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Signor Mussolini attacked Freemasonry in strong terms, declaring it to be a menace to the country. "It is an enormity," he said, "to find that highly-placed State officials, teachers and others frequent the Lodges and take orders from them. This State of affairs must cease." He declared that he could find no reason to justify the existence of Masonry today and, moreover, it had attacked Fascism whenever possible. For this reason, more than any other, Fascism was said to be acting fully within its rights by counter-attacking its enemy. Signor Mussolini's Bill provides, under severe penalty, for the prohibition of State or communal employees being members of such a secret society and it enacts also that all clubs and societies shall register with the authorities their constitutions, rules, objects and membership rolls. If passed, the new measure will have a country-wide effect, particularly on the Civil Service and on the lower and intermediate strata of the judiciary. The result may be little short of revolutionary. AUSTRALIAN DRYS LOSE IN BALLOTING BRISBANE, Monday.—In the “local option” polling in Queensland on Saturday, no electorate carried Prohibition. A majority in favor of Prohibition was gained at Ipswich, Bremer, and Oxley, but not an effective one. Several of the Western districts favored granting additional licences. COST OF LIVING FALLS TWO POINTS IN ENGLAND (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—A fall of two points in the cost of living during April is recorded by the Ministry of Labor Gazette. On May 1, the average level of retail prices of all the commodities taken into account in the statistics compiled by the Ministry, including food, rent, clothing, fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, was approximately 73 per cent above that of July, 1914, as compared with 75 per cent a month earlier. For food alone, the corresponding percentages were 67 and 70 respectively. The fall in the percentages is mainly due to reductions in the prices of butter, milk, flour and bread. CARS RUSHED TO ENGLAND Orgy in Foreign Chassis Dumping to Avoid New Duties. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—Foreign motorcar manufacturers are speeding up deliveries to this
effective one. Several of the Western districts favored granting additional licences. COST OF LIVING FALLS TWO POINTS IN ENGLAND (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—A fall of two points in the cost of living during April is recorded by the Ministry of Labor Gazette. On May 1, the average level of retail prices of all the commodities taken into account in the statistics compiled by the Ministry, including food, rent, clothing, fuel, light, and miscellaneous items, was approximately 73 per cent above that of July, 1914, as compared with 75 per cent a month earlier. For food alone, the corresponding percentages were 67 and 70 respectively. The fall in the percentages is mainly due to reductions in the prices of butter, milk, flour and bread. CARS RUSHED TO ENGLAND Orgy in Foreign Chassis Dumping to Avoid New Duties. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—Foreign motorcar manufacturers are speeding up deliveries to this country to fill orders before the McKenna Duties are reimposed on July 1. As many as eight chassis have been brought to Folkestone Harbor by an ordinary passenger steamer, while a boat leaves Boulogne daily with sixty or seventy cheaper-priced vehicles. REDS FIGHT INSURRECTION OF 60,000 IN WHITE RUSSIA Interstate Commerce Acts in Rock Failure. (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Monday.—The Interstate Commerce Commission, it is announced today, has ordered an investigation into the financing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The road recently went into receivership. SMALLPOX CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN NEW YORK FORTY-THREE DEAD IN COAL EXPLOSION (Paris Times Spécial) BERLIN, Monday—The number of deaths in the explosion at Dorstfeld mine, near Dortmund, on Saturday afternoon was forty-three. Thirty-two were injured, four of them probably fatally. The reinforced concrete walls of a store were pulverized by the explosion. Cases spread at a rate of 1,200 meters a second and reached a run of rich coal nearly that distance away. Apparently the coal dust was ignited and caused the other explosions. Many of the bodies of the victims are burned beyond recognition. (Paris Times Radio) NEW YORK, Monday.—Health Commissioner Frank Monaghan announces this morning that he intends to spend
