Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 21, 1920, Page 1

" 'VOL. LXI—NO. 46 PRESIDENT REPLIES 10 "~ GERMAN SHPS N o Mo Informed the Senate That He Had Not Entered Into Any Condensed Teiegrams Agreement or Understanding With Officials of Great Britain Concerning the Sale of Former German Liners Seized in American Ports—Submitted a Proposed Agree- ment That Was Thoroughly Understood to be Contin- gent Upon Approval of Congress—Sale of Former Ger- man Cargo Ships by the, Shipping Board Will Continue, as the Temporary Injunction Granted Hearst Applies Only to the Thirty Passenger Ships. f Feb. 20. President to Senator Brande- gee's resolution informed the senate today that he not entered into any agreement or understanding with of- ficials of Great Britain concerning the sale of former German liners seized in American ports, nor had he entered into any agreement or understanding spect to what disposition made of them by the United ‘Washington, Wiison in reply ates. At the same time he transmitted to a copy of a “proposed between the allied and zovermmnents at Paris un- ach is to retain as its own lete : to and use of all} i or detained | a war. measure.” | i me free from any llied or associat- further provides | ips so retained by | ed government | excess of the claims of such | for war losses in mer- such government shall not a of other eded under the treaty of peace. ceded will bhe distrfbuted the other governments on the ton and class for class st and not replaced by 1 or captured of the ships the enemy vessels se by them dvri r. t since the ships | to.be retained by the United States, Brazil. China, Cuba and Siam would heir claims for merchant ton- the commission shall deter- asonable value of the excess ose countries shall pay sums to the commission for the Germany ing repara- war losses <hips. | while he felt would make “h he he bad no authority to hind it to/that act, “but must depend upon its faking the same view in the Pat is taken by the joint siz- s ‘of this azreement.” Text of Message. sident’s message to the sen- to acknowledge pt ution passed by the senate on Feb. 14 requesting the oresident to Inform that hody ‘whether any, and if so w' agreement or un- derstanding ex hetween him and sfficials of Great Britain concerning the disposition by the United States of America of the German ships which the shippinz board is proposing to sell, or were acquired by the United Stafes | after the termination of hostilities be- tween said United States Sentral European Teutonic power The ships for the purchase of which have heen asked by the shipping were taken over by cxecutive issued pursuant to’the Joint | and ttle of any vessel within its juris- diction, under enemy ownership, or under the registry of an enemy coun- try. The government of the United States is not in possession of any ex- German vessels except those taken over under this resolution. Under an afmistice agreement between the Ger- | man government and the allied and associated powers certain German vessels were taken over primarily for the transport of food to Europe, in- cluding Germany, and for the trans- portation of troops. Of the tonnage so taken over certain passenger ships were allocated to the United States | temporarily for the purpose of repatri- ating American soldiers. When the transportation of our troops was com- pleted, these vessels were all surren- dered in accordance with the agree- ment under which they were tempo- rarily allocated to this government for such use. “There is not nor has there been any agreement or understanding between the nresident of the United States and »ficials Great Britain concerning he sale of the ex-German vessels in posscssion of the United States, nor is there any agreement or understand- | ing with resnect to what disposition = be 1 e of those ships by the United Stat Has Been No Agreement. ve the ahove information fully answers the senate inquiry. How- ever, I am transmitting herewith a; draft of a proposed understanding in | regard to ex-enemy merchant tonnage to which I have given assent, subject to future action of congress, as pro- vided therein. Although this under- standing. which recogrizes America’s right with regard to German vessels taken in our ports, does not relate to the dispesition of such vessels by the | United States, I am, neverthcless, transmitti it in order that the sen- ateé may be in possession of all the in- formation there is in any way relating to the vessels in question. T had in- tended to submit this to congress at the' anpropriate time, after the rati. fication of the treaty with Germany. “WOODROW WILSON. 