Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 27, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXi—NO. 152 POPULATION 29,919 INJUNCTION FAVORING 2.75 PER GENT. BEER MODIFIED Finding Handed Down by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Nullifies the Section Forbidding the United States Attor- ney Prosecuting the Brewers and Retailers of 2.75 Per Cent. Beer—Asserts That the Term “Intoxicating Li- quors” is a Question of Fact and Not of Law, Calling for Definite Legislation—Counsel for Brewery - Interests Claims the Decision is a Clean-Cut Victory for the Brew- ers—District Attorney Believes It Gives the Brewers Less of an Advantage Than They Possessed Under the Orig- inal Injunction. New York, June 26.—Attorneys for both the brewers and the federal gov- ernment claimed tonight to have gain- ed a victory through an opinion hand- ed down by the United States circuit court of appeals modifying Judge Ma- yer's preliminary injunction against interference with or prosecution for the production and sale of beer con- taining not more than per cent. alcoholic content. The original order restrained Rich- ard J. McElligott, acting collector of internal revenue, from interfering with the manufacture or sale of 2.75 275 per cent. beer pending a legal decision as to whether it was “intoxicating.” It also forbade United States Attorney Francis G. Caffey from prosecuting the brewers and retailers of =ich beer. The appellate court decisii# strikes out the injunction ‘“pendente lite” against the federal prosecutor, mak- ing it possible for him to vroceed as he sees fit, but continues in force the njunction against McElligott, regard- ng whom the court makes this pbser- vation “The injunction azainst the _acting ollector of internal Tevenue can do no -1 Emory R. Buckner, of counsel for the brewing interests, declared the ap- s a clear-cut the pellate court decision w victory for his_clients and ght to sell and manufacture cent. beer after July 1 was brewers were ready to prove, he that beer of that potency was that said, “non-intoxicating” and it was now up to the courts to decide whether war- time prohibition forbade the sale of all_beer or merely intoxicating beer. Cornelius J. Smyth, assistant United States district attorney, one of the drafters of the government's brief in the pending litigation, maintained the appellate court decision gave the brewers less of an advantage than they possessed under the original in- junction. He characterized ‘as ‘opti- mistic” the statements by counsel for the brewers that the latter could con- tinue manufacturing 2.75 per cent. beer. The decision, he pointed ou would not exempt the brewers or re tailers from prosecution under the federal war-time prohibition act, which provides a4 year's imprisonment or $1.000 fine, or both, in event of conviction. Judge Hough, one of the appellate judges, in a partly dissenting opinion, said The wrong here complained of was and is that of the internal revenue de- partment of the treasury. Under laws in force long before 1918 every brewer, individually, brewed on sufferance of the commissioner. As July 1, 1919, ap- proached, that official threatened to rafuse the licenses and stamps with- out which brewing is absolutely illicit and subjects the brewer to confisca- tory proceedings and penalties of ex- treme severity. The plain intent was to enforce a strained construction of the Act of November 21, 1918, by pre- venting brewers from\complying with pre-existing and unrepealed laws. “So far as I can now see, the in- junction against the acting coliector stops that plan and T regard the re- lief obtained below against the Unit- ed States attorney as in effect pre- venting that official from asking at the hands of a grand jury indictments for offenses created only by the act of November 21 itself. Such possible indictments would not invelve prelim- inary seizure of plant and tools and they should be left to their course at common law except under circum- stances of extreme necessity not here shown. This dissent then, is limited to the reason assigned for a result to which I agree.” Judge Rogers, who joined with Judge Hough in a partial dissent, said that for more than twenty years the bureau of internal revenue had treat- ed beer containing one-half of one per cent. or more of alcohol as a malt li- quor and that during that time the brewers of the country had acqui- esced in that definition. Congress had not yet defined what percentage of alcohol made beer “intoxicating,” he said. “But in the absence of some definite legislation,” said Judge Kogers, “the meaning of the term ‘intoxicating li- quors’ must be a question of fact and not of law. The court cannot under- take to say, as a matter of law, that liquor which contained 2.75 ver cent. of alcohol by weight is not intoxicat- ing.” LIQUOR DEALERS ARE TO CONTEST PROHIBITION LAW Hartford, June 26—Thomas F. Fitz- simmons, secretary of the Connecticut Retall Liquor Dealers' Association, said today that the liquor dealers of the state in cooperation with those of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Pennsylvan/a were prepared to try to prevent war time prohibition from go- ing into effect by legal measures if an executive decree was not issued. The liquor interests have engaged William A. King of Windham, former attorney general of Connecticut, and Arnon A. Alling, state’s attorney of New Ha- ven county ,to draw up the brief seek- ing a temporary injunction. These plans were laid at a meeting of the men behind the movement in New Haven a week ago last Sunday and another meeting will be held next Sunday to complete these plans. At the coming meeting two executive of- ficers from each of the states interest- ed will be present. The financial end of the matter will be taken care of by assessments on the local associa- tions. 