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VOL LXIII NO. .309
POPULATION 29,685.
JH, CONN. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1921
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TEST V0TE1N
MAJOR TV F
HAIL ADJOURNS UNTIL JAN. 3v
DICATES GOOD
DR RATIFICATION
Motion For Adjournment Was Made by Michael Collins An
Amendment to Continue Debate Was Defeated 77 to
44 Vote is Regarded as a Test of the Sentiment of Mem
bers, and is Regarded as Assuring a Substantial Majority
For Acceptance of the Agreement Clare County Coun
cil Voted 17 to 5 in Favor of the Treaty.
Colored W !-Joy
Kills Auto' Bandit
BRIEF TELEGRAMS
Cocaine said to be worth ahont $20,-
000 retail was seized from a man in Buf
falo, X. Y., by the narcotic squad.
Dr. John Glover Smith, the new Amer
ican minister to Panama has arrived
there.
Dublin, Dec. Z2 (Hy the A. P.). The
T'a:l Eireann by a vole of 77 to 44 de
rM.rl :aT? tnjay, on a motion submitted
i y M ichael C'fl'ins, to adjourn further
(tfhar un t le Ir'sh treaty until Tuesday,
Jan. S. It w as not the motion itself, but
pr. a mAndiTH r t to the motion, on which
vnic w.i actually taken. The
anifndn:rnr.. :n; roducfl and seconded by
r1! V'Cnjn"5 of 'he tx-jaTy
ealled for con-
t nu'Mjs sittings day arm evening unt.l a
d was tnkrt on the trf-ay's ratifi
es'".! or rfVf'ion.
T: iroi f Tli amrndirnt automat
ic v jririr.r motion. With few ex
c i,: ot:s. so far rs con id he observed, the
u. f( tlie party iine a of those
Ta.-r.r? opposing the treaty.
N'-r.oty toniaht believes, of course, that
'f n vo. hri'l I'pn taker, on the- treaty
'.' '. t!T' ma jorit y would have hen so
c r-.-i r as !): vote on ; he adjournment
ni ' nn ga vp is FiinporU-rs, but thre is
p.o ''y.y-r in nitn'lx of those whe have
r r. f ."."tt tnr dbarca carefully that
:'-: 'i- r"-:ir: iy fT-proximates the pen-
';nfrs for ar.-l nrrainpt the treaty. Thii
N -ti r !v some of 'he opponents of the
t-;i'y. k assort that it wan not a fair
t -sr. ;s many of the deputies on both
tin rsrria'ly the cmint-y members,
'iv U--f) t' p idpa of the dehat-- continuing
' "izl, hrif ma s. and votd for ad
; '.rrr-'if n: ,n .-rrVr that they might get
h---c f.r the holi'IavB,
I", f.f'-t. ' 'ountes-K Markiewciz, one of
f p T1:;. pt oipun.-nts of the treaty,
t' ' r.'t ,3 Mr. t'ollms' rronnsal," a.ppar
en 'y havlrrr in mind, a? indented by her
-t:.'-.a! a lyndsnst Fpeeclji the possi
bi.i'y 'f the debate continuing through
"hr;sm day and night and overlook
n 1 e i ossib.hty of a party division
" :. )' TT;rt -on,
Mr. 'o!!;ns Fhowed eaprrneps to rush
r. r-nvon t'"r.t.h to quick division. He
i-n n-arily rierk-.l Mr. Mllroy. who In--:
-v" i" trikinr of the vote to have
' " on ci-art-d up as to whether
i- ':,. r-pr-s-mnt? two const It uev
. s1' u'-I havp two votep, Mr. rolling
I'-ir ni: i:ar would not hear of hav
p fu nf Ireland decided on the
tj sv ii - of a t"f hniea? b y.
Trnup With Frlrrmrnr.
W; r-n ;t b-rame apparent that there
w - 1- a party :ine-up on the vote the
::"r.'.s;-h'r loam tense with exrite-n-'
i. Many of he spectators failed to
u- brv.r.l th siKnificarwe of the pro-r-
nr-. and ih prnt'-st bowiUbrment
w " ar. if. -!tv.l upon the announeemr-nt
:' -hr. r-.!:;r of -h,. t,-. J . 'nlera's
.- -.: v. rn an.l Kt'iiu wlirn the lip:-1
- A re announced. Considerable eU- i
t - n u;. s'.tm n ;rrim when the figures
a T' i ; t1 '"i ; 1 . i 'i - iisidei'H he 4' la ion
- '. ! .y ''clilrtj and t,is adherent.
T " ! . Fiir'raM. m!"'M'-r of propn
- . "! " .ionf.r'f i"'n treaty, sai.l
' - i.T ho bI eved that not more than
! . .pfp's .- f ti0 , ri nty vot- d for ad
." ,; :'" ' r,f. bndVr tin? i majority for the
;r- :-y f 'birtrrn.
r.-rr.- Iacly. an active Pinn Feiner,
:r.' d to snf-ak this afternoon for
rv:iim?'on. Informed The Associated
F rrrr-srinnd nt shortly before the
v-T -a taken tht he could not mp.ke
a e 'i .? rn he niiti-nm of thp treaty
bu 'I-TievM that "the fate of Ire
:;'' fr in tb nalanep."
