Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 2, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXIl—NO. 54 . POPULATION 29919 NORWICH, CONN., ' TUESDAY, MAR CH 2_, 1920 12 PAGES—84 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS - GOV'T DEFEATED IN SUIT AGAINST THE “STEEL TRUST™ esclmsy St cotis T, | Votes For 350 Bee new speed of 283 kilometers an hour. Will Not Become Effective Operating department of railroads issued a slogan “Get your cars home.” Several alleged bolsheviki couriers The Supreme Court, in a Four to Three Decision, Refused to Dissolve the United State Steel Corporation and Its Num- erous Subsidiaries—Justices McReynolds and Brandeis Took No Part in Decision—Justice Day Gave Dissenting Opinion, Which Was Joined by Justices Pitney n.nd Clarke—Majority Opinion Brands the Steel Corporation as a “Good” Combination, With Its Legality Established. Washington, March 1.—In a four to three decision today, the supreme eourt refused to dissolve the United States Steel rporation and its num- erons subsidiaries comprising the so- ealled “steel trust.” The government's long fought suit for dissolution of the iron and steel trade bination for alleged violation of the Sherman anti aw was dismissed. with absolatiol for the corporation from all ng charg- es. Placing the high eccu “0. K. on the steel orporation were Chief Jus- tice White and Associate Justices Mc- Kenna, who announced the majority opinion, Holes and Van Deventer. Jus- lice Day zave the dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Pitney and Clarke, Justices McReynolds and Brandies took no part, the former hav- jng ween attorney general during the litigatio nand the latter having ex- pressed opinions regarding it before | appointment to the bench. Primarily, the decree officially brands the steel corporation as & ‘good” bination, with its legality Further, the court held that mere size. bigness or preponderance in in- dustry corporate combinations not ul sojution. The court also gave a new and far- reaching judicial interpretation or ap- plication of the Sherman law, anala- gous to famous “rule of reason” in the & ard Oil and tobacco “trust cases. by declaring that public interes must be considered in applying ‘the law The public interest, it was held, would not be served and might be in- jured by dissolving the steel con- vern. Dissolution of the corporation and cipal subeidiaries was urged in ited dissenting opinion. The declared that the anti-trust law was violated in its organization; that there has heen “open. notorious and continued violation” of its provi- sions and that approval of illegally born comhinations “would pra ly | annul the Sherman law" by judicial | decrer, Agreeing that mere of a corpor- ation, providing itx legal, is not inbibited, the vigor- susly disapproved the new Sherman law ruling requiring judicial consider- ation of the public interest. Such a ielns the dissenters declared, uits in a jracti- on of the aet itself.” n was 4 complete yietory corporation and its 180 subsidiarics. said to compose the world's atest industrial combina tion (sxets of more than two bil- lion d It also dismissed proceed- t a score of millionaire i neluding Chair- steel corpora- Charles b. John D. feier the late J. P. Morgan, An- Carnezie, Henry Frick and others. Against < the sovern- ment had acked injunctions against illegale acts, 0 the deeree of dismissal marked r the government in its suit 1911 in the New nd which has been one of the longest, most volum- and most proceedings in court The case, the ot a_small room, the high court. in n last Oetober. ction during the reed npon 1918. today’s decree leaves the to bring new proceedings corporation for practices deemed the anti-trust law. depart- justice officials declared no 1 been given to future ac- g study of the opinions, General Palmer and other offickzls withheld com- government against the and present filet with ment thought tion. Pend Attorney department ment, In its appeal the government con- tended that to su in dismissal of its suit by the New Jersey court wonld result in licensing ations which fall just short of com- plete monopoly and wonid place the court’s stamp of approval on develop- ment of industry hy combination in- stead of competition. “To sustain its d coneern is a “good” combination, majority today found that about half of the American steel trade. including minesg, Iroads.chips and ore fields. Monop- oply, the opinion