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TEMPERATURE^ 3 p. m.—12 aboye*: 3 a. m —12 above, j THE COLUMBIA KEPUBLICAN THE WEATHER. Wednesday paitly cloudy,! % warmer; Thursday unsettled! VOLUISIE CII , Where You Read It first HUDSON, N. Y., TUESDAY, OFAKUARY 3, i m NUMBER 18.1 ICE HARVEST HERE IS IVf AT ITS HEIGHT Both Hudson Houses Start Harvest on River and Big Athens Houses are Prepar ing the Fields. T h e ice harvest is under full swing here. Y e s terday the C lerm o n t Ice Co. and th e H u d son & A tliens Ice Co. hegan th e liarve.st on the river and at Cue sam e time the fo r m e r com p a n y u a s harvesting ice on U n d e rhill pond, noth com p a n ie s had big gangs of men at w o rk cutting and storing the r:\e r ice w h ich avertiged about eight inches in thickness. T h e ico fields all along the river in th is section were busy places. Vesterday the “B u ll D u r h a m ” house, the W o lfe house, the K n ickerbocker the H o w land and th e A thens ^iipply Bo., all p u t field gangs a t w o rk on the A thens side. Only the .vrrow honse had no men a t tvorlc .vt«sterday but it was said th a t the field w o rk Avould probably sta r t th e re roday and tom o rrow . T h e ice in the riv e r this year tile finest in m a n y a w inter. Bc- i-ansf of the absence* or snoav the ice ha.s formed as c!ea.v as a crystal and of exceptional quality. The ice everjuvhore along tlio rh-er i.s averaging- from seven and one h a lf t(V eight inches in thickness and the ;■ respects last night were that anoth- i-i- inch would be added before m o rn ing. liio big house.s on the A thens side are .getting the elevators and -store room s all ready and th e fields m arked and plowed and th e canal cuts so tliat a.s soon as the ten-inch U-e appears the harvest will go under Because these houses deal w ith th e Xcw Toi'k m a rke. and therefore tlie ice m u s t be rehandled and shipped next siunm o r, it is necessaiw to have at' least ten-inch ice -so t h a t tvro inch es ma.y be lost in nandling-. The u o a tlier ivill govern th e tim e these iiquse.s will s t a r t th e elevators and it is figm-ed t h a t m o s t o f them -will blow ..^ilveir whistles the‘ T h e H u d son houses lost no tim e in g e tting th e ir harvest on th e riv e r undemvay yesterday as soon as th e eight inch appeared. T h is is about th e i-ig'ht thickness fo r local .sumption and can be m o re easily handled th a n th e heavier ice. .Tf th e w e a ther rem a ins favorable both houses will be stored and th e usual am o u n t of ice stacked by th e end of next week. H o w e v er they are m a k ing every, ho u r count now. T h e lo cal houses have not had b e tter ice in m a n y years. latter part of this JIKIIGE COCHRANE IS THE PRESmiNG JUSTICE Albany, .Tan. 3.— S u p rem e C o u rt .fustice John M. Kellogg, of Og’dens- hurg, yrosiding justice of th e -Appel late Division, T h ird D e p a rtm e n t, since l!)15, has retired, having reached th e con-stitutional age lim it of 70 years. Justice Kellogg h a s served on th e hencli fo r forty years, in city, county ; .111 state. H e becam e R e c o rder of I he city of Ogdensburgh in 1S82, and later served as County Justice of St. i-aw rence county, and as a judge of ih e S tate Bourt of Claims. H e was anointed a Suprem e C o u rt Justice in October, 1902. Ju s tice A a ron V. S. C o chrane, of Hudson, has been appointed by the t l o v e rnor to the Third D e p a rtm e n t as (’.\esiding Justice succeeding Justice .iohn M. Kellogg. Justice C h arles C. T a n K irk, of fireentvich, has been appointed as -As sociate Justice of th e Third D e p a rt m ent in idaco of Justice Cochrane, de.signated as P residing Justice, ^!0 I me of he features of the coming Hufison Autom o h ilc show at the ar- ■aory fills m o n th will le? a I'ack a r d ■ h assis w ith a Holbrook body. This w ill he pari of the exhibit of Bhes+er ■\. kiiller, ihe local I’ackard, Oldsmo- hile ;iiel Reo representative. The li.oor idan for the show con- leinr. 