Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 28, 1919, Page 1

) VOL. LXI—NO. 153 POPULATION 29,919 GERMAN PEACE ENVOYS ARE IN VE READY TO SIGN PEACE PAGT THIS AFT Dr. Mueller and Dr. Bell Left Berlin for Versailles Secretly, Fearing Attempts on Theit Lives—President Wilson is Expected to Sail From Brest Sunday Afternoon—Cor- respondent of the Berlin Tageblatt Says the Scheidemann Government Had Decided to Refuse to Sign the Treaty, Permit the Allied Troops to Enter Germany and Then Attack Them With Strong German Forces—Austrian, German and Italian Communists Have Decided to Incite Revolts in Italy About July 15. (By The Associated Press.) Everything is in readiness for the| signing Saturday afternoon by the Germans of the peace treaty Hermann Mueller, foreign min- Dr German cabinet, and | Dr of the colonial office designated as Germany's signatories to | the momentous document, arrived in | Versailles late Friday night, ready to seal the compact An eleventh hour discordant note Struck by the Chinese dele- | gates, who announce they will not a fix their signatures to the treaty be- ause China is not to be allowed to make reservations concerning the » of Shantung, esider son is expected to sail home or eamer George Washing- ton from Brest Sunday afternoon. Sec retary of State Lansing will take his place in the peace councils. The important Polish city of Czen tochowa. 150 miles southwest of War- | ted under heavy attack | b man artillery na advices say that Austrian,| German and Italian communists have decided to attempt to raise the red flag | o frevolution in Italy about July 15. PRESIDENT WILSON TO SAIL HOMEWARD SUNDAY NOON| Paris, June 27.—(By the A. P)—| The sojourn of Presid Wilson in Europe will come to an end tomorrow when he starts homeward immediately | following the signing of the peace treaty. All arrangements for his de- parture have been completed, and the | special presidential train will ' the Garde des Invalides at 9:30 day evening. It will arrive at Brest| on Sunday morning, where the pres- ident will board the steamer George Washington, and sail about noon. The president will go straight to Washington to lay before congress the results of the peace conference. He will leave soon afterward for an ex- tended tour of the country to explain directly to the people all questions re- | lating to the peace treaty d the covenant of the League of Nations. The president goes ba to the United States more than satisfied, his friends say, with the net results of | the peace conference, and it is his opinion that the conference has been a wnoderful success. Outside German results, the confer- ence viewed in presidential quarte as liberating people who never before had a chnace for liberty, such as Po- Inad, Jugoslavia and Czecho-Slovakia The conference is credited with band- ing together the peoples of the world | to make the peace regime enduring. Other large results, said to be accord- ing to the presidential view, are the giving of a charter to labor, removing restrictions on international intercourse | and many other international results which can be summed up as “a col sal business, such as the world never dreamed of before.” The peace treaty and the League of Nations covenant should be ratified without amendment, according to the presidential mind as t is understood for certain definite reasons, namely, that if any one power seeks to make amendments than the war will not be over until every one of the 21 associ- ated nations learns the results of the amendments. This can be done only | through processes of negotiation und it is held that it would be a hopeless process of delay in restoring peace. It is also held that the effect of the amendments would be to keep the United States out of the treaty and out of the league. TREACHERY PLANNED BY SCHEIDEMANN GOVERNMENT Berlin, Thursday, June 26 (By the A. P.).—The German government headed by Philipp Scheidemann had planned to refuse to sign the peace treaty and to permit the allied troops to march | into Germany as far as the Elbe, where it would be attacked by strong German forces, the Danzig correspon- dent of the Tageblatt declares in a| despatch describing the details of a secret plan to crease a separate stale in_northeastern Germany. The plan failed because of jealousies and differences of opinion between the government and the army leaders, the | correspondent says . (A report from Geneva Thursday night said that Herr Scheldemann had arrived in Switzer- Jand after crossing the frontier on foot.) The last proposal made by conspira- | tors planning to oppose the allies, it is said, was to ask Poland to combine wit heastern Germany in the formation of an independent republic. The offer, it is declared, was rebuffed by the Poles, who asked why it had not been offered ten years ago. WHY CHINESE DELEGATES ARE TO DECLINE TO SIGN Washington, June 27.