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Bulletin Service Flag Norwich Bulletin VOL. LXI—NO. 21 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919 10 PAGES—76 COLS. PRICE TWO CENTS GOVERNMENT CONTROL (OF EAT INDUSTRY NECESSARY Louis F. Swift So Informs the Interstate Commerce Com- mittee — Expresse Belief That Prices Will Be High For Some Months, But Then Probably Would Decline—! Says Packers Are Loaded With Meat and the Only Pos- sible Way to Make Shipments Abroad is Through Food Administration Control—Decline of One Cent a l“cound:i in Pork Would Mean a Loss of $1,500,000 to Swift & Co. The deputation expresses itself kington, Jan. 22 — Louis F.|veloped an attack on the Federal|strongly against the Finnish govern- £ presiae nd Com- |Trade Commission’s method of Inves- |ment's treatment of the islands in Commerce | tigating the packing industry. He|sending Military Governor Von Bons- - food ad-|sald none of the packing fums were [dorff there with Finnish-speaking live |allowed to present testimon: or ques- |troops and in treatinz the island ’ on- | tion witnesses, as rebels. The delegation today ex- E producer | Mr. ift will resume the stand to- | pressed the hope that they would find at con- | MOITOW. in the peace conference and in French ow as much vublic opinion support sufficient to re- me and every- | CLAIMS PACKERS CONFINE | alize, theiv aspitations: h o gnea aid THEMSELVES TO CRITICISM —— S . T Denver, Colo,, Jan. 2¢—Wililam .B.|TO HAVE OIL STATIONS ek Colver, chairman oi the Federal de ALL AMERICAN PORTS Vi oy DA Commission, disenssiny the conmis- Washingeto: 3 23 . lans he r wdministration | on's report oa the pasking industry | e eiinst Lo efore the convertion of therAnierewnd Q0ic D SEE & 08 SRS 0 - Al -~ Livestocic A380-f1rion taday. | ycling o et he American b AL N ission devote |Merchant marine, are under consider sved but do 10t deny the facts| today in an address at a conie rel continued in th> cednes. . |ence of shipbuilders and operators st for some mon‘hs ticise the langunge in which | Mr. Donald declated that tae would Jecline was ‘written,” h & st cost of fuel oil deli 1 on a committee . DA e GatEsuse s thatisnip ompared with coal, wouid it o They can‘t deny the : give American shipping an e 2 b 1 were obtained fr o 4 1dvantage in com- ewspa L S 4 o Frit 1 other foreign- was olver said that if the c d help to offset hizh- St - | sion, w set out to make an i consiruction costs pre- i | pack cross-examine | A} 1 e "_ 4 Ar coustructed a way that | G may use N Donald A |field for the application o PASSAGE OF $100,000,000 FOOD | e STILL 104,000 WOUNDED « nterests in BILL PROBABLY TODAY e : 3 i R U. S. SOLDIERS OVERSEAS r t ot ocates and op- (P34 erse : : Very few Speceh. |Senate cofmittee conducting an in- e o P na” polls| ot hosi wilities and con- he govern- | ere said to | Structior Qg 1 five | . 3 wenty votes | I¢ said, will J 2 |in ¢ n 1o the measure s 0¥ R Sine v Hiteheock of Nebraska i HoUAEEE S ARy : man of the foreigg re- | S!G% are returnec 6 mit and Senators Smoot | Milton J. Tra : 4 1 Ke z of Minnesota, | ' b 1y . A ¢ rs Cummins of Ic i, AL FaB0, cons X ; 5 of 1l republicans. .| $irucHon company iy, iy at the proposed appro- ||’ o g | itehec zed the to aid | i it L vz ien P fund, | VILLA BANDITS KiLL | re ¢ e d in- | FOUR MEXIC, | highly pra 1 garri: 1 Y ator Sme i nd_houses, uneo h consumers and pro- | Chihuahua ¢ nony | d been protected - | e BOLIVIA. WORKING TO | RS REGULAR EQUIPMENT |EUROPE WILD OVER EXPLOITS Junnov o NATIONAL GUARD| OF MEN OF YANKEE DIVISION |; v hand e 3 Jan, 23.—Conegressman Will- A declaration re- iny m F Carter of Need . who re- ng th representatioas 3ol mended | turned t from a visi¢ to France, [will make in order that the provinces * fMairs ¢ m t all Europe 1s wild over the [of Ta Arica n € nnexed A ! oits of .o men of the Yankee Di- |to Bolivia. y I uthe ddded that the men of | The Temps says that Peru and Bo- ¢ ixth were anxious to get |livia both intend to raise hefore the ticularly wanted to pa_|peace conferen © elaims. regards. ¢ n before Ma Gen II“'\»,’ Tacna and Arica : Colonel Eaw:rd Logan. | = i P l'““"m;{‘j’““\”h““("_v | DEPRECATES DECISION OF i i THE SUPREME COUNCIL | x C man Carter was one of a| ' Paris, J 2 Pr : pussengers on the French |mer Russian premicr, ir Rochambeau who finished their | today strongly deprec iener: rip b 1 after the steamer put in- |of the supreme council regardi n 1a for supplies. sia e f Othe engers who returned We ever thought hr bis city were John B. Ken- |Lvoft the co edy of New York. publicity director | commence its peace work e Knights of Columbns war news g relation with o - . service and Rev. Ernest Miel of Hart- olsheviki have w r zreat- } ord, Conn., auxiliary chaplain of the|est victory in Paris, * The decis- e war Red' Cross ion of the council is of dan T S o o e ger to us, but to 1o ol T 5 yoidel a foser | CARGO OF SUPPLIES FOR gives new impulse to anarchy.’ - ) r8. They ARMENIANS AND SYRIANS RS Fog- mificent work compar-| New York. Jan, 23—The U. 8. & |%#4 NAMES IN Two g m v with the forces|Pensacola, formerly the Hamburg - American’ liner Nicaria, sails tomor- puss i for Beirut, Syria, cai-ving 4,- FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR W s of glofhing, food, fuelma- ;. - chinery and hospital suppliez sent by .. WO-O?,.,F.,?'T E]‘ER?'SE he American Committe for Relief in A\merongen, Wednesday, Jun. 22.— |the Near East to the Armenians and . v u/vd. con- Aboard were also forty re- f occupation of workers, fifteen of whom are r emperor, who rarmy officers ani men, and ve r]‘-t‘ e .!m:n{hi se clergymen from varlous states. n e castiel Cleveland H. Dodge, addressing the ridng hard whiie sever orkers aboard the ship today, told ,‘“.,T:,p iy v-'“lv’ldkhlr: them that they were a factor in mak- e the short sticks In|ipg g sible for “the rep « later in the furnaces of | Apmonia e for “the republic of an1 “the republic of Syria” to hold up their heads with other na- rtage of coal in Holland|tione, and that the future uistorians - of wo A pitntl- | 6¢ these nations would ‘“recofint this ,‘,M:':(”w\:fimfl! venry scenc Mr. Dodee s presi- srrounding estate. am [ dent of the boa trustee: i Tl e oot o board of trustees of Rob ert college In Constantinople. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FOR SUPPLYINGC COCAINE e to fur the entire consumption 4020 ENEMY ALIENS WERE INTERNED IN U. 8. | [onfor, Jun. Bod coroner's jury, Tan. 22.—Fouf thousand | rioys death of Miss Billie Carlton. an . wenty encmy zilens wee> intern- | American actress, who was found fead by the United States i e lin her room in a London notel early o yartment of justice to last December, today returned a ver- mmizration cem- | diet of mansiaughter agninst Reg- sidering a bill au- | gic Deuvelle on the ground that he ieportation of these per- | supplied the actress wiih cocoaine. The coroner ¢xplained that under the Adefense of the realm act it was an il- hundred men and of the rem re- nder sliena legal act to supply such a Arug. The tee later adoptedl a fav- srabie report on the bill. which will [$3,000000 FOR N. G. MEN be introduced in the “ouse tomorrow WHO SERVED ON BORDER \ssembly- man ¥. A. Wells of Brooklyn, chafrman of the military affairs committee, In- RAILWAY STRIKE IN GERMANY SETTLED Amsterdam, Jan. —The Halle. | troduced In the legislature today a bill Germar ung, a copy of which|to appropriate $2,000,000 for payment has been teceived hers, amnounc-|of members of the Nuiional Guara es that has heen |who <erved on the ) i Norder In ot strikers | rosnonse to the « resident re copeeded. including ore for the|Tune 19, 1915, The amount named asal of the official who had in- 1s the approxtmate differsnce between their state and federal pay. d the ’ L Lke,afthe strikers. Cabled Paragraphs Persian Mission in Toulon, Toulon, Jan. 23—(Havas). A Per- sian mission, consisting of seven mem- bers and including ihe miister of for- eign affairs, arrived here yesterday on the French battleship’ Diderot. ALAND ISLANDS SEND A DEPUTATION TO PARIS Paris, Jan. 23.—The Aland Islands, an archipelao belonging to Finland in the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia, has sent a deputation to Paris, con- ting of two members of the General Council of the archipelago, and M. Sundblom, deputy for the Aland Isl- to the Finiish Diet. When Finland became the Aland population as] of Sweden to re-esta bonds uniting the Sweden. The Swedish government proposed to Finland that a plebiscite be taken to settle the question, which then could be submitted to the peace congress for ratification. independent ed the king lish the ancient Aland Islands to ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Washington, Jan. 23—The following| casualties are reported by the Come manding General of the American Ix-| peditionary Forces: Wounded severely New England men Wounded Severely. Sergeant Leo Z. Britain. Corporals—DMichell A, Foster, 180, A. Shumslky, New Attle- Legislature Gets Down to Business;,» Peculiarity in Ballot ° County Commissione.. t New London County Cau- cus. (Special to The Bulletin.) Hartford, Jan. 23.