Commerce Acts in Rock Failure. (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Monday.—The Interstate Commerce Commission, it is announced today, has ordered an investigation into the financing of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The road recently went into receivership. SMALLPOX CAMPAIGN BEGUN IN NEW YORK FORTY-THREE DEAD IN COAL EXPLOSION (Paris Times Spécial) BERLIN, Monday—The number of deaths in the explosion at Dorstfeld mine, near Dortmund, on Saturday afternoon was forty-three. Thirty-two were injured, four of them probably fatally. The reinforced concrete walls of a store were pulverized by the explosion. Cases spread at a rate of 1,200 meters a second and reached a run of rich coal nearly that distance away. Apparently the coal dust was ignited and caused the other explosions. Many of the bodies of the victims are burned beyond recognition. (Paris Times Radio) NEW YORK, Monday.—Health Commissioner Frank Monaghan announces this morning that he intends to spend the $80,000 appropriated by the city for a war on smallpox within the next two weeks. There are only six cases here and there is no alarm or fear of an epidemic. However, the comparatively large number of cases in Philadelphia and Camden, N.J., has caused the Health Department to begin efforts to check the spread of the disease at once. A special section of Bellevue Hospital has been reserved for smallpox cases. (Paris Times Spécial) DANTZIG, Monday.—It is reported that a serious rising is in full swing in White Russia. An insurgent army 60,000 strong, under a General Bozovsky, is reported to be in possession of a large area in the Minsk region, and a Red army, under Budenny, is operating against it. BOYS WHIPPED BY TORTURERS; LEFT FOR DEAD TALKS DEBTS AGAIN Bible Class Picnickers Held Prisoners On Island in Florida by Drunken Fiends. (Paris Times Radio) PLANT CITY, Florida, Monday — The terrified shrieks of seven boys, marooned on a large island in Lake Thonassas here yesterday, led to their rescue and the unfolding of a tale of kidnapping and torture. Cottage goers going to the rescue of the boys in motor boats found five of them
begin efforts to check the spread of the disease at once. A special section of Bellevue Hospital has been reserved for smallpox cases. (Paris Times Spécial) DANTZIG, Monday.—It is reported that a serious rising is in full swing in White Russia. An insurgent army 60,000 strong, under a General Bozovsky, is reported to be in possession of a large area in the Minsk region, and a Red army, under Budenny, is operating against it. BOYS WHIPPED BY TORTURERS; LEFT FOR DEAD TALKS DEBTS AGAIN Bible Class Picnickers Held Prisoners On Island in Florida by Drunken Fiends. (Paris Times Radio) PLANT CITY, Florida, Monday — The terrified shrieks of seven boys, marooned on a large island in Lake Thonassas here yesterday, led to their rescue and the unfolding of a tale of kidnapping and torture. Cottage goers going to the rescue of the boys in motor boats found five of them unable to walk from weakness resulting from the ordeal to which they had been subjected. They are seriously ill in the City Hospital here. The oldest boy, a lad of fifteen, told the story of their kidnapping by four drunken men. Although not seriously ill, red welts on his back testified to the torture he had suffered. Attended Picnic. The seven boys were members of a party from the First Baptist Church Bible Class. They were attending a picnic on the shores of the lake yesterday. After lunch, the unlucky seven separated from the remainder of the party for a tramp through the woods. While all were intent upon examining a bird’s nest, four men, intoxicated, leaped upon them. The boys were bound and gagged after being subdued into submission. Their captors bundled them into a flat-bottomed scow and rowed them to the island—a wooded tract of land in the center of the lake. On the island, the drunken men produced three horsewhips, forced the boys to bare their backs, and proceeded to lash them unmercifully. The lads were heated until they dropped unconscious. Then the captors obtained revolvers from the boat and shot at the feet of the boys
