Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 12, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXI-NO. 165 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, 10 LIFT THE BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY TODAY 10 ESTABLISH STEAMSHIP LINES T0 GERMAN PORTS Ships to Sail as Soon as Cargoes are Available at American Ports—Shipping Board Announces Ships to Hamburg and Bremen Will Operate From Boston, New York and Philadelphia—For the Shipment of Cotton Lines Also Will Be Started From Southern Ports—Germany is Said to Be in Pressing Vashington. July 1i.—Steamship lines to Hamburg and Bremen, Ger many, will ablished as soon as cargoes are ilable at American poris. the shipping board announced today. The_lines will operate from Boston, New York, Baltimore and Philadel- Phia, one vessel to be allocated. to the line between Philadelph: and Ham- b For the shiopment of cotton. o will be started from southerr s to Hamburg and Tremen ! e ! TRADING WITH GERMANY | TO BE RESUMED AT ONCE| uly 11.—With the lift- | ade against Germany, | that country and th; VTnited Sate: well the other as- seeiated powers will begin Acting Secretary of State Polk an today that blanket licenses issued for transactions of firms and that details would within 48 hours after decision egal experts as to whether a for- mal proclamation by the president Would be necessary. in all commodities, cxcept chemicals and potash, con- over which will be exercised by he reparations commission set up by he meace treaty, will be umrestricted, it was saild. American . firms doing business with Germany must send their agen into that country without Dacsporie. however, as these cannot be fecuea until the proclamation of peace. Tt was also said at the state depart- ment that there was no certainty when sean - consuls would be sent to e rican 8 Need of Raw Materials of All Payment for the goods which this country sends to Germany® must be madec under a system of credits to be arranged later through private capi- tal, officials said. While Germany has large quantities of goods ready to be| exported, officials doubted that ihere would be any great demand for them in this country and consequently trade balance in favor of the United States is expected to be large. Germany was said to be in immedi- ate and pressing need of raw mate- rials of almost all kinds, particularly cotton and copper, and it is believed that the demand for grain and cloth- ing will be great. Three ships for Germany already have been loaded in American ports, one with cotton and two with general merchandise, it was said today at the shipping board, and they will start overseas as soon as licenses for their cargoes have been issued. TO RAISE BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY TODAY Paris, July 11 (By the A. P.).—The council of five has decided to raise the blockade against Germany tomorrow, it was announced tonight. The council, after receiving the re- ort of the legal éxperts declaring the official document notifying the coun- cil of ratification of the treaty by Ger- many to be in due form, decided to raise the blockade tomorrow. So far as the action of the council concerns France. the measure will be effective only after publication in the Journal Officiel. of a decree annulling the preceding decrees regarding the blockade. MUST FURNISH 25,000,000 TONS OF COAL FOR EUROPE Washingten. sk dd—Prespects that the American coal industry will be calied upon to furnish a minimum of 25.080,000 tons and possibly 40,000,- o ns of fuel for Européan coun- tries during the coming year, accord- | ing to a report of conditions abroad | by George S. Rice, chief engineer of \e bureau of mines, made pubiic to- by Director Manning of the bu- reau. Con sions in the report were reached by Mr. Rice while a member of a special commission studying the E ation in Europe. sreat demand for _American the report says, will resu_lt' largely from decreased productipn in England. due to the seven-hour day obtained by English miners.- The re- | port quotes Sir Aukland Geddes asi calling attention in the house of com- | mons to the fact that the British | production will be lessened by 70,000.- | 000 tons during the next year under | the award, and the price increased by $1.06 a n. ¥ France, Ttaly, Norway and Spain, it is stated, have been largely dependent in _the for fuel The coa on England pas French mines destroved by the Ger- | mans will not be reopened for full] preduction within ten vears. | If wartime restrictions on coal use| at home are maintained by England, the repori estimates, that country will have 23,000000 tons for export, there still will be a deficiency of 000,600 tons in Europe. There also be 2 demand for 14,000,000 tons which England formerly shipped to other of the globe, and America has able source of supply. FAILURE OF STRIKE OF MASON TENDERS AT SPRINGFIELD July 11.