Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 4, 1920, Page 1

IS MFormllAqutoCrififiimbyRurA&mrdSml,B& forethesémteSub-Cemmuee[nvunmn.dnAw& Sims’ Statement Tlnt the American Navy “Did No Fighting During the - Asserted That Sims Advocated High Awards For Officers on Staff Duty Ashore Because “Most of Admiral 3 Cousiderable War” Feeling Over _Sims’ Duiyxn!heNavyHuBeenonShore ’_Intimated| That Sims Omitted Admiral Wilson’s Name From List| of Ofieers Recommended Because of Personal Differ- M Feb. 3. Secretary Washingten, Daniels magg formal answer today to crificism by Rear Admiral William . and otfefs of the policy follow- ea"&?. awarding war decorations. Ap- pearing before the senate sub-com- mittee investigating the awands, _ Mr. Daniels reaffirmed the views . which led-him to alter -some of the recom- men@at.ons for decorations, support- ing IS contentions with a long care- fui prepared statement going ' into tne; dalsituation in detail. ¢ charges made by -Admiral Simig 'as to the préparedncss of the navy ‘at the start of the war and the de of. cooperation with allied ad- fties were not taken up directly, Dan’els " confining, his | testimony W hlhy to’ the mcd.xl controversy. naval at seyeral pe\@\.s in uis ‘statement Showed ‘con- sidgredlb feeling, particufarly when he coufitered ihe. statement of . *Admiral Si that the American navy “did no figh#ing- during the war.” In- this confectiof fels mlrl the . com- ithee dhat dmiral S mig-Hikd not made such an assertion men operat an ves- - the ‘war: zone ‘for if"-hé ‘hid ould have had a revolt in his ow g ¢omand.” A% agather 1o . the secretary de- laged- that < a result of PertInal th Admiral rmer commander rl forces off . the ¥ry xaas: had: omitted Wilsoms na _(rom the list of officers recom- m - -for . distnguished - service rmi": of import- approve a ven men who served on shore-‘as rompared with the men who went to sea.’ Ad- miral Sims, ‘he asserted, probably ad- vocated high awards for many offi- cerz_who gerved on staff guty ashoré and Pew awards for officers who went to sea because “most of Admiral Sims’ duty ii the navy hagg#been on shore. Tarning to the second. fundamental difference between his views and those of Admiral Sims, Secretary Daniels said ‘that many other admir- als of the navy and the Knight board of medal awards had established a a precedent that such officers of ships torpedoed or mined shouid be deco- accounts of naval actions during all | of ‘the wars the United Statés has been engaged in to support his con- tention: that the policy of decorating brave officers even though -they lost their ships, was established early in Amcrican naval ory and alway hag been followed. Concluding his testimony with denial of Admiral Sims’' charge that “navy morale has been shot to pieces| matter with. the morale of the nav execept a shortage of enlisted men in many, ralings and insufficient pay for the officers_ and men left. akin~ o, plea for immediate legislation that would increase navy puy to a status F“at jeast” comparable with® the given men holding po: lar responsibility in civilian life,” the secretary said’that if such action were en the country wouid “soon learn that there with the navy.” msc”ussvon OF WAGE DEMANDS OF RAILROAD ME ‘Washipeton, ,Feb. 3—Prolonged di; ciizaion of demands for increased w: es Between railtrad administration of- ficigls and representatives of the 2, 000 96%_employes of federal controiled railfoads had nefted no_ iangible re- stlfs “When the first neither Dyector Genefal Hines or ‘the fzhor leaders ~wonld ‘make j - public statement. cohcerning’ the day's nego- tiatfors, - it was understood flnr the o inth a definite programme. T'rertAE Genetal Hincs had not pre- i~ rd h’'s propos n their . entire whe the conference broke up until t morrow: kaving adopted.the policy of cating arguments from all union each- partieniar siatement of he goternment's case was laid -hefore o corference. © The. administration s Ghtained a comparatic idea of the iabor claims and conntgr arguments were taken: up. 1t was not -belleved tonight that’ the eonférence would result in a_solution of thewhole © problem.. Some the demands were expected to be withdrawn and - others - probahly will he eompromised or be re-submitted te the’ union membershin directly af- fectéd. " AN will be ¢ shed ‘over, however, before: the ence ends. WANT REFERENDUM. VOTE ON “WET” AND “DRY” QUESTION New York. Fex. 3.