Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 11, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 138 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1919 10 PAGES—76 COLS. " PRICE TWO CENTS REPLY TO GERMAN COUNTER ‘PROPOSALS MAY BE DELAYED Council of Four Has Not Reached Definite Settlement on Points Under Argument—French Premier Clemenceau is Against Any Modification of the Peace Terms—Points at Issue Include the Silesian Question and the Polish Western Frontier—Attitude of France Toward New Rhenish Republic is Passive. th Associated Press.) Again fo ment ome going smoothly in the counci 1< regards the definite settle he German peace treaty has been r of the probably and would despaches decl t of the larger questions at|iy the foreign relations committee. ive not been solved and that| Ajthough cable despatches have in- ble pessimism prevalls - in|{imatedthat the French were leaning mce of this situation. favorably the new Rhenish able among the points upon|public, and that they ever had issued areement has been reached, ac-|instructions to their officers to notify to reports, is the Silesian|the people of the district that the or- d the matter of the rontier. Polis Added, to this is th Clemenceau, against ations n the peace terms to the attitude of Presi Premier who dent W Lioyd-George are decl nd Britain reports from Paris that of points under argument relat- isserted that the ssociat- counter-proposals he to the Germans at iter than Friday of the | » stand of the French pre- | con- have recognized the necessity for les- sening somewhat the demands in certain clauses of the treaty, which would not fundamentally affect the severity of the document as a whole. In accordance with a resolution in- troduced in the United States senate, the peage conference at Paris would be notified of opposition to be offered rat- ification of the treaty if it should he submitted to the senate in its present form. Senator Phlander C. Knox & former secretary of state, introduced the resolution, which was submitted il h | |ders of Dr. Dorten, the president, e were to be obeved, a high French au- thority is credited with the statement that the attitude of France is a pas- sive one; that the French forces have been instructed simply to main order and prevent violence by either side ilong the Rhine. W. H. TAFT ORATOR AT WILKESBARRE INSTITUTE | Ikesbarre, Pa., June 10.—Forme President William H. Taft delivere p pal oration at the gradua te for Young Wemen in this cit s evening. Mr. Taft spoke before r sdience at Irem Temple a 1 a strong argument for the rati- fication of the covenant of the lea ared that the proposed leagu result of the demand of th other side who won thi that there shall be as a result a nce of future peace Taft declared that in the cove there is no super-sovereignty an e idea of a super-sovereignt ected for a number of hem the barrier raised onstitution assu! na ¥ ere the senate by Senator Kno: would force the United States to mn;(a Mr. “There is too much to the a eace with Germany, ion for any man to an hand.” He added that h t have to digest the content resolution fully before h temp omment or argument o oints presented by Senator Knox. SEVEN |. W, W, MEMBERS ARE TO BE DEPORTED ortation of W. found guilty by of labor of inciting nrest in the northwest held that though were not convicted direct] ting destruction of propert in ourt iting of members fpr the hen~they knew it approve: ind their distribution of th S ATy el poALter iatay ryautareteuing to see s R the American Legion grow in this The men invelved I ehe 4 2heas | state like a mushroom.” declared Cap. cory E are Dats ‘I.W‘a % “"‘ ’:. James B, Moody. “We already claime . o W W st |have received petitions* for charters inn and secretary of the I W. W 2%|from local organizations representing mond ““{«'”{‘ \-\};“-'"“J"lmn:’“ a total memberShip of nearly 3,000 e reasrer of the Seandi.|men. We should have more than 10,- ' Defense League. Charles Ber- |00 members in Connecticut posts be- & ];“«;; (;v;d ‘\w rotan ;\[ tha fore our first state convention.” e, Washn., L W. W. Samuel H. \. an Englishman; and Martin De | THREE STATES RATIFY Hollander. CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT Boston, June 10.—Four of the fiv tirectors of the Christian Science rch Clifford P. Smith, an at ney, were today adjudged guilty ontempt in violating an injunction of | the National American Woman Suf- e supreme court restraining the di- |frage Association here tonight. s from in any way inter; News of Governor Smith's aection with rustees of the Christian Sx- | followed close on the receipt of tele- ¢ Publishing society !-'m"\ we-relgrams by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, mposed by Justice Henry K. B president of the association, from the the lusion of arguments in the|executives of Kansas, lowa, New Hampshire and Minnesota promising Adam M- Dickey, James A. Neal,|gimilar action, William R. Rathvon and \,‘yr; A;m'h’ Governors Bartlett of New Hamp- L Ume ‘of $50 sach. while Ciittorq | Shire and Burnquist of Minnesota ! o B attorney | Qualified their promises by saying that directors in the lti. O fined S100 " \rustees now pending, | oosonable assurance that the legisla- Bdward A. Merritt, one of tne direc- | tures of sufficient states to make fhe tore was found not guilly, evidence |amendment effective were goinz to act. having been produced that he was not o = present at a meeting waen the other | VILLA FORCES NEAR moinbers of the board took the action THE TEXAS BORDER regarded as in contempt IS FAST DISAPPEARING Hartford, Conn., June 10.