Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 10, 1919, Page 1

VINERS' CONTTEE DELBERATIVG O " DRUPOSAL NADE BY PRESIENT Failed to Reach an Agreement at Session Lasting Four Hours at 9:30 O’Clock—President Wilson’s Proposal Provides For Resumption of Work By the Miners at a 14 Per Cent. Wage Increase Pending Final Settlement of the Wage Appointed By the Presi- Indianapolis, In eral Workers of America meeting, here to consider President Wilson's for €.30 agreement. mt:_: tomorrow morning at’9.30: o'~ ;501" onerators wer, the scale he.proposed unless the gov- ernment_would “advance -the price-of coal to the public, and this the govern- ment was unwilling to do. administrator susgested that a tribunal be created in which the miners and operators would be equally represented to consider fur- ther questions of wages and working conditions, ay well as profits of oper tors and proper prices shall, of course, be glad to aid in the formition of such a tribunal. “I understand the operators generally agreed to absorb an increase of 14 per cent, in wages, so that the public woulfl pay not to exceed the present price fixcd by istratorand the way cure the coal of which the people stand in need, It the miners will resume work on these terms pending a inyestigation by an_impartial commis readjust ‘both waves cloc] The miners had been in. continuous| session since noon when John L. Lewis acting pres- jdent of the United Miners' orgain: tion @cnt Wilson to end the strike, began more than five weel q ing Journ: t, the morning.” ® The genera €ps is composed of eighty fltiona! sembers of the organization e LA ®ing it w tor of that ol t od agreement Al era farn, #d. to the operators-and voted thaf in il » proved b, #0 provided that in cage of a strike and ment, have looking to an end of the tieup. The president’s nroposal. made,pub- lic by Attorney General Palmer here this tion r 1 settlement of the wage controver- 5y by a commission td-be appointed s woul practical ‘miner and’ oné . active mine own, 10 e teoatd 10 the fni cost ‘of iving, but would ddjust eoal MJ'!O m’:& the Wage advanee witiut allowing too ®reat 4 burden to be plaeed upon the Ppublic. The attorney general in maki, - e the president bt it bad been nrepared by the - executive with a view to appealing to the wountry. it was made public, Acting. President Lewis and SecretaryTreasurer Willlam {ireen of the mine Worlters called upon rim #how the president’s’ statement. The union leaders, Mrs. Iy agreed to urge their generai com- mittee to and In men! al e ernment this morning asked and ob- ined postponement of heiring of charges of criminal contempt pending in vledel"l court here against the 84 union heads who form the “general com And ment attorneys for postponement of a federal ugrand jury investigation of alleged violatior of the Lever law and anti-trust acts, by moth miners and perators. The contempt re e grand jury investigation for the belic! on VOL. LXI—NO. 295 SDAY, -DECEMBER 10, 1919 e PRICE. TWO CENTS Controversy By a Commission dent. —The gen- United Mine Dec. commitiee of the proposal the -strike of bituminous without reaching . an The commiitee will meet ending o'clock two o'clock this ufter- , presented the proposal of Presi- which ago. have nothing to say," eaid Act- President Lewls after the ad- “except that we still have matter under consideration and meet again at 9.30 tomorrow committee of the min- four inter- und district officials and execu- board and scale committee, fier the miners adjouried this ev- s reported that a big fac- opriosition to acceptance president's propbsal was the part of many mincrs it wouid require another session he general eontention’ of the Unit- Mine Workers to make valld - an 1o end the strike. was pointed out that the last gen- convention, held in Cleveland, wulnted the demands 16 be present- Tn the the steady event they were refused that a e should be called. The plan ap- the gencral gommittee al- ubsequent proposals for a_ settle- nother generil seéssion would 1o approve any action taken afternoon, provides for resump- of work by the miners at a 14 cent. wige s, pending fi- the president. “This~ commission 1 d. d Jnclude in its personmej enef FICt er or operator, and would af only | e 1o uestion lent’s proposal, stated that chief miners generally throughout the However, he said, before Saturday - afternoon . and . were Imer said, final- Jto accept the president’s ‘plan called the meeting here today. order -that the- plan- for settle. t might be submitted to the gener- ommittee this affernoon, the gov- mittee. At. the same time Judge erson granted a motion by govern- | " HeC: procecdings et for hearing next Tuesday and foliowing da A tempt cases came up for trial but took no part in the proceedings. The gov- ernment's request ~vas the Slack, T n men marlks ‘as to brought up ‘That opposition to acceptance of the pres ik which the meeting whs hei, ##5a local hotel o lenriy some of the delegat deld ing During the dar Lewls received a telegram 1, reta urgl proposal and it messaze together with th s 3 Bropies: . sether. with the president Bpon by Lewis and Green and the age torn| ers’ The text of President posal to the miners follows: - the coal strike and am convi m;l‘n' e inced there is People generally and nossibly of bo parties to this unfortunate co) @48 to the attitude and pu government in its ha; 2 situation. PR 'h‘° “The mine owners offered ‘a’ wi increase of 20 per cent., conditioned, wever, upon the price ‘of cedl being ralsed to'an amount suffici this would have added at least the annual coal bill of the people. present information, h sition, and I think with entire ‘justift- cation, that the public is now paying as high prices for coal as it ought. 