'vir5' pr pnpai had bpn siicr-
r' d '"V i :m "m dnyj peto, and nt
t "rr""1 down bv bot h Kamonn
T -.r V;--a :.rd Arthur O-iTnb. Tt had
:- t--. '1:11',' b-r-iTtir. p-:(b-nt that til1
iT ;n the Ti.-'i Firm n?i were not
" i ' nd : mnr-' than twf-nty nddi
"''' - s'n1;-: bail indicate 1 their in
.'"i'io the nsf-nibly. and the
. ,.- ,,f r,i! ei,rK't. q was to incr"Te
; ! i'l i h. Tds men nt. ns one speak-
''''''i"- out. th" polbility of sitting
f.,r ano-hrr for'n'irht.
trors OppohMInn hy Ie Tnlpra.
AT-. rv V.ilf-rn nain met the pro-t-
v.l ' e M rhaei Collins with strong on-
.k'-.i, n and ivj;re t . il pitting far into
').( . v'h a vi-w to 5hortr-.ninp the
e'"ff'''' ' v. J r-ae)iinc: a decision this
n-n-.k. .Tnhn MarTntpn, an opponent, of
t1- Te-Jty. fn!i'.v.d Pe Valera's lead,
r . Intr a r.n of his reasons for advo
fr' -fr pf.nt:n!jon s;f tine's bis belief that
; il - Pa rp.b-ptr ri fip treav. the cotn
t -' vh:i Tf-vr t present npnon. woiil 1
f-ll-'w Th.-. Pall. Ho ronehirlnd by mov
( crt innons and prolonged slttincs
from day to day until a decision was
r.-ardtpd.
T't f-a"t; Irdir.tt'on of the motive fnr
nnrp his motion out of the
-: '-iT" of ni'-r f.rocednrp. and aff orded
ip firpT trr of thp. rplative strength of
,v r.-v-.nient and supporters of the
r-a Tt n poon srr-n that this pro-
f' lure rn isd a n in-mnrtant technical
riiT. for r'lPre nrp fivp membrrs who
r.,rr.ent two cons!tiir-nc1es eaeh.
Four of the members. Orifflth, Col
li v Milroy and M?cVe!ll, hapr-encl to
Fipnort the treaty, while the Pfth. Mr.
pp Valera. onro;e the treay. The real
ranre of tb division as a test of
F'rcprr'h on the main Issue, rather thnn
a a m-re procedTiro motion, was marie
vifnt bv the etrrme Importance at
'arhd to the question whether the
mfmliT" mrrrrA were entitled to one
rr two vn!r. mnrh.
Collin Wins on Straight Division.
Pe Valera's supporters argued that
on;y one vote f-ae;-. should be allowed,
and the debate, which was becoming; very
a cr; m onions, misrht have lasted for
hours on this subsidiary point alone,
when Mr. Collins waived any claim to
two votes, and the deputy speaker gave
a riling allowing only one. This left
the way clear for a straight division,
and the figures came upon the press and
spectators and the Dail Eireann with
some surprise.
The net result is twofold.
The country will have an opportunity
of influencing th various representa
tives between now and January' 3, and
such portions of the country as are
doubtful may. it N expected by some
judges. influ-mv-l in favor of the
treaty I the ini'r s.-ion that the fig
urs rpivs. nt a vote in Its faor.
When the Question was nut. it was !m-
kine Childers, Austin Stackj Charles Bur
gess, and their active supporters all de
sired to keep the Dail sitting, while1 Ar
thur Griffith, Michael Collins, Eamonn
J. Duggan, Professor John. MacNeill and
the advocates of the treaty were equally
anxious to afford an opportunity to all
members for a breathing space, of inter
course with their constituents, who. as
freely admitted throughout the debates,
largely support the treaty.
Division Not Strictly on Party Lines.
The division followed almost, but not
quite, strict party lines, for there were
some members who looked solely to the
question . of convenience. There are
many members of the parliament who
have given no sign up to the present how
they intend to vote on the main ques
tion, and adjournment accords them an
opportunity of taj' B sides without any
obvious abandonment, of their neutrality.
When the tinal decision or. the treaty
is actually taken, the numbers may be
much eloper than the adjournment fl
tires. The amendment in favcr of con
tinuous sittings was1 first put verbally
and a show of ' hands taken. The result
was challenged on the ground that a
motion must be in writing: and the vote
should be by roll call. The secretary
read in Gaelic the names of the mem
bers by constituencies, received their
answer and made the announcement in
Gaelic for and against the amendment.
Five Other Robbers Were Put
to Flight by Heroic Youth in
a New York Real Estate
Office. .
New York, Dec. 22. One automobile
bandit was slain and a second seriously
wounded in a pistol fight that followed an
attempt late today to loot the offices of a
real estate firm in West Sixty-third
street, near Broadway. Four others es
caped. The bandits, finding Mrs. Mary Stock
inger, apartment renting superintendent,
alone in the realty office, held her against
the wall with revolvers and took $800
from the safe.