—In a con- ¥ of representatives of erai hundred laborers and ma- son tenders who have been on strike an a week, and local contrac- b trikers’ representatives were told by the contractors that inasmuch as they have now been unable to ob- tain ail the help they need, the con- tractors take the attitude that a strike no longer exists. The contrac- tors thereforc refused to make any wage concessions. The hb):“ers have the been receiving $4 and mason tenders $4.50. Both seek 50 cents a day i MEETING ‘OF TRUS+EE5 OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Hartford, Conn. July 11.—A meet- ing of the trustces of the Connecticut | Agricuitural college was held today in ihe executive office in the capitol. The business related to the recent burning of the women's building and the re- placement of it by another. It was the opinion that the new building should | be a more substantial structure than ine ol done. The state board of finance will be asked to visit the institution so that the members'may see the sort of building required. LIQUOR QUESTION DELAYS i i STATEMENT BY PACKER THOMAS E. WILSO! Chicago, July 11.—Thomas E.. Wile. son, president of Wilson & Co., issued the following statement tonigh: “After reading the upon the meat packing industry, must say that it is unfortunate that a state of mind seems to exist among, the members of the federal trade com- [mission that they should be opposed | to large business interes “It seems strange to me that in this report the federal failed to call attention of the people to facs in the food administration re- port, as shown on page 29, which re- lates to a wartime profit to the pack- ers. “This report shows that the pack- ers were permitted to earn a maxi- mum profit of 9 per cent. on sales of edible products upon capital invested. It also states that the profit of the five larger packers for the vear end- ing Nov. 1st, 1918, was a little over $40,000,000 on an investment of over $714,000,000, meaning a net profit of that authorized by the government. “These figures passed through the hands of the federal trade commis- sion and the accuracy of these figures has not been and cannot be question- ed. TO PREVENT REFINANCING OF INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CO. New York, July 11.—An injunction suit to prevent refinagcing of the In- ternational Petroleum Company, a Maine corporation capitalized at $6,- 000,000 which controls 110,000 acres of land in Tampico, as planned by John Hays Hammond, Harris Hammond and Frederick N. Watriss, voting trus- tees, was filed today in federal court by Thomas E. Wing, -a minority tockholder, who claimed to hold 43,- 2 shares. In complaint, Wing asserted that at a stockholders’ meeting next Mon- day, the trustees intended to sub- mit a_plan whefeby it was proposed to sell to ‘“so-called bankers” for $10,100,000 cash $11,500.000 face value of 'debentures and 172.000 shares of a ‘new company,” which according to Mr. Wing is “substantially less than the face value of the said debentures and nothing whatever for the stock.” The vlan, according to Mr. Wing, al- so calls for renting the company's properties for an “utterly inade- quate” sum. IRISH DELEGATES TALK OF ILLEGAL ARRESTS MADE Paris, July 11.—John A. Murphy of Buffalo. a member of the Trish-Ameri- can delegation hefe, made public to- day another statement from his or. ganization recapitulating alleged atrocities said to have been commit- ted by the British in Ireland. The in- cidents mentioned in. the statement were mostly arrests which the state- ment termed illegal. 5 The Irish-American Relegation in the j One Enginie of R-34 Has B@pfl Down At 10:30 A. M. Yesterday the Blimp Had Covered Ap- proximately 1,600 Miles. London, July 11.—The R-34, 8t 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, Greenwich time (10.30 a. m., New York time), had reached 46 degrecs 32 minutes north latitude, 38 degrees 38 minutes weést longitude, according to latest advices from the dirizible. One of the airship’s engines has completely broken down. The message said it was proposed to land at East Fortune. The above revort indicates that the R-34 has covered approximately 1,600 miles of her journey to Scotland. Since the last report giving the location of the R-34, the speed of the dirigible has slackened to about 43 hour, due probably to the broken- down engine. The airship’s course as given in the 2.30 o'clock Greenwich time report is about miles north of that given in the previous