Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 13, 1919, Page 1

VOL. LXIfno. 219 POPULATI ON 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., 14 PAGES—98 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS e BOSTON POLICEMEN HAVE VOTED TO RETURN T0 WORK Union Acted Upon the Suggestion of Samuel Gompers—A Number Had Applied For Reinstatement—The Matter Rests Wholly With Policc Commissioner Curtis, Who Has Issued an Order That No Strikers Applying For Re- instatement Should Be Taken Back—Gov. Coolidge Re- gards the Strikers as Deserters and Said He Did Not Think of “Any Condition Under Which They Should Be Re- : " — Streets Are Strongly Guarded By Guardsmen and There Has Been No Disorder. instat 12—Frank McCarth, organizer of the Ame: of labor. Boston, Sept gland federation »night that thc accepted the suggestion Gompers hat they of e announced policemen’s union had Samuel return to work and await he outcome of he labor confer- ence at the Whitc House on October € Whaen Police Commissioner Curtis s informed of he said that he had issucd orde: or reinstatement should He said that he could n this order before hearing fro: aticrney general. The ¢ommi oner refused to amplify this stat. rent, which was at the attorney general asked ‘to decide whether the men were “emploves” who had a rig e action of the un- TS afternoon that no strikers apply- be taken 0 m interpreted to mean would be patrol- ht o strike, or -officers’ of the govern- ment who had no such right Mr. McCarthy read Mr. Gompers’ sent to him and srams He explained the si nd asked thei hes of the pre: federation meeting he atemen of the Boston polic: ave accepled the of Samuel Gompers, preside American federati to a tood that the matter up tomorrow. They wi d to Mayor Peters at a meeting of the policemen’s t- m s- of issued e- sug- n of labor, et leaders of the th whether they w.uld first ap- ach the governor, the mayor or th: © commissioner. Whether, the strike could be settled in ihis manver was problematical to- night. Mr. Gompers' suggestion was that the men return to their posis upon information that the' enforce- ment of the order (forbidding them to affliate with outside organizations) been postponed.” In his telegra to the mayor, of ‘which he sent icate sked that enforcement of this o: be deferred until after the Whi House conference m a du- to Governor Coolidge tonight, o te Governor Coolidge had retired for the night before Mr. McCarthy's state- had been made public. tary said that he men ecr and nis | additional would not dis- State l to inform him of this devel- opment. The secretary said that the telezram from Mr. Gompers had not been received. The governor, the mayor and Com- missioner Curtis have been emphatic in their declarations that they would irfsist upon enforcement of the order. The governor said today that the question of reinstatemeént of any | strikers who might wish to return (o the force was wholly a matter for the commissioner (o determine. He add- ed that he considered the men “de- rters” and could not think of any circumstances which would warant their reinstatement. It is expected that the matter will be discussed tomorrow forenoon, when the governor has consented to meet Mr. McCarthy and officers of the Bos- jton central labor union. This con- ference was arranged before the ac- tion of the policemen’s union had been made known. Superintendént of Police Crowley | tonight instructed captains of all po- lice stations “that open air rallies or anything calculated to draw a crowd are to be permitted until further or- turb him ders.” { Althoush the policemen’s union claimed that it had gained new mem- bers today, Superintencent of Police Crowley said that a number of stril ing policemen had applied for rein- statement. He said that orders had been given to the captains of all police | stations to take no one back pending a decision as to whether any of the strikers should be permitted to rejoin | the force. | Reorganization of the national syard of Massachusetts on the pre-war basis was started today. The governor was asked if he intended to use any units of the reorsanized force to supple- ment the state guard in policing the city. He replied that at present they were not needed here, but that he feit it would be well to have them ready for any emergency which might arise. There was no disorder today. The streets were strongly guarded by in- fantry of the state guard. with fixed bayonets. and cavalry continued to patrol thoroughfares in ‘the center of the city. Windows boarded up yeste day as a precaution against a. rence of rioting remainel covered and barriers were erected in front of many shops. 