Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 24, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXH—NO. 22 _ POPULATION 29,919 o RWICH. CONN., SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920 BATTLE LINES ARE FORMIN ON ANTI-SEDITION BILLS Party Lines Are Discarded on These Measures—Representa- tive Rodenberg Charges Attorney General P;Imer With Developing “Cold Feet” — Representative Blandon, Democrat, of Texas, Declares Organized Labor is the “Biggest Autocracy” in the Country—Contends if Mem- bers of Congress Would Use Their Own Judgment They Would Pass the Measure and “Let Mr. Gompers Go to Hell.” Attacks on on bills not only uwed before the house rules com- spread to the floor of the and- - democrats to the measures defended by the rules esumption of hear rling and Graham bills rmey General Pal i the ed to present.the ion to resentative of the re- committee attorney gel plain ¢ at tomorrow a motion requesting . ppear before the commit- of the Palmer to tee. The 2 y general in a statement later in day denied that he ever had prom s support for -either the Graham bills and ntroduced by democrat, Ohid, deas on such legislation. he bills in the house Representative Broune, nrest into who declared cominictee: 3 the proposed se- ait R ey were opposed |my report to the senate and which has and Mr. Gompers | been introduced in the house by Con- eiled threat o the re- | gressman Davey.” ue after | ive Burke, | first . two | has gone out through the. press,” said nd Rep- | Mr. Palmer. “I have at no time, per- Texas, | sonally or officially, expressed appro- teering | publican party.” “The biggest autocracy in this coun- try is that which stopped the bill" de- clared the Texas representative, add- ing that if members of congress would vote their own judgment they would pass the measure and “let Mr. Gom- pers go to hell” In testimony before the rules com- mittee John D. Moore of New York, said that the democrats could capital- ize f0r campaign purposes if the re- publican controlled congress passed the pending bill as “nobody wants ad- nal - legislation.” ' Swinbourne a former army officer, told the | committee the Graham bill ‘was_ “fill-} |ed with jokers” while Alfred Beck- man of Cincinnati, former" assistant attorney general in charge of sedition cases, asserted that the proposed leg- islation would be a worse evil than the acts it might prosecute. Hundreds of letters and telegrams protesting against thy bills, including {2 letter from John L. Lewis. acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, have been received, Chair- man Campbell of the rules committee announced. PALMER DENIES APPROVAL OF THE SEDITION BILLS ‘Washington, Jan. | Genéral Palmer declared in | ment toc that he had { proved the pending ham _seditioh bills and that legisla- tion he approved was embodied in_the bill he sent to the senate and which has since been introduced .in the house by Representative Davey, dem- Ohio. entirely erroneous attjtude | Graham and Attorney never ap- Sterling and Gi impression toward the so-called Sterling _sedition bills f the provisions of any sedition | measure except the 6ne submitted in COMFLA.NTS RECEIVED FROM STATE BANKERS Washington, _Jan. from _state bankers a st - methods of officials of the rezional banks of the ledezalpeserve—system are belfg re- e e O Tonn: | addresed ot President Wilson on Jan,| Tt g toany in. ihe| 10 in which complaint was made of oday- certain deleterious and vicious meth- b ents and em § s faval 0ds” used by the navy. e : The witnesses were Rev. A, T. mre through a d manded cash tender. Tha and somebod d for that s HARTFORD PLUMBERS DEMAND $1 PER HOUR May 3 a five-year contrac bers and the! } employers where by the wage was October the sa was broken and B8, this rate I Dctober. { omplaints —Journey- | between journevmen | NAVAL BOARD OF INQUIRY IS TAKING TESTIMONY Newport, R, I, Jan.. 23—The mnaval ing conditions at the of the ministers vho signed a letter Peters, pastor of the Union Congre- gational church, und Rev. W. J. Lu- cas, pastor of the Mount Olivet Bap- tist chureh. Both testified that they had no personal knowledze of incl- dents to support the charzes contain- ed in the letter, but that they had read a transcrint of testimony taken at the trial of Rev. Samuel Neal Kent before the district court at Newport | last August. Peters testified that the two board of inquiry swhich is investigat-{ ~ Cabled Paragraphs e French Deputies Seated. Paris, Jan. 23.