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A T VOL. LXI—NO. 148 POPULATION 29,919 _NORWICH, CONN. MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1919 TEN PAGB—W COLUMN‘S _PRICE TWO CENTS GERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HAS VOTED 237 70 138 T0 SIGN THE PEACE TREATY Five Members Abstained From Voting on the Treaty Question —Assembly Also Voted Confidence in the New Govern- ernment of Herr Bauer, 236 to 89—In Signing the Ger- mans Are to Decline to Acknowledge Responsibility for the War—Also to Refute Articles Relating to the Trial of the Former Emperor and the Extradition of Other German Prisoners—German Cabinet is to Demand a Vote of Confidence—Belief Prevails That the Signing of the Treaty Will Take Place Wednesday. Berlin, June 22.—(By the A. P.)—|temporarily balked any hope of a ma- Germany will sign the peace treaty of | jority by stubbornly persisting against the allied nad associated powers. The|the extradition by the entente of the national assembly this afternoon by a | former emperor and other German vote of to 1138 decided to sign it. |notables. E The assembly also voted confidence| This was the stumbling block. for ln the new government of Herr Bauer.|the democrats could not be budged 6 to 89 ty-eight members ab- |from the attitude which they held stained from voting. through a forlorn pride in the former On the question of signing the|wat lord and the belief that a re- treaty, five members of the assembly | Volution would break out in protst by abstained from voting. Before the vote of confidence was|Ludendorft and ot taken, Herr Bauer, the new nremicr.|“"m"m<‘d; declared the government would sign| Count Von Bornstorff. the former the treaty, but without acknowledging | Ambassador at Washington, played a the responsibility of the German |Prominent part in the proceedings, not r idols also be people for the war nd without: ac- |90l as president of the Cérman peace | cepting the obligations contained in | COMmmittee, but, according to persist- Articles 227 to 230 in the treaty relat- | €It Tumor, as the possible successor ing to the trial of the former emperor of . Count \.nn “Y‘(\(‘II(]O)'W-R;\F\]%H’L i e et oy the former Omperor | head of the German peace delegation. Ll 40 | oy there was a nowerful group that - wanted him to suffer the poetic jus g of siening the terms after he had NOTE FROM GERMANS helped to bring the United States into AND ANSWER BY ALLIES the war. Paris, June 22.—The latest com-{ Von Bernstorff. however, resisted munications between the allied and as- |77 after having heen apnointed in sociated governments and the Germans | the morning to the cahinet headed hy | on the peace trealy consist of a note | Herr Bauer, refused to accept the an- ythe Germans to the allies, under |Pointment or have anything to do with date of June 19, .and the answer of the | the matter. allies, under date of June The Ger-| Tater in the dav the Centrists drop- man note, from Count Von Brockdorff- |ned their demand for modification of Rantzau to M. Ciemenceau, is for-|the terms and exnressed their willine- warded from Versaiiles by Dr. Haniel | ness to sign. The democrats aleo »n Haumhausen, in the name of the | weakemed to such an extent that fif- erman delegation. It says: teen of their sixty five members in the The examination of tne four docu-|Assemblv went over to the side in ments submiited on June 15 to the |favor of signature. commissary general of the delegation| The first ministry headed hy Herr brings out the fact that a certain|Bauver lasted exactlv ome hour. Tt number of concessions are announced } ~rashed on the stubborness of the in the letter and in the memorandum |democrats and Von Bernstorff's flat | which are not found in. the text, as)refusal to hend the miistry of foreign changed by band. Among the most|affairs. Dr. Dernburg, who had been ortant of these contradictions the|named as minister of finance, de- rman de gution has selected the|clared he could not coonerate. The : democrats_then reduced their demands (Une). It is stated on page seven|to one point, on which they were ad- the memorandum that as Germany | amant, namely, that the former Ger- adn ed to the league of nations|man emperor, Von Hindenburg and 1all enjoy the benefits resulting | I.udendorff must not be delivered to om the stipulations relative to the/|the entente for trial. dom of commerce and transit. On| REventuvally the Pauer cahinet was other haud, it is stated on page |reconstructed, with Dr. Herman Muel- rty-two of the memorandum that furwrm- the majoritv socinlist leader as minimum period