Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 13, 1919, Page 1

p i X & - |l g // " | 5 kS VOL. LXI—NO. 140 POPULATION 29,919 “NORWICH, - CONN., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1919 " TEN PAGES—-7 8 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS MEXIGAN REBELS MENACE THE TOWN OF JUAREZ They Are Reported on Three Sides of the Town at Distances Variously Estimated at From Two to Twenty Miles— Americans Returning From Juarez Report That Villa Men Were Said to be Approaching the Federal Trenches at the Juarez Race Track. Juarez, Mexico, June 12.—After ajo'clock this afternoon fighting between day of anxiety Juarez is still in the skirmish parties of Mexican federals hands of federal forces. Rebel troops and the rebels of General Angeles was are reported on three sides of the reported in progress in the vicinity of town at distances variously estimated Juarez agricultural college, four miles at from two to twenty miles, the lat- south of Juarez ter estimate being that of the federal commander, General Fratcisco Gonza- X G les Reports by Returning Americans. The military authorities are reti-| ) Paso, Texas, June 12 ce e whereabou(s of the re- retyrning from Juarez at 3 be S he_geuerel lief is that 10 .4iq they had"been informed by Mex- the east of Juarez they are just ican officiajs that parties of Villa men fi range of the fed had been reported approaching the t e federal trenches at the Juarez race bag track, about a mile and a_ half south Skirmishes Reported. of town. Other reports said the Villa troops had entered the race track At NINE JURCRS FOR SECOND TRIAL OF MRS, GILLIGAN DIVERGENT STATEMENTS OF TELEGRAPH STRIKE i ywn, Conn., June 12.—Nine| New York, June 12—Widely diver- wor Jate today at the|gent statements on the status of the day of the second trial | Commercial Telegraphers. Cnion strike Y Mis. Amy I3 Archer | were issued again tonight by officia Gilligar rged with killing Frank- |of the Western Union and Postal Tel- Andrews of Cheshire at a home |egraph companies and union leaders o ple which she main- [in this city idsor. Judge Keeler is| Edward Reynolds, vice presidentand ding trial, which | zeneral manager of the Postal, assert- H »m Hartford on a chan; ¢ |ing that many operators who went out e | vesterduy had returned and that mnot The p {more than 20 per cent. of the com- s oc pany’s employes were now out, de- i ' | clared “the strike is beaten now and , the men realize it.” ( Haddam W. H. Fashbaugh, vice president of min R. Prout of Durk the Western Union, declared that the Almon D. Emmons o |strikers had_gained less than fifty isuiers Albaet B adherents throughout the Western Union stem today. ercy Thomas. vice president of the €. T. U, who is directing the strike here, scoffed at the claims of the com- pany officials, asserting that the strike had gained considerable headway dur- ing the day. The total number of strikers now is close 25,000, he ! saia “Fifty operators of the Union quit in a body in th afternoon,” he asserted. 10 o |more than the company | throughout the countr Mr. Thomas added that cmployed in brokerage ready to walk out as soon | order_ was received from President S. Konenkamp in Chicago. Their walkout. he said. would virtually tie up Wall street and other financial cen- ters. . 4 farmer ired of 150 wera by s wallenged g to <o mined room and Mary Western city this That is admits quit daug operators offices were as a strike | EDITORIALS FIGURE IN VICTOR BERGER CASE Washingt Ju 12.—After M I led to cen Ber 1 ¥ X Uis s nmitiec investigat- house WORK OF U.S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IN THIS STATE ord, Conn., June The tes employment service in state found jobs last week for ex-soldiers, it wa nnounced to- night. Machine operators predom- inated, 78 heing placed in that class of employment Twenty-two accepted common labor, fifteen went hack to the farm, nine went into building work, ten clerical work, ten to hotels and restaurants and five became chauffeurs. The total number of ex- soldiers rgistering last week in the nine employment offices in the state was 422, of whom 380 were referred to places David Ilder, federal director for necticut of the employment ser- has asked superintendents in lo- cal offices to discourage soldier appli- cants seeking to sign up with con- tracting companies going abroad for reconstruction work, as the employ- rder to give him op > meet Henry I Berger, asked the me ts jurisdic- rtimation, how- he done now rom the Leader ounsel for Joseph Mr. | from had given enem a b{ war WO BOMB SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA June 1 rtly framed owed o | vice, nericar a 2—Two men | ment service has been unable to learn sted here tonight in connec- | of any contractor engaged for such on w bomb explosions work in West t weel. The prisoners | John Wintol. They ) for further investigation. VlNDICA:I'ED OF SUSPICION OF MURDERING HIS MOTHER : ol i Trentor, N. J. June 12.—The police Fen Philadelonis tonight released from custody Stephen ind New York Gue:|Urban, the 19-year-old son of Mrs. P aphs and newspaper | Theresa Foder, who was found dead in found in the mens|® lonely place adjoining a cemetery g #|early Tuesday morning with her hands Hoth men were arrested about.a |Pound. her belt tied closely about her \z0 on charses of distributing | ek and two gashes in her head. The 1 terature. Olson was dis. | YOUth’S explanation of his possession o TWintol was centenced tg|Of @ bloodstained shirt was investigat- Ho was releaseq |©d_and found satisfactory i rhe polic \ding Jonas Jad- daye upon the pay.