Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 20, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXil—NO. 18 ~ POPULATION 29,919 TRADUCERS OF NAVY MAY BE CALLED UPON TO EXPLAIN Charges of Rear Admiral Sims Are to be Investigated by Sen- ate Sub-Committee—General Wood to be Called Before the House Naval Committee¢ to Explain Statement That American Naval Vessels Were “Floating Death Traps” —Considering Charges Made by Editor John R. Rathom That Navy Seamen Were Used for “Vile and Nameless Practices,” With Knowledge of Secretary Daniels. Washington, Jan. 19.—Charges of Rear Admiral Sims that the navy de- partment failed to cooperate fully with the allies during the great war will be investigated by the senate sut mad This was decided today by the full committee, which also author- d appeintment of another sub-com- i mittee to determine whether - there shouid be an inquiry into charges made by John R. Rathom, editor of the Providence (R, 1). Journal that with the knowledge of Secretary Daniels, “many seamen in the navy h: been used for most vile and in order to entrap meless practl Rlcent saei” While the senate committee was in session, Secretary Daniels announced that Admiral Sims would be ecalled on make good his charges either a naval board. . “hairman Butler of e naval committee announced t Major Generai Leonard Wood 1 he called before that committee 1 stateme attributed to American naval vessels were tra General Wood Portland, Maine, today, aid was that naval ¥y untrained crews h traps in_battle. Admiral Sims' charges ed by the senate sub- | its present invest -1 orations is compiet- | bably will be within ten| tigation was contin- 2 Admiral Sims con- Rear Admiral *f of the At- will be| ee met today in_execu n ator Pittman, | democrat, Nevada, sought to have the| entire committee conduct the inquiry to Admi ailezations, but or i ublican, Massachu- objey the ground that the tommitiee was t0o busy with other pressing matters. Ser Pittman then sought to have ecial sub- committee appointed, but amotion was defeated. Fith this matter disposed of, the| committee took up telegrams sent to Senator Lodge others by Mr. Ra-| thom, charging immoral conditions in the navy and or:zed Chairman Page 0 appoint a sub-committee to make a prelimina 1uiry to develop wheiher a was war- : at there was| sion of the naval intelligence ! d and maintained for the spe- purpose of using naval sedmen “entrap innocent men” ang that as of the “practices” resort- norale of the navy ‘depart- nz rapidly destroyed.” He the entire blame for thi ds at the door of Mr. and nowhere else” and that F statement until he was more famil- | aperations. “we have ample evidence in proof of these assertions.” Secretary Daniels declined to com- ment on Mr. Rathom's charges, de- laring that he did not desire to make committee before which they were |jar with the allegations. istant Secretary Roosevelt, who ig by Mr. Daniels to be more familiar with the matter, asserted that the special beard of inquiry ap- pointed by the judge advocate general of the navy two weeks ago had full authority to investigate the methods employed by naval intelligence offi- cers in securing evidence against per- sons under suspicion of moral delin- quency and to inquire into all judicial procedure of the navy at Newport. While charges of improper mqthods of obtaining evidence in such cases have been in the hands of the navy department for two months, Mr. Roosevelt said, the departmeht had withheld action upon them until the cases of several civilians hrought to trial upon evidence furnished by the navy, including the Rev. Samuel Neal Kent, were disposed of in the federal courts. The board of inquiry, the as- sistant secretary will proceed at once with its investization with full power to subpoena witnesses and get at all the facts. Secretary Daniels also declined to discuss the assertions attributed .to General Wood, saying that if anyone hed to “put him on'oath and let him tell what he knows about the navy, he might be calleq before the committee and he can explain his ex- pert knowledge.” Entering a general denial of the Sims charges against the navy de- partment, the navy secretary declared that “the matter has gone so far that unless at the senate investigation the charges are proven to the entire sat- isfaction of the American people, an ry will be made by a_naval secrotary emphasized that Ad- miral Sims waz not commander-in- chief of the American naval forces overseas and that throughout the war he was subordinate to Admiral Mayo as commander of the Atlantic fleet. and to Admiral Benson, chief of naval He said Admiral Sims' duty was to make recommendations to the department and then to obey the orders issued after those recommen- dations were considered. AIr. Danicis indicated ..that . there, weré frequent clashes hetween the de- partment end Admiral Sims because destroyers were not withdrawn from convoying troop ships and assigned to duty in the submarine zone and add- ed that it was the paramount duty of the navy to protect American soldiers going overseas, Asked whether he contemplated re- primanding Admiral Sims for eriti- cisms that mizht be proven bascless, Mr. Daniels said: T have never emploved the ald time military methods of dealing with eritical naval officers. CHICAGO STRICKEN WITH INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA Ch . Jan. 18.