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HAL AGREEWi
ADVOCATES ARE FOR HARDIN
'Xlilra Root, Herbert Hoover, George W. Wickersham, Hen
ry L. Stimson, A. Lawrence Lowell, Henry W. Taft
and Charles E. Hughes Among 31 Prominent Men Who
Have Signed a Statement Pledging Support of Republi
can Presidential Nominee Harding Are Agreed That
No Alliance Should Be Entered Into That Would Bind
the United States as Would Article Ten of the Covenant
of the League Proposed by President Wilson.
New York, Oct.. 14 A statement wan
Uaued here tonight by 91 prominent
n a ho have advocated some form of
li.urnatwnal agreement announcing
U.it they would support Senator Hard
in, the republican nominee.
tilihu P.oot. Herbert Hoover, George
W WuVMam. Henry L. Stimson, A.
1-awrfnr Lowell, Henry W. Taft and
'liarlr K. Ittighea, were among- the
urnera of the statement which follows
in part :
The undersigned, who desire that the
United Ktatea shall do her full part In
association with the other civilized na
twn. to prevent war, have earnestly
ri,rtered how we may contribute most
effectively to that end, by our votes m
the coming election. '
The Question between the candidates
la whether we shall Join under an agree
ment containing the exact provision ne
gnttated by president Wilson at Paris,
r-r under an arreement which omits or
modifies some of those provisions which
ire very objectionable to great numbers
f the American people.
Af'er declaring that the democratic
platform and candidate stand unquali
fiedly for the agreement negotiated at
Paris without substantive modification,
while the republican platform "stands
for agreement among the nations to pre-,-rre
the peace of the world," the state
ment continues:
"Mr. Harding said In his speech of
'Anrust 28th:
" There are distinctly two types of
lntemat.ona! relationship. One is an of
fensive and defensive alliance of great
powers. The other type is a society of
free nations, or an association of free
nations, or a league of free nations ani
mated by consideration of right and jus
tice Instead of might and self Interest,
and not merely proclaimed an agency in
pursuit of peace, but so organised and
99 participated in as to make the act
ual attainment of peace a reasonable
possibility. Such an association I fa
vor with all my heart, and I would make
no fine distinction as to whom credit is
due.'
"Mr. Harding has since repeatedly re
affirmed the declarations of his speech.
In the moet positive terms.
The question accordingly is tint bj
inn a learue aad no league, tftit is
whether certain provisions in the pro
posed learue agreement shall be accept
ed unchanged or shall be changed.
"If the proposed changes In the Paris
agreement were captious or without sub
stantial grounds, one might question the
sincerity of their advocates. This, how
ever. Is not the case. 1
"The principal change proposed con
cerns Article Ten of the league cove
nant as negotiated at Taris. Mr. Wil
son declares this to he "the "heart of
the league' and the chief controversy is
atwit this.
"Article Ten provides an obligation of
the most vital Importance and It certain
ly binds every nation entering into it to
go to war whenever war may be neces
sary to preserve the territorial integrity
or political Independence of any cham
ber of the league against external ag
ression. I
"It Is Idle to say that congress has
power to refus, to authorise such a war,
for whenever the treaty calls for war a
refusal by congress to pass the neces
sary reeo.ntion would be a refusal by
our government to keep the obligation
s fthe treaty. The . alternative would
be war or a breach of the solemnly
p!e!rd faith of the United States.
"We cannot regard such a provision
as necessary or useful for a league to
preerre peace.
"We have reached the conclusion that
the true course to bring America Into
an effective league to preserve peace Is
not by insisting with Mr. Cox upon the
BTrsnre of such a provision as Arti
rte Ten thus prolonging the unfortunate
situation created by Mr. Wilson's Insist
ence upon that article; but by frankly
calling upon the other nations to agree
to changes In the proposed agreement
whWh will obviate this vital objection
and ether objections less the subject of
dispute.
Tor this course we can look only to
the republican party and Its candidates;
th democratic party and Mr. Cox are
bound not to follow It. The republican
party Is bound by every consideration
of rwl faith to pursue such a course
nnltl the declared object is attained.
The conditions of Europe make It es
sential that the stabilizing effect, of the
treaty already made between the Euro
Pan powers shall not be lost by them
and that the necessary changes be made
by changing the terms' of that treaty
rather than by beginning entirely anew.
"That course Mr. Harding Is willing
to follow for he said in his speech of
Asrust :ith:
" 1 would take and combine all that
la good and excise til that Is bad from
bo'h organizations' (the court and the
league).
"Vie therefore believe that we can
Host effectively advance the cause of
pternational cooperation to promote
rieeae by supporting Mr. Harding for
exertion to the presidency"
The statement bore the following slg-
natures: l.yman Abbott; Robert S.
Urookinga, president Washington Uni
versity. St. Louis: Nicholas Murray But-'
ler ; Paul D. Cravath ; Charles W. Dab
Bey. University of Cincinnati; William
II. P. Kaunce, president, Erown Unlver-
ty .Frank J. Goodnow, president of
Johns-Hopkins University ; Warren Gre
gory, San Francisco; John Grier Hibben,
Herbert Hoover: Charles Evans Hughes,
Alexander . C Humphries, president Ste
vens Institute of Technology; Ernest M.
Hopkins, president, Dartmouth College ;
William Lawrence, bishop of Massachu
setts; Samuel McCune Lindsay Colum
bia University ; A. Lawrence Lowell ;
John Henry MacCracken ; Samuel Ma-
. ther ; Cleveland, Ohio ; George A. Plimp
ton. Amherst College ; Henry 8. Prlt
eheet. president, Carnegie ' Foundation
For Advancement of Teaching; Charles
A. F.iehmond. president. Union College,
fu-henectady, JT. T. ; Elihu Root ; Jacob
Gould Shurman ; Henry I Stimson : Os
car . Btrans; Henry W. Taft; Isaac
M. Unman. New Haven, league to en
fore peace: William Allen White
George w. Wickersham; W. W. Wil
Vmghby. Johns-Hopkins University, and
JUy Lyman wircur, president Leland
itaaford Cnfreralty.
