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LXI—NO. 141 ’ POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1919 PLANS FOR GEREMONY OF SIGNING OF PEACE TREATY Event Will be Marked by Imposing Formality at the Historic Chateau of Versailles—At the Opening of the Ceremony the French Flag Will Float From the Chateau—As the Pen of President Wilson is Placed to the Document the Standards of the 23 Nations Associated in the War Will be Broken Out Over the Chateau—The Parties to the Treaty Are to Approach the Structure From Opposite Directions—After the Signing the Plenipotentiaries of All Nations, No Longer Enemies, Will Leave the Chateau Togeth ed, W all of Mir: Antoin he eau from onducted to all of Mi Probably only fioat from the eremony ident Wilson. is placed to the af the wo German ators CONDENSED REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The Associated Press.) f four d Kir al befo b tion broke into red time his queen Hall of Mirrors will one end will be the while correspondents rep- | newspapers of the world. ion will approach he other by a different route | % A er. 3 (By the A. P.).—Plans 1 ceremony thering the probable Premier ot five bein signt so often described will pugh momentous spectators man deleg the French flag will at the opening but when the pen of chateau ssociated in the war t upon the chateau in a gay display triumphal bunting. expected that the ceremony will med to begin about rnoon. v Premier Cleme: the conference a There will be speeches as chairman by the head of delegation k of appending the signatures of epresentatives of all the belliger- ent nations will occupy our, but it is expected that at least s of daylight will remain of immer evening during which e chateau park will play for sdmiration of the delegates plenipotentiaries after the cere- mony will leave the chateau by a por- ng on the terrace from which ains are visible, o long with the other dust gnatu broug] Clemenceau the ne it into effect as originally na- | which the descend | the doorway of ris day of the ch s hajed so that the state upied the document, of the twenty-three nations will be broken well over an voted both its to revision of the tex paratory 10 its jerman peace del- Jando of Italy was aving to discuss parliament work of of the | reach a decision on ty at the|matters, seen with- | militarp n which | frontier, Baron en no up to | some the peace conference, and to important in particular with regard to precautions on the Carinthian Sonnio, the minister, represented Italy at Friday’s as in | meeting in place of the premier. The rewriting of the peace, as an- foreign will soon be | nounced in Paris despatches, was ren- dered nec cessary the Storic fof a highly and ror: xpart. | in order that by the | A epace at |, "¢ new clauses, at the expected. and | man peace mi pecial train posal side, | first dele- the | national assembly. eign_ministers the 5 o'clock ' in of ¢ on Wednesday, igens' s which redeeming chaotic condition fallen. The actual over many | the food and |of provoking civil the hourgeol ed, The © regarded of the citizens minister of w: aquoted as s Holland_has fusing {o take part British wa despatch from hi for at a Rome secret the Kronstadt. The evacuate the base, she ma | quirements of the allies. The plebiscite in Silesia and chang- the Polish frontier necessitate while a revised draft of the provisions on the Danish frontiers war in despatch from into which The strike is intended to take in all vroducing industries and is to be called with the avowed purpose in order place political power in the hands of isie. The manufacturing and commercial interests, it is declar- are advocating the most severe measures, “as the only means of over- coming the lahoring classes.” i) Dropos: Switzerland, Norway, Sweden apd Denmark in re. a blockade against Germany should the latter re- fuse to sign the peace treaty: s are reported in a Stockholm to be hom- barding the base of the Bolsheviki at intimates that the Bolsheviki are endeavoring to ary by the discovery of | errors and inconsistencies in the draft | as at first presented to the Germans. fany of the changes to be made are important nature, most of them are of a minor character. The latter is particularly true of the of | reparations clauses, which will be vir- tually unchanged in the new draft. But the financial provisions will be amend- reparations commis- but sion will be given discretion to allow Queen | Germany to gather a working capital Patls: | for the resumption of her industries e meet the re- Unofficial advices stated that Count Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the Ger- ion, has requested that be placed at his dis- immediately after the reply to the German counter-proposals is de- livered to him. It is understood he will g0 to Colagne, and it is possible may proceed to Weimar, to consult the he The proposal of the council of for- with regard to fixing Hungarian boundaries bordering on Rumanja and Czecho Slovakia has been approved by the council of four. Further troublous times apparently are in store for Germany to Berlin advices the Citizens' Council ater Berlin at a secret According session oted in favor of a cit- ke against the government, declared to be incapable of the country the it has to Arming and the lonel Reinhardt. is ng that the troops will participate in the movement. Joined PROGRESS OF TRIAL OF MRS, BESSIE LUNDGREN June 13.