4 7 cav-.°.paces and ilg r. J. J. Ba.'ahii!i sends w o rd from Pittsfield 1 mt every space ha.s been sokl. The .'how will he the biggest ever held in n city the size of H u d son. ROOT’S WINES STOLEN FROM CLINTOM HOUSE Bfie.-i. X. T., Jan . 3.— T h e hom e of i-:i;iiu Root, of Clinton, IST. 'V., v/as •I'Mu'd of a, valual)le stock of case wine.s hy thieves who entered th e iilaee while he was at th e arm s con- reiice in W a shington, acegrding to !i adveniseiuent printed in a U tica m-wspaper offering $1,000 rew a rd fo r i-ii'orm ation leading to arrest and coii' vii-tion of the thieves. D cliglilfnl T e a Dance. i'D triet A ttorney and Mrs John B. ■•|•.a.•.v gave a very delightful tea d a i u \ VI th e ir Union street home Munchiy afternoon. TAEBftfiRROFGlOe F R E i ™ * Chief of Police Says Men Went in Sober, Came Out “Well Corned.” Officers Miller, McEnneny and Kendall w e n t to a place on upper W a rren St., known as the Weavei- ci g a r store, yesterday afternoon and b ro u g h t to police heacciuarters a b a r rel of alleged h a r d cider. PrcTious- ly Officer M iller had visited the place and brought a bottle of the beverage to th e Chief. The latter th e n ordlor- ed the seizure. The Chief said th a t he had learned of men g-oing- into th e place early in the daj’ and com ing out “well corned,” so he decided to ook into th e m a tter. INTO arrests iTi-e m ade l)Ut it in said the propri- to r will be in Citj’ Court todajx WELL KNOWN CDUPtE MARRIED IN GHENT Ghent, Jan . 3.— A Xe-w Yea,r's event was the m a rriage of Miss C atherine Deyoe, elder Gaiighter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Deyoe, and Jo h n Calvin R o b erts, of M aine. P.ev. M r W right, of C h atham , perform e d the cerem o n y in the place of th e fa th e r of th e groom . Rev. J. R o b erts, who tvas ex pected to be present but w.as p r e vented by serious illness. The bride is poinilar in the younger set and d u r ing the w a r hold an im p o rtant gov- ornm e n t position in W asliington, The groom has governm e n t w o rk under his .supervision and after reaching W a shington they will reside there. This -w^edding is of interest on account of the social prom inence of the bride an d groom in th e ir respec tive hom e towns. A w edding supper was served afte r th e cerem o n y , only th e im m e d iate relatives of th e bride being present, a t both. WEREMARReiN YEARS AGO MONDAY M onday evening- the hom e of M r and IMrs G. R. W ollslager, 521 State street, was the scene of a very p r e t ty social gathering- w h e n the jnera- bei's of th e Igid-ies’ Aid society and th e ir fam ilies of St. M a tthew ’s L u th e r a n church called in a genuine surprise p a r ty to rem ind 'M r and Mrs AVoHslager of the fact th a t it w£ th e ir 25th w e d d ing anniversary. The evening was enjoya!bly_ spei.. in gam.es, ete., a.t th e close of w h ich a delightful 'supper w a s served to b e tw een forty and fifty guests.' D u ring the evening th e p a s to r of St. M a tthew P G e rm an church, Rev. M r Eberlein, presented • th e couple w ith a silver w e d d ing ceitificate and also a gift of silverw a re from friends in the city of New York. T h e pasto r m ade a splendid address in w h ich he extended th e good -wishes an d con g ratulations of all present to th e bride and groom ot a q u a r ter of a century. M rs Shulzle, president oi the Ladies’ Aid Society, m a d e a p r e sentation .speech and delivered the p resen t of a silver cake .basket to th e couple on behalf of th e Aid Society of w h ich the “ibride” h a s been th e ef ficient trea s u r e r for som e time. During the supper a g-reat big- w e d ding cake w a s revealed th a t was the product of -Alibert H e n n ig’s skill.' MISS CRAMER BRIDE OF FRANK M.RRIWA J.Ionday afternoon a t th e hom e of the bride’s parents, M r and M rs C h arles C ram e r, of 101 N o rth F if th street, th e ir daughter, V a leria M. Ci-amer, becam e the bride of P r a n k nr. B riw a, son of M r and M rs M ichael Bi-iwa, well kno-wn residents of the town of Greenpoi-t. 