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The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
EnaIishmen Attacked.

London.-A dispatch to the London Times from Cairo says q series oi attacks on English during the last week appears to confirm statements recently attributed to Egyptian cir cles that an Englishman would be shot daily until the return of Said Zagioui Pasha, former minister of justice, who sometime ago was arrested by the British authorities.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
Governore May C,hatc.

Poughkeepsie. N. Word that Gov. Nathan l.. Miller of New York has accepted challenge of Gov Henry !. Allen of Kansas for Q debate on the St. Lawrence canal project was received here. The debate, il was said, will take place at Washing ton March 15.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

Tampa. Fla.-Mrs. John Ringing Of the millionaire circus king and five Of MT Rangling's guests were slight ly burned in an explosion aboard the Ringing yacht in the Gulf of CoTtez, near Sarasota.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

TT APPEARS likely there will be general strike of coal miners on April l unless It is prevented by gov ernment intervention The United Mine Workers of America are in con vention in Indianapolis and have re ceiyed the report of the scale com mittee positively declaring against the wage reductions which have been de handed by the operators. Indeed, some increases are asked by the men. though they do not demand the six hour day and fiye-day week. The re- port says:
 Tn event no agreement is reached by April l, We declare in favor of a general suspension of mining opera lions, such action being subject to a referendum vote of the membership of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- lea, such referendum to be held prior 10 March 3I."
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
kino Visits cIohbor

Belgrade, o-Slavia.--King Alex ander, accompanied by Premier Pachiteeh, has left for Bucharest Rumania, to carry out the rites ln connection with the official engage ment of the king and Princess Marie
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
WIH Omen Curb Market

Memphis, Tenn.-The city has leased a plot one block long by hall block deep, upon which acurb market, will be established for the benefit of housewives and the truck gardeners hereabouts.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
Snow Slide kills Eour

Denver, Col-Four employees of the Denver and Salt Lake railroad were killed when a snow slide struck an engine belonging to that road near Loop, Col.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
D RELIGIOUS factions in Belf,

D ELIGIOUS factions in Belfast
 N fought bitterly throughout the week and about two score persons were killed and many wounded The British troops there took a hand in the melee making bayouet charges on both sides impartIally, but were unable 10 stop the snlping and bomb throwing
 Michael Collins, head Of the Irish Free State, went to London and after a conference with Sir James Craig announced that they had agreed upon the appointment of lialson commits slons from the Free State and Ulster that will patrol the frontier and pre- vent bloodshed. He also said he had secured the release of the kidnapped ulsterites. The evacuation of the Free State by British troops had been halted, but on Mir. Collins representa- tions 1t was resumed.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
Republicans Struggling With Problem of Financing the
 Soldiers Bonus.
DENBY TRIES TO SAVE NAVY
Asks Personnel of eo,ooo and Apprc- priation Of ss5o, ,ooo, ,ooo-General Strike of Coal Miners lmpends Collins and Craig Con-
 ing to Agreement.
By EDWARD W. PACKARD

NEARLY everyone Is in favor of IN giving the ex-service man bonus, but no one is willing 10 help pay for it. Every plan so far pro posed for raising the necessary rev enue-estimated at 350,000,000 annu- ally for the next three years-has aroused determined opposition. Mem bers of the house ways and means committee thought eight special taxes would turn the trick, but every element of the population that would be dl- rectly affected by them raised an i'm mediate wall.
 Republican leaders appealed to Pres ident Harding to suggest something feasible, and he undertook to do so on Thursday But what should his plan be but the same old general sales tax proposition which 1t has been admitted by nearly everyone cannot possibly get through congress, Because this was his only plan, and because he also criticized the plan of providing for the payments of cash bonuses in install ments over q period of two and half years. it was assumed by many in Washington that the President really wished the bonus legislation again postponed, though he hesiIated to say so hatly. The situation was plainly uncomfortable for the Republicans, and the Democrats were ioyously talk ing every advantage of the discOmfi- ture of their adversaries. The leaders of the agricultural bloc in both the house and the senate reiterated their unqualified opposition to any kind of q general sales tax.
 Some of the Republican leaders strongly favored the passage of a house bill without any plan of financing They thought the necessary money might be made available by further re- duction of appropriations for certain departments, especially the army and navy. MT. Mondel prepared state ment to show how nearly S300,000.- GOO could be saved this way. But even that would not be sufficient, and many congressman urged again the is suanee of bonds. Of course the def cit, after the problematical saving of $500. .00O,0O0 in appropriations, could be made up by issuing short term cer- tificates of indebtedness. which It was asserted the market would readily ab- sorb. Both the President and Secre- tary Mellon declare that a big bond issue would seriously embarass the extensive refunding operations that must be undertaken during the coming year causing an increase in interest rates and disturbing the Liberty bond market Some other government off cials do not agree with them.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

