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night; Wednesday partly cloudy.
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Fair and continued cool temperature,
followed by increasing cloudiness and
slowly rising temperature.
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RIOTING BREAKS OUT AGAIN IN BELFAST
Upholding Of
Piatt's Premise
May Kill Buses
Prosecutor Contends "Any Passenger Carrying
Vehicle Operating Between Given Points"
Is a Jitney In Eyes of Law Connecticut
Co. Men Ride in Jitneys As "Spotters" on
Club Plan.
Should the contention of Prosecutor Omar Piatt of the Mil
ford town court that "any passenger carrying vehicle operating
between aiven points" is'a jitney in the eyes of the law be up
held in the courts of the state the end of jitneys and the "club
plan" of operation is plainly seen. Prosecutor Piatt made this
ruling this morning when the cases of eight Brigeport bus men
arrested for operating between here and Walnut Beach were
heard. He was upheld in his decision by Judge Munger of An
sonia, who found each of the accused guilty of violating the
state jitney law, and imposed fines of $25 and costs in the case
of Walter Kelly.
A spiirted fight was put up in may
behalf by Attorney Artnur .tsjein ui
Now Haven, counsel for the State as
sociation . The State organization is
endeavoring to do all it can by all
jitneurs, although the Bridgeport Bus
association has separate counsel. It
was well that. Klein of New Haven
was there this morning, for W. F. D.
Kilpatrick, attorney, and head of the
Bridgeport Bus association, did not
arrive until the hearing was half over.
Piatt contends that the wording of
the law makes a jitney of any motor
vehicle "operating- between given
points, to oaxry passengers." The
c!ub plan" or the sort of license used
matters not. Efforts to make the
case of Walter Kelly, the first jitneur
arraigned, a test case under the
cluib olan" failed when it was dis
covered that a small army of men in
the employ of the Connecticut Com
pnay had been riding the buses,
without membership cards, and un
der some pretense or other leaving
money with the opeartor, contrary to
She wording of the. rules of the club
plan. An appeal was taken under
bonds of $100 to the New Haven
county Common Pleas court.
Even though the "club plan,"
technically might be found legal.
It is certain that agents of the Con
necticut company will be constantly
riding the buses. seeking evidence
Bgainst opeaxtors who make th-exn-se!"es
liable to arrest by sometimes
Sailing to live up to the necessary
"red tape" of the system.
Nathaniel Allen, Thomas Mahan,
Faniuel Labetti, Philip Oeremla, Jos.
pr-iana, Clermont Lewis, and Samuel
kAmenrti, were next arraigned. Their
-cases being similar, after a conference
fbetween Judge Munger, tha prose
fcutor and counsel for the jitneurs, it
was agreed to have a plea of not
Ipuilty accepted .and in each case a
Efine of $5 and costs was assessed and
lan appeal allowed under bonds of
The Walnut Beach men came to
Igrief following an instance on Aug.
(12. when a number of conductors and
pli . -tor men were sent from the New
Haven barns of the Connecticut com
Epany, to look over ridgeports Plaza,
Eand there board buses marked for
rWalmHt Beach. Kelly allowed two
lot them. George B. Desein, 300 Ferry
(street, and William F. Landley, 135
pHenry street, both New Haven, to
jb-nard h-is bus.
They were placed on the stand this
Bnorning, told of riding in the bus,
Wold of some passengers having tick
ets, and others putting the fare in a
cigar box, taking any change that
-was due under the old rates and
alighting. The two spotters did the
eame thing.alighting at Walnut Beach
nfter Landley had extracted 20 cents
sfrom the contribution box In ex
change for a half dollar A number
of other similar witnesses were on
(Continued on Page Six.)
Sarah Shakes
Wicked Razor
Sarah Reed, a negress. shakes a
wicked razor. She carved Egyptian
hieroglypics on the carcass of hec
husband. Randolph, last night.
Thirty-two stitches were needed to
make Randolph whole again. Sarah
was arrested for assault with intent
to kill. She claimed Randolph had
continually abused her. His favorite
indoor sport, she said, was to beat her
up. She told the police she wasn't a
bit sorry. Eriend husband needed it.
Sarah was placed under $500 bonds
in city cowct this morning. Her case
was continued until August SI. Ran
ooipn was uname to appear against I
her. He is in St. Vincent s hospital.
