New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1919, Page 10

. £10:45, .preaching = B Prof. A. L. Gillett, 8ible school, clas End tanity and th Leader, Mis: Christian Stanicy 4-At the Rev. G. M the morning 1. Mar Memor vor, oilers ha Norton. Missirian, ch, his theme 1 Awakening sic will be as follows: Lord is N fertory so H. Gy fmeets : topic, Ho N W hepherd,” “A ir. Dream Miss Grace Schmidt. scivice an held at ng and d [ th praise 0. he s 7 Sunbeam he ! present a pantomime. give an addr Cufnn and brin, Chr tian ir$t Church ner Sunday Subject, Sunday ath.' Wednesda; o'clock: " The reading room, room v on T ture.” Anthem, Ly of Paradis Vil rtrord top o Pirst Baptist Church. £ A ) sermol 15 12 “Chris meric Church, worship the F. pas Sunday at tor 10:45 will “The Message The mu- i school at 6:45, leader, The community meeting Girl Scouts children The pastor will be i will | will will pring Cleaning.” g your friends. ience Church. of Christ, of West Main street morning evening at se. “Probation school 9 meeting Scient € nd Park rvice at After a. m.| at =g 504 45 [ National Bank building, is open to the puhlic daily from 12 to 5 except Sun- [ dayh and holida Swedish Sung Baptist Church. school at 9:45 a. m.; divine ‘worship at 11; sermon an “The Living Young People’ Blo'clock p. m., topic, Evening Christ.” Magnet.” olclock with sermon ser on ©of the Untimely Frost.” ERF. after morning’ worship; school; 7:30 p. o Jaster. 1 DS pastor. me; The Po e he 10:45 m. spe: T mittees conducting the cvery “canvass will end will report before the ves Rev. 1in will preach in exchange call South Church, Sunday morning at division of the Sunday school and the Italian school w ill tomorrow The at ful } eting w at Result Reformation Lutheran Church. Schaefer, Fo first a. m. Sunday ke com- member fternoon f\ pers. 9:30 the boys’ Samuel A. /Hjll at the morning wor 5 the main d and at 12 church ning. school syrian worship will #talian worship at will meet be at hold se; . the same hour the Philathea cla 3 W hip at 10: d 6 a Sunday St. Mark’s Church, April 4i80 a. m i, churc h holy school; 11 £ prayer and sermon by Rev D. Coddingto: church, S special will be 1 further m, o ser Sons of St. George. acuse D. N. rector X 7, First Sunday after B communion; m., The will of Ber-| with Mr. n' of the As- | the eve- | nd er. 30 morning Herbert G of 7:45 p. m., { the ce for the Order of the' gges Surgical <ress. Grace ie on Friday evening association. notice First Church of Christ. Church school meets - at sermon, Morning worship at 11 My sic for lude, Hail Smith; Peopl the G Repentance,” Reverie Triste, cla 180 ents’ first mee p. n ts 0y this service Interme: Power offertor; t by -Bize of “We Diggle. 12:15 the Sun council supper i of n German serve aay Th morning inst terda ®.m.; man; Tuglish. an People's Church Rev. strect; a sveni People’s morning evenin R Y. the the ) anthem, “Allj ¢1o0ps 1 pastor. as fallow 0 a. m. Pre- Jesus’ Name,” Stand Mendelssohn: Adult p. m. superintend- v city M. C. A, will aptist Chure “The German Baptist church will ob- Denominatio pastor oday."” € Sunday services—10 ship sermon by “The Seécret 12;15 Bible school; pie’s Meeting; idd, subject: “The Tleavenly . prayer - Cfturch the Source [ 7:00 T e¥ening ‘atl 7:45. v GAt Second 10:45 an, will da pr 5 v Church. of Chr Stinhoff Morning pastor, « 00 ngelistic ¢ meéeting | Thursd of Yo in Deep At| today she had taken the Steamer Wa- | for the Visiting Nurse| Let ! bur My- | ; i | postlude, 1 Bible Monday, hold its hall. oxt cl un- the and Yes- 10 Ger- in hool in in pastor wor- subjec trenzth.” ung Peo- ser aptain.” Advent Churcl d-. T 15, Elder H, HBdbcock of New Haver' will pre school Sunday apd the young bg held a t will speak on his talk with stereopticon views, $ day, May 4. i témorrow the p: will service be 12:30 ‘Supday Endeavor Christian held at istry of theme. 6 Christ” A 30 a will mect people’s [ A. M. E. %At the regular mworning or held schoo nd at will a ser Adonarian Burmah and Zion. will at 1w exer 7:4 be meeting of pr 10:4 ill the the to12 vice will Judson illustrate services ach. The 5 and at convene. will be The Min- pastor's teachers ; ning _class v\}ti; RSS be held, Monday 1t at '8 ¢’eloc] " Fhe Emmanuel Gospel Church. ‘ranklin Square. Preaching by )astor at 10:45 a. m., “The Secret of | Power.” . Bible school noon. Y. P. meeting . at o'clock. Evangelistic meeting at 7 o'cloc 4 p. m., | Bible school; Wed- nesday night, cott Thy day " night, chur meetin Strangers cordi: the ! 