Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 16, 1920, Page 1

POPULATION 29,919 PRICE TWO CENTS WILSON'S REASON FOR REMOVAL OF LANGING Well Informed Officials in Washington Are Inclined to the Be- Mm&eCabinetMeehjnglncide_nthMzrelylPre- text—They Lean to the Belief That the President Had Found the Secretary of State Yielding to His Decisions With More and More Reluctance—The Affair is Liable to Come Up‘in Congress Today, With Discussion of What Constitutes the Disability of a President — Mr. Lansing Denies Himself to All Callers — Is to Spend a Short Vacation in Florida. Washington. Feb. Secretary Lansing's enforced resignation con- tinues to hold the attention of official Washington and all the talk among ans, members of congress and rnment officials continues to cen- ter about it. Gossip as to the proba- uccessor to the former secretary state is en subordinated to dis- on of the semsational climax to the su ed relations between Presi- dent Wilson and the former sedretary of state which now are known to have been existence for more than a Such terms as a “crisis” in the cab- are freely used, and in a sense find color in the gfrank acknowledg- ment of Secretary Lane that he was responsible for the meetings to the president objected, but the formation available 15. squall whic! hest that more secretaries are likely to re- in fact it has been stated at the House that no more resigna- tions are epected as 'a result of the ncident. . Opinion in congress continues divid- ed with opponents of the peace treaty supporting Mr. Lansing’s position and talking of some action to determine how the eccutive business of the gov- ernment President being conducted during Wilson's illness. There is om talk of some sort of specifically define what itutes the disability of a presi- . more clearly than is provided in the constitution. So far it is all in the realm of talk; no member of con- brought forward any pro- posal legislation. The chief discussion seems to range dent Wilson knew about whetl of the cabinel meetings which have been going on for three months until his letter asking for Mr. resignation. Probably no president himsed and ree or four persons most clogely around him can answer such a ques- jon specifically, but it is being pant- out in discussion of the incident reports of the cabinet meetings been printed regularly in the newspapers: that it has been stated at the White Hou: ~eads the papers every day, and that in some insiances. at jeast, official action which the president toek on some Sub- jects was after those subjects had been at the eabinet conferences. who are well informed of s been going on inside of the 2 hold to their belief t meetings were only an discussed d at President Wilson in one of his letters to Mr. ferred to other and more mpertant reasons when he wrote that the cabinet meeting incident only strengthened a feeling he had for somne time and t for some months he had found the secretary of state vielding fons with more and more tomorrow has understoad he may spent a short vacation in before going to his home in own. N. Y. WILSON SENDS NOTE ON ADRIATIC QUESTION Disapproves of Premier Lioyd George’s Proposed Settlement. Feb. 15.—Hugh C. Wallace, merican ambassador, according Temps yesterday delivered to 2 office a memorandum from h the presi- approve the W the the fore: ne ed to the Jugoslavs. says that an identical ivered to the London. President Wilson nderstood that the would find it_impossible tic question ed States. REMIERS HAVE DRAFTED A REPLY TO PRESIDENT WILSON ed a rep son’s note on the Adriatic which will be transmitted e American ambassadors at s, according to a r Millerand’s staff, ris tonight. cretion is being ob- of the reply, be made public until ved by the president of n tes. However, another n the Adriatic settlement as a comsequence of the incident fore- seen in French official circles. Premier Millerand has called a cabinet meeting for Tuesday to hear Bis account of the London negotiations He w ilialso make known a statement on the dipiomatic situation to the sen- ate committee of foreign affairs. SUBSTANCE OF WILSON'S ADRIATIC MEMORANDUM Paris, Feb. 15.—(By the A. P) In memorandum, President Wilson. “fiticizes Premier Llovd George's plan a# communicated to the Jugo Slavs by the supreme council on January 4. The president examined the plan, but declares he cannot approve of its tenor. He particularly opposes the idea which consists in giving the Jugo Slavs the choice between this plan and execution pure and simple »f the London past. In addition, according to the Temps e president finds the Lioyd George slan too divurgent from the memo- mandum drawn up at London last December by Premiers Lioyd George oollabora- and Ciemenceau, with the den of the American representative. The president gives it to be under- #00d that if the allied powers settle e Adriatic problem without con- miting the United States govern- ment. the United States will find it mpossible to. concern itself in Euro- that the president ted | denied | night adhered to his plan to receive | the highest bids i of 3 e APDTowa ser. | terview with William Jennings Bry- Adriatic question, which | an, obtained by its stafl correspondent indicates | tered that there is no crisis, in the sense; final dispo vessels | possession during the war and after | i | | | | i i | purchase examined by the chiefs of the allied governments before the Frénch pre- mier left London for Paris this morn- ing. BRANDEGEE AFTER WILSON ON MATTER OF GERMAN SHIPS — President Washington, Feb. 15. t Wilson was asked in a senate re:?rln:t e yesterday : e he had made with regarding the dis- rman ships_offered tion adopted agreement, if any, British authorities osition of the Germa Por sale by the shipping l\nard_l o The resolution was presentel Y E r Brandegee, republican, Con- heard on what he considered good au- thority that the president had en- “into an understanding as to ition of all the German which came into” Amierican the armistice. : 7 The senate acted virtually e fave not the knowledge in the sense of having seen 2Ry of the doc- uments” said Senator Brandegee, “put I have the information {rom a friend of mine who I consider relia- without ble.” The resolution _ requests the pres- ident to inform the senate “whether any and if so what agreement or un- derstanding exists between him and ng the disposition by the United the disposition oby the United ing A States of America of the German ships which the shipping board is urposing to sell or®which were ac- Phited by the United States affer the termination of hostilities between the United States and the Central European Teutonic powers. PRESIDENT TO REPLY TO BRANDEGEE RESOLUTION ‘Washington, Feb. 15. — Intimation was given in official quarters here to- night that President Wilson early this week would make reply to a resolu- tion offered by Senator Brandegee and adopted by the senate late vesterday, asking what agreement. if any, he had made with British authorities regard- ing Adisposition of the former Ger- man ships. SHIPPING BOARD TO CONDUCT AUCTION TODAY ton, Feb. of the thirty man passenger liners taken over the government during the war will be received by the shiping board at an auction to be conducted tomorrow simultaneously with submission in the District of Columbia supreme court by the board of its answer to the court's order to show cause why a temporary injunction against the sale of the vessels should not be is- ‘Washin! former Ger- by | sued. Chairman Payne of the board to- obtainable for the vessels subject to the approval of the board and the senate commerce com- mittee before consummation of any le. Unless his appearante in court required in which case one of the commissioners of the board will con- duet the auction, the chairman stated that he will offer the vessels himself at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. PLATFO;RM PLANKS THAT BRYAN HOPES TO SEE Cleveland, O., Feb. 15.—The Plain Dealer tomorrow will publish an in- at’ Miami, Fla, in which the former democratic candidate for president names the principal planks he hopes @5 see incorporated in the democratic 1. tional platform at the San Francisco convention. alr o dictate. but merely summarizes his beefs and opinions as a result of his studying the political pulse. He places the more important planks in the fol- lowing order: Indorsyment of the administration of Presiden. Wilson. Nat-cnal prohibition. Womai: suffrage. Opposition to training. Opposition Taxation. Labor problems. Public ¢wnership. Mr. Bryan practically predicted the ehimination of Governor Edwards of erfforced military to profiteering. New Jersey and soldier candidates on both sides for the presidential nomi- nation. SHERIFF SAVES NEGRO FROM GEORGIA MOB Savannah, Ga. Feb. Intent 'on Iynching Andrew Jones, an aged negro, a mob of thirty men stormed the Evans county court hose at- Claxton early today, after shooting out many windows, but the negro’s life was sav- ed by Sheriff T. W. Rogers, who spir- ited him away and brought him to Sa- vannah. The mob, gathering shortly after midnigit. demanded the release of the negro and when refuser opened fire on the courthouse, in which the negro was confined, Evans county having no jail. No one was injured by the shots. Jones was taken into custody by the sheriff after having been attacked by two young men who accused him of turning in information as to “moon- shining” operation. TO DENY CITIZENSHIP OF UNDESIRABLE FOREIGNERS New York, Feb. 15.—A plan to pre- vent undesirable foreigners from ob- taining , American citizenship by vestigating applicants through tary committees was urged tonight in & statement issueq by the American Security eagule. The plan was evolved and will be aided & a com- mittee headed by Former President William H. Taft, Alton B. Parker and ?umr Senstor George Sutherland of 15—Bids for the| Bryan says he does not attempt | Cabled Paragraphs Hungary Holds Off on Peace Treaty. Budapest, Saturday, Feb. 14.—Count. Apponyi, head of the Hungarian peace delegation at Paris, has been instruct- ed not to sign.the peace treaty unless clauses protecting Hungarian minori- ties from persecution are accepted and enforced, it was announced today. 29 RADICALS CAPTURED IN RAID IN PATERSON, N. J. Paterson, N. J, Feb. 15.—Twenty- nine radicals, said by secret service agents to include the most dangerous terrorists in-the United States—mem- bers -of the notorious L'Era Nuova group, whose creed is assassination and violence by individuals without waiting for “mass action”—were cap- tured early today by 100 picked agents of the department of Justice in a dra- matic raid on “Red” headquarters here. Warrants had been sworn out for 32, but three escaped the federal net. All official records of the L. W. W. for the entire district east of _Chicago, were seized in the home of Andre Graziano, Wnarchist. In this house, federal agents said, E. F. Dorsee. Phil adelphia secretary of the I. W. W., was in hiding. He is under indictment in Chicago, and is alleged to have moved the records from Chicago Philadelphia, thenee to Paterson. Dedgers, rosters and statements of financial transactions covering the cities of