Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 27, 1920, Page 1

S Bl : VOL. LXII—NO. POPULATION 29,919 : “ NORWICH, CONN. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1520 PRESIDENT WILSON UNWAVERING IN NOTES 10 ALLIES ON THE ADRIATIC QUESTION Plainly States That the Latest Agreement by the Allied Na- tions is Not Acceptable to the United States, as It Opens (the Franco-American ciateq governments.” Obliged to Take Under Consideration the Withdrawal of Clemenceau as premier of France, the Treaty With Germany and the Agreement Between | ana Lioya George replied under date e j of February 17, saying there was the United States and France—British and French Pre-| mo ‘foundation ‘for ‘the assumption miers Maintain That the Disappearance of the Free State of Fiume Would Reunite 200,000 Jugo-Slavs With Their ! Fatherland—Disclaim Any Intent to Show Discourtesy | to the United States, But Aver That America, Having Had No Representative at Recent Deliberations, Cannoti view as opposed tp the Jugosiavs.” Guaranantees of L. of N. Sufficient. the same time.” body desired the consummation s 3 the free state of Fiume,” and that Be in Close Touch With Changes of Opinion and Cir-| $¢ e pebott ot N“;ammef;( A TRae = . @25 to give Jugosiavia 150.000 more cumstances—Another Note From the Allies is Being For- §2s t0 eive Jusostavia 150 Tt warded to Washington. ing 26. — President|and the remainder were to go to the ' ompeciely Fl'q?'ms‘ne Sritish and | Sorb-Croat Slovene state. All Agriatie i n in his reply 1o e O riatic | islands, were to be demilitariz Wilson Protests Arrangements: n's note of Jan. 19, in | ture interest of the Albanian peop!: to these arranzements, asked Were to be regarded. r it was “the intention of the and French governments in the di of the various ques- nexation President Wilson feared. etails of the adminjstration { Albania, they said, wi et to Freach premiers on ! question adheres to his previous de- | uniess the terms of settle- | eturned to ment of Dec. r rious consideration’ e treaty of Versaiiies future of the United States” and added th the British | made pub- | e department. | Lioyd Geo. uader and added that the United having “no representat at liberat'ons cannot be in close wth the changes of opinion and ci cumstances but fo rely on the treaty of Lond which the premiers said ,they h cer concealed from they felt bound to ap . 9 re- failing to secure another agreemen that unless it were to be rezarded as %0 alterations | Scrap of * paper.” ie advaniase Of | Deplore Threat of United States. “France ‘and Great - Bri fore,” said their cons! i e und Cigmenceau reply- d.sciaited ig a dennite set- views of the d taken it up at nen wd continue “the brought cation to ! red that if the time had | premiers ar- ! the araice of the of 00,000 Jugesla: s to withdraw ity of nations because it agree Adriatic settlement.” The reply added the hope | “whatever the final view of the ed States as to the Adriat. ment m; il “to_the ts 10 all parties They added “that in the of it snot being accepted they will be driven to - | rance (the | ) which nrei ierand of France and | Ceorge reat Pritain in reply | that changes in opinion and | ces had occurred since the B e H because | 1o which the Uniteq| [No Pisceurtecy to. United. States. 5 Bs par-| (5 was drawn, which | ‘Both prefmiers afsciafnfed And jhyénf | case. : were not fully ap- | iated in the 17 ates. France and Great Britain, the pre- ' el to conceal their action in any way.”: American people to take miers’ note stated, consequently “view , President Wilson's reply of Feb. 10 reaching and terrible in it. with consternaiion” the threat of the ! s2°d could not agree that the mem- ! 2 sround which United States to withdraw from the m of Jan. 14 leit untouched ; of being 5o league of nations. Hope is expressed | ally every oncluded. by the premiors that tha United States | arguea by the rench pre “wift not wreck whele machinery | Riers and dec opin e Bed with internat the otriginal proposal had been ¢ becaunse the position foundly altered to the ad s not accepted in a par- | improper Italian object rious injury fo the the pres'dent reft- |t peril of world pe: > ic mamner his| Points Made by President Wilson, 4 from w ere | President ted out that eon’d be no departure as the cour: “}wxme the DBriti rench govern- decided upon by the premiers wonld | ponee ity ent of Dec. 9 con- be “short sighted and mot in accord | curred in £ corridor e with the terrible sacr the en- | ‘counter to every consid- tire world which ean ha atified and | e A ennobled onl+ by leadine finally to set- | Yemiance . thes tlements in keening with tha nrinei- plag for which the war was foneht.” The jolnt memorandum cf Den. subseribed to by France, Great Pritain and the United States and which it was supposed here sotiled the Adristic suestion. provided in substance the following Conrtesy fo believe that it is the p step so fa s effects l Wilson. Remains Obdurate, Jtiat) IPresident Wilson's note of Pro- iary 24, the last tage of the record, except