6 me Lver omed i t R Assemb I L cthel itten Petor izabieth Jersey, wi Bethel As: tomorrow and prayer HIGHWAYHMER FOILED nley Street New the Arch street 30. Song held at i speak the at afternoon will Tl o St it Store Keeper the Near Victim of Two Masked Men Early Last Sunday Morning. nstino R store at 726 the mear victim early last Sunday to the belated police station who conducts Stanley street. of highwaymen mornit vding story he the today. According to Rossi, he closed his store at midnight, and left for his home on East Main street. As he neared East Main street Stanley street, a short distance north of Seymour street, he was ac- costed by two masked One of them shoved a revolver in his facé and demanded his money. There a telesraph pole close by and with presence of mind, Rossi ran around it and headed toward East Main street. He began to shout for aid, and h cries brought the watchman from a nearby factory. Search was made at once for the would-be holdup men but they made good their escape. According to Rossi's story, the men were rather small and both wore caps, and used handkerchiefs as masks. A few months ago, anpther resident of this section was held up. and he parted with a good d roll of money fruit w two toid on meén. TO PORT. rOWED Coast Guard Cuttc Assistance of Disabled Steamer. BEING Ossipee Goes to ! Boston, April 26.—The coast guard | cutter Ossipee reported by wirele tow southeast of Nantucket tauga in < proceeding with lightship and was her to New. York. Because of the heavy wind and rough sea she was making only three knots an hour. The Watanga which was bound from Boston to Norfolk for coal for | Porto Rico sent out a call for as-| sistance Thursday, saying she had | engine trouble. REDS HARD PRESSED. i Bolshevik | Ukrainian Fe Have | | Army in Tight Box at’ Odessa. ces i 26.~The position . of Bolshevik troops in been rendered critical:by | of Boguslav by the Ukrainians. The Ukrainians have also captured the railway line from Kiev eastward to Kotonop, threatening the Bolshevik line of retreat from the Odesse, region. Dispatches to au here from a result of the succe: an forces near Kiev, the are suirendering numbers. April ian Berne, Ru a has capture | the Ukrainian pre: Stanislau say that of Ukrain- Rolshevik in_ larze EXPECT LONG DELAY. Continued Adverse Weather Conditions | Have Discouraged Ocean Fliers. H N 26.—The Johns airmen for two + conditions the Atlant gned themselves k at Car B April who have been wait- weeks for favorable to attempt a flight apparently have to a long delay. Fair and Signal is mornin srted the fog so that they not the fields which vessels reported miles off the coast. The the northeast, pack- | ore St. rvers o thick could sce sreat ice extending for wind held from ing the ice ins ASSASSIN. (By the Associated Press)—Count Arco Valley as ed Kurt Eisner, the premier, at Munich on February and has since been in a Yospital there \fter an attempted lynching by a mob was recently dragged from the hespi- tal by a Spartacan crowd and killed according to a political agent who has reached Bamberg from Munich, _TRY TO LYNCH Berlin, April FOR REPAIRS. April —The bat- | anchored today in the Philadelphia dock on Monday SHIP 1 Philadelph tleship Michigan the Delaware off navy ard and will { The ship left Brest, France and comes | here for minor repairs troops are aboard it was stated > Michi- | gan is commanded by Captain Geo: Her destination was New s diverted here. Lawson. | port N TO ILYL, RESTAURANT. Victor and Annic Ros filed intentions with the town to sell their restaurant at 59 Main street to Jacob Kaplan of § ford. The sale to take place May 12 have on 1 i ‘mains and gave the cause { of hi: i the jon Commercial | and Vincent Koestzewic i ing through 1 Fatal Auto C . here T John { Transport Mercury, MYSTERY TRAGIC SUICIDE (Continued from kirst Page) with her it Gordon, ago last of New a brake- Haven lived Mrs. Dwig t Schroter Mr. and She was marricd March to Harry Haven, who is helieved to be man the New road. The couple only 1V few months and then The parents the woman gave little .oncerning Schr: Mrs. parcn cmployed by separated. b nt information c had me time been in ill- and this is be- ave prompted her act. she home last -night - about according to the information by Detective Sergeant John- on. Previously she had appeared in »od spirits and had plaved a Vic- -ola for a time. She then left her louse and was last scen going in a souther! direction over Shepard’s hill. Where she spent the night, the police have not ascertained. This morninz, Joseph Dixon, who driv a team for John Hoffman, noticed & woman walking on Iast street a short time before the body was discovered. Irom the description furnished, Dixon is of the belief that the woman was Mrs. Schroter. Dr. H Elcock, the medical exdminer, viewed the re- of death as Mrs., S v lieved to left her lock, chroter \ for s scured es suicide. Besides her parents, leaves three brothers, R now at Camp atvaiting dis- charge from the service. They are Fred, William and Albert Gordon. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon. JACK LYNCH IN / Mrs. Schroter e of whom is rmer Banker Flies Over Rhine and Cologne Cathedral in Airplan: Harry F. McCabe of 60 Winter strest. is in receipt of a letter from friend. Sergeant Jobn W. Lynch this city. who is in Germany with army of occupation. After telling g00d health and the beauties of and his hopes for an to the U. S., Sergeant his of the ie country, early return | Lynch tells of one of his most inter- esting experiences. In company with one of the noted aces in the American aviation corps, ght was made over the Rhine and across Germany to Cologne Here the magnificent cathedral was visited and other historic German places in that great city. HONESTY BEST POLICY Robert Budde, who conducts lunch wagon near the police station street, was made a happy man this morning through the honesty of two small boys, Alex- ander Sechowicz of 19 Lawlor street of 234 High The little fellows were pass- Commercial strect this morning about 11 o’clock when in front of Budde's place they saw a wallet lying in the gutter. Picking it up they went straight to the station and reported the find.. Papers in the allet showed it belonged to Budde, and when he received the money which amounted to $90, he was agree- ably surprised. -He rewarded the boys street. ! substantially. FOUR ARE KILLED AND 10 INJURED ash Near Camp Merritt, New Jersey, When Two Auto Jitneys Collide. April 26— Four were killed and ten others seriously injured in a collision between two jitneys about half a mile outside the zovernment reservation last night, according to advices to the government given out by Army officers here today. Reports last night said seven were killed and four in- jured The i Camp Merritt, N. persons vised list of the dead includes Sully and his son Vincent, M Minnie Webh Petch- Tenafly, and Private Elmer F Phelps, 13th Infantry. The seriou injured include Major H. Bunch, medi officer, 168th Infantry; Cor- porals Peri Tewis, 342d Casual Com- pany, and Carl Anderson. Military Po- lice, Company 1, 13th Infant Mr Grace Sully, Rutherford. and Mis Lillian Youn New York City. Rutherfor 28TH COMING IN. at Newport, Goes to Philadelphia York, April 26.—Announce ment was made here today that the steamer Mercury, bringing more than 1.500 troops of the 28th division in- cluding a majority of the 112th in- fantry had been diverted from New port News, its original port of desti- nation, to Philadelp} where ship expected to arrive from St rire about May 4 with its total of 3,402 troops. Meanwhile the New steamer Finland also from St. Nazarir expected (o dock at Newport News about May with 3,000 troops including the 103rd engineers and other 28th division units. TRINITY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Preaching Sunday by REV. HALFORD E. LUCCOCK of New York Services 10:45 A. M. and 7:30 P. M. SHROUDS | d together ) Scheduled to Land the | irls Wil Advt. Mr. and Mrs. Mervin spending a few days in No €L Mr. and Mps. Herman Busch and family, who have resided for the pa two: years in Kensington, have moved inta their new home on Greenwood street, Mrs. George Carlson ©of Stanlcy street has been talken to the hospital for an operation. The Bodwell Realty company has transferred property ov Winthrop strect to Andrew . Bengston. Charles L. Barnes has sold land at Barnes- dale to Emil R. Vogel. ' The one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the 0dd Fellows, wag celebrated last evening by Gerstaek- er lodge with a banquet at Turner hall. See “Girls Will Be Girls.”