Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 10, 1920, Page 1

CORRECT First Would ;-Hve Peace Conditions Established at the karliest| Cabled Paragraphs Possible, Moment, to Facilitate the Resumption of P to Industry—Esséntial That Early Stéps be Tdken ¢ Deflation of Credit and Currency and Keep Current Government Expenditure Within the Limits of Revénué—Contingent Upon Decision of Reparations Commission, Would Allow Germany to Raise Abroad a Logn to Meet Her Immediate Needs—Estimates World's Tétal War Debt at 40,000,000,000 Poynds Sterling. . sndep. March §.—(By The A. P)— Ti::n:‘uxrnmn council has issued a memorgndum on world economic con- difinns. Tts conclusions are as fol- S Firly— 1t is of paramount import- ance Ahat peace conditions should he fullv/and completely restored at the earlipst possible moment throughou' the Sorld. v ¢ To achicve this object it is desira- bles fHrst) that peace and /normal ecapemic relations should be ré- ab- lished at the earlies' moment: possi- b's throughout eastern Furope; (sec- ond) that armies everywherd should be seduced to a peace frofifif. that affhaments should be limited to ‘he Jowest possible filigure - compatible wit= noational *security and that the Lengus of Nations should be intited 10 ponsider as snon ag possible prosjit en.’ ing gen cess of essari duction, terrupti 4 0ad’s 'n this end: (third) that states | ruined. :w'x'rr have hpen crefited or enlarged | through as h resull of the whr should imme. | restorat dlately re-ostablishe Tull and friendly Pends on eo-oneration and grranee for unre- [ ation o “iricted interchange of commodities. o order that the es<enial unity of e pr Fropean economic life may not bef ‘It is ihpaired hy the erection or artfiicial economic harriers and em workers, Resumption of Peaceful Industry. Secondly nly the government of each country. but all those engaged in the task of production in every land shou'd giv simmed attention to the & which will has heer have ated of-all me. . to the full umption of | eVery peaceful ifdustry. to t encournge- ment of Belter output on the part of the workeérs in every country. to the improvement of machinery and means of tramsportation and the removal of | The weh rubt etors a ofiteer- | tions in soch Qistrubing factors as pr Shaton T tne . Thirdly—Each smovernment should | th jmmedjdtely consider means for urg- and Bel ine nppn its nationals in every rank of iife the vital necessity of sup-|_ 1t proesipe extravazance and reducing P nenBiture.: 80 ns to bridge the EAp ;";’,“n the whis) # for some vears exist be- ea i em ,|,',,,, o and Iha supnl of { |World's War Debt £40,000,000,000. I commodities 4 It considers the general cxtrava- on of Credit and Currency. o phrcomena following al S s |&reat catistroph imates ‘the | Tt gation | World's total war debt At 40,000.000.- Anil sareaney—(first) by the | 000 pounds sterling points“out that gold prices hawe risen, as well m of recurrent goverament ex- | thin the limits of the rev. it in their power to dela process of reconstruction. as a whole, United Great Britain 170 and France, It the opinien of the reparations commis- sion, should be allowed to raise abroad a loan to meet her immediate needs of such_amount and with such priority as the reparations commission may deem essential. “In the case of Austria the powers fecognize that even more active as- sistance may be required to be giv- eral obseryations: “The pi recovery of Europe must n: The memorandum makes the follow- ro- ec- be a slow one, which cannot It can be most seriou by strikes. lockouts and ons of work of all kinds. irretrieval be expidited by short cuts or by de- seription. hampered by the dislocation of pro- sly in- “The civilization of Europe has in- deed been shaken and set back, but is far from being bly by the tremendous struggle which she has passed. fon of her vitality now the whole-hearted co-op all her children, ¢ or accelerate the hope of every governm ployment may be : Taking the a the recovery of indus! n remarkable. teen mon od memorandum Europe : he incr length. ed cost of If tes at 0 per ce gium at 300 per cent. 1t 1,500,000: Poland. Ruma former Austro- Hun! 1,000,000, reviews condi- The de- er- who have | ent that improved conditions of livelihood to ed countries try th: passed since hostilities termin- and the reaction which neces- sarily followed the tense strain of wa is gradually passing. The citizens of country are once again resum- ing their normal occupations of home life. and 'in thetr renewed labors the | conference sees a clear sign of renew- ed_prosperity.” esti- | § in| nt., aly It estimates the men under arms in | nia arian emn- as papor. instancing the iperease in T attisn o] Prices 1ff 1N United: Stutes While the e T en. | €0l standard remains effective, | In concludes that as the purchas- ing power of gold is the ultimate o tubkerihed ' and | Measure of prices. -this change- is re- t hoté circula- | Sponsible for much of the increase in y the prices of commodit: at- for raw mate- | tributes profiitering and the increase 13 the restora. |0 Drices to the scarcity of goods. meagis should P G B, S canntries which,| PROGRESS MADE IN THE New are wil morrow ! fense at William murder dperation Beween the Allies. powers ed at recomn co-ope for removing obs Interchanges of essen They wi'l continue to her _reg the pro- | his aut sirjbution of necessary tufls with a view | jury