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letter and telegram in the last two days, since it became known that he is the “English cicerone” of Prohibition Enforcement investigators who obtained evidence leading to the closing of fifty-eight of the best known night clubs in New York because of violations of the Volstead Law. Mr. Lee protested strongly to the police when the first of the threats arrived. He says that he was just as much a dupe as the proprietors of night clubs, and did not know that the men he took to the clubs, were Dry officers in disguise. SOFIA RAILWAY STATION WRECKED BY EXPLOSION
Dry officers in disguise. SOFIA RAILWAY STATION WRECKED BY EXPLOSION SOFIA, Friday.—The Central railway station here was damaged and several employees were injured yesterday when illuminating gas exploded. A main conducting gas from the storage tank to the station workshop broke, filling the workrooms with gas. The explosion occurred when a switchman entered with a lighted lamp in his hand. FOOD SHORTAGE IN RUSSIA MOSCOW, Friday.—The shortage of foodstuffs and other commodities of prime necessity is increasing, and the prices of bread, flour, petrol, shoes, and clothing have risen suddenly. HINDU LEADER SHOT. The world is now familiar with laconic
HINDU LEADER SHOT. The world is now familiar with laconic messages from Nicaragua—“The United States Marines have landed and have the situation well in hand”. The message has been sent out once more. Admiral Julian Lane Latimer (inset) in command of American naval forces in Nicaraguan waters, yesterday landed a detachment of Marines in the District of Rio Grande to protect foreign lives and interests and to give aid to President Diaz, hard pressed by the revolutionary Army. The photograph above shows a company of Marines on board one of Admiral Latimer’s cruisers. Twenty Killed in Wreck of Florida Bound
Admiral Latimer’s cruisers. Twenty Killed in Wreck of Florida Bound Trains Royal Palm Spécial from Chicago and Ponce De Leon from New York in Collision on Siding at Rockmart, Georgia —Broken Switch and Rain Responsible (Paris Times Radio) NEW YORK, Thursday.—Twenty persons were killed and twenty were seriously injured last night when two special trains, Florida-bound, the Royal Palm from Chicago and the Ponce de Leon from New York came into collision at Rockmart, Georgia, a way station near the Florida State line. A switch which failed to work and driving rain are believed responsible. Identification of the dead was
driving rain are believed responsible. Identification of the dead was not completed this morning. A wrecking crew could not get to Rockmart until four hours after the collision and the wrecked cars were in such confusion that residents could do little except to care for the injured. All were removed to city hospitals during the night. Four persons among the twenty injured are not expected to live. The accident occurred at about the time as the Royal Palm Spécial, carrying tourists to Florida from Chicago and the Middle-Western States, was standing on a siding at Rockmart, waiting for the Ponce
standing on a siding at Rockmart, waiting for the Ponce de Leon Spécial from New York to pass. Trainmen from the Royal Palm Spécial declared that switch lights were in order, but in some way not explained, the switch was not closed in accordance with the indication of the lights. The Ponce de Leon train ran on the switch and crashed into the front cars of the Royal Palm train before the New York engineer, probably blinded by rain, could see that he was off the main line. One dining car was telescoped. The engineer and fireman of the New
car was telescoped. The engineer and fireman of the New York train were killed. Cars of both trains were derailed and fell on their sides, but most of the casualties were in the Royal Palm Spécial. The Rockmart station was used as a temporary hospital, with Pullman porters acting as assistants to two doctors, one from Rockmart and one from among the passengers, who treated the injured until help came from Savannah and Jacksonville. Trainmen worked for most of the night with blowtorches, cutting through the crumpled steel frames of the dining car to extract the dead and injured. Most
the dining car to extract the dead and injured. Most of the passengers in the two trains were wealthy winter visitors to Florida, on their way to spend Christmas at Miami and Palm Beach. TEWFIK BEY EXPECTS TREATY RATIFICATION ANGORA, Friday.—Prompt ratification of the Lausanne Treaty by the United States is expected by Tewfik Ruslidy Bey, Minister of Foreign Affairs. He says that the treaty is in accord with the new Turkish policy of establishing and renewing the relations of the country with the outside world, and that on the part of America it represents a continuation of the friendly
part of America it represents a continuation of the friendly feeling towards Turkey, even immediately after the war. The treaty is now before the Turkish Chamber. DEBT FLAG WINS SUPPORT FORGED NOTES IN AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE, Friday. — Detectives who raided suspected premises at Caulfield discovered a complete note-forging plant and seized about one thousand spurious £5 notes. The police theory is that the forgers intended to circulate the notes during the Christmas races at Caulfield and elsewhere. Columbia Professor’s Statement Discussed in United States. WASHINGTON, Friday.—Dr. James R. Angel, President of Yale University, announces that he is in complete agreement
