Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 30, 1919, Page 1

© WOL. LXI—NO. 180 . ATROCIOUS TREATMENT PRISONERS IN PRISON mittee Investigating Disciplinary System of the A, E. F. - —Some Cases Amounted to a System of Torture — . Brigadier General W. W. Harts, Major General Frederick Smith Strong, Colonel J. S. Maul and a Number of Cap- tains ‘and Licutenants Named As Responsible For the | Brutal Treatment of Prisoners. i w York, Jjuly 23.—Scores of in- | stances of bruiai treatment of Ameri- can soldiers :n the prison camps of rrance, described in some cases as amounting 1o a system of torture, re- ponsibility for which was placed by tne witnesses on high army officers, were related today before the congres- sional sub-committee which is inves ugating the disciplinary system of the A B F The committee, consisting of Repre- sentative Johnson of South Dakota and Representative Bland of Indiana, met in the disciplinary barracks on Governor’s Isiand. The third member of the sub-committee. Representative ¥icod, of Virsinia, was not present. The men “nigher up” who were di- rectly charged by witnesses with re- sponsibility for the prison conditions ciuded Brigadier General W. W. Harts, former commander of the American troops in the Paris district; JMajor General Frederick Smith Strong of thes 46th division; Colonel Edgar Grinstead, commander of the 158th infantry, and Colonel J. S. Maul of the field artillery. A number of captains and lieutenants also were named as having taken an actual part in the brutal treatment of the prisoners, Lieutenant F. H. “Hardboiled Smith, who was in command of farm No. 2, asserted he had been told by Colonel Grinstead that General Strong had ordered prisomers to be treated with the most “ruthless severity.” He had said it was his understanding ‘that these men were to be treated in such a way that they never would come back to Paris or pass through these farms again. The principal witness at the hearing today was Colonel T. Q. Donaldson of e inspector generals department, who made an official investigation of the prisons after the first charges of brutality were made public. Under ciose questioning by _Representative Biand, and with obvious reluctance, Colonel Donaldson admitted that re- sponsibility for thé conditions in the Paris vrisoners. concerning _which some of the most sensational charges of brutality have been made, must be laid to Geperal Harts. “Hardboiled” Smith admitted on the etand that -terrible brutalities” were cticed in the French prison camps, insisted that his camp was a “pleasure resort” compared with _the thers. He said he had not Jonz tel ve and wanted to tell the truth he was alive. Smith was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on charges of prisoners and sicaling their property. His sentence was reduced to eighteen months and when Colonel Donaldson was on the stand he was asked {o ex- plain this reduction, but could give no reason for it Smith's reference to his _expected dcath was interpreted by the prison doctor as an indication of his belief beating | that some of the other prisoners would attempt his life. The doctor said that as far as he knew the man was in per- fect health. £ The description by Smith of Farm No. 2 as a “pleasure resort” was flatly contradicted by Sergeant Clarence E. Ball, formerly the licutenant's subor- dinate at the prison and now servinz six months on charges of brutality. Sergeant Ball swore that he and other sergeants had been forced to beat scores of prisoners on the direct or- ders of Smith, and frequently in his presence. Ball asserted that some of the men beaten were just out of hospital,’ that on one occasion he was ordered to beat a man in the presence of Smith and five other officers, and that an officer was generally present when a man: was thrashed. When men were beaten | $o badly that they were covered with blood. he said, they were taken out into the yard and the hose played on them. Sergeant PBall claimed that ‘he had delegation went examiners, dicated that -the parently_§: said, Philadelphia, on Gibied Pasngraghe Director of Port of Kehi. Paris, July 29.—The allied supreme council has appointed M. French engineer, tor of the port of Iehl Would Ally Russia With Germany. Paris, July 29.—(Havas.) A German to - Russia recently ll.nd returned with elaborate and "al- provi luring economic oers, the Echo De Paris says. Russia, according o the paper is conduting 2 campaigh to ef- fect an alliance with Germany. NORTH PENN BANK WAS $2,144,000 SHORT June #29.- tale or alleged juggling of bank ac- counts, false statements made to bank fictitious deposits and large overdrafts was told at a hearing today of Ralph T. Moyer, I(hg wrecked North Penn bank, before a police magistrate. The testimony in. institution was ap- 144,000 short. neld in $25,000 bail for tri result of the day's revelations furthre arrests are expected: One of the principal witnesses was Walter O. Colfiesh, @ bookkeeper in the bank. He testified that the statements showing the bank's condition prepared for bank examiners were repeatedly talsified Changes were made even when the bank examiner aces orders no choice, because Smith threatened | Was in the building. that if he did not obey orders he him- | self would be turned over to the 'pris- oners and that he knew they would kill him. “Did_the colonel know about these things?" he was asked. “The colonel was in it as much as anyone else. .If he didn't see things he must have had bad eyesight.” The most sensational testimony o the hearing was given by Joseph C. Ryszelewski, 2 sophomore of the Uni- versity .of Pennsylvania, who