O NE of the outcomes of the unem- V ployment conference was up for discussion in the senate Wednesday and received some hard knocks. IL was the bill introduced by Senator Ken yon by which the President would be authorized to postpone federal con- struction and improvements In pros porous times when jobs are plentiful and then order the work carried on at full speed when business stagnation appears,
 Senator New of Indiana based his opposition to the measure on the rather ridiculous reason that the pharaohs were unable to discover formula 10 solve the problem of re- curing periods of plenty and famine n Egypt. He did not think congress could succeed where the Pharaohs had failed
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
German is TaIlnht-

Chicago Study of the German Ian guage once more has been made part of the official curriclum of Chi. cago public schools.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
CRoM Paris comes the prediction

EROM Paris comes the prediction | that the conference on the economic rehabilitation of Europe will be postponed until May, and shifted probably from Genoa to Rome Milan or Verona. The reasons advanced are the delay in forming new Italian government, the insistenee of France on preliminary meeting to decide on the asenda, and the alleged fact that the United States will not de termlne the extent of it's participation until the senate has acted on the Wash ington conference treaties.
 The German delegation to the con ference. which will be headed by pr. Walther Rathenau, foreign minister. will be armed with elaborate argu- ments to prove that the reparations clauses in the treaty of Versailles must he abandoned or radically altered If the financial salvation of Europe k 10 be accomplished. Rathenaus idea is that the interests of all will he best served if there is almost n complete cessation of. payments during 1922 and if Germany Is permitted to pay in goods and work instead of cash
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
Auto Show Opens.

St. Louis.-The fiftieth annual ad tomobile show in St. Louis has open ed here.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

c ENATOR BORAH Is consistently o opposing the bonus because, he says, it will interfere with the care of the soldiers now undertaken by the government through the veterans bureau. He predicts that within ten years the annual expenditure for dis abled soldiers will have reached s1,- 500,000,O00. of which no one will com plain "so long as the appropriations are based on the necessities and re- QuirementS of the disabled soldiers"
 Director Forbes of the veterans bureau calls attention to the fact that the total government expenditure re- qulred for disabled soldiers for 1922 Is S510,000.o00. and thus sets forth the ways in which the bureau is using the money:
 Paying out s1,0O00O0 cash every day. including Sunday. directly into he hands Of the ex-service man or his dependents in compensation allot- menls.
 Providing. without cost. hospital care ana ueataDent u 5V.9vO ,ese.aGs,
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

