Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 19, 1920, Page 1

Members Washington, March 18—Proceeding final the peace treaty tomorrow, the senate broke from con- und rati trol and unexpectedly swept into the re- publican reservation program a decla- ration THE RH NORWICH, CON N ®0 SERVATION Broke From Control ‘of Republican Leaders Passed Reservation Declaring Sympathy For Self Gov- ernment in Ireland—Senator Lodge Expressed Bitter Disapproval of the Irish Brandegee and McLean Reservation in Its Final Form— ‘Voted For Its Pmage——l’redic- I tion is General That Treaty Ratification Will Fail to Re- ceive the Necessary Two-Thirds When Vote is Taken Today. er forced draft to reach a ficativn vote on of the republican leaders toda of sympathy for self-govern ment in Ireland. The proposal won out in committee of the whole by a vote of 38 to 36 after an sll-day debate. On a recessary gecond vote, this action was confirmed later, 45 to 38, During the debate democratic lead- ers supported the reservation and the managers on the republican side op- pas=d it because it included a general ttat thir nation adhered to the princin’e of the self-determina- On the firet roll call 21 Aeminérsts and 17 republicans, in- cluding tne irrasoncilable foes of the dec! tion trea aration of ipeonles. while ed for adoption. 2 republitans and 16 democrats were ro corded in the negative Revival longhd into the night the senate's task of putting into final form the resolu- tion of ratification on which It is plan- | ned to bring a vote tomorrow. One after another, a lone neons reservations were veted down | with the leaders bent on completing of the Irish question pro. st of miscella thelr task before adjournment. The outcome of the ratification vote wns nct menerally Teearded as having heen influenced by the day's.develop- ments cAns ccunted on to vote fo ratify. in- cludinz Senator Lodge of Massachu- welt ter disapproval of the Irish reservation though a number of republt the narty leader. expressed hit any clause of the treaty without ex- press approval of congress. Debate on the Gerry Irish reserva- tion reached a high pitch of bitterness with many charges of political manip- ulation and bad faith. Republican leaders tried repeatedly to modify or strike out the general declaration of adherence to the doctrine of self-de- termination. Senator Lodge declared that such a policy had a touch of “hypocrisy” when put forward by a nation which had fought for four years to hold the south in‘the Unlon against its will. Senate Adjourned at 11 P. M. ‘Washington, March 18.—An attempt to obtain unanimous consent that a vote be taken o nratification of the peace treaty tomorrow wa Senator Lenroot, republican, Wiscon- sin. leader of the mild reservationists, and the senate adjourned after 11 p. m. Most leaders predicted that final vote would be reached late tomorrow night. v R. I. DELEGATES TO NATIONAL REP. CONVENTION UNPLEDGED Providence, R. I, March 18.—Rhode | Island's ten delegates to the republi- can national convention in Chicago June 6 will go unpledged and unin- structed. This course was edcided upon at a conference of party leaders here today. Gov. R. Livingston Beeckman will head the state delegation, eight of the | members of which were decided upon teday. Three of the eight are mem- bers of the recently formed “Leonard Wood Club of Rhode Island.” The in its final formi. On all sides the ['delegates will he formally elected In prediction ‘was made that the treat¥ | convention hree April 5. wonld fail to recelve the necessary T G two-thirds, though some slexnntn;l FEDERAL PROHIBITION thought that on a second roll call, Which probably will be taken before ENFORCEMENT INSPECTORS the attemnt to ratify is . given. up, enough democrats to put it through wo' The test of the Irish reservation as intraduced by Senator Gerry, crat, of Rhode Tsland, and adopted by the “In consenting to the ratification of the treaty with Germany' the United States sdheres to the principle of self- determination ang to the 1d joln the malority. demo senate. foilows: sempathy with the u«plmt’pns of th Irish owrn tions.” The roll tion Republicans — Borah, Capper, Colt, Curtie, France, Freling- huysen, Gronna, nia) lette. Mcl.ean, McNary, Moses, Nor- eall of .the Gerry resolu follows: For Adoption: Johnson (Califor. ; Jones (Washington): La Fol ris. Sutherland and Watson—I17. Democrats—Asaurst, Gerry, . Gore, Harris, Harrison, Henderson, cock, Kendrick, Kirby, MéKellar," Nu- Hitch solution o] Ng.;a.u ernment of their cholce, o‘!fl, by the senate Jurie 6, 1918 and’ declares that en such government is attained by lIre- land, a consummat'on it .i= fiopa in at hand, [t should prompaly be admit- ted a<.a memher of the League of Na- Brandegee, Hartford, March 18.