—Attorney Atwill told the jury trial re w omack \l<‘dn ow to n as to w s Gay's death if h he h and would the witn med e stomach MOUNT HOPE BAY LANDMARK CHRISTENED “LIEF'S ROCK commol arsen of M leath He effort al answer hat specified 3 would iver be ca examiner testified that formed an autopsy ody he found irr ermine what caused it t r he had read a re- mical expert who had ex- 1 stomach ubstance that had at faft the murder rence ay at the time to have the court Examiner hypothetical have amounts of were the time. by been unable to Mrs. Bessie of this state- Both orge J. ques- ar: in -| of parliamentary ol arsenic,” upon - relations ation in it flicting view: cedure but agreed he was HOLLAND WILL N enic. Paris, Holland h: that SENATORS LINING UP FOR FIGHT ON PEACE TREATY Washington, June 13.—Senate lead- ers drew their lines more sharply to- day for the next phase of the treaty fight, to begin early next week, around committee. s the senators present gave con- to the method of pro- much shaped.largely by developments, it oT tol, R. I, June 13.—Northmen's| Participate in k. a landmark on shore of | G Mount Hope Bay for hun- | Germany to dreds of years on ant of the = strange characters chiseled on its surface, was sto Edw Thomas W. Bicknell president of the were speakers. christened Rock in memory of Lief Ericson, c the Red, EMPLOYES TO BE WATCHFUL AROUND STATE CAPITOL June ter Superintendent uct employes to scrutinize suspicious characters who may attempt to enter around and to watch out for anything The comptrol- «lose any the building or groun looking like a bomb. would not say th thought it Parig, June advices are pecific o well 13. to to have visited army and troops that t of the peace heir the ancient Norse ex- plorer. Dedicatgry exercises were car- ried out by tpe Rhode Island Citizens’ ociety and the th public miral John R. r today Lief’s historical society, John other than that he be on guard. CZECHO-SLOVAKS RETREAT BEFORE HUNGARIANS —- Peace conference the effect that Czecho-Slovaks are still retreating be- fore the Hungarians. Hungarian communist leader, is said the Hungarian Red in a long sp Bela Kun, the son | the allies, makes pupils of Rear Ad- . 8. N, and Providence, congress. qu! Paris, June 1 Comptroller instructed L. Wil the German peac at his disposal as of the allied and ass the German appearance the he receives the repl; had caused gar ¥'. Luckenbach, the the outer harbor was leaking slightly. he re- toward the|you a ghost of a monev last the GERMAN PEACE LEADER REQUESTS SPECIAL TRAIN (Havas). 0 A TRANSPORT STRUCK A SUBMERGED OBSTRUCTION Boston, June 13.—The transport Ed- . Gay the resolution of Senator Knox, re- would £how | publican of Pennsylvania, proposing in the liver LRI put the senate on record against ac- cepting the league of nations as now interwoven with the terms of peace. sides were opeimistic but were predicting a long and stormy debate. Whether opponents of the resolution should carry their fight to the point struction so as to prevent a vote until after singing of the treaty at Versailles was discussed .A.‘fl a conference of democrats attend- ed by Senator Hitcheock of Nebras- After- be PARTICIPATE IN BLOCKADE June 13.—(By The A. J.)— s notified the. peace con- ference that the government will not a blockade against Germany in the event of the refusal of ign the peace treaty. Holland’s refusal to impose a block- ade against Germany at the request of the fifth country which has declined to meet the allied wishes concerning a blockade of Ger- many should Germany fail to meet the demands of the allies at peace Switzerland was the first country to register its refusal to ac- sce, being followed later by Nor- Sweden and Denmarl Count Von Brockdorfl-Rantzau, chairman of delegation. asked that a special train be placed on as the reply iated powers to counter-proposals handed to him. The count, it is said, intends to go to Cologne as soon as He may con- tinue his journey to Weimar, the seat of the German national assembly. has are outward bound show for for Brest, returncd to port today, hav- ing struck a submerged obstruction in night. steamer lost two propeller blades and She was placed h told the|in drydock for repairs. valor would sponsible for a change in the attitude cotfgrence WPsrmmnrinn aovarnmant * The Some «o called mediums don't give your Cabled Paragraphs Allied Commission ‘for Rhine. Paris, June 13.—The final settlement of the question of the left bank of the Rhine provides for an allied civil com- | mission for the control of the mihh.ryl occupation of the region. FOUR HOUR' INTERVIEW . WITH_ GENFRAL FELIPE ANGELES Headquarters of General Felipe An- geles, Mexico, June 13.