A colored office boy, Charles Davis, re
turning from an errand, saw the hold-up
through a window, procured his pistol in
a nearby' room, and when the bandits
emerged opened fire. One fell dead, shot
through the heart. Returning the fire,
the others Jumped into their taxi and
sped - west.
A policeman fired at the car as if
turned down West End avenuo. and an
other bluecoat blazed away a block fur
ther south, the bullet shattering the jaw
of the driver, wliose name was given by
the police at John Little. He drove on
for six blocks nad- then, weakened by
loss of blood, lost control, and the car
smashed into the curb. Little's four com
panions escaped. He refused to give their
names when taken to a hospital.
Quincy, Mass., plant of the Waltham
Watch Co., was reopened after having
been closed since July.
Price of refined sugar ha. been reduc
ed to fifs-e cents a pound iiii Xew York by
refiners.
President Harding nominated George
L. Minot to be postmaster at Gardner,
Mass.
Walter Havey, a boy of 16 years, living
apart from his parents in Boston, hanged
himself.
Mexican chamber of deputies denounc
ed the coup d'etat in Guatemala in a mes
sage to chambers of all other Latin
American republics.
Omar Grnndmansipn, aged 27. was
found dead near Lewiston. Me. His
head was bruised. He wag paid ?30 in
wages Wednesday which was missing,
GERMANY ALLOWED TO
KEEP 300 DIESEL ENGINES
CLARE COUNTY COVNCIL
VOTES FOR RATIFICATION
Ennls. Ireland, Dec. 22. ( By The A
Pf) The Clare county council, the con
stituency of Eamonn De Valera, today
voted 17 to r in favor of the treaty be.
tween Ireland and Great Britain and re
quiting Mr. De Valera to upe his in
fluence for the maintenance of national
unity.
The resolution admitted that there
were erave objections to the treaty but
dec'ared that there was no rational al
ternative to its acceptance.-
"P.ejection of the treaty," the reso
lution added, "would be almost certain
to Involve us in a war of annihilation,
because our people will be divided, and
because world opinion, instead of being
with us, as at present, will be against
us."
Cciej- of the resolution were sent to
Mr. De Valera and the other Care representatives.
Paris. Dec. 22 (By the A. P.). The
council of ambassadors has granted per
mission to Germany to retain until
March 31 three hundred Diesel encrines
which have been the stibject of allied
controversy since the armistice. This is
the third postponement of final decision
on a matter in which American business
Interests aremuch concerned.
The ensines, admitted by the allied ex
perts to be the finest airplane engines in
existence today, were manufactured by
Germany for her air service, but had not
been placed in use when the armistice
was signed.
The French have urged the destruction
of the engines on the ground that Ger
many could not be trusted to put them
to commercial use, but would retain them
as potential war material. American and
British interests have disputed this point
of view on the theory that it is foolish to
destroy valuabl ecommercial material
which is hard to replace without great
cost.
In the course of its inquiry into the
matter the council has' been informed
that Germany has secretly manufactured
additional Diesel engines since the armis
tice. This would be in direct violation of
the Versailles treaty, and the French
point to this as proof that Germany can
not .be trusted to put the eng'nes to legiti
mate uses. It is further explained that
retention of these engines by Germany,
even for commercial purposes, would give
Germany's commercial air service a vast
advantage over all other sen-ices in Eu
rope. In the meantime the engines are lying
iaie unaer allied supervision while Amer
ican interests are urging the'ir sale to the
highest bidder.
The state bank nt Karthaus, Clearfleld
County, Pa., was rcrfbbed by two men who
escaped with a sum of money, believed
from $10,000 to $20,000.
Divorces are decreasing in Manhattan
This year's divorce book reached its
1.107th case Wednesday. Last year there
were 1,254 cases up to December 21.
A new powerful German wireless sta
tion has been constructed at Monte
Grande, in the Province of Bueno:
Aires.
Five armed bandits held up the skele
ton branch of the Citizens' Trust & Sav
ings bank at Columibus, O., and escape
with $10,000
WOMEN CAl'STIC IN REMARKS
PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT OF DAIL
London, ""en. 22. According to a
despatch to int Press Association from
Pnb!;n extraordinary scenes occurred in
the Dail Eireann over the adjournment
motion. A reference hy Arthur Griffith
to the length of Marv MacSwiney's
sneech. brought Miss MacSwtoey to her
feet with a tearful rem-k, "for s?v-cnty-four
days I sat through Brixton
(meaning Briston prison), and I think
I have a right to speak for the honor
of my nation."
Another incident occurred when the
Countess Mar!-"Vcz referred to Michael
Colll-ns as having faced Premier Lloyd
Genrpe night after night until Mr. Col
lins was worn o".t and wearv. To this,
according to the Press Apsociation Mr.
fnllins retorted:
"I was never worn out and wearv."
"Well, he admitted that he was some
what befogged." retorted the countess.
"I did not." shouted Mr. Collins at
tlie top of his vol-'e.