—Chicago’s health | department gmped with ap- peals for nurses today to combat the of infl d_pneumonia, of more than iwo thousand cases been reported the last 48 with fifty deaths. Health de- | declared the city, ¥ nurses to handie operating from today, began a sur- f the city 10 aid in relief meas- nd plans were made to augment | force tomorrow. i ince 9 o'clock this morning, 5001 new cases of influenza were reported to the board of health. with ten deaths and new pneumonia cases numbered 100, with sixteen death: Health ~department officials point- ed out that the death rate has been extremely small as compared with last vear's epidemic and with the mamber of cases reported, Health Commissioner John Dill Roberivon today started a campaign fgainst “cold flat” owners, when 105 compiaints were received. An inquiry will be made into each complaint, and where sickness is found action to bring about a_proper, heat supply will be taken, Dr. Robertson said. The health commissioner of Evans- ton reported that influenza, cases to- gay increased 20 por cent, and that 200 persons were ill there. Other neighboring towns reported slight in- creases, The epidemic has been checked at Camp Grant, Rockford, Il., and at the Great Lakes Naval Training Sta- lion %6 new cases were reported to- day. as compared with a previous daily average of 150. CARRANZA ORDERS ARREST - OF GEN. SALVADOR ALVARADO vioashington, Jas. 19—Private ~ad- ices from Mexico today reported the arrest of General Saivader Aivereds former governor of Yucatan, at Ran- con Antenio, Isthmus of Tehauantepec, by General Aleios Gonzales, acting under orders of President Carranza. 1t was charged that Alvarado was on his way to join an armed movement to set up a revolution and a soviet goverhment in Yucatan. The same despatches said El Demo- crata. Carranza’s officia Irogan in Mexico City. had amnounced the sup- pression of the Spanish Herald, Alva- rado’s pewspaper. and the Monitor Re- Publicano, General Obregon's paper, on orders of Carranza. DAMAGE BY OVERFLOW OF THE RIVER MEUSE The Hague Saturday, Jan. 17.—The rising waters of the River Maas (Meuse) have broken a hole in the dike near Nijmegen, two and a half miles from the German frontier, flood- ing @ large tract of the country. The railway has been' swept away and traffic dislocated. The occupants of houses in the flooded area fled to the roofs rescue a larze number of boats have sent by rafl to assist them. Many sitice have been drowned. MINE CWNERS RESPOND TO DEMANDS OF MINERS ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—Mine owners were given opportunity today by the{ coal strike scttlement commission to respond to the demands presented by miners’ spokesmen last week for the recognition of certain wage differen- tials. The miners’ demands, which are additional to the requests for a general wage. increase and the thirty Rour week were met by Tracy L. Guthrie, for westen Pennsylvania, Ohio, with the assertion ‘that they merely amounted to methods of rais- ing wages by indirect methods. Thomas T. Brewster, for the Tili- nois operators, C. A. Maurer for Ohio and Phil H. Henna for Indiana, agreed with Mr. Guthrie's assertion. Brewster asked the re-establishment of certain differentials in southern Illinois, which were alplished after a strike some years ago. Ed Stewart, president of the Indiana Miners’ union, replyving to Penna's remarks incidentally brought in the charge that certain Indiana * mines were accustomed to sell as coal im- purities and slate mined along with the burnable product. President Rob- inson of the commission agreed to al- low a defense of the charge to be made by the companies mentioned be- fore closing the record. Hearings will be continued tomor- row for further presentation of the controves e LB T RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL IS SLASHED TO $12,400,000 Washington, Jan. :9—With much of its “pork” eliminated, the annual rivers and harbors ®ppopriation bill, carrying funds for the next fiscal vear, was reported today to the housa by the ways and means commitiec. 'The bill would appropriate only $i2,400,- 000, a slashing down of, $30,500,000 from the total of estimates submit- ted to the committee and a consider- able cut from the amounts usually carried by the measures. Of the total appropriation ecarried $7,000,000 would be used for improve- ment work; $5,000,000 for mainten- ance, and $400,000 for survey purposes. “The funds now available in adai- tion to the lump sum of $7000,000 for further improvement work,” the re- port stated, “should be ample to prosecute . without interrupting the progress of the work. The plan adopted in this bill will permit the secretary of war to allot fands to the different works when and as the maintenance is needed.” MEMBER OF PERMANENT- COURT AT THE HAGUE New York, Jan. 19.—John Basset Moore, professor of international law and diplomacy at Columbia univer- sity, has been reappointed a1 member of the permanent court at The Hague, according to announcement made at the unlverslt{m'::lght. Notification of the reappoin t came from Secre- tary of State Lansing. Cabled Ea:agraphs Guilty of Attempted Assassination. ba Pasha, December 15. hargd labor. prisoner - intended only the premier. to FURTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF OUTRAGES BY MEXICANS San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 18.