1t is understood that the brief is ready. The injunction will be asked to run against United States District Attor- ney John F. Crosby and Internal Rev- enue Collector James J. Walsh from enforcing the measure. This will be a federal action following the exam- ple of the New Yérk Brewers and as a test case it is understood that they decision will apply to other districts in the country. I is understood that the complaints are all drawn and that by Monday noon at the latest they will be served if executive action has |not lifted the.impending ban by tnat time. BIDS FOR SURPLUS STOCKS OF CANNED GOODS REJECTED Washington, June 26.—All bids open- ed on June 20.—for surplus stocks of canned meats and vegetables held by the war department were rejected to- day by Director of Sales Hare, who announced that the prices offered ranged between twenty-five and fifty- per cent. of the cost ot the govern- ment. ighty six bids were received, practically all from packing houses. New tenders will be opened June 30 Attempts will be made to dispose of the stocks “through negotiations,” the announcement said, Mr. Hare being convinced that a higher per cent. of recovery could be obtained. Persons desiring to open negotiations were invited to communicafe with the sur- us property officer in Boston, New ork, Philadelphia, Baltimore, port News, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, El Paso, Omaha or San Francisco. TO CLOSE A NUMBER OF ARMY HOSPITALS Washington, June 26—Closing in the near future of a number of army hospitals, due to the successful treat- ment and discharge of a great num- ber of overseas cases, was announced today by the war department. Approximate dates for abandoning various institutions are Philadelphia, July 1; Pittsburgh and cast View, N. Y., July 15; Cape May, J. July 20, and Fort Ontario, N. Y. August 1 and New Haven, Conn., Sept. 1. Excellent health conditions continue both among the troops in the United States and abroad, the department an- nounced officially. TURKISH OFFICERS AND MEN LOST THEIR LIVES London, June 26.—“Therg can be no doubt that a number of Turkish of- ficers and men lost their lives under the circumstances indicated,” said Ce- cil B Harmsworth, under secretary of foreign affairs, replying today to a question in the house of commons, re- citing that the Greeks massacred their prisoners in Smyrna in full sight of allied warships. Mr. Harmsworth add- ed that the Greek government regret- ted the circumstances and that it also was engaging the aid of the British mission in Paris. BOSTON EXTENDS GREETING TO EAMONN DE VALERA Boston, Jne 26.—The greetings of this city were extended by Mayor Pe- ters in a telegram today to Eamonn De Valera, who will address a mass meeting here on Sunday. The mayor has delega‘ed the city council to wel- come the Irish leader when he arrives on Saturday and to escort him to the Copley Plaza hotel, whese the state suite_has been reserved for him. . $5,000,000 FUND FOR ALL WORTHY STUDENTS OF MUSIC New York, June 26.—The “Juilliard Musical Foundation.” to “aid all wor- thy students of music in securing com- plete and adequate musical educa- is created under the will of Au- gustus D. Juilliard, banker and dry goods merchant, made public here to- day. Mr. Juilliard died on April 25 and his residuary estate is bequeathed for the establishment of the founda- tion. According to a representative of the executors, the, sum available probably will be considerably in ex- cess of $5,000,000. In addition to aiding students, the foundation is directed to give' without profit musical entertainments, concerts and recitals “of a character appropr: ate for the education and entertain- ment of the general public.” It will have a third duty in aiding the Me- tropolitan Opera Company to produce operas. MARKET TEAMSTERS’ STRIKE IN NEW YORK IS BROKEN New York, Jupe 16—The backbone of the market teamsters and chauf- feurs strike, which deprived the city of fresh fruits and vegetables since last Monday, was effectively broken today. By tomorrow, produce dealers declared tonight, normal conditions would prevail. The seriousness of the situation was relieved early today when the produce dealers lifted the embargo on incom- ing green goods and fruits which had been held at the railroad yards at Po-4 tomac, Maryland, and Edgemere, N. J., since the strike was called. The deal- ers expect to notify shippers in the south and wesi to resume shipping immediately. During the day caravans of motor trucks, guarded by police, transfer- red .and emptied several hundred carloads of produce from the railroad terminals here and in Jersey City. SAILING SHIP NOT SIGHTED AFTER COLLISION New York, June 27.—A wireless mes- sage from the Japanese steamer Tsu- ruga Maru at 12,15 this morning said that she had collided with a sailing ship, about sixty miles outside New York, and that the sailing ship had not been sighted since. The Tsuruga Maru said that she was remaining in the vi- cinity and searching for the missing vessel. The Tsuruga Maru safled from New York at 8 o'clock last night, bound for Yokohama with a general cargo. She is a vessel of 7,289 tons. SENATE PASSED NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL Washington, June 26.