'The groom is Town Clerk of G reenport and very •popular in th e co.mimiUni-tj';. T h e cerem o n y Avas perform e d in th e pre- ■sence of th e im m e d iate fam ilies of botli the bride and groom. The pastor of St. Mattlie-w’s Ger m an Im tlieran church, th e Rev. J. P. Eberlein, of Avhich church th e bride and groora a.re both memibers, p e r form e d th e cerem ony. Im m e d iately afterw a rd M r and*M n B riw a left for New Y o rk city on th e ir bridal trip, and upon th e ir retu-pn will •make th e ir hom e in Gi-eenpoft,' B o th bride and groom, are well kno-wm in Hudson. The bride was Iborn here, attended -tlie schools of Hudson, and has p, g-reat num b e r of friends. M r B rhva thoug-h not resid ing in Hudson, attended the city schools, g r a d u a ting from the H igh school. H e is also a Cornell U n iver sity graduate. H e is a successful agriculturalist and has also been a c tive in the affairs of tlie tOAvnship w h e re he resides. 'M istake In Friiiting. T h ru an error iir the printing th e advertising cards of the Xlnion College Glee club concert to be g-iven at the A rm o ry on S a turday evening, Jan u a r y 14, th e price, of adm ission Avas m ade to read $1.50. The px'ice in reality is to be $1.00, the sam e as last year. ■\VilI Close Accounts Sliortly. The com m ittee in charge ‘of the C h arity B all is A'ery desirioiis th a t all retu r n s for tickets an d all bills be sent in a t once. EiVIGTSME SRieHEll Six Convicts Are Now Locked in Isolation Cells and There Has Been Shake-up of Keepers. Ossining, N. Y., Jan. 3.— Six prison ers were locked in isolation cells and a general shakc-up of keepers Avas m a d e Avhen it was discovered th a t heroin wa.s being- smug-gled into Sing Sing'' prison. A c cording to 'W arden Law es th e drug was taken into the prison by a construction gang of con victs AVho go outside the wall dai'y to Avork on tlio annex. The convicts obtained th e ir supply from peddler.s who read ied them on the hill opposite Sing Sing. SOTHANNIYENSARY OF THEIR yVEDOING New Y e a r’s Day Ava.s a mo.st de lightful event at th e hom e of iMr and M rs M artin Smith, of MellenviUc, when they cclebi-atecl their 50th w e d ding anniversary. Those m-esent were: R ca '. and M rs K. I). WentAVorth of H u d son, M rs A. J. l-lamm and John M cGuirt, of B ridgeport, Conn.; M rs E. J. FaTmer, Sr., and Misses Sal-a and Ada P a l m e r; F ran k , Douiild, R o elif and Clai-- ence P a lm e r; M r and M rs K. J. P a l m er, Jr., M r and M rs O scar Palm e r, M r and Mi-s A lbert P a lm e r and daugh te r C atherine, M r and Mr.s H a rvel C h ristm a n and children; M r and Mrs H a rvey Shafer. M r and M rs Chai-les Nicker.son and daughter H ilda, M rs A u g u sta Snyder, M rs T\’’illiajn, Van Wie, of P h ilm o n t; M rs C arrie W ax- well, W illiam Tom p k ins, M r and M rs Clax-ence P rpper, M r and Ml’S NclSOU Bowdy, M rs E lizabeth Carl, Miss Lizzie Carl, Mr and Mrs Floyd Sluitts and Miss AToia Shutts, of Mellenville. A m o st bounteous rep a s t was sex-ved by th e hostess. The hom e was beau tifully decox-ated in w h ite and gold, M r and M rs Sm ith w e re t-{ie x-ecipients. of.mauyvbeaiitifxU gift^. beside $105 in The Rev. M r WentAVorth, of H u d son, gave the pi’eselitation address. ADMTiNrans YWUTOPRaHLli Robt- G. Patrie and Fred Decker Are Appointed Ap praisers of Estate. The last Avill and testam e n t of Id a C. Potte, late of the To.wn of Living ston, deceased, Avho died suddenly at h e r hom e on the 19th day of NoA’em- Txer, last was adm itted to prQbate bi SuiTogate Whitibeck Tucsda.y' m o rn ing. The executoi-.s are Stephen F. Avery of the Town of Taghkanic and F red B. H o rton, of the T oavu of Jfiv- ingston. R o b e rt G. P a