of five Years uni- | minister—af- foretgn nfrairs, and M- conditions in the matter of | thins Frzherger as minister of finance rcial relations would be 1mpcsed and viee nremier. rmany. In his first speech in the afternoon Two). ‘It is stated on page eleven | Premier Bauer utlined his nrogramme of the memorandum that France will|tn the peace committes of the assem- mg the public debt of Alsace Lor-ply. # was decided not to vote on the ne. r||| tion of neace, since the cabinet (Three). It is stated on page four- | wa ™ iy (o8 00 ninet. bt teen that for the plebiscite in UPDET | 1o cubmit the quection fo the assem- Silesia there shall be created a ‘com- |1 “ciily e TIRECAR 100 mission independente’ (French in the| ™ cint von Brockdorfr-Ratzau will text), whiie according to the new draft ! 1o, 0\ Wwatmar Tomorrow foe o vara of the conditions this commission is SRR A ] to be appointed soiely by the allies and SRR iRl associated governments. LR 4 _on & 2 nd>v unless ew cabinet needs “(Four). It is stated on page six ieyuniess theinew cabinstinded - | his advice. teen, on the subject of the territory of = e Memel, that tie cession of thi Lerrl-'h;:,'y'::nn“m" ‘1”"‘? Powin .“"‘"h ul will ake place under the form of a5y caly s heen oy enbioned EoT) to the allied and associated | 1iDP Sche'demann’s nosition. Prior bedntise. tha P ‘helvu h anpointment n»' lahor minister. 1 territorics is not yet estabe [P WA secretarv of the labor unions ccording to this provision, | jof Germany He is ed as a lone hia should be considered as the | Readed. conservative socialist. who is f5 hé the dupnitive tirer rennted to have as much influence iU, Abdaratnehts e th the wor men as Carl Legien. teen of the memorandum, the commis- [ "°ad of the German Trades Tnion fon ! for Helgoland by the al.)Confederation. He was originally tne lied and associated governments is to | choice of the rocialist groups. decide what installations 0 be maintained for the protection of the | SAYS GERMAN PEOPLE land x). On page twenty-one of the MUST BE CONSULTED memorandum it sed that the| Weimar, June 22.—(By the A. P.)— German railways mines of Shan tung shall not be considered a monc-r-‘m'nmé-m to ty of the German state if the Germans | can prove hat they are private prop- gn the peace term sident Bauer said hefore the na- mbly today: ; > allied and On page thirty-three of | cannot expect the German people to the memorandum it is stated that the |agree from inner conviction to a lied and associated governments are | peace instrument, whereby, without to submit, within one month af- | the popul the treaty goes into force, a defi- | o hol % S i nitive list of the Germans to be sur- :’r;::,:",,“‘_rr‘;“m red from ihe Geman rendered to the enemy. “vsies bl il B g 4 Sy nently violated nad unbearable econo- “On page tt 7-three it is stipulat- | mic and financial burdens imposed up- ed thet the reparations commission | the German people.” cannot exact he surrender of secrets of | : manufacture or other confidential in- | [y rmation. It is. moreover, stipulated | GERMAN CABINET TO DEMAND at it shall have no executive power on German ter and that it shall| A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE not interfere in the direction or Paris, June —(By The A. P.) Ad- ion of German establis vices were received by the Americah “(N On pages thirty-four and | d€legation to the peace conference at following of the memorandum a special | three_o'clock this afternoon that the| sembly met in| procedure is provided to fix and cover | Gérman national a ration exacted from Germany. l\\fl{mdl at noon and that the new CTen). OB pase thi X of the|Cabinet would demand a vote of con- memorandum Germany is promised fa- | fidence and that afterw cilities for the importation of food and | Would be forwarded to Vers raw materials. “(Eleven). On page thirty-eight of |t0 change the peace treaty, first by the memorandum there are indicated, | Waiving their demands for. the surren- among the cases in which the granting | ¢t of the former emperor, and second of permission to export gold shall be|(0r Germany’s acknowledgment in| considered, those in which the Reichs- | Writing of her responsibility for lhe has furnished guarantees which | War. could not satisfy in any other way,; It was added that no matter what! illes ask- “(Twelve). On page fifty-three of |the allied reply was, the treaty would{ the memorandum the a urance is giy- | be cigned. en that any liquidators appointed by| In high quarters in the peace con- the allied and associated governments | ference the belief was expr who shall be