| The police are holding Jonas Ja f pon the Pay-| yicszis, a Camp Dix soldier who was TN e inducted into the army following a STRIKE SETTLEMENT ENDS sslackers' raid fhev‘ last L:rlll 2ul s | Lewis Terene, of this city. The sol- DETROIT'S TRACTION TIEUP | jior had considerable money in his ' Mich. June i—Detroit's | possession and was unable, the police which became effective | say. to satisfactorily explain his . night, came to an end | movements about the time of the mur- . evening when the striking|der. Lewis Ferene, it was alleged, had be Detroit United Railways | been a frequent caller upon the wo- el 10 accept an offer by the com- (man. Three other men were arrested pany of wage increases from 43, 46 and | today. suspected of having knowledge ‘ 0, 55 and 83 cents an hour. The | of the crime. o asked an increase of 27 cents armén accepted the company’s | TO “HOP OFF” FOR TRANS- Mle & lafws mumber ot foe. 800 ATLANTIC FLIGHT TODAY trikers advocating a stand for 'the| St Johns, N. F. Juhe 12.—The nal demands. W, D. Mahon, pres. | Vicks-Vimy = borabing ~ biplane will ent of the Amelgumated Association |hop off” tomorrow _aftarnoon be- Sirei Flectric Railway Em.|tween three and four o'clock for its ployes. finally prevailed upon them to|attempted trans-Atlantic ight in‘ com- H the offer, which, he €aid, consti. | petition for the $30,000 London Daily ed the highest wage paid street car | Mail prize, according to a_ statement n in the United States tonight by Captain Jack Alcock, the a8 airplane’s skipper. ASKS $500,000 TO CARRY & ptain Alcock and Lieutenant Af- R HUNT B thur Whitten Brown, navigator, to- st MUNT FOR ANARCHISTS | day made a second trial figat, which osinglen. fuse 18— Attorner declared was thoroughly success- r a special half million dollar appro- a to carry on the hunt for an- bomb throwers and enemies aw and order. The comparatively AMERICANS DECORATED BY THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT recent violence New York, June 12.—Julius H. and attempted violence on the part of | Barnes, United States wheat irector, lividuals associated with anarchistic | end twenty-seven other members. of sanizations,” the attorney general | the food administration, grain corpora- aid in a letter to Secretary Glass, | tion and commission for relief in Bel- v20 transmitied the request to the | gium have been decorated by the Bel. ouse, “discloses existing conditions | zian government for their services vitich render this supplemental esti- | during the war, it was announced here mate necessary, in order that there|today by Edgar Rickard, joint director miay be ample means for protecting the |of the American relief administration, prcn; d enforcing the laws of the —_— United States.” HUNGARIANS DISHEARTENED BY RECOGNITION OF BELA KUN Vienna. Tuesday, June 10 (By the A. P.).—~The Hungaria ON DEMAND FOR HIS REMOVAL 5 in Vienna who Atantic City, N. I, June 12.—Basil | ; i i t . - are opposed to the communist govern- M Maoly joint chairman with William | pent were disheartened today leoking Howard T Hp by “':“"’:\:‘l:;]l ":'“.‘r" upon the note sent Bela Kun by Pre- sed statemer 7| or Cleme: k e i- respect to the demand for his removal | flon. T CTCeR @8 & token of recogni made in a cablegram sent President Wiscr yesterday by the manufactur-| 2 o CORRGll of New Jertey. The theft of 13 hottles of whisky Mr Manly asserted that the demand for his removal is not a personal mat- 1cr bul an attack upon the labor board by “certain selfish and unpatriotic em- ployers” who “seek to violate their creements and reduce wages below the figures fixed by the board.” from the First Precinct Police Sta- tion in Washington has called atten- tion to the fact that since Washington went dry the police hace accumulated #75,000 worth of whisky. There have been several thefts from the different police stations, i Cabled Paragraphs British Not Advancing on Petrograd. London, June 12—The British war office today issued a denial of the re- port from Stockholm that British troops are advancing on Petrograd. . CONDENSED REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (By TheAssociated Press.) The peace conference _barometer, which for some time has been vacillat- ing between pessimism and' optimism as to the probability of an early agree- mént by the council of four on the an- swer to the German counter-proposals to the peace treaty, again registers optimism. From Paris comes ‘the almost defi- nite statement that the reply of the aliied and associated governments ‘to the Cermans is complete and that all that row is required to end the tense situai (n is to draft the answer. pre- sen: it to the Germans, and await five davs for their final reply whether they accept o1 reject it. According to.a statement made in a “susponsible quarter” in Paris, agree- mente in principle on all the disputed poipte have been reached by the council. even on the question whether Garmany i or is' not to "become & member of the league of nations and as regards the holding of a plebiscite in_upper Silesia. Some time. Saturday.has been set unccially for the