declares. has not been achieved. Its power over pric- es, the majority also declared, is un- equal to its proportionate production. Good conduct of the corporation to- ward its competitors and custome was emp held it has not oppressed competitors or dictated prices. That conduct of in con- it controls mills, ra the steel concern parallels the oil and | tobacco “trusts” was denied the majority, which declared the latter bad been found guilty of illegal pr tices up to the time of their d tion, while any illegalities of combinatio'ns organization we “transient in their purpose and effect” and since abandoned. In this connec- by tion reference was made o the fa- mous “Gary dinners” at which steel corporation officials met with com- petitors agree on prices. The government. the majority de- clared, was reduced 1o the sole con- tention that mere or bigness, of | the organization “Is an abhorrence to the daw. Unused oppression punishable. declared, sctual violations. In its enunciation of the new ap- plication to be given the Sherman law regarding the public interest in each case, the court said: “It ix clear in its*denunciation of monopolies and equaliy clear in its direction that the courts * * ¢ ghall prevent and restrain them, but the command is necessarily submissive to the conditions which may exist and the usual pewers of a couri of equity to adapt its remedics to those condi tions, * * * We do not mean to say that the law is not i‘s own measure ity for court capa the The is to pun monopoly or held, is not s duty, it was h and check any and that it ean be disregarded, but only that appropriate relief in each instance is remiited to court of equity to determine, not. and let us be explicit in this, to advance a pol- e sufficient cause for their dis- | specifie | enormous corpor- | ree that the steel! the | iron and | ized by the majority who | | e steel ; iey contrary to that of the law, but in submission to the law and its policy, and in_execution of both.” In conclusion the majority said they were “unacie to see that the public interest will be served by yielding to the contention of the gov- ernment respecting dissolution * * * and we do see * © * a risk or public injury# including a aterial »dislurl)- ance of, and it may De a serious de- triment 1o, foreign trade.” In repl the three u tices declared that the corporation violated the law in its formation and its immediate practicesY and, being formed illegally, should be dis- nting jus- | demonstrated, the minority held, that { ihe corporation was over-capitalized | with “watered stock. “If the Sherman law is efficacy,” the minority opinion de- | clared, “there must-be a decree un- *doing as far as is possible that which { has been achieved in open, notorious | and continued violation of the law.” “I agree,” Justice Day continued, the act offers no objection to size wf a corporation * * * when e has been obtained by lawful and developed by natural | although its resources, capi- | tal and strength may give to such a i to be given corporation a dominating place. * * * But I understand the reiterated de- | cisions of this court * * * to hold that this power may not legally be derived ! from conspiracies. combinations or O88 Bovernors [Edsrds | contracts in restraint of trade. Tol|anq the friiers of . the beer bill in ! permit this would be to practicaily| making it Cective Liaul catier annul the Sherman law by judiciallthe official proclamation of peace, was ; decree 3ok i to escape m from | Contesting the majority’s interpre-| standpoint and also to | tion of the law, the dissenters d"“,m(-*asurt- as court-proof n i clareq that if changes are now to bej wag thouglit at if the bil ! made in its construction or opera- | tlon, congress and not courts should act. e country, bei as ¥ a Hoth the holding corporation and | Siete o yen P R {its subsidiaries, the dissenting opin- | condition might nuilify the law, if it ion declared, were organized in “plain| were attacked from that angic. violation” of the law under the It is expected that the bill passed decree, are immune | tonjght will he attackeq in the courts ec: of some public reasons re-|as soon as any effort is made to put { quiring such a conclusion.” FE 15t Sh% onecatior - Covern Edwards| | _*“I know of no public polic said}and Attorney General McCran stand | Justice Day = for ~those dissenting,|ready to defend it with the lcgal | “which sanctions a_violation of the| power of the state, |law, nor of any inconvenience to St S | trade, domestic or foreign, which | should have the effect of placing| 21 STATES TO FIGHT RHODE | combinations * * ¢ in an impregnable 'SLAND FOR PROHIBITION [pvsnifln above the control of the law. . e 1 {8Such a conclusion does violence fo |~ Washington, March 1.