Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 5, 1920, Page 1

FEDERAL TAXES Burden is Too Great and is Having Business—Proposes Collection of Retirement of War REDUCTION IN MecAdoo Says Tax to Establish Sinking Fund For Debt Be Postponed For Two Years—Also Suggests De- ferred Payments of European Interest Be Funded Until Europe Can Pay Its Interest Charges. that amount against the day when it will come back to us? By postponing for two years the establishment of & sinking fund and funding the deferred European interest, we 0,000,000 of the. billion Qollars by whicn our taxation might discontinuong pur- .iberty bonds for retirement under provisions of existing law, the treasury would be relieved of a large now reflected debt and which otherwise will have to be made up by taxation. seem that reduction of our tax bill for the next two vears in this manner could be accomplished invelve the issuance of addi- tional bonds to the extent of probably not more than one and Washington, March 4—An immedi- ate billion dellar reduction in federal ~ a statement oday by Willilam 6. Mc- mer secrétary of the treus- tax burden is too | having an in- The present should cover McAdos proposed that collection to establish a sinking fund retirement of the war debt, wnien former Secre- recommended to begin with year 1920, he postponed for (w0 years. pavments of European interest pe funded until Eu- rope is in position to pay its interest The financial policies of the nation n future congressional McAdoo, “should “I trust that the ways and means committee of the house of representa- tives. in which all tax measures must of course originate. question in its broad relations to our general economic welfare. diate burden of taxation is too great. infurious effect on ts a contributing factor of large provortions in the hizh cost Tte inevitable tendency is to stifie new enterprise gnd to_throttle 1t is hoth mnscientific and In view of the approach- ing decline in our exvort trade, with inevitable reduction ume of business in the country. it will become doubly Important to revise and to reduce taxation in order that busi- not have to carry an un- necessary tax burden throughout this period of readfustment.” penditure and might well fund in long “rm bonds $1.000,000.080 per annum ill_consider this to establish sinking fund to retire honds now outstanding is to he col- beginning with the fiscal vear well be postponed east two years and thus reduce urden by $260.90.000 annually. which Europe which now amounts to It is having an restoration of Europe had vro- within a few should have an income of 1500 000,000 from thia source. Why not fund STATEMENT FROM VATICAN ABOUT ALSACE-LORRAINE EX-ARMY OFFICER OPPOSES SOLDIER RELIEF ‘Washington, March 4—Flat opposi- financial relief legisiation for former service men, the first to be ex- pressed by a former soldier, was as- serted today before the house ways and means committee b Burns of Greenpoint, artillery captain. ncessions on Al- & a means of sace-Lorraine in Achieving peace, is brought out in the a semi-official made by the Vatican relative to con- versations occurring at that time be- A “money handout” to the ex-service men, he said, “would simply be thrown aw: former soldiers or | sailors are without employment, Burns | said, adding that most of them do not | know the effect bonus would have. ernment’ obligations would depreciate if a bond issue was authorized, Burns the German chancellor, Bethmann -Holiwej German newspapers to these conver- wtions, and Fives more detailed information. Concerning ihe exchange in refer- to Alsace-Lorraine, the Vatican payment of a Outstanding gov- Bethmann-Hollweg “What are Germany's intentions re- garding Alsace-Loraine Jerman government ready m territozial concessions to France Bethmann- Hollweg’s answer is giv- *n as follows: soldiers would take a money grant if congres authorized it, he. told the committee. Renresentative Rainey, democrat. Iliuois, replied Wwas true even of members of congress, “who talk and vote against salaries and mileage allotments také the money.” Burne contended that the satisfac- tion of having fought to defend the country was sufficient reward, “If the war had weeks more every American would have been wouldn't want any honus,” he added. Representati Texas, said not a former service man in his district had written in favor of the proposed financial relief. are in con- ive of a| soldier organization seated in the com- mittee room interjected. Even the American Legion is divided o '1:0 question, Burns sai at he was a memb - ization