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* ALROAD LAB | WLSON 10 VETO THE VoL Lxi—No. 49 NORWICH, CONN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1920 ; 10 PAGES— 80 COLUMNS Degisjon Reached Last Night by Representatives of 2,000,000 Union Workers to Submit a Memorial Requesting Presi- dent to Withhold His Signature Until They Can File a Brief of Their Reasons Why It Should Not Have Execu- tive Approval—One Reason Assigned is That It Would be “Unfair to the Taxpayets and a Burden on the Gov- ernment”—The Next Ste; Test the Constitutionality Washington, Feb. 24—Railroad la- bor decided tonight to ask President Wilson to veto the railroad reorgani- zation bill. In a memorial to be submijtted, probably date tomorrow, the represen- tatives of the 2,000.000 union wonkers will request the president to withhold his signature from the measure until they ean present a brief af their rea- sons why if should not have executive approyal. Announcement of the union deciston was made by B. M. Jewell, acting president of the Railway Em- ployes' Department, American Feder- ation of Labor. who. with E. J. Manion. president of the Order of Railroad Telezraphers, and Timothy Shea, act- ing president of the Brotherhood of Toeomotive Firemen =and Enginmen, w1 draft the communication. Knowledge of the president’s_inten- tion to have Attorney General Palmer pass on the vafdity of the reorganiza- ion measure did not deter the union feaders from their determined course 5 _action. The next step in the union: pro- zramme. which will not be developed { Aefinitely unless the bill is approved, is to test the constitutionality of the aw, Jaber provisions of the hill admit- tedly will be the most bitterly assailed 4y the unions but the plan also con- templiates attack on the financial sec- tions. which labor holds to be “un- fair to the taxnavers and a burden on the government. As a resu't of the decision to ask for presidentinl veto. consideration of the proposal for se:tlement of the con- troversy. submitted the president and Director General Hines, will be largely perfunctory at tomorrow’'s meetings of the labor representatives. There remains for consideration, how- ever, the question as to whether the p in the Union Program is to of the Law. join in the selection of & n of experts to begin the gathering of data on wages and work- ing conditions for submission to the triibunal created by the railroad bill. This question reopens the whole cat- egory of objections to the bill and, it was asserted, could be -construed as meaning the. unions would accept that portion of the legislation. The union attitude on the tri-par- tite wage handling machinery was de- clared to be one of th unalterable op- position. They prefer to deal directly with the railroad corporation rather than have the public as a third party engaged in-the controversy, it was ex- plained. E. J. PEARSON TO RESUME PRESIDENCY N. H. ROAD New York, Feh. 24—, J. Pearson, who has been acting as federal man- ager of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad during the pe- riod of federal control, will go back to his position as president of the road with iis return to private mahage- ment, it was announced after a_meet- ing of the board of directors today. E. C. Buckland, who has been act- ing as president, will return to his former position as vice president and general counsel. The only other change in the list of officers was the selection of A. P. Russell, who has been assist- ant general counsel and commissioner of real estate. to be a vice president with headquarters at Boston, and the naming of H. S. Palrer, formerly gan- eral auditor, as conftroiler. Other officers ' who_will retain their positions include C. B. Campbell. vice presiflent in charge of traffic; Arthur E_Clark, secretary; A. S. May, treas- urer, and T. M. Prentice, assistant to the 'controller. . ““RUM REBELLION” RESULT \ OF A MISUNDERSTANDING Tron River, Mich., Feb. 24—Martin 8 McDonough, state’s attorney for fron County. today announced that he nad received a telegram from At- toraey General Palmer, regretting that » “misunderstanding had arisen” over the enforcement of prohibition laws and expressing the hope ‘that the dif- teulties wuld be straightened out. Ar. | McDonough was advised by the at- SUSPENDED SOCIALIST ASSEMBLYMAN ON STAND Albany, N. Y., Feb, 24—Louis Wald- man, one of the five suspended sdcial- ist assemblymen being tried by the ju- diciary committee of the lower house on charges of disloyalty, late today took the stand in his own behalf. Tes- tifying for neerly an - hour. before ourt’ adjourncd for the day, As- semblyman Waldman laid what he lat- er explained was the foundation of the torney general to get in touch with District Attorney Walker at Grand | Rapids in an effort to settle the mat- tem Residents of Iron River peacefully awaited the arrival of federal prohibition officers, led Major A. V. Dakrymple, who had nounced their intention to bring without warrants the six county of-| fcials charged with obstructing en-| forcement of the prohibition-laws. | Both H. B. Hatch, United States| ~ommissioner at Marquette, and Dis- irict Attorney Walker at Grdnd Rap-| ds today refused to issue the war-| ants. | McDonough declared ne_resistance would be offered to any federal of- r having proper credentials “ounty officiais here believed that a! sonference among Major Dalrymple, Myron H. Walker, federal district at- torney at Grand Rapidsand State's, Attorney McD-nough would bring af Juick solution of what they called the “Iron County misunderstanding.” The bellef was expressed following receipt 5t word that Mr. Walker had tele- zraphed Major Dalrymple requesting such a conference. 