enlisted in_the aviation corps. Ryszelewsk!, who . speaks English, French, Polish and Russian, got into some trouble over gambling which was not specified in the testimony and was sentenced to three years' imprison- ment. 5 “I saw men in the stockade prison at Gievres tortured to make them give evidence against their comrades,” he said. “They were handcuffed and chained to the walls and then beaten | senseless with blackjacks by _ser- geants.” Ryszelewski described one case of a colored soldier who was caught enter- ing the kitchen at night to try and get some food. The prisoners were so bungry, he dcclared, that they h!fied food from the C’ll.z’]‘ne‘pse coolies w;efllb‘ on the roads. _negro was: | £en unconseidus with bxf jacks by three. sergeants. ~ Afterward he was put in solitary confinement, where his halr was burned off his head and he was flogged on the soles of the feet with sticks to try and make him tell the name of a sunposed accomplice. The hearing was closed with Rys- zelewski’'s testimony The committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on other phases of the investigation into the conduct of the army and“will sail for Europe within a_few days fo continue the inquiry on the other side. CHARGED WITH MURDER OF AN AGED WIDOW New Haven. Conn. July 29.—A spe- grand jury convened nere returned e bills against William M. Jones late today, ne charging him with the first degree murder of Mrs. Esther Hopero! 61, a widow, on June 19. The other counts weré crim- inal assault on a femal and burglary with attempted criminal assault. The session today of the grand jury is said to be the longest recorded in a single case in the history of the New Haven superior_court and brought in its findings at 7.15 this evening, haw- ing been convened shortly after 10 o'- clock in the forenoon. umerous witnesses were heard be- fore State’s Attorney Arnon A. Ailing! summed up for the state. By the law the hearing was executive and Jones at w counsel before grana Jury sat Coroner ix issued his ek in wh ne held Jones re- sponsioe ior ihe killing of Mrs. Hop- c in a barn in Dickerman street. vund that evidence he The coron: secured snowed that the woman had seen kitled by manual stranguiation t the body was subjected to ina 1 has beer of ime ies. set for the Sep- superior court SCHOONER AMBROSE SNOW BECANE Easthampton, Y. July 29—The schoomer Ambrose Snow. bound from the Cape Verde Islands to New Bed- ford, ass, became “lost at sea” to- day and anchored one-half mile off shore here while her skipper landed in @ small boat to get his bearings and map out his course. The schoon- er carries fifty-three passengers, in- cluding a crew of twenty. GOV. HOLCOMB DECLINES TO ALLOW NAME TO BE USED Hariford. Conn. July 29.—Governor Iloicomb has written to Daniel Froh- man of New York, chairman of the Zeneral commitiee of arrangements for a memorial day on December 5 for actors who took an active part in war work, declining to allow his name to be used in endorsements of activities of any organization, as an honorary member of a committee. OBITUARY. Frederick G. Payne. Lewiston, Me., July 29.—Frederick G. Payne of Lewiston, once a cele- brated bandmaster, died this morning after a long decline. He ofganized wha: is mow the Brigade Band of Lewiston, and later he organized Payne's Second Regiment band, long one of the most widely known in New England. In recent vears he has de- voted himseif exc lusively to his priht- ing business in Lewiston. He was 63 and is survived by his wife, a daugh- r and a son Rev. James F. Maher. Pittsfield, Mass.. July —Rev. James F. Maher. 69, rector of St. Pat- Yick's church in _West Stockbridge, and one of the Stockbridge mission since 1892, died at his home there today. He was the oldest priest in western Massachusetis. “LOST AT SEA”| PENN. OFFICERS COMPLAIN OF “HARDSHIP” AT SEA New York, Juyl 29.—Seventy Penn- Sylvania officers who asserted = they represented approximately 1500 otbar officers who ‘returned, from France to- day on the transport Zeppelin tonight made public a letter prepared at sea in which a congressional investigation is demanded of “hardships” and “de- gradations” they were made to suffer en route. Asserting they were listed to return “first class” and that they were un-| aware they were to be crowded into} steerage accommodations with an equal number of enlisted men, the of- ficers declared the food was so “dis- gusting” that many threw their mess kits overboard in protest. They were given one towel, they say, for the ten day voyage. With this{ they were expected to dry their mess kits three times a day, and use the same towel if they wished to bathe. There were fifteen shower. baths, ac- cording to the officers, or one for each 100 passengers, while fresh water was almost unobtainable even for drink- ing. al STATUS OF STRIKE OF CARMEN IN PROVIDENCE Providence, R. L, July 29.—An- nouncement was made today by offi- cials of the carmen’s union that they would not be a party.to court proceed- ings looking to a settlement of the strike which tied up traction service here a week ago. The court action was suggested becaues the road is in the hands of receivers who are with- out authority to submit the differences to arbitration. Any arbitration plan agreed upon, it was understood, would be subject to review by the court. and o this union officials have announced objection. WHITE STAR LINE TO EXTEND OPERATIONS New York. July 2§.