—The naval appropriation bill passed the senate today virtually as reported by the sen- ate committee, and now goes to con. ference, It carries approximately $644, 000,000, an increase of more than $44,- 000,000 over the house total. Cabled Paragraphs New Constitution For Finfand. Helsingfors, Finland, Wednesday, June 25.—(French Wireless Service.)— The new constitution adopted today by the Diet provides that the first presi- dent shall be elected by the Diet. His term of office will be six years. POINCARE DINES PRESIDENT WILSON AND PEACE DELEGATES Paris, June 26.—(By the A. P)— President, Poincare tonight gave a dinner to President Wilson and all the delegates to the peace . conference, Mrs. Wilson accompanied - the presi- dent. 3 Responding to an address made by M. Poincare, President Wilson said: “I thank you most sincerely for the words that you have uttered. I can- not pretend, sir, that the prospect of going_home is not very delightful to me, but I can say with the ‘greatest sincerity that the prospect ~of leaving France is very painful to me. “I have received a peculiarly gen- enrous welcome here, and it has been pleasing for me to feel that the wel- come was intended not so much for myself as for the people whom I rep- resented. And the people of France know how to give a welcome that makes a man's heart glad. They have a spontaneity about them, a simplicity of friendshp, which is altogether de- lightful. “I feel that my stay here, sir, has enlightened both my heart and my mind. It has enabled me personally to see the evidence of the suffering and the sacrifices of France. It has en- abled me to come into personal touch with the leaders of the French people, and through the medium of inter- course with them to understand bet- ter I hope, than I understood before the motives, the ambitions and the principles which actuate this gerat na- tion. It has, therefore been to me a lesson in the roots of friendship in those things which make ‘the inter- course of nations profitable and ser- viceable for all the rest of mankind. “Sometimes the work of the com- ference has seemed to go very slowly indeed. Sometimes it has seemed’ as) if there were unncessary obstacles to agreement; but as the weeks have lengthened I have seemed to see the profit that came out of that. Quick con- clusions would not have produced that intimate knowledge of each others mind which I think has come out of these daily conferences. “We have been constantly in the presence of each other's minds and motives and characters, and the com- radeships which are based upon that sort of knowledge are sure to be very much more intelligent not only, but to breed a much more intimate sympa- thy and comprehension than could otherwise be created. “These six months have been six months which have woven new fibres of connection between the parts of our peopte. And something -more than friendship and intimate sympathy has come out of this intercourse. “Friendship is a very good thing. Intimacy is a very enlightening- thing. But friendship may ‘end with senti- ment. A new thing that has happened is that we have translated our com- mon plan. When we part, we are-not going to part with a_fipished work, but with a work one portion of which is finished and the other portion of which is onls begun, o “We have finished the foffiulation of the peace, but we have. begun. a plan for co-operation which 1 believe will broaden and strengthen as the years go by so that this grip of the hand we have taken now will need to be relaxed. We have been and shall continue to be comrades. We shall continue to be co-workers in tasks which, because they are common, will weave out of our sentiments a com- mon conception of duty and a com- mon conception of the rights of men of every race and of every clime. If it be true that that has been accom- plished, it is a very great thing. s I' g0 away from these scenes, | T think T shall realize that I have been present at one of the most vital things that has happened in the history of nations. Nations have formed con- tracts with each other before, but they never have formed partnerships. They have associated themselves tempora- rily, but they have never hefore as- sociated themselves permanently. “The wrong that was done in the waging of this war was .a great wrong, but it awakened the world to a great moral necessity of seeing that it was necessary that men hould band themselves together in order that such a wrong should never be perpetrated again. “Merely -to beat a pation that was wrong once is not enough. There must follow the warning to all other nations that would do like things that they in turn will be vanquished and shamed if they attempt a dishonorable purpose. “You can see, therefore, sir, with what deep feeling those of us who mut now for a little while turn away from France, shall leave your shores: and though the ocean is broad, it will seem very narrow in the future, It will be easier to understand each other than it ever was before, and with the confident intercourse of co- operation, the understanding will be strengthened into action, and aetion will itself educate alike our purpose and our thought. “So, sir, in saying goodbye to France, I'm only saying a sort of physical goodbye; not a spiritual goodbye. T shall retain in my heart always the warm feelings which the generous treatment of this great peo- ple has gencrated/in my heart. And I wish in my turn, sir, to propoye. as vou have proposed, the continued and increasing friendship of the two nations, the safety and prosperity. of France, the closer and closer com- munion of free peoples, and the strengthening of every influence which instructs the mind and the purpose of humanity.” et e FAVORS ADMISSION OF GERMANY TO L. OF N. Southport, England, June 26.