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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
AGED PRIEST IS AGAIN
GIVEN ACTIVE Duties
Father McVcrry, of Rich
mond Diocese, Chaplain of
Old Point College.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.1

iSPSNiat W nc Il DlSD1tch.I
WINCHESTER, VA, Jan. 2l.-The
Rey. John McVerry. only Catholic
priest now living in tho diocese Of
fichmond. who has celebrated his
golden jubilee. who retired from ac-
Two work here in the late summer
or 1920 at tho age OF 80 years. has
round retirement motto his liking by
any means. and now. after spending
more than year travelling and visit
lhB relatives In McKccsport and
Braddock. Pa. he is again really
happy--he has some work to do.
Father McVcrry has been appointed
chaplain at the Old Point College at
FORTRESS Monroe. Va. and he writes
10 friends here that he is delighted
with tho place. lie has comfortable
quarters and also many friends.
Despite his protests, the people OF
Winchester arranged an elaborate
celebration for Juno 80. 1920. n,,Ie;h
anniversary OF his ordination, and the
venerable priest was the center o.. n
large hssemblagc of Catholic clergy
ana laity from many sections OF Viz
Hinia and adjoining States.
bishop O'Cunncll came from Rich
m'nd ana paid tribute To the veteran
churchnan. Cardinal Gibbons sen,
MIS- congiaiulations. recalling in his
letter that Father McVerry was tn.
only one left OF the little band Of
priests who built UP the church in
virginia after the War Between the
S'ht"S. Carhollc and Protestant
speakers alike acclaimed him in
sio".ng terms at "A public gathering;
he was all but lost among the flowers
presented to him. and Il large purse
OF gold was given by numerous
friends ana admirers OF the grand
old man"
when all was over. Father Nc
VERY LETT town unobserved. his place
was taken by other priests. and IL
was assumed he had gone TO SPEND
the evening OF his liic with his only
hlhsmcn IN this country.
However. he soon grew rcstIve--
found thai doing nothing. even Mt
his advanced age. VAS about the
hardest job ne ever had tackled. and.
MS Intimate friends here say /; was
happy day fDr him when Bishup
pconneh called Him hack to viz
s'hia and into active work again.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
IRISH RACE HOLDS
CONVENTION IN PARIS
sons nnd Daughters az Erin Gather
Fran all inrts OF
lny Asaoclateh rrcssl

PARIS. Jam 2i.-Sons and daugh-
tcrs OF ireland, and their descendants
from all corners or the globe. began
arriving IN i'aris THIS morning to
take TART in tn: world conference OF
the lrish race, set to begin here to-
day.
Tie Organizers Of tho conference
Tor which arrangements have been
H. progress several months expect
r"icE"tcs. from nftccn countries and
from nearly every state in the
I'Tiirl states
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
Are (:ueala IIrrc.

are SuestH frrc.
Mr.. and Mrs Albert a. Schwartz, OF
the Stoncwall Apartments, have as
their guests Mrs. H. Kaufman and
Miss Kaufman, OF Fredericksburg
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
MIR. Henry E. Litchford
Says:

Il am deeply interested in the success
OF the appeal you are making in behalf of
Jewish War Sufferers.
This matter of people actually starry
ing-of little children crying for food
Is not question Of whether they be Jew
or Gentle, but that they are hungry and
must be fed.
ut is thing that comes very close to
me, and l hope that Richmond people
generally will help, and that the response
will be gratifying"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-22
Mr.. Hamilton G. Boykin
Saws:

me need for this fund on behalf of
the Jewish War Sufferers is. i'm NV on;n-
ion, very urgent.
take this opportunity of warmly en-
dorsing this movement and earnestly
hope that it will receive the generous
support OF the Richmond public
In their philanthropies your people
seldom, If ever, ask for aid from others
altho they literally contribute, in both
time and money, to all charitable enter
prises.
Il wish you great success"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
REFERENDUM RESULTS " v
 EORTHEAsTERN STATES

