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. .flWICH, CONN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1921
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DEBS ONE OF 24 PR1S0NE
GIVEN EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
President Harding Has Commuted Their Sentences and Or
dered Their Release From Atlanta Penitentiary on Christ
' mas Day All Are Serving Sentences For Violation of
War Time Laws Commutations Do Not Restore Citi
zenship Lost by Felony Convictions Five Former Sol
diers Serving Sentences Imposed by Courtsmartil Are
Pardoned, With Restoration of Citizenship.
Vashington, Tec 23. The sentence of
ten years' imprisonment miposed upon
Eufne V. Debs, socialist spader, follow
Inf his conviction of violating the esion-
ct, was commuted todsy by President
Harding.
PhB was ordered releaped from Atlan
ta penitentiary by Fresdent Harding
alnnc with twenty-three other persona
convjrTed of simitnT offenses.
Alone with Mr. Deha. who. was cotv
vlcted :n 1!S of violation of the espton
sz" Jaw, the sentences of twenty-three
o;hr persons servinp sentence for vio-
laiions of war-time laws were commuted
to oxrire a!.o on Christmas day. Five
former soldiers serving sentences imposed
!y cmrt.mariia! were pardoned.
Prisoners Kelrusrd.
.Prisoners rMaed included Orville An
il rnn, comicterl at Ovadvood. S. D.,
'(. .". :it, under the espionage law,
!i)"i sentenced to four years; Giovanna
I'-.' :t,7i. ent-nced to ten years after
e-:.;.:uLi;' art conviction at Chicago;
Tv4- .1 T Ir.(isti, convicted at Ues
M-i'nes. ;(., and serving twenty years on
c'v'rcfs of nrpnVng the s,l'v'ie service
net. who is now in St. Elizabeth's hospl
:n: f r ii.s.tn - for observation.
;:ers given commutation rere J, T.
'um':e. convicted at Oklahoma City and
nenred to six years for violation of the
-f:miatre act ; Thomas Carey, convicted
at San Franu'sco for violation of the
"jip'nnage act, serving a two year sen-t-r.t
; Ja!h M. Caldwell, convicted at
r-f idfnce. U. I., for violating the espion
k act, serving three years; Mojick Fie
p n. ennvieied at PeTroit undtr the es
p.rKK ct and rn fenced to twenty
v a-s but already riven a commutation
.f sniee- to Ave" years by President
CABLEITPARAGRAPHS
Coalition Cabinet of China.
Peking, Deo. 22. (By The A. P.)-
Three posts besides - the, premiership
have so far been allotted in the new
coalition cabinet, the formation of which
is proceeding under the direction ot
General Chang Tsao-LIn, governor of
Manchuria,, whose arrival here -recently
was followed by the fall of the Chin Tun
Peng ministry. The selection of Liang
Shih-Yi as premier was anndv.nced on
Tuesday and today it developed that
Teh Kung-Cho had beeri"p!cked as min
ister of communications, Chang Hu as
minister of finance and Ten Hui-Ching
as minister of foreign affairs.
FATALITIES IX SERIES
OF HOLD UPS IN THE BBOXX
n.
'.an Frees, who sentenced at El
f'. Tv. to five, years at Leavenworth
!.- -l-'.srtir.c from the United States un-l--wfti:'.y
in t me of war in an attempt to
-'! he German consulate in Mexico
r'sw cf a new gun similar to these de-
cr,.rl fnr hy the United States army:
11 Hamilton, convicted at f'hlraro Aug.
1' 1M and sentenced to ten years un
W the espionage act; William J. Head,
rnni-ed ui s mix Falls. N. D.. in 117
for xio'a'inc tbe esninnae art; fJustave
1! J-iroKven. ronvictrd at Chicago and
eninrvd t. three years for at'rmpt'n
to -t on foot a mil'tary enterprise in
In'Ki aca rt tlreat Pntain dlM-lng th
; Ms 1-U-JI Kennedy of Los Angelea,
':':.. n'enred to ten years for attempt-i!-K
to ran Insubordination and refusal
t duty atr.nnt selective srrvice lirwinJ
.i.i'ik , .m , fin i i, l. Ilicago XOX VIO-
1'ir.e 'he eTirinKire not and sentenced to
t--n ya-: Jon I.. Turphy. sentenced to
V years at Sarrnnentn. Tal.. under the
s-.r.:ij:e at: Waiter Phillip, convicted
t Ok'ahoma City for hindering the se--rv
er re law and sentenced to ten
y. trs. a't-.oixh he was re'eari on pa-T-
Jan. 11. 1921. by President Wilson;
Jn;e J'ri'dn. sentenrd to two years fur
l'r:r.p;!,c aliens into the Vnited States xin
liwfully in time of war; Albert B. Prash-n-r.
M-titenccd to-en years in 1M8 after
i' -! i.-ii'in at fiicaro for violating the
'.oriar.- art ; Wtiliam Schiimanv con-
'i"l r.: Knrt T'odce, la., under the es
I 'uc ''t and sentenced to five years;
Jo', oh A Si-liur pr' Maurice I,. Pnitkin.
t-'.th serving r x year trms to which they
-r- senr'need r Indianapolis in 1918
fr vinlat'ors of the espionage act; An-tio-v
J Stopa. sentenced to twenty years
f" coTvic-lon at Detroit on charges of
rr-ruciinir enlistments, and H. L. Tre-le-:r'.
coplcl'd at Parpo n 1019 of es
I ;"nac law violation and sentenced to
t'Ao years.
Full Tardons for Five Soldiers.
i re nvo so aiers grven tun pardons are
"..-! .1. Itryati. James A. OTM1, Roy
1 .tuo-r Mooa. ,or?re angiider and J. B.
i:if-::,r.,son. nil s nine life terms, to
v li .-li f ri. y were sen'enred while with the
A.:v r:,-;ih r.'my on the Illiine. for the al
i 1 '.i l i: rx of Gorire I.aaefieid, a for-
ni I n : sh nfner.