the reply to the way to Ameri isaying the presia the present c'rcumsta choice but to maintain the he hag taken ail along, ates the pr'nef ; America’ adds, can ‘government the terms peace settlements must . be formulated upon the prineiples for wkich Ameri the war.” By wri of Versailles' Article of league covenant the president | h's position was that the power, sociated against Germany had gone all territo nterferences with the free poi: self-determination of the peoples the world” The president's says that while Italy has the substitute project for state of Fiume, the Jugy not accepted it. Would Invite Strife, tienlar ‘case. In his last no e1 §n an the H of ontine c-atfon of tesrilorial co: ‘o it by me: of Jan. 14, and at where S s demand for the aroexation of all ria had been res | jected 1n the forimer agreement, the | agreem Jan. 4 provided for it, | President Wilson’s note said that 1 Whereas the agreement of Dec. 9 er‘ rm of Italian sove- Line Between Italy and Jucoslavia. | reignty 4 he could not Istria was to have a frontier which, | “avoid the conclusion” that the agree- the rec- | ment of Jan. 14 “opens the way for Ofnined_ethnical line between Ttaly | Ll control of Fiume's for}el!lgn af- | and Jusosiavia, woull have given (| f " The new agrcement, his note It:;!tvn -nmflm:r:dmo.n:;n Ju;v i vs :{nrl ! »z_éflvngrg;:"ehg;fit?e tAH‘" ian people ? er exten: eastware 0 ve ; am: h erent allen powers,” . e e b ATTS | While: the Sriain: SEreement: ore. aleo incladios Juposiave A buffer | STVed its unity “in large measurer | pyeit o = giate betwean the Itafian territory and | Without Knowledge of the U, 8. | gy heyils Aljuan. territor Istrl and t 'S»rb»f’mat--“"'l"‘""; All these provisions, said he presi- | tion might issue,’ $ k'nzdom, . confaininiz some dent's note, “negotiated without the | says that while - Juzosiavs 28 am | knowledge or approval of the Ameri- | ion of Albani: was to be nlaced u can government” changed the whole | ment “might b Batiin MERES Sa= 1o Te a free state | face of the whole Adriatic settlemont. | tho. Toror: of Fume under eontrol. and for future | ang. in the eyes of th % e viagosiay government, he ig R .. e fiture . in the ey is government, |as vigorously opposed to injuring "4 “render it unworkable and rob it of Albania: automomy for the city Flume. The ! that measure of justice which is es-fJugos]a\,;ia.gE:lsflehemi; ?::e“n}fi}mfi ty Zara was to have comnlete ove-| sential it this government f5 to co A xfi;“y;:\;y:; x‘-u“::"‘:" -T:e ‘i::;rtw:: (‘n%l;lale ‘é‘ maintaining its terms.” tlt‘:fi;s"thgi:g:e;?; Tee'-uv:f?:m of the s vp, Lis<a a hat the Jugoslavs might fo i 2 4 erired small istands west of ft, Lussin and | to accept it rather than® jhe t(:—lngch;: doat e orthern Gontler, the pre Unle, w=ra to pass fo Ttaly on dem London, the president said, would not tarized statvs with local autonomv for | alter the conviction of . this. Laverc e Biawe in Ligen. T e ave | ment “that 1t cannot give its assent to mandata over the independent sf { & settlement whi oth: | 2 2 2 e the IndeSfMIPAE atits which hoth- In the terms | new basts, of its provisions and in the methods | i . of its enforcement constitutes & pae Brought in Treaty of Landon. tive denial of the principles for w! America. entered the war. g Raises Fundamental Question. The American government, the pres. ident’s note said, “feels that it cannot sacrifice the principles for which it entered the war to gratify the im- | proper ambitions of one of its associ- ates, ® ¢ * ¢ The Adriatic issue as it now presents itself raises the funda- mental question as to whether the American government can on any terms co-operate with .its European assoclates in the great work of main- talning the peace of the world by re- moving the primary causes fo war. v * * *If the couniry possessing the most endurance in_pressing its de. mands rather than the country armed with a just cause is to gain the sup- port of the powers; if forcible seizure of coveted areas is to be permitted and condoned and is to receive ulti- i 9, | | while “widely overstepping’ the s treaty of London line banfan frontiers north and. east. were to he those fived hv the London con- fememce of 1 The city of Valona and sach hinterland strictly necessary o defense and ecomomic develoment were granted to Italy in full sove- reignty. What Italy Asked For. Italy, however, had acked for control | of the diplomatic relations of Zara, diggociation of the city of Fiume from the free state of Fiume, connection of the city of Fiume to Istria by a corri- d.r and annexation to Italy of the isl- ard of Lagosta. This plan the con- feress characterized as “counter to every consideration of geography. eco- nomics and territorial convenience.” Fxplatning their reasons for arriving at the previous decision, they de- clared: “Beonomic consideration being equally excinded, there remains noth- ing but a desire for further territory. The territories coveted are admittedly as an obligatorial president’s note sald, “came !llrnrifle"' beca':lse