and had falkea with ‘mon others opposed to -the legion's pl: Those who need a bonus would squan- der and those who don't need it would putBi!.!n a bank, he argued. eclamation of ! west and south, ;fl;rm teranttar Hions | to a]l former service existing drained urged by a delegation hea resentative 8mith, republi, More than 150, signified their d :\u’t are wuh(:»m financi: ain them, George R. M Louis told the "fl:‘mm”(.axwon # “That is 2n infinitesimal part of the Renrecentative Hawley, to negotiate, peace will not Under the form of a ‘recipro- ! reetification of frontiers’ it will be sasy 1o find the way to an aceord. selates how the negotiations were ini- during the first T was entrusted to present a wn autographed jetter from the pope in which the pontiff limited | recommending Monsignor Pacelli seace in such a manner conversation and Bethmann-Hol- the German with the request for an explanation of | rmany’s war aims, made by Nunc Pacelli as the best means of reaching peice. recommended by the pope. ‘Monsignor Paceli's request includ- «d the following points arbitration, independence of Belgium and & solution of the Alsace-Lorraine On_this last point Moneij 1l gsked what concessions, Germany was willing to make to Bethmann-Holweg _spoke of ~oncessjons only wnen Germanv lans. | disarmament, preferential right | men to entry on ded by Rep- TT this oc- was victorious e, and when the dis- itjon of Alsace-Lorraine - s entirety before as was done afterwards by he Prench premier Georges Clemen- 000 men have already al means to ob- four million.’ HAMDEN MURDERER HANGED AT WETHERSFIELD nd when a man has money he wants 1o Zet out of the cities, but when he is busted he can't Chairman Fordney Representative Johnson | South Dakota | reauesting the opinion of broposed ext=a {for formbr service men. g0 to the farms” Friday, March the state prison iourtecn minutes past midnight thie incident marking his execution for the murder stepdaughter was sharp, brief out- the condemned man as hood wal being placed over his was pronounced dead WILSON ANSWERS FRENCH AND BRITISH PREMIERS Washington, | Wiison's rejoinder io the last note of the French and British the Adriatic situation wag despatched | to Europe tonight. not disclosed by the -President | “brone was found guilty of first de- grec murder by a jury in New Haven premiers on: D! Judge Warner hun to be hanged mency was made to the state hoard pardons last month, but’ it was de- Its contents was! In preparing his answer Wilson had before him the proposail was accused of murdering hie 14 year old stepdaughter, Raphae- According to had become en- e betrothal of his step- daughter to a yoing man whom Ce- rone A4id not & hours he girfs bedroom, struck her and then drew 4 revolver and shot her through the testimo: communication States would “of course” to Ialy and Jugosiavi providing it was not on the tion elsewhere at the | PR 7 nationals of a third ¥l -DOL president was invited to" par-| ML L O ticipate in a joint proposal to and Jugosiavia what angwer he has made was It was hoted, however, that | the summary acbled from London showed that even should such efforts bring no results, as te fron- With the exection of Cerone, fdeath house of the state prison ba- ASK REDUCED TAIIFF‘DN IMPORTED AUTOMOBILES New York, March 4.- 15 per cent. in the tariff on imported automoblies costing $2,000 or more was advneated by members of the Nation- . Automobile Chamber of Commerce at'a meeting here today. While a low- it was stated, will g in more foreigh cars, “ petition i= welcomed as a stimulus to continue America’s leadership in all of motor cars.” ‘e encouragement of importation.” suld a statement issued whould prove heipful to the present serious excnange situation and i800t 1o be feured Iy a home industry 9 the size and strength of automobile wmansfacturing.” not | Reduction of tween Great Britain, France and the United States in search of a out of the difficulty were agreed to in in diplomatic was much conjecture as to the possi- announcement that the “supreme council would. re- assemble at San Remo, Italy, for ne- gotiations with the Serbjans. arrangement the reopening of efforts to 4diust the Adriatic disnute, significance Long Lost Portrait Found. London, March 4.