guilty of punishable that the signing of the treaty would shall be prosecuted in conformity with | take peace Wednesday, even possibly the penal code,” Tuesd: There seemed to be no in- i clination to grant the Germa delay, although it was recognized that NEW GERMAN CABINET if there was no German government HAS BEEN SEZLECTED lo\t\le:\]l with some would be inevitable. Wi o % 3 ith regard to whether the allied Saturday, June 21L—(By A.l{ro0ps will move forward if an affir- C (“n_n) aupnr‘_rl:« ]*t"‘l“ cabinet | mative answer is not received from ] L d\{\“‘r:a? ‘:I‘:)lrm‘;_“mgl{!l‘l.; the Germans at five o'clock Monda 1 zing 2 - afternoon, some of tho:e in author signing of the peace terms naturally | favor sending the troops forward im. was the only question around which | mediately, while others prefer a delay the cabinet construction hinged, and’iof two or three days for the - actus] the government which went on record | manocuver. 4 as considering the terms unacceptable, 2 b The council discussed twelve points t;-uml a surprising following behind | raised by the German note and sent a them, reply to the effect that six were suffi- The first party ballots, however, | ciently covered in the treaty and that eemed to make the signing of the |the other six would be made the sub- treaty inevitable. for the powerful | ject of a protocol to be added to the majority socialist party voted two- |treaty. The protocol to be added to thirds for ending the suspense. With|the peace tr the Independents supporting them, the points rais Conservatives as a party behind them, 3 and the Centrists on the fence, the ty, a commission will be result appeared a foregone conclusion. | named by the allied and associated But the Conservatives suddenly | governments to supervise the demoli- swung around and declared for non- | tion of the fortifications of Heligoland ignature; the Centri: wavered and |in conformity with the treaty. Wosed :@'\dn‘k_-‘;«‘ and the democrats d by the Germans, £ 3 Condensed Telegrame Japan lost 26 merchantment during | Hacre ccffee futures market will re- ! open today. Price of quicksiilver basis $95 a flask of 75 pounds. Surplus oil stocks in California in- | Private telegraphers’ vote on sym- pathetic strike is reported against it.| Railroad Administration received 197 locomatives during the month of May. Sales of army stocks by Director of i nromises of practical a to $9,249,867. More than 80,000 soldiers filed appl cation for public lands under plan of Secretary Lane. Secretary Baker authorized recruit- 26,000 men for special service along the Mexican border. Director Hines of the Rallroads re- ports freight : roads gained in week of June le is reported Lima Locomotive Cor- poration received 5 standard type locomotives for foreign traffic on {course, priv the people should Von Hindenburg, | . Since December 1, Department turned over ping Board 2,279,000 deadweight tons London reports annaunced formatmnl of Federation of comprising foreign trade, According to the Paris British have destroyed material that would be co: port to England. Representative Mason, asked an investigz ving interest L 000,000 Russian bond issue At a special meeting of the stock- holders of the Keystone Tirs ber Co, the capital s from $2,000,000 to $5,000.000. French Chamber of Deputies, fol- lowing and attack on Government by gave a vote in_government by 3 Verne M. Bovie, | the New York ion of the manner | South of Boston, he said, the strike |sue twa rintendent of | stone, of the new as- say office building will be laid July 1. A company known as the with authorized capital of was organiz i to run cinema theatres on the Ameri-!jt v ihe would revoke their local union! According to Jr. | Playhouses, Department of Labor sent a com-!ed the hope sioner of conciliation i mills at Wheeling, the employes been locked out. Output of Texas high gravity oil passed the 2 Gold coin amounting withdrawn from the shipment to_South America. American Expeditionary Farce news- 39, 653,500u~..<n.wmu1 the lives of the conduct- Sub-Treaury fq months'_cansta publication. will he forwarded to Treasury A report from Vienna received at | Copenhagen r measures were taken plot of Hungari man Austria and proclaim : Heavy forces of Swiss infamry and | cavalry were concentrated Schaffhausen L QH\ ice dwflym"mm of $700,000 )| to mee representat to counteract an Red to m\.