OAPE MAY COUNTY TIMES, SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

ESSENCE OF ALL CURRENTAFFAIRS A Summary for Busy Readers of the Significant Doings

of the Day.

I Rennie adopted ihe Torah (lisarum- ' meet uinendnK'iit to the nova! bill wlth- ! out a dissenting vote. Dtirmit Motors Corporation I has bosun work on its new $3,000,000 ' plant a' l.ai.sinn. Midi. A new agreeiuent providing for an j average lu |»er cent wage n-ducllon was signed by employing packers *if New York and Atiialgtinmled Meat Cutters & Butchers Workmen "f

North America.

Seven American submarines of the

Atlantic fleet arrived .t New York to OCCURRENCES OF INTEREST, j Mve ihelr 'T. ws Shore leave. 1 A United States Senatorial InvestI- • I gntlon of the Industrial upbenvnl in Progress of the World In General. I (he coal fields "f Mingo county, W. Yn., Legislative Activities at the Na- I whb-h Ims Utd to "pen warfare between striking miners and striketion'. Capita* New, From Ev- bns>ken ery Corner of the Country. j Agreement to send the peace resotuj tion to tbe house for consideration was

at conference of Republican

SINN FEIN BURN CUSTOMSHOUSE Republican Army Seizes Ireland's Finest Building, Applies Torch and Bomb. MANY KILLED AND HURT Damage Is Worst cl Present Rebellion. Structure Valued at Five Millions Destroyed With All Its Records of Government

tiw.k command of the s

A decision n! I’hllndclphln In favor f the United States government In a suit brought by the Ehrct Magnesia

II. Smith

President Harding to be superintendent of the United States Assay Office

at New York.

Speaker Gillett introduced a resolu-

lloii in the house pn»|H>sing to add ^^ ^ ^

... . ..I t„ tl» aroMtOdoii prw- ■

hi biting polygamy. : (ll ,| a to v«, r SIS.S© alleged overinterstate i '..imerce Coramisstoa l , |iarK0 for |UJ[W , f „ r u-17 w-us wild to approved application "f tbe 1 etmsyl- ImV( , th(> wny flir tlli . government to vania Unilr..ad f»r a govem.aent l«an aiIIect nim]on „ of dollars from Arms of $5.TOO,Ouo t« meet maturing obiigu- Jhr . ucbout rnltH , states which * onh - ! have similar cases pending.

Agreement on live budget bill was leai lieu by the senate and house con-

fc-vea.

Follo-.ilng the custom of the bouse of lords and tbe bouse • i commons of having tea and dinre

Mendel Beiliss, wllost* trial at Ki.-ff e gbt years ago for tbe murder of Andrew Yusblnsky, a Christian boy. forms one of tbe blackest episodes In the history of the Imperial regime of Russia, Is now living in New York.

SPORTING

r line afte

, Dempsey is lo erase cole

terraces of the parliament building, ! | luU , oI j ulJ . 2

the senate of tbe United States had . ^ WM t , lnt of best lonchoon served on tbe portico cf the the Ktvn , t , ,,i a j,.r N Im-ludlng •eijute wing of the capItoL Suzanne Is ngien. who are slated for The House voted .. to Sb to add , (1 _ navis cud

$2t>0,u00 to the deficiency app

till for prohibition enforcement utitil July 1. The amendment was offered

by Representative Volstead.

The long buttle In congress over the emergency tariff bill was ended when the House, by a vote of lMr> to t'7, adopted the conference report to wbteh

the senate already lias agreed.

full

file Ui Ion Pacific Railroad acquired ■tierslilp of the Los Angeles A

to add ! Sur!,, ‘"* I-^ogieti

1 iiosltions on tlx

: tennis team, might not sail July —» for New York to compete In the j matches, because they are afraid they j will be unable to obtain In the United . States the wine to which they are at- |

customd.

An epidemic of home run hitting has | broken out lu both major leagues, and If the average maintained to date continues through the season some new records in circuit drives will he estab-

lished.