—The British Labor Party conference today adopted a resolution calling. for the speedy admission of Germany to the league of nations and the immediate revision by the league of the “harsh provisions of the treaty which are not consistent with statements made on _behalf of the allied governments when the armistice was made.” The resolution, also called upon the labor mcvement in conjnction with the socialist internationhle to undertake a vigorous campaign in support:of the policy enunciated in the resolution “as the first step toward the reconcilia- tion of peoples and the inauguration of a new era of international co-opera- tion and good will.” NOT TO RESTORE THE TURKISH TERRITORIES Paris, June'26 (By the A. P.)—The allied council has replied to the Tur= kish memorandum, saying it could not accept the Turkish claim that its terri- tories be restarad undiminishad. ¢ ~ NORWICH, - CONN.. FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 14 PAGES—102 COLUMS. PRICE TWO CENTS House Calls For 2 Mooney Case Report Actmn Tihyn on the Recom- - mendation of - the Labor > Washington, Jute 26 —By unanimous vote mdasyw the house labor committee ommended adopted by the house of the resolution, of Representative Blanton, democrat, of Texas, request- ing Secretary Wilson for a report on activities of labor department officials and employes in the case of Thomas J."Mooney, convicted in California in connection with' bomb explosions. INVESTIGATING SEDITIOUS * ACTIVITIES IN NEW YORK . New York, June:26.—Copies of let- ters to prominent American officials 'and business men appareatly sceking recognition of the Russian soviet, which were seized in a raid on the Russian soviet bureau here, were in- troduced today before the Lusk legis- lative committee investigating . sedi- tious activities in New York state. Among those read into the record were some addressed to Henry Ford, sent by the commercial department of the Russian soviet bureau, dated April 9, declaring a hearing was sought with Mr. Ford “on something else than the purely commercial side of trade with Russia—the social aspects of the re- generation of Russia.” A telegram from Frank Campsall, assistant secretary to Henry Ford, making an appointment to meet San- teri Nourteva, secretary of the soviet bureau, was read into the record by Mr. Stevenson. The telegram was dated April 25, 1919, and read: “Glad to see S. Nuorteva Saturday and Sunday down in Detroit. Have them Wire definite time from Chicago.” Mr. Stevenson said the telegram was presumed fo be in reply to letters sent Mr. Ford, but that he had no evidence that the appointment had been kept. MRS. LUNDGREN ON STAND FIVE HOURS Lawrence, Mass, June 26.—Mrs. Bessie M. (Skeels) Lundgren testified for more than five hours today in de- fense of the charge that she poisoned her patient, Miss Florence M. Gay, of Andover. At first she was bright and cheerful but in the late afternoon showed signs of fatigue and weakness, and at the suggestion of Judge Thayer was excused until tomorrow. She was followed on the stand by Dr. Edward N. Libby, of Boston, who attended the third autopsy on the body of Miss Gay and was called by the de- fense as an expert on arsenical pois- oning. Under cross examination by Attorney General Attwill, Mrs. Skeels showed a defective memory for dates an ddid not remember clearly when she first learn- ed of Fowle's solution. Early in ber testimony she said she had first learned of the solution from medical books-and from a woman “in the:west, but 'this afternoen:she said she_had &r% JooBig Rt il Strom o dng! t yonne, N. J., where-she ha ‘g?xlm after Miss Gay's death. Still later she safd Miss Gay had told her of it - PERRETTA BROTHERS WERE HANGED AT WETHERSFIELD Weéthersfieid, 'Conn., Friday, June 27. —Erasmo and Joseph Perretta, broth- ers, of New Britain, were hanged in the state prison here this morning for the murder of Frank Palmese. Erasmo entered the death chamber first. The trap was sprungs at 12.05 and he was pronounced dead at 12. Joseph was hanged at 1231 and was pronounced dead at 12.40, INDICTED FOR MURDER OF HIS.GRANDDAUGHTER New Haven, Conn., June 14—A#fi- tonio Cerrone of Hamden was indict- ed on a charge of murder in the first degree by a grand jury in the superior court here today. Ceronne is alleged to have shot and killed his stepdaugh- ter, ‘Raphacle Comaoda, 14, at their home on June 8. He has been in jail since his arrest on the same day. CORROBORATIVE EV I?EECE IN FORD LIBEL SUIT Mount Clemens, Mich, June 2 While from the standpoint of the la yers today's testimony in the Ford- Chicago Tribune libel suit was impor- tant, the fact that it was merely cos roboratory detracted from its general interest. Senior Japanese Peace Dele- | gate In Native Dress | ) - : General Marquis - Kimmoch! Salonyl, “the Senior Japanese Peace Delegate, who won the points \in Japan's favor at the Peace table, Witnessed Lynching of Her Assailant Negro Hanged to a Gum Tree and Burned to Ashes " at Ellisville, Miss. ] Ellisville, Miss,, June 26.