10" be requested to pay and that any wi increase made at this time ought! to ©ome. out of the profits of the coal op- eralors. § . “In reaching the conclusion, the fuel |y eneral Palmer was in the is morning when the con- | today, for postmonement made by C. B. Ames, assistant:to #tlorney general, and by L. Brt ted States district attor- Judge Anderson made no com- t on the contempt cases or the TRment's request - beyond ro- When they #hould be again, ldont’s plan developed soan after miners' session eonvened was ey- eed 1 of the speeches rd outside the hall The argument dur- the afternson was very heated and dicated that the attiude of undoubtediy was ¥ing final action in favor of ‘end. the strike, Acting President rom See-. William' B. Wilson to accent the new is known that this ry of Labor Ing the miners randum agreed by general, meeting. Text of Presi was read at the min- nt's Propasal. ‘Wilson's pro- have watched with’ déep concern developments in the bituminous ion in the minds of th. ntrover- rposes of ent (o cover proposed increuse of wages. which 50,000,000 fuel administrator, in the light of taken the po- sdministrutor expressed - the personal opinion that the the 14 per cent. in- treasc in all mine wages is reasonable hat #i liberly to agrec upon a large in- it would equalize the miners’ on the average with the cost of but he made it perfectly clear e operators and the miners are “The sion which m: and prices, the accentance ‘of such a are assured ovment at.a substantial in- crease in’ Wages and are further as- Investigation and action upon auestions which are not now set- tled to their satisfaction. lieve that with the “miners sured pro turn to work. rther inquiries for coal. - (Signed) judgment fuel empl, mselves, their tely: James J. for geénerosity the fuel admin- is opened ‘to se- (fl“",.'::;fkmn' in other ‘their “Immed sumntion orzow, administrator and Vice chairman the New England coal sub-committbe, said he would put into force tomor- row throughout New England the new federal fuel regulations. Mr. Storrow said that even of the strike were settled at this time would probably be advisable for the railroads in this district to retain their curtained schedules for some time, so as to allow them to build up & a coal reserve. s Tf the strike should be settled soon, Mr. Storrow said he would seek relief in “Washington whose stores can- be open only six hours a_day. gerted . that In his_opinion strictions imposed a heavy burden business, especially during the Christ- mas season, local The adi in a crease, provided the operators will pay it out of their profits, so that the price of coal would remain the safie. “The secretary of labor, in an effort at conciliation between expressed his personal opinion in favor of a larger increase. ciliation failed, however, because the the His effort at con- unwilling to pay for immedi; of_our people-can -justifv o, -?»d the miners owe it families, T m aid: to anw |« “WOODROW WILSON.” —_— STORROW. TO PUT COAL RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE Boston, Dec. 9.—With the amnounce- ment that the coal conferénce-in In- dianapolis had come to no agreement state fuel retail inistrator a such MARY RYAN IS DECLARED MOTHER OF “BABY IRENE” Tqronto, Ont.,- Dec. 9.—Mary Ryan was' declared the mother Irene” whom Mrs, Dolly L. Matters of Chicago claimed: as hers, in anded down today by Judge Lennox in the Ontario supreme: court. Mrs. Matters, .who is on_bail on a charge of kidnapping the” child, will lose’ the right to a large estate-willed Rer by her husband on the condition of her becoming a mother, if the court decision is- upheld. on apveal. Judge Lennox' directed that the child should not he remeved from the court's ju isdiction until time for an appeal has clapsed - A NEW HOME RULE BILL IN PARLIAMENT MONDAY _London, ~Wednesday, Premier Lloyd George the new Irieh home rule bill in par- Uament Monday, according to Dn%ly Mail.. . - The newspaper adds.that the bill provides, for two .legisiatures with a co-ordinating senate, hut that * the powers to be_allotted to the senate have not yet been defined. It says the fate of the bill will denend on the gov- ernment’s Dec. 1 il introd this respe PROSPECT OF THE I|RISH UEQSTION BEING SETTLED London, Dee. 3.—For ‘the first time in history tliere is every prospect the Irish question being settice factorily, according made in a speech tonight by Hume Lo miralty. a stat ng, First Lord of thg Ad-|ziv parties, had also coal. - thorough tan, w . arrived in Mexico City from b bl Lo confer with Charge Sum- 1. must be- relear -understanding of these points they-will promptiv re- If.” nevertheless. persist in remaining on strike, will put themselves in an attitude .of striking in order to force the govern- ment {o. increase the price of coal to the public, s0 as to zive a still further increase in wages at this time rather than allow the question of a further increase in wages to be dealt with in A norderly manner by a fairl-: consti- tuted trihunal representine all. parties interested. “No,_grou sueh a_pe: they they. their industries o retuinty work, pon " a' general re- minin~ T shall be glad