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Norwich VOL. LXI—NO. 122 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH CONN., FRIDAY, MA i 1919 Bulletin 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS AMERIGAN TROOPS READY 10 ADVANGE INTO GERMANY ’Ltrge Numbers of American Trucks Have Been Moved Into . the Area East of the Rhine, Ready for Any Emergency, —Opposition Continues in Germany to Signing the Treaty—Allies and the United States Have Requested of Italy the Reason for Landing Troops in Asiatic Tur"! key Without Notice to the Allies. (By The Associated Press.) While time is virtually being marked | Bulgurian peace delegates have arrived by the peace congress at Versailles|in Switzerland, where.they are await- With regird to Germany. with the ale|inZ « summons to France by the peace lied and associa awaiting | ithe coming of n ay, when| Thele has been some friction in the jthe Germans are known their|ccuncil of four owing to the Italians answer to the allied demands. the|having recently landed troops in Asi council of four is at work decid- |atic Turkey without notice to the al- ing questions which have irsen through|lies. The United States, Great Britain the presentation of notes by the Ger-|and France requested of Italy the rea- man plenipotentiaries, son for this move. Protests against the Sarre valley session of the council nd the question of reparations tended by the Greek pre-| ssed by the M. Venizelos, Signor Orlando, the! 1 reply was re- |Italian prime minister, entered and Ve aling D ille at il be y the with Gierman held receipt expected that the Austrians this will oc soners guilty weelk. Meanwhile, the Turkish and the lies to|was asked by President Wilson if his the repatriation|reply was ready. O do demanded mers. The indica-|the withdrawal of Venizelos before he replied, notwithstanding the insistence for trial and|of President Wilson that the Greek diplomat remain. Venizelos finally of the German|withdrew and the council later ex- DETACHMENT OF SEVEN MEN York, May of the S ant TOOK 132 GERMAN PRISONERS Alvin th Infantry, who at sed its regret pr to him. e treaty they| Opposition continues in Germany to|s belief in * carly next| (Continued on Page Eight, Col. One) REPUBLICANS DISCUSS PLANS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ‘Washington, May —Plans for 1920 presidential camvaign were House Has Passed the D@ci_emy' Bill' Provides $45,044,500 for War Risk Allowances to Sol- diers’ and Sailors’ Families and Civii War Pension- ers. Washington, May 22.—Passage by the house late today of a deficiency bill providing urgent appropriations of $45,044,500 for war risk allowances to soldiers’ and sailors’ families and Civil war pensioners made another speed record for the new house, which yes- terday adopted the woman suffrage resolution. The first sharp partisan iclashes of the session between repub- licans and democrats occurred today during discussion of the deficiency bill. The measure, hastily reported by the appropriations committee, authorizes appropriations of $39,615.000 for allow- ances due May 1 and June 1 to about 700,000 families of soldiers, sailors marine: nd| Civil| ,000 for admin- stration of the war risk insurance bu- reau. It was passed without a dis- senting vote after considerable parti- san discussion, republicans and demo- crats making counter-charges of 1 sponsibility for delay in payment of| the family allowances. Republican Leader Mondell, Demo- cratic Leader Clark and others partic pated in the partisan manoeuvering, which followed a statement by Repre- sentative Mann of Iilineis, former re- publican leader, that President Wil- absence abroad might prevent the appropriations from becoming available until the middle of Junc Representative Byrns of .Tennessee, ranking democrat of the appropriations committee. charged that republican| senators through their filibuster of last March were responsible for holding up the war risk allowances. The Tennes- see 3,000,000 for delayed ions and $2,4; | epresentative declared the repub- of a detauchment of seven |cussed by republican men and womenllicans no wshould “remedy tne wrong”| twenty Germans, took 132 |from all states at sessions today open-|and urged that the bill be passed at| prisoners, including « major ‘and three | ing a two day conference with Will H.|once instead of being put over until licutenants and put machine guns | Hays, national committce chairinan.|tomorrow as proposed by Representa- o of business, arrived here today on | Discussion centered on how the Wo-itive Good of Iowa, chairman of the ap- r transport Ohivan wearing the | men may help win the election, with|propriations committee. ngressional medal of honor and tha | the central thought being that separate| After the bill had been reporicd, Re- rench Croix de Guerre. geant | woman's organizations are not to be|publican Leader Mondell moved to rk's home is in Pall Mall, Tenn., |4 part, except temporarily, of the re-|journ until tomorrow, but on a | und he was greeted on his arrival by | publican programme. vote of 77 to 73 the democrats, who| committce from the Tennessce So- | Preceding a banquet tonight at{happened at the time to have a ma-| ciety of New York, who propose to |which Mr. Hays, Senator Cummins of!