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Washington. January 21—Eastern Penna.: Fair Sunday and Monday; much colder.
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POPE NOT DEAD WHEN FIRST REPORTED;
RADIO SA YSEND CAME THIS MORNING
ONPinSIONSIEI
WIFE KILLSlmnws"
TWO IN FIT OF JEALOUSY
Enters Office of Her Husband and Murders Him and His Pretty Stenographer
PLANNED SUICIDE
Regrets Act and Tells Police She Was Too Intoxicated to Help Herself
FEARED AFFINITY
Philadelphia. Jan. 21.—Mr*. Oacar Rosier, catching her husband and hi* stenographer together in his office, shot and fatally wounded them both. • Both died at Jefferson Hospital where they had been rush¬ ed.
Th* husband. Oscar Rosier, 87, president of the Rosier Advertising Agency of this city, was ahot below tho heart. The stenographer. Miss Mildred Reckltt 22, received the fatal bullet wound In the abdomen.
The shooting occurred In Rosler's office on the third floor of the Walnut building. Edward Carter, the janitor, hearing t*ro shots flred In rapid suc¬ cession, rushed to Rosier'* offlce. Mrs. Rosier waa hysterical. Police were called. ^
' After the shooting. Mrs. RoSer. who Is only 21 ye.^ra old and who lived with her husband at Stone- hurst, became hysterical and alone with the forms lying In a heap she waited for the arrival of the police.
"I was Intoxicated' she cried. "Please   give    me    some    water.      I
Passes Railway Train and Smashes Telegraph Pole Before Brought to a Stop
DRIVER ESCAPES
Pedestrains fled in terror for places of safety yesterday afternoon, when a drlverless automobile truck rush¬ ed down a hill In the heart of the business district of Pittston. The m&d ^lash of the machine started on the top at tbe Market street hill and did not stop until the automobile had bowled over a telephone pole and demolished a shed In the rear of John CD Mangan's store on South Main street.
One person was Injured. Edward O'Donnell, 21 years old, of 63 Froth- Ingham street, Pfttston, driver of the truck, is In Pittston State Hospital suffering from body bruises receiv¬ ed  after he Jumped from  his  seat.
Tho truck was one owned by tho Harris Bakery on Market street. O'Donnell was engaged in backing It Into the bakery's property, when the weight of the car caused it to start down the hill. The young man attempted to apply the brakes, but as the machine continued to gmther momentum, he leaped and was in¬ jured.
After clearing the upper half of th* Market street hlU. the runaway truck reached the Laurel Line tracks. i A crossing watchman yelled a warn¬ ing to a dozen men and women wait¬ ing there for a train and they scam¬ pered out of the path. A Laurel Line train had just passed and the crossing was open.
The steepest part of the street is between these tracks and Main street
Washington Advised Benedict Is Dead
Washington, Jan, 22.—Pope Benedict X V died at 5 o'clock, according to a radio message re' ceived by the naval radio station here. The text of the message follows: "The Pope has died this morning at 5:00 G. M. 7". 5 o'clock Greenwich meridan time. Please inform officials and press. ThankS' (Signed) Chief, Rome."
The radio message, addressed io ihe chief of the naval communications section of the Navy Department, was received here ai 3:13 o'clock.
Th&officer in charge of ihe comrmmications section stated that the wireless message came from the wireless station of the Italian navy at Rome.
London, Jan. 22.—The Paris correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph has wired his agency that the late editions of the Paris newspapers report the Pope died at 6 a. m. this (Sunday) morning.
SECe TREATIES MUST BE DISCLOSED By Am POWERS
Another Important Victory is Won by America at the Far Eastern Conference
CHINESE AROUiSED
caught them  in  the act." Both the alleged affinity and  Mrs | where the tracks of the Wllkes-Barre ^Rosier are very pretty.   The   former' Railway Company are laid.    With a la a blonde, the latter a bi unette.      | thundering  noise,  tte truck plunged
Queeuoned by the police for a rea-   toward Main streel just as the crowd | entirely   saUsfy   the   Chinese   though ¦on for her act. Mr*   Rosier said:  "I | of Saturday afternoon shoppers was   tj,ere was a disposition to feel  that
Washington. Jan. 21.—The powers represented here In the FVw Bastem conference must bare secret treaties and agreements and list already pub¬ lished ones affecting China.