—Unem- | formation from Fabens today. ployment in Connecticut is disappera- | Another force, said to be part of ing. according to reports from 14 com- | General Angeles’ force, is moving tow- munity labor boards to David Elder,|ards Juarez. There was no fighting federal director of the United States|at Guadelupe, the Carranza garrison employment serv today. The total | Laving been called into Juarez unemployed is 6 a drop _from | week. H ) th 1. There laborers s a scarcity of com in the constructios $1,000 REWARD OFFERED FOR ARREST OF BOMB PLACER of New Yeork, June 10—A reward $1,000 will be offered for Jeading to the arr he person who placed the bomb whic informatioy exploded under the porch of the house here of Judge last week announced with Mayor Charles District C. Nott, Attorney Jr. Swan Hylan, ENSIGN PLEADED GUILTY TO ACCEPTING BRIBES Paul Beck pleaded guilty before a naval courtmartial today to accepting bribes in the form of dinners and automobole parties to get men into the navy dur- New York, June 10.—Ensign er <ons, | the sked upon his arrival in this whether the resolution of- to make any comment room, the district attorney ng. Mr. Taft sald his stand (14 would establish a motive for the for the league of nations and | ynegeq murder. . sjections that might be e he covendnt. June L arederal Tudge | finite form today when twelve of the Adismissed writs of habeas|fourteen men who had attended the worn out in an attempt to seven members the e de- past week and from 29,500 on and conviction of tonight after a conference TESTIMONY IN TRIAL OF MRS. BESSIE M. LUNDGREN Lawrence, Mass., June 10.—Prelim- d | fnary testimony was heard today in - | the ‘trial of Mrs. Bessie M. (Skeel | Lundgren for the murder of Mi 2 4 Gay. Only one witness d, Mrs. Agnes Claflin, of who was employed as a | nurse in the Gay home for a period shortly before Miss Gay's death in December, 1917, Mrs. Claflin testified that her em- ployment ceased two days before Miss Gay died. She said that while she was there she mever saw the doctor, but received all her instructions from Mrs. | Skeels, the nurse in charge of the d| cases of Miss Gay and her mother, Y| Miss Gay, she testified, coniplained of a sore throat a few days before her death and failed steadily after that She testified that Miss Gay was very eensitive about a_skin disease. from which she was suffering. District ~ Attorney Wells, outlining the state's case, said that it would be shown that arsenic had been adminis- tered to Miss Gay, that Mrs. Skeels had admitted -that she possessed a so- lution of arsenic for treating a skin disease, and that Mrs. Skeels had the opportunity to administer it. Evi- dence that clothing and jewelry owned by Miss Gay had heen found in Mrs. Skeels al e n x o n AMERICAN LEGION IN THE STATE TAKES DEFINITE FORM Hartford, June 10.—The American Legion in this state began to take de- St. Louis conference met at the City club, signed theif names to the certi- ficate of incorporation (to be filed with the secretary of state on Thursday) adepted the constitution 'of the Con- necticut state organization, and pre- pared to elect officers and an execu- tive committee which should act up- on petitions from local organizations desiring to be among the first posts of the legion in the state. 3 = 5 d SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT New York, June 10.—Ratification of the suffrage amendment by the legis- latures of Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, together with Governor Smith’s call for an extra session in this state to act on the amendment caus ed jubilation at the headquarters of o e special sessions of their respective leg- islatures would be called if there was El Paso, Tex., June 10.—Villa forces occupied Guadelupe, a_ Mexican town opposite Fabens, Tex., 32 miles east of El Paso, last night, according to in- = | CAVALRY ALL-RUSSIAN ARMVI DUTOFF INSPECTOR GENERAL Omsk, Monday, June 2—(Russian| Telegraphic Agency). General Dutoff, | hetman of the Orenburg Cossacks, has | been appointed inspector-general of | cavalry in the all-Russian army. Ad- miral Kolchak, the head of the soy- ernment, in a special order to the ar- my. expressed his appreciation of the service rendered by General Dutoff in the struggle against the Bolsheviki. NEW YORK ASSEMBLY CALLED TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Albany, N. Y., June 10.—An extra- ordinary session of the New York leg- islature for Monday night, June 1, was called by Governor Smith in a proclamation issued late .today. The purpose is to act upon ratification of the woman suffrage constitutional amendment, The executive expressed n h n ing the period of enforcement of the|the view that the legiclators who at- army draft. e Bok'~ ame i in this tend would not be required to remain 42 Adbany for mare than two daya Cabled Paragraphs French Airplane Destroyed. Paris, June 10.—News was received here today that the machine of Lieu- tenant Jean Pierre Fontan, who was compelled to land at Moncayo, 40 miles northwest of Zaragossa, Spain, was destroyed in landing, and Fontan and his mechanic, Calmet, were slightly injured. GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP DISCUSSED BY A. F. OF L. Atlantic City, N, J., June 10.