to aid in the prompt formation of sueh a| tribunal as’ P have ‘indicated to “make “into, this' whole mat-. ‘ter and to review fot only the reason- ‘ableness of the wages at which the miners start to-work but also the re:- sonableness of the zovernment nrices Sugh a tribunal, should est) in sixty days make its renort, which [somé could be used as a basis. for negotia- tion for a° wage agreement. make it clear. however, that the gov- ernment . cannet: give it 'sucly further investization until thére is a general résumption of work. “T ask every ‘indfvidual miner to eive his personal thought to what T sav hope he undérstands’ fully that he will be hurting. his own- interest and the intérest~of his"family “and will throwing countless other laborin» men out of ‘employment if he shall continue the present strike, and, further that|do he will'crease an unnecessary and un- fortunate prejudice against organized labor ‘which will be dnjurious to the best interests of ‘workingmen every- of - “Baby satis- e |Sensations Expecteg At Coutmartial Charges Involve Brutal Treat- 1| ment of Members of the A. - E. F.—Trial Begins Today. New York, Dec. 9.—Despite |thel New York, -Dec. ‘9.—Another court Sictidna T8 ial involving charges of . brutal strictions ordered by the | Martial ;:?tt‘gm§:ilt;n!lon and the state a:—l mflr?l;!:‘t "Efi’.’;da?fim';%'?“;% r:et u; s o New Tonids fam. | Which the evidence: 1s - expected to i - ¢ cclipse cven tha sensations developed e pice bt s g ',:,‘fim’;‘.‘m at trial of Lieut. “Hard Boiled” Smith, il ot “eleetrla’ Signs from | Will begin tomorrow at Governor's Isl- i 'and. office buildings, store fronts, hotels|3n i e and theatres beamed forth ,througn| A special in\csug?ugn“?t u‘;: the -foggy.-nisht ~as: usual ' Haber-| charges. was ordered by Secretary dashery shops and other late hour|War B Km,h moritt;‘«m S an;lre‘s::: merchonts were doing business _as|have been brought here from iea Neual with their stores brilliantiy|and virtually all'States in' the Union. lighted. 3 The defendant is Captain Karl W, ¥ 2 5 tion | Detzer, ‘a former newspaperman o alf;f? o S e it s dime | Fort Wayne, Ind:. who while attached Ted to any noticeable ‘degree. All of {to the 308th Military Police Company, the large electrical display = signs{had charge under -the Dravbet which top the high buildings in ‘this|Shal of all' criminal investigation in vicinity were out. The usual mum-|the Te Mans aNQ, the largest Ameri- bor of smaller sgns including ' ths|can concentration -center in France, ornamental- lights on.4. big hotel werejthrough which more. than 1,000,000 blazing forth as bright ‘as ever. soldiers passed. Tt is charged that 1’7‘ In Herald Sgquare all electric signs v&rm‘:xts tgmflcmdesd ch on“tc‘;:g:; ol ne1 ing as usual. soug| 3 fessions fro e Uoice Commissioncr Lewis|prisoners, in order that he might win Nixon, who was designated by Gov-{favor in the eyes of his superiors by ernor ‘Smith to carry out the fuel re-|the number of convictions he obtain- strictions in New York, city, said he/ed. & haq taken steps to enforce the order| At the close of Detzer's courtmar- and they would be effective immedi~ ately. " Cabled Paragraphs Persia to Adhere to L. of N. Paris. Dec, 9.—The Persian foreign minister has informed Paul Dutasta, secrétary of the peace. -conference, that Persia adheres without feserva- tion to the covenant-of the League of Nationa. - MEXICAN- SUPREME COURT MOVES IN JENKINS CASE . Washington, -Dec.”9:—The Mexican supreme court has assumed jurisdic- ‘tion"over the case of American Con- sular Agent William O. Jenkins, the state department was advised _today Dy, {he Ameficanembassy at: Mexico ity The message gave no details othef' than that the transfer - of the case from the Puebla state courtsthad been made on motion of Jérikins' personal counsel and officials indicated that de- velopments ‘thus far had’' n6t been such as to cause any change in the Ameri- can government’s attitude.as qutlined in’ the recent sharp note to Mexico re- newing - the request for -Jenkins' ‘re- lease, 3 1| No reply to’that note has' been, re- similar charges his fi ceived and administration - officers st sergeant, U. © National Associition of thelS, Madden of Pittsburgh, a nephew make 10 effort to conceal their impa- | yrotion Pioture Industry which Iast|of Jon B, Madden, Kentucky horse- have |tience. George iSummerli [week adopted a plan for _curtailing|man. Sergeant Frank L. Hoyt, who is American charge at.Mexico City,, ca- bled the state department yesterday that the reply from Carranza was pected during the day, but so far as the, tment. knew 'tonight it had not been delivered. ins was _released from tho Puebld’ penitentiary last Thursday on one fhousand pesos bond furnished by &7 Salter Hansen and the state de- partmént was informed today that he electric light display on theatres tolalleged to have aided and abetted Det- Act Before ‘the Campaign Ends Every effort for the purpose of preventing and check- ing tuberculosis is most praise-worthy humanitarian work. merli tive, to his-case. - Jenkins' n' and that of tho depart- ment ¥nto the .circumstances. sur- rounding his release’ utill are under- way. ~Meantime, officlals withhold comment ron-Hansen's statement that in furnishing the bond-he acted on his own injtiative, 2 - During , the day members of the senate foreign’ relations committce approved a ftelegram sent by Senator Ial of New-Mexico,” chairman of the investiguting