This important step toward ending a sinister system long employed with regard to China was taken tn the conference this afternoon by adop¬ tion of the so-called listing resolu¬ tion presented yesterday. It repre¬ sents another Important American ^-ictory In the program to make the "open door" In China a fact and not merely a motto.
The Chlneee deVgatee. howerer, contended that the resolution did not
warned them. She waa my friend, i most dense. Men and women dashed When I w.i.i In the hospital three \ for doorwaya Tho atreet was ciear- months ago haAing my baby, they j od in a few seconds, began running around together. I The department store of John O'D. caught them right In the act. I shot." Mangan faces ^Larket street and aa Then dropping hysterically into a , the truck reached MAin street It waa chair, she scj-cam-d :"I want to be ' headed straight for the store's large with him when he dies. I did this Plate glass windowa The street car through Jealousy" ' tracks, however,    caused   the    front
The police flnaUy calmed her and i ^^''^^ " J"™ ^° ^^« '«" "<* ^'j' placed her m a patrol wagon with thel<^^ swept into an alley leading to __ -.4... ..,.« Jli, —ifK fv-^ .« .fc.4the rear of tho Mangan property. Its wounded and went with them to the^^^j^j^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^    ^^^^^    ^   ^^^^
••How 1. her she «iked a police- ! ^^'<=»» crumpled under the impact. man as she waited in an outer room, i     Witnesses declared    that    loss    of -How ia he?    I  waa always a  good   "'• ^" Prevented when the machine
grirl.     She  ran  around   with   him.     I caught them In the rery act,"
Time and again she repeated this statement. She waa then taken to the city hall.
knocked over a telegraph pole, breaking it oft near tbe base. The speed of the car was slowed for a few seconds by the pole and in that time pedestrians were  given an op-
Before   the   advertising   man   and | P*"-^""'^!^ ^° ^et out of Its path, his stenographer died, the police tried to obtain an anto mortem statement from tbem.    Both refused to talk.
Mrs. Rosier Is the dead man's sec¬ ond wife. They were married three years and have a three month old baby boy. By hi.s former marriage Ro«ler has a son nine yeara old.
Mrp.   Rosier^s   mother,   Mrs,
ARBUCKLE IS LIKELY
TO WIN HIS FREEDOM
erta.   lives   .Tt   Atlantic   City.   While being held by  thi» police In the hos- plt.il   she   .t.sked   the   polce  to   notify her     mother     and     her brother of the sboofln.
San Francisco, Jan. 21.—Tho Ros-
cot Arbuckle manslaughter trial was
today   dwindling   to   a   heated    but
Rob- I somewhat    uninteresting    battle    of
l.iwyers.
Instead of hints of InsiJo gossip of
the movie studios of the flrst trial, the
husband^s I dowagers,    debutantes    and    mls'cel-
1 laneoua  court   room   spectators   this
That  Sirs.   Rosier waa  planning to   "f"* '»«"<^ chiefly lawyers grow red in
• commit suicide was Indicated by the  ^^e fact and hurl horrible legal terms
flndlng of a  bottle  of deadly  poison   "'.f* „   ,*h„  r„fr«H.,^»(«»  „» -,',    ¦   .