—A pro- posal that organized labor insist upon public ownership of the railroads of the country was submitted today to the delegates attending the recon- struction convention of the American Federation of Ldbor by Glenn E. Plumb, counsel for the railroad broth- erhoods, The speaker's statement that the ownership of the systems should be acquired immediately was greeted with prolonged appiause. ‘The cheer- ing was renewed when Mr. Plumb said that with the government substitut- ing government bonds for outstanding securities, the railroads would Dbe “removed from the dictatorship of Wall street.” Government ownership of the rail transportation systems, said the speaker, would mean an annual saving in interest costs of from four to Six hundred million dollars and probably would permit a reduction of 10 per cent. in current transportation rates. ‘The plan as detailed by Mr. Piumb, proposes the operation of the roads by a single corporation gegulated by and accountable 7o the gvernment tor all its acts and expenditures. “Such a corporation,” said the spokesman for the brotherhoods, “would require no capital. “It should be authorized to take and hold and operate these properties un- der the full regulatory power of the government. The stock of this cor- poration should be held in trust for the benefit of the employes. The earnings should constitute a trust fund to be declared as a dividend up- on the amounts paid to the labor which it employs. every employe re- ceiving that proportion of this trust fund which his annual wage bore to the total annual compensation of all employes The so-called Plump plan already has been presented to the executive council of the federation. The coun- cil, in its report now before the con- ference, recommends that the conven- tion endorse government ownership of the railroads. ¥ Almost 100 resolutions were submit- ted today but were not made public owing to delay in having them tabu- lated and_printed. Harry Boland, a special envoy of the “Irish republic,” arrived today to ex- plain the aims of the Sinn Feiners. HUNGARIAN LEADER AGREES TO STOP HOSTILITIES ,London, June 10.—Bela Kun, the Hungarian communist foreign minis- ter, in renly to a message from Pre- mier Clemencean, according to a wire- less despatch from Budapest, agre: to ston hostilities with the Czecho- Slovaks, although he claims the Czechs are to blame for the fighting, Decause they disregarded the frontier fixed by the allies. The Hungarian leader suggests that a commission he appointed to settle the differences hetween the Czechs and the Hungarians, Bela Kun also expresses satisfaction that the allies have invited Hungary to the peace conference. A despatch from Vienna received in Paris Monday reported that Premier Clemenceau, as president of the peace confererice, had informed the FHun- garian government that attacks on the Cezcho Slovaks must cease. The mes- sage was declared to add that if Hun- gary did not comply, the ailied and as- sociated governments had decided to use “extreme measures.” The report made no mention of any invitation to the Hungarians to come to Paris. PEOPLE OF PITTSBURG BRING $2,035,000.78 SUIT Pittsburgh, Pa., June 10—The feo- ple of Pittsburgh, through A. 1. A derson, an attorney, filed a suit in equity in court here late today xzainst the Aalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Empioyes, in which the union is asked to pay dam- ages of $2,035,000.78, which sum, 1t is claimed, was lost by the people as the result of the recent street car strike. The suit raises the question of the right of persons engaged in pablic service to strike to_enforce demands for better pay and improved working conditions. Receivers of the Pitt burgh Railways Company are names as party defendants. The actions of the strikers were and are unlawful, it is alleged, 2nd in- fringed and invaded the rights of trade, business and travel, which was in violation of the constitutions of the United States and the state of Penn- sylvania, and a conspiracy and a com- bination in restraint of trade. BOY* FOUND BOMB IN NEW YORK HOUSE HALLWAY Jersey City, N. J., June 10.—A crude- ly constructed dynamite bomb with a burning fuse was discovered in. the hallway of a house at 356 Third street by six year old Morris Dublier, son of a grocer whose store occupies the ground floor of the building. The boy called a clerk in the store who extin- guished the fuse with his fingers and summoned the police, Examination showed that the bomb consisted of a stick of dynamite eight inches long, fastened in an iron pipe and attached to a two fot fuse. The dynamite was marked “X Colliery L. F. Daugre, Etna.” the building The second floor of where the bomb was found is occu- rank Compana but neith- pied by Dr. I er he nor Dublier could give any rea- son why they should be the target of dynamiters TWO AVIATORS DROWNED IN DELAWARE & RARITAN CANAL New Brunswick, of J.. June 10— Booth of Needham Heights, Mass, and . E. Powers of Hartford, | Conn., attached to the naval radio sta- | tion herc, were drowned vesterday in| the Delaware and Raritan canal when | John J. Booth and a third sailor attempted to| rescue Powers, whose canoe over- | turned. Powers, who was unable to swim, | seized his wouid-be rescuers, holding| Booth in a grip which he was unable | to break. The third man struggled ! free and reached shore in 2 eemi- unconscious condition, OBITUARY. John Coit Spooner. New York, June 11. John Coit Spooner, former United States senator from Wisconsin, died at his home here early today after an illness of several weeks. He suffered a relapse Mon- day after having partially recovered from a nervous breakdown. Mr. Spoon- er was 76 years 1d and because of his age, his family entertained fear for Lis life when he was Sost aricken Americans to Leave Archange! Sunday Last Units of 1. S. Troops Withdrawn From Fighting Front South of Archangel— Engineers to Sail July 1. Archangel, Monday, June 9 (By the A- P.).—The last units of American troops on the fighting front south of Archangel, except engineers, were withdrawn today and will sail for home next Sunday. They include the remaining companies of the 339th in- fantry, the 337th ambulance company and a medical detachment. The tentative sailing date for the last homegoing contingent, which is the 310th engineers, is July 1. Eagle boats ¥o. 1 and No. 3 joined the American naval forces at Arch- angel today. No. 2 remains at Mur- mansk. TELEGRAPHERS GO ON STRIKE AT 8 A. M. TODAY Chicago, June 10.