5000 SCHOOL CHILDREN CHEERED PRINCE OF WALES in monton. Albertit. 12.—Five ihousand schoel children, ma front of the railréad station, burst in- when the Prince of Wal 1o cheers os rrived here today and when the >outhful prince stopped 1o wave back i them cach vyoungster took the ectinz as_ perconal, and the cheer- z was redoubled: The vrince was met by Lieutenant Governor Brett of Alberta, Premier Charles Stewart, Brigadier General MoDonald. Chief Justice Harvey and her officials Fificen hundred members of the Gireat War Veterans Association were the statién to zreet their former omrades-in-arms. Ten thousand per- . were at the narliament buildings, cre formal addresses werc ex- ged. The prince then inspected o zuard of honor supplied by the 15th Batialion. and i regimental ~vere deposited in the parlia- ildings. A public_ reception The provincial government Memorial to a number of was in his the lieutenant-governor. vete ziven MARKED DECREASE IN BIRTH RATE IN JUL heon for the prince, after i cornerstone of the Hall and pre- honor Y tal sta- | Penalize profiteering, as requested by Hartford. Conn.. Sept v stics given out today by .the state department of health for the meonth of show a marked decrease in the rate as compared with the same onth last vear. During July, 1919, there were 2379 births in Connecticut. July. 191§ there were 3,264, and in 1917, the number was 3,191, The per thousand for July for in 1917, 30 and S more than 1918. and 204 that for less than vear. h in 1917 NEWSPAPERS TO PRINT vears was in 1919, 19.04; in 1918, There were 948 marriages in July of | Ocratic primaries the in FAIR PRICE LISTS Hartford, Conn. Sept. 12.—A fair price list similar to that ued in Hartford this week will appear in the New d Haven newspapers next will anpear soon after lists week in Bridgeport and Waterbury. it was an- nounced today by Robert Scoville, Connecticut fair price commissioner. It also is planned to issue lists i those towns which were included in the food administration’s activities in the war FREIGHT CONDUCTOR DIED OF INJURIES Meriden, Conn., Sept. 12.—Wesley Williams of New Haven. freight con ductor. who was severely burned in the freight wreck here Thursday nighi_died this evening at 8.30 o'clock he Meriden hospital. His entire was burned hy live little hope was held for his recover. Tie twas 28 vears old and leaves wife nd four vear old son in Haven CATHOLIC COMMERCIAL CLUB IN LIMERICK RAIDE Limerick. Ireland, Sept. police raided the Catholic Commerci: cith here this morning. The majofi of the members of the club are affilia ed with the Sinn Fein organization. | The authorities declined , details as te the results of the raid. steam and | freight cars. a D 12.—The al ty g to give out three - SAYS EVIL INFLUENCES ARE AT WORK IN IRELAND l.ondom, Sept. 12 (Via Montreal).— Viscount French, lord lieutenant and governor-general of Ircland, opening a faie at Beifast for the Comrades of the 1 | Great War aseociation. which in the| north of Ireland numbers §5 branches. | with 15000 members, said they knew | that “evil influences were at work in| their unfortunate country” to put ob- les in the way of men who had erved their c¢ountry faithfully from carning a livelihood in peace and con- i tentment. It was for them to band themscives together in this great or- ganization. 1If they did so well and faithfully. no evil co befall them. Speakinz subsequently, Lord French said: “It is not for me to talk pol at this moment. The government of Ireland has at the present moment only one noli to secure for law- abidinz subiec that freedom and protection from outrages which, as citizens of the empire, they are justly entitled to. To the fulfillment of that policy we shall bring all our efforts We shall not shrink from adoptins the most drastic methods to-secure it. This last statement was greeted with cheers. : SENATE PASSES .élLL TO PENALIZE PROFITEERING Washington. Sept. 12.—The house bill extending the food control act te President Wiison and Attorney Gen- {eral Paimer as a means of reducing | the cost of living, was passed by the senate late today and sent to confer- ence. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES HELD IN WATERBURY Waterbury Conn.. Sept. 12.—Attor- ney Franci P. Guilfoile won the dem- here tonight over Peter Fitzhenry and Daniel T. Far- rington taking every ward. The to- tal number of votes cast was the larg- est of any primary ever held in the city. GKRD‘N‘AL MERCIER TO BE GUEST OF YALE OCT. 2 Hartford. Conn., Sept. 12.