Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 6, 1920, Page 1

POPULATION 29,919 Further Increase. Coiumbus, Ohio, Jan. The ex- pected opposition from the radicals in the United Mine Workers' organiza- tion to action of the international ofi cers in accepting President Wi proposal for sertiement of the miners’ strike developed late today shortly aft- er the report of the setilement had been read to the convention by Inter- netional Secretary Willlam Green. A motion made by Phillip Murray ittsburgn, president of the Penn- s;lvania miners 1o affirm the action gration instructed” M commanding AKING A FGHT CONVENTION OF MINERS Attempted to Reject the Action of International Officers in Ac- cepting President Wilson’s Proposal For Settlement of the Coal Strike—Some of the Delegates Said They Had Been Instructed By Their Locals to Demand the Resigna- tion of the International Officers—One Delegate De- clared the Officers “Should Have Gone to Jail Like Gene Debs and All Sincere Americans”—President Lewis Tells the Delegates He Believes the Commission Will Grant a the department of justice and immi- authorities, as New York, where hitherto all persons held for deportation were kept while the routine of deportation work was being completed. is overcrowded. Secretary Baker announced he Tajor General the department of east, to provide a detention camp for the use of the department uf j it was understood this would be Camp Upton, because of its proximit- io the Bllis Island, Bullard, Cabled P Rome Has No Room"for Von Buelow. Rome, Jan. 5.—Prince von Buelow, former German chancellor and re cently sent to Italy on a diplomatic mission, has been informed that his draphs for the Italian government, according to newspapers here. As a result the fomer chancellor will spend the win- ter at Lucerne, Switzerland. S REDUCTION OF C. N. G. TO | A PEACE TIME BASIS Hartford, Conn,, Jan. 5.—Reduction of the Connecticut state guard to a peace time basis by the discontin uance of 25 companies in various sec: tions of the state was announced to- night in an order issued by the mili- tary eemrgency hoard through its president, Major General Lucien F. Burpee. It i& estimated the order which ig effective January 20 will take < hundred men out of the service, aving an_enrollment of 5,500 in the o guard. Mujor General Burpee d other officers are to be transfer- [red to the officers’ reserve corps. Bri- gadier General Edward Schulze will become commander - of the state ghard, succeeding Major General Bur- pee. It was announced that enlisted men who do not wish to leave the servi may be “transferred to other units, as the limit of 65 men to a company is to be disregarded. 3 The units designated to be disconr- tinued are: First Military District: Company C had the ice. f v York, fre vhich the e the international officers and en-) POt 90 N0, RO (O R (S | ana Company M, Infanary, Hartford: @arse the policy outlined in their report | wore inatined to the opihion that a|Company A and. Company: B, First wus promptly followed Ly attempts the radicals to reject the motion né to condemn the internationai of- cers for baving accepted the presi- dents proposal Some of the Cele- getes said they had been instructed by thetr local unions to demand the re tion of the international officer: veral delegates declared the offi Have gone to jail” ret rrender to the terms of continue the ist and <lo; Canada. had informati In view of the department’s communist federal agents districts were v against attempts of the cals to escape into either Mexico or It was apparent that officials were in flight in many sections, but confi- second camp might also be necessary. plans to com- party of known labor arres instructed to on that the “Reds" Battalion, Windsor and Second and_Third Sepa- Hartford and South- parate srmington rate Companies, ingtoj Second Military New rd: Compan Compan Distric Haven M, Engineers, North ct: F, Infantry anosed by the proposallgence was expressed that those want- ourth Military S Conuag trom pres 3 2 a fnallw fes B and I, Bridgeport; In the repori, Acting President ed would be apprehended finall R E 5 i Lewis, and. Green declared there was TR Fairfield; Company Second o alternatite and that they had sim- | MEETING OF REPUBLICAN rate Betalion BAlBel." Domiany ply decided “io submit to the inevita- WOMEN FROM 14 STATES |Second Separate Battalion, . while prbtesting in our hearts inst what %e believed to be the un- | uée of our ‘government.” e dorte otherwise, would have t against the government, 2 fied Lewis with questions a8 to whether the 14 per cent. advance was final and what effect ratification of the action of the officers upon the settlsment might have. 1z reply,Lewis declared that he be- lisved the commission of three men, uppointed by the president to consid- ef imcrease In wages and improve- meent of working conditions of the maiuers, to be fair and above reproach. *1 think We can prove to the com- mission that we aro emtitled to a farther increase.” said Lewis, “and if we prove, I beleve we will get it,” he Ceclared. Lewis expiained that the decision of ge‘kflflnmfim would _he made thi fgr the new Wage eontract and would s e and absorb the 14 per cent.'advdnce srhiclf is only good for sixty daye, during Which time the comrimission e to make its report. Complaints from many districts, particuiarly the Oklahoma fieids, where it is alleged the miners have 16t recelved