4 GENERAL EXODUS FROM AMERICA OF ALL RUSSIANS New York, Feb. 24—A movement with the avowed object of bringing about a general exodus from America of all Russians, “as a protest against the government's conduct of alien de- portation cases,” was announced here today by the Workers' Defense union, of which Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is the head. The union stated that it had received an invitation from a group of Russians to attend a conference in Washinston at some future date to! discuss detalls of the contemplated ex- odus. The Russians back of the movement, accerding to the union's statement, disclaim any connection withs com- munist or soviet organizations and de- clare they cre acting because of “in- justices inflicted upon foreigners by the government's conduct of deporta- tion proceedings.” 1t was added, however, that the so- viet government of Russia had offered to provide 100 ships for the general withdrawal, as soon as its relations with the outside world become more esttied. tonight | by | an- out | CRANE NOT INFORMED OF APPOINTMENT TO CHINA Boston, Feb. 24.—Charles R. Crane, who was in this city tonight, said that he knew nothing of his reported se- lection by President Wilson to be minister to China. He added that he would not comment upon the matter until he had recej offizial notifica- tion from Washington. He remarked, however, that in case he were chosén for the post there were severzl things he would like to know abeut it before deciding whether to accept. Mr. Crane spoke tonight at a dinner in the interests of the American Col- lege for Girls at Constantinople, of | which he js president of the board of trustees. — FEDERAL TROOPS AT THE TRIAL OF ALLEGED L. W, W. Montesano, Washy, Feb. 24— Sending of federal troops to Monte- sano to remain until the end of the triak of L W. Wi members ac- S of e Centiate Rumieas Dy ‘was authorized today by it General Hurter Liggett, socialists promised “expose” of the workings of poiitical Albany. The youthful assemblyman describ- ed in detail fate of bilis introduced the socialist delegatien concerning the “traction matters and other questions| of vital intercst to the = ‘working class’ " Nearly all these bills, he said had been killed in committee. The socialists, be said, had acted*as a unit in all important principles ex- pressed in the platform of their party, but had agreed to dissolve the unit rule whenever a member felt he could not consclentiously vote with his group. This, according to the witness, had occurred several times, without reproach from the party. The prosecution has charged that socialists elected to public office were forced to vote exactly as their party dictated, because on receiving nomin- ation they filed resignation with their party organizations to insure obedi- ence to its mandates. The defense | has produced_witnesses who testified the “resignatfbn clause” was a ‘“dead !letter” and the five defendants never had signed such papers. _ Mr. Waldman was ceded to the stand by the Rev. Dr. Norman Thom- as, a Presbyterian clergyman, of New Tk city, who was called by the de- fense to réfute testimony of Peter W. Collins, Knight of Columbus worker and prosccution witness, that:social- | ism threatened both religion and fam- ily. These statements, Dr. Thomas, himself a socialist, emphatically de- nied—particulariy an_intimation that socialists were “free lovers. STATE DEP'T. FORWARDS THE ADRIATIC REPLY Washington, Feb. 24 — President Wilson’s reply to the entente pre- miers on the Adriatic question was dispatched tonight by the state de- partment, ¢ Officials still” declined to discuss the contents of the communication. but it is known that in his exchanges with the premiers the pres‘dent has made - an . unequivocal statement of the American government's position, especially with regara to the form: ing of agreements without the par- tic'pation of this country. It is understood that in his latest note the president does not return precisely {o the arguments and de- cision announced in the mote of De- cember 9, which formed the basis of the Adriatic agreement to which the United States subscribed, as import- ant events which have occurred in Fiume since that time are sald to have necessitated modifications * in some respects to meet the changed conditions. However, the president is said to have refused to agree to the terms of the settlement arrived at by the pre- miers, and sent to Jugo Slavia as an ltimatum. Acting Secretary Polk is endeayor- Ing to arrange for the simultaneous publication of the correspondence on both sides of the Atlantic and it is regarded now as probabie that the notes will be made public in Wash- ington soon after the president’s re- ply is delivered at London and Paris. COLUMBIA STUDENTS VOTE IN FAVOR OF HONOR SYSTEM New York, Feb. 24—Columbia uni- versity seniors, juniors and freshmen voted today in favor of the adoption of the “honor system” in examinations, The sophomore class will consider the proposition ai a meeting “tomorrow. The seniors voted unanimously for the system provided it does not include a provision for one student _reporting another. e junior vote was 7 cent. in favor. . 