HARDING PICKS FLAWS IN
DEMOCRATIC .ADMINISTRATION
CABLED PARAGRAPHS rJ ftm
. MaeSwlney Weak. .WIHMIMWII s Wl WWW
Are to Reorganize
IOUlsville, Ky., Oct. 14. The adminis
tration'B attitude 'toward foreign trade,
the Wilson policy in Mexico, nad the
league covenant written at Versailles
were the special objectives' of Senator
Harding's assaults on the democratic
lines In his campaigning today and to
night through the borderland of the "solid
south." -
Charging that "secset diplomacy" as
practiced by democratic officials had Kept
American business men irom learning of
trade opportunities abroad, the republican
presidential nominee declared' the state
and commerce departments must be re
organized to give more active aid in de
veloping commerce with other nations.
The president's Mexican policy he de
nounced as having brought distrust-in
Mexico and humiliation at home, and h
advocated a program of amicable rela
tions to insure protection of American in
terests on Mexican soil .without interfer
ing uiwJuly in the Internal affairs of tne
Mexican republic.
In his discussion of the league he reit
erated that he wanted no council of for
eign powers to. dictate American's part la
the world and. reading Article X, tolcrH
his audiences that as spokesman for the
republican party he was "opposed to it."
He added that in due time the nation
would find a way safely and practically
to organize the conscience, of the world
for peace.
The senator's arraignment of the demo
cratic attitude toward foreign trade was
the theme of a nighjt address i n the
Louisville armory.
Stigmatizing the state department as
representins the "lowest possible ebb of
government service" fn building foreign
commerce, the candidate declared that "a
complete new policy" was necessary if
America was to take its place in Inter
national trade. The diplomatic service,
he said,' had been' "demoralized" by the
appointment of men "some of whom had
no other qualifications than that of being
very large campaign contributors.
The first task of the nation 'in' work
ing for world peace, he said, was to "set
its face toward an international associa
tion," under which "each may be free to
express and maintain its own nationalism
but in which mutual commercial and
trade problems may be worked out." He
outlined again his. i;Ianto purine nation's
foreign loans into negotiable form.
The candidate's Mexican poliev first
was outlined to a crowd of several thou
sand.who surrounded his car at Somerset,
Ky., and was repeated In several later
speeches during the day. He declared
democratic, campaign speakers .were say
ing republican victory meant war with
Mexico, but added that "this campaign
scare will not drive America a second
lime." Confidence and tranquility, he
said, would result from the program he
prnposed to Inaugurate. .
Referring to Governor Cox's suggestion
: f-nAnn ' Oct. -14. The bulletin - lssuo
tonight by the Irish Self-Determma$
league says that Mayor Macswinejj
very weak, but still conscious. . t
SEW CLAUSE IN- CHINESE
CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT
New-Tork. Oct. 14 In preparing the
Chinese, consortium agreement -for final
signature, it was stated today mat tne
delegates,- representing - the foremost
banking interests or tne uniteu states,
Great Britain,- France and Japan, have
inserted a new clause defining the atti
tude of the ce a artium itself ' towards
China. .-..'.:-
The precise language of the clause fol
lows : .
- "The said national groups are of the
opinion that the Jnterests of the Chinese
people tan in existing circumstances best
be served by the co-operative action of
tthe various banking groups representing
the investment . interests of their re
spective countries in procuring for the'
Chinese ; government, the capital neces
sary for a programme of economic re
construction and improved, communica
tions. With these objects In view the' re
spective national groups are jirepered to
participate on equal terms in such un
dertakings as may be calculated to assist i
China in the establishment or her great
public utilities and to these ends to wel
come the co-operation " -of Chinese capi
tal.".. This statement by the consortium as to
Its aims-In China was issued in -response
to questions and criticisms that have been
raised, here and in China. Its sponsors
asserted that there has been an "errone
ous idea deliberately fostered on the part
of certain interests imimical to co-operative
effort in ehina that the object of
the consortium was' to foist some par
ticular scheme of development upon Chi
na and to impose loans upon her; thus
obtaining some special position of advan
tage and domination." " :
Members of the consortium emphasiz
ed the fact that the several . banking
groups have undertaken its organization
solely at the request of the four govern
ments Involved. .
Objects
To Scrutinize Applications
For Withdrawal of Liquors
From Bonded Warehouses.
Washington. Oct. 14 Reorganization
of the prohibition enforcement bureau
to .afford closer scrutiny of applications
to withdraw liquors from .bonded ware
houses was announced tonight by Com
missioner Kramer. The change was
made necessary, the' commissioner said,,
by th increase in work involved.
Two new divisions were created sup
planting that which formerly examined
applications, one will pass upon appUca-1
tions for the manufacture of alcoholic ,
products, determine all non-beverage
uses of intoxicating liquors, fix the stand
ards for manufactured articles contain
ing 'alcohol and conduct trade investiga
tions to determine whether articles per
miteed to be manufactured are produced
in. accordance with the law. The other
division will have supervision of -the con
struction and operation of industrial ' al
cohol and denaturing plants.
It is planned also that the division
having charge of industrial alcohol will
devote some tim to the development- of
uses for denatured alcohol by Jatoora
tory and research work. Its functions
also include the analysis of many manu
factured -artic'.es .which contain alcohol
to determine whether they are comply
ing with the regulations. ' ' "'
to
Being Made a Voter
Litchfield Man Declines to Let
Wife Use the Proof of His
Naturalization..
Hartford, Conn., Oct 14. The board
of registration in Litchfield had before it
today a question arising out of tire objec
tion of an elector to his wife being made
a voter. "The man is a. naturalized citizen
and his wife was required to bring proof
that her husband had been naturalized.
but The. man reCused to give the papers to
his wife, his refusal being bas'ed on his
objection to woman, suffrase. The board
communicated with the attorney general's
office and was Informed that the matter
wis one for the board to determine. It
the woman can prdve that her husband
has been naturalized by other means than
by the production of the naturalization
certificate, she will be enrolled among the
electors ot Litchfield. .