—The Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of Omerica to- night waos ready to strike at ~eight o'clock tomorrow morning throughout the country, S. J. Konenkamp, inter- national president, said. He estimated 60,000 or more telegraph ani telephone workers would be affected. In announcing that there was mo change in the situation and that no recourse was left but to strike. Mr. Konenkamp said there were more lockouts by the Western Union Tele- graph Company today, bringirs the total for the last three days up to 2,915 union workers already idle. Action by the senate or the lower house would not affect the strike, he said, referring to passage of the Kel- logg wire bill in the senate today. “With the telegraph workers it is a question of whether they shall enjjoy the same rights other workars enjoy or if the anti-union policy of Newton Carlton shall become supreme. In the fundamental issues involved are the right to organize, the right to bargain collevtively and to stop the victimiza- tion .of union telegraph workers. Wages and working conditions are n issue but they can only be taken up when the telegraph officials agree to meet the union’s representatives.” President Konenkamp declared to- day that the strike would be won if it were necessary to call our brokers’ and leased wire operators, including press association operators. Some press as- sociations have contracts with their operators expiring July 1. . A. Davis, district head of the western brokers’ division of the union, sent a notice to the brokers today ad- vising them to have the American Tel- ephone and Telegraph company sign up with the union unless they wanted their wires paralyzed. TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE TO INCLUDE CABLE OPERATORS New York, June 10.—The nation- wide strike of telegraph operators or- dered for tomorrow moning will in- clude cable operators also. it was an- nounced here tonight after a meeting of union officials. One purpose of this move, it was said, was to bring the strike forcibly to the attention of President Wilson by interruption of the cable service he receives daily. It was said that all Western Union Commercial, United States and Haiti and Anglo-American system - lines would be affected. Five hundred pick- ets have been detailed to duty at ca- ble offices. PLEDGES OF $100,000 FOR CAUSE OF FREE IRELAND Boston, June 10.—Pledges totalling about §100,000 were made for the sause of free Ireland at a mass meeting in Mechanics Hall tonight under the di- rection of the Irish Freedom Fund as- sociation. Addresses were made by Cardinal O’Connell, Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia, one of the three Irish Americans who sought an audience of the peace conference to present the cause of the Irish nation, and Justice Daniel F. Colalan of the New York supreme court. Resolutions were adopted thanking the United States senate for asking for a hearing hefore the peace conference of the delegates of the Irish rpublic, demanding the independence of Ire- land and urging recognition of the Irish republic by this country and opposing the league of nations. Mr. Ryan said the real objection of the English to granting Ireland the right of self-determination was “that England fears Ireland as an inde- pendent power between her and the western world. As the English naval league expresses it, ‘Ireland is the Hel- soland of the Atlanti MAKES INQUIRY INTO BANKS' BORROWINGS ‘Washington, June 10.—Concern felt by the federal reserve board over the existing tendency toward excessive speculation found renewed expression today in a letter sent by the board to each reserve bank, asking information as to the extent of the member bank borrowings on government collateral other than for the purchase'of govern- meni bonds or for purely commercial purposes. While ordinarily speculation could e corrected by advancing the discount rates at the federal reserve. banks, it is understood the board regards such a step as impracticable at this time be- cause of zovernment financing, By far the larger part of the invested as- sets of the federal reserve banks con- sists of paper secured by government cbligations. Further steps to stabilize conditions will be considered when the requested information is received, g the amount of speculative secured by government collat- THIRTY THOUSAND TROOPS 1 NOW HOMEWARD BOUND Brest, June 10.—Thirty thousand troops left Brest last night and today | for the United States on board nine transports. The Agamemnon. Niouw' Amsterdam and America sailed last| night, and the Nebraska, Vermont, ! Connectient. New Hampshire, Kaiserin jout notifying the civil Financiers are fo Appear in Senate At Open Hearing on Investi-| gation of How Copies of Peace Treaty Reached New | York. | Washington, June 10.