Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 19, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 145 . POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN, TH URSDAY, JUNE 19, 1 10 PAGES—80 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS GERMANS FEAR RESULTS | THEY REJECT PEACE TERMS A Large Majority of the Cabinet, Who Are Opposed to Sign- ing, Are Fearful of a Reign of Bolshevism and Chaos Should Germany Decline to Meet the Wishes of the Al- lies—The National Assembly’s Peace Commission is Carefully Studying the Document—Other Phases of the International Situation. (By The Associated Press.) | which should be approached with an R | entirely open mind. Nothing officlal has el acome | < he Council of Foreign ! ministers Kmown O Prai’ with |and the Supreme Economic Council a0 the peace treaty. At Weimar | Were the only sections of the peace The Gocument has been piaced before | conference in Paris at work Wed- e national assembly’s peace commis- |nesday. The Polish-Ukrainian _situ- s sl et ation and_details as to the occupa- oafficial reports are that ihere is|ton of Danzig by the Poles were e latetion on the part of |under discussion by the foreign min- 2 e e German wabinet |isters, while the economic council's e o afeale over what | deliberations concerned the resump- <idered extremely hard terms | tion of trade relations with Germany e e astarted (hat |and financing of food supplies for 'r\.ullr"\: of the member: (‘fl"“s”“l binet are opposed to signing the | Released Spartacan .and Commu- if. but are fearful of a reign of |nist prisoners have attempted to shevism and_consequent chaos in|force their way into the castle at o country shotild they declne to meet | Weimar, where members of German » wishes of the allies. government hate their headquarters. American, British and French troops | They were repulsed. It is helieved repared for any oventuality and |to have been their intention to seize ? & fusther asion become: neces- | President Ebert, Premier Scheide- Fy. ther will march into Germany |mann and Winister of Defense Nos- n battle formation ke. o “-heidemann, head of the| An attempt by French sailors car- Gabina addressing the | rving the red flag to release from the peace »n of the national a in Brest a number of their mt ] . hat th mbly des who recently mutined in the pre ment w nfronted | ca also failed. The situation at ith omen decision declared to be serious. STOR “REATION OF HENRY |CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING FORD & “FLAG OF HUMANITY"| THE “SHORT CHANGE GAME” o Cltioha’ 3 * amford, Conn., June 18.—A man . o who gave the name of John Venetrio, S ¢ 142 of Cincinnati was arrested at the the of of He First National .bank today charged ots {"against ihe Chica. |attempling to defraud by what is 50 B known as “the short change game.” O ence i has quoted Mr. | The arrest came after warning had Ford as oppe flags of na- | come that the Greenwich Trust tions as obeolete. “something to rally |company earlier had lost 240 through around.” or as “the refuge of scound- | Manipuiation of money by a woman . and as advocat a “flag of |Who was in Vestrio's company. This et he creation of which he |Woman was in an automobile and Was said to have reforred to in 1915, |eluded the polics here by driving Today Irving Bacon, an il or in |away. T the photosrannic and advertising de. | On Venertio was $500 in small bills. partmente of the Ford Motor Com. |He had asked in the bank for twen- iy, thstinea ties. At the Greenwich Trust com- “It’ was guite a long time ago and |Pany, the police learned the woman f.do not recall clearly the icident. I|asked that $500 in small bills be thing, however, that the idea of de- |changed to twenties; then she asked Sl et s’ s put o me|for gold. Then she wanted h either by Dean Marauis. head of the |Small bills back again. In the ex- Sdueational department, of Mr |change money disappeared. ‘The po- Brownell. the advertising menager. 1[lice had been warned of attempts made some sort of ske n water | made at other bamks to get money | colore. T believe the fleld was pur- | changed and took Venetrio as soon Ple and the world was shown. and |35 complain was made. Eymbols of universal brotherhood, | Later the police cought the woman foatermity. peace and industvs ihines |at Darien and brought her back. She - e 3 | was identified as the woman who got| B e REVOLT IN COSTA RICA WAS Panama, June 18.—Details of the|lice were informed that revolutionary outbreak in San Jose.)ford Savings hank lost the Costa Rican capi reported ves- | exchange of bill terday, have been received by the Cos- - 7 Rican consul here. According to his reports, the outbreak began on Thurs- | day last and continued on Friday. It was led school teachers who had been threatened with a reduction in pay On Thursday, the consul's report state crowd which was proceeding te the Americar ulate sceking an dorse here of the teachers' de- the police and \ the 800 newspape greater y m i T of the block was burned. sons being killed and thirt e The sul expreesed beiief th riots were due to Lolshevik influence. CHARGED WITH PLOTTING TO DEFRAUD THE GOVERNMENT New York, June 18—Morris Rosen- bioom, ai err venue inspect- or, and Mo: s hmil, head of the Sterling cunting Audit Com- pany, were arrested today charged with plot o defraud the govern- ment o ncome taxes due m the Coisiwise Warehouse Cory tion. Two other arrests have Accord o the complaint made by the Vnited States aistrict attor- ney, Rachm!l approached F. A. Page, ressures of the warek com 1d him that A the f R folse tax be & Mr. Page with thorities and under thetr irstructions continu- ed the regotiations, which resulied, the complaint saye. in the payment of a $0.060 oribe (0 Poserblun and $2.000 10 Rachm CUBA INVITES VISIT OF AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN New York, June from President Menocal of Cuba invi \ | apparen LED BY SCHOOL TEACHERS |} \ | { compaaies and the mon ly_could not in at a Greenwich bank. She speak English d had the appearance of a gypsy. ter locking up the woman the po- the Stam- money The man and wo- n an man had visited other banks and had MAN CONVICTEDAOF TRT‘PLE MURDER 1S GRANTED PARDON | ! requested an exchange of money. Boston, June 18.