\l\v German deci R. H. Aishton, Director for the N ing the Americar at Atlantic City, t control of the the peace tre in address- declared that Govern- railroads was al- condemned communication Germany nad Holland is s locomotives e san bath, cold \\‘uul demolished. which Germany : A will have to refund_to n announcing the decision of the gov- | inderm i : be found to have in the mflu ul\ ed 10 in paragr 3 hall be placs (ufimln‘u Murconi and Imines, rere | . d to the credit| ociated powers (The. xnmocul refers vate interes |in Shantung to German pri- ions being consulted, living m German ! {MILLION ALLIED SOLDIERS | READY TO INVADE GERMANY |sent to the peace treaty from her in-! 2 t ause it contained ble of fulfillmentileague in E of the persons, {The A. T government durin; ing the puttin Y into force of the 249 | Rhine, e focior) an adv divulgence ! Annex Four, | of secrets of manufacture or confiden- | tial information. I printed in of | man, are ready for distribution in the SUNK BY GER peace and in the four months follow- rd a note| 3 | the alli - of presenting for the examination | of the powers documents and proposi- ing the allied and associated powers | the | marching troop slmrtonin: the S hus»l prosecutions will | cised against those committing crimi connection quidation of German property powers will and proofs tha ment shall be on this subject.” In the allied reply ix other points rai interesting with concerns Germany’s the League of N nies the German declaration that the terms of the treaty i the league | services. H and \ho‘fon\ rd if the final order comes. Th y information | concentration just completed is Amer- the German govern- 1 a position to supply | d today | to the Germans admission to | The reply de- are contradictory, say the paragraphs mentioned by the Ger- complimentary. It says the covenant of the League of Nations declares s league shall of the| i y take necessar 103 el e assure and guarantee the maintenance 3 communication transit and also equitable commercial treatment of all members. “Germany when admitted to the s the benefits of these stipulations wuh’G‘ERMAN SELECTEDSTO Nevertheless, aty, explanatory of theipeace it is necessary to take into ac- count the special conditions which are id down on Page 42 of the memoran- the character of reparation meas and their maintenance for five This | far from being incompatible with lh(‘ commission will be empowered to de- principle of cqunable treatment, ha\e day evening. Belgium's Need }Nu Further Changes of Raw Materials. in the Peace Treaty |Cardinal Mercier Tells of Councnl of Four Has Definite- | Workers Who Are Involun- . ly Decided to Reject Ger tarily Idle. man Suggestion. Bru FERGUS FALLS, MINK. WAS STRUCK BY HEAVY CYCLONE iApproxima(ely 200 Persons Were Killed Sunday Aft- sels, Saturday, June 21—(By the| Paris, June 22.—(By The A. P.) The| ernoon—Three Blocks in the Business Section of th= A. P)—Cardinal Mercier in gr: council of four has definitely rejec! tnd‘ a special audience at Malines m Fres the that further| erick’ L. Collins, an _ Amer alicrations Le made in the peace lisher, authorized the pub; of ! treaty. the following stalement wpropos to The council received four notes from President Wilson's visit to Belgium: | the Germanz, a “America will he rendering an ia- |have been prepared in advance and valuable service to Belginm in me‘“’"’ held to await advices from Wei- early fulfillment of Presidont stanc the way of raw and credit. es we've e In the liltie city of M: up_consi e: 30,000 workers, most of | UF ideration of the notes. 1 2 oIt Al hacangel One of thece, frcm the new German;the engine and one car remaining on whom are involuntarily idle ause | government, declared that Germany they have no material or machinery. |wag ready fo sign peace i “Since the armistice was signed re- | making ( cnostruction in Belgium has been go-: ing forward at an astounding rate. During the war Belgium needed char-| Now all Belgium [sion until eight o'clock in the evenis former emperor were eliminated. requires te cl y will alw needed in Belgium as tries, but the time has passed whenlits Belgium as a country asks for charity. quest. What Belgium needs most are the in other coun- three es mentioned by Pres- | PRESIDENT OF IRISH ident Wilson, namely raw materials, REPUBLIC IS IN'NEW YORK! {machinery and financial cooperation.” New York, June 22—Eamonn de T A Valera, “president of the Iri | STRIKE OF CAR MEN ch in New York, his native city, IN VIOLATION CF RULES Soston, June the greater ps . Union carmen on | tonignt by Harry J. Boland, secretary 't of the %00 miles sy but said he would see ne [ ficers went on strike today. No cars | o BUC 1€ ERG BSOS TR were tauken from the barns after 4 a. m. An official of the company said late today that on the section of the