—Announce- ment by the Chinese delegation in Paris today that China would not sign the peace treaty is in line with the instructions sent to the delegation several weeks ago by the Chinese government. These instructions were to refuse fo sign the treaty unless some reservation was permitted as to Japan's sovereignty over the Shan- tung peninsula, acquired by Germany from China under the treaty of 1897. These instructions, it was learned today, have never been changed and accordingly the announcement of the Chinese delegation was not surpris- ing to officials here. Until very re- cently, however, it was considered possible China might sign in view- of private assurances said to have been given her representatives that Japan's tenure of Shantung would not be long. China, it also had been believed, prob- ably would assent to the treaty and Jeave the Shantung question to be worked out by the League of Nations. The Chinese decision was believed here to be based on the following: First, that the delegation was un able to obtain definitely expressed as censure run would not be permitted to for the remainder of the ninety- nine year period under which Ger- many held the territory, and Sccond, that jdefinite assurances were lacking that Japan would relin- quish control of the railroad from Tsing Tao to Tsin Aufu, including all facilities and_mining rights and priv: eges of exploitation; of the Tsing Tao-Shanghai-Chefoo cables, and of facilities at the port of Kiao Chau. Failure of China to sign the treaty, officials explained, probably will ex- clude her from the League of Nations, including certain rights of redress under that covenant as well as work to her detriment in the resumption of trade. GERMANS MOVE AGAINST WESTERN POLISH BOUNDARY Paris, June 27.—(By The A. P.) Movements of the Germans against the western Polish boundary at three points are giving great uneasiness in | conterence circles and Paderewski, the | Polish premier, is making earnest ef-| forts to obtain ammunition from the allies Defore the Germans cut the principal railways. Heavy artillery attacks upon Czen- | stothowa from “the south and west threaten to cut the railway connect- ing Warsaw with Cracow and the Te- schen coal fields. The Germans also are advancing at Krotoschin, 54 miles south-southeast Posen, and_directly west of Lodz, and there is fighting on the river Netze, west of Bromberg. Polish staff officers stationed in Paris regard the Czenstochowa action as most critical, the Germans are within twenty miles of the city at some points. The decision of the council of four to permit the Polish army to establis order in Galicia east of Lemburg car- ried with it temporary recognition of the River Brucz as the eastern baun- dary of Poland, pending the decision of the League of Nations. This de- cision was especially gratifying to M. Paderewski and his associates, as the inter-allied commissions which visited the region suppirted Polish reports that the district was being terrorized by bandits connected with no recog- nized army or organized government. 1,000 REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS IN BERLIN PLACED IN JAIL Copenhagen, June 27.—According to the Zeitung Am Mittag of Berlin, strike leaders there have decided upon a complete tieup of food trains to Ber- lin, The new ernment has started strong counter- measures and that about 1,000 revolu: tionary leaders have been arrested by sovernment soldiers and placed in jail in Moabit. TO RUTHLESSLY SUPPRESS DISORDERS IN HAMBURG Berlin, Thursday, June 26 (By the A. P.).—In view of the situation at Ham- burg and the strikes and unrest in Berlin, Gustav Noske, minister of na- | tional defe: , issued a proclamation tilay declaring that the government will ruthlessly suppress disorders by all means at its disposal, and that it reserves the right of instituting mar- tial law wherever necessary. The government intends, the procla- mation says, to employ military means against strikers interfering with pub- lic services, to guarantee freedom to work and to maintain railway trans- portation of food supplies and other necessaries with force, if necessary. SENATE VOTES TO INCREASE SHIPPING BOARD FUND! Washington, June 27.—Increase in the Shipping Board fund from $276,- 000,000 to $491,000,000 for completion of the government's authorized ship- building programme was approved by the senzte with hut one dissenting vote at a late session tonight held in an ef- fort to pass the sundry civil appropri- ation bill. Protracted debate on the shipbuild- ing appropriation item and the com- mittee amendment to cut off all funds from the tariff commission caused sev- eral important items, including the $10,000,000 appropriation for acquisi- tion of the Cape Cod Canal, to be passed over until tomorrow, thereby preventing passage of the measure to- night as planned. There was little opposition, however, to the shipbuilding increase which merely authorizes sufficient money to complete projects already under way. The house appropriation for the Ship- ping Board's use, it was explained, was due to a miscalculation. PLAN FOR FINANCING EQUIPMENT OF RAILROADS New York, June 27.—The plan for financing the equipment allocated to the railroads by the United States railroad administration, as drawn up by a committee of bankers headed by eJorme J. Hannauer of Kuhn; Loeb & Co., was mailed tonight to the presi- dents and directors of all railroads under . federal control, following a meeting of the Association of Railway Executives, presided over by Thomas De Witt Cuyler, chairman. Every corporate organization must make a decision as to the acceptance of the plan, which is receiving the con- sideration of the railroad. administra- tion and Walker D. Hines, director general. All questions of policy have been agreed on between the bankers and the railroad committee. BEQUESTS IN THE WILL OF EDWARD HOLBROOK New York, June 27.—The country estate at Stamford, Conn., of Edward Holbrook, who was president of the Gorham Manufacturing Company, to- gether with the Holbrook town house here and stocks and bonds to the value of $1,000,000 are bequeathed to Mrs. Frances S. Holbrook, his widow, un- der the terms of the will, filed here today. To his son, John S. and to surances that Japan would give up the Shantung province within a short specified time and that the Japanese his daughter, Mrs. Lillian De Balin- court, are left each $750,000 and in- come from & trust fund of $150,000. spaper adds that the gov-| | | i Cabled Paragraphs Ukrainians Re-enter Od Paris, June 27 (Havas).