T' e commutations, it was explained
:' IK' operate to restore citizenshio lost
l'v the felony convictions, but the par-
"rs to. vera! fif the civilian offenders
wi.i t dei.ort' d to the Kuropean contt'
t- s '.r thrir nattv .y. two are under ob
s.-" a: . 'n at nosnita' for Insan?. and
ofierp are now out on paroles which
r granted by President Wilson.
"The in the main," said an execU'
his prominence and the resultant far-
reaching effect of his words very prob
ably might not have received the sen
tence he did. He is an old man, not
strong physically. He is a man of much
personal charm and impressive personal
ity, which qualifications make him a dan
gerous man, calculated to mislead the
unthinking, and affording excuse for
those with criminal intent."
One Woman In the List.
One woman, Mrs. Well Kennedy, con
victed at Los Angeles of hindering the
selective service act by arranging with
an ocult to furnish national army men
w?t.h eye t aesos which . distorted their
vision and made them unfit for army
service, was included in the l'ist. with a
notation that President WilsOn previous
ly had reduced hr sentence from eleven
to three years on condition that she be
plaVed In- a sanatorium for (he- insane.
Claus Freese, who was convicted at El
Paso. Tex., in 1918, the summary said,
attempted to sell to a German consul in
Mexico plans of a gun which the Ameri
can army was expectcfl to. use, although
he contended that the plans were im
practicable and that he "was ttying to
play a "Tankee trick" on the diplomatic
agent. x
Joseph Schur, formerly a practicing at
torneys af Indianapolis, and Maurice L.
Pnitkjm, wore two cases coupled together
in r'"-sidnt Harding's commutations,
both men having been involved in a con
spiracy to sell exemptions to young men
who had been summoned for army ser
vice 1n New Tork ; each was sentenced
to six years in prison, but were released
on parole Aug. 25. V
Among the I. W. W. prisoners released
was Charles Ashlelgh. a writer of poetry
and speaker, who has served two years
of a ten year term, and will be deported
to his native country, England. Giovanni
r.aldazzi of Chicago, who was manager of
"II Proletario," an Italian paper con
ducted by the I. "W. W., was also released
for deportation, although a fine of $30,
OflO had been added by the court to his
ten year sentence. These wwe the only
two members of the organization who
had attained any prominence to obatin
release, it was said.
Wilhelm Schumann, a German Luther
an minister at Pomeroy, la., was con
victed of having preached a sermon dur
ing the, war urging punishment for all
enemies of Germany, and his release was
ordered today.
Incident ot Ieb" Conviction.
Utterances which resulted in Debs' con
viction were contained in a speech at
Canton. O.. June 16, 1918. 'Mr. Debs of
fered no evidence in his defense and
made his own address to the jury at the
mat in Lteveiana in September, 1918.
When Federal Judge Westenhaver pro
nounced sentence. Debs' only statement
was that "all will work out well in God's
own good time.
Friends of Pebs immediately began a
fight fo sSve him from prison. His case
I was carried to the supreme court of the
i- imru oiatra una conviction on one
count affirmed March 10, 1919. A few
weeks later anothre effort was made and
a re-hearing ot the case asked of the
highest court. It failed, and on April 13,
1919, he was taken to Moundsvilie. W.
Va., prison, there to begin his sentence.
x wo monmB later, nowevor, ne was
transfeiTed to the federal prison at At
lanta.
Debs' friends did not despair despite
th final legal action. Appeal after ap
peal was made to President Wilson, but
he turned a deaf ear to the petitions,
saying as he did so that to release Debs
would be to impair seriously the morale
of the people. Attorney General Palmer
sent to the president a recommendation
for the pardon of Debs, but Mr. Wilson
again diec'.ined.
With the incoming of the Harding ad
ministration renewed efforts were mad
to obtain clemency for the socialist party
head. Mr. Harding gave no definite an
swer but there were .indications that the
administration was giving serious con
sideration to the appeal, and tlien a ray
of hope broke for the followers of Debs
bout April 1. Mr. Harding ordering a re
view of the case by the department of
justice.
,,Then It was that Debs came from At'
la)nta prison to Washington unannounced
and unattended for a conference with
Attorney General Daugherty. He slipped
New Tork, Dec 23. Two men, r one
of them a bandit, were killed and' two
police detectives were seriously wound
ed as the result of a series of hold-ups
here tonight..
Leon Sotille, "wealthy cafe owner, was
shot to death by fusillade of bullets
fired by three masked men who were
holding up the patrons ,of his cafe at
288 East 152nd street, Bronx." Sotille
was behind the bar when they entered
and ordered all persons in the place to
hold up their hands. The cafe proprietor
m4de a dash for the door and all the
fholdJup men fired. Sotille dropped
dead. , The bandits escaped In an au
tomobile from which the license plates
had been removed. : '' -.
A short time later two armed men en
tered , United Cisar Store at 880 East
Tremort tavenue, Bronx, and attempted
to hold-up the plerk. They wereicau-srht
in the act by Detectives Timctny J. .Con
nell and Randall J. McCarthy, who im
mediately opened fire, killing one of
them. The other, returning the fire, shot
both detectives in the face -nd escaped
in an automobile, the number' of which
was obtained by the poiiee. The de
teetives were taken to a hospital where
their condition was reported as seri
ous.
Another attempted hold-up In the
P.owery was frustrated when Abraham
Edson, 27, put io flight two hold-up men
who ordered 'him to band over a tray
of diamonds In his fathers jewelry store.
They had asked to look at some dia
monds, Edson bent down to pull a tray
from a show case and when he stood
up he was looking Into the muzzles of
two revolvers.