—The boarg of aldermen today passed a resolution ca'ling. upon. the state legislature to support . Governor Smith's recom- mendation to! rescind ratification of the eighteenth amendment, in. order that the “wet” 2nd “dry” question mav be put toa referendum in this stafe’ - —4—_'__“;__ Will Aid In.Ml.kingAm.g.. - ‘ments For The 1920 INQUIRY ON NAVAL H CONDITIONS IN NEWPORT Newport. R. I, Feb. 3.—Counsel for the Newport Ministers’ Union today asked the naval court of inquiry which is investigating naval conditions in-the Newport- district to -obtain, by .sub- poena or otherwise,” such nart of tha testimeny in the ‘ease af Rev. Samtel Neal Kent as. was submitted .to the; navy department last September by Rev Stanley O.’Hughes and Hamilton personally of the navy to inevstigate conditions here, Complaints of improper conditions made by the ministers were hased on the testimony at'the trial here last| August of who was ac- nuitted of v Mr. Hughes, as on the stand all day, testifie.” shat the Kent case iand naval methods .ir Newport and vicinity were discussed at aconference which he ‘had ' with hon James De Wolf Perry of the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island ad several other bishops at the general Episcopal convention in Detreit last fall. Captain John F. Hines, a membex noon: recess and was sent o the naval hospital. No objection was made to the suggestion of Rear Admiral Dunn, the presiding officer, that the court con- tinue with two members. ESCAPED PRISONERS FOUND UNDER SNOW Ossining, N .Y., Feb. 3.—The disap- pearance last Sunday of two - auto bandits, Alfred.Freidlander and Per- cival McDonough, from Sing Sing prison, was solved today- when they were discovered in a dugout amply provisioned, at the north ‘end of the prison yard. They had been living in a ‘hole six feet square and almost six feet deep, which, the prison officials believe, had been dug before their ar- rival two weeks ago. It was covered with "hoards over which' had been placed a foot of loose earth and on top of that another foot of snow and jce. The entrance was also covered with boards and earth. Their hiding place was betrayed when Warden Lawes noticed' a mixture of clay’ and snow ‘near-the spof. Thirty keepers with pickaxes. soon uncovered the fugmveu. n! of the two-women named to making arrangemenis for the Dew nominations. The o&wom& Mrs. George Bass, o Miss Foy represented hef. e in the woman's bureau ot . thS, Demoeratic National Compmit- N . whick -Cl in WI.IHI‘IOI - cently. | FORE!EES A VERY GREAT o their hrathers, RUSH OF IMMIGRATION New York, Feb. 3.—The TUnited ‘States is on the eve of “a very great rush of immimuon. such as we have néver ‘séen before,” in the opinion “of Alfred Hampton, assistant commis- sibner general of immigration at ‘Washington, .who conferred with Ellis Island officials today on plans to ex- |-pand faciilties "at the immigration station. Figures for January show a marked increase in arrivals from abroad, he declared, whereas in Nov- ember about 49,000 left - the - country and about 30.000 were admitted. “Many of those who went over are coming back,” Mr. Hampton said, “ang they are bringing with them sisters or other rela- tives.” o — 16 PER CENT. PROFIT FOR WOOLEN MERCHANTS New York, Feb. 3—Sixteen per cent, was set at the maximum for woolen merchants toddy by Arthur Williams, federal food administrator. Mr. Will- iams gave the firm of Binder and Hy- man, who had made a profit of $1.85 a vard on 1272 yards of woglens which they bought for $3.55, twpmy four hours:to buy back the zoods from ihe complaining firm. H. P. Reisinger and -Company, -at:the price paid snd resell .atca.profit. of-not more .than 10 per cent.; retur, $1.25 for each yard to Relsinger-and Company or turn the $1.25 ~ayard over to chafity. The food adminisirator. declared .that the merchants should _work on a basis of cost. plus fair profit re;a:cuess ol the market conditions. - A tough beefsteak s a sure cure for its own’ conlumntlon. al nothing the matter | of the court, was t_ken ill after the: A.lbany o O Feb, 3.