commiitee, to H. T. Oli- ver, an' American at Mexico City, say- ing gidént ‘Wilson had ‘not indi- cafed hls intention not to break off diplomatie relations with the Carran- za-government. Senator Fall's telegram was in- re- ply. to "a, message ' frdm .Oliver ‘asking for some word that would deny state- T - z , There is much that needs to be done in"every com-: munity, Norwich included. Great benefit will result from the fund now being raised through the sale of Red Closs Christmas seals. The campaign ends today. ENDORSE 'AND HELP IT BY BUYING SEALS! “a deserter in krance. et been arrested. Methods which Détzer and his su. bordinates are alleged. to_have. _erm: ployed to wring - “confessions’ fram their prisoners resulted, it is: alleged, in sending many men to the hospital for a period of several weeks, Officers of the judge advocate's department admitted that many of the men Detzer had to handle were “hard characters,” often with long criminal records, : 5 ma’ He has' ot in obtaiiing the current. . ?B,?Mam sent! to. goving ‘pic- ‘ture " exhibitors. throughout the coun-. calied -dn: tnferventionist,* I dni” post- |ty ROHEYIng: them of the decision. tively Opposed -to armed . intervention in Mexico' gxcept as an absolutely th- | 1ast resort, anq that my desire is for tiéndly” * solution * of ' pending questions between the Mexican. el ple and thé government and the peo- ple of the United States. DEVELOPMENTS IN' THE “3ILLY” DANSEY CASE * Hammonton, N. rant for the arrest Dec. 9.—A war- ust of Mrs. Susan t A White. sister-in-law of Charles - .| fThe methods are.said to have in- +“If you. publish. this. statement I in- gy arrested yesterday in connec-fofuded orders to stand at attention for sist that you publish also the {ollow- | tigy i the death of three vear o'd|Sg hours, 10 minutes on and five mihe Ing "éviderae: truth ot ‘abdve ‘state-{:paiy" Lansey, has been issite:d withholding food and drink ment should be found in the fact that|.ording to, her husband, Jam2s L.|from prisoners until they .acknowl: T|the committee have today given pub- : o . 5 White, Lut has mot hx 1 siviel:-Le-|edged their, “guilt”; -pulling prisoners licity to Carranza’s Jetters of instrie- [ lause ‘of the womam's ilness. Prosc- | {0 ncir feot by the halh, Stlns them tions to Berlanga-of June 14 and Aug-|cytor Gaskill, of Atlantic-€eants, 10-|jn the face and threatening them with be fust 19, 1919, shéwing ‘his ‘active inter- |, cn: ref « _ciler demy ui #9h-{pistols, It also is churged that once ference in .affajrs. here. . Also of dis- | iy, susbani's sttemen’, Jam-s|Deizor compelled Private Marcello Gonzales of -the 110th .Machine Gun Battalion to swallow a lighted cigar- ette which he Was smoking against or- ders. In all, Detzer faces 28 specifications under charges of assault and -conduct unbecoming an office r and general charges. If convicted on all counts, Major William E. Kelly of New York, judge advocate, declared he faced a maximum sentence of life imprison- ment. 2 The offenses with which Detzer is charged are alleged to have been com- mitted” over a period of several morfths, beginning _ last February. They were first brought to the atten- tion of' the inspector general at _Le Mans, who immediately began an in- vestigation. tribution here by Bonillas, arhbassa- and Mexican, consuls, revolution- ary literature. Also. of Carranza letter directing Miss Galindo to abuse the United States and particularly Pres- ident Wilson. Letters between Mex- ican officials showing . negotiations! with Japan. Also Blue Book, letters and expressions abusing President Wilson. i “This action taken \to impress upén the world that in event the Mexican people themselves do mot bring pres- sure to bear upon their present gov ernment to . cease persecutiong of Americans and -British and others. and unwarranted interference in af- of | fairs in other countries and enormous paid propaganda _in_ this _country, abusing Americans in Mexico, inter- fering with théir ‘peace and safety and with our,.government ‘liere, that some country will in my judgment be. com- it| pelled .to" intervene, pessibly by. force of arms,‘and restore. order out of the ao0s in the republie of Mexico, I am exerting every effort ~to , bring about such a solution. that. rieither ~armed intervention nor.war may ever be ne- cessary. Remember that in the presi- dent’y letter to me he does, not indi cate.that. he will not break off rela- tons -and withdraw ' recognition, but that - he, is grayely,considering the committee’s. memorandum.” L. White- lives next door to his fath- er. . Charles F. White, who is’a son of Councilman Edward H. White, is in the county jail at Mays Landing charged with the murder of the child. Mrs, Edith L. Jones, housekeeper for the elder White, was also arrested yesterday on.a charge of being an ac- cessory after the ' fact. They are awalting the action of the grand jury which is in session and may take up the Dansey case at any time. Opinion in Hammonton is still divided as to whether * wandered away from home and d from exbaustion or was killed. Prosccutor Gaskill declines to much_about the case there was a the- ory advanced that the child might have been accidentally killed while some on ‘was ecither shooting or throwing a stone at his dog and the bedy hidden. This theory was trought -forth afier the inguest and was based on the fact that. little “Billy's” dog had been shot at for voaming through a nearby dahlia icld ‘a