 .   . ,    w      J Kven  the  introaucuon of Virginia
seethed In her dresa IRappe's riding habit today f»iied  to
Irwin Tollnsa, vice president of the . .reate any Intareet. The crowd looked Rosier agency, tonight declared Mrs. at It expectantly but seemed to re» Rosler's   statements  about   the  mur-j call that at the preliminary examlna-
• dered girl were without foundation,   i tlon  they did  not stop at  the natty
"My  Impression  of  the  dead  git 1" ' hat and trim dress, he  said.   "Is  that  she  was  a  pretty      Arbuckle himself and MInta Durfee,
decent and clean wholesome kid all ^'' ^^^'^ "1tT«i°„^^ 1 °°'^' °"*! .k. «r.,T th~..,.h VI,.. n„.t- um-,* *•*<> prefer the second engagement of the way through. Mrs. Rosier killed, ,h, Rappe-Arbuckle drama to the her   husband   and   tho   girl   through   jj^gj
Jealousy. She was Jealous of every Arbuckle. while th* lawyer* fought, •tenographer we had in our office."   , ceased   making   big   sheets  of Vaper
Mr*. Rosier will be given a hearing into email ones and never stuck hi* Slonday. fat fist Into th* top of hi* counsel*
Mrs.  Rosier, a beautiful store girl  hat. and  model, was known to    her    girl      He listened to every word that was friends   In   the  various  stores  where  said   and   cast   frequent   glances   to- Bhe worked as the "girl who vamped  ward  his  wife,  who  sat  a few  feet Mr. Rosier.'^ 'away. Just 6ut8lde the rail.
Before her marriage to Rosier, herj    The law>'ers sputtering may mean (Continued on Page 2) Arbuckle's freedom.
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Collins and Craig Meet To Decide Boundary Lines Of Free Ireland
London.     Jan.     21—Premier     Sir i tween   Belfast   and     the   Irish   Free Jamea Craig of Belfast and Michael | Stat*. Collins,   representmg  the   Irish   Free, •
• State, have agreed to a plan to form | "t   VALERA  SPEAKS
a  new boundary line between North I     paris, Jan. 21.—Eamonn De Valera
and South Irela; d. it was announced ; president   of  the   Irish   repubUc,   ar-
here tonight. | rjved here today to attend the world
The   agreement     Is   In   accordance | conference   of   the   Irish  race   which
• with the treaty between Great  Brit-   opens   Monday.
• ain and Sinn Fein, signed at No. 10 . De Valera who came as head of a Downing street, on December 16, 1921, ^ delegation appointed by the pro\-l- and provides that a new line shall i sional government of Ireland, whose be drawn up between Ulster and j members had rejected his efforts to South Ireland. One representative is retain the leadership of the South of to be chosen by each side to meet Ireland, gave an Interview in which with the two premiers. ! he explaiped his position.
Collins today understood that tbe "So long as my presence Is of value South wonld Immediately discontinue to the cause of Irish Independence," the boycott of Belfast. Craig under- De Valera said, "l will continue to ¦tx>od to facilitate the return to Bel- '• serve the cause. last shipyards of Catholic workmen ' "All Irish republicans are prepared who were driven away because of i to de^•ote their lives to the accom- Irish  Intolerance. pllshment of the compleu Independ-
Many   obsnrvw*   hare  today   pro-  ence of Ireland." fee* to aee a po**lblllty of an ami-      De Valera refuaed te  dUooM kls
nwhto >» ItatBf X9i» IM Irtah yUtka,
an advance In the right direction was made.
Tbe subject disposed of. the con¬ ference Intends next week to take up Siberia. Its present Intention Is to side-track talk on Manchurian and twenty-one demand mattera until Shantung Is settled, since disposal thereof will have a radical effect on the remaining conference work.
Shantung undoubtedly will be ar¬ ranged amicably in the next two weeks.
Both Chinese and Japanese souroes predicted   the   railway    topic,—long
pillions of The National Wealth Is Planned For Highway Transport
New York. Jan. 21.—^Research on a I search council It was announced here
huge scale to determine hdW billions of the national wealth shall be ap¬ plied to highway transportation is planned    by    engineering    societies,
tonight.
The research is expected to show how tho limited number of dollars available for highway tiajisportation development   may   be   Xised    to    the
State and governmental agencies and greatest value. During 1921, $600,- other organizations under the dlrec- ; ooo.OOO was spent on highways In the tlon of the advisory board of highway j united States for highv.ays, outside research maintained by the Engl I or Incorporated cities. Ot this sum neerlnf Foundation and the division; $420,000,00 went for constriction and of engineering   of the   national    re- $180,000,000 for maintalnanoe.