trie and F red lieeker, both of the 'Town of Livifxg- ston Avere appointed appx-aisers of the estate. W endover Neefus, Esej. Avas appointed special gaiarclian lo r all utikno'Wn helrs-at-law and next of kin and for all in fan t lieii’s-at-laAV and next of kin. Walbi-ath & Mc- Cui-n, attorneys of Syx-acuse, N. Y. appeared for LeAVis U. Ci’ane and Id a M. Chaplin and ivir McCufix stated, th a t the.v had no objection to 'the pro-bate of the AVill bxit wished to re serve the i-ight to ask for a construc tion of the Aviil. Sam u el 13. Coffin, ond of the su\o- sci-iiiing Avitnes.ses to th e in stru m e n t was SAVOrn, and examined by the spe cial guardian. The other subscribing Avitness Mrs -Catherine Hennessy took the usual deposition and Avas not cre SC-examined. The attorneys for the executors are\ C'.hacc B rothers and R. V o n e ll Herz- BRIANDUAVESFOR RIGCORFERiNGE Paris, Jan . 3—‘P rem ier B riand has gone to Camnes fox- the m o st critical international conference since he as sum e d office .early in 1921. Upon his meeting- Avith Lloyd George and -the allied pi;emiex-s depends not only t'he fate of ixis OAvn governm e n t b u t th a t of the A n g lo-French entente w ith all th e fa r reaching effects of the E u ropean policies th a t fo r the next decade w ill i-esuit from the Su prem e Council’s decision. iBx-iand h a s left Avith th e F rench dem a n d s still x'inging in his ears th a t Tie s h a ll not yield on any of his gov- f '.V-neut rep a ratio n s claixxxs. H e has ; it behind him as well, considerable disquietude over the fact th a t th e F rench M inisters signed th e August agreem e n t under w h ich F ran c e Avas depriA'^ed of a share of th e first bil lion m a rks from Germ any. NEKRIRG ON PENRA, R.R. CASE POSTPONED Chicago, Jan. S— ^A hearing of the case b r o u g h t by th e P e n n s y lvania railroad against th e U. S. R a ilroad Board, seeking- a perm a n e n t injunc tion against publication by the B o ard of an order declaring- the cari-ier in violation of one of its oi’ders, Avas postponed in D istrict Coux-t here u n til Jan u a r y IS. T h e case is regarded *as im p o rtant test issxie as it involves pra-cticaTIy, goA-ernment control of raih-oad dis- pute.s, or an “open shop” policy. HUDSON MAN BUYS SUMMER PLACE Clarence J. W altei-m ire of N o rth F if th street has purchased of Mrs Geox'ge H. Catlixx, of Plattsbui-g-h hex- hom e at W a lker’s Mills, about eight j m iles from this city. T h e place h a s a num b e r of fru it •trees and a fine creek ruxxning back of the hoxxse. M r Waltei-mire and fam ily Avill close up their hom e in this city and spend th e ir fu tu re sum m ers a t th e ir nCAV s u m m e r hom e. SHAKE-UP ALBANY POUCE DEPARTMENT A lbanj’, Jan. 3—^The m o s t im p o rt an t “shake-ap” in The police d e p a rt m ent in years Avill take place tomoxv row avhen the \first official order is sued by Comm issioner of Safety K e ith goes into effect. Every pofice captain in th e dep a rtm e n t ia tra n s ferred under th e order and police m en who have long been in service ■and Avere on special details are as signed to vax'ious precincts fo r activ? p a tro l duty. OOGUMENIS OF JAPANESE Alleged Agreements, Between Japan and France and Si berian Policies Are Made Public. Reveals He is Getroliied When Opponent Says Princess Might Break' Engagement to Marry Him. Dublin, Jan. 3— Out of the bitter ness of the Dail E ireann debutCo on the Ix-i.sh peace treaty lias blossoi-ned the floAver of x’omaxice xind it Is none otlxex- th a n M icky Coliins, fig'nling hero and backer of ti^c treaty Avho adm itted publicly th a t he is betroth ed and th a t his lox-e is for tin Irish It happened th a t i ’rincoss lia r y ’s nam e Avas injected into the debate. The Countess M arkievicz, x>.n Irisii girl, AVhose title cam e rrom he:- m a r- x-iage to a Polish couxxt, Avas denounc- in-g the treaty roundly. She had heard th a t Viscount LasteJles, fiance of Princess Mary, was to be tlie first governor of Ireland. But, she added, she had oven heard tlxat the Pj-Tn-ccss M ary’s engagem ent Avould be broken off - so th a t she ■might marrj^ Slicky Bollin.s. This statem e n t Avas inado . Avlifie < ’o'.lins was absent froni/,iih-tty.