—Thomas M. Bram, mate of the barkentine Herby who was convicted of a triple ert Fuller, | murder | on the high seus twenty years ago, has been granted a full pardo president, according to word received | James E. Cotter, who de- | here today n by the fended Mate Bram in the sensational trial, said he had been notified that Bram free man. victed of the killing of the c: aptaim, , the captain’s wife and the second mate of tae barkentine. Word of the pardon came from Bram in a message which said ‘The presi- dent has granted a full and uncondi. tional pardon to your innocent client, Bram added: “This is the closing chapter in a wonderful case.” MERCHANDISE BY AEROPLANE BETWEEN BRUSSELS AND PARIS Brussels, June 18 Service) —Regular merchandise by aeroplane Brus: (French transportation of | Wire eless between 1s and Paris, estalished by com- panies in the two ecities, has already resulted in some unusual cargoes ing carried. sters, brought b; be- | For instance, a consign- | ment of nearly 500 pounds of live lob- | one of the airplanes of the system, arrived at the airdrome near here yesterday afternoon. were in excellent condition. Washington, June munication with Germany partially resumed. The board announced tod: war v that a3l cable censors had received | CABLE WITH GERMANY PARTIALLY RESUMED | 18.—Cable c has 1 They | com- been rade | instructions to accept and transmit | cabiegrams relating to the supply foodstuffs to Germany under the Bru: sels agreement when the messages | 15.—A message | Were otherwise unobjectionable. ing American business men to visit the | PRICES ON THE PARIS island republic and investigate its commercial possibilities was read here today a ta meeting held by the Ameri- can Manufacturers’ Export association. | Arthur Liebes, formerly connected | with La Nacion, a South American newspaper, made an address setting forth the industrial situation in Cuba. 400 CANADIAN SOLDIERS ATTACK POLICE AT EPSOM, ENG. London, June 1S.—Unrest among Canadian’ soldiers in England because of continued postponement of home- ward sailings culminated last night in an attack by 400 Canadians on the Epsom police station. Several police- men were injured, one seriously. The purpose of the attack was to release a Ganadian soldier who had been ar- rested. SUBMARINE LAUNCHED BY LAKE TORPEDO BOAT cO. Bridgeport, Conn, June 18.—The Tnited States submarine R-25 was Jaunched this afternoon from the yards of the Lake Torpedo Boat company This is the third boat completed here this ybar. Mrs. J. W. Barnett, Jr. acted as sponsor. CATHOLIC PARTY VICTORIOUS IN BAVARIAN ELECTIONS Berne, June 13 (Frence Wireless Bervice).--The Catholic center party was victorious virtually ewerywhere it ‘Bavaria in the mimicipal elections held on Bunday. The democratic and ma- Jority socialist parties made a poor whowing. The principal victory for the fndegendent socialists was in Munich. i \ BOURSE ARE FIRM | of Paris, June 18.—Prices on the Bourse were firm today. Three per cent. Cabled Paragraphs Northcliffe Underwent Operation. London, June 18.—Viscount North- cliffe, newspaper owner and former head of the British mission to the United States, underwent an operation today. A bulletin isued by his physi- clans says that the viscount's condi- tion is satisfactory. TELLS OF CONDITIONS IN Paris, June 18 (By the A. P.).—Addi- tional light was thrown today on con- ditions in the Baltic provinces by, Col- onel A. J. Carlson of the sanitary corps of the United States army, a professor in the University of Chicago, Who arrived today in Paris from Riga. Licutenant Colonel Warwick Greene, chief of the American military mission to the Baltic states, also arrived here to discuss the Baltic situation with the peace conference, which is endeavor- ing to obtain a comprehension of the complex conditions caused by the presence of several opposing armies in Letvia and the general encourage- ment of unrest throughout the Baltic regions by German propagandists. In the opinion of Colonel Carlson, the expulsion of the German army from Letvia and Lithuania, recently ordered hy the council of four, will cause the betterment of conditions, but he expressed the opinion that it would be necessary also to expel the volun- teer German and German-Russian forces, created under German officers and operating around Riga _under Major Fletcher, which are held re- sponsible for the recent execution of 100 allezed Bolshevi including ten women, and the imprisonment of great numbers of persons under revoilting conditions. Colonel Carlson visited Riga on June 3 and 4 to investigate sanitary condi- tions. He found the prisons over- crowded with starving men and wom- en who, it was admitted by the Ger- man keepers, were given only enough food to keep them alive. although the American food administration . was supplying provisions, Young and active women, Colonel rlson said, were at the mercy of officers in prisens without matrons. Prisoners were being tortured and executed daily in a manner which he declared was equally revolting as when the Red Terror prevailed. The inves- tigator reported the horrors to Major Fletcher, but the latter refused to do anything to alter the situation materi- ally, declaring that any relaxation of severity would result in a recurrence of Bolshevism. VICIOUS SPECULATION IN PORK PRODUCTS New York, June 18.