;r -BRIEF : TELEGRAMS
Bctwn 15 d'30 Americana itUl are
held" in Soviet KussiiL..
-I Iw Area taerndlary- erf tin were un
der inquiry yesterday at Bridgeport.
arxpenaes ef the rlr tor tons Olym
iic team' were placed -at- $14,563.
, ChlcAco coal dealers reported redac
tions ot from $2 to $3 a ton in prices.
HARDSHIPS DUE TO LAXITY
OF VILSQN ADMIN1STRAT101
': Gold' output ' ef the Rand Co.,- in Sep
tember was 682473 -fine ounces in Aug
ust. , .'
WOITLD PRESKKTB INDITIDCAt
OWSEKSHIP OF
PHOPERII
the
HORSE COTKBKD SIXTY
MILES IX EIGHT HOURS IT. AT
CAUSES OF BREAK NIX PRICES -
OF WHEAT AND COTTTON
Rockhhl, . S. C, Oct 14 The United
States has one of the best, banking sys
tems in the world, and "under it I never
expect to see another panic", George E.
Roberts, vice president of The National
City Bank of New York, declared here
tonight in an aefdress before a gather.ng
of business men in which he analyzeu
the credit situation.
Mr. Roberts said that the present situ
ation is due to the "'aggregate demand
for credit by all the industries - and all
lines of business beyond the -ability of
the banking -system to supply.'.' Such
conditions, he. added, result from "the
war." The restriction of credit is not
responsible for the. decline of wheat and
cotton, the Epeaker asserted. "The pov
erty of the world, the low-buying pow
er of Europe,, and the high .exchange
rates, are the principal factors in the
break in these, prices."
McADOO FEARS ISOLATION
. OF TlJE TJNITED STATES
Cleveland, ( Oct . 14-b-A. republican, vic
tory at the polls 'next month means re
jection of the league of nations and the
iso'ation of. the-United States. conscrip
tion for raising, and -maintaining a large
army and navy, - and . big Increase In
taxes. William G. McAdoo, former secre
tary of the treasflry, declared In an ad
dress here tonight. :
"Soeakinc in the interests of Cox and
Roosevelt, ' demcrr'at(c . presidential and"
vice presidential candidates. Mr. MaAdoo
advocated this country's entry Into the
leagues emphasizing what he described
as the league's effect on world finance
and economy. '
He said that the natonal drtrts of the
chief beligerents of the war, includln
that the voters be sunnlied 'with cnni the United States, had been estimated at
of the learue of nations envonnr, ,. ! J2.1S.500.000.OO0. At a "moderate rate
senator showed to the crowd at On!ia 1 of interest, five per cent., and with
Tenn., a bulky print of the S0.00O wnrt I sinking fund of one per cent, per annum
peace treaty, and said that even a read
ing of the English text would be unsatis-
ractory Decause it differed from the
French. .
I wish it might be In the HanA.'
all Americans If they would only read it,"
he said,' "but somehow I tnswnt
would be better satisfied it you had just
one little section of it I wiil read vnu
Article X, the lieart of the covenant ,i
speaking for the republican party, I am
"I'W" 'o n ror the United States of
America. '
At Danville, Ky.. the senator left hi.
train and was taken to a football field.
where he mada a speech from air, impro
vised wooden stand. A groun of students
gave cheers for Cox. Mr. Hardin n-ait-
ed until they had finished and then
shouted :
a meir lerocr, but I want them
to be Kentucky gentlemen and not insist
on interrupting. I respect the man who
has his convictions and I respect my fel
low Americans who have other party con
victions than I have, but when you are a
.... mm nv;iii jUU nsien to noth sides
Of t h.l f1 Oa. anuUltn ! t . I.
..... rnlm.,an, it me one wrto is
i"-nnmK is a canuioarc lor the presidency
of the United States."
in all during the dav the eonflM.
made eleven, speeches, the cities visited
nesides Iiouisville being Spring 'city
Rockwood. Oakdale and Oneida, Tenn ',
and Stearns, Somerset, Danville, Harrods
burg. Lawrenceburg and Shelbwiiio v-
Concerning the diplomatic service
senator said in his speech here :
&eiaom has any information come
from the democratic state department
that did not first reach the American peo
ple through the reports of our newspaper
correspondents abrecsl. The consular ser
vice, built by republican genius. Is excel
lent, but the lack of any organization to
collect and digest information about the
current political affair sin other conntries
has heen.notorlous.
"We can find out almost nothing from
oor government as to the conditions, so
cial and economic, tn those countries
which need our help and might furnish
us with markets.
"It would be difficult to name a time
or a place, a year or a state, which ex-
..i.i:u more 01 secrei diplomacy. We
have tasted to the dre a -nniin,, v-v
humiliates American jiride and represents
the lowest possible ebb of government
service to the upbuilding of confidence
"i wnicn onr iorergn trade must be
lounaea. -
"I believe that onr first dutv. hnvi
rejected, as we have rejected, the impos
sible and dangerous betrayal of America
as expressed, for instance, In Article X
r the league of nations. Is to set our
races toward sn association with the
other nations of the world under which
each may be free to express and maintain
lis own nationalism, but in which the
mutual commercial and trade problems
may be worked out. I regard such? a
policy as perhaps the greatest contribu
tion that can be mr-de to create bonds for
tne maintenance of the world's peace.
"But this is not enough. . We need a
complete new policy. The government
must serve the people and their interests,
and at the pnesent time Its service can
not be efficiently given to assist in build
ing our foreign trade without a reorgan
ization of our state department and o'lr
department of commerce. The. American
business man la confused Because both ot
these departments are doing overlapping
fhe annual rervkse' of this debt Is $14,
310,000,000," he said. i
SO, REPRISALS AGAINST
WITNESSES FROM IREIiANT
Mew Trtrlc. Oct. 14 The committee of
one hundred on Ireland has received let
ters both from the British embassy and
from Eamonn De Valera. giving Assur
ance that no reprisals will be atempted
by either side against witnesses who will
come to this country from ireiana- to
testify at the public inquiry, into condi
tions. Jn Ireland, to he inaugurated in
Washington in November under the aus
pices of the committee. . The. wrttisa em
bassy also gives assurance that passports
will not be withheld from prospective
witnesses. . .