3= B s e > Taking bables to places of amuse- ment is a crying shame. # COST OF LIVING AND SCENES IN SOVIET RUSSIA Amsterdam, Feb. 24. — Conditions among the Soviet peasantry, cost of living, and scenes at Moscow and the other Soviet centers are given by the staff correspondent of the Handels- blade, G. Nypels, who is just back from an extended tour through Soviet Russia. “At the railway statlon in Smolensk, the correspondent writes, ‘“there, is @ long row of stalls in which people sit behind little barred windows and sell|- all sorts of merchandise. “I noticed the prices. One pound of salted meat was 320 rubies; a pound of black bread 100 fubles; a little piece of potato cake 40 rubles. A lit- tle water glass full of makhorka (to- bacco, root) was 100 rubles. “On' the station platform one sees the soldiers lying about amidst the dirt which covers the ground. They roll their cigarettes with bits of paper torn from newspapers, and wait patiently for what will happen next. & “By the side of a big cash register stands a barmaid selling salted meat, cake and pastry to the smartly dress- ed men gathered about her. The poor devils lying on the ground do not even notice-it, for they know very well that in the new state there are rich men and poor men just as before.” Although the correspondent had un- derstood that in Soviet Russia- all trade was considered as speculation and that the counter-revolutionary committee severely punished every man Who sinned against the law, he found that “nobody seemed to mind,” and that one could get almost any- thing without tickets or coupons, but for_exhorbitant prices, “I afterwards found the same. thing in Moscow,” he declares. “It was on a greater ‘scale. The Communistic laborer cannot get fifty grammes of bread a day, but the farmers come in- | to town all the same with their sacks of -corn, selling their stuff at fany prices. “The Communist government its skilled laborers 6,000 rubles month and the unskilled at least 3,000 rubles. his stimach filled needs at least 30,- 000 rubies a_month.” - The correspondent found much vod- ka (some of it deadly stuff) and great luxury in the holshevik commissary messes, and asserts that many of the Russian officers have formed the co- caine habit. This drug is so expen- sive, he declares, that it costs the ad- dicts “100 rubles a day to sniff their cocaine.” Officers’ pay, he says, may seem high at 3,200 to 6,000 a month, but an officer’s tobacco will cost him 2,000 rubles a month, and every sheet out of an old copy book from which he may cut a dozen cigarette papers costs him two rubles. APPOINTMENT OF NEW SEC'Y ¥ OF-STATE EXPECTED TODAY: Washington,” Feb. 24.” — President Wilson = expected to announce to- morrow his selection of a successor to Robert Lansing as secretary of state. 7 White House officials in saving to- night that announcement of the ap- pointment might be expected within the next twenty-four hours refused to discuss the question of whom the president had agreed upon. The name of Frank L. Polk. secre- tary ad_interim since the resignation of Mr. Lansing ten days ago after a disagreement with the president over the calling of cabinet mestings, and previously under sccretary of state, continues to be mentioned most prom. inently for the portfolio. Little sur- prise in fact would be evidenced in unofficial corcles if Mr. Polk were se- lected. Spéculation as to the possibility of Mr. Polk’s selection takes cognizance of ‘the fact that he understands thoroughly the Adriatic question, the most pressing matter now engagi thé attention of the state department. Also_the appointment Of the under secrfary as secretary would be in line with the policy followed when Mr. Lansing then holding an office cor- responding to_that occupled by Mr. Polk, was made secretary after Will- iam Jennings Bryan resigned. Possibility of th- transfer of Newton D. Baker from ®. war department to the state department also continued to be discussed today along with the probability that Mr. Wilson might go outside his official family to choose a new secretary. Days TO ARREST “RUM REBELS" WITHOUT WARRANTS | Champion, Mich., Feb. of Iron county, Michigan, whom he charges with conspiracy to obstruct the prohibition law, Major A. V. Dal rymple with a force of 35 men pass- ed through Champion tonight en route to Iron River with the avowed intention of making the arrests with- out warrants and recovering 11 bar- rels of wine taken from federal offi- cials last week. At Negaunce, Mich.,, Lieutenant A. A. Downing, commanding the Michi- gan state constabulary in the upper peninsula, with a half troop of his men joined Major Dalrymple and his party of sixteen federal officers. Five additional state troopers at Caspian, Mich,, have orders to proceed to Iron River tonight to join the party in_the morning. The men whose arrest Major Dal- rymple seeks are: | Erzherger Resigns i aly But he who wants to keep !, Martin McDon- | agreement has b { parl From German Cabinet Due to Testimony Given in Libel Suit Brought by Him Against Dr. Karl Helfferich. Berlin, Feb. 24.