—Conviction that { there is a “great deal of vicious specu- lation in pork products” was expressed in a statement issued tonight by the American relief administration and signed by Edgar Rickard, joint direc- tor, and Julius Barnes, wheat director. The statement was issued “to clear up misapprehensions in regard to the | control of pork prices by the food ad- ministration and the misconception that these government agencies are holding large stocks of food to the detriment of the consumer.” The food administration, the state- ment said, had at no time occupied the position of » merchant, had not traded in foodstuffs, and consequently “there can be mo question of its retaining large stocks of food.” The only stocks carried, it continued, are under the powers granted by congress to control the 1918 wheat crop. “There is in the last few days the very insistent demand for the resump- tion of consolidated buying by govern- ments which would be a_practical dic- tation of prices in the United States,” the statement concluded. “The present range of prices of pork products in Europe is certainly ~ curtailing con- | sumption in the allied and neutral | countries, and active campaigns are goinz on in many parts to reduce the consumption of American products by substitution of other fats. eWe are, of course. powerless to interfere in the matter, either to put Gown the present spcculation or to prevent action of Eu- ropean government: CLEMENCEAU SENDS REGRETS TO VON BROCKDORFF RANTZAU Paris, June i8.—M. Clemenceau, as president of the peace conference, has sent the following letter to Count Von Brockdorff Rantzau, president of the German deiegation, regretting the re- cent demonstration against German delegates at Versailles: “Mr. Pres I have heen inform- ed that at the time of the departure from Versailles of the German delega- on last (Monday) night a crowd gathered at the doors of vour resi- dence and that some noisy incidents followed. I hasten to express to you my full regrets for acts which are so ~ontrary to the laws of hospitality. These manifestations could only have happened because of the absence of a coriain number of police officials who had been called away on duty in the neizhborhood of Versailles. “The prefect of the Scine and Oise | department _will offer ‘an anology to { Herr Von Haniel, and will be relieved {from office, as well as the police com- missiener, for not having taken ap- propriate’ measures, which had been ordered. “I beg vou to accept, Mr. President the assurances of my high considera tioy “CLEMENCEAU” | CHANGES IN OFFICIALS OF AMERICAN T. & T. CO. New York, June 18.—Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Tele- phorne and Telegraph company, an- { nounced today that he had resigned ! the presidency and assumed the newly i rentes were quoted at 61 francy g | Created position of chairman of the centimes for cash; don, 30 francs 2 centimes; cent times, five loan, 88 francs 42 centimes. The dollar was quoted at | francs 48 centimes to 6 francs 53 cen- fro; | SATISFACTORY PROGRES: S IN exchange on Lon- | ver | m 6 CZECHO-SLOVAK RECRUITING Prague, June 18 (French Wireless | ak recruiting | is mak Service). — Czecho-Slova for an army of increased siz ing satisfactory progress. The city of | o i Prague so far has supplied four bat- talions of troops, and these have al ready been sent to the front. OBITUARY. J. Munson Tomlinso n. Bridgeport, Conn., June 19.—J. Mun- son Tomlinson, vice president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, in charge of accounts, died suddenly at his home in this eity early this morning of apoplexy. He was 59 connected years old and had been with the road for thirty years. Louis Goddu, ‘Winchester, Goddu, who from making hand ‘many’ years ago advanced the shoes the Mass., June 18.—Louis by methods of manufacture by 300 inven- tions, died at his home here today. He was 82 years of age. Mr. Goddu had been awarded gold medals at several expositions im this country and abroad for his ideas. company’s board. H. B. Thayer, identified with the em for forty vears, has heen elect- president, and N. C. Kingsbury has been elected vice president, succeeding U. N. Bethell, who has retired. The changes, Mr. Vail saidfi were in anticipation of the end of federal con- trol of the wire systems 1 LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS SECTION NEARLY READY Paris, June 18 (By the A. P.)—The indications are that the inifial project for the limitation of the armaments of {the great naval and military powers will be ready to present at the first { meeting of the league of nations in | Washington in October. While the plans are subject to the signing and ratification of the treaty, a number of committees are preparinz a general outline of work which will include, be- sides organization, many important subjects under the direction of the league, including disarmament. BOY SCOUT CAMPAIGN ATTAINED ITS OBJECTIVES New York, June 15.