T!-e Press Association snys a veritable
balie of voices fallowed the evehamge,
but that ultimately Countess Markiewicz
apologized to Mr. Collins.
The prohibition order making the pro
vince of New Brunswick dry will he
come effective on January 10 under the
terms of an order-ln-council.
Railroads are to
Reduce Freight Rates
Voluntary Cut of 10 Per Cent.
For Six Months as an Ex-t
periment Effective Janu
ary 1.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 22. (Bye The A.
P.) The railroads of the country will
put into effect on January 1, or as soon
thereafter as posst'jle, a -voluntary 10
per cent, freight rate reduction on cot
ton, butter, poultry and other commo
dities, as well as the reduction by the
interstate commerce commission for the
western territory on g'iln and grain
products and hay, accord.ng to a state
ment issued tonight by F. W. Robinson,
freight manaser of the Union Pacific
System.
The voluntary 10 per cent, cut is to
be effective for six months as an experi
ment and will apply to the entire coun
try, he declared.
Mr. Robinson also announced the
roadg would continue Mtatil Juno 30,
1922, reduced rates on livestock and
that a 10 per cent, cut in rates for live
stock on which no cut has been made,
would he put Into effect.
The statement is as follows:
"Reduction In the rates on grain,
grain products, hay, butter, ecrgs, cheese
and other commodities will he undertak
en by carriers to become effective Jan
uary 1, on one day's notice, or as soon
thereafter as tariffs can be amended.
"A reduction ol ten per cent, apply
ing generally throughout the United
States will be mad-2 on the following
commodities :
"Cotton, butter, eggs, cheese, poultry,
live or dressed ; cottonseed, cottonsp-d
hulls, unma.nufact'it-ed toha.cco, :tiits.
fresh or green : not including canned or
preserved fruits, dried or evaporated
other than candied, canned, crystallized
glazed or stuffed ; vegetables, fresh or
green, dried or evaporated, wool and
mohair."
GREAT BRITAIN IS WITHOUT
SUPPORT III ITS PLEA FOR
BANISHMENT OF SUBMARINE
Spokesmen cf France, Italy and Japan Regard Submarines as
a Legitimate and Valuable Arm of Naval Strength Am
erican Delegates Took No Final Stand on the Question
A Further Exchange of Views on the British Proposal
Will Take Place Today French Delegates Were Not
Prepared to Submit Estimates For Auxiliary Craft.
The unsuccessful mayoralty campaign
of John R. Murphy in Boston cost him
$2,055, and cost Candidate Charles S.
Baxter an even, $2,000.
The steamer Norfolk, bound from
Portland, Me., for Philadelphia, reported
by wireless that she was anchored off
Chatham with her steering gear disabled.
National assembly at Vienna reached
a compromise ,plan to aboKsh bread sub
sidy. The process of the ."lan would be
accomplishes gradually lasting from
January to May.
Tifleen people were Ii irt when n trol
ley car on the Xew Jersey & Pennsyl
vania Traction Co. line and a trolley
freight car crashed in a head-on collision
near Trenton.
$60,000 FIRE DAMAGE IN.
NEW HAVEN LAST NIGPT
New Haven, Dec. 22. Fire late to
night badly damaged the Mitchell build
ing. 824-832 Chapel street, with a loss
estimated at $60,000. Three stores on
the ground floor of the building suffer
ed losses from water. The stores were:
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company, Stewart's
Women's Shop and M. Myers and Sons,
shoes.
The fire started on the second floor
of the three story brick structure, in the
workroom of . the Stewart store. The
origin was unknown. The closeness of
buildings at the rear and on either
side handicapped the firemen in get
ting water on the center of the blaze.
Ofliees on the second and third floors
sustained small losses.
Joint Council of United Shoe Workers
of America at Lynn, Mass, refitsed to ar
bitrate with tha Lynn Shoe Manufactur
ers' Asociation for settlement of the wage
controversy.
EI Paso, Texas, dispatch to the Stars
and Stripes, reports former Lieutenant
Frark H. (Hardboiled) Smith Is now a
colonel in President Obregon's army in
Mexico.
PROHIBITION CHIEF REPORTS
THINGS ARE GOING WELL
Chicago. Dec. 22. Safeguards on with-
drawals of liquor from bond have re
duced the domestic supply of illicit liquor
fifty per cent... and "gentlemen's agree
ments have materially checked liquor
smuggling over the borders. Prohibition
asserted today in a "Christmas greeting"
to his army of enforcement agents
throughout the country.
"On the whole." he said, "things are
going well, notwithstanding obstacles
strewn along the path by antagonistic
propagandists."
"I am happy to state, at this glad
Yuletide season." he added, "that most
gratifying results are being secured in
constructive enforcement of the eight
eenth amendment.
'To all those w,o constitute the
splendid prohibition organization in
Washington, the forty-eight states of the
Union, Alaska, Porto Rico and Hawaii.
I extend tho most optimistic Yuletide
greetings. The certain success of our
task betokens -a Christmas gift that will
be of everlasting value." -
Construction of a passenger tnnnel tin
der New York bay connecting Bay Ridge,
Brooklyn, with Staten Island is proposed
by transit crmimi.-sion at an estimated
cost of $25,000,000.