New York, Nov. 12-Defeat,. of the state prohibition enforcement act and of another measure providing for state reg glaton of motion pictures by the voters of Massachusetts. were two of the most important referendum questions decided in the northeastern states at Tuesdays elections Nas
 The same state alto ,adcpted an act providing that voluntary associations might sue. or be sued, which was op- posed by labor unions, and an act provid- ing that district attorneys must be mern- hers of the bar. which was passed by the 1egis,atuSe after the removal, and dis barment of District Attorney sPelletfer of Boston. tE 1as U
 PenhsylVania adopted, by q, large ma jority, an amendment to the etate consti- tuition giving municipalities tho right to amend their own charters, the measure being DopIlafly known as thes"home rule amendment" ' :.
 Voters of Maryland acted favorabIy on several amendments, including one mak- ihg women eligible to hold office by con- structing all words and phrases denoting masculine gender to include fsminiEe gen. der N 7
 With ss of New Jerseys 2.64S election districts. ptiil unbeard from, the voters of that state apparently passed favorably on proposal to issue $400e0,o00 worth of bonds for. highway improvement. The tabulated thus far shows 239, ,952 in favor and 234,16S opposed .Z
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
BRITISH ARE PRESERVING F ORDER IN CoNsTANrINoPLE,

2 Constantinople, Nov. 12.-(By The A. P.))-Co Constantinopie may be likened to a vast powder magazine, which theEBrit- ish are striving in the face of growing difficulties to keep from ignition. Gen eral Harrington is. urging his government to hasten the peace conference to avoid an open rupture, as he believes that if the Turks can be. held in leash until the Lausanne meeting begins, the danger of hostilities will be averted.
 The exhausting patience and modera- tion of General HaFington in view. of what is held to be the unreasoning and unconciliatory attitude of the Angora government has excited the admiration of Americans and other observers. In their earnest desire for peace the British are conceding every possible demand to the Turks. E
 The latest concession Is abolition of allied censorship of Turkish newspapers and withdrawal of supervision oyer the Constantine -Angora telegraph ; lines and other internal and civil adninistra- tive machinery. :s-S
 Rafet sPasha, thet national governor, now has an equal voice in regulating the city and has been invited to draw up police plans acceptable to Angora. The allies insist, upon. retaining control. of passports until after the peace confer -eneez The sultan remains in the Yil- dig palace, receiving visitors and dis charging his usual dut ies. He partici- pated in the usual Friday Selamlik and ackno#ledged with his wented courtesy the presence of forsign spectators. He was attiFed in4- h hiss customary.s military uniform as commander of the Turkish army, although the. Angora government Insists that he has been shorn of all but spiritual authority over the 1slamic peo- sples.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
ATLEAsT eco DEAD;
 THOUSANDS IN DISTRESS

Santiago, Chile, Nov. 12.-(By The A. P.l-With partial re-estab blishment of communica tions, Chile's:f earthquake catastrophe is revealed in even greater magnitude than first reports indicated. 1t Iskestimsted that at least 1000 are dead and many thousands arc in distress, need ing food and shelter. .7
 In addition to heavy casualties of dead and, injured at Coplapo and Coquirnbo, i vas reported today that 800 were kill d at Yallenar and the surrounding dis rict. Vallenar was virtually destroyed, ind the survivors are in cfitical3 cofiCi- don. t-seems certain that there have been casualties in other towns, and vil- llges around Copiapo, to the south, con csrning which no neEs-is yet availA- ble. q, ,<.g.-4-. ,~s, --.,, -.--2.- x
 Already Is4 bodies have, been rscover- cd at coduimbo. where it ib known there Are one hundred or more dead At Chan sral a qunber were killed by falling houses. N .-. --.S ..-4- as Tf 4 sIt, was .earthqnake and tiday wave combined that accounted for the vast destruction in the provinces of .'Antofkg- asta. Atscana and Coquimbo.. The move meht Of the ocean is described as pre- nonensl. It gave evidence of a terrific disturbance in the bed of the Pacific it. self. There must have been such a tear ihg at the bottom Iof the sea that inn tnehBe quantities. of water were sucked through, causing a trenendou reces- sion of the waters along, the Chilean Several times the ocean swept out
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Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13