—The senate fight over the league of nations was | brought to a more direct issue today with the introduction of a resolution by Senator Knox, republican, of Penn- sylvania, proposing that the senate give formal notice to the peace con- ference of opposition to be expected should the peace treaty be submitted for ratification in its present form. _Senator Knox, a member of the for- eign relations committee and a_former secretary of state, drafted the resolu- tion after conferences with other league opponents and presented it with | the apparent support of those who| have led in_ criticism of the league! covenant. He expected to crystallize opposition sentiment as did Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign rela- tions committee, with the circulation of the round robin in the closing hours of the last senate. While declaring for immediate con- clusion of a treaty dealing with direct issye of the war only, the resolution contains a far-reaching’ proposal which would lay it down as a policy of the American government that whenever the freedom and peace of Burope is threatened, the United States will consider it obligatory to again co-operate in the removal of that menace. Decision as to acceptance of mem- bership in the league of nations should be left without prejudice to each na- tion, the resolution declares, for future separate consideration It also asserts the lack of authority by the treaty- making power of the government to make a treaty which in effect amends the American constitution. At Mr. Knox's request the resolu- tion was referred without - debate to the foreizn relations committee. Meantime the foreign relations committee made plans to resume to- morrow its investigation of how treaty copies reached private hands in New York. Of the six financiers the com- mittee had summoned; three—J. P. Morgan, Henry P. Davison and Frank A. Vanderlip—sent word they would be ready to appear tomorrow. The hearing is to be open to the public. Thomas W. Lamont, one of the: financiers summoned, is %aid to be in France, and it is considered unlikely that the committee will make a further effort at this time to have him come to Washington. Another, Jacob Schiff, asked to be excused because of ill- health. BRITAIN CANNOT DISRUPT UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA London, June 10 (By the A. P.)— Great Britain cannot take any action which would mean the disruvtion of the Union of South Africa. This, in efiect, was the answer given to the dejatation of the nationalist party of Scuth Afriea by Premier Lloyd George ia [ aris on June 5. The premier received the deputation, which included General J. B. M. Hert- zog and Judge F. W. Reitz, the for- mer president of Orange Free State. Tt was explained that the chief object of the nationalist party was to ohtain restitution of the national status of the South African republics existing be- fore the Boer war. Mr. Lloyd George in his reply said that the’ South African union was based on a fundamental agreement between the British and Dutch ele- ments and could not he dissolved by one element without the consent of the other. Great Britain therefore was unable to take any action which meant the disruption of the union. When the South African delegation was in London and sent a request to Premier Llovd George for a hearing on the subject of the independence of the union, it was understood the Brit- ish government would be guided in dealing with this question by the ad- vice of General Louis Botha, the South African premier, and his colleagues. “HOBO COLLEGE” HAS BEEN OPENED ON THE BOWERY New York. June 10.—“Hobo College” opened its doors on the Bowery today under the direction of James Eads How of St. Louis, the so-called “mil- lionaire hobo.” All graduate hoboes who desire post-graduate courses in such subjects as “soclalogy,” “indus- trial law” and “public speaking” are invited to enroll. Students will_start the day with a two hour job hunt. If they fail in their quest they can return with first hand information for a course in so- ciology. At 2.30 p. m. the studies will close with a “jungle lunch,” menus| not provided. Mr. How says the “col- | lege” is modelled on similar success- ful institutions in Chicago and Cincin- nati. He invites discharged soldiers to join the classes. RULING ON OPERATION OF CIVIL SERVICE IN STATE Hartford, Conn.. June 10—Attorney Frank Healy gave an opinion today to John C. Brinsmade, presdent of the civil service commission, on the sub- ject of appointments within the classi- fied civil service of the state. The effect of the opinion will be to put a stop to the practice in some depart- ‘ments of making appointments with- service com- mission as the law requires. The at- torney general says the commission should notify the comptroller of these appointments and if they have been illegally made it becomes the duty of the comptroller not to pay for the ser- vices rendered the appointees. The! opinion of particular interest to every department of the state govern- ment. DISMISS PETITION MINORITY STOCKHOLDERS OF B. & M. Boston, June 10.—The supreme court today dismissed the petition of Ed- ward P. Brown of Ipswich and other minority stockholders of the Boston! and Maine Railroad Company for an- nulment or amendment of a_decree of the public service commission au- Auguste- Victoria and Prince Iriedrich | Wilhelm sailed this_afternoon. The| troops are from the Sixth and Seventn | divisions and the service of supnly. The transport Imperator arrived| here at noon and is loading today. She will leave tomorrow with 10.000 s diers. Since June’1st, 61,000 troops lefi Rrest, THREE AVIATORS KILLED IN COLLISION OF AIRPLANES Buenos Aires, June 10.—Three avia- tors were killed today in a collision between two ariplanes at the military flying grounds here. The machines met while thev were flying at at alti- tude of 900 feed have | thorizing consolidation of the unfund. | ed debt of the company with that of its leased wires. The petitioners gave notice of an appeal. $240 BONUSES FOR U. S. | ARMORY EMPLOYES! Springfield, Masc, June 10.