—The Ukra- inian forces have reoccupied Odessa and Kerson, according to an official despatch from Berlin. Foch to Attend Peace Signing. Paris, June 27.—Marshal Foch, not being a delegate to the peace confer- ence, will not sign the peace treaty. He will attend the ceremonies attend- ing the signature Saturday, however, being seated with the French delega- tion. BUILDING TRADESMEN IN BOSTON TO GET $1 AN HOUR Boston, June 2T.—An agreement which Mayor Peters characterized as “one of the most significant documents of the kind ever signed by employer and employe” was sizned tonight by representatives of the Building Trades Employers' association and the United Building Trades council of this city, terminating six weeks inactivity in building operations due to refusal of employers to grant demands of work- ers for a flat wage of one dollar an hour. Under the agreement reached as a result of conferences arranged and at- tended by Mayor Peters, the major trades affiliated with the trades coun- cil will receive 90 cents an hour until April 1, 1920, and §1 an hour there- after until Dec. 31, 1920. If neither party gives notice in writ- ing before Oct. 1, 1920, of a desire to make a change, the agreement will continue in effect for another vear, and the same arrangement will hold for subsequent years. Workers now on strike agree to return to work on Mon- day. Hours of labor are to remain as under present agreements. . A board of arbitration is to be estab- lished to which all grievances will be submitted, and it is asreed that there shall be no strike or lockout during the life of the agreement. One article of the agreement sets forth that the memberships of the Builing Trades council “shall lend aid, comfort or support to any of the building trades which refuse to be- come a party to this agreement, and the employers agree that none of their members shall give to any trade or calling any better conditions or wages than the parties to this agreement shall receive under this contract BISHOP BROWN FIGURES IN LEGISLATIVE PROBE New York, June 27—The name of Bishop William Montgomery Brown, for twelve years Protestant Episcopal bishop of Arkansas an dthe author of several hooks on theological subjects, was brought into the records of the joint legisaltive committee investigal ing radical activties, n this state.w} a letter taken, from. the files’'of. the | correspondence department of the Rand school of social science was in- troduced as evidence late today. The letter, signed “A - Wagganet” and addressed to Professor S¢ott Near- ing, stated that the writer had ar- anged fo Neaing to visit Bishop Erown at Calion, Ohio, but that the interview had been prevented by earing’s trial on a charge of sedition, “I have a letter from Comrade Brown,” said the “Wagganet” letter, “and he wished to know if you would give him an opportunity to speak at the Rand school or in a hall. Com- rade Brown is 63 vears old and it will be necessary to have a small hall or he cannot make himself heard. When I tell you that omrade Brown is a bolshevist I think there will be no trouble in arranging a meeting for him. He wished ot consult with you and Comrade Eastman about three pamphlets he wishes to publish.” Mansfield, O., June 27.—Bishop Wil- liam Montgomery Brown of Gallion, declined tonight to make a statement regarding mention of his name in con- nection with radical activites as di closed by the legislative investigating committee in New York. He admitted having knowledge of the “agganet” letter. EVIDENGCE SUBMITTED IN CONNECTICUT ICE PROBE Hartford, Conn., June 27.—All evi dence in the Connecticut ice probe is to be submitted to United States At- torney General Palmer before the fed- 1 authorjties here proceed to exe- cution, according to United States Dis- trict Attorney John F. Crosby. Cases under the Sherman anti-trust law must be reviewed by the attorney gen- eral and receive his approval before definite action is taken. Should he de- cide that it is not within the province of the federal authorities to prosecute, nothing will be done by them. At least another week would pass before he could make a definite an- nouncement concerning the progress of the investigation, Mr. Crosby said. The report of the New Haven com- mittee, which suggested that further investigation would probably show that the Connetcicut “trust” was but a part of a much larger combination covering th eentire east has received Mr. Crosby's attention. While he has made no statement to that effect, the fact that Attorney Palmer must re- view the papers is taken as an indl- cation that the investigation may eventually become one involving the whole of New Englana. EMPLOYERS FAIL TO ENDORSE U. 8. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE New York, June 27.—The United States employment service was en- dorsed by oniy 34 out of 405 employ- ers of labar to whom a questionnaire was sent by the National Employment Managers, according to a_statement issued tonight by the board of direc- tor. The statement said the question- naire was submitted to men repre- senting the biggest employers of la- bor in the United States. Ninety-five of those questioned declared them- selves in favor of a state system of employment service. Creation of a new cabinet minister to be known as “sec- retary of employmesd” was disap- proved by 219 votes to 9. NORTH DAKOTA VOTED ON NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE LAWS Fargo, N. D. June 27.