—Spectators | who_ filled "1Ioot and .galeriés of the New York assentbly ' chamber today suddenlg leaned forward “to catch the words of a soft-voiced girl—a girl of 18—who asserted she had iseen Charles Solomon, a member of the as- sembly, spit on the American- flag during war time.’ | The girl:- was Ellen 'B. Chivérs, a stenaxnpher, living in Brookiyn, and she testified as a witness for the pros- ecution--at ‘the trial of Solomon and his four socialist colleagues, suspend- ed -frong office on charges of disloy- alty. Thére was a burst of applause when she explained that she had volunteer- ed her testimony in a letter to Speak- er- Thaddeus C. Sweet, “because I think it is the duty of any Amenican to take the stand against one who 'nas committed treason against their coun-. i Small, blonde and obviously embar- rassed by the hurdreds of eyes turn- ed upon her, the girl prompted by an occasional question,, told her story in the following words: ¢ “I remember that in the summer of 1917 a detachment of soldiers came to Ninth street and’ Sixth avenue,Brook- lyn, for the purpose of calling for vol- unteers, and ‘they asked Mr. Solomon rated whenever their conduct was;(who was delivering a street corner meritorious and ireflected credit on!address) if théy might borrow his the service.. He read at length [mm!plmmrm £~ taat purpose. Mr. Solo- mon replied: “‘Lenu_)ou my platform, Can you borrow my platform? Huh the gutter is ‘good enough for you.' “He said: ‘If we Had our wav there would -not be anyone who would ask a socialist if they might borrow their platform to call for volunteers. “And he continued: ‘I would ngt let you wipe your dirty feet on it’ “Taen the officer in charge of. that ! | through -~ the method followed in detzchment spoke from the jitney in awarding honors,” Secretary Daniels | W ~they had come, told.them to declared that there was nothing the db-nn the number o{ recru)ln they !could, and went away." Keeping her gaze fixed on Solomon, El’her a band ‘came along and up The Star Spangled Banne i “Mr. Solomon turned up his coat coHar, put on his hat, pulled it down . spat on the American ]flag and sat down,” she concluded, | The -girl—whose story tonight | braugiat from Mr., Solomon a sfate- ment denying that he had made the remarks attributed to him, asserting that never in his life had® he ever shown any disrespect to toe Ameri- can flag, and declaring that it was' in- conceivable any member of the New York -police force would 'stand 'indif- ferently. by while a person publicly, insulted the American flag—then was turned over to the “defense for .cross- examination. |+ Asked by members of the judiciary dldmt ask tae policemen - she said present to’ jmnt SOIpat;qn if ‘she uio'u"‘fii“fiw Het Chivers: replica: fim ‘Richard €. Butizl a New Yark Jave— yer, who served as a araft board in- Spector duging the war,' testified that in 1918 hé had heard Asseinblyman Waldman . making ‘street’ - corner speéches on the Hast Sidé. In sub- | stance, Bunzl doeclared, Waldman had stated the laboring man owed no duty to any country but only to a.class, and that the war was a capitalistic war.: Bunz! admitted under cross-exam- ination taat Waldman had said noth- ing which he regarded as a violation of the law. Peter W. Co'in~ Roston labor ieader and now director of ti reconstruct:on lu CMpiuyenent ser- viee being carried on ‘by the Knights of Columbus, was on the stand for nearly ‘thrée hours this motrning. He téstified that socialism was seek- ing "to’capture trade unionism ‘to ov- ertuyg society by force sueh as was used in Russia; that propaganda in- sifzated by Maine and Trotzky was aimed at destruction of the American republic by mass aoction, and that opposing increased production in shipyards ‘and factories, whereas or- ganized labor as represented by the American Federation of Labor tried ot triple it to help win the war, 40 ARMY GRAVEDIGGERS TO EXHUME BODIES OF SOLDIERS | Paris, Feb. 3.