—Cardinal Mercier will visit New Haven as the guest of Yale University on October 2. it was announced tonight by Rev. A. J. Murray, chancellor of the Hart- ford diocese. The state of Connect: cut's official welcome to the Belgian vbvrimlale will take place here on Octo- er 1. FATAL EXPLOSION AT i THE RARITAN ARSENAL Bonhamtown, N. J. Sept. 12.—One civilian employe at the Raritan arsenal was killed todav and several more in- jured. one perhaps fatally, when one' ©of their number dropped a box of fuses | captured from the Germans which were being transferred from barges to Ten men were killed ! | here last month in an explosion found | by investizators to be due to careless handling of explosives. H | CHARGED WITH OBTAINING $2,200 UNDER FALSE PRETENSES ! Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 1z.~—'Joaeph! P. Maznir was arrested today charged | with obtaining $2.200 under false pre- | tenses and was held under bonds of} $1,500 for trial. accused man obtained the money on| promissory notes, secured by property to wihch he had no title. o RS T RS | s !- Condensed Telegrams [ Bar silver was quoted at 61/4 pence SE 15 = in Eamibns Nesw svorls wrice The 53rd ship to be launched at Hog Island was the Chickasaw, a cargo carrier. Missouri public service commission granted railways right to charge an eight-cent fare. Anthracite shipments in August amounted to 6,144,144 tons, compared with 6,052,334 in previous week. Convention of united mine workers of America, at Cleveland, voted down the resolution for “one big union.” Winter wheat acreage in Missouri for the crop of 1920 estimated at 3, 479,000, or 763,000 acres less than last ear. Samuel Gompers deciared in Wash- ington that labor in general was with President Wilson in his efforts to ob- tain peace. Employes of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Co., who were sup- posed to have gone on strike, were still at work. After a seven weeks' tie-up by a strike of carpenters and a lock-out ef allied trades, Chicago’s industry resumed yesterday. Mobs in Tegucigalpa, capitol of Hon- duras, are looting and rioting in many parts of the city, following the depari- ure of President Bertrand. Eight strike leaders, imprisoned at Winnipeg for the lasi 26 days pend- ing charges of seditious conspiracy, were each released on $4,000 bail. Delaware. Lackawanna & Western Co.’s 000 employes and the Dela- ware & Hudson Cozl Co.s employes will vote on question of a strile. Supreme council adopted a plan for the settlement of the question of the Teschen mining district in ispute be- tween Poland and Czecho-Slovak go - ernment. President Wilson agreed to meet a delegation of the morthwest organized labor at Seattle for a conference which will deal with the release of “political prisoners.” A strike of machinists in Metz com- pletely tied up traffic on railways in the vicinity. Employes of the cntire system in Alsace-Lorraine are going out on strike. Nine miners were killed and ten in- jured by the explosion of six and a half tons of dynamite in th emine in the department of Morazan, northwest of San Salvador, The Chino-Japanese military con- vention signed last year co-ordinai- ing Chinese and Japanese efforts in Siberia, was under discussion between Tokio and Peking. Edward L. Doheny, head of the Mexican Petroleum Co., told the sen- ate committee invenW s that - Bolshev felt in Mexico as early as 191 w Serbian delegation at Paris advised the peace conterence that because of the tall of the government of Bel- grad it was unable (o obtain instruc- tions to sign the treaty with Ausria. A demand will be made upon the government by the national funeral directors’ association that the bodies of American fallen heroes buried in France be brought home for burial. Commander-in-Chief Adams of the G. A. R. declared at the annual con- venticn at Cleveland “if anyone at- tempis to raise the ,ed fjag of an- archy in this country, shoot him cn the spot.” An amendment to the Cummins rail- road bill providing that the govern- ment zuarantee a substantial return to the railroads fter they are reica ed was considered by the senmate in- terstate commerce commission. Judge Mayer in the federal district court ordered Job k5. Hedges, receiver of the New York Railways Co.. to dis- continue operation of four small sur face lines, storage bettery roads. be- cause the were operaied at a loss. Charles M. Jacobs, a civii engineer, who designed the Hudson tubes under the North river, connecting New Yorl and New Jersey. the Pennsylvania and Long Island railroad tunnel and wa retained by the French prepare plans for a tunnel Seine, died in London. under the STATEMENT MADE BY EAMONN DE VALERA Providence, R. I. Sept. 12.