State Has Withdrawn Its Approval
Of Ten Special Styles Of Headlights
Withdrawal of ten headlight de
vices from the Connecticut approved
list, under authority granted by the
recent session of the legislature, was
announced yesterday by the motor
vehicle department. The following
are the devices withdrawn, effective
January 1, 1922: Ford Green Visor,
Nevablind, Mac Ne Glare Blub, Rav
dex (type B), Onlee, Full Ray, De
flector. Safete. Roadlight Dimmre,
Homemade Device.
The Warner Pathfinder. Dillon (old
type) McrjMight. Clamert (old type)
with frosted glass front and plain
glass fronts with frosited bulbs are
listed as illegal devices "which are
not approved and cannot be used in
this state."
The announcement is embodied in a
comprehensive booklet on "Regula
tions Governing the Use of Headlights
on Motor Vehicles" which has been
prepared for distribution, advance
copies of which were delivered by the
printers yesterday. With qualifica
tions in some cases as to required
tilting and focal adjustment, the fol
lowing appear in the list of approved
Lonergan
Removed As
Receiver
New Haven, Aug. 23 Augustine
Lonergan of Hartford, appointed re
ceiver of the Kelly Tire and Rubber
Company, three weeks ago is removed
by an order filed in the United States
District Court by Judge Edwin S.
Thomas, today. The bankruptcy af
fairs are left as they were in the
hands of Albert H. Barclay of this
city and the City National Bank of
Bridgeport, who were appointed by
the Superior court of New Haven
county.
The appointment of Mr. Lonergan
as receiver, it is stated, was made
without notice to the corporation or
the state receivers .and the latter ap
peared before Judge Thomas at Nor
walk yesterday and through counsel
moved to vacate the appointment on
the ground that there was no legal
reason for Mr. Lonergan's appoint
ment. The state receivers, through coun
sel, set up that the appraised value
of the eompanv is over $540,000 and
the indebtedness less than $200,000.
They also alleged that the parties who
brought the involuntary petition in
bankruptcy are not creditors but four
stockholders with smaJl holdings, that
the company is not insolvent and a
receiver in bankruptcy would inter
fere with the adjustments of the cor
poration's affairs. ,
broke: parking laws.
John H. Wolfe of 6 4 Cannon street;
Belle H. Hutchinson of 2591 Main
street; and William J. Regenary of
000 Hanock avenue, were arrested
vesterday as violators of the parking 1
ordinance. All three paid fines of $ 1
in the City court this morning. I
Political Interests Inimical To
Influence Of United States In
Panama Seek To Start Uprising
U. S. Has Sent
Panama Note
Washington. Aug. 23 The United
States had dispatched a note to
Panama announcing that his govern
ment will look with disfavor upon any
resumption of hostilities between
Panama and Costa Rica, over disput
ed territory and calling upon Panama
to cede to Costa Rica the territory
which was awarded that country un
der the White award, it was an
nounced at the State Department to
day. SIX PEOPLE KIDDED.
Copenhagen, Aug. 23 Six persons
have been killed in political and la
bor disorders in the District of Po
sen. (formerly West Prussia, but now
part of Poland) said advices from
Danm? todav. The disturhanrPK n.re
increasing. The railway men are
striking.
headlight devices: Patterson, Bausch
Lonib, Shaler. Wills-St. Claire, Legal
ite (new and old), Alfeco. Fracto
Lite. Holophane. Primolite, (type B),
Two-Way Light Distributors, Holo
phane (no tilt). Lee-Knight, Benzer
(types A and L), McKee (D, M. and
L types). Liberty (types D and L),
Macbeth (types D and L). Brown Re
flector, Saferlite. Deflecting Lens. Na
tional, Universal. Violet Ray. Cona
phore Clear (type F), Bi-Optic (tvpe
F), Sun Ray (standard tvpe). Clam
ert. (type A), Dillon (tvpe E), and
the L types of the following: Con
trolite. Osgood, Superior LensT Super
feet, Parab-O-Lite, Conaphore Clear
Old, Conaphore Xoviol-oid, Cona
phore Noviol, Legalite Old. North
Star Glare Shield. Raydcx, Fractor.