"Hand over the tray, qu'.ck," one of
the bandits commanded.
Instead, the young man ducked under
the counter, grabbed a revolver and
opened . fire on the robbers, who ran
out of the store and eccaped by ming
ling with a la'-a-e crowd of holiday shop
pers. Edson rred lour snots ai ine
fleeing men but none of them took ef
fect. Only a meagre description of the
bandits was obtained.
In a daring hold-up in the delicates
sen store of Joseph Greensteln in Hester
street, four unidentified bandits obtain
ed diamonds and unset stones valued aj.
J5.000 from Matthew Weiner, salesman
for a jewelry firm, who was one of the
patrons.' The robbers then took $52 from
the cash drawer, put a padlock on th?
front door as they went out and escaped
before an alarm could be given.
The fifth holdup of the day . was re
ported by Joseph Pollak, 55. owner of a
grocery store In St. Nicholas avenue.
Two armed men beat him with the butt
ends of their revolvers, took $40. from
his pocket and escaped.
A sixth hold-up took place Just before
midnight when three bandits entered the
drug store of Abraham Ackerman an
Webster ' avenue, Bronx, forced him to a
rear room, tied him to a chair and es
caped with $300 in cash and his watch
and chain.
By means of finger print records, the
bandit Elain ln the cigar store hold-up
was identified late tonight as Nelson
Levy, who has a .Ions criminal record.
Police said that he was wanted in con
nections with hold-ups of several other
United Cigar stores in Harlem.
Russia Has Found
Socialism a Fallacy
Bolshevist Leaders Are Evolv
ing a New Economic Policy
Defeat of Communism
Recognized. -
Washington.. Dee. 23. Abandonment
of socialism in Russia is predicted by
recent changes in the economic policy
of the Soviet government, according to
a review ot tne situation in that -country
on the basis of statements in the
Soviet government, according to a re
view of the situation In that country on
the basis of statements in the Soviet
controlled press issued tonight by the
commerce department. -
A- new.- economic nollcv. the ft
ment srfid, Is being evolved by the bol
shevisl leade.-s lightening the estrictions
of communism and aiming at the partlol
re-estaoiisnment of private trade amd
Industry and at Increasing the incentive
production. Communistic manaere-
to
ment of industry in Russia, it added. hal
resulted In a great decline of produc
tion and a general disorganization of
economic life which had been commendeo.
upon emphatically by Soviet newspapers
while the decline is admitted by bol
slievis! leaders.
Lenlne, lit a speech In October, recog
nizes the defeat of communism, accord
ing to the department, and is quoted as
saying.
' The substance of our new economic
policy is dictated by the recognition of
the fact that what we have suffered a
powerful defeat, and commenced a-ayste-
jnatic strategic retreat. There can be
no doubt in the minds of .the communists
that we have suffered defeat on the
economic front, and a misrhty crushing
defeat, and thus we are facing conscious
ly -and deliberately the new economic
Policy." - r -
The main feature of this new .policy,
the department reported. Include the par
tial restoration of freedom of trade in
agricultural products ; abandonment of
the practice of, unrestricted requisition
of labor and the substitution of a fixed
labor tax ; abandonment of ' uniform
wages for employes of the same grade
in enterprises operated by ffie state, and
the substitution of compensation, accord
ing to the service rendered ; leasing to
Christmas Liberty for
Excess Immigrants
More Than, 1,000 at Ellis Is
land to be Given Liberty
For 90 Days to Visit Friends
and Relatives. ,
New York. Dec 23. The gates of El
lis Island swung open late today, free
ing more than 1,000 aliens, detained un
der the immigration quota law, so that
they might spend Christmas with friends
and relatives in the land of promise.
They will be at liberty for ninety
days, under an order issued in Washing
ton today by Secretary of Labor Davis,
but must return at the end o that time
for ' deportation, unless promised attacks
on the constitutionality of the restrictive
law have borne fruit, or-the government
decides to make more exceptions in their
cases. . s
The order arrived shortly after 3 o'
clock, and two hours later 200 of the'
aliens had packed their belongings and
left the island. Others departed after
nightfall, all the employes at the immi
gration station working late to help the
aliens get away. Immigration Commis
sioner Tod said all of them would be "re.
leased by tomorrow evening. '
Hungarians, Poles and Greeks outnum
bered other races in the laughing, happy
swarms 'that signed the necessary pa
pers and ran toward the ferries that
brought then to New Tork and to rail
way terminals on the Jersey shore.
Many of the foreigners immediately
boarded trains that would take them to
loved ones in the west. Others landed
at the Battery, and scattered to the va
rious foreign colonies in the polyglot me
tropolitan area.
Each was released on his or her own
boi)d, all agreeing to mako arrange
ments for passage back home at the end
of the ninety-day stay on American soil.
Commissioner Tod said he did not
know the motive for Secretary Davis'
release order, nor the plans of the gov
ernment regarding ultimate disposition
of the men and women freed today.
Under the law, most of them would
not be admissible until the fiscal year
opening next July. None of them should
have been brought to this country, Com
missioner Tod said, placing the blame for
their condition on steamship companies.
BRIEF TELEGRAMS
Admiral Conndonrlotls, former Greek
regent, who was shot and wounded, is re
coverng after a successful operation.
Chambrasseri Tlianial, one ot the lead
ers in the recent Moplah rebellion, was
arrested near Mannarghat, India.
Governing committee of Philadelphia
stock exchange expelled Earl T. Mer.dcn
hall'and Frederick T. Chandler.
Spanish papers referring to tho sus
pension of Cortes say the government
must now begin to function.
A messenger of the Interstate bank.
Kansas City, Kan., was robbe dot $5,000
by three automobile bandits.