^^-D^tj*x^b “I Avas ab.sent -KAffi'div. tli'e* .sUitc-ment Ainas m ade regarding ‘me and a lady of a foreign nation,” he said. ‘T cannot let th a t pass. x-T-ometime in histox-y a royal ladV passed th ru Ire land and Avas not insulted by our people. The lady a /hose nam e has Ixeen m entioned is betrothed to some- m an. I kno-w notbing- or lier. B u t it m ay cau.se her p a in as Avell as the lady who is betrothed to me. I Avon’t allow any'one Avithout challenge to insult any lady of this or another nation.” W a s h ington, Jan. 1— R{prese'ntatiA’- es of th e F a r E a s tern repuiblic of Si b e ria have m a d e puTDlic,,- docum e n ts purporting’ to I’CA'cal the im p e rialistic aim s of th e Japanese in Siberia, and an agreem e n t b e tw e e n ' -Erance an d Jap a n In su p p o rt of these Aimsi -The delegation • a s k t h e poAvers to give a t tention to th e charges. One of the docum ents’ i t is claim e d is a copy of a protocal 'sighed betw e en F ren c h and Japanese In P a ris und e r th® term s of w h ich th e Japenese \were to evacuate Wraxigel’s arm y from ^ o u th R u s s ia to Siberia, Jn retu r n for w h ich the Preixch would support Ja,panes® plans’ fo r Sibex'ia. A n o ther docum e n t purpox-ts to be a treaty found by Russians, Japanese and F rench in M arch, 1921. This treaty states th a t “in case of th e lib eration of Siberian tei’rxtory from the Bolsheviks, Japaix- - w o u ld receive com p lete dom ination in Sifbei’ia.’’ T h e treaty goes -pp- to specify th a t the Japanese Avould supervise the R u ssian (Sibeidan) governm e n t and th e R u s s ian m ilitary forces; and th a t “all concessions belong to Ih^fe Japan ese.” In re tu r n th e Japanese agree to ax’-m equip and a i d th e Wx-angel ai’iny in Silberia aiid- other forces fighting th e Bolsheviks. W h a t is said to be ^ communiexx- tion from th e F ren c h goveram e n t to the Japanese governm e n t refers to the W a shington confex-eiice and .-con tains a statem e n t t h a t in all questions discussed th e “P rejich Avill liaA’e to rely on Jap a n only.” SELIEVE CANAAN SLAYER INSANE S a ranac Lake, Dec, 30.— G r a n t R. .Johnson, overseas veteran oif Canaan, who last S a turday shot and killed Dr. Ro'bei'tson C. P a terson, in his office here, waived examixxation upon ar- raignm eixt yesterday and was held on a charge o f ’m u rder, first degree, for tlxe next tei-m of the Frankliix county grand jui’^. H iram Johnson, fath e r of th e slaydr, and Colonel R ansom H. Gillett, of Allbany, will conduct the son’s defense. M r .Johnson, Sx’., is a widely known law y e r of -Colum b ia couiA'ty. I t is -believed th e aerense w ill i’,aise th e plea of insanity if th e case comes to trial, in th e e\'ent th e recently a p pointed commission to detex’m ine the prisoner’s sa-nity does not fix’st recom m end t h a t he be com m itted to a state institution. According to friends. Johnson has steadfastly m a intained th a t he sh o t the physician, because th e l a tter Avas trying to have him de clared m e n tally deranged. The boy’s paren ts say he is suffex-ing fro m a. m e n tal trouble, grow ing out of hi.s Avar experiences. I t has j u s t been revealed th a t after shooting Div P a terson, and w h ile still in the la t t e r ’s office, Johnson tarned th e gun on him self, b u t was f r u s tr a t ed from atteThpting suicide when the ti'igger jam m ed. « Sprinter Under Naii.' ‘Soiaetitnes a splinter gets under the finger nail so solidly that it Is difficult to draw out. If a cold water bandage is put around the top of the finger and kept wet and cold it will in time loosen the splinter and minimize the