—JAdvt. Mefbers of Valkyria and Tegner 1 lodges, Order of Vasa will attend a joint installation of officers in Man- chester tonight., Auto trucks will leave Vega hall ai 6 o'clock. Arthur Blake of 27 Holmes avenue a driver for H. Sherman, sustained a dislocated hip by a fall from hi Wagon on Vine street this morning. He was taken to the New Britain hospital. Engine Company No. 4 Wi out last evening for a fire home of Dr. G. W. Flanagan al Forest street. The floor mnear fireplace became ignited from sparks. The flames were extinguished by chemicals. Assistant Chief W. J. Noble and Fireman kKdward J. Woods ted in putting out the fire. Seaman J. Cupec, of Sexton street, is on a furlough at his home. Miss Mary Hartney, of Tremont street, is on a week's vacation in Meriden. A mass will be sunz in St. Peter's church tomorrow morning for the French-speaking people. Building Inspector Arthur N. Ruth- [erford has granted a permit to F. H. | Dohrenwend to construct two 2-fam- {ily houses on Harrison street. Bach I'house is to have two tenements and | the cost is estimated at $9,000. | ‘Seaman Joseph Roche is in the city jon a furlough. | At scout headquarters, war service ¢mbiems have been received from the natienal scout headquarters from the treasury department at Washington, since over 30 boys have sold a hun- dred or more honds in this campaign, and they will be awarded at a rally held just before the campaign closes. “Girls Will Be Girls,” Lyceum, Mon., . and Wed. with mat. Mon.—Advt. Be Girl eum.— Hart are Pinehurst, called in the £ | | Robert Brown. Funeral services for Robert Brown were conducted from his home at 688 | East street this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. Henry W. Maier was in charge of the services and interment was in Fairview cemetery. ! Concettia Ardicinao. Congettia Ardicjnao, aged one month, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sal- vatore Ardicinao of 181 Washington street, died this morning. The funcral was held this afternoon. TO CONFER DEGREE. A large class of candidates will given the major degrees of the Ladi | auxiliary, Ancient Order of Hiber- | nians, in Knights of Columbus hall | tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. i It is expected that a number of out- { of-town members of the organization | will attend the meeting to witness the ! working of the degree. At the close | of the meeting refreshments will be | served. H be MULVIiHILL BOY DIE John Mulvihill. the seven year old son of John J. Mulvihill of South High street, died late this afternoon of injuries sustained about a week 0 when he s struck by an auto- mobile near home PRACH GROWERS' WAIL. Springfield. Ma . April Peach i growers in this part of the Conneccti- cut valley appear to be the heaviest { sufferers by the present cold snap, in many of the lower localities trees were in full bloom a total lo til the return of warm weather will it be possible to cstimate the damage. The loss to early garden crops will in st cases be confined to the labor ¢ re-planting and cost of seed. The mercu dropped to 25 degrees here last n the and will be EXPECT NO TROUBLE | Rome, April 25 | ganizations, includin representatives, the A. and Knights of Columbu taking any extra precaution guard against demonstrations as it universally felt no violence will directed against the Americans. Military officers say they expect no trouble and Will continue their routine work. American army and Red Cross, or- navy WM are to is be 1 (e I not ABLE TO WALK AROUND. T.awrence Truhan and Narza She- muk, who were injured in the Park street brawl last Monday afternoon, are able to walk around the hospital. Truhan had three bullets removed from his body Thursday. Shemuk's head was badly battered by a bottle. $500,000. 26.—The City subscribed $500. BANK TAK Bridgeport, April National bank tod: 000 to the Victory loan, making Bridgeport's tots noon, $2,100,000, one third of its quota. TOO COLD TO PLAY. New Haven, April 26.—Cold weath- er and high wind brought about post- iponement of the Yale-Pennsylvania ball game toda. A later date prob- ably will be arrznged. GAME CALLED OFF. Washington, Ap league) — Philadelphia - Washington game postponed; cold weather. 96 | Growers say that not un- | PRICE CONTROVERSY | | Redfiecld Announces That Members o | Stabilization Board Can Resume l r Personal Affairs. con- price shington, April j troversy over the gov | stabilization program reached its final stage Redficld telegraphed Director General Hines asking that the repre- | sentatives of the railroad administra- i tion be instructed to confer again { with the industrial board of the de- partment of comm and ing in | the absence of action looking to defi- | nite results it would be nccessary for the members of the board to resume their personal affairs. At the same time, Chairman of the industrial board made public “ communication he had sent to Mr. fines calling on him to submit facts and figures to prove that steel prices agread to by the board were too high and declining to urge steel manu- facturers to reduce price merely on the railroad administration’s request. Members of the board had let it be known that their resignations had been in Secretary Redfield’s hands for nearly a month and that they were prepared to abandon th abilization at once, unless the railroad admin- istration changed its attitude. —The nment's appar today Peek | | | | | i JLLOWS' JUBILEE. rom All Over ate Hartford For Celebration Hartford, April 26.