—With 1306 precinets out of 2,853 in North Da- kota reported, the Non-Partisan Teague IAws, voted on in yesterday's refecendum election, tonight showed 26,262 affirmative and 36,628 nega- tive votes. These retugns indicated the adoption of all the laws by & sub- =5 B NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1919 12 PAGES—92 COLUMNS. _ Aviators Towers and Bellinger Welcomed Arrival Home of the Men Who Made the First Trans-At- lantic Flight. New York, June 27.—An official welcome home such as previously has been accorded only to returning cabi- net members, ‘greeted Lieutenant Commander John ~H. Towers and Lieutenant Commander P. N. L. Bel- linger, when they stepped ashore here today from the army.transport Zep- pelin. While heavy rain squalls interfered with the plan of having the Zeppelin greeted by a fleet of aircraft off Sandy Hook, the reception at the dock was none the less enthusiastic. Rear Ad- miral James H. Glennon, commanding the Third Naval District, was at the pier with his entire staff to extend an offiical welcome to the aviators and the crews of the now world famed N. C. machines on behalf of the sec- retary of the navy. He congratulated them on their achievement which he said “added to the glorious lustre of the American navy.” After being officially greeted and cheered by the reception committee, the men were hustied away in auto- mobiles to the office of Brigadier Gen- eral McManus, where their wives and members of their families were await- ing them. The pier where the Zeppelin docked was a mass of flags and bunting. In Status of President of the Irish Republic Question Was Raised in the Massachusetts Legislature —Guest of Boston Today. Boston, June 27.—After the lower branch of the legislature had unani- mously passed an order today inviting Eamonn De Valera to address the house while here on Monday, a motion in the senate to invite the Irish revo- lutionary leader to address that body was withdrawn. Edwin T. McKnight, president of the senate, insisted that the motion be considered in the regular order Monday. The senator who had introduced the motion thereupon with- drew it on the ground that it would be impossible for the senate to act on it before Mr. De Valera had left Boston. Mr. De Valera will address a mass meeting here Sunday. Upon his ar- rival Saturday he will be greeted by |- the city council at Mayor Peters. President McKnight in a statement tonight said that he had asked that action on De Valera be postponed be- cause he desired that senators be given an opportunity to inform themselves as to whether the senate was to re- ceive De Valera as the official head of a recognized government. “So far as I have been able to learn,” he said, “Mr. De Valera has not been recognized by the officials at Washing- ton as representing with authority the people of Ireland. Neither have I been the direction of et e ey THE MEDIUM TO GET RESULTS If you want & medium which influence, of world wide force, the newspaper in that medium. If you want a medium that dominates from the standpoint of eir- culation the newspaper is that medium. If you want the only advertising medium- which is an absolute necessity to modern civilization, the newspaper is that medium. Newspapers are a great institution, a formidable unit, so elastic as to be at once world wide or sectional. of such incomparable qualities is available to increase your sales. If you want an advertising medium to reach the trade in and about Norwich, or in the towns throughout the eastern end of Connecticut, The Bulletin is that medium. During the past week the following matter has appeared in its columns, all for two cents a day. Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, June 21...... 169 123 304 59 Monday June 23...... 170 97 318 585 Tuesday, June 24... 124 160 320 604 Wednesday, June 25...... 196 113 345 654 Thursday June 26, 166 12 281 559 Friday, June 157 127 i -2 575 Totals ... 732 1859 3573 dominates from the standpoint of ‘What a privilege that a medium addition to Admiral Clennon and his| staff, an armg guard of ,honor was drawn up and as the men, stepped from the ship bugles sounded and bands played. A clear space around| the shore end of the gangway was| maintained and the overseas flyers marched off, led by Commander Tow- ers, who commanded the flight. A detailed report of the flight has been prepared which will be present- ed to the navy departmenl. Before they go to Washington, however, the fliers will be guests of honor at din- ners to be given here by the Aero Club of America and the American Flying club. ¢ $65,000 DUG UP IN YARD OF TREASURY EMPLOYE ‘Washington, June —Secret ser- vice agents of the treasury depart- ment are said to have struck a gold mine here in “prospecting” in the back yard of Charles H. Turnbull, a trusted employe in the macerating room of the treasury department, and unearthed more than $65,000 in re- deemable treasury notes buried in ti cans and other receptacles several feet below the surface of the earth. Thousands of dollars in partly muti- lated notes also were reported by the agents to have been discovered hid- den in the walls, under carpets, and in every conceivable manner, waiting to be rendered of piecing together. Turnbull was charged with embez- zlement of the notes in an indictment returned by the grand jury, and when taken into custody last night police said they found on his person sev- eral thousand dollars in notes fresh- ly appropriated. Turnbull had recent- ly expressed the intention of resign- ing in a short time, fellow employes are said to have told the police. BRITISH DECORATION FOR CAPT. WINTHROP PYEMONT Boston, June 27.