The inquiry will fce conducted' by a
commission of five, now being elected by
the, committee. .
New - York. Oct 14. Return of
railroads- to government operation would
be only, the forerunner of,federal control
of fundamentol sources of production
such as steel, coal and copper, declared
Alba U. Johnson of Philadelphia, pres
ident of the Railway Business Associa
tion, in an address here tonight at a
Vanquet of the American Manufacturers
Export Association.
"The national welfare requires us to
stabilize the railway situation," said Mr.
Johnson, "because we are hi a conflict
to preserve the principle of Individual
ownership of property and of individual
opportunity. The railways are the first
trench.1' , .
The speaker said his address could
be summed up in a "Golden Text" as
follows: . ,
"Transportation is a business. - It is
the business of business tnen fo put the
transportation ousiness . on a ousinees
basis. Let us get business with a busi
ness program for transportation."
Alfred Reeves, general ; manager ot
the National Automobile Chamber of
Cmomerce said that the greatest -development
in automobile s,rts muse come in
foreign countries, f f necessitating
greater exports from t-.y United States.
Mr. Reeves said that in this country
there is one automobile for every four
teen inhabitants, whereas in the remain
der of the world, there is :only one car
for every 2840 inhabitants.
American automobile manufacturers.
Mr. Reeves declared,, iavor. ..allowing
foreign built cars ;to enter the' 'United
States on the. sameterms that -Ameri
can cars are allowed - ,ta,: enter "Wher.
countries.-.". ' , T
Li. S. Rowe, newly appointed director
general of i the Pan-American Union,
told the exporters that American capi
tal must be more freely, invested in Latin-America
before American trade nn
rliope to obtain a permanent "foothold in
those countries. He warned against con
sidering all of Latin-America in the
same light that Mexico has been
garded in- recent years.
Otto H. ' Kahn, . financier, speaking at
the. afternoon's - session, advocated tax
ation revision 'and recommended that !
congressional committees J be authorized
by law to have associate or auxiliary
members who could attend all hearings
and make authoritative reports. He. sal"
that attendance of senators . and repre
sentatives at committee hearings was
"necessarily sporadic" because of the
press of other duties.
British monopoly contracts with Alex
andria cotton merchants were submit
ted and signed. '
Concord, N. H.. ,Oct 1 4. Crabbet, a
chestnut gelding and one of the registered
Arabs from the stables of W. R. Brown
of. Herltn. N. 11., contributed today -the
most spectacular feat thus far In the- 300
mile endurance test, covering the sixty
miles from. White Hiver Junction, Vt., to
a point just outside the finish line in this
city in eifrht hours flat Officials who are
judging the work of the horses said this
was a w'rld's record for the distance. The
horse waa ridden by Jack Fretx. a-famous
broncho buster, , who had ridden Sargon,
another Arab, until that horse was with
drawn yesterday -s
Because of the rules which do not per
mit a horse to finish a day's ride ahead
of a specified time limit. Crabbct was
held outside the city for an hour and was
actually preceded across the line by Mile.
Denise and liunkie, two grade thorough
breds from the army remount sen-ice,
which, as on previous days, came in' to
gether ahead of the rest of the field, and
by Rustem 'Bey, Mr. Brown's crossbred
cnestnut gelding. Moscowa and navi,l
Craig, registered thoroughbreds, followed
craDDet in, and all the rest of the six.
teen mounts remairirg in the test finished
wen msicie the time limit
Threes-horses, hewever, were disquali
fied after beins examined here, officials
explaining mat they appeared rather
f.rert. They were- Scotland and Golden
Glow, registered Morgans, and Ruflk,- a
registered Arab. .
umciais ot the New Hampshire Society
for the Prevention, of Cruelty to Animal's
joined the veterinarians accompanying
the cavalcade inv pronouncing the condi
tion of all the horses excellent '
The thirteen horses whicn will cover
the last leg of sixty miles will leave early
tomorrow morning for Camp Devens,
Mass.
.
Maine wemen mmt rive ' their xt
age and date of birth before being regis
tered as voters, . '
The soperetroetere ef the mine planter
General Edwin Kirby waa destroyed by
fire at the Fort Totten docks.
Defeat ef General Wrangel's forrea and
reoceupatitjn .of . Mariupol, and Berdiansk
by - Bolshevik troops was announced.
,-' More than six thoosand rats have
been killed at Corpus Christ!, Texas, at
and - average cost of Ave cents per rat.
uy Boy Scouts. - -
RoIUii I". Tylr. rtemoeratie eandldate
for governor of Connecticut.: has declined
the nomination- for jud egof probate in the
Haddam district
An airplane en Its way. fram Irewark
to Cleveland for mail was wrecked In
street at Rloomfleld, N. J., in making
u iorcea.,ianaing. ...
Tjandsa bar ellver waa 2d hlrher at
58 l-4d an ouncV New York domestic
price; unchanged at 99 l-2c and foreign
silver was up 4c at 17c.
War ' department anneaneed sale af the
Old .Hickory r Powder Piant at Jackson
vllle.. Tenn to the Nashville Industrial
Corporation for $J.500,000..
Ybarxe at IrrrgaUrHy In the sward
of ii.200.0OO to the Standard Steel Car
"company in settling and cancelling war-
contracts are not sustained.