testified to the torture he had suffered. Attended Picnic. The seven boys were members of a party from the First Baptist Church Bible Class. They were attending a picnic on the shores of the lake yesterday. After lunch, the unlucky seven separated from the remainder of the party for a tramp through the woods. While all were intent upon examining a bird’s nest, four men, intoxicated, leaped upon them. The boys were bound and gagged after being subdued into submission. Their captors bundled them into a flat-bottomed scow and rowed them to the island—a wooded tract of land in the center of the lake. On the island, the drunken men produced three horsewhips, forced the boys to bare their backs, and proceeded to lash them unmercifully. The lads were heated until they dropped unconscious. Then the captors obtained revolvers from the boat and shot at the feet of the boys to force them to dance. An entire box of cartridges was exhausted. After they thought two of the boys dead from exhaustion, the men became alarmed and rowed away in the boat. The boys cried for help for two hours before rescuers became aware of their plight. A sheriff's posse has been organized. It is combing the woods on the shore of the lake in an effort to track the men. BORAH BLAMED FOR AMERICAN DEBT ATTITUDE Coolidge Asking for Funding to Satisfy Insurgent Senatorial Group, Washington Hears. MORATORIUM DISCUSSED Senator Borah. White House and Wall Street Favor Delay as Means of Assuring Good Will. BITTER FIGHT OPENS ON BILL FOR PENSIONS House of Commons Starts Two-Day Reading of Measure.—Will Vote Tomorrow Night. Dallas Dort Dies While Playing Golf (Paris Times Radio) FLINT, Michigan, Monday.—Mr. J. Dallas Dort, President of the Dort Motor Car Company and one of the Pioneer manufacturers of automobiles in the United States, fell dead yesterday while playing golf here. Although seventy-four years old, Mr. Dort was a strenuous golfer. He played eighteen holes yesterday morning and was halfway round in the afternoon when he suffered the stroke which caused his death. The stroke was superinduced
has been organized. It is combing the woods on the shore of the lake in an effort to track the men. BORAH BLAMED FOR AMERICAN DEBT ATTITUDE Coolidge Asking for Funding to Satisfy Insurgent Senatorial Group, Washington Hears. MORATORIUM DISCUSSED Senator Borah. White House and Wall Street Favor Delay as Means of Assuring Good Will. BITTER FIGHT OPENS ON BILL FOR PENSIONS House of Commons Starts Two-Day Reading of Measure.—Will Vote Tomorrow Night. Dallas Dort Dies While Playing Golf (Paris Times Radio) FLINT, Michigan, Monday.—Mr. J. Dallas Dort, President of the Dort Motor Car Company and one of the Pioneer manufacturers of automobiles in the United States, fell dead yesterday while playing golf here. Although seventy-four years old, Mr. Dort was a strenuous golfer. He played eighteen holes yesterday morning and was halfway round in the afternoon when he suffered the stroke which caused his death. The stroke was superinduced by over-exertion. Mr. Dort progressed with his business. After working in several banks he started in the carriage manufacturing business in 1886 with Mr. William C. Durant, the prominent automobile manufacturer and financier, as his partner. The Durant-Dort Carriage Company was successful from the start. Later Mr. Dort and Mr. Durant severed their business connections and Mr. Dort began the independent manufacture of automobiles. Until the last, Mr. Dort directed his business and went to his office daily. In recent years he founded Gray-Dort Motors, Limited, at Ontario, Canada. He was an Episcopalian and a Mason. Mrs. Dort survives him. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—Today and tomorrow discussion of the new pensions proposals takes place in the House of Commons and a vote is expected late tomorrow evening. A hot battle is to be waged and all Government supporters have been asked to be present for the division. The Socialists are mustering their forces for the attack on the contributory principle of the scheme. It will be urged that the plan should be non-contributory and the rejection of the Bill will be moved. Liberals are somewhat non-committal in their attitude. Some Conservatives, in view of the burden which the proposals
Durant severed their business connections and Mr. Dort began the independent manufacture of automobiles. Until the last, Mr. Dort directed his business and went to his office daily. In recent years he founded Gray-Dort Motors, Limited, at Ontario, Canada. He was an Episcopalian and a Mason. Mrs. Dort survives him. (Paris Times Spécial) LONDON, Monday.—Today and tomorrow discussion of the new pensions proposals takes place in the House of Commons and a vote is expected late tomorrow evening. A hot battle is to be waged and all Government supporters have been asked to be present for the division. The Socialists are mustering their forces for the attack on the contributory principle of the scheme. It will be urged that the plan should be non-contributory and the rejection of the Bill will be moved. Liberals are somewhat non-committal in their attitude. Some Conservatives, in view of the burden which the proposals will place on industry, will urge that the scheme should be postponed or at least that the Government should do something to lessen the imposition on industries. The industrial group, an influential body in the House, naturally shares this view. Confidence is expressed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer who gives the assurance that he proposes to reduce the present rate of contributions to unemployment insurance by an amount approximately corresponding with the increased charges for the new pensions. It is also reported that three months after the scheme becomes operational the Chancellor will introduce a measure giving further remissions in direct taxation. Prince Continues Tour After Rest MARTIAL LAW ENDS IN SPAIN AS PUBLIC ORDER IMPROVES MADRID, Monday.