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I b the E n a fail Paper the N e w s ls ■ O i B f l k t U p to 4 P. M. COMPLETE DAY REPOJLIT OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS It is the Persistent Advertiser W ho Reaps Rewards. ADVSRTIOUl fooadsd 1144 jnuMTAL foaadM 1H I I N R O W , A R G E N T B H A Q U I T S TO S C R A P A R T IC LE TEN Geneva, Dec. 4.— (By the Associated Press).—Honorio Pueyrredon, head ot tbe Argentine delegation to tbe League of Nations Assembly toda|y a note to Paul Hymans, president of the Assembly, officially witbek-awing the Argentine delegation from the Assembly. The note, which was sent at 3:45 o’clock this afternoon, pointed out that the Argentina delegation regards its presence in the Assembly as useless, fol lowing the ertusal of the Assembly to permit discussion of the League covenant. Senor PueyrraWn told The Associated Press his action does not mean that Argentina has withdrawn from the League of Nations, but refused to say, if the move wag the preliminary to a final break between the League and Ar gentina. • - An amendment to the covenant to tho League of Nations elim inating A r ticle , X , the most mooted sectio n -of the pact, was introduced in the A ssem bly of the League today by Charles J. Doherty, Canadian m inister of justice. ' the amendment w ill probably be re ferred to the; Committee ou Am end ments. France W illing. Paris, Dec. 4.— F rance does not question tbe constitutionality of the adherence of Argentina to the L eague of Nations, nor the competence of A r gentina’s delegates to the Assem b ly of the League at Geneva to represent their country, it w a s stated a t the Foreign bffice today. This statement w a s prompted by reports published in Argentina that France was questioning the legality of the Argentinian membership .in the League, tho point being raised that her adherence could not be considered legal until approved by the National Congress. The report w a s connected in Argentina w ith dispatches from Ge neva indicating ’ thnt deductions had been 'made there from utterances of Foreign Minister Pueyrredon that Ar gentina favored the admission of Ger many to the League. In denying today the report that Fiance was questioning Argentina's status in '■ League, the Foreign Office expressed, disbelief that the Fren.ch delegates at Geneva were taking an attitude reflecting any such view. MAIMED SOLDIERS SWINDLED BY THOUSANDS PROBE OF WAR RISK INSURANCE BUREAU S H O W S Washington, Dec. 4.—Maimed sol diers have.been swindled, by the thou sands, millions of - dollars, have been thrown .away in overpayment of sol diers’ allotments nnd other -m illion s hnve been wasted on at- least 8.000 surplus* employes for whom . no work- could be found, according to'/an in vestigation of the Bureau of AVar- R isk Insurance now being conducted by a Congressional Committee, it w a s de clared. ■ “The revelations of graft, w a ste and inefficiency in our'report w ill equal? i f they do not surpass, the scandal bared in the United States Shipping Board operations,” said R epresentative J. T. Bojrg of Ohio, ranking member of the committee yesterday. “I t ‘is difflcult to speak calmly of the cases of w h o le sale fraud discovered, iu the Bureau when thousands of one-legged, one- nrmod and bJir.riod sold,iers were kept waiting for weeks in ante-room s,” continued Begg, “Anally to be button- with the suggestion from one i.i-urance examiner or another th a t l'is claim for insurance was w o rthless, lul. he would 'seo w h a t he could d,o for him,: if tlie insured would give him half tbe premium received. “Many a -poor fellow submitted to this outrageous extortion rather than lose all hope of collecting h is insur ance. Such practices are beneath the Wilson Undecided About D e l i v e r i n g Message in Person Washington. Dec. 4.—President W il son has informed Congressional lead ers that he w ill receive on M onday the committee to be appointed by the Senate and House to notify him form l ally that Congress is in session and ready to receive, communications from him. He has not however mad.e known whether he w ill deliver his an nual message in person as w a s h is custom before he w a s taken ill m ore than a year ago. It was snid today at the W h ite House that the president's m essage to ■ 'ongress was practically complete, but there still was no inform ation as to what specific recommendations the executive. would make. dignity of a common thief, and it is to be hoped, that.-,when the eleven men '-who.