—Full success in all its objectives has crowned Boy Scout week, June 8 to 14, according to statements issued here tonight by William G. McAdoo, chairman of the national citizens' committee, James E. West, chief scout executive, and Colin H. Livingston, president of the scout movement. THE BALTIC PROVINCES | | McCumber Defends League of Nations Declares It Offers a Just and Practicable Plan for Preser- vation of World Peace. ‘Washington, June 18—The league of nations was suported in the sen- ate today by Senator McCumber of North Dakofa, a republican member of the foreign relations committee, who urged in a three hour speech that the league covenant offered a just and practicable plan for the preservation of world peace. He replied to argument& of Senator Knox of Pennsylvania and other re- publican leaders and declared he could not be influenced against the league plan by party consideration. “Partisan that I am,” he asserted, “I hope T shall never be so hidebound or so blinded by party exigency as to oppose a just position taken o declared by a member of tion party.’ He charged there had been a cam- paign of misrepkesentation against the league and opposed as a proposal cal- culated “to sound the death knell of any scheme to preserve peace,’ the resolution of Senator Knox, which would declare the senate's opposition to accepting the league covenant along with the peace terms. ARSENIC FIGURES IN TRIAL OF MRS. LUNDGREN Lawrence, Mass.. June 18.— Profes- son W. F. Whiney of Harvard uni- ty. answering a, questio§ under s _cxamination today in the trial of Mrs. Bessie M. (Skeels) Tundgren for the murder of Gay; said that there w of ‘opinion among medical to whether arsenic was present in every human body. In his own ex- perience, he said, he had examined the organs of many persons without®find- ing any trace of arsenic. Professor Whitney had previously testified that he found more than three and one-third grainst of arsenic in the organs of Miss Gay’s body and thaf in his opinion her death was due to arsenical poisoning. Counsel for the defense questioned him closely as to his methods of ex amining the organs. When he said that he had calculated the amount of Mis Florence W. a difference experts as jarsenic in the liver from an examin- ation of thirty grams of it he was asked whether his estimate would not be incorrect if the arsenic were -not evenly distributed. He admitted this, but said that in his experience he had always found an even distribution, Asked how the poison was adminis- tered, the witness said it was probably in a solution by itself. He testified that the preliminary examination of the liver and stomach was made by his assistant Henry C. Smith Mr. Smith was then called and told of assisting Professor Whitney in ex- amination of the organs. In answer to a question as to the composition of Fowler’s solution, which a Bayonne, N. J, druggist has testified he sold to Mrs. Skeels. Mr. Smith said the solu- tion contained four and a half grains of arsenic to each ounce. HOUSE VOTES EXTENSION OF TELEGRAPH RATES Washington, June 18.—Telegraph rates fixed by the government under federal control would be extended for a “reasonable period not exceeding six months” under an amendment adopted tentatively tonight by the house dur- ing consideration of legislation to re- peal the control act. The amendment, offered by Representative Merritt, re- publican,” Connecticut, was adopted without a record vote. When the house later completed work on the bill, excepting a final vote on its passage, Representative Small, @emocrat, of North Carolina, an- nounced he would demand a separate vote on the Merritt amendment, but this together with the final vote was deferred until tomorrow. Besides lengthening the period of rate_extension, the house measure as approved tonight differs from the sen- ate bill in that it would repeal the original wire act at the end of the calendar month in which the act is ap- proved by the president instead of “forthwith” as provided by the senate. OFFICIALS ANTICIPATE MORE BOMB OUTRAGES ‘Washington, June 15.—The menace of bomb outrazes still hangs over the country, in the belief of offiicals of the department of justice. William J. Fiynn, chief of the dg- partment’s bureau of investigsaon, said today that he believed there were “more bombs to come.” but said it was impossible to say when the next at- tempt might be made 1o create a reign of terror by explosions. Mr. Flynn said he knew of no plot planned for Independence day. He ex- pressed the belief that eventually those involved in the recent outrages would be brousht to justice. “We know the source from which the bomb operators have come,” Mr. Flynn said. “The agitation is purely domes- tic and has no foreign connection.” LIQUOR DEALERS APPLY FOR ANNUAL FEDERAL LICENSE New York, June 18.—Thousands of liquor dealers applied today for the annual federal license, permitting the sale of alcoholic beverages for one year from July 1. Under instructions from Daniel C. Roper, commi: of internal revenue, th be granted at the purchaser’s risk and this circumstance has raised hopes among the dealers that the day of na. tional bone dryness is not as near as they feared. DEPORTATION PROCEED]NGS AGAINST STRIKE LEADERS Winnipez. Man., June 13.—Deporta- | tion proceedings will be started tomor- row against ten alleged strike leaders arrested here yesterday by Dominion authorities. For the first time In five weeks of the general strike, a limited street car service was in operation today. ADVISED GERMAN CABINET TO REJECT PEACE TREATY | Basle, June 18 (By the A, P.) German p ing's meet The ce delegation at this morn- ng at Weimar advised the cabinet fo reject the peace treaty, ac- | cording to a despaich sent from Wel- mar by the correspondent of the Frankfort Zeitung. The correspondent added that the experts with the delegation also were of the opinion that the treaty should be rejected. POSTAL CENSORSHIP TO BE DISCONTINUED SATURDAY Washington, June 18.-—Official an- nouncement was made toda by the censorship board that the United States postal censorship would be dis- continued at {he close of business next Sl!urda)',‘.,: Senate Tables Anti- Prohibition “Rider " Senator Phelan Sought to Have It Added to Agricul- tural Appropriation Bill. Washington, June 18.