—(By The A. P.) Mathias Erzberger, minister of fi- nance, voluntarily resigned from the cabinet today. Erzberger’s resignation came as o climax to a day of sensational testi- suit against Dl‘i o mony in his libel i Karl Helfferich, former minister the treasury. The nature of this te timony, it was cons.dered, left berger no other choice than to relin- quish his’ portfolio. According_ to -the _testimony of State’s Attorney Messerschmidt, which was given with the utmost re- serve and caution, Erzberger smuggled -large amounts of his pri- vate funds to Switzerland, Previous- ly, testimony adduced from Dr. Hel- fierich, involved Erzberger in numer- ous questionable transactions in con- nection with the issuance of \import and export permits, and otherwise misusing his official position anq in- fluence in the furtherance of ventures! in which Erzberger was alleged to be interested. The official statement announcing Erzberger's retirement from the cab- inet bases his action on his desire to have an iavest'gation concerning his income tax, without reference to or in consideration of his official posi- tion. The resignation was tendered to President Ebert, who ordered an investigation of the income tax con- ducted with all possible promptness. Mathias Erzberger brought suit against Dr. Helfferich, formerly vice chancellor and minister of the treas- ury, bechause of attacks in September in” which Helfferich designated FBrz- berger as “a menace to the purity of olipr public life” and asserted that he was a danzerous member of the gov- ernment. On the witness stand Helf- ch declared that years of careful ervation of Erzherger's activities had convinced him that “this man i hound to become fateful to the Ger- jon and that he must be re- from public. officé if our poli- 1 life agatm is/to Levomte healthy normal.” rger was the British ister's best ally. Helfferich also asserted that Erz- berger's fortune was made during the war by utilization of his political .and mentary position, and_indicated where Frz- berger had secretly amassed large sums as a result of his government- al position. Berzherger denied all these allegations. He asserted that he was not possessed of a large fortune, hut admitted that his wife had mon- ey. ARE OUR ARMY CFFICERS APEING BRITISH IN DRESS? ‘Washington, Feb. 24—Cut of Gen- eral Pershing’s coat and trousers was debated teday. in_the: house. He-and other “American army officers were charged by Representative Connally. democrat, Texas. with having ‘aped” European fashions in their uniforms and in carrying canes. “General Pershing’s coat is split up the back and his trousers bazged like tbe English un.form,” said Mr. Con- nally. “He kept his American head,” Rep- resentative Wingo, democrat, Arkan- sus, interjected, ‘b‘ut I too. noticed that his tall was very English.” Deploring_the adoption of foreign fashions, Represehtative _ Connally moved to abolish the title of under secretary of state and substitute the former title of counsellor, in the ex- ecutive appropriation bill, but the motion was defeated, 239 to 21. During the di s’on Representa- tive Greene, republican. Massachu- setts, Lansing’s retifement from net. “What’s in a name?” Mr. Greene asked. “A secrefary of state by any other name would have a row with and propaganda I various alleged incidents the cabi- | the administration.” When the republicans cheered, Re- presentative Connally brought a salvo from the dempcrats by retorting that the republicans applauded internal difficulties of the administration. DIFFICULTIES OF THE CONNECTICUT TROLLEY CO. Hartford, Feb. —The statement that because the New Haven road as a corporate entity owns all of the $40,- 000,000 stoek of the Conmecticut and therefore is forced under Connecti- cut statutes to keep the commuters’ rate on the Manchester line is the chief feature of the joint brief of the town of Manchester and the Man- 24.—Denied | chester commuters in the zone fare warrants for the arrest of officials | stem hearing, filed with the public utilities commission today. The company’s brief set sforth that the commission, in fixing: reasonable maximum fares on the trolley lines cannot establish commuters’ rates_be- lt’:ause those rates would be unreason- | ably low. Todey was the last day for filing of briefs by the company and the sev- ral towns petitionjng the utilities com- mission to abolish the zone system. {Up to noon time nly the Manches- ter, Bridgeport, Hamden and Connec- ticut company briefs had been receiv- ed at the commission's office. REUNION OF EASTERN GAlIcIA TO THE UKRAINE Lemberg, Galicia, Feb. 24.—(Havas.) —According to lx newspapers an n entered ito be- ough, state’s attorney of Iron Coun-|tween the Moscow Soviet government ty; five deputy sheriffs, the chief and captain_of police of Iron River vil- lage and three citizens. Neither Major Dalrymple nor Lieu- tenant Downing anticipated any re- sistance at Iron River.a The state troopers left their rifles in barracks and like the federal agents carried only side arms. OPPONENTS OF SINN FEIN MOVEMENT SAIL FOR HOME New York, Feb. 24.—The delagation of ministers from the province of Ul- ster who have been in the United States for some time speaking in op- positio to the Sinn Fein movement will leave for heme tomorrow on the steamship Lapland. The steamer will carry 1450 passengers for Cherbours, Southampton and Antwerp. MEXICAN BANEITS HAVE RELEASED JOSEPH E. ASKEW s ‘Washington, Feb. 24—Release of Joseph, E. Askew, an American citi- zen captured by bandits in Mexico, was reported to the state department today by the Tlahualili Company of New York, which employed him. and the Ukrainian Sqyiets that in case of peace.negotiations between Russia and Poland the reunion of eastern Galicia_to the Ukraine shall be de- manded. : 7 RUSSIAN LOSSES DURING THE WAR 32,000,000,000 RUBLES Libau, Letvia, Feb. 24—(Havas)— | Russian Soviet newspapers .received here estimate the Russian losses through the war at 32,000,000,000 ru- bles. Russia, the newspapers say, is unable to export anything ®nt the present time, but on the other hand, finds it necessary to import provisions valued at one billion rubles. SPANISH DEPUTIES VOTE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT Madrid, Feb. 24—The chamber of deputies today by a vote of 144 to 17 gave an expression of confidence in the government’s ability to pass the budget and settle urgent impending questions. Yes, Hazel, blessed is the woman whose husband can always find his slippers exactly where he left them. to one year in jail. had’ Ho charded that Erz- | referred to Former Secretary | | aspects _it.. Aflfl’[her Brgak m | '¢mem'_?eiegx'ams the Stack Market Renewal of Selling Resulted From Poor Showing of Lo- cal Federal Reserve Bank.. New York, Feb. 24.