—The chamber -of deputies today declared valid the elec- ‘tion-of Prof. Paul E'a.h!leg,‘ Ferdinand Buisson, Paul Aubriot, M. Levasséur and M. Rozier, overruling technical objections which had been advanced to prevent the.deputles from taking their scais. MRS. ROS PASTOR STOKES AMONG 85 INDICTED Chicago, Jan. 23.—Eighty-five mem- bers of the communist party were in- dicted today by the special grand jury probing rddical activities, Most prom- inent among them is Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes, said to -be a member of the national _executive committee of the organizalion. The grand jury Wed- nesday indicted thirty-eight officials of the communist labor party. - Others . indicted . included” Paul Pe- tras, New York: Charles E. Ruthen- bersg, Cieveland; John Schwartz, Bos- ton; Alexander Stokilitsky, now said to be in Meaico City: Oscar Tywer- owsky, New York; Harry M. Wicks, Portland, Oregon; John J. Ballem, Boston: "A. Bittleman, New York; Maximilian Cohen, ~ New York: Charles Dirba, Minneapolis; Daniel Elbaum, Detroit: Isaac E. Ferguson, Chicago; Louis O. Fraina, New York; Nicholag L Hourwich, New York: K. B. Karosoes, Philadelphia; and Jay Lovestone, New York. They are members of the national executive committee of the communist part The eighty-five indicted are named in one general conspiracy indictment charging them with. advocating. over- throw of the government by violence. In addition, all but jthree are named in separate , indictments, charging them with violation of Illinois mnew state sedition law. Bond was fixed - by - Chiet Justice Crowe at $5,000 on each .count, or $10,- 1000 for all but the three, Nicholas Hourwich of New York s sald to be the editor of Novy Mir, the paper on which .Leon Trotzky work- ed while in this country. PLAN RELIEF.FOR EUROPE THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA Washington, Jan. 23.—Recommenda- tion that proposed relief for Kurope from the United States be furnished a state- | through the medium of loans to the countries of South and Central Amer- ica. the proceeds of which would be used to pay the debts of those coun- tries to Europe in the form of food- stuffs and other necessaries, was con- sidered tonight by many delegates to the second Pan-American financial congress ‘as the outstanding conclu- sessions today. The European relief recommenda- tion. presented to the congress by in a series of eighteen resolutions set- ting forth the conclusions reached at the week's meeting. Dr. Tejadas and Americahefore the war, many of the southern renublics were indebted to the European nations needing relief and were in a position to pay those debts with the needed commoditiés. The United States, it was asserted, would . confer-a_dowble benefit by al- lowing ibe Latin-American countries ares -existinz < j charge rates would work to the ad- vantage of all concerned, Dr. Tefadas said_and at least .one billion dollars could be made immediately available to Burope through the plan. | MEDICAL MISSIONARY KILLED AT CHENGTU New Haven, Com . 23—Dr. O. T. Togan. pioneer medical missionary lof Hunan province, was recent ) led “at Chengtu while | friend, General Y. H. Fen {to advices which have reached tin China" offices here. Dr. Logan was known throughout Central China and was beloved by the natives. He had given instructions ed to In the ministers’ fet- structions of an entrap certain gnated individuals” were Lieuten- M. Hudson and Irving Arnol Lieutenant Hudson was present at the hear’ nd was granted the privileze of auescioning the witnesses brief] Their renlies brought out nothing in addition to thelr direct testimony. DECISION ON THE ZONE FARE SYSTEM IN APRIL ,w;i Hartford. Conn.. Jan, 23.—The pub- vq | lic may pect a decision from the | ere | Public "utilities commission with re- S| spect to the zone fire em of the .| Connecticut company somz time in April. The commission said o infor- mally this afternoon at tho close of |the “company’s rebuttal to aszuments |against tae system after the parties in_question had been- told to file briefs on Mareh 24, and after March 2 had been designate as the day for the hearing of oral arguments on the Senator Owen In Presider tial Race Senator Robert L. Owen, Okiahoma, who has announced his randidacy for the coming Presiden- Hal nominaties. at 2 recent meet- Ing of the Owen—for—President oh in Washington. of briefs. “This is a matter ¢f great import- ance, not only to the people of Con- necticut but to the entire United tes. which is looking to Connec- icut for a decision ag to the :\Mh}! of a zone system, Chairman Richard \T. Higgins. “We shall go very carefully. If we should| decide’ in favor of the there might be' gome necessary zone system | adjustments SHIP DIRECTOR BLAIN CHARGED WITH FRAUD Seattle, Washn, Jan. 23.