/Protest Based Upon State Rights Made To The Federal Government
New Tork, Jan. 21.—Protest against 1 "The time has come to call a halt, excessive Interference by the federal Every patriotic citizen who loves our government with state rights was country and cherishes Its Institutions made by Governor Miller here to- should take note of the goal to which night at the annual dinner of the the coiu-se upon which we have en- New Tork State Bar Association. tered will inevitably lead.
The Governor declared that unless "i wis.i to utter a note of warning Congress is brought to time in its against the present teniency to build imposition of power on every mat- , up a federal bureaucracy to supervise ter constituting national welfare, state activities under the guise of sUte rights would sink below their ^ federal aid and thus by Indirection to rightful leveL , change our system of government and
•'It Is to my mind a cause for mis- i to destroy to the limitations upon the giving that tbe exercise of such exercise of federal power fixed by tho power appears to pass 'vl*,h littl.- o.-   constitution."
no effective challenge either within Tho Governor attacked the Shep- or without the Congress," said Got- | herd-Towner maternity Dill as an ex- ernor Miller. j ample of undue federal activity.
COHAGESATLAKE ENTERED BY THIEVES
BENEDICT FIFTEENTH FIGHTS GRIM BATTLE WITH FATAL ILLNESS
Supreme Pontiff Of Catholic Church Pleads With Doctors To Let God's Will Be Done As Restoratives Are Given. Sudden Rally Is Followed By Partial Loss Of Senses.
DEATH REPORTS   WERE PREMATURE
Silver and Other Articles'Are Taken After Places Are Thoroughly Ransacked
POLICE ON THE TRAIL
ARRESTS ARE MADE
SOON AFTER HOLDUP
A little les* than    an hour    after
LLOYD GEORGE PRAISES THE ARMS CONFERENCE
London,    Jan.    21.—Praise   of   the
they are alleged  to    have    held    up Washington arms parley and a plea
Charles  Schllngman  at the  point  of that the  nations of' the world unite
guns near his home al 115 Carey av- jq make the proposed Genoa confer-
enue,  shortly after  1 o'clock yester- ^nce  equally successful,  featured an
day morning,    Louis    Conahan,    26, addiess of Lloyd George this after-
and Fred Hendler, 21, of 676    North
noon    before   the   National   Liberal
Washington  street,  city,  were taken;.; ,.
into custody by  Sergeant McGeehan   ''° _ and Officer Ashoff of the local police      The Bntlsh premier •was unstinted
d;;d"-To";kedV-wo,ridTe taken ^up'iiJld ! ^"^""t ..° v ^''"^  ^S^lf'' J^^ ''°"^'' '" *"" <^"1"'^"°° ^^** the Washington settled  quickly.
a   complete
getting a/gold watch from their vic¬ tim.
The two were given a hearing be¬ fore Alderman Michael Ruddy yester¬ day afternoon. Schllngman was pres¬ ent   at   tho   hearing   and   Identified
time he  was  robbed.    After hearing the  testimony each  of  the  two  men was ordered  held  without ball for ai further hearing In court.
MARY GARDEN FINDS NEW BATCH OF TROUBLE
afternoon coincided with Japanese views as to Its framing. Objections made yesterday by Baron Shldehara were respected.
Must List Treat!**
In Its flnal form It provides:
1—Powers shall list "all treaties, conventions; exchange of notes or other international agreement* with China or among themselves bearing on China. New exchanges must be listed hereafter.
-—The powers must present a list "as nearly complete'^ as possible of contracts und other commitments be¬ tween their nationals and the Chi- ni'se govetTinient or subordinate ofTicials. dealing with concessioiLs, franchises, options or preferences' on railway, forestry, mining and the like. New deals must be listed here¬ after.
3—China must assist In baring commitments such as are noted in the lirst two paragraphs.
¦4—Other governments, not repre¬ sented here, but having commitments with China, will be asked to adhere to tbe resolution.
The Root resolution later submit¬ ted aims at taking governovental support from any nationals seeking to create spheres of influence or get special privileges ln*Chlna.
Article 2 aa Anally drafted was a triumph for the Japanese point of view, for it exempted from operation of the rule private agreements and made allowance for no-listing of agreements which cannot easily be located.