-—Twenty-one; the pol.ey which the law is intended | States joined With the federal govern- | to enforce * * * and necessarily re- | ment today in asking the supreme sults in practically nullification of the| court to dismiss the original suit act itself.” BLACK TCM EXPLOSION SUITS UPHELD BY COURT March 1.—The court upheld nearly hall a million dollars growing out of a { Trenton, !of | | | | . : e g orth Carolina, Kentucky, {against the Lehigh Valley Railroad ana, Alabama, Maine, | Company as the result of the Black lorida, Oregon. | { Tom explosion on July 30, 1916, when | Nevada, Ne- | shipments of munitions stored there i & | caught fire doing great damage in the | vieinity, Most of the cases ilhnSP of insurance companies. and conviction for | against the company in the death of { James H. Doherty, .an employe who killed in the explosion. 00 in this connection was upheld. manslaughter 181, | TIE VOTE ON SdFFR;GE’ IN WEST VIRGINIA SENATE Charleston, W. Va.. March 1.—Rati- fication of the Anthony suffrage { amendment failed in the West Vir- i ginia senate late today when the reso- { lution for its adoption was met by a I tie vote of '4 to 14. Senator Har- vey, author of the resolution, changed his vote in order that he might be in | a position to move reconsideration to- i This made the record vote against ratification. | The resolution did not come up for considerition in the house, the original certification of the congressional reso- lution having been filed only in the senate. MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS Boston, 'Mdrch l.—Among the 67 the cities at their elections last De- cember in voting “ves” on the liquor license question. In many j of prohibition the votes are of only sentimental effect. A few of the towns voted against license, mostly | by majorities largely reduced from { last year. WALLS OF BARRACKS IN GALWAY BLOWN OUT Belfast, Ireland, March 1.—Notic- ing an unusual gleam in a turf fire in the Ballinger barracks in Gayway, the troops hastily left the building. Hardly had they done so when an ex- of connection with the crime. The belief is that a quantity of explosives either were placed in the turf that in the grate itself. STEAMER JETTISONS A CARGO OF COTTON Halifax, N. 8., March 1.—A cargo of cotton tonight was being cast into the sea to lighten the steamer Bo- { hemian, which struck the rocks of Sambro Ledges, off Halifax harbor, in_a blinding snowstorm early today. The ships 64 passengers hrcught here today. hut the crew of 120 remained on board. No attempt was made during the day to haul the steamer off the rocks, and the posi- tion of the craft tonight was un- changed. A free thinker isn’t a free thinker when he is in jail. . | solved into competitive units. The | gy, cdf Mg S, o HIRH IO ans lower court, the minority declared, | the Jegislature to act on the. sommur could fix the details.” 1t had been damages dozen suits were The court also upheld an indictment A fine of CONTINUE TO VOTE “WET" | Massachusetts towns which held| proper_subject of judicial co .~id:»ra4i town meetings today a large number | tion. If this court may consider the | followed the leader of the majority of on whether an amendment not cases it | submitted that there is nothing in the was the first time the towns had ever | nature of the cighteenth (prohibition) | voted “wet.” Because of the advent| amendment which exposes it to the ! plosion occurred and the walls of the building were blown out. Two arrests | have been made of persons suspected was being burned in the building or were Until Peace Has Been Offi- cially Proclaimed. Trenton, N, J., March 1.