—Captain Winthrop Pyemont, formerly commander of the 50th division of the signal company o fthe Royal Engineers and now a student at the Harvard Law school, was decrated today with the British military cross and bar. The decora- tions were presented by Gloster Arm- strong, British consul general at New York, and were pinned op the young soldier’s brest by Major General Clar- ence R. Edwards, the Northeastern Department commander, acting for the king of England. Captain Pyemont’s honors came for his work in main- tainir telephone communications un- der fire in two engagements. VOTE TO CONTINUE STRIKE AT VANCOUVER Vancouvgr, B. C.. June 27.—Union labor workz's of Vancouver now out on gen-ral strike, voted today over- whelmingly in favor of continuing their walkout ag a protest against al- leged discrimination against certain strikers, OBITUARY. William H. Deming. Hartford, Conn, June 27—William H. Deming, who had_been with the Conneteicut Mutual Life Insurance company forty-four years and was elected its second vice president last November, died suddenly of angina Dectoris_at his home here today. He was in his 62nd year and a native of this city. He was asistant secretary of the Connecticut Mutual from 1897 to 1906 and secretary from the lat- ter year until November, 1918. He was also a director of the Hartford Couua- ty Mutual Fire Insurance company and a member of several clubs. He leavse a widow, a son, Senator Rich- ard H.Deming, and a daughter. able to learn of any country that has nition to him. “To accord formal recognition to one Who has not already been recognized | by our government at Washington might not only seriously embarrass | our commonwealth, but it might em- | barrass the government of the United | States as well.” other state in the | given official recog- PRESIDENT OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC IN BOSTON TODAY New York, June 27.—Boston will give Eamonn De Valera, “president of the Irish republic,” the “greatest wel- come ever accorded any man on any occasion” when he visits that city to- morrow, according to assurances 'given De Valgga here today by William J. Francis of Charlestown, Mass., a mem- ber of the Massachusetts legislature. James M. Curley, former mayor of Boston, who also called on Mr. De Valera, said the city would exert every effort to make his visit “a most im- pressive occasion i BAG OF HUMAN BONES FOUND IN A MILLS HOTEL, NEW YORK New York, June 27.—A brown leather bag filled with human bones was found tonight in the checking room of | a Mills hotel here. According to the| police, the bag was:checked in the| hotel in November, 1915, and has been | awaiting a claimant since thén, The bones include the skull of a man about 40 years old. Some of them ap- peared to have been cut with a saw, which gave rise to the theory that they may have been the property of a med- ical student. | _ Dr. George Hohmann, assistant med- ical examiner, declared the bones were the relics of a murder. “They show every indication that a murder has been committed,” he said, “because of the way they are muti- | lated.” The leather case in which the bones| were found bore the blurred initials TN A Each bone was wrapped separately. in bages of a New York newspaper bearing the dates of Sunday, Sept. 12, 1915, and Monday, Sept. 27, 1915: SOCIALIST AND COMMUNIST LEADERS ARRESTED IN BERLIN Loudon, June 27.—Reuter’s Berlin correspondent says the independent socialist and communist leaders of the Greater Berlin soviet executive coun- cil arrested Thursday night by order of Gustav Noske, minister of nation: defense, have been released. It was impossible to prove they were concern- ed in the telephone conversation be- tween Hamburg and Berlin on Wed« nesday night with regard to the be. sinning of a new revolution. | Plundering commenced Thursday evening in the western suburbs of Berlin, beginning at Schonenberg and extending ~ quickly, the correspondent | adds. There was also looting at Fri- denau, which continued until early this morning. Troops have been sent to aid the resident guard restore order. SULPHUR-LADEN RAIN SHOWER AT DAWSON, Y. T. Dawson, Y. T, June 27.—A sulphur- laden shower of rain, a rare phenome- non, fell over Dawson and its vicin- ity last night. A thirty minute down- pour left pools and sidewalks streak- ed with a yellow substance which chemists declared was sulphur and which they believed was carried in the upper atmospheric . currents from seme distani voclano eruption. A similar precipitation has been report- ed at Eagle, a hundred miles north of Dawson, and also in northegn B Columbia, - x.t. =~ - /Ty ish Condensed Télegrams Califorria shipped 70,000 gallons &f whiskey (0. Ireland. . Cunard Line will inaugurate Balti- more to Bristol service. It is reported in London that ' di orders are increasing in Berlin. Post Office Department profits for the fiscal vear 1918 were $17,000,000, Three American divisions east of Rhine can be move out of Germany by_August 1. Total reserve of dropped " £408,000 increased £81000. First sale of army surplus materi als direct to people will begin in Baltimore Saturday. According to ‘Berlin reports, Ger- many faces natoin-wide . railroad strike for higher wages. Department of Agriculture reported more than 51,000,000 bushels of wheat in sight in the United States, Gold coin amounting to $2,750,000 with_withdrawn from the New York Sub-Treasury for shipment to Spain. According “to reports received in Paris the armistice 'signed between Poles and Ukranians was broken by. the latter. French Government decided = that the official victory celebration by France shall take place on July 14, Bastile Day. Plan of directors of B. F.