—Beginning with the departure from New York on Aug. 14 of the steamship Adriatic, the White Star line will resume its New York-Cherbourg-Southampton _servige, | interrupted by the war in August of 1914. The steamer Olympic, now un- dergoing an overhauling . after five years of war service, will be added to iis run upon coming feom the ship- yare : ni FOR FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN HUNGARY Berlin, July 29.—The Hungarian peoples’ commissaries visited Colonel Cunningham, the allied representative at Budapest, today, according to the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, and proposed negotiations for the peaceful resigna- tion of the Soviet and the formation of a new government. The proposal was said to have been forwarded to the supreme council at Paris. VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN GERMAN GOVERNMENT Weimar, July 29 (By the A. P.).— The German national assembly voted confidence in the government today by a large majority The assembly previously rejected, by a vote of 243 to 53, a motion of lack of confidence offered by the party of the - right. < fied. the bani to bring out,’ hearing. here vesterds plane. Doe” clare ust. House that New York, Henry A. Wiley, who is to take com- ‘mand o fthe destroyer force in the new Pacific fleet arrived from France today ! on the transport Von Steuben. war he wag ator Poindexter, ington, commi creases Colflesh _testified that 4 other bank cmployes, one of them a brother of Moyer, went to the bank at night during the time the bank was being examined and doctored from the card index above $1.000, Colfesh testified, falsified good accounts and others and finally “ran out of material.” not enough accounts for us to doctor the figures,” he said. done on orders from Moyer, he testi- The witness said he what he knew to one of the directors of the bank, wha told him withdraw any card index system. 5 Robert P. Ferguson, bank examiner, testified that the -overdrafts bank amount to which was secured; account ledger showed $439,000 more than was on devosit, and the saving fund account of the $309,000 more than was actually hand when the bank closed. I son testified that from an examination of the books he was of the opinion that the institution had been insolvent about one year and eight months. Evan L. Ambler, assistant cashier of told of irregularities. one of which was the keeping on the books of an “account” credited o a fictitious “John Jones? Entries for this account were made at the direction of Cashier Moyer. said Ambler. “I can explain everything they tried said Moyer after the “It will be an easy job. I haven’t a thing to fear. s big flight nest Fri visited T This was July Washington, July debate the senate today without a re- cord vote adopted a resolution by Sen- republican of Wash- autho: sion to in ng by si accounts. more cards from the $1,391 MARTIN BOMBING PLANES DAMAGER BEYOND REPAIR Mineola, X salyaging the plane and the new Caproni triplane, two of the five aircraft damaged in the storm which swept the fiving fields was abandoned late to- day after United States army av tion officers had made a thorough in- spection of the wrecked machines. Earlier reports, sory examination, were that the Mar- tin plane could be put in condition to start on its proposed trans-continent- July Martin based ay, of the damage was not learned until Captain Roy Rrancis, who arrived here a few days ago after flight from Dayton, Ohio. and who was to have piloted the bomber to hte Pa- cific coast, day. A" bort great hole sending heavy the of lightning had in the roof of the shed, iron girders crashing down upon the upper wings of the air- Both motors were practically undama; other part was demolished. The Caproni, found so badly tically a complete set of new would have to be in could take to the air a UNABLE TO FIND BODY OF MISS MABEL HARRIS Paterson, the police who Pompton Lake and Ramapo River Jate today had been unable of Miss Mabel Harris, missing since Sunday. rate of W: it was damaged that prac- inst: July have n_township, Jake is located, tonight lodged a tech- cal charge of murder against in connection with the case. Meanwhile Lester Decker, who went canoeing with the girl is bei detained by the authorities he has made conflicting state ments concerning the girl's disappes ance. PRESIDENT POSTPONES HIS SPEECHMAKING TOUR ‘Washington, July 29.—President Wil- son will not leave on his speechmak- ing tour of the country before August 15 and possibly not until late in Aug- indicated tonight by the formal announcement by Secretary Daniels after a conference at the White the review of the newly organized Pacific fleet at San Fran- cisco originally set for August 15, had ‘been-postponed in order that the presi- dent might be present. z ADMIRAL WILEY TO COMMAND PACIFIC DESTROYER FORGCE | Were never disturbed. 29.—Read Admiral ; PRICE OF FUEL OIL 29.—After the investigate the market price of fuel oil in the United States and especially | Side. on the Pacific coast. in accounts, All of this was that the checking an e chief magist. isional direc- An amazing used cashier of Moyer was al, and as a from Moyer. he he and two taie examiners They took all overdrafts ‘There _were confided not _to of the 6,000, none of showed on Fergu bank 29.—Hope of bombing. upon a cur- but the extent a_ successtul hangar = to- ripped a propellers d but every ated, was parts alled before it in. 29 —--Althgush Dbeen _dragging find the body 20 years old, in which the John | unday Deut, aj | officials, including Governor H Lo“.g w! { whites In the | in command of one of the American squadrons in the North Sea, He has just returned from a special naval mission in France, the nature of which he declined to discuss, TO PROBE INCREASE IN Officials Are of the Opinion That the Worst Has Ended. Chicago, July 33.