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Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
DEPRECATEs THE SYSTEM OF
 GOVERNMENT, ACCOUNTING

Chicago, Dec. 21.-By the A. P)- Bureaucrats are attempting to throttle "a great reform" in the "submerging' Of the balance sheet worked out for the post office department by F. c. Furlow, Of New York, president of the Otis Ele- vato- company, a year ago, in the opifl- ion of General Charles c. Dawes, for mer director of the budget. The gen. eral expressed his opinion today of the 'disgracefut and archaic system of gov ernment accounting" in commenting on the fact that he had heard nothing of the post office balance sheet, which he said had been approved by Will HayA former postmaster1general, since lAsI June.
 Comptroller General McCarf and Postmaster General Work we're ab- solved from blame by General Dawes who declared subordinates were respoa- sible for -ehucszing into the waste pa. per basket the work of Mir. Furlow and his assistants. After over six months of labor on the part of F. F. F'urlow, president of the Otis Elevator connzany an employe of the government under the budget system at one dollar per year, and J. J. Knapp, vice president in charge of accounting, and four assist ants" General Dawes said, there was
 
 tory Of this country, not only a bal ance sheet of the postoffice department in terms understandable by the average man, but report iii the accepted bus ] mess form of the current operations ot the department for the first quarter oi this year.
 "Just before I left Washington, ] found that, without the knowledge ot the comptroller general this whole matter had been chucked into the waste paper basket, so to speak, by a lot oi | subordinates who were opposed to tht change and who had kept it from thu | attention of the comptroller genera himself. The comptroller general saiC 1 that he was in full sympathy with tht ] work and that it would be resurrected I This is the last I heard of it..
 ! Unless the fight for correct book keeping in the post office department f l won, with it goes for an indefinite tim' the chance of securing the proper sys l tenn in the government as a whole"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22

ming h.ga between -Ee Turks and tn1 Greeks was found ia A commgni9ae Wakch the Turkizh delegation issued later, de- cia-lng that recent adyices from AnCora proEe that the Greeks are colhSczting al the farms belonging to &osleHs in crete and that the AOslens in Inc hillG. fear ing massacre, have fed to the cities and are dying of hunger.
 Another complication in near eaStern conditions was disclosed in q telegram. dated December IS, which reached here tonight from Beirut Foreign re4ief workers report that between Decembs< nine and sixteen. 5.00e Armenian refugees fleeing from Turkey, had arrived st Alep- DO, and 5000 more were reporte4 cros@-g the border into Syria the day the des- patch was forwarded =
 "An are in an appalling state of osGtt- tuition, and nearly all of them were rob bed" says the telegram The French are furnishing housing and food and the American near east relief Is Eratning every resource" Lord CurI0n, N. Bsrrere and the Maj quis Di Garroni held an important c0H- ference tonight in an enoeaToT te straight out the remaining difAcultips over the straits control
 One of the gravest itemS on the aeen- da yet unsolyed is the queStion of forefgn consular courts in Turkey. which ths Turks declare muEt be aboiished. but th1 European nations, as well as the Arners- cans, want these courts maintained
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
NOrinatiOlOfPierCe
 Butler Confirmed
Matter Was Discussed in the Senate More Than Three
 Hours-Vote Was 61 to 8.

Washington, Dec: 21.-The nomination of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney to be an associate justice of the United States supreme court finally was confirmed late today by the senate. The vote was said to be 61 to 8.
 Opposition to MT. Butler. was evenly divided, four republicans, Senator I,aFol- lette of Wisconsin; Norris, of Nebraska Brookhart, of Iowa and Norbeck, ol South Dakota, being joined by four dem- ocrats; Senators George of Georgia Thammell, Florida; Sheppard, Texas and HeIf1in, of Alabama, in voting against confirmation.
 The senate voted to remove the ban of secrecy from the roll calls and il was announced that motion to recon init the nomination to the judiciary com mittee, was defeated, 63 to ', with vir- tuaIly the same line up that gave the nominee confirmation.
 Justice Butler, a democrat, who Wa: named for the vacancy caused by tht resignation of former Justice Day, vii not take his seat until January 2, tht supreme court now being in recess. 4 prior nomination during the recent spe cial session was blocked by the opposi l tion.
 1 More than thre hours of discussion preceded the senate's vote.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22