message. PRESIDENT WILSON HAD ANOTHER BUSY DAY Washington, July 11. — President Wilson had another busy day today. He spent many hours on busine: which accumulated while he was r turning from Paris, conferred with two cabinet officers and signed the } army, navy, deficiency and District of | Columbia ‘anpropriation bills and the resolution repealing the act under which the telephone, telegraph and cable companies were taken over dur- ing the war. The president still had before him the agricultural bill with its rider for repeal of the daylight saving law and the huge sundry civil measure .with appropriations for the shipping board and the campaign agajnst . bomb throwers and other radicals. Manp pe- tions both for and against the re- peal of the daylight law weer before the president and he was represented s giving this matter much thought. All of the appropriation measures gned by the president became ‘law - with the appropriations | retroactive o July 1 but the wire res- olution does not become effective un- til the end of the month, when the i properties will he returned to their | owner. President Wilson began the day with an early morning round of goif | with Mrs. Wilson at a country club near the capital. Returning to the White House he made an unexpected visit to the State, War and Navy building, across the street from the White House. to confer with Acting Sccretary Polk, at the state depart- ment, and Secretary of the Navy Dan- iels. While no announcement was made, it was said that the Mexican situation and peace conference affairs were among those the president had desired to discuss. Mr. Polk will leave for Paris July 2 to:replage. Secretar Lansing as the headiof the A Dpea A e elurning to the White House | Mr. Wilson resumed work there and latest attacks | 1 s busy until late m the afternoon, when he and Mrs. Wilson went for an automobile ride. MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CONFISCATES OIL PROPERTY Washington, July 11.—Confiscation by the Mexican government of the trade comniission | property of the Scottish-Mexican Oil company. & British company with sev- eral American stockholders—the first actual confiscation under the Carranza decrees which have been the subjects of protests from Great Britain, Hol- land, France and the United States— was revorted today to the state de- partment. » The proverty, it was said, now was i being operated by the Mexicans. The British government, it “was learned, has taken up the matter of seizure with the Mexican government through { diplomatic channels and has advised | 5.6 per cent., or 3.4 per cent. less than|the company pending actien to con- tinue to fu { Mexican law. The state department although in- | terested in_this_confiscation, because of the number of American stockhold- ers in the company, has not taken any in the matter but is watching the steps being taken by the h government. CLEARING CORPORATION FOR THE STOCK EXCHANGE New York, July 11.—The New York stoc kexehange, according to imformal announcement made today, contem- plates the formation soon of a clear- inz corporation which would eliminate many of the intricate methods now employed by that institution in con- nection with the call money market. Under the proposed plan, which is said to be favored by the banks as well as members of the exchange, cer- tifications of checks would be greatly reduced In volume and the tendency would eb to stabilize the market for day to day loans. A fortnizht svstem of settlement for call loans is being considered, but op- position from inuflential financial quarters may cause some postpone- ment of that plan. HUNGARY TO BE BASE FOR BOLSHEVIKI PROPAGANDA London, July 11.—An Excharnge Tel- egram despatch from Copenhaen quot- in advices from Budapes tsays that the mission sent to Moscow by Bela Kun, the Hungarian Communist lead- er, has returned after a long confer- ence with Nicolai Lenine and Leon Trotsky, respectively Bolsheviki pre- mier and minister of war. Bela Kun has received a letter from Lenine saying that Hungary is to be the base for Bolsheviki propaganda against the western European powers. The delegation returning from Mos- cow is said to have obtained several million counterfeit English and French 1 its obligations under | Paris sent Premier Clemenceau a note | bank notes to be used in furthering PROSECUTION OF ICE TRUST | on June 30, in which it was charged | the propaganda. Hartford, Conn, July 11.