—With twenty- | four known dead and hundreds in- Jjured, scores of _them 'seriously, spo- rioting 1%TWeen whites and blacks was repurted renewed tonight n various secticns of the city, includ- ing the small North Side area pop- ulated by negroes. City and state nk 0. , remained on - the ®scene throughout the night and expressed the opinion that the worst of the riot- ing was ended. The most serious situation was re- ported ‘in the South Side black belt, thousands of negroes and d gathered. S Virtually all North Side and loop police were ordered to this district, thus leaving almost without police protection sections from which came reports of intermittent outbreaks. A sinister silence that prevailed in the black belt on the South Side at dusk gave way to confusion and sharp clashes,. principally with clubs and knives as weapons,.as the might wore on. A ‘Where these outbreaks occurred the negroes predominated in numbers. Several meetings ‘at negro halls were broken up by the police. after which crowds formed on the ctreets. In the early night clashes various weapons were used, including table knives and sling shots. Few guns ap- peared. Troops had not been ordered to pa- trol the black belt, the police main- taining that they were still able to handie the situation. The first clash on the North Side took place when a building. occupied by two negro families, were attacked by Italians living in the neighborhood. A dozen shots were fired and bricks were hurled through the windows. Two detectives atracted by the shots held the mob at bay until seventy-five policemen arrived. armed with rifles. No one was seriously hurt in this fight. A 'short time later a negro leaped from an alley and knocked a white man down. In a moment a crowd of Ttalians started for the assailant, who ran and escaped. The police arrested four Italians, two of them armed with sawed off shotguns and two.with re- volvers. Another negro was fired at repeat- edly while near his home on Larrabee street ‘also on the North Side. Italians also were participants in rioting on the West Side, according to the police. William Donnelson, a negro, was attacked by a crowd at South Racine avenue and Taylor street, beaten and shot in the head and neck. He was taken to a hospi- tal, where it was said he might die. On the South Side, John Johnson, 18 years old, a negro, was sl bed, beaten and thrown into the river at Archer avenue and South }:;l!tead street. He was rescueg by the po- lice and taken to a hospifal. "An unusual incident occurred at the ‘manufacturing plant of George C. Cook ‘and Son. Shortly before six o'- clock in the evéning, the head of the firm went into the alley at the rear of his plant and, according fo Wit- Tnesses, fired a score of shots at ran- dom. Two of the bullets wounded Jessie Vinaci, 11 years old. and U. Bartello. 29 years old. Each was hit in the iag. a A crowd of excited whites gathered about the factory, which employes 75 negroes. When the police arrived a rapid exchange of bullets was taking place. Cook and his son were taken to a police station pending an inves- tigation. Two or three negroes who fled from the building were caught and beaten. Despite authenticated reports of stabbings, clubbings and stonings that poured into police stations as the night wore on, Acting Chief of Police Alcock insisted that he was Well pleased twith conditions.™ He said he had approximately 1800 | men in the black belt, S5 patrol wa- gons, one ambulance, thirly motor- cycle men and_a mounted squad. The belt was divided into zonmes tonight and a captain, ffty patrolmen and a squad of detectives placed in each zon Fierce fighting took place in Engle- wood on the South Side. Berger Od- man, 21 years old, white, was shot through the abdomen and probably fatally wounded. In other combats several white men and negroes were injured. Two thousand men. it is es- timated, were fighting at _various points in this part of the City. Race riots combined with the street car strike today had a marked effect upon Chicago's packing' indus- try and promised to extend their in- fluences to other lines. At the stock yards there was a sharp falling off in livestock transactions, packing firms buying only sparingly because of doubt as to the ability of their me- gro employes to reach their work and also because some of their white Workers were threatening to strike. The wounded policemen and whites were placed in ambulances and a crowd of whites followed them to the Provident hospital. Outside that in- stitution, which is maintained and ! manned by negroes, a crowd of blacks had gathered, and the two races quickly clashed. A fatal affair also took place in the ‘West Side Italian district, where a negro was knocked from a bicycle, beaten, stabbed, wounded with sixteen revolver bullets and, after death had relieved him, gasoline was poured on his body and set afice. The corpse probably will never be identified. Hundreds of negroes, many carrying personal possessions and some without bagzage, joined in an exodus today. The majority of them. chiefly in fam- | ily groups, bought railroad tickets for Memphis and Nashville. A consider- able number said they were going to Indianapolis. where, they sald, negroes SEVERAL THOUSAND TROOPS REMAINED IN ARMORIES Chicago, July 29.—Despite fresh outbreaks fonight in Chicago’s race war, city officials at midnight - pro- fessed themselves satisfied with what the police were doing and several thousand state troops remained in ar- mories. At that hour the dead list to- talled 27. two negroes and two white: of the Riot- “very | CENTS FRICE ~TWO . Department. - Washington, July 29.