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New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
Boy Actor Wins 100000
Verdict for Injuries
George Wolcott. Nine Years Old,
Crushed in Elevator, Appeared
i'm Cohan PLAY

George Wolcott, nine years old. Of
116 West Forty-ffth Street, who has
been an actor on the stage and in mo
ton pictures since he was seven years
old, won a 100000 verdict in the Su-
preme Court yesterday in suit
against the Verboten Realty Corpora
ton, for injuries ne sustained in an
elevator in the apartment house at 119
West Forty-tifth Street, owned by the
defendant.
The accident occurred on July II,
1920, and the boy actor has been CON
fined in Bellevue Hospital since then.
He was brought into court in wheel
chair and was in the care of nurse
from the hospital.
William Wolcott, the boys father,
who brought the suit as his guardian,
asked for 100000 damages. George
has appeared on the stage in one Of
George NJ. Cohan's plays and appeared
in the motion picture THE Betrothal." !"
The nine-year r-old actor earned as
much as SIS a week, and in giving the
large verdict the jury took into con-
the probable future earning
capaeity OF the boy.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
French Workers Hoist Red Flae.
Threaten to Rush Plant TODAY

PARIS, Feb. 90 BY The Associated
Press).-The first attempt TO sovietize
large plant in France, when the red
flag was raised to-day over 8 big cleo
trical works under construction at
Gcnnevilliers, ended in dismal failure,
according to the police and military
authorities. On the other hand, the
leaders of the Communists declare it
was a complete success.
The police and military draw their
conclusions from the fact that not
single man is at work on the plant,
while the leaders in the soviet move
ment point out that the red flag is
flying over the building as token of
victory.
The troubls had its origin when the
workmen refused TO quit the place in
spite of a lockout declared by the
company, which had reduced wages be-
cause the employees had slackened up
in their work. Louis Loucheur. the
Minister of Liberated Regions, is in
terested in the company.
An armed peace" is the situation to-
night. with hundreds of gondxrmes and
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
L. 5. ncels
Martens Order
F'orDeportation
Secret Ruling of the Labor
Department Made Public
"a Days After Moscow's
Envoy Departs for Home
Action Affects Weinstein
Motive Behind the Move and
Whether Way Is Cleared
for Return Are Unknown

telegram from the Department of
Labor announcing that the order fol
the deportation Of Ludwig C. A. K.
Martens had been Cancelled was made
public here yesterday, thirty four days
after Martens, "Russian ambassador. f"
had sailed for Russia in compliance
with the deportation order. Subse-
qucntly the fact of the cancellation
was acknowledged by Washington, al
though the Department Of. Labor would
not acknowledge that the cancellation
would enable Martens to return.
Charles Rccht, who is Martens rep.
resentativc, yesterday issued the fol-
lowing statement from his Office, at 10
West Fortieth Street:
I'm some manner unknown TO me. tn.
action of the Department of Labor can
ceiling the deportation warrants against
l.. c. A. X. Martens, former representa-
tive OF the Russian Soviet government
IN the United States, and his secretary.
Gregory Welnstcin, has been made pub
lics
ut was not my intention to make public
announcement Of this fact until had
consulted the wishes Of the Depart
ment of Labor, and 7 very much regret
TINS premature publication. However,
since the matter is now public. | NAV
announce that I received yesterday the
following telegram from the Depart
ment of Labor:
>" Il. c. A. X. Martens and Gregory
Weinsteln having departed from the
United States for Russia and arrived
III Russia, warrants Of arrest and de.
portatlon against them have been car
celed.'"
Recht Notifies Martens
Mr.. Recht said that he issued the
foregoing statement merely TO disclain,
responsibility for the publication in 2
German language newspaper OF the
TACT that Secretary Wilson of the De
partment of Labor actually had can
celed the warrant of arrest and order
OF deportation against Martens. Mr.
kecht SAID that he had cabled the facts
to the Soviet representative plenipo-
tentlary, Litvinoff, at Reval, to be for
Warded to Martens" but he did not be-
leve the information leaked out in
that way
Asked why the cancellation order
" se|leC iidIIeT, anyhow, Mr..
Recent said that he did not know, but at
the request Of Secretary Wilson had
promised to keep it q secret He said
that he saw no reason why the orde
should not have been announced pub
licly at once.
Recht's Interpretation of this can
collation., now that Martens, Weinstejn
and their staff of forty-six persons are
back in Russia, was that Secretary
Wilson wanted to clear the slate for
the incoming administration and make
possible the return of Maftens. or the
coming of another, to represent Soviet
Russia in the same way.
Martens and Weinstein are free to
return to the United States at any
time" ne said. "Of course, another
warrant of arrest and deportation
Continued on next paao)
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26