—United| States District Atiorney Crosby said today that possible prosecutions of - the alleged ice combine had not been | given up but was necessarily deferred ! Ul the liquor situation was cleared ' said that when the wartime n measure ‘was passed noij extra machinery was provided for its! enforcement. As a result, he had been obliged to withdraw his invesigating force from other matters and put them on liquor matters. SECRETARY LANSING TO RETURN TO AMERICA | Paris, July 11 (By the A. P.).—Rob- ert Lansing, American secretary of state, said goodbye to President Poin- care tonight. He will leave tomor- row evening for Brest on his way to America. Secretary Lansing expects to see Acting Secretary of State Polk before teh latter safls for France to take his place at the peace conference.. the British bombarded Irish towns from airplanes women and children.” The note al- so charged the British frequently is- sued banishment orders. The dele- Zation, in the note, asked the appoint- ment of a special commission to in- vestigate the charges. FOR STARVING ARMENIAN “wantonly murdering | SHOULD CO-OPERATE WITH CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION Hartford, Conn., July 11.—A confer- ence was held today in the office of the civil service. commission between John C. Brinsmade. chairman of the commission, and representatives of public institutions and departments. As explained by Chairman Brinsmade, REFUGEES IN CAUCASUS |it was for the purpose of finding out New York, July 11.—Declaring that | What the representatives wanted in it 1s mow to save from destn Soqnas|relation to conditions governing ap- of the 700.000 starving Armenian refu- gees in the Caucasus, the Armenian Relief Administration announced to- night that the American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief had “pledged every dollar_at its com- command” to aid in reMeving distress in that war-stricken @istrict. pointments. The conference resulted in an understanding that there should be co-operation with the civil service commission. PRESIDENT IS SIGNING APPROPRIATION BILLS ‘Washington, July 11. miles an| President | sion as| Condensed Telegrame ire losses in the United Canada in June were $20.457,750. Reports from London indicate ogl was raised. 6 shillings -a ton e consumer. ik President Ebért of Germany : the peace treaty and immediately sent it to Versailles. HS L RN Total reserve of Bank of Englal sained £ 445,000 iny week. Bullion gain- lowa state crop report p tion of corn at 94 this week, compared with 95 last week. e Mayor of Denver reported consider- ing putting motors in operation: in- steat of street cars . x Bar siver was 3..“-.1 at 53 1-2 pence an ounce in London. New York quot- ed silver at $1.06 1-8. . ¢ Gold coin ‘amounting to $1,000,000 was withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for shipment to Spain. S u d States Steel Corporation re- ported unfilied orders on its books as of June 30 of 4,892.855 toms. Debate in the French Chamber of .Deputies on the bill to ratify the peace treaty will begin August 1 “Shipments amounti 612,175 pounds of ore were m: it during the week ended July 4. Ohio Supreme Court ruled that New York Stock Exchange seats heid ‘in Ohio are taxable in that state. Within 60 days beginning July 14, more_than. 68,000 acres of public land in Igaho will be offered for sale. : Miss Jane Adams ,president of the International Congress of Women for Permanent Peace, arrived at Berlin. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.. is re- ported to have bought the Burley To- bacco Co. of Louisville ‘for $1,000,000. Bolshevik troops have started an ad- vance in the region of the Northern Dvina River ,southeast of Archangel. Stock Exchange seat of F. H. Me- serve was sold to Hugh J. Dimond for “to le from Col f i A PRICE TWO CENTS Harbor—Result of Strike ‘New- ihundred coastwise vessels were re- ported tied up in New York harbor to- night as a result of the strike of ma- rine. foremen, water tenders and oil- ers who walked out yesterday in an - [attempt to. enforce demandws for a ‘wage increase"of $15 a month. During the day the walkout sprea to_ vessels of the United Iruit Com: pany. Some of the smaller trans-At lantic freight lines are also affected .|and the seamen’s union claims to have received word from England that American _vessels reaching PBritish ports with non-union crews will not be_unloaded. H. H. Raymond, president of the American Ship Owners' Association and of the Clyde and Mallory lines, said_today that a committee had been appointed by the association ‘to confer with the strikers and was ready te take up the cuestions of wages and working conditions but would not con- sider the closed. shop. MARINE WORKERS FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT Washington, July 11.