—Trailed for ten days through southern Mississip- Pi by posses which included everal hundred members of his own race, John Hartfield, negro, confessed as- sailant of an Ellisville young woman, was - captured .desperately wounded. in a cane brake this morning, rushed by automobile to the scéne of his crime, hanged o a gum. tree and burned to 3shes. His victim identified him and witnessed his execution. Governor Bilbo, petitioned during the day to intervene, in a statement is- sued at Jackson shortly before the. lynching, declared , himself ‘“utterly powerless” and sai§ that interference ‘would only lead to the deaths of hun- dreds of persons and that ‘“nobody. can keep the inevitable from happen- ng.” The lynching was manner which the authorities charac- terized as “orderly.” Guarded by a committee of citizens of Ellisville, Hartfield was taken first to the office of Dr. A. J. Carter, who after examin- conducted in a ation -of ~gunshot wounds received when the fugitive made his fight against capture, ‘declared the negro could not live more than 24 hours. In the meantime a group of silent men were piling crossties and brush in a depression in the ground near the rail- road trestle. There was no shouting. Arrangements apparently had been made days ago. After Hartfield had been identified on beng brought here, there were quiet conferences. Members of the com- mittee circulated in the crowd. Re- ports that there would be a “burning” at five o'clock gave way to state- ments that there would be a “hang- ing at the big gum tree.” Hartfield was told what the crowd intended do- ing with himbut only repeated “You have the right man.” From the doctor's office, Hartfield was taken to the street and faced the crowd. “You have the right man,” he reiterated. Then a noose found its way around his neck and the trip to the big gum tree was started, the crowd still silent. Under this big gum tree Hartfield forcibly detained his victim all of the night of Sunday, June 15. It was un- der a limb of that same ‘gum tree that he was hanged as soon as the rope could be pulled up by hundreds of hands. Then occurred the first demonstra® tion. While the body ‘was in its death struggles, pistols were - produced by men in the crowd and fired point- blank at the swinging form. Before the rope had been-cut by bullets, burn- ing , faggots . were' thrown under the pody and an hour later'there was only a pile of ‘ashes, < ' ¢ < No_arrests were made after the Iyiiching and . tonight the little town was quiet. DEFENSE RESTS IN TRIAL ‘OF MRS. AMY GILLIGAN Middletown, Conn, June 26.—The defense rested today in the trial of Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilligan, charged th murder, and-the ‘state commenced its rebuttal. Dr. Allen R. Diefendorf of New Haven was the last witness for_the defense. Up_to adjournmefit the state had called nine witnesses in rebuttal and more will be put on the stand tomor- row. One of the witnesses was Dr. Emma J. Thompson of Hartford, who told of making professional cails at the home for elderly people maintain- ed by Mrs. Gilligan in Windsor. She said_that while attending inmates of the home she had conversed with Mrs. Gilligan and had not observed any evidence of the use of morphine by the defendant, nod had she noted any signs of insanity in hér actions. The other witnesses testified briefly as to their observance of the defend- ant at various times, all making state- ments designed to show that Mrs. Gil- ligan is sane. PRESIDENT WILSON TO USE HIS PERSONAL SEAL Paris, Wednesday, June 25.—Presi- dent Wilson's personal seal, which he has decided to use instead of the presidential seal in signing the peace treaty, was made of part of a gold nugget presented to the president four years ago by the state of California with which to make a ring for the president’s wedding. After the wedding ring was made, enough gold remained for a seal ring on which the president had “Woodrow Wilson” engraved in _ stenographic characters. As the stenographic signs are joined on the ring they resemble Arabic lettering. TO RESTORE PROTESTANT CHURCHES IN WAR ZONE New York, June 26.—A programme for restoration of Protestant churches in the war zone was announced here tonight by Dr. William H. Foulkes, general secretary of the Presbyterian New Era Movement. who stated that a fund of $500.000 —had been made available for the work this year. About half thiz sum, Dr. Foulkes said, will be devoted to aid those Presbyterian bodies in France and Belgium which are accredited - agen- cies of the evangelical churches in those countries, one-fourth to aid sim- ilar bodies in Italy and one-fourth to aid non-Presbyterian Protestant bod- ies in the three countries. STRASBOURG TO RECEIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS New York, June:26.—The University of Strasbourg will be ready to receive American students at ifs opening next November, it was announced here to- night on behalf of the French govern- ment. The institution is being organ- ized on the model of all other French universities, it was stated, and the French government, in order to ens courage American students to visit Al- sace-Lorraine, will grant them ‘“the same liberal ~advantages as are now general” in these other. niversities. ARRIVAL OF THE DANISH STEAMER FREDERICK VIil New York, June 26, — The Danish steamer Frederick Vil arrived here tonight from Copenhagen with 79 first cabin, 78 second cabin.and 154 steer- age passengers. -Among the passeng- ers weresAeopoldo Ortiz, Mexican min- ister to Berlin, and L. S. Swenson, former United States minister to Den- mark, e 2 France and Italy remdved restrictions on - imiportation can shoes .. il e gy Condensed ' Telegrams London: banks ' will close at-noon Saturday instead of 1 P. M. Directors of the Chicago Board of Trade voted to close Saturday, July 5. : Senate adopted appropriation bill providing for an army of 400,000 be- ginning July 1. 