This care includes board and lodging and represents an expenditure by the government of S60,000,000 year.
 Giving vocational training. without cost to over 100000 disabled eX-service men at an annual expenditure for tu- ition and supervision of $3O,0O0.ooo
 Mailing out 650,0OO checks every month. representing S42 100000.
 Conducting an insurance business for over 6O0.000 ex-service men, with out cost of administration to them, at premium rates below that of private companies for like policies. Insurance in force S3,50O.OO0,Oo0.
 Conducting over 50,000 medical ex- amlnations every month.
 Giving outside treatment in cases where disqualification is not required to 10000 ex-seryiee men every month. Receiving 600 new claims day in addition to the 100000 already on file; employing 1000 ex-seryice men and woman in carrying out the work. c ECRETARY DENBY began last O week q strenuous fight 10 save the United States navy from congressional action which, he believes, would de stroy it's efficiency and at the same time destroy the international nayai relativity provided for in the pending treaty for naval limitation. He is ably seconded by Assistant Secretary Theo- dore Roosevelt and Admiral Robert A. Goontz. chief of naval operations. All three Of them appeared before the house naval affairs committee and argued for a minimum personnel of 90,000 men and 6.000 apprentices, and Cor an appropriation of $350000,0o0 for the fiscal year 1923.
 At the outset Chairman Thomas But Ter, voicing also the opinion of other members of the committee declared the amount asked by Mir Denby vas altogether too large, that the people woulc never support a vote by congress for three times what the navy cost in 1916 exclusive of construction.
 Admiral Coontz in his argument said "The secretary of the navy has called your attention to the expendi- lures of the naval establishment for this !eor us amounting to $47S,000eo0. If we add to this various other trans actions and moneys returned tU lle tr"a>ury, we will have practically a half billion dollar business. Its rami- lcations extend all over the world
 ''The navy maintains communiea- tione in the interior of Europe as far east as Constantinople and Warsaw for the benefit of our country, its commer- cial interests and the American relief work Our radio communications han dle Pacific matters, and, at the present time, due to the breaking of the mid way cable, are handling practically the entire trans-Paeifc traffic. The naval appropriation also provides the funds for the administration of our island possessions, among which are the Virgin islands, Haiti. San Do mingo, Guam, and Samoa"
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

WHILE the senate foreign relations
 W committee was discussing the fourpower Pacific treaty the same pact obtained place on the floor of the upper house. Senator Hitchcock of fered resolution asking President Harding to transmit to the senate nd ditional information and documents re- lating to its negotiation asserting that little of this was contained in the re- port of the American delegates. Ad- ministration leaders said this was be- cause practically all the negotiations were oral and few minutes or notes of the conversations were kept. The resolution, however, was adopted.
 C ECRETARY OF COMMERCE o HOOVER wants 10 publish the trade statistics gathered ny trade as- sUe4atao..s. 50 Ae 2saea Attorney Gen
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23
HUGO STINNEs, industrial mag

Fl UGo STINNES, industrial mag
 AA nate, learned on Wednesday that he is not so much the master of Ger many as he thought. After debate in the reiehstag in which he and his Peoples party were bitterly assaled the government was given vote of confidence. This was a victory not only for Chancellor Wlrth but also for Doctor RiShenau and the indus trial group that is opposed to Stnnes.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

A MOTHER of the gangs of swim dlers that prey on ignorant foreign residents has been uncovered, this time in Chicago. The victims were de- frauded of millions of dollars by means comparable to those employed by Ponzi of Boston. Most of the mem hers Of the gang are under arrest and the police are close On the trail of the otAe.s.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

Conway.-Quitman Rotten las opened a plumbing shop on Rail- road Avenue Mir Rotten is an ex- perienced workman and has been en- gagged in the business for several years.
The Newark journal., 1922-02-23

Walnut Ridge-C. s. Henderson who has announced for railroad com missioner. has opened Headquarters in the Osburn building
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29

grave in Greenwood Cemetery. An or
der granting permission to exhume the
body of Mrs. Mills from grave in
Vanliew Cemetery here was signed la st
night by Supreme Court Justice
Charles Y. Parker. at Morristown.
Prosecutors Stricken and Beekman
were asked last night at Trenton who
would perform the autopsy. They
would not say, but made it quite clear
that they would not go outside the
state for a pathologist.
There are many things about the
killings that even the most expertly
performed autopsy could not reveal
but there are men sufficient
skilled in this form of scientific crime
detection to say with sufficient certain
ty to stand as evidence whether the
murders were committed where the
bodies were found. Many Of the in
vestigators do not believe the rector
and the choir singer were outside of
Middlesex County when they were
killed.
Two witnesses have been found bv
the authorities to support theory
that the victims were conveyed to the
Phillips farm in automobiles, either
before or after their deaths. One of
these is John White, of Highland
Park. He said he saw two touring
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29