Four bandits robbed Paymaster Henry
McKinney of a Chattanooga, Tenn., hosi
ery mill of $1,400.
Food riots are reported to hare broken
out in Belfast. Rioters entered many
shops and stole stocks of provisions.
DEFEND USE QF SUBMARINE
MMElRHfil
AS LEGITI
Elizabeth college, a Lntheran Intsitn-
tlon for women at Salem. Va., was com
pletely destroyed by" fire.
Andrew 8. Mareh. former treasnrer of
the Holmes Electric Protective Co., died
suddenly at his home in South Orange,
N. J.
Secretary Weeks announced the selec
tion of Associate Justice Emil'o- De Toro
for appointment as chief justice of the
supreme court of Porto Rico.
A locomotive engineer was killed when
a Philadelphia and Reading express was
derailed and theMocomotive toppled over
a,twenty foot embankment in Jersey City,
Eugene Allen CM more, professor in Ian
at University of Wisconsin, was nominat
ed to be vice governor of the Philippine
islands by Secretary Weeks.
George arnentier's limousine was
Ordered confiscated when he failed to ap
pear before the Meux correctional court
in Paris on a charge of speeding.
American dollar is onoted at 5 franes
12 centimes on .the Geneva bourse, the
only country in the world in which it Is
quoted below par.
Admiral De Bon ot France Regards Submersible s as'Indispeiy
sable to Any Important Naval Nation Senator Scharv
zer For Italy Asserted That the .Long Italian Ccasilinj
Made the Submarine an Important Element of National
Defense Japanese Delegates Expressed Opposition la
the British Proposal to Abolish Submarines in Warfare
XEW
haVen aldesmex
act ix theatre matter
New Haven, Dec. 23. The New Ha-:
ven board of aldermen tonight passed
an order directing Chief of Police Smith
to issue licenses to all theatres here
which are certified as conforming with
the law. The order further directs
"Chief Smith. City Building Inspector
Austin and Fire Marshal Perkins to gov
ern their actions toward theatres In ac
cordance with the opinion of Corporation
Counsel Bennett.
The opinion of the corporation coun
sel was that a new building code In
force here was not retroactive, which
would relieve the bulldlng inspector of
the necessity of inspecting theatres
which bad been in use before the code
was adopted. Following tfne Rialto
Theatre fire here there was a contro
versy over the responsibility of inspec
tion of that theatre.
The aldermanic order ,ls expected to
esult in the issuance of -permits to near
ly all theatres in the city. Most of them
have been operating without licenses,
under injunctions obtained in state and
federal courts. In connection with -the
ttheatre. controversy 'here, it was un
derstood tonight that Coroner Eli Mix
would issue his finding tomorrow on
the Rialto Theatre Are.
It Brings Results Throughout the Year
! Even though Christmas time Is known to be a season of heavy
buying it is nevertheless regarded as a time for extpnsfve advertising.
The idea of cours"e is to set forth the list of good that Is available for
those who are shopping, to make shopping easier and to spur on trad
ing. Even in the big 'buying season when it is known that there is
certain to be much trading there is felt the need of advertising stimula
tion and tho results apeak for themselves. -,
Such being the case it must be evident that the pulling power of
advertising should not be disregarded during "those times when trad
ing is apt to. be dull. Trade development cannot be wisely-neglected, -(hing
the quiet seasons any more than, tt can during the holidays,
and the farseeing merchant who plana his advertising campaign ac
cordingly. '
Get your business message to those who do the buying through the
advertising columns of the newspaper and get it to the largest num
ber of 'home readers in Norwich and vicinity by the use of The
Bulletin. It ,brings desired results.
During the past week the following matter has appeared in the
news columns of Thet Bulletin for two cents a day ; '
Bulletin
Saturday,
Monday,
Tuesday,
Wednesday'
Thursday,
Friday,
Dec. 17...
Dec. 19...
Dec. 20. . .
rc. 21 .
Dec. 22.
Dec. 23. ..
Telegraph
... 105
... 106
... 94
... 108
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... 91
Totals ' $25
Losal General Total
153 330 589
100 , 262 - 468
92 158 342
106 . . 304 ' 518
100 236 456
122 187 400
673 1475 2773
According to a Borne newspaper, five
persons were killed and thirty injured in
a collision at San Bona of two railway
express trains.
Gold holdings of the Bank of France
for the week ended De 22 totaled
5.524,100,000 francs, unchanged from ths
previous week.
A. J. Montrie was appointed vice presi
dent and E. G. Blackford cashier of the
First Federal Banking corporation, New
Tork
Fires at St. Albans, Vt.. whipped by a
strong northwest wind, destroyed a farm
house and two barns, in -one of which 52
head of cattle were burned to death.
Saving depositors In the Tremont Trnst
eompanv, Boston, closed a year ago,
received a Christmas distribution of
3 91-3 per cent
Truffle' was paralysed for two hours
and thousands of commuters and Christ
mas shoppers were trapped In under
ground trains when a main power cable
in the Cambridge subway grounded and
exploded, cutting off the current.
Edward Hopner Coates, financier and
former president of ihe Philadelphia
Academy of Fir.? Arts, died yesterday.
He was 75 yearsold and bad been ill
only a few dayg.
Some of the Jtalian arms conference
delegates have made tentative reserva
tions for steamship accommodations trom
New Tork Jan. 18.
Washington, Dec t3. (By the A. P.)
The submarine problem and the naw
fou-power treaty the one cnnstltnti-ic the
unfinished .Juisinen of the arms confer
ence and 'the nther attraciing increas:ng
interest because of the " I fferer.ee in
view between President Harding and the
American delegation, tonight divided the
attentions of the plenipotentiaries of the
cowers assTrfbted in Washington.