danger of festering. \ m m ffilVEAtS IE INGOiratTED 12 , GO/SINTRISCniNn Albania Jan. S—^D’aring the past year 12 stock com p a n ie s Avere incor porated in Columbia , county, these less in the, state, corporation bureau, issued by Secretary of State John J. Lyoiis a t th e clo,se.pjr .l'921’s ,,business, shoAvs signs of .bolster ^uSinBhs condi tions being on th e ir M ore com panies w e r e , incoi'pOratfed in New Y o rk .state last year th a n ever -before. B ack in 1919, th e year‘‘s total am o u n ted to .15,588, Avhich dropped in 1929 t o ’15;ll5, but'Avhich last year reach ed 16,089. • T h is to tal 'represents a capitaliza tion am o u n ting to $657,956,645. Out. of the 16,089 com p anies vsfixich incor- I’a'ted during th e - y e a r , th e re Avere -.„,697 w ith a .capitalization of $503,- 954,310 from G reater N cav Y'oi’k. It POPULAR HUDSON COUPLE MARRIED A New Y e ar w e d d ing occurred M on day afternoon a t 2:45 o'clock, w h en Miss M arjorie M. McCagg, daughter of M r and M rs George MoGagg, of th is city, an d Leroy L. V a n Hoesen, §On *lof Mr and M rs' Milton V a n Hoes- 'en, of th is city, werS^ -marided a t the -R eform ed parso n a g d 'b y RfeV. J, H a r vey. Mux'phy, p a s tor of th a t church. The contx-acting p a r ties -were atten d ed by Miss E lla Ma4 HaAswer •bridesmaid, and Edw a rd McDonald, who is noAv a ixxedical student at P h iladelphia, as b e s t man. The bride Avas attii-ed in a broAvu A'elour tra v e lin g su it and carried Avhite roses, w h ile Miss HawA'-er, the .bx'idesmaid, Avore' a blue velou s su it and carried pin k roseu. B o th bride and groom are popular young people Avith a host of friends in this city and vicinity. Miss Mc Cagg has been em ployed for the past flA>-e years as steno'graphex* in the up p e r Union m ill office, AAfiiile M r Vxxn Hoesen h a s been one of the populax’ clerks a t the F a lk store. Im m e d iately afte r th e cerem o n y the h a p p y couple left on a south bound: train for New York city where, and a t B r idgeport, con n ., th e y AA-ill sp e n d th e ir honeym o o n . Upon th e ir return th e y w ill reside a t 722 Colunx- b ia street. M r Vaxi Hoesen Avill enter th e em ploy of th e Tilley & A ldcroft store, whex'e lie Avill be located after Janxi- ary 9th. LEGION MEN WEE GERMANTOWN GUESTS Couxity C h a irm a n R.- VY. Evans, Jr., P a s t Commaixder M ilton Y . Saul- paugh, C o m m a n d er Fre-d. J. Longley and R ichard Saulpaugh, H a rold Macy, G ilbert E d w a rd,s A r th u r Bradley, Hai-ry Bannistex-, W illiam J. O’Connor, P a trick H a n n o n and F r a n k McAree were am o n g th e xnexxxbex-s of Hudson Post, A m erican Legion, Avho attended the sm o k e r given last evening by the Gex’xxiantovv’-n Post. Addresses AX'ex’e ■givexx by county C h airm an EAvans, Pa( 3 t C o m n iander Saulpaugh, Coxn- m a n d e r Longley and Vice Com m a n d er H a n n o n . Solos and tx’io numbex’s were rendered by M essrs. Edwax'ds, Macy and Bannistex*. The H u d son delegation was royally entertained. GHARGEJAPANESE WITH NEW PUmiRG Chita Government of Siberia Says Japan Will Dominate Eastern Siberia. W a s h ington. Jan. 3—-fi'he R e p re sentatives cf the C h ita governm e n t of Siberia have m ade fre-sh churgoij th a t the Japanese aro secrcFy plot ting to dom inate eastern Siberia in the face of unequivocal Jap.ane.se de tails. The tAvo accusations are sup ported by w h a t purport.? to be a copy of a treaty negotiated betAveen the Japanese and the anti-BolshcA-ik gen eral.? Jed by Semenov. T h e alleged treaty set.? forth th a t the Japanese are to provide the sem enov forces Avith money and arm.? and am m u n i tion, in retu r n for which the Jap a n ese Avould be gTxxnted special priA’- ilege.s in Sibex-ia. The docum e n t prove.., th e Siberians declare th a t the Japanese are en- dav'ox’ing to stablish a governm e n t in the fa r eastern republic. Avhioh Avould virtually control. FRANCE ACCEPTS “IN SPISir THE “SyB’’PllflPOSAlS Jusserand So Notifies Sec’y Hughes— Chinese Try to Reopen the Shantung Discussion. W a s h ington, Jan . ?