—A long lost portrait of Henry Laurens, who was president of the American Congress in 1777 and 1778 and one of the leaders in the American revolution, recently was discovered in a country house at Clonmel, Ireland, near Tip- perary, according to the London Times. The portrait was painted by John Singleton Copley, a noted Anglo- American painter, who was born in Boston, Mass., in 1737. « A Coalition Ministry for Finland. Helsingfors, Finland, March 4—Dr. Relander, leader of the agrarian party and president of the parliament, is reported to be attempting to form a coalition minjstry to replace the cab- inet which résigned vesterday. SENATE ADOPTS TWO - 3 MORE TREATY RESERVATIONS Washington, March 4—Two more peace treaty reservations were adopt- ed by the senate today after their original terms as franqd Dby republi- can leaders last November had been modified to gonform to agreements of the recent 'bi-partisan compromi conference, One of them, withholding assent from the Shantung settlement, was changed on motion of the republican leaders themselves and by practical- ly unanimous vote. Consideration of the other, however, providing that American ' representatives In the League of Nations be chosen by con- gressional action, raised a bitter con- troversy which in the end broke down for the first time since early Novem- ber the solid republican lineup be- hind the republican reservation pro- gramme. The language finally substituted for the republican draft of the league rep- resentation reservation was written offered in the senate by the republican leader, Senator Lodge of Massachu- setls. was objected to by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the admin! tration leader, was withdrawn, re-of- the senate over the republican leader's opposition. and then finally adopted with the republicans voting solidly for it and with Senator Walsh and thir- teen othcr democrats opposing it. The manoeuvering brought out many sharp contradictions as to what iranepired behind the closed doors of the bi-partisan conference, and jrompted Senator Lodge to declare that herestter he would have notatg to do with the compromise zgr ments tentatively reached while the negotiations were in progress. His deglaration immediately drew fire from the mild reservation republicans, Senator Kellogg of Minnesota, a mem- ber of that group, asserting that he never would be bound by his leader's decision. It was the 1%ild reservation- ists who, a few minutes later, made possible adoption of the' Walsh res ervation. The unexpected flareup over a_res ervation generally regarded as of mi- nor consequence came when negoti- ations for a compromise on the-crucial question of Article Ten again reached a stage of earnest inquiry. Prominent knowledge of jthe. party leaders. brought their consultations.ig.a. was sought directly during the day as to certain proposed changes in the re- publican Article Ten reservation, but it was said tonight that no definife in- formation bad heen forthcoming from the White House and that the out- come remained dubicus. the reservation was re-adopted 48 to 21 with 10 democrats voting for it. to 41, only five democrats being count- ed in the majority. On adoption of Senator's Walsh's change in the league representation reservation, eight republicans voted 32. The vote on final adoption of the revised reservation was 55 to 14, all of the opposition coming from demo- crats while 17 demorats voted for adoption. $171,000 SUIT OVER THE New York, March —A suit to col- vinous spirits was filed in federal dis- trict court today against Charles H. Bickart, president and general mana- ger of the National Fruit Products company, a Tennessee corporation, tpe ithis city. The complaint, filed by As- gal ited the money and sec rities pur- trust company. country, taking with him the money and securities, and that his action, taken without the sanction of the vency. in Memphi: After th filing of the complaint, al ing the defendant turday why the: | of the National Fruit Products com- | vany. MAY SELL TWO ¥| New Britain, Conn, March 4.—The and | directors of the Stanley Rule and Level company and the Stanley works, a ta joint meeting here today, decided | to submit to the stockholders of both corporations a proposal for the sale of the Stanley -Rule and Level com- pany to the Stanley wobks. It was reported that the sale price agreed upon is nearly $3,000,000. The Stanley Rule and Level com- pany has outstanding stock of $2,000,- 400. 