presentation of the allied repiy to.the Germaus. n Austria-Hungary - the political situation is considered serious. Re- ports have ‘it that a’ communist ‘gov- ern. 4t is to be set up in Austria next Sunday and that the Austrian com- munisis will ally themselves with the communist faction in Hungary. In Geimany, Gustav Noske, minister of defense, has thrown down the zauntlet to the radical majority so- cialists who have been attempting to force his resignation and that of Pre- mier Scheidemann from the executive committee of the majority party. “We are still in office, and we will stick, because it is our duty ‘to ‘save the German people.” Noske declared. Nouske's strong hand in putting down dcr was responsible for the de- mand for his resignation- The supreme council has informed Admial Kolchak, the anti-Bolshevik leade: in Russia, that his reply to its ofter of allied support in the campaign against (he Bolsheviki s satisfactory. This is regarded as meaning de facto reccgnition of the Omsk government Tieaded hy Kolchak by the allied and powers and the furnishing ns and supplies for Kol- s campaign. Denia! is made by the British gov- ernment of a report that British troops are operating against Petrograd. Tokio advices are to the effect that serious anti-Japanese _agitation is spreading in China which may de- velop into a general anti-foreign movement. ALLIES TO AID ALL-RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT AT OMSK Paris, June 12 (By the A. P.).—The reply sent by the council of four today to the note of Admiral Kolchak ex- tends to him and his associates in the all-Russian government at Omsk the support set forth in the original letter of the council to. Kolchak terpreted here z¢“feaning de facto recognition of t@k Omsk goyernment. The text of the reply follows: “The allied and associated powers wish to acknowledge the receipt of Admiral Kolehak's reply ‘to thelr note of May 20. They welcome the térms of that reply, which seem to them to he in substantial agrcement with the propositions they had made and to contain satisfactory ~assurances for the freedom, self-goverpment and peace of the Russian people and their neighbors. “They are therefore willing to ex- tend to Admiral Kolchak and his asso- ciates the support set forth in their original letter. (Signed) “LLOYD GEORGE, “WILSOD “CLEMENCEAU, “MAKINO. Tt is understood that the support referred to involves the furnishing of munitions and ipplies for Admiral Kolchak's campaign. TALK OF FREIGHT RATES ON A MILAGE BASIS Washington, June 12, — Railroad freight rates would be forced toward a mileage basis by the enactment of the pending bill for the enforcement of the lowg and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act, Witnesses in opposition told the senate inter- state commerce committee’ today. “Rates now made in regard to ex- sting conditions of industrial compe- tition would he entirely disrupted and rate structures, particularly applying between New England and the south- east would be destroye A Chandler, representing New England manufacturing communities, testified. ‘It would restrict consumers, and in- crease manufacturing costs by nar- rowing markets, and in the long run establish freizht rates on a mileage basis.” : OFFERED TO MEDIATE IN ANSONIA STRIKE' New Haven, Conn., June 12.—Patrick | F. O'Meara ef this city, president of! the Connecticut Federaton of Labor, has offered the services of the state board of mediation and arbitration to employers in Ansonia and other towns in the Naugatuck valley which are having strike troubles, it was learned tonight. He has received word from two of the concerns now tied ' up, thankking the board for its offer and promising to keep in touch with the board, so that they might avail thém- selves of the proposal if an opportun_ ity arose. The other members of the board are Edward B. Broder of Hartford and George L. Fox of New Haven. CASUALTIES IN FIRE AT U. S. ARMY DEPOT IN PARIS Paris, June 12.—(French Wireless Service) — One American soldier is reported missing as a result of the fire which destroved a depot of the it- ed Stat army quartermaster in the Clingnacourt district of Paris Wed- nesday. Two firemen and two Ame can’ soldiers were injured slightly fighting the Ssmes. in A report from Paris Wednesday said it was a depot of the American Red Cross which had been ‘damaged by fire. DETAILS OF COMING BRITISH VICTORY.LOAN London. June 12—(By The A. F.) The government’s Victory loan, the details of which were made known this evening, will consist of @ 4 per cent. “funding loan,” issued at 80 and redeemable within 71 ‘vear par by a cumulalive sinking fund. . There a 50 is to be an isstie of { per cen( “Victory bovnds” at §3, redeemabi€ at par_hv annual drawings commencing in September, 1920, 1 Anti-Japanese Agitation in China Indications That It May De- velop Into a General Anti- Foreign Movement. Tokio, Wedfesday, June 11.—(By The Associated Press.)—Advices re- ceived: here from China that ow there h: been seriou cpread : of anti-Japanese agitation, especially in Shanghai, Hangkow, Nanking and Canton, with indications that it may develop' into a general anti-foreign movement. Several warships of the Japanese- China_squadron have been hurried, to Shanghai. Shipping at Chinese ports has virtually ceased owing to a boy- cott, resulting in great - monetary losses to steamship companies and ex- porters. CONVENTION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION Atlantic City, N. J.. Feb. 12.