—After an all day wrangle. the housc tonight adopted a Tésolution. reported out by the war investization committec requesting Secretary Baker to piace on sale without delay surplus food —products held by the war department and val- ned at $120,000,000. The vote on the resolution was 266 to 4 and was taken after the house had rejected, 160 to 114, a substitute resolution gffer demiocraic mem- bers of the committee providing thit the secretary be requested to put on the market such part of the surplus as is reasonably capable of being dsitrib- uted and sold and providing for a sales organization .at government ex- pense. . ¥ ‘With this substitute out of the way. the house adopted, 152 fo 130, an amendment by Representative Kelly, republican, Pennsylvania, directing that the amendment by Chairman Graham of the war investigating com- mitfee, in charge of the - legislation, was overruled. EARNINGS OF THE UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION New York, July 29.—Total earnings of the United States Steel corporation for the second quarter of the calendar year, as shown by the report issued after a meeting of the directors here today, aggregated $34,331.301, after de- ducting the usual expenses, including federal income and war excess profits taxes. Net income amounted to $23,324,106 and _surplus for the quarter was $5, 308.587. These figures showed an improve- ment over the first quarter, when to- tal earnings amounted to $33,51,384, net income to $22,874.429 and surplus was reduced to $4,823,316, The uspal dividends of 1 3-4 per cent. on the preferred and 1 1-4 on the common ‘were declared. Elbert H. Gary. chairman of the I board of directors, spoke hopefally of the future, although emphasizing the fact that the export movement thus fra is only moderate. > Judge Gary was optimistic regard- ing general domestic conditions as ap- plicable to the steel and iron industry, declaring in effect that trade expan- sion_is limited only by the common sense, ability and fair dealing of the producer. GARBAI, HUNGARIAN SOVIET LEADER, SUICIDES Geneva, July 29.—(By The A. P.)— Alexander Garbai, president of the Hungarian soviet government, killed himself in the assembly building at Budapest after _delivering a speech against the soviet and l? communist supporters and accusing Bela Kun, the soviet leader and minister of foreign affairs, of leading tfi nation to ruin, aceording to the Muneh Nachriten. M. Garbai recently was reputed one. of the strongest supporters of the s viet government but.lately he was i said fo have opposed Bela Kun. He Wwas quoted as stating he realized the futility of the government's course and its dangers to the country. Alexander Garbai was appointed premier in the' reconstructed Hunga- rian cabinet early in April. Bela Kun, Wwho was made minister of foreign af- fairs and minister of war, quickiy be- came recognized as the leader of the communist faction. A WORLD WAR HERO BOOKED FOR PENITENTIARY Seattle, Washn., July 29.—A wearer of Great Britain’s most coveted war decoration, the Victoria Cross, D. M. Delmas, late sergeant major of the British army, is in jail here awaiting his second return to the state peni- tentiary at Huntsville, Texas, ‘accord- ing to local police. There he must serve two years -4 nine months re- maining of a five vear term for hav }ing accepted deposits for the Interna- I tional bank and trust company of San | Angelo when the bank was insolvent. It is said he escaped from the Huntsville prison in 1912, joined the ! British army. fought until® wounded fand was discharged in 1916. Return- ing to San Francisco to visit' friend he was taken back to Texas in 1917, broke jail again, and once more serv- ed at ‘the front: EVIDENCE AGAINST ICE DEALERS NOT SUFFICIENT Hartford, Conn., July 20.—An an- nouncement was’ made today by John F. Crosby, United States attarney for this district, that the evidence sub- mitted to him by municipal commit- tees from New Haven, Hartford and other cities was not sufficient for him to institute proceedings against the wholesale dealers in ice in this state. To those wso furnished testimony adduced at investigations. he quoted federal statutes to show lack of grounds to take the matter into United States courts. The investiga- tions came as the result of great in- jcreages in price this summer in ice and'showed that the supply beinx sold in this region was largely con- trolled by a single corporation. TO CONSIDER COLOMBIAN TREATY IN OPEN SESSION ‘Washington, July 29.—Precedents for consideration of treaties in execu- tive session were broken late today by the senate in adopting a motion by Republican Leader Lodge to consider the $25,000,000 Colombian treaty in open session next Monday. COMMISSION TO INTERPRET GERMAN PEACE TREATY Paris. July 29 (By the A. P.).—The inter-allied supreme council decided today to appoint a permanent commis- sion to co-ordinate and interpret the German peace treaty. The commission will be composed of five members rep- i esenting the five great powers. joccurred at Thirty-fifth and State streets, one of the centers of trouble since the st rioting Sunday. A small automobile filled with whites, cach armed with a pistol and all firing indiscriminately at blacks, crashed in- to a _patrol wagon at the street in- brief federal trade recent in- having been killed during the eve- ning and another negro having died of wounds received Monday. The injured list had been swelled by uncounted scores and several of the wounded may die. Disturbances were reported from ihe South Side “black belt,” an Italian district on the west side and from the near North The first pitched battle of the night tersection. Two of the whites were killed in the collision. Two others and every poilatien, i {tho patzel wagon wers urt. Tmmediately there was a rush of Dblacks and policemen to (he —wreck. The police could not push the enraged negroes away and opencd five, killing one negro and wounding thirty oth- ers. i Products Held By. the Wor| (o Pacific Flast sailed san . Cal. 3 “Appointment of a Chilean M to visit England is announced. Sale of beer containing 23 per cent of alcohol permiited in San Francisco. Hungarian Soviet troops have been defeated by Rumanians at Szolnok and| th ints. % *Further o of $157,549,000 b .