Hobhers have taken Si 0.000 wortti of
siverware, t.-vpestries and other articles
from the summer home of Baroness
Jeanne D'Etrelllis at Long Beach, N.
Y.
HARVARD LABORATORY
ASSISTANT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Boston. Dec. 22. Felix Sajnders, 24
years old, of Chicago, a labraory as
sistant, to Dr. W. T. Bovie, of the Har
vard Medical school cancer commission,
was taken to a hospital tonight suffering
from a serious bullet wound.-According
to the poline he had written a note say
ing that he was discouraged and felt
that he was a burden to the world. They
found also a letter which he had ad
dressed to Miss Ame Hastings of Hart
ford, Conn., a Radcliffe student.
The medical examixr !er made pub
lic a note found int man's pocket ad
dressed to "Mr. Rogers" and signed
''Nick" in which the writel said: "I was
all right until I met Pearl Paine. I lov
ed too dearly, so I spent all my money.
Now I am broke, so we are both going
to die."
RAILROAD WORKERS TO
REJECT WAGE PROPOSAL
Senator Walsh introduced ft resolution
asking congressional investigation into
recent charges that examinations for
promotion of naval air service officers
were "unfair and unreasonable.
Congress reressed late yesterday nntll
January 3 and immediately senators and
representatives beian leaning for their
homes for the Christmas and New Year
holiday period.
Jersey City, Dec. 22. Representatives
of the United Railroad Terminal and
Marine Workers, an organization affiliat
ed with, the American Federation cf
Labor, voted tonight to reject a propos
al by the railroads for a 10 per cent,
wage reduction. Thev announced they
would carry the case to the railroad
labor board the setr-nd week in Jan
uary, j
Seven thousand men are affected, dffi
cesr of the organization sand they were
acting with the approval of the Marine
Engineers" Beneficial Assc'iilion and
the .Masters, Males and Pilots' Associ
ation, organizations with a oonloined
membership of 15,00.
Three men lost their lives when the
coal laden barge Dunmore. New York for
Boston, in tow of the tug Mercury, foun
tiered off Minot's light in Wednesday
night's gale.
The skeleton of a man found yester
day on a mountain -back of Oranre'ourg,
N. Y., was believed to have been identi
fied as that of Jac-b Nell, a negro, who
disa,ppeared from his -home in Newark.
several months ago.
WOOL WORKERS' WAGES
NOT TO BE REDUCED
Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 23. William
M. Wood, addressing employes of the
American Woolen Company through
"The Booster, a company magazine ap
pearing today, asks them to "pay no at
tention to rumors" of wage cuts. "Our
directors," he says, "wish me to say to
you that your wages for the coming sea
son are not to be reduced."
He speaks of "an outstanding obsta
cle to which we would call your atten
tion and which threatens the mainte
nance of thP present standard of wages
In the American Woolen Company ; the
competition of certain mills in other
states than Massachusetts where hours. i
are longer than those in the American
Woolen Company, and where wages are
less. This must occur to you as an un
fair competition, and one that affects
you directly."
Washington, Dec. 22 (Ey the A. P.)
Great Britain's plea that the submarine
be banished from the seven eeas was
presented to the arms conference today.
out it received no support from any oth
er power.
In turn, the spokesmen of France.
Italy and Japan replied that they re
garded submarines, when properly em
ployed, as a legitimate and valuable arm
of naval strength, and were unprepared
to see them abolished.
The American delegates took no final
stand on the question, but suggested
that the conference turn its efforts to
ward such a revision of international
practices as would prevent a repetition
of the ruthless submarine methods of
the world war.
A further exchange of views on the
British proposal will take place tomor
row unless France, whose representa
tives again are awaiting instructions
from their premier. Is preparpd to go.
ahead with the delayed presentation of
estimates for auxiliary craft she desires
to keep under the naval reduction pro
gram. Today's discussions took place behind
the closed doors of the committee room.
but the British asked that their indict
ment of the submarine h made public,
and Indicated that they probably would
carry their fight later to an open ses
sion of the conference. They apparent
ly do not hope to succe-cd. however,
lfter today's expression of views, and
are planning to Join in the move for an
understanding to restrict the operations
of underwater craft in future wars.
Announcement of the French that they
were unprepared to present figur-'S to
day as to their auxiliary tonnage re
quirements caused general surprise In
conference circles. Before the commit
tee meeting they had indicated that their
estimates were ready, but Inter It be
came apparent that ervhle exchanges of
an important nature wer in proirrcss be
tween Washington and Premier Br:.md.
In these exchanges Secretary Hughes
joined as the conference chairman, re
ceiving word of the latest desires of the
French premier In a msesage from Am
bassador Harvey at London.
The nature of the exchanges was not
revealed, but cons'.derab'e significance
was attached to a news dispatch from
abroad saving that M. Briand felt be
mtist consult with the French cabinet
before making a definite answer to the
message from "Washington. That devel
opment generally was accented as great
ly diminishing the possibility of an
agreement on auxiliary craft for sev.
eral days, and some of those In confer
ence circles professed to see a chance
that some new issue ha1 arisen which
might aealn obscure some of the major
plans of the conference.