restoration of normal | while C mon: Jone grand j he s ad 10 the easy cnmmed tie consult tog ditions, Restoration of Northern France. —The powers represented rence have given care-| the of ted regions, and more par- north F ce. The these areas is of prim- for the. establishment omic equilibrium of Europe of ormal ‘rade, here. The *who - liv Scarbor: : the assembly dalli i aaobeed b i > 1t the large] murder. Numerous articles found in| 0% 1y ng for an investi- not be provided out of the current|€d Weére offered as exhibits. today tf\a;"‘hemwla‘:.eldmm; i revenue, n n the work of restor- e - ’ subpoena John T Tonctponed suntil the repara- | ARMED BANDITS ROBBED D. Rockefeller. Jr, as a witness. tion, due from Gremans . under the| BALTIMORE JEWELRY STORE|come 5o pie’ poased that it naa treabs of peace has heen received. The s that Mr. coupeil recognize that the capital| . Baltimore, Md, March fi.‘li‘f.ififl”fixfi?"’ A e, Supers sums required fm"‘ hig 'm‘:vm'lmn may)} armed men, accompanied by a Anti-Saloon lLeTgnuR ?"s'i":fé’“ o the sed by market loans, in! woman, today 2 1} o o! 5, e i (Marke! loane, in woman, ‘today drove to the jewelry | at. the race) o 5,000 a year provided for by the treaty and:| pany .o thi! the restrictions which they desire.l mobile, ced on new borrowing do not. dow, st loans and éredits raised for{ shot Be pirpose of meeting this abnormal | Williar, eaplial expenditure BEighthly—The powers represented at the conference have.taken under con- sifleration article 235 and cognate ar- ticles of the treat§ of Versailles and passages in the ltter addressed June 16 1918, by the supreme council to the peace delegates which contemplate that Germany shall make proposals for fixing the fotal of the payments to be made by Wway of reparation and that facilities may be given her to ob- tain necessary foodstuffs and raw ma- terials in advance tof the pay ts being made by way of reparation. The powers are agreed that it is desirable In the interest alike of Ger- many and her creditors that the total to be paid by her for reparation should be fixed at an early date. They ob- serve that under the protoco! of the treaty & period of four months from the signature of the treaty was pro- vied Auring which Germany should have the right to make proposals of the kind referred to, and they are that in the circumstances as the yexist today such period should be extended. Loan For Germany. Cgneerning Germany, the The caused Philade) UKRAI i present the Ru: ready memo- says is most desirable in the inter- ests of the allied countries, no less than of Germany, that at the earliest moment the total of repay- te to be made by Germany under | 2leged the treaty of Versailles should be fix-| = ed_and that it accordance with the b‘“’;‘ terms of the treaty and the reply of [ O¢ WOr powers to tie German delegates, G";.-a o June 16, 1919, she should be en- raw materials and, if necessary in tive ~to obtain essential foodstuffs, Judge Gardiner G al jury, “rank C. Cowles Hopcroft w: was excused which had said Re did not put hi tomobile in the barn on the night be- fore the woman’s body testimony barn, and by Medical finding of the hody the neighborhood at nd slightly to block their wa shopping district the time Ukrainian delegates /were enti; materials] CHARGED Wi 800 BUSHELS OF POTATOES Hartford, Conn., Marc on a chareg JONE§, MURDER CASE Haven, Conn, on a que: today's s M.a Jone: of Mrs. Esther Hoperof ement of Jones ury _is admissible before by Jon omobile in the barn murdered. owles completed his 15 10 the ‘effect 't today by es in the he adjoining min, with ough dealt mainiy and &c store of the James A. Armiger Co; n Charles str smashed a ole $25.000 worth wounded in his automobile, , and escaped, the heart of .was thronged the daring much excitement. wh street, in and at n simiiar robberies Iphia and other cities. NIA SEEKING TO i OBTAIN RECOGNJTION Brussels, Mar¢h 9 members of the Ukrainian missio (Hayak). obtain rpecognition co-operative societ; ssfan co-o; o export gj STEALING ave taken ~them t jhabout $3,200 retail ley of Northampton, pol deicctives heliev- g to the same gang in ion put by the de- ion of the trial of charged with the| The ruling will decide whether the volun- before the the | The, defense objected when | a witness, started to efore 18 to the location of where The rom the courtroom testi- | ator Bloch hat u- was found Cowles, the M. M. the ities_in the time of the the at robbery Two of the men in the were identified th B photographis of criminals headquarters. T ed them to belon; that committed obile | afternoon through The s e n at " in Belgium today jnfo Nation Belge that the ain of the e sion is to Ukrainia and to acq; with the situation inJ? mis; ':“Pbr cent. on commercial and UAINt the allies | at country, The the ! ly separate from tives and were aln, sugar and raw farch 9—Arrestea stealinz £00 bushels of potatoés, wokth $500 at the time he 15 aileged, to from e in Charlemont, Magg, anftwo years ago, which would now, Silva, a fruit and vegetable f this eity, was taken back to usetts’ today by State Detec- m- et, in an auto- plate glass win- of diamongs, harles tried ce Ready to Negotiate Peace. Zurich,'March 9 (Havas).—A wire- less despatch from Moscow an- nounces that the Russian soviet and TUkranian governments have inform- ed\g!he allies that they are ready to nekotiate peace with Poland imme- diately. HOOVER READY WHEN REALLY CALLED UPON New ' York, March 9.