—Thé New Jersey senate late tonight passed by a vote of 12 to 9 the compromise beer bill providing for the manufacturing, selling and transporting of beverages containing not more than 3 1-2 per cent. alcohol by volume. The meas- ure, which passed the house last week, went through the senate after refer- ences had been made to the state sen- ate in 1863 condemning President Lincoln for his emancipation of, the slaves; after it had been stated that the state of New Jersey would be- come a traitor to a great cause; after the Anti-Saloon league had been ex- coriated for its lobbying in antagonism to a move to have the beer law in the state so that the attorney general could fight for state rights con the question before the United States su- preme court. It was the most tense night in the senate within a quarter of a century. | With galleries jammed as never before with men and women and the floors of the chamber packed to a suf- focating point, the debate surged along until Senator Simpson, from Hudson. brought forth tumultuous ap- rent powers vested In it on the liquor question by the Volstead act. Previous to passage of the heer hin, the senate defeated by a vote of 4 to 13 an amendment by Senator Haines, introducer of a 5 per cent. heer hill ! recently. which would allow the neople of the state to vote on wheiher or rot they wanted 3 1-2 per cent. beer. The senate also defeated an amendment | Senator Sturgess of Gloucester in- creasing the amount of fine and length of imprisonment for first violation of the 3 1-2 per cent. heer law. This vote was 4 to 14. i Under the nrovisions. the bill, after being enacted into law. will not he- come ekec e until after pe: has been officially proclaimed. Governor Fdwards is expected to sign it tomor- it might be courts on the effective at once upset by the goound brought by Rhode Island to test the | validity of the prohibition amendment | to the constitution. bscribing to a brief, which was'| Charles E. Hughes with the permission, and which asked | Al of the Rhode Island case on the grounds that no justiciable ques- tions were olved, were the states of | braska, Montana, North Dakota, South | Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona. | | Dismissal of the suit, which the gov ernment has moved, was opposed in another brief presented by Attorney General Herbert A. Rice of Rhode Isl- and, who asserted that the govern- ment's view that the amendment is “unassailable” coul y lead to an- i archy and oppr Another development today in the proceedi was indefinite postpone- at Baden. | section of Newark captured 40 guests jrates will be raised shortly after the on their way to Russia were arrested Scotland Yard announced possibility of the use of airplanes by the Police Department. New York quoted bar silver at $1.30 an ounce compared with 83 1-3 an ounce in Loncam. Officials of large Spanish cities starting a campaign to put gambling houses of business. Navigation on the Delaware and Raritan Canal will be resumed March 20, weather permitting. William A. Stone, former governor of Pennsylvaia, died at his home in Philadelphia late yesterday. Italian government ordered greater restrictions in feeding the people thi: winter than during the war. 2 Depa®nent of Commerce reports show 80 per cent. of dyes being used in England are of home production. An appropriation of $20,000,000 will be asked by Canada’s Minister of Ma- rine to finish shipbuilding program. Charles A. Stoneham, principal owner of the New York Giants and Mason Peters purchased the Havana Post. Under two executlve orders to be issued by Presiient Wilson control of fuel will be continued by the gov- ernment. Steamship government preparing an extensive military campaign to put down the recent uprisings in the State of Bahia. A secret conference of German com- at Durlach, three miles from Karlsruhe, Germany, was broken up by the police. It is announced the Senate is going to take plenty of time in considering| the election of Bainbridge Colby as Secretary of State. Department of Justice agents in a! raid on a communist dance in the hill | of whom 1 were held. The annual tary academy ap- propriation bill, carrying a total of $2.142.212, was passed yesterday by the senate and went to conference. Workmen in the Fowler Nail plant at Seymour, walked out without giv- ing the officials of the company warn- ing and without even making any de- mand. The Fairfield Trust Company, the first bank in ¥Fairfield, wias organized yesterday. O. G. Jennings of New York and Fairfield ,was elected pres- ident. Senator Chamberlain introduced ' a bill appropriating an additional §100,- 000,000 a year for the next four years to struction. A drive to raise $500,000 to build an addition to St, Mary’s hospital, Wa- terbury, opened esterday. Up to noon a total of $232,689 had been secured in cash and pledges. lliness of Chairman Payne of the Shipping PRoard prevented any fur- ther develepment of plans for the dis- | position of the former German liners now