the Am ernment regarded the agreeme: December 9 as supersedgxg inm course to fail Landon, it sa:d, “was followed as this government.” Replying: references to the inclusion enes in Poland, “the “There were cases where for clent geographical and economic the conference and government believes ‘would the that if consent to apply the Adriatic questiun would not exist.” Then, in conclusion, fererri mate justification by creating a - i oy ' erring to inhabited by the Jugoslavs. They con-,| uation so diffcult that decision Gaer. | [121V's sacrifices, advanced in° tho tain_practically no Italian clements.” | able to the agpressor 1y aorn @ s | CorTespondence as reason. for pe Provisions of New Agreement. ‘The new aagreement between Great France and Italy, dated Jan. 14, 1920, provided in substance: Tiume as an independent state free : jts own diplomacy. The free state ~ previous proposals was to dis- appear and the boundary between Italy and the Serb-Croat-Slovene state was to be redrawn to provide for the previously Qiscussed corridor. Zafs was to be an independent state uzéer the league, Vaiona was to be re- tained Italy 2s provided in the treaty London and Italy was to take a mandate over Albania, whose boundaries were to be readjusted. The island groups of Lussin, Lissa ana Pelacogs were 1o be assigned to Italy prac.ical necessity; if deliberately in- cited ambm%n is, under the name of national senfiment, to be rewarded at! the expence of the small and weak; if, in a word, the old order of things which brought so many evils on the world is still to prevail, then the time is not yet come when this government can entertain a concert of powers, the very existence of which must depend upon a new spirit and a new order.” { claims, the pres‘dent’s reply says: What Wilson Asks. “Such_considerations can not ments which will be future wars. 1 mined wouid be short sids, tified and ennobled only by I cessions made in the memorandum ; Prime ministers of December 9 could not be accepted. “the president desires to say that he must take under gerious considera- tion the withdrawal of the treaty of Prau mination in the Adriatic tween the Uniteq States and France alliance), which are now before the senate and permitting the terms of the European 5 < settlement to be independently es- the Way For Italian Conrol of Fiume’s Affairs—Feels | obiishod and ontoress oy e asen M. Millerand, who had succeeded that the new settlement involves a capitulation to the Italian point of The premiers remarked that Pres- ident Wilson had “ignored the great advantage conferred on Jugoslavia at In their discussions they had found, they said, that s o Thé prem.crs argued that the guar- “iantess of the league of nations were sufficient. to guard against the an- of e be i elaborated and the “feelings and fu- The (premiers disclaimed any desire “to force a set- tlement unacceptable to the presdent set up| taining 3 1-2 per alliattce from the | tihs poending rope and to com- Would not attempt to insist on its municate the results to the govern- accebtance until after hearing his ponse of the premiers Vl';a*z‘mf t of the United States,” adding Views. ed from today, but!that Clemenceau and - Lloyd George'| 3 . been ¢ In | must realize there were features in the | | U. 8. Not in Close Touch. n. Im‘)po:ml Iiume settlement- which ' m‘:madlgfrlgg' ';;E;m;;g'fu thenz r . 1on of this note c cceptabl " 3 52 i "Jl.r.em, SETUENE | ooy o ceentabla ity HhlN ot (ibmbie iathas cralen: 80 Tt i rowid e ment, and the subse- i ' cause nobody now wants to ment communicated to | Reply by Lloyd Georgo and Clemenceau the artificial free state of touch and they had no chotce! brief 2 | att'tude. president rom the com- does not vith the precise terms of the that h in- Frince and Great Britain cannot vose of the ich has the appearance| inadequate,” the . roply |3 Febru- plomatic paper-in t now “in_the opinion of the Ameri- the | to sis of lhel 2 entered | ng into the treaty| the said, as’ fore- rial ageression and all cal of reply accepted free oslavs have Refterating his beliet that to join | CF, i £he1 be recover would be| hich annexa- | the president's note! “the three fold divis- in the Brit'sh agree- e most acceptable to “just | the{ dent argues, already depart from the|murders.” trea and were made| ‘with the understanding that nego. tiations were proceeding on quite a Eringing in the treaty of London alternative, the to " British and French of Ger- {mans in_Czecho-Slovakia and Ruth- president said: suffi- Tea- sons, slight .deflections of the ethno- ; eraphical frontier were sanctioned*by Americin Italy n same principles in Istria and Dalmatia the be made the reason for unjust scttle- ovecative of A course thus deter- >d ang not in accord with the terrible sucrifices of the entize world waichk can he jus- ding i finally to settlements in keeping wirl The presideni wound up his note! the "principles for whica the war was by saying that if the maximum con.