—After describing one outrage after another which_he said he had witnessed, Dr. John Hunter, an American physician of Nogales, told the senate sub-com- mittee investigating the Mexican sit- tion today he never had known of g an American in Mexico since 1910. Dr. Hunter was one of the Amer icans occupied Vera Cruz. representatives. J. D. Ward, now ‘a Texas and got back into the ng “nited State: without being captured. He was liv: ing on a fruit farm with his wife in One night he was visited by soldiers led by one subse- quently .identified as a non-commis- 1915, he testified. sioned officer in the Carranza army. After be had shot down three of them the attacking party withdrew and the remainder of the night was_spent by Mr. and Mrs. Ward in hidfng under the barn. It developed the next day, he said, that the Mexicans on their way to his house had raided that of an American negro, brutally attacking the man's wife, also a negro, A big Cherokee Indian, Odia Jacks, who was a member of the colony, told the committee he been held for nineteen days and ord ered shot by Colonel Lopez de Lara, who insisted he was a Yaqui Indiar and a.spy of Villa. Blaff, Ark. ‘When the train on which Mr. Hunter can refugees was on its way from Guadalajara to Manzan- illo the occupants- were subjected al- to the at stations and other Amer: most constantly, he declared, jeers of the Mexicans through which the train passed. their count: were at war, that already “a Mexican army of 150,000 soil of the United States.” Bonzales de la Mata, the M consul here, announced he has re. ceived the instructions from the Mex: ican foreign office relative to manner in which his govenment will regard any Mexican who testifies be- fore the committee, To all caller: ai the consulate he had explained Mex- lco will regard them as “traitors” i they appear as witnesses. R. B. FOSDICK RESIGNS AS L. OF N. REPRESENTATIVE ; The A.i P.(—Raymond B. Fesdick, under- see- retary general of ‘the League of Na- tions and American representative in the leéague machinery so far. has re- ‘Washington, Jan. 19—(By signed. " Mr. Fosdick's friends say tha inasmuch as the league has not been accepted by the United States he did not feel se could continue Mr. Fosdick announced his resigna- Erie tion in a cablegram Drummond, secretary which he said: to Sir general, in “Now that the League of Nations is no longer a provisional organization but has become established as a go- lack of decision as to America’s course plac- es me personally in a position of pe- culfar embarrassment. In order, there- fore, to avoid any confusion or mis- on as ! ing concern, the continued understanding as to my posi under secretary general of the league, it seems best for me to tender my 1 do this with deep re- gret because I do mot like to appear to be abandoning those with whom I have been associated for the last few. months just at the moment when their responsibilities and opportunities are The league is now approaching the point where it can! begin to carry out the world's hopes | for disarmament, arbitration, the pro- tection of backward people, the furth- ering of international hedith projects and all the other humanitarian issues upon which we have heen working resignation. becoming real. for the past six months. 1 feel sure, however, that you will appreciate the reasons which have led up'to my de- cision and will recognize that if as| to withdraw from official connection with an American I now feel forced the secretariat, it is not for lack of faith in the league” Fosdick is a young lawyer who at- tracted * national attention during the term of Mayor Gaynor by the man- ner in which he investigated the mu- Duri#g the war he was Chairman of the gommission on training camp activities, and was ap- the League of Nations by Sir Eric Drum- nicipal finances. pointed as under secretary of mond last May. With Sir Eric and Jean Monet, the he ‘was a member of the cabinet of the Under the general direction of the three, a staff of experts se- lected from many countries has been working on tentative plans for dis- of o international justice and other instruments provid- French under secretary general, league. armarhant, mandates, minorities, a court protestion ‘ed_by the league covenant. Mr. Fosdick will return to the prac- tice of law in New York. SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE ON VALITDITY OF PROHBITION ‘Washington, Jan. 19—The supreme court today decided to pass on the va- lidity of both the federal prohibition which became operative last Saturday, and the act of con- gress -prescribing the manner of its amendment, enforcement? The court's decision will be rendered on proceedings which are to be insti- tuted by the state of Rhode Island, which was given permission today to Solicitor Gen- an- nounced that he immediately would prepare and file a motion asking for dismissal of the Rhode Island case on the grounds the the court lacked bring an original suit. eral King for the government, Jurisdictions. BRIDGEPORT HOUSING CO. BUYS DWELLINGS OF U. 8. Bridgeport, Conn,, sale by the United States governmer to the Bridgeport Housing company of apartments and houses built during the war to accommodate munition workers in this city. was $1,300,000. Cairo, Jan. 19.—Arian Youssef Said was found guilty today of attempting to assassinate Premier Youssef Wah- He was sen- tenceéd to ten years imprisonment at The defense was that the frighten Meéxican being punished for killing His ac- count of the flight of the Americans was accepted as additional evidence of the higher regard held by Mexicans for the British and German foreign farmer, gave the committee the first instance in its record of an American scoring on the Mexicans. Ward shot one of them Blalock had Jacks is from Pine and the United States| was trampling the the Jan. 19.