system north of Boston cars were ope nd in visiting America. Mr. Bolund in ! reason for Mr. de ated today only in Gloucester. | United alera’s ‘which will effective only in the Quincy di-|lic on a financial vision. W, few, and excelled by non D. McMahon, president of the{ The Sian Fein leader 1 Amalzamted sociation of Street!plan of reconstruction for Ireland and and Electric Railway Employes. who | will try (o interest American buciness' came here from the American ¥Fede City in the hope of averting the walk- | official America to st out, warned the men that unless they [ Tepublic and recogni returned to work by tomorrow night | world charters. Mr. McMahon said that the | Valera believes America ment with the company. He express- | o that the men would r B L RS Hirn o osk B LOOR TO POSTPONE DISCUSSION The agitation for a general strike on the system arose from a Lowell carmen last Monday in protest| Washington, June against the use of hand fare regi “President Mahon in a letter sent to|itheir attention aders of the st itified _them . th with reservations. s of the company Eval at two o'clock on Monday. Eanideenian “I want,” he wrote, “to be in a po- { coming weel treaty is submiited for our membership on the em is go- ing to be, and therefore I am appealing | in ever to them to anpreciate | e the situ and preserve their or- ganization ion cibly an attemot to get RITISH TROCPS REFUSED TO SALUTE OR OBEY ORDERS | final ratification fight itself. London, June 22 (By the A, P.) |~ Republican Leader Lodge, in a state The mutinous conduct of - roops at |Ment fonizht announcing the Knox Sutf n camp. Surrey, which has been | Fesolution would not be | Berlin. June them the ringleaders, and despatches ! Germania, 1.800 others to camps at Dover and; i e of today said TO PEACE CONFERENCE jmania. weuld decline to accept arti Homia L Tuae %t (Haves)e e | cle of the peace treaty, dealing { Ttalian delegation to the peace con-jWith Germany's respons B he snce hereafter will be composed of | Var, and articles 227 to S w penaltie Further the note would affirm tha Minister Titton, Senator enator Vit- | torio Sciol jand express regret that oral negoti tions had been refused the Germans. It so, according to the new | jnot been ied in the peace ire | ! i as their ohpect to as tion of that principle. re the applica would a el and say . that (“oblenz Saturday. June ~(By | Der A More than a million allied | Ondl inglish and Ger- | {INTERNED GERMAN WARSH!PS “rench, district; taker and villag over by! London, June { All the German battieshi: s at Scaps One order says that any house {rom| Flow have been sunk with the excep- p Baden. This ! which ¢ ns may fire upon th jon of the battle: | was officially announced this evening. for the! The German flect was shall be burned im i mediately. Another_ i requisitioning of the tele- | crews opening the sea cocks, accord- | | graphs, telephones and other utili ing to a Thurso desvatch to the E change Telegraph company. The Ger mans swam ashore. When the German high se: rendered last _November display of strength | taken to Scapa Tilow well as those employed in these bout 100,000 Americans will move} fleet sur- ic 's greates ince the armistice. | battleships. five battie cruiser S {light cruisers and fifty destroy MESSAGES FROM GERMANS far as is known, all the ships a TO THE COUNCIL OF FOUR |t Scapa Fiow. Paris, June 22.—(By A. P.)—Com- |the munications from the Germans to the | 7 council of four relating to the vote |helm, Prinz Regent Luitpold, Grosser of the assembly at Weimar. reached | Kuerfurst and Irederich der Grosse, President Wilson at 7 o'clock thi evening and now are being considered | battle cruisers are the Seydlitz, Hin-| by the council. One of the communi- | denburg, Moltke, von der Tarn and| cations is understood to announce that | Derflinger. the assembly voted in favor of signing —_— th certain reservations. | WASHINGTON ANTICIPATED It A\hm)l known what the rese(\;va- GERMANS WOULD SIGN tions, yond a deelination to admit - s o 4 HAHOn, 550 Washington, June 22—Decision of | the guilt of Germany is starting the 5 U e u]fme former em. | the German national assembly today ser, Bayern. Markgraf, Kronpri Wil |ppror for trial. to sign the treaty of peace formulated by the Versailles conference was in e o nowise s%r;;rising to officials lnl\Vas};_- ington. Belief had been general in of- CONDUCT PEACE PLANS| ficial circles here since the Germans Paris, June 22—(By The A. P.) The|were handed the peace terms that German government has appointed Dr.leventually the German delegation Hansel von Haimhausen of the peace|would be instructed to affix its sig- delegation, to conduct the peace ar-|natures. This feeling was much ac- rungements at Versailles. centuated by the fall of the¢ Scheid- It is understood that the allies in-|emann cabinet. sist on absolutely unconditional ac- . ceptance of the terms, failing which.