|fovght. The president nsks th.lé “he reat Britain and Italy will read his deter- matter in the light of these principles and set- tlements and will realize that stand- with Germany and the agreement be- ing upon such a foundation of prin-.at Paris.” SuggestsW.J. Bryan Leave Dem. Party Gen. Edwards Declares He Should Not Trammel Pu_'ty With His Prohibition Activ- ities. New York, Feb. 26.—Unless Wil- liam Jennings Bryan cooperates 8O that the democratic party may “squarely present” the prohibition fssue to all the people of the coun- try,” Governor Edwards of New Jer- sey in an address here tonight at a dinner of the Society of Arts and Sciences, declared that ‘it is only fair to suggesi” to Mr. Bryan that he “leave the party and take up his property place in the prohibition party.” “If ‘my efforts in th's matter result in the adoption by either or both | parties of a definite policy,” he add- fed, “I will be contented, and I will feel quite certan that in such event the majority of all the people of this nation will compel the restoration of | the full portion of personal liberty and self-determnation that we all desire, geserve and demand.” Reéferring to the passage: by the ed by the senate. on_ next Monday night, in which event T will promptly approve the same as governor of the state.” TO CONFER ON SALE OF 350 PER CENT BEER IN NEW JERSEY ‘Washington, Feb. 2 enue and prekib.tion enforcement of- ficials will confer tomorrow as to the coursz they will pursue in respect to the sale in New Jersey of beer con- cent. alcohol. that officials had ateq tonig] action of the| g such a: ge of the compilation forth the the it was indicated there wag onl. course o to the federal | They anticipate lengthy nd before the court one lits age. contendeq that ining more than per cent. alcobol is :n . and therefore violative o deral prohibition law VOTED $4,000 FOR BEING PROSECUTED FGR MURDER Jackson, Miss., Feb. 2 $4,000 t0 Wiil Purvis, 2 Lamar county farmer, today for having twice faced the gallows, only to be ultimately ex- ororaied -l ihe murder change’aon which he was convicted. ley, a witncss in a whitecapping case { and urred twenty-six | near Columbia, Miss. On execution, the moose: slipped €1l through, when the trap unhurt. His counsel won 2 that he could rot twice for the same offense and gsentence was commnuted to life im- prisonmen Two y Purvis in a_deathbed n relating to the. killing of cley and h as pardane. A th> legislature, supperted the bill to e Purvis which passed the oday. “RENT USURY EILL” FOR NEW YORK LEGISLATURE New York, Feb. 26.—State Senator Dowling of New York announced: to. night that he would introdue: legislature a “fent usury bill” to limit all new rental contracts for apart- ment and tenement residential pur- poses to mot more thaa 10 per cent. upon the “actual valuation.” This actual valuation will be presumed in the bill to be “assessed valuation plus 20 per cent. Senator Dowling said the bill pro- vides that in actions upon landlord must prove that his contract iz not unlawful and that any excess le by the ten- . The Jandiord may sissess actual increased cost of operation or man- tenance pro rata among his tenants, iricluding taxes, according to the bill, which was framed by Don Carlos Buell and Joseph A. Crater of this city. JURY RECOMMENDS PUBLIC HANGINGS FOR MURDER Chicago, Feh. 26 blic hangings, instituted by Sheriff Peters of Cook | county, as a detriment “to were recommended in the final report of the Fehruary grand jury which was made_today. This recommendation was made in a_supplemental report of a majority of the grand jurors who witnesses the future murderer of Policeman Richard Burke, : in the county jail, as was a hanging a short time before, but pressure was brought to bear, and the sheriff altercd his plans. . lARMV BILL DEBATED BY FRENCH DEPUTIES Paris, Feb. 26.—(Havas.)—During debate in the chamber of deputies to- day on the time for calling the 1920 class to the colors, General Edouard Dée Castelnau, president of the army committee of the chamber, declared that the first fruit of the victory over the Central Empires shouid be a re- duction of the military forces, keep- ing with the colors the number of men indispensable for -safeguarding the :mnor and independence of the coun- ry. OBITUARY. Dr. Frank H. Whittemore. New Haven, Conn, Feb., 26—Dr. Frank H. Whittemore of this city, one of the best known physicians in Con- necticut, died ‘of pneumonia at his bome late- tonight, aged 65. ciple he must. of necessi! the position which he arriveq at a ter months of earncst consideration. He confidently counts upon their co- operation in this effort on his part to maintain for the allied and associated powers that direction of affairs which was initiated by ihe vietory Germany and the peace New Jersey house of assembly of the| bill regulating the manufacture and| sale of beer for beverage Governor Edwards said: “At the present time, there is every e GO E U indication that this bill will be pass-| SENATE READOPTS TREATY MANDATURY RES=HVATION DUrposes, liof - the United States goverament to ~Internal rev-| It} of | government | officials. | tion | e is on will| ng dealers, The bu-) | were The lower | K.1 drick, house of the state legislature voted | iexcept (Hat If 1§ Unnecessary.” | ator Hitcheock. did not. vote. The killing was that of Will Bucke= ! : { LABOR FAVORS AMNESTY day set} s later Joe Beard, another ! sin of the murdered man, now in | | time offences. fenses and forms of strike activity. | OBJECTS TO MiLITARY in the to withdraw from the defense of ten aWeged Industrial Workers of World on trial here for murder unless { which reached here withdrawn, were made in court today | by George F. Vanderveer, counsel for leases the | was to be condueted as a “drumhead courtmartial” a he would immediately withdraw. len, prosecuting the case, be punished for contempt of court. Northern Pacific Railroad company at or upon execution last week of Jack O'Brien,| OBrien's hanging was to have been | e a| witnessed by the prisoners erican gov- | of The back on. the treaty of | th- out any atiempt to seek the views of bills drawn by the federal fair price commissioner for Rhode Island designeq to prevent profiteering rents! were introduced in the state legisla- measures, rents would be limited to a mings, of Falls Vilage, guilty of mis- | more than ten years. International Paper com- e somtracts will Te increasel from 4 - cents a pound to 5 cents for the quarter beginning April 1, C. W. Ly- man, vice president of the company, announced today. i maintain | COUNCIL TO TAKE UP THE council will take up- the question of exchange tomorrow, it was announced nie | contgrence | thin eveniag. mMBflflS’l l fflnfifnfeu‘meg:mh Ambesszdor to .S, - spected Camp Devens. 'Food riots are reported at Ludwigs- Official Announcement With- held Pending Notification haven and 'mobs are said to be plun- dering sheps. of Acceptance From Wash- ington. : London, Feb. 26~~It was definitely . g stated in the lobby of the house of| President ~Wilson signed the .oil cominons tonight that Sir Auckiand |land leasing bill, opening up for de- Geddes, minister of national service|velopment milions of acres in the and reconstruction has been selected West. as British ambassador to Washing- ton. Offictal announcement of his ap- Argentine President vetoed the law annulling= his authority to prohibit exportation of sugar. The construction of about 150 miles of state highway in Maine is the pro- gram contemplated this year. Fifteen men were arrested in New pointment, it was, said. was only|gayen in‘a roundup of alleged radi- awaiting notificaton from Washing-| cag conducted by elght federal agents, "°“‘m‘_"‘“ Sir Auckland Is persona| ,isted by local police. gral Sir Robert Stevenson Horne, min- ister of labor, will succeed Sir Auck- land as president of the board of trade, it was stated. NETIEICATION HAS. NOP Australian wheat crop reported at REACHED WASHINGTON | 44,600,000 bushels by International In- i stitute of Agriculture. This is 36,000,- 000 bushels less #han last year. Officially announced in the House of Commons that Admiral Lord Jeliice visited India to. consider the forma- tion of an Indian navy. ‘Washington, Feb. 26.—The report- ed decision of the British foreign of- fice #0 send Sir Aucklang Geddes here as ambassador has not been commu- ncated to the state department, - it was sald ton’ght, nor has any inquiry been made relative to the willingness Bangor, Me,, and the surrounding country is in the grip of a snow blockade and the situation from many angles is regarded as gerious. . Milk prices in Paris, raised five centime a liter, making the price 25 centimes a liter. The increase was rveported due to higher railroad fares. THe Patris, the = world’s largest fishing boat, was daunched at Selby. | Bngland, for a French firm. It will be used in fishing off Newfoundland. receive him, Washington, Feb. 26.—The republi- can reservation regarding manda- tories, altached to iue peace ureaty iast November over the opposition of 43 democratic senators, was readopted L) 2 voie of 63 to 4 in the senate to- diy after the administration leaders had witndrawa their opposition to it. It was the first t.me a qualification of the treaty had been adopted with The federal grand jury in session at New Haven returned indictments against four men alleged to have tak- en part in a counterfeiting conspiracy. A state of siege was proclaimed in the acquiggcence of the democratic | Honduras and all theatres = closed. manager;nd the first time more than | Revolutionary forces reported pene- two-tmrds of the entire senate mem- | trating the frontier between Nicara- be:stip bad voted tosether in approv- |gua and Honduras. ing any reservation. The result was . . s not generally regarded as indicating g} Mrs. Richard Dohzrty, wife of Judge sudden break in the senate situation, | Doherty of the court of common however, since tae reservation was pleas in Jersey City, gavé birth one of those to which the democrats [(Wins for the fifth time in their mar- had agreed in the recent bi-partisan ried life of ten years. conterence to accept without chzmge.