——A special contingent of forty army. gravediggers arrived at Brest, Saturday, awalting the arrival of the transport with 17,000 coffins | to begin the exhumination of the! bodies of American soldiers back of the battle lines, the return of which | have been requested by their fami- | lies. It is. expected that work will begin in about ten days or,two weeks. Each ‘| coffin .will be"draped with the Ameri- can flag. There will be no cenmnl—p in France. SALOONKEEPER FINED $200; 5 AND HIS8 - BARTENDER $100 Hartford, Feb. 3 Jl.coh Blum was' fined $200 and- his -bartender, Felix Manilia, $100, by Judge Alexander "W. @reedon in pelicé .court today ‘on a charge of having sold liquor unlaw- fully at the Blum“ex-saloon, No.' 526 Front ‘street, Saturday night. Forty- three. other men who were taken in the raid on the Blum place Saturday evening were let go by the police and were not'taken by the federal author- ities. TWO CARS DERAILED BETWEEN BOLTON AND VERNON on the sharp curve between Bolton and | Vernon, on the Hartford-Willimantic division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. deérailed two coaches on thé east bound train Srom | Hartford about 9 o'clock this morn- inf. No ene was hurt. Traffic was impeded until trains could be detonr- made up at Willimantic could com here-to ‘take off the passengers, mo of whom were bound for Bmtoh {FLAGS 'FOR GRAVES OF X U. 8. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE - Washington, Feb 3. — Beéginning Memorial Day, an American flag will | fty from- the grave. of every American soldier ‘burie din France. the war de- partment- announced today: In addi- tion; ‘pest flags will be hoisted in the cénter- of - the large cemeteries and lmtlpr flags ‘will be uted at the small- er burial ;rm.mda. committee, sitting s 4 courty why. s..,Lhe steamer: Lows tor Alexandria. who did, but' the polce reruéed to ido | during the war he had seen sociaiistsdturn trip to New York. ed via Middletown, and a special train | R, L. d a fine wno_c in] -cuniy‘ared witil 117s at last Id sold at 117 London, elose. Blnks of Jnhannelhurg, South Af- rica, are refusing Japanese discount de’. nalance '~ against Enrope in 1.19 amounted to $4,430,- 410,568, A uryerylgssaflmdl W. W's found fhem guilty on charge of crime= inal syndicalism. Cotton -cmge planted in India is estimated at 23,186,000, compared with 19,677,000" deres a year agp- Umvnmiy of c icago sesimographs recorded a fost pronounced earth- quake about 3,000 miles away. London Daily Ma tion of a tribunal at Irkutsk by Soviet to try Admiral Kolchak. reported forma- the Soentary Glass u[(ed congm- for | $2,000,000 o use in stopping smuggling liquors into the United Staes. A bolshevik uprising is reported in Tiflis and Koatais, Transcaucasia. The Reds are in control in both cities. Commissioner of Accounts David Hirschfield ‘declared Dr. Jonathan C. Day lost all records of army food sales. Rev. William Watson Ranney, rec- tor of Christ church 4t Dartmouth llege, died ‘at Hanover, N. H., after a short illness. William H. Anderson, New York _state prohibition leader, declares only the old-time doctors prescribe whiskey for influenza. List of German subjects whose ex- tradition is demanded by 'the Allies was finally approved by the council of ambassadors. Five merf were arrested in New Jer- sey on charge of - stealing $65,000 worth of silk from pier 95, Hudson rviver, January 7. James W. See, . one of the best known of mechanical engineers in the country, is dead at Hdm.]mn. 0., at the age of 69, Council of ambassadors denied ru- mor the allies. wpuld promote or rec ognize restoration of the H.lpshurg dynas(y in Hunga Following the resignation of Presi- dent Beuisario Porras, of Panamafi Vice President Tisdel Lefevre assumed the office of president. Fire damage amounting to $80,000 was. caused to the @riffon square building, near the heart of the busi- ness section of Symc_use. Lester A. Colby and Leslie A. Lyna, U, S. cumtoms officers at Bangor, M seized 1,089 quarts of Canadian wh key at Northern Maine Junction. iss ‘Former Premier ~Clemenceau began | his ' projected journey - to Egypt. He will start for Marseilles to embark on ’% mlyQ! recent]. ccently p!eete Unite Sunes Wwithin lhre\ monm according to announcement of Guay: aquil. A merger of the Anglo-South Amer- can ‘bank and the British bank of South ~America, is being arranged. Combined resources will reach §250,- 000,000. ““The estate of William H. Yawaey, an extensive owner of coal and tim- ber lands and former owner of the De- troit baseball team, is estimated at $8,983,667. Col. Avaloff-Bermondt, commander of Russian-German forces which at- tacked Riga during the autumn of 1919, has become insane and was plac- ed in a sanitarium. President Gompers of the A. F. of L. in conference with labor represent- atives of the four groups of New York, submitted a plan for their consolida- tion inte one big union. United States shipping board steam- er Moccasin, first vessel placed in ser- vice between North and South Amer- ica, is leaving Buenos Aires on her re- . The destroyer Belknap and a naval tug returned to Charleston, €., after two days’ search for a boat load of which broke in two at sea. survivors from the steamship Mielero, | Wastithaton, .64b. : told the house today, charging tion. to Pacifice coneiliators. punds_in his hands?’ tary of labor is crooked,” interjected. house. I thought he was a very abie straightforward man.* ° record in the Blanton rtorted. labor this - government, adéing: Blanton SENATE CLEARING THE ried down with it when it failed ratification last November: the cloture which. was invoked dent Marshall is, expected must come back with the treaty. to vor . for avoiding :this difficulty is ator Borah, republican, Idaho. REVOLUTIONARY OUTBREAK™ V\ashlng{on Feb. 3. lution has occurred: American expeditionary forces being returned: home. the war department, outbreak ‘Wwas purely’ I ter and that the were patrolling citizens ‘and prévi The platform anno;m(:ed by the rev- olutionists, the geheral'said, declared against civil war in Siberia and .for the enq of foreign interference in 'Si- berian affairs. flt"rfi bery. In announcing ' General message, Secretary Baker revolution would _not said which began last month. tary added that the American but that there was a supply of army material vostok which had been sold Russian Choperlfl'\'e Society. POLISH REPUBLIC HONORS to Paris, has within Lieutenant Edmund . P. Graves, on November 22 last, according to despatch from ary 12. ten to Major P, Cedric. Fauntleroy,| Mrs. Stokes was arrested as she {who with Captain Berion Cooper or- | stepped from the witness chair in the {ganized the Kosciusko squadron of | supreme court, where she had been| | American pilots, saying that burt of | testifying at the trial of Benjamjin | Lieutenant Graves will be placed in| Gitlow, former New York assembly-| the Polish hall of fame. The Polish| man, charged with criminal anarchy. { supplies valued at $385,000 left Paris | for, Vienna and Budapest. The sup- plies included clothing, surgical dre: ings, drugs, condensed milk, etc. ss- | i i | Queen Mary: Army Aux:hary corps‘, known as the “Waacs,” which served | in various capacities at the front| { ceased to exist as a military organiza- tion with the endx g of the year. According. ta a. statament of Attor- ney General Dailey of Michigan the fraudulent election conspiracy which the govergment charges against Sen- ator Newberry and his co-defendants had its mcepncn in New York in 1917. The American “consul at Dublin re- ported to the state department that | statements that 2,000 rifies of Ameri- can ‘manufacture had’ been recently landed on the coast of County Clare. Enrico Malatesta, anarchist member of the Ttalian chamber of deputies. who was arrested aboard 2 railroad Two trains of Ameérican Red Cross! est of all Polish decorations, The war minister, the despatch says, of Lieutenant Graves in'Boston express- iing the nation's gratitude to her for also ‘has written to the mother hcr son's Work for Poland. HOPEFUL OF LEGISLATION ON F house conferees, on railroad reorgan- ‘Washington, ization legislation, of the Cymmins and Esch bills, The joint committee of the ¥'s sessipn through - agreemeut consolidation and establishment - of of the compulsory railroads the Cummins measure. | Several vexing train at Teghorn after he had deliv gation. partment of state in Michigan asking !ha.t the name of Eugene V. Debs be | placed a: the Michigar ballot as so- Vernon, Conn., Feb. 3.—A broken rail | sjalist candidate for presld('nt at the | { April primary. Government engineers recommended ito comgress creation of a Rye, N. Y., 1& cost $103,000, and penditure of $50,000 to widen Olonga | channel, Pawtucket river, Pawtuck i U. 8. distriet coyrt of Chic: aa wi ’be asked to decide whether trousers of _Chicara t Charles * N.