-Goodrich to increase the capital stock from $84,600,000 to $109,600,000 was approy- ed by stockholders. Payment of a final dividend of three shillings a share on the stock of the Anglo-American Oil Co. on July 10 was confirmed. Weekly statement of Bank of France shows an increase of 286,562 francs in gold and a decrease of 1,- 050,968 francs in silver. Senator Phelan, Democrat of Cali- fornal, denied in the Senate the League of Nations would handicap efforts for Irish freedom. It was announced in Toronto the Prince of Wales will start the aerial race leaving Toronto and New York simultaneously on August 25. Destroyer Isabel, flagship of a sub- marine chased flotilla on the. Missis- sippi, went aground ten days ago and is fast in the mud at Cairo, IIl. Captain Bachhauser, assigned by the German army to duty. in Coblenz, was fined 1,000 marks for refusing to salute an American lieutenant. Owing to inabiilty to sell 3,000,000 pairs of army shoes in France. War Department ordered them returned to this country to be put on sale. Construction of traffic tunnel un- der Hudson River connecting Jersey City and New York will begin as soon as President Wilson, signs bill. Henry Ford will turn over to the government all war profits made by him as the majority stockholder of the Ford Motor Co. on war contracts. Transport Martha = Washington is lying in the harbor at Charleston, S. C, .with P,000 interned Germans aboard, prepared to sail for Rotter- dam. Brice Ringer, of Petersburg, Ind., an enlisted man connected with the Red Cross mission in Berlin, ccya- mitted suicide on June 24. 'The mo- tive is unknown. International Mercantile Marine Co., at a special meeting, elected George E. Baldwin, vice president of Bank of England in week. Bullion the American International ~Corpo- ration, a director. After an almost unbroken sleep lasting three months and eight days, Hilda Kari of New Dorp, State Is- land, died at a hospital in New York of “sleeping sickness.” A recolution requesting the Goy- ernor of Ohio to prohibit the Willard- Dempsey fight in July 4, was intro- duced by Representative Randall, Prohibitionist of California. Harry Dorsch, an alleged radical who was arrested in Ansonia in con- nection with the strikes, was taken to Boston. A quantity of I W. W. literature was found in his room. German Minister of Economics an- nounced the shipment of cotton at Hamburg was for the Czech Govern- ment and the Germans wili not re- ceive cotton for the time being. James Tansey of Fall River was re- elected president of the National Amalgamation of Textile Operatives at the convention session held in Paw- tucket, R. L Board of Directors of the lllinois Trust Co. and the Merchants' Loan & Trust Co. adopted resolutions re- commending a merger to stockholders and called a meeting of the latter for July 29. It was intimated before the House Interstate Committee by Director Hines of the Railroads that a general increase of rates may be necessary to make up the deficits in railroad operation. Bernard A. Marron, 17 years old, of Brooklyn, was sentenced to not less than five years nor more than ten years in Sing Sing Prison by Judge McIntyre in General Sessions Court for theft of $56,000 worth of dia- monds. TO PROMOTE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES | ‘Washington, June 27.—With the view of framing legislation to promote the development of private marine in- surance companies, a house merchant marine sub-committee, headed by Representative Lehlbach of New York today decided to begin hearings on July 7. Officials of the war risk in- surance bureau and the shipping board first will be called before the committee. - The primary obj#t of the inquiry. said Mr. Lehibac, will be to get en actment of legislation “to permit the American merchant marine, when it has reached its full development, to have the bemeiit of insurance written entirely by American companies, back- ed by American capital.” SCARCITY OF COMMON LABOR IN SHIPYARDS Atlantic City, N. J., June 27.—At the annual conference here today of the employment managers division of the Atlantic Coast Shipbuilders Associa- tion, representatives of big yards from Bath, Me. ,to Georgia, reported a great and growing scarcity of common labqr due to unwillingness of untrained me) who had made high wages in war in- dustries to go to laborers’ jobs. 1t is planned to establish through the association’s Philadelphia offiee, & clearing house for information regard- ing labor supply, whereby any ship- vard having a shortage of help may learn where to fill its raquirements. LITHUANIA SEEKS BOUNDARY TREATY WITH POLAND New York, June 27.—Premier Slez vicius of Lithuania has directed the Vithuanian delegation at the peace conference to ask the entente gov- ernments to induct Foland to make a treaty with Lithuania setting a boundary between their armies ac- cording to a cable message received today by the Lithuanian National Council from its Paris representative: The Poles hive continued their ad- vance into Lithuania and (\cupied the districts of Kaieserderys and Alyta, where there .are no Bolshevists, the premier asserted. . FIRST TEST OF MAY COME IN HARTFO Result of Course of Procedure PROHIBI g i Suggested to Attoney for Li- quor Interests by U. S. Attorney Crosby—Sends Llf ter to Attorneys Allen and King, Representing State Li- quor Dealers, That Violations of the Law Would Result in Prosecution—Willing to Assist in Bringing a Test Case With All Possible Speed—Attorneys to Confer This Morning to Decide Upon What Course to Pursue. Hartford, Conn., June 27.