—An-| nouncement was received here from Washingion that employes of .thej United States armory will receive bon- uges of $240 for. the year_ending June 30, 1920, instead of the $120 received the Jast two years. This applies. to all whose pay averages $2,500 or less. Those receiving more than $2500 pay will receive a bonus large enough to bring the sum to $2,74% { Whitlock, American Condensed Telegrams Gant Handley-Page bi-plane en- York. Grain recoipts at Chicago last week amounted to 6,522,000 bushels. Invincible Oil Corporation formed in New York with a capital of $114,000.000,; 1t was learned in Brussels that Car- | dinal Mercier will visit America in August. { Federal Reserve Board announced President Wilson had removed the gold | embargo. German-made toys and china con- tinue to arrive in Baltimore, despite country-wide protests. G. H. P. Gould of Lyons Fall, mil- lionaire paper manufacturer, died at Clifton Springs, aged 71. Canada is importing Australian mut- ton to be sold at 10 cents a pound low- er than price of local meat. Rumors that a Cabinet crisis Berlin is imminent are dismssed in of- fical quarters as idie gossip. | Telegraphers asked union aid. Burle- son accused of turning back wires so ‘Western Union can fight men. Under clauses in the new consti- | tution of Guatemala the term of the| President was reduced from six to four | vears. Two British officers and a number | of mechanics with spare parts for the R-34 are expected to arrive in New York toda: Central West Texaxs fields produc- ing 180,000 barrels crude petroleum | daily, Gulf Coast fields produced about | 74,000 barrels. e Ghairman Hurley of the Shipping Board requested Congress o appropri- at $673,368,301 to build up American mercantile marine. The general strike called last Fri- day in protest against execution of Levin, Spartacan leader in Munich, ended without violence. Number of American automobiles in Japan increased from over a dozen or 0 a few vears ago to over 3,000 pas- senger cars and 8§00 trucks. Santa Barbara Cal., reports McAdoo purchased a 30-acre tract at $60,000 to be divided into two estates for him- self and President Wilson. 3 Forty-eight undergraduates of Union College at Schenectady, N. Y. were| awarded degrees at the annual com- flight to St. John's and return. More than 100,000 tons of nitrate to be used in blowing the Germans off | Belgian soil will be put to more peace- ful work in fertilizing the farming soil of _that country. Threatened strike of telegraphers in the United States will not affect Canadian operators except those send- ing commercial messages originating in the United States. Fresh and cured meat shipments from Chicago for last week amounted to 97,396,000 pounds, compared with 35,000 pounds last week and 43,276~ 000 pounds a year ago. Despite orders of the Railway Em- ployees’ Division of the American Tederation of Labor that striking shopmen of Norfolk Western Railway return, 5,000 are still out. General Friedrich A. J. von Bern- hardi, German miltary writer, declar- ed the Kaiser's only guilt was in not Dbeginning the war sooner, when his opponents were_ not prepared. It is reported in Washington Brand Minister ty Bel- gium will be chosen ambassador to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Thomas Nelson Page. i Commercial Cable Co. announced the | Birtish Administration prohibited ca-, bles landing on British territory from | tansmtting urgent messages going to Asia or Africa. Acting Secretary of State Polk, when asked concerning the appeal of Nica: ragua for protection against Costa Ri cas, said that American warships are stationed on both sides of the Nica- Traguan coasts. Herbert Wright, a drummer in the negro military band, who stabbed his leader, Lieut. James R. Burope, dur-| ing a concert in Boston a mon:h ago, pleaded guilty and was seaiznced (o a term of 10 to 15 years. | 1 [ WEAVERS JOIN IN STRIKE IN ANSONIA Ansonia, Conn,, June 10—Weavers and other employes in web making Dlants here late today added to the number of persons on strike. At the Ansonia O and C Company factory two hundred weavers walked out and their action caused 300 other workers to be left in a position where they could not continue labor. The man- agement soon after the strike decided that the factory would not attempt to open tomorrow. Suspender webbing and like material is made. The strikers are all piece workers, and are asking for an eight hour day and 25 per cent. increase in pay. The shop has been Tunning ten hours. At the S. O. C. Company the 190 hands employed there late today de- clared that they would strike tomor- row. Wage and hour demands there are similar to those of the Ansonia O and C Company hands, and the work is virtually the same. No developments came in the foun-- dry strikes. No meeting was held by the strikers' tonight and so far as is known no_increase in the number of idle men has been ordered. 22 NORWEGIAN SAILING VESSELS AT RIO JANTIRO Rio Janeiro, June 10.—Twenty-two | Norwegian ling vessels under char-| ter to the United States shipping| board are in the harbor here waiting | for cargoes. Several of them have| been here for more than a month and it is understood that the demurrage charges are costing the shipping board $10,000 a day The sailing vessels, it is said, have| been unable to secure cargoes for the! United States because of the large number of steam vessels which have | called here recently. It is declared that proposals to carry cargo at $5 al ton on the sailers failed. The shipping board, it is understood, must pay $15 a ton to the owners of the vessels un- der the charter agreements. GERMAN SAILORS TO SAIL FOR FATHERLAND JULY 1] Washington, June 10.—Return to Germany of about 2,000 former officers | and sailors taken from German sels when the United States seized enemy shipping at the outbreak of; the war, will begin about July 1. Those | to be released now are heing held at Forts McPherson and Oglethorpe. Forty other enemy aliens, at first interned at Panama, and later taken in custody by the United States, will be returned next week to Panama preparatory to being sent back to Germany and Austria. BAY STATE HOUSE OVERRIDES VETO OF SALARY INCREASE ! Boston, June 10.