1920 ement referred to | the nresident follows The Proposed Agreement. i ed and associated govern ments whose signatures are hereto af- fixed severally agree as regards mer- chant shipning as follows: The reparation commission will oon as possible compile a lis i el | C i quired to cede under peace. the Disposition of Ships. “2. The repa on will take such steps secure that each of ihe allicd siated gov- ernments will retain as its own the | in merchant ships, i which' has ‘not ‘béen, or is not beifg captured, seized or detained during the war as a war measure and prior to Nov. 11, 1918, and will own the same free from any claim of any of the allied or associated government. “In all cases where the ships and boats sc to be retained by any allied or associated .government are in ex- cess of the claims of such governments respectively for war losses in mer- chant ships sugh government shall not make any claim for a share in. other | ships and boats ceded under the treaty of peace. “‘3.. In all cases where the ships and boats so to be retained by ‘any such government are insufficient to satisfp in full the claims of such gov- ernments respectively. for war losses the enemy ships which remain an which are to be ceded under the treaty of peace will be divided into three classes, Vi liners, other merchant ships, and fish- ing boats, and will be distributed to such governments. on the basis of ton for ton and class for class of the ships and boats lost and not repaced by the ships and boats retained, but in proportion to the balance due on the- cl s of such governments re- As the ships and boats so to ined will in the case of Bra- zil, China, Cuba. Siam and the Unit- ed States, exceed the total amount of tonnage which wowld be allotted to those countries was the total enemy | tonnage captured, seized, detained or still in existence shared in propor- tion to losses of ships and boats dur- ing the war, in each such case a rea- sonable value on the excess of ships and boats over the amount which resuit from such a division will be determined. ““‘The amount of the value so fix- ed will be paid over by each such state to the reparation commission for the -credit- of Germany towards the sums due from her for reparation, in spect to war losses of merchant s As soon as the reparation commission has collected the neces- sary information. and is in a position s0 to do, they will give public notice that after an interval of two months they will proceed to divide the ves- sels except those captured, seized or or-detained by the allied and-associat- | ed governments which are to be tained- by - them respectively as here. inbefore provided. = If within one month of the publication of the no-| tice, any ailied. associated or neutra | government, person or corporation, a national of such government and act- ing through such .government, notifies the commission that they: have an| equitable claim against any vessel satisfied by the enemy government that claim will be considered on its merits by the commission which may | adopt any procedure it thinks fit. pro- vidéd it is expeditious and is calcu- lated to. do substantial justice as b tween the allied and associated gov- ernments on -the one hand and the claimant on the other, “‘The commission will have power! to determine claims so presented, and | such determination will be conclusive | and the commission will also have have power to enforce its findings. (Signed) WOODROW WILSON, “‘Subject to the explanation con- tained in the attached memorandum.i D. Lloyd-George, May, 1919. i _“I deem it my duty to state, in signing this document, that, while I feel confident that the congress of the United States will make the dis- posal of the funds mentioned in! Clause 4 which is there agreed upon ! I have no authority to bind it to that act, but must depend upon its taking the same view of the mater that is taken by the joint signatories of this agreement.” TO PROCEED WITH SALE OF GERMAN CARGO SHIPS ‘Washington, Feb, 20—President Wil- son flatly denied today in a formal communication to the senate that he had any agreement or understanding with British officials regarding dispo- sition of the fleet of former German liners around which, since théy were offered for sale by the Shipping, Board, | has raged a controversy into which congress, courts and Zovernment agen- cies have been drawn. Before Mr. Wilson’s message reach- ed the senate, the