—An- nounement was made today of the The price paid b 3 i First Important Action Will be at Political National Con- Milwauicee, 'Wis,, Jan. method used by the prohibitionists to establish prohibition will be used by the anti-prohibitionists to revoke it, according to Claude R. Diegle, grand secretary of the Order of Camels, the national organization formed to fight prohibition. < Mr. Diegle said political action would be employed by the order. In every case, he said, the order would oppose a prohibitionist rather than favor any- one anti-prohibitionists. “The first important action will be a tthe national ocnventions of the re- publican and democratic parties this summer,” said” Mr.. Diegle. HALT IN HEARING OF SOVIET AMBASSADOR MARTENS ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—The senate investigation of bolsheviki propagan- £ cans at Guadalajara when the Amer. s|{da_in the United States came to a T be s : newcomers. They dropped their lug- ®!sudden halt today after Ludwig C. e e e A. K. Martens, self-styled Russian | 548% Whibped off thelr caps as a Soviet ambassador, read a preliminary statement reviewing his life history. The sub-committee adjourned so the memgers might attend other import- ant comnfittee meetings and Chair- i man Moses said the inquiry would not Dbe resumed until Monday to permit { Wade H. Ellis, former attorney gen- eral of Ohio, who was engaged to- day by the sub-committee as counsel to_reach Washington. Martens, who was accompanied to th& committee room py his attorney, former Senator Hardwick, of Georgia, and his secretary, ,Santeri Nuorteva, was told to consider himself in the custody of the committee until his testimony had been completed. No ef- fort was made by department of jus- tice to serve on Martens the warrant | issued some time ago for his arrest on { charges of radical activity and it was junderstood that- service would be withheld until the committee had fin- ishd with him. Former Senator Hardwick told the committee his client was® wholly in- nocent of any activity or agitation tending to overthrow the American government and had “conducted him- self with the strictest of propriety un- The Mexicans were convinced by|der the rules of international law.” He the manufactured “news” that was added that Martens would freely +being printed in the paper that already|answer all questions the committee might desire to ask. After it hears the Soviet agent, the committee plans to call his secretary and also his so-talled chief of staff, Gregogy Weinstein, who is at_ liberty on bond awaiting hearing on deporta- tion proceedings. Chairman Moses said afier Monday it was planned to pro- ceed rapidly with' the investigation. In selecting Mr. Ellis as counsel the committee disposed of a controversy which was aroeused over the proposal to employ Archibald - Stevenson, at- torney- for the New York- legislative committee investigating radical aetiv- ity, Senator Borah, republican, Idaho. n 1 t £ e yment of fevenson saying he Qid “ngt wanteto transfer the Lusk (New York legisiative) investigation | to the senate” and that he would quit i the committee if Sfevenson were ap- pointed. Protest ‘against: selection of Stevenson also was laid before the committee by E P. Jennings, a Lehigh- *|ton, Penn., machinery Manufacturer, MEETING OF FINANCIERS OF PAN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS ‘Washington, Jan 19.—Financiers of the Pan-American republic sat at the council table today and took thought how they could best promote the mu- tual welfare of tht nations they rep- resent. Drawn together, as President Wil- son said, in a message of welcome, hy no selfish purpose but solely for thg purpose of ascertaining how they | might serve one another, the delegates jto the second Pan-American financial conference, ‘including the ministers of | finance of several countries, begtn | their work by reaffirming the solidar- ity of the Americas in ideals of peace and justice, Secretary Glass presided at the opening session at which the delegates heard the message from President Wilson addresses by Secretary Lans- ing and John Barrett, director gen- eral of the Pan-American Union, and responses by a member of each visit- ing delegation. After an informal luncheon, the delegates separated in- to national groups for conferences with prominent business men and bankers of the United States to con- sider specific problems of transpor- tation, exchange, commercial credits and other phases of international dealings. ?| Transportation was the subject dis- cussed tonight at the first general ses- sion at which John Barton Payne, chairmap of the shipping board, told what the United States government was doing to establish adequate pas- senger and freight service for de- veloping South American trade. 18 ALLEGED EXTREMISTS ARRESTED IN NEW YORK justice agents today arrested on de- portation warrants 18 extremists al- leged to be trying to effect organiza- tion of the Union of Russian Work- ers, a communist soclety headed by Pefer Bianki, who was deported to soviet Russia’ with Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman. There were two raids, one on an East 16th street apartment house and _|another on an East 13th street print- extremist paper, Workman and Peas- ant, is said to be printed. A mass of foreign lanzuage literature was seized. NEW FRENCH CABINET VISITS PRESIDENT POINCARE ‘Paris, Jan. 19—Premier Millerand conferred this afternoon with the mem- bers of his newly appointed cabinet and then went to the Elysee Palace alone to visit President Poinare. It was announed that M. Millerand would present the ministers to M. Poinacre at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning and later to President-elect Deschanel.” Some senator, it is thought, will he appointed to head the ministry of pen- sions, this post having not yet ‘been filled. TO BECOME HEAD OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AT YALE Cleveland, O.; Jan. 19.