—Martial law was abolished throughout Spain yesterday by Royal decree. It is believed that public order and personal security, precarious when the Military Directorate assumed power, are now guaranteed. BEAUTY KILLS MANY LOVERS Thirty-one Sent to Death With Her Two Husbands. CARLSBAD, Monday.—Accused of having killed two husbands, a son, and thirty-one lovers, Mrs. Julia Remici, a noted Yugoslav beauty, is under arrest. Physicians believe her to be sane. However, they have never known a similar pathological case. Bishop Manning Preached Heresy,
gives the assurance that he proposes to reduce the present rate of contributions to unemployment insurance by an amount approximately corresponding with the increased charges for the new pensions. It is also reported that three months after the scheme becomes operational the Chancellor will introduce a measure giving further remissions in direct taxation. Prince Continues Tour After Rest MARTIAL LAW ENDS IN SPAIN AS PUBLIC ORDER IMPROVES MADRID, Monday.—Martial law was abolished throughout Spain yesterday by Royal decree. It is believed that public order and personal security, precarious when the Military Directorate assumed power, are now guaranteed. BEAUTY KILLS MANY LOVERS Thirty-one Sent to Death With Her Two Husbands. CARLSBAD, Monday.—Accused of having killed two husbands, a son, and thirty-one lovers, Mrs. Julia Remici, a noted Yugoslav beauty, is under arrest. Physicians believe her to be sane. However, they have never known a similar pathological case. Bishop Manning Preached Heresy, Dr. Guthrie Charges in Sermon St. Mark’s Pastor Defends “Heretic” Bishop Brown in Attack On Superior. TURKOMAN RISING ALLAHABAD, Sunday.—The despatch of reinforcements to the Russian troops in Turkestan is a sign of the seriousness of the situation in North-East Persia, where Turkoman pressure on Bujnurd is reported to be severe. The Turkomans are in determined mood, but the Persian troops are behaving gallantly. (Paris Times Spécial) NEW YORK, Monday—The Rev. William Norman Guthrie, pastor of St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery and defender of the “heretic” Bishop William Montgomery Brown, devoted his Sunday sermon to an attack upon Bishop William Manning, of the New York Diocese. Several Sundays ago the Rev. Mr. Guthrie bowed obediently to the authority of Bishop Manning and cancelled the appearance of “heretic” Bishop Brown in the pulpit of St. Mark’s. Now the Rev. Mr. Guthrie CAPE TOWN, Monday.—The Prince of Wales leaves Port Alfred, this evening, for Grahamstown in the Cape Province, after spending a quiet weekend in South Africa’s “Garden of Sleep.” He is to visit five towns on the train journey tomorrow en route for East London, which is expected to be reached on Wednesday. The Prince spent the weekend in quiet Port Alfred, but while
severe. The Turkomans are in determined mood, but the Persian troops are behaving gallantly. (Paris Times Spécial) NEW YORK, Monday—The Rev. William Norman Guthrie, pastor of St. Mark’s-in-the-Bowery and defender of the “heretic” Bishop William Montgomery Brown, devoted his Sunday sermon to an attack upon Bishop William Manning, of the New York Diocese. Several Sundays ago the Rev. Mr. Guthrie bowed obediently to the authority of Bishop Manning and cancelled the appearance of “heretic” Bishop Brown in the pulpit of St. Mark’s. Now the Rev. Mr. Guthrie CAPE TOWN, Monday.—The Prince of Wales leaves Port Alfred, this evening, for Grahamstown in the Cape Province, after spending a quiet weekend in South Africa’s “Garden of Sleep.” He is to visit five towns on the train journey tomorrow en route for East London, which is expected to be reached on Wednesday. The Prince spent the weekend in quiet Port Alfred, but while resting at night he has been active during the day. After a long motor ride from Grahamstown, where he has to return today to join the train, he played two rounds of golf and won both, despite a bandaged right hand, a consequence of an orgy of handshaking since landing. The Prince of Wales attended a simple service at the little iron church of Port Alfred yesterday morning. It was crowded to bursting point by men and women who had ridden for miles. The text chosen for the sermon was “Be ye doers,” the implication being that the active life led by the Prince should be taken as an example to follow. On the way to church, the Prince was stopped by a messenger who told him of an aged woman close to death in her home near by and that her last wish was to speak with the Prince. Without hesitation, the Prince of Wales followed the young man and sat for several minutes at the bedside of the woman, Although the Prince had no official engagements over the weekend, he visited a gathering of colored folk and paid his compliments to the general community in Port Alfred. It