commerce commit- tee had decided to recommenfl pas sage of the bill drawn by its chair- an, Senator Jones, republican, Wash- nzton, deferring sale of the snips un- | til they shall have been re-fitted for| commercial service by the shipping; board and congress shall haye lid down a national shipping poliep. The House merchant marine committee had embarked on an independent i quity with Chairman John - Barton Payne and Vice Chairman Stevens of the shipping board reiterating their | divergent views on the advisability of | resent sale of the vessels, and in the | District _Supreme Court, Associate Justice Bailey took under advisement application of cousel for the. board that $5,000000 bond be required of William Ranadoiph Hearst in taxpay- er proceedings through waich he was granted a temporary injunction against | the board’s plan to sell the fleet. Sale of former German cargo yes-| els by the shipping board will con- inue, Chairman Payne announced to- 1t, as action of the senate com- merce committee and the temporary injunction granated Willlam Randalph Hearst applies only to the thirty pas- senger ships. have been invited by the board for the purchase of 25 freight car- riers aggregating 100,582 deadweight tons, Up to the present 23 ex-enemy 70 carriers have been sold by the necks totalling $1,485,619 deposited by cight bidders as eaTnest money binds for the passenger ships were reteurned to them today. he proposed agreement transmit- ted by the president was signed in i Senate corfirmed thee nomination of Robert Johnson, as ambassador to taly. ¥ 5 Belgium’s ‘efforts to regain pre-war production are indicated by some of the 1919 crops. Commercial Cable Co. announced Scandiffavian traffic is subject to de- lay owing 4o interruption of cable. Bar_silver remained unchanged at New York'at $1.30 an ounce, compared with 83 3.4/pence an ounce in Lon- don. ¥ Canadian railways intend to apply to the railway commission for furth- er increa: n freight rates, it was learned at Ottawa. War department announced out of the 400,445 men New York state sup- plied to the American army, 6,621 were willed in the war, Petitigns to place the name of Will- iam J. Bryan on the ballot as a.dem- ocratic presidential candiate were re- ceived in Michigan. m Phillips, Wi who was named minister to Holland by President son, arrived at New York in the Lapland from England. Bela Kun, dictator under the Com- munist regime in Hungary, as - brought. to a hospital near Vienna fear An A peal Tha l Al Eff Stockholm under heavy guard. P tlis ways ective Salvation Army hotel at Wrights- town, N. J. near Camp Dix, was| burned to the ground. Ninety guests There is need in the homes of this country for all of the useful excApRIiut two el il irecy goods that manufacturers and merchants have to sell. lt wag announced in Washington || for those who manufacture and those who sell to take advantage of that farmers intend to cut produc- tion owing to the high cost of labor, transportation and distribution. Thirty-three uniens, comprising the Chicago Building Trades Council, are preparing to démdnd $1.25 an hour in- stead- of $1, decided on last fall. Suggestions that the former Germ-nl' emperor be sent to the island of Curdcao, off, the Venezuelan coast, were received favorably at The Hage. Stern protests are reported in cir- culdtion at Barcelona against the ex- port of 40,000 tonsof sugar while that commodity is already scarce in Spain. President Wilsch has improved so mfich, according to Rear Admiral Grayson, that he is at his desk daily and will soon be able to use his type- | writer. A London cable says a British syn- djtate obtained permission to build a raflway in Persia from Bagdad to Te- heran, also from ~Mahammerak to amadan, , » According”to the London Pall Mall | Gazette the promotion of important financial and commercial enterprises is the object of the present visit of Hen- ¥ P. Davison to Kurope. Enough petitions were received by the Michigan state secretary to place the name of Bugene V. Debs on the esidentigl preferential primary bal- ldt- as a socialist candidate. ‘Walter Gabriele, New Jersey secre- tdry of the -Communist party, was ntenced at Newark by Judge Os- rne to a prison term of from two to ten years and fined $1,000. Complete calm prevails in Barcelo- fa, Spain. Capt.