Chicago, New York, Boston, Phiadelphia, New Bedford, Rochester, and elsewhere, were seized. The most important capture, feder- al officials said, was Ludivico M. Caminetta, editor of the Italian anar- chist magazine La_Javquerie (The Massacre). The printing ofiice was raided, and as the federal agents en- tered they found printers running off L W. W. pamphlets entitled “The Truth About Centralia.” The library of Fermino Gallo, said 1o be the most complete collection of anarchistic Ht- erature in the United States, also was raided. - Every anarchist captured was arm- ed. The raiders were led by Frank B. Stone, head of the New Jersey di- vision of the department of justice, who detailed six of his men to each arrest in view of the reputed desper- ate character of the men sought. Caminetta is a disciple of Enrico Malatesta, who founded the L'Era Nuova group 2 years ago. Bresci, the assassin of King Humbert of Italy, belonged to this coterie. Caminetta formerly edited the anar- chist magazine 1l Boiletino de I'Era Nuova in New York. It was confiscat- ed during President Roosevelt's ad- ministration, but reappeared in Pat- srson. During the silk dyers' strike in Pat- erson in 1902. the anarchistic pri ples of the L'Era Nuova group led to much rioting and bloodshed. Leaders in that strike included Emma Gold- man, Caminetia, William _ MacQueen, an English anarchis and Gallani. Aft- er the strike, with -its unsuccessful end, the group was kept alive by a few members. Three of thos now identi- with it. the federal agents said, are Caminetta, Fermino Gallo and Al- herto Guabello. All of its literature is published in Italian. The men arrested in the raid, federal agents asserted, are “not like the Rus- sion Workers or Communists. They are anarchists of the worst type, not philosophical anarchists such . os. tie Ferrer-colony at Stelton, 'or the so- called constructive anarchists, but ! these are ‘terrorists’ to be compared jwith the Nihilists of Russia. They are 1 enemies of all government, whether it be_so-called capitalist or. communist. “They seck their cnds through the use of bombs, and other engines + of | destruction to create terror and fear.” The prisoners will be taken to Ell Island tomorrow to await deportation proceedings. FORMER EMPEROR CHARLES OF HUNGARY PLOTS RETURN Dudapest, Feb. 14—Additional de- tails of the alleged plot for the return of Former Emperor Charles to Hun- gary, given to the allied mission here state that he was to have crossed the | Swiss border into Lichenstein by boat across the Rhine. Frem Lichenstein it was planned for him to walk into Aus- tria_and_then proceed by auiomobile | to West Hungary. It is alleged that the Officers’ League learned that Minister of the Interior Benitcky was attempting to obt: four passports from the Swiss consul here without the men for whom they were intended appearing persona It was intended to send to Charles in Switzerland a passport in the name of | Kaspar Kovacs and bearing the form- | er emperor's photograph, with the oth | er three passports for his companion Charles, it is said, was to go to Szom- { bathely, in West Hungary, where he would call upon the soldiers to rally to his standard. A despatch from Vienna Saturday night smaid the secretary of Former Emperor Charles had informed The Associated Press by telephone from | Budapest reports of a futile a attempt by the former monarch to re-enter Hungary were entirely false. Accord- ing to the secretary. Charles had not left the chateau grounds at Praggens, where he has been staying for the past three wecks, being slightly ill. 50 GALLON WHISKEY STILL ‘Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 15—A fifty gallon still, said by the police to be in full operation, together with a huge stock of ingredients, claimed to be used in the making of whiskey, were seized in a raid early today by the police in a back room. three flights up, at 151 Bank street. Joseph Perreault, said to be proprietor of the still, and Calvin A. Travers ==d Michael Jacob- son, whe were present when the po- ice went into the place, were arrested The still is said to be the largest seiz ed in New England since the prohibi- tion enforcement went into effect. Sergeants Mullen and Magner and nine Waterbury patrolmen made the raid. The room in which the still was found, easily trailed by fumes of the illicit ' liquor, was in the rear of a five-room apartment, the floors helow being occupied by a number of social clubs, directly beneath being the British-American clib. Travers and Jacobson are said by the police to be membérs of the club. The police say the alleged still has been under the eyes of the officers for three weeks. KILLED BY A BULLET FROM HIS OWN RIFLE ‘Washington, Conn., Fh, 15.—Preston Kenyon, a New York lawyer, about 0 years old, was killed here Saturday afternoon by a bulletin from his own rifle. - Medical Examiner Stevens ex- pressed the opinion that death was accidental. Mr. Kenyon came here Thursday, staying at the Logan homestead. Fri- day and Saturday he hunted for fox. Last night® Fred Powell, who has acted as caretaker of the homestead, stopped at the housé, and found it empty., Powell searched through the snow and found the body of Mr. Ken- ving a mile away, with the rifle nearby. | to: SEIZED IN WATERBURY | 'State Policeman Kills Two ‘Burglars In a Gun Duel in the Cellar of the Summer Home of Mrs. Elisa G. Morris at Sound Beach. Greenwich, Conn., Feb. 15.—Two al- leged burglars were killed at Sound Beach early today in a zun duel in the dark with Alden L. McMurtry, a state policeman. The shooting occurred in the cellar of the summer home of Mrs. | Eliza G. Morris, at Rocky Point, Sound Beach. One of the supposed burglars, John Noccia. 