General . Chang Tsoa-I.ln. governor
Fengtein. h?s overthrown the Pekin T-
ernment "and proclaimed a monarchy, ac
cording to reports current in ShsnghaL
Senator Calder Hold the Democratic Administration Ri-
sponsible for Many of the "Financial and Political Evils'
Now Confronting Country Figure That Coal Prof
itee,ring Participated in by' Operator and Railroads Cost
the People at Least $350,000,000 Housing Shortage
Due to Woeful Mismanagement by Someone iruAulKoT-
ity in Washington Tell of Ships Built at a Cost of
$700,000 Selling for $25,000. '
New Tork. Oct ' 14. Coal proflteermt '
participated In by oprfitors and railroads
cost the people of the .country at least
$350,000,000 during the last jrrsr. United
States Senator William M. Calder declar
ed here today . at a luncheon ot the
ArkwrigM club. Many of the ."financial
and political evils" which now. confront
the country, he added, are due to laxity
on the part of the national administra
tion. .
The present housing shortage through
out the country, he aald. -was reflected tn
the "woeful rriismann cement-on the part
of someone In afcthority An Washington
in the handling of the .railroad situation.
The national adminl-yration. In this par.
Ucular respect, he -aald, bad "tailed la
mentably. ;
Decreased Uxnsportatioa of building
materials, together with increased 'ocar
of transportation under government man
agement of t le railroads, was a targ fee
tor In rautdng the acu'e boun.ng 4iua
tlon throughout the country, he deciittfl.
Only one-tenth the rtumb-r of hem- wr-t
built in 119 and only one-twenti'-ta utt
number during this ' yr n compare
with l!i. be added. The r'.dd laws
recently e-iscted by ft New York g.
lature also d.Mrourxj'.d home .bui'idirig
In this state, he sail.
Senator Calder-cri -id the t'nltwl
States Shipping Poarj for constms'ng
so many wooden shir- sg:nt the pro
test of shipping esrvrts and charred that
the board had "catered" 'o the luTibei
interests of the sou', h and e.- lie -asserted
many of the hljrt wnlrh were
built at at cost of $:to.'"i recttiUy were
sold for as little as I:;."1? 3. '
WHITE ECNC1ES DIE SEES
A 8TAMMUE FOB COX
HABTrORD TIMES KKrrtTS T
BEMBLICAN ADVLBTlKEaXJiT -
Hartford, Conn.. Oct 14 rcause of
refusal of advertising subniilted by Ce
republican state c nlr-l comroitu. after -such
advertising had been lenlattvrry ac-
Wlot TTadswarth ' of Boston. vtee
chairman of the central committee of the
American Red Cross, jrrss elected presi
dent of th.s Harvard Alumni Association.
New York, Oct 14. George White,
chairman of the democratic national com
mittee, tonitht Issued a . statement In
which he said that eleventh hour plans of
the republicans would fall to check the 1 cepted. J. Henry RorauacV.. republican
"republican and independent stampede to j state chairmaa. sent to the Hart.ord
Governor Cox which has already begun." I Times today a certiSed chc for It ld
"The republican campalrn la m dis-!and a rr.urst that the advervuumrot be
order." Sir. White declared. "Party ranks I Inserted or reasons given lor oun-acoepi- '
BAXKR-Cri DECLINES TO TELL
HHAT BECAME OF GOODS
Bridgeport, , Conn., Oct. 14. Isaac
Schh-r,-" ar bailor: of Main street, who in
bankruptcy court yesterday was ordered
tn-.disclose the t hereabouts, of- 13.000
worth of materials received -by .him on
.i auu wincu were net in the store
on Sept. 2, when the place' was' closed by
a sheriff, -did' not appear' before Judge
John Keogh today 'and was adjudged in
contempt, it is expected a federal war
rant will be issued.
-
BANK DEPOSITS INCREASED
S4,045,164,000 DCKIN'G TEAK
NEW LONDON POLICE
STOP STREET SPEAKERS
New London,' Conn.,. Oct. 14 A street
meeting of the socialist labor party was
stopper tonight by the local police after
H. Clevans of New York started to mane
an address .from '. an automobile In the
center of the city. when a police ser
vant told the- speaker that lie could not
proceed, the speaker consulted with the
local members ot the socialist labor, par
ey. They decided' to adjourn the meet
ing to a hall and it was continue there.
T. E. Crouch, secretary ot the socialist
local organisation today informed Mayor
E. Frank Morgan that the Kev. uscar
Madious would speak on fee street 'here
Sunday night in one "of a series of "free
speech" meetings intended as a test of lo
cale interference with Street speakers.
REPUBLICANS TURN DOWN
LEAGUE DEBATE CHALLENGE
Washinston. Oct. 14. Bank deposits
in the United States increased 14,045,-
164,000 during the year ended last June
30, said a statement issued today by
Comptroller of the Currency Williams.
Loans and discounts increased $5,805,-
736,000. -
. Total resources of all reporting banks
of the. United States, not including fed
eral reserve banks, were given in the
comptroller's statement as $53,079 108,
000. These included national banks,
state banks, savings banks,' trust com
panies and reporting private banks, but
the total given did not include $1,211,
516.000 rediscounts of national banks..
The capital surplus and profits of all
banks were reported at $5,953,938,000,
an increase since June 30, 1919 of $618,-303,000."
On Board Senator Harding's Special
Train,. Oct 14. Republican, managers on
Senator Harding's tram announced def
initely late today that the democratic
proposal for a league "of nations debate
between the republican nominee and Gov
ernor Cox would not be accepted.
Senator Harry S. New, head of the re
publican speakers' bureau said he had not
yet received the proposal sent him by
Senator Pat Harrison, in charge of dem
ocratic speaking arrangements, and add
ed: ...
"I would not for a moment consider a
proposition so utterly absurd."
COOLIDGE STARTS ON TOtJR
OF SOUTHERN STATES
Boston, Oct 14-t-Governor Coolidge
left late today for New York prelimi
nary to a speaking tour of several bor
der and southern states in connection
with his campaign as the republican
candidate for vice president He will
remain in New York tonight and will go
tomorrow to Philadelphia.' where he will
speak in the evening. On Saturday he
will ga to Washington, where oh Sunday
he will board a snecial train for a
week's tour of Kentucky, North Caro
lina, West Virginia Virginia and Mary
land. He will return to Boston on Oc
tober 24.