According to the department
pamphlet these headlight devices have
met prescribed tests of the Electrical
Testin j Laboratories. It is announced
that tPe "National. Universal. Violet
Ray. Conaphore Clear (type F). and'
Bi-Optic devices. when tilted six
inches in 25 feet, will be legal in Mas
sachusetts as well as Connecticut .
Giant Z R2
Starts Her
HP 1 HP
Trip
i nai
Makes Swift Progress
Carried 50 Persons In
cluding Crew of 21
American Air Sailors.
London, Aug. 23 The Giant diriglT
ble ZR-2, which has been purchased
from England by the United States
Navy department and which is sched
uled to leave for the United States on
Thursday began a long trial flight to
day with an English crew on board.
She left her hangar at Howden at
7:10 o'clock.
The ZR-2 carried 50 persons, in ad
dition to the English crew were 21
American air sailors, who will take
the big dirigible home. After rising
to a height of 2,000 feet, the ZR-2
was caught by a strong wind and
carried rapidly towards the southeast.
It was intended to make a long flight
out to sea, landing in Pulham. It
is possible that the flight may be
extended and that the dirigible will
not land at Pulham until tomorrow.
At 9 o'clock, the ZR-2 was sighted
over Skegness, 65 miles southeast of
Howden, on the north sea coast of
Lincolnshire. Two hours later, she
was sighted near Pulham. She was
making swift progress and showed no
signs of making a landing so long as
the weather conditions held good.
The American air sailors are mov
ing their headquarters from Howden
to Pulham.
(Continued on Page Six.)
House Ready
For Recess
Washington, Aug. 23 The House
is ready to recess tomorrow. Chair
man Fordney of the Ways and Means
committee, informed the President
today. Fordney conferred with the
President regarding the Penrose for
eign debt funding bill and it was
agreed that there would be no action
on the bill until after the recess,
when Secretary Mellon will appear
before the Ways and Means commit
tee. The President also advised
Fordney that an increased appropria
tion would be asked shortly for the
work of the United States commis
sion when the pending bill becomes
effective.
CONTRACT AWARDED
P. Stuart and Sons, of Newton,
Mass., the firm which is building the
new Washington bridge over th
Housatonic river, today received and
signed the contract for the completion
of the repairs to the Congress street
bridge. The Massachusetts firm were
low bidders with-an offer of $38,000
when Director of Public Works J. A.
Courtade received bids a week ago at
the city hall.
FUNDS FOR RUSSIA.
Philadelphia, Aug. 23 An extra
ordinary emergency campaign for
$5,000,000 for the relief of millions of
Infants in the vast famine swept dis
trict of Russia, will be launched at
once throughout the United States by
the American Friends Service commit
tee, it was announced today. This is
the first organization to under take the
collection o funds for the starving
Russians.
New York, Aug. 23 Strong politi
cal interests in Panama hostile to
President Porras and inimical to the
influence of the United States over
the Panama government, are attempt
ing to utilize the present territorial
dispute between Panama and Costa
Kica 'to precipitate an uprising, it was
learned here today, from authorita
tive sources.
The United States government
which has ordered Panama to cede to
Costa Rica, the fronltier district in
question, is fully aware of the tense
situation in the Central American
Republic. Relief was expressed in
some circles that the delicaite po
litical situation in Panama was one
of the reasons that a battalion of
American marines were sent tto Pan
ama. In the event of an insurrection, it
is accepted as a fact that the United
States will give armed support to the
Porras administration. The attitude
of the United States government to
wards President Porras was evidenc
ed last spring when marines were
sent from the Canal Zone to protect
the executive against hostile mobs.
(Continued on Page Ten.)
Vargo's Bond
Put at $1,000
Bonds of $1,000 were fixed this
morning by Judge Arthur M. Comley
in the city court in the case of John
Vargo of 5 Wordin court. Vargo
was bound over to the September
term of the Criminal Superior court
on the charge of assault with intent
to kill.
He was arres'ed August 8 for stab
bing Louis Mazark, also of 5 Wordin
court, in the back with a penknife.
The men had an argument early in
the morning of August 8. and Vargo
returned later and informed Mazark
that your time has come, and you
must die."
ORDERED OUT OF TOWN.
