The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-09


 The treaties were the nine power treaty, under which the various pow CTS undertake to maintain the open door in China, the treaty raising by which Japan returns Shantung to China.
 Washington May, B. Building crease 32 percent in 1921 over the previous year, according to a report of the Department of Labor issued today Wholesale cost of building ma te1aGs. the report said, decreased 3s per cent in the same period and the average total cost of one family dwellings was s3,314 in 1920, com pared with $S.s25 in 1921.
 Washington May g. Foreign trade promotion plans of the com rnerce department for the coming fis- cal year call for a. marked expansion Of activities. according to an outline made public by Director Klein of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
 Wialiamstown Mass. May s.-The policy recently adopted at Williams participation in athetlics has caused nearly one half the undergraduated body to take up baseball in organized form,
 Washington May, 9.-ships and shoes and sealing waX--as well as n1ucilase, binding twine and mfsceI- ianeous Ia @ groceries--figure in the Dawes of the budget bureau expects 10 Dare from the gross expenditures or the government during 1922 as comnared with these of 1921. The de- tailed report sent by President Hard ing to congress today, comprises near ly one hundrer pages of closely printed items the scope of which would make a large department stores Offerings seem quite limited in comparison.
 Peking, May s-The Manchurian troops, of Gen. Chang Tso-Lin, who were defeated in battle by the army Of Gen. Wu Pei-Fu. are still falling back, according to last nights cables. The situation at Tien Tsin is reported quiet. The situation is gradually clearing up.
 Milan, May 9-Premier Lloyd George of England has agreed to mediate the territorial dispute be- tween Italy and Jugo-s1avia accord ing to advices from Genoa. The dis pute concerns Plume and adjacent territory on the Adriatic. The request to the British premier to compose the by Foreign Minister Schanzer last week: but it was understood that Lloyd George had refused to act.
 New York, May 9-Infuenced by strong cables from Liverpool heavy spot sales there, better textile labor outlook in this country and unfavor- able adviceS, the cotton market open ed firm yesterday at an advance of 13 to 40 points. The upturn was we'll maintained later in the face of heavy realizing through commission houses and selling by spot concerns. Japanese interests were buyers of most posi- tfonS. New Orleans also bought while there was good deal of new outside demand in evidence.
 Waukegau. III, May S-The trial of Governor Len Small. charged with conspiracy to embe7zle state funds was halted yesterday by illness of Judge Claire c. Edwards of the Lake County court. Judge Edwards is Suf- fering from what is feared to be blood poisoning in his left arm. The infec- ton was first noticed by the Judge Sunday. Attending physicians order ed the Judge to refrain from using his arm in any manner. Court was continued until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.
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 New York. May 9-An attempt to burn down a three story frame tene- ment housing six families, including IT children, landed man describing himself as George Joccers, aged 29 of 516 Elton street, Brooklyn. in the Ralph avenue police station on a charge of attempted arson yesterday ment of the tenement. at No. 314 MacDDugal street. lockers was over hauled by an automobile police patrol. headed by Sergeant John Howar. a block away. Cobwebs found on his