few days before the boy is- ved on Cetober 8. Prosecutor Gasxill viuced that the boy’s body had been conceaied somewhere els: than in the Folsom swamp where the skeleton was found on November 21.. Tn su port of this conviction, Mr. Gaskill said that the pin in the child's tie was not tarnishei. which would have been the ifth= body bad been ex- posed” 10 the ‘weaiber from October 8 to_November 2: > Mrs. Jons Has been houxckeeper for Councilman White for eighteen ycars and. raised Chai F. - White from boyhool. She 10¥% a son in France. EXPERIENCE OF JERSEY CITY POLICE WITH A NUDE MAN Jersey City, J., Dec. 9. — Two breathiess policemen chasing a nude man who shrieked “I am Ben Has- san the Devil” in the residential dis- trict here tod: ended their pursuit when a sheriff’s clerk, a former ath- lete, caught the feeing man. The over- coat placed about him by the clerk for protection from the cold and damp weather wasgthe sccond he wore to- day. k) The first overcoat was put on’ the prisoner, who id he was Juh?.ln Delatowre a photographer, of Phila- delphia, when the nolice were about to take him from the station to the county . jail for an investigation into his sanity. He was found undrap- ed and the coat was hurriedly thrown over him before he was placed in the police automabile, from which he lat- er_leaped without’ the overcoat. Delatowre was arrested Monday aft- er he had jumped from a car window of a Pennsylvania Railroad train. o SOVIET GOVERNMENT FOR YUCATAN, Washington, Dec. 9.— t ernment is to be established in tie scate of Yucatan, Mexico, according to Excelsior of Mexico City, Decem- ber 3, a copy of which was received to- day in Washington. Unless .the mili- tary authorities take prompt ‘action, the paper.says, the first soviet state in Mexico will soon be a reality. : Yucatan has been the Mecca fo large mumber. of Russian _Bolshevist agents in Mexico and a few weeks ago -there was ‘a wholesale massacre of mepn, women and children, in Mu- na, a_town of that state, which is férred to In the Mexico City press as “Mexico's - St. Bartholomew’s « Day.” RUMANIAN TROOPS ; © 7" ACROSS THE DANUBE Sopenhagen, Dee. 9. —Rumanian trogps on Thursday last occupied the territory aeross the Danube promised o Rumania by the treaty signed at Bucharest by Rumania and the cen- trad- powers in May, 1919, according to . despatches = from lauhenburg, Transylvania. : id he is con- ers re- CHICAGO iN LEAD FOR REP. NATIONAL CONVENTION Washington, ' Dec. 9.—Although Chi- cago was admittedly the favorite to- night for- the 1920 .convention city of the republickn -party, ‘choice- of which will be made tomorrow by the a | mational commitiee, boosters for St. Louis- still-were muking a determined campaign. . ‘ / Meantime, discussion. as to the date of the convention, which‘will, be fix- ed by the commitiée tomorrow, cen- tered about Tiesday, June ‘8. The custom of convening Wednesday, it was_predicted, would be changed to provide a ‘longer week. Claeims. of upwards. of a. dozen potentia candidates today were being presented. .in..the'. race -for. pre-con- vention_adyantage. . Particularly con- spicuous e xh;v fraendsdol “Major General Leonard- Waod and . Governor Frank O. Lowden of Ilinols. Boosters [night. The scheme has the approval for Senator James E. Watson, of In-|Of ‘an advisory committee .of the — | diane- and. Warren G: Harding of Ohio|Presidents of the four universities. uce | also got- actively into_ the arena. The announcement states that the 5 H plan. “does not invelve - any . propa- ganda in behalf of any point of view concerning the treaty. The idea is splely to stimulate discussion and to obtain :an aceurate statement of the point of view of the {aculties and students of the higher educational' institutions of the country on this subject.” NIVERSITIES TO POLL VOTE ON PEACE TREATY non-partisan vote among the facul- ties and students of the 700 colleges in the United States, to obtain “academic sentiment” on_the treaty of peace, will be polled January 13, in accord- ance with plans . of the editors-in- fchief of dailypublications ‘at Yale, Harvard. Princeton -and Columbia Universities, it was annouhced Po- MEXICO soviet goy- the | CHARGED WITH. SELLING FUEL OIL AT UNJUST PRICE Pitisburgh,’ Pa., Dec. § —Foster . B. Perriott; president..of the Trans-con- tinental Ojl Company,,and -Thomias R. Cowell, its secretary, gave bail in. the federal district. court here today. to answer to- the- charge of* selling fuel oil_at unjust and unreasonable_pric- 2 ble, ect. FORTH WORTH MAN ROBBED s BY BANDITS IN° MEXICO Council for Ov e TN president, Elisworth ‘1), Robinson, the treasurer, and M. L. Benedum, chair- of | man of the board of directors, stated that these officers, against whom the same charges had been. made, were out of the city Lut would appear and hail immediately upon their re- Washington, Déc. 0.