—F. E. Spaul- & £ | school at Yale university. dent. -19—The of_t ed New York, Jan. 19.—Department of ing_establishment, where the Russian ding, superintendent of pubiic schools,| EI Democrata, Carrahza’s offiical or- resigned today, effective July 31, when| zan in Mexico City. had announced the he will become head of the Graduate|suppréssion of the Spanish Herald, a The board | newspaper published in the interests of eduation accepted the resignation|of General Alvarado, former governor and named Assistant Superintendent | of Yucatan, and of the Monitor Re- R. G. Jones as the new superinten- ! publicano, General JANUARY 20, 1920 . uf Camels o |Russians Welcome | Sonerses_1erans Depoted Radicas The Exiles Were Given a Vo- ciferous Greeting by the Terijoki, _Finnish-Russian Border, Jan. 19.—(By The A. P.) The unde- sirable alicas headed by Berkman and Emma Goldman, deported from the TUnited States, entered Sovier Russia at 2 o'clock ‘this afternoon. They re- ceived an enthusiastic welcome, The deportccs, laden with suit cases and trudged through the deep Snow, laughing and singing _revolutionary songs as they ncared the border. Hearty cheers were raised by & the Russians waiting for them on the oth- er side of the frozen Systerbak river, which separates the Finnish ang bol- shevik lines. Willing hands helped them sgramble up the steep banks and amid the ruins of the war-wrecked town of Bielo-Os- trov, overlooking the stream, the bol- | sheviki gave the exiles a . vociferous greeting that stirreq up a frenzy of cnthusiasth and delight among ~the ftary band played the bolsheyik an- them, and cheering wildly, broke open their boxes of food and _cigarettes brought from the Buford, distributing them lavishly among the crowd. An amusing sight was n bolshevik officer waving a can of American pork and beans as he gave orders to the soldiers. A mounted brigadier com- manded the troops, which included boys, who appeared to be scarcely more than twelve yvears of age. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman were last to cross the river, waiting until the others were safely over. “This is the greatest moment' of my life,”) exclaimed Miss Goldman to Thei Associated . Press. “After . thiy years of absence I am returning to Russia with a feeling of awe. I am glad to leave America, but I love the American people and expect to retury | there some day.” Discussing her plan wollld continuc Lo write publicaions. 1 she saig she for American TO PREVENT' ANARCHISTS FROM RETURNING TO THE U. S. Naples, Jan. 19.—Italians who have been to Russia and those who have been arrested on any charge whatever are unable to set past the American consuls in Ttalian citiess who are ex- ercising the strictest surveillance of passport vises to prevent bolsheviki and anarchists frgm returning to, the United States on the wave of emi- grafion 4 hich :) moving toward America_as ravidiy ay ships can car- ry -the emigrants, The number demanding vises ex- ceeds the transportation capacity so greatly that the American officials are turning down all doubtful cases, pass- ing only those thoroughly literate and of good character. Certificates are re- quired from courts that the applicant for a vise has never been arrested and 1807 A ¢ ate” that no charge is pending against him. In the case of a soldier, his discharge papers must show His record. : _ The consuls take ample time to in- Vestigate all cuestionable cases. = The passport fees are producing a tremen- dous income at the seaport consulates. The Naples consulate will probably clear $100,000 above expenses this year. | YARMOUTH WILL NOT LOSE CARGO OF LIQUOR New York, Jan. 19—The cargo of hard liquor, said to beworth $2,000,000, which is on board the disabled steamer Yarmouth, now being towed' into the Virginia Capes by a coast gudrd cut- ter, is not imperilled from the prohibi- tion laws by the forced return of the. ship, revenue agents here said_today. .The Yarmouth sailed Jan. 17 for Havana, but her cargo was on boargd and cleared before the law became ef- fective, Col. Daniel L. Porter, super- vising 'internal revenue agzent here, said today. Even if it is necessary to transfer the cargo to another vessel, because of disability of the Yarmouth, he added, it can still be forwarded to its destination under the same clear- ance. t SOVIET SUCCESSES CAUSED BREAK IN RUSSIAN EMBARGO London, Jan. 19.—The military suc- cesses of the ssoviet forces were the cause of the action of the allies in de- ding to permit the reopening of trade with Russia, according to a wireless statement from Moscuw, picked up -here, in which industrial Russia_is urged to apply ltself to its tasks. The message says: “The blockade ring has been broken by the victories of the red army. The army of labor has started its tam- paign. The workers defeated the en- emy. when thousands of the fdithful hands took up the matter. To your lathes, machines, ratchets, hammers and shovels. There is work for horny hands.” OROUTH IN AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN BROKEN Melbourne, Jan. 19 (Australian Tel- egraph Agency).