—By a vote of 138 to 71, the house today passed over the governor's veto the bill to increase the salary of its members from $1,000 to $1500. A change of six votes from “yes” to “no” would have defeated the SENATE VOTES Washington, June 10.—On the eve of the nationwide telegraphers’ strike, both bodies of congress today acted to end queikly government congrol of the country’s wire systems. The senate passed unanimously the bill for repez) “forthwith” of the law uitorizing federal jurisdiction ever the teierraph, teicphine, cable and radio it whils the house interstate commerce committee agreed to report | legislation ending government wire | control June 30 next. No move was made by the postoffice department touching the situation and officials said that none would be made. the return of wire operations having left the situation to the hand- ling of private managements. The senate in adopting the repeal bill approved an amendment to con- tinue present telephone rates ninety days or until the tariffs can be ad- justed by state commissions. Democratic and republican senators joined in support of the repeal bill, of which Senator Kellogg, republican, of Minnesota, is the author, and aiso in criticism of the talking Over of the wires and the results of government operation “I think a very great mistake was made when the wires were taken over,” said Senator Pomerene, democrat, of “No good came from it, and much harm came. The more quickly they can be turned back the better.” Senator Watson, republican, of In- diana, declared federal operation had been a “failure.” “I trust out of it will come a le son to the American people,” said Jr. Watson, “that we shall never again attempt government operation of pub- WIRE LINES 10 OWNERS Passed Kellogg Bill for Repeal of Law Authorizing Govern- ment Control Without a Record Vote—Would Continue Existing Telephone Rates Ninety Day—House Passed and Sent to the Senate Bill Authorizing $750,000,000 for Use of the Railroad Administration. T0 RESTORE lic utilitie: ownershi, much less governmeht ! HOUSE VOTES $750,000,000 FOR RAILROAD ADMINITRATION ‘Washington, June 10—By a ote of 305 to 4, the house today passed the | bill authorizing an appropriation of $750,5000,000 for the railroad admin- istration revolving fund. Democratic members urged a larger amount, but did not press any amendment for an increase, while republicans declared the fund would be sufficient until lai- er in the year, when future needs | would be known. The measure now goes to the senate. > _ Chairman Good of the apppropria- tions committee, in charge of the rail bill, explained that reduction: from the $1,200,000.000 requested by Director General Hines was decided on by the | committee because it was admitted that exact needs of the future were | problematical. ‘The new fund, he said, | would make a total of $1,250,000,000 | granted the administration since the | rail lines were taken over by the gov- ernment. Meunwhile, in the senate, debate | proceeded on the Cummins bill 1o re- | store to the Interstate Commerce Com- mission immediately its power of supervision over interstate railroad rates. Senator Nelson, republican, of Minnesota, protested against inser- tion of an amendment to limit the restoration of supervision to fnters state rates. In reply Senator Cum- mins declared that to subordinate the federal government as operator cf the lines to the authority of the several states as to intrastate rates would be indefensible. APPEAL TO WILSON TO ANNUL WAR-TIME PROHIBITION Washington, June 10.—Appeal was made by Representative Dyer, repub- lican, of Missour, in a cablegram to| President Wilson™ today (o issue a proclamation declaring’ war time pro- hibition void in view of the apparent determination of congress to let the law stand. The Miss message ouri representative stated thai public had gone far enouszh to sa that repeal measures had no change with the house judiciary committee. Hope was expressed that the president would take action on his own author- ity at onee. “T_cabled in_hi hearing isfy him President Wilson,” said \Mr. Dyer, ‘that we had given consid- eration the judiciary committee to ome hills for repeal of wartime prohi- bition, to the extent of permitting the sale of Leer ad light wines. We have gone uch, T told him. in con- sider: these matters for me" to know ere wis no chance of the commitiec recommending any hill of of that kind. I told the president I felt the only hope wa= that he should take action under authority I felt he had, and that he should do so at once to relieve the situation.” Mr. Dyer and other members of the Jjudiciary committee who have felt that a repeal measure would not be geport- ed out, have contended that the pres- ident would have full power after July 1 to declare by proclamation that de- mobilization was comnlete, which au- to matically would permit saloons closing on that date, to resume opera- tions. PATRIOTS PURCHASE SITE OF OLD FORT WASHINGTON New York, June 10.