It was shown that Schirr bouuht ti nnn
worth of goods from the New England
Jobbers, Inc., of-New Haven and the Sil
ver Woolen Co. of New York, which were
delivered Aug. 30. He refused to tell
wnere most ot these goods had gone ex
cept 10 say that he had made them up
into suits and coats. He was allowed to
leave court after agreeing to appear to-
Two truckmen testified today that theT
took on Aug. 30 from jthe store parcel's
of goods, two ef which were left at a
pawn shop and 25 or' 30 at sn apartment
in Bast New York. Judge Keogh ordered
a sheriff lo try and recover the goods.
.
DEARTH OF GASOLINE WITH .
GROWTH OF AUTO INDUSTRY
New York. Oct4-New - York gas
manufacturers, facing a shortage of oil
and higher prices this -winter because of
the public's insatiable demand for gaso
line, pleaded for a. guarantee of needed
quantities through the American Petro
leum Institute today, but were refused.
The gas stove has been a sufferer from
the growth of the automobi'e lndnfi--
and it appears it will continue to be, the
manufacturers declare.'
They said their industry was an es
sential one.while most- automobiles Were
luxuries. . They "'suggested . allocations of
oil, tut were told .petroleum products
are sold in an open market with prices
governed by the fundamental ecqnomic
mw ui supply ana aemand.
TO DISCONTINUE -SCHOOLS
FOR THE MERCHANT SEAMEN
Washington,. Oct 14. Discontinuance
of the Shipping Board's Training School
for Merchant Seamen was announced ,to
night by Chairman Benson. Orders have
been issued, he said. to. close . the school
at camp btuart. Porthmouth, Va. By
January i. ocnoois at San Francisco and
Seattle will be closed later.
vV ith the ship construction . programme
Assistant ' TMstrlet " Attorney ' Samoa!
Markewleh began an investilrstion Into
the alleged conspiracy by s'r.Kms tur
ners to cripple the business of retail fur
riers.
Parle enera singers and - tnnaleUns
voted to go. on, strike, , .Jacques Rouche.
director, sale? the -reason was necausc oi
his .refusal ' to change rules concerning.
the ehfirtis. ' " . ' " '. . . ;
rharlee MrCarten Alexander, aa evangelist-known
throughout the world, died
suddenly at his home in liu-mingmvn,
England."' V "' V "
Javan -fn.'prope the powers JMn
action to check the r'st- pi, Ttolshevism
en thiV'isiivtV continent, especially in
northern China, according to tne kokosi-.
In ShlmBun. t --. .
? T ' federal Ineslry Into continued
high, prices for food at' restaurants snd
hotels In Boston Is to be esrriod direct
ly to the proprietors o dining rooms
next week. .-'
. The " London; master bakers' assoe Is-
i ha! announced that the price of
tiread will . be Increased from one shll
ling-to one shining . feur'pence for i
pound .loaf.:; ; V "." "' ' -.
. iarfkM .effort. wPl be made br the
shipping board to dispose of 25 wooden
steamers! "they "will be offered for sale
on a private ' competitive basis with 92
steel steamers.
fHe ; lewal battle fe the mfri!on ef
Ritwerd V. "Searles. the rc ue million
aire of Metbuen and New York who died
rrcenfly. was opened In the probate court
at Salem, . Mass. , .
have been broken. Those who for years
have affiliated with the party because
they have believed that It stood lor high
principles are deserting it -
independents who hsve often support
ed It are turning ta Governor Cos. In
close council snd deep secrecy the Hard
ing campaign managers are seeking fran
tically to work out eleventh hour plans
to regain lost tround."
One of these "plans," Mr.. "White said,
h eunderstood - wss to announce tn ad
vance the personnel of the rsblnet as
Senator Harding would constitute it. if
elected.
"It is to contain nsmes of distinguish
ed men who sre Seemingly discharging
their party- obligation as the expense of
their convictions and their consciences.
"If the plan Is carried .out Its purpose
will he to impress a disgusted nation
with the fart.that a Weak president would
surrouna mrCTeir- jth strong men- It
would be'a- confession -of Inefficiency uij-
paraueira m tne History af - American
campaigns.
ance.
The advertisement in qufrtion wssa
full page, printed to morning ps!ers.
bearing the signature of the rcpub'.cas
state committee st the bottom and im
porting to quote editorials from li.o
Times of criticising Prider.t Lin
coln, and also editorials in the Time of
a few werlis back criticising ator V.
B. Brandegee.
The Times refers to t5-.e matter editori
ally today snd -ays it has too much
veneration for ifie late editor of tne
Tim-s. Alfred E. Burr, head of the pa-,ier
for sixty years, to print such sn adver
tisement "We will not affront the b'gh-
mmded citisenshln of this state by giving
publicity to these gratuitous insults to
th e memory of the dead." it says. .. .
MANY KILLED IN ITALY
- DURING TWO-HOUR STRIKE
WORKING FOR CREDIT
FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS
Atlantic City. N. J., Oct 14 Resolu
tion -urgint that, In the - regulation of
public ut1 ies. "such common sense
economies. and business principles" be ap
plied, "as will restore credit and ena
ble electric, railways to perform their
full public service." were adopted today
by the American Electric Railway Asso
ciation at the sloslng session of its con
vention here. -
P. H. Gadsden, of Philadelphia was
elected president and E. B. Burrltt, New
York, secretary treasurer.
W. S. Murray, chairman of the super
power survey of the Vnlter States, told
the convention that a saving of thirty
million tons of coal and $300,000,000 a
year would be effected by the proposed
linking of the power plants ot the At
lantic seaboard.
State departmeat officials aald tbt M
was not expected that the T'nited Statrs
b renresented In any manner St
the first meeting of the assembly of tht,
league of nations.