—Herbert Hoover, in a letter received tonight by Iph Arnold of Los Angeles, New ork representative of the “Make Hoover President Club” of California, déclared he was not seeking public office, that his “ambition is to remain A common citlzen,” but that he be- lieved he, “like every other citizen," should always be ready for service | when really called upon.” | Asserting that while “such pro- posals are'indeed a zreat honor, I feel that T cannot alter the attitude that I have ~consistently preserved,” = Mr. Hoover's letter continued ‘I am an independent progressive fn the issues before us today. 1 think that at this time the issues before the country transcend partisanship. It 1s well known that I was a progressive republican before the war, and I think rightly/ a non-partisan during my war service.. The issues confronting us are new and the alignment upon them has not yet been made by the great par- ties,” T still object as much to the re- actjonary group in the republican pafty as'I do to the radical group in th' edemocratic party. “I belong to a groun which thinks that the American people should se- lect teir own officials at their swown initiative and volition apd that resent the manufacture of officials by ma- | chine methods. “I hope to have the affection of my countrymen, but my ambition is to remain a common citizen, ready to en- gage in feam-play with any organ- ization and leadership that has for its bjective the consummation and main- enance of great issues in the forms that T believe ave to the public interest and benefit. 1. of course, believe ni party organization, but it must he for the promotion if issues. not of men. I am not a straddler of any issue, 1 spend most of my time in agitation for and it is our duty to express them when called unon to do so. But no man can ‘be so arrogant-as to as- sume that b dictate. the issues e e issues to parties th WEST VIRGINIA SENATE MAY RATIFY SUFFRAGE TODAY W. .Va., March ring ratification . of the federal suffcage amendment in the Wesl Virginia_ legislature won anoth- in the venate this after- noon in their effort to keep that body in session until Senator Jesse A Bloch can arrive iff Charleston. It is | expected he will reach here early to. marrow and cast the deciding vote in e senate at its sesio 3 the sen sion tomorrow af- The fight i upon the right of Montgomery to vote, from his home in Hlino: to’ break the deadloc existing be- tween pro and anti-suffrage = forces | and bring about a final adjournment | | of the senate before Hemator Bloch | | couta - Suffrage forces, by the vote of Senator:Burr, who had been | listed as ragist, succeeded | in preventing Senator Montgomery | from voting and by ought about tem- | porary “adjournment. ore ~ adjournment Gov. Cornweil was asked to provide the senate with a copy of the letter which{ it m_saxd Senato Montgomery wrote ;(vvjrh;'n-! wlhonmhe moved from West ginia to Illinoi ativy s Fhreinia o s, relative to /his No word has bee Charleston, Forces fa 9.— the senate centered Senator A. R. He had come is in an effort’ 1 a5 Deen received of Sen- : since he left Chigdgo . to. day on a speeial train for Clacian ‘where -he was to hav a | for Charlestop at 7 eicadbis 2 I s el CLAIMS ANDERSON WAS PAID $1250 A MONTH - N. Y., March ¢.—Assembly- man Louis A. Cyvillier of New Y. author of the fesolution adopted 1o { | 2 0 a month. - avey, counsel for the League, denied the he termed “ridiculou: Denial by Anderson. New' York, March 9.—wil Anderkon, state superintengoii®, L AntizSaldon League ay the charge of Assemblym: livier in Albany today that he recen: | R SL00 salary from ' John b I eller, “is absolutely ¢ in every particu) Dyt Robert G. Anti-Saloon charge which tonight denied | of oth; i Mr. Cuvillier has sajdr T.nES that| CHANGES IN INCOME TAX BILL IN FRANCE Paris, March 9.Th Pa; .—The finan, mission of the chamber of depuiis ch is examining the income {yy | has_proposed to raise ajl cate- | Bories. Under the commission's pro. | | posal share dividends would pay six | rial profits and eight per cenr:dusoln non-commercial profits. Landeq | Property wouid pay six per cent., ag- ricuitural profits ten per cent.. anq saiaries six per cent. with an exemp. tion for Paris of the first ,000 francs, TEN BRIDES ARRIVE AT IMMIGRANT STATION ‘0 New York, March 9—All daily rds for matrimonial ralles aroung “kissing post” at the immigrant sta. tion on Ellis Island were shattered today, when ten bridesrooms, most of whom had done. their wooing overseas while wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam, arrived from all corners of the country to claim their brides. Most of the girls arrived today from Italy on the steamer Patria, and-a few hours later were married. he | Article Ten. agreed on a senate. the article in few days. The way to consideration Subj ed 3ust befory leas As reserva voting nower, clines to be bound by Makes More Doubtful Com- promise on Reservati : Washington, March 9.