Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 15, 1920, Page 1

S T T G Eagene Meyer, Jr., Managing Director of the War Finméel Corporation, Tersely Disposed of the British Economist’s Opinion That the Penalty of Failure to Give Europe Enormous Credits Would be Loss of Foreign Trade—De- clares That Borrowers Must Come to This Country With Sound Business Propositions—Quotes Figures to Show the Sacrifices Already Made by the American People. New York, Jan. 14—Sharp excep- tien to the views of Sir George Paish on the possibilities of assistance for Europe on the pert of the United was taken today by Eugene 'y . managing director of the War Finance Corporatfon at a lunch- eon of the American Manufacturers Expor® Association here today. His address followed one made to the same audicnce by the British econ- omist who reiterated his opinion that it was the duty of America to give Furope enormous _credits to aid in its renabilitation. The penalty, Sir George said, would be loss of foreign trade. ometimes,” said Mr. Mever, “when 1 listen to the discussions of the sub- ject from the other side of the water, in which we are told what we should what we haven't done, what we must do, I wonder if it is realized what we have done during the past Not only have we loaned from e government out of the funds collected from Liberty loans and taxes $2.335,000,000, but we have sold. practically all of it on credit, $700,000.000 worth of our goods supplies, machinery, motor ve- hicles—sent.to Europe for purposes of our army and auxiliary organizations. This @oes not represent a cost to this country of $700.000,000, but a sum largely in excess of that amount. Our grain corporation has sold some grain on credit and our merchants have grantéd considerable sums of credit in | the aggregate and our investors have t a to es during the vear 1 of a large amount of 9. “When Sir George Paish speaks of our surplus goods I would like to see them tabulated. There is a shortage of almost everything in the world that we produfe in this country today. “It takes more than lenders, it takes borrowers, to do business. And the borrowers must come to this country with sound business propositions, with every consideration of sentiment war- ranted, with every desire # be help- ful. “I do not say that this is not a time for the use of credit but I do say, and the money markets and the invest- ment markets all oyer the world show it, it is a_time when we must begin to use it with more care than we have during the war. We could afford to take risks then that we must cease taking now. We, must look forward to the time when our balance of trade will be balanced in other ways than by paper.” Sir George said in his address that it to the one of the purposes of his vi ited States get_througl this particular time. “The body of Austria has been cut away from the head,” he said. “and for the moment the head must be maintained because. there is no con- nection with the bady, I am sure you, the American people, with your great heart, are going to help those helpless women and children at Vienna and that you will not allow them to starve, Dut apart from Austria I am not here to ask for gifts. Tam here to tell you that we shall be able and ready to pay for everything you send us.” FRIEND SAYS HOOVER IS A PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN New York, Jan »r was. dechared slose associate 1 srhert Hoov- Julius Barnes, his friend, to be a ‘progressive republican” who “will never allow himself to he a candidate for high office. nor allow his friends to make an_effort in his bebalf, unless ihere shall come such indisputable ev- dence of such spontancous and uni- versal populir demand, that it will «verwhelm his nresent resolution not lo enter politics™ 3 s gdirector of the United States Wheat Corporation, was the principal at the annual dinner of the National Wholesale Drygnods, Association. Reterring 1o reports that Mr. Hoov- er might be a democratic presjdenn- tial candidate, Mr. Barnes said: “As 1 lifelong republican I am reassured i0 _believe that only one conveivable levelopment could nlace him on the Jemocratic ticket, in spite of all that 2as appeared in the recent press. velieve that could come about only i >xer-confidence in_ their own political prospects blinds the republican party | o adopt a non-progressive platform, | ind to nominate candidates of reac- | ion. “With his intense earnestness purpose and his sincere desire a of to further the social progress of our peo-' ple by the preservation of equal op it is conceivable that tne| 1 nded voters of all _parties may then insistently demand such| leadership as his for the expression of | i a] ideals. “The partisanship of Herbert Hoov. er extends only to the insistence on! the maintenance of equality of oppor- | tunity in this country, and to the sup- | port of that part exemplifying that ideal.” In reference to the various socialis- tic theories which have been advanc- In the United States today as a cure for social and political ills Mr. ! Barnes read the following statement 5y Mr. Hoover as to his position: “The whole 0f these various sorts of socialists .are based on one primary sonception, and that is, the productiv- t¥ of the human beinz can be main- lained under the impulse of altruism, and that the selection of the particular human for his most productive per- formance can bte made by some su- per-imposed bureaucracy. “My emphatic conclusion from all those observations is, therefore, that! socialism as a philosophy of possible human application is bankrupt. “Again I wish to repeat, the obser- vation of these forces in Europe has rejnforced my Americanism during these jast ten months of intimate con- tact with them; it has revealed to me the distanee of our departure from the political, social and economic ideals of Burope. There has grown in the United States a higher sense of justice, of neighborly service, of self- sacrifice, and, above all, a willingness to abide by the will of the majority in every section of this community.” HOLD-UP MAN FATALLY WOUNDED IN BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport, Jan. 14.