—General Felipe Angeles, commander of the rebel forces in the vicinity of Juarez,-granted a four hour interview to a correspondent of The Associated Press this afternoon. General Angeles .is well supplied with frnds and states he is paying for every @ i3 he obtains from the ranch foll When asked what he intended to do about Juarez, he said: “I do mot know Whether to take the ity or not. If I told you, that would be military information, and, of course, 1 have nothing further to say about Juarez.” ; In speaking of conditions in all Mex- ico, General Angeles said: For my part, I have no aspirations: I have no desire or wish to be the big wan in Mexico; I have no desire to he lLicralded as the redeemer of my coun- (ry which has been torn and ‘bled for nine years. The only ambition 1 have {0 aid and assist those other lead- ers with me in redeeming my coun- try General Angeles denied the report that Villa had been wounded in the knee after the Columbus raid. LEADING FEMININE SINN FEIN LEADER ARRESTED Dublin, June 13.—Countess Markie- , a Sinn Fein leader and a mem- ber of parliament, was, arrested here today. She was taken to Cork under escort. Countess Georgina Markievicz has been the leading female figure of the Sinn Fein movement, She took part in the Dublin rebellion in 1916 and was sentenced to penal servitude for the role she played. She was released under the general amnesty but was re-arrested in May, 1918, and intern- ed. She was again rcleased early this year. Y The countess, who I a sister of Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, is the first wo- man ever elected to the house of com- mons. ’ Laurence Ginnell, also a Sinn Fein member of parliament, was arrested in Dublin on May 30. On June 7 he was sentenced at Mullingar to four months imprisonment for inciting to disorder at Athlone, FOUR HOLD-UP SUSPECTS - Ai ) SSTED IN NEW YORK New York, June 13.—Four men were arrested late today on suspicion that they were members of the gang of six bandits who chloroformed Henry Boy- lan, 67 vears old, messenger of the Colonial bank, in the clevated station at Columbus avenue and Eighty-first street, this morning, and who, but for the piuck of David Ryan, 59, another messenger, would have escaped: Wwith $100,000 worth of securities. The suspects were arrested by six detectives touring the precinet to in- spect gang “hangouts’«iniquest of the hold-up men, who fled in_an automas. ile_wwhen. Ryan—feHed—omne~ number with a_revolver. bullet after he had himself been blackjacked. " Orders to round. up “al habitues of Broadway witn criminal records” were issued tonight by police officials, who declared that “in this dragnet we shall get the men who attempted the Colo- nial bank robbery.” A few hours later ten suspects had been gathered' in for examination. SKIRMISH BETWEEN REBELS AND MEXICAN FEDERALS Juarez, Mex., June 13.—A skirmish occurred between federals and ad- vanced forces of General Angeles at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon. Several are reported killed on the federal side- REBEL HEADQUARTERS LESS THAN 13 MILES FROM JUAREZ El Pasp, Tex., June 13.—A courier who arrived late tonight from the rebel headquarters near Zaragosa, less than thirteen miles from Juarez, fe- ports_the rebels have 4,400 men, all armed with rifles, and each man sup- plied with 300 rounds of ammunition. Two field guns and eight machine guns are included in the rebel fighting equipment. At the time the courier left the camp the intention was to attack Juarez before daylight tomorrow morning. WIND PREVENTED “HOP OFF"” OF VICKERS-VIMY BOMBER St. Johns, N. I, June 13.—A stiff southwest ‘wind prevented Captain Jack Alcock and. Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown from “hopping _oft” late today in their ' Vickers-Vimy bomber in an attempt to capture the $50,000 prize offered by the London Daily Mail for a non-stop flight from Newfoundland to Treland. The aviators | announced tonight ‘they would take the air at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, weather permitting. Tonight Vice Admiral said the Handley-Page's flight this evening had proved so satisfactory that he might leave tomorrow, al- though Sunday was more likely. APPLICATIONS FOR HELP EXCEED REGISTRATION Hartford, Conn., June 13.—Applica- tions for eniployment made to the Connecticut office of the United States Employment Service the past week exceeded by 201 the registration of workmen for jobs, it was stated to- day. While employers made requests for 1639 men and 519 women the number of applicants for work were 1,401 men and 328 women, ‘of whom 1246 men and 348 women were re- ferred and 750 men and 275 women were reported placed in positions. Three women and 62 men were trans- ferred to jobs in other cities. Mark Kerr WALSH AND DUNNE WRITE TO AMERICAN DELEGATION Paris, June 13.—Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City and Former Governor Zdward F. Dunne of Illinois, repre- ting the Irish societies in Amer- have written to the American peace delegation asking to be inform- ed what action has been taken their request for a conference to con- sider the question of Ireland. The letter quotes the resolution passed by the United States senate requesting the Ameriean peace com- mission to secure a hearing before the peace conference for Bdward De Valera and his associates. THE DESTROYER COLE LAUNCHED AT CRAMPS Philadelphia, June 13.—The torpedo hoat destrover Cole, the twentieth of her class built. at Cramps-shipyard here, covered a five mile course in the Delaware river today at a_ speed of 411 knots an hour, claimed to he g Second Stage Today on |V Telegraphers'Strike When Railroad ors at 23,000 Points ntinue Handling Commercial Mes- sages. Chicago, June 13.