—The stock mar- ‘ket, was again very much unsettled today, all classes of issues, except rail§, breaking from three to fifteen points. Renewal of liquidation was largely prompted by last week’s poor showing of the local federal reserve bank, With reserves below legal re- quirements, and another reaction in foreign exchange, which cancelled the greater part of the recent recovery. The day was not without its favor- aWle incidents, notably the January statement of the couritry’s foreign trade, which disclosed a gain of almost $30,000 over the preceding month, and an abundance of call or demand loans at 6 per cent. Z Buying of rails of the secondary or reorganized groups was again on an extensive, scale, at extreme advances of one tolfour points, and this advan- tage was dissipated in the final hour, when liquidation was at its height. Sales aggregated 1,200,000 shares. Motors, oils, steels, equipments, shippings and allied specialties, more or less. in the order named, furnished{ the zreater part of the day's activity and price depreciation. General Mo- tors overshadowed all others, falling 14 3-4 points to 235 1-2, against last week's maximum of 254. Other weak issues included Chand- ler, Maxwell second preferred, Stutz, Pierce-Arfow and_Studebaker Motors at recessions of 3 1-2 to 10 points, motor specialties. particularly tire shares, also crumbling. In the special or miscellaneous shares American Woolen lost nine | points. Endicott-Tohnson 10 1-8 and | food issues two to three nolnts, cop- pers and utilities also giving way after an early period of stcadiness. MILITARY TRAINING GOES OVER TO DECEMBER TERM rashington. FAh. 24 — Universal tary tre ing will be omitted from the house army reorga tipn hill. and be the subject of separte lezigla tion at the next session of eongr beginning in December. T was agreed upon tonight hy repuhlican leaders and Chairman K=hn of the house military committee. davs of informal confere The agreawent is lon eliminating any possihili lican action in the house De interpreted as a stand on universal traininz in the coming presidential | campaign, and ‘will leave the party’s attitude a possible subjéct for consid- eration in framing the nlatform at the national convention in June. Members of the republican legislative steering compittee, - including Repre- sentative Mondell, the floor leader. and Speaker Gillptt, were understood to have larzely!based. their ohjections to action at. this cession on tha poliiical 2 their.. recommerda- tion that consideration be deferred un- til after 12~ convention. Under agreement, Kahn Wil appoint aspe mittee friendly to universal training to draft the training bill. The measure. however, will jnot he presented until after a thorough investigation of the cost. economic, and industrial effects of calling thousands of youths awav from productive activities and kindred | questions. - Affer' such inquiry. the agreement. provides that the hill as separate. legislation will he assured promnt house consideration. and not be subjected to s'ow death by remain- ing_on the calendar, ‘Universal military training will not be and has not been sidetracked.” de- clared Mr. Kahn tonight. “Under the agreement with the house leaders. and w of the attitude of house mem- bers, T think that the separate legis- lation is the only practical®thing fo after two ces. ed upon as v of repub- which might Chairman NO AGREEMENT ON MILITARY TRAINING Washington, Feb. 24—Republican house leaders and Chairman Kahm, of the military committee, at renewed in- formal conferences today on the ques-| tion of omitting uniersal military trainine from the army reorganization bill, falled ‘to reach any agreement. Steering committee members, Includ- ing Representative Mondell, the re- publican leader, urged that action on training be deferred until after the| Chicago convention, asserting _that house approval of the plan seemed im- possible at this time in any event. The army bill probably will be call- | ed Thursday under the legislative | programme, but jt cannot come upun- til reported by the committec. which has not taken action, since it approv- | cd in principal a universal training provision. IMMIGRANT TURNED BACK i BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T READ | New York, Feb. 24 —Tmmigration laws® halted the romance of Vasilike Sidere, a 19 year old Greek girl who was ordered deported today bacause | she could not read, but immigration officials pointed out a way, which, while a long one, they kaid would lead to a happy ending. The girl arrived from Greece on the steamship Hallas in care of P. J. Johnson, a restaura- teur of Little Rock. Ark., and partner of her flaneve, Nicholas Margus. The Ellis Island officials toid Johnson that if Margus himself had gone. to Greece and married the girl there she would have been admitted without question. RURAL CARRIER GUILTY OF THEFTS FROM MAILS * New Haven, Conn., Feb. 24—Philip Evans, aged 16, of Windsor, pleaded guilty in United States district court today to thefts from the mails while he was employed as a rural carrier in Windsor during the Christmas holidays. United States District At- torney Smith saig the boy’s father| had made restitution and hg urged leniency by the court. Judge Thom- as fined Fvang $50 and costs. Mrs. Ella Kerekses, former post- mistress at Westport, was fineq $50. for violation of the postal laws in | forging a name to a money order for $30. The goyernment also recom- mended ‘leniericy in this case. GUILTY OF ATTEMPTING TO POISON STEPDAUGHTER Winsted, Conn,, Teb. 24—John M. Stone. 