—In an attempt to hold up Joseph P. Strank, man- ager of the United Bond company, in his office, tonight, an unidentified youth was mortally wounded by a shot from the revoiver of Stranx. It was after he had attempted to shoot the bond manager and failed that the youth received the bullet in the st which caused his death., He attempied to escape, but dropped on the sidcwalk less than a block from the sceéne of the holdup, and died a few miauies later. The dead youth, who is believed to have recently discharged from the navy, was one of two holdup men who atiempted to rob the bond com- pany's office of cash, bonds and se- curities estimated to be worth more than $5.000. The other escaped. FERMAN GOV'T PROTESTS POLISH PROPAGANDA COAL STRIKE COMMISSION READY TO EXAMINE FACTS Washington, Jan. 14—A third day of argument before President Wilsor’s| commission for settling the coal strike left it practically ready tonight to proceed to the examination of the o issue between the miners and their employi The last of six spokesmen for the United Mirie Workers of America fin- ~hed the preliminary statement of the case for the men today, and Ralph Crews, counsel for the operators in the central competitive district, like- wise completed the general statement in opposition. Operators in the cen= tral aistrict will have one more argu- ment, wideh- will -be-Tade-at-the be- ginning of tomorrow's session by Phil consideration of testimony and docu- mentary evidence, Frank _Farrington < of the Tllinois Miners' Union, in closing for the min- ers, estimated the advance in living costs since 1914 in, 1llinois mining centers at from 110 to 178 per cent. Ye:ur.y carnings of coal mimers in Il- linois, however, he said, had increased only from approximately $700 .in 1913 t0 $1,390 in 1918, 1In the light of these figures*he said the miners' glaim for 9 sixty per cent. increase in wages and thity-hour week was justified. Juhn Moore and Ed Stewards; pres- idents respectively of the Ohfo and Indiana districts of the union,preced- ing Farrington, dealt more pamicular- with the internal differences and fferentials. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Work- ers, gave out a statement explaining the thirty hour week demand as an endeavor by the miners to distribute their work throughout ¢he year. Geo- | logical survey estimates, Lewis said, showed that the weekly operation of mines for the thirty hours would sup. ply all the coal the country needed. ‘Attorney Crews, opened for the op. erators with the declaration that the sixty per cent. wage increase was the real issue before the commission. He stamped the sixty per cent. increase demand was fraught with “staggering consequences. OBITUARY. 2 John Dodge. New York Jan. 14—John Dodge of Detroit, automobile manufacturer, died here tonight from’ pneumonid, Mr. Dodge, with his brother Horace, came here to attend the aytomobile show. They were both stricken with influenza, which in each case devel- open into pneumonia. Horace Dodge is said by his physicians to be out of :l‘an]gen hMr,I Do;‘lge died at the Ritz~ Carlton hotel, where he has been si; his arrival here. il i Detroit, Mich., Jan. 14—The ‘career of John F. Dodge paralleled in many ways a_majority of Michizan's leading automobile makers. It began in & small machine shop; included many struggles against poverty and failure, and jts close found him one of the motor kings of the world, with a for- tune estimated at upwards of $30,000,- | Dodge was born in Niles, Mich., 54 years ago. - After his public school ed- ucation, he served .an apprenticeship in his father's machine shop. In 1886 he - moved to Detroit to follow his trade. He was shortly after joined by his brother, Horace E. Dodge, and for years the brothers worked together as wagd-earning machinists, Their first business venture was in 1901, when they opened a shop of their own.| employing twelve persons. They built parts for automobile conceras just starting in business, In 1912 the brothers announced their intention of entering the automobile business on their own account. The enterprise was successful from the beginning and under the impetis of the war it grew until today the Dodge Interests employ approximately 18,000 perscns One of the Dodge brothers’ Berlin, Jan. 14—(Havas)—The Ger- government has asked the fed- eral council of Switzerland to make representations to the British govern- ment with to propaganda in favor of Poland, which is reported in progress among the German prison- ers interned in England. The govern- plains that an endeavor was enlist by force 521 of the in the Polish army to pre- the men from voting in regions 1 or German territories. T efforts after the United States entered the war was a $10,000,000 ordnance plant which despite the skepticism of mili- tary experts produced the delicate re- coil mechanism of the ¥French 155 millimeter guns. Within a year after s construction was started it was shipping twenty of the mechanism daily to the proving grounds. John Dodge rarely figured social life of Detroit. in the He was regard- here plebiscites are to be held to de- | ed as one of the city’s most demo-|removed by the bill which is designed termine whether they shall be Polish | cratic millionaffes. He Is survived by |to reduce the number of Indian wards | his wido~. a daughter and two sons. { Dec. 30. used by the government soldi o Roney received permisspn about the NORWICH, CONN., URSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1920 l Cabled Paragraphs Complete Independence of Armet Paris, Jan, 14.