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Bdbst. Qgdehsburg By go doing\you ~\vilt eventually make ^t: a.jjj :er Ogderisburg :...Ali*l. .i Mr. Merchant: . For attractive: advertising of the\ \pulling; poweiS^i^f^ty-wsfe the NEWSPAPER IS A MEMBER OF THE %$So€i&TEI> PRESS St. Lawrence: Kepupiic; OgdensburgJPMly Joun iican lfisi. journal Eat. 185S. OGDENSBURG/N: Y., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1919, WEATHER: Cloudy / Mdriaay and Tuesday, probably snow 1 . Facet New Year of Difficulties | Investigators Claim Too Many With Ffefelinjg of Optim- I Executives at Distributing ! EhdL (By The Associated Press) .NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Sta.te regu- year full p£ \fintfneiai aild political di'f- I latioa of tlie milk indusiry oii tlie OJ ,:,^M.: i.-.-:.. ,.=.-<.t grater optimism ground that it is a public: utility at \in-. LONDON, Dec, ?8.—The people of | Great. Britain looR. forward ,tP £ new fi Cutties but With thjin they would have thought pos- sible a'.few months ago. A \Jifew wor'f.d.fit for heroes lo live ill\ whieii was all ideal of the war has not yet been fully attained at honie and international problems -which brought on the war still are hanging over the, h'ead of the nation. Yet the British people are trying to face j ground that it is a public utility at in finitely more importance 1 than the op- ration of telephone lines\ is several far reaching; recommendations made to Governor Smith by the fair price milk committee which Has been rnvestigatiiigr the high cost of miift since September, in its report macfe public today. The committee also is of tlie opinion that the milk arid dairy . the future iri an' invincible faith in j industry of the United States should the nation's ability to conquer all receive the attention of Congress al- ' ' ~ ~ ' ' I though it does riot go into detail on. trouble's\ TTjie most cheerful optimist of all is Premier Lloyd George. \Under the leadershipp of his' unflaggingg faithh thatt this point on the ground that it is out- side its province. Demands from Europe for manufac-1 Wateftpmn^Swepl leadershi of ltis unflaggin fait tha everything, will work* out for the best, tured products of milk have reached! the' clouds of de'spondehey. pictured such proportions, the report points by: tlia 'newspapers' as thickest when. | out, that gra'dually increasing, exports the Chancellor of t}ie Exchequer de- clared fh.it the. nation was heading for bankruptcy, say Britons have visibly lined. A foremost cause for confidence is tne 'Steady commercial revival and cessation of labor troubles, which Briton? hope •will continue. These give ground iOi' prediction by optim- • (Continued oil page 7.) of fluid milk.\ The committee urges the legislature lo declare the milk business 'affected with a public .interest,\ and that pow- er to fix rates be delegated to a new separate state board of three- mem- bers, removable by the governor, with power to subpoena producers and dealers and their records, and to fix prices paid to the farmer and charged by the distributor to the consumer. The committee finds that the pre- sent price of milk is unfair and exces- sive; that there are too many execu- tives in the distributing companies - . t . v , •= .,, r Stnd that their salaries and those of Permanent Injunction Against ' officials, of the Dairymen's League are ...too high. , \Some of the distributing com- panies are overburdened with salaried executives,\ the report states. \actually endanger the health an<3i lives of children by their deprivations Picketing Overland Piaiit. (By The Associates' Press) TOLEDO, Dec. 2S.—Removal of picket^ from the giant of file' Willys OveHarid' Automobile company bejjan today in compliance with a federal court or'cter issued yesterday, Which granted a. permanent injunction pre- venting pickets of Tabor unions from interfering with Overland workers. In, malting-the order public. Judge Jo,tiii .M. KiUits- deeiarea that striking wtjrjters, who, have remained off tlie pay-; roll since the labor disturbances of\last .June can no longer be classed as\: .employes. .Jvdge Kill-its also ruled that the court could not reepgnize the rights _ «jf individuals to prolong a labor con- troversy \siite'r its substance has fled.