"While the naval problems were In the
C. V.
FLAGMAN FOUND
FROZEN TO DEATH
place of prominence during: all of the
day's negotiations, the delegates found
tinv. to give Increasing attention to th
discussion in American official quarter!
over interpretation of the new four
power treaty. They weighe-1 the possible
effect of the difference of vkw between
President Harding and the American
delegates, and watched developments in
the senate, anhere a group 1s organizing
to oppose ratification of the pact.
Meantime the Japanese announced
they had prepared to present at the next
meeting of the far eastern committee,
now txpectel to be held next week, a
statement in opposition to China's re
quest for abrogation of the agreement!
that resulted from the "twenty-one de
mands." No further Instructions came
from Tokio to permit resumption of the
Shantung necotiat'ons and It was indi
cated that the naval discussions would
continue to occupy th major attention
of the delegates until after Christmas.
The case of Great Britain against the
submarine was presented to the commit
tee toay bv Lord Lee. chief of the Brit
ish admiralty, who declared underwater
craft not only outraged all consecra
tions of humanity but by illegitimate
methods jeopardized the national life of
the British Isles. As a defensive wea
pon, he argued, the submarine had
proved inefficient except In a limited
war.
Albert Sarrant. Senator Sohanzcr snj
Vice Foreign M!nister Hanihara. speak
ing respectively for France, T'aly and
Japan, re'lied that although submarines
must be held more closely within the
practices of humane varfare. their aboli
tion would remove an Important element
of national security. They all express
ed warm appreciation of the presenta
tion of the case by Lord Lee. but Indi
cated they could not agree with h'm as
to the submarine's defensive value.
F.r the United States, ?ecrear
Hughes sucrgeKtfl that the one note ol
unanimity app.-rent among all the pow
ers was In relation to such restriction
as would remove the ahhorrent feature
of submarine warfaje in the world war.
Tie read a report by a sub-committee of
the American advisory committee recom
mending retention of under surface
warships under proper regulation, and
proposed that attention be given to the
possibility of brlnglne the submarine
mirations atranst merchant re-sets with
in the well-established principles of
seereh and seizure unier International
law.
As an alternative, the secretary sug
gested that the conference nrght eveti
consider whether use of submarine
against merchant shinning i!der aTiy
circumstances should be forhi-lden.
At tomorrow's reef.tinJr. Admiral Dtj
Bon, for France, will make a further nr-
(Contlnned on fntre Eleven)
ONE WOMAN KILLED WHEN
TRAIN STRUCK AUTOMOBILE
W.
STOLEN
SAFE FISflED
OIT OF MANHASSET BAY
Mlneola, N. Y., Dec. 22. A safe con
taining certificates and jewelry valued
at S5O.0O0, stolen last August, from the
Port v, ashington home of Frank S.
Hastings, was fished out of Manhasset
Bay today. The hiding place was dis
closed bv Olaf Olafsen, a' former butler
in the Hastings' home, and divers found
the safe in twenty feet of water about
six hundred feet from shore.
Olafsen pleaded suilty to the theft
and wag sentenced to Elmira Reforma
tory by County Judge Smith. Michael
Pickardi, his confederate, was convict
ed of larcency and will be sentenced tomorrow.
3. BRYAN'S TRIBUTE
TO HENRY WATTERSON
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 22. William
Jennings Bryan, alternatively opposed
and supported in his presidential aspir
ations by the trenchant pen of Colone.
Watterson, paid this tribute to the de.
ceased journalist:'
"The country will leaf- with deep re
gret of the death of Henry Watterson,"
said Mr. Bryan. 'His ability, long ex
A radio message received at Boston
from the Cunard liner Verbania. London
for Boston, said she was proceed:ng to
Halifax, N. S.. to land the chief en
gineer of the ship, who was seriously ill
with pneumonia.
Belcbertown, Mass., Dec 22. William
Knowlton. 70, flagman at a Central Ver
mont railroad crossing here, was found
frozen to death a short distance from
his cabin early today. ITe apparently
left the cabin to get a pail of coal last
night, became confused and wandered
away from the cabin, tripped over his
cane, which was found beside him, and,
It.MlrtUCf-'l III: Vlll-i, H Ullttuiv l'
arise. His body was found bv Paul
Barrett, who was to have reluieved him
from duty for a vacation today. The
mercury dropped to 10 below zero here
today.
British delegates to the Washington
oonefrence hone United States will -atiiy
thti Polk treaty of 1919, wh'ch will pre
vent the shipment of war materiil from
one country to another, af a means to In
sure peace.
Dr. T. von Jagow. former police com
missioner of Berlin, was found guilty
n supreme court of Le'.nztg of partlcipat-
perience, his picturesque style and his! If" m von KanT revolution in Berlin
impressive and genial personality gave
him a conspicuous position among the
nation's journalists. He was a unique
character no one fill his place."
BRIDE AND GROOM
EACH 87 YEARS OLD
STRIKING LONGSHOREMEN
CLOSE PORT OF PORTLAND
mediately seen that Mr. De Valera, Ers- elevators.'