£vad* Japan***
The Chinese, however, made the point that this was a method of evading certain agreements of out¬ siders, particularly the Japanese. The lists filed with the conference secre¬ tariat must be "as nearly complete as possible ' but the Chinese feared this clause would be used as a pretext for further concealments. Also they felt there waa nothing to actually prevent a Japanese or other foreigner from dealmg with corrupt sub¬ ordinates in China if the outsider so chooses. 0»e delegate explained that the corrupt subordinate would not list his agreement with the central government In Peking and the out¬ side bargainer could therefore keep hia agreement secret If he chose.
The  meeting  was  the  longest  yet held  by  the Far Eastern conference   j^e business of the week ending Jan continuing from 11 a. m. until about   ^ ^^    ^^^i
up had been staged directly beneath   conference   had   proved an arc light and neither of the men   success.
Conference,   declared   t^e   Premier,
The listing resoluton adopted this  ^„^^ ^ ^„^    ^hey    succeeded    In
were  the  Initial  success toward In¬ ternational accoid.
The  natioTTs  are  soon  to  meet  at Genoa.   Bankruptcy   threaten!!.   Only j ao' enjoyable at the lake, complete   restoraUon   of   confidence |     Trooper Flannery vi.sited the scene
¦Within she paat few weeks thieves have agalti been active at Harvey's Lake. Two weeks agro the cottage of F. J. Weckesser on Lakeside Drive was trokeri Into and a number of ar- tlrles taken. On f'rlday morning It was discovered that the cottages of Dr. P. A. McLaughlin and Thomas F. Heffernan. both of which are a short distance from the Weckesser cottage, had been entered and a large number of articles taken.
The thieves did considerable dam¬ age In breaking Into the cottages. They entered the McLaughlin cot¬ tage after smashing the glass In a •-ear door at the Heffernan cottage they smashed the rear and a sltie door. After bre*klng the rear door they were unable to get Into the main part of the building, so they turned their .attention to the side door. Here they were succefisful.
They evli'lently spent some time In the McLaughlin cottage. B\'ery closet and piece of furniture was thoroughly Inspected. As near as Mrs. McLaughlin can judge the thieves removed several pieces of wearing arparel belonging to Miss Mary McLJfughlln. a suit of clothes belonging tc the doctor, two sweaters, silvei^ware. a shot gun of special de¬ sign, and a kalabash pipe that the doctor greatly prized.
There vra.r evidence that they were In no hurry to leave the McLaughlin cottage. It was plain that to make themselves comfortable they had a fire In full blast In the fireplace and Victrola records were scattered all over the living room. The last record they played was still on the machine. The piece w*is entitled "Ain't we got fun." It may have been fun for the thievts, but the doctor does not so consider It In view of the loss of the pipe that mr.de his summer evenings
Italy Denies Death
Wcishington, Jan. 21.—An official message received by the Italian embassy shortly after 6 ^. m. (5 o'clock Rome time) denied the Pope W£is dead. The cablegram, which came from the Italian government, stated specifically that the Pope was not dead, but also said his condition was hope¬ less and that he could not recover. Prayers were still being said at the Papal legation here late today for the recovery of Pope Benedict XV. At 5:15 o'clock (11:15 Roman time), the legation officially announced it had no official advices from the Vatican, telling of the Pope's death. The Italian embassy and the State Department at the same hour had no advices regarding the reported death.
Rome, Jan. 21.—10:30 p. m.—It is entirely possible that Pope Benedict XV will survive the night. Father Basile, the Pontiff's nurse and His Holiness' nephew. Count Per- sico, declared as they left the bed chamber at 8:10 p. m. They said he had rallied shortly before that hour. Profes¬ sor Battistini has just declared that it is impossible for Pope Benedict to live more than an hour.