—Captain John A. Blain wag indicted here to- day by a federal grand jury which has been investigating alleged frauds in the war-time construction of ships for the United hipping 'board, As district ma the shipping ager board, Captain Blain, durin; o « ain, g the war, directed the government's gigantic iding programme in Ore ington. i indictments charge' Captain Blain _received secrot commissions from the Stewart Davit and quip- ment Company, New York city, on sales the company made to the ship- pirs beard while he was distriot s . ager The commissions it wis chu;g. ed. totalled appre Ximately £16,00¢ { DECLINED TO QUASH PROFITEERING INDICTMENT | Providence, R. L. Jan. 23 that the sectien of the Leverzfooguclélrf t-ol act as amended Oct. 22, 1919 va- lating to shoes and wearing ‘apparel, is constitutional, Federal Judge Arthup L. Brown today denied the motion of members of the F. G. Collins Shos cempany of this city to quash an. ine | dictment charging them with profi- teering in shoes. Connsel for the de- fendants “attacked the amended sec- tica of the act as unconstitutional and that his body should go to the medi- cal school conducteq by Yale men at Changsha, for dissection and to pro- | vide material for study by the ienty students owing to the opposition lof the Chinese to autopsies which conflict with their religious belief. Dr. |Logan did much microscopic research {work and found the “fluke” an ob- scure parasite in one of the most se- roius of anemias, TRIAL OF FORMER GOV. GRAHAM OF VERMONT | Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 23.—At the trial |of Former Governor Horace I. Gra- |ham, charged with embezzlement of | state: money while he was state audi- tor, the present auditor, Benjamin Gates, testified today that there were |overdrafts in Graham's accounts in | the fiscal yearg ending on June 30, in 11915 and 1916, In the fiscal yvears ending, on June 30 _in 1914 and 1915, the witness said, |Graham. did nol.draw all the money due hin. . The overdrafts in two years, he tes- tified, ‘Were $1,543 and $4,459, respec- tively. The amountssto which he was entitled a.addig not draw were $401 and 3692, respectively. $2,327,500 FOR $2500,000 STATE 4 PER CENT. BONDS Hartford, Conn.,, Jan. 25.—The sale today -of $2,500,000 state four per cent. bonds maturing July 1, 1936, realized the sum of $2.327,500, The success- ful bid*was 95.31, per $100 bond. Rich- ter & Company of this city and other bond brokers associated with them were ‘the successful bidders. The bonds were sold to raise money to be nvested in Liberty bonds for the es- and their dependants, the income to be distursed by thé American Leg of this state. “The bonds are part of a series of $15,000,000 that were au thorized by the genéral assembly. They will bear date July 1, 1911, and will become payable July 1, 1935. SHIPMENT,OF JERSEY CATTLE FROM ENGLAND New York, Jan. 23.—A shipment of 0. cattle from the Island of Jersey, in the English channel, which arrived i here today on the steamer Manhattan, | will be distribyted among breeding | farms in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut by the veterinary college of New York university in an effort to improve New York city's milk and dairy supply. UNDER PROHIBITION $9200 New York, Jan. 23—The Claremont Inn. the famous tavern on Riverside Drive, near Grant’s Tomb, owned by ed 29 reasons, ail of which were overruled. Seare a man into being g and ba will hoast of Ria vireue, O the city, which in pre-prohibition days commanded a yearly rental of $20,500, toduv was leased for $9,200. The lease specifies that the holder may dispense “milk Orinks.” sion of the congress which closed its| Dr. Jose Luis Tejadas, was embodied | other delegates pointed out that as| FEurope ‘acted as the financier of Latin | { to act as"the “middlemen” in"proposed relief_measures: - he- . tablishment of a fund for the benefit | of soldiers and saflors of the late war | Dutch Government ne to Accede to Demands Allied Powers For His Sur- render. London, Jan. 28.