‘ 2 Thirty democrats and thirty-eight republicans were recocded in favor of the reservation after Senator Hitch- cock, the democratic leader, had de- clared on the floor that the -effect would.be only to recite a principle al- ready established under the treaty it- seif and under federal laws. It D v.6es in substance that no mandate | colil be accepted by the Unitea States without the consent of con- res Two passenger trai shire division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad are stalfed in snow drifts and a milk train is derailed. : Municipality of Verdun decided to organize a patriotic fete on June 23 to commemorate the extreme limit of he Germmn offensive which was, eached on June 23, 1916. It was reported in Washington un- less the present shortage 'of news- print paper is relieyed Congress will ake action to reduce the size of news- papers of the larger citi Vice -Admiral Sir Treviyan Napier, commander - of-. the The four who voted in the negative Senators Jjones, New Mexico Wyoming; Walsh, Montana, and Wil ississippi, all_demo. crats plaining his_vote, Senator ! Walsh declared “he had. “not -the slightest obiection to_the. reservation Sen- tion, arrived in Washington as guest| of the State Department. FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS!| T wWest Vi lature_an- : “penfectly qualified Washington. . Feb. 26.—Union labor | 1O4TCed 1t Was B on e e wo- h and competent” to deal w today Joined the effort to_obiain am- | iin Saffrage question without advice sty for all “political prisonors” be- | i y ing ‘held in army disciplinary bar. | [TOT the Maryland legisiature. acks. At a conference with war de- vartment officials, Hugh Frayne, rep- resenting the American Federation of Labor and Mrs. Lucy Robins, of the Central Labor bodies' conference of Greater New York for amnesty for political prisoners, urzed that another review be made of the cases against 2050 men still_imprisoned for war Mr. Frayne said later hat, in response to a request of the delezation a promise was made that a distinction will be made at the time of the review hetwesn penal-of- Swiss Federal Council issued a de- cree permitting free aerial traffic over Swiss tersory in time of peace. Transportation bv air of money, muni tions and explosives is forbidden. Alec C. Newberry, formerly presi- dent and treasurer of fhe Spring- field Rubber Company and later man- lager of the United States Rubber| Company, died in Boston yesterday. According to officials of the Foo | Administration although retail butch. ers in New York add 30 to 100 per cent, to wholesale prices for certain meats, they are not guilty of profit- eering. . FORCE AT I. W. W. TRIAL Montesano, Washn.. Feb. 26.—Threats At the request of the French em- bassy the war department is undertak- ing to find out the names and ad-| dresses of French children adopted by | American officers and brought to this country. the | the detachment of regular _soldiers yesterda was The board of directors of the Deia- ware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- road company voted to resume the pre-war management of the road when the government relinquishes control March 1. the defendants. Vanderveer said that if the case not as a law case, Vanderveer asked that Herinan Al- At the plant of the Baltimore Dry- docks and Shipbuilding Company, 400 ' machinists joined the strike of car- penters, joiners and pipe flittefs. This brings toe number of strikers up to 1,500 in all. HOWARD ELLIOTT CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS OF THE N. P. ! New York, Feb, 26—Jule M. Hanne- ford was elected president of the ‘Because of the increased consump- ! tion in this country there is “little chance” of any great reduction in su-| gar prices, George A. Zabriskie, pres- | ident of the United States Equaliza- | tion board, declared. a meeting of the board of directors here today, to take office on March 1, relinquishment of federal control of the road if it occurs after that date. Howard ETlott, chalrman of the ex- ecutive committee, will become chair- mar: of the board. War millionaires of Spain bought | 1,800 American automobiles and much | machinery which will be sent to Spain | on the Spanish Royal Mail steamer| Antonio Lopez, which was held, for six weeks at Havana by a harbor| strike. Bainbridge Colby, " who was ap-! i pointed secretaryg of state today by President Wilson, said in an inter- view that he was “thoroughly in ac- cord with the League of Nations and all other of the president's views of public interest. John Swan and Ernest H. Rolston, both o Seymour, charged with receiv- | ing Liberty. motors stolen from a| Bridgeport plant, were indicted late Wednesday by a federal grand jury in New Haven and their cases.assigried for trial on March 23. | BILL IN R. I. LEGISLATURE TO PREVENT RENT PROFITEERING Providence, R. I, Feb, 26.