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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
Defense Opens in
 Herrin Murder Trial
Witnesses Testify That Riots Were Incited by Ruthless ness of Guards.

Marion. Ills, Dec. 35.-(By the A. P.). The killing of the first of three union miners slain during the Herren riots was described today by Edward Cren- shaw, one of the first witnesses for the defense at the trial of five men charged with murder in connection with the slay- ing of twenty non-union workers during .he outbreaks.
 The defense began introducing it's tes- timony after formal motions asking that all the evidence introduced by the state be excluded and that the court direct that verdict of mot guilty had been 0ver-ruled by Judge D. T. Hartwell. A number of the first witnesses testi- fled that the territory surrounding IDe mine was peaceful and quiet until after union workers had been discharged and non-union men and armed guarus sent into the pit by the coal company.
 Several of the witnesses testified that the guards had ridden up and down the public highway near the mine in a motor truck, each, each one carrying two pistols and rifle, that they held up and search CT peaceful travellers, shouted at women and warned everyone to stay off the road after Sundown. F
 Other witnesses told of hiding in tf1r cellars when the shooting began at the mine between 1.30 and 2 p. m, the aft ernoon of June 21 and Of havtssh S~+s- stock killed by shots from the mine. It was during this shooting that Ed ward Crenshaw, who testified that he was
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ratios agreed upon at the armament conference.
 We could not build any heavy ar mored ships, before five years, any way" he added.
 M. Rriand. chief of the French dele gation to Washington and now a mem Der of the foreign affairs commission, spoke in favor of ratification declaring
 Without in any way endangering the French interests in the east or west, but with the best intentions for the general welfare of France, we must ratify the Washington treaties"
 NJ. Guernier declared France had been put in the same position as Italy by the Washington accords, so Esr as na- val arTnaments were concerned.
 We must A:vo more ships than Italy" he argued, because we have more colonies and longer seaboards."
 me commission decided to refer the matter to sub-commission, which will report back immediately after the New Years recess. NJ. Guern&Ur e&SlaineG to The Associated Press, however. thai there was little chance of the Wash. ington naval agreements coming before the chamber for open discussion betci the fifteenth of January, as we havy oIn1r important matters to attend to in cluding the budget"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23

Quebec, Dec. 22.-The series of fires which have skept Catholic institutions m Canada recently, eliminating early to- day in destruction of the historic $I = 1000 Notre Dame church, was brought to the attention of the provincial Iegls- latura this afternoon, with the sugges- tion that all might be the work of in cendiaries.
 Taking the floor after Premier Tas- chereau had expressed to Cardinal Be- gin the regrets of the legislature at tha famous basilica, Arthur Suaye, leader of the opposition, said:
 Would it not be well to question whether this fire is not the work of a criminal organization? That is in the air, and l call the attention of tha att torney general to the fact that within year we have had to deplore losses of that kind every month" A short circuit in the electrical wir- ing was first held accountabla for to- days blaze, but later Monsfgnor La flamme, cure of Notre Dame, presented to Daniel Lorraine, chief of provincial police, the following letter postmarkec I in Montreal:
 ''I will burn your church down on De camber 18th"
 Suspicious strangers also were re around the church.
 1 The police then began an investigs, ton. The Catholic orders had come tt view tha series of fires with suspicion was made evident recently when an nouncement was made that bloodhound and armed. guards would be employed
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
ARRESTS OF HOODED MEN IN
 THREE STATES EXPECTED