—Holland’s reply to the entente demand for the extradition of Emperor William declares that she cannot be bound by the peace treaty, to which' she is not a party, it is learnied here. Neither the Dutch con. stitution nor tradition permit of her acceding to the demand of the allied powers, the note sets forth. The national .honor, the reply de- clares, doés not permit the betrayal of the confidence of ‘those who entrusted themselves to Holland and her free institutions. E Following is the reply of the Neth eriands government to the entente _“By ‘verbal Tiote, dated Jan. 15, 1920, given to the envoy ‘of the queen at Paris, the powers, referring to Article 227 of the treaty of Versailles, demand that the government of Holland give into their hands William of Hohen- zollern, former' efmperor of Germany, 50 that he may be triak “Supporting this demand, they ob- serve that if the former emperor had remained in.Germany the - German zovernment would, under the terms of r S of the treaty of -peace, obliged to deliver. - “In citing as premeditated violations of international treaties! as well as a systematic disregard of the most sa- cred rules of ' the rights of man. a number of acts committed during the ‘of this ci | ters of resignation in which he said he - quit office because he did not approve ‘of justice; United States District Attor- “ney Kane, of Philadelphia, - Gives Reason For Resigna- tion, ‘ Philadelphia, Jan. 23.—United States District Attorney Francis Fisher Kane y today made public his let- the wholesale raiding of radicals re- cently carried out by the department was opposed to the enac ment of a new espionage aet “with teeth in it.” and because he was op- posed to the “general drift” of Attor- ney General Palmer's policie: Mr. Kane's letter of resignation ad- dressed to President Wilson and an- other giving his reasons to Mr. Palmer are dated Jan. Mr. Kane has been 4 supporter of the Palmer-McCormick Wing of the democratic party and was appointed district attorney for eastern Pennsylvania by President Wilson after the latter took office and was reappointed’ when the president was re-elected. “Mr. Kane's letter to Attorney Gen- eral Palmer showed that he protested to the attorney general against the “contemplated communist party raids. “As I read the manifestoes of the, communist part Mr. Kane wrote, “the party does not expressly¥stand for the-overthrow of this government bv force, and it surely a question of pol not one of law—, whether the department of justice should take the Where Money At the convention of the tion at New York favorable action expended. in advertising they know they are covers the field like The Bulletin. ational Wholesale Dry Goods Associa- spending $35,000 to $40,000 on adver 1t is realized by the wholesaler as it cannot fail to be by the retailer that publicity is necessary in the movement of goods. organization isn't appropriating any such amount -for the throwing it away or of giving a boost to those with whom it will be The members want resuits and in spending the 1t is the same in.any line of business. newspaper advertising, and when looking' for trade in Nor vicinity dof't over look the fact that no other advertising medium In‘the past week the foliowing news matt Bulletin's columns for two cents da i Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, January 17 %4 136 34 594 Monday, Janudyy 19 78 83 220 381 Tuesday, January 20 81 16 238 424 Wednesday, January'21 81 28 314 . 483 Thursday, January 22 %0 110 356 556 Frida!.. January 23 89 103 340 535 e s ey Brings Results was taken upon the proposition of ng. This national ake of money going to get it. If you want results use appeared in The aily war by German authority; the powers place the responsibility, at least mor- ally, upon the former emperor. “They express the opinion that Hol- land would not fulfill her international duty if she refused to associate herself with them, within the limit of her ability, to pursue, or at least not to impede, the punishment of crimes committed. - “They emphasize the special char- acter of their demands, which contem- plate mot a juridical accusation but an act of high international policy, and they make an appeal to Holland's re- spect of law and love of justice not to cover with her moral authority vio- lation by Germany of the essential principles of the solidarity of natio “The queen has the honor o observe, first, that obligations which for Ger- ny could have resulted from Article 8 of the treaty of peace cannot serve to determine the duty of Holland, which is not a party to the treaty. “The government of the queen, moved by imprescriptible reasons, cannot view the question raised by the demand of the powers except from the point of view of its ewn duty. It was absolutely urconnected with the origin of the war apd has maintained, not | without difficulty, its neutrality to the | end. It finds itself then face to .ffl(" with facts of the war in a position Aiffevent from that of the powers. “It reiects with energy all suspicion