\ APPOINTED TO FIX COAL SCALE—Left John F While, former \ei-esi- deait of the United Mine Woiker.s oi! America, who will repiesent the'min- ers on the commission of three appointed by President Wilson. Right, Henry M. Robinson of Passadena, Cal, \Who will represent tlie public. CONFERENCE IN OF AMERICAN IN Letter Tells Executive He 1 Has Not Long to .' ' - \Live. (By The Associated tressi .CHICAGQ, Dec. 28—Two secret service agents in formal dress at- tended the presentation to society yes- terday, of, M'isa Harriet Lowd.en, sec- •cHJa\- -daughter of Governor and Mrs. \\\\•i-juilc Q..Lojsfdeh as the result of re- cejp'tby the governor of a threatening letter, it \was disclsed today. Posi- ofJt^V inspectors believe the author of t^'ef^threat was an anarchist\. *.,-*'ffi&e governor took little notice of thl'letter except to tur.n it over to the poi|tipffiee department\ \lie letter, follows: ir.j^overnor: Your life will soon n. You are\ mixing with the lies of socjety—the plutocrats ;the capitalistic class. This can- |continue. You will not have long it the time when you will pay berioity.\ Consignment of 20,000 Rounds cf Amm-imlion Sf>\en JrVarii Station. (By The Associated Press) LONDQN, Dec. 2.8,.—Several unto-. ward incidents axe reported -from Ire- land by the Sunday Evening Tele r gram.. A daring attempt was' madife- to assassinate a constable- at Bally- | bofey, County Donegal-. The assailant fired a pistol from the street at the coy-stable who was sitting., .with life family in. a bedroom.. I$fobo,dy -was ira.- juied but the oullet. strueK a ,bed a Lew niches from a slfee-pihg infant\. . A band of men raided a farmer's house at Victoria Bridge and carried ' off rifles. At/KHarney a. constable ' was shot and wounded oil Christmas ! eve while assisting other constables to ajie'll.«; rough and tumble fight be- ' t\v<jei> soldiers aijd civilians. It was reported that 20;000 rounds of ammunition have been stolen from (lie bangarv'an' Railway station. TKe consignment, it is believed, was in- tended for the \military authorities. Brotherhood Chiefs to Hold Important Meetings In Washington. (By The Associated Press)* WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Pendirig-i ! railroad legislation will be discussed I at two meetings to be held tomorrow in \Washington while at a third the question of increased wages oil rail- road employes is to be considered. Foremost among the meeting will be the conference called for 3 o'clock by Samuel Gompers, president of the .American Federation of Labor, at which chiefs of the four railroad brotherhoods and heads of ten affiliat- ed trades are expected to decide on the attitude to be assumed by organ- ized railroad workers toward the anti- strike provision of the Cummins bill. The view; was generally expressed to- night that the railroad workers would adopt a declaration of principles in accord with the stand taken by ihe raihyay ..msjeipnists union which has voted to 'strike if -the more, drastic labor provisions of the Cummins bill are placed on. the stature books. The first meeting of the three in- volving phases of the railroad situa- tion will be held at 10.30 o'clock, when the members of the congressional conferen.ee committee on railroad leg- islation nieets to iron out differences between the Cummins and Sseh rail- Recommends Creation of National Industrial Banal; _ .,0ESy The Associated Press) : WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Tentative recommendations for tlie establish-1 inept of niaehi.nary to prevent or re-' [ tard labor conflicts in private industry weV'e announced today by the Presi- dent's Industrial Conference with a VjIeV to obtaining constructive criti- cism before a final plan Is adopted. , The. plan as outlined contemplates the creation of a National Industrial Tribunal and Regional Boards pf tn • quiyy. and Adjustment, which would iitove to tlie\' settlement of. disputes before there was any stoppage'\ of .nraductixm,. Decisions would have the full force\ and effect 6£ a- trade agreement between the parties to the dispute. Strikes Banned Remarking that some public utilities, such^ as railroads, are eSsentiai. to the very existence of the people, the- cbnference's tentative statement ,ex- ixressecU th&.opinion, that tha \inter- ruption in such essential utilities is intolerable.