-Gen. Weyler visit- ed the barracks and reviewed all the regiments . later taking dinney with ‘troo who greeted him with en- thusiasm. , Mme. Jacqueline Clemenceau- Jacgtiemaire, daughter of the former premier of France, declaring her lec- ture tour in this country had been a success, sailed for France on the liner Rochambeau. of investigate the Appointment of a commissioner ten congressmen to cost and advisability of asystem of universal military training was pro- posed by a group of western repub- lican senators, It was reported at Prague an agree- ment had heen reached betwecn Czech-Slovakia and American bank- ers for the advance of necessary funds to buy 20,000 bales of American cot- ton each month. Half of the manu- factured product will be for export. Judge Wadhams, in general ses- sions, sentenced Leo Julofsky, prin- cipal in the theft of $141,000 in Lib- erty bonds from Levinson & Co., to from three to.seven years' imprison- ment and two accomplices to not less than one year and six months and not more than three years. During the ebate ind the Dutch parliament concerning Holland's. en- trance into the League of Nations the Communist member, Wynkopp—ad- mitted that at the Communist confer- ence, held recently at Asterdam, that Russian bolshevik were ready to make peace on “any terms” with border states. and Mr. Wilson. The president's sig- nature, however, was made condition- al on an eppended “explanation” that it was subject to the approval of con- gre The agreement covered all vessels captured, seized or detained by any of the allied or associated. gover ments, APPRAISAL GERMAN SHIPS MADE IN 1917 ‘Washington, Feb, 20—At the di- rection of the president an appraisal of the German vessels was made by the secretary of the navy when they were taken over in June, 1917. Ac- cording to published reports the navy's appraisal of 95 vessels aggre- gating 630,000 tons was $3 193,190. This appraisal, the chairman said, took into account the damage done to the ships by their crews be- ore relinquishing them and repre- ents . their value for the purpose of the proposed agreement. “We take the shipg absolutely, title free, Chairman Payne state, ‘ ‘and when we come to settle with Ger- many put in the common pool the difference between our losses and o somplete title to and use of all ships Mav. 1919, B3 Premier Lloyd George the.appraised value of the ships.” ‘Movement of More 250,000 Tons Days. ‘Washington, Feb, 20—Relief for-the New Englanad coal shortage is being | effected, it was stated at the Shipping |Bozu~d today by the allocation of 63 ships aggregating 326,168 degdweight tons to the coastwise trade,” making possible the movement of more than 250,000 tons of coal every ten days. Five of the ships, . totalling 45326 deadweight tons, are trang-Atlantic trip each with coal in .response to the appeals of the New England gov- ernors for relief. . PORTLAND, ME., APPEALS FOR ANTHRACITE COAL Portland, Me., Feb. 20—An appeal to Director «General Hines. for authoriza- tion to transpert a trainload of an- thracite coal direct from the mines 1in Pennsylvania to'Portland was sent by local dealers today through' the chamber of commerce. ~An acute shortage in Maine was sdid to haveé prompted the appeal FIGHT ON RAILROAD BILL -« - OPENS IN THE HOUSE TODAY Washington, Feb. 20—Both sides lined up in the house today for a big cargo steamers assigned to make one’ Designed to Bring Out the At- titude . of Each Candidate Upon Paramount Agricul- . tural Matters. - Washington, Feb. 20—With the ap- pointment of a committee of seven |prmmuem farm organization leaders lm draw up a ‘“platform.” the Ameri- }can farmer as represented in the na- tional board of farm organizatiogs, served notice today on present “and prospective presidential ecandidates that he is determined to participate actively in the coming campaign. The platform will conwrise questions de- ! signed to bring out unmistakably the attitude of each candidate upon mat- ters which agriculturalists consider of of paramount ¥nportance, C.'S. Barrett of Georgia. president of the National Farmers' Union, wds | nam¥d chairman of the committea the other memsbers being T. C. Atke- son, of West Virginia, representing ‘the National ‘Grange; Gifford Pinchot, | Pennsylvania, of the Pennsylvania Rural Progress Association; J. B. Houston, Wisconsin, secretary Wiscon- sin ‘Societp of Equity; W. I. Rrum- mond Oklahoma, international Farm Dairymen's League, and J. R. Howard, Congress; R. D. Cooper, New York, Washington, American Farm Bureay Federation. “The committee, if T understand the temper of organized agriculture”, Chairman Barreett said, “will demand ia most comprehensive and unmistak- factories, the power plants, the rail pulling power of newspaper: adver It the matter summarized below: Bulletin tomorrow on the railroad reor- ganization Dbill. . Eoadis As a forerunner debate was opened. informally today by With supporters and opponents of the compromise measure, but the may/ efforts of both were centered in rallying - strength. Supporters of the bill were confident that the compromise would win house endorsement bv a substantial margin. Opponents maintained that the vote would be close. 