—The second stage of the Commercial Telegraphers’ strike will be reached tomorrow morning, when railroad operators at 23,000 points in Americg are to dis- continue handling commercial mes- sages under an order issued by the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Such action, strike leaders declared tonight, will tie up all commercial telegraph business except between the larger cities in which the Western TUnion and Postal Telegraph compan- ies maintain_their own offices. Offi- cials of the Postal said that company will not be affected by the order as little Postal husiness iz handled through railroad stations. Western Union officials, while ex- pressing belief that the order would be rescinded, predicted that its effect would not have serious results. . They estimated that the 23,000 poinis handling commercial business over railroad wires do not average more than five messages each day. Meanwhile, officers of the Commer- cial Telegraphers’ Union of America continued to receive reports indicat- ing that the strike is spreading. S. J. Konenkamp, international president of the union, said the number of strik- crs had reached 22,000; that the strike of clectrical workers set for next Mon- day would add 130,000 workers to the list, and that by early next week tele- phone service in many cities and 12 PAGES—96 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS Repeat the Salute to the Flag Today Every Loyal American Should Make It a Part of the Flag Day Patriotic Demon- stration. New York, June 13.—An appeal to the American public to make Flag Day the occasion of patriotic demonstra- tion which will give an answer to the recent bomb outrages as.striking as the outrages themselves, has been is- sued by the National Security League. “Let a hundred million people show their loyalty,” says the appeal, “and the apostles of violence will see the futility of their efforts.” Every newspaper throughout the country is urged to print the Salute to the Flag and every loyal American is asked to repeat either at home, in church, theater, public assembly ~or street meeting the pledge contained in the last sentence of the salute: “I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty =~ and justice for all.” WILL H. HAYS REPLIES TO HOMER S. CUMMINGS Fort Wayne, Ind., June 13.—Will H. ‘Hays, chairman of the national com- mittee of the republican party, in an address tonight rejected the challenge jof Homer S Cummings, chairman of the national democratic committee, recently ade in Chicago, that the re- publicans make a partisan iss',> of the league of nations. Mr. Hays “without naming the league, nevertheless said: “The conclusion of the treaty of “Fling the Flag to the bre ars ¥ % The manners The straits that The work the; THE FLAG'S BIRTHDAY June 14th, 1919 eze for the glory of God Who gave us the power to triumph o’er wrong: We'll keep to the path that His Children have trod, And always for service be faithful and strong.” ¥ % % When this old flag was new, and the men That are so petty now Methinks were better then. we were in, re was to do, All hands and hearts made strong, When this old flag was new. P R e “God bless the dear old flag!= The nation’s hope and pride, For which our father’s fought, For which our children died; And, long as there shall beat A heart to freedom true, “Preserve the rights we won When this old flag was new. towns - will through a erators, The brokers’ division of the tele- graphers’ union has been asked to take action. Meetings were to be held tonight and tomorrow at which it wiil be decided whether to strike in sympathy. The Association of Western Union Employes representing 65 per cent. of Western Union workers, announced that the small number of strikers in that company had returned to work. A committee representing the strikers submitted to the Postal con- ditions upon which a settlement could be reached. They provided that the company agree to wage adjustments after the government has released control of the company. The condi- tions were forwarded to New York. POSTAL CO. HAS ENTERED INTO NO NEGOTIATIONS New York, June 13—The Postal Tel- egraph Company has entered into no negotiations whatever with its strik- ing operators, and has received no communication from them at any time except through the public press, it was stated here foday by Bdward Rey- nolds, general manager of the Postal system. Mr. Reynolds added that the company looked upn the strike as vir- tually at an end. Mr. Reynolds said the company had practically a normal force of oper- ators and that reports from other cities showed many men coming back to work. The report that officials of the Commercial Telegraphers’ Union of America had submitted to the Pos- tal Telegraph Company conditions upon which an agreement could be based, was attributed by Mr. Reynolds to the fact that “Postal operators in the union are bringing pressure to bear on the union leaders to call off the_strike.” o principal is involved in this strike,” he continued, “and the men are becoming restless. “While we have had no negotiations with the men and are not urging them to come back, we are willing to take