55, until recently of Man- chester, pleaded guilty before Judge| Maltbie in_superior court here today to attempting to kill his young step- daughter, Arlene Taylor, "by putting poison in her food. He was sentenced | Perth, by Internal Revenue Collector Wil- | New Haven Journal-Courier hx raised price from two to three cen Among new taxes to meet the heavy | deficit of the City of Paris is one on servants. Former Premier Cemenceau, vi points of interest in Bgypt, arrive Khartoum. Russian volunteer army (Denkine forces) recaptured from the boisheviki ‘Rostov-on-the-Don. Census just completed at San Juan, P. R., shows an increase in popula- tion of 45 per cent since 1910. King Alexander, of Greece, arrived at Salonica/ after having visited the war zOhe in eastern Macedonia. Senator Penrose left Philadziphia for .nis bungalow on Indian River, Floride, after being ill at his home two. months. n A conference of International Wo- en's Suffrage Alliance will be held t Geneva, next June, instead of at, Madrid, as was planned. Yale’s theological department, known as The Yale School of Religion, -will hereafter be known as the Yale Di- vinity School as it was for ninety years prior to 1914. Dr. Frank M. Bundage, of Conyng- ham, Pa, died at Scranton. He was! United States Consul at Aix la Chap- | pelle, France, for ht years. } Miss Marie Prodham, appointed di- rector of ‘the Banque de Geneva, is| the first woman to sign her name to notes and script issued by the bank. Charles A. Haskin of Medford, Mass., a contractor, yesterday filed a volun- tary petition in bankruptey, schedul- ing liabilities of $267,029 and assets of $65,681. Drugs valued at §20,000 were seized in a police raid of a Chinese house at Vancouver, B. C. The man was known as-James J. Wing or Chan| Chin. . At the annual Washington’s birth- day raily of Ohio Republicans. con- vention at Columbus, plans were sizy | zling for national and state cam- Daigns. Honorary degree of letters was| ~nnferred upon Vicente Blasco Ibanez, ; Spanish novelist, by George W ingtonl University in midwinter con-| vocation. The sinking of the British schogner Gwendolen Warren and the rescue of the crew was reported in a wireless message from the British /steamer Pikepool. British army reported recruits are coming at the rate of 200 a day. Many are re-enlisting. Crack guard regiment are again wearing scarlet | coast and bearskin busbies instead of khaki. Argentine has lifted the ban on ex- portation of sugar to the extnet that all Argentine diplomats in foreign capitals will be allowed to receive small quantities for their personal use. Second Lieutenant Horace M. H. Corey, of Flight A, Nineteenth Aero| Squadron, U. S. A., was killed at Eagle Pass, Texas, when his airplane feli 1,200 feet after suddenly bursting into! flames. Julius Hotekowski and Frank Mon- ke of Terryville, charged with selling liquor in violation of the prohi- bition law. were fined $50 and costs each in the U. S. court at New Ha- ven, ’ Dartmouth college at Hanover, N. H., will receive more than $300,089 by | the will of Richard K. Tyler, real es- | tate man, filed at Washington. Th funds are left in trust for relatives and go to the college when ihey die Collection of at least $1,000,000 00 ! additional income and war profits taxes is expected by internal revenue ! officials to result from an audit of the | consolidated tax returns of affiliated | corporations. Thirty thousand miners struck in the collieries of the Rhonfida Valley Wales. The men objected t: dismissal of a check weighman an ettlement of a case in which a mine: is said to have been victimized. Charges were made before House| committee investigating army . food purchases that canned salmon which the War Department rejected during | the war was sold to the American | public at a profit of $13,000,000. F. H. La Guardia, acting mayor of New York and president of the hoard | iof aldermen, attending a dinner in the | With treasonable dealings Grace Memorial = Neysboys' Home, -was grected by the boys with the yell, “You'll be our next President.” After drifting for eight weeks in the: eaking schooner Rostean, with' its rud- | der gone, sails carried a: the cap- | tain and eleven men arrived at New | York ' on_ the steamer Deepwater, | which picked them up 450 mies east of Bermuda. Major Gen. Wood was indorsed as; republican candidate for president! and a platform urging postponement | of withdrawal of American sovereign- | ty over the Philippine Islands untii| the pepple are able to take care of themselves. Four hundred guests of the Hotel' Marie Antoiette, New York, wene torced to leave the hotel by a fire which destroyed the suite occupied liam H. Edwards. 