Mer Rouge, La. Dec. 22.-oBdies of two men blown from the bottom of Lake Isafourche early today by unidentified dyuarriters, and believed to be those of ,vo men said to have been slain last Au- Cust by -Joud men. were lying at an uu- rsrtsIcing establishment here tonight, z,ixr8ad by soldiers, pending the arrival at additional troops from ,AleSandr'a and Nsw Orleans, ordered here today by the p6jutant gcnssal, who feared an out nrnek
 The bodies badly muttlstod and bound with wire, are believed by the authorities 10 S,e those of yVaht Daniels and Thomas Ri.aar!a. m su,bsrJ Of a party of five MeS R,else citizens gho-wers Hdnappsd last AaA4zt by wh9e-rooed and hooded men Fc- the past three days the ls.Se1 oi M6-ehouse pariSh have been dragged by national Euardsroen, federal agents and p-ofessionai divers
 Authorities here Sate they are satis- aed thc tcdies wsTs the ones sought. Rel atlves and close friends Of the missing usn viewed the bodies during the day and tonight, and 1t was reported bits ot clothing found on the men were reeog nlzed
 The coroner announced tonight an in uuest would be held over the bodies. prob anlY LOiuOITOWs Inc dANlNdA EAi0 eSt torney general of tho state and tw' prominent pathologists of New Orleans IS awaited.
 In the absence of official information the next move on the part of the stat was not known, but it was the consensu of opinion the inquest would be followed by the arrest of at least twenty persons alleged ringleaders of the August mot Their names will be presented to the mil ita6'y or civil authorities by the four de partment of justice agents who, for fou months. have been conducting secret in vestigations, it was stated.
 Mer Rouge citizens expressed them selves tonight as believing martial lay would be declared here and the arrest made by troops.
 It is generally believed open hearing rflI be instituted following the anticipat cd arrests. An persons will be free t some into this court of justice, under tn Louisiana laws, and tell what they knoN bf the case.
 Mississippi Arkansas and Louisian persons are believed by the state as hay ng been members of the hooded mol Arrests in all three states are antici pated -
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a former ,union miner and had lived half mile from the Lester mine all his life. said he saw the shooting of Jardy Henderson, the first union man killed.
 Crenshaw said he was standing in front of his home when he saw Tender son. who was Inarmed, and bullets be- gan to come from the direction of the mine.
 "Did you see any one shot :?
 "Yes, they said his name was Tender son, and he fell about 100 yards from my house. He must have been killed in srantly."
 Edna conroy testified seeing trucks loaded with armed guards wearing stars pass her home several times a day on the public highway
 The witness declared she had esen a neighbor, J. Hugh Gibbs. held up and searched by the guards in the highwaq. She said she saw Superintendent Mo Dowell in the mine with gun strapped to his back several days before the riots Mrs. Mary Conroy, mother of Edna Conroy, testified she lived near the mine and had seen the trucks filled with arm ed guards on the road bringing water tc the mine and that the guards had shouted at her and her daughter.
 John G. Conroy, 6S years old, said the guards in the mine trucks each carried I two pist6ls and a rife across their knees i and that some of his stock had been kill ed by bullets Asked how many shotl were fired fired he declared: T didn't stop to count them"
 What did you do?'
 Some times I hid in the cellar, soma i umes I ran around the house and somt tlmes I jumped into ditch" l On scross-examination the witness ! said he had been miner for 50 year before becoming farmer and had helC betting officers in the miners union.
 Have you any feelings against thes' men in the min"
 Sure I have. Didn't they kill m. stock"
 The elder Conroy then testified he baa 1 not seen a single man firing into tn mine or going toward it
 John Conroy, a. son. testified that tn firing at the mine began about tw o'clock on the afternoon Of June 21- H I declared he saw . white flag raised a tthe mine about six o'clock and that al hour later he saw two men firing from tn pit near the flag. The witness said b spent the night with his family in hi fathers cellar and that he. and his fath CT were fired on az they drove in thei stock the next morning.
 + On cross examination Conroy sai he had been a miner for twenty-sevel lyears, was member of the United Min Workers and had contributed to the min CTS defense in the present case. He de clared he had been tod he would receiv S10 a day from the the union defense fo the timeshe spent as a witness
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
PLATES TO
 TEST THE EINSTEIN THEORY

San Francisco, Calif., Dec. 22.-Huge photographic plates bearing pictures which may prove or disprove an angle of the Einstein theory of reIatiyity. were found unbroken today when opened at the Lick observatory on Mount Hamil- ton, Calif., by members of the ". H. lures on a western Australia beach dur ing the September eclipse, DF. W. W. Campbell, director of the observatory and head of the expedition announced here.
 Scientific men do Rot care one way oI the other regarding the fndings," Dr. Campbell said, we only want to know the truth. It will be several months our measurements and comparison and arrive at a conclusion regarding the Einstein theory"
 Pictures taken by the Crocker expe- dition are to be exchanged and com pared wth pictures taken during the eclipse by the Adelaide observatory which sent an expedition to Cetral Aus i traIia.
 The pictures take were of stars neal the sun and they will be compared with l photographs of the same stars. taken al night from Tahiti, in an effort to prove the correctness Of the Einstein theory that the suns gravity attracts oI ''bends' rays of light travelling toward the earth from stars millions of mile, beyond the sun. If the stars do not ap. pear in the positione on the night ana day photographs then the theory is cor rect, 1t is claimed.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
Q. 8. ATTITUDE ON EUROPEAN
 PREPARATIONS sErrIEMEu