30, was killed outright Dby a bullet through the stomach, while the other, Anthony Forlenzo, 23, died in the Greenwich hospital. oBth lived in the west end of Stamford. MecMurtry was wounded in the right arm. Addison Bacon, a constable, who was'with McMurtry, but did po shoot- | ing, was injured in the shoulder and| taken to the Greenwich hospital. Cor- oner Phelan will hold an inquest here tomorrow. McMurtry is a special state police- man, serving without pay, and also a town constable. He saw service in the war and was discharged with the rank of major a vear ago. He conducts an automobile headlight business and has an office in Stamford. Bacon is a prosperous farmer, who has served as a constable and a volunteer fireman for several years. A resident in a house near the Mor- s place telephoned local nolice head- quarters early this morning that per- sons were moving about in the neigh boring house, which had been unoccu- pied Bacow went out in his automobile, stopped for McMurtry st his home and went on to Rocky Point. The two men went throuzh the first, second and third floors of the Morris house, but found no onme. McMurtry carried an automatic pistol. while Bacon was un- armed. They went into the cellar and found two men crouched in a'corner. According to McMurtry, he asked them | to surrender. but the men opened fire with revolvers. A pistol fight in the dark ensued McMurtry said, with shots fired from behind chimney at phantom shapes. When the duel had ended one man was found to be dead. while the other had five bullet wounds in his body. The latter died in the hosvital:two hours later and the police made identifica- tion of both bodies from vapers and! with the aid of the Stamford nolice. The police searchéd the rooms of the two alleged hurglars in Stamford and found several trunks containing sil-| verware and other articies which they believed were nart of. the loot in re- ent burglaries in this section. BILL PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL BUDGET SYSTEM Washington, Feb. 15.—A bill pro- ding for a national budget system been agreed upon unanimously the special senate sub-committee appointed to consider such legisla- tion and will be favorably reported to the imll committee this week, Senato. McCormick, republican, 1lliiois, chairman of the sub-committee, an- |nounced tonight. As finally agreed on, the bill is a combination of the ood bill Gpassed by the house last fall and the McCormick bill and pro- | | vides for strict control of govern- | mental expenditures, Under its provisions a budset bu- reau would be created in the treasury | department to collect and revise all estimates fsm the various govern- mental depsartments. After this had been done, the bureau's report would be submitted to the secretary of the treasury and eventually to the pres- ident for approval. The latter then { would be required to submit his bud- |get to congress annually before De- j cember 10, setting forth the treas- jury's condition, together with a complete statement regarding the | bonded and other indebtedness of the | United States and other information {relative to the government's finan- | cial status and means of securing the | |pecessary money to meet expendi- { tures. Provisions from the | were retaineg creating an independ- |ent department known as the ac- counting department to review ex- penditures and report to congress| suggesdions for improvement ~ in | methods, reductions or other changes it regards necessary either in amounts or systems. In addition to Senator McCormick, the sub-committee consists of Sena- | tors Keyes. New Hampshire, and Edge, New Jersey, republicans, and Simmons, North Carolina, and King. Utah, democrats. NEW STAGE OF PEACE TREATY FIGHT IN SENATE house bl | Washington, Feb. 15—The peace treaty fisht will pass into another and perhaps decisive stage tomorrow with the best opinion in official and | political circles here di ed ag to Whether the outcome will be ratifica- tion or rejection, Under a plan agreed upon a week ago the treaty <is to be called for- mally before the senate with the re- publican reservations adopted at the last session of congress. A brief sea- | son of general debate is expected | while negotiations for a compromise | are proceeding, but it ig the intention | | of the leaders to hola the discussion | j Within reasonable bounds and to be- | igin within a few days actual senate jconsideration of the changes pro- posed in the reservations. I Solution of most of the collateral | issueg is expected to be reached with ! little® difficulty along the lines laid | down by the recently dissolved bi- | partisan conference. But the dis- | agreement over Article 10 which is the crux of the whole controversy re- mained in a state tonight which seemed to menace seriously the chances of ratification, INTELLECTUAL WORKERS OF PARIS FOR FEDERATION Paris, Feb. 1g—Intellectural work- ers in this city have formed a feder- ation, which has been given recogni- tion 'by labor organizations. Dra- matists, engineers, scientists, teachers, | artists, poets, songwriters journalists and’ dramatic experts are eligible to membership in the federation which has appointed two committees to draft a definite constitution and programme. CUT MADE BY HOUSE IN " AGRICULTURAL BILL Washington, Feb. 15.