The purchase of Catcher Kohffiecker from the Little Rock club at.d the reof Catcher Fuhrmnn to the PHlla- i

Dublin. The hand«":i:c quaysi.ie on,hundred and thlity-year-old Dublin Custom House, with a frontage of 33Ti foot, was destroyed by tire while a fierce battle between the Republican and Crown for,vs was fought around

the blaring structure.

All documents and records pertain , ing to tbe local government, custom*, excise and Inrnrae tares and old age | pensions for Ireland were destroyed, j Their value rnnuot be estimated.

The statue of Hope which surmount- ■ ~~~

bankers confer with

scorched.

Shortly before 1 o'clock In the afternoon about sixty young Republicans, heavily armed, entered the Custom House, held up those of the staff who were not out at lunch, and collected them In the vestibule under guard. Three policemen who carte In to see what was going on were seized and placed with the other prisoners. Large

quantities of |>etrol and cotton waste _ were then taken quietly Into the build j of conferences with financial interests | ing and distributed about the various j t„ discuss the administration's plans j offices where the customs, local govern- i n regard to the flotation of foreign I meet and Inland revenue documents 1 loans and the revival of American In- : were kept. ! dustry and export trade and to obtain j These places were fired, the Incen- their co-operation was held at the i diary work carried out with the utmost ! White House, when President Harding ! coolness and so quietly that hundreds • had eight prominent bankers ut din- | of passersby had no suspicion of what ,.. r with him. together with Secretary i was taking place. Street traffic, always Mellon and Secretary Hoover,

interrapted

HARDING ON EXPORTS

Government Ready to Co-operate

With Business—Investment of Capital Abroad a Factor. Washington.—The first of a series

WILL NOT DEFY BRITAIN AND U. S. Pramier Briand Wins Deputies in j Speech Uring Gratitude for Help Given in War. PROMISES BY GERMANY Troops Will Advance Into Ruhr Valley Only if France l» Vitally Threatened—It Against Isolation—In. vaders Being Disarmed. Paris.—Following a two hour defense by Premier lirland of Ids policy at the I-nndon conference when the German reparation payments were decided and his course In the Silesian crisis, the Chamber of Deputies adjourned without reaching a vote of confidence In the government In Its policy toward Germany. The result of the proceedings was distinctly favorable to the government, which was strengthened by the receipt of Germany's promise to close the Silesian frontier and disarm the Irregular bands which were

fomenting trouble.

M. Brland's declaration was received at times with great applause, but occasionally with hoots from his opponents, who were not entirely confined to the Right. There seemed

William M. Staturt of Michigan, who has been appointed director of the census by President Harding. He has 'Idlng the position of assistant

- , ... , neon imiaing me position u. nss.Muw.

pie assurance that the maj. rity sent!- . lliri . rt , ir Mr stcuart , lrHl entered !i.»

m.-nt was against a . change In sprvlcp , R joeo.

heavy at this point,

for some time.

The arrival of auxiliary pe’lee In an armored car after an interval, during which the Are had obtained

Suit Lake Railroad t'onipauy from ! delphla Americans was announced by United States Senator William i <Tiarlle Frank, iminuter ..f the Atlanta

i uud Ida i,8M>- ! Southern Association club. ' The scheduled baseball game at

oveniment are being ' Hamilton. N. Y., between Ohio "»•»- ito effii-t to reds •cm . leyan and Colgate was cameled by the n's ph-dge of "more ; former on account of injuries sustuin-

A. Clark, of Mon

elates.