—(Havas.)—According to the Temps, the supreme council at one of its recent sittings decided to recognize the complete independ- gioe of Armenta, Georgia and Azerbai- jan. STORIES OF MURDER, PILLAGE AND CRUELTY BY MEXICANS San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 14—Stories of terrible cruelty, unredressed mur- ders and devastation of properties were given (he, senaet sub-committee investigating the Mexican situation to- day by men yet in close touch with conditions in Mexico. T. M. McBee, a cattleman from a border town;. James J. Britt, a lawyer from Tampico, and George E. Blalock, once the head of what was the largest colony of Ameri- can farmers in Mexico and who now is operating asmall grocery store here, ‘were the witnesses. The effect of their testimony was to ' strengthen the claims of witnesses heard in Washing- ton that the insecurity of American life and property in Mexico is growing greater. Britt, who reminded the committee that he is not employed by any oil company, asserted that' American life was “worth more in the Argonne than it is today In the country about Tam- pico.” He is one of the men who as- sisted in caring for the bodies of F. J. Roney and Earl Boles, who were killed Britt appeared confident that the men were killed by Carranba’s sol- diers. “They were killed within the Car- ranza lines” he saidy “and the bullets we took from their bodies were those and not by the bandits. Moreover, Boles, after hie had been shot in his ankle, had been attacked from behind by a man with a machete. The blade had been thrust far ‘into his body, turned downward and then up again. The rebels in that part of the country do not carry machetes. The soldiers do.” His theory that the killing was done byssoldiers was. further supported by telling_how the paymaster of one of the oil companies who resembled ame time the two had left to carry & ertain amount of money into the oil fields. This information was trans- mitted to_the Carranzistas and Britt believes those who killed Roney and Boles believed they were killing the | paymaster and his aide. He told the committee the Ameri- cans stood guard over the bodies until an autonsy could be held. “We had one experience of meslecting that phase of such a case he said. “when James Wallace was shot. I know for a fact he was not a drinking man, and yet the claim set up by the Mexicans was that he wag drunk. And this is what had happened: They had poured tequila_into his mouth and over his face. after ‘he was dead in_order thatl. the odor might sunport their claim.” FOUND CONDITIONS AT "NAVAL PRISON SATISFACTORY Portsmouth, N. H., Jan. 14—Assist- and_ Secretary of the Navk Frapklin D. Roosevelt, after spehding six hours today at the navy yard, investigating conditions at the naval prison, as a result of charges against the prison commander, Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, announced that he had “found conditions satisfactory.” He left for Washington late today, but said he would return 'to interview residents of the city, civilians at the navy: yard and others who have com- plained of conditions at the naval prison. Mr. Roosevelt said that he would make no report to Washington at this time, but iad left with Commander Osborne the two specific- charzes al- leging mismanagement which had been submitted to the navy department for him to answer in person. Mr. Osborne is expected to make public his reply soon. in the course of his investigation to- day Mr. Roosevelt met navy yard offi- | cers and-talked with civilian eraployes and prisoners. Only two charges against Mr. Os- borne’s administration of the prison had been made directly td the navy department, Mr. Roosevelt said, al- though many ‘of a hearsay character had reached the department. In its investigation, he said, the department would consider only the «wo specific charges. Mr. Roosevelt refused to specify one of the charges, but said the other was | in connection with the ~system of | guarding the prison, resulting, it was alleged, in a number of escapes. “We are in accord with Mr. O borne’s system of guarding the priso he said. “There is no need for the people to fear escapes, as they have not been so numerous as in outside institutions, and number only eight or ten in the two and one-half years of Mr..Osborne’s administration.” The department of justice, Mr. Roosevelt said, had not conducted an | investigation of the prison, as had been reported, However, a department | of justice man did conduct an ‘inves- tigation, he said, which led to one of | the two charges being made to Wash- ington. MUNSEY NOW OWNER OF NEW YORK HERALD New York, Jan. 14—The New York Herald will make the following an- nouncement tomorrow morning: “To_the readers of the New York Herald: The New York Herald has passed intp the hands of Mr. Frank A. Munsey, who Bas purchased all of the publishing interests of the late James Gorden Bennett, consisting _of. the New York Herald, the Evening Tele- ‘gram ‘and the Paris edition of the New York Herald. Mr. Munsey will make known in due time his plans for these newspapers. (Signed) “RODMAN WANAMAKER, “GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY, “Executors of the Estate of James Gordon Bennett.” BILL TO REDUCE INDIAN WARDS OF.GOVERNMENT ‘Washington, Jan. 14-The house to- day passed a bill introduced by Rep resentative Carter, democrat, Okla- homa, conferring citizenship upon all Indians born within the limits of the United States and providing for a final dispositio nof tribal groperty among Indians adjudged competent to_administer their share, All re- strictions on the disposition of the property ‘after apportionment would be of the government, At Ddds on Prnpagflda Probe Senate Committee Divided on Employment of Counsel to Aid Investigation. 