—Eamonn De Valera, at midnight, issued the fol- lowing statement concerning the sup- pression of the Sinn Tein parliamen “As I stated Wednesday the proc- lamations are simply tc provide a cover for military ruthlcssness in Ire- land. The war front is now trans- ferred to Ireland, where the one-time commander -in-chief in France, Lord French, and the former chief of staff, Sir William Robertson, are now in command. If law and order are all that is wanted in Ireland it can be had within hours. “The alien government of Britain has oniy to withdraw its army of oc- cupation. This occupation s the cause of disorders. Let the will of the Irish people prevail. The suppression by armed force of the congress of freely appointed representatives of the Irish people is a commentary which Americans will understand on Eng- land's desire to make the world safe for_democracy. g “It is primarily because of the Dail's activities in material reconstruction work that it is now suppressec. The British government can’t suppress and imprison the whole Irish people, and Ireland will never acknowledge an alien . authority—the English crown.” UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER PLANT TO OPEN MONDAY Hartford, Conn. Sept. 12—The plant of the Underwood Typewriter com- pany, which has been closed as a re- ult of strike conditions since Aug. 11, will open Monday morning, the man- agement announced today. The strike started July 153. Fullly 1,000 men have been on strike and more than others were deprived of work when the plant shut down. Groups of strik eis from the several departments of ich plant are voting today on the pro- posal of the strike committee to return to work. The polishers this morning voted unanimously to return, and sim- ilar action is expected on the part of the other groups. The company will It is alleged that the! pay its employes time and one-half for | overtime work in the future. The company has already offered to make general pay increases of 10 per cent. Rl was | overnment to | 3.000 | Explosives and Large Quan- tities of Documents Seized In Headquarters In Dub- lin. Dublin, Sept. 12—(By The A. P.)— Following closely upon a_ speech de- livered by Viscount French, lord lieu- tenant and governor general of lIre- land, at Belfast Thursday, in which it was declared that the British zov- ernment would not hesitate to resort to drastic_steps to maintain Jaw and order in Ireland. the authorvities to- day proclaimed the suppression of the Sinn Fein parliament and Sinn Fein organization throughout Ireland. A scries of raids and searches for arms and documents were made at the local Sinn Fein headquarters in num- erous towns, in addition to Dublin, ameng them Cork, Belfast, Galway and Londonderry. Two prominent Sinn Fein members of the house of commons were arrested here and_the residences of many persons of Sinn Fein leadings in Dublin and other places were searched There were slight disorders in a few places sistance ceived up to the present. was shot and killd n but no reports of serious re- to the raiders have been re- A detective in Dublin. the raids some arms and ex- ves were found. Large quanti- of documents and Sinn Fein liter- ature were seized, notably in Dublin, where every copy of the report of ¥rank P. W and Edward F. Dunne, who investigated conditions in Tre- | | Sinn Fein Parliament |U. S. Has Veto Power Has Bee@@ressed In League of Nations President Wilson Says Unani- mous Vote Is Required to Decide Important Ques- tions. Spokane, Wash.. Sept. 12.—Replying here today to objections that Great Britain would have ap reponderance of voting power in the league of nations assembiy, President Wilson said any possible danger on that scorc was re- moved by the fact that decisions must be unanimous. The speech here was-the second the president made during the day. He spoke this morning at Cocur d’Alenc, Jdaho. making an invasion of the state represented by United States Senator Borah in the senate. At Coeur d’Alene the tent in which he spoke was not en- tirely filled. Here in the armory every seat was taken. The league of nations assembly, the president declared, was “largely a de- bating body,” and seldom would act on important questions,- and when it did the United States with its one vote would have an “absolute veto” under the rule requiring a unanimous vote. There was only onc case in which the assembly could decide an impor- tant question, he said, and that w: when such a question was unanimous- Iy referred to it by the council. The assembly also must act unanimously. he added. so that in either council or assembly the one vote of the United States would constitute a veto power. The unanimous rule, added the pres- ident, scemed