| Love may laugh at locksmiths, but the armies will begin to advance Mon-|it invariably frown on the furniture installment collector which are supposed to. cms(n;‘.n on the result of the meeting of fiu& Fa‘§< x;ri\h more than a hundred the assemblg. President Wilson went! houses leveled in that e emn]at once (o the residence of Premier, ceived here tonight. A Great Northern | APPROXIMATELY 209 Lloyd George, where the council took| train was blown from {he tra the clauses | killed. B rmany responsible for the' war and calling for the. trial of thei St Paul, Minn, June 2 The council of four remained in se~<-;“m ¥ of 'fl“g““ Falls :aid £, | Were 200 ma a chance to wcrk. Of{and then adiourned for dinner. The,cyclone.! It was reported that s be ! council met again at nine o'clock and! after brief further consideration took! decision to reject the German re-| A, F. OF L. TO EXPEL UNIONS it repub- | power o the executive council to oustl meetings of according to an announcement made of the Sinn Fein purty and member of | aper re-| ue a statement in regard to his purpose atement said one! t to the was to float a bond is- tart the new repub- plane equalled by so has a men “in the broad Leld of Irish com- on of Labor convention at Atlantic {merce.” In addition “he will appeal toi staud by the Irish it before the i i ce | With one voice and in tones that will] strike o sa ed, becaus Sl et e e e T = b the just cause of Ireland by sctiled rike of the OF KNOX RESOLUTION —Senate lead- ters|ers opposing the League of Nations on open cars, on the ground that this|abandoned today their plan to try for a tert vote in the immediate future on the Knox resolution, and turned o crystallizing senti- eine Wnic av,|ment behind Elihu Root's proposal e e | ihat the league cavenant be ratified] could not- rem J ien as a fore- {cast that the league fight would re-| 0 (s e Zane: jmain in a aquiescent state during the: ‘on to state just what the attitude of il kamibly uaik thel ratification about two weeks hence. There may ome debate on the subject and tion on a substitute for the Knox measure, but in the main opposition efforts seem ! | certain from now on to center on the ~(By The A. P)|world is aflame with a new purpose i that Foreign Minister Mueller would| President Wilton's fourteen points had the inalienable right any, to live,, rmany could not as- | Profess N CREWS -(B; The A, P.). - i national defense, sunk by the and was ing a violent explosion occurred clos: it comprised nine The hattleships at Scapa Flow are| serin, Koeniz Albert, averaging about 25,000 tons each. The | City Were Wipsd Out—A Great Northern Train Was | - Blown From the Track 21 Miles West of Fergus Falls: St. Paul, Minn, June 22—Reports of | Grand Hotel at Fergus Talls had col- a severe cyclone this afernoon at Fer- | Japsed in the storm and that 75 per- sons had been buried in the ruins. Y, Were re- | Ks twen- | PERSONS WERE KlLLED L only| Fargo, N. D. June Approxi- two hundred persons were by a tornado that struck Fergiis alls. Minn,, this afternoon and wiped {out threo blocks in the business section rfil.nhoad of the city. men on trains |Q'unlm" frem the v A renort from Q"fl\l;«- to the \or‘h- reports| ern P have been killed in the; hotel had been razed the the Northern Pa ty-ore miles west of Fergus | the tracks. Reports said three were | by the wind and c depot demolished. ANSONIA STRIKERS VOTE TO CONTINUE STRIKE —The Ansonia.Conn., June At an open n ledera-|air mass meeting of American Brass der tomorrow | company employ here tonight na- effect would give nouncement was made th: group en national'ties of ‘Xrom the organization all lahor ““m"S\ strikers had voted today not 1o return displaying tendencies regarded as!l0 work tomorrow morning, whe., ‘he 1“unhe||1h\' » g { company plans to reopen its local nu The tederation has shown.during its| Company officials, howe REGARDED AS “UNHEALTHY” Atlanie. City, N. J., June jconvention of the Amer i tion of lLabor wiil con: a memorial which i & 2 N parliament. | convention that it regards itself as a|oxpected about 30 per cent. of the em- Matin "“l‘\\':'.)e:)rl"f}f“ e e hUSelS | Mr. Boland refused any information! great bulwark asainst the srread of | ploves Lo return, iciuding nearly all of | iis or there intormational dunion