Lausanne, Dec. 2I.-(By tse A P.)- A stirring aitercatiol took place Al a meeting of the sub-commission on minor ities today between the former Greek premier, Venizeios, and fhe Turkish dele gate, Riza Nur Bey. The dispute between the two arose over the question Of r=- sponsibility for Greek deportations In Asia Minor, and was so violent that 1t became necessary to adjourn the session
 According to spokesinen of the Turkish delegation, Riza Nur Bey declared that the Greek army was not so much re- Sponsible for the recent military disaster as was Venizelos himself, because it was Venizelos who had inaugurated the idea of "a military invasion of Anatolia," !" Riga affirmed that in his opinion the Greek ministers who were recently exc cuted in Athens wers fin all probability entirely innocent of receiving the Greek people, because the real father of the Asia Minor campaign was Nenizelos. The Italian chairman of the sub-com- mission, Signor Montagna, had previous ly warned both the Turkish and Greek delegates that references to massacres and cruelties must henceforth be avoid cd. The Turks allege, however. that Ven-
 izelos today refused to obey this injunc' tion and that he delivered a bitter in' dictment against the Turkish army when Riza Nur Bey- eventually got thu fooY he defended Turkey, and made { personal attack on the former Greei premier.
 Another indication that feeling is run
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
DEFENSE. TO. OPEN TO-DAY
 IN HEREIN MURDER TRIALS

Marion, Ills, DeS 2I-(By The A. P.) After eight days spent in the intro duction of evidence, the prosecution rest ed today at the trial of five men. charg- ed with murder in connection with the staying of twenty non-union miners dur ing the Herrin riots last June. The de- fense will open tomorrow morning.
 In the testimony of it's last few wit nesses, the state completed, it's relation of the events from the time three mine guards were shot while driving in a truck from Carbondale to the Lester min on the morning of June q, to the attack on the mine that afternoon when three union miners were. killed, the surrender under white flag the next morning of 48 non-union men in the pit and the staying of twenty-one prisoners.
 All five defendants have been pointed out in court as having been seen with guns during the riots and several of them have been named as having shot down some of the victims.
 The cross-examining by the defense have been brief and apparently design ed to bear out it's contention that the non-union men in the mine and their employers had melted the riots for the ps-pose of having state troops called out to protect the pits.
 A. W. Kerr, chief counsel for the de fense, said he expected to prove that the guards or .gunmen" were the aggressors in the riots and brought on by attack that, was made upon them by their acts of prov6cation and challenge.
 1 He further said that the defense would put on the stand hundreds of witnesse. who would testify that the defendant now on trial had no possible connection with the killings charged.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
HAD 4 CHRISTMAS TREE
 BUT NOT THEIR PARENTS

Lynn, Mass, Dec. 21.-Little John and Axari sookiasian, six and seven years old, got, up this morning without being called and found their father and mother motionless and quiet on, the floor of their bedroom. But Christ mas tree had been set up in another part of the house and it was all deco- rated with shiny tinsel and ornaments so they didn't wait to waken Pop and Mon." They went to see the Christmas tree and when they felt hungry they got breakfast for themselves and then took their sleds and went out to play k the snow.
 Tonight when darkness fell they came shome. Their father and mother were still asleep. The children became frightened and went out and told the neighbors that Pop and Nom" were asleep and dead.
 Police found the mother dead from three bullet wounds in her body while the father lay lHeless from bullet wound in his head. They expressed be- lief that Sookiasian had shot his wife to death and then turned his revolver on himself.
 According to neighbors there had been difficulties in the family some time ago but the couple had appeared hap py and contented recently.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
France not Disposed
 tOWdtUpOnAneriCa
Premier Poincare Declares In- ter-Allied Debts Will be Dis. cussed by Premiers Jan. 2.