|jority in the chamber, defeated the, show him what the folks back home | lowa. president pro tem of the senate,imove. Democratic Leader Clark then| ink of him during his four days’|and Speaker Gillett of the house, werelasked unanimous consent for immedi- pecial furlough. speakers, the women gathered withiate consideration of the measure and| Sergeant York won his honors in|state chairmen to listen to political Mr. Mondell assented. The measure| the Argonne drive last October. He |advice given by Republican Leader then a corporal and was sent out Lodge of the senate, and Mr. Ha iwih a detachment of <ixteen men un. | “I will not discuss the league of na- Sergeant Jarly to silence Ger- |tions,” said Mr. Lodge, “although it n machine gunners who were en-has been on my mind a little. The deavoring to protect the advance of |league of nations is not a pa qu a German battalion. Sergeant Larly [tion. It is an American question and and seven of his men were almost im- there is anything that the repub- mediately killed and Corporal York |lican party can do it is to dispose of took command. He rushed machine | American questions.” gun after machine gun and when he | Both Senator Lodge and Mr. Hay returned with his prisoners the pro- ulated the women on their en- posed German attack had ceased to into polit the latter also be even a proposition CHALONER ACCEPTS $17,000 INSTEAD OF $30,000 AWARDED elling the conference that the women forget to work as a woman's or- ion, but as part of the repub-{ lican organization. - - > S PO ins, greetir ¢ WO~ New York, May John Arm- |, Senator Cummins, greeting the wo cirome Chatoner, Merrv Mills, © v, |Ten as ‘fellow republicans” at_the - today accepted a reduc banquet tonight, criticised President tion to $17,500 of the $30,000 judgment awarded him by a federal jury y terday in his $100,000 suit for against the New York E libel ening Post. Mr. Chaloner agreed to the reduction Wilson for alleged seizure of legisla- tive function of congress Speaker Gillett spoke of ilative work before the s gress and added that the legi: ixth con- th or with- . ) fout the co-operation of the adminis yvhen Federal Judge A, N. Hand gave |tration we shall hope to establish the Mm the allernative of ‘accepting or |government orice more on a basis of B e derdict ser Jside and 3 )efficiency und economy and relieve v F koo el business of the heavy hand of gov- motion. The Evening Post's counsel | Jusiess p g liad not yet approved the compromise “What we need in this country, said TR -e. | Mr. Hays at the banquet, “is not less L ?‘:‘{or:f: ;‘"gii‘!.:t.f*‘zi ‘l‘g Tis | politics but” more attention to poli- oy livolved. Tie hus heen seeking o | Plete participation by the women in Tpset & New York supreme court ine | Political aftairs will help immeasura- A bly in this direction.” ity judgment against him since he | 7 escaped from the Bloominzdale a RMY lum 22 vears ago. He has been de- |HOW SALVATION ARMY ared s by ne 1 courts of Virginia, SCORES OF PERSONS KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, lowa, May 22 score of persons were killed hundred injured by an explosi 1 150 to cscaped plant which The number imated for who began to wounded from the oid incineration. men and work in injury or was burned w confine some The cause of the aceident le determined heen due but to either extri d hoys who the death, by ti de night The esultan the 3 to The loss is $3,000,000 of dead could n me by e dead ebris hast on Douglas Starch Works tonight. Of| had ju shift, Tew entire fire Douglas t ot firemen, and i ily could not is thought to have defective boiler pontaneous combusion, IS TO USE HOME FUNDS w York, May —Commander ngeline Booth of the Salvation Army aunounced tonight that X funds obtained in the organi {‘home service” drive will be used to at|expand Salvation Army facilities and strengthen its personnel for a practical effort to “nail the unrest” which is sweeping the country in the wake of the Salvaging of saloons to be run on the “boozeless plan” as clubs for work- ingmen is but an incident of the gen- eral plan, it was explained. The idea contemplates giving quick, substantial aid to families found to be suffering because of evictions, hunger and idle- ness. e to} READY TO RE-ESTABLISH BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY Berne was passed in less than an hour with- out a roll call. In explaining the objccts of the bill Representative Good stated, in reply to questicns, that so far as he knew the| resignation of former Director Linds- ley of the war risk insurance bureau| was not responsible for the deficien in the bureau's funds. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, republican, suggested that the appropriations com- | mittee, in its work, investigate affairs’ involved retirement of Colonel| Linds] AIRPLANE /ACCIDENTS..DUE .. l TO FAULTY CONSTRUCTION/ Atlantic City, N. J., May 22.—Charles! H. Pavyne, an insurance expert, told! the delegates to Aeronautic convention here today that from 1908 to 1913, both in military and| civil acronautics, 60 per cent. of the| | in the plane as the result of faulty con-j ruction, while from 1913 to date on {2 per cent, of the casualties were caused by such collapse. nt day accidents, accordingi ne, approximately 40 per| close to the ground or by inexperienced ! pilots who are unable to extricate themselves, 25 per cent. through lack of judgment in landing, 10 per cent. to forced landing caused by motor trou- ble, 2 per cent. by fire, 2 per cent. by ollapse of the planes, and 21 per cent. lack of judgment in various man- ocuvers by pilots still in training. i The airplanes that will immediately| ial, sporting and everyday purposes,” said Morris .| { Titterington, “will not be the machine {that most nearly follows the lines of a Ibird in construction, but rather the plane that is equipped with automatic devices that constantly check up the stability, meeting bumps, air pocl and other atmospheric disturbances as they start and adapting the machines to them before they have actually been felt by the pilot. i FRENCH CHAMBER DEFERS ACTION ON AMNESTY BILL Paris, May 22 (Havas).—The cham-: ber of deputies today by a vote of 326, to 176 postponed action o the bill be-| fore it providing for amnesty. M. Nait, | minister of justice, declared during the! debate that the government as well as May 22 (By the A. P.).—It is|% ] Within half an hour after the de-|confirmed that the allied and sesociat_|the chamber realized the mecessity for| tonation twenty-five hodics were re-|ed governments have addressed a|ll'¢ Passage of an amnesty law and| DoFted Setaovad question to the Swiss government as|that later he would take up the meas-| S e o= fo whether it would be willing and e T ready to take measures for a sover e : ANOTHER ENTRY FOR LONDON |[fed against Germany should. cio.| An amnesty at the present time DAILY MAIL'S $50,0000 PRIZE | cumstances require it. It is believed|VOuld affect Joseph Caillaux, former| John's N. F.. May 2 The en-|here that this step is preparatory to|Premicr. who is under arrest l-l}:lr,‘zz}\l; tr another contestant for the Lon- |action should Germany refuse to sign|'Vith treason, and other men high in| don Daily Mail's $30,0000 prize for the |th etreat political and military life who are be- first trans-Atlantic air flight, was an The publication of the question hasj!"8 detained on charges. e yday by Licutenant Leth |made a painful impression in Switzer- . French pilot aviatos, here to|land and is commented upon widely in| ALARMED BY BELIEF THAT cle an airdrome site for a plane to "“)! press as an infringement of the GERMANY WILL NOT SIGN e shipped from France. right ard independence of small coun-| ypunnheim, May 22 (By the A. D) —| Lieutenant Jensen, having decided | tries. Me por nt about Pearl plateau for his tomorrow start. will leave supervise ne. It will take for him to be ready course wiil be direct ] for to the and then to France, REPLY TO GERMAN NOTE flight rance the completion of his ma- Lwo months | it was learned. His British ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS NEGATIVE REPLY TO GERMAN NOTE ON ECONOMIC EFFECT Paris, May 22—(By The A. P.)—A categoric negative reply to the German note on the economic effect of the peace terms was sent hy the allied council to the German delegation to- day The reply characterized the CGerman note as exaggerated and says 3 that it indicates failure to appreciate P May ( 1S 25 : e s fay 2 BY The A. P)—|the enormity of the Germans respon- The allied reply o the German note| cibility, e ey ISague of nations, which| i’ Germans are reminded that “it That the couneil eonstdons thov ral|is right that Germany, which was re- P M ol hat “the| <ponsible for the origin of these calam- B ration tha th ""_“*xh ities, should make them good to the man government and better calculated| YISt Of her capac arate mediation office ihle, w uch a the GOLDEN ANNI!VERSARY CF the objects o fthe league.” zarding the suggestion of a sep- this is not con- body the requisite anthority i the peace of world $20,000 VERDICT FOR AUTOMOBILE INJURIES Haven, Conn. May 22.—A jury civil side of the superior court, Tudge Reed. late today brought dict of $20.000 in favor of Mrs. New in the before in a v Mary Kearns of Stamford in her ac- RT. REV. M. HARKINS, D.D, | /o0 against Mrs. Ida J. Widman of el KINS, D.D.111is city. Mre. Kearns asked §53.000 Provi . R L, May 22-Roman |for injuries received when she was Catholie_church, men. audl laity from |afrucle an _automobile driven by many parts of New England gath- | ype ered here today in observance of the | TT W iaman here last July. plden anniversary of the ordination ) the priesthood of the Right Rey, |GERMANS ARE TO HOLD Matthew Iarkins, D. D.. for CONSULTATION AT SPA bishop of the diocese of Providence Paris, May 22 (By the A. P.).