- Thomas, bank | preident, are a “‘ven they car- | j ¥ liquor and wheiner can be nfiscated Ly the zover menl and ! o ! sold at public auction \ ned 'by Chancellor of thé Exchequer Chamberlain ‘and various financial and commercial ‘repre:entatives, it is ex- pected ‘it will be held Thursday. ten-foot | channel in Mamaroneck harbor, near | ever, | private control and operation. provisions of the gerrate measure. REQUESTS CLEMENCEAU | | dul Said, has addressed a telegram Former Premier Clemenceau { France, requesting him not to enter | Haven 70; Waterbury 67: Ansonia Egypt or else‘to leave the country as! Derby 52: Enfield 48; Danbury . 47: soon as possible. Otherwise, *he tele- | Norwich 43; Greenwich 40; Putnam gram says, his-life would be in dan- | 33. New Britain 25; Farmington 22; ger | 06, { . Abdul Said “accuses M. Clemen- | i %7 5 N’an of joining the . British against humanity ana asainst Egyptian lib- ORITUARY. Tt yan poliey wl SQAND|NAVIAN NAT!ONB s0: condemns his premier. I i i | Although no positive date was fixed | for the informal British conference on | the. economic situation that was pla.n-' pavian premiers and foreign minis- Copenhagen, Feb. 2.—The ters at 2 conference held here decided to join the ILeague of Nations, it was. learned, to- to adcept - the Sinvitation day. v -Six rhounM strikes occurring during the war were settled in favor of he strikers, Rep- resentative Blanton, .-democrat, Texts, that the labor department always sent out conciliators who swere prejudiced. He was -opposing a deficiency appropria- “If the executive of that departmen( is crooked and we know it, are we not responsible when we continue tu put Bianton asked. * “I'would not charge that the secre- Chairman Good, of the appropriations commiitee, 1 served with him in the I would not make that charge. and “You are not keeping up with his department,” An organized clique of 5,000,000 men zded by Samuel Gompers, is running declared, “Congress has always bowed to the dwtstur of the slaves of this country.” WAY FOR PEACE TREATY treaty again to the surface of senate consideration next wek, took up to- day the problem of clearing away the wreckage of tangled parliamen- tary red tape which the treaty car- ot the least of their troubles was choke off gebate just before the rat- ification vote and which Vice Presi- held to the senate along The method apparently most in fa- letter of Viscount Grey and the ea- blegram of Lloyd George bore out the contentions - of - the- treaty’s -irreconcil- able foes was issued tonight by Sen- IN VLADIVOSTOK REPORTED Another revo- in ‘' Viadivostok, rthe Siberian 'port thréugh which' the are Major General Graves, in a message dated- January 31, ‘received today at flfld :that the E to vrm Graves’ the interfere with the departure of.the American troaps The secre- army stores ‘in° Viadivostok were 'not large, considerable at Viadi- the LIEUT. GRAVES OF BOSTON Feb. 3—The Polish republic decided to award every honor its - power to the memory of of Boston, Mass., a member of the Kos- ciusko aerial’ squadron of the Pol- ish army, who was killed at Lemburg Warsaw dated Janu- | The Polish minister of war has writ- Diet, the minister said, would be re- quested by the chief of state to confer posthumously upon-Lieutenant Graves | the Order of Military Valer, the highs RAILROAD REORGANIZATION 3—Senate and ' after a deadlock | for weeks over outstanding . features to- night saw a glimmer of- light dhead. two the authorities there denied published ¢ houses made marked progress at to- the senate members for elimination | transportation board provisions. from' differences, how- remain to be adjusted before ereq an inflammatory speech at Pisa, 1 the end of the month -when the rail- was released today after an interro- ! road properties arg to be returned to Chief ; | of these are the labor and anti-strike Petitions were filed.' with the da-' NOT TO ENTER EGYPT Geneva, Feb. 3.—One of the BEgyp- ! tian nationalist leaders here, Dr. Ah- foreign <TO JOIN LEAGUE- OF NATIONS | Scandi- New York, Febu&—Another sensa- | I tional slump in foreign exchange to- day unsettled prices on the. stock ex- change and,the various ' commodity markets, especially those trading in' focdstuffs and cotton. The decline was the most severe in the long-sustained reaction of international credits and ‘was_attended by inany disquieting ru- mors. . There is. no way by which the tent of today's operations in the change market can be computed, but the aggregate of sales probably ran into - hundreds of millions of dollars, Brimh and French bills providing the of the offerings. me