VrmmiArttt V enseal ef Cobs has ex
pressed the hope that American financial I Ireland has led to informal. Inquiries at
and sugar mieres s win c -Cuban
' growers hr the handling of the
coming sugar crop. ,
BRITISH HAVE CENSORED
AMERICAN DIPLOMATIS LEAGUE
London. Oct 14. (By The A. P.)
The censoring of American diploma'ie
mail by the British military suthorities'in
London. Oct IS. ilanr persons were
kille dand others wounded at various
places In Italy .during .a two-hour strike
Thursday, says, a despatch to tbe London
Times from liome.
Nine persons were killed at San Gio
vanni Rotondo.; four were killed and
fourteen wounded in Bologna, and one
man was killed and several men were In
jured In a clash between strikers and
the police In Milan.
Bombs were thrown at several hotels
In Milan, including the Hotel Cavour.
where the British delegation to the
league of nations conference are staying.
No one was injured, however.
The offices of a socialist newspaper
were set on fity.
A despatch -received In London Wed
nesday night said the leaders of the
Italian socialist party and of the general
confederation of labor in Italy had pub
lished a Jolnl manifesto in the Avanti of
Rome ordering demonstrations in every
town In Italy on Thursday. T!e object
of the movement it was slated, was to"
force the Italian government to recog
nize Soviet Russia.
Two high ertlrlala ef ICew England
railroads spoke in favor of some firm
of consolidation of rail lines in this dis-
tr'ct t a; 'special meeting or tne m issa-chusjUs-
chamber-of -commerce.
The Tabre'line steamer Canada. New
York to Palermo', which docked at Prov
idence -was- delayed In clearing by "a
search .tor. .a. man wanted by the New
York police, on a charge of murder.
Chairman ' ' Benson af the ahlnplne
board announced that American and for
eign -shipping lines had agreed to gs the
limit -in reduc'ng fre'ght charges to meet
the competition of the French line.
TltTlr Attorney Harry T.. Lewis, rn
the Brooklyn federal court declared that
If the Vo' stead law Is to be made effec
tive in New York we will need 1.000.000
" ..." .r"""'""1" ""'""K" as Prospect ParK ana central rare com-
sail5rs-on the Atlantic coast without the!?? T .,- ... "
schools. Training of student officers will I "r '-' 'r'
work and are sometimes corning Into con
flict eo that the very- person to whom
they might give help is -referred by one
to the othr and back again.
"One possible plan is to place under the
state department the determination of
policies, the furnishing of information
and the-giving or sssurance-ot aid and
protection which "affects. American, for
eign trades Another possible solution is
that of a special department . Sponsored
by the secretary of-state and the secre
tary of commerce, so that we may effi
ciently direct all our energies under one
definite, program."
In Jiis discussion of foreign loans ,the
nominee said he had no desire t5 enforce
payment "harshly or importunately."
"Nevertheless," he continued, "these
(Coattained en Fare Tea, CoL Six)
RESCUED UNCONSCIOUS MAN
FROM PEAK OF 150-FOOT DERRICK
Toronto, Oct 14. In the . sight of
gasping hundreds, Joseph Monlday,. con
struction foreman, today climbed' the
iau-ioot mast of a derrick and : rescued
Frank Carvell, a fellow-worker, hane-
ing unconscious from the peak, after his
left hand had been crushed -under the
steel hoisting cable. Reaching the
swinging figure, he'ld at the . masthead
only by a glove caught between cable
and pulley, Moulday slipped down the
steel spar with Carvell, still unconscious,
over his right shoulder. Moulday . will
be ercommended for the "humane socie
ty's life-saving medal.
continue, ' however, both in the technical
scnools and on training ships.
DROP "TN SUGAR CAUSED A ' '
BO-DAY. MORATORIUM IN CUBA
New York,jOct 14 The extent of' the
dec'.lne in sugar- prices and its demoral
izing" effect on producers or holders of
remaining supplies, has-been emphasized
by this week's announcemnt of a fifty
day moratorium in Cuba. .
Refined sugar, which reached 25 cents
per pound for granulated on 'the peak of
the advance last spring, is now quoted
mere at 11 cents by refiners, while the
price of raw sugar . has declined from
well above the 23 cent leyel to 7 cents
per pound, on the basis of the last re
ported transaction. . - . .-
the foreign office by J. Butler Wright
charge of the American emba-. , a quick.
expression of regret on the part of -the
British government and a personal apol
ogy from the officer responsible.
A letter, sent by the embassy to the
American consul at Dublin, Frederick
T. F. Du'mont; was seized by the T-itlsh
military hr a rfid on the mail! of which
there. were 300 bars. The" British explan
ation that the letter was opened by offi
cers not accustomed to censorship, with
out intent to pry Into the diplomatic cor
respondence of- the United States, has
been accepted .by the embassy.
FALLING OFF IN ARRESTS FOR
DRUNKENNESS IX BOSTON
Boston, Oct; 14.Arrests.for drunken
ness in this city, -during the- last court
year were 18.143 ,less than in the pre
ceding 12 months according to the an
nual report of Edward J. Lord, clerk of
the municipal court- which" was filed to
day. . Those arrested in the year just
closed numbered 13 487, he said, as com
pared with a' previous tots of -31.(30.
LIQUOR MEN FIXED I750.OOS
EXPECT READJUSTMENTS
Bridgeport Cor.n., Oct ' 1 4. Brewers
and saloon keepers who have been taxes
a total of $750,000 for alleged violations
f the Tolsteda act made no move today
towards paying the fines. They expect
that further reports will lie made by
Agent McCarthy and then, readjustments
will be made of the amounts by the inter
nal revenue department Tbe fines -are
fixed by law. snd carry a doubling ot'lhe
amount and a fixed amount on each bar
rel seized.
INCENDIARISM CONTINUES
THROUGHOUT. COTTON BELT
Wichita Falls. Tex., Oct. 14 Fire
early today destroyed the J. B. Jamison
eottan gin here. . The loss was' estimated-
at $21,000.