the full benefit of the 14 per cemt. advance. Lewis explained w;:ld be comsidered Ly the commis- slon. Jobn P. White, miners’' representa- tive on the president’s commission, was present at the opening of the con- vention today but took n part in the Droceedings. ‘When the convention recessed to- night until § o'clock_tomorrow morn- ing the motion of President Murray of Pemnsylvania was still under dis- cassion. Lewis refused to recognize in June. titude in the ‘ed and amalg: ‘The women resolution convention members ty platform. They also an_opportuni improbable that the discussion last all day tomorrow. In support of his motion to approve the United Mine Workers' organiza- tion, becanse we would have been ar- Chicago. Jan. b- conferring today issues for the on Many of the women professed to see an immediate endorsement of their at- speech which Wil Hays, chairman of the republican na- tional committee, delivered at a ban- quet twhich followed the conference. “The republican party offers the wo- men everything we offer the men,” he Said. “Republican women come int) th® party not as women but as voters en- titled to participate and partieipating as other votérs. They are not ta be separated or seggrated, hut assimilat- amated. proposed These favored '‘regulation abolition of child lab . the eight hour day and 44 hour vgek for women in i industry, permane £ establishment of métions to able the resolution, deciar- | the women’s bureau of the department that he wanted to give every dele- | of labor, a national employment ser- to talk. It is not |vice, and equal opportunities for wo- may | men' through civil service. Other planks were: A dew policy by the federal board the action of the officers, Murray de- | Of vocational education “to insure for clared that to have donme otherwise |Women equal opportunities with men woulfl have precipitated the ruin of|in trade and technical education.” Appointment of women mediators on | declared, all feleral labor boards to deal with against the powers of the great- | idustries employing women. government in the world. When the president in his i Compulsory education in_all states great wisdom de- | for children between 6 and 16 years of that we were revolting against|age With provisions for ‘thorough ed- the government by the strike, there)Ucation in citizenship.” but one thing to do and that was by good case and we believe that upon | ments for £ R, we D. L. had continued the strike.” & ¥ of the settlement. He declared ty. ©ficers “should have gone to jail “To women E',g ed that when 1 would be another _ Tha! the miners stri beén settled in Ohio, r law. termination, “and dressiog the miners’ convention to- da. SOMETHING COMMUNISTS ARE TO MAKE LEGAL FIGHT Washington, Jan. ml campaign to rid the nation of than 3,000 alieris, members fo the m-mm and communist labor par- ment of uight. With ‘the radicals fortified b strong legal talent and a “siush fund€ would have | Party membership settled | party’s_purpose shall Tight” if Washington officials had not | icies shall become. #cied when they did. was the asser- |1y is What we offer the woment—he Uan of Governor Cox of Ohio in ad- |chance to express themselves. There was also a_meeting today of thing which was done. We have | the committee in charge of arrange- the national presentation of the facts we will | The two affairs attracted a big gath- given more substantial relief than|ering of party leaders and the local | campaign headquarters of of Illinois was the first | Lowden, General Wood and Senator to oppose the endorse- | Harding of Ohio hummed with activi- Chairman Hays in his speech at the Gene Debs and all sincere Ameri- | banquet tonight said: and men al plication of the Lever law. He predict- | for? Within the republican party there act expired there|is and must be full political self-de- It is entirely up to to say what IMPORTANT FOR DEMOCRATS JANUARY 8 | Washington, Jan. 5.—Afnouncement — The ~overn- [from the White House that President Wilson plans to send “an important word of greeting” to the democratic dinner here on Jackson day, Jan. §, arrested in recent raids, nromises|@roused great intercst amon~ demo- o be a long ‘drawn out fight, depart- | cratic leaders arriving today to at- justice offieials deciared to- | tend the love feast to finance their opposition to deporta- | held Thursday. tién, and the immigration seryice in- adequately supplied either with th men or the means to handle usition, the help of nouncement Prominent democrats said thdy had the|no information as to the message of the &it-|the president bevond the- brief an- from the White Republican women from fourteen states of the mid-west, party plans and 20 presidential cam- paign. demanded equal representation with the men on the national commit- tee of the party and urged “a fair rep- resentation of women delegates from ecach state” in the national convention in a formaj{ that the coming national “take action to double the ip” of the mational commit- tee so that “each state be represented by one man and one woman member.” They urged further that this become “he policy of the party in all party committees, both state and local.” The women also adopted ten sug- gested planks for the republican par- included recom- mendations for “direct citizenship for women, not_citizenship through mar- riage” 'and laws making possible the naturalization of married women. convention. Governor é e