of Yale University, announces that he is in complete agreement with the Columbia University professors who issued a plan for a conference on the war debts. Support has come from other sources, and the statement is widely discussed, "but it is not believed that Congress will take any action." PANIC PREVAILS IN DELHI FOLLOWING MURDER OF SURADANAND. DELHI, Friday.—Panic prevails here following the shooting yesterday of the Hindu leader, Swami Shradanand, by a man named Abdul Rashid. An attendant of the leader was seriously wounded. The police authorities are taking precautions to prevent further disturbances. DENMARK AND GOLD STANDARD COPENHAGEN,
precautions to prevent further disturbances. DENMARK AND GOLD STANDARD COPENHAGEN, Friday. — The two Chambers of the Riksdag have adopted the Bill permitting the convertibility of Danish notes into gold as from January 1st. Charges have been made in Washington, that members of the American delegation to the treaty conferences were at one time connected with oil interests seeking to revalidate the Chester concessions in Asia Minor. MOSCOW MAKES DISCOVERY Soviet Officials Are Not Above Speculating “on Their Own.” RIGA, Friday.—It is reported from Moscow that, having considered the results of an inspection of Government industries, the Soviet Government has
of an inspection of Government industries, the Soviet Government has decided to liquidate in Moscow 356 representations of Government factories and plants. The inspection has shown that the representatives of Socialist industries were mainly engaged in speculation and in supplying private merchants. No fewer than 30,024,000 roubles have been used by representatives for their needs during the present year. SEE PAGE 6 FOR... Italian Bandit Arrested ALBANIA TERRIFIED BY NEW VOLCANO TIRANA, Albania, Friday.—Following an earthquake of unusual force, which occurred here two days ago, a peak in the mountains of Sciacca, in West Central Albania, has burst in volcanic
of Sciacca, in West Central Albania, has burst in volcanic eruption. The inhabitants of the neighboring villages are terrified and are leaving their homesteads in great numbers. For nearly forty-eight hours the crater of the new volcano has spouted fire and lava; a small lake in the vicinity has been heated to boiling point." The earthquake is considered to have been the direct cause of the eruption. At Durazzo, it destroyed many houses. EXPLOSION A MYSTERY New York Police Investigates Italian Black Hand Letters. NEW YORK," Friday. — Despite police investigation, no explanation has been discovered of an explosion which
investigation, no explanation has been discovered of an explosion which yesterday wrecked a block of business buildings at Far Rockaway, killing two and injuring six. An Italian living in the block had received Black Hand letters recently, but there is no direct evidence that the explosion was caused by the senders of the letters. WOMAN DIES ON ELLIS ISLAND NEW YORK, Friday.—The death occurred yesterday at Ellis Island of Martha Marshall, aged sixty, a British subject who arrived here on Monday. Death was caused, it is believed by a fall down a stairway. A report that the woman committed suicide,
down a stairway. A report that the woman committed suicide, in despondency, owing to the impossibility of being able to join her relations for Christmas, has been contradicted by official sources. PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY FOR GERMANS SEEN Rhineland Commander to Advise Pardon for Three Convicted by Army Court at Landau. MAY BE AT CHRISTMAS Protest by Ambassador as Outcry in German Nationalist Circles Continues. The French Government is expected on all sides to decide upon a pardon for the three Germans sentenced by a court-martial at Landau, in the Rhineland, after a trial and conviction which has caused an outburst of
a trial and conviction which has caused an outburst of nationalist feeling in Germany. The belief that clemency will be extended not later than Christmas Day became stronger when it was learned today that the Cabinet discussed the Landau affair at its meeting this morning. Clemency Considered. M. Painlevé, the Minister of War, informed his colleagues this morning that General Guillaumat, the Commander-in-Chief of the Occupation Forces in the Rhineland, is considering the matter of clemency for the three Germans. General Guillaumat is the superior officer to whom the verdict of the military court has gone for approval. He has
of the military court has gone for approval. He has decided, it is announced, to recommend that their sentences be commuted. This recommendation will be transmitted without delay to M. Doumergue, the President of the Republic, who has power to take appropriate action immediately thereafter. Meanwhile, there continues to be an outcry in Germany and criticism in other countries, as well as by a large portion of the Radical and Socialist press of Paris. The Germans take special exception to the fact that, when their countrymen were found guilty, Lieutenant Rouzier, whom they were accused of attacking at Germersheim, in