V Conquimbo Chile, Nov. 12.-(By The A. P.)-The port of CoQuimbo was awakened at 11.55 Friday night by vio- lent earth shocks. and in few. minutes the populace was running about the streets In terror, only partially cloth ed and seeking the nearby hills. The panic was increased when the, electric lights went out in some parts of the town.
 Coincident with the shocks the sky vas illuminated by electric discharges and fire broke out After the fish shocks the sea receded for a considerable dis tance il Il then swept back in an immense wave, extending from Coquimbo to. La Serena, seven miles to the northeast, flooding the town and the ,wholo coast and doing much damage.
 The tidal wave added to the ter1ors- of the people many of whom cried out for aid. Agan the sea receded, for a dis tance of 300 yards beyond the low tide mark, then. it sewed to gather force and came back in an immense wave esti- mated as 50 meters in height, which comparatively destroyed the BaqQedano quarter. A number of big lighters. were picked up like chips and carried beyond the railway bridge which is five blocks from the low tide mark. 5.. t-N
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13

ward and came back in the shape of a great wave; flooding the sea ports and in some instances sweeping away the water front The violent effects of the tidal waves were felt from Antofostoa. on the north to. 1Yaldivia.. on the south, covering about sixteen degrees of latitude, or more than 1,200 miles. t.[
 All types. of craft lying in the vari- ous barbors were swept on shore, wreck ed, or left high and dry, and at scores of small ports wharyes and quays were destroyed. Chilean naval vessels in the
 harbor at Talchuano, about: 800 miles south of,Valparaiso when they felt the force of the waters, slipped their cables and proceeded on the open sea.
 President Alessandri has ordered the various government departments to take all measures possible for. the, relief Tof
 the sufferers in the stricken districts, those most sorely afflicted lying between Coquimbo and Copiape.A The navy de- psrtmeht has sent ships along the coast
 to aid in the work
 The report of the, Seismologfcal insti- ute says that the apparent focus of the earth. shock was 200 kilometers from
 Santiago. The intensity of the move
 ment was recorded between Numbers s and 3 of the official scale, which runs up to F. The total duration was hours and 40 minutef and the estimated ra- dius 1,2Go kilometers: in 8 transversal direction to the Andes.
 [. The Meteorological institutes says that the earth shock coincides with the passage E.of g sun spot over the central meridian of the sun. The earth shock commenesd at the termination af a day of abnormal heat The sun spot referred to made it's appearance on November 5 and was the largest observed this year.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13

Hartford, Conn, Nov. 15-Lieut John Blaney, army fiier, from Mitchell field, L. l., was instantly killed this afternoon at ing part in an airplane relay race in the Hartford aviation meet. His plane struck tree and crashed when about to land.
 Lieut.. John E. Blaney, killed today in an airplane accident at Hartford, Conn, served with the army of occupation in Germany and also in the Philippines He had been copmander of the Fifth obser- vation squadron at Mitchell field since last March. He leaves a widow, who lives in Long Beach, Calf.
 Lieutenant Blaney was completing the third lap of the race and flew close to the ground on approaching the finish mark where fourth fier was waiting to conclude the last lap.
 There is an uneven group of trees some hundred yards south of the field. The army pilot, flying about 140 miles an hour, miscalcuiated his distance, struck, a tree,. and crashed to the ground. His gasoline tank broke into flames and immediately the plane was a blazing mass. Death. had come instantly to the
 Officers from Mitchell field held an inn mediate investigation and decided that the accident was due to no fault of the plane or. conditions. but entirely to a miscalculation on the part of the avi- ator. Twenty thousand spectators at the aviation meet saw the crash
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
OF PRIORITY RULE ',zI7 IN THE SENATE sU6GEsTED