of wishing to cover with its sovereign] right and its moral authority viola- tions of the essential principles of ‘the golidarity of nations: but it cannot recognize an international dyty to as- sociate itself with this act of high in- etrnational policy of the powers. “If in the future there should be instituted by the society of nations an international jurisdiction compe- tent to judge in case of war deeds, qualified as crimes and ‘submitted to its jurisdiction by statute ante-dating the acts committed. it would be fit for | Holland _to ‘associate herself with the new regime. : “The wovernment of the gueen can- not admit in the present case anv other duty than that imposed upon it hy the laws of the kingdom and na- tional tradition. “Now. neither the constituent laws { of the Kinzdom. which are based uvon | the principles of law universallv rec- ognized, nor s a respectable secular tradition which has made this country| alwavs a ground of refuge for the; vanouished in international conflicts. permit the government of Holland to defer to the desir§ of the nowers by withdrawing from the former emperor the benefit of its laws and this tradl- ton. “Tustice 'and national honor. of which respect is a sacred dutv, oppose this. The ‘Netharlands neople, moved by the sentiments to which in history the world has done instice, could not betrav the faith of those who have eonfided themselves to their free In- stitntions. “The zovernment of the aueen is pleased to helieve that the powers will recornize the gnod srounds of these censiderations. which rise ahove anv consideration of . personalities and which seem to it so peremntorv that they could not reasonably give rise to wrong interpretatons.® TO ADJUST CLAIMS OF WOODEN §HIP BUILDERS Washingten, Jan. 23.—The senate today passed and sent to the house a bill authorizing the shipping beard to adjust the claims of wooden - ship builders growing out of the cancélla- tion ef contracts. The board has es- timated that the measure will still af- fect aboul $i5.000.000 in claims, initiative and cause raids to be issued zainst the alien members of the party generally, irrespective of whetfer they were taking an getive part in its coun- cils or only on the fringe of the organ- ization.” Declaring that general apt to result in injustice raids were Mr. Kane said his thought as that guilty per- song should be arrested one by one as “In the pres- . “we appear to be & political party. It has a_platform most of which is 1, objectionable to you and to me. So much I grant but it at 1 calls itself a polit party and hold: open meetings and discussions. Con- sequently we ought not to raid it un- 1 lutely compelled to do the law. There are important maiters in danger of b erlooked during the department’ nt policy of war ational prohi- against ‘bol s nd every ef- bition help the treasury department enforce the law. » Munition nd many other persons m: ch the war are seeking to dodge the payment of their taxes. The enforcement of the Jaw against them is of prime im- portance. There are ‘also fraudulent contractors who durinz the war have grown rich in their dealings withy the government. and there are, as you know, corrunt government agents using their offices for illicit gain. The punishment -of these people is more important than the pursuit of the rad- feals!” -7, . To-morrow never comes unless you have a note to meet. British Financial Expert - e Sir George Paish, British finan- clal expert, who is i America to seek a big loan. He wili discuss the international financial situation with bankers in this country. 1 Madaw is ugly. Iron moulders who were. flfl&e in England, voted to resume work. « : : ar_plantation work- “with the Filipinos All Japanese sug ers went’ on- strike in Hawali., New York' quoted” bar silver at $131 124 a fine_ounce, -compared with 79 5-8 in Longon. Paris quoted the dollar 12 frs. 8 cts., compared. #ith 11 francs. 92 1-2 cts. at previous close. Bureau of Labor Statitics announc- ed 22 articles of food reached, record prices in-December. 3 Grunewald Villa, situated in an ex: clusive suburb of Berlin, has bought by Americans. King Albert of Belgium arrived in Pars incognito_and had a long talk with, President Poincare. . More than $1,000,000 will be pent to aid the famine ufferer in Autria with- in the next two mofths, Dirsctor Hines appointed W. C. Hurst general manager of ' Chicago, );‘EO!