dealers in_exchange, probably as a 'measure of precaution, declined to accept bills on any European cem- ters, except subject to collection rates. This policy was not adopted by the eX~ ex- Today's reversal, which established new records for London, Paris, Rome, Antwerp, and many less important centers, “also took in one or more of the British dominions. As an instance of the movement's ramifications, ex- zhange on New York at Montreal was quoted at-premium of 13 cents, or one cent over the previous high rate. The reverse side of the exchange sit- uation was presented hy a withdrawal of about $17,000,000 goid from the sub- treasury for shipment to South Afri- ca, which continues to be favored by trade condigions. There were many conferences during the day between financial interests and to to New York, Feb. 3.—At a tonference today of religious organizations en- gaged in reliéf work abroad, it was decided that ‘at Teast $50,000,000 in addition. to amounts now available, is urgently” needed | to aileviate distress in- Europe and the’Near East, repre- sentatives of the ..Interchurch World Movement, Y. M. 'C. A, the -American Friends’ " Service Com- mittee ‘and other-religions bodies at- tended Jthe’ ieetin@m, which. was called by- the fedeéral:council of the Churches of Christ in-America. Reports submitted at the = confer- enice showed that 2,309,000 children in ern southern - Europe ' were ven a daily. supplemental “TAE T Amfferican relief ad- ministration, but thar needs of ‘Po- Tand and: Austria were not being ade- quately me To meet the needg of children « in” these countries, it was said, $9,000.000 wonld he required and | for. similar. work. in_Germany, $7.000,-¢ 000, The population of Asia Minor | andSyria during’ the next six months ! would- require -more than $30.000.000 to —care. for.them, it was stated. In| Poland; : anothér .report said, '2.000,000 pounds of” ctothing had been provided by the. National Lutheran Council in | cooperation with the ‘Red Cross. A resolution was'passed appointing | a joint committee frém the . federal council-and the -interchurch world movement to deal with the question | of raising-funds. ! 1 MRS. ROSE PASTOR STOKES RELEASED ON $5,000 sAn.l New York, Feb. 3.-Mrz Boke Pas- | tor Stokes, prominent sotialist .and | social worker, was released on §5,000 | bail here tonight under orders to ap pear/for examination February 16 as | a fugitive from justice, She was! taken -into custody on request of the| police of Chicago, where she was in- | dicteq January 28 on a charge of | criminal syndicalism. a She was su weak when she left the stand that attendants had to assist her to a seat. When Mrs. Stokes was first ar- raigned she was ordered held withou bail but Supreéme Court Justice Weeks | later fixed bonds for her at $5,000. \ PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON HAS INVADED COPENHAGEN l Copenhagen, Feb. 3. — William FX { (Pussyfoot) Johnson of the American Anti-Saloon League, and the Rew David Ostlund today inaugurated a vrohibition campaign at a pubhc meet- | ing here. They .met Wit & hiiacd reception, but the hestile' el¢ment pre- penderated and the heckling received by. the speakers was.of a severe na- ture. ! In an editorial today dealing with the campaign, the onal Tidende | says that the meeting was by no .means a “successful start for thoi American agitators.” The Kobenha- | ven declares the agitation has been | started “for “American money” and asks - “for what purpose?” DAILY REPORT OF “FLU” CASES IN THE STATE Hartford, Feb. 3.—There was an in- ! crease of new influenza cases in Con- necticut of over 1,100 in the past 24 hours, according to reports to the state department of health today. This is the greatest number thus far reported. Hartford jumped to the to ! front with 210 with Bridgeport next of | with 91. Others reporting were: New of of a John E. ‘Moran. Bridgeport, eb. John E. Moran, who had just:been notified of his ap- pointment to a position with the de- Duqu.l‘ eting Rumon—Hn Cmued Mlny, an " of ‘Outbound Tonnage—British Pound Was $3.33, -DucountofAlmmt33PerCenk.FromMY of $4.86°5-8—Aggregate Sales in the Exchange Market thHylentoHundred:ofMinmanifl- A is believed to-have caused . many cellations "of outbgund ~tonnage.". "l! hich can- y concerned in the “situati At the lowest rate; issued after.the close of the market, the British pound was quoted: at $3.33, against a‘parity of $436 5-8, or a discount of 33 per cent. French .md Belglan franes Italian hills, all quoted at the’ .;ga price of 5.18 1-8 to the American dol- lar before the war, today fell to new low levels at 14.44, 14.50 and 17.52, re- spectively, to the dollar. SOLDIERS’ PAY FIXED AT 100 MARKS TO THE DOLLAR Coblénz, Feb. 3.