Paris, Dec. 21.-(By The A. P.)- France is no longer forced to wait upon America for a solution of the inter-aliied European debts, which are closely bound up with the question of reparations" Premier Poincare told the senate today in a re-statement of the country's po- sition
 The inter-allied debts, he said, would be discussed at the resumption of the
 premiers conference here on January 2. France had found a freer field in this
 respect than before, as she no longer met with a fiat refusal from her allies to discuss the question. It was for this | reason that she was no longer forced l to await action by the United States for a solution.
 The premier began his declarations after a question by Senator Japy, who
 said occupation of the Ruhr district of Germany as a guarantee for payment of | separations would be useless, as 1t would
 be sufficient merely to prevent anything
 leaving the Ruhr without the permission
 of the allies.
 M. Poincare asserted that Germany
 had persevered in her faults and had obstinately continued to abuse her op- portunities and great industrial mag
 mates had become wealthy at the expense
 of the nation.
 Germany mad systematically ruined
 herself to escape the payment of repara. tions. She had failed to fulfill her en. agreements, and the schedule of pay merlts agreed upon in May, 1921,, haC become a dead letter.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL
 CONFERENCE IS PROPOSED
by Senator BOrah in Amendment to the
 $S36OOO0 GOO Naval Appropriations Bill Would Have
 President Harding Invite Foreign Powers to Discuss Eco homie, Financial and Business Problems Including Ger man Preparations Surprise Was Caused by Bo- rahs Amendment.
rah'SAmenGnent.

washington, Dee sl.-Extensive dis cussion of international alfairs Is expect ed to develop in the, senate as result of proposal today by Senator Borah, re- publican, Idaho, for an internationaA oori- ferenee to consider economic, financial and business problems, including German feparatlons, as we'll as reduction of land sea and aerial armaments,
 Senator Borah offered his plan as an amendment to the .S33o, ,ee0, 900 naval SV- propriations bin, which was reported to lhe senate today for preliminary consid- cration tomorrow. He proposed that the president be asked to call an internaticn- d economic and disarmament conference instead of a conference merely to deal with limitations of naval vessels under 10000 tons and military and naval air sraft, as provided in the bill as passed by the house.
 In offering his amendment as a substi- ute for the house provision. Senator Bo- rah declared world economic conditions required im6nediate action and he propos- sd that President Harding be authorized md reduested'' to invite such govern menss to send representatives to the con feEenca as he should deem necessary snd expedient" with the object of arriving at understandings or arrangements looking to the restoration ''of trade and establishment of sound financial and bus Iness conditions"
 Wrsh reference to arnaments, the Borah amendment includes the house biI1's provisions as to naval vessels uncer .Io,- 900 tons and aircraft with Ss provision for consideration of land and sea arma- ments. 1
 Senate leaders do not Sexpect the Bo- rah proposal nor the house provision, to he reached during torfrrows considera- ton of the bill. These, and an amend unent by Senator King, democrat. Utah. calling for land and sea disarmament sonferencc.r which IS pending, are expect sd togo over until after the Christmas holidays. --- - s
 Senator Borah's amenanent caused general surprise, especially in view of his strong position in the past in reference To American participation In European .sroblems. He was one of the strongOus opponents of the league of nations and ireaty of Versailles but in his statement ,edag he made It clear that, he. believed lct4on was needed to solve pressing econ- lrnio problems affecting American, trade, Herman rsparktions he said, were the key to the European situation,' and he thought hls prcpcsed confefenee hAighi break tho dead lock on that subject"
 we are trayeiing ina vicious circle" sanator Borah declared, Two enacted -ar emergency. and also a. permanent tariff biH. NeYertheless the cry of distres: from the producers of tho country ii even more pitions than at any time sincI tho war. The farmer can ind no mar ksts and il is impossible for him to req Ire the value of that which he produces
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
GERN1ANYsNOT FIGURING Fl
 ON AMERICAN INTERVENTION