of- | 30 where Mr. de Valera was staying extreme radi s of the, the Engiish speaking workers. A group memorial believe prov for the|of strikers from the Waterbury plant cancellation of charters of central|of the br: company attended the bodies which attempt to break up the|meeting. i i The police say {been spreading misleading on to their own purposes, suchiamong the var.ous foreign ry of the “one big union| st thus ill do more than anything else few laber bod- ch are now or may later come 2nd deput pe with any {under the dominion of radicals, { situation which might arise when the i The federation, it is declared, is de-; mills are opened tomcrrow. i tators have slatements groups of sentiment Sherift and to ¢ termined to sever connection with| The Ansonia O, & C. eompany strik- such bodies. Having done so, it would | ers. numbering about re expected be able to put (hem in the same class! t0 return to their p when that with such organizations as the I. | plant opens tomorrow. | W. and if necessary fight them with the same vigor. x | ALLEGED ANTI-FRENCH Sere e FEELING AGAINST ITALY | ROOT TELLS OF FLAWS IN Paris, June 21 3, LEAGUE OF NATIONS PACT A, P) Washington, June 22.—The league of | peace conference h | nations controversy in the senate was | turbed by frequent ruggestions in the enlivened yesterday by a series of de- | French newspap that German in- ! velopments accepted a: (ornhadovxmg‘fllwm E affecting Italian politics | the lines into which the final ralhm-h‘i“’] by ions that the Ttalians 1 arms .and ammunition Kun’'s Soviet government in been much dis- i tion fight may fall. Elibu Root, secretary sident Roosevelt, id before gn relations committee a of the Ttalian delegation for acceptance of the leazue with cer- | alleged anti-French feeling tain reservations. | against Italy ; ned by the Senator Borah, republican, of }daho, | work of Fréfich propagandists who are gaye notice in a senate speech that he ! blamed the Halians, for the recent 1 in the republican unfriendliness of ‘the Iialians to party if it failed to take a more defi- | Pre ident Wilson, and the United nite stand against the league. | States. Mr. Root declared the Monroe doc- | _— trine clause “erroneous in its descrip- | SAYS NEGROES ARE VICTIMS tion of the doctrine and ambiguous i { OF CLASS DISTINCTION {its meaninz.” while the new provision SRy e for withdrawal leaves a donbt whether ! Paris, June " the Boston, secretary of the e’ petition- the nations could not be kept 0 league indefinitely against our will.” | €S to the peace conference having e {Leen refused an audience hy President BACCALAUREATE SERMON { Wilkon. has written an open letter to i the supreme of the five great AT WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY ! ouc; detalling. six coses where negro Middletown, Coun.. June I his!nien nre alleged to have oo, victima ! baccalaureate scrmon today in con-iof nndemocratic o distinction. rection with commencemeni al Wes The petition savs that now that ; e levan University, President William : dotnoerstt owing for the past ten days, culmi- | MOrTOW. said the decision had beeni s\ 19 Shanklin sai thisn fopght io ehaoctalien o nated today in the formation of a com- | Prompted by a desire to give undi-|".ppe g1d order has pussed away. The! have. done their share in winnimne: ot mittee by the men and their refusal to | Vided senate atfention to pressing ab-|new world iz heing formed. They err!thay should receive such cqual Hghts salute or to obey orders. This morn- Propriation bills. | Who make the pusi of man the MEAS-ia will he given the technical minoric inz two hattalions of troops were sent ' == ure of what he is to be, imagining al! fiae in Ausis : {10 the camp in light fighting trim with | GERMANS YIELD TO FORCE i becuuse a tning has been it alwaysi . Ampin SIS a machine gun, ! IN SIGNING PEACE TREATY\u\ucl be. Alan is vet being made. i The troops arrested 400 men. amonsg | .MANCHESTER ENG. COTTON a great new hope, | MiLLS CLOSED BY STRIKE jand luminous wi nd the exacting problems of this new! Manhester, Bngland, June am Canterbury. The main grievance of { .ommunicate at today's se-sion of the d\.;- jemand courage and resourceful-ithe cotton mills in Lancashire closed the men was that they were being or- | ,csembly the text of a note which on! " tat noon today and, it is expected, by dered to France. approval hy t 1ssemby, wouid be! A memorial service in honor of the; Mon 55.000,000 spindles and thou- .! |despatched to the peace congr eslevan men who died in the war s of leoms will he stpned throush | NEW ITALIAN DELEGATION |heads. The note, according to Ger- | was Leld tonizht, Rev. George P. Eck- of 500000 workers, The owne: v thev will make = empt to run the mills. .SECRETARY OF LEAGUE OF The «nh((‘nn re );1 struction hoard Wl'g meet Monday and. as it iz compose: RED CROSS SOCIETIES { o¢ apypjoves and trade union ojclals Saturday, June 21.