3 Washington, Jan. 14. — Authority grantead by the senate to the foreign relations sub-committee to employ counsel to aid it in investigating Rus- sian propaganda developed strong dis- agreement today among committee members as to the choice of an attor- ney. While Senator Moses, New Hampshire, chairman, and Senator Knox, Pennsylvania, favored the se- lection of Archibald Stevenson, attor- ney for the New York legislature com- mittee investigating radical activity, Senator Borah served notice that he would quit the committee if Stevenson was chosen. Senator Moses said that Stevenson was suggested by Senator Knex, who has known him from boyhood, and added that Stevenson would be par- ticularly valuable to the committee } in view of the information he had gained through his connection with the Lusk committee of the New York legislature. Senator Borah declareq himself op-; posed to employment of any counsel, as there are four lawyers on the com- mittee, and particularly objected to Stevenson, saying he did “not want to transfer the Lusk investigation to the. Benate.” £ Protest against the appointment of Stevenson also was made by E. P.| Jennings, a machinery manufacturer of Lehighton, Pa, who declared “Ste- venson himself should be investigated and probably will be after I have fur- nished the committee information in| my possession.” Mr. Jennings explain-| ed he had been unable to fill contracts with the Russian Soviet government] for one thousand printing presses be- cause o finability to obtain an export: license from the state department. Monday has been set tentatively as) the date for the opening of the hear- ing with Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-styled Soviet ambassador, as the first witness, Chairman Moses an- nounced tonight. Senator Borah asserting that the committee could best get at the facts in the Russian situation without the services of an attorney, sai “If Martens is here advertising bol- shevism and sovietism then the quick- er he departs the better for him. On the other hand, if Bakhmeteff (refer- ring to the former Russian ambassa- dor) has been getting money from people of the United States on the theory that he is feeding the Russian people when he is not. T want to know that. The only thing in which I am interested is the facts. We have not been able to get them heretofore on zrbounl of censorship and propagan- B RACE IN SENATE FOR DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP ‘Washington, Jan. 14—Further and more determined efforts to bring about | ratification of the peace treaty is ex- pected to follow seleetion tomorrow by the democratic senators of a leader to succeed the late Senator Martin of Virginia. Senatorial conferences today were devoted almost exclusively. to the leadership ~ race between Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, administration manager in the treaty contest, an Senator Underwood of Alabama, fo imer democratic leader in the house. ‘The democrats meet in caucus tomo: row morning before the senate con- venes to make their choice, with an | extremely close contest in prospect. | Managers of the Hitchcock and Un- derwood campaigns, while both claim- ing victory, agreed tonight that the| democratic memberskip was very evenly divided and that one vote might decide the contest. Effect of the democratic leadership | election on the treaty is predicated on variant positions taken recently by | Senators Hitchcock and Underwood on ratification. Aithough both have urged unreserved ratification, Senator Un- derwood declared several days ago that if unable to seeure complete rat- ifiaction he was prepared to support a reservation of partial ratification, ex- | cluding the league of nations covenant | and leaving it for settlement in the | fall elections. Senator Hitchcock has | opposed such a course. Another factor | is the authorship of Senator Under- wood of the pending motion for ap- pointment of a senate committee on conciliation. OFFER HIGHLY SPECULATIVE OIL AMO MINING STOCKS HartforZ, Jan. 14—Tens of thous- | ands of highly speculative oil mining company shares are being of- fered for sale through the mails and | by house to house canvasses in Con- | necticut, despite the efforts of the state banking commissioner to pro- tect the public from such ‘“invest- ments.” Every sale of such stock with- in the borders of Connecticut subjeets | the person making the sale to a fine of not more than $100. ! There isn’t an oil or mining com- | pany in the world that can legally sell stock in Connecticut, according to Bank Commissioner Everett J. Stur- bes. Under the provisions of Section | 3461 of the Connecticut statutes every oil or mining company that wishes to float its shares in this state must fur- nish the bank commissioner with a full statement of its financial condi- tion and must get a license from