Berlin, Dec. q (By the A. P.).-The new reparattons plans with which Cham celor 9uno and his immediate advisers are engaged will not be based, it is an- nounced, on any assumption of early active financial intervention by the United States.
 The chancellor, the minister of finance, Herr Hermes, and the minister of eco monies, Herr Becker, have been holding a, series Of conferences with industrial, financial and commercial leaders and the representatives of organized labor during tue past week, and while, the nature of theSe, discussions has not been disclosed it Is generally assumed that the govern nnent's revised program for presentation to the premiers at the Paris conference will boldly suggest tluA a permanent sss lution of the reparations problem should be arrived at and that fixed definite sum should be named as indicating Ger many'S final indebtedness.
 In their determination to achieve de6- mite and final adjustment of Germany s reparStionS debts, Chancellor Cunb and his ministers are encouraged by the atti- tude of the industrial and financial lead CTS, who In a measure have made this a condition of their collaboration, and by the sentiment in other quarters in favor of such procedure. They intend. if possi- ble, to get away from the "adjustment' and respite Stage.
 Until this is accomplished, no CO ordinated system of financial reform or internal remedial measures can be car ried out in the opinion of the minrs,erS }, We as a nation cannot see daylight ahead until some definite goal Is set for us. " said one Elember of the cabinet
 MeahWhifs the nations internal es6- homie sitnatton may be said to have be- come worse not only with regard to the governmsnt's inability to csmtaii expendi- lures, balance budgets and check the floating debt, but also with respect to aits currency imitation. The output for the first half of December exceeds 216.eoo,- o0o, 900 marks and as the closing weeks of the year invariably show the heaviest drains on the reichsbanl1, it is estimated that the total currency in circulation al IAO end of the year will be far in excess of' one thousand billion marks.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
BRITAIN BUoYED UP BY
 CHANCE~OF U. g. INTERVENTION

London, Dec. 21 (By the A. PN- Some form of intervention of mediation by the United States in the reparations problem, as, now reported in sauthorita- tive quarters, has revived strong inter est in London and has not failed to at tract the attention of the British public generally owing to the confirmed belief that only through satisfactory settle ment of this problem can England hope to surmouht it's unemployment difficult ties.
 Since the disappointment recently ex- 'perienced when hopes had been aroused of loan to Germany being promoted In America there has been less disposi- tion to indulge in sanguine speculations based on the present unofficial and in- formal pourparlers. For this reason al- so, 1t may be supposed, the British gov ernment is disincAned to make any open prcnouncement on the subject, at least until the new move has attained a more definite form, but it Is known that the British, like other European govern ments, would be only too ready to vel come the slightest sign of the American government or people taking an active interest in the prEbeem.
 Here, as always, it is recognized thai the real key to the problem lies in Paris. It is understood that the con versations between the French and British governments are continuing T an endeavor to find some ground oi agreement for the adjourned conference | of the preEniers to be held in Paris Jan l uary ?. Premier Poincare's speech in the French senate today. seems to show but little change in attitude on the part of the French government, but the gen eral belief in London is that, should the prospect again arise of inducing Amer. lea to interest herself in Eurcpe's prob. lems, the French chamber would per. hars be willing to yield somewhat in its heretofore intransigeant attitude or tr@arations.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
ARE HUNTING IN NORTHERN
 COLORADO FOR DENVER BANDITS