—Count Among the guests was the Right R on Brockdorff-Rantzau, accompanied Mgr. J. De Becker of Louvain, Bel- [y several of the German peace dele gium. A conzratulatory cah izates. has again gone to Spa. He will was received from Cardinal Gasparri, consult with representatives of the Wapal secretary of state in Rome, r——e German government there. Alarmed by the belief that Germany! will not sign the peace treafy and that! the allies will occupy Mannhemi, citi-| zens became panic stricken today and| stormed the municipal savings bank. Many persons have fled from Man- nheim. Large crowds later zathered and held protest meetings and other demonstra- tions, which added to the general con- fusion in the town. An official expression of regret has been issued in Berlin that the pecople! of Mannheim “appear to have lost their| heads.” | ROYAL ARCANUM TO ERECT | TABLETS FOR SERVICE MEN Atlantic City, N, J., May Tribute was paid at the opening session of the annual convention of the supreme council of the Royal Arcanum here to-} day to members who died +in the ser- vice and a decision was reached that appropriate tablets be erected in thei memory. Repo: showed - that members had died with the colors. “The council decided to support the! Salvation Army drive and sent out an| {appeal to its members to that effect. | Clie N WINNIPEG TO HAVE OPEN | DEBATE ON GENERAL STRIKE' Winnipeg, Man, May 22.—Open di | cussion o fthe general strike in Winni- peg by representatives of all leading involved will take pluce at o meeting in the city hall at 10.20 o’clock tomorrow forenoon. It was officially announced today that it was hoped the meeting would lead to a settlement of “the industrial dispute, ‘ Scott of {rules had reduced accidents from 30 to Condensed Telegrams The Philippine Mint will begin op- erations next December. A Victorian loan of £3,000,000 at underwirtten at 5% per cent’ was par in London. 5 During the month of October Allied army in France used 34,100,000 gal- lons of gasolene. Atlantic City's offer to become the seat of the League of Nations was re- ceived too late. ¥ Premier Lloyd has tendered the res- ignation of the entire Ministry Newfoundland to the Governor. Exemption from compulsory mili- tary service in the Australian Secretary Daniels announced Con- stablis men. Bar silver was quoted at 51 pence in London for immediate and forward delivery compared with vious close. Republican membe; v tic: ury 27 the pre- of the s Admiral Jellicoe of the British Navy on a mission to reorganize the Aus- tralian Navy, arrived at Albany, Aus- tralia. ‘3ureau of Internal Revenue nounced extension of time for payment of income and other govern- ment taxes, Total number of trains run in New Of this number 9.16 per cent were on time at in York state April 59,941, mber 9 —With the sign- terminals. 59 he | N8 Of the bill relating to the care of Surplus property division of thelgi7io haupers, by Gov. Holcomb, late War Department reported stock | weqnesday afternoon, the — adminis- available for sale on May 9 amount- |y tion of the state pauper law Is ed_to $£120,000,000. T The former Crown Prince of Ger- many will be liable to trial, accord- ing to Bonar Law, of the peace treaty. Organiaztion of a $15,000,000 chem- ical cxport corporation under the Webb-Pomerene law s planned by the foreign trade committee of the Chemical Alliance Inc. Lindley M. Garrison, receiver of the B. R T. declared he would hold in service eve woman employve that the Lockwood law would permit. Construction of immense artillery storage depots at Savannah. IlL, Port Clinton, O., and Aberdeen, Md. were authorized by the War Department. Secretary Redfield, principal speak- er at the closing of the National As- sociation of Manufacturers, at New York, urged the country to prevent waste. Tabulations in Albany, N. Y., show Governor Smith signed appropriation bills totalling $95.538.30: or $14, $14,000,000 more than last year's total budge. Senator Sherman, lilinois, announc- ed he would introduce a resolution providing for the separation of the peace treaty from the League of Na- tions covenant. Governor Runyon and Senator Edge were among the officials who welcom- ed the 112th Field Ar of the th Division, which New- port News, Va. Senator Edge introduced a bill to grant the consent of Congress for ew York and New Jerséy to enter into an amendment to construct a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River. vy at lexander. S, Lynch, secretary of thel © central committee, has been appointed a mem- Rock park commission d by the resig- the: Pan-American{nation of Melbert B. Cary of Ridge- onneeticut -democratic stite ber of the Savir to fill the vacanc) e field. Governor Holcomb has approved the state by casualties were due to the collapse of i Sheriff Simeon Pease of Fairfield coun- charge of his du- bond of $10,000 given the ty for the faithful di: | ties as sheriff. Judge L. P. Waldon Marvin of Hart- ford and Joseph W. of Alsop Avon | private control. ; were apointed by Governor Hoicomb “Tt true,” the memorandus said, on the commission to provide a water| “that the cable systems and other cent. are due to tail spins entered intolsupply for the Mansfield state training school and hospital Two New York stock exchange seats {were sold at $85,000 each, the highest price paid since 1910, when a seat!just as much and just as little reason! brought $94,000. tor the seizure of the cable Steven C. Mason of Pittsburgh was| now as there was when the seizure was vesterday again chosen president of| made on November 16, 1918. Al the the National Association of Manufac-|pretexts and extraneous considerations turers in convention at New York. The| by which it was sought to justify that other officers also were re-zlected. seizure remain udchanged.” UNIFORM RULES HAVE REDUCED ACCIDENTS —Report- ling for a sub-committee at the annual| Atlantic City, N. J., May 2: onvention here today Electric Light Chicago of the National ation, Charles B. id that ent. and had aff decrease in 50 per larger ed an ever fatalities. F. W. Smith, New York, W Johr Abell, New York. Iter L BARGE LAUNCHED AT HOUSATONIC YARDS! Br barg, wooden ships under the United States succes at the Housatonic shipbuilding yards, Stratford, in the presence' of hundred persons. The Albee first of the si into a barge. wife of the Izeport, Conn., May construction government, i Mrs. Norman M. Collins, cr BILL IN HOUSE FOR REVISION OF INCOME TAX Washington, May Comfort for; St. Louis, Mo, May Followingz | the small salaried man is provided in{the receipt of a telegram from the {a bill introduced in congress today by| southern Presbyterians today stating} Representative Sabath, democrat, of|that the southern body agrees to mne- Illinois, for revision of the income tax|gotiate for the organic union of all section of the war revenue act. ent law, while a married stead of half that sum. DISCUSSION OF SCOPE OF EVIDENCE IN FORD SUIT[ Mount Clemens, Mich., Dis May 22 cussion of the law bearing on the scope | of evidence to be admitted occupied STRIKE FOR T. J. MOONEY| the entire session again today of the| San Francisco, May 22.—Rejection of | trial of Henry Iord’s libel suit against|a proposal that they participate in the the Chicago Daily Tribune. The jur which had been instructed for the af- (ernoon session, was again excused this time until Monday, indicating the of army has been granted to returned soldiers. gress will be asked to provide naval ment of 250,000 officers and House and Means Committee prac- 1y decided upon repeal of the lux- the under the terms uniform “Times are trending to a wider recognition of the human factor,” the committee stat- n, Philadelphia; treasurer, H. C. — The Albee, the sixth and last of the was sfully launched today at 4 o'clock P\'c‘ml‘ the, ships to be converted! purchasing agent of the | company, of Bridgeport, was the spon- It pro- | ides that a single man’s personal ex-| emption be fixed at $2,000, or double; the amount stipulated under the pres- man, living| with and supporting his wife, would be! entitled to zn exemption of §4,000 in-| Allied Successonthe North Rgsiian Front Force Bolsheviki Forces to Retreat Southward —Cap- ture Several Towns and Many Prisoners — Inflicted Heavy Casualties. London, May 22.—The allied troops on the north Russian front have car- ried out a successful turning move- ment against the main Bolshevik po- sition, forcing'the enemy ‘o rctreat southward, according to a north Rus- sion offiicial communication received here this evening. Several towns were captured and many prisoners taken and the enemy also suffered heavy cas- ualties. The communication says the turning movement was carfied out 20 north of Medvyejygora, six miles south of Lumbushki on the railway, that the enemy was expelled from his position and is in full retreat. The towns of Lumbushki, Ostreche and Koldari were taken. GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL RELATING TO STATE PAUPERS Hartford, May transferred from the comptiroller :o the state treasurer. The bill author- izes the latter to appoint an official to take care of the work of adminis- tration under the supervision of the treasurer. The salary of the position is $2,000 a year. The treasurer will also have charge of the administration of the widows' pension bill and the law gives him the power to appoint a subordinate to at- tend to the details of the work at a salary of $3,000 a year. There was at one time an understapding that this law would be administered Dby the comptroller but it was afterwards de- cided to add the administration of the law to the duties of the treasurer. In connection with this change there has been a rumor to the effect that before the law was passed Comptroller Web- ster had made a promise to appoint Dr. William L. Higgins of Coventry, who was the house chairman of the committee on public health and sa | ty at the session of 1919, to take charge of the administration of the | work and that the change in the bill | took place afterwards. This forenoon Comptroller Webster contracted the rumor. “Dr. Higgins the posi never asked me for | The only application which I received was from “Bob” E ton.” he said. “I told Col. Faton that I could not think of promising the po- sition to any one until the bill had become a law. Col. Eaton also toll me that J. Henry Roraback was in fa vor of his appointment and desired it | very mueh.” CABLE COS. TO TEST MERITS OF GOVERNMENT SEIZURE Witshington, -M 22.