 Washng gton, Nov 12.-Abolition of the senate's. seniority rule by which the chairmanship of a committee goes to the member with the longest continuous ser vice thereon, is suggested by Senator Mccormick, Illinois chairman of the republican senatorial committee in a let ter to Senator Lodge, the republican leader, made public today.
 The letter, also urged that the steering committee of which Mir. Mccormick is a member, be made representative of all sections and thought on the republican side and disclosed: that Senator McCor- mick had discussed the question with sev- eral republican leaders and others.
 State that the seniority rule ''served very well in the old days" and had result ed generally in appointment of good chairmen. Senator Mccormick wrote Senator Lodge that some "Eere united for their posts. by reason of extreme old age, or of failing health, or because ot grave differences of opinion with the rna- jority of their republican associates. ".
 The seniority system also prevails lA the house.
 Notice already has come from senators of the "irregular', republican group that they intend to demand what they consid- CT adequate committee representation. Their fight is expected to center about two or three important chairmanships. Chairman of at least three important senate committee, finance, naval and post office, are to be chosen in the next congress. Senator Smooth, Utah, is in line for the finance committee chairman ship and Senator Sterling. South Dakota, for, post office. Senator Lodge. Is second man now on naval, but he desries to continue at the head of foreign relations. With Senatr Poindexter eliminated, Senator Hale; Maine, under tn eseniority rule. wopld be in line for the, naval chairmanship. rS On the important finance committee, besides the chairmanship there will be one democratic and three republican va- cai1cies in the new congress. It is pre- dicted by some that Senators Wadsworth and Edge, will succeed in the republican vacancies e. ---- .+-' | Another important committee In which there will be an unusual number Eof changes is interstate commerce which twill have to deal with efforts to abolish the railway labor board and to amend the transportation act and the, Adamson eight-hour Jaw. Six members must be replaced.
 On the foreign relations committee, three republican members McCumber New and Kellogg, and three democrats Pomerene, Hitchcock and Williams re- tire. The foreign relations post IS re- garded as particularly desirable and va cancies always are the subject of sharr competition .---. ---s-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
HALL-MILLs STORY
 TOLD BY MRS, JANE GIBSON

New Brunswick, N. J., Nov, 12.-(A the A. P.)-An affidavit refuting ene story of Mrs. Jane Gibson, farmer, of what she saw on the Phillips farm on ths night of September 14 last, when the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, were murdered, has been obtained from a neighbor of Mrs. Gib- sons and given to the authorities, copn- sel for the rector's widow announced to- night. .. -G
 Deputy Attorney General Mott, appoint. ed special prosecutor by Governor Ed wards to investigate the crime, was not in New Brunswick today, and no official announcement of the receipt of the af- fidavit which was obtained by Timothy Pfeiffer, Mrs. Halls attorney, has been made.
 The affidavit is signed by Mrs. Nellie Le Roussell, whose home is short dis tance from that of the self-slyled eye witness" It sets forth that on the night of September 14, during the time that Mrs Gibson has told the authorities that she was near the scene of the shooting, she was at the home of Mrs. Russell.
 MT Pfeiffer said the affidavit had been obtained after Mrs. Russell had written to Mrs. Hall telling her that Mrs. Gib- son was not on the farm when she had said she was, Mrs. Hall, he said, receiv= ed. the, following letter on November q: i Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall.
 Madam: In regard to September IA Mrs. Jane Gibson was not at the Phillfpa farm at 10 o'clock She came over at 10 or little before to tell me she had taken my dog from a man on Hamilton road. She sat on the steps of my shanty while and gave her q for keeping my dog. Then I went with her to her home and got the dog. We talked a while and then went hoL1e at II o'clock =
 In the affidavit, Mrs Russell state5 that her conversations with Gibson on the steps of her home was about a dog which Mrs Russell had lost. MrH. Gihs son icame to inform her that in the morning, she had met man on, Hamilton road who had a dog which she believed the dog away from the man, the affidavit said, and kept it at her house. She asked Mrs. Russell to take the dog, fearing. Ghs said, that the man might have her ar rested. -.,.
 This conversation, according to the af- fidavit, occupied quarter of an hour Then Mrs. Russell went to Mrs. Gibson.s home where she found her dog locked 10 chicken coop. The two women, Mrs. Russelrs affidavit said, talked for sev- eEal minutes in the yard. and she reached her home again 1t was II o'clock.
 Mir. Mott was m conference in New. ark with officials, 1t was learned, plane ng the case for the grand jury He fn- tended 1t had been reported. to ask 10 riis dictmnts against the woman and two men named in Mrs GibSon's statement .ss.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
OCTOBER POTATO CROP IN
 NEW ENGLAND .s,SOO,sOo BUSHELS