"You have ten minutes to get out
of town. If you are here after that
time you go to jail." This ultimatum
was delivered in the citv court this
morning to John B. McCarthy of
Westport. McOfirtfii,- was found nan-
handling on the streets yesterday, and
arresieu lor vagrancy.
Women Must Be
Licensed To Bob
Hair In State
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23 Wo
men who bob hair will be requir
ed to take out a barber's license,
under a ruling made public yes
terday by the State Barbers'
Commission. Attorney General
Healy has given a formal opinion
to the commission that "bobbing
of hair'' comes, within the defini
tion of hair cutting and those
who engage in it are to be class
ed as barbers.
Bobbers of hair, being barbers,
will be required to show their
qualification to cut hair under
the rules of the commission, and,
if passed, will have to pay a $5
yearly license and furnish their
own subjects for bobbing during
the examinations. The com
mission makes the concession to
women applicants that they may
demonstrate their fitness to bob
hair in their own hair bobbing or
beauty parlors.
To Appeal
On Penalty
l ax Clause
The United States Supreme Court
will be appealed to by Bridgeport
lawyers to invalidate sections of the
state inheritance tax law. Executors
of the estate of the late Mrs. John J.
McMullen of Norwalk. through At
torneys Pullman and Comley, of (this
city, will question the constitutional
ity of the penalty tax clause on es
tates before the highest tribunal in
the country. The fate of more than
$1,000,000 in penalty taxes will rest
upon the decision of the Supreme
court.
The specific action taken by the
Bridgeport attorneys, acting for the
Bankers Trust Co., of New York, and
John J. McMullen of Norwalk, execu
tors of the estate, will be an appeal
from the Connecticut Supreme Court
of Errors. The state tribdhal re
cently upheld the constitutionality of
(the Connecticut law. Notice, of the
appeal, that involves $10,286.39 of
the McMullen estate, was served upon
State Tax Commissioner lodgett in
Hartford, yesterday.
The appeal is based upon the
grounds that the state cannot enact
an "ex post facto" law founded upon
Section 10 of Article 1 of the United
States Constitution, and that the state
deprives the plaintiffs of property
without due process of law.
The law covering penalty tfflBswas
enacted by the 1915 Legislature, and
provided a penalty of two per cent,
for failure to pay taxes upon prop
continued on Page Six.)
Thought He
Had Worth
Of His Fine
When the case of Henry W. Quail
man, inspector for the Town of Mil
ford on road work, and arrested for
an assault on the person of Stanley
H. Clark, police commissioner, was
called in Milford town court this
morning before Judge Munger, the
prosecutor, Omar Piatt. siiggested
that ladies present, awaiting the jit
ney cases, step outside for a few min
utes and admire the green. It was
well the invitation was extended and
accepted, for the testimony, while
brief and quick, was of the nature
used by periodicals barred from the
mails.
Clark, town clerk; William Rose
and Special Officer James Hedwick,
together with the accused, Quailman,
were called to the stand. The wit
nesses told of the assault, which oc
curred on Aug. 9. when Clark and
Quailman had some words. Follow
ing the argument Clark is said to
have passed a slurring remark about
Quailman to another man of the road
construction gang.
The information was rapidly relay
ed to Quailman, who remonstrated
with Clark. Quailman then stepped
up to the "plate," which was the top
of Clark's head, and in three times
made as many hits, each time knock
ing Clark's hat to the ground. Evi
dence did not show just what stop
ped the trouble, but Judge Munger
said $7 and costs. Quailman stayed
around until court adjourned and
paid the assessment. From the pleas
ant expression on his face during the
morning.spectators at the trial gained
the impression that he believed he
had had his money s worth
Seek To Raise
Membership
To 5 Million
Washington, Aug. 2 3 Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, will deliver the
keynote for a campaign to incerase
the membership of the Federation to
5,000,000, in an address to be deliv
ered at Baltimore on Labor Day, it
was stated today at lalbor headquar
ters. Other plans in the official La
bor Day program of the Federation
will include a speech by Secretary
Frank Morrison at Louisville, Ky.
At Boston, the Central Labor Union
plans a parade in which the Building
Trades and Metal Council will join, it
was announced.