New prominence was iriven the troatv
discussions during the day by a pub'te
statement by the president, characu ril
ing the differences over interpretation cf
the ipact as "unimTiortant' 'and declarins
the American delirats had th f.-n
a Wfulence" of the White House.
Mr Harding added that tie treaty
contemplated no "alliance oij entangle
ment." and- asked that lesser ques ions
of difference be nof permitted to ohseure
the central purpose of Hie agreement to
preserve peace and jrovid means for
'riend'y consultation as a means of set
tling international C9 itrrjversles.
With tho arms conference proper the
day s only session was devoted to a con
tinuance of the debate over Great Brit
ain's proposal to abolish the submarines.
The discussion-was not finished an.l ttie
conference, giving up .plans ft r an Extend
ed Christmas recess, will meet again to
morrow to consider It.
In the meantime, discussion of the gen
eral question of auxiliary tonnage allot
ments remains In abeyance, despite the
fact that addtiional instructions on th
subject reached the French delegation
Tday from Paris. The French have
taken the position that the abolition pro
posal should be carried to a decision
before allotment details are taken u-.
and apparently their viewpoint has l en
approved by the other powers.
In TrfVlymg to the British pr posal to
day, however. Admiral De Bon. chief
French naval expert, gave ttie conference
a glimpse of France's position on auxil
iary tonnage by declaring no Invariant
naval power could afford to maintain
less than the 90,000 tons rf submarines
proposal in the American reduction
plant for the United S'tes and Great
Brllfein. The 90000 ton figure would be
greatly In excess of the present French
submarine strength an.l would be three
times the amount she would have under
an application ot the ratio already
agreed to as to capital sbl-fc.
Al Tig with the submarine- flTseuss'ons
there has developed . a proposal that
lans be made for some future confer
ence to Include otber nations Und take
up de'ails of auxlllay fleet construction
which some of the deleeates feel cannot
be settled here. The Italians have t-iken
the lead In advocating s ch a plan, pnd
the British are understood to have vit
gested that th united States orvn for
ward with some definite proposal In line
with President Hardin desire for a con
tinuing series of International meetings.
The conversations have not, however,
reached a formal statre.
It is the hope of a nference lead'TS
Fir destroyed , two buildings tTf the
cotton goods manufacturing plant of Wil
liam Whitaker & Sons, in Philadelphia,
causing a loss estimated at $2o0,000.
tv- s -.cmem given out at tie WhUe into this city quietly, held a three hour
iii.-.-iu ur ni inose wno op
."se,i te war in one way or another, and aboard a train traveling southward again
is n-j .in of iese than a third of I. W. before his nresenee was annnn h
.r;emr. and th'se have etthnr ex.
r!"d full rnitenre or are booked for
l'port.itlnn. The department of justice
given no recommendation in behalf
'? the advocates of sahotage or the de
'. rjetion nf government by force, and
the nres-l.lent let it be known he would
irt consider such easws. In addition to
the five soldiers on the list many other
Ne are under consideration.
"No comment mas made by the presi
J'nt on the case of Debs. The president
tnd the attorney general had given very
t' Tiled consideration to the Debs pe
iirion and It !s known that the fact that
V had twice been the presidential nomi
nee of a million of voters had its influ
nce in reaching a decision favorable to
h:n release.
"The president expressed the wish that
b stated that the grant of clemency
n the cares acted upon does not quee
!'on th justice of any action of the
wir'i in enforcing the law In a time of
ntlr.nal peril, but he feels the xnds of
!ii!ice have been fairly met in view of
'he changed conditions. The vast ma
jority of so-called political prisoners still
mprisoned are the I. W. W. group, are
farriy American citizens and have no
fod claim to executive clemency. A
umhr of convicted citizen have never
keen imprisoned, owing to appeals under
("nd. There are 'also many thousands of
md'etments under war legislation still
fcerillr.g. These do not come under ex-
tcutive consideration.
Statement of the Debs Caae.
A ump'ement ary White House state
tint on the Debs case further amplified
4:. v ew takt-n hy the president.
"There is no question of his guilt and
4. a' he aitive-Iy and purpje!y obstructed
2ie drXt." this ?atcmer.t said. "In fact,
I admitted it at the ,rlal, but sought to
iis'iry h:s action. lit was by no means,
luwr.er. as r&Mt and outspoken in his
(Xirreffsions am many others, and but for
EXFOSUBE OF A BIG
IIQTJOR KING IX CHICAGO
before his presence was announced by
Mr. Dausherty to a group of dumfounded
newspaper correspondents
Former Officer in Austrian Army.
Mojik fFieron, formerly an officer in
the Austrian army, who was convicted at
Detroit of obstructing the selective ser
vice act, and sentenced to twenty yeaTST
was given his final release by the list,
President Wilson having acted previous
ly to reauce the sentence to five years.
Among the miscellaneous cases were
those of two Oklahoma fjarmers who
joined early in the war a general rebel
lion against the selective "Service act
which was quickly suppressed. Gustav
H. Jacobsen of Chicago; also named for
release, aided a conspiracy during the
war to cause native rebellion against
British rule in India, insofar as he a
lowed his house to be used for a meeting
place by those concerned, but the state
ment issued today said he was "not
shown to have been in reality an enemy
of the United States."
Jack Law, another member of the I.
W. W., eonvlcted at Chicago in 1918,- the
summary said, represented - one of "the
cases wherein it is earnestly claimed by
many persons that there was no evidence
at the trial to Bhow that the applicant
was guilty of any disloyal act during the
war."
In making the announcement of the
executive action today President Harding
stated at the outset that he had no com
ment to make on the Debs case and this
was interpreted as meaning that no ac
tion was forthcoming in regard to the
former socialist leader at thts time.
Within a few minutes, however, the com
plete list was made available to the
newspaper correspondents and disclosed
that Mr. Debs' release had been author
ized. . '
There are many slck-of-home voya
gers on the sea of matrimony.