Standards in go vigorously put I

the udmlnistratii... ,

burl ness In government,” said Presl- »-d in an accident by the battery of tin- : dent Harding to memlirrs of the Acad- Ohio nine. It Is U-lieved that Ohio emy of Political Scieme at tJidr Inn. h- i Wesleyan's pitcher suffered a broken ; eon ut he Astor hotel. New York. ! arm, and Its star catcher was badly j

President Harding by proclamation : I'raised,

has removed all discriminatory ton- 1 United States "pro'' golfers sail from j

tmge duties from vessels of Poland i New York for England,

and the free city of Danzig, it was an- : Carpcntler Is within half-pound of | nuunced by the department of com- ! his fighting weight. Dempsey resumed j

tnerce. | hard work for the title match. A powerful “funeral trust.'' reaping ! The New j er8e j Boxing Commission a toll of millions of dollars from unfor- ft luense for the Benny Leontunatc Chlcaguuns by maintaining high r ,|.K„cky Kansas tight of twelve prices for funeral ears and hearses, has scheduled June « at Harrison

been in operation m Chicago for years, .\ t . WU rk.

Evidence of the activity of this "trust'' < .i.qlui > Kilhane. featherweight cham-

The hankers who attended were J. P. Morgan of J. P. Morgan A Co.; Charles H. Snbin, president of the Guaranty Trust Company; ."uul Warburg; James A. Alexander, president

good start, indicated that the alarm of the National Bank of Commerce; C. had reii'-I.ed the autlnrltl.i-. As they p MitCbeQ, president of the National' passed over the I.iffe Bridge the po- | City Bank; William Kent of the BnnkIhs- were liomlied hut returned the | ers' Trust Company, all of New York ; tire. When they rea< hed the Custom ' Benjatnln Strong, governor of the New House n pitched battle ensued. The ) York Federal Reserve Bank, and H. C. Sinn Kelners crowded Into tbe win- , McKIdouney of the Union Trust Corndown of the building and met the sol- i puny of Pittsburgh.

with a heavy fire.

The wild shooting In the streets killed ten persons and wounded twenTlie rasunltles are believed

The dinner wits In a sense secret. No Intimation of the conference was given out beforehand, and the White guests had departed when the

Include some of the Crown forces, fact that they hud taken dinner with Troops and more police were rushed j the President was made known, to the scene and machine guns were | It is understood that one of the trained on the burning building In an ' President's chief purposes in calling effort to hem In the Incendiaries. As , he flnunclers Into conference was to they attempted to escujie through t(ie | discuss the contemplated loan

was turned i

Crow

i State's

A bill to prevent Interstate uansporUitiou of coal on which a special stale tux has ■ecu ImpoM-d wns introduced by Representative MacGregor, Repub-

lican, New York.

Butter sold ut the lowest wholesale price in Milwaukee in five years'when it dropped to twenty-six and one-half

plon,

Flemin

..nU a contract t" tight l- ; a ten-round declslor at Toronto, Canada. F cigh iai pounds ut 1 i III bane will come in ul

cuts

oiled t

ind.

sixty-five to seventy cents «i

lir

vnrlous doors, some were shot ikiwn and others wounded. The offldal statement says a total of 111 arrests have been made. A number of the raiders were covered with petrol and are believed to have perished In the Ihuues. The auxiliary police rescued the i employees, including women, from the

j building.

j It was found Impossible to control i the Hames, ns all the fire brigades In

that section of the city had liecn made

I prisoners at their station® by armed ; Republicans. The firemen were not ^ released until the blaze showed through ; the roof of the Custom Houae, when

( the guards quietly withdrew,

i The destruction of the Dublin Cus- ! tom House constitutes the most serious ; damage since the relielllan. The buildj ing. of which nothing remains but

the shell, was erected during the Irish Parliament and was one of the most

American private capital to foreign governments and I lie effei. of such n loan on the resumption of normul Industrie. cOndlth ns nt home and on 1 the American exjsirt trade. Mr. Harding Is said to have laid before his guests an offer to do everything practicable to co-operate for the relief of econonmlc conditions, while the hunkers are said to Have replied with expressions of willingness to work In close conjunction with the ndmii.istra-

tion.