Washington, Dec 22-CBy the A Pr The situation relative to extension ef American aid toward European reparn- rations settlement continued today 10 present badly beclouded picture on which little light was thrown from any quarter.
 American officials reiterated tArtr A- nials of government backing at the pres ent stage for the American comnlas1on plan sponsored by commercial leaders and of various published statements reKnrd- ing the direction in which American of ficial opinion was tending.
 But there waS no clear cut denial that high officials in Washington had disr1s- sed the commission proposal earnestly among themselves and with otherH
 State department authorities seeusl most anxious to deny that the govern- nent itself. despite the close touch it ia maintaining with the situation. was in , any way a part at the present time to gested first in this country by officials of the chamber of commerce of the Unit- cd States.
 It was said fatty tha. the Ar,ersuna government, at present stage of the dts- cussions, has no connection with the commission plan, which contemplates crs- alton of a body of experts 10 inquire fn- to the ability of Germany to pay repara- tons. Furthermore one official indi- cated that If the commission plan ever came to the point where a proposal for Its acceptance could be made through dip. lomatic channels the United States would not be the proper power to mako that proposal.
 It was pointeS out that treaty rights are involved in She reparatjoas difference and that no formal Iefter to mediate would be tn place from any government: ercepa on the solicitation of the governnents h. volved h the controversy.
 The only inkling aS to the hopes Of n. American government in It's enort1 fn nnd way to a reparatIons St.Iencna was prediction made today thai if n ever becane possible to announce any of- ncial plan. t would be found to be a very practical proposal. lacking h any sen. satSonal quality Anything that is betns done O. officially in the way of -stttinr . clear understanding of governmental a4. titudes abroad, 1t was indicated, was aim a at soch a conception of the problem to he solved.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
The High Court of Public Opinion

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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
FAvoBs RECONSTRUCTION
 OF NIASTIC CANT CROUNn

Hartford. Dec za.-A reoonmsncation that the state military camp Rruundn at Mantle be thoroughly rcconGtrncee4 to do sway with buildings thai hzSD passed their uEe1nlness is the otrtrtand- ing feature of the biennial rep0rf or Drlgadier-General Lucius B. Barb0ur, quArtermaster general. which was pre- sented to Governor Lake yes,erday. The estimated cost of modern.zing ths cam will be from t7k..o00 to tIO0, ,oCo
 Nuneroua Improvements. Gugrastsd m the report involve expcndituraa of nn additional tsoy0oo. The sum of a1o. .boe h z1ked for nuneroua ,repat1 to O. state arnosy in Hartford. w1hkuh arc da- clHrcd to be imnedl1tsly eBeutiu e. preservs the building
 The Broad street Rrmory nt Hnrffuma was built in 1908 and sincs that ttnn with the exception of unHoccamnful rn- pairs. 10 the roof. practically nothinr has been spent on in maintenanca lt becomes absolutely neceanaTT d fh1n time 10 prnocrve this exponnieo huflfInr to prActAcAilg rebuild ths root of ths 6ril shed.
 An addlti0ual amount of ,Ss,oos h given as the esttnats required to hrfnw about essential repalrS of the remntnimr sixtsen armor5es in ths state- In the state military property n1 lzI- antic mod as a military rende1vou1 and mohilizatio1 center, the report nyu, counecticut has one of its nost vzinahls pieces of military property. Moot of tha buildings on this property have aIood for nearly two generations and whlfn moa of them are in . ssmI-unahie cor dttioa-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23