\- ,^But the conference state that further.coris'ideratioix is Fe- quired of the problem, whether some (Continued on page 2.) SHELDON BLOCK, IN HEART OF BUSINESS SECTION, GMTTED BY LOSS $150,000. CATTLE MEN PROTEST AGAINST MEAT PACKERS load reprganization bills as passed by the Seriate and House respectively. The question of an increase in the ! pay of shop employes, pressure for j the settlement of which was post- ] pohed last fall at the suggestion of | .President Wilson pending the govern-1 ment's efforts to reduce living costs, will come up at the conference which committees representing six shop trades plan to have during tlie clay with Director General Hines. WHEAT PRICES ARE INCREASED • (By The Associated Press) Dee. - 28.—Effective jp, today,, the Canadian Wheat Board has ordered ttet the price of Manitoba -wheat to mills in Canada be raised ft ; oin. $2.30 per bushel to $2.S0 per bushel >iu store at terminal -elevators nt.i'ort William or Port Arthur. An- other regulation increased the max- iinilm wholesale price of government standard spring wheat flour from SlO.Sb per barrel to $13.50 per barrel, I. $.' b. car Montreal. In conenction with the above ad- vances in th$ pric.e pi wheat and flpur, Jaifies Stfewart, chairinan of tlie Can- adian Wheat Board, stated tpday that in ?6fder that the coiisumiiig public nlay have advantage of the supply of •eh|aper flour in the United States 'p'eranit, -vvill be issued for import of the American product. NOT DAN8EY BOY. (By The Assi'ioiated Press) TU^S, Okla., Dec. 28.—The boy beiteved by Chief of Police Robert Auton. of Collinsville. Okla., to have beln missing Billy Dansey of Ham- \ mc%tpn, N: f 3; is not the Dansey boy. according to a statement tonight by Ciiief Auton and Chief of Police Charles Allen of Tulsa. The boy's mother is said to live in Bristol, Okla. ODESSA (By The Associated Press) ON, Dee. 28.—Odessa is be ini. evacuated by ( the civijian. popula .:tjojti...pw.ing : to the rapid; advance of ,.thf|B0lshevila ill southern Rtissia, ac- coicdrng to a Constantinople dispatch \to .the-'Exchange Telegraph company. ^K ; . pec. 28.—Members of 12 western, cattle gi-owei's associa- tion, have, appealed to President Wil- sori tjirotigh former Secretary McAdoo to ups&t the arrangements made toy Attorney General Palmer to com- promise the government's anti trust pcoceedirigs against the meat packers, John Miller of. Fort Stockton, Texas, president: of the Pan Handle. Cattle Association, announced here today- The grqwer§ r Mr. filler sai3, sji,b- mitte'd' a Series of cliarges. £6 the ef- fect that the compromise does not give them any redress for their chiief grievance, which they allege js the control pf stock yard, markets by tihe packers to the disadvantage of tlhe producer. SIX ARRESTED FOR SELLING WOOD ALCOHOL (By The, Associated Press) NEW HAVEN\ Dec. 28—Six men were arrested here today in connec- tion of the sale of wood alcohol \whiskey\ which they are alelged to liave shipped from this city to Chicopee, Mass. The arrests .wero made at the request of District At- torney Joseph B. Ely of Westfield, Mass., who telegraphed that the men are wanted for homicide in Massachu- setts. • - \ * SALARIES RAISED (By The Associated Press) . NEW YORK, Dee. 28.—thirty-fcwo thousand employes of the Western Union telegraph company will receive PARIS RESTAURANTS CANNOT REMAIN OPEN NEW YEAR'S MORNING • (By Tlie Associated S'ressj PARIS, Dec. 28.