—The rats of ex- change for the pay “of American ®el- diers in_ the occupied territory has been fixed at 100 marks to the dollar, giving the doughboys ° 3,000' marks d Iarger. dealens. and banking institu- | EIVI0€ the, Soustbovs 2000, ECES N T tions, however, where . outright pur- | ORI o ‘Washingion, Feb. 3.—Senate lead-| ;o niinned the rule. than the pay of any German official in ers, preparing to bring the peace Coblen: ‘When the Americans first went te the occupjed regions they received ‘1% or twenty marks to the do!h.r 3 BRITISH LEADERS DISGU” 3 ADVERSE RATE OF EXCHANGE I6ndon, Feb. 3.—Austen Chamber- lain, the chancellor of the exchequer, discussed with leading bankers,: pelit- ical leaders and others this afternogn the situation that has arisen from' the adverse rate of exchange. —The. great- est secrecy was maintained -in: com- nection with the proceedings, a report of which is being prepared for pres- recommit the (reaty to the foreign |exporteds. = Shippers a@iso were vital- entatien to the cabinet. relations committee, a move - which £ L parliamentary experts say would au- % s t(t)ma'umlly rid it of its’ cloture re- | $50,000000 NEEDED FOR LIQUOR LADEN SHIP.SEIZED . striction 4 i OCAD E A stafement declaring the recent RELIEF WORK ABR BY THE GOV Rnuzm New York, Feb. 3.—The Black Su.! steamship Yarmouth, which sailed.for Havana last month with a $4,308;000 cargo of whiskey only-to put back here for repairs, was seized by the govéfn- ment late today. anervumg Fedeu] Prohibition Inspector Sheylin £ ly notified -the captain-thatsthe’ l could not depart and announced tomorrow “he would begin miom&g the liquor for storage in b.nde houses. Coungel for the.owners, a._corpo: ation composed of negroes, announced simultaneously that he wouid « spg;n ct! 1o “the federal court for aninjune restraining. Shevlin. from -anur&rtnfl with the ‘ship or. its cargo. A of 15 prohibition agents board - sineg: S discovered trying ‘to. ship in’a: small.beat: of whiskey. E Captain Cockburn. the colond ‘mas- ter of the. Yarmouth, ap) Shevlin today to explain hp! e< of whiskey got from the!. Jufii 1 hold to an upper deck under & large tahpaulin, Where ~prohibition. " agénds found it. He said it had . been Thoved 80 that a passenger’s pag:aqe mmight be unloatted: <When _the ship:3 ) leak off the New Jersey it sailed a few hnurs befor = mflm- tion went into effect, “said, 500 cases.iof whiskey whro: thrown overboard to right a heavy starboard list. He said he came back to New York insteak of making. for Norfolk as he preterred the nonhm’pfifl. MAN CHARGED WITH TREASON' GETS HARBEAS | CORPUS WRlT New York, F‘eb S—Heman W-- sels, slias Garl' Rodiger, ane of “the five men indieted here during.the war on a charge of treason and who was heqd for 21 months in the Tombs prison prior tohis. trarxfer on Jan- uary 30 to the New York.navy yard, today procured a writ of habeas cor- pus returnable next Friday in the fed- eral court in Brooklyn. The writ. is directed against Rear Admiral Mec- Donald. commandant ‘of the yard. - Wessels was arrested on - June 1918, Jeremiah O'Leary, William Reb- inson, A.-Paul Fricke and-Marie De Victoria, and indicted on December § following, charged with violwation of the espionage law in the publicatien of alleged seditious papers.. His irans- fer to the navy yard was.ordered-in readiness for his trial by naval .court- | martial on direstion of Secretary.af the Navy Danleh. sib g If people mistrust vou, pause a me- ment and think who’s to. blame. ~ Holds Important Position In Democratic Party . partment ‘of justicé, died this morn- ing after a short illness. “The de- ceased who was'an active worker in the democratic party in this city, was well known throughout the state. He received' his clolegiate education at $t. Thomas’ seminary, Hartferd, Z H;s vule 'and one child surw\e him, J. Bruce Kremer, Vice-Ch of the Dcmucnue Nluo-! ‘Com- mittee.