-were.indicted in .connection 'with- this fraud come before a jury they w ill receive -punishment' calculated' to. discourage suph practices. , “Testimony given by R. G. Choi-,, meley-Jones, director of the Bureau, and heads of various departments be fore the committee revealed the fact that at one tim e the Bureau employed a total of 170,000 persons. At the name time one large branch of the work admitted that there was only work enough to keep his employes busy eleven days out of every 26. “It is impossible to estim ate what the loss was on surplus employes, but when It is remembered that they were paid, an average of $1,500 apiece, it is clear that the loss runs into many millions. FARE INCREASE WOULD INVOLVE STATE RIGHTS Counsel Argues If New York Rates Are Booster as High as Inter” state Rates, Control of Roads Will Center in Washington Kingston, X. Y., Dec. 4.—Judge Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck. of the State Supreme Court, today declined to va cate ah injunction obtained by the state restraining 61 railroads from increasing their intrastate passenger rates 20 per cent, as provided for by an order of tlie Interstate Commerce Commission. The rates were to have gone into effect November 29. DAY’S WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Dec. 4.—W estern New York; rain tonight; colder, in the west portion; Sunday rain or snow and colder;- strong southwest and w e st winds prob ably reaching a gale. 1 TEM P E R A T U R E S : (Water Dept. Thermometer.) 1920..1919 M a x im u m ...................... '46 3 1 ' M inim u m ....................... 39 23 Sun rises today 7:08; sets 4:33 Sun rises tomorrow 7 :09 TWO BANDITS GET $12,000 PAYROLL Detroit, Mich., Dec. 4.— Two armed men at noon today held up Paul Sun- denberg, paymaster for the Thompson- Starrett Construction Company, and escaped with a valise containing $ 12 ,- 000 in pay envelopes. Less than an hour later Charles McCabe, depositor, was shot and seriously wounded when three men attempted to hold up the cashlcr of a bank a mile away. Man Confesses He Killed Hayes For Money He Carried Rutland, Vfc., Dec. 4.—Peter Longe, one of the four men under arrest for the murder of Owen H a y es at Fair Haven, October 6 , has confessed that he killed Hayes for the money he car ried, and has declared that the other accused men were not with him, ac cording to a statement by county of ficers today. Longe is said to have asserted' that he obtained the aid, of some for eigners whose names he did not know to strike, I-Inyes down, and that lie did not himself wield the club. I-Ie is said, to have admitted that he helped carry the body to tlie Castieton IUver, into which it was thrown. Banfes Hold Reserve. New York, Dec. 4.—The actual con dition of clearinghouse banks and trust companies for the week shows that they hold $21,981,040 reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is an ‘Increase of $20,006,W0 from excess of legal requirements. This is aii in crease of ?2G,OC6,540 from last week. Kingston, N. Y , Dec 4.—-Control of the railroads within the state would pass from tho state to W ashington if it is deckled ultimately that all intra state rates must be at least as high as interstate rates, said ..Ledyard P. H a le, of Albany, counsel for the Pub lic Service Commission, second D is trict, in arguing to make permanent an injunction restraining the railroads operating within the state from in creasing intrastate rates to conform to the interstate rates ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commission, be fore Supreme Court Justice Gilbert D. B. Hasbrouck here today. The issue involved in the complaint of the New York Central aud other carriers, Mr. Hale told tlie court, was whether the rates which had been fixed by the director general -of rail roads under war powers ceased and rates thereafter were determinable either by stato statutes or the Public Servicc Commission. After receiving the action of tlio In terstate Commerce Commission in in creasing the Interstate -rates of all railroads, Mr. Hale said that the hear ing before the Federal Commission on the railroads’ petition to -increase intrastate rates did not proceed alohg the line of determining -whether state rates were adequate but was confined to.w h ether they were low 6 r than the corresponding ra tes .-fixed -byi tho-Com mission. There.was n o .dispute.