—M. Raux, Prefect of police of Paris has refused the request of the restaurants of the »_* 4&..i_riL i>v>*^^i.ux/**. buui^uu / \i\ n/».i«in* 1 -jyuLOt \JL. me l bOUaui aut a V/4. lii-ICr salary increases, amounting- to $5,06)0,- Restaurateurs' Association that rest- 000 on January 1, it was announced | aurahts and cafes be permitted to re- here tonight. Only employes earnini less than $250 a mouth are affected. main open until Year's morning. 1 or 2 o'clock New PHOENIX PARK SCENE OF ANOTHER DISTURBANCE BY BAND Of INTERLOPERS Hiv TIn> BXTBL1N, Dec. 28.—An officer oi* the guard and one member of a band of intruders were killed early this morning in a shooting affray in Phoenix Park, a short distance from the vice regal lodge. In some Quarters the, belief was expressed that am at- tack was in preparation against the lodge. . * About eight men are believed to have made up the band of interlopers. Four arrests were made. . In the absence of all official infor- mation the theory tonight is that no raid against the vice royal lodge was isolated shot was fired which Lieu- tenant Boast and two privates went to investigate. It is not thought. tliat they reached the person -who fired the s.hot but became involved in a strug- gle with a passer by who, with the -lieutenant, was killed. It is reported 'that the dead civilian\ was a laborer who had been treated at a Dublin hospital and was walKihg; •home through the paric. He wore bandages on his face, the police say. No official report has been made by the police on the occurrence which Will be explained at the military in- quest. The military officials refer all intended. It was supposed that an j enquirers to the police. Mexican Government's Claim Is Refuted by Employers cf Wallace. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—Claims of the Mexican government, as recently- presented to the American embassy iii Mexico City, that the killing neat Tampico late in November of Tames Wallace, an American citizen, resulted from his failure to heed the warning of a Mexicajr -sentry, are -denied, in, an account of the incident w3iieh reached Washington: today from\ the* Aguile company, dt which Wallace was an employe. . The kiiKh-gr of Wallace -caused the state department to ma\ke :an urgent inquiry of the Mexican. rgovernment as tft the ciefcumstances. The Mexican foreign office-in its reply charged that Wallace, while intoxicated, passed a sentry stationed at what was char- acterized as a \dangerous spot,\ and falling to. halt, wa§ t shot and killed. TheAugila company report-said-: \On. the morning of the ,26th of November, Mr. James Wallace, em- ployed by us as foreman on our eastern reservoirs at Portreo-Del- U-ano, was riding from the office down to the tank farm, a distance of about 250 metres. On the road -was.an out- post of four government soldiers, -with a machine gun. As far as we ha-ve been able to ascertain Wallace's horse reared while passing this- out- post and kicked the machine gun, whereupon one of the soldiers shot Wallace, killing him immediately. None' of our men actually saw what happened.. Some o£ them had been talking to Wallace a minute or two before and hearing the shot they rari out of the office and found Wallace lying on the gi-ound, dead.\ BAPTIST CLERGYMAN, FORMER CONVICT, DIES fBy The Associated \Press) ONEONTA, Dec. 28.—\fit. Rev. How- ard, who became a Baptist clergyman after serving a sentence in the Au- burn State Prison died today at Thanksgiving Hospital, Cooperstown. He was an advocate of prison reform and had traveled extensively throtigh- out the state spealcing on this sub- ject. Mr. Howard was sentenced lo< Au- burn Prison from mica, where he had. been practicing law. After his ^re- lease he became pastor of the Baptist; Church of Middlefield. LIVING COSTS INCREASE HEAVILY SINCE 1914 (By \Ehe Associated Press) •BOSTON, Dec. 28\— Afi. increase of 82.2 per cent in the cost of living for American wage earners between July, 1914 and November, 19'9, is shown'in a statement issued py the National. In- dustrial Conference Board today, based -upon its most recent investiga- tions. « • . The increase in the cost of five maj- or items in the family's budget since July, 1914, was: Food, 92: per cent;, slielter, 38 per cent; clothing, 135 per cent; fuel, heat and light, 48 per cent, and sundries, 75 per cent. ( ALLEGED SWINDLER CAUGHT. . (\Si\ The Associated Press NEWARK, Dec. 28.7—Maxwell Tay- lor of Jersey City is being held by the police \here tonight in connection with the \underground\ check system by which Sing Sing prison has , been swindled out of thousands of dollars; He is alleged to have had in his pos- session $3;000 in checks drawn iii fa- vor of fictitious persons. The checks, the police said, were genuine and were for. goods supposed to have been received at Sing- Sing but never delivered there. • .