4 The re-drafied bill is opposed by a majority of the democrats and alsé by members regardless of political af- filiation friendly toward labor. - There also are also some republicans op- posed 2 the general principles of the | bill, but the majoritp of them fayor | the measure as it stands and expect with the aid of at:least a seore, demo- crats to bring about final passage be- fore adjournment. ' Three democratic mentbers = were the only ones to. bring the subject ol railroad legisiation before the house today, their discussion serving to in- dicate the final lineup. Representa- tive Blanton, Texas, denounced Jabor for its attitude toward the bill Rep- resentative Huddleson, Alabama, con=- demned the bill as assuring the fo- litical defeat of any member voting for its passage, and Representative Rayburn of Texas, a memiber of the Interstate commerce committee that framed, the bill, brought forth con- tinued applause from both sides of the chamber by making a strong ap- peal for adoption of the conference report, Answéring Representative Huddles- ton’s attack, Mr. Rayburn declared that it was not the labor section to which Samuel Gompers, and labor leaders objected. “There is not a man in this coun- try who could write a bill for re- turn of the roads that could satisfy Gompers and his assistants”, Mr. Rap- tburn declared. “It has tbeen hard enough for the committee to unseram- bel the situation, and it is well for us to remember, as the labor leaders know, that if the roads are held for two years it means what labor lead- ers want—eovernment ownership and government ownership only.” hNDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY TO STEAL FROM MAILS New York, Feb. 20 grand jury today indi on charges of conspiracy to. steal from the United States mails .and to receive and be in unlawful pos- session of parcel Dbst matter, “knowing the same to be stolen.” The men were arrested four months ago following an investigation which the United States attorney general's of- fice here claimed showed that $250,- 1000 worth of parcel post matter had disappeared from the mails last year. The seven indicted were Morris Zowatsky, Herman Butt and Harry Blumenthal, alleged to have been em- ployed as chauffeurs in the poéstoffice department; Leo Meyer, . Joseph | Schechtel, Charles Rein" and Samuel Cohen. They are out on - bail and scheduled to appear for pleading next Tuesday. g v CONGRESS OF, POLICE.OF, { SOUTH AMERICA TO MEET federal ed seven men Buenos Aires, -Thursday, Feb. 18.— A congress of the police of South America will convene here tomorrow to consider means for compatting an- archistic propaganda, - Suppressing radicals, maintaining . public order and enforcing- the immigration laws against undesirable - persons, The del- egates include high police officialdof Argentina, Brazil, Chile, - Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia. the greatest sales weapon known to business today—advertising. You hear their voices in the advertisements of the business houses which they serve, the announcements of the banking houses, the manu- hear through such a means the veices of all those who recognize the is an appeal that is always effective and field—Norwich and this vicinity—there is no agency that can give the service that is provided by The Bulletin. In the past week, for two cents a day, The Bulletin has furnished Telegraph Local General Total Saturday, re) 126 280 481 Monday, 92 88 272 452 Tuesday, 78 Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, It only remains W ys and the steamship lines. You tising. in this particular { able statement of the position of each candidate on questions especially re- lating ‘to agriculture. . The farmers will mot ‘submit to camoufiage; more- over,"the committee will try to deter- mine before submitting ‘its findings to the farmers, just what ability @ can- didate may have to carry out his pre- election, promises We must get be- hind a strong, 'faithful, . long: i ed man. Nore other will suit. Thé conference adopted resolutions asking ‘the early appointment