under the board’s control. Representative Esch, of Wisconsin, on the framers of the Esch-Cummins | rail d bill, declared virtually all return of lines to private ownership. War Criminals Commission decided to send to Germany the names of 46 men wanted for trial before German This, it is announced, is a test of the good faith upon which the Allies agreed. ment, by permission of the court, of arguments which were to have been | heard next Monday in order to permit | appeals from Kentucky and Massa- | chusetts involving the amendment’s | validity to be heard at the same time. Assistant Attorney General Frierson indicated tonight that the arguments | might he'heard March 15. In asking permission to file the brief | Mr. Hughes told the court that offi- | ials of nineteen of the twenty-oue | states had communicated with him | directly relative to oppc z Rhode Island’s suit while the governors of the other two, Nevada and Kansas, had given him authority to include them. “The state of Rhode Island, Mr. | Hughes said in his brief. “does not | bring its bill of complaint to enforce any property right or any interest of the siate which can be regarded as the ly prohibited by the constitu- | seif can validly be adopted, it is | charge of invalidity. “The truth is,” the brief concluded, “that there is nothing left but a ques- tion of political policy with which this court has no concern, Attorney General Rice in his brief declared ‘the prohibition amendment | to be revolutionary and a direct inva- n of jurisdiction and power of the DEAN OF YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RESIGNS New Haven, Conn, March 1.—The resignation of Dr. George Blumer, dean of the Yale School of Medicine, ‘Wwas announced tonight. The resigna- tion has been accepted by the pru- dential committee of Yale University. Dr. Blumer will return to private practice in June after thirteen years as a professor of medicine at Yale. Iawrence Mason, an assistant pro- fessor of English in Yale College, re- signed yesterday to devote his time to a book business here. PROVIDENCE BRICKLAYERS DEMAND $125 AN HOUR Providence, R. I, March 1.—Brick- layers of Providence and vicinity numbering more than 500 men, went on strike today to enforce demands -for $1.25 an hour. The present scale is $1 an hour but several of the con- tractors have been paying $1.10. The union has refused a compromise of- fer of $1. Much building work is at a standstill as a result of the walkout, S Robert G. Laws, a retired London broker, arrived at New York on the steamship Cedric. He is 7 years old and after a of monkey glands like a man of forty declares ears. he feels It is officially anounced that the . | Letvian government permitted Gen eral Yudenitch, former commander of the Russian Northwest Army, and some of his staff of office to proceed to Paris by way of Libau. ¥ Steamer Masdyk arrived at New|tne yonds involved were paid the an- | This is the first shipment of Ger-{nual rental due them for the 2 York with 41 casks of hydron biue. federal operation. Settle- man vat dyes to arrive for reparation.|ment of claims was begun. Production of potash in Germany in| The question of operation of the| January amounted to 550,000 tons. |Cape Cod Canal, which was idle to-| = ¢, had not been decide onig! Mrs dohn Wanamaker; wite 'of thel st hors oon eclaed tonight merchant and mother of Rodman|manage the canal and the secre Wanamaker, is ill at Atlantic City - and owners of the waterway from pleuri She is 84 years old{have not been able to agree as to its| and while there is no immediate value for government purchase. danger physicians are gravely con-| Railrend labor, through its cerned about her condition. One-room flats, folding beds cide, aecording contractors. The city counci gating the high rents, discovered that studio dwellings and small! apartments discourage the extension | of family life. to Chicago building inves- Chairman M. Taylor Pyne of the Princeton Endn’wm?r_n Committee an- 1.12 toward the Prince- ton Fund to date. This represents 52.1 per cent .of the New York quota $4.600,000. CHARLES GARVICE, FAMOUS ENGLISH NOVELIST, IS DEAD London, March 1.