—Before pass- ing the $30.000,000 agriculture appro- priation Dill, the house yesterday re- duced by $100,000 the half million dol- lar fund for combatting hog cholera, ‘Buropean corn borer,.and voted $180,- 000 for maintaining the government Charles M;cVugh, Tefused to grant $300.000 to fight the [at Constantinople on Wednesday night Perished in Snow Storm on Mountain Jr,, a Harvard Graduate, Died From Exposure on Mt Monadnock, N. H. Dublin, N. H, Feb. 15—Charles MacVeagh, Jr., of New York, a grad- uate student at Princeton and ‘son of the counsel for the United States Steel Corporation, died of exposure on Mt. Monadnock early today dur- ing an attempted snow shoe .trip to the summit in company with Charl- ton Reynders, of New York, a senior at_Harvard. The young men started on their trip eariy vesterday afternoon in ex- cellent weather but soon a_blinding snowstorm and high wind developed, | making it impossible for them toj| reach the summit. When a half mile| irom the top they abandoned the at-| tempy and started on the return. But at that time it was dusk and soon they lost their way in the growing| darkness and driving storm. More- over deceived by the mild, clear wea- ther when they started, they were| thinly clad, without overcoats, hats | or gloves, MacVeagh haustion, fal soon showed signs of ex- ng several times and about 9 o'clock dropped unconscious. Reynders, who was also suffering from exhaustion, protected his com- panion as best he could, but . Mac- eVagh died at about 4 o'clock this morning. At about the time MacVeagh fell unconscious, Ired Nettleton, care- taker at the MacVeagh estate here, who had become alarmed at the fail- | ure of the young men to return, started up the mountain on snow shoes in ‘an attempt to find them. He discharged hfs revolver ' frequently ! and eventually Reynders heard and; revolver. But then it was difficult for Nettle- to locate them, and MacVeagh dead when he arrived. { Nettleton assisted Reynders down | the mountain and returned for the body, bringing it out just before nightfall. Reynders' condition to- night ws sald not to be serious. answercd with his own even ton day for a few days' outing. Why they left for the mountain equipped as! they were is not known. Even their | snow shoes were said to be small for such a trip, with snow on the moun- tain from three to five fect deep. During the night another foot of snow fell. MacVeagh was 22 was graduated and last years old from = Harvard June. During the war he was a lieu- tenant in the S. A. T. C. at Colum- bia. He, was specializing 'in lan- guages at Princeton. At Harvard he was a member of the Signet Society and president of the Harvard Advo- cate. He prepared for college at the Groton (Mass.) school. INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE RECESSES UNTIL MARCH 1 Washlington, Feb. 15.—Recess un- til March 1 was taken today by the present industrial conference to al- low a drafting committee to put into final form the conference's recom- mendations for harmonizing rela- tions between capital ang labor. In dealings with public utilities, the conference has eliminated railroads inasmuch as congress now is consid- cring the entire railroad problem, with indications that the question of strikes would be acted upon by leg islation. It was said to be not likely that the conference would recom- mend any legal prohibition of strikes | in_local public utilities. Secretary Wilson, chairman of the| conference, heads the drafting com mittee, the other members of which | are Herbert Hoover, vice chairman and the chairmen of the four princi- pal sub-committees. The identities of | the. sub-committee chairmen have | not been disclosed since the confer-| ence started work. In revising its preliminary report, | the conference has covereq many new | subjects, such as establishment of | a . national employmens exchange, hours of work, wages, women in in- | dustry, child Jabor and cost of living. | The plan for a national and regionai board of adjustment has been retain ed with improvements and the con ference has made new recommenda tions for means to forestall disputes as well as to settle them after they| arrive. 50,000 TONS COAL AWAIT | SHIPMENT TO NEW ENGLAND| Danbury, Conn., F thousand tons of coa b. 15, — Fifty about 30,000 bituminous, anthracite and 20.000 were in_the railroad vards at Ma brook, N. Y. today awaiting ment to New England points. Four} thousand tons belongs to the New Yonrk, 'w Haven and Hartford rail- road, while the remainder is con- | gned to dealers and public utilities | ship- | in Conmnecticut and Massachusetts citieg 3 Two hundred carloads of coal, con- taining fifty tons each, passed| through here yesterday on their way to some of the cities where a short- age has been felt. This afternoon a| snowstorm slowed up traffic on the railroads in this section. Trains from Poughkeepsie on the Centralj New England Railroad were an hour| and a half late because of the derail- | ment of a snow plow across the New York state line. The Berkshire divis- ion of the New Haven road reported renewed trouble from snow and nd. “KAISER FILM” HAS BEEN ORDERED DESTROYED Berlin, Saturday, Feh. 14—A Ber- lin court today decided that the So- called “kaiser film,” depicting the for- tunes of Wilhelm IT, was a serious M- bel on the former German emperor as | a man and ordered that all copies of the film and also reproductions of the ex-kaiser's portraits from it should be_destroyed. The film was exhibited in the court- room to the judge and attorneys for| five hours. It showed the actor Ferd- | inand Bonn impersonating the former emperor at varjons stages of his ca- reer. Public exhibtions of the film were prohibited last autumn by Gustav Noske, minister of defense. DESTROYER BIDDLE K AT CONSTANTINOPLE | Constantinople, Thursday, Feb. 12.