of an American delegate to the International Institute of - Agriculture at Rome to Succeed' the late David Lubin; ap- proved the Capper-Hersman bill re- Storing to farmers the right of col- lective buying and selling; expressed confidence il the federal trade com- mission in connection with the imm®i- ent investigation of that body, and petitioned congress to amend the farm loan act to increase the maximum loan from $10000 to $25,000, “Discrimination against cooperative farm organizations by railway. mana- gers alreadp has become pretty gen- eral, especially in the west” C. O. Drayton ‘of Ilinois, president of the National Farmers FEquity Union, told the conference. He announced that he would file a formal complain with Director General Hines and would sup- port his charge with affidavits from scores of exchanges connected with organizations. Discrimination by rail- road officials, he said has been felt chiefly in the allotment of cars. DECISION AGAINST THE ANSONIA WATER COMPANY . Ansonia, Feb, 20—The public uti ities commission, in findings received here this morning, sustains the ap- peal of the city from the new rates put. into effect by the Ansonia Wa- ter company. The commission orders the old rates restored with the ex- ception of the meter rates for. over ten : thousand gallons aquarterly for which the company i¢ authorized to fix a new and equitable rate. The company is. also given permission to apply: to the public utilities commis- sion at the close of the fiscal vear for a revision of its rates 1 CAPITAL INCREASES FOR BANKS IN JAN. $15,905,000 _ Washington, Teb. 20.—Capital ‘in- creases aggregating $15,905,000 were granted to 108 national banks dur- ing January, John Skelton Williams, comptroller of 'the currency, an- nounced today. This is the largest number of capital increases _ever granted in any one month, Mr. Wil- liams said. ~ Charters were issued twenty-one new. national banks w an agsregate capital of $1,175,001 OBITUARY George F. Hill. Hartford. Feb. 20.—George F. Hill, oldest of Hartford bankers, president of ‘the State Bank and Trust com- pany, died at his home here today, aged 82 years. ~Death was due to heart.. trouble. - He, had been in the banking business here 66 years. Mr, Hill was born in Springfleld, | Mass., wug. 27, 1937. When a boy he entered. the. employ- of. a.railroad. On Sept. 18, 1854, when 17 years of age, he went to the State Bank & Trust company as discount. clerk. He was for. 32 years a deacon of the South Congregational church. He was a member of the Congregational club of - Connecticut and the Republican (4 g ige He leaves a widow and one son, -George "C. Hill, ‘a_regldent of Garden City, I L 5 Might have Been Guilty Paris, Feb. 20—That he had never championed. a policy of closer relat- ions with Germany, but one of “Euro- pean conciliatio: and might have been guilty of improduence and im- puisiveness but never of intelligence with the ezsemy, proved to be the op- ening defense of Joseph Caillaux. i former premier, .charged with treason- able dealings with the enemy, on the resumption of his trial teday bofore the senate, siling- as a high court. The examination of M. Caillaux cov- ered his trip to South America late in 1914 and early in 1915. The name of .James Minatto, son-in-law . of Louis F. Swift of Chicago, who was interned in the United States’'as an alien enemy -in 1918, was incessant- ly mentioned throughout the interro- gation of Leon Bourgeois. president of the senate, who presided. M. Cail- laux in reply to the questions of M. Bourgeois' claimed to have been fool- ed by Minotto,. as numerous others had been fooled. M Caillaux disposed of Minotto by saping that he was one of the num- erous. spies Wwho infested his trail while in South America, the German minister at Rio Janeiro, fearing the result of M, Caillaux’s efforts, having Defense Offered by Former Premier of France, on Trial Charged With Treasonable Dealing With the Enemy— of Imprudence and Impulsive- ness—Never Championed a Policy of Closer Relations with Germany—Had Been Taken in By Clever Rascals and Spies in South America. : requested Berlin to place 100.000 marks at his disposal to have M. Caillaux. shadowed continually. With consummate art, M. Caillaux, at times accusing himsclf and then pleading for errors which he assert- ed he committed as very human does; said he might have sinned too much from self-confilence and impulsiveness. [He declared that he had been taken iin by clever rasacals and spies South America. M. Caillaux showed