the party delegate " from -Indiana declared |offers the right of political self-de- believed the organization had lost | termination and this is the answer to the right (o strike because of the ap- | the query: ‘What dves the party stand e, what its pol This fundamental- 1 and the quadren- nial meeting of *the yarty's national | committee, both of which are to be ford. Fifth M Infantry, Sixth terg Compan: (except band_ section); Com- pany and Company ., Middletown Company C. st Hampton; Company x; Transport Company No. etown: Ambulance Company No, 5, Deep River. Headqus Middletown PAISH HERE TO HELP RAISE LOAN OF $17.000,000,000 Jan. —Sir George Paish, British financlal expert, con- ferred today with Secretary Glass at the treasury department and plans to discuss with other officials and members of congress the general Eu- ropean financial® _situation. At Mr. Glass’ office it was sald that the Brit- ish financler, merely called to pay his respects, he dnd—the Secretary hav- ing known each other for some time. “IL amr here to conduct a private in- quiry to ascertain how far American money can assist in the European situation,” sail Sir George in_com- menting on his visit to the United H. ‘Washington, States. His mission was purely to obtain information, he said, adding that it was uncertain whether he would lay before New York financiers any proposal for the financial assist- ance for the war-devastated countries overseas. Sir George said the situation in En- gland was not one to require any for- and | Were in dire straits and reconstruc- tion in those countries could be start- ed only by the floating of an extensive loan to stabilize international credits. He declared that the interests of Eu- rope most particularly anxious for the loan of $35,000.000,000, to which the United States would be invited to subscribe approximately one-half, were not looking for the American government for aid. It was the pur- posa of the promoters of the loan, he to interest panking and commercial interests. Sir George himself will not par- ticipate in any movement to obtain the amount, he said. A NEW. RAILWAY CRISIS IS DEVELOPING IN BRITAIN London, Jan. 5.—There is every ap- pearance tonight that a new railway crisis is deyeioping. Numerous meet- ings of railwaymen in the leading towns of the kingdom today adopted resolutions rejecting the government's offer, and aithough the number of men thus represented is small in compar- ison with the 400,000 membership of the National Union of Railwaymen, James Henry Thomas, -the general secretary, and his associates are ap- prehensive of the result. The ‘chief ground of objection to the government’s compromise is that, in- stead of taking the highest pay in the respective grades to which to add the war bonus of 38 shillings and Avhere- the the by arrive at a minimum wage, the government has taken the average pre-war pay of over fifteen of the largest railway :ompanies, TO WRITE DECISION IN THE NEWBERRY CASE. Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 5.—Argu- ments for and against the general de- murrer asking the dismissal of indict- ments against Truman H. Newberry, United States senator from Michigan, and 134 others charged with violation of election laws in the senator’s elec- tion in 1918, were heard in federal court here today by Judge Clarence ‘W. Sessions. At the conclusion of the arguments Judge Sessions announced that the question involved was too im- portant to be properly covered in an oral opinion and indicated that he congress was con- House | o Crif i i a fdsred absolutely necessary i of-|and there was wide speculation as to| Fouid, Wrile bis decision after ho had 'fi:umu e :fl;ether the “word of ‘greeting” would EVRShet “ralsed: Camineltl, commissioner | take up the question of a thi olirat of . S ] 2 hird term | HEALTH RESTORED WITH fore the house appropriations com- mitlee during the day with an appeal for fumds to allow expansion of lorce t6 deal with the hundreds of g taile invelved In compieting the a proceediogs. The commis- asked for at least in . AN-'C';' The memb: augmented d Chairman _J. assistance, but[and A. F. Mul greater legal staft than Palmer’s staff, wa Mr. inetti said. aleo explained that throush- ot the country the work of perfecting aguinst radicals held would ba because of the small number of inspeciors. Added to this | ity fact, revealed ‘by information in the ralda that the radicals|Jackson day been instructed to make use of | night that a erery form of delay known to the legal tional commi nroblem of prison facilities en- {-ban: the attetion of officials of both Caroline R. R Thursday of plan be ad mittee already Committeeman Mullen even with .the help of| his arrival announced that or would outline the president's views on party policie: RECALL OF PROHIBITION of the national com - Washington were| Windsor, Ontagio, Jan. 5.