will not be allowed to stand in the way
of an early settlement on the alloca
tlon of the cables. 1t is believed prob
able that, SO far as the issue of the
island of zap concerne the cable set
tlement, it will be held in allowance bv
the American commissioner until the
discussions proceeding between the
United States and the Council of the
League of Nations have been concluded
Prior to the adjournment of the
conference last December Japan and
France were holding out against set
tlement tentatively reached among
Great Britain, Italy and the United
States, but recently France is under
stood to have modified her position and
TO have shown disposition to lean
to the side of the other three powers,
The delegates for the present have
decided to thrash out in informal con
terences among the powers affected
the different problems which have
arisen over the cable settlement, and
for this reason there will be no forma Al
session again until some of the
outstanding difficulties have been
smoothed out, or until another plenary
session is deemed advisable.
Since the last sessions Of the con-
terence the instructions awaited bv
some of the powers from their govern
ments have arrived, and this is ex-
pected to expedite the discussions.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
Steel Union Heads TO
Discuss Organization,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Further
plans for the new campaign to organ
ize the steel industry will be discussed
here April Is by the executive council
of the national and international
unions in the steel industry affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor.
This was announced to-day by VIII
liam Hannon, secretary of the council,
which was organized last January 20
take charge of the new unionization
movement
The next move in the proposed cam
paign," said M. +. Tighe, president of
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
and Steel Workers and chairman of
the council, will depend upon the in
dustrial situation. We plan to move
cautiously and conserva lively"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
p. II. II. Plans Further Cut
I'm Expenses ON All Lines
Ten Per Cent Cost Reduction
Won't Affect Wage Scales,
Company Declares
Special Dispatch to The rrsbunc

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 96.- The
Pennsylvania Railroad plans another
sharp cut in general operating and
maintenance expenses, it was an.
nounced to-day, A conference of gen.
eral superintendent with General
Manager G. S. Krick will take place
here to~m morrow.
"The new cut is made necessary by
the continued low ratio of freight earn
ings TO general expense" it was said
at the general offices of the company.
whatever measures are decided upon
there will be no cut in wage rate.
Following a conference here plans
will be drawn up for the further cuts
necessary. This will be about 10 per
cent. The entire Pennsylvania system
will share in whatever cuts are made"
Some curtailment of passenger serv-
ice is being considered.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
800 Irish Win
An-Day Battle
Against Police
Auxiliaries, Attacked Near
Macroom, Retreat, Leav.
ing Wounded or Field AT.
ter Their Major Is Killed
Soldiers Sent to Rescue
Planes Accompany Relief
Expedition; Both Sides
Suffer Many Casualties
From The Trtbunc's European Bureau