—Oppo- site views regarding the effect of beers and wines of low alcoholic content on the human system were expressed v speakers before the ‘American Medical Association in annual convention here today. Dr. ‘Lambert Ott, of Philadelphia, said such drinks.were not intoxicat- ing, but that on the other hand. they were healthful and their sale. under government _ supervision should be continued. “Beer and wines of low al- coholic contest.” he said, “are a real aid to digestion.” Declaring there is a tendency to- ward excess in all beer drinsers, Dr. Bernard Fantus, of Chieago. 100k di- rect issue with Dr. Ott. “If the alco- holic_content of heer wer2 reduced,” said Dr. Fantus, “instead of complete prohibition, these beer drinkers would drink twice as much as formerly, with the same disastrous effects.” Colonel Antoine Dubage. of the Bel- gium medical corps, Wwho was in charge of the institution to ‘which Edith Caveil was attached before she was shot by the Germans, was one of the speakers among the foreigy dele- gates at today’s sessions. 1 discuss- ed the work done by the mudical staff of the Belgian army. Major Peguin of the French army, iold of e creativn of hospitals under ground e firing line. The_section of opthamo! in favor of the davlight ving Taw, and petitioned the house of delegites to protest against Officers elected today by the house of_delegates included the following President, Rear Admiral Wilam Braisted, surgeon general United States navy: secretary, Dr.. Alexander R. Craiz, Chicago; treasurer, Wil- liam_A. Pusey, Chicago. and ker, Dr. Hubert: Work, Pueblo, Co Next year’s convention will be held at New Orleans. 200 CORPORATIONS DELINQUENT IN PAYMENT OF INCOME TAX Hartford, Conn., June 12.—Aboit 200 corporations o € gticut L st of “their jncome tax to the state for 1818 It was pavable lust August. The attorney general is sending out notices | R DRent . T e the penalty imposcd for failure to pa ta: The amount of t i ll|~| creased 5 per cent. and afterwards it is “increased threc-fourths of 1 per cent. for every month of the time it is avoided. The “state i vear amounted to 6 there will be a decided falling off in the amount collected this vear. SIX YEAR OLD BOY KILLED BY AUTO IN DANBURY Danbury, Conn, June 12.—Nathan Hale, six vear old son of A. H. Hale of this city, was killed in the street in frot of his home tonight when he struck by an automobile driven Miss Marie Walsh of Ridgefield. Walsh drove her car over the curb and on the sidewalk in an effort to avoid hitting the hoy. She went to the police station and was released on her own recognizance to await action by Coroner Pheian. COLONEL HOUSE IS NOT GOING TO IRELAND Paris June 12—Although Col. E. M. House of the American peace dele- Zation will go to England tonight it authoritatively denied that he is to visit Ireland to investigate the Sinn Fen situation, as reported. In anticipation of his departure for London, ; Col. House had a long con_ ference with President Wilson last evening, going over the general situa- tion. | NCOPAIGHT HARKLR & EWING AR, Senator Kansas, Cliaries Curls, | here today. Russian Soviet Office in New York Raided Books and Pape-rs Were Seiz- ed—Soviet Agent Subpoen- | ¢, aed for Examination. ew York, June 12 —Representa- tives of the joint legislative committee appointed tu investigate the activities of radicals in this stale, guarded by several members of the stale constab- ulary, late today raided the offices of the Russian soviet government in this city and took possession of books and papers found there. L. C. A. K. Martens, representative here of the soviet government, Was subpoanaed and taken before the committee for a briel examination. STRIKE HAS NOT CRIPPLED TELEGRAPH BUSINESS Chicago, June 12.—Despite claims of union officials that 18,000 telegraph op- erators were adle today and that the tieup would be complete by Monday, commercial telegraph business, par- ticularly between the larger cities, is being handled on practically a normal basis, according to reports to the com- mercial companies here tonight. Officers of the Commercial Tel- egraphers’ Union of America, which called ‘the strike to enforce demands that the workers be permitted to or- ganize, “bargain collectively and ob- tain adequate wages,” were elated over an announcement from St. Louis that union reailroad telegraphers were or- dered to discontinue handling com- mercial business after 6 a. m. Satur- s Whether the raflroad overators will be called out on sympathetic strike will depend upon developments of the next few days, it was stated. The strike leaders gained further confidence through adoption by the American Federation of Labor of a resolution pledging moral support to the strike called for June 16 by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The union men claim the brotherhood has a membership of more than -100,000, which includes the bulk of the union telephone operators throughout the country. S. J. Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union, who is directing the strike from. head- quarters here, after a number of long distance telephone conversations with eastern representatives, declared as- surance had heen given that the broker operators in New York would join the strike as soon as developments war- ranted such action. Meanwhile officials of the Western Union company claim the strike has been a complete failure so far as company is concerned, and official the Postal company asert that traffic is being moved without interruption. The Association of Western Union Employes, which represents 65 per cent. of the employes of the Western Union, received telegrams from all sections of the country saying all workers iwerg_ reporting for duty, BTt the “propaganda of the stril to spread the trouble.” KNOX RESOLUTION COMES UP IN SENATE EARLY NEXT WEEK ‘Washington, June 12.—The resolu- tion of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, a former republican secretary of state, to have the senate declare definitely it cannot accept the League of Na tions interwoven with the peace treat; was put on the calender of the senate today for consideration early next week. land waterways by Qovernment, in- In revorting the measure the for- |cluding New York State canals. eign relations committee amended it,| John W. Davis, American Ambas- however. to strike out the section |sador to England, left Paris for Lon-|{ which would have declared it a pol- |don. as at work on the special i of the American government to|commission to arrange for the civil co-operate in combating any future | regime on the left bank of the Rhine menace to the peace of Europe. Sing Sing prison at Ossining is Two unsuccessful motions to post- |overcrowded. Warden Brophy pone action by the committee until ‘ns wits' end to accommodate the in- next week were made by Senator Pitt- [#nates. About 700 cellsT were tor man, democrat, of Nevada. and when |down in the reconstruction of the Senator Knox later asked unanimous | brison. consent to present the favorable re- port to the senate, the request at first was blocked by Senator Robinson, i . Mr. Robinson objection, however, upon an agreement that the senate should adjourn until Monday so there would be no debate on fhe resolution this | week. TO EXERCISE PRIORITY IN ALLOTMENT OF SHIPMENTS New York, June 12.—Priori allotment of shi; will to the ex tent of its available tank tonnage b given by the United States shipping board to private companies who may hereafter receive awards for the deliv- v of petroleum products for acchunt the United States government, it s announced here today by Captain Paul Foley, tank _executive of ihe board. for J. H. Rossiter, director of operations. This announcement was made in re- | sponse to requests for tonnage on the of shipping companies to_enable m to tender on proposals called for he navy department for the delivery of approximately 8.000,000 barrels of fuel oil required for navy use during the fiscal vear beginning July 1. SAYS LIGHT BEERS AND WINE ARE HEALTHFUL Atlantic City. N. I June 12—"Beers | and wine of low alcoholic content are ! not intoxicating. On the other hand, they are healthful and their sale under elose state and federal supervision should be continued,” declared Dr. Lambert Ott of Philadelphia, address- ing the American Medical association Dr. Ott snoke on “Forty Years’ Observation Among Beer, Wine and Whiskey Drin “It has been my Observance that war beer ‘and wines of low alcoholic per- centage were not harmful, but on the other hand are a real aid to digestion,” he said. PARISIAN SOCIETY PEOPLE AID IN STRIKE BREAKING Paris, June 12.—Some of the P society people are taking a hand in strike Lreaking for the purpose of as. si:tiae Paris to regain het h- eded street transportation service. | Saron Ticary Fothschild has been ac ing as a chaufieur of an autobus ma ing regular trips over a city route,| Villestrey has been | = tickots in a subway station. | Numerous s ca by 1denits have been furnisi- | the central school of engincering trai vers of sub; ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE BY i PROMINENT WINSTED MAN: Winsted, Conn., June 12 —Harvey L. | Roberts, secretary of the Strong Man- ufacturing Company, president of the Winsted Bdge Tooi Works, and pres- ident of the' Mechanics Savings Bank siot himself, while in his office, short- ly before noon, and was rushed to the Litcifield county hospital, in an ex- tremely serious condition. 'Cond;ansed 'I:elegrams Spain expelled 42 Germans living in | Barcelona during the war | American Smeiting & Refining Co. raised price of lead to 5.40 cents a pound. e : United States paid Norwich $34,500,- | 000 for 27 ships requisitioned during ' the war. i | Fire losses in United States and “anada during Muy amounied to $16,- 516,300, Output of steet ingots in May, 1,-! 929,024 tons, compared with 2,238,711 ( tons in_April. 