—Two and ture today. Under the terms of the; maximum of 12 1-2 per cent. on the assessed value of the property in- volved, GUILTY OF MISTREATING A GIRL UNDER 16 YEARS Winsted, Conn., Feb. 26—In five minutes a jury in the superior court this afternoon found James Cum- hipyard and yacht treatment of a girl under 16 years of | joyiy: age, and, Judge Maltbis sent him to state prison for not less than five or of $1000,000. d from destruction. ANOTHER INCREASE IN THE i e PRICE OF NEWSPRINT PAPER New York, Feb. 26.—The price of entire board of directors of the New | York Interborough Rapid Transit Co. should be removed and President Hed- ley's salary reduced from $65,000 to $26,000 a year. °® Greatest emphasis - was placed dn physical education by ers ad- dressing the different branches of the QUESTION OF EXCHANGE TLondon, Feb. 26.—The allied supreme | vention .in Cleveland. ‘the mind without not true A ~ o RS F Debt, Restore 60 Per Cent. "' y and | rears of Interest—Pledges Efldfl-hmenl’ofw Principles and the Calling of a Co ent Assembly— Propose That the United States Allow a Conditioned Upon Considerable Concessions * in that | ‘Washington, Feb. 26—(By the A, P.) —In a new peace proposal to the great powers, reported in official despatches today,” Soviet ment of democratic principles in Russia and tife caling {of a.constituent assembi It promises further to ! decree annulling Russia’s foreign ddl?ly restoring sixty per cent. of the liabil- (ity, and aiso to pay arrears -of inte- irest, giving as a 3 fulfillment of its obligations consider- able mining concess.ons of _plutmum | and silver to an Anglo-American syn- in that country. . : today’ from' Londen * ) message said uoting & Moscow. I the government had Made new pegce overtures to the United States, Japan No_such proposal has reached the state department and Of~ ficials were unable to say whether peace suggestion con er official advices a$ ‘of were those referred ta in'the Mos- cow radiogram. Official comment was withheld sinee no proposal has yet 5 communicated to the American goy: ernment hy the Soviet authoritiess The suggestion that States had been coupled with Japan and Rumania in a new peace offer was received with some surprise. it - was assumed. however, that the new offer was in line with the cons policy of the Soviet government attempt separate negotiations with. allied and associated powers. | received here and Rumania. thdraw the | tained In the uttined above - been- officially in return and - formal peace treatics ,(the Soviet gov- ernment would require Great Bri 1and other countries to abandon all in- | tervention in R t also proposes that States allow a credit to. Ru: considerable concessions sian affairs, | tioned upon WOOL GROWERS ARE TO CROWD OUT MIDDLEMEN AMENDMENT TO LEVER ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 26.—The -amend- Boston, Feb. 26.—Wool growers are nizing to save for themselves and ror wearers of woolen garments mi Liuns of doilars now absorbed by mid- ilo D, Campbell { water, 'Mich., said in an address b v club tonight. Campbell, who is president of ilk Producers’ Federa- and chairman of the executive National Board of declared unconstitutionai States District Judge Faris here today when he sustained a demurrer of the defense and dismissed the case of the L. Cohen, Grocery was charged with maki profit on sugar. ' ohen Grocery company was charging a wholesale price of 19.8 cznts a pound for sugar sold last November. Tte court held that the amendment to the Lever food control act violated the sixth amendment \to the constitu- tion. which requires that all citizens ! be informed of charges against 0 | ihe | commiitec of the uer Ofganizations, spoke of cetcn Wool Dealers’ association a collecting the greater part of the wool from the fifty million sheep “A ‘mere technical ""flage, they buy the wool of the farmer o1 local dealer in the grease, and sell it tc the mills as scoured wool,”-he “The wool has not been scoured It goes to the mills as it ,from the sheep. “I shall not enter into a discussion of the treatment accorded the farmers of the nation by the government in handling the 1918 wool clip, but I am here to give notice movers of the country have learned by sore experience how to organize and how to deal directly without building fortunes each British. - North ! vear for those who neither toil nor American and West Indies Naval Sta-{ epin, | B on the Berk-| [ udge Faris made the ruling at the testimony fn the case. He took up the conflict with the sixth amendment to the constitution, saying the Lever act amendment was vague, irdefinite :and uncertain, and delegates legislative powers to courts ard juries, and that it did not provide charges against them. gLkl Ao WV OHAMMED MAHMOUD PASHA | HAS SAILED FOR PARIS 26.—Mohammed conclusion of G New York, Feb. Mahmour Pasha, who came United States two months sent the claims of the Egyptian na- ticnalists for a free Egypt to Presi- deni Wilson, sailed for Havre on. the stcamer Lafayette today without Hav- ing seen the president. C. Aldao, who represented the Argen- tine at the Pan-American sailed to spend d and France.” DEATH OF GENERAL PIERRE AUGUST ROQUEZ Feb. 26.