—. more than ever the domin in the peace treaty fight, became the unfinished business of the senate to- day, while tiie republican and demo- cratic senators who want the treaty ratified worked for compromise with redoubled effort but with fading hope. Several of the. republican leaders, convinced that ratification would be impossible with' their- Article Ten res- ervation of lagt November mnchanged, ubstitute and made an active campaign to line up the neces- sary democratic votes behind it. they did not succeed, and although the compromise negotiations will continue as the question is debated on the sen- ate floor, no.one had much hope to- night of ‘an agreement. The new republican reservation fol- lows the general outline of the one adopted in November but it puts. into different and more specific form its declaration_regarding the article’s ob- ligations. Some of the democrats wete satisfied wit hit, but twenty-eight was the peak of democratic' votes which its republican advocates -claimed for it in any eventnality, and take at least thirty nad probably thir- ty-four to male ratification possible. It was indicated thi son's new letter on /the subject, al- though it failed to /stop promise negotiations, had” not been without effect in stiffening the admin- istration ranks against anything like the old republican reservation. cratic senators were in disagreement over what the president would do in the event of a compromise ratification, and many of them ‘declared their in- clination to let the doubt resolve itselt in favor of a conservative course. So discouraged were the republican {leaders that they. had not decided to- night whether their substitute reser- vation would be offered at all in the They indicated, however, that they would not long delay action on the interests of com- promise and that the debate to-begin tomorrow probably would last but a t on the senate floor was clear- adjournment n, in 4 modified form, of the reservation on voting power it finaily which- copgress. has given censent. The vo ported -it in publican lead. nia, Phelan, d¢mocrat, TESTIMONY ew/ York, of Grover sertion Miss B months du son.” on readoption of the re ervation: was 57 to 20, with 17 demoy crats voting for it, 9 more than sup- /November. changes made were on motion of Sen~ ator Lodge of/ Massachusetts, the re- . a substitute offered b Senator - Hitchcock of Nebraska, ation I: on the subject urged last seSsion: by Senator Johnson, republica: Iso was reintroduced By Sei ¢ of Califer: was voted down, 73 to 4. IN BERGDOLL DRAFT EVASION CASE —— Mareh, Dayhoft, clerk in a diotel at. Hagers- town, Md., tock . the stand today at the dourtmartial o1 Governor's Island | “leveland Bergdoll, thy’ Philagelphian, charged with de- evading the draft. hoft identiefld the defend- ant ds @ patron of the hotel for many ing the period he leged to have been a fugitive. He was regiStered, she said, as * The witness also -ania tered poena so that { might be made. . Miss Dayhoff asserted there was a third member of the party. ficers expressed the belief that Bergdoll, was Erwin the draft. prehended. morrow. TREATMENT DISCOVERED FOR IMPULSIVE - CRIMINALITY New York, March 9.—The underly- ing causes of emotional ang impulsive | today. criminality ake no longer a mystery, and an_effective treatment will- soon be announced, according to. a state- the The prosecution expects to close to- ment issued today al_impulses.” More than 14,000 casés have passed ! under the observation of Dr. Schlapp and his assistants and, in his capac- ettty ity as medical advisor in New. . York nd yet no mare | courts, he is saig to have saved a| intrue than a Iot % numbir of potential convicts. i “From what we have learned,” Dr. “it is as outrageous te lock up victimg of mental deficiency | or of certain form of emotional im-! it would be %o penalize a sufferer from meadles or typhoid. unishing the former class, society i 1t is as ridiculou; as were our forefathers in their witcn burning and-similar practices now re. ally absurd.” RULES REGARDING THE PASTEURIZATION OF MILK Schiapp sai puise as blind to its dity. cognized as crk Hartford, day issued a set agreed upon tic-of the new which requires state + board rezulating board. Conn., cle Ten, issue would President Wil- com= Demo- Dprevailed, the tion, the last except that relat- ing to Article Ten on the republican program, declares that until the cov- t is'amended 50’ as to give equal the United States de- decisions to previously only ;| Califors nator nia,’ but |- weal- is al- ames Car- identified James . Romig, ex-member of the Pennsyl- legislature and former delphia magistrate, as having regis- with Bergdoll as “H. Watt." Romig, who has been gescribed at the trial as Bergdol’s “bodyguard,” was brought to the courtroom under sub- identification Phila- Army of-' brother of the defendant, also charged with evading Erwin has not been ap- by - Dr. Max G|ty Schiapp, professor of neuropathology ! at Post Graduate Hospital. infallible cure has yet been perfect- | éd, he said, “an impressive percent- age of criminals could be restored to! tii normal and saved to society through | ent of the | treatment of the ne ‘While no | s and emoticn- 3.