-.- •• Investigation Shows 2,000 Permits Issued to Buy Ci giii (By The Associated Press) NEW y'OEIt. Tiec. 2S.—investiga- tion ,hy the police of numerous,,deaths attributed to' wood alcohol poisoning revealed tonight that in the.last tlires • -, ... (By The Asscciived Press) WATEfiTOWN. Dec. 28^—Fir.e to- nislit .destroyed the Slifldon, t»fock,iu the ieart of tlie business district and ' caused a loss estimated at. |i50PJM) Among the stores -in.tli?; hiocit the Peoples D. C._ i?revo'g£ -,25: .ceti| store, Wairen J. Green, elecfcEip SUB? • plies, Carpenters \Bowling .AHyS and' Hall's restaurant. ' ' '•' WATERTOWN, p.$c. 28— The. busi- ness eeijter of Watertowh - narrwiy •.•{-escaped .destrudtion.. by fire' tcjiiigfit- wheii •vrliatjs .lvnown. as.fiie (3'ottfigs bloc% owned' ioy tjxe, .Sheicfen' eSmtl,' . located in Court street, -was-gutted b.y\ fire. The flames wiped out several' stores, a boarding Hotel '$n$ did., a p,:operty damage estimatedl' at. 4i$0;- ooo. *. The Sheldon bl6ck, located- in. th'e heart of the business district^ was a two story frame, structure, sui?rdund : montiis fedei-al permits to manulacture j ed on every harid by iarg\e| npiT'flirma-iH- l-'f>1J:o TioiaVi iccii<i?i i-n o-n_ blOClvS. Tt Wn<5* XUnttl'iTi' O?• Kl i\' Four Saw Way Through Walls—three Recap- tured. : (By The Associated 1'i-ess • MERIDEN, Conn., Dec. 2S.—Edward Siattery, Charles Dewey, ,aiid Frank Lamb,' three of four prisoners who escaped from the State \PriscW ar. ... „.. ,..„„.d . ...._ Wethersfield this morning, were cap- -. day arrested fourtoeii from Chicopee. tured by .local police tonight just north j Holyoke and, Springfield, on federal of this city after a running chase in j warrants which shots Were fired. beeii issiiea to ap- proximately 2,000 ..persons, of whom it is said, not more,..tliau .§0 are legitimate manufacturers of perfumes. According to the police; the hold- ers., of permits are entitled to buy what is known as \Cologne spirits\ at $4.S0 a.galloh, aiid those who bought it JEoir otter than the making of perr. fume hay.e made purchases •amounting I a to hundreds of thousands of dollars, j Another death, in N&w York from j poisonious liquor was reported .today. \ John. C. \Vareiil a farmer, who died shortly after being taken to a hospital, is believed also to have heeu a victim of wood alcohol. . , Four Arrested , CHICOPEE, Mass., Dec. 2S.—United States Marshal Edwar J. Leyden.to- th'e ii blocks. It was- withm ac' City Hall and a few dam's Square. 'v .\\•'' . \__ .. ;v Thrilling, Escapes. , r ' The lire started at i| : :40'o'ciQcRvanfi when the fire depar,tmelit^.iindBr. &bia- mand of Chif\ M CfBd'd D py hiefs WoddS a£#G#ff€e&\ rived, it was s\een ; at.Onc.e_atat.xt them w3th viola- threateniijg Dlaze/ was r-ung-'irr,.., ' •.'.'„ y of the .tenants ofr the build- after- first ruslimg.. ojuty returned! the blazing structure to^sjjy'e\; -yaljii 3ome of then!:'foShii jthtiiic 'exit barred by flames and, it; wgBf.nee&sisairy -f*f%1* +1^ Q ^flnHi l f-t^-t^* -f-n \t»n-1^a A*«'«V A A«*-A£»M£ 4 for the firemeht to reSeire* , t,. by the use of ladder's. \Tlre\ fire was fraught with many ^jaec'fejeular fsk\. tures but no one w^s ie^pgbl'd injured. •Caused by Heatetf'Pipe*,! -. \ The fire started in. the \\afore of the Provost Twenty-Fve CeHt'Stdrfe^ pre- illegal transportation of liquor WETHERSPIELD, Conn., Dec. 2'8. ] from state to state. . The arrests re- sulted frcm his investigation into the deaths of more than 50 persons in.the Connecticut valley from drinking wood alcohol contained in a mixture so'ld as whiskey. Dne arrest was prisoners escaped from the Connecticut, state prison here this morning by sawiiig their way through the wall of a bath house and scajing the wall after they had eluded tlirea guards. SAYS HEAD OF WOOL CO. CBy IJie Associated Prp.ss> BOSTON, Dec. 28.