Cleveland unions have arranged for
a mass meeting at which D. Mahon,
president of the Amalgamated As
sociation of Street Railway Em
ployes, will speak. In Philadelphia
there will be an athletic meet under
the auspices of the Central Labor
Union and a parade. Chicago has ar
ranged for a three day celebration at
which William Jennings Bryan,
Rabbi Judah Magnes, Senator Joseph
I. France of Maryland, are expected
to be among the speakers.
MINER ESCAPES FROM BANDITS.
Mexico Citv. Aug. 23 Henry Clark,
an American miner, who was kidnap
ped by Mexican bandits in Chihua
hua, but escaped, has reached Jim
inez, said a disrlatch from that place
today.
Boehling
Pitches
Last Game
McCann Suspends and
Fines Pitcher Base
ball Men to Take Ac
tion on State Tax.
Joe Boehling has pitched his last
game for the Bridgeport Brown
Deribies.
After yesterdayV. game with Pitts
field, which was pitched by Boehling,
McCann plastered a $2:5 fine on the
player and told him he was suspend
ed for the season.
Boehling was one of the most pop
ular members of the Brown Derby
outfit and the fans will regret his de
parture. He started off like a whirl
wind and was declared to be the
classiest pitcher in the league. He
came here from Toronto, and was
previously a member of the Wash
ington Americans for five seasons. An
old injury to his arm incapacitated
him for major league service. Boehl
ing made his debut in the profes
sional ranks on the Worcester club,
then a member of the defunct New
England League.
Today Boehling stated the action of
McCann was the shabbiest piece of
treatment he was accorded while in
baseball. He waxed caustic in his re
marks concerning the Bridgeport
pilot.
A meeting of the Connecticut Clubs
in the Eastern Baseball League -will
(Continued on Page 6.)
Cars Injure
Two Children
Two children were injured by auto
mobiles yesterday afternoon. Joseph
Lasky, 5, of 28 7 Willett street, was
knocked down by a car driven by
William C. Owen, 18, of 273 Central
avenue. The accident happened at
Park and Waldemere avenues. Owen
claims the boy ran in front of his ma
chine. Young Lasky was taken to
the office of Dr. E. S. Budsky at 829
Park avenue.
Joseph Damora, 10, of 48 Elias St.,
fell from a delivery auto driven by
Ercole Gennamore, 25, of 110 Lexing
ton avenue. Gennamore was deliver
!ng bread on Elias street. He found
Damora and another lad hanging on
to the side of his car. He told them
to get off, and Damora fell. He was
treated by Dr. B. J. Coyle at the
Emergency hospital.
NO TRACES OF (ill!!.
Cincinnati, Aug. 23. Despite the
efforts of neighbors and the police
to locate her, no trace has been found
of Freda Hornberger, nine year-old
daughter of John Hornberger, city
employe, who disappeared from her
home here last Sunday.
150 OrnES REPRESENTED.
Detroit, Aug. 2 3 Approximately
150 cities were represented at the
opening today of the convention of
the American Association Park Super
intendents. Tours of the Detroit parks systems,
lake trips and business sections at
which city planningv will be the chief
subject discussed, make up the two
day program.
Federal Officials Probing Deep
Into "Three Million Dollar Swindle"
Attributed to "Robber Trust"
Chicago, Aug. 23 With six men
under arrest and warrants issued for
ten others. Federal officials today
were probing deeper into the "three
million dollar" swindle attributed to
the "Robbers' Trust." of which John
W. Worthington is declared to be the
head. Evidence already uncovered,
Federal agents assert, reveals one of
the most gigantic conspiracies ever
attempted.
The conspiracy, it was revealed to
day, already has brought an Ohio
millionaire to the verge of suicide. S.
W. Davis, a director of the Winton
Motor Co., and other large business
concerns in Ohio, is shown by cor
respondence seized bar Federal agents
to have made a written threat to
"blow his brains out' ' Davis, who
Is under indictment, is said to be
bankrupt. "I am a pauper, disgraced
and ruined," Davis wrote to Charles
W. French, who is said to have been
head of the band that fleeced him.
"My wife and fmaily are reduced to
beggary. And so help me, French,
unless you return to me the $2,500,
000 that you and your swindling band
stole from "me, I shall blow out my
brains." French and five alleged as
sociates were arrested in an elabor
ately furnished suite in a local hotel.