deep emotion when_the so-called “Lipz scher affair” was inentioned. He €x- plained how he first received Lip- scher in 1914 when a press campaign was raging against him. = Lipscher, according to M. Caillaux, brought him documents tending to prove that the Figaro. which was most prominent among his accusers, 'was in the pay of Count Tisza, chief of the German aphile party in Hungary. : “These weapons were -offered- me af the time when a great tragedy oec- curred which will forever remain the most terrible moments -of my exist- ence,” M. Caillaux said.. ‘“They en- abled me to defend my honor an@ live. I accepted them.” B He explained, however, that he had refused to have 4npthing to do with Lipscher during the war. HOUSE COMMITTEE VOTES FOR MILITARY TRAINING ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—Universal military training as a part of the fu- ture military policy of the United States was approved in principle to- day by the house military committee, which decided by a margin of two votes that ‘the army reorganization bill should make provision for such a plan, effective July 1, 1922. The close committee vote of 11 to 9, coming as a climax of a three hour debate in executive session, was regarded as indicative of the bitter fight to be made in the house later when the reorganization ' measure gets the right of way. Opponents of tniversal training despite today's de- feat, confidently predicted they would win out when the proposal-reaches the house.” The senate.also must vote on the troublesome universal train- ing question as its reorganization bill, now pending, includes such a provision. o Opponents . of universal :training during debate in the committee de- clared reporting of the proposal was useless because of the democratic caucus having gone on record ‘against -many - republicans; Floor Leader Mondell, openly were against the scheme. "No details of the plan were decided on by. the committee, this- being re- ferred to a sub-committee, the ma- jority of whom oppose the plan in principle. . The committee refused to leave the question of details to a commission - of nine, senators,. three members of the house and three persons appointed by the president, but committee members in- dicated that the might . recommend that such action be followed by:tife full committee. FISHERMEN TO RECEIVE ABOUT $2500 A YEAR Boston,- Feb. 20.—A wage award in the case of steam trawler fishermen was announced.today by a special ar- bitration hboard. Effective March 1, the fishermen will receive a flat wage of $130 a month, plus a bonus based on everyq 1,000 pounds of fish caught. At present these fishermen are paid $40 a month, plus a bonus on every $1,000 receiveg from sales. Informal- ly, it was said the embers of the board and representatives of the union and the fish companies were agreed that the award should vield a return of at least $2500 a year to the fishermen. EXPORTS OF RICE CAUSE OF A FAMINE IN SIAM New York, Feb. 21.—Famine exists in Siam because of exports of “un- precedented amounts of rice” last year, according to_advices received here today by the Presbyterian board of foreign missions. War conditions which caused the inflation of prices for rice made it so profitable to export it from Siam that virtually the entire crop was shipped out of the country, it was stated, and two-thirds of the pres- ent crop has failed. SHIPMENT OF HYDRON BLUE GERMAN VAT DYES COMING New York. Feb. 20.—A shipment of hydron blue German vat dyes, ar- ranged for through the repatriation commission, will arrive here next week, acording to a cable message received here by the Textile Alliance through its foreign representative. Other questjons of repatriation dyes are now at Rotterdam, awaiting ship- ment, according to the message. Ar- rangements have been made to dis- tribute the dyes throughout the coun- try on their arrival. A SERIOUS SITUATION . EXISTS IN POMERANIA Berltn, Thursday. Feb. 19.—Herr Von Graun, Prussian minister of ag- riculture, is quoted today by 'the Tageblatt as saying that a very se- rious situation exists .in Pomerania because of the exasperation of hu- merous ‘landworkers who have re- ceived notices = of dismissals, while the estates are occupied, partly by armed Baltic troops. WAR CONTRACTORS' RELIEF ~ BILL TO COST $2,650,000 ‘Washington, Feb. 20.