Chicago. Dec. "23. Exposure of one of
the most thoroughly organized liquor
rings ever operated in Chicago, was ac
eomDlished here today, according to fed
eral prohibiten atents, foliyiTing the
arrest of three men, and the confiscation f
of twenty-one barrels of whiskey. H
The men under arrest are Dr. I. va!
Freedman, Samule D. Freedman, his
brother, and David Blumfield, all of Chi
cago. According to Edwin L. Weisl, as
sistant district attorney, warrants are
being prepared for the arrest' of sev
eral' other persons including a jiumjer
of prominent politicians.
The liquor ring was brought to light,
according to federal authorities, when
an attempt was made to bribe Colonel
A. C. Earnshaw, chief cf the intelligence
unit of the revenue department. A fund
of $100,000 had been raised for bribery
purposes and $300,000 for the purchase
of the entire productof three distiller
ies in Kentucky. Colonel EarnshaTv said
he was told-.He said he was offered
$65,000 to allow the plan to proceed.
private individuals of certain industrial
state ; and enterprises still operated by
the state are to adopt commercial prin
establishqjents hitherto controlled by the
ciples, paying private producers and oth
er state enterprises market value for
materials and selling their products at
market value. ,
Bolshevist newspapers claim, the de
partment continued, . that beneficial ef
fects have already followed, the change
ot poiieywith. respect to compensation
of . labor and- while comparatively few
important industrial plants have yet
been leased, a good many smaller es
tablishments have been leased to former
owners and to associations of working-
men.
"It is too early," the department said',
"to form a judgment as to the econ
omic afid still legs the political .effects
of these new policies. The bolshevist
leaders themselves express uncertainty
as to how far these new tendencies may
lead. Taking it altogther, It would ap
pear that the situation in Russia is, to
a greater degree than usual, In' a state
of flux, and that important and per
mansnt economic changes may possibly
result. It is too early, however, to fore
cast the exact direction of those changes
their ultimate extent, or the rapidity,
with, which they will come about."
SECOND TRIAL OF ABBUCKLB
LIABLE TO BE POSTPONED
San Francisco, Dec 23. Matthew A.
Brady, district attorney, announced to
day that the police court hearing of the
perjury charge against Mrs. Minnie
Neighbors of Los Angeles growing put
of the first Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckie
trial might necessitate Dostnonlne- ty,
opening of the second trial of Arhnoki
on a charge of manslaughter from Jan
uary a, although he was ready to pro
ceed on that date of necessary.
uavin Aic.Nao, chief counsel far Ar
buckie said he did not wish any delay.
The charges against Mrs. Neighbors
resulted from contradictions bv other
witnesses of her testimony that Miss
Virginia Rappe, whose death Arbuckie
is accused of having caused, visited
Wheeler Hot Springs, in Ventura coun
ty, California, in August, 1921.
Rebuttal testimony by the prosecution
in the Neighbors' hearing will be re
sumed after the holidays.
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MONTREAL DOING XANB
OFFICE BUSINESS IN LIpTJOR
Montreal, Dec. 23.--Eastern United
States appear determined to have thetr
Christmas "cheer" even though the pro
curing thereof means adventure.
Retail liquor depots established here
and in towns close to the International
border are as popular these days as a
watering trough for horses on a hot sum
mer's day.
Only the scene Is more, modern long
lines of automobiles, wearing license
tags issued in the states of New Tork.
Massachusetts,. Viermant, "New Nersey,
and many other states are to be seen at
these stations.
Tpie roads are hard, and fast, for
speeding, and a fleeing automobile, tfs
said, Is hard to pop with a bullet.
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE TO K. OF C,
FROM POPE BENEDICT XV.
NewTork, Dec' 23. The Knights of
Columbus tonight made public the fol
lowing Christmas message from Pope
Benedict XV:
'The extensive Christmas tide char
ity of the Knights of Columbus Is typi
cally American, and worthy of all com
mendation.' We view with the utmost
satisfaction the decision of the Knights
of Columbus to do wlefare work in
Italy. May the blessings of the season
rest bountifully upon the generous Amer
lean people."
DENIES DEMURRER TO ,
QUASH M'AUI-IFFE INDICTMENT
New Haven, Dec. 23. Judge Edwin
S. Thomas of the United States district
court, in a decision announced tonight
denies a demurrer and- motion to quash
the indictment against Thomas F. Mc
Auliffe, -former federal prohibition en
forcement officer for Connecticut. Mc-
Auliffe Is awaiting trial in federal court
on charges of accepting bribes while
serving as prohibition oflice.-
SEVEN NEGROES, ONE WHITE
MAN MIXED IN STOBM
Memphis, Tenn... Dec. 23. Seven ne
groes and one white man . are reported
to have been killed and approximately
a score injured in a storm' which struck
the town of Clarksdale, Arkansas, sev
enteen miles northwest of Memphis late
today and sweot through several near
by farming settlements. -
that committee discussion of the rrop""!
for baolitlon of the submarine may li
concluded tomorrow, and In sorry- qmar'
ers It Is believed that after Christmas the
neii tiations relatirjr t'l the Far East
will be Tesumed concurrently with t -
exchanges on auxiliary nnval tonng.
The Jar-anese b.o-ie by that tirr. to h".v4
further instructions which also w.H per
mit resumption of the Shantung conver
sations.
At today's meeting of the navnl com
mittee. Admiral De Bon pres?rte-d at
great ler.srth the French vlewrjoint rjnrl-
ins submarines, arguing that tmderwater
craft nrt only were lcyrtlmate wea-por.j
when properly used, but that they hsvi
a defensive value that make them indis
pensable to ar.y Important naval r.ation.
Replying for Grat Britain. Arthur J.