—The | Connecticut milk regulation board to. of rules ip ‘regard to the Pas- teurization of inilk. The most dras- regulations an . annual physical examination of every employe in a plant where milk is Pasteurized. Another rule bans dogs and from such plants. It is al that a state. permit be any person, firm or cerporation which Pasteurizes milk to sell - anq milk be Pasteurized according to the rules. The. health officer of any community mey be given power to act for the recently is one . required ured by authorized publican today. Nas) But Senator returns atively plédged. He: for the pledged ed. will be tribunal Couns: the re- the votefs. gued” th Ima Friday. carry erators, solution this charges eration Atlanta John Angelo Syract (“Nicky In by Eu, bail. cats that milk | Mass. second of arguments constitytiol feas A a fflfi%fi Tnenforcitiz resotted: from- ‘Washington, Judge Thema. | Stamford, § New Haven, $50. zona ang Hawaif. Candida and democratic Hiram Johuson. Flaherty's smail while rbert Hoover, ot for Hoover, left ‘to the for decision. el for those e_amendmeént 1o "assist dry but in its th of the conventions were heid in this The vote was light but. the returns were late8as the polls did not close until eight o'clock, With one exception the republican candidates were either General Ieonard Wood or known teo be favorable to his nomination. exgeption was John W. Flaherty a, N. H, a candidate for dele- gate-at-large, who was pledged for In the early vote was compar- delegates pledged to Wood ran two or three to one’ aheadof the unpledged candi- dates- for delegates-at-large were un- A group of four headed by | Robert C, Murchie of Concord, was running ahead of a ticket headed by Albert W. Noone 'of Peterborough. In the first’ congressional Gordon Woodbury of Bedford, pledged elected without opposition as was Thomas J. Quirk of Manchester, unpledged. congressional Robert Jackson of Concord and Ray- mond B. Stevens pledged _for the was Landaff, both were leading Henri- A. Burque of Nashua, unpledg- attacking amendment continued today to argue that it was revolutionary and an in- vasion_of states’ rights. “You are now coming to a fork in the road, one_leading to the power of amendment and the other back to the | Levy Mayer of Chicago | told the court, in opening for Kentucky complainants. Mr.' Mayer denied that the amend- ment had been ratified properly view of -referendum provisions in nu- merous” state constitutions' requiring such _proposals to be submitted to the returned by Realization that final agree- ment " is imperative to prevent a col- lapse of the entire work of the com- mission was said to have prevented any possibility of a split so far and to assurance that finally would be reached. The commission will not confine it- self to a bare award on ‘the several demands presented by miners and op- conclusions will strike deep at the fundamental eco- nomic dificulties of industry and prescribe correction. e publican Wood Men. Manchester, N. H. March 9.—The first’ of the presidential primaries for the election of delegates to the /re- national state ates . Are district C’LOS!NG ARGUMENTS ON FEDERAL PROHIBITION TODAY Washington, March 9.—Presentation in cases from Rhode lsiand \and Massachuletts attacking the validity of the prohibition amend- ment to the constitution cluded today in supreme’court. case from Kentucky will be disposed of tomorrow, after which the question nation’s were con- The highest These contentions were denied by Solicitor General King and Assistant Attorney -General Frierson, who ar- Wwas properly adopted by -congress and had been ratified by three-fourths of the states. The , solicitor “general also amendment did not interfere with the funetions of the ‘states but gave the nment power, to act with prohibition and “demand upon congtess states in en= foreing prohibition laws. - AWARD TO BITUMINOUS : : . MINERS BEFORE FRIDAY |Pines 21 said March ' 9—With all other guestions at issue understood to be definitely agreed upon, differences between members of the coal strike settlement commission as to a wage level for the 500,000 bituminous miné workers of the country still re- Thain to be ironed out, it w. today, before final formulation of the award, which must be learned a” compromise bituminous measures of It is realized, it was said, that any stable settlement of the con- troversy must rest upon a practical problems chiefly those of car shortage and fluc- tuating seasonal demand. involved, nited States Bodwell was and for Bodw penitentiary. Chesna, Amato, New and §5 se, N. Y, zene F. McGee, stein's counsel, McGee left for New York where Arnstein’s actress wife, Fanny Brice, is endeavoring to make arrangements with the authorities in the matter of Benning, Ga.; treasurer of fal Havy and Cuater, | tee and S. John Block for the de-|P. J. Blackman, fanager FORMER NORWALK BANK 'CASHIER SENTENCED New Haven, Conn., March 9.—Wil- fred Bodwell, former cashier of the City National Bank of Norwalk, and! for many. years, ecity Norwalk, was sentenced to serve one year in the Fairfield county jail at Bridgeport, by Judge d S.Thom- | as in the rict court indicted of embezzlement of $31,000 from_ the hank bank’s accounts, and he pleaded guil- said. that. consid- r v Y kept him | from sending thé accused man te the ring Fines for violation of the prohibi- law were imposed as follows: Waterbury, William E. Henchey, Stamford, $5i 37 $10 { Adolph Kessler and_Joseph Kessler, John Shields, | ARNSTEIN TO SURRENDER WHEN BAIL IS OBTAINED March 9.—Jules W. ) Arnstein, accused of plot- ting enormous thefts of securities in the New York financial district, surrender to the oW when bail wag obtained, an. opinion expressed here late today one of Arn- New. York detectives Who have been in this section haVe returned to the metropolis. McGee denied any knowl- edge of Arnstein’s whereabouts. CAMP KEARNY TRAINING * CAMP FOR STUDENTS ‘Washington, March 9—Camp Kear- ny. California, has been selected by the war department jas the reserye officer training corps summer for students from New Mexico, Ari- Other infantry and/ Junior division training camps will be held this summer at Camps Devens, The of Inl district the the in | with. Austrajasia via Banfield. the fair on the will York aecording o\ of the, French forces in the east. camp Condensed Teiegrams The bolsheviki are expected shortly | to enter Bessarabia. 