Most of those present are understood to have argued emphatically that the surest way to promote export trade woould tie by helping actively in the rehabilitation of European finances

t 1 •

WORLD NEWS IN CONDENSED FORM

A genera! strike throughout Norwr,}

nimher of Deputie

it march July km tnat i sf i :is lomied w

protest of prohil 1 women’s brigade Miss Belle Norton

r. From all tndlcnHoiss, fully ■ ‘netnles ,f Volstead will ride. Rliuffle In the hrst parade of

heuutiful in Ireland, it c It had little to d" with the tint housed many of the chief 1 truth'll dcpiirtrnouis. and Its

eiit' tfau'Vf ! 1,111 W * 1 * 1 , ' iaI provision. Knpervislo

‘ will Ih- exercised by the depurtmeni of public safety. Exliibitkon of any film

BOSTON—Movies in Massachusetts | will be under state eensarsliip here-

, , 1 after. Governor Cox huvlnb sigm-d n • disiihliiig to the onilnnri i “"e

Jail for War Criminal e'prig, Germany.—Germany conei! her tirat war criminii'. Sergeant nen wu- senti-nred to ten months

not formally passed is prohibited by

the law.

BERLIN. — The German Government is about to order tiie confiscation

FUNDING LOANS TO ALLiES

SOFIA. Bulgaria.—A bomb thrown 1 into a procession of school children | observing the national holiday caused

| eighteen casualties,

i CHICAGO.—The rates of pay and classlfli-ntiotis established by the Railroad Lalior Board's wage award of July. lien, will he used as Die basis , of reduction when the hoard hands

v, age decisions on

government nt this time. The premier's speech was a plea for a moderation and n continuation of the policy which has kept France in accord with the Allies and America. “In tlie present world crisis no penpie can live isolated," he said. "I am on the bridge and will not let the ship go on the rocks. I will not place Prance In the position she was In In 181S and In 1871. nor ran I forget that In 1914 the English came and

the Americans also.

"We have no right to forget that, and we owe them something despite the present dissensions and polemics. If it Is possible to tnaintnin tills magnificent union before the world It must lie done In the Interests of England

as well us ourselves."

•"ontliiulng. Premier Briand said this policy did not exclude firmness, but added that there was some kind

BRIAND SUSTAINED AFTER HOT DEBATE Of Two Great Factions, One Puts All Hope in Enttnte With

United States.

confidence was

given to Premier Brlund after a stormy debate, which should not mislead America into believing that France has finally decided to abandon her tnilituristlc <dreums Pi favor of a policy of ei'tu.'lllutJoa. Brland's cabinet weathered the storm, hut to-cording to

firmness which had the appearance tbrawii at -'nv . ,Ul * ** over-

weakness. m . . " ' '' 11

Hie vote was given on questions of-

■T..dn, Fran™ lm. tto mr.Bh ^ ,1.1,1. permfu h.r to to toitM-nt, but | , ..i,

KB; con-

or Mm fm» wm to obtain

.“rj'tn “ s t ; ^ use of this force Is unnecessary. I who j c was Jo y 1 ^ “• us a

«b»" not a« It anion an Imfomtlv,. T| , c

Mtonltt. tavolvla, the toonrlt,- ^ TllI ^ France, arises." . „ Tlie premier told the Chamber that rh,sin's ir ' 41 1 la, unless there were provocative viola- ^X^tnci 1 T, tlons of the disarmament or reparu- : , ^ ^ f . f ,Jl, n , rinlW ^ thm clauses hy Germany the troops (. _ . ", '' * r ls 1 , * la

in the occupied region* would not re- ! W w,d ' eelve orders to advance into the Ruhr ; ,, ,, ’

Valley, anti then m • ...i,,. | ^ «“"a '•"■«t Hrltnln ha.

anna acreement rth the Allle.. H, I ma , „„„ b .

e , away with its

contended that the mere presence "f ; pT m ., r .'Y! fi "‘ kJl,K

200.000 teen an the Uhlne tea. tattlt- rr " 11 '- dent to make Germany fulfill her oh- mnw / ir

ligations.

M. Briand declared that “the Cham- I her must assume its responsibility, ns I have mine," If It wished the occupa-

tion of th»- Ruhr.