—Frederick E. Fengar, Jr., of New London, has been appointed a federal prohibition en- forcement inspector on Director Jul- ius C. Stremlau’s staff. The appoint- ment completes Director Stremlau’s force of three inspectors. The others, recently appointed, are J. H. Shay of Ansonia, and McGinnis of Bridgeport. Mr.. Pengar resigned his position as navy cost inspector”in<the-navy de- partment at Hoboken a few days ago. ALLEGED MISREADING OF PRESCRIPTION CAUSED DEATH o by New York, March 18.— Alleged mis- reading of a doctor's prescription re- sulted late today in the death of Mrs. Bertha De Kara of Brooklyn and ar- rest of Arthur C. Searis, a pharmacist, on the charge of manslaughter. According to the police, Searls gave the woman instead of the medicine preecribed for her. a poison with a similar name. The bottle bore the usual poisoning warning. but the wo- man could not read English. TRIAL OF HARRY WINITSKY gént, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell. FOR CRIMINAL ANARCHY Reed. Sheppard, Shields, Smith z TR (Maryland); Smith (South Carolina):| New York, March 18.—Selection of Waish (Massachusetts), and Walsh | the jury which will try Harry Wi (Montana)—321. sky, executive secrctary of the New Total for adoption—28. York Communist party, on charges of & eriminal anarchy,’' was completed late Against Adoptio today, The trial will begin tomorrow Republicans—Ball, Caider, Cum- | before Supreme Court Justice Bartow mins. Dillingham, Edge, Elkins, Hale, ! 8. Weeks, Winitsky is accused of hav- Harding, Xeliogg. Kenyon, Keyes,|ing violated the state’s crimial an- Lenroot, Lodge, New, Page, Phipps,; archy statute by alleged advocacy of ncer, Sterling, Townsend and|the overthrow of government by force. ‘adsworth—20, . Democrats—Beckham, Dial, cher, Gay. Joneg (New Mexico; King, Myers, Pomerene, (Georgia) mell, Underwood, Willlams and Wol- Flet. Robinson, Swanson, Thomas, Tram cott—total 186, Total against—36. Of senators absent and paired it lahoma, and Stanley, Kentucky, dem- ocrats, favoreq the resolution and that he position of other voting wi Adaitionai votes for .the measure on the second vote Benators Fernaid, Maine; McCormick, Illinots. and Smoot, Utah, republicans, Owen, homa, and Stanley, .Kentucky, democrats, who did not vote on the roll call. Senator Page, republi- can, Vermont, changed from opposi- 1o support of the reservation. Its ts galned the votes of Sena- Glass. Virginia: Overman and . North Carolina. democrats, and Okia nced that Senators Culber. : Johnson (South Dakota) orth Carolina; Owen, Ok d it not stated. were Johnson, South Dakota: n%.:hrrn, ‘Wyoming, republican. ndtion. war fabled, 51 to 30, and an ment b Senator Sterling. re- nublican. North Dakots, to eliminate the phrace expresain~ hope for, con- ramamation of Trish bled. After a final attems to modify the republican regervation to Artiels Ten had failed In the senats late tonight reafiirmed b 2 vote of 54 to 25 its .‘z‘l":; r\; the r the opponents of the Article ‘Ten resarvation on the final yote t:’ore démocrats. Torty republicans were by 14 #emnerata in ite adoption. emocro s who voted for the res- amend = ore the second vote. twd futile eforts to amend the reservation were York. to strike clatse dealing with self-dete:mi 70 to 11, rvation, Smith T senators not recorded by freedom, was ta- VERDICT IN NEWBERRY ELECTION CASE TODAY Grand Rapids, Mich, Magch 18.— The case of Senator Truman H. New- berry and his 84 co-defendants in the elections conspiracy trial, went to the Jury today. The twelve men who have been listening to testimony and arguments since February 2, retired to consider their verdict at p. m. Af 540 p. m. Judge Sessions ex- cused the jury until 9 a. m. tomorrow. He admonished them not to discuss the case in any manner until that time. FRANCE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KING FEISAL OF SYRIA London, March 18.—The British ang French governments have notified Hedjaz, that they cannot recognize the validity of the decision of the Damascus congress which proclaimed him king of Syria. 5 Premjer Lloyd George . made this statement in the house of commons today in answer to a question. ANOTHER ALLEGED BOND ROBBERY IN NEW YORK New York. March 18.