—One effect iing = Vice | of the governmept's action in rescind- Bruce Kreme: of Mon. | N8 the warlime prohibition order has tana; A. R. Titlow. the new memb. ten more| from Washington, succeeding Huzh C. t of justice ofi- | Wallace, now ambassador to Fra llen of Nebraska. soon the and opted. The committee arranging for dinner - announced i it 2 number ‘of members of the associate women's democratic na- | Germany onep Timitiee wdlld_attend the | $3,228.919, compared with $21 0 ees of Conneeticut. after a he would s| Introduce "a _resolution at the mesting : committee recom- mending fo the national convention that the two-thirds rule for making nominations for president president be abro; ot gated and the major- been to restore virtually the whole city to “health.” Now that liquor may be ordered legitimately by the consumer, long queues of “patients” suffering for the most part from “heart trouble” or ‘insomania.” "no longer are seen in front of physicians offices, awaiting prescriptions. REPORT SHOWS GROWTH IN TRADE WITH GERMANY ‘Washington, Jan. 5—Growing trade with Germany was shown in the No- vember report, issued today by the de- partmnent of commerce. Imports fiom in November amounted to 1608 in nce, the to- ng them will be Miss! October, and exports totalled $23.044,- 142 against $20,§63,521, 1 presence in this city was undesirable, | for the reason it could cause trouble Company | eign loan, but that France and Italy| 'ADrimnfic'Story:RelnledBy Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis Be- fore Senate Committee. Washington,” Jan.: 5.—A dramatic story of eight months' hardship and degradation as a prisoner in a_Mexi- can bandit camp was told today by Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis, a Virginian, before a senate committee investigat- ing_the Mexican situation. With tears in her eyes, Mrs. Sturgis told how her old mother, worn out by long suffering and humiliation, died of starvation ‘after their plantation had been looteq by the bandits, and how she had -been forced to go into the hills to cut wood and of a long tramp to another camp with a secret mes- sage from bandit to bandit sewed in the sole of her shoe. mericans were perfectly safe un- der Diaz,” she said. “We had né trou- ble under Madero, because the people fliked him. We had no trouble with Huerta, and folks in my part of the country—Chiapas — hardly knew of him. Our first trouble was in 1915 when Carranza sent troops to our sec- tion to drive away the help. As a're- sult we lost big crops, right on the eve of the harvest.”, Tt was nearly two vears later that the home of the Sturgis family. com- prising Drl Sturgis. a dentist, his wife, the witness today. and her mo- ther, was raided by federal soldiers who charged them with giving refuge to_rebels. “Two of Carranza’s captains and a lot of soldiers came to our home and beat us with guns” Mrs, Sturgis tes- | tified. “When my husband protested and reminded the bandits that we were Americans, they pushed him aside and laughed, saying ‘Your old | sovernment is only a bluf The most thrilling chapter of her experfence followed capture of the family by Zapata bandits, who took everything movable from the planta- ton,.including $23,000 in cash. They were sent forty miles across country to a: prison camp, Mrs. Sturgis and her husband afeot and - the former's mother on a_myle. Some months later Mrs. Sturgis was ordered to proceed on foot to another camp with a secret ' message and warned that .unless she returned in ©wo months, other members of the Hfamily would be killed, On the way she stopped at Mexico City and re ported her troubles to the American sy. The embassy, she said, got with Zapata forces and it was agreed to send a Zapata lieuten- ant back to camp with her. Mean- while, a_bridge on the way to the camp where she was to deliver the message was blown up and the shoe, with the message in the sole, was sent by messenger. Returning to _camp, found her mother deadang her hus- hand dying of starvation. Seme months ‘later "she Was releaseq and “more dead than_glive, swalked. with. DF.” Sturgfs ‘over the hills to their old plantation, to find it bare as a bone. Mrs. Sturgis WORK ON THE CALEN;ARS RESUMED BY CONGRESS Washington, Jan. 5—Congress went to work immediately today uyon re- convening after its fortaight holiday recess. | Without formality, both senate and | house began disposition of bills on | their calendars, and within an hour or 50 both bodies resumed their normal appearance of scaut attendance during speechmaking. Miscellaneous bills only were considered an da few of the less important passed. The senate late in the day started . debate on the jaterpower development Dill, consider- jation of which promises to continue 10 next week. The Sterling sedition { bill, which senate leaders had expect- ed o take up today, went over until tomorrow. There were few developments and only perfunctory discussion of the peace treaty in’ the senate. Senator King, democrat, Utah, presented for- mally his set of compromise reserva- tions, and many senators were en- gaged all day in private conferences on the treaty situation. but nothing tangible resulted. Victor Berger, the Wisconsin social- ist, re-elected after being refused a seat by the house, did not arrive to- day, but tomorrow or Immediaetly pon his presentation of re-clection credentials, house leaders planned to refuse again to grant him a seat. Representative Mann of Illinois, for- mer repubiican leader, surprised house members by announcing he would sup- port Berger's claim. Many committees of both senate and house got into actfon today and pre- pared to grind out the endless proces- sion of bills and resolutions which are xpected to hold congress here for the next nine or ten months. SIS JAN..10 SET FOR THE § , RATIFICATION OF TREATY Paris, Jan. 5—(By The A..P.) The supreme council has tentatively get January 10 for the ratification of the aty = of Versailles. The council's asis for a settlement on the Scapa Flow sinkings was handed over . to Baron Von Lersner today, and it was announced that an agreement had been reached with the German dele- gation. The Scapa Flow reparations agree- ment was reached upon the allies ac- cepting a, diminution of 125,000 tons from the 400,000 tons: of naval mater- ial originally dgmanded” - from Ger- many. The Germans argued. the im- possibility of surrendering the ton- nage originally demanded, and also jpointed out errors in the inve of the allies, T The allies were conciliatory - a fixed 275,000 tons as final, -To?