4 £ Premier Lioyd George declared that the British West: Indies were not up for barter or sale. ‘Brig. Gen. Vanderbilt, who is ill at his home in New' York, continues o show improvement, - A total of 102 alleged radicals were taken . from Waterbury to Hartford yesterday morning. Briga ier General Daniel N. Brush, U. S. A, retired, died at Baltimore, Md, at the age of Tl. = The strike situation in Portugal becoming more acute and all the pub- lic services are paralyzed. A block in the center of Cattletts- burgh, Ky, was wiped out by fire causing a loss of $500,000. e Safford Hall, orie of the dormitories| of ‘Mount Holyoke college, was badly damaged by smoke and fire. Food crisis in Egypt is due mainly to planting of cotton so'as to take ad- vantage of the 'soaring prices. George Moturko of Suffield was sent! to state prison for life for the mur- | der of his wife on January 7. Owing to the price.of coal it is be- | lieved ocean freight rates from Brit- ish ports will be increased 50 per cent. Peter W, Mason, 48, a gardener, was killed last night while crossing the railroad tracks west of Stamford. A’ Gomplete accord appears to have been reached regarding the proposed economic memorandum of the supreme council. Proclamation of a new Czar in the Trans-Caspian province was reported in wireless messages from Moscow to 'London. -~ g boardls steamer Buck- hannon, leaking and without fuel, wat- ons, was taken in tow| The rescue of the four men on barge Northern No. 14, when she fotindered off Barnegaf, was reporte§ = by the steamer Nentucket. Further ‘increase in the price of gasoline this spring was predicted_to- day by.deélegates attending the Na- tiondl Petroletim Congress. | Commercial Cable Co. ammounced the Suva-Norfolk Island cable is being repalred, restoring _communication Supreme Court upheld the decision of Judge Staake of Philadelphia, per- mitting Sunday baseball in Fairmount. Park, the great city playground. Brigadier General Stephen P. Jose- Iyn, retired, who served with distinc- tion in the civil and Indian wars, died | at his home in Burlington, Vt. Oxford University has conferred the honorary degree of dbctor of lit- erature..on Bepjamin Wisner Bacon, D. D, LL. D, of New Haven, Conn. e e on L e “Extra session of. the Philiopine Leg-| islature -adjourned after adopting a resolution reiterating its plea for the immediate independence of the Philip- King George formall received Sir Auckland Geddes as ambassador to the United States, a customary pro- cedure when a new ambassador is ap- pointed. One hundred armed men armed with rifles and hand grenades attacked po- lice barracks nmear Limerick, Ireland. They were hakl off an hour and final- ly withdrew. Growing weakness on ‘the part of | the men of the country is developing | a sinister feminism, Cardinal O'Con- nell teld a gathéring of men at the| Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Hotel authorities and military of- ficials, are confident that not a life was lost in the fire Sunday evening which destroyed the Chamberlin Ho- tel at Ofd Point Comfort, Va. To meet its urgent fuel requirements | the Shipping Board will accept bids offered last week for 1,500,000' barrels at prices ranging from 75 to 90 per cer:! above those of last year. Minnesota won its suit against W consin in the Supreme Court to de- termine the boundary between those! states along the upper and lower St.| Louis Bay and St. Louis River. Gustav Noske, German minister of | | defense, ordered provisional arrest of | Prince Joachim Albrecht of Prussia | and Baron voh Platen for attacking French officers in a Berlin restaurant. ' How to obtain new sources of rev- enue so as to provide relief for form- er service men was discussed by the house ways and means committee with representatives of soldier organiza- tions. Secretary Daniels declared unless ! effciency of the present naval reserve | system is maintained the navy will | face the same lack of potential man- power as when the country entered the war. who was feund second de- Jose Sammares, Zuiltw#f murder in the de gree for killing Police Officer Wil- m G. Clancy at a Charlestown (Mass.) dance hall, was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Premier Lloyd George announced in the House of Commons that prompt measures were taken by fhe French goveznment to send reinforcemepts to General. Gourand, commander-in-chief The trial of Charles Diamond, edi tor of -the Qatholic Herald, charged with inciting to the murder of Vis- count Prench, lord lieutenant of Ire- land and others in an article in his; paper- began at the Old Bailey court, London. Colonel Henry L. Harris U. 8. A, retired, who was graduated from West Point in 1869 and was command- er of several forts long the Atintic seaboard, died in a hospital at -New York frmom appendicitis after a short " iliness. - Investigation - into the' charges of disloyalty against_the five suspend membehs of the New York state as- sembly ender Tast night. The “case” went to the judiciary committee with which