1t owns, besides its plant here, factories in Bridgeport, Southington, South Shaftsbury. Newark, N. and Quebec, Canmada. works hag a capital stock of $2.509,000, It has branch plants in Niles, Ohio, Bridgewater, Mass, Hamilton, Ont., and Kobe, Japan. Both concerns man- ufacture tools and bardware, - Rev Deforinined. Not:.to Modify | Mbvéiient/Chiiie 4s'4. Stimstiie Her Claims From Germany| -—Demand Bills in London —France Not Prosperous. - Paris, March 4—The . French goy-| = New 'York, March i ernment will make etermined oppo- revision -of the treaty of Versailles that would modify 2 aims on Germany, it was learned to- ity her The attitude of the French govern- | London, rose to s3. ment, according to the official point Of | gain of i1 cents to the pound and.39 the | cents dver the low record,: establish- 0fded exactly ene rmonth ago: It is he]d that any further| The Paris check was at 13.79 franes ns by the French government|to the doliar. against 15.12 a m tolerated | ago and the Italian rate at 18. by parliament and if made the gOV- (o the dollar, compared with 15.10 at ernment would be overthrown. The French official view, is in perfect accord with sentimentz of the new to Germany would not be of thel Remittances to nearly all - other economic situation, it was stated, in|Buropean countrie; authoritative ‘circles today, ¢ is quite{ed neutrals and the Scandinavian the same as that set forth,in London, | capitals, also strengthened variabliy. that is that all Europe must be puton! The movement was a complete sur- French, | prisce to dealers, although it re- ! however, it was pointed out, are be-lcalled that one of the foremost inter- ginning to think that their allies have| national banks began buyiig Lon®ou forgotten that France herself is not on prosperous basis and not in a pe-| Accompany ition to make concessions that would her own economic interests 10 gshadowed an extensive enyone, least of all to Gr 5 WILL CONSIDER R. R. WAGE DEMANDS NEXT WEEK | from London report a tighter money prosperous basis. ‘Washington, March = 4. mands of two million railroe! workers | Ba~i of Englan be taken up anew Trepresentatives early next S the i MAY EXPEL SOCIALISTS\FROM . of : the NEW YORK ASSEMBLY in the. first = conference The date had not brotherhoods. corporations on wage problems. been definitely determined tonight by in whose hands were left arrangements for the It probabiy will be Tues- day or Wednesday The employes will by Senator Walsh, democrat. Monta- | na, and by him was laid before the| bi-partisan_conference. Today it was | represented guring the preliminary sessions by the fered by Senator Walsh, accepted by | heads of fifteen fought the wage battle together since Their selection has been have last August. communicated to Mr understood, however, would be mad= was | which you gentlemen shall reach, be- Y changes | cause | believe that with me instead ih the personnel of the labor committee when the tedious of working out new wages scales Representatives of the rail exexu-| of & six hour address. the Association of Exe utives is scheduled to meet in The date of the iin will be announced by Mr. Hines | as soon as he receives the names of the corporations’ essions of the mittce will be largely several days as it will require time to| islature “with a The number to{in their hearts Rail-| the socialist- assemblymen tomorrow, initial} s expected to say the last word for com- for agree on procedure. sit permanently in the bipartisan con- ferences also informal meetings. Brotherhood leaders probably will insist that negotiatidns they left off when the roads were re- \‘nionl cialists “would walk out of the cham- 1 1 be determined in the| this country,” where | quit, chief counsel for the defense, spokesmen expected the rail execu- tives committee to object t¢ taking in, as a part of the record, the hearings| urged its members to held by 'the railroad administration’s adiustment | senators of the political parties, un- | derstood to be working with the} Despite | manner,” Mr. Conboy aserted that. prof d by the unions-agatnst | chargze fi"i‘%‘ oAl presidential approval the brotherhood committee prepared to hold its prov: vail officials when: deadlocks are in prospect on wage questions. on which the public will have representation. will not have to | threats of the use of ind wait long before it will ‘be asked hear wage problems unless there are gns of agreement between the| was employed that if you gentlemen the workers' repre- | conclude that these five soclalist as- where the advice of President Wilson | of the railroad | “gocialists have not left the chamber.’ n is| Mr. Conboy difected the committee's ions over | attention to what occurred during re- The | for the defense yesterday “as one of, The modification of the Shantung| o | *Cna reservation, 8o to climinate reference | to Japan and China by name. was| agreed to by the senate with little de- | bate and by majority of 69 to 2. and | two committes sentative asserted. railroad _officials. attitude of the unions was Tre- garded as crossing the bridge before | Conboy declared. eached. One_ official said it was | itself further. You must not only ad- not the-intention to enter the bi-par- them but you must iake their leg- tisan negotiations in a spirit however, | chamber as members of this assembly. Last Novergher the vote had been 53 | of ‘an- | islative program and enact it into But the limit to which the corpo- | again be employed. It can be utilized rations can go is determined great extent by the revenue in sight,| people of the United States the form it| of government that the adherents to into | and exnounders of the general strike voluntary | desire the people to have.” with the democrats in the affiirmative | and the result was a majority of 37 t0 {5, wag pointed. out. was added, probably will every question which board atfempts to sions, after ail, may be affected ult Interstate | ment that “these five assemblymen Commerce Commission on rates. BGGUS MESSENGER GETS SEIZURE OF LIQUOR | ; ° | AWAY WITH BONDS| Pallots for thelr clection but as proxies lect approximately $171,000 alleged to | new be due the governmeni as taxes on | the financial district i escaped with $10,000 worth of bonds and se- curities, were reported tonight. Ay e i e e a2 Thede thefts indicate that the fake|tho institutions of the Tnited States |among several museums. robberies in messengers areé working intelligence system,” cording to officials company which suffered through an ac- Surety ek the prxp | brokeraze firm of Gray & Wilmerding | and the Franklin Trust company of | tant United States District Attor- | ney Barnes, charges that Bickart ille- | removed $300,000 belonging to | the company to New York and depos- | 2. W. Wagner and Company, bank- THE NORTH ATLANTIC ers and brokers, with offices in’ Cleve- land and Chicago, filed suit in federal| New York. March court here today against the Federal| Themsen of _the D: James Murray. clerk of the police department, and Richard Whitney and Company, | is his last trip as 2 master across the bankers and brokers, for the recovery | Atlantic. Unon his return to Copén- of twenty-five $1,000 Victory bonds,|hagen Captain Themsen will retire valued with interest, at $25,379. The bonds are alleged to be a part | of the company. of the loot of enny Binkowitz, mes-| manded nearly and Company, | line: chased with some of it to his personal | | Reserve Ban credit with the brokerage firm and | prop- | liner Frederick VIl announced upon 1t is also alleged that Bickart has| completed arrangements to leave this | d of directors, has thrown the ; senger for Whitney Fruit Products company into insol- | who was murdered and robbed last | the North Atlantic without an acel- ! They were sold to Wagner | dent. Bickart, the government says, is a |and Company and re-sold resident of Tennessee and the action | banking firms, until they were final- was taken after the demands of inter- | ly deposited in the nal revenue collectors in that state had | hank. the United | been ignored. $ oin in secking a settiement of| The the vexing problem of through direct negotiations and Jugosavia. their proposal to other The Frederick VIII. from Copen- reserva | class. 205 second class and 375 steers where they were found by de- | age passenzers. nformation” upon which the | complaint was predicated was'received from the collector of internal revenue Wagner and Company declare that pALMER’ CAMPAIGN ’IB | they bonght the bonds in good fai }and now face a loss of $25.000. o:ilrll: vl b to reimbursements made other brok. - Mr. Barnes obtained an order direct- | to show cause on v should not be en- ined from parting with the nroperty SHOTS FOR M TROM AMERICAN AIRPLANE |ination for president - was _formally Fl Paso, Tex., March 4—Two Mexi. | RoPresentative Bruce F. Sterling of o o ey, more aired UPOR |uceepting the state chatrmanship, of last Sunday afternoon, accbrding to a Sfexicans were not hit. Senor Marshaly | Committee for the attorney. goneral upon consulate general at Kl .Paso. $16,000000 GOLD COIN FOR SOUTH AMERICA | ANTI-SALOON LEADER New York, March 4—Gold coin ag- gregating_slightly more than $16,000,- | New York, March {—William = H. the | Anderson, state superintendent of the South | Anti-Saloon league, today -challenged America, chiefly Argentina. . This rep- | Governor Smith to a Joint debate on resents the deferred engagements of | the prohibition guestion. In an open the last two weeks, which were held | letter addressed to the goyernor, Mr. ur by postponed sailings, 000 has been withdrawn sub-treasury The Stanley Waterbury.