15' estimated. | William J. McCarthy. prohibition di- | rector of New York State and New ! England, told newspaper men at Buf- falo that the biggest surprise since | the dry lay went into effect is com- ing soon. Many threats, were made! against McCarthy. v Members of the French Socialist party who at the last election opposed | ‘members of the organization voting in support pf the Chamber of Deputies.; were excluded from the party by a resolution of the executive commit- | fee of the socialst federation of the | eine, £ A loss of $25,000 Paris post of the American Legion is | said to have the greatest numiver of high offfcers of the United States| Army among its members of the United States Army among its mem- bers. It includes Lieut. Gen. Builard, Major Gen. Brewster, Brig. Gen. Cone. ner, Brig. Gen. Karutkoff and Brig. Gen. MoCoy. ’ | tntions { Thompson and she alleged that he w: | parently febls { tusl i P. Gerow of th: | York on [k S been foun: Montreal. " C.i”tain Gerow 1 him at the liotel i HITCHGOCK GAUGUS T / e Democratic Leader in Senate Decides That to Call a Cauctis Would be Inadvisable—Senator Lodge is to Call the Treaty Up Thursday and Ask That It Remain the Busi- ness of the Senate Until That the Treaty Will be Brought to a Ratification Vote Within a Week or Ten Days. Washington ~ Feb. 24—Plans to hasten a final decision on the peace treaty were made by senate republi- cans’ today while the adminisiration leaders were taking counsel among ther divided, colieagues as to what should be the final democratic stand on ratification. . The republican’ determination o bring the question to a . conciusion was_annotinced on the senate floor by the party leader, Senator Lodge, who said he would call up the treaty again Thursday ang ask that it re- main the business of the senate until disposeq_of. Meantime the democratic leader, Senator Hitchcock, vetoed for the present the proposal for a party cau- cus, sponsored by demoeratic sem tors 'who want to end the long con: troversy 'by taking the republican reservations as they stand. Senator Hitchcoek said he had talked to those who differed with as to the Disposed of—it is Predicted course to be adopted, and had abovt decidpa that to call a caucus would Le_inadvisable. In some quarters it was predicted that under the procramme outlined by Senator Lodge the treaty could be brought to a ratification vote within_a_weck or ten days. The ir- reconcilable_opponents of ratification are expected however. to insist that there be mo hasty. action, and no one how in could predict with certainty much time they might consume debate, Republican claims ag to the number of democrats ready to accept the re- publican reserves still stood at 22 to- day, with a dozen more needed to in- sure ratification. The administration leaders continued to insist that the figure was exaggerated, but they said they had made no recent canvass of the situation and declined to give any estimate of the number that might be defetced on a ratification roll call, INSTITUTIONS BENEFICARIES J OF C. G. THOMPSON ESTATE New York, Feb. 24 —Through settle- ment today of a suit to brea¥ the will of the late Charles G. Thompson, six institutions will receive at least $1.- 800,000 each from" the residvary estate upon _the death of Mr. Thorapson’s s ter. Miss Mary Thompsor. The insti- are Columbia the New York Historical Society, t York Hospital. Presbyterian Hosp! the Association for Improving the condition of the Poor, and the Chil- dren’s Aid Society. Mr. Thompson, a New York Life Insur- died last trustee of the ance and Trust Company December at the age of 80 year: The suit to break the wi bronght by Mrs, Nora Loftus Gardin- er, mother of a grond niece of Mr. s the at which time his two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth Thomp- n, made reciprocal wills providing at after the death of all three the six institutions should become rest duary legatees. Miss Elizabeth Thompson has since died. The will drawn by Mr. Thompson bequeather $100.000 to Mrs. Gardiner's husband, but he died before Mr. Thom] n, Under the settlement made today Mrs. Gardiner's children will re- of unsound mind when he made will in 1907, ceive $235,000. ¥ BATTLE IN OHIO FOR CONTROL OF REPUBLICAN DELEGATES Columbus, 0., Fb. 24—With an- nouncement of Former Attorney General Edward C. Turner as a can- didate for delegate-at-large to the republican national convention na: ing General Leonard Wood as his first choict for president, a pitched battle between United States Sena tor Warren G, Harding and General Wood for control of Ohio's. 48 ‘dele- gates is looming. Senator Harding’s selection of For- mer Common Pleas Judge Thomas M. Bigger and Henry A. Williams. as delegates from the Twelfth (Colum- bus) dsprict after Turner and Com- mon Plgas Judge E. B. Kinkead had announced themselves as candidates, with Harding as first choice, appear: 0 have precipitated the battle. Both Bigger and Williams filed as candi- dates for delcsate -today, accompany- ng their declarations with letters from Senator Harding “\authorizing them to name his as their first cho.ce for president. Both Turner ang Kin- kead had- been endorsed district delegateg by the Franklin county re- publican central committee. Whether Turner's announcement &s a Wood candidate will be followed by others both for delegate at large and n the districts genérally through- out the state, .is not definitely known, ut such is expected. No announce- ment has vet been made from Gen- eral Wood's headquarters whether a full set of Wooq delegates will be en- tered. CAILLAUX TELLS OF HIS RELATIONS WITH BOLO PASHA Paris, Feb. 2. premier, Josep The former French Caillaux, charged with the Germans _and conspiring to hri about a_dishonorable peace, gave tes- timony today before the senmate sitting | as a high court. Caillaux’s explana- tions of his relations with Bolo Pasha, Pierre Lenoir. M. Duval and Minguel Almereyda, three of whom expiated their crimés on Execution Hill at Vin- | cennes, while the last named died un-{ der strang circumstances in Fresnesi prison. occupied the whole session. M. Caillaux disposed of Lenoir, Du- val and Almereyda with nonchalance and in 2 comparatively short time, but the ghost of Bolo Pasha hovered ahout the ex-premier for long hours. and the accused seemed to realize that the crucial point of the examination had been reached, and he experienced greater difficulties in extricating him- self from his socidl relations with the executed traitor, which he now ap- were too intimate A BEQUEST OF 0020 TO UNIVERSI:T‘.