(Continued on Page 6.)
Queer Effects
Of 'Moonshine'
1 : m , i " . . ,
effects upon imbibers. &teve Donan
of 125 Orchard street was so affected
last night that he burned all the fur
niture in his home. Practically every
movable article he carted to the back
yard, and set fine to.
On complaint of his wife who char
acterized him as "a real bad man
when he had drink in him," he was
arrested. He was charged with
drunkeness and breach of peace. In
city court this morning, he was sent
to jail for five days.
SPECIAL MEETING.
Both men and women are urged to
attend the meeting of the Second
District Democratic club which will
be held this evening at 8 o'clock in
the club rooms, 445 South avenue.
Several speakers of note will be
present and a finance committee will
be elected. Several other important
business matters will be taken up.
Unionist Mob
Makes Attack
On Sinn Feiners
Members of Irish Parliament Gather to Frame
Reply to Offer of Dominion Status Specu
lation Rife on Message to DeValera From
"Highest Authority."
Belfast, Aug. 23. A tense situation prevails at Belfast this
afternoon, following two outbreaks of fighting between Union
ists and Sinn Feiners. Following an early morning burst of
rioting disorders again broke out when a Unionist mob. armed
with rifles and revolvers, made an organized attack against a
parry 01 &mn Jf emers, who were on their way home. The plan
for the assault was carefully laid, the attackers leing summon-
ed by the blowing of whistles.
Must Women
Pay Alimony?
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 23
The question whether gaining the
votes makes a woman liable to
pay alimony, was under consid
eration today by Judge Jelley, of
the Hennepin County district
court in connection with a suit
brought by Benjamin Liss against
his wife, Minnie Liss, for support
and alimony. This is the first
time the issue has been raised,
the judge said, at least in Minne
sota. Check Big
Lists For
Primaries
The fargest primiary lists in the his
tory of the office of the registrars of
voters was being checked up in the
city hall today. Even not counting
the women voters, whose enrollment
did not approach as large a total as
was expected at first, the men alone
enrolled much more heavily than ever
before. The great bulk of names
was within the Republican party. In
certain districts, such as the Fifth,
Sixth and Twelfth, the men's P.epub
lican primary lists were larger than
the men's voting lists in the First,
Tenth and Eleventh districts.
There has been no evident difficul
ty in printing the lists due to strike
troubles. Almost all the sheets are
now in the office of the registrars and
the rest of (them are expected before
midnight tonight. The Jaw requires
that all lists must be printed within
ten days after the end of the primary
enrollment, which was on Aug. 13, so
tonight is the time limit, and it was
said at the office that the printers
(Continued on Page 6.)
Local Hearse
Driver Fined
Meriden, Aug. 23. Herbert Eisen
man, driver of a motor hearse, owned
by Julius R. Stietler, of Bridgeport,
was fined $25 and costs in the local
court this morning, on a charge of
reckless driving.
According to his story. Eisenman
on August 12. had been to New Bri
tain on a call, where be found that
the supposed corpse was alive. He
was returning from New Britain when
his auto hearse collided with a car
owned by Walter Johnson, of Meri
den. BX-POHCESMlf A HOLD UP.
New Tork. Aug. 23 Patrick J.
Kane, a former Boston policeman,
who is said to have lost his job when
he joined the striking policemen in
that city, today faced a charge of
holding up and robbing Cornelius J.
Callahan. He extracted $3-8 in cash
and a watch and chain valued art $200
from Callahan's pockets, it is charged.
Treaty Of Peace Between United States
And Germany Now Awaits Signature
Berlin, Aug. 23. Final instructions
relative to the treaty of peace be
tween the United States and Germany
have been reecived from Secretary of
State Charles E. Hughes by Ellis Lo
ring Dresel, United States commis
sioner here, and the treaty now
awaits signature by the German gov
ernment. It is expected the docu
ment will be signed in the next few
davs at a special meting of the cab
inet which will be attended by Presi
dent Ebert. The document will bear
the president's signature and will be
countersigned either by Dr. Joseph S.
Wirth, the Chancellor, or Dr. Fried -rich
Rosen, the Foreign Minister.