—Representa- tives of the International Seamen’s Union and Vice Chairman Stevens and other officials of the shipping board failed to reach any agreement today toward ending the strike of marine en- The government selects the where machinery is ready to cash vertising creates. Mr. Advertiser, why don’t you as on'sale, in the medium where the where the chance to increase trads In the past week the following tin’s columns, all for 12 cents a wi Bulletin Saturday Monday. Tuesday, W-y? July 5 July 7 July 8 July 10, Opportunity Is At Your VCa.ll The war department in its advertising campaign conducted by the United States army recruiting service recognizes the predominance of newspapers as the most influential and adaptable mediums. greatest influence, reaches the most people and can be localized right That is the kind of service that The Bulletin furnishes and it is a mistake if you are not taking advantage of it. Julys 95 in g Telegraph Local — General Total 185 112 303 600 133 123 222 478 186 96 243 475 618 619 888 3378 B e S medium which at once has the in upon the déemand which the ad- dvertise right where your goods are most people can’ be reached and e is the best? % matter has appeared in The Bulle- eek: $94,000. This is the highest price since 1907. The cruiser Frederick, arriving at New York from Brest, brought 1,575 troops, the majority being discharged casuals. Negotiations were practically com- pleted for the merger of the Maxwell Motors Corporation =nd the Chalmers Motor Car_Co. 3 Senate Commerce Committee named sub-committee to consider and form- ulate legislation for return of railroads to private operation. Reports that the Midval Ordnance Co. will enter tions for a merger with other steel companies was denied. Surgeon General of the Army an- nounced 93 per cent. of demobilized 2,000,000 officers and men discharged le!‘h clean bill of health. H | ! i Thomas D. McCarthy was recom- mended for renomination as United States marshal for the Southern Dis- trict of New York by Attorney Palmer. William H. Hays, Republican Na tional Chairman, is suffering from a nervous breakdown due to overwork. He is at a private sanatorium in In- dianapolis. Sixteen thousand members of ~the Marine Firemen, Oilers’ and Water- tenders’ Union went on strike affect- ing every port along the Atlantic sea- board and the Gulf. Controller of the Currency John Skelton Williams announced unpre- cedented srowth in the national bank- ing system of the country in the fiscal year ended June 30. It is_said in the White House the peace- declaration must precede demo- bilization of the army and the question lof pronibition will not be taken up untjl after demobilizatio: Despite strong opposition by the Government a House of ommons com- mittee passed by a vote of 15 to 12 a clause in the Alien Bill restricting employment of aliens in Britain . Under a resolution introduced by Senator Borah President Wilson will be asked to send to the Senate a copy of a letter written by General Bliss on behalf of himself, Secretary Lansing and Henry White on the peace con- ference decision regarding Shantung. Joseph S. Porter of Portland has been appointed a trustee of the Con- necticut hospital for the insane to fill teh unexpired term of the late Ferdi- nand Gilderslceve. The term runs te July 1, 1923 ELKS ARE PRONOUNCED IN THEIR PATRIOTISM Atlantic City, N. J., July 11.—A res- olution directing all subordinate lodges to emplay energetic efforts in barring from membership persons who express sympathy with Bolshevism and kin- dred ‘isms” was adopted at the closing session of the Klks' convention here today. The resolution also directed the subordinate lodges to expel miem- bers who decline to conform with the rules of the order. The resolution fur- ther enjoined all lodses to participate in every movement which has for its object the education of foreigmers in the ideals of the nation. PLENTY OF EMPLOYMENT FOR- DISCHARGED. SOLDIERS Washington, July,11.—Calls for la- bor continue to, pour in on the.war department bureau which is _finding jobs for- discharged 'soldiers. ‘The. state highways commissioner of Massachu- setts, chamber of commeice and the Pennsylvania’ state” highways commis- - toddy for -men: to -com- ._As no government has yet been ask- | Wilson late today signed the district, f municate-with tifem’ directly. Although| ed to accept a mandatory for Armenia, | army, navy and deficiency appropria-{South Carolina reports: having: givem the relief administration's statement | tion bills and the joint resolution pro- | work to practically all her 50,000 dis- =aid, all relief must come from private | viding for the return of the . sources. " *ha country to private own gineers, oilers and firemen which be- gan' vesterday on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. While no announcement was made at the close W, the day’'s conferences, it was understood that the discussions would be continuéd tomorrow in New York. ~Vice Chairman Stevens and a number of shipping board officials will go to’ New York early tomorrow. 