— The American destroyer Biddle arrived | with- Viee Consul Calder and severa] | Red Cross and Young Men's Chris- kelp plant at Summerland. Cal. The measure 10w goes to the senate, tlan association workers who aided in | the evacuation of Odessa. {a favorable | appointed Condens During Januai 18,640 permits were granted ings. egrams cities reported for build- rail- efore Scnate leaders are confident th road bill will passsboth houses March 1. X Gold sold at 121s 6d a fine ounce in London, compared” with 120s at pre- vious close. Weekly statement of the Bank of France reported 1,000 franes . in gold stocks on hand. Weekly statement ‘of the Bank of England shows that the total reserve increased £2,265,000, J. M. Kurn was elected president of the St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- way by the directors. British exports of iron and steel and manufactures thercof during January .Lmo\gnlcd to 257,000 tons. ! Crep moisture conditions through- out Alberta, Canada, ‘reported the most favorable in many years. Assistant Sccretary of State William Phillips is likely to be appointed Am- erican miinister to Holland. i Soft coal is reported selling at $25 a ton in Chile, although it ouiy costs| $5 a ton or less to produce. Paris quoted the lollar at 14 francs | 50 centimes, compared with 14 francs 28 centimes at previous close. Alberic A. Archambault of Warwich, ‘was appointed federa hibiton director for Rhode Island. West pro- | Senate finance committe: ordered | report on tariff bills af- fecting magnesite and chemical gas Vice President Marshall signed the oil land leasing hill. The measure now goes to President Wilson for enact- ment. -— Secretary Daniels declared the {navy's most pressing need to be the establ ifornia. ment of a naval base in Cal- Fire in a four family dwelling &t Holyoke, Mass., led to the discovery | by the firemen of a crude whiskey still {in the attic. Passengers on board the Maun:tania | drank a record stock of liquor before | the ship arrived at Southampton from | New York. Chancellor of the Exchequer Cham- berlain of England announced a plan | to reduce the fineness of silver coins of the United Kingdom. Wreckers who took off the cargo from the steamer Maine, on a reef in Long Island sound, reported the ves sel in an upright position. Leatlers of the republican mapority in the legislature believe the state .of New York should provide a bonus for citizens who served in the war. An appropriation of $20,000,000 more will be needed at the approaching ses- sion of Canada’s parliament to finish the government shipbuilding program. Executive committce of the Spanish socialists decided to call a meeting Feb. 21 to decide whether the party will adhere to the third internationale. Secretary Lane asked congress to appropriate $80,000 to reimburse the Alaskan government for money ex- pended during the influenza epidemic. According to latest reports, peace conference decided to ' suggest that Holland move the former Ger- man emperor to a Dutch oversea do- minion. the Former U. S. Senator Gardner of Maine, reported the cost of develop- ing the St. Lawrence between Mon- treal and Lake Ontario will ekceed $250,000,000. Actual producticn of German potash in 1919 totalled 946.000 tons, of svhich 264,000 tons were sold abroad, the re- mainder meeting 41 per cent. of home consumptton. Holden A. Evans, president the Baltimore Drydock and Shiphbuilding Co., confirmed the report of the sale of he Pusey & Jones Shipyard at Glou- ester, N. J. Lieutenant Commander Thomas Mott Osborne, commander of the naval pris- on at Portsmouth, denied that he had again submitted his resignation to the navy department. The Rev. J. J. Fitzgerald, pastor of |St. John the Evangelist Roman Cath- olic church in New Britain, has been rector of Sacred Heart church, Waterbury. Prof, Scott Nearing, socialist, was refused permission to speak at a Troy theatre by the manager, after thre posts of the American Legion urged people not to attend. Favorable report was ordered unan- imously by the senate agriculture committee of the revised Kenyon-Ken- drick bill providing for federal regula- tion of the meat industry Matthew J. Higgins, president of the Boston Street Carmen’s Union, and a labor organizer, died in Boston, of in- fluenza. He was serving his fifth term as president of the union. A murder was revealed when the body of a man with hands and feet bound and a handkerchief tied over his mouth was found in_a small pond known as the Basin at Milford, Mass. Samuel Pierce Mandell, president of the Boston Transcript Company, and until his retirement, actively assoeiat- | ed with the dry goods house of C. F. Hovey & Co., died at his residence in Boston. Many of Worcester’s principal man ufacturing concerns suspended their regular business Saturday and turned their employes into the volunteer army organized to dig the city out of the| snow drifts. Canada notified England that it ob- jected to any change in the covenant of the league of nations which will permit the dominion from befhs a full fledged member of the league and hav- ing a vote in the assembly. 3 Senate adopted a resolution reques- ed by Secretary Baker authorizing the | war department to bring back to this | country ahout 12,000 Polish troops who | left this country to join the French Polish Legion nd are now in concen- tration campe near Warsaw. i fires in dow: ocratic Convention in San trine of the Right to “Live, Happiness.” hington, Feb. 15.