—Heavy rains have fallen throughout Victoria and New South Wales, definitely breaking the long pertod of drouth. It is expected that the season will be saved for both the stock raisers and wheat growers. The governor general of New South Wales has issued a statement denying alarmist reports published in London of the great losses in sheep, cattle and wheat brought about by the lack of rain, AUSTRALIA'S AIR NEEDS FOR WAR PURPOSES Melbourne, Jan. IS (Australian Tel- egraph Agency).—Australia ngeds for purposes a minimum air force of 16 squadrons of 25 airplanes each and two flying boat squadrons, according to Major General J. G. Legge, chief of the general staff. To maintain such an equipment equal on a population basis to Great Britain, the common- wealth should have, in the opinion of General Legge, a permanent force of 600 officers and 8,000 men in the alr force and more than 2.000 planes.of all sorts. ¢, ‘ CARRANZA'S SPECIAL ORGAN HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED ‘Washington, Jan. 19.—Private ad- vices from Mexico today reported that | hdspitals and other facilities for dis- Obregon's news- paper, on orders of Carranza, | A Cuban professorship will be es tablished at- Cornell univers A Moscow wireless reported fight- ing 18 progressing in the sireets of Trkutsk. Total gold hoidings of the Imperial Bank of Germany given as 1,089,499,- 000 marks. One thousand descrters from the American army still remain in and around Paris. New York quoted bar Silver at %29 1-2, compidred with London quotation of 77 1-4d. Bolsheviki troops, according to lat- est military reports, are approaching Caucasia near the Caspian. Austrian war vesscls, which under the terms of the peace treaty must be handed over the Allites, have been damaged. American steamship Saint Cecilia is | still on the rocks at Javea, in the Mediterranean, where she was driven during a fog. Spanish Senate approved a bill call- ing for compalsory syndication of industries, trades, professions and em- ployers and employe: State railways of Belgium asked for bids of 15,000 coal cars of 20 tons capacity, 3,000 flat cars of 20 tons, and 800 baggage cars. Officials of railroads operating east from -Chicago and St. Louis reported a satisfactory volume of tonnage as compared to a year ago. Raising the blockade on Soviet RuS- sia has_knocked one of the “greatest props” from under the bolsheviki, a cording to Herbert Hoover. Former German Emperor worked for ‘two hours helping the Uenu:k‘ Castle staffi strengthen the dikes,| threaténed by- rise of the Rhine. William A. Hall, Detroit, chemist an- nounced’he had periected ap antidote for bichloride of mercury poisoniug, following tests lasting five years, Eight cities will join Chicago in sending delegations to Washington to ek passage of further legislation to aid in the fight on food profiteers. Paul Deschanel was elected Presi- dent of France by a large majority. At the meeting of the National As- sembly he received 734 votes out of 889, ) Yacht race for America’s cup, will be held Julw 18 next over the Sandy Hook course, in accordance with the original challenge of Sir Thomas Lip- ton. American No. 1, said to be. the largest coal mine in the world will re- sume operations mnext Tuesday. The mine- was sealed Noy. T last,” because | of fire. 3 Fifteen persons were injured, per- haps several mortally, when a San Francisco train cashed into a street car in’ the western suburbs of Fort ‘Worth, Texas. Gangs of Sinn Feiners are contin- uing their attacks on fashionable folk. Military officers on the way to a dance were fired upon, but drove the attackers away According to Major General William S, Graves, 3,600 of 8000 men of the American Expeditionary force in Si- beria will leave Viadivostok within a fortnight for Manila. American " transport Pocohontas struck an unknown steamer hear Gopdwin Sands, off the mouth of the Thames. It is believed the schooner sank after the collision. Colonel William Cooper Procter will head campaisn committee of - New York state for the elgetion of Major General Leonard Wood as republican candidate for president. Profiteering and public ownership were declared by William Jennings Bryan to be two of the great issues on which the coming presidential cam- paign should be fought. A loné masked bandit held up Southern Pacific. train No. 10, east- bound, at Pullman, near Oakland, Cal, and escaped with registered mail, believed to be of value. Former German steamship Zeppelin 14,167 tons, recently allotted to the ‘White Star Line by Inter-Allied Coun- cil at Paris, sailed from New York for Liverpool, without passengers. A bill for higher street car fares htroughout New York State is be- lieved to have a chance of passing in the Legislature, although New York city officials are certain to oppose the measure. Valley Hotel and four stores at Middletown Springs were destroyed by fire, causing damage estimated at $55,000. Middletown Springs is near est military reports, are approaching Rutland, Vt. Appropriation of $85,000,000 to be sxpended over the next four years for| ed soldiers, sailors, marines and| s is proposed in a bill introduc-d | by Senator France. New parcel post agreements be- tween United States, England and France provide for sending of parcels at rates based on present United States charges and additional transit, according to distance. & Reports from Tetuan, Morocco, an- nounce a lieutenant and 1% soldiers wounded in the operations against Ben Karrik, a leader of a band of Moroccon insurgents in the new poa’ sitions operated by Spanish forces. War Department granted a permit for construction of the Illinois water- ways, a project to cost ahout $20,- 000,000, to connect the Great Lakes ports with the Gulf, also with St Paul, Minneapolis, and other north- ‘west centers. To prevent financial ruin of persons holding eertificates for liquor: stored in bonded warehouses having: an es- timated value of $300,000,000 or more, now worthyess as a result of enforce- ment of prohibition, conservative drys support a plan for the United States to buy the certificates THE TRANSPORT P White Star Liner Cedric is Bringing Them Into Halifax a Time the Powhatan Was Lightless and H: Storm-Swept Sea About Are All Right. New York, Jan. 19.