'
 Wakefield. Mass, Nov 12.-zThe total yield of the New England potato crop for the month of October i' was < 2S, 90O, GOO bushels as compared with 31, ,11s6, 900 the previous month, the report of1the New England department of agriculture esti- mates showed today For the same period last year the total was 4sb1s1, 900 bush els.
 The New England crop of apples for this year is again over the million busilel mark, Amounting to 1,1ss,000 as compar- ed with ], ,106.0o0 last year, according to estimates. in 1920 the estimate was r. z55,o00A bushels. While ? the. crop Hil- creased slightly in this state, last .Inppth, there were considerable losses in Maine. Ne@ Hampshire and Connecticut a slight loss in Vermont and no change lin Rhode Island. the report said. & : Favorable conditions of the final days of the growing season. helped 4toba& Geo. to make rapid gains. The crop, while lower than nornal. averaged better than e1- pfcted. .gy s3SS3s
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
DEM8NsTKATIoN-oF NEW sUPER-Ex-RAY. MACHINE

New York; Nov. .12.-The first public demonstration of Columbia university's new super X-rag machine with which it will be<pSssible to measure the ray used in the 'tfestment of cancer and other dis eases, was, given today by pr. Francis Carter Wood, director of the .UniEersi- tvs Institute of. Cancer Research as a psrt of National Cancer Week which be- gan today. .
 Guiana pigs s,ifrering from tunors were used as patients " They were heavily jacketed with. lead save the port to be x-fayed, 1
 The machine, said to be. the largest and most powerful in the world, has a voltage of 900 900 and is so powerful that pictures of the bones. of the hand may De taken. 300 feet away.
 The importance of this machine" said Dr. 'WE,ed,. lies in the fact that with it we will bet able to standardize X-ray treatment. This will be of great service to physicians the world over as at the present time there is no fixed standard and the. amo1nt of ray necessary to kill cancer cells is largely a matter of guess work. elF.
 What we are. trying to do during can eer week is to acquaint' people with the early symptoms of the disease so that we will get them in time to cure them,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-11-13
ATHENS WITHOUT NEWS FROM coNsTANTINoPLB

Athens, Nov. l2-(By- the A.. P3- Athens had been without. news from Cbnstantinople for five days until the ar. rival today of the steamer Regli~ caroii. which left the Turkish capital Thursday evening. The vessel had only a small passenger list owing to the severe re- tsrictiOns placed by the Turks on depart ing passengers
 The passengers reported the situation in ConstantinoRle as serious.
 The passengers said the Kemalists had been fnduiging in continuous "ceIebra- tion' since last Sunday. There were many attacks on foreigners, during which five, deaths were repUrteo.
 American naval units, according to the passengers, had been placed at strategic points along the &Bosphorous. for the protection of American citizens The coming of the Amerlcan cFniser Pitts hnrsh had done much to reassure Amer icAnz in, Constantinopie = s-f--,-