500 SEAMEN ARE ON STRIKE AT BALTIMORE Baltimore, Md., July 11.—Nearly 500 seamen, members of the marine fire- men, oilers and water tenders union, today complied with the strike order of Adolph Gustafssen, local agent of the union, and quit just as their ves- sels were about to sail. Gustafssen went aboard the steam- ship Everett of the New England Transportation Compvany, and is_said to have persuaded 17 .members of the crew to stop work. Albert Kerwin, United States shipping commissioner, caured the arrest of Gustafssen on charges of .violating a Maryland stat- ute, prohibiting anyone from inducing men to leave .or desert their ships af- ter signing papers. were “also_arresSted, are being held-as state’s witnesses against him. I. W. W.'ACTION IN STRIKE OF MARINE WORKERS Washington, July 11.—Copies of a circular_ inviting seamen, especially those of Scandinavian anecestry, to join an “international revolutionary marine transport workers’ organiza- tion,” was turned over to the depart- ment of justice today for investiga- tion by shipving board. The circular, said to have been dis- tributed to marine workers at a num- ber of American pocis, bears the sig- nature - of ‘the “Marine Transport ‘Workers’ #Industrial Union Number Eight of the I, W. W.” with head- quarters in New York, and was said by officials to indicate that branch headquarters existed in Philadelphia and other cities. DISCUSSED MOVEMENT OF g PARTISIANS OF BELA KUN Paris, July 11—(By The A. P.)— Marshal Foch and representatives of Czecho Slovakia and Jugoslavia were before the supreme council of the peace conference today for a discus- sion of the movement of the partisans of Bela Kun, Hungarian communist foreign minister, against Czecho Slo- vakia and Austria and the advisa- bility of combined military action aaginst them . The different representatives were asked to confer with their govern- ments to. find out to what extent they are ready. to participate in military operations against Bela Kun's forces. The 17 men, who reports are received. ROBBERY BELOW “DEAD LINE” IN NEW 'YORK CITY Fulton street, New York's a as - theoretically impossible for, “crooks”" to" operate, robbers early tonight entered .the store of Hull & tioners, and- attackin; Hull, senior partner, wit “hammer, fractured his skull in sev- eral” places -and escaped with all the . in the cash box. en discovered .by. a porter, _conscious but unable peal right. sids the muscles | “to a hospital, where little S el %’g ;-o:_very ‘was entertained. More Than 200 in New York! l York. Jwly 1).—More than two) day on the prohibition bill, the liquor No decision will be reached until their |at police headquarters to claim litera- - New York, -July 11.—Advancing to|tive in the organization, who were ar- 's ~ famous | rested last night and charged with a lead line,” below which, in the old|similar offense, are beifig held for the Mr. | filjated_with the organization to ob- to 'serve the proposed 24 hour general ne . blow. had paralyzed his|strike on July 21. e, while another had severed | the, stril “his jaw and throat. He |t othe authorities, who, it was said, ONPR DEBATE N BHIBITION BILL thfive' Moon of Tennessee, a Lifelong Advoc;te of " Prohibition, Asserted That Congress Was Going Be- Monday. ‘Washington, July 11.—In the course of a five-hour debate in the house to- trafiic was likcned to a convicted criminal,: appealing for a reprieve, while some of the more drastic pro- visions of the measure were denounced as an invasion of the liberty, hospi- tality and habits of the homc. It probably. wus the last great day of prohibition oratory in the house. Not all of the tweive hours set aside for general debate had been used at the close of an all day discussion, which ranged from a technical argu- ment on_constitutional questions to a straight stump speech fer prohibition | and its enforcement.- Chairman. Volstead «of the judiciary committee, in charge of the bill, and Representatiye Igoe, democrat of Mis- souri. leader of the minority, were un able to.allot ail of the time desired ¥ members anxious to be heard. The speechmaking will continue tomorrow, | but the house will not begin actual yond Its Constitutional Powers in Attempting to Say a Man Should Not Put Liquor in His Home and in At- tempting to Define Intoxicating Liquors By Limiting the Alcoholic Content to One-Half of One Per Cent.