4 “Imports of cotton goods from Japan during the next twelve months will éxceed the records . In the last two weeks more than $5,000,000 in_building permits were issued in Chicago. 3 Gold_holdings of the Imperial Ger- man Bank - amounted to 1,151,509 marks' as of June 12. Great celebration of Fourt of July planned in ‘Washington to commem- orate return of peace. Pennsylvania . Railroad directors took ‘no action on “Panhandle” acqui- sition at their meeting. Boston wool representatives in Great Falls, Mont.," paid 60% cents a pound for a clp of 41,000 polnds. ENVOYS CHOSEN T0 SIGN THE PEACE TREATY FOR GERMANY Unofficial Advices Say They Are Dr. Hermann Mueller, Foreign Minister, and Herr Bell, Minister of Colonies— Prussian National Assembly Again Has Voted Confidence in the New German = Government—No Further News Regarding the Return to Germany of the Former Crown Prince—Disorders in Berlin and Hamburg Are on the Wane. Heavy rains swept over the dry re North Dakota swept over the dry re- glons in the West, badly needed. Service of the Bay State ‘when_the’ 3,000 striking employes re- resumed Car Line in Boston, was turned to work. *General licenses for importation of upper leather and fibre and flaxseed Great for Britain Jurie 20. Postoffice autiorities promise reg- New eight hours ular York to Chicago every withi Two ‘new series of short term 41, e indebtedness were announced by the Treasury De- per sowing were issued by aerial mail from trips in the next ten days. cent certificates of partment to be dated July 1. 31 Wi 000,01 War Finance Corporation to May Liberty Bonds of all classes at par value to stabilize the Liberty Bond market. con- tracts representing a value of $33,- W ended’ June 7, at a cost of $11,000,000. purchased $905,149,000 ar Department announced 00 were liquidated in the Department of Commerce will tablish business offices parts of Europe in effort to speed up co-ordinaintg supply worl and Estimated that new Sing Sing Pri- in d trade by demand. son can be built for §1,178,293, Merchant's Bank of Canada pur- where rain was Street different (By The Associated Press.) Latest unofficial advices sign the peace treaty for Germany. morning. Sunday and Monday have treaty. man crown prince tilities_ ceased. the Prussian national assembly uation. eek parently are on the wane. A agency despatch es- rioting at Hamburg. The allied and have informed the German uals guil in Paris from Germany are that Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign minister in the cabi- net of Herr Bauer, and Dr. Bell, min- ister of colonies, have been chosen to The German delegation, say the re- ports, will reach Versailles Saturday been spoken of as the time Tor signing the No further news from any source has been received regarding the flight back to Germany of the:former Ger- from Holland, where he had been interned since hos- Another vote of confidence kas been given the new German government by 4 fol- lowing a discussion of the peace sit- The disorders in Berlin and Ham- burg, where there has been consider- able” street fighting and looting, ap- news frem Copenhagen says 185 persons were killed in the ociated powers govern- ment, that reparation will be required for the sinking of the German fleet in Scapa Flow and that the individ- |1y speaking. chased Post & Flag building at No. 38 Wall street. Air Council of the Briitsh Admiral- ty instructed the captain of the R-34 to drop a bag of mail from England of this violation of the ar- mistice will *be tried by a military court. Reparation also is to be re- quired for the burning by the Ger- mans of old French battle flags. to Nova Scotia, while on its flight to the Amnesty will be proclaimed follow- ing the signing of the peace treaty. Forest fires raged in Southwestern Alberta and eastern British Columbia United States. for the last 24 hours. Dartmouth College conferred hon- of Laws orab! upon Irwin S. Major General G. W. Goethals at its le degrees of Doctor Cobb, - author, commencement exercises. Another warning has been sent the Poles in those regions. and | Fevision by the League of Nations declared’ to be - inconsistent account for failure to withdraw troops from the new Polish territory, and for any aid rendered insurgents. against “harsh provisions” of the peace treaty, with to the Germans to the effect that the German ~"government will be held to The British labor party with only one dissenting vote has called for a of ¥t i statements by the allied governments S T A Y| when tne armistice was sigred. Pro- conaplidated - The - iew corporatior; test also was made against the block- is the British Cocoa & Chocolate Co. with a capital of 12,50,000. It merger of the Wright-Martin' Aireraft Corporation "and Motor Truck Co. will is' expected the details of the' before the end of the week, ~“Matchéster correspondent of London - Chronicle says he was formed. that the=sotfon: byshors had rejected’ proposals for: the-seitlement FRe Srhich Was reported of -t he: strik International be an\ounced for the restoration throughout Europe fiscal treatment. the b CONJECTURES ,OF MOVEMENTS the in- formed of the escape of come through British sources. ade of Germany and failure to incor- porate in the peace treaty measures industry with _equality ;in OF FORMER CROWN PRINCE Paris, . June 26.