—The first real constructive business on the part of the house of representatives was transacted today when those resolu tions on nomination by the governor were taken from the calendar and re- ferred. Apportioning George . Wheeler of Bridgeport, to be chief Justice of the supreme court of errors and a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years irom August 8, 1920, William S. Case of Hartford, to be an associate justice of the supreme court of errors and a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight vears ending Aug. 23, 1919. Howard J. Curtis of Stratford, to be an associate justice of the supreme court of errors and a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years from Aug. 23, 1919, George 1. Hinman of Willimantic, to be a judge of the superior court, for the term of eight years from Aug. 23, 1919, House joint resolutions making ap- pointments as follow: Guy F. Bushnell, judge, and Patrick I'. Burke, deputy judge of town court { Bnfield. William Fenner Woodward, and Charles S. Francis s puty of the town court of Killingly. Howard W. Curtis judge and Frank 1. Bateman deputy judge of the town court of Stratford. The foregoing were referred diciary committee: There remained just thirty-three like to ju- resolutions on Thursday’s calendar, ut were not starred for action, Were a session to held Friday, as at st intended, the calendar could have een cleared of these matters. These are several other judgeship resolutions cn the senate calendar. The rules were suspended, on mo- tion of Mr. Allyn of Ledyard and res- olution adopted pointing Georzge Fellows, of Nor , & commissior for New London county, to fill a va- cancy. with term ending Oct. 1. Under suspended rules Charles H.| Smith of Groton, was chosen count commissioners for New London coun tl for a term of four years from Oct. 1, 1919 Resolution Mr. Fellows for the full ve: of four years presented. Action was defcrred next Tuesday on molion of Mr. aham of Lisbon The action of Mr. Graham in defer- ring action of the passage of the res- olution appointing ¢ E. Fellows ot for four years term as county rcommissioner, is said at the suggestion of ~Senator Waterman, who was defeated or the commissionership i the re- publican caucus. Tt is said that Sena tor Waterman has a signed document bearing the signatures of eleven mem- Lers of the caucus that they voted for the senator on the first ballot. On this first ballot there wers more votes ¢ there were members, and m, who acted as chairman ouncing the fact that the was of no legal value insisted t members cast but one ballot ar Lo crooked work would be tol | llot was not announced | On the next ballat, Kiisha Wa man received nine votes, George Fellow ten and Fred own one, Twenty votes were cast and eleven were necessary for choice. Another halioy was taken and Fel- lows received eloven. Waterman ight and Brown one. Mr. Fellows was decl: the nominee of the cau- ¢ 0 one objected. By viva voce ows was unanimously chosen ired term of Commi deceased. The committee on seats to men Jorted at gnmen sioner of bers of the house was re- day’ New on. _ The for on, Wind- ham and Tolland countics zre as fol- lows New Londcn county: Sweeney. 150; 8%; W. K. Raymond 90; Tubbs 41: Mc C. H Crouch, 126 124; Allyn. rymond., 1 Comstock, 129; Ha one, 130; M. B. Thon I, 15 Williams, Hollowell, : Bur 1 Jodoin, 188 37 Chatfield, W Graham, Reynold 156: 39; Lane Windham County ¥ Frani Bennett R 05F Baker, 201; . sell C. W. Clark Young, 30: Gi Dorrance. 24 A 923 £ 1 Mercer, ght, Brodeur, Chagnon 160 Higzins, McKnight 65; Park ! 178; Knowiten, 176; Taller, 172: W .S. Thomp- O7dalloran, 47: Dumstead Ward, 194: Leonard. 200: Reed, Howard. 58: Talcotl, 36 Yost. W. H. Wall. 119; Parizek, 167. Harry L. Peterson, attorncy at law, of Norwich, has been appointed clerk ot the judiciary committee. He was ewett, 84; 248 Haines. ball strom z Hammond 222; Reich- 79; Tames 1 170 son 196 104: 59 boro, Mass.; Emil Hebert, Manchester, N. H.; C. W. Parker, Hudson, Mass. Privates—Bertram U. Rice, _Salem,| Mass; Angus A MacNeil, Jama Plains, Mass.; Karl Segren. East Bos-| ton, Mass; Thomas Bird, Brockton,| Mass.; _ Lukass Bosowski, - Lowell, | John Luke Duffy, Fitehburg,| mes Eaton, Jr., Attleboro,| ; Joseph Kosofsky, Haverhill, | THURSDAY AFTERNOON'S LIST. Died of wounded se- verely 105 Connecti disease total 164, men: Died of Disease. Sergeant George W. Root. Middle- town Wounded Severely. Sergeant John Duly, Bridgeport. Private Gregory