Pope's Sudden Rally
Rome, Jan. 21.—Pope Benedict XV rallied shortly af¬ ter 8 p. m. (Rome time) and there was a possibility that he would live through the night. Authority for this statement was Father Basile, the Pope's nurse, and Count Persico, his nephew. They were hopeful as they emerged from the ,     ^.. ..,......., ......... „,. „,..,.  chamber of the stricken Pontiff.    This turn in the situation
Conahan as the man who stood be-1 can overcome this difficulty, he said,   of the robbery on  Fridav  nicht andlram** aftor o Ar,,r ^( i^t-^^^^ ;^»,    J      • U-   L   ^L     D
fore bim with a gun and ordered him, L | did cons.derab^eTn^^stSltlng^at two | f^"^^ ^V,^'^ ^, ^^y "^ '"^^^^^ anxiety during whlch the Pope
to hold up his hands at the time oi i  ti.....^ „„(„»» „» «i .„ .   u^ #«„i=   ¦      ¦ ¦¦       ^ , . .    .
the holdup.   He said that he couldn't 1 pRICCTO  \kj\\ I    ATTPMn ^At,*^T\^      n, k      l,    f
positively   identify   Hendler,   as   the   rnltUI^J  WILL A I ItfiU J confident that he will be able to run
.second man stood back of him at tbe CLERGYMAN'S FUNF.RAL ', he  was able< to  discover.    The only
 . i articles missing    at    the    Heffernan
The Delaware & Hudson passenger I cottage  are  of  silverware.     Dr.   Mc-
Rome, Jan. 22 (Sunday, 2:30 A. M.).—Pope Bene¬ dict XV is still strongly resisting death. Physicians said, however, that he was losing his hearing and that between the intervals of coma, the Supreme Pontiff was unable to recognize those at his bedside. Masses were said in the Holy Father's cheunber at midnight. He manifested no evidence of being aware of what wcis going on around him. TTie Pope was having great difficulty in breathing. At times he ¦was able to converse. However, his faculties were gradu¬ ally failing. At 1:55 a. m. Dr. Cherubini announced that the Pope's condition was hopeless, but that he might live a short while unless there was a sudden seizure. "Death of His Holiness is imminent," said Dr. BattistinL
train which le.ives this city retjularly j Laughlln's lo.ss amounts to at least at 7:4,"> o'clock each mornln.i;   will be j $300.
held back until eight o'clock tomor- lASt night It was learned that the row morning for the accommodation! cottage ot Miss Ki.se Tro.xell, al.so of priests and other persons wishingi on Lakesble I'rive, had been entered. to attend the  funeral ot R-v.  Hugh j Just  what  was taken  is not known.
Chicago. Jan. 21.—The split in the Chicago Opera Company was further ripped open today when Director Oorglo Polacco refused to hold a baton while Director Mary Garden sang her season's farewell to a Chi¬ cago, audience.
Polacco, who was brought from Europe by Miss Garden, declared he would not direct for her flnal ap¬ pearance In "Louise" after a quarrel with the directress.
When Lucien Muratore, worid fiun- 0U9 tenor, left the company earlier In the wee'K he named Polacco as one of his supporters against Miss Garden's reign as head of the opera company.
T^"hen programs for "Louise" were changed to read that Gabriel Grov- lez, assistant conductor, would wield the baton. It bore out Muratore's claim. Mlas Garden took exception to Polacco's directing "Pelleas and Mellsande" Monday night because he "kept his nose In the book," according to gossip around the Auditorium Theatre and during a rehearsal of "Louise" the conductor threw the score In Miss Garden's lap and told her he would not conduct the orches¬ tra while she sang.
Geraghy at Dickson City. Th< divine office will be read for Rev. 'Jeiaghty in the Dickson City church b<ginning at 10:30 o'clock. A large number of priests from the Luzerne County dis¬ trict of the Scranton diocese will at¬ tend.
BLUFFER STUDENTS THROWN INTO DISCARD
New York. Jan. 21.—^Bluffer-proof examinations are being instituted at Columbia University.
The tradlUonal "essay** type of ex¬ amination Is due for the discard, ac¬ cording to Dean Herbert B. Hawkes. who says that the new type affords no chance for a bluffer to exercl.'>e his arts.
"The clever student whose verbose Icnowledge of a few topics can be stretched so as to aid him on nsarly every question is left stranded," Hawkes said.