them back without prejudice and without considering their continuity of service interrupted, if the return with- be greatly impaired walkout of telephone op- in a reasonable time.” ‘The order ied by the railroad telegraphers' union directing its mem- bers to refuse to handle Western Un- ion business after 6 o'clock tomorrow morning will affect less than 5 per cent. of the company’s traffic, accord- ing to a statement issued tonight by Fashbaugh, vice president. t more than 10 per cen.t of our business,” said Mr. Fashbaugh, ‘“is ndled through railroad telegraph of- "ces, and we have arranged to handle st half of this by other means.” ; Thomas. vice Commercial ‘Telegraphers’ union, reit- erated previous claims that the strike was arowinz in strensth throughout the country. he said. were he- inz meeting of the strikers held world's record for a destioyer of - her type. The contract speed requirement ar the Cole is 35 knots. * Faic v it wus decided to appoint a comr. 2e to call upon the typograph- ical vnion und ask members of U organization 10 refuse to set “cop: received over wires from “scab” op- crators Brokers' operators in the financial peace, including all its provisions— when we know what they are—is in no sense a partisan question. It is an American question. In the same spirit in which republicans during the recent war measured their every act by how they could contribute most to effective action, so now they are determined .o meet this new phase of the war prob- lem’ in that revived spirit of fervent Americanism which is the glorified re- sult of our experience of fire and blood, moving with a full appreciation of this country's duty as a responsible factor in the world of today and tomorrow with the earnest determination to do all sthat can possibly be done toward the maintenance of peace without sac- rificing our own supreme nationalism, the preservation of which in its integ- rity -is the greatest safeguard for the future, not only for the citizens of this country, but for all peoples every- where.” -3 Among his declarations following: “With all our power we will strive to vrevent the further spread of so- clalism. “That criminal element, organized or unorganized, called 1. W. W. or anything else that goes about this country seeking whom it can destroy —that thing is a traitor to this coun- try, nothing else, and should be treated as_such. “The republican party will not for- &et, in the stress of other matters, that its protective tariff policies have made the wages of our laborers the highest in the world. “In the great readjustment ahead, business must have sympathetic help, not antagonistic curtailment. “There must be strong federal regu- lation, but not federal ownership.” were the CLOSING SESSION CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONS Rochester, N. Y., June 13.—Election of Ralph L. Peck of the Cook county civil _service commission, Ilinoi president: choice of Colorado Springs as the place foy the 120 convention, and authorization of a campaign to raise a_fund of $1%000 for establish- ment of a national central service bu- reau to facilitate standardization of examination method: marked the closing session of the assembly of civil service commissions today. Charles P. Messick, Trenton, N. I.. secretary and chief examiner of the New Jersey state commission. was one of the members elected to the execu- tive committee. TWO NEW YORK PATROLMEN SHOT WHILE ARRESTING YOUTH New York, June 13—Two patrolmen boarding a surface car wit ha prisoner tonight were made the targefs of a volley of revolver shots fired by per- sons in a crowd of 200 which had tried vainly to restue the captive, a youth charged with robbinz a candy shop. Both policemen, another man and a young woman passenger on the car Were wounded. but none seriously. In spite of their wounds, the officers o0k their prisener to a police station. district will'hold a meeting tomorrow afterngon to decide whether, or not they will join the s stated that if 4 { brokers will be given three days' zrace before it will become effective. | Condensed Telegrams Santos coffee crops estimated at 4,000,00 bags. : Suitan of Turkey’s palace in Con- stantinople destroyed by fire. A_commission from France arrived at Washington to purchase dairy herds. 5 Canada’s production of coal in 1918 officially estimated at 15,180,000 short tons. Premier Clemenceau will confer the Croix de Gueerre with plam on City of Paris. Orders for steel rails "of about 20,00 tons for export to Japan were booked recently. Total reserve of Bank of England dropped £1,719,000 in week. Bullion increased £95,000. A strike of taxi and horse cab drivers and workers in gas works is in progress in Buenos Aires. It is reported the Austrians are planning for the overthrow of the present unstable government. Number of common stock holders in the United States Steel Corpora- tion on May 29 totaled 74,071 A new record was established when the Supreme Court declared 669 cases for the term which ciosed Monday. Six “mystery ships” will be used for salvaging merchant vessels sunk by German submarines by the British Government. United States gold coin amounting to $3,500.000 was withdrawn from the sub-Treasury for shipment to South America. Shipments of