— House Will Begin Work on the Bill Section By Section, work on the until Monday. The prineipal r against the measure today w by Representative Moon, democrat, of Tennessee, who declared that unle: it was materially amended he would feel in duty bound to vote against it or clze express his disapproval by not voting at all. I‘or twenty-two .years, Mr. Moon said, he had stood upon the floor of the house and upheld the cause of pro- hibition, but the enforcement bill, which he characterized’ as “impracti- cable and senscless as anything ever suggeste ould be opposed ‘be- cause it is werse in all its features than the infamous TForce bill” —He asserted congress was going beyond its constitutional powers in attempt- ing to say a man should not put li- quor in his home, and in attempting to define intoxicating liquors by lim- iting the alcoholic content to one-halt of one per cent. bill, section by section, argumeni made 3 1l 21 UNIONS IN STEEL INDUSTRY DECIDE TO TAKE STRIKE VOTE Washington, July 11.—Representa- tives of - 24 affiliated international unions of workers in the steel indus try at a meeting here today adopted a ‘resolution recommending -that a| strike vote be taken among their membership.. Definite action on the recommendation will be taken at a conference.‘of the international union presidets to be held in Pittsburgh July 20. Repre: tives of the, umions said &-objectof the strike it voted would be to enforce recognition of the unions and of collective bargaining by the steel industry which always has op- erated on an “open shop” basis. The union representatives claimed that a letter written by President Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, to Judge Elbert H. Gary, as president of the American Trop-and Steel Insti- tute, at the time of the federation Alantic _City convention, to ascertain the position of steel employers with regard -to_recognition of the unions, ‘had -not. F&%& gilure on its to re- spond, the; id, 1 L o .gflfl‘ X _to_the recom- e vote. Since the establishment of a na- tional committee to -head the 24 affil- iated international steel unions authorized by the American Federa- tion of -Labor more than a year ago | the union répresentatives said mem- bership in ‘the unions had increased until they now embrace from 25 to 90 per cent. of the steel workers in all the important plants of the count SENATORS IN CONFERENCE . ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS * ‘WasHington, July 11.—Senate lead- ers in the League of Nations contro- | versy continued their conferences to- day in preparation for the ratification fight which will begin when the senate reconvenes next Monday. While it was said the exact lines of divisioh might not be drawn for some days, further progress in solidifying their forces was claimed by both sides. President Wilson today saw none of the senators who have been active in the fight and while he conferred with Acting Secretary Polk at the state de- partment, it was understood other subjects furnished the basis of = ir discussion. Whether the president’s offer is to be accepted by the foreign relations committee remained an open ques- tion. -Some of the opposition leaders are known to oppose inviting him be- forc the committee, but his supporters believe they can secure his appear- ance should he.request that they do so, 1t developed today that in his con- versations with_senators yesterday at the capitol Mr. Wilson went into great detail regarding the Shantung agree- ment. He was quoted as saying that the understandig: that Shantung would be returned to China after a re- construction period was of a very de- finite nature, and that the only gain to Japan would be such benefit as she might derive from temporary use of the German railroads and other Ger- man property in the territory. ITALIAN DEPUTIES CHEER MINISTER TITTONI Rome, July 11.—(By The A. P.) To- masso Tittoni, minister of foreign af- fairs, was loudly applauded today when he announced to the chamber of depuities that it was his belief the ne- gotiations going on in Paris would lead to a settlement in the course of the next week. The question of Asia Minor, said Minister Tittoni, had to be reserved until President Wilson consulted the American people, but the Adriatic, co- Jonial and eeonomic questions would be settled. CHARGED WITH ADVOCATING OVERTHROW OF GOVERNMENT Paterson, N. J., July 11.—Charges of advocating the overthrow of the gov- ernment by fow# were preferred to- day against Robert W. Dunn, organ- izer of the local union of the Amalga- mated Textile Workers of America, and Louis Stein when they appeared ture seized by the police in a raid on the union headquarters last night. The two men, together with Evan W. Thomas, secretary of the union, and_Henry. Berger, a silk. worker ac- grand ju FRENCH MINERS TO JOIN GENERAL STRIKE Paris,. July .11.