Balfour used illustrations drawn from fie
experiences of France herself during th
world war to support his arnnree
acainst the submarine's vluo as an arrri
of defense. He added1 that Both Frsnsi
and Italy wh ar op- sing the Britisi
proros.il, have murh to fear from the
submarine if employed tn the feet of an
enemy in any future war.
The opposition of Itartr inn mnti
by Senator Schanzer. toio assorted that.
me lone Italian d ast lne made the nn-.
dersurface warship an, Imnorta-.t e-.
ment of national defense. The JaTWeM
delegates, who also iavie expressed rrv- .
sition to the British proposal, and ths
Americans, who have refrained from tak
ing a definite Tositl n. did not Join" la
today's discussions.
Throughout the argrnnent. however,
the American delegates professed to see
an increasing tendency to fall bick on
the American proposal presented yester
day for the drafting of an In; err. at I -mat
agreement which will make hnprawtd
any ruth-'ess use of the submarine such
as horrified the world during the at
war. The exchanges have not yet reach
ed a Iint where formal expressiorg ot
the proposal are possible, but the Am?r
Icans appear to believe that tn rh en
the whole subject will resolve itself Into
a ?mposlt!on to regulate rather tham to
abolish. -
Until all proposals possiNe sho!!!nn;
of the submarine and possfble restriction!
on size and nse have been dispisei of.
teh French hold. It would be i el?ss ti
bring fl rward any concrete estrmste for
te?i future auxiliary fleet of any ca
tion. A British spokreman said tonight that
it was quite clear the submarine would
be discussed ultimately at an open ses
sion of the conference.
"We have a great de&: more to say."
he added. We are not cptlmjmtic yet nt
success of rur iplea for onflawlnff thi
submarine but we welcome any mitiga
tion of its usejhv the eonfenenee. either
In size of such vessels or for warfare re
striction. "If powers which lW have 49.P9 rib
marine tonnaee are to Increase the num
ber to 90.S00, that cf itself is an original
fault in the limitation of armament."
GUARDSMEN' FOR STRIKE
BUTT AT NEWPORT, KT.
An Import duty of 63 cent sa bushel
on blueberries was asked of the senate-J
finance committee by Edward M. Frye-of
Harrington, Me., a producer and canner
of such berries.
Representative langley of Kentucky
introduced a bill for the purpose of abol
ishing competitive examinations for post
masters and permitting the president to
make the nominations.
The Christina spirit Is finding ex
pression in Chicago this year in an un
precedented demand by families ir. com
fortable circumstances for babies for
adoption. " .
John W. Riddle of Connecticut, recent
ly appointed American ambassador to
Argentina, has booked passage for Bue-
I nos Aires on the steamship American
LEGAL FOB WOMEN TO
"TOUCH" HUSBAND'S POCKETS
Maiden. Mass".. Dec. 23. Judre Charles
M. Bruce in the municipal court todav
ruled that women are justified in helping
themselves to cash in their hnsbands'
pockets.
'It has been the inalienable right of
women from the beginning of -time to
take money from their husbands' pock
ets," 'he said in finding Alphonso Di Es
co guilty of assault on his wife, Lena.
Xi .Esco had testified that his wife
was in the habit of taking coins from
his trousers and that he had pushed ehr
vigorously after the latest incident of the
kind. He was released on probation.
CHRISTMAS GREETING BY
PRESIDENT TO LEGIONNAIRES
Indianapolis. Ind., Dec, 23. Hanford
MacNider, national commander of the
American Legion, today received the fol
lowing Christmas greeting from Presi
dent Harding:
"Many thanks for vour messaere of
Christmas greeting and good wishes. In
return let me express to you and through
you to the members of the American
Legion, my earnest hope for the pros
perity and good fortune of them all and
the wish that -the New Tear may be laden
with blessings for those who splendidly
served their country."
LIQUOR CONTAINERS IN
- . ' THE GUISE OF BOOKS
' New -York, Dec. 23. The library of
the freighter Hoboken Was Vonflscated
by customs Inspectors. 'Staggering sail
ors, carrying , volumes labeled "Memoirs
of Santos" under their arms caused: the
officers to search the library shelves.
Some supposed books, when opened, were
found to be hollow and to contain half
pint flasks of liquor.
A motion proposing deposition of the
sultan on a charge of high treason has
been introduced in the national assembly
at Angora by Deputy Kastamount Bessim
Bey. , ,
Frankfort. Ks., Dec 23. Four com
panies of Kentucky national guards
men totalling ISO men and the necessary
officers tonight were ordered to New
port. Ky., by Governor Morrow. They
were sent as a result of bis Orders grow
ing out of a strike at the Newport Roll
ing Mills and without a request from
local peace officers. They are due to
arrive in Newport about 7.30 a. m., to
morrow. The troops will be under Colonel H. H.
Denhardt of Bowling Green. Three oth
er companies have been ordered held In
readiness to proceed to the scene if
needed. Governor Morrow said. In an
nouncing the sending of trrps. He de
clined ? say what companies were be-
Inc helo vady.
The troons were sent to Newport by
Governor Morrow on his own initiative.
None of the peace officers of th city
or of Campbell county had asked for
them. Reports from ir-'.vn'e fave-rl-gators,
the governor paid, indicated that
conditions were suph that the peace of
ficers could not handle the situation.
"Serious danger exir.'s," the governor
said, "that at any moment an outbreak
may occur, causing the loss ofdozens ot
lives and the disgrace of the state."
Fire cansed damage estimated at 1300.-
000 In a group of buildings on East Tenth
street, Wilmington, Del., consisting main
ly of stock warehouses and a few small
tenements.
The war finance corporation Is doing
business at the rate of several million
dollars a day, according to fhe annual
report of that organization submitted to
congress.