Copyright, 1921. New York Tribune Inc
LONDON, Feb. 25. The British
crown forces were overwhelmed to-day
in terrific clash with Sim Feiners
in the hills near Macroon, COUNTY
Cork, the scene of last Novembcr's
massacre. An army of 800 republicans
fought seventy auxiliary cadets and
members of the Royal Irish Constabu-
larry in an all-day engagement.
The crown forces are reported to
have sustained heavy casualties. Major
Grant, commander Of the auxiliaries.
was killed early in the fighting. Ten
men were left or the scene of battle
supposedly dead, and seven of the regu-
lar constabulary are known to have
been fatally wounded.
Although reports of the encounter
are conflicting, 1t iss regarded as certain
that at least six more Black and Tans
were seriously wounded in addition to
a number left in the hands Of the Sim
Feiners when the crown forces effected
retreat. The extent of the republi-
can losses Is not known.
Crown Forces Ambushed
A company of police auxilaries, ac-
companied by few regulars, were
tary lorries when attacked by the Sim
Feiners from ambush. The road had
been mined and when the first cxplo-
sion came the police lorries were
showered with bombs. Intense firing
followed.
After the first onslaught the crown
forces withdrew, removing as many
wounded as they could under fire and
leaving the Sim Feiners in possession
of the scene.
column of several hundred sup
porting troops was dispatched to the
aid of the crown forces as soon as word
of the attack was received at headquar-
ters. Airplanes for reconnaissance
joined the expedition,
Two officers proceeding from Cork
to join the reinforcing column were
kidnapped by the Sim Feiners.
There was renewed military activity
in Dublin to-day. For the third time a
large body OF police and military sur
rounded an area supposed to contain the
headquarters of the republican govern
mored cars and tanks aided in patrol
ing the district while the search was
in progress.
Biggest Fight OF Guerrilla Warfare
CORK, Feb. 25 (By The Associated
Press. The Macroom ambuscade re
suited in the biggest fight that has
occurred since guerrilla tactics began
in Ireland The attack took place at
Coolavoiking, on the mountainous part
of the road between Macroom and Bal
lyvourney.
The preparations for the attack were
extensive. 1t is said the road had
been mined or obstructed with fallen
trees, which compelled the police to
dismount and take cover when the at
tack was launched. The attacking
party employed bombs and used rifles
from both sides of the road. The men
in the ambuscade party closed in on
the police from three sides and com
pelled them to retreat toward Macroom.
The fight continued until the auXiiia-
ries were in sight of that town
The dead and wounded are being
tcontinued on page four
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
kaiserin Reported Dying

POTSDAM, Germany, Feb. 25.-For-
mer Empress Augusta Victoria. of Ger
many, is reported to be unconscious at
Doorn, Holland, IN private kilograms re-
ceived here last night. 1t is said there
is no hope of her recovery, and her early
demise is indicated.
Visitors at the new palace here report
that preparations for the nterment of
the former Empress are going OF, and
that burial plot for her and the former
Emperor is being made ready. 1t is in
close proximity to the palace. which was
the former monarch's domicile in this
city.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
Charging Fraud, House
Unseats McLane, of Pa.
Assertion That Liquor Interests
Backed Congressman Stirs
Up Bitter Wrangle

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Patrick
McLane, of Scranton, Pa, Democrat,
Representative from the 10Th Pennsyl,
vania District was unseated by the
House late tonight on charges Of vio-
lating the corrupt practices act and be-
cause of election frauds.
Immediately after taking this action
the House adopted q report bv the
Committee on Elections declaring John
r. Farr, Republican, also of Scranton,
duly elected and entitled to McLane's
seat. The vote to unseat McLane was
161 to 12l.
Charges by the committee that iiuuor
dealers and brewers stood behind Ne
Lane threw the House into an intensely
bitter wrangle. The committees re-
port was unanimous.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
Two Bandit Gangs Get
$95,OOO, Beat Jeweler;
Youth Takes $4,000
Chico. /. u Crime Trust
Nets II Millions O. Year
Special DiSpatch to The Tribune

S0ccial Dispatch 10 The Tt4buns
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-Ten thou-
sand Chicago men and women
have taken up crime as profes-
sion and are practicing their
trade with all the system and
skill of modern business, Henry
Barrett Chamberlin, operating
director of the Chicago Crime
Commission, told the members of
the Executives Club at lunch
con to-day.
IN 1919" he said, this crime
trust did a s12,ooo,0Oo business"
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
and Foe Serve
free Fish and a Fight
y Street Women Collect
when Officer Attempts
% Summon Vender