—The supreme| court was asked in memorandum filed; foday by the Commercial and the Commercial Pacific cable companies to} decide upon their’ merits the suits! brought by the companies to enjoin thei postmaster general from seizing their properties under the presidential proclamation of last November. The companies requested that the actions be not dismissed because the cable properties have been turned back to property have been returned to the re- | spective owners. 1t is equally true that the defendant Burleson may seize these cables again tomorow. There is GERMAN REPLY TO TERMS TO BE IN FIVE SECTIONS Berlin, Wednesday, May 21.—(By The A. P.)—The German reply to the allied peace terms will be in five sec-| tions dealing with political and terri- torial i: #. the league of nations and financial and economic questions. The notes already transmitted to the allied and associated powers, the Germans believ will afford a basis 1 n | A BLOT ON DENOMINATION 29 Denver, Colo, May Tomlinson, New York, in presenting the report of the ministers and m sionaries hoard to the Northern Bap- tist convention today, declared “da: lahor wages for Baplist clergymen a blot on the denomination: less than half of the nations Baptist minisiers receive $1,500 a year.” Discussion of ministers’ salaries and plans for Americanization of aliens in the large cities were the outstanding features of today’s session. ures presented by Dr. Tomlin- owed that Arizona ranks high- ymen, 58 per cent. of its Baptist ministers re- | ceiving $1,500 a year, or more. —Dr. E. T. by son s est in the salaries paid its clerg: FOR ORGANIC UNION OF | ALL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES| Presbyterian churches, the 131st gen- eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A, tonight sent a reply| saying the denomination meeting here! s ready {o begin negotiations at once and that it believed a clos relationship will result. H Debate on whether women should! be admitted to the ministry and elder- ship of the church was deferred until tomorow. i DECLINE TO JOIN IN proposed nationwide strikes in behalf of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K.{ Billings was announced by the Sanj Francisco Machinists’ lodge here to- — HOW BURLESON WOULD SURRENDER WIRE SYSTEMS Recommends to House Postoffice Committee Co-Ordinated Operation of the Various Systems, With Rates to be Fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission— Would Create a Tribunal to Hear All Controversies Be- tween Employers and Employes—Changes in Wage Schedules Not to Become Effective Until Submitted to the L. C. C. ‘Washington, May 22.—Recommenda- tions of the wire control board that legislation returning the telephone and telegraps systems of the country to private ownership provide co-ordinat- ed operation of the various systems and fixing of rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission were forwarded today by Postmaster General Burleson to the house postoffice committee. The wire board’s recommendations also include creation of a tribunal to hear all controversies between employ- ers and employes, and that changes in wage schedules shall not become ef- fective until submitted to the 1. C. C., so that corresponding changes may be made in rat Mere return of the wires to their owners will not solve vexatious prob- lems confronting the companies, Burleson said in his letter to Repre_ sentative Moon of Tennessee, ranking member of the committee, ansmitting the recommendations. Xtraordinary costs of operation and maintenan astened upon them as a result of war,” the postmaster general said. “will continue for some time after control passes from the government.” “The member of the board are unan- imously of the opinion that in order to provide the most efficient wire service Mr. | the various systems should be co-or- (dinated as to operation,” the letter continued. “This does not require mo- nopoly of ownership, but is necessary so there can be a coumsistent and har- monious regulatory policy. Through this means only can the attempts at steful competition and the economic s occasioned by duplications of plant and force be avoided. It is be- lieved that this is desirable and can be reached by amending the lJaw so as to provide, subject to the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission, that