—Lightless, heat. less, with her engines dead as the re- =ult of a leak which flooded her hoil- ers the army transport Powhatan which left here Friday for Antwerp is struggling tonight in a storm-swept sea about 200 miles south east of Halifax. On board are 271 army and civilian passengers, including elgven fax—Except for Discomfort From Cold the Passen that as soon as the weather permite: |ted the passengers would be . trans ferred to the Cedric, aitnough - tha 1 eral days. ¥ X The majority of the women and chil~ | Powhatan could remain afloat for sev= dren on the Powhatan are relatives « army officers and enlisted men, or | the "civilian _detachment detailed to women and cight children, and a crew prepare for the return of soldier dead . of more than 200 men Wireless S. 0. S. calls sént out late Sunday afternoon telling of the ve sel's plight have brought around het a half dozen or more trans-Atlantic steamers ready to give aid ‘if it is possible. Waiting at Halifax and northern ports of the Inited States are tugs and destroyers with steam up ready to put to sea if they are needed. wireless advices state that the in the ship have been brought control and except for the dis- comfort from the cold the passengers are all right. A message late today from Captain ndall of the transport said that the barometer s rising, indicating the passing of the storm, and he said | from abroad. The arm force, as shawn | by the' ecords here, consists of four oficers and 179 men and the civilian passenger list has 8§ mames. Many of the enlisted men are from | Camp Mead and are listed as replace= ment troops. |CEDRIC TAKES PASSENGERS 1 OFF TRANSPORT POWHATAN Boston, Jan. 18.—The White Star liner Cedric reported by radio tonight that she had taken off the passengers. from the army transport Powhatan, disabled 200 miles southeast of Hali= fax, and was “bringing them in.” Tho. Cedric is bound from Liverpool for New York. CHARGED WITH ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF WHISKEY Jan. 19—R. E. Wa- and William Knelb manager of R. E Louisville, K then, president kamp, general 1 Com pling to defraud the goy. nC i of taxes on distilled s Both men pleaded not guilty and werye releaseq on $2,000 bond for pre- liminary trial next week. The affidavits_on which the war- rants were based charge that Wathen as principal and Knebelkamyp as ac- cessory. illegally_removed S,000 cases of bottled in bond whiskey tax paid t the rate of $2.20 per gallon for med- ifinal use, but sold it for beverage Dpurposes. which requires an additional tax of $4.20 per gallon. The alleged fllegal removal of ‘whiskey and evasion of the tax, governmient asserts, took place during the first fifteen days of this month. The affidavits recite that it was ta from an export bondetd warehous removeq to @ free yarehouse where it surreptitiously was offered for sale, according 1o the government's allega- tion, at $130 a case, The . Wathen distillery, which was spized- todmy, - together with parrels of whiskey. is the oldest in the State. The first Wathen. still was set up in 1788, since which time its brands have been famous, the the SPANISH OBSERVER HAS DISCOVERED A NEW COMET Cambridge, Mass. Jan. 19.—Discov- ery of a new comet by a Spanish ob- server was announced by the Harvard Observatory tonight.. A cablegram to the Gbservatory from Professor Le- cointe, in charge of the new Central International Bureau of Astronomical Telegrams at Brussels, gave the in- formation ‘that the comet had been discovered on January 13 by Comas Sola, director of the observatory at Barcelona, ° The comet at present is visible only in a large telescope, Its position when discovered was right ascension 8 hours, 6 minutes, 44 scconds, de- clination minus 22 degrees 23 min- utes, no seconds. It is situated in the constellation Puppis, somewhat ecast of Sirius. Its daily motion was given as one minute, 12 seconds west, minutes, no’ seconds, of arc south. GERMANS EVACUATE TOWN OF THORN, WEST PRUSSIA of Thorn, Berlin, Jan. 19—The, town to Poland by the West Prussia, given’ treaty of Versailles, us part of her ter- ritory in the gateway to the Baltic, was evacuated by the Germans yester- day and taken possession of by the Poles. ‘ The Pole sentered Thorn under arches adorned with Polish flazs, while the houses in the town were brilliantly decorated with bunting. The streets were lined with children drawn up to receive the newfomers, the bells gvere rung and the Te Deum was sung ih the churches. The occasion passed with- out untoward incident. lromberg, in the province of Posen, vill become Polish on Jan. 23. Danzig to'be evacuated by the Germans.on Feb. 4. SEEKS VIEWS OF wWoOOD ON U. S. MERCHANT MARINE Washington, Jan. 19.