—The site of old Fort Washington, where the American soldiers were overcome in a fierce bat- tle by British troops in the autumn of 1776, was saved from being converted into building lots today by patriotic citizens of the Washington Park sec- tion who wished to keep it intact, and who paid $186.000 for it. The historic site, where portions of the fortress still remain, had been divided into} thirty-six lots and went under the hammer as part of the five hundred- lot Washington Heights estate of the late James Gordon Bennett, the sale of which at auction began today. The proceeds of the sale of the Ben- nett estate wili be used for the es- tablishment of the “James Gordon Bennett Home for Needy New York Journalists.” CLUE TO ANARCHIST WHO WAS BLOWN TO PIECES New York, June 10—The most im- portant clue yet discovered fo the identity of the anarchist who was blown to pieces while planting a bomb at the home of Attorney General | Palmer in Washington was found here | today, according to Wiliiam J. Flynn, | chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice. Detectives have located an obscure shoe repairing shop, the proprietor of which positive- ly identified one of the shoes worn by | the dead man as having been repaired by him. The cobbler has a clear recollection of the man for whom he did the work. OFFICERS OF STATE BRANCH OF AMERICAN LEGION Hartford, Conn, June 10.—At a meeting of delegates of the state branch of the American Legion held here tonizght officers to conduct affairs until the state convention in October | were chosen as follo: President, Captain James B. Mood Hartford; | first vice chairman, Major William D. Malone, Bristol; second vice chairman, Private Francis W-. Carroll, Water- bury; secretary, Lieutenant Alfred I Phillips, Stamford; treasurer, Frank S. Butterworth, New Haven. Charter No. 1 was granted to Wa- . No. 2 to Bristol and No. 3 to Stamford. A BOMB SUSPECT ARRESTED IN TOLEDO Toledo, 0., June 10.—In the arrest here today of Paul Grottker, 24 years old. police claim to have apprehended a man suspected of knowing some- thing concerning the bombing of homes of government and city officials in Washington, New York, Cleveland and other cities a week ago, Grottker, a Jerman, was arrested shortly after nolice received a letter from United States officials at Wash- measure, a two-thirds vote being re- anired for nessace. £ ington asking that he be taken Into waatpde | OMSK CONGRESS HAS DENOUNCED BOLSHEVISM Omsk, June 10.—(Russian Tele- graphic Agency). The congress of the constitutional democratic party adjourned tonight after adopting a resolution denouncing Bolchevism and declaring that the regeneration of Russia is possible only through coop- fration Detwcen Russia and the al- es. At the closing s of the congres: “Our_struggle regeneration of R; against Bolshevism, we defend civiti- zation and democratic principles. There cannot be any return to the lold. Russia of the Tuture will be built jon principles of law, order and dem-‘ ocracy. The aim of our gallant army is to reach Moscow and it is the duiy jof all the parties and classes of the Russian people to support the govern- ment and the army in their great 34 The Union of Zemstvoo of the gov- ernment of Ufa has sent the follow- ing telegram Admiral Kolchak, the head of the all-Russian government. “United for the first time after the liberation of our region from the Bol- shevik terror by the Siberian army, we congratuiate you thé head of the government which is carrying on the | great work of Russia’s regeneration upon the principles of right, order and cquality. u We believe that through united "efforts of all Russian pafi sion, the chairman said: ot only for the In struggling and democrats, Bolshevism will b stroved. We believe the Russian peo- ple are with you.” INVESTIGATING THE ICE CONDITIONS IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn., June 10.—After veral hours of steady interrogations the aldermanic committee investigat- ing the ice conditions here adjourned lat etoday until Thursday morning, The committee had covered, when ad- . Jjournment was taken, the preliminary ground. The chief witness was Harry W. Walker of Bridgeport, who testified to extensive holiungs in ice selling plants in this state and Massachu- setts. Companies in which he was largely interested were shown to fur- nish a very considerable proportion -of the ice consumed in New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford. Stamford, Wa- terbury and other Connecticut citfes. Throuzh the same companies the sources of supply were likewise shown to be similarly controlled- Before the session ended Mr. Walker promised to furnish estimates on the cost of pro- ducing ice over a period of several | years. i RAILWAY SHOPMEN OF CANADA THREATEN TO WALK OUT Montreal, June 10.—An ultimatum | that unless the railway war board ac- cedes to the demands of the railway : shopmen of No. 4 division, Railway Shopmen of America, by 10 a. m. on Tuezday, all the railway shopmen of Canada will walk out on strike, was issued to the railway board today by the delegates of the union now in the city. 3 The ultimatum will be discussed by | the members of the board and the of- ficials of the union tomorrow. Thirty- five thousand men will be affected in event of the strike and every railway in Canada would be tied up for want of men. BELA KUN IS TO EXPLAIN CONDITIONS IN HUNGARY Geneva, June 10.—(By the A. P)— Bela Kun, according to an Innsbrick despatch, in reply to M. Clemenceau’s note, “accepts the allied invitation to: visit Paris, in order to explain con- in Hungary. Bela Kun, it is added, will shortly appoint a delegation, which he prob- ably will hegd himself. “Violent fighting, it is declared, con- tinues between the Hungarians and Czecho-Slovaks, on the Save River and elsewhere. GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN PARIS SUBWAY SERVICE Paris, June 10.—The metropolitan subway officials announced a great im- provement in the service today, due in vart to the return of strikers to work and also to the engazement of a thou- sand new men, making the total num- ber at work more than two thousand. Stops are now being made at almost all the stations. The service operated until 8 o'eclock tonight. The omnibus and autobus serviesa | Aticoey TR e AT