—The insistence of the T public upon cloth made from j g fine, wools is a large factor in the present high prices of clothing, accord- .made by the Thompsonville, Connecti- cut police. Four more deaths \ jiad resulted since early thisHmorning froni'aicd- holic poisoiiihg;. three in Holy-oKe .and; one- iri- ©liicopeej brhiging tlie total for the Connecticut Vallgy, jiofc mclud- i Hartford to h% divided 'as follOw's: ' sumably from an- brerKeated furnae^. \Ipipe. It rapidly spread/to tlie itdre of the Peoples Clothing\* the are a of Warren J. Green, Inc.; .Ail ter Bowling Alleys* Hall's' : and Hall's Hotel wef6. alsiiii' S1 of the flames and were\ feafiy.tfa' ing Hartford, to h% divided 'as Chicopee, 86, including' two 'women; Holyoke, iflhe, SpringfieM, fdiir, in- cluding ,oiie w6m#n-f Gxeerifield, one Althougli several new csases. -wei-e present high prices of clothing, Record- repor t e ji: today in the valley the mim- ing to:William M, Wood, president oi: be de^easM considerably dVer Fri- I the American Woolen Company. Mr. j Wood, -who .recently charged that some ,6f the merchants in \Cawrence Mass., were demanding excessive prices for necessaries and were in the habit of raising prices with every in- crease in yages in the company's mills in. that city, gave out a prepar 1 ed statement tonight in response to a request for his views of the high cost of living. \If our' people would consent;\ wah his conclusion,\ to wear good sub- stantial durable clothes, made- ot the coarser w-dbl % s> plotlijng cbujd'tJe \pur* chased at considerable lower prices than those -which now prevail!\ CROSSES PRESENTED (By The Associates Pre?3) PARIS, T>ec. 28.—President today presided at three cere- monies during which the war cross ar^d decorations of the' Legion . of' Honor were bestowed on Arras Lens\ arid Bapaume.\ WILL SEND HUGE SUPPLIES TO POLAND (By The Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 2S:-r;\Ci.othing shoes and. food, valued at $300,000 will be sent to Poland this week by the Poles.of this country, .Charlies . ,W, Rainike, president of the American Association for the Relief «f, Polish War Sufferers announced tonight . OFFICIAL SHOT. (By The Associated Press) JAMESTOWN, Dec. 28,—Rob.ert G. Swanson, former chairman.of Jlie Rer puplican City Committee and long, an' official of the Street department, was shot twice and probably, fatally , in- jured Saturday night by James* Hall at th*e home of Esther Carlson!iri. .this city,, who had been in the company of both men recently. Hall also shot Miss Carlson, who will recover. day and v Saturday. In Holy-ofcej the largest inci-ease developed; • Seatteir ing cases of• isoisoiung sjptnpioms'were- ' reported in this city- -and Springfiel'4.- Anbther Chicago Death CHICAGO, Dec.,'28.—Another man was .reported dead as^-the-xesult of drinking w\66d i before the fire was finally under.cofc, trol. - •\• r -*•• \ •.•\•••?\ was destroyed whe\li HSll'g HoteL. cigo^ ducted foi- inECny' jfeads -'by : -'-Li&S.'' ^Sff' as the -'Wlitte \ElSph-a;nt\ Hyas desirof r ed by the flame.s.. Mr. H'alJ* w^\- $£-$ abled to sav.&consideMbi'e,of'4i^|)f^fi : erty before the flames fiftai|y reaehed. his place of businesis,. butith'e pthei- teiiants pf the building lost \practlc^iliy all they had. .'•]- With the exception of the \Pagg#t- block fire last July, the Sheldon W ~ fire tonight was one of the, rnqst •strtictive years. suffered by Watertown ill ' WILSON OBSERVES BIRTHDAY !3y The' A|so'o\ated El' SHINGTON De 28^ WAg'HING-TQN, D6C. /28.^PreSide\nt Wilson observed his 68i-a' ' birthday ciuietly today, much, improved in health, surrounded hy the members of Ms family iv'itli tlie exceptuiii' of Mri. W. &. McAdbo,- -wilio was. Unable to be present. Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Sayre arired from CadnTjridge, Mass.