3ar silver was quoted at 54 1-3] pence in London. silver at $11L 12. England’s fieids are burnlag up be- New York quoted | cause of the lack of rain. No rain has fallen for 3§ days. 1 Rallroad and shipping traffic in Shanghai, China, is tied up as the re- suit of a political strike. Anthracite shipments in May! amounted 9i5 tons, compared | with 6,887,256 tons in April. ! Commercial Cable Co. announced there will be a delay to Burope and beyond owing to heavy filing. | About 2500 enemy aliens seized when this country entered the war will be sent home this month. Admiral Henning von Holtendorf, head of the German naval staff during | the greater part of the war, is dead. Canadian railway shopmen number- ing 35,000 will strike of war board does not srant demands by June 16. The members’ petition to close the New York Stock Exchange on June 14 was denied by the Board of Governors. An official announcement issued in Belgrade says hostilities between the Jugo-Slavs and Austrians ceased June 6. No action was taken on a dividend on the stock of the Submarine Boat orporation at a meeting of the direct ors in New York. Senate leaders are planning early action on the bill authorizing $750, 000,000 for the Railroad Administra- tion's revolving fund. Most of civilians in fled to Bl Paso because the town is| surrounded by troops, whether rebel or_Federal, is not known. Senator Jones of Washington, will introduce a resolution providing ~for construction of a cable connecting the Pacific ooast with Manila, Reports from Bahia, Brazil, indi- cated progress is being made in set- tlement of strike there. Conditions are reported réturning to normal. A law was signed by the President of France establishing a commercial register within the jurisdiction of e ery law court or civil law court: Preparations being made by Nash- Junarez have ville Railroad Co. to eliminate the names of 700 men, largely shop em- ployes, from the payrool beginning Friday. Dr. Joseph H. Sawyer has resigned as principal of Williston Seminary be- cause of ill health. He had been prin- cipal for 25 years. W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr, resigned as 1 companies_allied president of sev York Central and in with the New each A H. Smith was elected his suc- cessor. General Candida Aguilar, Governor of the State of Vera Cruz, and son-in- law of President Carranza, arrived in Washington and called at the Stale Department. Convention of the Brotherhood of Tocomotive Firemen and Engineers at Denver adopted resolutions urging that Bugene V. Debs and Thomas J. Mooney be freed from prison. 5 A plan to call an international workingmen'’s _confercnce on peace in Chicago on Sept. 6 and 7 was an- nounced by the speakers’ committce of the Chicago Labor Party 5 Director of Railroads Hines, testify- ing before House Approp: ions Committee, advocated retention of in- Ghent Burgomaster, at a reception to a delegation of American cotion merchants, declared it was the desire of the city council to make the city the centre of Belgian cotton impor- tations. FINAL ACTION ON ARMY BILL IN HOUSE DELAYED| Washington, June 12.—Final action| on the 1920 was delayed army appropriation bill n the house today as the result of a brisk parliamer ski mish over a proviso prohibiting the war_department from using any part of the appropriation or an ed balances now in its p the purcha additional army purposes A“point of order on the proviso was sion for lands for made by Representative Crisp, demo- | crat of Georgia, and rined by Representative Campbell of Kansas, presiding, after prolonged debate. An attempt will be made tomorrow to obtain a_special rule from the rules committee making the proviso in_order. Reductions the bill wi reducing totalling $90,500,000 made during the day,| total amount carried to $718,650,000, or than the original es- rtme: in the from $810,000,000 $535,000,000 less timates of the war ‘dey NEWSPAPERS OF BUENOS AIRES RESUME PUBLICATION | Buenos Aires, June 12.—The news- | papers La Nacion and La Prensa ap- | peared today for the first time in thir-, teén days, publication having been'| suspended because of tge lockout of printers. The papers contained complete resume of the news of i world for the last #ivo weeks. They| sold at double the regular price, the | nowsboys profiting by the desire of | the public to learn what had happened cirivg the period the papers did not | appear. ] ACCIDENT ON CANADIAN i NORTHERN RAILROAD Port Arthur, Ontario, June 12— | Three dining car attendants and the| ireman were ightly injured when tne railway express train of the Cana- dian Northern railroad left the tracks| rear here today as a result of spread- nz rails, caused by the hevy rains. a The baggage car and two diningi cars were tni'S. in the ditch. Traj fic will be blocked for twenty-four | hours, it is said. i CAUGHT LOOTING CLOTHING i STORE IN BRIDGEPORT Bridzeport. Conn., Junc ir e act of looting the safe in the clothing store of Lyford Bros. early to- | day, Michael Cheninsky and Michael Kiichenka were later bound over for trial under fbonds of $1,000 each, fixed in the city court. The men were ar- rested by police officers after st re- | sistance. Cheninsky was identified by | Rev. B. F. Root of St- Paul's Ep (..,u)l —Caught church as being implicated in the rob- harv of tha narsonaze on May 18, { strike desizned {0 crippie the telephone | the postmaster i Come to us unexpend- | i the communis | member of tha Munich {nich s i sen in the middle of Ma; A, F.OF L. DELEGATES TERM BURLESON AS “TYRANNIGAL™ Will Give Moral Support to Strike Scheduled for Next Monday to Cripple All Telephone Systems of the Country Unless Satisfactory Agreement’ is Reached With Burleson— Resolution Introduced Which Would Request President Wilson to Remove Mr. Burleson. Atlantic City, N. J. June 12.