—Certain de- feat for efforts to have congress ex- empt beer and wine from operation of the war time prohibition law was seen in an overwhelming vote of 55 to 11 in the senate late today against an exemption proposal. that margin, the senate tabled a_motion by Senator Pheian, demo- crat of California, to add a rider to the agricultural appropriation bill for application of the war time prohibi- tion Jaw to distilled spirits alone. The sentiment of the senate thus express- ed in the first test vote of this con- gress was taken generally to sound the death knell for measures designed to permit use of beer and wines un- der war time legislation. Disposition by the senate of the Phelan proposal came after little dis- cussion, except by Mr. Phelan, and none by advocates of prohibition. The California_senator urged that the senate’s rules against legislative riders on appropriation bills be set aside to make his rider in order. As such a mo- tion required a two thirds majority, Senator Gronna, republican of Norih Dakota, declared that interminable de- hate would be entailed and moved to table Senator Phelan’s motion to shut off_further discusion. On the Phelan motion, senators vot- ing in its support were: Republicans— Calder, Edge. France, Knox, La Fol- lette and Wadsworth. Democrats— King, Phelan, Reed, Thomas and Williams. Total 11. Senator McLean, republican of Connecticut, also voted against tabling the motion, but later withdrew his vote because of a pair. ANSONIA STRIKERS HAVE AGAIN REJECTED PROPOSALS Ansonia, Conn., June 15.—The strike committec of the American Brass com- pany tonight announced that the men had again rejected proposals to return to work and that the strike of about four thousand employes would con- tinue. Alhough it had been expected that the efforts of Mayor Mead to bring about a settlement of the chief labor trouble here would be successful, a majoritv of the rtrikers were ane posed to the plan, The mayor had as sured the SUIKE Couuumies lice ine company would give ten hours' pay for eight hours' work and that the mini- mum wage would be 44 cents an hour. The mayor has conferred with officials of the mills and that basis is said to have been agreed upon, providing the men returned to work at once. The brass company announced that it would open its local mills Friday morning. Officials said they expected a large number of the American work- men to return to their places. Many of those who.walked out of other local factories have resumed work since these plants have reopened. Factory officials believe the strike in Water- bury today affected the local situation. Reports to Sheriff Reilly are that there are an increased number of agi- tators active in this city, but no ar- rests were made. The force cf extra police on duty here will be increased tomorrow. Mayor Mead tonight conferred with officials of the Ansonia O. & C. com- pany, following a request from strikers that he attempt to effect a settlement of the trouble at tha plant. STATE RESTS ITS CASE IN TRIAL OF MRS. GILLIGAN Middletown, Conn, June 18.—The state rested its case this afterneon in the trial of Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilligan, charged with the murder of Franklin R. Andrews, an inmate of a home for elderly people which she maintained in ndsor. Numerous witnesses testified as to the death of Andrews. Victor C. Vaughn, medical school of the University Michigan, testified as a poison ex- pert. He told of receiving the organs of Andrews in jars from Thomas F. Bgan, superintendent of the Con- necticut state police, and of his ex- amination of the organs. Traces of arsenic were present, he said. Dr. Arthur J. Wolff described the autopsy | dean of the he performed opinion that Andrews died of arse- nical poisoning. 2 The defense will begin mony tomorrow its testi- DAMAGING TEéTIMONV X AGAINST DR. WILKINS I shortly after murdered his | Beach home iust a tthe doctor's tri Jacobsor, a have detectives that he had it to | be cleaned or that ron postessed {a suit similar to the ene described. Julius Kaplan, a dry cicanser, to j whom Jacobson said bhe sent (he suit, | testified that he w 2 were bloodstains becaus liar reaction of peroide on them. The stains !suid. | o take any action in led “ick trust” in States District At- Crosby tonight issued { torney Joh he £ at thoroughly, then pared to say what [ The information that 27 hefore me seems in- intend to comsider it »rmal complaint has o p is recel ing my attention.” | BRITISH D!RIGIBLE R-34 i TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK i B v at the invitation of the United States navy, wili arrive the latter part of next week, if weather conditions are favorable, instead of - this Sunday, as originally schedvled, according to an- nouncement today ‘by Lieutenant ‘Col- onel Irederick W. Lucas of the Royal Air force, in charge of arrangements for the aircraft's arrival. 