—james Cowan of Fort Worth, Texas. an -American citizen, was robbed of 1700 pesos De- cember 7 by bandits who held up a train. between Colima and Maazanil lo,"Mexico, the stale department was adyised today. Traffic was suspended ~01 tie. road for several days. ter out of lots of are dead, uf Worry knocks. the i men long before the; turn ;|after the Christmas recess. tial, it is planned to place on trial on'{\ '%x ‘o .Condia{sed Teiegrams | Mgl;'fi!;;?m&ii‘mr‘km decided Germany established a new customs frontier along thé Rhine. Cotton ginned pricr to Dgcember amounted (o 8,833,712 running bales, Many buildings damaged at Marion 2 small town' nedr Meridian, Miss, by 4 tornado, ! ? . Surplus_Property Division ‘army offers for sole yards of textiles. of the 2,543.000 ' Paris hotels ‘announced that after next April the supply of free writing paper will be stopped. Preventive measures by the Medical €orps of the army saved 135,000 lives during the last fiscal year. San Francisco gives up hope of be- ing selected the meeting ground of the | 1920 'Republican National Convention. Extraordinary session of the grand Jury indicted 19 out of 21 radicals held on charges ‘of criminal anarchy. Senator Hitchcock announced that there would be no action on the Ger- mon peace treaty in the senate until Herr Schmidt,, ~Minister ' of ~ Food and Economics. speaking in-Berlin, de- clared the cconomic situation in Ger- many had improved ‘greatly. Despite the high cost of - building material and labor, the South is plan- ning many new textile mills and ad- ditions to numerous fuctories. Jufian Alden Weir, noted 'artist and president of the National Academy, died in his home in New York after a long. iliness caused by heart trouble. M. Kovacs, the judge investigating the facts concerning the murder _of Count: Tisza, former Hungatrian Pre- mier, committed suicide at Budapest. In order to provide work for the un- employed the Vatican ordered con- struction of a huge boarding house for acgommodation of . yisiting pil- grims. : Andrew Bonar Law, British Govern- ment spokesman, declared. in Com- mons that there was liftle reason - to doubt negoliations with: Germany! will fail, ¢ . Swedish merchant marine officials predict the menace from floating mines in the North Sea will be g ter than at any time since the mine ficlds ‘were laid. Goloniel House, referring to a rum- || ored break between him and President ‘Wilson, declared “My affection and admiration for President Wilson are unchanged.” pilbiy British Board of Trade announch & themartn: 10308000 romnds com- fth-19;502,000_pounds com-. 0 With 5,152,000 pounds in N vember, 1818, s A 155 A ‘Munich newspaper received Paris announced 120,000 Polish labor: ers ~will cross the southern German frontier in-January for reconstruction work in France. - Thirty-five \additional . passenger trains, including- the Transcontinental Limited. .of = the Canadian Pacific Railway were. discontinued, owing to the coal shortage. / Fifteen members of the crew of the French steamer Colmir, whd were picked” up at sea after had sunk off Neva Scotia, were landed jat St. John. N, B. . & - Captain Ross = Smith, .~ Australian aviator, attempting ‘a flight by air- plane from England to Australia for 4 prize jof - £10,000 * sterling, arrived at Kalidjatti, West Java. According to Chairman Costello of the Sugar Equalization Board, the backbone of the sugar-famine in New York ‘was broken with the arrival of 10,000 tons of Louisiana beet sugar. Following the,return of Colonel William C. Proctor to: Cininnati, the boom for' candidaey of Major General Wood for republican nomination for presidency was informally launched. Six of the thirty-four Eagle boats which were ordered from Detroit - to the navy vard here have been held up by ice in the Si. Lawrence river at Quebee and will be forced to remain there ‘for the ‘winter. After rioting at Mantua en Thurs- day, in Italay, in which several pe sons were killed, ‘many prisoners r legsed by ¢he mob - returned. th® jails in ruins. They were missed by the keepers. . Sir Efnest Rutherford 'since 1907 Tangworthy professor and director of physical laboratories of the Universi- ty of Manchester, Eng., solved the riddle of transmutation-of maticr, the secret sought by ancient alchemists, according o (he Paris Matin. Trial of Truman ‘H. Newberry of| Detroit, United States scnator from Michigan. and 34 others indicted on charges of fraud and._corruption _in connection h- Mr. Newberry’s elec- tion in 1918, will hegin before District Judge Clarence W. Sessions in fed- eral court at® @rand Rapids, ‘Mich., January 27, i FURTHER DEPRESSION IN FOREIGN EXGH'K.NGE RATES New York, - Dec.' 9,—Foreign ex- change or remittances to England. France, Italy .and Germany: melted to new ‘points of depreciation today. Demand sterling declined .to $3.30%, against the pre-war rate of $4.85 5-8 or corisjderably more than a dollar. to the pound. - N N Francs, ‘or bills on’ Paris narmal!y worth $5.18 1-8 to -tHe ' dollar, fell to $11.00° 3-4 ‘and THalian Yire,” which sold on’a parity - with francs before the war. dropped to. $13.00 1-10 " to the dollar, Marks sold at 1 '2-4 "cents, iagainst the " 14 PAGES_102 COLUMS. their vessel | said. he will apply" to the full bench Supreme Council Declines to Modify Treaty On the Surrender | of Germans Charged With Crimes Against International Warfare—Calls Upon Germany to Sign Without Further Delay the Protocol, to Hasten Exchange of Ratifications and the Putting In Force of the Peace Treaty, Washington, Dec.. 9—The staté department today mdde public the text of the“supfeme conéil’s notes dealing with the peace treaty which were dex livered at Paris yesterday to Baron Von Lersner, head of the German del- egation, and’a summary of which was contained - in press despalches last night from Paris. 