to him the only weak- desirable selection of wares, M public. Many a merchant will business succe: Your Voice to the Buying Public You may pile vour shelves high with the most admirable, most Merchant, but of what avail will it be either to yourself or to the buying public if you stop there? You need a voice to the buying public, a voice certain and sure to reach them. It is right here that the daily newspaper steps in as the best medium and an indispensable medium to convey your message to the buying acknowledge that wise and persistent newspaper advertising has been one of the foundation stones of his As such a voi¢e to the buyving public in Norwich and the whole of Eastern Connecticut there is no better medium than The Bulletin. It will give results in your fall trade that will surprise you. In the past week the following matter has appeared in the Bul- H letin's columns at the daily price of 2 cents: Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, September 6 ...... 136 147 455 738 || Monday. September & ...... 130 110 290 530 Tuesday, September 9 ...... 108 96 350 554 Wednesday, September 10 ....T. 119 114 432 665 Thursday, September 11 . 103 92 a]fi 514 R ———0 538 MRSl Ll Sl T 70 638 2176 3539 land on behalf of American Irish so- cieties, and correspondence relating to trade relations between arranging Ireland and the United States and other forcign countries, fell into the hands of the authorities. The be- liet was expressed in Sinn Fein quarters here tonight that nothing of an_incriminating nature was found. The Gazette tonight prints the proc- lamation, signed by the lord lieuten- anet of Irciand. prohibiting and sup- pressing the Sinn Fein parliament known as the “Dail Bircann.” Ie re- fers to the proclamation of July 3 the Sinn I"cino rganization ociation It describ- suppressing unlawful as as s the “Daily Eircann” as a dangerous ! association and says that since July it has been employed for all the pur- poses of the then suppressed organ- {1zations. The proclamation applies ito the 32 counties and six county boroughs of Ireland. The two members of parliament ar- rested in Dublin were Ernest Biythe, member of Menoghan, North, and Pat- rick O'Keefe, representative for the northern division of Cork. They were removed to Dublin Castle, pending the arrival 6f an escort to take them to Cork, where the warrants for their ar- rest are supposed to have been is- sued. Military lorries bringing pri; oners from the outskirts of Dublin came into the city during' the day. The main purpose of the raids is be- lieved to have been to secure clues as to the whereabouts of arms and ex- plosives which from time to time the Sinn Feiners are reported to have captured. Under tonight's proclamation the Dail Bireann” is under the crimes act and its meetings are prohibited. Any member of parliament belonging to the Sinn Fein who disobeys the proclamation of the lord licutenant will be liable to prosecution under this act. The proclamation indicates an in- tention on the part of the government to return to_jail most of the men im- prisoned in May, 1918, under’ suspicion of connection with German plots, who were released by Viscount ¥rench af- ter the sizning of the armistice. Before the censorship was abolished references to the “Irish republic” loan were prohibited, but recently they have been appearing freely in the news- papers. Today the Cork Examiner printed a full page advertisement of the loan. The view held here is that the Brit- ish government now intends to treat the entire Irish republican movement as seditions as beins aimed at the overthrow of the king's authority. and illegal under the treason and felony act. irish_constitutionalists expressed the belief tonight that the repressive ac- tion of the government will strengthen the Sinn Fein. Prominent Sinn Fein- ers asserted that it was their intention to maintain their policy of republican- ism, The detective killed in Dublin was named Hoey. He was shot dead at 9.30 o'clock outside the detective office in Townshend strcet. Six shots were fired at him. Hoey had given test | mony at several recent courtmartials an dalso had acted as one of the body- Zuard of the lord lieutenant of Ireland. The Irish parliament or “Dail Eireann” as it was known_in Gaelic, was formed in Dublin on January 21 by twenty-five members of the Sinn Fein party who had been elected to | the Eritish house of commons and who, in accordance with a adopted by the society, refused to g to_Westminstter. The British government at first de- termined to adopt the policy of ignor- | | resolution | ness of th eleague, but it was a weak- | ness in tke direction of