9 of | of Hartford : Mineola, L. “Testimary that Dr. Walt kins sovzht to have a cleaned | Jacobson t brought in scribed it as a datk Dr. W s is said to have demed to gate the ice sit-| made {» me as yet, but the matter; terms of the allied Condensed Telegrams Department of Agriculture will is- sue on July 1 report on condition of cotton and area. Bar silver was quoted at 5473 pence in London. New York quoted bar silver at $1.126 ..General Electric Co. reduced work- ing hours at Schenectady plant to 48 hours a week. ‘ House rules committee decided upon immediate action to end gov- ernment control of wires. Wheat and grain fields in Indiana after being ‘burned in order to stop the ravages of the “army worm.” Chile Copper Co. produced in May 5,606,000 pounds of copper, compared with 5,024,000 ounds in April. i United States Steamship Co. will launch 9400-ton steamer at the Alex- andrio, Va., shipyard Saturday. Giant British dirigible R-34 will leave Britain Friday and is scheduled to_arrive at New York Sunday. New York university yesterday con- ferred the degree of doctor of commer- cial service upon Thomas Coleman Du- ont. B Four thousand workers of the Do- minion Textile Co., Montreal, went on strike for increased wages and short- er hours. was withdrawn from the New York sub-Treasury for shipment to South America. General Pershing advised the War Department that 4th and 5th Divi- sions of regular troops would remain as soon as possible. Gold coin amounting to $3,650,000 CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE RADICAL ELEMENT A.F.0F L. Bitter Feeling Developed Over Resolution Proposing a Policy of Initiative and Referendum Within the Ranks of Or- ganized Labor—Only 35 Delegates Voted for Proposi- tion—Delegates Were Unanimous in Adopting a Resolu- tion Calling on President Wilson to Remove Postmaster General Burleson—President Gompers Announced His Steamship Dante Alighieri arrived Pocket Had Been Picked. . ; at New York with 1897 troops of arionnet g the American Expeditionary rorces | Atlantic City, N. J, June 18.—Radi- their own pet schemes to the eventual cal and conservative delegates attend- | detriment und even disintegration of ing the reconstruction convention of | *{INNAL labor iwell. R the American Federation of Labor |adopied: toduy o s lra eiorutions clashed again tloday. The contest|initiative and referendum. on conste arose over a resolution proposing in-lmuonul E endments: one upporting auguration of a policy of initi H\'Ol 1l legislation suggested by President and referendum within the ranks of on in his recent message to con- organized labor and was marked by a | gress: one favoring legislation permit display of bitter feeling which result- | ting labor officers. in (he. Boverument ed in the crushing defeat of the radi- | employ to have I of cal element, = sence to attend to labor business without in- A vote on whether there should be a | jury to their standing; one favoring a roll call on the resolution disclosed|“living wage” for government em- there were only pioyes; one advocating an eight hour thirt; ve deiegates e out of about 300 favoring the meas-|day and 35 a day ininimum wage for Irish woolen mills received appli-{ure. This was interpreted as vepre- |immigration and customs inspectors cations from former customers in |Senting even more than the maximum|on the Canadian border, and one ad. Germany to supply them with cloth|atio of radicals within organized la- | vocating discontinuance by the gov- bor. ernment of civil employment for men An_ organization is understood to| The clash developed after all the|and women in the military service on be in progross of formation in Co- |delegates had adopted unanimously a|the signing of the peace treaty balt, Ont. with & view of control-|rcsolution assailing Postmaster Gen-| A proposal to favor passage by con- el G e ol cral Burleson’s “labor policy” and|gress of a law to govern prices and Chief William J. Flynn, in charge | calling on President Wilson to remove | profits on all commodities was reject- of the Government hunt to run down |Dim. During the consideration of the|ed. A federal budget systom a8 a porprotrators of the recent homb out- |Fosolution the postmaster-general was|means of cutting down necdless and Poies iott o VWasianeton: termed “an administrative misfit.” No| “extravagsnt expenditures® by the A band of 70 bolsheviki attacked an | dclesate defended him. government was favored. The com- American train at Spassk, north of| J- P. Frey. chairman of the resolu-|mittee “non concurred” a resolu- i tions committee, One Russian was killed, from its roll of membersfiip, all Ger- man and Austrian hozorary fellows. Railway_officials admitting |is some improvement of business do not believe a big in- crease in volume will pay up for defi- cit. A branch office of the ed steel and wooden merchant ves- els. In municipal the independent socialists large gains. They captured 16 seats compared with 10 for the socialists. elections there in the volume Shipping Board will be opened in New York to | handle only sales of government own- in Munich made majority vered all radical | tion putting the federation in favor of o rsuments by pointing out that the|a civil service extension t no Americans were injured. : : o guarantee American Surgical Association in|TAnk and file, through officers and|that all government officers session At Aftaatie Cite dvopped |mectings, had complete opportunity to|ployes of rank lower than Cabi express (hemseives on and that if the initiative |dum was practiced i it would simply furn any question and referen- anized labor | a means to cers would be permanently their positions, during efficient ser- vice. Strong arguments by advocates results in the convention secure in ! submit _the enable certain people to call general|memorial to the committee for further strikes and provide an _avenue|consideration. through which interests unrelated to President Gompers ; : announced that labor might get labor's support for|his pocket had been picked, DEGREES CONFERRED BY BROWN UNIVERSITY Providence, R. L. June 18.—Brown university conferred the honorary de- gree of doctor of laws upon Major General Enoch H. Crowder, judge ad- vocate general of the army; Secretary SPEAKERS AT THE YALE ALUMNI LUNCHEON New Haven, Conn, June 18.