[ from Panama for Further credi been extended by the Treasury De: partment to France. A Brooklyn Rapid Transit Line: - ried nearly 4,000,000 passengers on Sat- vrday and Sunday. Four persons were killed and four- teen injured in a head-on street car collision at Minneapolis. Deutsche Bank of Berlin reported to have obtained a loan of §100,000,000 from American financiers. Cole L. Blease, former Governor of South Caroiina will be a candidate fof Congress at next. election. Six thousand textile operatives went on strike at Passaic; they demand a 15 _per cent increase in wages. i Revolutionary movement headed by General Lopez Gutierrez is reported to_have broken out in Honduras. Third Division. of American Army has been ordered .home and will be- gin entraining for Brest on August 5. Professor. La Wall finds “kick” in root beer; after standing for ten days it contined 1.36 per cent of alcohol. Bela Kun Hungarian Soviet dictator will not be admitted to Argentina, ac- cording to advices from Buenos Aires. Col Schwartfeger, formerly on the General Staff, says Germany falsely represented Belgium's position before the war. Letters, postcards and pri ter may now be mailed to s vakia, Germaun Austria, Jugo- and Poland. Supreme Allied Council is. consider- ing proposal to re-establish system of sharing coul and foodstuffs among Al- lied peoples. Samuel Untermyer described John Skelton Williams as one of the best Controllers of the currency the coun- try ever had. United _States gold coin to the amounof $500,000 has been withdrawn from the Sub-Treasury for export to South America. While flying a kite during a thunder- storm, Andrew Loyak, a Scranton boy was killed when lightening followed the wet Kite strings. Congress must provide laws to curb the profiteer or begin to erect soup kitchens, declared Representative Kell- er in the House. Preliminary announcement likely to | be made by American bankers within next few days regarding a loan to the city of Copenhage Chairman Cummins announced that the separate House bill propocing re- peal of the daylight saving law would be reported this week. American commercial travelers have received permission from army head- quarters at Coblenz to do basiness in the interior of Germany. Italy’s coal supply, which the Gov- ernment estimates will only last twelve days is causing intense alarm through out the country. The wooden steams Admiral Knight, of Seattle, was burned to the water's edge near Vancouver. The members of the crew were rescucd. While trying to make a landing at Hazelhurst™ Field, . Mincola, Aviator Johnston, of Uvalde, Texas, was killed and Lieutenant -Payne had his right hand broken. Between seventy and onme hundred men and women are said to be practis- ing in New York City as physicians, attorneys and apothecaries on the strength of fake diplomas. - Acting upon the advice of the Mexi- can Government, John W. Thompson, an American ranchman, has paid the 1 500 pesos ransom demanded by ban- dits for the release of his 10-year-old son. Trades union officials went to whole- sale market at Havre, France, and compelled producers to sell them food- stuffs at prices ranging from 5 to 75 per cent under the average market | price. Harlan Bradley, five years old, was playing yesterday with a loadc. which a soldier had brought back from | France, it exploded, tearing a hole in the child's breast. Death followed quickly. | ADmiIssioNs mADE BY o BERGER AT HEARING Washington. July 29.—Victor L. } Berger admitied foday before the spe- cial committee investigating his rizht to a seat in the house of representa- tives, because of his conviction for vio- lating the eipionage act, that.he had said in a speech “the only war the socialists want is a war against our administration; it matters not whether it is against Kiaser Wilson or Kaiser Wilhelm, for one is as bad as the other.” Questioned further. Berger also_ad- mitted that in an address in New York last month he had characterized the phrase “making the world safe for de- | mocracy” as “contemntible” and had PRESIDENT TO RESUME CONFERENCES ON TREATY ‘Washington, July 29. President Wilson will resume his conferences with republican senators on the peace treaty tomorfow. Invitations were sent late today to seven senators to come to the White House tomorrow and Thursday. Senators Dillingham of Vermont; Harding of Ohio; Fernald of Maine, and Lenroot of Wisconsin, have been invited for tomorrow, and Senators New and Watson of Tndiana, and Keyes of New Hampshire, for Thurs- day. Acceptances had heen received tonight from Senators New and Len- root. REVISION OF BELGIUM AND HOLLAND TREATY Paris, July 29.—The commission of inter-ailied powers named to consid- er the revision of the treat of 1839, involving territorial and other ques- tions affecting Belgium and Holland, held its initial meceting here today. Representatives of the Dutch govern- ment arrived in Paris yesterday to at- tend the sessions, at which they with representatives of Belglum will be heard on the various questions to lLe brought up. 900 SHIPBUILDERS ARE ON STRIKE IN QUEBEC July 20.