3 In denying the German demands for - modification of the treaty on the sufrender of, Germans charged with crimes ‘agalust infernational warfare and the return of prisoners' in Com- pensation for .the absence of Ameri- can delegations “oh .the = sommissions ‘until the fatificition of the treaty by upon the German ports, tain the protocol as it has been, draft- - ed.' After having reccived a compiete report on all floating docks, . floating cranes, tugs ang dredges demanded:by the. protocol, the allied and associsted powers will make known their choloe / taking into account the general ecam- omic situation of German ports, Then it the Germun government can. shew that any of the said demands is.of o nature seriously to prejudice: the “ga |pacity of Germany to satisfy her-fe. fi:::‘mmel l:‘ellluh"iemenls for the mainte- ice of inland navigati o an u‘ 1vigation or to other f economic natw the same kind, the Germap roor They main- ind, C govern- the United States, the council in its| (et MY present claims to the prin- first mote warned Germany for “the | (pic’ CoISC and | associated powers last time” that until the treaty camc into forge ‘a, denunciition of the ar- mistice. would be sufficient for the al- i 'y be ready:to examine them in a spirit of equity at- ter hearing the reparations comais- sion, T i lies “to have recourse to -military | A et b 2y s regards to SBve measuces Spalnst Germany. the protocol of \g\‘im t paragraph of e _suggestion,” said .the note, & er first the “concerning an alleged right of Ger- |Dréme douncil is many to request (in compensation for the absence -of American _delegations on the commission until the ratifica- tion of the treaty Dby the United States). a’ modification of the clanses of the ireaty concerning the delivery of the guilty and the return of the prisoners of war, has no basis. Under the terms of - the final clauses of the treaty, that instrument must enter in- to force as soon as Germany and three of the -allied amd associated powers have ratified it: it would be in vain for Germany to endeavor to- subordi- nate the entry into force to a new con- dition—thé presence of American dele- gates on.the commissions. “The supreme councit is of the opin- lon that"Article 221 of the peace treaty (relative; to the’ réturn of prisoners of war) is:perfeétly explicit and needs no uddition. # ¢°% “The council considers only the ob- jeetions ‘presentdd. to the demand for compensation_ for _the destruction — of the. German. vot dt<Scapa Flow and to the provision-of eventual measuges of military scoercion formuiated = by' the allied rote of November first: * ¢ ¢ “Before making’ their demand. the e q of the opinio the signing of the prolocolpnnal:iep:;ajt of - ratifications will determine = the coming into force of the treaty -and consequently the state of peace.” The second note dealt with- the de. struction of the German fleet at Flow, 1t recalls that in an earlier note-Germany had observed that. the admiral in charge of the fleet had:in no way “the intention of violating“the - obligations that the German -govern- ment had assumed.” and that it also hagd recognized that in destroying the fleet, the . acgiral commanding, had deted according to a general grder. “Under the conditions,” sald ‘thoe note, “the principal allied and - clated powers consider that the Gere man government cannot repudiate fo- day the responsibility incumbent up- on it or seek through arbitration 4. lution for of war, the settleme of which beléngs to the sald powers. “Consequently the principal allfed and associated powers request the German government in conformity Wwith their note of November first, last, to slgn without further delay the pro- tocol, thereby making it possible to effect the exchange of ratifications. and llied an ‘associuted powers examined | the putting into force of the pehce e q:e:fi forg They»\‘;o ot share the|treaty and thus by the return to nor- appreiénsions o fhe German: govern-{mal life appease the sufferings of The S0 on reguds e seonomic oot nations:. s i bt 3 ¥ t CLEARANCE PAPERS REFUSED .. FOR STEAMSHIP IMPERATOR New York, Dec, 9.—Clearance papers were refused by the customs authori- ties today to the former German liner Imperator, which was, scheduled - to sail .at noon tomorrow for Southamp- ton. - Refusal was based on a reauest from United |States Attorney iicneral Palmer, who has ordered an investigas tion. to determine whether the Cunard. company has violated fuelregulations in coaling the steamer. Under the regulations the Impera- tor is réstricted to 2,500 tons of bun- ker coal, sufficient to take her to'Hal- ifax, the nearest. British coaling port. According to the federal authoritics the liner has on board more than 6,000 tons. The. Cunard company announced t0- night that orders 10 remove the ex- cess coal in the ‘Imperator's bunkers had béen received. Officials of the company said they still expected the liner to sail at oo temorrow, WILL ASK $500,000 TAX ON A PINT OF WHISKEY Washington, Dec, 9—A tax of halt & million dollars on a pint of whiskey ¢ will be asked of congress, the Interna- tional Reform Bureau's executive com- mittee decided here today, in the event the supreme court declares the wars time prohibition amendment unconsti- tutional, - “The supreme court has decided that a’ thing can be taxed to death” said " New. York, Dec. 9.