—An- | nouncement that Yale university has received gifts in the past year totalling $1.854,214 and that the alumni univer: sity fund for the year was $673,316, Two nayy Seaplanes completed a|of Agriculture David F. Houston,|breaking all previous records, was trip from New .Orleans to Chicago. President Ernest Martin “Hopkins of | made by President Arthur T, Hadley The four per cent Spanish loan of | Dartmouth college and Dean Roscoe afternoon at the alumni luncheon. 1,636,000,000 ‘pesos - was five times | Pound of the Harvard Law’school at alumni contribution was more oversubscribed. |its commencement exercises today. It double the amount asked by the Forest fires. in- various ‘sections of | was the thirl honorary degree re-|university. Of the gifts to the uni- Newfoundland destre ed by General Crowder recentl , the' largest was a million dol- timber. tracts and nceton and Columbia universities [lars, a bequest of the late Oliver H, settlements. Rain ¥orms put out|having also made him doctor of laws. | Payne of New York. out most of the fires, The desree of doctor of divinity w: The speakers at the alumni luncheon Senate passed and sent to | bestowed upon Rev. Joseph C. Robbins | were Admiral William S. Sims, Wile | house the bill of Senator. Edge: giv Newton, Mass., and that of. doctor | lium Howard-Taft, Bishop Charles H. |ing federal consent to the construc-|of letters to Worthington C. Ford of | Brent .and President Hadley. Adsmiral ition of a.tunnel . between Jersey |Cambridge, Mass. and H. Anthony!Sims referred to his own activities as i City and New York. i War. Department -announced = casu- alties being reported now are com- g {hrough - the French War Office, which is ‘“considerably over a behind. with .its. records.” the Belgian. Minister of Finance sign- ed with representatives of the United a Joan of $100.000,000. !that the German plan to place a spy in every. unit of the American army Credits amounting to . were placed by the Canadian Govern- ment in favor of various European countries for the purchase of | grounded off Asbury Park, New Jer- sey was floated. SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF DISORDERS IN WEIMAR year A regort from Brussels says that States .banks a. draft agreement for $100.000,000 Dyer of Providence. The university graduated 143 stu- dents, of whom 94 are meh and 49 members of the woman's college. Nine- | teen advanced degrees were: given. an orator, saying that he only made one ¥ e taking command of the American naval forces overseas. In speaking of the work of the ailied fleets in the war, he declared that if At the commencement dinner Presi- | they had been wiped out it would have dent Faunce announced receipt - of imeant unconditional surrender for the $i85,000 in two gifts to the university.|allies. He advocated enlargement of Bdgar L. Marston of New York-gave |-the naval colleges of the United States. $150,000 for the erection of a foreign| Mr. Taft warned against the doc- language building and $10.000 as a!trines of internatiolaism that propose Keeler's Hotel, Broadway and|fund for the maintenance of a fellow-! “(aking the Germans back now as Mainden Lane, Albany, N. Y., was de- | Ship at Brown for graduates of the|prothers” He declared such a policy stroyed by fire. All patrons, 226 | University of Texas. Jesse H. Metcalf | could Yout lead to another war. Stern men escaped from the building. Loss|Of Providence gave $25.000 for the fur-| justice, without vengeance, should be is_ estimated at $500,000, { ther endowment of the department of | the basis of peace, he said. He depre- Brjg. Gen. Marlborough Churchill | chemistry. cated the idea of nationalism which told " the Senate Military Committee SET would ave this count separately from the r Thomas W. Farna try to exist of the world. m of New Haven CONGRESS VOTES TO REPEAL DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW: was balked by the Department of! Washington, June 18—Doom of | has been elected alumni fellow of Yale Justice. dayiirht saving, inauguraied as a war| L0 succeed Eli Whitney, it was an- i Countess Georgeiana Marckievicz, ure, was pronounted today by |nounced. He received uss;me_ s Sinn Fein leader, and_the only wo-|congress, both senate and house| ward M. Herr of Pittsburgh receive {man member of 'the British Parlia-|adopting by overwhelming votesi135% and Arthur R. n\r:- al.‘ nnama;; ment. was sentenced to four months' | measures to terminate operation of the terbury rece o= S imprisonment on charges of disorder |law when the period of summer time|in Serbia serv Amerjcan Red at Cor ends October 26. Cross commissioner to that coun! He has been prominent in banking. manufacturing and public affairs in this city, as well as Yale activities. He is a member of the class of 1899, The house, following three hours debate, by a vote of 233 lo 132, pass- ed a bill to repeal the law on the last L sues SEEOPIR o com- | Sunday in next October, but rejected | on the body of Andrews. He said|modities needed in reconstruction in{an amendment to make the repeal ef- = he found arsenic in several of the or- | Europe. FeCLIVEELD oboat BROUGHT NEWS TO THE gans and estimated, the samount at| Premier Clemenceau, it is reported.| The seniie by a vote of 36 to 6 add- FORMER GERMAN EMPEROR ;43 grains. Dr. Ernest A. Welles of | will resien as soon as peace is signed ed a rider to the acricultural appro-| amercioon Tyesday, June 17.—(By Hartford. in answer to a lengthy and work of conference is finished. | priation bill providing for repeal of | ™ °B% "o former German em- hypothetical question which covered: British steamer Iper‘a. whcih |the daylight measure on the same - e s | most of the state’s case, gave his peror’s place of exile Castle again became mewhat ani- mated last night, after a long period of uneventfulness. Lieutenant Colonel Roefer date fixed by the house bill. CONNECTICUT DELEGATION VOTED AGAINST REPEAL of the ! (Special to The Bulletin. - Dutch army dined at the castl with Berlin, June 1S.