h, 'a were served during a free
h, :. @e pushcart fish market in
y .ss, ssees yesterday. The pushcart
d, Aa'ois their wares alive in big
H.. patrolman Mechan, of the sher-
b. . police station, undertook to
I inmsssalimens on one of the venders
sspos.'al,ately became the center of
o,pIss1 s1,,uiisa,ting group, one of whom
" B,ss R. and his adversary, who was
I sksman, .sn, of lie Ridge Street, went
u saS Set , and tongs, upsetting push
! so,a asufning hundreds of ffsh out
vi sld r,ln ana arid world. Ali Ridge
'ssIiaes sa.ed Zee to the cleaning Of the
h sna harvest. Women lost their
san,s !. tsmpers and small bows
N Il. "a shrill delight.
n rss.ays ss rest Of the day the atmo..
liz ssd a Of baking and irving Ash
d Nss ssssscltement the peddIer unon
Il Si.shan Si.ehan wanted to serve sum, NM
s,,ss' ss'sppeared. Braff was arrestsd
, and fined $40 in Essex Martet
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26
BY = WOMAN PRISONER


Mrs. stan Harding, stan correspondnnt
o. The World In a remarkable series OF
eleven articles, tells how che was Jailed
Tor nYe months by the Boshevfki In an
effort to extort false confession OF spy-
ing 80 she could be forced TO do counter.
espionage Thrilling descriptions OF psrss-
eotlcn and hardships. Begins in Sunday
Wcrld to.morrow. Daily enicrning) there
arter.---Adyt
New-York tribune., 1921-02-26

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New-York tribune., 1921-02-26

Generally fair to-day, followed by snow
or rain tonight or tomorrow;
somewhat warmer; south
winds
Full Report on Last Psge
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
THE PARSONS CASE.

In another column we print a lengthy article taken from the Torrington Register" regarding The Parsons murder mystery. The story is not only interesting because of its connection with a case that has set the entire county thinking, but from the daring angle which the Regis ter" takes in positively stating that Burgess did not kill Parsons.
 Possibly the Register" has some inside information and then again, maybe it is making a guess, which contest is open to the public, for aside from Superintendent Hurley and possibly one or two of his assis- tants, we doubt if anyone knows of the theories held by the state police.
 Should the theory prove to be correct we shall not criticize the esteemed Register" if it throws out it's chest and says "I told you so." If it proves incorrect we shall try to modify a line or two of sarcasm in such manner as will make possible the retention of Editor Peters 7n's friendship.
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
FRIENDS.

If friends thou hast and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steeP' Was creed enough for scribes of old, Whose blood ran cold as a squirming eel. Since, times have changed and with them man. He now counts his friends by the hundredfold And measures their trust by his lust for gold Then swindles them fast as he can. Happiness was all that these men sought,
 Though their ways to find it gre sad to relate; For they with each other continually fought
 Then wondered why they'd in cured their hate! Now the moral is this: If content ment you seek From no man borrow, nor to him lend, But of goodfellowship fairly reek And show him you want to be his friend.
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
THE RED CROSS

The annual Red Cross roll call is taking place this week and we feel sure ready response will be made when each individual is called upon to renew their membership in this great organization. Of all the worthy organizations to which the people of this country are asked to contribute, this one stands out boldly at the head of the list.
 The merits of the organization have been told so many times in these columns that it is unnecessary to repeat them. Everyone knows of it's achievements in peace and war; of its unrelenting efforts to aid the suffering, whether in America or darkest Africa, and that it's represen- tatives are always the first to render assistance when duty calls.
 The display of the little button should not be considered from the pecuniary angle of having paid your dues for year. The wearer should be proud of it because it denotes membership in great organization. The time will come when we no longer consider it our duty to join the Red Cross, for when we thor oughly appreciate what it is and has done for humanity, we will consider it privilege.
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17

an underlying principle bordering upon idolatry, before we can visual ize Divine Power.
 The part of the editorial which we take the greatest exception to is the final sentence: "Her letter (Vida Milholland's) does not carry us far toward the goal which she insists she has attained"
 } Has the "Courant" done more than she to enlighten the world re- garding life before and after death? Has it done any more than fill space on it's editorial page with this ed;- torial? Why then take stand based on the ignorance of the masses against the more enlightened minor ity?
 If the editorial writer of the "Courant" would keep in touch with the majority of people who read it's editorials, he must keep in touch with science, for the enlightened thinker will not throw aside scientific theo- ries on any subject, as did the masses when the Darwinian theory was first advanced.
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
NOT HURT MUCH AFTER ALL