precious stones to the United States from London for the five months ended May 31, were valu- ed at £3,000,000. It was announded in shipping cir- cles that all space required for Northern France was obtainable for 65 _cents a cubic foot. Shippers and forwarders official announcement from the Ca- nadian Pacific Railway that _after July 1 through export bill of lading will be issued throughout United Kingdom and French ports. Due to the good work of American doctors and nurses Siveria has passed the critical stage in the fight on the typhus and. smallpox epidem- ics, Sales of War Savings Stamps and certificates will be relied upon by the Treasury Department to supply a large part of the Gevernment's fin- cial needs. Chancellor of Exchequer Chamber- lain_recently announced in the House of Commons that the coinage of sil- ver fin 1919 to May 17, amounted to £2,646,800. After two hours’ questioning by District Attorney Lewis of Brooklyn, Gordon Fawcett Hemby confessed to the robbery of the Bast Brooklyn Savings Bank. Germans reported growing more insolent in zone occupied by Ameri- can troops as number of troops di minish. Six Americans were killed so far by German civilians. Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett Commander of the Army of Occupa- tion received the decoration of a Grand Officer of the Order of St Maurice and St. Lazarus of Italy. A protracted drought throughout France is injuring the food crops ‘and causing higher prices. There was mo rain for mnearly three weeks and the temperature is at 90 degrees. Harvey L. Roberts, president of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, at Win- received sted, Conn., attempted suicide and was removed to the Litchfield, (Conn.) hospital in a dying condi tion. Directors of the International Harvester Co. at their meeting are understod to have discussed the question of payment for large quan- tities of farm machinery wanted in Turope. A report from London says the United Textile Factory Worers' As- soclation accepted the invitation of | the Ministry of Labor to confer with | leaders of the operatives at an early date. Operation of an American steam- ship line Dbetween San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego and with Mexican, Central and South American ports, will soon begin, according to a report from Mexico to the Depart- ment of Commerce. A class of 107 young men was grad uated from Phillips Andover Academy at the 141st commencement exercises. An endowment of 50,000 for the pro- ip of English literature at| college was announced by ent Ellen F. Pendleton at the commencement exercises, TO PRESERVE NATURAL FLOW OF WHEAT FROM THE FARM New York, June 13.—To preserve a natural flow of wheat from the, farm, periodical premiums covering storage charges will be added to the b: price at various guarantee marlkets, according to an announcement here tonight, by Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director, These premiums will not be intro- duced during July, when basic pric- es prevailing for the last year will re- main in effect. For each succeeding month, however, premiums will be an- nounced thirty days in advance. URAL SIBERIAN TROOPS HAVE CAPTURED GLAZOV rid; June 6 (Russian Tele- graphic Agency).—On the northern | end of the front west of the Uural the | Siberian troops have captured Glazov and are advancing toward Viatka, an| official announcement ys: On the southern front there is fighting near | Sarapul and near Ufa. OBITUARY. John Walsh. New Britain, Conn.. June 13.—John Walsh, former mayor this city and at one time associate judge of fhe court of common pleas of Hartford coun- ty, died at his home here tonight at the age of 73. Born in Treland. he came to New Britain at the age of 20 and studied law. He was the first stenographic court reporter in_the courts of this state, serving thirty vears as stenographer of the court of common pleas. Judge Walsh was mavor in 1888- 1889 and 18! and had been al members of the school hoard for for- ty vears. He had also served as cor- poration counsel and judge of pro- bate. Silas Partridge Knight. New Yoii, June 13. — Silas Par- tridge Knight, inventor of the electro- | type process, died today at his home in Brooklyn in his 98th year. X night, who was believed to be the old- est member of the Tndependent Order of 0Ad Fellows in this country, was | horn at St. Johns, N. F. He came to New York in 1853 to install the first | &lectrotype plant for the Harpers. Samuel H. Wilcox. Guilford, Conn., June 13.