‘ OF VERMONT Boston, Feb. 2 bequest of $50, 000 to the Universi‘y of Vermont, for general uses, is coutained in the will of Wallace F. Rob'ngon, which was fileq for probate teday. Mr. Robin son was v at ‘of ‘the United Shoe Machin: bequestg are mad public institutie to the United Relief As: d_$5.000 is to g0 Machinery Mu- CAPTAIN GERO\Y :!AS BEEN i FOUND IN MONTREAL New York, Fab. 24—Capt, Steph anadian expediti sappeared from New ary forces, Who - 580 a ton. | reachea here | executive council- of the, WALL: STREET MESSENGER BOYS MAKE CONFESSION New York, Feb. 24.—Joe and Irving Gluck, brothers and Wall Street mes- senger_boys, have confessed that they turned ‘over to Nicholas Arnstein, al- leged head of the §5000,000 Wall Street bond robbery plot, at least $2,- 300,000 -in stolen securities it was an- hounced at the district attorney’s of- fice today. The boys made the con- fession, it was said, because they claimed Arnstein had “held out’ on them. . The alleged -transfers of the securilies to Arnstein are thought to have been made in Washington, D. C., where he is said tc have often met the boys. Police today msearched Lond Island for the missing man following inform- ation from two actresses, acquaint- ances of Miss Fannie Brice, Arnstein’s wife, that the fugitive is in hiding there. _ Miss Brice, who is appearing in a Broadwtly production, declares that her husband is innocent and will voluntarily —reappear and explain everything. EIGHT MURDER CASES ON DOCKET-AT HARTFORD Hartford, Feb. 2. Bight ; murder cases are on the March term docket of the criminal.court for trial, but more than ‘two may not come up at this_ time. - Four of the alleged Fralk Rosa, Nathn cob Brouerwine and cused in connection ¥ deaths from wood alcohel poisoning two months ago. A fifth is Francis Murphy of Hoboktn; N. J., accused of being an accessory to the killing of Capt. Madden, watchman, in Man- chester a year ago. “The sixth is that of Luman C. Beckett, for the murder murderers are Shisberg, Ja- 1 Joseph, ac- 7n the whole of Charles Taft, a taxi driver in New Britain in March, 1917. Two cases are likely to go to the grand jury— George Maturke of Suffield, accused of killing his wife and Samuel Bo- browicz, who shot a boarder at his home. There are 51 cases of all sorts on the docket. DR. HADLEY TO RETIRE AS PRESIDENT OF YALE New York, Feb. 24—Dr. Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale university, will retire in the spring of 1921, “un- ley Somp grave emergency should arce,” Te_said here today. He will be 65 years old then and his rétire- ment would be in accord with his often_expressed decision, he added. “When I accepted the presidency ot Yale fn 1899 I announced that I should retire upon reaching the age of §5,” Dr. Hadley said. “I shall attain. that age_in the spring of 1921, and as yet I foresee no reason for altering my original- intentions. Unless some grave emergency should arise which would render “expedient my continuance -in i office for the welfare of the university, I %Jrall retire at the specified time.” . Hadley characterized queries as to whom he favored for his successor as premature, HOW BURGLARS LURED VICTIMS FROM HOME New York, Feb. 24.—Mr, and Mrs Phillip Hunters of West New York, N. J.. went to a theatre last night and [all through the performance wondered who -had sent them tickets marked “Complementary.” When they return- * ed home they found that the silver- ware, Mrs. Hunters' jewelry amd oth- er. valuables were missing, Today they found a mote which had been left: | for _them. “Now you know who sent the tick- ., note said. i PAPER FIRM DENIED THE RIGHT TO APPEAL Ottawa, Ont. Feb. 24—The paper manufacturing firm of Price Rrothers; of Quebec, today was denied the leave to appeal to the supreme court from the order of the board of commeres it to market its newsprint in Canada at a fixed price of The board alse ordered thar one of the two partners be brought before it on Saturday OBITUARY Rov. R. S. Putney. Conn. Feb. 24—Word today of the death in Saugatuck vesterday of Rev. R. S Putnay, a retired Method'st Episco- pal c He was about 80 yenr: and had held pastorates Woodbury, ~ and ‘other He retired about ten years ago. His widow and. a half brother, Dr. W. S. Putnéy of Mil- ford, survive. A. F. OF L. EXECUTIVE CQUNCIL CONVENES AT JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville, Fla., Feb, 24, — The" “Araerican Federation of Labor, presided over byl pap: Ansonik, 3 of aze in this citr, parts of the state. clothes ana s>me valuable papers. He said yesterisy that he had been on a business trip to Phiiadelphia and ton and would return to New Yor) once. t iness - ‘Samuel Gompers, president, eon in Jacksonrille at noon today for ten days' session. Matters of import- ance are before the couneil but no | tempted S