Patrohilos, Thomp-| sonville | Missing in action, previously re- ported wounded in action: Corporal ~ Albert Rossignol, New Hartford. Died, previously reported missing in actio Emdon N. Mosher, of Mystic. | versity of born in" South Glastonbury but spent ost of his life in Daniel«on where eraduated from the Killi School. He graduated from the Uni- Taine in 1915, ard in June of that year was admitted to prac- ce and located in the Thayer building Norwich. THE SENATE. Jan. 23—In Hartford, e senate a bill was introduced, to allow the Sco- ville Manufacturing compan: of Wa- tarlusy to irerease its :usal fram $3,000000 to $15,000,000. Cther bills presented and referred were: Exempt- inz property of the Curtis home, of Mcriden, to the amount of $500,000 from taxation: extending (he time for the organization of the Connecticut Tndemnity company to May 16, 1921; to the em of representa- ion of political conventicns. Tt pro- vides that “in all conventions com- prisine more than one towrn caled by ny political party for the purpose of choosing candidates for any elective office the representation of cach town there in shali be on the basis of two delegates of said political party for cach represeitative to whih the re- spective towns are entitled in the gen- eral assembly Senator Bewers announce:! that the reform s; Private Arville Laflamm, Jewett| withdrawal of the resol.ticn intro- City duced on Wednesday for the appoint- 2 I ment of Dr. Franklin H. Mayberry as Previously reported missing, ~ mow|, {isice of the Norwich 1inspital for reported wounded, degree undeter-| ;. [nsane. After the odjournment of mined: the senate o1 Wednesiay it was dis- covered that under a special act pase- @ ensed Telegrams —eviathan sailed from Hoboken est. shortage of iron ore in Germany sported. situation in scrap iron and steel in sttsburgh district 1s demoralzed. Secretary Baker pardoned 113 slackers held at Fort Leavenworth. Exports of United States for 1318 were $6,150,000,000. Imports were $3,- 031,000,000, German delegates to the Peace Con- ference will favor the formation of a League of Nation: One hundred thousand barley was bought by at_Chicago at $1.0i. Between §$10,000,000 and .$15,000,000{ will be lost by the Government in its auction of wool holdings A two-day conference of shipbuilders and operators opened at the Smith- sonian Institute at Washington. An odrer for 15000 tons of building material was placed in country for export to Holland. Senator Champ Clark in a speech in| the House demanded the withdrawal of every American soldier from Eu- rope | Director of Railroads Hines declared that railroad compensation contracts should be “signed up” within 60 days. A report just issued by the Geologi- cal Survey Bureau failed to confirm reports that a deposit of platinum was| found in Arizon: | Formation of Trades Union Congress upon a meeting of American and Britisn labor representatives. | Department of Commerce was ad-| vised that Greai Britain removed th restrictions on the importaton of gold! and silver coins i Attorney-General Gregory requested, the Federal Trade Commission to re-| open in all its phases the investigation| of the mewsprint situation. | Four United States submarine chas- ers, which were engaged in patrol work on the Nova Scotian coast for some time, sailed for Newport, R. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assistant Sec-! ary Of the Navy, says that with the| bushels of the Government ship- this International was agreed at xception of 3,000 men in the Ameri- can navy will be-out of Europe Feb 15. Senator George F. Thompson o Niagara introduced a bill in the New York Legi to regulate, the duction, distribution, quality and pric of milk. According to the Paris Matin thefts, acts of v - and armed attacksare! increasing daily in I Du week 130 night assault e in Paris Sir Arthur Meignen, Minister of the terior, announced at the Board of] Winnipeg that Can- $60,000,000 on ne ade meeting 2 d railroads, % Several Germans disguised as wem | | | | | en arrestec Brussels, near Mons, following the explosion of muni dump, which destroyed a mile he Brussels-Ostend railroad.