—Tt is pos- sible that the first test of the war prohibtion measure ‘will be tried in Hartfol as a result of a course of pro- cedure suggested to attorneys for the liquor interests today by United States District Attorney John F. Crosby. In a letter sent to Arnon A. Alling and! William A. King, representing Con- necticut liquor dealers, he states that violations of the law would result in prosecution. Also that if the dealers should determine to file a bill in equity he would not agree to suspend prose- cuting pending the decision on the bill nor be governed by the bill - unless an injunction was secured. The final atement of his position is that an injunction in one jurisdiction’ will not prevent the department of justice from making prosecutions .in other juris- dictions. After making this flat stand on en- forcement of the law Mr. Crosby ex- presses a willingness to assist in bringing a test of the law with all possible speed. He promises upon the first violation called to his attention to summon a grand jury and obtain an indictment so drawn as to make possible a demurrer to test the con- stitutionality of the law. If the dealers enter a demurrer, Mr. Croshy agrees to urge a prompt hear- ing and decision by the United States district court. If the district judge upholds the dealers, “his ruling on the demurrer can be taken at once to the supreme court,” implying that this will be the case. He further states that if this plan of action were follow- ed he would “in all probability refrain from commencing other prosecutions until the initial case is determined.” However, he states, “I cannot bind myself to any given course of action in_this regard.” Mr. Alling of New Haven said to- day that he had received the letter and would have a conference with Mr. King, his asociate in the case, at New Haven this afternoon. This. will‘be followed by a conference 'B%? NE Crosby Saturday morning. Until these conferences have been held Mr. Alli refused to make any statement. He was unwiliing to state whether an ap- plication for an injunction would -] brought prior to prosecution, although Thomas Fitzsimmons, secretary of Connecticut Retail Liquor Dealers’ a&r sociation, on Thursday indicated this as the probable course of action. ANTI-PROHIBITION FORCES IN .. HOUSE PREPARE FOR BATTLE Washington, June 27.—The whole question of ' prohibition enforcement was_transferred today from the judi- ciary committee to the house, without promise or assurance of speedy con- sideration. 4 A general enforcement measure, em- bracing both wartime and constitu- tional prohibition, put together in such a way as to let one stand independent- ly of the other, was reported out by.a vote of 17 to 2 after the committes had refused to split it into two sep- arate and distinct parts. But this vote did not accurately represent the sen- timent of the committee, some mem- bers of which will send in a minority report and insist upon elimination ‘of some drastic provisions. Backed by representatives from dis- tricts outwardly hostile to wartite prohibition, the minority will attempt a flying wedge fight in the hope of -80 amending the wartime enforcement bill as to permit the manufacture and sale of 2 3-4 per cent .beer. Prohibition leaders conferered informally tonight to decide on,a plan of action, believing there was ng indication that the presi- dent, before July 1, would jssue.a proclamation declaring demobilization and wartime prohibition ended. : Anti-prohibition forces in the house counted heads and agreed to put up a desperate battle for wholesale modifi- cations of severe secigpns. DR. WILKINS FOUND GUILTY: CARRY CASE TO HIGHER COURT Mineola, N. Y, June 27.—Counsel for Dr. Walter Keene’Wilkins, found guilty by a jury in the supreme court here today of murder in the first de- gree for-the killing-of his wife, Julia, | at their Long Beach home February 27, angounced tonight. that he wotld carry the case to the court of appears and the governor if necessary. The verdict carried with it a rec- ommendation for: clemency which, un- der the law, the court cannot. heed. The only penalty’ permitted in _this state for first degree murder is death in_the electric chair. The jury was out mearly 23: hours. a record for Nasau county. Foreman Paries said twenty ballots were taken during the twenty-two hours and six- teen minutes the case was In the jurgs nands. On the.first ballot the Jjury. stood six for conviction, five for acquittal and one undecided. On the fourteenth Kallot the jury stood eleven to one convidtion. It took seven hours to sway the twelfth man. The only visible sign of emotion displayed by Dr. Wilkins when the verdict was announced was that he leaned forward slightly in his chair and turned a trifle pale. He walked out of the cpurt room with steady step although he had professed all along to be confident of acquittal, ae of a disagraament at the woyst. He will be sentcpced Monday. RELEASE OF WIRES READY FOR PRESIDENT’S SIGNATURE Washington, June 27.