throwing a safeguard around national sovereignty. Mr. Wilson also discussed at lensih proposed rescrvations to the treaty and asked for its unqualified acceptance. He asked the republicans present not &t othink of 1920 when thinking of the redemption of the world. adding that he himself did not for a moment do_so. President Wilson departed for Ta- coma, where he will speak tomorrow morning. SENATOR H. W. JOHNSON TRAILS PRESIDENT WILSON Sept. 12. — Trailing through the mid- dle west, presenting arguments op- posing the ratification of the League of Nations covenant, Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California today ad- dressed two large and enthusiastic au- diences in St. Louis. At noon he spoke to a gathering of business men at the City Club. Tonight he addressed a large mass meeting at the Coliseum where Pres- ident Wil Louis a week ago. In his plea for the defeat of the League of Nations in its present form Senator Johnson described the treaty St. Louis, Preside of peace as a patchwork .of the se- cret treaties made between the aliies, unknown to America. before and dur ing the war and challenged the recent declaration of the president that fail- ure to concur to the settlement of the terms of peace by he United States “would put a stain upon our national honor which we never could efface.” “Does the president intend to say that it will put a stain upon our hon- or if we do not carry out the secret bargainings which were, with a du- plicity unparalleled in the world's history, concealed from us?” asked the senator. w He described visits to this country after our declaration of war of the diplomatic representatlves of England, France, Ttaly and Japan. “In the full flush of righteous in= dignation against a ruthless enem we were bending every energy in be- half of a just cause” said Senator Johnson. “Before the United States senate, in terms as idealistic as those we employed, Mr. Balfour for England, Mr. Viviani for France. Italy’s prince and Japan's representative spoke. Un- ti! they came no foreigner had ever stood upon the rostrum of the United States senate since Lafavette's vis- it. ° While these representatives of the four great powers were speaking to us upon the same plane upon which we were acting and appealing to the same lofty sentiments and - altruistic purposes their very pockets were bulging with the secret treaties they had made among themselves for the partition of the world and the dis- tribution of the spoils of the war.” ing the ‘parliament” and the action taken in suppressing it today is the first action taken in its respect. The original proclamation issued in Dublin Wednesday, callea for the sup- pression of the Sinn Fein organization, the Gaelic League, the Irish Volun- teers adn the Cumann na Eban Socie- ty in the city and county of Cork. It declared, also. that the first section of the Criminal Law procedure act of 1887 should be applied to the coun- ties of Cork, Limerick, Clare, Tipper- ary and Dublin. A bill was introduced in the provi- sional assembly of Jamaica prohibii- ing any former alien’ from landing in the country without special permit. on spoke when he visited St.! = QUOTES SEC'Y LANSING AS sertion that Secreta ing op- posed ratification of the peace treaty nd League of Nations covenant, ai- ithough he was a member of the i American peace comm ion that | dratted it, was fiung toduy before the | William Bullitt, of Philadelphia, | formerly employed by the mission at ! Paris in a confidential capacity. | The testimony. purporting to give | Mr. Lansing's private opinicn express- | ed in a conversation with the witness | the day the latier resigned from the| { mission because he was not in sym- | pathy with the treaty or the league, | opped out suddenly and sensation- ally. Bullitt had just expressed re- luctance at the idea of revealing any part of a private onversation with the peace commissioncrs, and mem- bers of the commiltee quite agreed | with this view. OPPOSED T0 PEAGE TREATY nate foreign relations committee by Near the close of a three hour hear- ing. however, Chairman Lodge asked how the treaty and its covenant was regardea at Paris. Sccretary Lans- ing, Henry White and General B all members of the American com- mission, “expressed vigorous opin- ions,” Bullitt said, adding, in_reply to an inquiry by the chairman, that these | opinions w not enthusiastic. | Then from a memorandum of the| conversation, dictated, he said, while The bald as-;it was fresh in his mind, | When Sensational Disclosure Made By William C. Bullitt of Phila- delphia, Formerly Employed By the Mission at Paris. In a Confidential Capacity—Tells Senate