| Police of Chicago and cities west of there are on the lookout for 20 pris-| oners who escaped from the county| jail at Rock Island after overpoweying| two and shooting the turrkey. John F. Stevens, head of the Ameri- can Railway Commission to Russia, repo lculties of the firet mang tudc e experienced in the reo road | Director of Railroads Hines declare a reduction in ireight rates on Gov- ernment-c 1 lines within . e last 12 mon The Foley bill t> prohibit the sale| States was signel by Goy- SOVIETS ORGANIZED IN DUSTRIAL CENTERS Washington, Jan. —Testif; fore the senate committes ing German propagar Stevenson, of the Military Bureau, said today that representatives olshev move: already organized Soviets in the Industri- al cen of this country and that plans contemplatec ventual ire of the government Stevenson also said evidence ex- ists that Germans in the United States | Paris, ';""‘y 2 ‘“"“ G P.) have begun a post-w : it o with a vie rting an influence | Forking which wou the peace terms DIROTOS ations posed on S8 B ciated P by Georg: called the s a n e g £ i minister without portfolio, whose pro- hee 2 posals will be considered by the peace el o g conference Saturday. Bric d to cony & fhac Ao imme calls for the establishment of goliiers ove e a5 [an international commission made up Bin s ommecstis of representatives of both labor B capital for the settlement of I e e roblems. This commission is to | MORE PROTESTS ON FEDERAL S of na- CONTROL OF TELEPHONES W neton, Jan. 2 Protest of telegraphs vhones were | presented to postoffice cor mittee tod L Vermont, Mon- tana and Mexico ubli: service | commissic Josep! president of ihe Sian- dard Underground Cable Company ot Pittsburgh, urged in a lotior that tel- egraph lines be conii cr gov- errment contr il 1fter the ng ol the vd tnat telephoce lines lie held for ten to fitteen m 1ihe CHINA TO ASK REVISION OF CHINO-JAPANESE TREATIES Jan. —(By The A of the Chinc-Japanese 1915, signed ter the by Japan of Ler twen- ty-one demards will be asked at the peace conference by the Chinese dele- Lccor to ued here tor an official ght by state- the China agency. ALL ENEMY PROPEUTY IN CHINA TO BE SEIZED na, Jan. 22.—(Dy The A. ese government has de- to sequestrate all e prop- in Chinz on Februa e law c atri £ enemv | bec effectiva March exception will be doc- all persons over six REQUISITIONED VESSELS ARE BEING RELEASED Washington, Jan. 23—Notices ha Deen sent to owners of eigateen ves- sels requisitioned by ihe ship Dboard durinz the war that they are now released for private service. The ps constitute part of the total of several hundred which the board an- nounced recently would be released upon their arrival in American ports. pir ed In 1917 the position shouid be filled by executive appointment Senator Kopplemann iniroduced a bill to reimbiirse to the amount of $500 for damage done to cattle during the fooi and mouth epidemic, The nate adjourned {or Big Falling Off in Railroad Earnings Under Government Control Decrease of $370,000,000 From the Record Year of 1916 Washington, Jan. 23—Railroads in 1918 under government control and unusual war conditions earned about $718,000,000, or $25,000,000 less than in 1917, $370,000000 less than in the re- cord year of 1916 and about the same in 1915 This became apparent today on the basis of definite reports to the Inter- state Commerce Commission of earn- ings of 195 principal railroads—those having annual operating revenues of more " than $1.000,000—for eleven months and unofficial calculation of December earnings, which railroad ad- ministration reports indicate will be considerably emaller than those of the preceding months, Receipts from freight, passenger, ¢x- press and other transportation during the vear amounted to approximately $4,873,000,000 or $532 00 more than in’ the previous Operating ex- penses ju 791,000,000, about more than in the prec: 3 The railroad administration account- ants now report that in 1915 the 31, 710,000,000 payroll of the year previ- ous was increased 37 per cent., and that consequently $2,346.000,000 was paid out vear to_the two million railway layes. Many wage -in- creases were effective for only the lat- ter part of the year, and if these run through the present year, even with out other additions which may come from action on pending applications for more pay, they would make $754,000,- The wage level end of 1918 was a little mor= 15 per cent higher than at the ginning of the year ‘when the gov- ernnlent assumed control. to ve: nped to about $1,11 000,000 000 additional wages at BETHLEHEM STEEL'S ANNUAL STATEMENT ew York, Jan. 22.