the cemmissioner good for one year. “ have mot had any complaints trom people who have bought oil or | mining stocks but if I do I will pre- | sent the facts to the attorney. gen- eral as_provided by law,” Mr. Sturges said today.. Five companies have made applica- | tions since last September for the privilege of selling such stock in! Connecticut but due entirely to their own procrastination in - filing neces- sary statements the investigation provided for has, not even begun. GENERAL EDWARDS TO BE TOASTMASTER AT HARTFORD Hartford, Conn, Jan. 14 — Major General Clarence F. Edwards, former commander of the Twenty-Sixth di- vision, will be toastmaster at the an- nual banquet of the Connecticut Com- mandery, Military Order of - Foreign Wars of the Unitell States, to be held here January 2 TREASU;( CERTIFICATES SERIES TO CLOSE FRIDAY Washington, 14 —Subserip- tions to the serics of treasury certifi- cates of indebtodness opened Januars ition of its contents had conv Azpeal to German Social Dem. Party Not to Allow Themselves to be * Provoked by Communist “Wire Pullers.” £ Berlin, Jan. 14—The social demo- cratic party.has issued an appeal to its members not to allow, themselves to be provoked by independent and com- munist “wire pullers who are directly responsible for the bloodshed and want to cotinue playing an unserupu- lous game with human lives.” The appeal asks whether the work- ers will permit, national representa- tion to be pmée-i under terrorism, and tells them that the German nation can be saved from complete destruction only by work. 7 Level minded citizens of Berlin call for government measures to prevent turther riots, especially those dreaded In connection with the celebration on Thursday of the anniversary of the death of Dr. Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg. The Vorwaerts editorially declares that according to all reports the po- lice showed the utmost patience in the rioting of Tuesday and did not fire until ten policemen had heen se- verely injured. It points out that Dr. Heine, Prussian minister of the in- terior, and Chief of Police Ernst per- sonally controlled the police, and adds that neither the government nor its organs were responsible for the blood- shed. “The aim of the crimina] elements, however,” it says, “was achieved and the ‘workers were increasingly stirred will be on the heads of those who sen- selessly led innocent people into dang- er of destruction.” the government and welcome the proclamation of martial law. The Conservative' papers regret that the measure was not applied sooner by way of precaution and for this reason shift the responsibility for the biood- shed to the government. OETAILS OF ATTACK ON THE REIGHSTAG London, Jan. 14, despatch under date says that Dr. Karl Heine, Pru minister of the interior, speak the assembly today on Tuesday orders, assumed full resho the protertive mencnrars accused the independents of incited the W o speech was nol independents. Chancellor Bauer said: my duty to expre of v “I regard it polic They opened fire only they had been attacked by arms. reichstag _building by the the mob night would have ensued.” MORE THAN 20 KILLED IN RIOTING AT BERLI 14.—The Berlin, Jan. estimates Quiet prevailed during the nizht; forced. DEVELOPMENTS IN TROUBLE teen admirals, headed by Rear Ad- miral William S. Sims, was submit- ted to Secretary Danies today by Sen- senate naval sub-committee on inves- tigation of mavy decoration summoned to appear before the com- mittee which will hold its first meet- ing Friday. Rear Admirals William S. Benson, re- tired, former chief of naval opera- tions; Austin M. Kpight, retired, head of the special hoard on naval awards; Charles J. Badger, retired, general board; Barnett, commanding the corps, and of all bureau chiefs, distinguished service medal awarded him should the list of awards stand s announced, will he the first of the officers to testify before the sub-com- mittee at Friday’s hearings. Secre- tary Daniels apnounced today that he had received another letter of a “high- ly controversial”*nature from Admiral Sims. «The secretary said that he had not read the letter carefully and would not make it public until he had done so but that a_cursory examina- ced him that it contained general criticism of the navy’s conduet of certain phases of the world war. 7 Surprise was_expressed cirel in navalj tonight that the name of Rear Admiral Benton C. Decker, now on duty at Key West, Fla., was not in- cluded in the list of naval officers tq be called before the Admiral Decker, shortly after the pub- lication. of Admiral Sims’ letter of re- fusal to Secretary Daniels, declared his services as naval attache at United States participation in the war practically prevented an alliance of Spain with the central powers. There were indications that the commanding officers of all United States naval vessels sunk or seriously damaged by submarine attack during the war—the awarding of medals to whom has entered into the controver- sy—would he called after the first list of witnesses had heen heard. Secre- tary Danies will be given an oppor- tunity to appear before the commit. tee later, members said. ARMOUR CO. TO SELL ITS LEATHER PROPERTIES Chicago, Jan. 14—The directors of Armour & company, packers, today took initial steps to segrregate its leather and tanning properties in the Armour Leather company, now form- ing. This is the first step toward sep- arating subsidiary businese of the company in compliance with the agrecment with the government. The first subscription to the stock of thermour Leather company will be off@d to preferred stockholders of Apmour & compuny of record on Feb, The directc: today ordered the 1 will close Friday, Secretary Glass announced tonight. These certificates, the first to bear an interest rate of 4 2-1 per cent, were dated January 2 and will mature December 15. stock hooks TFeb. 10, The subscription price and the par value of the new stock was not an- nounced. closed from Feb., 2 to .