—A semi-official| Washington, D. C, June 18.—The|William Hf°h{:‘?-'if.,,',‘a;‘\“?m}::;nk;m? statement todav g the following | entire Connecticut _delegation | O e Al o account of last night's disorders a |against the repeal of ihe daylight sav-|Who had returnel A 3 Weimar: lings Dill when the final vote was |Berlin. " Vot Baehelaressen “At Weimar last night sixty military | taken. today onae Colonel W ot e prisoners and a few criminals escaped | e o ot e ! from prison and disarmed the military | TELEGRAPHERS IGNORE General Von Esdort to the castle from guard. A fusillade ensued in the| POSTAL CO.'S OFFER |Arnhem, where he had arrivec . neighborhood of the castle, several be- | ghont Germany.. THeeson i 0r FAHG | ing wounded. The plan to force a way 1into the castle failed. Some of the prisoners were recaptured, while oth- ers surrendered this morning.” CLAIMS DISORDERS WERE Chicago, June ence late toda: 18.—After a confer- ! union officials stated that the action of the Postal Tele- graph Company in announcing that striking commercial telegraphers who return to work hefore June 20 will be visit of the Germans has not been as: certained, but it is generally assumed to be in connection with the situation existing in Germany after the an- nouncement of the reply of the allies > Jul to the German counter-proposals. Gen- H reinstated ‘with continuity of ser-|eral Von Esdorff today is about to i INCITED BY SPARTACANS |vice” will have no bearing on the |leave for Germany. { TLondon, June 18.—An account of |Strike. 3 e Tuesday night's incident at Weimar| ‘We are fighting for the right of | DECLARES CONTROL OF isent by the Exchange Telegraph |collective hargaining, the same right PNEUMONIA IS IN SIGHT Company, ‘characterizes it as an at-)that the postmaster general extended| . pincton, June 15—Control of tempt at a coup by the Spartacans,;!o electrical workers,” said 8 J. Kon-| o "0 WS 1% gighe Surgeon Gen- with the help of some troops s\auon.;enkamn, president of the telegraph- eral W. W. Ireland of the army told ed in the town. After releasing six-|ers union. 3 {ty prisoners from the jail at two o'clock in the morning the despatch says, two the Spartacan leaders went o the barracks and persuad- ¢ i7.—In reply|ed some of the soldiers to join them ! betner the federal and proceed to the castle where the| | government minister were taying. Government troop prevented the | invasion of the castle after a violent ! | fight, the message adds, and some |of the Spartacan leaders were ar- rested. | PEACE TERMS DEBATED ! BY GERMAN CABINET | Weimar, -June 18 (By the A. P.).— | The cabinet today debated the peace and associated powers. It was officially announced that no decision had been arrived at. The cabinet probably is awaiting the result of a conference of the south German premfers with the government, | L. . June 18—The giant|There will be no further cabinet sit- ible R-34, coming to this| ting until Thursday. The full original French text of the entente answer, including the covering note, was finished this morning by the printers and will be distriubted this afternoon. The government today veceived Pre- mier Clemenceau's terms apologizing for the stoning of members of the German peace delegation at Versailles. . Telegraph company officials assert- | the senate military committee today e s assert-|; " peaking the opinion of the medi- e couiness was not being dela¥- | 'a) profession. Most commaunicable | Y 3 : diseases have been brought under con- trol in rapid progress made during the war emergency, he said, urging appro- priation to carry out the war depart- ment's research laboratory projects for Walter Read hospital in this city. An eventual expenditure of $10,000,000 is GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS | FROM AIRPLANE SALES | Washington, June 15.-—The govern- | metn has received 12 per cent. of the { original cost in airplane sales, accord- {ing to an official report published to- | contemplated for this purpose, he said. jday. Eleven hundred standard J-1 planes were sold for $200 each, about 4 per cent. of the initial cost; 1,616 JN-4 planes brought $400 each, or § | per cent. and 4§08 Curtiss motors i were sold for $400 each. or 19 per cent. | The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor com- | pany purchased the entire lot. FABRE LINE STEAMSHIP WAS AFIRE AT SEA Providence, June 18—The Fabre line steamship Britannia arrived here from New York today wit ha fire in her forward hold. The vesel came to take on 800 passengers for the Azores and Italian and French ports. Captain Vidal sent a wireless mesage to the harbor master early today asking for assistance. Tugs were sent down the TO PROBE ADMINISTRATION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER Washington, June 18.—Investiga- tion of charges against the admini tration of Attorney General Palmer s alien property custodian was de- cided upon late today by a senate ju- diciary sub-committee headed by Sen- ater Dillingham, republican, of Ver- mont. The hearings, which Mr. Pal- mer today requested be public, will be- gin next Friday. PRESIDENT WILSON HAS ARRIVED IN BRUSSELS Brussels, June 18.—The train car- rying President Wilson and King Al- bert and Queen Elizabeth arrived here at 8.15 o'clock tonight. k. The city department _ex President Wilson rode to the palace tinguished the which was confined in an automobile aimid the accalama- entirely to sugar in the forward hold. tions of an enormous crowd. - and brought the Britannia fnto her [ S z n