—Charles Gar- vice, novelist, dramatist and journal- ist, died here tonight. Charles Garvice was one of the English novelists whose books are reaq on this side of the Atlantic. He s a prolific writer and devoted his abilities largely to depictirig affairs of the heart, Just a Girl, was published in 1893 and was followed by Her Heart's De- sire, The Outcast of the Family, In Cupid’s Chains, Love Decides, Love,! the Tyrant, A Girl of Spirit, Diana and Destiny and many others of a similar strain. Among his plays were The Fisherman's Daughter and A Life’s Mistake. Mr. Garvice wag at one time pres- vised the commitice that it had ob- ) tained satisfaction for all its claims. The committee, which had already taken steps to cooperate with laii- roaders, the statement added. 00k note of the situation thus . i the first in this country. to any of the | how the state in highway con- ! treatment of 50 capsules: and | kitchenette are productive of race sui- | Strike on French : Railroads Ended Directors of the Railroads and the Railroad Employes Reach an Understanding. Paris, March 1.—The strike on the French railroads ended tonight. An understanding was reached be- tween the directors of the railways and the raiiroad men, and the Na- tional Federation immediately order- ed the resumption of work. K Delegates of the railroad federation met the directors of the railways on the initiative of the federation and an agreement was reached without trouble on most puints of the federa- tien's progrmame, which really was not in dispute. Difficulty arose, how- ever, over the question of penalties to be imposed on the strikers. Finally both parties decided to appeal to Pre- mier Millerand. The premier s proposal, namely, no pay for the days of the strike; mno punishment for refusing the formal request to resume work, and a re- view by each director in a spirit of justice of all other punishments, proved to be acceptable to all con- cerned. The executive committee general federation of labor issued a statement tonight to the effect that the federation of railway men had ad- of the PLANNING PRIVATE LOAN OF $50,000,000 TO POLAND ‘Washington, March 1.—Relief for the financial straits of one of the new European governments is expected through a private loan of $50,000,000 to Poland. Announcement wus made today at the Polish legation that nego- tiations for float.ng the bonds in this ceuntry had been conciuded with the | People’s Industrial Trading corpora- tion of New York and the loan will be states arising out of the war, ‘While it is against the policy of the United States government to give offi- cial approval to the fotation of pri- vate loans to foreign governments, nevertheless the features of the bond issue, it is understood, have been pre- sented to the treasury and state de-l partments and 1o objections have | been interposed to the project. | The loan will bear 6 per cent. inter- | est and will mature at the expiration of twenty years. The funds realized will be used by the Polish government for the general purposes of reconstruc- tion. WINE FOR JEWISH RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES Hartford, March 1.—Internal nue Collecior James J. Walsh recent- Iy asked the department in Washi ton for a ruling as to the guantity of be used by Jewish S Reve- people for the win e . The a Tuling on be_ i collector received today the J ubject. h families, after al of the rabbi of congregations, who in turn will secure permits from the office of the! prohibition enforcement director may | secure a m: f fifteen gallot of wine a yfar. Permission is grant- ed the rabbi in each make the wine himself ang it is pro®| i vided that not more than maxi- mum amount may be manufactured in the home for the purposes out- ed, It is explained the ruling that that for many centuries it has been i the custom of Jewish families to make wine in their homes in connec- gaining the their respec- { connection with w of the fact n Vi tion with Sabbath observance, Pass- over and other solemn f per- i mission for the continuance of the custom is recognized.” > wine may | be drunk during the established re- | ligious ceremonies only FACTS OF RESTORATION OF RAIROADS TO OWNERS ‘Washington, Mar: {day of the from govern- ment to private control marked the | beginning of great activity I Commerce ch 1. ilroads Transfer to- [Toad administration. | of roads were notified | the by the commission of the increased | jurisdiction of that body under the| |new railroad law. Director General| Hines concluded negotiations on eigh- | teen compensation contracts by whi repre- | here, attempted to agree on | i next course of ion as a result of the president’s advice that they await wdling of their demands for incrgased pay by the machinery created in the transportation act, Sev- sentative eral meetings were held and it was junderstood the leaders soon would | make public their plans. They re- fused to indicate, howeve what ac- tion was contemplated. MEXICAN TROOPS AFTER ! MURDERER OF A. J. FRASER Nogales, Ariz., March 1.