—The national coun- cil of the Miners' federation issued a manifesto today asking all groups-af- ry in $1,000 bail each. Th eobservance of ke was advocated as a warning é‘nvthlnx to prevent food FURTHER TESTIMONY IN THE FORD LIBEL SUIT ] Mich July 11— v the armistice was signed on November 11, 1918, the great Ford Mo- tor Company plant at Detroit was en- tirely “given over to war work. ac- cording to Edsel B. Ford, president of the company. Mr. Ford occupied the entire sion of court today testifying suit of his father, Henr. the Chicago Dai he seeks '$1.000,000 charge of libel. ‘The Ford mpany manvgictured Liberty airplane motors, M, Ford testified, and by a new process cheap- ened the production of cylinders for this motor and manufactured all of the cylinders use ¥ord. com- pany ‘and other making Liberty motors' and likewize the bear- ings: ‘it made nine or ten thousand artillery cidissons the finishing work on two mi’ per- fected. and produc n;’nr' fDr‘ Xu‘nks which, 7 shock of older armoE LRIcE its v CHERee produced 16 or tanks, -and ‘had *ancordér for fifféen | thousand ‘of them witen ‘the war stop- ped;.turbines, gears and boilers for the Bagle boats; tractors to increase food preduction in England, and in a separate plant at iver Rouge pro- uced huls for the Eagle boats. Harry Ford, .witness - continued, maintained in England throughout the war a hos- pital for Belgian refugees, and in the United States turned over to govern- ment use large buildings in Cam- bridge, Mass, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, Long Island City, Wi ington and Detroit. This testimony was largely design- ed as an answer to the Tribune alle- gation that in 1916 Mr. Ford’s pacifist utterances and- attitude so threatened to weaken the military powers of the United States, thus destroying govern- ment, that the newspaper was justi- fied in calling him an anarchist, as it did in an editorial June 23, 1916. BERLIN STILL SUFFERS FROM TRAMWAY STRIKE Berlin, Thursday, July 10.—(By The A. P.)—The residents of Greater Ber- lin are still suffering as a result of the strike of tramway workers which has been in progres for several day ses- in ghe F /I, against Tribune in which damages on a Negotiations for a settlement of the strike, which recently resulted in .a deadlock, have not.been reopened. The workers on the suburban lines, however, resumed operations this morning. The strike, according to imates, is costing 20,000,000 marks daily, Ber- liners paying 300,000 marks fer emer- gency conveyances, while the loss in wages amounts to an equal sum. The government has been compelled to Hire 200 wagons for the delivery of the parcel ‘post, which usually carried b tramecar. There an additional loss through delay in the delivery of food parcels. “PRESIDENT OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC” GOES TO CHICAGO _New York, July 1l.—Eamonn De Valera, “president of the Irish repub- left New York today for Chicago, where he will deliver speeches tomor- row and Sunday. He was accompa- nied by Edward F. Dunne, former gov- ernor of Illinois, and Frank P. Walsh, former joint chairman of the war la- bor board, two of the delegates sent to Paris by the Irish societies in the Tnited States to plead the cause of Ireland before the peace conference. Mr. De Valera will zo from Chicage to the Pacific coast, where he will un- veil a statue to Robert Emmet at San Francisco. He will also deliver address before the mational. conve: tion of the Ancient Order of Hiberni- ans to be held in that city. STRIKE OF RESTAURANT AND: HOTEL EMPLOYES IN PARIS Paris, July 11—Lunch was a dif- cult meal today for most of Paris, be- cause of the many places closed by a strike of waiters, cooks and other em- ployes in the restaurants, hotels and cafes. Only the smallest places, where the proprietor and his family furnished all the labor in the establishment, were able to operate normally. Delics sen stores and shops selling ' cold meats and other foods did a good bus- tness. Many cafes opened for business to- day but were forced to close later when their employes left. LISTING UNSCRUPULOUS DEALERS IN THRIFT STAMPS New York, July 11.—The war sav- ings committee announced today that the operations of unscrupulous traf- fickers in thrift and war sdvings stamps were being listed by a special force of investigators with a view to prosecution. The investigation is be- ing carried on under the instructions from the treasury department. - The committee said that many persons fail to realize that war savings stamps can be redeemes t any post office fer their face value, plus interest.