Rouzier, whom they were accused of attacking at Germersheim, in the Palatinate, was acquitted. This was despite the fact, as the Germans complain, that the Lieutenant had shot and killed one of their number and despite the further fact that both counsel for the French officer and for the German defendants asked an all-round acquittal. Protest Delivered. Herr von Hoesch, the German Ambassador in Paris, called at the Quai d'Orsay yesterday to present to M. Briand an unofficial protest against the verdict at Landau. At the same time, a delegation from the French Republican-Socialist and Radical Parties expressed to the
from the French Republican-Socialist and Radical Parties expressed to the Minister of War their apprehension lest the outcome of the affair might be prejudicial to good international relations. Another German protest has been handed to the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission in Coblentz. General Guillaumat himself, who is now in Paris, had conferences yesterday and today with the Ministers of War and Foreign Affairs. It is suggested that a precedent for clemency can be found in the case of the German General von Nathusius, who was pardoned after conviction by a French court-martial. German Nationalist circles have reached the point of
French court-martial. German Nationalist circles have reached the point of excitement over the Landau verdict where they insist that only evacuation of the Rhineland entire will now appease public opinion in the Reich. The German League of Republic Judges has made public a memorial of protest. In the same connection, Herr Stresemann, as the German Foreign Minister, has informed the French Ambassador in Berlin that there may be an unfavorable effect upon the Locarno Treaty programme if the verdict be allowed to stand. German patriotic societies will hold a protest demonstration next Wednesday in Berlin at which hundreds of thousands
demonstration next Wednesday in Berlin at which hundreds of thousands of their members are expected to be present. BRITISH INVADE SWITZERLAND GENEVA, Friday.—It is estimated that by tomorrow there will be 20,000 British visitors at various winter sports centers in Switzerland. Special trains are arriving daily from Calais and Boulogne, and the mountain railways serving various resorts have put on extra trains to cope with the crowds. JUDGES FORBIDDEN TO USE JUDGMENT NEW YORK, Friday.—Judges are allowed no discretion in the matter of sending men to prison for life on their first conviction of a felony in New York State.
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of any English-language newspaper. Rates will be quoted by the Advertising Manager, 33 Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, Paris. Tours, whom pessimists predicted would be kept away, needs more men. The Prefect's report goes to substantiate the old claim that Paris is the capital de luxe of the world. The attractions of France are sufficient in themselves, and the économie benefits of a devalued currency could only have had a secondary influence on the annual movement. The tourist industry is a bona fide business, with as sound a basis as the manufacture of silk or automobiles —sounder, if we are to study the
silk or automobiles —sounder, if we are to study the Prefect’s figures. Expected to be hit the hardest, the industries de luxe are standing up quite well. The charm of Paris, the sunshine of the Riviera, the mountain grandeur of Savoy, the brightness of Atlantic and Channel beaches, the bracing air of the Pyrenees, together with the concentration of Latin genius in French art, music—and cuisine—are independent of anything that may happen in the exchange market. The tourists will continue to come, undaunted by quotations from the Bourse. THE WORLD'S PRESS PEGGING THE FRANC Confirmation is now given to the
PRESS PEGGING THE FRANC Confirmation is now given to the authoritative forecasts made recently that the French Government would proceed to "peg" the franc before the year was out. What the Paris Bourse is now witnessing is not quite a repetition of the process by which the franc and other Allied currencies were held to a fixed level during the World War. But the effect is essentially similar. An announcement by the Bank of France that it is prepared to buy or sell francs at the exchange rates of 122.25 to the pound and 25.19 to the dollar has halted
to the pound and 25.19 to the dollar has halted fluctuations by the unit, even within the narrow limits of recent days. This proceeding, or something like it, had been expected by economists in general. The best banking opinion has been that it would be unwise to force further revalorization of the franc, at least for the present. At the level now attained, there is no dangerous discrepancy between the relative value of the franc and the index numbers of prices, the calculation in each instance being made on the basis of 1914. To drive the franc up further without
basis of 1914. To drive the franc up further without interruption would bring strong protests from the trade and industrial leaders who complain already of the uncertainty resulting from what has been accomplished. The theory is that there will now be a sort of period of readjustment, of organising the ground recovered in the "Battle of the Franc", another counter-offensive to follow or not, as circumstances may decide later. In the programme he has followed to date, the Premier and Minister of Finance has been essentially methodical. So the world is ready to believe that he knows what he is