of the employees of the clothing com
pany said there were large spots on
one Of the vests that he assumed were
caused by grease. When Mrs. Halls
brother emerged from the courthouse
he paused with one foot on the step
of the family limousine, driven by
Peter Tumulty.
II just want to say" he announced
to the newspaper reporters who gath
cred about him, "that I'm sick of being
called Willie in the newspapers,
Either call me William or Mister Stew
ems" He paused impressivaly, thon:
"And l want you to understand I'm not
feeble-minded nor a sissy. And if you
don't believe Pm not sissy smell
that
With dramatic gesture Mr.. Stevens
placed beneath the noses of his au-
dience a strong odored briar pipe
Then he turned and climbed into the
car with Detective George Totten, of
Somerset County, and drove away.
Autopsies Coming
The autopsies ON the bodies of the
murder victims are yet to be per-
formed. An application was made to-
day before Supreme Court justice in
Brooklyn for permission to exhume the
body of the Rev. DR.. Hall from the
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29
|Potentia, Guard
OF Quality, Is I'm
Operation Here
International League An
nounces Beginning of
Work i'm U. S. 10 End
Fraud in Commodities
Seal Protects
Public
Products Bearing Organ
izaiion's Insignia VIII
Be of Good Standard

The Potentia League, an interna
tional organization, formed with the
support of leading clergymen, political
economists, educators and public spir-
tied men and women for the purpose
of eliminating Misrepresentation and
fraud in manufactures and commerce,
announced yesterday the commence
ment of actual operations in this
country.
These operations represent two lines
OF action toward the organization of a
great unity of consumers and pro-
ducers, subjec. to the direction of an
impartial national council The first
is the granting to manufacturers and
others who can set up standards ac-
ceptable to the league, which will be
guaranteed under q bond of $4,000, the
right to the use of the Potentia seal.
The second is the formation, a. first in
principal cities throughout this coun-
try, of local councils, which will act as
subsidiaries to the national governing
body.
Rapidly Gaining Approval
Since the theory of the Potentia
League was first announced here and
national council of twenty, headed by
the Rev. Arthur S. Lloyd. Suffragan
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church Of New York, was created, Po-
tentia rapidly has gained the approval
of manufacturers and the public in
general who are interested in fair busi-
ness dealing. Communities all over the
United States have pledged their sup
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29
Gov. Edwards
Enters Hall
Murder Case

sists he did not see. any one but a
woman.
When Mrs. Hall, her features shroud-
ed by mourning veil, and accompa-
MED by her friend, Miss Sally Peters
had returned to her home, Willie Ste
vens was brought to the court house
This was at noon. He was in the pros
ecutor's Office for an hour and half
Earlier two packages of clothing be-
longing to Willie had been shown to
the prosecutors Office. 1t was learned
that these were suits that had been
sent to a local clothing firm for clean
ing on the day of DR.. Halls funeral.
On that day Austin Grealis, of Lyons
& Parker, clothiers, S3 Church Street,
was sent to the Hall home with suit
Of black clothing for Willie to wear
to the funeral
No SISSY" Says Willie
There were a number of persons on
the front porch of the house and Mr..
Grealis was sent to the back door,
where he was given two old suits be-
longing to Willie. Lyons and Parker
sent these suits to the New Staten ISL
and Cleaning Company, ia Spring
Street. Nothing of definite charac-
ter was revealed by the authorities on
this phase of their investigation. One
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29