—(Havas). Picrre August Roquez, former minis- ter of war, died today. Dr. Ricarde General Roquez was for his work as inspector general of neronautics before the war, at a_ time when the military importance of avi- tion was beginning to be fuliy real- best known “some time in Englan, His wife and two daughters accom- panied him. 2 When the worlg war began General Roquez was Fourth Army according to an arm: he performed the most brilliant ce “both by his own personal brav- ry and by masterly leadershi was placed at the head of the First Army in Januar was made minister of war ‘In in_the cabinet Briand, when General signed ow'ng to the government N. H. ROAD HAS 7,000 MEN CLEARING ITS TRACKS Feb. 26—<The New York, New Haven and Hartford Raile road has 7,000 men employed at pres- ent in efforts to clear its tracks of snow and ice and keep the various lines open, according to a report sub- to the public utilities com- mission of Connecticut today by Gen- eral Manager C. L. Bardo. dinary conditions only about men are required for this work, it was stated. and men have been taken from theé railroad shops and other de- paftment to assist Hartford, Conn in December of the Jame year when a new cabinet was PRESIDENT WILSON URGED TO VETO RAILROAD BILL 26.—President : Wilson was urged to veto the railroad bill in memorials presented today the railroad brotherhoods, the Farm- ers’ National Council, and the Am can Society of Equity. representing those organizations Secretary Tumulty, who told them he would bring their | president’s attention. The railroad brotherhoods ed especially to the labor clauses of | company. the act, but joined with the other o | ganizations in oppssition to the pio vision which in railrad security owners are 1-2 per cent. on the agsrezat valuation of the propertie: STREMLAU TO TAKE CHARCE OF PROHIBITION SATURDAY | Hartford, Teb transfer of the duties of the prohim. ! tion enforcement officer of Connecti | cut will take place Friday or | when a representative of the internal | revenue bureau i will instruct Julius C. Stremlan, re- cently appointed prohibition enforce- | ment drector for this state, charge of the work which is now be- ! ing prosecuted under the. direction of Collector James J. Walsh. Mr. Stremlau's quarters will be in the Allyn Hodse! I1'RA]N STALLED IN sSNOW NEAR LEBANON STATION Willimantic, Conn., Feb. 26.~—Traffic over the Central Vermont railroad be- tween here and the state line ovassfl® morning passer train from New London .to. Brral | boro, Vt., became stalled | Arift near Lebanon Station. rlow . came down from Vermont in fighting the ‘Washington, WIRELESS MESSAGES SENT APPTOXIMATELV 1,500 MILES faabl ‘New York, Feb. 26. phone conversations have been carr! ining, N. Y., and kota and Kansas, r?fl-‘ tance of approximately 1,500 mil unced here tonizht by Rob= engineer for the ephone and Telegraph Mr, Gowen, who delivered: n address before the New York Eleg- trical society, stated that the audion that | lamp equipment -Wireless !ll.'- Deiegations ! on between ( in North Ds requests to the! was annoi object- | Forest Radio Tel effect asserts GEORGE BLUMENTHAL MADE KNIGHT LEGION OF HONOR New York, Feb. 2 thal of New York has been made m the Legion of Honoruin C ‘his services to the allies anc especially to France. it was an- The presenta- of the insignia of a Knizht of the Legion was made at the direction of - tae French government Ly M. Caston Ticbert, French consul general here. Mr. Biumenthal was particularly ap= tive in the manaegement of a larze war organization, ance. His father-in- Eugene Mever, Sr., recently was made an officer of the legion. -George Blumen= recognition of hi: Connecticut 8,000 FEWER ARMY OFFICERS THAN HAD BEEN ASKED Washington, Feb, 26.—Pight- thou- sand fewer.army off'cers than asked department are pro- army reorganiza- foday when for by the wa Fire which swept the Jacobs Bros’|vided by the hd basin « at City | tion bill, for- esente Island destroyed a dozen m&cr&ft Chairman Kahn of the milita; palatial boats, causing a damage comm o 000, The Shnmrick TV and of officer American Cup defender, Vanitie, were Of servic Reduction i were made § but the sharpest cut the numier servi | G - LAy ) BARRACKS CF. THE :RI3H el Bl i LR el 94 CONSTABULARY BSSIEGED the close of the, traction bhearing be- 26, A |fore the board of estimate, declavel tee granted 1782 WOULD NOT SELL SHIPS S FOR FOREIGN REGISTRY | Pleasant, C Washington, Feb. ships owned by the govern: 4 not be sold for fofeign regisiry under | thi a bill introduced by Senator Poi Washington. National : Bducation . Assoclation con- | measure also would require that bills Education of | of sale provide that should such ships « training "of the|be transferred to a foreign flag at any | fer love body and strengthening of health is|time in the future they would revert'daughter who deliberately it it was contended.!to the zovernment. Et 178 officers and the house commit- e customary, tactus of roads with, tress and cutt'ng the tele- The | graph. lines. 2 A woman who marrieS a poor man. ever forgives ‘her