Foreign Relations Committee That Lansing Made the Statement That “If the Senate and the American People Knew What the Treaty Meant it Would Be Defeated”—Says Lansing Was Opposed to the Award of Shantung to Japan and That He Considered the League of Nations Bad. Washington, Sept. 12 ullitt quo! points, say onposed the ntung to Japan, that he considered the league thoroughly bad, that the large nations would pay little attention to the small nations, #nd that the world had been arranged according to the desires of the big nd- tions at the peace conference. % tional statement at- ed the sccretary ing that Mr award of Sha on man .ansing The most sens tributed I the witness to the sec tary of ate was that “if the senale and the American people knew what the treaty meant it would be defeat- ed.” Senator Knox really would un- derstana the treaty, Mr. Lansing said, according to the witness, and "Mr Ledge would, but Mr. Lodge's position would become purely political.” There was no democratic senator in atiendance when this testimony was given, nor at other times during the hearing, and nobody took up the cud- gels for the American commissioner. news of Bullitt's testimony ad about the capitol it was ex- discussed and senators said 3 anxious to hear from Mr. Lansing. When some of them trled to reach him at the state department they found he was out of town, and an Assoc ed Pres despatch later from Watertown, Y.. said he de clined to make any statement, and bad gone fishing. were Se; hington, plaudits of New still ringing 4n his A at the to ery the station who lined his pathway. - As he stood | later with bared head before Vice| President . Mavshall in the p ident's | wailing room to receive the welcome [ ot the president and of the mation, in it was women and_ girls, armed | | With fiags and flowers, who surround- {ed him There was little pomp of war] about this conqueror’s return. The reception, with the exception of these lings of s oolgi and women of the governm departments, and the zreelig cxtended in President Wil- | son’s name by Vice ident Mar- | shall. was informal Secretary F and General March, chief of greeted General Pershing at the tr and escorted him to the room whe | the vice vresident awaited him, ! The arched roof of the | buildinz. ! i where wide approaches were built | with just such scenes in mind, roared | wit nth houting of the crowd jammed | | close along his path. A military band | | pounded out its formal greetinz of “Hail to the Chief” almost unhecard The crash of saluting artillery, posted ar away by the quiet Potomae, beside ie nation’s stone-built tributes to ! Washington and Lincoln, went un- | noticed. Possib it was the great prepon {dera f women in the crowd about him that led General Pershing to pay high trbiute to the women of America in his tingly elivered reply to the viee president in the ungrudging confidence the president had reposed in him, he said. he had found constant strength for the tasks that had fallen to him: but he added that it was high courage of the women of Amer ca at had made possible victory, complete and final. Preceded by a ttering ecavalry ort, General Pershing was taken to his hotel by Mr. Marshall in the lat- ter's autom A draned army car, {fiving the general's four-starred ban- ner. was in waiting, but the vice pri dent would have none of it and per- sonally conducted the man who has come home as his country’s honored guest to the hotel that is to be his i temporary home in Washington. Al the street on ered. blocked with peopl ed for ho with New York, and Albany acquitted by charge to loot a ingots en Soston. The man. a_conductor, Edward L. Dygan a explained that at Y., they had ment seals broken t oa caboose for s: Zots ahandoned by testified they had Sent. railro jur freight ca ate fro ties. | Middletown. Con Florence Munson found dead in the horae by her hush, Medici diet of hpyxiat in ill health. Sxaminer of Mrs. eath in discov, MIDDLETOWN WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BATHROOM HOW GEN. PERSHING WAS GREETED IN WASHINGTC’Nl pt. 12.—W York and Philadeiphia | General John | ears, J. Pershing arrived in \ashington to- | day and received a foretaste of the formal sreeting he will receive week when he leads the First di- vision up historic Pennsylvania ave- | nue in the nation’s victory parade. he stepped from his special train man who led the victory in : of zreeting rise| from the hundreds of women and girls along the lihe of the swift movinz pro- waved At the hotel the streets were crowds e and they s after he had disappeared ACQUITTED OF ATTEMPTING TO LOOT FREIGHT CAR 12. ad emplo here tod of attempting on July containin, m Montana men are Joseph Heine- and two nd W. b red and afe the had the thiev report tempted robbery to the proper authori- HURRICANE SANK TwWO SCHOONERS, WITH CREWS Miami, Fla., Sept. 12.