-.that they were lower, said the attorney, but it was contended by the Public Service Commission that whether they w ere too high or whether they were too low was a matter of determination by the Stato of New York 'through its constituted authorities and not a question to be determined by the In terstate Commerce Commission. Question of C o n trol The question presented in special torm, continued Judge Halo, was not a question of adequacy of the rates- or confiscatory character of the two ceuL rate on the New York Central between Albany aud Buffalo, but the relative au thority and jurisdiction of the state to control matters wholly within its own boundaries aud the prevention by aid o f the State Courts of the immediate collection of increased passenger rates until such time as the United States Supreme Court has decided the matter of jurisdiction. “In none of the proceedings before the Public Service Commission, second district,\ said Judge I-Iale, “has the N e w York Central or any other rail road company tendered any proof that present rates are unreasonably low or that the two cent a mile rate for way passengers between Albany and Buflelo is unreasonably low. The position of the railroad company has been from the beginning that the intrastate rates m u st, as a matter of law, be equal, to the interstate rates and that without any regard to the value of its property or the value of the service rendered. “If the ultimate decision should b>; that all iutrastatc rates must be at least as high as interstate rates, then all control of the railroads will have passed out of the State of New York and will be centered- at Washington. T h e action brought by the attorney general in the name of tho state Is in tended lo prevent tho transfer of this authority.” Arguing for the carriers, Charles C. Paulding, assistant vice preseident of the New York Central railroad, de clared the petition to make permanent the inpunction was insufficient. He contended there is an appropriate remedy at law, asserting that the pub lic Service Commission has power by mandamus to onforce its decision. Congress, he declared, has para mount power to prescribe rates con trolling interstate commerce and that power extends even to iutrastatc rales whero they are lower than those fixed by Interstate Commerce Commission and then result in discrimination and prejudice to the interstate rate struc ture. CAPITAL IN London, Dec. 4.—Russian Soviet troops captured Erivan, the Armenian capital, on Thursday, and Armenia lias declared itself a Soviet republic, it is asserted in a wireless dispatch rccoived from Moscow today. H ie troops of tho old Armenian govern ment liavo placed themselves at tlio disposal of tho Soviet administration, the distpatch declares. “Azerbaijan,\ tlio message adds, “has voluntarily renounced tlie dis puted provinces -of Zangemar, Nak hichevan, Anne-Nagomy aiul Kara- bagii, w liich have been 1 landed over to Soviet Armenia.” T a k e B lack Sea -Port. Constantinople, Dec. 4. (By the As sociated Press).— Control of Ineboli, a port on the Asia-Minor coast of the Black Sea, has been assumed by the Russian Bolshcvlki, according to a re port reaching this city. Colonel Culien- olf identified with the Russian Soviet government appeared when a steamer reached Inebbli and to-have prevented the landing of passengers. He declared that he had orders from the Soviet government not to per mit assistance to reach the Turks ex cept from the Bolshiviki. HELLENES ALL UPSET VIRGINIA CHS PAY HOMAGE TO PSESIDENT-flEC! Newport News, Ya., Dec. 4—Return ing to American shores today from his vacation voyage, President-elect Harding received a rousing welcome from the Virginia Tidewater cities aud responded with a message of renewed national confidence niul unity. Final abandonment of sectionalism and a rebirth of fearless nationalism furnished the theme of several speeches on his program during the day in Newport N ews and Norfolk, l i e declared that although his trip away from home had furnished many pleas ant experiences it had served to make stronger his devotion to independent America Tho steamer Pastorcs on which the senator and Mrs. Harding returned from tho Caual Zone came info Hamp ton Roads soon after daylight and docked hero at 10:30 a. m., yesterday morning. Disembarking, the party was taken for a ride through the Newport News ship yards and the city’s downtown .section before Mr. Harding's first speech of the dny at tho Academy of Music. Crossing to Norfolk on a destroyer early in the af ternoon he wns to spend the remain der of the day there as tlie guest of that city. A flotilla of 25 army airplanes from Langley Field accompanied by three naval dirgiblcs went out to form a guard of honor for tho Paslores and tho ships along the path were dressed in marine signal flags spelling out a welcome -home. The presidential yaclit Mayflower, which brought Secretary Colby to the Roads in tho first leg of his journey to South America, dipped her flag as the Pastorcs passed and the battleship Florida, waiting nearby, to take tho secretary aboard, manned her rail to honor tho president-elect. FRIENDS OF IRISH FREEDOM GREET MAC SWINEY New York, Dec. 4.—Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of tlie late lord mayor of Cork, who died on a hunger strike in London’s Brixton Prison, stepped quietly down (lie gang plank from tlie big grey liner Celtic this morning, land ing here on her long journey to testify before the Committee of Ono Hundred investigating conditions in Ireland. The little woman, clad in mourning, was accompanied by J liss Mary Mac Swiney, sister of tlie late lord mayor, who made tlio journey w ith her. Out side tho entrance to tho pier, on West Street, hundreds of men, women and children wearing mourning bauds and carrying flags of the Irish Republic were massed (o greet the two women, but they appeared from a different exit than w a s expccted and stepped into a waiting taxicab and were w ell started beforo tlio crowd knew they had landed. Immediately, efforts wero m ade to forA a parade to escort Mrs. M acSwiney to a Fifth Avenue hotel. Quiet marked the reception of the “ two women, who wero the flrst to step ashore when the Celtic berthed. A Reception Committee, surround,ed with the tri-color bunting of the Irish Re public, greeted them, Tlie parade, which formed in con siderable confusion turned Into Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street. There n num ber of labor union bodies, bearing their union standards, swung into line Athens, Dec. 4.— (By the .Associated Press.)— P remier Rhallis- stated, def initely -toclay.'that' tlib''plebiscite on the return of former King Constantine would; be hold Sund/iy. He also i s - ’ sorted 'that the cabinet would not 're sign for the present. Constantine, the premier added, still is counting on-returning and the cabi net w ill issue a note ‘ to the Allies, asking in 'w h a t way Constantine wns djsloyal and also how Greece failed in her obligations or showed herself hostile, as asserted in the Allied note to the \Greek government. NEW ENGLAND AMERICANS D E P O R T W R IT E R FROM DOMOXICAN REPU B L IC Noted' Elevenls Meet. Boston, Dec. 4'.—The Boston Col lege lined up ngainst Holy Cross on a wet gridiron at- Braves Field today as the only college team of importance ( iu the East that had won every game I this season. Havanna, Dec. 4.— Horatio Blanco Fonibona, a Venezulan writer, who was arrested iu San Domingo last month by American military authorities, landed at Santiago, Cuba, yesterday, having, it is said, been expelled from the Dom inican Republic. A dispatch to the newspaper El Muudo declares he was deported from San Domingo by tho Americans because of newspaper activ ities tending to incite the native popu lation to inunity against American au thority. Athens, Dec. 3.— (By the Associated P r e ss)— F ormal presentation of the joint note to the Greek government from Great Britain, France aud Italy was m ade hero tonight by tho minister of those countries, Earl Granville, M. De B illy and Signor Montagna, the three ministers, went to the ofiice of rrcm ier Rhallis, who notified Deme- trios Gounaris. minister of war, wbo hurriedly left his ofllce to call a coun cil of the cabinet. The note disapproving the return of King Constantine caused surprise, if not consternation in this cily. The plebiscite, by which people of Greece arc to record their approval or disapproval of the return of Constan tine, m a y be delayed E d itorials reflecting opposition to the -return of Constantine are appear ing in this city. Commenting on the British attitude regarding the return Ot Constantine, tho newspaper Patris sa y s : “Those who accused Venizelos of selling Greece to strangers nre now” obliged tp accept shameful conditions. ’ “It is clear the Allies washed their hands of our internal policies by ac knowledging tho principles that must control nations,” says the Atbine. Another Escape From Sing Sing Ossining, N. Y., Dee. 4.— Fred Rothamel, 20-year-old convict under 10 year sentence for robbery, today es caped from Sing Sing Prison by walking off a cell block roof to tbe roof of the house of Warden Lewis E. Lawes. A general alarm was sounded within 10 minutes. Prison officials set out immediately on liis trail Rothamel was nt work with two other convicts repairing the cell block roof, under guard of keeper Winds- man, who joined tlie Sing Sing Prison staff only a few days ago. On a pre tense that the had fo get another tool, he was permitted to leave without a guard. Crossing to the roof of the warden’s residence, he entered the cupola and went down through tho house, passing several servants and Ihe warden’s of fice on his way out Tho warden’s house is just outside the prison walls. B . . r . Ikal2n0o ucp vU cmfwypcmf 10U0LY PROTESTS HIGH COAL COSTS New York, Dec. 9.