{shu&: German delegates agreed. OVERRULES CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Washingtor court today s California _industrial against the Southern Pac growing out of the death i Butler a lineman, at (;’:klhr}&%;: It reversed California supreme court opinions which held that' Butler. when Milled, wns engaged in interstate commerce. _— CHICAGO COAL DEALERS HAVE RAISED. PRICE: Chicaga, Jan. 5—Chicago coal deal: ers. who . last . Saturday appealed .to President Wilson for permi increase ‘their: gross, mar?‘lns. fixed l‘: the fuel administration, today began ctziging the increasé while waiting for the president’s reply. The dealers notified all customers that coal billed out would he marked T e eents.a ton. i i «commission ific_company Its Status Only Under War Time Prohibition. New York, Jan. 5.—Another fight for 2.75 per cent. beer will be made before the United States _supreme court, according o Emory R. Buck- ner,. who- was associated with Elihu Root as. counsel for Jacob Ruppert against whom the United States su- preme court decided today. Mr. Root’s firm is counsel for Chris- tian Feigenspan, » New Jersey bre ing corporation, which is seeking to restrain enforcement of the eighteenth amendment in New Jerse; The bill of complaint in the case says that 2.75 beer is not intoxicating and that “s fact has been definitely determined and demonstrated by experience.” “The question whether 2.75 heet can be sold after” the eighteenth amend- ment is, effective must be decided in the future,” said Mr. Buckner. “To- day’s "decision affects its status only under war time prohibition. Toda: Yesterday’ King Alexander, of Greece, fell and broke an ankle while practicing jump- ing. Federal warrant issued in Chicago for the arrest of “Big Bill” Haywood, L. W. W, leader. § Reports from Helsingfors reiterate a story that Leon Trotzky, Bolshevik minister of war, was slain. Unmarried men make better police- men than married ones, officials of Berlin's “safety police” declare. German officials predict a rise of two feet of the Seine. Many towns along its banks are being flooded. Nicolas Sicard, celebrated painter and director of the National School of, Fine Arts at Lyons, France, is dead. French government granted permis- sion for tne removal of 20,000 Amer- jean dead soldiers to the United States. Forty countries will be represented at the world conference of Jewish peoples, to be held at Zurich, March 7 to 11, Since ‘Sept. 1 less than 7,000 cases of decision relates only to the war po ers of congress. When the amend- ment is effective questions will be raised not only as to the validity of its paseage but also whether or not non-intoxicating been can be. sold un- ler it.” SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS WAR TIME PROHIBITION ACT Court Sustained Volstead Act in a Five to Four Opinion. shington, Jan. 5—By a marein of one vote, the supreme court today upheld the right of conzress to define intoxicating liquors inscfar as applied to war time prohibition. In a five to four opinion rendered by Associate J e Brandels, the court sustained the constitutionality of pr visions in the Volstead prohibition en- forcement act prohibiting the manu- facture and sale of beverages contain- ing one-half of 1 per cent .or more of alcohol. Associate Justices Day, Van Devanter, McReynolds and Clarke dis- sented. Validity' of the federal prohibition constitutional amendment and of por- tions of the Volstead act affecting its enforcement was not involved in the proceedings, but the opinion was re- garded as so sweeping as to leave lit- tle hope among “wet” adherents. In rendering the opinion, the court sustained federal court decrees dis- missing injunction proceedings to en- join federal authorities from pre- | venting Jacob Ruppert, a New York brewer, from manufacturing beer con- taining an_excess of one-half of 1 per cent, but which he dlleged was non-intoxicating. Ray of Hope for the “Wets.” The ‘“wets” however, received a brief ray of hope when shortly after- wards Associate Justice, Day in an ‘unanifous- opinign sustained the ais- ‘missicl ‘of indictments brought under the war time prohibition_act against the Standard brewery of _Baltimore and_the American: Brewing company of New Orleans for ' manufacturing 275 beer before the Volstead act was passed. In sustaining this action the court held that congress has the right to determine what is intoxicat- ing-beverages but in view of the fact the Volstead act had not yet been passed, manufacture of low alcoholic been was nermissible under the war time prohibition act providing it was not_intoxicating Following the rendering of today's cpinion, Assistant Attorney General Trierson, who has been in charge of the prohibition cases in the supreme court, announced that the department of justice was ready {o begin the prosecution of all persons who