—0dd from all parts of ihe state are here today to participate in the parade marking the centenrial of the found- ing of the order. The unseasonably cold weather has affected the atten- dance materially. The center of the city is ablaze with colors. Flags are flying from buildings and decorations are pro- fuse. Seven divisions are scheduled in the parade at 2:30 p. m. and the | line of march is up Main street and through cross streets to the state armory, where lunch awaits the marchers. Major Henry A. Grimm, {C. S. G., of Windsor was chief mar- shal of the parade ODD ! Member ther Fellows TRUCK AND TROLLEY COLLIDE. National Biscuit Company Machine Bumps Into Hartford Car. A truck belonging to the National Biscuit company collided with the Hartford trolley car on Stanley street near St. Andrew's chu early this afternoon. The car was at a stand- still at the time of accident. Pas- sengers on the car were frightened by the force of the coliision but no one was injured. The truck was slightly damaged. According to witnesses, the driver of the truck was at fault, as the trol- ley car was not moving when the collision oc:urred. WINS ATRPLANE RACE. Boston, April 2s.—ILicut. Brownie Dallas today won the Hamilton- Coolidge cup offered by the New England Victory Liberty loan com- mittee for the airplane race from Worcester to this city. The trip oc- cupied approximately one hour. Three of the four planes which started were forced by weather conditions to land in Worcester. ADOPT NEW POLICY. Chicago, April 26.—A comprehen- sive business policy and a legislative program for the department of for- eign trade and commerce were adopt- ed today by the sixth national foreign trade association convention which concluded its dcliberations and ad- journed. RED CROSS éIVES AID TO DESTITUTE Serbia, Rumania. Montencgro and Albania Among Those Now Benefited. Saloniki. April (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)—To meet the great need of clothing throughout the Balkan States, the American Red ‘C'ross commission to the Balkans is i sending to Serbia, Rumania, Monte- { negro and Albania millions of yards ;uf cloth, thousands of sewing ma- | chines, large quantities of thread, nee- | | dles and buttons and hundreds of tons of old clothing. These things will be {apportioned among the countries ac- f cording to the extent of destitution. | ! The commission is also shipping large mounts of food to various points in the Balkans which have suffered from the German occupation. ‘If any one of the Balkans goes un- clad or unfed.” said Lieutenant-Col- onel Henr W. Anderson, director of | | Wed Cross activities in the Near East, *it will be only because we lack the | { transportation facilities reach the | { remote interior sections. We have gathered up millions of pieces of | clothiniz and thousands of tons of food | | from every nook and corner of Eu-' ! rope and will rush them to those ! tions of the Balkan States which { most in need. | “We have taken over the i stocks of relief supplies held by the [ American Red Cross commission to i Ttaly. We have also had diverted to t our use, for distribution in the Balkan | Peninsula. large quantities of material | intended for use in France and other i countries during the war. Oneof the principal items is condensed milk. of | which we are shipping more than three million cans. This doubtless | will save thousands of starving chil- | dren.” to are | surplus | | { FRENCH TAKE KAISER'S PALACE. Strasburg, France, April 26.—For- mer Emperor William's chateau Hoh- Koenigsburg in Alsace has been taken | over by the French authorities. It is { recalled that the city of Schlettstadt ! was forced to give up this medieval castle to William 11.. who restored it | —(American | at a cost of $1,750,000 and then made ; wide popularity the people of Alsace-Lorraine foot the ! ibill. TAIR SERVICE TS ‘ MADE PERMANENT STRENGTH OF RUSSIA { sugar are | PORTU | three ' Balloons Serve as Euides; Wire- less Stations to Report Weather London, March of the Associated are used a: the 3, (Correspondenco Press).