—Fulfilling Car- here, con- Noga mil- itary. authorities today federal trops from Saric Me effort to apprehend an in unidentified companion, charsed with murder of Alexander . Fraser and his brother John Fraser, at Montana Camp Iri- Gay . after:oon. Denial tt Lis p< had oro the Mexican une in the pursuit of the were made today by Ray E.{ Larhart, riff of Santa C iz county. | VOTE TO INVESTIGATE ANTI-SALOON LEAGUEG Albany, N Y, Mareh 1.—Th» sembly late tonizht adopted a resolu- semblyman Louis u ACW YOPK, Whlen pen investigation: by the judiciary committee of the Anti-Saloon league. The vote was 61 fito ident of the Institute of Lecturers and was correspondent for several English and American papers, A man can ford to declare that money isn't everything if he has more of it.than he knows .what to do with. SENATE [XDERS MOVE T0 SIDFTRACK PEACE TREATY Convinced That Their Labors to Break the Deadlock Are a Waste of Time, They Propose to Devote Time to Other Pressing Legislation—Senators Predict That Final Vote Will Come Within the Next Three Days—A Disposition is Shown to Let the Ratification Fight Go Into the Politi- cal Campaign For an Issue. i ‘Washington, March . 1.—Convinced that for the .present°their labors to break the peace treaty deadiock are a waste of time, senate leaders moyed today to get the treaty out of the way of pressing legislation and to let the issues raised by the ratification fight' change of substance or of language. In this reaffirmation they acceded to a demand by the republicans irrecon- cilably opposed to ratification, who had intimated that they might it methods of their own to wreck republican programme if they Saw signs of weakening on Article Ten. The coup of the irreconcilables in thus bringing the treaty fight to a truce was a virtual repetition of the move by which, several weeks ago, ! they ended the bi-partisan comprom- go into the political campaign for de-! cision. { agreed Under the plan parently acq of both part o and t ap- tions on the crucial ise negotiations by bringing pressure Arti Ten are to be dropped, re-|to bear on the republican leaders adoption of the reput reserva- when an agreement seemed imminent. tion programme of last session is tc | Holding the balance of power, their be completed as a formality, and|votes have to be counted on by the then a final ratification vote is to be | republicans to adopt any of the pro- taken to put the treaty out of theposed reservations, and in addition senate and into the campaign. hey are understood to have pointed Some senators predicted that if their counsels were disre- that the final vote which it 2 easily could talk the ceded on both sides will record s aty over into the campaign under other failure to would come | iife senate’s rule of unlimited de- within the next three days. bate. The decision to hast The senate took no action on the reached when the re treaty during today’s session, which convinceq tha® the ts would | was cut short by adjournment on aec- block ratification un ‘ticle | count of the death of Senator Bank- Ten reservation werc deter- | head. Under unanimous consent the mined to stand 1 s and in- | vote to have been taken today on the sist that the ri nto the | domestic questions reservation was ratification res any ' put over until tomorrow. |FOR LOWER PASSENGER RATES ON RAILROADS PALMER A CANDIDATE FOR PERSIDENTIAL NOMINATION Atlanta, Ga., 1.—Attorney New York, March 1. Gene t for r passenger rates d for the d justment of freight rates in such cratic for pri nt in 2| Mmanner as to provide “equitable dis- m L ner .secre- of revenue from commod- tary of the Georgia st: democratic was made today by Fred- committee. - "nderwood, president of the Referring to the petition filed in hi d, in a statement con- behalf for the the resumption of private Palmer declared th of railroads. He predicted crats of Georgia first benefits to be as their’ cho by the public will be more honor with deep service, am opposed ing it to be higl to class freight opportunity be Mr. Underwood said, “and to “to directly pass upon nger fare In fact, I made by the present administrs passenger fares should be re- The telegram from N Palmer two cents a