—In statement after the annual meeting of the board of directors of the Beihlchem Steel Corporation here today, dent E. G. Grace predicted “a peried of un- ual prosperity supportel by zn era f construction” after American man- ufacturers have put thelr whole econ- omic structure on normal peace time basis” e expressel the bellef that for the immediate tuiure there would be large buying movement no in the steei market. Referring o0 a rreliminary report of corporation's earnings for 1918, which showed a net incoma after ae- duction of war taxes an do her charg- es of $16.000.000, against 20,736 the previous year. Mr. & Said they represented “a_ profit of but 2.5 per cent. on the shipments for the year, ctically all of which were to the nited States government and its During the vear, Mr. Gr corporation ad oxnen for cxtensions to | iz 1t “an annual eapacity for utput of piere than 2.060.000 tons v finishing plants of. sufficient ca- v to convert this c cial aid products.” 320,000,000 10 be ex- 1919 to complete 1 construction proc rrow's Foint, Maryland ant n_completed represent an outlay of $39.000,000 PORTUGUESE WAR VESSELS ARE BOMBARDING OPODTO London, Jan H des- patch receiv om ports from frontier tow fect Partusgruese war hombarding Oporto, whish is the control of the monarchists despateh adds run: hat Former King Manu nd 1 Portusa. AN OUTLINE OF GREAT BRITAIN'S LABOR PLAN example, such questions as th right of the people to nio e unions might " The the pe e conferen the hours'of labor and similar prob- lems would come before the inter onal labor commission In case of nen-fulfillment of labor reements the lez e of natfons wouid called in to seitle the m: The i 1 commission, or hureau, W not dea! with purely tnternal groblems of the nations, Cap- ftal and labor wiil still work out their Iecal, differences, as before. Asked as to what power the com- mission would have back of it to en- force rulinzs, Mr. Barnes replied in substance that if any nation refused to play the game she might be brought to reason by depriving her of trade privileges with sister states, NEW YORK ASSEMBLY VOTES TO RATIFY PROHIBITION Albany, N. Y., an. 23—After a de- e lasting nearly five hours, which preceded by a republican caucus s made a party meas- to ratify the fed- amendment was adopted the assemb! of the New York legislature late today. The vote was 81 {o 65. Eleven republicans de- ciined to be bound by the caucus ac tion and joined with democr ind_socialist minorities 1 voting azainst adovtion. Action the resolution probably will be by the senate early next week The eleven repul who negatively were Lo ea the day had joined with the minorities n unsuccessful attempt to pass a bill to carry out Governor Smith’s rec- ommendation for a referendum. OBITUARY. Harry S. Harkness. New York, Jan. 23.—Harcy ress, only son of the late Lamon V. Harkness, Standard Oil millionaire, Qied of the Spanish influenza at his home here tonight. He had been i1l in which it w resolution prohibition ure, eral a cen voted ier in S. Hark- cnly a few days. - Mr. Harkness was greatly interested in sports and was the owner of the Sheepshead Bay Speedway wheroe 1 jromoted automobile racing. ile W to Tues ay, January 23, at 1430 a. m. 3 pioncer aviator and ade many dights. He is survived by his widow. BOLSHEVIK FORCES ARE EVACUATING PETROGRAD Leon Trotzky, the Belshevik Minister of War, is Transferring His Headquarters to Nizni-Novgorod—Anti-Bolshevik Movement is Growing Daily—At Ust Padenga the Bol- sheviki Are Continuing Their Shelling of American Pos- itions—Great Powers Have Received No Reply to Pro- posals Sent to Russia. Copenhagen. Jan. 23.—The Bolshevik forces are evacuating Petrograd and removing all stores, according to a despatch to the Berlinske Tidende rom lHelsingfors. The despatch adds that Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik min- which would have mad> florcer class antagonisms and accentuztec the ma- terial miseries that have o long tor- mented the babless Russiin people. But it is no: only Russix that Presi- dent Wilson kas probably saved by this ister of war, is transferring his head- rotsolu:im it is the hope of the league Guarters to zni-Novegorod and that | of nations. > the anti-Bolshevik movement is Srow The Times says: Whether the ing daily. policy declared will woris on cne, least of ail those who framed i, can feel BOLSHEVIKI CONTINUE compl:,;v.ely connident. lnm'b at any rate if it does not work, the mem- SHELLING AMERIGANS| L { ' (e confarencs wifl bt 0l Archangel, Wednesday, Jan. 22— | from welr re they winl ol (By The A. P.) The Bolsheviki are|syre that they have dons everything continuing iheir shelling of the Amer-1that was pocsible. o reach a settle: ican positions at Ust Padenga, thirty miles south of Shenkursk, and tne American_artillery is replying to the enemy fire. The infantry attack Guardian says that decision of