We'll I remember when a child quite
 small, While reaching up for peaches on a
 wall, I fell, and on my head received a
 bump That raised upon it such an awful
 lump, II wept and howled and thought I
 sure was killed, Till mother came and all my terror
 stilled. Brown paper wet with camphor eased
 the pain, And mothers kisses made me smile
 again. Soothed, comforted and loved, I
 ceased to bawl, And found wasn't hurt much after
 all. And when my years still ended in a
 teen, (That age tumultuous, sometimes
 labeled green,) I fell in love; not wisely some will
 tell The dance loved was born-oh quite
 a spell Before I was-but this surely know, I loved her truly till she bade me 20 About my business; but no business
 had, And for a time I thought I should go
 mad; But when I turned to college and
 football, I found I wasn't hurt much after all. I rather think that this will be the
 way Life's hurts will seem to us some
 blessed day; The worries and the fears, the in-
 ward fret For some sweet thing denied us, some
 regret Or sorrow that we thought set US As special victims of fate's keenest Whate'er it was that made life hard
 to bear, We shall forget it all sometime,
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
ADVANCED THINKING.

The Hartford "Courant" of We'd nesday morning, prints an editorial entitled "Is 1t Real?" which in inter- esting because of the fact that it deals entirely with the masses, on the ground that only a small minor ity disbelieve in the mental experi- ence called death. Apparently it takes exception to the remarks of Vida Milholland, which in part are as follows:
 Is there no consideration due the hundreds of thousands of citizens in this country who dis believe in the mental experience called death, who know that life is not in matter and that man, made in the "image" and '1ikeness" of God, is as immortal as his creator? Must we sit quietly by, while q casket, which even the most mater ially minded admit holds nothing but disintegrating dust, is held up to the gaze of the nation? Read any account of the ceremonies in the capital today, and what do we find? The endlessly repeated, sepulchral note of death, sounding like misplaced and tragic motif in symphony, which should be one of trir rmph and eternal life.
 The "Courant" then goes on to say "the majority of us when desiring to honor one who has dis appeared, wish to have present be- fore them visible sign of that dis appearance, especially if the hypoth- etical experience was brought about through self-sacrifce." In other words, the "Courant" takes round about way of saying that the major ity of us must have some image, or
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
November 16, 1921

l To the Editor:
 The letter from "A Water Drink CT" of November 5th calling the attention of the Canaan people to unfair and unjust treatment by the North Canaan Water Company calls for a reply. From just what source "A Water Drinker" received his in- formation we do not know, but not from a member of the Company.
 In order that the people of Canaan may have the correct information we give the following data: Canaan uses, not including the water used by the Railroad Company, about 90,000 gal Ions of water each twenty-four hours. The springs at the reservoir furnish about 60,000 gallons in the same length of time. The reservoir capac- ity is approximately 3,00O,000 gal Ions. This storage is only sufficient for about three months if no water is furnished to the Railroad Company from storage and no water is received from rain. The Company furnishes no water from the reservoir to the Railroad Company except in the spring months when the reservoir is full. When the reservoir level is down not more than two feet the Railroad Company is furnished ny pumps through main entirely separ- ate from the main supply. This year, with the very small amount of rain fall, the reservoir was practi oally empty by the latter part of August, and had it not been for the pumping plant Canaan would have been 30,000 gallons per day short, and would have had no fire protection whatever, nor would there have been pressure enough to have furnished water eX- cept to the very lowest places and very litle there.
 The Water Company has no con tract with the Railroad Company and can stop supplying them at any time. The so-called leak of several million gallonos" per day amounted to about one million gallons. As there was no water in the reservoir when the leak started, this leakage could not very we'll have affected that supply. When the water in the reservoir gets down to about 0,0O0 gallons tsorage, water is pumped from the we'll into the mains. This storage we believe necessary pro lection in case of accident to the pumps or in case of fire. Ninety thousand gallons per day is a very large amount of water for town of this size to consume, and the Com pany knows there is a gerat wastage. It is the Company's intention to meter all users with the expectation of largely reducing the amount of water consumed.
 North Canaan Water Company, H. E. Lyles.
Connecticut western news., 1921-11-17
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