—A secure a working understanding with © general, who promi; systems of the country will begin on|io establish a workink (\rra‘ngrm:::‘ Monday with the full moral support of | but failed to do so, & 3 h al s so0, and has now turn {he American Federation of Labor un- | Lack the operation to private control es3 o satisfactory working agreement| pp.on = i is reached before that time between |y the ggv'e);;.;i'{,’("““mf,:: OLHE T Posrmaster General Burleson and the | cloctrica] warbers hais® Tooie, e wff‘,’if:‘r‘.-"’"&‘-}n'i{;"".‘.T,’r’n‘fifi‘r'f‘.n‘.'.f.i-‘f""’ With the company, “but the postmaster members the i pabers dmong 15 | general persistently refused. (o renew: n b e g agreements upon their termination or vkenic operators in the United States.| to make any mrovisn i reoitation By unanimous vote the reconstruc- | {icat emplayeo i tion convention of the federation | ! adopted a resolution today giving its| ; The resolution also stated that the Support to the strike and providing | “OFiCers of the brotherhood have at ail that Samuel ompers, pr(‘&!d\"m‘[“m"-s during the prosecution of the should appoint a committee from the | War refused to call a strike, attempting convention to co-operate with a com- | 2t all times to a. the government.” mittee of electrical workers, the joint| The convention also adopted today committee to take up grievances with | a resolution urging congress to make the postoffice authorities at Washing- | an appropriation and pass such other ton in the hope of averting the strike. inn as may be necessary ..to Dluring the debate Postmaster Gen-, enable the United States employment era i i ral Burleson was termed a “tyram- | sceviCe L0 continue functioning until it nical” official by delegates. In this|can be established on a plrmanent connection reference wis made to a | basi resolution which will come before the| The joint committee which will take convention later. in which, if it is|up the strike question in Washington President son will be re-|was directed by a third resolution o Burleson. | take such action as might be appropri- As adopted, the resolution declares | ate to bring home to congress the me- that ever since August, 1918, the tele- | cessity for providinz immediately for phone employes have been trying “to' (he employment service. APPEAL BY COMMANDER ! OF THE SIBERIAN ARMY | Omsk, Tuesday, June (Russian Telegraphic Agency).—A proclamation NEW HAVEN POLICEMEN ARE PATROLLING ANSONIA Ansonia, Conn.. June 12.—Believing better results would be secured by the appealing to the soldiers of the Bol- fuse of uniformed police instead of dep- shevik army to come and aid the forc- |uties in civilian clothes, Sherift Refl- es of the all-Russian government in 1y of New Haven county tonight ré the fight for a democraatic Ru, as | placed many of the deputies with po- been isued by the commander of the |licemen, and they patrolled the strosts berian army, It read of this city to help maintain order “More than a year, hus passed among the strikers who are idle be- the Bolsleviists came into power cause of the walkouts in nearly every you vourself can see the results of |Plant here. In addition to twenty po- their tyrannic rule. Our country lies | licemen sent from New Haven vester in ruin. The Siberian army fights for |4ay. fifteen were hrought in from Wei- constitutent assembly through which | terbury and six from Meriden today. the people of Rusia will be able to|Sixly cots have heen et up in the ci speak their will. The will of the|bhall. where most of the 100 deputies people is the supreme law for all are being quartered for possible emer- Do not helieve that we are shooting | Sencies. the soldiers of the Army who | Mayor Mead. in a statement tonight Stircender- o s Comaiio: e and e | 2al8ilic: @id not teel dishosan toindt Wil aocept you as: brothers.. Tho By | OVer to the city sovernment to a sEuks shevik commissaries are spreading | COmmMittee. ‘It was indicated that the tales that the victory of the Siberian [¢OURtY and city authorities have mo army means a retarn o the o1& recimy. | intention of removing the outside pe Do not: bellere 1tie &' dtum I o tra Hoing: forces, which! sction. Wassaskll is impossible. ~ We are fighting for a | DY the strike committec of nineteen of free -demecratio~Russta wmd in tne | L0° American Brass Company tod | The statement of the commitier _also called upon the office eployes of the brass company to keep away from the name of free Russia I appeal to you. The congress of the Siberian Tnion of Creamery Societics, ~representing | MillS alter tomorrow night. morc than 4,000 co-operative organ- iations. has sent a telegram to Ad- Seymour Calls for Deputies. miral Kolchak, the head of the all-1 The selectmen of Seymour tonight Russian government, pledging their | conferred with Sheriff Reiily and asked support of the government by all the | him to send deputies o that place to means in their possession. assist the six constables to maintain e e order during the strikes there. The SENATOR HARDING CRITICIZED |sheriff said he would send some men DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION | ¢ Seymour tomorrow. Philadelphia, June 12—United States TEA Senator Harding of Ofllnl'l!zmvll:\’f TUGS ASSIST STEAMSHIPS democratic administration today in an| YANKEE AND GRAF WALDERSEE adire at the commencement exer- New Yor June —Tugs sent to ces of Hahnemann Medical college, the assistance of the steamships Yar- udlizing the Hahnemann theory tokee and Gral Waldersee, run down by drive home his noints. “Hahnemann|other eraft in a heavy fog off Fire Is- must have been right in proclair S | land late last night, arrived here this that like cures like.” said the senator. | afternoon, bringing scme of the crew I ot sa that some homeopath lof (he Yankee and ten army officers ought to cure high cost of living > Graf Waldersee i With high cost of government, but wy , icn O the Gral Waldersee. 