL IN WATER PIPE CAUSES MAN’S ARREST Landlord Dismissed Whes Court Hearse Explanatt A misguided eel which got into a water pipe, briught Samuel Carner before Magistrate Cobb in the Mun!- cipal Term Court to-day for failure Oh lto provide water for the tenants on fifth floor of his tenement at No. 118 East 28th Street. He explained en out a section of pipe in the cellar and found the eel. |RISKS LIFE AT 70 He said} An analysis | TO SAVE GRANDSON FROM AUTO TRUCK SAVES GRANDSON FRO AUTO TRUCK; MAY LOSE RIS LIFE Aged Man Pushes Baby, Car- riage Out of Way Just Be- fore He is Run Down. The surgeons of Lincoln Hospital are doing all they can, with little hope, however, to save the life wf Charles J. Raymond, who sacrificed | himself yesterday afternoon and was struck by a motor truck as he | plished out of harm's way the baby \carriage in which he was trundling | his twenty-one-month-old grandson, | Bibbie. i Phe accident occurred on Southern Boulevard near 146th Street and wan witnessed by Scores of persons who saw the old man, he is seventy yes old, thrown several feet by the truck. The baby carriage was grazed by the truck and the sleeping baby hurled pout, but the youngster was unharmed \Mr. Raymond was taken to Lincoln Hospital with a fractured skull ani severe internal injuries, He lives a No. 609 East 135th Street with his son James, a railroad man. The police say Raymond started across the Boulevard with the car- riage and baby just as a heavy motor truck approached. Herman Jecossky, the driver, applied the brakes, but his machine skidded on the snow- covered pavement and bore down on |the man and carriage. Jecossky | frantically sounded the horn. | Raymond heard St, but too late, and when the truck was within two feet of him, he gave the carriage a shove to the other side of the street. The driver was not arrested. + Two other persons were injured one perhaps fatally, by a runaway motor truck in the Bronx yesterday afternoon. — ae EX-GOV, HICKETT DI RALEI: N.C. RALEIGH, N.C, Dee. 28.—Forme Gov, Thomas Walter Bickett, w! suffered a stroke of paralysis at | home here last night, died this mor Ing without having regained conscious- jness. BUILDERS DISCUSS PLANS TO. AVERT STRIKE IN TRADE Unions Already Have Accepted Suggestions Which Were Sub- mitted by Untermyer. The Building Trades Employers’ Association is holding @ meeting this afternoon consider suggestions made by Samuel Untermyer in con- nection with the dispute between employers and men in an effort to avert trouble after the first of the} year. The meeting is being held at No, 34 West 33d Street. | The Building Trades Council has accepted the nineteen suggestions |, made by Mr. Untermyer. Inde-|} pendent action, however, will have to be taken by plasterers, painters and bricklayers. These organiza- tions, it was said, would take a vote soon. Another conference is being held to-day between Hugh Frayne, of the American Federation of Labor, Presi- dent Patrick Crowley of the Bulld- ing Trades Council, anc other men prominent in labor circles at the| Hotel Continental. It was said a) statement will be made this afternoon | or this evening on the results. i Mr, Untermyer’s suggestion is that! the wage scale be continu: « during) 1922 upon condition tha: if it should appear there is inefficiency in any particular branch of the union as a whole, the wages of that branch may be reduced $1 a day per man, with permission to apply for restoration | of the old wage at the end of six| months. He also proposes that the | wage scale of 1923 be based upon that | of 1922, subject to increase or de-| crease in the cost of living. ‘All questions relating to efficiency | or change in the cost of living would, | under this plan, be determined by a committee of seven arbitrators; three | to be chosen by the unions, three by the employers, and one by both par- ties jointly. The demands recently made by Mr, Untermyer as chief counsel to the Lockwood committee for sweeping reforms in building trades unions | throughout the State will be di cussed to-day at a conference in th Hotel Continental between Hugh Frayne, general organizer for the, American Federation of Labor, and| representatives of the State Federa- tion and the Building Trades Coun- cil. to IN Trade Mark. dvt. on page 11 M. INEY deposited with our Special Interest Depart- ment between now and January 10th begins drawing unterest from January Ist \ single dollar will start an account. Note the conve- nient location of our offices. 115 Broadway, corner Ceder St 20 E. 45th St. at Madison A Mercantile Trust Company Mamber of Federal Reserve Systet epee BERLIN RANKS HIGH | AS DIAMOND MARKET} a DIED. BRANN —Right Rev. Monsignor Heury D. D., Rector of St, Agnes Church 43d Street, in his 84th year Notice of funeral later, ee FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Becoming Rival twerp and terdam im Pree BERLIN, Dec. 28 (Associated Press).—Berlin’s diamond bourse, which was established a year ago to stabilize traffic in precious stones, has done an enormous business, according to a report just issued. ‘The re- port shows a substantial increase in business despite the loss of South African raw materials, and claims that Berlin is becoming recognized as a strong competitor of Antwerp and Amsterdam in this field. According to the report, 2,000,000 Dutch guilders and 5,000,000 French francs have passed through the Reichsbank to cover turnovers of the bourse, Four times this amount has| ” passed through other banks, the Gov-|! érnment collecting 200,000 marks on 13,500,000 marks’ worth of business done by four forelgners in eight weeks alone, ———— EE GREAT NIAGARA RIVER ELECTRIC POWER STARTS A 5 Stones, Kan 1970 Breadway at Preteen Ota, dt See het PERSONALS. Come K. K. home at nce A weit Notice to Adoerthoors Biggest Syat World in over. ome. ma ‘Te-Day—Cost $85,000,000. NIAGARA FALLS, Ont., Dec. 28 _ The throwing In of a switch at the new hydro-electric power house at Queens- town to-day put into action the fret of the huge generating units there and the greatest hydro-electric po’ item in the world, Just completed at a cost of | nie arate over $88,000,000, The project has been| ner bin Male under Dating for three years. enving Government, municipal and other of- ciais of the Dominion and the province | $1! and officials and engineers