For the first time since the peace
negotiations have been in progress,
the newspaper of Berlin are giving
th-s subject extended consideration,
apparently muoh to the embarrass
ment of the government, which hith
erto has succeeded in keeping all dis
cussion out of the public prints. Ed
itorial comments have been wholly
The homes or me Sinn Feiners were
attacked and damaged. The Sinn
Feiners rallied and the fighting spread
through the streets.
Policemen were rushed to the
scene, but were unable to do anv
thmg with their riot clbs. The
mobs were not dispersed until the
police fired a fusilade from their
service pistols.
Dublin, Aug.23. Members of the
Irish Republican Parliament, gather
ed here to frame the reply of that
body to the British government's of
fer of dominion status for Ireland
divided their activities today between
the secret sessions of the Parliament
and a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Sinn Fein. The meet
ings of the two bodies were held in
the Mansion House, and it is believed
both would concern themselves with
the attitude taken by the Irish Re
publicans toward the terms laid down
by Prime Minister Llovd George as
the basis of a settlement of the Irish
controversy.
Meetings of the Sinn Fein executive
committee were placed under the ban
long ago by the British government,
and, so far as known, the proscription
was never lifted. When it was an
nounced the committee would meet
there was some apprehension lest
crown forces would interfere in the
British authorities in Ireland frowned
gathering, but up until this morning
no intimation had been given that
on the proposed assemblv.
Considerable speculation was caus
ed here last night by the delivery of
a message to Mr. DeValera by Mon
signor Edward Mulhern, Bishop of
Dromire. It was asserted the message
had not come from Cardinal Logue,
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SURRENDER TEMPORARY
Berlin, Aug. 23 The Russian
Soviet's surrender to capitalism is
only temporary, although it may last
from ten to twenty years, according
to a pamphlet by Nicolai Lenine. en
titled the "Organization of Industry."
a copy of which was received from
Moscow today. The pamphlet savs
that capitalistic principles must pre
cede socialism for the present and
communism must be left out of ac
count enUrely.
EXPECT DECISION ON AWARD.
Cleveland, Aug. 23. A decision is
expected to be reached today by the
executives of the "Big Four" Rail
road Brotherhoods as to the attitude
of the unions upon wage reductions
ordered by Che Railway Labor Board.
Chiefs of the four organizations are
in conference today at the offices of
Warren Stone, grand chief of the en
gineers, and a definite announcement
is exp-eeted before night.
GIXSBCRG BROKE.
New Haven, Aug. 23 Robert Gins
burg, a druggist of New Haven, to
day hied a voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy In the United States court
nere. mis liabilities are given as
?3,4S9.48 and assets about $3,000
COD. MATUS KILLED
Mexico City, Aug. 23. Col. Fiiibe
to matus. ot tne f ederal armv
been killed in battle with the Cas
lo's rebel band in the state of Oax.
said a dispatch to the War dep
men-t today.
prisoner sricroKs.
Passaic, X. J.. Aug. 23 When
I
rn
attendant at police headquarters took1
breakfast this morning to Adam
Jorowelsky, 42, arrested for wife
beating, he found the prisoner's life
less form dangling from the cell doors.
He had made a noose of his belt and
a rope of his shirt.
NEGRO DIES
New York, Aug. 23 Sylvester
Crockett, a negro, who set fire to his
clothing in Tombs prison yesterday
after saturating it with kerosene, died
today. He had been sentenced to Sing
Sing for five years for assaulting a
policeman.
non-committal, but they have con
curred in expressing satisfaction over
the prospects of early resumption of
friendly relations with the last of the
nations which were either active bel
ligerents, or with which diplomatic
intercourse was interrupted.
The Freihoit, independent Socialist
organ, welcomes the impending -peace
in the interest of the working classes
and express belief that the Reich
stag will not oppose ratification of
the treatv v.-ith the Tj noted States.
The Tajreblatt declares it has
learned that the treaty would pro
vide ample reservations respecting
the safeguarding of German private
property i.-i tlie United States-, Che
Washington government merely
claiming- the right of "retention" un
til claims against Germany have
boon satisfied. Confidence is ex
pressed by the newspaper tbat tbsew
claims will be met by tlie Gorman
government without tlie necessity of
converting the private property "!'
German subjects into cash.
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