—~Application will ‘b made to Supreme Court Justice Brandeis in Washington . tomorrow for 4 ‘writ of error y~bring the cases of ‘Aléxander Berkiman ° and Emma Goldman, anarchists fighting deporta- tion, before the highest judicial tribu- nal, this announcement was made to- night by Harry: Weinberger, = their cdunsel, The petition will be on*ap- peal from the action of Iederal Judge Mayer in dismissing writs of habeas corpus. - . % T¢ the writ is granted, Weinberger o fthe supreme couri to felease Berk: man and*Miss Goldman on bail pend- ing argument and final decision. Judge Mayer declined to grant them bail and they are: held at Ellis Island awaiting eportation. ¢ 4 United States District Attorney Caf- fey anpounced today that the govern- ment. proposed to send radicals held for deportation back to their natice lands within two weeks. ~This will not include Berkman -and . Miss Goldman if Justice Brandeis grants a writ of error and it may he months before they learn their fate. FIERCE FIGHTING ON RUSSIAN SOUTHWEST FRONT London, Dec. 9.—An official state- ment issued by General Denikine, the ani-Bolshevikl Iéadef, on th eRussian southwest front, reports fierce fifht: ing-in the Kamyshin, Kiev and Tsary tsin regions, . The dghting, the stgte-;Dr. Wilbur I'. Crafts head of the bu- ment claims claimsy generally W reau, in explaining the commillée s favorable ‘1o, Denfkine’s troops, Who {action, -~ arytsin | In anticipation of supreme court cision declaring the war time- prohi- bitien act unconstitutional or actien on the peace treaty which might open salovns, the International Reform , Bureau, composed of church leaders, convened here today for two du§S special session to consider asking co gress for the passage of immedimte | legislation which would ~prevent veturn “even. temporarily of. liquor. captured 200 prisoners at - onDecember The Bolsheyik statement on opera tions, -recetved from. Moscaw - toda also reports successes on. ihe Don front and" on the ‘Persian. ‘border where, “atier severe fgating; he Reds oceupied: Kazandzhik, taking 1,500 prisoncrs ‘and much booty. ACE . DELEGATES TO 2 LLACE = e A,.,QASSAWR WALLACE | . AVE KNOGKOUT DROPS < hington,. ‘Dec. “9.—Ambas; AND GOT AWAY WITH $1,400 Wallace al Paris tabled the state de- Rt partment today. that he was taking| - Naugatuck; Dec. 9.—Frank Rifie- over some of the. personncl of thelzowski, an Austrian living here, told peace delegation to assist him' in his|the poi this afternoon that he had work - as the : American ‘representative [ been robbed of $1400 which had been atg the peace gonference. in a trunk. Two nights ago a woman Under . Secretary of State Frank L.|was given lodging in his house. This Polk, and Geaeial Tusker ~H. BUss,{morning this woman gave Mrs. Rine= the: remaining’ American- delegates at|zowski a drink from a bottle, and ‘an- Paris, will :sail for..home, when Mrol other boarder had a drink. Both Wallace cabletl <hey. willibe aetomn Y lapsed into slumber. “When they woke anied by. allc thy -mombers, of thelfiyup the woman had gone. The truzk staff: except ‘snen’ a8 Mr. Wallaze Ce-|had been ransacked. A _physician re~ sides to Reew in duiis suseitated Mrs. Rinezowski: and .the B 2 2 boarder, both of. whom showed signs ARRIVES AT TARANTO, ITALY | of narcotic poisonin; = ] T TO AUSTRALI, g5 ] QN FRONELTO. Al7o inv /TIGATE BANKRUPTCY. OF. JOSEPH WEISSMAN Dec. 9—iudge Be- London, Dec. 7.—Captain Howell, who, %eft the Hounslow flying _field Decémber 4 in an attempt’'to fiy to| Hartford, Conn 3¢ Austrs _for the' -prize . of 0000{win 1, Garvin the, United States pounds_ cffered” by the' commonwealth {district court this aiternoon appoint- government, arrivod at aranto, 1tall, | e Cafleton I Hoadley, a special refe y 1 ccord advices ré-{ eree.in bankrupi to- investigate the. o5 i ledse of Joseh Weissman, the ‘New Y Haven bankrupt. Mr. -Hoadley was emp! n {he air-|ordered to return to the court a pline, a.cr{vea at Suda’ Bay,' Isle 6fport’as to whethef” Weissman should Creté, Frida % e required to {urn over to_his. creds. 18, who is at- 4 pre-war _quotation of 23 -10 ‘cents. e AR s fop e TO MANAGE POINDEXTER'S .. New York, :Dec. 8.—~Charles - -H! ‘Thompson of - Montpelier, - ¥t. - was named : today by -Senator Poindexter {0 manage his’ campaign. for the presidentixl nomination in -the * New England states. He ‘will be assistad by J. A, Desmond of the Boston G Government club;. Captain 1l Wi Gir- son of Brattleboro, Vt..-Coicnel S. P. B. Vernon. former bank examiner :ior | with adequate a Maine, and Ex-Governor Spaulding|ery Thomas, of Montpelier. . Vi’ Jrying i»nom\l organizit tof Rochester. H, CAMPAIGN IN NEW ENGLAND ] 1{ most important on ‘the “re-cstablish. adn itors. $1,000,000 in assets which are $40.000,000. FOR .CANADIAN- alleged to have been conccaled by him. 1 VETERANS OF WORLD WAR ‘Judge Garvan- directed " the investi- ‘ Ottawa; Dec; 9.—Tljc Domirion gov+ gation. ernmeént declded today on @ plan for{DISTURBANCE AT TRIAL OF - distribution of the $40,000,000 appro-° R. B. RUSSELL IN WINNIPEG pristed by Haztent for ‘the “re-| - 3 . e establisiment” Of ‘returned ' vVeterans |; Winnipeg, Mam., * Dcc. ‘9. —Court. of the world war.. The Canadian|room snd.cerridors were . cleared »-of patriotie’ fund- will handle the re-em- di;%::bors who interruptedl the triad ployment " problem; - cons/dered tlie | herd today.of R.-B. Russcll, charféd syt seditious conspiracy in connees ‘tion?with the general strike last Maye vidantly. sy rmze;xdof thg‘m_, accyss “equipped fod -men, they skouted derozal n"cgfln- ‘maurks at Justice Metcalfe - and oo and the patriotic fund was deem- ed the propre agency... . o mMéni’l pregranime.’’ Préssure- of ‘emer- gency decreed the ehoice of some. ma- crown counsel and applauded dor the defendant, &