—Balloons buoys above the clouds to mark course of the long distance airplane mail service from Marquise, ncar Botlogne, Cologne, Germany, announcement of the Royal Air Force which is E: France, to says operating ach balloon is marked with signs to indicate to {he airplanc pilot its exact locality and thus cnable the pilots to shape theiy this service. course when the weather is bad o the clouds anew are very low. The balloons also mark the landing grounds for the airplanes. Observers in the balloons are required to report the condition of weather above the cloud layer, the speced and direction of wind and to pass this in- formation to the nearest wireless sta- tion for transmission to the airplane pilots, A been the chain of wireless (reanized along the routes for ransmission of weather r and if the pilot of an a‘lrph:,nle i;eEZ;;:,S pelled to make a forced landing he is i telephone, to the nearest wireless station so that a motor truck can be despatched to recover the mails and render assistancé to the airplane. As it is the intention of the Royal Air Force to magintain a night mail service on this route, a ehain of light- houses also has been established and later, it is announced the balloons will be fitted for carrying signal lights and remaining aloft at night as a fur- ther guide to the pilots. Should a pilot lose his way in the clouds, arrangements have been made whereby he will be able to get in communication with a wireless station from which he can reccive directions how to proceed to the nearest land- ing ground. This wireless guidance is expected to be useful in bad weather or in night flying. Emergency landing grounds messengers in case of accident. tion to the regular terminals and the airplanes carry pigeons to be used as messenger in case of accident. . This through service from Mar- quise to Cologne presents difficulties because of the range of hills 2,000 feet high between the flat country of Northern France and the valley of the Rhine. This stretch of hilly country has few places suitable for landing and pilots flying above it frequently encounter clouds and bad weather. The Royal Air Force has for some time been carryin gmail regularly be- 7 Marquise and = Valenciennes and Namur, Belgium; and between Valenciennes and Spa, the headquar- ters of the armistice commission. AMERICAN APPETITES AMAZE PARISIANS stations has have Can 't Become Reconciled to Irregular Orders of Food and Amount That Is Wanted. Paris, April 25 (Correspondence of The Associated Press.)—Cooks at the hotel where the hundreds of Ameri- cans connected with the peace con- ference are staying are amazed at the appetities of the Americans. The American breakfast upset all cale lations in the French hotel accus- tomed to supplying guests with rolls and coffce as an early morning meal. Wild calls for ham and eggs, beef- steaks, chops. oatmeal and hot cakes surprised the French cooks who, after weeks of catering to the hungry Americans, have not become recon- ciled to the American brealfast menu. The American fondness for hors d’oeuvres also caused consternation. reat dishes of beet pickle, potato salad, sardines, cold slaw and other relishes served as a preliminary to the conventional French dinner, dis- appear so rapidly that it has been necessary to employ many additional cooks to prepare delicacies of this sort. Americans help themselves so freely to this initial course that they fre- quently have little appetite fdr the soup, fish and other dishes which fol- Tow. As the hotel kitchen draw on army supplies for its food, the Amer- icans have many delicacies not avail- able generally in Paris cafes. Ices, ice cream and pastry made with real | offered to the peace dele- | In most Paris hotels and cafes | saccharine is used for such purposes, and even for sweetening coffee. The hotel where the Americans stay also has an abundance of white flour and genuine white bread. Elsewhere in Paris the bread is dark, and even pas- when available, is made from brown flour. ¥ SOLDIERS SOME LOVERS” IN FRANCE | can gation. Lishon, April 26.—The Portuguese VOLUNTEER ARMY Started With 400 Men and Now Numbers Over 100,000 London, April 12, (Correspondencé of The Associated Press.)