Columbia's former scale of grading Is only '0 per cent, accurate^ Hawkes said.
Volume Of Business Takes A Drop In Reports Of The Federal Reserve
Washington.  Jan.  21.-^e -lume; no^^^^^^^^s^ we« ^re^coj^^^
as Miss Troxell had not visited her cottage since the robbery to make an Inspection.
RUTTER IS NAMED
AS STATE DRY CHIEF
Washington, Jan. 21.—The formal resignation of William McConnell as Pennsylvania State Prohibition Di¬ rector reached Prohibition Commis¬ sioner Haynes tonight, and S. F. Rut¬ ter, assistant director, was ordered to assume the duties of director. Dif¬ ferences betive^n McConnell and the federal bureau' have caused fraction for seTeral weeits.
had spells of unconsciousness and at times sank into a stato ofxoma.
Death Is Denied j London Denie* Report*
New Tork, Jan. 12.—Newspapers | London, J;ui. j:; iSimday).—News- throughout America today published P-iP^rs early this morning were re- dispatches credited lo the Associated   <=«'""< t^.-ir  editions  containing  the
announcement of the death of Pope Benedict X\' carrifd by the Renter agency.    The   Weekly   Dispatch  said:
Press and International News Service purporting to announce the death of I'ope Benedict XV. These dls- patthes    were    published    as    direct
'At 6:13 p. m. Reuters di-finitely an¬ nounced the Pope was dead. At  8 p.
RAILWAY WAGE CUT
IS FIXED BY OWNERS
of business for the week ending Jan-
Chlcago, Jan. 21.—Wages of rail¬ road employees must be slashed, railway   executljrea   decided   tonight.
Efforts to effect wage reductions came through ^ series of regional conference between railway heads and railroad : brotherhood chiefs which lasted thrjoughout the day.
Amicable settlement of the ques¬ tion has been given up as ^lopcless. railway operatora state. The opera¬ tors said they propose to cut wages regardless of what tho consequences are.
cablegrams from Rome and cat;sed | m. this was ha.stily retracti.-d with th* widespread grief and mourning • declaration that the announcem' nl throughout tho American Catholic i ¦"¦*' premature. At 9:15 Reuters an- communlty. In several cities church j noimced the Pope was still alive at bells were tolled when extra editions ' 8 p. m."
ot Associated Press and International       mu     t> . » >   « •> ^
News Service papers were issued. /.^» ^"*«'^ ^"^^^ at 8:85 fr m. containing the premature announce- ""ted: "From Information received mont under the Rome date line. In from Rome It appears that the an- moat Instance these editions were re- i nouncement of the death of the Pope called later, but In some Instances ! was premature. At 8 p. m. His Holl- papers continued to publish the false j ness was still living." A news agencv news throughout all their editions. | <ii,patch filed at Rome at 1 a. m. The United Press dispatches from Sundav stated the Pope's entourage the United Press bureau in Rome announced a slight Improvement in throughout  the  day.  gave a  con-ect   his condition.
report  of the  condition  of the Pope 	
and the true situation at the Vatican _
was presented by all newspapers re- i '"* ^ariy H*perts
celvlng the United Pres.s service. To- ; Rom*, Jan. 21.—Pope Benedict XV, night an Assoclatfd I're.ss paper In declared by his physicians to be at New York published a bulletin the polht of death, was In a coma- credited to that service under a Rome tose state late this afternoon. A bul- date line, timed 11 p. m. (Rome time) , j^^^ issued by the doctor* who vls- statlng that at that hour the Pope ' j^g^ j^e pope at 5:30 p. m. said ni* was still alive. Indicating the hoUness had grown weaker thronah- gravlty of the P^Pf « <^°"'^'^'°"' f^ ! out the day. His heart.» the bulletin Vatican Issued Invitations to foreign i //.    »        j «    b        n^
Cardinals to come lo Rome. I (Contmued On Pag* Z)
Kohn Brothers Sought For Arrest As Firm Fails For Half Million
Figures   on   the   volume   of   bu.«-lnoss'     r  was
Philadelphia,     Jan.     21.—Warrants I     David  M.   Phillips and  Thomas Ml,
for the arrest of Edwin E. Kohn and ! Hyndman  were appointed    receivers.