-, last -liaght. Part of the day was.spent by- M*. Wilson reading many of th& iiundreds of b.irthday greetings, that ^qame from proniinent officials -and friends not only in the tJnited ~-*- :k ---> -—--—----- TO STUDY RECORDS MEXICO crnr; Saturday, Dec. 27. —Justice tjrd&pilida- Has; been dele- gated by the Mexican \Supreme Court to study the recordi iri. the. case of William pi JenlSns\; %ti& \CJiiited* State?- consular agent att Puebla, and to &e- cide.as soon as possible wiieth'er.thii Puebla state • court oi' tlie • federal tribunal have jurisdiction.. This step- was taken' because- of .Wgal <jQmpi.ic.ar tions which have arisen over the ques- tion of jurisdiction-. IMMIGRANTS STORM ELLIS Tl (By The Associated NEW YORK, Dec. S.^More ihan 3,000 imigrants were clamoring at the gates of New York, tonight, .for ad> mission into the iMted :Stat^ ; .EIii's Island is 'congested and many'liun- dred§ of the- incoming passengers are .being detained on board steamships for examination. Immigration inspectors and special boards of inquiry are -working day and niglit to relieve the unpfeceiid- ented condition. In the meantime hundreds of friends and relatives of the detained passengers from all over th'e country are impatient.lv awaiting the release of the immigrants. , , jPolice and coast guardsi ..are At duty *- ^ - y fl-- T.-> * - i' ' A - pM?s'''aa<iffiie Ellil Illa'rid 1 y j. entrance to hold, in .cJieek the crowds. 1 Several attempts- Have .Seen made by friend's. and teiaiives »fc -the detained not uh^ei'starid.th;?' dfeliay- &a$.-* fear their friends. • are io= be dej)oii;edi Immi'gratiofar ofeciiais'- * 'clliin. |heir worgis delayed;iga^li-cge'-extetft on Ellis';taaid : ; •Sejcau^ej of J '€|ie congestion there, due] to. tlie-deteriiabn S>f \& liarge number of : radicals .4*?^. uiMesifables being lieldlfoi; deposfatioit. The freater.^number, of Hie immi- grants being detaiiied a\re. Italians, it I was stated. Several, iiiincired 6re]i i'passenger^''are alsoiheld-.- ' r FORMER CROWN PRINCE • DOES NOT WANT M PAY INCOME TM THJE HAGtJE, Dec. 28;r-^rhe '4iK- ; countant of Former Grown Prin^je' Frederick William, of (Jeritiany /'^'sf' lodged- a protest ,-w.ita tfie iWi^rini-^ii council ^against ,lts • .a^iessment J .Q income tax levy'aif 8'QP'pOO'•.fltilffls;;:a|i- /•»rw/MV> O\ +r\ +Vi rt TXri' ; v*-*4\Iv-in'lilrt #t * *\* .\fi^'ti.'-i cprding. to the ffii pg ^d/ fljl officei::/djEJ.cla'res'.tH'it Fre'dferick>W;U,1 ; iam's!infep.me is'only five' per\M|f that 'amb\int. ' * '• \ •>••'.'?*? CBj^ The Associated. Press •$•:•:•. ROME?, ([.Saturday), Dec. 2T.—Seto tor -Pup.elie, speajang in the Semite today.on the Adriatic question asiJQf't- ed that President Wilson' in his.i***- sages to Italy lias asSulhed ail a gant tone such as wdjild' not. been a*dt>pfed- i towar'd:a little ^. ^. i ._,.^. atoiv aitiioiigh. an old man ( _ ed in'the war as an officer of lieri. He declared it \VAB necess^|' for Italy to have Fiumei and Vologc^' district, besides* the part of Dalmatjik •jgranted li«r by the pact of Lonijtoi' and said that Gabriel D'Anhiinzio, 1$? Italia^i- insurgent leader, -liad sa-|#d Fiume. • - - 1 • DECLINES TO TALK -,,.. ...(By^'The Associated Press) • HAErRisBtTRG, Pa., tieic. 28.- William Gray Verndiye i^tib says : | is.the ivife,.of. the \§K)oklyti physijj^v wBe•\ disapp^ai'eil oii dnrl|tiiaB. 7 l*f when\ supposedly.\ ofi:*.his T*ay: to •'. v^fi' Miss- \Ruth Keejiey, of Mopi^.-M^'- • acht^setts, and: r -was stit^qtteiiil^ foundrin a Brooklyii hds^itii; d^inj ed, to&fgM to malcis any istatenieni|.\tn. i- ! egard r to \D£ Vei?milye!s affair. 3S|-S. yermily.es has been-here for some time oil a. -visit to her mar,rie4.-daugfitft- and. it was, said that ^lie <w^ulfl prab- ably return to New Yprk shorUjf^ PROMINENT SURGEON DIES (By The Associated. PreSs , . _ ' SCHBNECTADY, Dec. #.r-rDr. ^fi- ert M. Fuller, 75 yeirs old and CTeflit;- ed with being a mil\ion is dfeft at his home here. He is;' credited -«'ith. having been the originator of -tSa tablet form of med-icine. pr, Puflfer T -\EW ^^ J] was\\ shotl
