. - ' an“? 'rnssnAY, 001111. 1921' "‘ i i ‘ HEAVY lflSSES 0N iSOEGlEde‘FéfimE (- :9- Nlnulilusn ATHENS. Oct. 11.-—Greek and; Turkish nationalist forces have been: engaged in stern battle along the new (flint in Asia Minor. extending from Afiun‘ Karahissar northward to a point almost directly east of Brusa. On the southern end of this line the Greeks. says an official statement is— sued here, have won a complete vic- tory. driving the nationalists from the- field and inflicting heavy losses upon them. Further north the fighting has aptly consisted of raids in force. but it is evident the hostile armies are in contact with each other. Enemy concentrations north of Kios. on the right bank of the Sakari River have been scattered by an offensive carried out by Greek troops. while en- emy detachments further north have suffered grave. losses in recennt skir- mishes. CHIROPOIHSTS NOMINATE DERBY MAN AS READ. The Chiropodists of Connecticut held their quarterly meeting Sunday afternoon at the Stratiifld. in Bridge- port. Harry G. Lugg. of Derby. pre- .1486. A campaign to enlighten every [taste chiropodlst concerning the re- quirements of the law governing chiro- miy is under way. Dr. Thomas Far-f will of Hartford was chosen to direct this branch of work. The officers nominated for the coming year are: president. Harry G. Lugg. Derby; first vice-president Stiles Lawrence. South Norwalk: 2nd vice-president. Florella Wheelock. Hartford; 3rd vice-presi- dent; Amanda VVilllams. New Haven: secretary Michael V. Simko. city: treasurer. Margaret Sullivan. Hart- ford. The next quarterly meeting'will he held in New Haven. ‘ Among those present were: Theo- dore Benedict. Stamford: Mrs. J. Grif- fith. Norwalk; Stiles Lawrence. South Nprwalk; Mrs. MacCallum. Torring- ton; Hattie Noll and Amanda Wil- ifcams. New Haven. Flore-Ho \Vheelock. 'fiJice Lindslcy. Thomas Farrell. Louis Hathway. Hartford: Marie Flynn._Put- unm; Mary Belle-w. Minnie Belwood. Prank Nastri. Michael Simko. Bridge- port: Harry Lugg, Derby. WANT ULSTER GOV’T. TO SEND .REPRESENTATWES Continued from First Pm to learn the blessedness of concord through the bitter experience of strife." and that such a progress .is actually had been made should inspire confidence in the ultimate success of the negotiations. Prime Minister tint! [numbers of the forming the government delegation were. in the cabinet room. where the conference is being held. when the. Irish representatives arrived. Arthur Griffith was the first to enter. being followed closely by Michael 'Collins. who slipped in quickly to avoid pho- . tographers. They were accompanied by Robert C. Barton. Eamon J. Dug- ;pan and Gavan Duffy. the. other mem- hers of the Dublin delegation. while Erskine Childers and John Chartres. who. although not members of the Irish mission. were expected to play an important part in negotiations as advisers. followed. ' A crowd of several hundred persons Prat] gathered in \Vhitehali at the end 0;! Historic Downing street. which was lit-Ill. clear except for photographers and newspapcrmen. ,of‘ whom there Jaw-re a large number. representing journals in many parts of the world. The crowd gays the Sinn Feiners 8. cheers as they passed through the high timlwred gates which were erected some months ago at the entrance of Lloyd-George and British cabinet ' 22 years old. IN MURDER CASE (Continued from First Page). was carrying, but did not hit the lad. The witness swore that his father kicked young Ball. A few minutes later. the witness said. his father took first Joseph Ball’s body and dragged it into the shack. then the mother's. and then the son's body. and they were burned. ‘ ‘ ' ' Julius Schutte followed his brother \\'alter on the witness stand todaY- The latter's testimony was of minor character, as.he was away from home at the time of the alleged murders. which the State claims were commit- ted on the night of Dec. 15. 1915. Julius Schutte. as he took the wit- ness stand, was only a few feet from his father. who sat at a table close by his counsel. The witness said he was He knew the Ball fam— ily. He and a brother had trouble with them. and. in passing their shack. the Balls often called names. His father. he said. owned a piece of land near the Ball's shack which the lall family claimed. ‘ ()n the afternoon before the deaths of the.llalls. the witness said he and his father went to a bungalow near the Bails to he with some wood chop- pers who had been engaged by his father. On the way home, as they passed the shack. the witness said Ball came out with a gun and fired at them. \Vitness said his father whipped up the horse. “We got out pretty fast and father said not to re- port it." said the witness. Continuing, young Schutte said: "After supper that night father said some one had to go to the bungalow, which the wood choppers had left. to protect it. for Ball was suspected by father of a. desire to burn it down." \Vitness said that he went with his father and carried a can of kerosene. while his father carried a shotgun. When they arrived at the bungalow. the witness said his father told him he had something to tell him. and he was to keep it a. secret. “Father took an alarm clock." said the witness. "and set it." and said. "when the alarm goes off. we will go to the “Balls and burn them down.” Witness said his father fell aslepp but he remained awake. His father woke up when the alarm clock went off at 2 a. m. Witness said his father took two bags of shavings out in the