have s0ld beer since the passage last Oct. 28 of the Volsetad act. Decision Was Sweeping. The opinion of Justice Brandei: who also rendered the Dec. 15 de cision upholdinz the constitutionality of the war time prohibition act, wa: sweeping, setting forth that war power over intoxicating liguors extends to the enactment of laws which will not merely prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors but will effectually prevent their sale.” Justice’ Brandeis also declared that | the war powers of congress possess virtually the same authority as that held by the states under their police powers, adding “if. in its opinion. the particular emergency demands imme- diate discontinuance of the traffic; congress must have the power to re- quire such discontinuance.” Dissenting Opinion. A dissenting opinion concurred in by the other three associate justice: rendered by Justice McReynol took exception to the majority’ regarding ‘the scope of the ers. The minority declared stitution should be interpreted so no part should “suffer by any strained or . unnal struction” by which . the rights might be ieopardized. Briefs were filed today b: ernment and New . Jersey. authorities in connection with the court’s.orde: to show cause why original proceed ings involving the validity of the eighteenth amendment and provisions of the Volstead act affecting its en- forcement should not be brought .by the state of Rhode Island and.on.be half of the Retail Liquor Dealers’ as- sociation of New Jersey. A brief in support of the New Jersey case was also presented and arguments were made by E. V. Abbot for the plaintiffs and: by Selicitor General King and Attorney General Thomas F, McCran of New -Jersey -in~opposition. Arsu- ments in_the Rhode Island case were postponed until next Monday. CHANGE MADE IN THE FACULTY OF COLUMBIA New York, Jan. Trustees of Columbia university announced to- night ‘that -arrangements’ ‘had - been completed with the University of Cali- fornia. -whereby E. R. A: Seligmun. professor of political economy at: Co- lumbia. and Carl C. Plehn, professor of finance of the University of Cali- fornia, will exchange posts during: the coming, spring -term. { Gifts to Columbia university which total $15,050 were acknowledged by the board. SENATOR NELSON URGES WATERPOWER DEVELOBMENT ‘Washington,' Jan. 5—The water- power development bill was. taken up today by;the senate. Senator Nelson. republican, Minnesota. in charge tem- porarily of the measure, which was passed ‘by the’House last July, said that congress had been neglizent in providing legislation necessary to de- velop™ power “projects which would conserve fuel nad also develop locali- ties where cheap hydraulic power can be secured. * ¢ “impligd | influenza weve reported to the United States public health service, it was announced. Trieste correspondent of the Me of Gabriele D’Annunzio had fled with a million francs Negotiations are afoot in Albany to put the prohibition question to a vote saggero, ‘telegraphed that the cashier RECENT RAIDS Detectives of Every Precinct in Federal Agents, Armed Wi to Locate and Arrest Less sky, One of the Principal New York, Jan. 5.—The sweeping raids against “Reds” by federal agents, which netted .nearly 700 pris- oners last Friday night, were resumed | at 7.30° tonight- when ten large ‘auto- mobiles and two army tran ons left the local headquarters of the department of justic to round up communis and other sedition mong- ers who escaped the first dragnet. Chief Flynn announced later that e part of nationwide sweep which he :teq to_bring as important results the raids on 33 conducted Detectives from every Greater New York, together w “bomb squad” and the from police headquarter: | signed to aid the federal agents in to- precinct aids. The agents and police | rmed with 600 wart ich were issued, it was I THE COMMUNST: Party, Was Captured in the Bronx. Than Fifty—QOscar Officials in the cover on the part of the were not caught in the great dn thrown out last Friday night. inforced by a large force of cf tectives with army transport W manned Dy soldiers In . rese federal agents raided 25 had been marked down as u ters of the conspirators against rnment only to fing that the" jority of those they sought had into ‘hiding. , 2 Up, to_midnight Tess than ffty | sons had been taken into custody, though 600 warrants had beon isé A number if those ter released. about further examination, An arrest which the federal bt {regard as of considerable imi was made in a Bronx lodging where Oscar Tyverowsky, ag one of the principal officials i communist party. was found. He. living under the alias of “Smi before the people of New York state at a special election, Solly Joel, South African mining magnate, and one of the wealthiest men in Great Britain, has obtaines control of London's tubes. Newly elected members French chamber of deputic vers the most success: 626 members i54 are la (President Wilson, deciding there are sufficient stocks of sugar for all, will not continue the powers of the sugar equalization board during 1920. Tom Myers, labor candidate, defeat- cd Sir John Simon, former secretary for home affairs, for parliamentary bye-election, in the Spen Valley dit triet. Department of justice agents dis- covered that much of the Red olu- tiona prgpaganda being circulated in this country printed in Stock- holm. Departure of Brigadier General Wil- liam D. Connor from Paris with o