—The Waterb: Rey the state to discuss issues. with. the. ved $iltntd people. I challenge you to'a joint dis- [ guard cutter Acushnet cussion on a question that has morejsage through nomination for | kick in it than the 8 per cent. beer | lican announces the candidacy of sen ator Charles A. Templeton of Wate: bury for the republican ‘Rose to $3.53. spirited er developments ‘in. the s narkets focay 3ud gave risel 1o : raie o1 demand nills'en . an.~overaight that same period. including so-call- | Dills in leaze amounts last week. 5 the rise in exchange were reports that the movement fore- gold export movement from London to this ciun- try. In well informed quarters this was doubted, because ‘latest advices market and point strongly to an early advanc~ in the discount rate of the Albany, N. Y, March 4—Expulsion of the five suspended socialist mem- bers of the New York state assembly who have been under investigation by the judiciary committee, on the ground that they are “traitors,” was demand- ed by Martin Conboy, summing up the case against the legislators, today: Mr. Conboy insisted that the charges ainst the five men have been proved. “I feel confident of the determination of the cry ‘Long live the Internationale council of the proletarians, you will say ‘Long live the United Siatas of America,’” was Mr. Conboy’s closing Seyvmour Stedman will sum up for while former Senator Elon R. Drown the prosecution next Tuesday. That the socialist party “i¢' com- posed of perpetual traitors,” that its members, sworn to uphold its policies, must take the oath of office in the leg- ie on their lips and and that the party “is trying to bring about a revoluion in were among charges made by Mr. Conboy today. Challenging remarks by Morris Hill- early in the investization, that the so- ber in humiliation if it was proven that the party had advocated and refrain from taking part in the war in any shape or een proven amd that t! marks by Mr. Hiliquit in summing up the most complete, frank, unblushing strial mass “Tndér the veil of a smile a threat semblymen should not sit in this a general strike might be called.” Mr. “The threat carries otherwise the general strike will a|in like fashion to imnose upon the Mr. Conboy quoted from the social- ist constitution to bear out his state- present themselves at the door of thig chamber not as representatives of the thousands of voters who cast their for n small group of dues-paving | members, in no case exceeding 600 in number, many of whom .are aliens, Tyl some of whom are minors, all of whom are disloval.” “The obiect of the soclalist party.” and of this state as their contribution to the international socta! revolution.” MADE 455 TRIPS ACROSS —Captain A. 6. ish-American arrival of the ship here today that this after 39 vears of service as a master during which he com- all the ships of its He has made 455 trips across hagen ard Christiania. brought 99 first Pittsburgh, Pa. May 4—The cam- | ‘paign of Attorney General Palmer in Pennsylvania for the democratic nom- launched here tonight when Former. jontown, - Pa., isued _astatement the Palmer campaign committee. Mr. Sterling left for Philadelphia. with a member for every = congres- sional district in the state, CHALLENGES FOR DEBATE +| Anderson said:" - % “You are about to make a tour of | you want.” TN ’(GW‘. United: Statesin- ¥ebruary, -amo! advance in foreign exchange.echpsed o ¢ 900,000 f; v gy 3¢ ter Bar silver was ‘quotéd an once in New. ' York, Wisa 82 2-4d in Lendon. L Amosiran dollar 14 francs, Sc at last closg! BENRERSECES n: 3 n; the i ige: T h = %3 B The resolution directs that the in= vestigation be-direeted- “to the admit- through' a:srésolutior Thirty thousand Tata Irge dnd Steel “al, went on’strike." posed the project tedly that it was designed as an hment of Mr. Palm tended &% 4 ‘means - of checking the; “srowing popularity” of a democratic Loading of grain afé o scale at Buenos Afre: ; he improved labor situation. Shipping Board repo) to_sell Hog , Island ', shi during the war, at Philadelphta.’ and whethes_jmmunity from prosecu- ring was given any one “&nese prices. £ result of ‘thiaf" the” presidént and “Mr. ‘Pal d y responkible for prevail-| tions, sughr pricesy that/ Mr Pal4 mer had no authority to recognize the high figure ar-which-Louisiana sugar sold_and“that ‘We Rad fa¥ied to press [actions against profilgers. In-two_hours of de lution, ~ offered by ey general in regard growers caused the Cuban crop, but iedl by the democrats, wha fed that his action was- consumers.” ‘the Unjted States gaR for Jone / w vigen £¢ Jemoerat, o AL, somio be the’ the fir: Upper House d e on the reso- Representative republican, Massachusetts democratic members asserted it was a| Repre: “covert” attack on M. Palmer, and wa, | Loujsiina. the Titch Parliament. m S, Benson, retired, was nominated. by President. Wilson to be a, member of Admiral Wil the . Shipping Standard. Oil. Ca, ;of. - indiana, raised prices. of -refined .oil and gas- oiene, 1 cents-a gallon over, al its-ter- \BOARD FUEL ATION “VERY SERIOUSY ‘Whshington, SIEGE WARFARE AGAINST PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT “*Washifigtoi, March £—Siege war< "fare against the prohibition enforce- 4—Failgre of rd to secure bids for drtion of the oil fue} hips during the yeas beginning April 1, brought the, tion tonight that ight be urged to inygke hi: ers to_mect_the . situation. . ation of full federal. control i oil industry might be. necessar: Shipping Board fuel sitvation was French Chamber. _of . Deputies, .ap- pointed & commission war. contracts, made Though repuiged, , fnitial attacl made’fn the form of a straight-out ‘reépeal provision, “offered by Representative Bagan, democrat, of New Jersey, as a_rider to the legisia- tive, executive and" judicial appropria- tion bill, the anti-prohibitionists told thé house they planned to raise ahe 3 during consideration of I'that comes up appropriating funds for enforcement of the ‘prohibi- tion* amendment. While the “wets” of the hoiise were making their’ fight, Attorney General Thomas F. McCran of filed ‘suit in behalf of his supreme court to declare the amend- {: ment unconsfitutional and to, prevent federal officials from enforcing it. The court, on the motion of Assistant At- torney Géneral Frierson, fixed Monday for hearing arguments iri the original suit’ filed by Rhode Isiand and on.the | mit full-~offers: wSeverat- appeals from Kentucky and Massa- ‘ehusetts decisions involvifig validity of [year wak. already the amendment, . 5" General McCran contended {6 that the amendmient was pot properly | tonis. hat congress posséssed no Seventy-seven cases and 101 cases of pneumonia were: ‘Te- the Board- of Health in i, . ~Senator Edge introduced a resolu- tion urging the sale of former Ger- now controlied - by the Shipping - Board. PRI CICRS Danish dock - workers refused to higher. than last ;year: unioad Dutch ships .in - Copennagen harbor out of sympathy: for striking | Dutch workers. pected ,40. 1 President Wilkon. _“Market_conditions Hation given by practical portant oil producer for failure 1o sub- liner: President Wilson was inspected by three customs :officials; a-quantity of liquo‘r was -seized -in firemen’s ‘quarters. Price of bread will be increased to 12 cents a-loaf ‘in -New cause of an advance of $1" a day in the wages ‘of bakers. e An mitial - quarterly - dividénd of $1.50 on its common stock was. de- clared by ‘the’ Worthington Pump Machirery . Coxporation. President Hedléy, testifying before the board of - estimate selling_price of the ‘subway . and el- evated™Tines to' the city at~$400,000,000. ets]” in7 Ohe ‘Gase. - AF s { operdsing = fedéral ow drawn:and tl power to_"propose “a amendment regu ‘moral¥ of the ‘pedple. ment act; passed under authority the amendment, Bis bill set forth, waq opal sources of sipply. B ican decrees restricting -eit-opemtofs prohibi- { have forced:the. - eompanies =16 -exef- during { cise extreme _cautiom -in i for future delivery The result. of ipping Board added Oil men present . at fhe constitutional § Board’s hea@quarter: the habits and { clared the situation ly tracet to unsetled Conditinastin the o6t { Tampico, Mexico,, oil fi "The- enforce- therefore mull and vold. The move of the house anti- tonists cafie consideration” of 'an appropr $4:500,000 “for nrohibition enforcement. After’ Spedker Gillett had refused to Sustdin ‘the point of order aga repeal’ provision raised by Re tive Garrett, democrat, Tennessee. the fider-and its ailied motion to eliminate appropriation were unexpectedl’ ning Commissioner Mac- thé il men said.