any telegraph and telephone com- pany doing an interstate business may purchase the property of any other tel_ egraph or telephone company or con- solidate with any other company, or pool traffic, under provisions which will protect the public. Dealing with management problems, Mr. Burleson said that the board was convinced that “a tribunal should be provided upon which the public, the employ the managerial force, and apital 11 be fairly represented, and before which all parties may be heard.” Changes in wage scales, it also was suggested, should be reviewed by the Interstate Commerce Commissiod in order that rate alterations may be made simultancously with the effective | date of the new wage. —— e e SMITH COLLEGE STUDENTS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT onville, Conn., May —A x made up of *1three stu- Smith’s college, and three men, were more or less hurt, when their automobile collided truck laden with four tons of .. Miss Frances McCloud of ukee, who has a broken rib, se- vere abrasions and possible cranial in- young a jur:; nd Myron Clar of Concord, Ma; with compound fracture of the right t and other hurts, were aken to Mercy hospital, Springficld. he others were Miss Jane Griffith of New York. her brother, M. C. G Miss Dleanor Ballou of Concor fass., and Walter B. , of Wil- liamsburg, Ma who driving. The party were bound for New Haven to meet Miss McCloud's fiance who was to return with them for a college dance at Northampten tonight. The mishap occurred on a curve and The sTippery roadway made the ma- chine skid and strike the truck which was also on the curve going in the op- posite direction. Mr. h's car was wrecked. A little later a service car sent from Springfield to assist 1 truck was overtarned 200 feet from the place of the accident. but the two men on it were not hurt 27,000 TROOPS ARRIVE AT NEW YORK ON EIGHT TRANSPORTS New York, May 22.—Twenty-seven nd troops of the American ex- onary force stepped ashore here today from eight transports which had brought them home from TFrance. his is the greatest number of dough- to debark at this port on any one Virtually all states were repre- among the personnel of these Aside from the casuals, units comprised parts of the 28th, 29th, 32d. 33d, 41st, 78th, 82nd, 83rd and 89ta ons interest attached to the Le- viathan and Imperator—the former because it carried nearly one-half of all the troops arriving today, and the latter for the reason that her appear- ance here was the first since prior to the war. The other troops carriers docking were the cruisers Seattle and Charleston and the steamships Yale, Manchuria, Ohioan and Mexican. RENT INCREASED IN NEW YORK 21 PER CENT. SINCE 1916 |ed for negotiations on some af the € BUs-| New York, May 22.—Rent increases The assock i s .ed,| tions and also may serve as sUZEeS-|jn New York since 1916 have averaged p.f;{mfi e s rleafi?n%‘;fi’gj tions of a way over obstacles in the|] per cent according {o Tenement pulicy with spect to the future statu. b ;:).l of negotiations on the pca(\‘l l;{nus(v: r‘ur_nr_‘n ]lnnrrl M_ann. who _l‘nl«l of Tukor * dustry a a c fea s . | the state joine legislative commitiee S “:l;of:vlltnlc o -u;\;l;} :‘hcw?y‘rolflgn' The preamble to the reply will ‘l‘""in\‘o:ugnlion housing conditions here upon Lehall of all clectric lighting,|¢lare that the terms are inacceptable ioqay that he knew of no profiteering fuel and power corporations in the|on their face in that they are a vio-|among Jandlords and that the highest United States. {lation of President Wilson's peace|;qyance brought to his attention was R. . Ballard of Los Angeles was|Drogramme which, Germany will elaim, | 37 per cent. made president of the ociation by | Primamily accords her equality as one| 3y Mann opnosed legislation to aid acclamation. Other officers elected in-|Of the negotiating partie: tenants, declaring they had the ad- clude: Vice presidents, Martin J. In- vantage over house owners under {sull, Chicago, M. R. Bump, New York,| BAPTIST MINISTERS’ SALARIES |present statutes and terming this country the most liberal in the world for the renting classes. He believed erection of 2300 new apartments would meet the demand here and reported that building operations for the first quarter of 1919 compared “very favor- ably” with those of pre-war times. DECISIONS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Washington, May 22—The yepublican committee on commit- te: it is understood, has definitely appointed Senator Lodge of Mas: chusetts a schairman of the foreign relation: committee. While no final action s yet been taken, the com- mittee is understood to be unanimous- 1y in favor of Senators Penrose of and Warren of Wyo- chairmen of the appropria- tions and finance committees, respec- tively, despite the opposition of the progressive republican group. The committee also is understood to have tendered membership on the for eign relations commi to Snators New of India M of Ne Hampshire; Harding Ohio, Kenyon of Towa, senate Pennsylvania as ming, of JAPAN INTENDS TO RETURN KIAU-CHAU TO CHINA New York, May 22.