—Fresh from Odessa, an Engiishman whom the correspondent met at the British foreign office, has given to The Asso- ciated Press the first complete ac- count that has reached London of one of the most remarkable developments of the struggle in Russia against Bol- shevism. It is* the story of the vol- unteer army, organized by Gencral Alexieffl and now commanded by General Denikine, which in a year has grown from a handful of homeless men, devoid of equipment and sup- plies, into a military which ha reconquered lar portion of southern and southeastern Russia, suppressed the disruptive elements in the region occupied and set up a' working civil government “No one over here,” said the travel- ler, “seems to realize than in the south of Russia ther is a small force of men which under the banner of the volunteer army and in the cause of United Free Russia, has made against overwhelming numbers f the ‘Red Terror’ most gallant stand.” The Volunteer Army, he continued, has been recruited from seve classes and from every part of Russia. Fighting against great odds, it has paid a big pric Twice it has met defeat in campaigns on the river Kuban, and its losses included its leaders, Alexieff, Korniloff and Mar- koff, and 30,000 volunteers and ( sacke. “The army,” he said, *“had battalions formed of officers. first Korniloff regiment, now duced to less than 00 fighters, had passing through its ranks more than 5,000 men. The ‘Regiment of Death has lost 6,000 over a similar period. “To me, an observer, it has been miracle how the Volunteer Army ever got any recruits. There was no co- ercion. The recruits came volun- tarily, knowing that their lot was most likely to be a wooden cross or the life of a cripple. “Today the Volunteer Army has cleared the ‘Great Belt' of Russia by its own efforts and the help of its neighbors, the Don Cossacks, and holds the territory stretching the Black Sea to the Caspian.” DEMAND INCREASE OF MINIMUM WAGES v force a S~ whole The re- Board Trying to Effect Compromise v Between Union and Farmers in England. April 25 (Correspondence he Associated Press.)—On the heels of a report made by investiga- [ tors for the board of agriculture tak- ing a rosy view of the farm labor sit- uation in Enzland comes a demand from the National Union of Agricul-¥ tural Laborers for $5 a week increase of the present minimum wages. The Agricultural Wages board is endeav- oring to effect a compromise between the union and the farmers, who fuse to meet the demand. An official of the union situation is grave. “We are doubtful of being able to hold our members if the negotiations are protracted,” he stated. R A government inquiry into the con- ditions of their work “on the same lines and with the same publicity as the coal inquiry” is urged by the farm laborers. The union has called a national con- ference to consider the following pro¥ gram: Forty-four-hour year ‘round. tional $12.50. Overtime only when. absolutely necessary, apart from haymaking time and harvest Overtime paid at half rate. Double rates for Sunday work Other problems to be consldered are the old-age pensions of $5 a week for laborers 60 years old, pensions for widows and children and state owner- ship of land. U. S. MINERS STAND UP WITH ENGLISIT re- says the week all the minimum wage of time-and-a- Will Demand Same Wages and Working Conditions as Their Brothers Overseas, Indianapolis, Ind., April 26, (By The Associated Press.)—American miners will stand “shoulder to shoul- der” with the miners of Great Britain on the question of wages and working conditions, according Frank Farrington, president of Tllinois district of the United Workers of America to the Mine have not failed to live up to their reputation for gallantry during ‘their vears' sojourn in France. The authorities have received notice of 687 marriages of French girls to Portu- | guecse officers. and soldiers, and many | hundreds more are expected to follow. | The voung Portuguese warriors, it | would seem, exercised an irresistible | fascination upon the French maidens by reason of the romantic melancholy | songs of Portugal called “fados” with | which they serenade their SWGG!»! hearts 0 the nccompaniment of | guitars. These airs, it is said, zained | in the Armentieres sector, where the Portuguese expedi- | tionary forces were located. rrington made the statement in explaining the objects of the three principal recommendations recently embodied in the report of the gencrul policy committee of the United Mine Workers, which call for increased wages, shorter hours and nationaliza- tion of mines. The recommendations, which were made by Frank J. Hayes, international president, serve as notice to the United States government as well as the British government that the attitude of Great Britain miners is. reflected in America, Mr. Farring- ton said He added that only through na- tionalization of mines could a six- hour day, a fiva-day work week and increased wages be brought about. a from .