‘:\J’ and St. Louis Railroad. s Costal collier Arlington, bound from Norfolk to. Boston, ran aground on Half Moon Shoal, off Cape Cod. state that the ‘Hugarian food. stocks Diplomatic advices from Budapest are the lowest point yet recorded. Fur thieves secured $10,000 worth of fur garments Wednesday. night at the Crown Fur Co..in Providence. Price of iron bars advanced $5 a ton in Pittsburgh by manufacturers, bringing total to about $30 a ton. Gold sold at 114s:6d a fine ounce in London.. This compares with previous high record of 113s. at previous close. A collection of laces. made in France and Belgium, since armistice day, will be exhibited in New York on Feb. 2. A division of mental hygiene has bee established by the public health council of - the state department of health. It was announced in Louisville th the 1920 Kentucky Derby purse was increased by $30,000 and will exceed $50,000. 2 Bela Kun, former Communist dicta- .tor of Hungary, is roported in a seri- ous condition at KarlStein, where he is interned. Spotted fever, sccording to reports received at Berne, announce 10,000 cas- es and 10,000 deaths from the disease in eastern Galicia. An official announcement from ‘Bar- celona says the men of various in- pdustries are continuing to return to their ‘work in that cit The House passed & bill “previding for protection of trademarks among the Uniteu |Suites; (uba-and. Céntral e IS, PBremier Millerand of ' France, de- cla’ell ‘maintaining “the alliance that saved ‘the world” will be one of the chief aims of the new French cabinet. A world-wide search for Herman J. Blumson, 63 years old, charged with | défrauding Chicago banks of $300,000 | ended in Jonannesburg, South Africa. Energetic steps taken by the I ian government and advere attitude of the publ seems to have brought about a failure of the Italian railway strike. A serious strike is threatening the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam, whre the transport workers and sail- are demanding a higher standard wage. of Judge McGoorty, of the Circuit Court, denied a motion of tae city to enjoin surface ines from charging more ‘than a five cent fare, for want iof jurisdiction. Senate and House conferees on rail- Kr():,\(‘i legisls®n were still unable to {adjust their differences over the anti- | strike and other provisions in the Cum- mins raiiroad bill. | _Secretary Baker wrote Chairman Kahn of the House military committee disapproving of the ‘promotion . of Major-General Wood to Lieut.-Gene- |ray, as proposed in a bill. Elaborate machinery for settlement of disputes between® capital and labor |is proposed in a _concurrent resolution introduced by Chairman -Kenyon of the enate labor committee. St. John’s chapel in: Varick street, a land mark in downs town New York fror more than a eéntury, will. soon give way to the march of business and be replaced by a’$2,0#0,000 warehouse. The Senate by a vote of 3 3to 30 re- jected an effort by Senator Walsh to call up his resolution to censure Rear Admiral Willam Sims for dis- closing information of a “confidential nature.” A clash between high tariff adve- cates and licensing delegates on the delegates on the Senate sub-commit- tee on finance, considering the ques- ion of dyestuff legislation, reached an scute state. Representative Sabbath, Demeerat, Illinois, introduced. a resolution. pro- viding for suspension of prohibiion law, 90 days, as whiskey was needed for ‘medicinal® purposes; owing to the | increase of influenza. Senate interstate commerce = sub- eommittee appointed to probe charges of alleged bolsheviki and un-American activities among employes of the Federal Trade Commission decided to econduct an’ immediate investigation. Federal authorities seized a wagon with 21 cases_ of gin, 36 quarts of whiskey and 20 gallons of alcohol, at on the St Ji river, opposite Edmundston, an the Maine border. This is ne first arret since the ary law became effective. House Ways and eans eommittes postponed further action on the plan for extending further action on the phn for extending food: relief funds of §150,000,000 to the hungry of West- ern Europe until a statement as to the condition of the treasury is re- ceived. Fairly Unanimous. Maurice Maeterlinck thinks the Am- erican girls are as pretty as jasz music This makes it fairly unantm- ous—Detroit Free Press. || ence with . Senator ‘Washington, Jan. large group of influential republican severe set back and, senators de- clared, invelve. further solidarity of -the republican party ‘not only in the senate but in the mation, - -, Senators Johnson of California and Borah of Idaho and claiming fo rep- resent other semators, called Repub- lican Leader Lodge into conference and delivered what was declared to be an ‘uitimatum against