>.— T h ree impoi'- ta u t developmeixts have occurred in the arm s conference: 1— A m b assador Ju.sserand notified Secretary Hughes that France accepts “the spirit of the Root-Ba.lfonr pro- po.sal to prohibit th e use of subm a rines against m e rchantm e n . 2— Senator M cNary, of Oregon, pre- pax-ed a resex’vation to the P o u r Pow ers P a c ific treaty providing for th e libex’ation of th e Philipiiine Islands and th e ir fu tu re integrity.” S— T h e Chinese endeavored to force a resum p tion of th e S h a n tung discussion w ith th p Jap a n e s e th r u ap peals to Seci-etai-y H u g h e s and A r thur Balfoux', th e “m e d iators.” The Fx’enoh delegation, it was stated, h a s been in structed to accept “in spirit article tw o ” of th e R o o t subm a rine propos als AVhich Avould prohibit th e use of u n d e r s c a t boats against com m erce, contingent to all nations subscribing to this change in internationa.1 law. The Fx'cnch also accepted ‘in sp irit” th e B a lfour a m e n d m e n t to th is article, Avhich would bind the fiv-e signatory- powers to an agreem e n t t h a t in advent of wax' w ithin th e i r own group they would not use th e ir subm arines against each o thers’ com m erce A.-es- seis. This Avas offered by Balfour to get t h e “big five” on record im m e d i ately instead of w a iting until th e rest of th e wox'ld had acted upon ROTARY GLOB H U ITS, WEEKLY MEETING • The weekly luncheon m eeting of the H u d son R o tary Club was held at th e City H a ll Grill yesterday noon. A r th u r W a r die read a' paper on “The Cr-aftsman’s x*elations w ith those from Avhom he m akes purchases” and -John Gx-aham x-ead a paper on “Rules of 'conduct governing th e m a k ing and execution of conti’acts,” Some changes to th e club by-laAA’s Avere m ade and hereafter th e ciub will m eet on M on days instead of Tuesdays, th u s every club in the C apital D istrict AViil meet on a differeirt day of th e week. A. A. Benson, C h airm an of th e Boys’ W o rk com m ittee, told of th e C h ristm a s p a r ty given th e H u d son boys. The next meeting- Avill be an ev'ening- one, a t the City H a ll Grill, 5:45 o’clock next Monday. WILIING WORKERS GRRISTMAS MEETING The Willi-*.g W o rkei’S Society cf the P r i s t Unive.-s-alist church of th is city held a niq.8t delightful Christmn- meeting- Mondaj'- evening*. A fter the regular business v.-as tra.nsactecl there Avere sei'A*ed dainty and^ delicious re freshm e n ts. Wlxen th is pleasant fea tu re w a s concluded, each membei- w a s presented Avith a. gift by “Miss” S a n ta Claus. The donors of the •packages Avere a.11 anonjmxo-as an-- • u ch p->ei’i’im ent A'vas created b-y tlih pi-esentation, especially as “ Mis: S a n ta” was both hum o rous a> V jolly I t Avas voted one of th e happ'ost o\ the m any enjoyable m o n thh raeet- ‘ngs Avhich the Society has h-'-Id. Schools Reopen Today. The public schools of tTie city Avi reopen this morning- after th e long ’Toliday vacation. 'Ihe next length recess Avill occur at the E a s ter sea- Sell Gifford, “P lace Pix>pei-ty. George B. Grossm an and wife, of Hudson, and others, haA*e sold to Jo- * or.crT V and Avife of this city, th e Gifford p k e o property one door aboA^e North Fifth St. LEMHi NVENES ALBANYTOflAT Both Houses Will Hear Gov-| ernor’s Message at Noon— An Early Adjournment is! Predicted. -Albany, Jannrarr 3— ^The 1922 I State L e g is lature will 'be ealled; -I to order at noon tom o rrow I The govrnor’s annual m ssage ■will he j read and A-arious state dep a rtm e n t I reports Avil! be received. -Adjouj'n- m e n t probably will be taken -oiitil j next M o nday night, Avhen both h o u s - 1 es Avill get doAvn to the business of Avhat ixromises to be, xxncler the leaa- | ership of GoA’ex'nor Miller, a