When he describe*! Premier Lloyd George's speech as having been badly interpreted and badly transmitted. Indicating! apparently, that the two premiers had patched up their difference*, there were loud hoots from many depu-uti'-s. but despite many Interruptions during his long speech the premier seemed t" keep n majority of the deputies with him hy his promise to use force If France's vital security was A

and Its possibility

tlie British trade suprency for at least a generation.

This section Insists that France should receive at least the same com. |N-iiv.tloii for war damage as Great Britain, oven should the Entente gu

overboard.

A vision of an nviilunclie of gold <1o|. Inrs and the cancellation of the French war debt to America looms large la the Imagination of this section.

LATEST EVENTS AT WASHINGTON

ever in danger, although not before

having notified France's allies. In reply to the ultimatum delivered

hy Premier Briand to Dr. Wilhelm

Mayer von Kaufbeuren. German i

to tend the peace resolu-

tion to the House for consideration was reached at a conference of Republican membera of the Houae For-

eign Affairs Committee.

hassador here. Germany Informed the j King, Democrat. Utah,

told

French government It had given decs through the inli.istry of Interior ] In Berlin to close the Silesian fron- i tier, declaring a state of siege, the pur- ! pose being to disarm the German bands j proceeding toward Silesia uud to pun- ' tell those engaged In fomenting File- ;

disorders. Announcement to this Arnendrnen t for the creation of a Soa-

the senate he had been Informed that the electric drive system adopted for American warships had failed badly in the case of the superdreadnaught Tennessee, which, It is announced, is to join the Pacifio

fleet.

LIQUOR CkSES CLOG COURTS Attorney Genera

Ju...- 1.

LONDON.—Rear Admiral William S. Sims, who commanded the American iiii'al fori* - In the war zone during the latter ; - rt of the World War, lunched ’with Kln» George and <Jueen Mary In I Buckingham Palncv. Tlie rear admiral j Is d. • nl—il us “the Ix'Kt friend In , i;e,-d that England found during the NEWCASTLE. Pa.—F.v e armed men robl-ed (In- Union National Bunk here. : One -ut In an nui" In front .-f the hunk !

effect v

AMERICAN ARMS IN IRELAND

Representations May Washington Government.

I-ond- n. Anion, an ammunition tolulling lfi.It.Sh rounds has been captured in the Dublin district. Sir llatuur Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, stated in the House "f Coni motis. Colonel A.cher-Shee uskei'

the

DISARMAMENT PLAN PASSED Amendment to BUI Authorizes Hard-

ing to Call Conference

Washingi'-ii. i'natUmnus Semite

ed I

Ihe enr. Itank officials estimate the LOUISBURG, N. S.- Lobster fisher. ID-ring for their product, which they u ridiculously low

r M. itriand. c,al organization in ae-onautic*

adopted.

Senator Johnson wants facts leading

to mine dispute.

Made to AdrT ' m ‘*t r atiOn leade », both and

out of Congres;., are gieatly disturbed ever the refusal of the senate to approve the development of the Alameda navy supply base on San F-an-c.sco Bay. wh.ch .s one of the essential steps m the new scheme to concentrate a large part of the batile-

a , * h 'P fleet in the Pacific.

1 Th rSin C r C r Pmy dr ' V ' a3amet th,f * 495 '- ooc.coo n..val appropriation bill was a shattered m the seriate, when many increases recommended by the naval

eonm.ttee were adopted.

Ncmmat.cn cf R.chard W. Child as U. S. ambassador to Italy wa, f avw ..

ably reported.

The senate privileges and election* committee deeded un.-,r„ m0 u,| y to pros* its invest,gation into the charges of Henr 0rcJ that Senator Newberry of M.ch.gan had obtained l> .!, e j Ctl0n ' n 19,8 by •'"proper

, stro

By

- o 45 to 23, the sen imm ttee amendmen -sly by the econor - ’’B lor a navy per

120.000 men, as against -

.her,zed by the house.