the conference is at the best augu ment by agreement. The Manchester the It displays an ad- which the Bolsheviki were expected 10 | mirable spirit of comprcmiss amoORg make yvesterday to materialize. | the powers themselves, it adds, and it Peasants sa that the Bolsheviki|is ‘the first uct of the zre drama of suffered five hundred casualties in the | the establishment of a world's peace.” infantry attack on Januar: -| “We hope that ther will be a re- & many wounded who froze to death | sponse inspired by the same Spirit in the forest. The American casual-|from the Russian peopls, says the ties in the fight were less than fifty | Westminster Gazette. ~\Wiother that all told. is to be o or not will depend in the mam on the Bolshe: They can, if REFUSES TO PARTICIPATE they so desive, make ail the good Will WITH BOLSHEVIK AGENTS|of the peace conference rugatory or S )n they can make the meetinz a: the Sea Parls, Jan. 23—(By' The Assoclated | HeX can qoake the meetin i iho 2oy Pres ersins! Sazonoff, the former | 0 =4 e CEL TR BE A g e Russian foreisn minister under the P bl cld resime and now representing the i a sane ang ConDELS government at Yekaterinodar and the s £ Russsia decHResNens Siberian government at Omsk, has de- | 9148 <0 P LY 2 > riendly hat ix now held out clared in a statement that he would | friendly et Ben not participate in the conference bro- | itization, though nonc of them hold & Folshevik representa LR e S ment that POLES AND DANES~ REFRAIN FRCM VOTING GREAT POWERS AWAIT WORD FROM RUSSIA Paris, Jan. 23—(By . The A. P.) 23— (British Wireless Whether the éffort of the =reat pow- Poles in Foscn and the €rs to tranquilize Russia was 1o suc- [ Doneg loswiz Lt iineaRr s cced or fail was still in the balance |t o0 ihia) lelechirs i iolae tenight. No reply had come from the | YGerman national asssembly. In Boo Boisheviki or from any other faction,|en out of 1230.000 Poles entitled to and as the wireless message ¢mbody- | voto. only 123,000 did so. ing the proposal of the associated ; powers was not sent until two o'clock this morning, some days may i RLghuscian ecErl ol vene before anything definite is OF THE 27TH DIVISION known. shington, Jan. 23.—With the an- In the meantime, prominent anti- ement tod: that virtually the Holshevik leaders in Paris are not te strength of the Tywenty-sev- ciear on their course, and the first re- | enth (New York National Guard) di- vorts fhat they werc favorable to the | vision, had been assigned for early plan have been followed by a state- | convoy by General Pershing, plans be ment by such leaders as Sergius Sa- | gan to take shape here for an ade- zomoff that they would not sit-at the | quate reception to this first combat table with assassins, division to return. If it is found prac- The semi- official Temps also as-|tical to do so, New York ity willbe ris that the supreme councii’s pro- | given an opporunity to see the or posal “permits traitors who withdrew | ization on parade at fall war Stee Russia_from the war and turned the | with its fighting equipment, its recove entire German strength against France | ored wounded and. it battle trophies i3 be received on the same focting as > 2 before it is demobilized. faithful. . s Secretary Baker reiterated today his The Amer; and British deless desire that wherever possible the full eel, however, that the propcsal strength or substantial portions of he only course open. the returning com divisions parads Information reachi allies in-fin Jarge cities in the sections from dicates that the Bolsheviki have. afhich they came. powerful army m which discipline is| " Mr Baker again expressed a strong being enforced. In view of this in-| wish that the Forty-second. (Bainc rmation one of the premi bow) divison, now wth the American today that the army on the Rhine, parade in Wash- OBl e compati ity b i Ston as represeniative of the entire {of allied troops, which would have 10| country and the whole fighting arm be on the spot immediately, whereas| \yhether it will be possble to &r- nene of the governments could ask|range for a complete divisional parade peeple already. wearied by war to un- | getty SOl SR EE T erends on dertake another large military expe- | g, ot 5 ot oY the war a Aition. 