—The views of Major General Leonard Wood, candi- date for the republican —presiden nomination regarding an _American merchant marine were sought by Seén- ator Edge, republican, New Jersey; in a letter to the office, which he made public today. “One of the fundamental questions said Senator Edge, “is whether the government shall continue fo con- struct, conduct and maintain a mer- chant marine, piling up. taxes to main- tain it or charging almost prohihitive freight rates to show a paper profit, or pose of it to private interests un- der reasonable conditions and regu- lations.”, DISPLAY OF LIQUOR SIGNS . NO LONGER PERISSMIBLE New York, Jan. 19—All signs adver- tising intoxicating beverages must disappear from public view tomorrow, according to an edict by James Shevlin, supervising fed®al prohibition agent for New York ciyt, Rhode Island and Connecticut. Al whiskey, gin, wine and beer signs must be cither. pulled down, hidden from the public view or be painted out, he said. Mr: Shevlin said that if any saloons display liquor signs after tomorrow, and the proprietors are making no ef- fort to tear them down, the arrest of the saloon men will be ordered. Fire which destroyed the McKinley Square Casino in the Bronx. $150,000 damage, was marked by thrilling rescues of influenza victims from nearby houses and narrow es-|m capes of more.than a score of. firé- ' du ~men when the casino walls collapsed. ol H ssued tonicht, causing GERMANS CONCERNED OVER EXTRADITION OF THE KAISER Geneva, Jan .19—A state of pro- found anxiety and astonishment reigns in Pan-German circles in Germany over the of cal demand of the allies for the extradition from Holland Of the former German emneror, according to a despatch from Basle, which_is confirmed by Munieh advices, The Pan-Germans had hoped to the end that such a final step, which affects the whole caste would not be taken, the despatch says.. They argue: that if their former chief is extradited no= body will be safe, hecause the govern= ment’s hand will ‘be forced. 1t is reported from Locarno that former King Ludwig of Bavard. on learning of the demand for William Hohenzollern's extradition, broke eut in a furious temper, condemning the act of the allies as impertinent and impudent. Former Emperor Charles of Austria, who is at Prangins, has re- fused to express any opinion. Meantime _the federal authorities and Swiss jurists are watchinz the negotjations carefully and several for- mer roval foreigners, ministers a®d politicians, in Switzerland are anx- fously awaiting the Dutch decision. 350001100 MEN IN- AIR SERVICE CORPS OF N. Y, POLICE DEPT. New York, Jan. 19.—The New York police depariment now has 100 men in its air service corps and more than 200 others hawe volunteered to give their services .free, Colonel Jefferson De Mont Thompson, special —deputy police commissioner in charge of the police aviation service, told Governor Smith’s commissiobn on aviation at its meeting here today. The commission, which is headed by Colonel Thompson, is preparing a report to the governor and the legisiature advocating the passage of a bill providing for am avi= ation cotps in the state guard and naval militia. s Colonel Thompson explained that the New York air police force was equipped with planes, hangars, land® ing places and “other things that we have not spoken about” He added that ordinances regulating air traffia over the city would he presented to the board of aldermen within a short time, CAPT. E. L. AVERfLL REFUTES STATEMENT BY CAPT. DETZER New York, Jan, 19.—The assertion of Captain Karl W. Detzer that the congressional investigation of prisom conditions overseas was responsible for his prosecution on charges of bru= tal treatment to prisoners at Le Mans, France, wis contradicted today by Captain Ernest L, Averill of Branford, Conn., testifying ~at Detzer's court martial at = Governor's Island. =Tha prosecution was the outgrowth of a gene! investigation of conditions at Le Mans, he said. Publicity given to the “Hard Boi Smith trial had a demoralizing fluence on_-discipline in oversea: guardhouses and prisons, Captain Av= erill added, and the prisoner: “get a with almost everything. He explained, however, that little w known of the case at the time-Cap Detzer's -alleged brutal acts were said to have taken place. ould 'LABOR TROUBLES IN SILK MILLS AT PATERSON, N. J. Pfterson, N J., Jan. 19.—Silk man- nfacturers’ today failed to reach an agreement with loom fixers and twist- ers in the wage dispute and the silk mills employing about 3,000/ workers will close down until a setilement i§ reached, Albert Wyman, sécretary of the Employers’ Association of Pater- son,» announced ~ tonight, The an- nouncement came as a surprise as it had been stated earlier in the day . that tie trouble had heen settled. The loom fixers' waiked out a few days ago demanding a wage increase of 15 per cent. The manufacturers de clared unless a settlement was reach- ed today it would be impossible to keep the factories open and the entire industry would be shut down. BROKEN HOSE CONNECTION FLOODS SIXTEEN FLOORS New, York, J of the” American N Bank building. were flooded . today when' a -hose connection broke’ while firemen were fighting a_trivial bl on the roof. Tons of water poured down elevator shafts and stairwhys, causing damage estimated at $10,000. The fire wa sextinguished by a‘stream played on it from the eizhteenth: fioo of the forty-story Equifable building. FOR CONTROL OF PRINT PAPER FOR ©NE YEAR ‘Washington, “fan, 1 disiribution of priat year affer the procimation of would be placed with the dapart 1. of commerce urder a bill today by Representative . topherson, “republica; outh 19 —Sixteen floors chanze National ¥