is ready to believe that he knows what he is about in taking this decision to check speculative operations and avert possible danger to the balance of the Budget which he succeeded in having voted with unprecedented expedition. It is significant that the first move of the kind by a French Government in many months is attended by steadiness of the franc in New York and London such as it had not known in years before now. Whatever the varying views held as to the permanency of the improvement in the French unit of currency, it is agreed on all
the French unit of currency, it is agreed on all sides that there is good augury for the future in the genuine progress made towards financial restoration. Some features of this progress have secured world attention, while others are less widely remarked. Thus, since the establishment of the present Cabinet of National Union, the franc had doubled in value in the exchange markets. Moreover, for the last week or two, what dealers call the "spot" quotation - for immediate delivery - of francs has approximated closely the "forward" figure, indicating expert belief in the unlikelihood of an important change. A
expert belief in the unlikelihood of an important change. A few weeks ago there was a wide discrepancy between the two rates. An outstanding achievement is the firm balance and rapid voting of the Budget, two things attained at the same time with successful handling of large amounts of short-term indebtedness. Again, the stronger position of the Bank of France is attested by the reduction in its charges for discounts and loans, a reduction warranted by the change in some of its figures since the last change was made in its rates. That was at the beginning of August. Since
its rates. That was at the beginning of August. Since that time, as the latest statement of the Bank shows, its total advances to the State have diminished by 1,400,000,000 fr., while the note circulation has dropped more than 5,000,000,000 fr. Much remains to be done before French financial troubles can be considered over, as no one realizes better than M. Poincaré himself. There are still problems that have to do with fiscal and currency reforms, with legal stabilisation and the external debts. But the record already shows that a long distance has been traveled on the right road. UNDAUNTED
long distance has been traveled on the right road. UNDAUNTED THEY COME American Comment. "We sometimes wish that Mexico and the United States could confine their diplomatic exchanges to Christmas cards." - Brooklyn Eagle. "If the present effort of the Government to enforce the Volstead Act costs twelve cents a head, what would be the cost of a kind of enforcement that made Prohibition prohibited?" - Boston Transcript. "There are seventy-five Americans with incomes of $1,000,000 or more per annum. These are the fellows to whom the announcement of an immediate cut in income taxes will bring tremendous relief." -
immediate cut in income taxes will bring tremendous relief." - Cleveland Plain Dealer. English Comment. Liberal papers follow the lead of the Daily Chronicle in making the Landau verdict the occasion for demanding the immediate evacuation of the Rhineland. The Radical Star finds that the German Nationalists are exaggerating the importance of the matter, but it looks for continued incidents so long as French troops remain in Germany. Similarly, the Daily News, hopes that the German protests will not go unheeded in Paris. "Unless France is very circumspect, Landau may lay the foundations for another war." The Imperialist Daily Express
lay the foundations for another war." The Imperialist Daily Express sees the Landau verdict as an argument for splendid isolation, an illustration of the dangerous commitments which Great Britain has made in signing the Locarno Treaties. The Conservative Daily Telegraph finds that the French court-martial at Landau has acted exactly as a German court-martial would have done, but it points out that the incidents show the necessity of a speedy settlement of the questions pending between Germany and the Allies, in order that the policy of Locarno may be carried out. French Comment. Paris editors continue to discuss the Landau
out. French Comment. Paris editors continue to discuss the Landau verdict. The Œuvre (Left) which considers the verdict inspired by General Guillaumat, recalls that in the time of Clemenceau those who had policies of their own contradictory to the general policies of the Government were relieved of their duties. The only things left now are "to use clemency, keep cool, and abolish courts-martial." The Petit Parisien (Independent) also suggests clemency, in case the appeal of the Germans is refused, "to put an end to a regrettable discussion." The Volonté (Left) hopes that "the work of Locarno will not be injured
hopes that "the work of Locarno will not be injured by the military elements who have a too-evident personal interest in fighting the evacuation of a country in which they are so comfortable." The Matin finds that the reputation of the French Army of Occupation is high enough not to be injured by "the affair of Germersheim, regrettable as it may be." On the other hand, "Pertinax" in the Nationalist Echo de Paris declares that Germany was already prepared to discredit the Army of Occupation whatever the result of the Landau trial. If Lieutenant Rouzier had been convicted, the cry