5 - 10 : partment. In any case, however, & The council of the great powers to- | cupstantial portion of the division will day defini t four main subjects | po Lo qog Tetore St disbands. o e the full conference| i Baker announced that men of oD s v won | the Twenty-seventh who have already weislation: second, responsibility and | roryrmeq, even those who have been punishments for the w third, in- Stered cuty would be Eienioove demnities fourth, m'w*\'n tionalization tunity march with their comrades. Bl e b The sick and wounded will be carried : Sk e in ambulances or other motor trane- port. ed to commitices for study T and report. The Amerfcan members TR . of these committees were selected at | MASS MEETING OF TEXTILE an extended confe ident Wilsos and ence between Pr American dele- WORKERS AT LAWRENCE ilsos . an Lawrence, Jan. 23—A mass sates this afternoon. . 5 _, | meeting of ‘e rkers in this city The American plans on the first| iy be held at the city holl on Saturs topic are already well advanced. While ¢ afternoon, with outdoor overflow here is no definite information on the | m i SO ccond point, relative to responsibil- ty and punishments for the war, the entiment in American quarters in- cimes to a negative attitude wi me suggestions that those responsible who have fled from Germany should be cturned for Germany to deal with. The third subject, indemni will ¢ be presented in the conference the amounts claimed by each nment, but a committee will be harged with the task of assembling these amounts and also of determining he probable maximum the enemy powers are able to pay. The meeting tomorrow will have 1dded importance in bringing together the supreme war council, with Pre dent Wilson, the premiers and fore ministers, reinforced by arshal Field Marshal Haig, Genera and General Diaz and the bership of the war cessary, 10 consider the situation resulting from the refusal of owners of large mills to grant a demang for a 48 hour weck. The de- mand that weekly workins hours be reduced from 54 to 48 on “ebruary 1. without reduction In Wig was made recently upon all the mills In this city. In announcing the plan for the mass meeting, John R. Menzie, [1csident of the Central Labor Unior, sud tonight he had told leaders of textile workers he believed nex* month would be an Inopportune time to declare a strike to enforce their Jenans, but that the Central Labor Unlon was prepared to support them in, what- cver action they might deem advisa- ble. sn Foch, Pershing full mem- PRINCESS OF CONNAUGHT Connell T or Ve RENOUNCES HER TITLES saille London, Jan. 23.—(Via Mouatreal)— The subject for consideration is not | Kinz Georga has consented ic the Te= Russia, or Poland, as was supposed, |nunciation by Princess Patriclz of but the status of the present military | Cornaught of hoth her titls of prin- occupation of Germany council on which the | cess and her stvle of address as royal desires information from the | highness on her e next month military leaders. In some allied qu w Commander Lord xancer Ram- ters it had been suggzested that brother of the Earl of Dalhous: American strength in the occup princess after irinze will gions should be relaticly lurzer than Patricia Ram: that of the other forces, as rconsiderable fors pean allies have gone throagh longer te o' ter mother, service. This view is not shared in i American quarters, where it is ma E tained that the relative American |EXTRA DIV!DEND DECLARED rengih is fully up tc the require- ments. 8Y BETHLEHEM STEEL Che Fethlehem red an nt. on anid ew York, Jan. 23.—Th el Corporation The presence of the military leaders temorrow is expected to hring a pret- ¥ full understanding cn this subject. st decls extra dividend of both elasses of co B, LONDON PRESS COMMENTS in addition to th dividend of 1 cent. Tha i lecl: the full N OFFER TO RUSSIA |corporation wlso declar : fonibne 2 (Br “.;lsflse\i year but payable auarterly the full SeroteeTere 15 no reasen to sup. | dividends on its 7 per cour and § per vice.)—Tliere is no ceason to sup- | JIVi G nose “that this Wisk 1 high minded | ©°7t el will be rejected by any STRIKE OF YORKSHIRE COAL government.” says the Lail 2 in commentiig on the action of the MINERS HAS BEEN SETTLED supreme inter-allied wir ccuncil inj London, Jao. 2 sirike of tha asking representatives Tussian | 147,000 Yorkshire coal wmiicts whe governments to meet dele2ales of the|quit work today when the owners re- nd associated poweis in Prin- |fused to me demands set- ces Island: for discussicn of the|tled late today i coal controller, Russian_que wha agreed to concede the twenty “it affords (hem all a clance of es-|minutes “deud time” for meals whils cape from . fature fwul o1 menace”qthe mines a under government com. the paper adds. “It relieves them | trol. he men are to resume work from thicats of foreign interferemc: Friday. !