| of New Jersey were re-elected. by the bloodshed. The responsibility All the Rightist papers also support A Berlin wireless Wednesday interrupted by the in the name of the government my thanks to the ‘safety after criminal elements in thd crowd and, brutally maltreated and killed with their own Signals were given to storm the indepen- dents waving their handkerchiefs. Had ceeded in penetrating the building. a_second St. Baftholomew’s ot the Berlin papers of the casualties in the rioting place the dead in excess of. thirty and the wounded at one hur- Ared. the street patrols were heavily rein- OVER NAVAL DECORATIONS ‘Washington, Jan. 14.—A list of fif-| ator Hale of Maine, chairman of the awards, with the request that the officers be Included in the list are Admiral Sims, who recently wrote | Secretary Daniels sharpl, the secretary’s action in changing rec- v criticizing | for preventing Victor ommedations for war honors made by commanding officers and refusing the b-committee. | Madrid during the early days of the|. Condensed Teiegrams All directors of the Standard Oil Co. 'Repatriation of Czechs, ‘Rumaaians and Poles from Siberia will begin in a few days. 3 Officers of the Department of Justice| express confidence that sugar prices| ‘will react. Former Premier Paderewski of Po- land, will leave Warsaw for Switzer- land on Jan. 17. Governor Runyon of New Jerse: quests appropriations of $141,824,691 for state departments. j Bolovian Congress decided to ‘make the United States gold dollar: legal tender in that country. P Estate of William Henry Harriman, who died in Romc, Italy, July 26, 1918, was valued at $2,731,600. Gold coin amounting to 2580,000 was withdrawn from the sub-treasury for shipment to South America, Bar silver was qugted ' $1.36 3-4 an ounce in New Yok, cémpared with $2 1-8c an ounce in Lond.on. Longshoremen's strikie ata Kingston, Jamaica, ended and the men' are re- turning to work in Eirge numbers. French government, decided to deco- rate Premier Lloyd; George with the Grand Cross of the 'Legion of Honor. Anarchists departed on the American transport Buford are believed to be headed for Libau, Letvia, on the Baltic Sea. 1 | | Orders have been issued to com- mence immediately the withdrawal of the American Expeditionary, Forces in Siberia. Investigation of expulsion of Social- ists from New York Assembly moved to New York city. Date of inquiry set for Jan. 20. A still for making whiskey out of grapes was discovered; by internal rev- enue agents in a -raid of a house in New Brunswick, N. J. Senator Thomas of Colorado, de- clared undertakers ‘are backing propa- ganda for the retwn of American sol- dier dead buried in France. "Co. was 10,000,000 pounds, compared with 6,900,000 pounds, compared with 6,900,00 pounds in October. A conference said to represent 20,- 000,000 Americans began at Washing- ton to seek; ways and means of early ratification’ of the peace treaty. Dr. Jose Luis Tamayo, former pres- the Liberzls of ‘Ecuador, nominated. for president of the repub- Yie. Commencial C: was genetal delay in messages to Eng- land, Scaindinavia and continental Bu- rope, o by asstorm. The ‘House passed a resolution cali- ing upbn Secretary of War to furnish informaition as to all persons who re- ceived 'war decorations and the deed they performed. Groveer Cleveland Bergdoll, million- aire draft dodger, who applied to au- thorities at Governor’s Island for work pending his trial, was assigmed as pri- son laurdry checker. Flight from Rome to Tokio is sched- uled for not later than Jan. 20 with or without participation of D'Anun- zio, accomling to Colonel Berliri, di- rector of aeronautics. Italian Socialists in America are urged in resolutions passed by direct- tors of the party in session at Flor- ence to spread their ideals of oppo- sition to hasten their triumph. Reports from France received by | State Department say the Seine flood and Henry T. Mayo, former |reached its maximum height on Jan. 6/ commander of the Atlantic fleet. In {and résulted in making 7,00 homeless| addition the committee requested the!and throwing 21,000 out of employment. appearance of Major General George marine Socialist Education Club of Hudson County, New Jersey, began legal ac- tion against the State of New Jersey Berger from {spaking at a meeting jn Jersey City recently. 7 Austrian warships are being towed to France as a part of arrangements made in peace treaty. The ships were found in such bad condition it is be- Jieved it will be impossible to put them into service. The blowing down of a tree in a park belonging to the Prince de Croy dur- ing a storm at La Louviere, Belgium killed Princess de Salm-Salm, aged nine, and badly injured Prince Alex- ander de Croy, also aged nine. Association opposed to national pror hibition announced it would seek to in- tervene in a suit brought by the State Supreme court to determine the va- lidity of the eizhteenth amendment. MEMBERSHIP OF GIRL SCOUTS MORE THAN 60,000 Philddelphia, 1 Reports pre- sented today at the s h annual coun- cil meeting of the Girl Scouts of America showed that the orzanizatlon now has a membership of more than sixty thousand. Mrs. Wodrow Wilson honorary president. Other- officers elected ~are: President, Mrs. Arthur Osgood Choate, Pleasantville, N. Y.; vice presdents, Mrs. James J. Storrow, Boston, and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Washington; treasurer, Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, New York. Mrs. Juliette Low, the founder of the Girl Scouts move- ment in the country, who voluntari retired as president, was unanimously elected an officer and the office of “founder of Girl Scouts of America” was specially created for her. was elected M. L. T. A. BENEFICIARY IN WILL OF JOSEPH HEWITT Brocktom, Mass., Jan. 11.