proposed.com- promises of the informal bi-partisan committee of senate leaders. Some of the senators in the confer- Lodge declared that the reception of the proposal would affect~the republican leader- ship and unity in the senate while one, senator, Sherman, . of Illinois, stated after ‘thé conference- that he = would leave the republican party and join & third party, If the.republican, sup- port “emansculated” reservations. The conference. with Senator Lodge which lasted nearly three hours, pre- vented - the scheduled- session of the bi-partisan cominittee. This commit- tee will meet tomorrow. . The movement of protest against compromising the Lodge reservations was almost coincident with a. visit to the senate by.former President Taft, who consulted With several “mild res- ervation” republicans, including Sena- tors McCumber of North Dakota; Me- Nary of Oregon; Kellogg of Minnesota, and Colt'of Rhode Island.' Mr. Taft urged compromise, sfrongly and during his visit declared that compromise on the Lodge reservation to Article Ten of the League of Nations covenant would not -“kill" “the .treaty because, other visions would orid peace and cause re- 3.—Protest by a|sort rarely to Article Ten. senators against further compromises|eompromise was a spee on reservations to the peace treaty to-|ate by Senator Ashurst, democrat,.of day.gave the compromise negotiation & | Arizona, who charged both republicans Eight republican senators, headed by | __Another offset of the opposition to in the sen- and democrats with delaying ratifi- - cation by playing partisan policy. The conference of republicans with ‘Senator Lodge late today was held in Senator, Jolirisoh's office and attended by Senators Borah, ‘Knox of Pennsyls vdnia; Poindexter, Washington; Sherman and McCormick: of Tilinois; Brandegee of Connecticut and Moses of New Hampshire. After two hours spent with Mr. Lodge, Senator New of Indiana, who is sitting with Mr. Lodge with the democratic committee was called in_.and about another spent in spirited discussion. ¥ Although all of the senators who called in Messrs. Lodge and New vot- d Just’ November agaifist’ rafification its bitterest foes, one of these present tonight- declared - that ‘they count on support of 38 votes, or enough to pre- vent . ratification, if . -their, protest against modifying the Lodge reserva= tions is not heeded. “Were there any threats.to bolt tha republican leadership or. the party?” was. asked one of the republican con< terees. “I “would rather not answer that: question,” came a hesitant reply. “Par- ty solidarity is threatened; that is all Tacare to say. Senator Johnson was asked regard- ing reports widely circulated in sen= ate lobby gossip, that declarations had been made of a third party movement and a “bolt” from_ republican senate leadership if the Lodge reservations are modified, and the California sen- ator replied such & “Poppycock; thought.” I haven't DEVELOPMENT OF COTTON INDUSTRY IN JAPAN New Tork, Jan. 23.—Need of spindles for the cetfon manufacturing business hounds sfnce the outbreak of the War, has become so great that in the last six months-50,000- working - spindles ‘have been bought ffom running Amer- ican mils; dismanded and shipped to Japanese ffms for immediate reas- sembly and. operation, it was learried here today, Most of thege purchases boenmimaew Bt ‘have et nd Nerth {'and South Carétifa. .. . Since 1817 when the European market Stopped delivering spindles on Japanese buying, some 500,000 new spindles have been ordered in ' this country, invélving -between $10,000,0600 and $12,000.000, it was stated. About 150 000 of these are still to be deliv- ered. Keech Fukigawa. in charge of the engineering department of Mitsui & company, a large Japanese import and export firm, said the pressing need of cotton spinning machinery emphasizes the tremendous sweep forward of col- ton manufacturing in Japan. It takes nearly two years to fill orders for new spindles, and Japanese factories have ‘ found themselves face to face with the necessity - of - buying second-hand, working snindles at the begt prices they could bargain for in order to keep up with ‘the volume of - orders they have booked throughout the world. American spindles are not consider- ed the most desirable in Japan, be- cause of the coarser grade of Egyptian and Indian cotton used there, 2 Fukagawa said. but with the English, German and other sources of Supply cut off the Japanese have turned to Unrited States makers for their re- quirements. American spindles, how- ever, have proved better than expected when pnt into actual operation. The Jananese government Is not credited with nromoting the purchase of American spindles. Mills in Japan, every part of the globe excent the United States. independentlv have initiated the buying here in increasing volume, it -was said. PASSENGER MOTOR ’'BUS SERVICE FOR HARTFORD Hartford, Conn., Jan, 28.