Montreal Que., Dec. 22. Export
freight will not be loaded on vessels of
the White Star-Dominion line at Portland,
Me., until the striking longshoremen at
that' port' "come to their senses." Major
P. A. Curry, general manager of the line,
stated tonight. He expressed the opinion
that the strike would be settled in a few
days.
"Steamers will load freight p.t Halifax,
Boston and New LonOon." he said.
"Grain -will be loaded- af , the two, first-
named port, as New Londun has- no
Merlden, Dec. 22. Mrs. Harriet E. Lu
cas of this city and George L. Elmer of
Providence, R. I., both 87 years old, were
married here this afternoon by Rev. Ev
erett A. Burnes at the First M. E.
church.
March, 1919. He was sentenced to fitve
years' imprisonment.
The latest killing In an Indian fend
generations old is charged against John
"Red Bird" Beauregard, who was lodged
in jail in Washburn, Wis., for the slay
ing of John Mealey, an ae-el Indian re
clue of the Northern Wisconsin woods.
OBITUARY.
Rev. Edward A. George.
New Haven, Dec. 22. Rev. Edward A.
George, pastor-in-charge of the United
church on the Green,, dletl on the street
today while walking. Heart trouble was
the probable cause. He was seen to slip
and fall. Dr. B. Austin Cheney was near
at hand and gave aid. but Mr. George was
dead before an ambulance could be
called.
Mr. George had been In charge of the
United church for two years and was
settled over it in September of last year.
He had preached in several places, in
cluding Bridgeport, after leaving Ithaca,
N. Y., which was his last regular pas
torate. Mr. George was a graduate of
Yale.-class of 1RR5, and of the Divinity
school, ..class of 1891. He was about 57
years of age antl is survived by M:s.
George, who Is out of town. A 3an died
recently after a long lilnesg and , Mr.
George hal not been in the best of health
since then. 'v
Claiming her professional reputation
has been endangered -by publication over
her name of an incorrect recipe for mak
ing waffles. Mrs. Ida Bailey Allen Chap
man, New York domestic science lecturer,
sued the Hebe Publishing company in
federal court for $100,000.
A small fayor done several year a ago
for Ernest de Saint Giles, author, pro
fessor and business man, by Archibald
Birse, a Chicago tailor, was repaid Wed
nesday wTien Mr. De Saint-Giles' Will was
filed, leaving more than half Ms $100,000
estate to the ta'lor.
Frank E. Spurr, 25, alias Frank Sfartln,
wanted by Pittsfieid. authorities to face
tria.l on the charge of forging a. $500
check, stot and rrofoably wounried him
self at Middletown, N. Y.. as Detective
C. C. Middlebroons of Wihsted, Conn,
was about to place him under arrest.
The Boston city .election eommtsslon
has announced the official plurality of
Mayor-elect James M. Curley to be 2.470
over John R. Burphy, following the com
pletion of a recount of the votea cast In
the recent election. This represented
net gain of 228 for Murphy.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AND
KILLED WHILE HUNTING
North Richmond, N. H., Dec. 22.
GeoTge S. Van Brocklin, aged Id, was
accidentally shot and killed In a hunting
accident yesterday by Walter R. Dunton,
21. It was learned today.
Young Van Brocklin was cutting: wood
in a clump of timber when Dunton came
up following the trail of a deer, according
to the story told the medical examiner.
Dunton said he saw what he took to be
a deer in the woods and fired. The bul
let struck Van Brocklin in the breast.
The medical examined returned a aer-
diet of accidental deatt.
Stamford, Dec 22. One woman was
killed, four men seriously hurt and one
slightly hurt today when the automobile
in which they were riding was struck by
a train on the New Canaan branch of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad at Springdale station. The ex
planation given for the accident was that
the party, made up of employes of the
Stamford rolling mills, was in a hurry
to get to work and the driver of the au
tomobile tried to jet over the railroad
crossing ahead of the train.
The woman killed was Miss Minnie
Ulrich, aged 20. of Seovil'.e avenue. Glen
brook, and the four men taken to the
hospital are Fred Griffin of FairfieM ave
nue, Joseph Wilson of 347 Fairfield ave
nue, both of Glenbrook ; William Hill of
Broad stieet. Stamford, and John W.
Lawlor of Atlantic street. Stamford. The
last named Is an old-time ball player.
Charles Tymann of 171 Washington ave
nue was the only one able to go home.
The train was in charge of Conductor
Joseph Keeton and the engineer was
Harry Livingston of Tuckahoe, N. Y.,
and the fireman William Smith of Nor
walk. The Miller street crossing Is close hy
the Springlale station. The train, which
left Stamford at 6.08, was not to stop at
the Springdale station. The crossing is
in full view of anyone approaching it
but it. has no flagman to guard it. Sev
eral bad accidents have occurred upon it
in years past. The automobile which was
struck today was dragged about 100 feet
along the track and wedged against the
freight shed. Miss Ulrich was killed out
right. Four of the men appeared to be
very badly hurt and the death of one or
more seemed likely.
PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON HAS
RETURNED FROM INDIA
New York, Dec. 22. William E. "Pus
syfoot" Johnson, crusading American
prohibitionist, returns from India on the
Adriatic today, at a time when enforce
ment agents are striving to make New
Year Eve the driest in history.
Mr. Johnson, who lost his eye in a
London riot, has been preaching the
dtvtrine of aridity to the Indians for
four months, as a representative of the
anti-saloon league.
STEAMER NEW ENGLAND
IN GALE "WITHOUT FUEL
Boston, Dec. 22. A radio call for im
mediate assistance was received here to
day from the shipping board steamer
New England, Brest for New York. She
said she was drifting before a northeast
gale, thirty miles off Chebuckto Head, N.
S., and was without fuel oil.
FAMINE IN RUSSIA
IS ABSOLUTELY GHASTLY
Riga, Dec. 2!. (By The A. P
"The famine sltuat-on has become abso
lutely gh--i!y." said Colonel William N.
Haskell. d: x-tor of the American Rel'ef
atlmirls'ratlon work in Russia, on his
arrival here from Moscow. He is en Ms
way to Ixmdon to confer with Waller
L. Brown. European director of Ameri
can relief.
"Where a few months ago." continued
Colonel Haskell. "the people wee
i dying by hundreds, thev a-e now dyi-ng
hv thousands. In a few -po-tl-s they
will he wving by hundreds of thousand.
One of the. rel'-ef men in a trip coverr-
more than CO rr.Il- found on'y two
places where food cou' 1 he had for lo--e
or money. In the Saratov district they
tre dying Po fast that bodies are lltr
n'lv being hauled awav bv the cart
load." America's greatest Christmas pre-er.t
to Russia, sai.l Colonel Hajkell, wo-t'd
he the passage of the twenty m'll!on
dollar grain purchase bill. "This." re
added, "would save from death a ma
jority of the adult millions wbo other
wise are bound to perish. Of course,
some in the remote tllst'-iMs and pities
that enn't be rertch'd will die anvwav.
But twenty million dollars worth of
cm in will save most of them."
The American Relief adiriuisTTiiMon
will he feeding 1. ".no. nno children soon
after the flrst of the year acord'ng to
Colenel Haskell. The prosrramme Is new
n full swing. ITe and Mr. Brown hone
to be ready to feed adults a'so shortly
if President Harding's proposal is car
ried out.
FEW SPECT VTORS ATTRACTED
BY THE PRINCE OF WALES
Patna, British India, Dec. 22. Owing
to the previous declaration of a "hartal."
the procession which escorted the Prince
of Wales through the city today attract
ed only a few spectators. The Durbar for
the prince, which was s ihsequently held,
proved a brilliant spectacle and elicited
enthusiastic outbursts f-om the feudatory
chiefs and enthusiastic cheering from the
assembled crowds.
NEWSPAPER MEN ADJOURN
IN RESPECT TO WATTERSON
PHYSICIAN OF BRISTOL, R. I
CUTS HIS THROAT WITH A RAZOR
Bristol, R. I., Dec. 22. Dr. Russell
Shepard Church, aged 45, a prominent
physician of this city antl a member ttf
the town count il. cut his throat with
a razor early today. He died later at
a hospital in- Providence. He had been
in 111 health for a year.
Washington, Dec. 22. A meeting of
several hundred newspaper men held at
the National Press club tonight to ex
press appreciation for the manner in
which press facilities have been handled
at the arms conference adjourned out
of respect to the late Henry Watterson
and sent Mrs. Watterson a telegram of
condolence.
MAN BOUND, GAGGED AND '.
' ROBBED IN HIS OWN HOME
The bill appropriating $?n.noo (too fir
the relief of the famine stricken peo
ple of Russia through the purchase of
grain has been adopted by congress at
Washington. It now needs on!.;- the sig
nature of President Harding to becoir.
effective.
MADE SEIZURE OF LIQUOR
WITH STOLEN WARRANT
Boston, Dee. 22 United States District
Attorney Robert O. Harris said today
that the office of one of his assistants
had been invaded late Tuesday night to
obtain the warrant on which Prohibition
Enforcement Officer Harold D. Wilson
raided a room at -the Quincy house and
seized a quantity of . liquor. The raid
was made while a dinner in honor of Gov.
Channing II. Cox was i." progress on the
floor below.
"I don't propose to permit any such
thing in the future." the district attorney
announced, "and I have asked the cus
todian of the federal building to find out
how entrance was gained. It Is hard
enough to enforce prohibition in these
days without such Incidents as this.
Specatcuiar raids Leln no one."
When the district attorney's statement
was called to the attention of Mr. Wil
son he said that neither he nor any of
his assistants had "broken into" the fed
eral building.
"The warrant was obtained In proper
fashion and served properly." he said.
Chicago. Dec. 22. Two armed robbers
today entered the home of Stephen Mala
to, a former assistant state's attorney,
bound and gagged Mrs. Malato. who was
alona. and robbed the house of jewelry refusing to oomment on the matter fur-
and money estimated at 114,000. ther.