Denver, Colo, Dec 21-Police anc other peace officers of northern Cobra do tonight are engaged in an intensive man-hunt fo- four men in an automo- bile suspected Of being the bandits wh1 Monday morning shot and killed Charles T. Linton, federal reserve bank guard, during a gun fight in front ct the mint here in which they stole S20O, 900 in currency and escaped.
 The hunt started this afternoon wf1or enry Fuqua, a farmer living about 2t miles east of Greeley, Colo, and fifty miles north of here, reported to Sheriff Hall of Greeley, that he had encoun. tered four heavily armed men in ar abandoned house on his ranch proper ty.
 Sheriff Hall notified the Denver police
 department asking for assistance. Tn;
 sheriff, six deputies and a state rangel left for the farm house, while the Den
 yer police departments armored rioi car equipped with machine guns ant two automobile loads of officers and de tectives armed with saWed-off shot gum left for Greeley to join in the pursuit A third automobile carrying severn hundred rounds of ammunition late
 was .despatched from the Denver head quarters. . .f,-.
 Later in the afternoon Sheriff, Hal
 reported to Denfer by telephone that h
 had arrived at the ranch house but tha l the men had left. Mrs. Gus Downer | residing just outside of Greeley, re porte dthat about S.30 o'clock this ar I ternoon a man came to her house an l asked for a pan of water and som | cotton, explaining that he had a maj 1 in his car who had been hurt Mrs Downer said she gave the man a pal
 of water and a roll of gauge which h took back to the car. A few minute | later. she said, the car sped away to wards Fort Collins. She declared tn car had the curtains drawn and some one in the car threw the pan out as tn car went by the house.
 :, The cars of Denver police are mobil ized in Greeley awaiting further wor' from officers in thee vicinity as to tn 1 direction to which the chase has turn ed.
 Posses from all northern Colorad towns guard the roads leading north ward and westward. The automobiles loaded with Denve 1 detectives were dispatched from Gree ley early this evening for Roggen, Colo
 thirty miles southeast of that plac when information that a touring ca
 containing four men was racing south | ward on main highway.
 At least one Of the members of tn
 uandit gang, which robbed the feders I reserve bank truck, was shot during tn | gun battle here.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
BRITISH AVIATOR PLANS FLIGHT ABOUND THE WoRLD

Washington, Dec. 2l. Sir Keith Smith, British aviator, virtually com pleted plans here today for crossing the western hemisphere on his 25.o00 miles airplane flight around the world which he announced he would start in London next April.
 After a conference with government official on weather and aerial conditions in North America, Sir Keith said he would cross the Pacific from Siberia to Alaska and follow the Canadian Pacific railroad across Canada. darting into the United States from Toronto to New York and then returning to Halifax He expects to reach this continent in his world flight about next June and com plete his trip in London in July.
 Famed for his air trip to Australia from England in 1919, Sir Keith and his brother, Sir Ross Smith, had plan- ned to attempt the round the world adventure last year. IL was halted by the death of the brother in a test flight in London. Just prior to startingx
 Sir Keith, who is backed by several English sportsmen, has under construc' tion special land and water plane tc make the flight. It is of medium siz' with single engine and wing spread oi about l5 feet. HG will be accompanied by a pilot and Lsechanician- Food sup plies sufficient for fortnight will bs carried. consisting mostly of concentrat cd food in the form of chocolates and beef cubes Sir Keith will act as chiei pilot and navigator,
 The course as now planned will b' from London to Lyons, France, to Rome Athena, Cairo, Egypt; across Suez anC the Persian gulf to India; thence t China. and overseas to Toldo. 10 ST beria. to Alaska, then acros Canada With the exception of the dash ovef the Atlantic the flights are expecteS to range within 800 miles each.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-22
RAILROAD STATION IN CHICAGO
 |. I WAS DESTROYED BY FRI

Chicago, Dec 21.-Fire starting late this afternoon destroyed the Dearborn Street railroad station, formerly known as the Polk Street depot, and left eight railroads homeless in Chicago.
 The building erected in 1884, was val ued at $500, 900 but will cost more than $1,e0o,O 900 to replace it, it was said.
 Within little more than an hour after smoke was seen isuing, from the roof, the flames swept through the sS year old brick and wood structure. once the pride of railroad men, and left only smoke blacl1ened brick shell behind.
 Hundreds of passengers, and 200 men and women clerks fled to safety. Postal clerks with motor trucks rescued 15o tons of holoday mail. and railroad ern- ployes saved all passenger cars in the train sheds.
 The station was owned by the Chica. so and Western Indiana railroad, and was used by trains of that line, and the Sante Fe, Monon, Erie, c. and O.. Chi cago and Eastern Illinois, Wabash ana Canadian Grand Trunk
 Crossed wires are believed to have started the fire.