Little "Rock. Ark.. Oct. 14 Alleged
night riders early today fired a barn on
the C. W. 'Mathews plantation near Clar
endon, destroying much cion, cbrn and
hay. Thirty placards warning planters
not to pick cotton have Sozen found in
vaiious parts" of Monroe county -and
turned over to Sheriff . Malone. .
CANADA SUSPENDS PRICE
OF tl CENTS FIXED ON SUGAR
Ottawa. Oct 14. The Dominion sov-
ernment today suspended the order, issued
last night by the board of commerce of
Canada fixing the price of sugar in the
jjomimon at not more than 21 cents , a
pound until a hearing "before the cabinet
on Oct. 20. The prime minister, as a
result, has postponed his western trip for
one week, f .
Frank" L. ' Bor. sspervtalne prefclhl
itn enforcement., agent . for New York
state, has received orders from federal
hadquarters . in Wsshlneton to insti
gate reports or tne existence ot a t
market" in' contraband liquor in tne
Bowery.-',. ' " : '.
New Mllfo'd Father Qumn. assistant
pastor of St1 Francis Xavier of New
Milford, leaves Jhis week to rake un his
duties at St Francis" parish in New
Haven. - Father Quinn succeeded Father
Mooney here, last spring. Father uinn
takes Father. M,' Joseph. Ryan's place.
DRASTIC CUT IN PRICES OF
' - BLEACHED MUSLINS TODAY
SHARP COTTON MILLS
- OF NEW BEDFORD TO CLOSE
Boston, Oct 14. The Sharp Manu
facturing Company announced today that
all its mills in New Bedford would close
tomorrow-for an indefinite period, pre
vailing conditions in the cotton market
were given as the reason, - - , - -r
. New .' Tork, Oct. 14. Selling agents
for. two lines of widely known bleached
muslins announced today that drastic
price.-cuts" would be made 'tomorrow.
One line will be cut ' from 33 cents to
20, cents, a .Sard, while, another, will be
reduced from 31 to 19. In the first case
the cut represents a decline of 50 per
cent from . the- high record.
SECRET AGREEMENT BY
. .. . .. ROLSHEYIKI AND POLES
Riga.. Oct. .14. (By "The - A. P.) The
bolsheyikl and, poles are reported to have
completed' a secret agreement at Riga
whereby Poland Bets timber concessions
In Russia and, , iron-ore concessions in
Ukraine in ' lieu ot -the gold settlements
the Poles asked f or. ' It was the-question
of . .gold settlements- which caused so
much delay, m the preliminary peace ne
gotiations. i. t V-5- . -
READY . TO . KAY SSSO.eeS.eos ANGLO
FRENCH LOAN MATURING TODAY
New York. Oct 14. It was announced
at fhd banking, house of J. P. Morgan
and Company late today that the firm
Is ready to pay the $500,000,009 Anglo-
French Loan maturing . tomorrow. - It
was said that more than $200,000,000
will be paid in cash. The remaining
amount of the issue has been handled
in the open market
GUILTY OF ROBBERY AND
ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO KIXX
Litchfield. Conn., Oct 14. After deHb
eratlng nearly five hours, a Jury in su
perior court here today found William
McGovern guilty of robbery and assauit'
with Intent to kill. Jude Donald .T,.
Warner will impose sentence tomorrow.
McGovern was charged with havinis
held up and shot Donuto Pi GiovannT. a
jitney bus drlveV last spring. William.
Downey, arrested a ith McGovern on tHe ,
same charge, escaped from tbe Litchfield
county Jail several weeks agu. McGovern
claimed that Downey did the shooting.
FOUR DAY WEEK IN
NEW HAVEN
CLOCK SHOP
New Haven, Conn.. Oct 14. The New
Haven Clock Company tonight announc
ed that Its. plant would be operated on s
foud days' a week schedule instead of
six days, beginning next week. Until re
cently the concern had employed 3,000
persona. . . . . .. . ....
OBITUARY.. .
"Charles M. peek.
- NewHaven, Conn., Oct 14. Charles
M. Peck, former commodore of the New
Haven Yacht club and son of Henry M.
Peck, -former mayor of New Haven, died
suddenly on a train entering. New York,
according to word received .-here tonight
He was born in New Britatn'so years ago.
His home was in Flushing, L. L
New Britain. Sentiment for jthe re
naming of the public schools of the city,
which developed more than a year ago,
but which did hot result in action, is be
ing renewed, and It is probable that the
school board will take tbe matter VP at
an early data. . - : -
CHARGED TTH ILLEGALLY
TRANSPORTING LIQUOR
' Danbury, Confu. .Oct-' 14. Lou!s MTrj--man
and William I Her. giving their
address at Newark. N. J., were arraiEO
ed before United Stales Commissioner
Cable today on charges of iMeirally trans
porting liquor. Thyj were arrested -m
Newtown Saturday while en their aay'to
Waterbury with a truck carrying - J0
cases of whiskey, valuwl at $15,000. Coun
sel appeared for them and secured a con
tinuance to Oct 20 . - - '
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AGRICULTURAL INTEEESTS """"
-. FIGHTING FOB CREDIT
Washington. Oct 14 Agricultural In
terests carried their fight for amelioration
of credit conditions tod-y to Secretary
Houston of (be treasury department
They asked for .rehabilitation of the srar
finance corporation to foster expois . to
Kurope and were told by the secretary
that It was not in line with good busin.es
for the government to exten furutf
credits to Europe which would be the re
suit if the request was granted.
PRISONERS AT PORTSMOUTH.
PLOTTED V HOLEALE ESCAPE
Kingston. Ont, Oct 14 A plot to ef
fect the wholesale escape of prisoners In
Portsmouth penitentiary an? then blow
up the prison with nitro crycertae WL3 .
thwarther here today.
Prison officials, acting on a wumme;
that an attempt would be made to xres
the convicts, tore down portions of the
pententlary wall and uncovered a stoi
of rifles, shotguns and amrnimition, with
enough ef the explosive to iisve destroyed
the structure, . .
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