} nearly “$3,000,000 has been spert in removing snow that Representatives of Finland, Letvia and Rumani arrived at discuss peace conditions to be sub- mitted to bolsheviki the enfdrcement voted down overwhelming GREAT BRITAIN ACCEDES TO ITALY'S REQUEST Washington, Marci {—Great Brit- ain,‘in agreeing to the Dec. § scttle- | ment of the Adriatic question, acceded to a reqliest made by Ital SAYS CANADA SHOULD HAVE VOTE-IN LEAGUE Ottawa, Ont government of March 4~~Canadacias vote in‘ the league nited-States, WA, An attempt was made to assas- Premier and now minister of war in house of commons. the Bulgarian cabinet. “1 have no. refiection Lo cast omithe * e said, “butil ada: was in the war The assaséln | country jo will say.'that C: other signatories consent to withh publication of the note, that Italy be given #n Opportunity to reply and that thes settlement be not in. New York Legislature by Senator: Knight, main- tenance of induNrial, peace is sought. A state court to regulaie capital and labor is. provided, Public school system of - the ough of Archibald, near. Seranton; W tied up_when 54 teachers. declined to return to their classes when refused an_increase in-wages. This. is_revealed in a telegram sent by . Earl_Curzon, British.secretary- of state for foreign affairs, to Sir. Eyre Crowe, the, British representative on the supreme counci (A capy, of-the telegr: Gommunicated, to. the American gov- ernipent yesterday for the first time, was. made public todey: by the ichanan urged re tanift which would farm’ implements. i struck by T. W. Carleton, who said an automobile costs. $240 moge lon the Canadian side. C; H. Gould, farmer member. from Manitoba, referred to a recent remask in the house iffat Canada should ngt trade ‘with the United that tountry recognized the full of the Canadian dollar, “When' the American_dol 7 cents after the C Canada refuse it?"'asked Mr. Gi “When men can gell 4 the Tine at-a higher p# hey can get in Canada, they # ing' to 'do-it: “That’s Birsincs educe-{he.duty.on The same ns member.for am, which was The_home furnishings-of Mrs. ~Lu- known - to .America and -Europe-as- Mes:-Tom Thumb, who itions. for sigmature, Earl Curzon, said, were reguested by. Seialoia, Italian. foreign ministel whom Earl Curzon held a Sazion. Dec, 8, When informed of the terms of the French - British - American Siznor Scialoia. 2 The cond States_unjess {png conver? major, was- elected mavor of Seattle {by a-majority of 16,781 votes over JLames. Duncan, Seattle ' Central - Labor 'Coureil. iged .two main. 0+ jections, which Earl Curzon said in the tefegrani, were: .“That. it wa sa:mere Teiteration of the.-Wilsonian- position: and-made no concession to:the Italian point of view ahout Fiume. and that guarding. the . strategical position of Ttaly northsof the Adriatie, v leaving -both Sebenico and*Cattare in the hands-of the: Jugosiav. State it ex- posed:.the entire central and-southern Adriatic flank of Italy to attack, Italy claimed: neither of these ports for-her+ gelf but did claim that hoth. or at-leas Sebenieo;. he-demilitarized 21 RIDGEFIELD PRESENT RE! The Rumanian government. has- thorized "a ‘large . number - of -Fefu's gees from Southern ussiato entef ill be sent to vas:f rious placesiin. Serbia and Rumania. AMHERST JUNlO!S »AND‘ FRESHMEN CAPTURE “SABRINA Ambherst, Jnss., céllege juniiors and. IF while s afe- 2A fare on, the Consolidated “and Mil- “'A temporary i ford, . Attleboro and Woonsocket street railway lines was approved by department of - public util: panguet ‘in ‘Bogton” Wherr th¥ of the-eapture reached the colléde moming: a’ large swas: built. and- members ot cldsses took part i’ shike Reports from Portuguese fronti declare that the workmen. in Port proclaimed a Soviet. postal, telegraph .and” other . workers railroad.. men TEACHERS®* republic. . SIGNATIONS | joining . .the Urgent calls for grain stocks are being recelved -at Portland from. an Many_hundred cars of grain are held, up o, various' rail some of them frozen' solidly onto “side tracks RICKLAYE over Maine. remainder of the school vear, e thici" membsrs” which - ha¥ Boidding ‘aetivitiss” in TN W | {'wiehii e sincs i last Mondaw it tied 2ind. that the e wold-réiun tosmork “fomorrow s Fhorning: =" More #+-per havé Leen Yowtssd TH erianded: an dimaiaso 10=5125 Thei baxsis g wot- i9as (10t anfbusiesds rs: hadpreyior President Van Name, of Richmond Borough, introduced a_resdlition lowing the board of aldermen’to 'in: crease. fires’ from 5 to 10 cen! Richmond, with_transfers on all The. bill was killed, S ks | Council of the Leaqus 'of Nations, in Patis ~om® Marc] will meet again It “Is” understood that ganization of 'the commission’ whick is fo_investigate conditions. in Rusr sia will be taken up. . Ludwig C.'A. atstimueh e cortracto mshy (ST oped PLACED ON TRIAL s the -FOR-WOMAN'S MURDER e LR, - CORR . March was. ‘uquestgouaa before . Senate mmitte e activities erc. Tera ding . dacu-s ments, outlining. bolshevik six defendar Hugh Brow of New York: and Soterius Nichol broke. 2, pas-{ towed in_the schooner B. H. Wate ford with. 250 fons. of coal. . &