—The peace confer- ence has not yet been officially in- the crown prince from Holland, the news having Co. ‘announced| Pending details, official discussion of messages in authorized - codes may |the event and its bearing on German be accepted for the Dutch Eas* dies. ed with a proper name mot less chan These messages must be | a surname. It House of Commons tiat the Covadi- an_army was four-fifths demobilized. ‘Bar silver was quoted at 54 5-16 New York quoted penc: was - officially announged in e in London. silver. at $1.10%. Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee Frank P. Polk to be Under Secretary of State, Hugh GAibson to be Minis- ter to Poland and B. W. Long to be Mini: Shipments of crude, distilled petroleum from - Mexico " for May amounted to 6,987,962 barrels. Telegraph service in many parts of Dlinois and Iowa was rain Horse racing in southern Maryland is banned for the remainder year by the decision of the Court of Appeals at Annapolis Prince George's County Racing Law recommended confirmation ster to Cuba. refined cripple and wind storms. of declaring to_be unconstitutional. The League to Enforce Peace an- nounced that William G. McAdoo, for- mer joined its national executive commit- tee and would hereafter take part in directing the work of the organiza- tion. secretary of tig treasury, William J. Flynn, head of the Bureau ‘of Investigation in the: De- partment of Justicet and fdrmerly chief of U. §. Becret Service, has been appointed to assist Francis Assistant. Attorney Gen- eral, in hunting ‘down the snar- chists who this week have attempt- | 3d the lives of so many officials. Fhief Flynn is one of the hett Garvan, Flynn Trailing Bombers tnown detectives in- the country ind has handled every case against ‘he ‘aparchists in the last 20 years. In- n- land, is withheld. Recent Berlin_despatches printed the | the Paris newspapers are recalled, the burning of Frenci that other equally of | might be anticipated. emperor's “escape from and to what measures had been taken prevent such a move. B and which unnamed but alleged well placed persons, commenting on the sinking of the German fleet in Sctapa Flow and attle flags, said they were not surprised and declared startling events affairs, and the question whether it in- volves violation of neutrality by Hol- in in Since the Scapa Flow incident the Paris press has insistently alluded to the possibility of the former German Holland, coupled with the indirect question as to In military quarters the belief was expri’ssed today that the crown prince rince Max of Baden are on their way jto East Prussia, where the mili- the | tary reactionary element is strong. The opinion is that there may be the |among_the old junker officer class man on horseback.” had} - The in Paris, and there is opment in the situation . GOVERNMENT TROOPS OVERCOME Hamburg, June 26 (By the A. P. ‘Hamburg threatens to become a s shed. control. the government troops, quantities of ammunition, machine guns. the entire city, plundering, destroying. the railway. station for a time, but store order. inals released. ing a soviet system. sixty. all the automobiles they captured. STATEMENT RESPECTING Paris, 17. respecting the Turkish made public today. The Tugkish note “The the east—assumed, without treaties, those who, whatever opinion is held against the former crown prince per- sonally, might try to use him as “the presence in Germany at this moment of Frederick William, when the fate of the peace treaty still hangs in the balance, has caused disquietude considerable speculation regarding the next devel- IN HAMBUR! ond Munich, with even greater blood- The city is completely in the power of the communists and Sparta- cans, who are utilizing the food riots as excuse for their attempts to gain| In the rioting yesterday they stormed the city hall and overcame! capturing rifles and They then swent ov er Hing and Many of Hamburg’s fine buildings were badly damaged. The rioters held it was recaptured by the civic guard. The police were utterly helpless and gov- ernment _troops are under way to re- Jails have been stormed and erim- The Spartacans are conferring with the idea of establish- In addition to the buildings damaged, the streets are littered with all kinds of debris and clothing torn from citi- zens as they fled. Blood is noticeable in many places, indicating casualties. The number of dead is umknown, ru- mors varying between one dozen and The Spartacans tried unsuc- cessfully to burn the public buildings and, with particular vandalism, burned THE TURKISH POSITION June 26.—The statement of Damad Ferid (Sherif) Pasha, delivered to the council of ten on Tuesday, June position, and also the reply of the allied and associated powersdated July 25, were s in part: ponsibility for the war in the knowledge of the: sovereign or of the people, in the Black Sea, by a Ger- man ship commanded by a German ad- miral—rests entirely with the: signa- which were unknown to the Ottoman peo- ple and to the European chancelleries. i | l tories of the secret b » “These agreements were concluded 'time to, time.” between the government of the kaiser and the heads of the revolutionary committee, who, at the beginning of 1914, had placed themselves in pow- er by means of a coup detat. I call to witness the officiul despatches ex- changed between the representatives of France and Great Britain, and thelr reSpective governments, during the three monts which preceded the out- break of hostilities between Turkey and the empire of the czars. 