cornfield. the bags were soaked with the oil and carried to the shack. Witness said that Under direction of his father. he placed the bags against the door. His father then set them off with a match. \Vitness said his father told him to shoot the Balls if they got him (his father) and to be sure "that he got all of them before he went home." \Vitness said that shortly after the fire started he heard a shot fired. His father was standing near the door. perhaps five feet away. A woman screamed. Mr. Ball came. out: wit- ness said he heard another shot fired. A moment later Jacob Ball came out ‘: Victrola Wednesday Evening, fell-(nvning street when there was appre~ hension that an attack might be made upon the government offices. The conference of representatives of the British government and the Sinn Fem. called to endeavor to find a solu- tion of th Irish problem. met at 11 airlock this morning In the cabinet room at 10 Downing street. Premier Efioyd Goody-'5 ni'ticml residence. After a session which instld until 1 ¢}‘9‘l0(‘k the conference was adjourned until later in the \afternoon. line of Mr. Lloyd George's secre- taries. who received the newspaper men just after the conference opened, smilingly said: “You cannot expect any weeks yet." A communique issued after adjourn- ment was taken merely said that (he first session of the “conference on Ire- .h'md" was held at 11 o'clock. It gave the names of those present and con- cluded by saying that the conference was adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon. The. Irish delegates were cheered as they drove away from No. 10 Down— ing street. in motor cars. They refused to answer questions put by newspa- per correspondents. news for When this morning's cpnferenf‘e opened the Irish delegates. after an exchange of introductions. sat at file cabinet taifle with their backs to windows overlooking the horse guards parade with the British representa- tives opposite, them. Strictly speak- ing. nobody presided in the ordinan’ sense of the word. but Mr. Lloyd George was the spokesman at the out~ net for the British and Arthur Grit- flth. Sinn Fein foreign minister for the W11. Mr. Lloyd George's remarks were brief as was the reply of Mr. Griffith. and tn; conference settled down to the work in hand. Irish sympathizers rmtside sang hymns during the open- mg of the connerence, earnings-55:3 PILLS Gold-«fills Advertise in the of the selections. will not be in the Victor Catalogue. ' and theer was another shot. After: the third shot the witness said. he saw Jacob. who was on the ground, raise a. revolver. He. the witness. fired twice at the lad with a. rifle he was carrying. but did not hit Jacob. He had thought Jacob was intending td shoot at his father. Witness said his father went over to Jacob and kicked him. Another shot was fired. the woman's screams stopped and it was quiet. Witness said his father then dragged the bodies into the fire and immediately both went home. A short recess was ordered and when court came in again Julius tes- tified that the morning after the al— leged murders his father called him into the bedroom and asked him to see if there were any blood stains on his coat. Julius said he took his fath- er's coat, put it on and went down into the chicken yard. 0n the coat were stains which he wiped off. In the pockets were 4 or 5 empty shells and about 10 loaded ones. He put these on a wall. The witness testified that he said nothing to anyone about the Ralls' deaths until May 17th of this year. He said that his father on several 00- casions had told him to keep still and also had threatened him. The State offered in evidence a shotgun which Julius identified as one Vhich his father used on the night of the Ball's deaths. PEW' BERRIES CUUI‘IYATED. 1,413 Acres in 1919 in State According , to Census Bureau. Connecticut had 1.413 acres of bcr- ries under cultivation in 1919. ac- cording to the Census Bureau. as against 1.597 ten years before that time. The quarts of berries raised in 1919 were 1.903.888 as against 3.823.- 531! in 1909. In this State there were produced in 1919. 1.239.553 quarts of strawberries, 270.567 quarts of rasp- berries and loganberries and 85.369 quarts of blackberries and dewberries. The total acreage of small fruit har- vested in the United States in 1919 was 249,084. a decrease of 23.376 acres since 1909. .The states with the largest fruit acreage of small fruits. are Michigan: New York. Missouri and New Jersey. The production of small fruits in the entire country was 325.096.968 quarts. a decrease of 101.- 466.895 quarts since 1909. The acre- age in cranberries in 1919 was 16.804 as comifir‘ed With 18.431 in 1909. There were 7.739 acres of curranls in 19-19 as against 7.862 in 1909. About 3.000.000 quarts of gooseberries were produced in 1919. DEATH DUE TO A FALL’ DEDHAM, Mass, Octt. 11.—-Arihur Farrar Clark. former theatrical .man- tiger and dramatic critic at Chicago. who was killed at Wellesley Hills on September 18, met death by falling or .lurching under a train. according to‘an inquest finding today. \Vhether his tail was due to sudden illness or to his voluntary act is purely a matter of con- jecture. the court said. adding how- ever that there was no evidence of negligence on the part of railroad employes. ‘1 \ Novel Concert October 12th, 8 to 9 Get Any Victor Record You Wish For 10c Ten instrumental selections will he played and the names mirrorinced. 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