—Vice Presi- dent Marshall, inia letter to Hoffman of Fort Wayne, Jnd. tary of the democratic national com-! made public tonight, an-| d his candidacy as a delegate at large from Indiana to the coming San Francisco convention upon “an old- time democratic platform.” “I have watched in other countries the effects of so-called unbridled de- mocracy,” the vice. president wrote, “and 1 have seen its menace in this country, until 1 am quite convinced that the peace, prosperity and perpet- secre- uity of the American republic must rest finally upon a few ancient and | time-honored democratic doctrines. In view of politi al gossip that Vice President Mar: 11l is slated to hecome chairman of the democratic platform committee, his letter was read with especial interest by officials here, As I am desirous of being a dele- zate at large from the state of Indi- ana. T wish to state the substance of what [ think the democratic party stand for," Mr. Marshall wrote. were in the war from the very moment of its European beginning be- cause it affected our internal. affairs. All of the methods and measures wdopted for the preservation of the neace of our country and the winning of the war met with my approyal, and T am ready to defend them. “The war is now over and the re- habilitation of America as well as the rest of the world is taking place. It is not possible to accomplish our re- habilitation other than = through the strumentalities of political parties. How shall the democratic narty vro- Pose to rehabilitate the political sys- tem of America, if entrusted with vower, is the question. “I have watched in other countries the effects of so-called unbridled de- mocracy and I have seen its menace in this country, until T am --ite con- vinced that the peace, prosmerity and perpetuity of the American republic must rest finally upon a few ancient and time-honored democratic doc- irines. > “No one save God can remove the individual as the unit of good govern- ment. Legislative efforts to produce justice and good order in society by MARSHALL FAVORS AN 010 TIME DEMOCRATIC PLATFOR Vice President States His Position in Announcing His Can« 15 didacy For Delegate at Large From Indiana to the Dem- Francisco — Declares, Now . That the War is Over, the Rehabilitation of America Should Bs Madé on the Time-Honored Jeffersonian Doc- to Liberty and the Pursuit of lstening and acceding to the demands of persons agd classes will in_the hour of peace produce failure. The only cure foundation for a stable republia must rest on the Jeffersonian rizht to life, to liberty and to the pursuit of happiness. “The democratic party should stand for this and pledge itself to rebuiid the American, political structure along this ine by clearly dividing its citizens into the law-abiding and Jaw-sreak- ing; making its laws rest equally upon all men: permitting the individual cit- izen who is honest to succeed by hon= est methods; giving 10 no cit! leg- istative advantage; speedily purishing anyone who un. obtaing success by erooked and dishonest means; rec- omnizing that this is still a federation of states; demanding that the States discharge the duties of local self-gov- @1 iment: resisting the usurpations of the general government; reiloving corrupt and biased judges but stand= ing always for obedience to the des crees of court and to constituied au~ thority; insisting that the legislative trunch ‘of the government shail be re= spcnsible for the discharge of its duty anl serving notice upon it that it can=< uvot skulk behind an alleged interfer= ence upon the part of executiv branch; electing an evecutive pledg to discharge the countless and innu~ le agonts made nee by tha and to administer public affatrs along economic lines even to the point; of the veto of every bill carrying noti ony iwmecessary and -ill-advised ap= propriations but appropriations for the' henefit of a few citizens rather than for the common good: regulating strictly every public utility, and pun— ishing all those seeking to profiteert either personally or through agzregate ed combinations of men or money: in' short, the presentation to the people for their suffrages of a man upen an| old-time democratic platform, under| th# principles of which the republic for so many years was prosperous and invincible. | “If a faith of this kind appeals %ol the democrats of Indiana, I desire go as a delegate at large fo the con: vention at San Francisco to advocatdl th's kind of a platform and to ascer- tain whether everything that made th tepublic great was right or wrong.” " ATTITUDE OF POLAND of Russia, Poland is assuming an at- titude somewhat similar to that taken by the allies toward Germany previous to the armistice, Poland con- tending that it is she who has been wronged and that her war has been a defensive one from the beginning. | The framers of the conditions main- | tain that the burden in every partic- ular should be placed upon the bol- shevi who have waged a war of terror and aggression against Po- land's just rights. Accortling to members of the diet, the military authorities have been consulted and they insist upon the most severe guarantees, both terri- toral and otherwise, designed to se- | cure Poland in the future against any possible encroichment on the part of the holshevik As one method of crippling the bol- sheviki, the army leaders are expect- ed to insist that the thousands of | railway rs and locomotives wrest- ed from Poland when the former | czar's army withdrew to the east must be returned, or a sum equiva- lent to their value included in the in- demnities. Objects of art and books | taken from universities and private | libraries and_various