—Eugene Hult- man, fuel administrator of Massachu setts, appeared' before the United States Senate Committee on Recon struction and Production liero Loday and protested against Massachusetts being made the “dumping ground” for independent anthracite coal at “exces sive prices.” 1-Ie declared that New England was being taxed $17,000,000 a year in ex cess of company prices, which he con sidered a fair price” for coal. He added that New. York State was be ing similarly taxed Company coal prices he snid aver aged $8 a ton f. o. b. mine, while the independents price was $14.31. When asked to explain what an in dependent operator was, he said: “I would be arrested if I told you.’’ Mr. Hultman said that all operators not in the company organization were independent. He explained there were from 170 to 20 independent operators, while there were only seven company operators. The companies, he said, wero understood to be operated by tho railroads which are now being di vorced from tbe coal business by tbe government. W hile New England Is experiencing no actual ‘'physical su f fering\ l-r -iso of lack of coal, he a s serted tl w a s mental suffering” as there was >oal c in sight for future use. QUIET REIGNS IN M E ; FEW SIGNS OF WAR Triest, Dec. 4. (By the Associated Press).—Fishermen's boats on tha Gulf' of Qmirnero were todny the only signs of life in thnt body of water, about which war is theoretically be ing carried on. Last night was silent and this morning’s dawn saw no' change from tlio inaction that has reigned thero for several months. Only the mackerel fishermen could be seen. Flume was lighted up during the 'night, tlio coast nenr the' city appear ing like a boulevard nlong' the ex panse of water. Looking from Abbazla one could see nothing that did not per sonify peace. The lights of Flume gavo guarantee that life existed there, but there was no hostile sounds. Governors A t t e n d » Chester Exercises Chester, Pa . Dec. 4 —More than a dozen governors returning from the Governors’ Conference at Harrisburg, wero guests here today at the exer cises attending the official return of tbe historic old City Hull to tho city and at the Republican victory lunch eon. Governor Coolidge, vice presi dent-elect. was the guest of honor at the luncheon. At the. City Hall exercises Govern or Coolidge, Governor Sproul of Penn sylvania, and, Governor Allen of Kan sas, were on tlio program for ad dresses. The structure will be used as head quarters of the Delaware County H is torical Society an’d for patriotic pur poses. It was built in 1724 - Commission Goes to Fium c. Rome, Dec., 4.—The Chamber of Deputies Commission appointed to go to Flume with a view to convincing D ’Annunzio thnt Italy’s highest inter ests require his submission to the Adriatic settlement left for Flume last night after an audience with premier Glollttl. The Commission comprises 10 members, representing all parties of the Chamber except the Socialists. The premier told tho commissioners that Italy would occupy the Islands of Vefella and Arbe, awarded to Jugo slavia under the Jtapallo agreement, not on lief own account hut as the representative of tlie entente, those Isl ands being a part of the armistice zone. Italy therefore could not allow D ’Annunzio or nnybody else to occupy them for nny reason, ns to do so would bo a violation of her international pledges. The premier pointed out these islands were not even included in the pact of London of 1015, ns ter ritory to go to Italy. The demand that Veglin and Arbe be evacuated by D ’Annunzio’s troops, snid the premier, was not a beginning of the application of Treaty of Pappallo, but an act of necessity on the part of Italy to carry out lier pledges. with a band which struck up the “Star, Spangled Banner\’ and “Irish Republic” airs and cheers were raised. City Welcomes Her. i Tho city officially welcomed Mrs. . MacSwiney through Grover A. AVhalen, -, commissioner of plants and structures, representing tho mayor. Down the - bay J. L. Fawsitt, “Irish consul” at New York, and, personal representative of Eamonu Devalera, “president of the Irish Republic\ accompanied by Os wald Garrison Vlllard, o f the Com mittee of One Hundred, m et Mrs. Mac- '- Swiney going .out to the Celtic on the coast guard cutter which put, customs and newspaper- men aboarcV .the liner.\ Tho police boats Patrol and the\ John F. Hylan carried welcoming dele gations down tho bay w ith representa tives of a number of 'organizations of Irish sympathizers to meet-'-the C e ltic.