cars parked in the lane that skirts
the farm about 0 o'clock on this night
Of the murders. The other is w.
O'Rourke, contractor. He declined
to reveal the exact character of the in
formation he gave the authorities, but
1t Is understood he confirmed Whites
story.
James Mills, husband of the muir
dersd woman, explored the church Co.
night, entering the cellar, the rector's
study and other places. He did this
nt the suggestion of newspaper men.
Inc condition of the cellar revealed
that the authorities never have
searched there. In DR.. Halls study
Mills found his wife's Bible. On the
ny leaf was written in round script:
"Elearior Reinhardt."
She had that when we were mar
ried," he said.
He left it where he found it.
Dr. Halls will was probated o-day.
lie lett his estate to Mrs. Hall and
named her executrix.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29

the people consistently are trying to
get back on their feet.
y. r. McSweeney, representative OF
Joan Mccormack, also returned and
brought the news that the famous
tenor was gaining health rapidly and
y once more In condition TO sing. The
singer is expected to return to this
country in about two weeks and make
pubic appearances In New York, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia.
Royalty to Aid Memorial
Mrs. A. B. spreckels returned with
xhe promises of representatives Of
France, the sister Of the Queen of
Belgium, the kings and queens of
kumania and Serbia, to furnish rooms
designated for those countries in the
palace of the Legion of Honor Me-
moral, building now in course of
construction in San Francisco to be
dedicated TO the men from the Golden
State who fought in the recent war
Irs. Spreckels and her husband are
financing the building of this monu-
ment.
The French have promised Mrs.
Spreckels art treasures of great value
and the uniform and sword worn by
Marshal Joffre in the Battle of the
Aarne, and the queen OF Rumanta Will
send some gold furniture for the
Serbian room. While in Rumania Mrs.
Spreckels was decorated with the
Order Of King Ferdinand
Malcolm Sumner, attorney with of
fees at 90 Vesey Street. another pas
senger, who was mentioned recently in
press dispatches in connection with q
recently concluded agreement between
the Soviet government and the Russo
Asiatic Consolidated of London, re-
turned after trip to Berlin. where
he conferred with industrialists and
government officials, and also Tchit-
cherin, Krassin and other representa-
tives Of the Russian government. Mr..
Sumner said his discussions with the
latter were not of political nature,
but purely in respect to trade. They
expressed desire TO gain America s
good will and cooperation.
The Homeric was delayed an hour
off Nantucket Wednesday which pre-
vented her docking until yesterday
morning, when repairs were made to a
broken bolt in the mechanism of the
port engine
New-York tribune., 1922-09-29
Double Killing in
Room an Accident.
Slayer Confesses
Host A d m it's He Shot
Couple, but Explains the
Weapon Was Discharged
While He Examined 1t

A young man who said he was Edward
Hodnett tenant OF the room at 221
East Eleventh Street. where Mrs. Lillian
Schmidt and Bernard Rossner were
found dead from bullet wounds
Wednesday afternoon, went to Police
Headquarters yesterday and told Cap
tain Carey of the Homicide Bureau
he was responsible for their deaths,
but that 1t was an accident.
Il guess I'm responsible for the death
OF those two people," Captain Carey
quoted him as saying.
They came to my room together
and after some talk Rossner took a
box from his pocket and pulled out a
revolver. What do you think of it?
he said to me, and I said, 4 don't
know; let's look at IT,
y! took the gun in my hand and sud-
denly it went off and killed the both
Of them. got frightened and ran out.
Last night l stayed with a friend and
he advised me l had better give my
self up if it was an accident. | decid
ed | had better too, and so here am L."
Mrs. Joseph Epst, who runs board.
ing house at 221 East Eleventh Street,
identified Hodnett as lodger who oc-
cupied the room where the bodies were
found, and he was placed under arrest.
Captain Carey took him to the board
ing house and had him rehearse the
shooting. Then he was questioned by
John R. Hennis, Assistant District At
torney, after which he was taken back
to Police Headquarters and locked up
for the night.
Mr.. Hennis also questioned Mrs.
Schmidt's husband. They had not been
living together for some time, and
Schmidt told the prosecutor they in
tended to arrange for a divorce He
said his wife accepted the attentions
Of other men, boasted to him that she
was in with gang of bootleggers who
were good spenders, and to every sug-
geston Of reconciliation responded