1 George Harold Kohn, members of tbe   They filed a bond of J2.'.000.
said thip order of    Railway I brokerage firm of Edwin E. Kohn &      The first move the receivers made
_'^v.^    ."   _J^i     ^'on    wpre sworn    out    today    before' was to  cut off  all  the  expenditures
uary 18, 1922. was »S94,000.000 under  f-the twelve  Federal Reserv"e-d>s-{Conductors and the Brotherhood    on Co    -r« -°-^/",^^ iLoYlcGu^an   Trshutt^ng  down   the^ out^o?'Vowa
tricts  for  the  week  ending .January j Railroad Tralnm.en    had    agreed    top'^/'.
offices.
2:15 p. m. It was rumored that It was marked with sharp exchanges and it was noted that the communique heretofore voluble as to conference speeches omitted them today.
Coupled with this the Chinese dele¬ gates, generally very communicative to tbe press after the sessions, dashed out without any rrfatlons at that lime. Later, however, a delegation spokesman let It be known that, while there ¦waa real good in the resolution, it did not have unquali- ,a*d a^pieval of th» delesatloSi
the   Federal   Reserve! 18, this year, and January 19, of Jastjgend representatives to sijch confer-  *"^r|j^r^^in   t'he^'day'the %rm   had      •'At this time I am not In a po.sl
Board   announced   today.     Business  year, follow: for the week ending January 18 to-i  -'.„;,, A»
taled $8,933,000,000. The week's busi- ' Boston ...» 340,467.000 ness compares favorably with that of New York 6,002.491.000 the preceding tv.o weeks, the board Phila. ... 383.33«,000 stated. For '-.o week ending Janu- Cl'land .. 432.844,000 ary 4, business totaled $8,882,000,000, Richmond 197,516,000 and $8,965,000,000 for the week ending Atlanta.. 1(9,826,000 Januarj- 11 Chicago..      956.469,000
Los Angele. and Boston were the: St.   Lo"'«     :?|'!?*'222 only large cltle* that have shown an  Minneolls     119.So4.000 Increase  over laat year.    New York I Kan.  City     ^40,083.000 and   Philadelphia  were  substantially 1 Dallaa^ •       149,lOf(000 lOQ tb« Mm« Usti    The   meat   pro-  San Traa.    &03.u»,000
ences.     Nasotlations
will It
probably
Jan. 19, tS211 g^t under way Ikte In February,
$   532,851,000 j^as slated.
^'SoifrHftfti     "From the labor leaders we expect
«si««!'pM to get nothing but a flat "no.'" one
*, 6'7Q-',,5X  railroad official said tonight.
192"064'.M)0       ""^'« "* seeking a reduction In la-
1 056 7 =13 '^00  bor cost    of    operation,"     Assistant
216 332 I'OO  Chairman Blnkerfl of the railway aa-
148!77»!f00  soclation said, "and If we are    auc-
277!o75i<100  cessful the savinij will be passed on
157i752!ooo  to tho publlo lu She fona of reduced
|27,la2,000 ratea." .
been suspended from New York Con- tlon to state what the assets w'lll solldated Stock Exchange and shortly amount to, nor do I know the llabill- alter  went  Invo the hands  of a re-1 ties."   Mr.   Phillips   said   today,   '•but
. : the creditors can rest assured that we
''^Ed^n E. Kohn, senior partner. In   wi:i   gather  every   cent   possible.     U a w-ritten statement attached  to the   v. e   flnd  any  one  guilty   of  criminal application for receivership, admitted   liability he will be prosecuted. M. flrm w^a insolvent The Arm has offices in New York,
icco^ding to a petition offered by  Pittsburgh, Easton, Trenton and WU. Charles   Auerback,   the   liabilities   of  mington.
the firm will be "upwards of $500,000." Neltiier of the Kohns was present with asseU probably less than $200,-   at the offices today nor could they b«i
iooo.
' located elsewhere.
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