Paris, Dec. 22.-(By the A. P)-Ths French government today committed it. self through a recommendation made to the foreign affairs commission of the chamber of deputies by Premier Poiu- care to stand or fall on the question of ratification of the Washington naval agreement.
 Aristfde Briand former premier, sec onded the stand of M. Poincare on the question, which also embraced the four power treaty as amended in the United States senate by Senator Brande- gee, of Connecticut. The premier declar- sd that the reservation of MT. Brandegee would in no way entail military partlci- pation." ,That tho chamber was practically agreed upon ratification was shown when M Briand, leader of the left, and hndre Tardieu, head of the Clemenlsts, both announced their support.
 Georges Mandel, former chief of the cabinet under Premier Clemenceau, alone wasreluctant. NJ. Sarraut, who signed the final documents in Washington as mem- her of the Poincare cabinet, although ap- pointed by NJ. Briend, staunchly advocat- ca ratification.
 l'remier Poincare's recommendation rarried the provision that the branoeses amendment in the American senate, stip- ulating in effect that the acccrds did not convey any intination of military partic- lpation, be accepted.
 The premier insisted especially upor ratification of the Washington accord concerning the Pacific ocean, wnloG perhEpn, he said. twill not" please Ja pan. but will place us in superior DO sition in our relations with the United States. .-. Charles Guernier, general rcporte' tor the foreign affairs commission, dis agreed completely with the governmen pO.n of view, and complained of tht failure of the American authorities t. produce the French translation of thu Washington negotiations until four days ago, when ''the immense volume o 2,5O0 uaEes' was delivered to the. com mission,
 fFWe have been very well treated h1 Washington" {" Premier Poincare told tn commission with reference to the maya
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! highly insolent"
 The Turkish delegation has reca;,,o5 instructions that no agreements are to pe nldoe on economic questions. which are to He over for negotiations at some 1 ia tAatSr tune. This haS- created dissatisfac- ton among the allies, esneciaIIv the French, who are anxious that econo,,ic questions should be settled at this con ference. eA'-' oo4i- Control of the straits still is heinz
 SoNsSoeted ed Tn private sessions Reure- al'ls or the three great powers nave made 1t clear to Isnet that if tbay give the special guarantees Turkev saeLs i 70 protect Constantinople from attack !urkey In turn must give the allies iur- isolctlon over the straits and the entire demllltarized zone. IsInet has this ,ynder 1 consideration. O--'-oi The intransigeant position of the l 1urks on capitulations, straits control
 and the rights of minorities is genera Iiv { tregaroed by the allied delegates as be ing due, at least, in part, to their de- sire to hold as many questions as rossi.
 pie In reserve for future trading. and /! that they may yield many. moot oues- tons IT they are able to get strono guarantes which will prevent the invs.
 sion of Turkey.
 The outlook for a satisfactory ont. come,' however, Is far from bright Tn. prominent delegates are so uneasy about the situation that few of them are planning to leave Lausanne for the
 Christmas tide. Meetings will be heJ( again tomorrow, but Christmas day will ! be holiday and the sessions will re. lslnne next Tuesday.
 Rear Admiral Bristol, of the Anerica, delegation left for Paris today. but Am oasaoor Child and Joseph c. Grew vii
 remain in Switzerland for Christmas.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
STAR WITNESS sUFFERs
 NERVOUS REGISTRATION

Bridgeport, Conn, Dee 22.-Afrs. Re gina Montagnino, expected to be the star witness for the state in the trial of her two brothers for the murder of her hrs- band, Ignatius Montagnino. was absent from court today and was reported at her Stamford home suffering from pros tration.
 Although witnesses in the third day of the trial of the brothers. Gustav and Frank Schlawsni. of Stamford. strength ened the ctrcuastantial web being spun by the state around the pair, motive was not indicated Sixteen year old Madeline Robustel- Il, occupant of fat above the hontaS- nino establishment at the time of the
 murder, told the court she was certain the cries she had heard were not those vf a babys-thAt she saw the victim staggering out of an alleyway between the houses, step three or four feet, and fall face downward. She did rot heal any shots, she said, but saw the Scla fanf brothers standing near by. two ol I thre feet apart Walter Lee Johhnson, q i mechanic, in teStifyinE of his race tC the scene followed revolver shots. told o the accused brothers standing near witl reyolvers tn their hands.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
ABOUT. MISSING BALANCE
 SHEET OF PosToFFICE DEPT