2 naval transport © hove is entertained by naval of- f salvaging the Yankee, oper- the United States re witnesses to the experiment, and the patient needs an elimifative stim- ulant.” continued Senator Hardi fice! ated Dy : £ shipping Fresh from the senate, I may re-|joard, which sank in deep water soon iwark that high authority diagnosed |after she had been rammed by the the patient as suffering from secret|jiiiian sieamer Argenting. A.}]\]:TI:C\'. and then we saw similia Chere is hope of saving the Graf similibus curranter practiced in Paris. | waldersee yaver. The transi “It must have been some of anosho | Waldersce. however. The transport, formerly a_flagship of the Hamburg American line, is now retsing in for- v fect of water two miles off Long Beach. where she was towed by .the U. S. 8. Patricia after the steamer Re. dondo had torn a great hole in ‘he:r side. Naval officers denied a report t several men had een injured- in the collision. : SERIOUS RACE RIOTS IN PORTS OF ENGLAND London, June 12.—Serious race riots occasioned by the presence of negroes brought from Africa and other parts of the world during the war as labor battalions have occurred at several ports in England and Wales recently. They culminated in a night-long fight last night between negroes and white men «t Cardiff and Barry Dock near by. One white man was Killed and numerous whites were wounded. Boarding houses in the negro quarter were stormed, one of them set on fire and others looted. This morning negroes armed with revolvers fired on the police in Liver- pool, where similar scenes occurred. The local authorities have asked for government aid. school who proclaimed our American ills due to national aspirations and prescribed internationality as a reme- dy. but my own judsment is that there is nothing dangerously wrong with the United States and we need only to correct our diet and go steadily on to robust maturity and glorious fulfill- ment.’ BAVARIA OFFERS REWARD FOR CAPTURE OF LEVIEN Zurich, Wednesday, June 11-—The Bavarian government has offered a re- ward of 30,000 murks for the capture of | t leader Levien, the only oviet who hi escaped arrest. A despatch from Mu- it is presumed that Levien ped iixio Tyrol or the Swiss moun- tains. A man by the name of Levien fiz- ured prominently some time ago in tie | newspaper despaiches concerning the Munich soviet regime, of which Levien was said to be a prominent member. | It was presumed that Levien in real- ity was Levine Nissen, leader of the Munich _communist_faction and editor of the Red Flag. The Bavarian gov- | ernment offered a reward of 10,000 | marks for the capture of Levine N. and he was TO PROCLAIM COMMUNIST made prisoner, tried, ~sentenced to | GOVERNMENT IN AUSTRIA death and exccuted at Standleheim| yondon June 12—A Communist carly in June, according to despatches | 4o o s 4 o e | government will be proclaimed in Aus { tria_on Sunday, with promise of im- | mediate success according to inform- ation in government circles here. The best information indicates that about 40 per cent. of the Austrian army is Bolshevik. The Communists are expected quickly to align_them- selves with the Hungarian Commun- ists, whose recent military successes are’ considered o have strengthened ther. The Autro-Tungarian situation as a whole is viewed here as decifiedly serious. ATTITUDE OF GERMAN | DELEGATION NOT CLEAR Paris, June 12—(By The A. P.) The atfltude of the German delegation on the signing of the treaty is not clear, because the delegates as yet are una- ware of the exact nature of the in- strument they are called upon to rat: ify, owing to the conflicting earlier: reports on the extent of the modifica- | tions accorded them. The Irench, who alone had an op-| portunity of sounding the members of | neither the present delegation nor the| OBSERVANCE OF FOURTH present government will sign, but they look for the immediate installation of a Radical Socialist administration, which will accept the treaty. New York, June 12.—Telegrams op- posing any movement for an unre- stricted observance of the coming Fourth of July were sent today 1o gov- ernors and fire marshals of all states RECOMMENDS UNITED STATES by the Xarfi_iln al Board of Fire Under~ vriters. is et as tak be- TO QUIT THE SHIP BUSINESS | Yriers, Thls action was taken bes ‘Washington, June 12-—Recommend- communitics were planning to sus- pend ordinances covering the use. of fireworks in order to have “an old- fashioned celebration.” “Any return to old hazardous ations that the government quit build- ing and operating commercial ships at the earliest time practical when pre- nted to the senate commerce com- 2o o prac- mittee today by the Shipping Board. |tices would probably entail large loss Sale of all commercial ships was|of life and property,” the telegram recommended. Vessels which could not be disposed of immediately would be leaseds states, and it suggests that the day's observance be made a community af« fus: under proper safesyards.