anthracite ~ mine . workers of anthracite mine workers' of Pennsyl: ::’:x?]l):mte in the new, wage agreement | expected none of the miners or operat=, to be drafted to take effect swere formall ent te owners mdag and a sub-comimittée of ipractical men ~was: - named. {0 negd- tiate the new contract. Union League Clab here Thursday | morning tog‘t::glnmiu work. ‘The gen- | eral committee of miners and operat- ors, which met today to begin the ne- gotiations adjourned to meet at the cail of the sub-committee. - al president of the United Mine Work- trict-7.and Christ J. Golden, Shamo- kin, president of District 8. phia, president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company; W. J. Richards, and C. F. Huber, Wilkesbarre, presi- i Conciliation will be secretary. | Investization is an outgrowth, the ad- | Allen, the close of the summing up address- es by Elon R, Brown for the commit- itefise, . ) p The Principal Demands Are: Sixty Per Cent. Wage Increase, Raise for All Day Men, Six Hour Work Day for: Double Time -for Sundays and Holidays—There Are, . About a Dozen Other Demands of a Minor Nature— Designed to Take Effect April 1. ; soft- coal miners is handed down at’ Wa.shc‘\ngtnn. ‘When, this award can be- $2 a Day! haye asked opérators to in- 1,{ors was prepared to say. & The basis of the agreement in the: anthracite industry, it was stated, would depend' largely upon the amount, of the increase to be given the soft coal workers, and neither side is, ready to commit itself until the bi- tuminous award is announced. W. L. Connell, a_Scranton operator, { presided at the general meeting a which_there were resent 49 operators and 37 representatives of the union, miners. All the big _anthracite coal, companies were représented and Pres-| ident Lewis and Vice President Phil April presented to the mine This committee will - meet -at the The sub-committee comprisés: Miners—John_ T. Lewis, internation- he _international rs: Johm T. Dempeey, Scranton,|Murray Teresented _the i Dresident ot Distriet No.. 1 Thimas | organization of the United Mine { Kennedy, Hazleton, president of Dis- | Workers. %'he principal demands, which were, frmulated by a cinvention of the an. thracite men last August, include the ollowing: { Ot fhe contract wage scales, ‘Bp increased sixty, per cent, and that, the increases secured in the supple- mental agreements of 1917 and 1918, shall be included in, the wage scale as a basis upon which the 60 per cent shall be addedd, and that all day men be granted an increase of tWo. dollars a day. - i That a work day of not more than Operators—S. D. Warriner, Philadel- Pottsville, president ‘of the Philadel- phia and Reading Coal and Iron Com- pany; W. L. Connell, Scrantori, pres- ident of the Enterprise Coal Company, dent of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company. Alvan Markle of the® G. B. Markle Company, Hazleton, will be chairman - itt ithout a yote, | six hours from bank to bank be es- :;d'h.'lea:;: O rman, Hazleton, Lec- | tablished for all classes of inside and Tetary of the, Anthracit¢é - Board of |outsale day labor and monthly men ve days per week, with tfme and Tait sime for overtime and double thme for Sundays and holidays. ~A closed shop contract. ; That wherever practicable coal shall be paid for on the legal ton basis which i§ 2240 pounds in Pennsylvania, and that dockage be eliminated. The demands call for a two year agreement. The present: contract was made for four years and expires March ST While unofficial opinions were ex- pressed by operators that- the increase in wages asked by the miners would mean a rise in the price of coal to the consumer, if granted, no official com- ment was issuéd by the mine owners as to the effect the demands would have on the industry, but a statement was promised at a later dmte. Each side admitted that no definite deciston would be reached until thel { AIRSHIP FLIGHT FROM 2 ROME TO RIO DE JANE{IC s New York, March 9—The Italian, government will attempt an airship fiight from Rome o Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next June, Dieutenant Colonel, A. Guidoni, air attache of the embassy | 7 ADMIRAL SIMS TELLS OF SHORTCOMINGS OF NAVY Washington, March 9.—Rear Ad- miral Sims, in an opening statement today before the semate committee in< vestigating his charges that the navy’ deparument failed tq co-operate. fullyl with the allies during the war, out- lined the specific points on which he ! based his eriticisms and promised that beginning tomorrow he would present evidence-in’ support of each contention. In opening “his teStimony Admiral Sims denied intention of initiating an attack on thé‘part the navy played in the war, or of belittling its efforts, 25-passenger dirigible has just been' completed for the vovage and will| make its trial trip in April, he added., ~The big bag will try to maintain a, speed of 30 nautical miles an hour, and . complete its flight in 110 hours, Lieu-; tenant Colonel Guidoni _said. Con- straction of “the dirigiblé) wax befin $ inasmuch as he was “unable adequate- | last June by the Italian state aeronau-, Iy to express’ his admiration for the | tics. It is 300 feet long and has four navy's efforts. His criticisms, he said, | motors of 260 horsepower each. The were directed at the policies pursued in | Weight of the craft is 3¢ tons, 18 of the first six months of the conflict. which are “useful