mile through- as follows: country, except perhaps on serving a limited terri- ch there are pecu- . The railroads and the time will come to under- s. If the dem ate of Georgia’ see in as their choice 1 that these greal enterprises honor with deep t prosper and the public best deem -it highly impor | be serveq and protected by commod- democrats of Georsia a o 1§ ght rates. wpportunity ~to dirc pass upon the ommodit freight ~rates ~impose record made by the | adr -1 tax on the things in great- lid: one ) » and the higher tax on com- ery phase of comparatively limited | STUDENT TOC OLD WHEN HE NEWPORT rt, R' L, Dewolf Perr; of Rhode I al court of inquiry f eleven charges w involved in NAVAL INQUIRY ENTERS MEDICAL SCHOOL March —Medical sto< too old when they leave thy Dr. Arthur D). Be- today told delegates the congress on medical | March the verage American’ medieal s almost 29 years old when S medical courses,” Dr. vhile the medical stu- s through school and a ten dav nt of Europe He : d_he would to icing when he is 25 years old. substantiate the ck W corre- | American student is too old when spondence with t from the| the medical school. The trial which ulted in the acquittal ies between the primary of Re le Kent of vice s ndary schools. Two years charges last summer and > dropped from his education ences to personal conv Lieutenwet E. M. Hudsc | Ampoia. - a part of a pre. | CONNECTICUT TO HAVE AN e charges were a part s R e 2 porrs | AIRSHIP SERVICE STATION obtained prrmi The | points enumerate re| Hartford, Conn, March 1.—Connec- ew of the “vieio ticut is to have an airship service in the letter sent hy Newport min- pnsoon, ording to the certifi- frexglia it f incorporation of the Connec- s rooner b Aerial . Navigation Company, % tontin filed with the secretary of state to- Sty Daniels, and The company will have fts that th .3 the meth- quarters in Bridgeport, it is stat- ods ioned them. | and will erect an airdrome #nd | service station and will transport - | URGED CONSTRUCTION OF ngers for hire. The concern is { a d at $50,000. The incorpora- former TUNNEL UNDER HUDSON | army ~ aviation, are: 4 { Wallace of Bath, Me., and N. J., March 1.—Immediate Thorne, of Bridgeport, sen- n’ of ¢ the . New: Yotk rale University; W. Parker 1 under the Hudson r f Bridgeport, well known as bec; and Bronson H. Davis peop! ernor to t mittin: tion a nrop worth of 9 of MAN SOUGHT ARREST TO ESCAPE MARRIAGE 1 onds w Chicago, March 1—Claiming he had been forceq to the altar with a r at his head, Jacob. S. Cook. 3 outed to police to arrest when he appeared at the mar- 3 under nse bureau today with Min- waif until next vear. istein, aged 22, and her fa- He ovoposed introduction of income | Charles Bleistein, president of and bu National Lumber Dealers Asso- who is an investigator of the 1 Board and the wed- 3 re taken to a police £ Jleistein said he had de- ded that Cook marry his daugh- hecause he had taken her on a trip to his summer home at St. Jo- seph, Mich., last summer. Cook was held. w Jerse: disturbances of. the t the reconst DEMOCRATS MADE CAiN | ter IN PORTLAND, ME., ELECTION | Portland, Maine, democs made some municipal electi cities_today. the Rockland ang Lew March 1i=The in the REPORTS OF INFLUENZA IN TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM es they clected ma; Hartford, March 1.—At the meeting Ellsworth and Waterville, an of th e tubercul commission turned previous republican majori in the capitol today reports. were re- from Dr. Edward J. Lynch of :lton Sanatorium, and from Dr. B. Gibson of the Meriden Sana- | torium concerning the influenza situ- in the city governmeais of Lewis and Ellsworth. They retained control| of the city governments of Rocl 1 Waterville. The rept ed ried Saco and Sof ation in their respective institutions. and for and obtained a m: In the Shelton institution there have ity of governments in those | heen cases and six deaths. n cities and Bath. the n sanatorium there were es e Sd Ae iy forty d one death. OBITUARY. i Senator John H. Bankhead. shington. ~March 1. — Senator | Stubborn Fighting by Bolsheviki London, March 1.—After stubborn fighting the bolsheviki on Sunday oc- | cupicd the town Stavropol, capital of W John from grip. the government of Stavropol in the or Bankhead w bern Caucasus, according to 2 had been a democr co mication - received evening. 1 had nearly A woman will have her own 4 ‘even if it is a roundabout way. been confined to his bed a month, .