2 “When war had once been declared, the eternal covetousness of Russia as regards Constantinople was skillfully represented to the people as an immin- ent danger, and anxiety for the preser- vation of national existence thereupon rendered the struggle a desperate one. Our archives are, moreover, thrown entirely open to an inquiry which would enable the statements which I have the honor to make to this high assembly to be amply confirmed. “In regard to the other tragit events, I'beg leave to repeat here the declara- tions which I have repeatedly made to the Ottoman senate. Turkey de- plores the murder of a great number of her Christian co-nationals as much as she does, that of Moslems, proper= In point of fact, the committee of union and progress, not content with the crimes perpetrated against Christians, condemned . to death by every means three million Moslems. £ “The great trial of the Unionists at Constantinople has proven the re- sponsibility of the leaders of the com- mittees, ail of whom occupy high po- sitions in the state, for the war and the other tragiv events. That is the rehabilitation of the Ottoman nation. “What we ask for thus, is, more: over, completely in conformity with President Wilson's principles, which we invoked when we requested an armi- istice, being convinced that they would be evenly applied in the inter- ests of the peace of the world. On the other hand, a fresh parcelling out of the Ottoman empire would entirely upset the balance in the east.” The reply of the allied and assoeiat- ed powers to Damad Pasha (grand vizier) says in part: “Neither among the Christians of Europe nor among. the Moslems of Syria, Arabia and Africa has the Turk done other than destroy, whenever he has conquered, never has he shown himself able to develop in peace what he has won by war. Not in this di- rection do his talents lie. “The obvious conclusion from these facts would seem to be that, since Turkey has, without the least ex- cuse’ or provocation, deliberately at- tacked the entente powers, and been defeated, she has thrown upon the vic- tors the heavy duty of determining the destiny of the various populations in her heterogeneous empire. This duty the council of principal allied and as- sociated powers desire to carry out, as far as may be in accordance with the wishes and permanent interests of the populations themselves. “But the council observes with re- gret that the memorandum introduces in this connection a wholly different order of considerations based on op- posed religious rivalries. The Turk- ish empire, is, it seems, to be preserv- ed unchanged, not so much because this would be to the advantage either of the Moslerms or of the Christians within its” borders, but because its maintenance is demanded by the re- ligious sentiment of men who never felt the Turkish yoke, or have for- gotten how heavily it weighs on those who are compelled to bear it. “But surely there never was a sen- timent less justified by facts. The whole course of the war exposes its hallowness. What religious issue is raised by a struggle in which Protest- ant Germany, Roman Catholic Austria, OrthoroX Bulgaria_and Moslem Tur- key banded themselves _together g plunder their neighbors? - “If it be replied that the diminution in the territories of a historic Moslem state must injure the Moslem cause in all hands, we respectfully suggest that in our opinion this is an error. To thinking Moslems throughout the world the modern history of the gov- ernment enthroned at Constantinople can be no source of pleasure or pride.” TO CURB ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA IN GERMANY: Coblenz, Monday, June 23.—(By The A. P) George Sauerborn, editor of the Montau Baur Kreisblatt, convict- ed on the charge of having published false statements regarding American troops, has been fined 1,000 marks and sentenced to three months’ imprison- ment. The jail sentence Was sus- pended. ! Sauerborn’s defence was that the Kreisblatt had reprinted sthe article from a newspaper in unoccupied Ger- many, which alleged the killing of twa Americans by civilians and that the Americans subsequently levied a finie of 20,000 marks on the town where the shooting was alleged to have occur- red. Military authorities contended thé publication of this and similar arti- cles was due to a secret German or- ganization, the object of which was to spread anti-American propaganda in all Germany. Montaubaur, headquarters of the First division, is the largest town oc- cupied by the Americans on the east bank of the Fhine. BRISBANE HAS INTEREST IN THE NEWARK LEDGER Newark, N. J., June 26.—Lucius T. Russell, publisher of the Newark Led- ger, announced today that Arthur Brisbane, editor of the New York Eve- ning Journal and Washington Times, had purchased an interest in the morning and evening editions of ‘his paper. The conditions of the sale have not yet been definitely determined, he caid, but will be incorporated in -z written agreement to be signed next week. The partnership becomes ef- fective July under an oral agreemeft’ between the two men, he added. .. “The policy and local management of the papers will remain the same’™ Mr. Russell said. “I will continue to run the papers here, and Mr,-Brisbane will contribute his advice and editof: ials and will look over things from