—Samuel H. Wilcox, chairman of the board of directors of the Peck, Stow and Wil- cox Company, hardware manufactur- ers, of Southington, died at his sum- Atlantic Cit tary of Labor Wi the convention of eration of Labor today, urged organ- ized labor to refuse to support the na- tionwide strike which has been pro- posed as a protest against the convic- tion of Thomas Mooney. new evidence justified a new trial and that he himself was devoting much time to the case. The secretary declared that so far the government’s inquiry had shown that the judge and jury before whom | Mooney was tried had conducted ! themselves properly and that on the| evidencé the jury had to convict. ie| admitted that new evidence might de- | velop which would alter the situation. “But,” he continued. “for organized labor (o participate in such a strike | as is proposed would simply mean| that labor was trying Mooney, with-| out the benefit of evidence. Very few of us are familiar with all the evi dence yet every workingman is ask- ed to make himself a juror. ustice cannot be obtained in that wa Secretary W son then turned his attention to Bolshevism and was hear- tily cheered when he asserted that no| element of American labor wuuldl stand for Bolshev for a momen when the true meaning of the move- | ment was understood. | “Closely ‘allied to the work of the| Industrial Workers of the World dur ing the past year,” he said, “there h been more or less Bolshevism_ agit: tion in the United States, which has| not been to any great extent manifest | among the real wage workers of the| country, but which has existed prin-| cipally among the parlor coal diggers | of our country. “They dictatos talk a great deai_about the ip of the proletariat but the| didn't even take the dic-| the proletariat as their long speech before the | Soviet at’ Moscow a little more than| a year ago, Lenine laid down the| principle of the dictatorship of a few | selebted s led advance guards. H held that proletariat was not to be! trusted because it would waver and tatorship of guide. In hi Mr. Wilson | kind of obligatory labor. told the delegates that the govern-)can workingman wants nothing of the ment was investigating the claim that | polit Russia. | will becoma 1e: AFOFLURGEDNOTTO SUPPBRT MOONEY STRIKE Secretary of Labor Wilson in So Advising Told the Dzlegates That the Government Was Investigating the Claim That New Evidence Justified a New Trial—Delegaets Will Go to Washington Today by Special Train to Participate in the Demonstration Against War Time Prohibition. . J., June 13.—Secre- | that this self-selected advance guard on, speaking before | would, impose its will upon the work- the American Fed- | ers d the others must obey. “The American workingman wants nothing of that kind of dictatorship of ‘workingman the - proletariat. The American wants nothing of that The Ameri- 1, social or economic conditions have existed and still exist in We have worked out our scheme far beyond that stage and we are going to continue to work it out that |to the achievement of higher ideals and by the will of no advance guard, ne matter how just or right their po- ion might be, but by the will of the majority themselv i President Gompers sketched the his- tory of the department of labor and added: “There seems to be a policy to starve this department out of exist- ece or deny it money to the point where its efficiency and value to the working people of the country will be materially reduced. Let me tell you that outside the government depart- ments wkich had to do with ships and soldiers during the war, the depa ment of labor did more toward win- ning it than her. We hope soon that the won I sway from mili- tary to industrlal activity. I predict that the war and navy departments and less potent and that functions of the labor 'depart- ment will become more vital to the nation. Let me announce, too, that the American Federation of Labor will fight any and all efforts to curb, weaken or destroy the department,” Presdient Gompers announced that'a committee consisting of C. L. Baine, of the boot and shoe makers, Martin F. Ryan, of the Car Workers, and D. H. McCarthy had been appointed to cooperate with the electrical workers committee in negotiating with Post- master General Burleson in an effort 10 ward off the electrical and tele- phone strike called for Monday. The convention adjourned until Monday. Tomorrow most of the delé- ates will go to Washington by spe- rain to participate in the dem- ion there in protest against r time prohibition. TO HOLD CONFERENCE ON ANSONIA STRIKE Ansonia, Conn., June 13.—The strike committee of nineteen of the American Brass company tonight received notice from the company that officials of the concern will meet the strike commit- tee for a conference at 10 o'clock Mon- day morning. It is believed by persons in touch with the strikes in} ¥, which have put more than sons out of employment, that Monday's conference will result in a aa-cment of the labor troubles. No_disorder reported tos or tonight and the extra police and dep- uties patrolling the city found little to do. A statement by the committee of nineteen of the American Brass com- strikers today blamed the brass for prolonging the strikes, declaring that “all other concerns in- formed their employes that whatever conditions were granted by the Amer- ican Brass company would be granted by all othér factories”” It was also stated that the strike committees of e various plants involved in the alkouts had conferred and decided to form a central union. ANNUAL ELECTIONS AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Middletown, Conn., June 12.—At the nnual college body elections at Wes- eyan University Jdward Boote of East Orange, N. J., chosen president of the college Other elections resulted as f Secretary-tre of George I Pec ball manager. Ohio; assis M. Johnson, M. H. Andr sistant manager, F. Troy, tennis manager, Thornton, Philadelphia; assistant ten- nis manager, R. H. Giere, Mount Ver- . ¥.; manager of dramatics and Davenport, Jr., Clinton ani manager of dramat- C. S, Johnson. Meriden; assi nt manager of debate, John S. Pipe Middletown. s as- Fellows, S SALE OF PROPERTIES OF JOSIAH V. THOMPSON | Pittsburgh, June The signing of | the Dill of sale transferring the coal | and other properties of Josiah V.