—With five cent fares, one cent transfers and con- tinuous service. from, 5 a. m. to 11 p. m,. daily on main routes of passenger trafic in Hariford and to suburban centers, a‘new passenger .service by motor “bus Will be put into effect on or about February 5 by the Hart- ford Motor Bus Transportation—an organization which' is expected to file its certificate of incorporation in this state within a week—according to a { statement made today by E. H. New- ton, general manager of the Riverside Motor company, wWho is* to ‘be vice president and general manager of the new concern. It is to be capitalized at $1,000,000. Capital is coming. largely from: New York, according to Mr. Newton. Fifty ‘busses are to be put in service and & regular schedule arranged. Drivers will_be uniformed; each bus is to car- ry twenty passengers and will be in- sured for $10,000, under the state law. RULES GOVERNING EMIGRATION FROM JAPAN Tokio, Thursday, Jan. 22.—Viscount Uchida, the foreign minister, replylng in the Jouse of peers today. to an tn- terpellation of Baron Sukeharu Shi- midzu_as to why Japanese are not allowed to emigrate to. Mexico, replied that the government was prohibiting such emgration in accordance with an_understanding. with the . United States, reached at the time the gen- tlemen's agreement was effected in 1908 With reference to “icture brides” Viscount Uchida declared ‘that they were prohibited from going ~fo the Vni‘cd States in the interest of the anese now in America. WINNIPEG PAPERS RESUME . UPON RECEIPT OF NEWSPRINT Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 23.—All three Winnipeg newspapers published edi- tions this afternoon for the first time since the newsprint shortage forced | Foreign Affairs, who is said to have them to suspend one week ago, a small shipment of newsprint having arrived from the Fort Frances mills. of Japan, increasing by “leaps and| swamped with orders from virtually| RECOMMENDATIONS TO BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES Chicago, Jan. 23.—Recommendations tn_banks and trust companies in all federal reserve districts thatino rate in excess of 2 1-4 per cent. be paid on net and available day balance wi made in resolutions adopted today at @. meeting here of bankers from"the twelve federal reserve districts. The action was taken in order to conform to the approval expressed by the federal reserve board thro Governer.Harding of the attion of New York clearing house. in adopting 2 1-4 per cent. as its maximum rate, The conference, which was presided over by JameseB. Forgan of the First Natfonal bank: of Chicago. followed @ meeting in Washington Jan. § of bank= 2rs representing clearing house asso= siations. called by the federal reserve VYoard, at which final action - on - tha question of interest rates on hank ° balances was’ postponed until the Chi= 2ago meeting. In making %he recommendations to= day the conference declared: “It is the opinion of this conference that the federal reserve hoard should be free to establish its rates of discounts with- out reference to any clearing honse regulations as to the pavment of in- terest.” This view was expressed at the Washington ~meeting by Governor Harding, who appedled to the bank- ers not to “make a scramble for de- posits” by advancing interest rates on balances, and protested against a ten- dency.to turn deposits Into Investment GUILTY OF PUBLISHING A BOOK WHICH WAS IMMORAL York, Jan. —~—Clinton Ty, Rreinard and the publishing house of Harper & Brother, of which he 1s president, were found guilty today in the court of spec sessions of pub- lishing a book which was immoral Sentence was deferred for a week. Brainerd, who is a member of*the exurac:amary grand jury investigating an “overshadowing - crime,” declared he ha dnothing to do with the »ubli- cation of the book and that it was im= possible for him to read all the vol= unies put out by his company. New Photograph Of Italy’s Foreign M.inis’wr‘ ‘The ‘Fiume seizure is back in the public eye again, especially in Eng- land since the arrival in London ‘of Signor Scialoja, Italian Minisier of signed a, secret treaty regarding the matier with France and England. on the leaders’ committee negotiating -~ of the treaty and are counted among & 4 . 1 ] ] 1 e