cers and men will mark the final withdrawal of American troops from France, Premier Clemenceau, who is on visit to the department of the war, es caped serious injury 'in ‘a cellision of automobiles. Four deputics were had- Under direction of department of justice wholesale arrests of sugar pro- fiteers is expected. Attorney General Palmer is planning a nation-wide {clean up. War finance corporation announced four Joans of $17,000,000 made to com- mercial interests which will employ the money to export needed materials to stricken nations, An unsuccessful attempt was made to' as; nate Gen. Denikine, accord- ske Tidende, of Copenhagen. his aids was killed. One of Fire threatening destruction of a large part of the business section of Danville, Va., was brought under con- trol after a hard fight. Loss was esti- mated at $1,000,000. William Allen White, of Kansas, arted a_boom for Gov. Henry J. Al- en for the presidency. The governor I burst the bomb by declaring he would |not be a candidate. H. Krans, secretary of the Amer- ican Union University in Europe, be- lieves this year will see more Amer- an students than in, any previous years going to France. A number of important manufactur- |ing concerns in Pittsburgh are seiling [food and clothing at a cost of their employes in an effort to meet the ad- vancing price of ocmmodities. Women's fair price commission for Tilinois will adopt an official slogan to impress = conservation on - the 70,000 club women who are assisting in the ampaign against the high cost of liv- = > British government or that he is mmissioned to obtain credits there | for Europe. * Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, in : tic senators in | movement for tification of the | peace treaty by acceptance, if neces- sary, of the Lodge reservation pro- srom designed to Americanize the {league ‘of nations TO BE ELECTROCUTED FOR TRIPLE MURDER Ebensburg, Pa., Jan. 5—George C. } Tompkins of Philadeiphia, _convicted of murdering Mr. and Mrs. Edmund 1. Humphries and their son, Edmund, Jr. near Carrolliown nearly three years ago, was sentenced fo be elec criminal court here today. Tompkins appeared unaffected when the death sentence was pronounced and he showcd Ittle interest in the proceed- ings. Humphries, a wealthy coal opera- tor, and his wife and son were shot to death in their automobile near Carroiltown on July 19i7. Tomp- kins was tried and convicted of first degree murder, but he appealed. A new trial was recently refused. NEW ENGLAND FARMS BECOMING ATTRACTIVE Washington, Jan. 5—New England farms, now comparatively low in price, are attracting the sons of the men who sold them a generation ago tO acquire cheaper lands in the west, the farm loan board declared today in its annual report to. congress. . B “These New: England' lands need lime and manure, sald ;the report” “but given these soil needs they will produce more corn to the acre than Towa, and all their . produce—grain, truck and dairy—is within a few miles of Ereat markets, generally over stone roads, 300 | ing to report received by the Berling- | trocuted by Judge M. D, Stephens, in | information obtained from Reds al- ready under arres first person taken into custody S d Elore, editor of a_ Hun i { i was imme- the agents said that they had his trail for several days. Ei ewold, also described as one of leaders of the communists, was. d at the publication offices of serian paper, whose editor, lore, was earlier taken MINISTER DF FINANCE Stuttgart, Germany, Jan. 5.—(Ha | vas)—Mathias Erzberger, vice pre- mier and minister of finances, dressing several thousand pe the invitation of the Center Party, clared that the present government| was not responsible for the chaotic| situation and laid r for the war upon the con v e iadded that the i for by Field Mar: and General Ludendorff. ! Referring to the A s | Herr Erzberger said that stal of the budget would he a vear. He said the German pes {do all in its power to pay the r {ation due. The Russian problem co | not be solved without Germa: rerted. .With regard to the delivery of those guiity of war crimes, Herr Erzherger | aid that the court at Leipsic x prosecute those guilty acts, if Germany’s enemies would fur- nish lists of those peréons to the Ger- nmian ‘government. 5 COL. HOUSE 1S GOING TO HIS HOME IN TEXAS New York, Jan. 5.—Colonel E. M. House, who has virtually recovercd i from the iliness from which he was suffering when he returned from Par- is after having served at the peace conference, will leave for home in | Austin, *Texas, the latter part of this week for further rest. Int a statement v ined that his trip had going to Texas to see my friends and to attend to some person- l matters that long have been ne- sai “I have no inten- sing volitics while 1 }am there or taking any part in any po- litical _situation either dircctly or in- direct] What I want more than anything a period of quiet and T am going home to seek it. VACCINATION CREATING TROUBLE IN TORONTO Toronto, Ontario, Jan. 5.