-, Mrs. Peter MacSwiney and Mrs, Annie M acSwiney Dixon, cousin of Mrs. Mac Swiney, shouted a welcome from the Patrol.- . \ \ . i . An extra coast‘guard cutter was used, to carry tho unusual number of reporters and photographers. Makes No Statem ent. Mrs. MacSwiney. and her sister-in- law, however, made no statement ’.to reporters, nnd declared they would have nothing to say. until they had talked, to the Committee of One Hun dred. Possibly lato today, .they. said,-., a statem ent might be ;issued .at .their hotc- 1 . '. \ • \ . - Mrs. MacSwiney, .in.-- deep ■ black, posed for photographers-“-during the short trip from Quarantine. Tho camera men saw a sm all framed worn-, an. about five feet- four..; with soft wide open eyes and unmistakable lines of suffering in her face. - At tho hotel tyrs. MacSwiney went ■ at once to her apartment, and the parade disbanded. WEATHER CARD FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, Dec. 4.—Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Mon day : Atlantic States and region of the Great Lakes Moderate temperature, considerable cloudiness nnd occasional rains. 141TH ANNIVERSARY O F FOUNDING OF FRATERNITY Morgan Returns to U. S. New York, Dec. 4.—J. P. Morgan and M js. .Morgan today returned from a European trip of several months, on; the steam er Celtic which brought Mrs. Terence MacSwiney, widow of tli^ late lord m ayor of Cork, here. SOCIALIST PARTY LOSES PLACK ON BALLOT IN WYOMING Cheyenne. Wyo.. Dec 4.—The So cialist Party has lost its right lo n place on the ballot in Wyoming ns tho result of the November election, failing to cast a vote equalling two per cent, of the total vote cast. <. The Farmer-Labor Party, by polling a vote equal to 10 per cent of ihe total won n place on the primary and general election ballot official canvass today disclosed. Williamsburg, Va . Dec. 4 —The 144th anniversary of the founding o f the Phi Beta Kappa Society, oldest of Greek letter fraternities, brought many visitors to William and Mary College, including Sir Auckland Ged- des, British ambassador,»who will be initiated. as a fraternity .member to-' rligfit\ jmVl make the anniversary ad dress. ' ‘ ‘ ' The-Phi Beta Kapipa w a s founded here in 177G. Secretary Payne, Rear Admiral Grayson, physician to President Wil son aud an alumnus of William and Mary, and Norman D a v is, under sec retary of state were among tlie visi tors from Washington. The initiates include in addition to Sir Auckland, P. P. Claxton, federal commissioner of education; Don C. Seitz, New York World r William Pulsifer, New York: Professor Charles L. ltaper. Syracuse, N Y., and\ a number of distinguished ; Virginians. Resolutions Ask .Truce. Dublin, Dec. 4.—R e solutions‘appeal- • ing to tlie Irish Republican Parlia ment to negotiate a truce with; a view' to securing an honorable peace were- passed by the Galway County Coun-. ell, a Republican body, yesterday. The resolutions expressed the opinion the British government should withdraw tho ban on meetings of the Irish Re publican Parliament so thnt tho lat ter might appoint delegates. T h e y declared the present reign of shoot ings and burnings, reprisals and counter reprisals detrimental to the interests of both England nnd Ireland. It w a s ordered that this resolution bo sent to Premier Lloyd George with tho resolution passed, by the Galway County Urban Council supporting the appeal of Roger N. Sweetman, a Sinn Fein member of Parliam ent for North Wexford, suggesting a truce. Tho be lief exists that Mr. Sweetman was not acting solely in h is ow n behalf in making his proposal. CAPPER BILL TO STOP GAMBLING IN FOODSTUFFS Washington, Dec. 4.— Senator Cap per of Kansas today m ade public his proposed bill to stop gambling in food stuffs nnd cotton. A tax of 10 per cent, designed to be prohibitive, on '“future” trading in grain and cotton, except by actual owners or a limited class of traders under federal license, is the basic fea ture of the Capper bill, which is to be introduced, in the Senate next week ly the author and in the House by Representative Tincher (Republican) of Kansas. ‘ The 10 per cent tax would apply to options and the meas ure would affect grain products aa well as raw grain Penalties of 50 per cent of the pro posed federal tax. a fine of 510.000 and one year s imprisonment for violation of the bill's provisions are incorpor ated iu the bill. Lightship Safe Boston, - Dee 4.—The Nantucket Shoals Lightship was torn away from its lunly station ln a storm on Thurs day night 1 . 1 u-dns confusion among ves sels that skirted the dangerous shoals. After anxious search the mystery of the lightships disappearance was solved, when she put iu at New Bed ford today.