—The bill end- ing government control and operations of telephones, telegraphs, cable and radio communications was made ready in congress tonight for President Wil- son’s signature. Final legislative ac- tion was taken in adoption by the house today and by the senate tonight of the conference agreement which is | expected to terminate government wire administration July 31. As finally approved, the legislation ends government control at midnizht on the last day of the calendar month in which President Wilson approves the bill. Chairman Cummins of the interstate commerce committee _told teh senate tonight it was assumed the president would sign the bill next month and that the repeal law will be effective July 31. The only other important provision of the measure continues toll and local telephone rates for four months after approval of the bill unless sooner ad- justed by state commissions. BRITISH REPORTED ESCAPE OF FORMER CROWN PRINCE Paris, June 27—The report of the escape of the former German crown prince from Holland, where he has been interned virtually since the ces- sation of hostilities, was explained to- day as follows: The announcement was made to the American peace delegaticn by the British intelligence department. It was then sent to the council of four, and_announced to, newspaper corres- pondents by an American press offi- cial. s No statement has been made as to the source from which the British in- ielligence department received the original report. NEW $125,000 PUBLISHING COMPANY FOR NEW HAVEN Hartford, Conn., June 27.—The Vet- arans Journal - Publishing. Company of New Haven has filed a certificate of incorporation at the secretary of state's office, it was announced to- night, with a capital stoek of $125,000, of which $75,000 is paid in. The pro- prietorship, printing and publishing of 2 newspaper or newspapers, .a mag- azine or magazines, is given as the purpose of the incorporation. - - AGREEMENT REACHED ON ARMY OF 325000 MEN- Washington, June 27.—Senate and house confesees on ‘the army appro- priation bill late today reached an agreement -to fix the average size of the 1920 army at 325,000 officers and men. This total is 75,000 less than that | TESTIMONY TENDS TO PROVE MRS. GILLIGAN INSANE Middletown, Conn, June 27.—TFRe state continued today to present the testimony of witnesses in rebuttal-in, the trial of Mrs. Amy E. Archer Gilli~ gan on a charge of murder. Nearly all those who took the stand are ] Windsor, and they told of incidents involving the defendant, all tending.to prove the state's contention that Mrs. Gilligan is_sane. At the afternoon. session Rev. Fred- erick W. Harriman of Windsor testl- fied that in 1912 the Grace Episcopal church conducted a fund to which Mrs. Gilligan gave $20 as a subscription from “inmates of the Archer home. Witnesses for the defense had said that the defendant gave $250 to a church not of her own faith. Dr. Charles E. Perkins of Windsor, & former neighbor of Mrs. Gilligan's, said that he had seen the defendant fre- apently and had made professional calls at her home for elderly people. He said the house always appeared neat, that Mrs. Gilligan seemed to be normal and that he saw no’ evidence that she was a user of morphine. _ Edward Winchworth of Lakeville testified that he had received letters from the defendant in regard to his stepdaughter, who had been an inmate of the Archer home. Twenty of the letters, which the state claimed show- ed the writer to be of normal intelli- gence, were read and placed in evi- dence. The state has more witnesses to put on the stand before its alienists will testify. The trial will be resumed next Tuesday. SENTENCED FOR VIOLATING FEDERAL NARCOTIC ACT Hartford, Conn., June 27.—John W. Lewis, as he was known in this state, pleaded guilty in the United States district court today to violation of tha narcotic act of December 17, 1914, and was sentenced by Judge Garvin -t imprisonment in the federal penitea= tiary at Atlanta for three years and nine months and to pay of $1,000. Fed- eral officials expressed the belief that the arrest and conviction of Lewis By Revenue Agent Dobbs -of the New. York district would prove a strong deterrent to attempted drug dealing as anticipated by some after July T, Lewis had a_criminal record dating back - to 1895 had four times been convicted under various aliases in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, beginning operations in- this state a few months ago in Stam- ford. TO RETAIN “DRY” ZONES e AT NAVAL STATIONS Washington, June 27.—In response to urgent requests from the mavor -of Newwort, R. I, asking that the navy's “dry” zone order applying to all naval training stations be rescinded before July 1, Secretary Daniels today tele- zraphed that the order would not be roscinded and that no exceptions would be made in the case of Newport. Mr. Danijels said today that he had received two telegrams from the New- port executive, the last one “very in- sistent” as the secretary expressed I Mr. Daniels intimated that the order would not be rescinded until the president officially declared the state of war no longer exists. By that time, Mr. Daniels said, he “hoped that the measure would be no longer neces- sary.” i MRS. LUNDGREN TO RESUME® .. HER TESTIMONY TODAY Lawrence, Mass, June 27.—Dr. W. D. Walker said tonight that Mrs. Besa sie M. (Skeels) Lundgren had recov- ered from the indisposition which caused a' suspension of her trial fof the murder of Miss Florence W. Gay today. He expresced the opinjon that she would be able to resume the wits ness stand for further cross examimas tion .tomorrow. TREATY TO BE SIGNED ON JAPAN PARCHMENT Paris, June —The original of the tréaty of peace which will be signed by all the plenipotentiaries will be eon proposed by the senate and 25,000 more than_the strength authorized prigin- ally by the houseg - hie Japan parchment, according to LN- transigeant. It will cost 15,000 france S ennen tha, Aocament.