—Profes- | it js I ved that it har will ignor William Rappard, professor oi |the present erisic. v of Harvard and Ivs, has been P- general of the Lea- man offici ieneva univers pointed secreta gue of Red Cre Anno ment of thi was made at S Juncheon given by Otis H. Cuti “-)*‘;1"_]‘_'3;‘;:{“"”- ;”('flv:iu‘}\mnp;:e‘:l v Rappard toda AT t orier Professor Rappard said there \m:!}::_':i o g 4r1"1 g;tes hard work ahead for the Red Cross Rressut b "~d*;n'°fl- rope and Asia after the |:\ Progr and enter- CONVENTION NEW ENGLAND TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION Yew Taven. Conn.. June The X {ninment has been arranzed. Marsden olgle by 5 cus stood | and unbearable. Therefore. Germany !signing of ‘the peace freaty, in the =g 6 egaiy ‘“Z“‘, 5 ;‘m_‘]“:’\‘f n‘;“h‘,‘l‘f‘[‘)‘r‘ v\“[r\(.}!\nel“:'.’\r]'“'0'“‘“ not sign volunta but would wiping out of divease and the stav- | T“_;:“;_ ’“‘[' x‘m’f"'\ ‘:: ‘:‘e“;:_ ion of Germany: The troon . con.|only vield to force. It would add thating off of famme. e Ll ¥ S e 5 2 cince the economic and financial terms | —— | z centration ordered by Mars Foch | ¢ince t X ———— rep-[was compieted up and . down w(,!?v‘cwl the limit ¢ rmanys capic | GERMANS NOT ORGANIZING | HARTFORD WOMAN SHOT and every detail worked out for | Ity to meet, s i e ARMY IN EAST PRUSSIA| BY HUSBAND ON STREET e i he event ;,-;- € H g M . S 4 % : Orders. 1o xihe civilian, . populations, Douglas, . was _hot and probabiy 1jured by her husband, George E on the sireet here tonight. Three hullets entered her lod She was taken to the Hartford hospital condition. Douglas was ar ter the shootir nies clatement pub- ed in I‘ i .ll\lldd\ that Colonel Con Lettow-Vorbeck, former ~omman-l the German troops i i ing a large army in Las th the object of fighting both lhe forces of Gustav Noske, minister of nd the entenie. The | statement says (‘olonel Von lettow- Vorbeck is in Perlin, and loc] PAR!S TO HAVE MONSTER &5 DEMONSTRATION JULY 4 VIOLENT EXPLOSION IN Paris. June 22 (Havas).—On th {initiative of the government there wi | SUNKEN(GERMANWARSHIR. . anoter | damonsi: in Pari I London. June { July in honor of the anniversary of the {independeace of the United State: | General Pershing be received hy |t ehmunicipality. President Poincare rly this morn- to the Spot near where one of the Ger-: ips_was sunk vesterda wiil review a parade of Arerican troops in the Place de la Concorde. s. A huge column of water and much debris were thrown up. The single German warship, which: THE GERMAN RATE OF remained anchored last night, has gons | ; agzround. All the German crews have EXCHANGE HAS RISEN Berne, June 22—Owing to beiter i been placed aboard the battleship | Royal Sovereign, 3 ! peace prospects, the Gorman rate or ‘ e erchange has risen from about 24 to PERSHING STADIUM 40 1-2 francs sor a hundred marks. PRESENTED TO THE ARMY|The Austrian rate has risen from 15 Paris, June 22— General 'Secretary|!® 20 francs per hundred crowns. Carter of the Y. M. C. A. today pre-| ROCKEFELLER FCUNDATICN sented Pershing Stadium to the Amer- {ican army. General Pershing received| __ WAR GIFTS TOTAL $22,500,000 the stadium on behalf of the Amer: New York, June 22—The Rockefel- !can expeditionary force and then pre- | ler Foundstion hus contributed a total sented it to the French people. - of $21500.000 to various war work General Pershing. recalled that to- since 1914, Presider. George day wds the second anniversary of the Vincent annourced today in the arriyal of the first contingent of | first installment of a review of the or- { American combatant forces in France. | ganization’s activitics dfll‘l‘lb 1918, To Reduce French Naval Force. OBITUARY. Toulon, Saturd: June 21.—Vice Judge Samuel J. Bryant. Admiral de Bon, chief of naval oper-|{ West Haven, Coun, June 22 —Judre ations, today issued orders reducing|Samuel J. Bryant of tie town of the French naval service to a peace|Orange, died of wcu igestion t footing. The order disbands the Med- | his home here tod: lHe was o rep- iterranean mine sweepey flotilla except | resentative in the general assembly at that a few vessels will remain in ser-|the time of his death and al-o served vice to pick up stray mines. a term in the house in 1883,

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