The Prince of Wales attended a simple service at the little iron church of Port Alfred yesterday morning. It was crowded to bursting point by men and women who had ridden for miles. The text chosen for the sermon was “Be ye doers,” the implication being that the active life led by the Prince should be taken as an example to follow. On the way to church, the Prince was stopped by a messenger who told him of an aged woman close to death in her home near by and that her last wish was to speak with the Prince. Without hesitation, the Prince of Wales followed the young man and sat for several minutes at the bedside of the woman, Although the Prince had no official engagements over the weekend, he visited a gathering of colored folk and paid his compliments to the general community in Port Alfred. It is stated that these quiet weekends are very necessary to the Prince, who is finding the tour very strenuous. They enable him to recover his usual vigor and cheerfulness for continuous days of inspections and receptions. (Paris Times Radio) WASHINGTON, Monday.—Semi-official sources reveal that President Coolidge has intimated to the debtor nations of the world that they should talk of settlement in order to mollify the wing of the Republican Party ruled by Senator Borah. The President, it is said, hopes by yielding to the Borah view on the debt question to win the firebrand Senator’s support for other projects. Leniency Really Favored. Actually, the President disapproves of the step he took when he informed the world that the finance had come for settlement, according to the best information here. Mr. Coolidge himself is said to favor the voluntary declaration of a general moratorium by the United States. Such a proposal from the White House, however, would succeed in alienating Senator Borah and his followers altogether. Such alienation might wreck all the Administration’s projects. The Senator from Idaho and his followers have taken the stand that France can and should pay her war debt in full and forthwith. While the
debtor nations of the world that they should talk of settlement in order to mollify the wing of the Republican Party ruled by Senator Borah. The President, it is said, hopes by yielding to the Borah view on the debt question to win the firebrand Senator’s support for other projects. Leniency Really Favored. Actually, the President disapproves of the step he took when he informed the world that the finance had come for settlement, according to the best information here. Mr. Coolidge himself is said to favor the voluntary declaration of a general moratorium by the United States. Such a proposal from the White House, however, would succeed in alienating Senator Borah and his followers altogether. Such alienation might wreck all the Administration’s projects. The Senator from Idaho and his followers have taken the stand that France can and should pay her war debt in full and forthwith. While the views of the Senator are on many points out of harmony with those of the White House, he has been firm about the payment of war debts. He has stated often that he would never yield an inch in his demand for funding of the obligations. “France is in better condition economically than any other European country which was engaged in the World War,” the Senator asserted in a recent speech advocating payment of debts. Bankers’ Stand. It is known here that American bankers—especially those interested in foreign financing—have influenced President Coolidge in favor of the voluntary declaration of a moratorium. It is the President’s view as well as that of the bankers that if such a moratorium were declared, the eight nations owing debts to the United States would be more willing to make funding arrangements. A fact deplored by the White House is that when debts are talked of, France is always mentioned first. This is merely because both the White House and Wall Street believe that France is the “key nation.” The President and the bankers believe that if France begins funding debts, the other debtor nations will fall in line and do likewise. This view of