Washington, Dec. 22.-In connection with statements made in Chicago by Charles E. Dawes, former director of the budget bureau, that balance sheet worked out for the postoffice department had been "submerged." Postmaster Gen. eral Work today issued the following formal statement:
 -ln 1921 Mfr. Hays (former postmaster gs.eraD and General Dawes and some advisers they brought in, did, I believe, institute some inquiries among the rec. ords of the post offic edepartment looking toward stock accounting or balance sheet perhaps Nothing has come to me since thes indicating that anything has been accomplished I would welcome lcenstructive suggestions, of course, in connection with the post office service lpartieularly from such distinguished lsources as General Dawes and his. asso-
 ciates of that time.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
BUSINESS CONDITIONS
 IMPROVED IN NOVEMBER

Washington, Dec 22.-Business con- ditions during November showed f1rth CT increases in both production and dis tr1bution. according to a statement to- night by the department of commerce
 Mill consumption of cotton for Noyem- Der totalled 577, ,561 bales, the larxeH for any month sinve July, 1917. accord ing to department records Exports of cotton also increased to S5s,337 bales. or approximately eight per cent. of the en- tire crop.
 Increases were reported in the pro duetion of pig iron, steel ingots, zinc and coke and in leather. A slight decline i'm the fulfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation was attributed large ly to increased production and better transportation.
 Prices both wholesale and tetail, rose slightly in November, according to the departments review which mentioned as great movement the increase in the price of farm products together with the improvement in relative purchasing pow er
 There appeared to be little change in European business conditions. A steady appreciation of the exchange value of several of the countries, however, was regarded by the department as a favor able factor, Shipping conditions were reported fairly active th the maritime countries abroad.
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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
SENATE. DEBATES EXTENSION
 OF NAVAL DISARMAMENT

Washington, Dec. 22-Extension of naval disarfnament among world peyy. CTS was discussed in the senate for sey- eral hours today but without action ard an adjournment was taken over Christ mas.
 A brief session w:N be held tomorrow under a 'gentlemen's agreement reached yesterday to meet and adjourn until Wednesday,
 The calling of an international con- ference to curtail construction Of naval vessels Of less than 10000 tons and aircraft not covered by the Washing rton armament conference agreement was urged by Senator Borah. repubii- can, Idaho. He deferred {. discussion however, of his amendment to the na val appropriation bill requesting the president to call an international con | ference to deal with economic problems and with land and sea armaments. Senator Borah, declaring new na- val building race appeared imminent cited the heavy expenditures and taxes of this and other countries and deplored any increase through construction a, armaments.
 Senator Poindexter, republican, Wash. ington, in charge of the naval hill which was given temporary right ,s ] way over the administration shipping bill, declared the provision in the bill 1 as passed by the house, proposing : conference on limitation of small yes sels and aircraft was designed to cor rect the conditions emphasized by Sen aeor Borah- He agreed that competi ton was reported between naval DOW CTS in armaments not covered by tn, recent arms conference naval limitation treaty. Senators Poindexter, and Stan ley, democrat, Kentucky. declared sub stantial- tax reductions would not h thought about even by abolishfng r, navy. Senator Stanley said the in sistent demand for lower taxes mieh be met in part by abolishing .useIes ] government, commissions and board, Among these, he said, was the railwa, labor board, which he described as ", political eunuch," without power to en ior@s its decisions.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-23
NO CLUES TO BANDITS
 e AT LARGE IN COLORADO

Denver, Col, Dec. 22.-Authorities to- night apparently are facing the same blank wall which confronted them in their investigation Of Denver's Federal Reserve bank truck robbery before Thursday evenings wild chases over country roads in northern Colofado. sup- posedly on the heels of the four men blamed for the $200,Oo0 theft and the shooting to death of Charles T. Linton Federal Reserve bank guard, in a gun battle in front of the United States mint here Monday.
 Tonight two detective agencies herr claim to have definite clues to the ident,. ty and probable location of the bandits Roland K. Goddard. operative in charge of federal secret service agents for me Colorado district, is absent on a secret mission.
 Chief of Police H. R. Williams of Den l yer believes the status of the man-huna is substantially the same as it wae beso-s Sheriff Frank Hall of Greedy sought the aid of local police yesterday.