national keep- sakes taken from Poland at diffeernt| times will all be demanded returned | or, failing this, their value in_gold. It is planned to search the Polish records for a_hundred years back and demand restitution by’ the bolsheviki of the valuable historic objects tak- en during this time. JUGOSLAVIA CABINET TENDERS RESIGNATION Jugoslavia, Saturday, Feb. abinet headed by Premier Davidovitch resigned today owing to the refusal of Prince Regent Alexander to dissolve the present pro- visional national representatjon and order elections of a national constitu- etn assembly. The Davidovitch ministry was form- ed on Aug. 16 last. An official communication with ge- gard to the resignation of the cabinet says: “The prince regent not HKaving deigned to accept the proposition of the royal government to dissolve the provisional assembly and ordain elec- tions for a_national permanent assem- | bly, the Davidovitch cabinet has ten- dered its resignation.” FIRE FIEND AT WORK IN DOWNTOWN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Gonn., Feh. 15.—Belief that a dangerous pyromaniac is. op- erating in the downtown section of this city was expressed tonight by Chief of Police Smith, Fire Chief Fancher and Fire Marshal Perkins, | following investigation of a fire which - badly damaged the Hubinger Building early today. A number of town buildings have ,0c- curred since January 1, all starting| between midnight and 1 a. m. and! entailing an ,aggregate loss ‘of more | than $600,000. The Hubinger Build- ing dimage is estimated at $149,000. The heaviest sufferer in the structure was the Woolworth Five and Ten Cent Store, WORST BLIZZARD OF SEASON AT SYRACUSE Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 15.—After a week of thaw and balmy weather, the worst blizzard of the season set early today and late tonight showed no sign of abatement. - Driven by high west winds, the snow demoralized the thain and trolley schedulkes and blocked ‘country roads in all sections of central and northern New York TOWARD SOVIET RUSSIA it e SR RAILROAD EMPLOYES TO | garsaw, Poland, Friday, Feb. 18.—| Washington, Feb. 15.—Formulatiodi In shaping the peace conditions to be of a definite program as a basis ony presented to the Soviet government Which to continue its campaign against high living costs has been; initlated by railroad labor, it was dis: closed tonight by union officials. While! the wage demands of the two millio railroad weckers, which have held offi ial attention since Feb. 3, will be held in temporary abeyance at the request. of the president, there is no disposition! on the part of union leaders to regard their work as complete or to await al= together-a. final decision on the wWhol wage controversy to be given by th general conference of union commit teemen to be held here Feb. 23. The attitude of the union official while they expressed gratification af the recognition of certain of principles by President Wilson, is,ps dicated on an apparently general contents A COMBAT HIGH LIVING COSTS, i l ! Sl S | 1 their| lief among their membership that thel government has “not held together ing any of its drives on the high cost of living spectre.” Much criticism directed at congress and the heads.of executive departments during the cent wage negotiations, leaders said. The general feciing of raiiroad labot was expressed in this auestion, asked by a union official who has carried o | grievances throughthe entire negotia= to admit] tions: “Are we, as Americans, that we cannot control.the profiteer?”! The program under consideration &ill in no way run counter to the X, of the American Federation of Labor! which has announced its intention of! engaging aggressively in the comings political campaign. With this railroad: union leaders said they were in com— plete accord. They propose, however,, an amplification of and an addition tol purpose of “henefiting all‘of the peoplel while helping labor.” TO PERMIT THE SULTAN TO REMAIN IN CONSTANTINOPLE the policies outlined by Samuel Gom< pers, federation president, with the Paris, Feb. 1.—(Havas). Agree= ment has been reached by the su= preme allied council to permit.the sultan to maintain his court in Con= stantinople, but Turkey must give guarantees, especially relative to the: Dardaneiles, and must not have an army, according to London advices quoting a statement by Premier Mile lerand. Further advices from London, con= firmatory of the above, are to the ef= fect that the allies will maintain vig= oroug military .and naval control over the Straits of the Dardanelles. -The experts tomorrow will begin the dis~ cussion of the methods: of control Marshal Foch will represent France. GERMAN COMPENSATION ;o FOR DAMAGE TO PARIS Paris, Feb. 15.—Forty million franes have been advanced as compensation for damage done in this city by Ger= man airplane bombs and shells from the .nemy’s long range guns, injury to property as 4 result of the explosion of munition plants at Rue Tolbiac and Corneuve was also fizured in with the sum advanced. All but six of tha houses damaged by bombardments have been repaired. The pre-war value of property was taken as a hasis in the calculation ofk compensation to be awarded. BOLSHEVIK TROOPS ALONG POLISH FRONTIER Warsaw, Saturday, Febh. 14. — A heavy concentration of bolshevik 1~0ps is reported at three points along the I’olsh frontier and discussion of the Su {:t operations is overshadow- ing the peace talk, especia the Polish military authori efttheleds, ‘discussions looking to opeing of peace negoliations, possibly in March, are continuing in Warsaw and Moscow, ¥ L l