| Thompson, Uniontown, Pa., to the! Piedmont Coal company for $3.500,000 will be made here tomorrow by the | truste~s in bankruptcy. The sale is con 4 nt upon ratification and ap- $ i the United States courts not than Dec. 31, 1919, The purchaser takes title to the property subject to all mortgages, deeds in trust, venders' liens and dow- er charges. The purchase price is for equities in the properties and is to be paid in cash on delivery- The secured indebtedness assumed by the purchaser will aggrezate between $12,000,000 and $13,000,000. BRITISH LABOR PARTY NOT TO BE REPRESENTED London. June 13.—The British labor party will not be represented tomor- row at the conference in Paris which is to discuss the Jtalian proposal for a 24-hour strike in Italy, France and ngland in protest against allied in- tervention in Russia and the peace terms. It was explained in labor circles to- night that there is not sufficient time to vermit of a ballot by the affiliated trades unions, which would be neces- sary_before any decision could be reached concerning Eritish laborites taking part in the conference, COUNCIL OF TEN TO RECEIVE TURKISH DELEGATION Paris, June 13—(By The A. P.)— The council of ten on Tuesday morn- ing next will receive the Turkish dele- gation now at Vaucresson, a suburb of Paris, in the cloakroom of the Qui -| stituent STATE CONVENTION OF LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Conn, June 13.—At the 1 convention “the state field Meriden, third any day association, Loyal Order of Moose of Connecticut, which was held here this afternoon, the following officers were chosen: Dictator, Thomas W. B Waterbury; vice dictator, Charles Husey nsonia; prelate, w London: treas- of Hartford: sec~ ead of South Norwalk: rms, James Ganung of sergeant at South Norwalk e guard, A. T. Tewksbur e outside guard, W. J. Pfeifer, Rockville; trus- tees, C. W. well, New Haven, W. F. Costello, New Britain, and John Frantain, Stamford. T'ojlowing the recommendation of tho fate dictator, it was voted that in the future the convention and the field day meet will be held in different towns each year. Tl parade nad field day meet will zelG here tomorrow- ke Sodeae X TASK OF ASSEMBIY IS TO CREATE NEW ORDER IN RUSSIA v 6.—(Russian Beilrussov, chairman in charge of the preparation of the elections for the constituent assembly which will suc- ceed the Kolchak government, has is- sued a statement that the future con- ssembly will have the sov- ereign power over all political and so- radical of the committee s | cial problem: It will be the task of the assembly, he said, to create a new order in Russia, to establish a stable govern- ment and to bring Russia into the The elections be on the basis e. family of free nation to the assembly wil of universal suffra HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH TURKISH DELEGATION Paris, June 13—(By. The A. PJ) There has been no communication i3 t between officials of the peace con- ference and the Turkish delegation which is at Vauer under French supervison. The restrictions about the Turks are the same as those at St. Germain and Versailles. The Turks, it is understood, stand firmly for the retention of the Otto- man government in Constantinople. They are divided about equally as to whether France or Great Britain should have the mandate for Turkey. There has been no mention of the United States in this connection, it is understood. DISCUSSING PLANS FOR ORGANIC CHURCH UNION Atlantic Ci \. J., June 13.—Del- egates representing large evangelical churches in the country in session here to devise a plan for organic church union, failed to agree upon a workable plan today to bring about the formation of a league of _the Churches of Christ of the United State: Bishop Luther C. Wilson, head of the war mission of the Methodist Episcopal church, authorized the statement, which was concurred in by the representatives of the Methodist piscopal and_the Presbyterian rep- resentatives, that the progress made at the meeting was “encouraging.” PROTEST DECLARING POLAND IN A STATE OF WAR Berlin, June 13—(By The A. P)— Mathias F herger, head of the Ger- man armist commission, has writ- ten General Dupont, chief of the French mission in Berlin, protesting zainst a Polish army order declar- ng Poland is in a_state of war with Germany and that Poland purposes to distribute divisions of General Hal- ler's army along the frontier. Erzberger says this is opposed to the terms of the armistice, and he ad- @'Orsay and hear their statement con- mer home at Sachem’s Head today. He retired from acitve work ten vears azo, at which time he was manager of the New Yorw office of the company. cerning Turkey The drafting of the peace terms for Turkey will he postponed until after the delegation is heard. vises Marshal Foch that unless the order is rescinded Germany will be compelled to spend the transport of General Hallers Polish army scrose Germany.