shox’t, snappy and im p o rtant session havin.g to deal AAutli sex’iou.s problem s affect ing the Avelfare of the com m o n - A*/ealth. The\ puibJication of the gov ernor’s m essage i.s aAvaited w ith keen interest. M em bers of the Legislature began to arriA^e yesterday and m a n y cam e today to be on hand for the party- caucuses to be held this evening. No changes are expected to be m ade in the personnel of th e ofiacers ; Of the Senate, Avhich .Avaa organized last year fo r the tAvo-year senatorial* term , saA*e in the chairm a n s h ip of t h e cities conu'nxttee. T h is im p o i'tant •post is noAv vacant o-wlng to th e re signation of genalor Jo h n B. M u llan Of M o n roe county to 'hecO'ftie th e postnaaster of R o chester. It is con fid e n t l y e x p e c t e d t h a t S e n a t o r L e o n ard tv . H. Gibbs of Buffalo Avill' s u c ceed Senator M ullan in the cities chairm a n s h ip beca-ase he is th e i-ank- ing m em b er of th e com m ittee. The R epublican m em b e rs ol the Assemjbly will hold th e ir caucus in th e way's and m e a n s com m ittee room tonight a t 8:15 o’clock. All of last y-ear’s oMcei’s will be elected. Tliey include Speaker H. E d m u n d Slac- • hold, Majority Leader Simon L. Ad-. ler. Clerk F red W. H a m m o n d StnO. Sergeant-At-Anns H a rry W. Haines. T h e D e m o c rats Will also caucus to night and choose for speaker C h a rles D. Donohue which designation ’will carry- Avith it the m inority leadership. The Repuiblicans Avill haA-e a m a jori ty of 44 in the Assembly, as com p a r ed Avith the unprecedented m a jority of 91 last year. No menaber of th e Socialist pai’ty Was returned to the Assem bly 'Ihi*.? year. The complexion of the house will be 97 R epublicans an d 53 D e m o - PAYITSOEBI W a s h ington, Jan. 3— T h e adm inis tration will regard Avlvh dlsfaA’o r ’a n y eifort on th e p a r t of Congress “ to force its h a n d ” on aaiy intei-national matter growing out of the arms j)n- fei-ence, it c a n be s t a t e d . F o r this reason, the resohution in - tx'oduced in the H o u se by* R e p u b li can Repx-esentatiA-e R eavis of N e b ra ska aim ed to com p el P ran c e to p a y h e r debts to this governm e n t will br- opposed by* th e adm inistration an d the adm inisti-ation spSkesm en in Congress. R eavis’ i-esol’ution dees not m e n tion Fi-ance, but calls attention to larg’e expenditures are contem p lated by* goA’ernm e n ts for naval expa-nsion and states the paym e n t of debts hy those govex’nm e n ts Avill be reg-arded as “acceptable.” Reavis referred to P rance in a fo r m al statem e n t he issues hoAvev'ei'. T ¥ /0iE W BILLS FOR GREATER HOME RULE Albany, Jan. S— G reater “hom e I’ule’’ for cities is th e object of tyAn* bills to be introd-aced in 'ooth bran c h es of the Neiv York legislature 'Wed nesday by D e m o c ratic sneminers. N o t only Avill th e existing Public Service Commission law be I'epealed by the proA-isions of the ncAA* bills b u t th e places of the existhig State Public ■Sex’vice Commissions m ay be taken in ■all cities of the fii-st and second clas ses by such B o ards or C o m m issioners as the m u n icipal authorities of» these cities may* designate. Tlxe plan contem p lates a State Public U tilities Commission of m u ch sm a ller jurisdiction th a n is grante-i under the M iller p'ublic service layv. CeiEFTAIMS GATHER F€.EFEMROSE FUNERAL Philadelphia, Jan. 3— S e n a tor Bioes Penrose funeral Wednesda.y*, plans for Avhich are secret, Avill bx'i-iig here a conference of R epublican leadex’s ibent on straightening out th e party- m u d d le in the Slate. All indications point to an early decision by G oa '. Sproul Avhetlier In- Avill resign to accept appointm e n t a-; Penrose’s successor. Such resigna- tioxv it was believed, m ight bi’xng a party* rift. Among the political chieftains her-* to attend the funeral are Ed V a re, o” P h ilado'phia, and M ayer Magee, of Pittsburgh.