—Nine . hundred Quebec, i T WITH T (GED BEFORE THE SENATE FRANGE President Wilson Transmitted Treaty By Messenger With Re- quest For Its Ratification—Senate Remained In Open Session While the Message Was Read—There Was No Reference In the Message to the Recent Senate Criticism — It Is Likely the Treaty Will Be Taken Up Within a Washington, July 29.—The -special treaty with France, promising imme- a Ti iate American aid to that depub- c_in fepelling any unprovoked at tack by Germany was sent 1o the sen- a te today by President Wilson, In his message urging ratification the vresident declared the wromise a “temporary supplement” to the treity with Gérmany and the League of Na- tions = cove. France “without league to act.” similar Great Britain, nt, designed to give pre sction in an emergecy awaiting the advice of the He pointed out that a had been made by and said that by the promise obligation the United States but par- tially discharged a debt which to France in full. president’s “nothing can The senate. where pay” the failure to submit the treaty sooner has b lican members, een under répeated fire from repub- received the message in oven session and referred the treaty without diz-- to the foreign réls tions - committes, =: was There wus ... reference in the mes- age to the senate criticism, which based on a clause of the treaty requiring that it be “submitted to the enate of the United States at the same time as the treaty of Versailles,” presented by the president on July 10. The message did refer to this clause, hi the consideration at the same time, a owever, saying it wus provided that two treaties be “the subject of and now had dding that as opportunity been offered to examine the Versaflles Few Days, Jointly With the Versailles Treat;/ treaty, it was opportune to present the othe: Departing from his custom of del ering his message to congress In per son, the president transmitted ti treaty and his reauest for ratification by messenger. Both became publie b the senate's nimous agreement to remain in open session while the mes sage was read and to print it and th treaty in the record The reque that this course he followed was mad by CHairman Lodge of the foreign r lations committee Although the committee has mad no. definite vlans, it is likely that t} treaty will be taken up by it with a few days and considered jointly wit the Versailles treaty. Before this done, however, the committee i hear’ seyeral of the experts who ad vised the American peace declegatios on economic subjects. Bernard B the first to be heard, will appear s public hearing Thursday The senate spent most 6f the da discussing the League of Nations. Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado, in an address expressing doubt to the efficacy of the 1 ing international colleagues he had concord not whether he could support it. v, democrat. Louisiana, urged ratification without reservation Minneso nted to vations Senator Nelson, republican, ta, announced that while he w see it-ratified he thought rese <t MR TROUBLE AT FORMATION OF NEW POLITICAL PARTY Harrisburg, Pa., July 29.—The con- ference of men formerly aligned with the Washington party in Pennsylvanla to form an orzanizatibn to secure elec- tion of republican n, termed national delegates be what they was adjourned ext vear who w “progressive: to meet at the call of the chair late today after a sharp interchange be- tween Chairman A. Nevin Detrich and Magistrate Robert Carson of Philadel- delphia. “declaration The trouble broke over the of purpese” which Mr. Carson, W. P. Boland bf Scranton and others 'said sounded too much a like a eclaration of war against men inside of the party who did not agree with them. ing spivit of t he Lewis of Allentown, of of Dubofs finally. smoothed a adopted ‘which welcomed pation P Ch: G Gifford Pinchot, who was the mov- mecting: JFred F. Lex N. Mitchell and Earl G. Boose out the amendment was “the partici- co-operation of every re- During the discussion 'man_Detrich and __ Magistrate son had a difference of opinion and f Punxsatawney iscussion and ~an and ublican.” al when the resolutions had heen adopted Robert C. Bair of York said he did not want the movement to be “hamstrung’” in a Philadelnhia. factional fight. T n prosressive: This rought un Mr. Carson agaih. who de- ounced the failure to invite various including himself, and said that,the movement would be use- less if the suspicion. zot abroad that it faction in Philadelphia. a a men a moticn rather hurriedly, as to he used for benefit of eithar The chairman eclared him wronx in his surmises nd after some remarks bétween the to adjourn was passed MOTHER INCINERATES SEVEN hi CHILDREN AND HERSELF Nelsonville, 0. July 29.—Sevel ours before authorities were to move them to the Athens county home today, seven fr with_their mother, sar, children, ranging in age to 10 years, were found Mrs. Tony Stravi- burned to death or asphyxiated in rom 6 weeks their home at Kimberly, a small min- ing town near here. The children were tied to their beds and coal oil had been sprinkled over the room. separation caused Tt i sunposed that worry over the the mother to de- stroy herself and the children. $25000 FOR THE CAPTURE A hua has offered a |gola for the OF FRANCISCO VILLA Texas, July 29.—Governor of the state of Chihua- reward of $25.000 pture, dead or alive, of El Paso, ndres Ort declared that 1 $25,000 old for the capture, dead or Drion gt Tonvenmonth ne weuld aeral| alive, of Franclsco Villa, according to [ The Ted fag ‘to the prison eate any |8 Mexican merchant, who was here then 'call tpon the Young men 1o carny | toduy from Chihuahua City.' He said the banner. the offer avpeared In ‘an advertise- . ment in one of the Chihuahua City newspapers. 