—Japan ha altered her intention to return “hau to China, accerding to Shimpei Goto, former Japar eign minister, who delivered an ad- dress here tonight at_a dinner given in his honor by (‘. Yada, Japan consul-general. Baron Goto expres: cd surprise that “presumably well in formed men are asking why the peace treaty does not include a pro- vision for the restoration of I Chau to China.” He declared that it was strange that' the public did not arguments will close tomorrow. day . Edward D. Nolan, former co-|yet clearly understand that the ques- — defendant of Mooney and one of the|tion was settled once and for all in It keeps the world busy turning|principal agitators for the strike, is|the Chino-Japanese treaty of May, down the cranks that ~urn up. president of the lodge. 41915, . COAL MAGNATE WARNS PUBLIC TO BUY COAL NOW Chicago, May 22.-—Modification of the Sherman anti-trust law was the first recommendation of Harry N, vlor of Kansas City, in accepting the presidency of the National Coal Association tods He said the coal industry had Dbeen “so hedged about by restrictions and regulations” dur- ing the war that short cut’ methods of cooperation were practically impo sible Previously Dr. Harry A. Garfield, United Staies fuel adminisirator, had urged continuance of war time gov- ernmental supervision of business in control of hasic raw materials, though saying he knew some coal producers wanted to keep as far away from the { government as possible. He had said, |that a new order had arrived and that it w no longer a question of the government keeping “hands off” but how far it should keep “hand: on.” President Tavlor gave a solemn warning to the public to buy coal now citing a 50.000,000 ton shortage in bi- tuminous production, and one of 8- 000,000 tons anthracite up to June 1 next, a shortage of 90,000 mir and the burden on transnortation facilities of handling this year's crops. “How in the. world ive we going to meet thi public want and ma%e up the shortage of fifty-eizht mi‘iion toms at a time in the year when we ean't get transportation and we can’t get men to dig the full output of wur mines he asked. OBJECT OF WORLD LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES New York, May —The World ague of Red Cross Societies, organ- ized recently with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, “is destined to become a medium for throwing the light of medical science into the dark cornel of the entire world” Henry P. Davison, chairman of the or- gar tion's board of governors, de- clared tonight upon his return from a European trip which culminated in the formation of the league. Intended not to direct, but to en- courage and coordinate the activities of national Red Cross societ the league hopes, according to Mr. Davi- son, to serve all mankind in reducing the prevalence of disease and raising the standards of living. FIRE LOSSES OF COUNTRY WERE $290,000,000 IN 191¢ New York, May 22—Fire losses ag- gregating $290,000,000—the greatest in any year except 1906, when the San rancisco earthquake and conflagra- tion occurred—were reported for 1018 to the National Board of Fire Under- writers here today. The year also showed progress in bringing to bar persons responsible for incendiary fires, according to the re- port of the committee on incendiar- sm and arson, which announced that {441 convictions had been obtained in tes. Of these cases it was stated 172 were attempts to defraud the {n- surer, while 156 were attributed to pyromania or other forms of insanity. OFFICERS ELECTED BY STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY Bridgeport, Conn., May —The fol- lowing officers were elected at the fi- nal session of the 127th annual con- vention of the Connecticut State Medical Society here today: President, Charles B. Graves, New London; first vice president, George H. Noxon, Da- second vice president, Frank H. New Havn: secrtary, John New Haven; treasurer, G. H. Ingalls, Hartford. This morning clinics were held at the hospitals of the city. followed by a session at 11.15 at which several ad- dresses on medical topics were made, ne, 26TH DIVISION TABLET PRESENTED MASSACHUSETTS Boston, May 22.—A bronze panel en- g ed with the na of battles in which the Twenty h division par- ticipated, has heen presented to the state by Major General Harry C. Hale, { who commanded the division when it |returncd to this country o tablet j was sent to General Hale by Countes | Du Boisrouvray, wife of the Irench officer on duty with t kees in nce. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FORCE HAVE NOT TAKEN RIGA May 22.—A Bolshevik wire- age from Petrograd toda ports that Riga and Dvinsk captured by anti-Bol<heyik s me denied rej had been forces The Lettish information hureau Copenhagen announced Monday that Riga had been occupicd by Lettish troops. Nothing was said of Dvinsk. which is oa the Leitisk front.