—By the will of the late Joseptv Hewitt of th city filed for the probate court today a trust fund of $200,000 is establizhed, to be turned over mfter the death of his wife to the Massachusetts Lns tute of Technology. The sum of $20.- 000 is to be set apart from this fund for scholarships at the institute, pref- erence to be given to scholars from the Brockton public schools. November output of Chile Copper ident of te Senate and candidate of has been| able Co. declared there ng to a breakdown of wires of Rhode Island in the United States| Savannah, Ga. | Stronger Liquors. Washington, Jah. 14—In ope of the broadest constructions yet placed on provisions of the act of enforcement of jconstitutional prohibition, Probibition Commissioner Kremer has ruled that fruit julces and ciders come within the dry ban' if they contain more than one-half of one per cent. alcohol. The commissioner’s interpretation of the Jaw was set forth today in a memo- randum charging prohibition diréctors and inspectors with the added duty of examining the- alcoholic content of such beverages. The drastic regulation goes into ef- fect with constitutional prohibition January 16. Violation of it carries the same penalties as for the manufacture or sale of stronger liquors. Natura] fermentation will offer no ASKS BANKS TO PROMOTE WAR SAVINGS SECURITIES New York, Jan. 14—An appeal to banks by Secretary of the Treasury Glass for continued co-operation in acting as agents for sale of war sav- ings securities was made public t night by the American Bankers' Asso- ciation. After asserting that the objects of the government savings movement are to stimulate savings and to pro- tect the secondary market for Liberty and Victory loan bonds and_treasury certificates of indebtedness, Mr. Glass added that banks and trust com- panies can aid_greatly by promoting the holding and purchase of govern- 'ment bonds and offering facilities for their purchase and sale under proper conditions. “Such_service meets two present needs—first, to protect inexperienced |investors from the swindling schemes ‘of dulent_stock vendors who are profiting by the present tendency to reckless speculation, and, second, for purchase or sale of Liberty bonds and Victory notes upon’ fair terms,” said Mr. Glass. “At present too many of this new investing public fall into the clutches of the scalper or the ‘investment com- pany’ of dubious reputation and devious business methods. More en- lergy by the banking institutions in |these directions should among other results have the consequence Of se- 1 ultimate investors of government ob- ligations now held by the banks.” EFFORTS TO VHEUNI:FE TWO WINGS OF THE M. E. CHURCH Louisville, Ky., Jan. 14.—In a church edifice controlled by the same reli- gious organization which sponsored a breach in the Methodist Episcopal church in 1846, thus dividing the church membership into north and south factions, a_joint cammission of both churches will meet here tomor- row in an endeavor to reunite the. two_wings. Bishop W. F. McDowell, Washing- ton, will head the delegation from the Methodist Episcopal Church, North, and Bishop Edwin Mouzon, Dallas, Texas, the southern faction. ‘The meeting will be clesed to the pub- lic and will last several @ays. Slavery indirectly caused the breach. Because the. wife of Bishop Andrews, - Georgia, owned a negro Slave girl in 1844, Methodist Episco- pal congregations’ in the north con- tended the bishop should be remov- ed. Southern branches of the church held that he was appointed Dby a church conference for life and could not be ousted. Two ykears later the southern congregations ‘seceded” and formed the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The action occurred in the Fourth Street Methodist Church here and sentiment according to the Rev. §. J. ThHompson, present pastor of the church, caused the meeting to be called here. The Methodist Episcopal Church, North, claims a membership of ap- proximately four million and th million southern church two sons. | i BAKERS CALLED TOGETHER BY FAIR PRICE COMMISSIONER Hartford, Jan. 14—DMaster from var:ous parts of the state Bakers were | United . Cohen was pr Scovillg, after J. Travis of Brid the baking, with W. was head of J the food administratio; cut, decided that before s br alki proposed incr put into effect ti required to shbw cause and m - for \a reasonable ca: increases. The v | which had been following the de {ments, including. the Irise in the price of flour jcrease in other materi | wages, it was announced, the o believe that some incre but fair for the haker: increase uniform a sound reagons that it might be ex understood by the purchasing pul SPRINGFIELD CITY LIBRARY library, it Was announced toda: removed from its shelves all volumes dealing with the manufacture of beer, wine or_liguors, helieving that to do |80 would be in keeping with the spirit has ing to prevent such manufa persons who might desire to do so. The action was taken on the initiative of that the law mage such action essen- tial. ALL WELL ABOARD ITALIAN LINER PRINCIPESSA MAFALDA —CHavas). The Italia nliner Princi pessa Mafalda arrived = here today from South America, All on board were well. The Principessa Mafalda re- ported on Saturday sunk by a mine with the lo: ives. : of the prohibition enactment by tend- | erages—Natural Fermentation will Not be an Excuse for Evasion of the Regulation Carries Same ' Penalties as for the 1 curing the desired distribution among excuse for evasion of the r it was declared. New York, Jan. 14.