—The schoon- ers went down at Cat lsland, Bahama group, with all on board. during the hurricane several days ago. according |to persons who arrived here from the Bahamas today. At Elcurtha Island several buildings were , destroyed; in the Windward Islands two schooners were lost and at Watlings Island scy | eral houses were ¢ cd. lestr n., Schaeter, Sept. + bithre this r ot x e and Ca tenti Three Boston I". Rose. ast Chatham, keeping six Vith the | and remain- ves day 14 to were of a 1917, pper East rakemen, who N. govern- removed in- They at- the 12.—Mr. 39. was 1 of her fternoon, a ver gas . as- Schacfer had been AUTO BANDITS RAIDED FOUR HOTELS AND STORE New York, Sept. 12. ~Two auto ban- dits. believed by the police to be mem- bers of the sume gang which this morning robbed four hotels near Times Square, tonight raided a store on Iulton street, Brooklyn, where Li berty bonds are bought and sold, and escaped in their machine iwth $7,000 worth of bonds and $1,000 in cas| have a num- plate of the car. were combing the of the machine The police claim ber of the license Detectives tonight borough for a trace and _its, occupants. The robbers evidently had planned cfully. ihe-piundering of-the Fultof strest store and -executed their plans without a hitch, Drawing up in front of the bond exchange while its pro- prietor was preparing to close up for the night, two of the bandits, each carrying two ‘revolvers, crept up be- hind him as he was kneeling in front they of his safe. “Get back into the rear of the store 4s soon as you can, or we'll fill you with lead.” came the order and hced- ing the threatening barrels within a few inches of his head, the proprietor, Harry Schmidt, obeyed. Tearing down a curtain, the intrud- ers ripped it into strips, tied Schmidt thand and fecot 10 a steel bar on one of the rear windows, and gagged him. reatened with death if he moved, Schmidt remained quiet while he heard the gans rummaging about the front room When it suddenly be came ilent. he wrenched himself free and ran out ine the store in time to sce the men leap into their automo- bile and speed away. IFrom him the police obtained the number of the car, OFFICERS ELECTED BY - INSURANCE COMMISSIONERS Hartford, Conn., Sept. 12.—Joseph G. Brown of Montpelier, Vt. insurance commissioner for Vermont, was eclect- cd president of the national convention o finsurance commissioners at the on here th morning. s elected were: I, H. Ells- worth of Michigan, first vice presi- dent: John B. Sanborn of Minnesota, second vice president, ton of Virgir will continue as secre< tary and treasurer. The executive committee elected consists of Jesse . and Joseph But- Phillips, suverintendent of insurance for New York state, as chairman, and C. W. Tairchild of Denver, Col.. the retiring president of the convention of insurance commissioners, Thomas "B, Donaldson of Pennsylvania and R. B. FForsythe of Wyoming. PERSHING TO RANK SENIOR GENERAL DURING LIFE Washington, Sept. 12.—General Per- shing will remain senior general in the United States armies during his life, Chief of Staff March told the house military committe today., explaining that ‘the war department army reor- ganization plan only gave the rank of zeneral to the chief of staff as long as lie held that pesition, *There can be no permanent general army siaff,” declared General March. The i'cgular army of 509000 men, proposed by the department, can be filled volunteers without aifculty General March predicted. al FORTUNE DISSIPATED IN HORSE RACING, DICE AND POKER New York, Turkish b; Sept. 12.—Matching coins ths cost him $4,000, and horse racing, dice and poker $65,000, declared Oscar Meislin, president of the American Artistic Ornament Company, testifying today at a hear- ing before a United States commis- sioner in the case of involuntary bankruptcy brought against his com- puny. He added that, after gambling way a fortune, he had sold his wau- tomobile for $2,000 to back horse whose outstanding characteristic proved to be lethargy. EAMONN DE VALERA NOW IN PROVIDENCE Providence, R, I., De Valera. president of the Irish re- public, arrived in Providence late to- day. He was greeted by a committee made up of representatives of Irish societies of the state. A large crowd cheered him as he Toft’ the train, At his hotel De Valera lield an informal reception. ent. 12.—Eamonh He declined to comment on the an- nouncement of the suspension of the Sinn Fein parliament. =