load"—passengesr, Basic criticisms of the navys poli- | Cargo, supplies and fuel. } cies were said by the admiral to be: m’:::fiflnxm':hl‘:: are as That during the early period of the | Recessary t war the department violated funda- |&-300 nautical miles—and data already mental principles of warfare leading | CO'lected show that the month of Junej to a ‘prolongation of hostilities and | Should provide winds from east to, needless oss of lives and money. S o e i‘;‘;;:;géduflltenmt Col- That the policies of the department | Onel Gui 2 ] in the last At of the war were iden; | The ltalian state acronautics are; tical with recommendations rejected | Prometing many other air activities.: during the first six months, Mail lines are being established al. That If the department had, proper | O¥CF Italy @nd between Italy and hee plans when the nation entered the war | NOrth African colonies and islands in they should have been placed in effect | the Mediterranean. A regular mail at once. route is now in eperation between, That mistakes, it’any were made, | ROme an g St should be carefully reviewed to avold | miles. et e a future recurrence and to help mould | S2id and an airship foute from Rome future national defénse policies. to Sardinia, about 100 miles, has beem The United States entered the war | 121d out. with the navy unprepared, he said, al- though war had been a possibility for w°”’;g;gg§:2§£szas.’ésg MEN two years and ’.\meritln forces om the sea were not in the highest stat P ihe witmenr| Washington, March 9—Formatiost of a government corporation to pur< readiness. As a_result, the witness added, the navy department failed for chase homes for former service men was urged today before the hollse at least six months to throw its full force against the enemy. - “During this period we pursued.a | Wavs and means committee by Repre« policy of vacillation or a hand-te- | Sentative Morgan, republican, Okla- mouth policy,” he declared. | homa, explaining his bill to creats Referring to the recent naval dec- | Such a corporation capitalizeq ak orations inquiry, of which the nresent | $100.000,000. All the stock would be ¢ held by the government, which would make loans secured by ‘mortgages up, to a maximum of $4,000. With the calling of treasury offi-| clals for Thursday, the end of hear= ings on proposed soldier relief meas- ures is in_sight, Chairman Fordney today making an appeal to expedite; the hearings. “Officers do not want a bonus,” Mr. Fordney said. “Soidiers who suffered financial losses are overwhelmingly in favor of a relief plan.” - i miral said there existed “what the naval service ‘believes to be a deliber- ate campaign of propaganda” aimed at prejudicing "the case by bringing in “wholly irrelevant” subjects, AMERICAN TROOPS WERE REVIEWED BY MARSHAL FOCH Coblenz, March. 9.—Marshal Foch agrived this morning and reviewed sOme units of the American - troops. He lunched with Major General H. T. commander-in-chief of the American army of occupation, - and then went to Mayenee where he was received by General Degoutte, com- manding th eFrench troops on the Rhine. Marshal Foch said: DULL SESSION OF THE NEWBERRY ELECTION CASE | Grand Rapids, Mich., March ,9.— With Paul King, Newberry camgaign manager, forced from the witness . ine. oc} stand by a nervous breakdown during Iaborators. and comradcs. Commonding | the novn Tecess, one of the dullest ors ar & ; ? the Newberry _elections the alliea troops “of oconpation, . 1]:559ons of the roN ey e have found the troupe ln-excallsnt o o0 oI e e ati Trench at Masence Torcoratice of thel . ces and two men who attacked the other ailieq troops, :figrrflledm:;u‘;i: Sty e A R s s, “whe "| Gregor had boasted in a _hotel at ericans or-Belgians. Munsing that “a real barrel” was to be used for the general elections cam- paign of 1918, the time was given over to reading correspondence be- tween King and Newberry. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT Chicago, March 8.—Ludwig | Lore, New York editor of Class Struggie, said to be one of the founders of the communist labor party, and four oth- er members of that organization were indicted here today, charged with conspiracy to overthrow the govern- ;ment_ by ‘force. . Dr. 0. J. Brown, De ‘Kalb, Tils. and Dr. Karl T. Sandberg and M. J. Chris- tensen, both of Chicago, were others indicteq today.. The name of the fifth was, withheld pending’ his ‘arrest. PROHIBITION AGENT FOR STATE OF CONNECTICUT Hartford, March 9.—Thomas F. Ma- honey of Providence, R. I, has been appointed a -prohibition agent for tho state of Connecticut, He will be con- nected with the prohibition enforce- ment department which has its head- quarters in New Haven. This branch has charge of the work of running down “bootleggers” and persons sus- pected of violating the prohibition laws. » MEXICAN BANDITS HAVE KILLED “PAT" FOLEY : SOCIALIST PRESIDENTIAL ¥ NOMINATING CONVENTION Chicago, March 9.—The socialist party will hoid its first presidential nominating convention since 1912 .inm New York city May §, the national Houston, Tex., March. 9.—"Pat" Foley, an employe of ~the Magnolia Petreleum company at Tampico, Mex., has been killed by Mexican bandits, according to a cablegrm. received by 8. J. Byington of Houston today from of the Mag- dolia company. - day. 1 of Ttaly, announced here tonisht. A} - regarded ps long flisht—about ' e { executive committee decided here tes