—Senator E. Edge, former governor of Jersey, expressed dissatisfaction both prohibition and the Uni States senate in an address tonight ai the dinner of thé New York ' Hotel| Men's association. He said he g sorry Gavernor Edward L Eds was not present, for although were opposed not long ago, “I ag with his policy.” he added, “when eo:n to the question of personal. erty ¥ “FRIENDLY INTERVENTION® + « IN MEXICO ADVOCATED ‘Washington, Jan. 14—“Friendly in tervention” to restore stable govern. ment in Mexico would receive the stp=i port of many of the best class of: Mexicans, the number of whom 0 increase’ with time, Edward Field Har- vey, vice president and the Laguna Company of Mexico, tified today before an examiner the senate foreign relations sub: mittee. Mr. Harvey who is a Br subject, said he spent five years in Mexico as a representative of his com pany, which he said owned 650, acres of timber and rubbep Harvey advocated blockade of ports and occupation of Me g The first duty of the United S after intervening, he said, wou to call a constitutional convention take steps to reorganize the - ment. SE. “The' Mexican mind is receptive radical beliefs,” Mr. Harvey said. greater menace to the industrial fare of the United States could .pos- sibly arise than the _spreading radicalism among the Mexicans. That is another reason for cleaning. 1 Mexico,” i Mr. Harvey defended Huerta as ai “genuine constitutionalist.” He blam=! ed the present ill feeling between Mex: ico and the United States on “the: withdrawal of the steadying influence of Henry Lane Wilson and the per=. sonal baiting of the Mexican governss ment.” £ s | TWO AMERICANS KILLED IN o SKIRMISH IN SIBERIA] London, Thursday, Jan. 15—Two Americans were killed and three wounded in a clash with an armored train of General Semenoff, commander in chief of the all-Russian armies, be=: tween Lake Baikal and Verkhneudinsk in the province of Trans-Baikalia, 8c-, cording to the correspondent of the Daily Mail at Harbin. The American: were reported to have captured the train, 7. Details of the brush between th Americans and the Semenoff forces. were unavailable. Other clashes were reported between £ the Czecho Slovaks and General Sem-+ enxt‘[“sl troops. 3 Moscow wireless despatch says the majority of the Cossacks in the Amur region and also the Burians the Kirghizes of the Trans-Baikal re- gion have revolted against the massa-, cres of General Semenoff and repudi=. ated his representatives. > A TRIAL OF JOSEPH CAILLAUX fi FIXED FOR FEBRUARY 17' Paris, Jan. 14—The opening of the trial of Joseph Caillaux, former pre- mier of France, charged with intrigu= ing to bring about a premature ard dishonorable peace with Germany, was tonight fixed for Feb. 17. M. Cafllaux appeared before the senate, sitting as a bigh court, late this evening after a long wait, while the senate was elect- ing a president and other officials.” He looked pale and draw) 3 Prosecutor Lescouve asked that the trial be postponed to Feb. 3 in order to afford the newly elected senators time to study the voluminous dockets: in the case. Vincent De Moro-Giafferi, counsel for M. Caillaux. surprised, all present by asking for a further detas. to the end of February. instead of demanding an immediaté {rial a8 1t had been reported he would. and also by his failure to request the provision= al liberty of Me Caillaux. \ DAMAGE BY GALES AND SEAS OFF COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA Halifax, N. S., Jan. 14—Reports ar- riving here today from Newfoundjard tell of the havoe wrought along that ast by the winter's gales. and 34ad ghest waves in vears were rec- ine the Little Harhor Head * 2t one time to the 200 foot high tow- er’ of the lighthouse, encasing it=in 9 1-2 inchey of ice. The keener had to lower himself from the topmost dow to chop away the heavy eas- Defore he could restorc the Nght { service. At Batteau Cove a 200 pound ledse TO BAN “BOOZE” LITERATURE | Was severe. Springfleld, Mass., Jan, 14.—The city | HEARING ON SECOND ture Dy | publican, Ohio, proposing a reduction | last to have been| < ss of 700 Greeiifield, | Newfoundland coast the lappointment of a copgressios the library authorities in the belief | mittee to determine the princ anchor was swept away. The entirs is strewn wit h thrown up by lobsters, clams and fi tempestuous seps. Fishermen e lost virtually every piece _of ckle and gear, Damage to shipping CLASS POSTAGE FES; 10 Washington, Jan. 14—The house postoffice committee today ruary 10 for a hearing of proponents of the bill of Representative Fess, re- in second class postage rates. and tha pies up- on which these rates shall be assessed by the postal authorities. : OFFICERS ELECTED BY ELECTRICAL INSFECTORS| Hartford, Conn., Jau. 14—At the an- nual meeting of the New England As- sociation of* Electrical Inspectors to- day the following officors were efect- ed: President, T. H. Day of Hart vice president. J. P, Rohan. of R ford; secretary Forsyth Hopking of Springfield, Mass, 4% ,r set Feb= . & hey (i “ § & 4 3 3 o