4,480 AMERICANS WERE by the war de; CAPTURED BY GERMANS Washington, July 29.—A re-checking tment of figures up to June 3 Shows the total number of Americans captured by the enemy In France was 4.430. of whom 316 were officers. The 28th division was the heaviest loser with 18 officers and 714 men, and the 25th was next with 10 officers and 435 v First men. The Eighth di- ision reported one man captured. Of the divisions earliest in line, the division lost no officers and 15 men and the Second division five offi- cers. DIVISION OF TERRITORY IN EAST AFRICA PLANNED London, July via Montreal Plans for the division of the territory formerly A a tricts. Brussels. er German colony, it comprising German frica include giving Belgium a mar ute for the Ruanda and Urundi dis according to a telegram from The balanee of the form- is declared, will be under British control, according to this plan, with clear territorial rights to take b Lake Edward and Lake Al- ert for the British route from the cape to Cairo. 1 RIDGEPORT TO DEVELOP RECREATION GRZUNDS AUSTRIA GRANTED AN EXTENSION OF TIME 20.—(By The A. P) Austria has been granted seven add tional days for consideration of the peace terms. August 6 will be the fi- nal day on which the Austrian repre- sentatives may submit inquiries. This was decided upon by the supreme council toda: The_council also Von Bethmann-Ho request to stand trial for the former emperor A commission of ecxperts will be named to apportion control of the roll- ing stock of the German, Austrian and Bulgarian railway The ec omic clauses of the Bulgarian trea- ty, which is.now virt complete exeepting definition of the boundar- ies of Bulgaria, were approved The council approved the report the special postal commission which authorized all the allied countries {o resume postal and wire connection with Germany under such as the individual countric cessary. Paris, July decided to ignore restrictior regard ne- TRACTION LINES IN CHICAGO AT STANDSTILL Chicago, July 20, face and elevated at a standstill tonight the strike at 4 a. m. today of e ployes of -both system er their re fusal to ratify an agreement betwe officials of the companies and o employes unions. Union and compa officials declared tonight that nc mediate settlement of the strike W in sight. Abandonment of the electric trans portation lines brought thousands o additional vehicles into the downtow district during the day and resulted in irregular and_at times badly co; gested traffic. Removal m, the traffic policemen to the ra area caused a lack of order ar sulted in additional confusion. Pc officials tonight were organiz izens' traffic squad and fic_situation would be in row. electric lines wers as of hand tomor- ALBANIANS IN REVOLT AGAINST Saloniki, July 29.—The Albanians’in revolt agai troops of occupation is growing daf according to the newspaper Macedo® nia veral of the Albanian chiefs who were opposed to Pask rovisional president of co-operating with his pa attempt to force the Italians to evac uate. In spite of rigorous mea taken by the Italians to prever transmission of news concernin insurrection, the Macedonia de it is learned that a number of It propagandists have be near Kravaya and Berat STRIKE AT PERNAMBUCO HAS BEEN SETTL Monday, July 28 ITAcimns number ¢ t the Italia Essad Albania The Rio Janeiro, strike at Pernambuco, which w begun by the dock workers on July 2 2 and which later involy mpathet cally other laber bodies and resulted in tying up all the harbor activitie has been settled, according to des- patches. T he dock workers, who had demand- ed - reinstatement of a d charged member of their union, an ] day, increased pa: ing’ conditions, gaincd mands. all thel SPREAD OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER IN MASSACHUSET Boston, June 29.—A rapld the European corn borer whic tacked growing corn in mnort Massachusetts is shown in ¢ the state department of asricu A bulletin Issued today says a Massachusetts z th town Hampsihre line from the n to and including Methuen, cxcent Amesbur ove infested. It is thercfore belie that New Hampshire has the pest al and that its be probably a ready will time. AUTOMOBILE THIEVES KIDNAPPED WATCHMAN pread into Main matter of a short shipbuilders, members of the Intcrna- [ Bridgeport. Conn., —In de- tional Union affiliated with the Amer. | veiopment of a plan reation ican Federation of Labor, went on|grounds the municipality today com- strike today at the Davis Shipbuilding ) pleted purchase of Steeplechase Isi- vards in Lauzon and at the finishing|and, in Long Island sound, once a plant of that firm in the Louise Rasin [ pleasure resort conducted by George lhieve for recognition of the union. Oth- | C. Tilyou. The price of $220.000 in- *hi; at Lauzon where na- |cludes buildings, bridee and ferries, tio w men and_other labor of- [and many acres of plavgrounds and ganizations are employed, were mnot[camp sites, and a long stretch of | affected. bahing beaches. Boston, July 23.—Automobile acce ry thieves after robbing Wentg foxbury garaze carly today kidnapped the watchman, James Crohan, and whirled him to Levington, 15 mile away, where he was left. They h: appearcd at the ga C 1 to the police, while he doz Tie tried to prevent thefts of ti one of the men fired from a r apparently to frighten him, he Wit htheir large car londed with cessor the thieves then took Cr ban into the car with them and fi