—The prov- | the | | vo GIRL IMMIGRANTS NOT EAGER FOR _Hoqu_ld York. Jan. 5 n the newspapers- yesterday ch from Chicago quoting th tement of = Tiaveless (U worker there that thousands ean girls were flocking to 4 zer for_housework and that & the $7 aweek servant uld_return.” Today the W York headquarters was rmy of housewives i the nes fo bear away “one Of - $7 wonders.t Meanwhile long dist télephone calls were pouring i aeighboring states, asking that o “old fashioned immigrants™ w 1]l wrong, according to cadquarters. Thousands of girls are arriving month, but instead of secking mestic service, they are landing ed with enough. funds to carry comfortably to relatives located away .as_the . Pagific coast. Less one per cent, .are seeking ‘hous 3 Jjobs, acording to . representatives. the society, which at the time day’s attack had on its front door advertisement for a cook. BREWERS TO ORGANIZE A i CAMPAIGN AGAIST JOHNSON London, Jan. 5.—Active steps are be-| ing taken in the brewery trade to or-{ ganize a campaign against William .. Johnson, organizer of the Am: 'Anti-Saloon League, and other p: Ditionists. _The National Trade De| fense Association, representing the 1i-1 cen: trades, is scattering broad a manifesto begging its organi and the shareholders of b panies to do whatever is combat prohibition agitation. The circular urges that assi given by influencing members liament, attending meetings of ponents of the brewery trade starting newspaper correspondence defense of public freedom. The | retary of the defense association today it was planned to b moves of the prohibitionists and counter them and also to nukhgn public to the seriousness of the com-1 e i incial board of health today requested the co-operation of the civie board in making appNeation for mandamus proceedings to compel the vaccina- tion of every resident of the city against: the smallpox epidemic . .Be- twee four and five hundred cases are under treatment here and the first victims, a man of 66 and a child of 17 months, died today. 2 Thousands of school children were isent home at the reovening of the public schools today because they had not been vaccinated. {LOWDEN FAVORS TREATY WITH RESERVATIONS Chicago, Jan. 5— While the leagie of nations, even as modified by the reservations adopted, does not ke the form which I believe it should, namely, judicial rather than political, I think it is the part of wisdom now to ratify it th such reservations,” as adopted by the senate, said Governor Frank O. Lowden in a letter today replying to United States Senator W. E. Berah of Idaho, who had requested Governor Lowden's position on the league of nations. MME. AMELITA M. GALLI-CURCI. NOTED SOPRANO, WINS DIVORCE Chicago, Jan. 5.—Mme. Amelita: . Galli-Curci) noted soprano of the Chi- cago Grand Opera_ company, today | won a divorce,from Luigi C. Curci, at- | ter a short hearing before Judze M- Donald in superior court. The proceedings, which promised 0 he lengthy and sensational, we brought to an early close when Cureci, in a statement filed with the cours witbdrew his answer to his wife's suit. The answer had accused h delity and named Homer Samu accompanist. as co-respondent. Judge McDonald indicated th decree would be granted the s the grounds of infidelity. CASE OF LAWLESSNESS IN ¢« COUNTY WATERFORD, IRELAND Dublin, Jan. 5.—A party of musicians motoring from Dungarvan to Ar more, County Waterford, were attack- ed today by eight armed men, who punctured the tires and petro! tank o fthe machine With revolver shots. The attacking party overturncd the automobile and forced the musicitans to walk home. AGREE TO SAFEGUARD THE RIGHTS OF EGYPT ‘Cairo, . Wednesday, Dec. 31.—The newspaper El Whaly asserts that at a meeting of Viscount Milner, head of! fhe British conciliation commission, with; Rouchdi Pasha, Ahmed Mazloun Pasha and Yeghen Sarawat Pasha, it was decided to sink all differences and uation. BENEFICIARIES OF ESTATE . OF LATE VISCOUNT AS New York, Jan. 5.—The will of the late Viscount (William Waldorf) As- tor, disposing of his American estate, filed here today, distributing $50,00f among the employes of the Astor es- tate qffice here and leaves the resi-i duary estate to his son, John Jacob| Astor. The value of the estate 1§ not holdings alone were assessed in 1916 fore his death last October to his (wo’f 5 2 England. given. Viscount Astor's New York realtv: for $60,000.000. These holdings were transferred in trust two months be- sons, Waldorf, the present vimmml.i and John Jacob, both residents ofi CANADIAN THEATRICAL : MAGNATE MURDERED| London, Ontario, Jan. 5.—Ambrose, J. Small.” millionaire theatrical mag-' te who disappeared December 2, was killed by footpads and his body ‘con- cealed in a ravine atTorotno, accordinz to an opinion expressed here tonight. by E. W. M. Flock, his personal sollei- tor. After it became known that Small had received a check for $1,000.000 for . his interest in the trans-Canada thea= tre: r. Flock said, he was a mark-, & cd man. He had deposited the cheek! at Quebec just before he disapj however. 3 Mr. Flock said he believed the sup-. posed ” slayers meant only to _stifi Small, with ‘a blow on the-head and then rob him but: finding that they. im, hid the body. g NO ONE TO BLAME FOR THE MIDDLETOWN HOSPITAL FIRE Pose, Middletown, Conn., Jan.’ l‘—cbrw Stephen B. Davis, in o finding lale. | today, hiolds no one to blame, by crim: inal act or omission, for ca tl fire which destroyed a building of the. Connecticut - Hospital for the. Ins: on the night of December 23, Nine' the 53 ‘inmates in the building wens kilicd. The coroner found that 'th nine_men probably were overcomie smoke before the flames’ Swept! structure. * PR S Sy T NUMEROUS fATALl‘E EARTHQUAK exico- Citf, Jan. ceived here this evening ¢ earlier reports of numiero to . work - together “to sofey county’s rights.” o e .