Average dally oil production In this
country during the week ended Dec. 17
amounted to 1,359,106 barrels, compared
with 1,361,000 barrels for the previous
week, ' according to American Petroleum
institute.
A. J. BALFOUR'S CHRISTC9
MESSAGE TO AMERICA!
Washington. Dec. 23 fBy tie A. P.I i
Arthur J. Bal'our. head of the Pr!t!s
arms conference delegation, tonight Is
sued the following Christmas mersage M
the American people:
"1 welcome the opportunity which Iff
been granted me of sending O.r'sjmnt
greetings to my Arrreriean friends,
known and unknown.
"If this be the season wlilrh abor
all others sutreests thouehts of p?are m
earth and good will towards men. surer
there are no nations between whom th!t
peace should be more secure arid tbnt
good win nrrev ardent than the two rrf't
peoples oKEnelish speech. Such ha nl-
ays been my faith : and never did !t
seem "nearer complete realization tbti
at a moment when, nnder Am'Hni
leadership, so much Is being done to
wards .diminishing armaments and removing-
caoses of International offense
- "A Christmas tide so Fnent shoaM b
the surest prelude to a happy N-w
Tea?."
' Letters, both f aTOra-ble and anf avor-
able, discussing a possible relaxation of
the prohibition laws to enable a tax on
light wine and beer, to be levied as a
new source of revenue, were said by of
ficials to be pouring in to the treasury.
Peonage conditions In Richmond ronn-
ty, Georgia, were declared ' by United
States Commissioner C. J. "Skinner to b&
"most alarming." Mr. Skinner announced
that he will "recommend that a federal
Investigation be made. -
Manufacture and sale of S.75 per cent,
beer would be permitted under a blU in
troduced by Representative Htogan. re
publican. New York. A tax of $7 per
barrel would be used to pay a soldier
bonus.
Perley J. Emery, alias James Hastings,
who gave Vermont and"SterlJng. Mass
as his Jiome, ivas conweted at Philadel
phia of first degree murder for killing
Vincent Hanley. a Fatrmount park police
man, on Nov. 2.
The younx men and woman vlrtlms of
murder and suicide In China'town, B:s
ton. were identified'-, by employers who
said their names -were Belle Payne and
Nick Savitz, both of Bostf n. They had
been employed in a chocolate factory.
MUST PAY PKXALTY ,
- For ALCOHOL POlloNlXG
New Tor. fec 23. The appellate di
vision of the sunreme court today eon-
firmedflc conviction of manslaphter of
Carmine Licenzlsta. wholesale grower.
charged with ' having been responsible
for the death from wood alcohol poison
ing two years ago of Joeeph Kanla. of
Chieopee Falls. (Mass.), laborer. Llcen
zlsta was sentenced to serve 18 years
and six months but his counsel appealed
on the ground that the local courts were
without Jurisdiction In the case, y
Licenzista's conviction followed anJn
vestigation Into the deaths of more than
100 persons In New England from wood
alcohol poisoning. It developed that the
drug was stolen here, colored with fruit
juices and sold as whiskey.
TAMPERED WITH LIQUOR
SEIZED AS EVIDENCE
Boston, Dec 12. Liquor seized aa ev
idence by Prohibition Enforcement
Agent Harold D. Wilson In a raid at
the Quincy House Tuesday nlsht has
been tampered with, he announced to
day. The raid took place wh.,e a dinner
In honor of Governor'Cox and at which
Prohibition Enforcement Director Pot
ter was a guest, was in progress in the
note! yust b?low tne room In which
liquor was seized.
Mr. Wilson discover,! that part cf.
his evidence had been taken, he (aid.
when he went to a warehouse whera
three of the bottiea of whiskey had been
sent.
One full bottle of Scotch had disap
peared entirely, he said, another battle
was empty and the thiW waa half
empty.
"I still have one bottle," Mr. Wllgr-n
declared. "I kept it to be sure of otna
evidence."
QUANTITY OF LIQUOR FOUND
IN SUB-CELL AB IN BRISTOL
Bristol. Conn., Dec. 23. Police tonight
raided the home of AndrewxRnsce here,
discovering a sub-cellar In which was
found a large quantity of liquor and a
still. Busce was arrested and Edward
Mattson, a grocer alstS was taken Into
custody. The latter was said to have
been operating tl" still when the police
arrived. Both were locked up. The seiz
ed goods included three barrels of whis
key and two barrels of hard cider.
BOARD DECISION AFFECTS
THK NEW HAVEN BOAD
Chicago, Dec 23. The United States
Railroad Labor Board tonight announced
that among the railroads added to th
list of roads affected by decision 501.
relating to rules and workin-; conditions
for maintenance of way employes, is wn
addendum to the decision hrided down
today are: Delaware and HuOMn. Grand
FOUB KILLED AT GBADE CROSSING
WHEN TRAIN STRUCK AUTO
WJlkesbarre, Pa-, Dec IJ. Four men
were killed on a grade croesiiig at
Wysox tonight when their automobile
was struck by a Lehigh Valley locomo
tive. The victims are Wesley Johnson and
Bigelpw Jennings, of Wyalusing; Thom
as Stoneham. of Frenchtown. sad Joi n
Trimble, of Dorrell Center.
The men were on their way to To
wanda and the engine of their car stalled
in crossing.
TURKEYS DESTROYED
BY FIRE IN LOWELL
Lowell, Mass., Dec 23. Turkeys for .
a thousand families were rwasted 'prem.i
turely and destroyed by a lire in the cel
lar ofi the Lowell Public Mark-i early
today. The financial loss to the market
Trunk lines in the United States. New company and to the owners of the Howe
York, New Haven and Hartford and building was estimated at $50.0(0. The
Pennsylvania. origin -tit-- the Ore was undetermined.
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