—The war contractors’ relief bill, passed by con- gress last August. will cost the gov- ernment . $2,650,000, Secretary Hous- ton informed congress. today, asking appropriation of that amount . for prompt payment of claims. Under the legislation, the: government is to pay increased costs or losses of con- tractors for postoffice' or ‘other work under. tréasury supervision on con- tracts made, 'but’ not completed be- fora America’s entry into the war, including inciuding - three sub-~ommittee FOREIGNERS 'RETURNING TO ' HOMELANDS WITH SAVINGS Geneva, Thi y, Feb. 19.—Thous- ands of Poles, Czechoslovaks and Jugo-Slavs, mostly of the middle and working class, who made small savs ings in America, arrived in Switser- lang recently on the way to their own countries, where their incomes will be increased by the rate of exchange some 60 to 80 per cent. Some of them are returning through patriotism or homesickness and oth- ers for gain, but fully .three- : because, they declare, America has gone dry, which they consider tyran- ny, holding that after ten or twelye hours of work a workman should be permitted to buy his beer or - other drink. aw b Thousands of the immigrants are awaiting trains at Basle, . Constance and Buchs, which, owing to the lack of coal, are infrequent. Meantime the Swiss cafetarias are mixing a mild concoction labelled as - whiskey which is being sold- to the exiles at a high price: P fe oy domp ' i CHANGE IN EMBARGO OF ROUTING OF COAL New .Haven, Conn., Feb. 20.——1;!7‘: embargo. placed by the New Yo New Haven and Hartford Railroad on bituminous ceal routing by way of the Harlem river and Maybrook gateways, wag. removed tonight, ae- cording to a statement issued by the road. The embargo on coal ~moving via the Boston and Albany railroad ang ‘its junction poinfs with the New Haven will continue in effect until further notice.. According 'to .the statement, the situation with respect to ‘the handling ,of cars -i8 by. no means normal and it still remains ecute on some sections. “Every effort will be continued,” the statement says, “to husband the available supply of bituminous coal now running in cars for the use ‘of public utilities, hospitals, -public buildings, institutions and schools. Any surplus in excess of this require- ment will be distributed in accord- ance with the priority orders of the administration.” TRAINS SNOWBOUND ON CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND ROAD Winsted. Conn., Feb. tions on the Central New England railroad today were worse than at any preceding time this winter be- cause of yesterday’s snow and gale. No passenger train had left Winsted on this line up till noon. Three pas: senger trains were stalled all night at three different stations. Some passengers remained in the ecars while others went to hotels. The train due from the west at 4.48 p. m. yesterday was in a snow drift seven miles east of Pine Plains, N. Y., today. The train from the west due here at 8.30 p. m, was stalled four hours at Ore Hill, and then crawled back to Millerton, N. . Y. | where some passengers put up at ho- tels. The train which left here at 6.40 p. m, got to Canaan at 3 a. m. and remained there. < On the Springfield branch d Tariffville a train was stalled in the woods all night. GERMAN DIPLOMAT ATTENDS RECEPTION AT EYLSEE PALACE 20.—Condi- Paris, Feb. 20.—(Havas). For the first time since the resumption of di- plomatic relations between France and Germany Dr. Wilhe!m Mayer, the German charge d'affaires, was pres- ent today at a reception to the diplo- matic corps at the Elysee Palace. . Baron Keishiro Matsui, the Japan- ese ambassador, stoaking on behalf of .the diplomatic corps, expressed its ardent wish for the greatness of France. President Deschanel, in re- ply, asserted that the government; parliament and people’ of I'rance would lend all their aid in the effort to. re-establish peace, bring back an era of tranquility and respect for treaties. ‘ : | ADVICE TO BRITISHERS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST GERMANY New York, Feb. 20.—British resi- dents in the United States and other foreign countries, having = claims against Germany based on securities issued by Germany prior to the war, dare being advised by Captain Glover Armstrong, British consul general here, as to methods of ‘collection. Ac- cording to instructions received- from London, those having such - claims, and not already notified, -should ap: ply to the comptrolier of the clear- ing house, London, for 'blank .forms, and those already notified - should await further communication. . A provision-of the peace treaty is that such obligations shall be settlaéd through = intervention = of ‘cleariner houseg in Great Britain and Ger- many. -