—Another al- the financial district’s lonz list when the brokerage firm of John Muir and one of its messengers sent out vester- day to deliver Liberty bonde and ne- gotiable securities valued at $14,000 wae. “missing.” The youth. who was omployed three months ago, gave a name which the police believe is ficti- tious, for he was not known at the address he gave the firm. SUMMING UP IN THE ervation we-r Ashurst. Chamberlain, | , New ork, March 18.—Both sides Gerry. Gore. Henderson, Kendrick, | finished up today In the Nugart. Phelan. Plttmar. Pomerene, | tritl in federal court of Jay A. Weber, Read. Shields, Smith (Georsia) and | 83cretary of the Pictorfal Review Walsh (Massachusetts). Company, charged with having paid a Al ~upportera of the Sirimons Arts. | federal revenue agent a $500 bribe to Ten subst'tute wers Aemoecrats, | (218ify the company's income tax re- ‘xv . Acmocrats—Core, Oklahoma; | P8F3 On suma alleged to amount ap- . Missour!: Shislds. Tennessse: | ProXimately to §500,000. The court . Massachuestte, a-d Williams, ipp!. voted with the republi- to tahle th. gl 3 tor Lod tate wae ! t of Amsricea ealy uader Asilcle whi] reservation de- thel: use for purpess under R F R a I SN ot will eharge the jury tomorrow, Freach Cosl Miners, to Arbitrate, Paris, March 18 (Hayas)—Dele- gates of the employers and the work- ers in the coal mines in the depart- ]t_lzm\ué Dt d(‘or.d"’ utndfiruwl)‘.h Calais Ve ASCH ration e min-~ blocked hy ! Prince Feisal, son of the king of the! leged bond robbery today was added to | Company rsported to the police that| WEBER BRIBERY CASE| Army and| Vote of 246 to 92—Meas- 1 H i ! work with a promise of a rtrenc | fornia, with the loss of four lives, was | and 17,800 Officers House Has Passed the Army Reorganization Bill by a ure Now Goes to the Sen-! ate. ‘Washington, zarch 18.—A peace time | army of 289,000 enlisted men and 17,- | 800 officers was approved today by the i house in passing the army reorgan- | ization bill by a vote of 246 to 92. Th measure now goes to the senate. CUMMINGS TELLS“OF COST | OF “SMELLING” COMMITTEE Louisville, Ky., March 18.—Waste-; ful expenditure of two million dollars for “smelling” committee was charg- ! ed against the republican majority in! congress by Homer S. Cummings, the chairman of the democratic national committee, in an address here to- night at a dinner attended by demo- cratic leaders of Kentucky. The committees, Chairman Cum- mings said, were appointed to ascer- tain whether there had been any graft in the conduct of the world war but instead “demonstrated that this was the cleanest war ever fought in the history of civilization.” Mr. Cummings characterized republican platform committee as most unusual litical misfits.” “On that committee of 171,” he as- serted, “they have reactionaries and progressives, they have Taftites, and | Rooseveltians, they have economists,| and appropriationists, they have res- ervationists of all kinds, mild reserva- | tionists and wild reservationists, the have bitter-enders, they have capi-| talists and pacifists and militarists, and former chairmen of the republi- can national committee and seventeen | women, all to go on a voyage of d covery for the purpose of ascertain- ing what republican principles are.” Referring to the presence of a num- ber of women at the dinner, Mr. Cum- mings said the demecratic party “possessed an appeal to the women of America because of the social as- pects of the programme which has! been outlined by its great leader and which has heen carried to such a suc- cessful culmination.” the | ) conglomeration of po- STRIKE OF LONGSHOREM IN NEW YORK CONTINUES | New York, March 18.—Efforts to settl the strike of longshoremen, which for five days has tied up coast- wise shipping here, failed tod: boat operators, in confertnce with | strike leaders, declined t> “der | demands for increas d wages and clared the only solution was that the | men return to work at their old| wages. A proposal that the men . resume v wage raises Septemb r 1, which was made by Robert McWade, a federal conciliator, also. fail Querators agreed 0. wage Increases Seosiembar 1, contingent on an increase in freight rates then, but would not agrce that they should be retronctive. After the conference T. V. O'Con- nor, president of the International Longshoremen’s Union, declarcg “the situation remains unchanged.” It understood that a suggestion w. made at a meeting of strike leaders tonight that the strike be abandon.d until September 1, when steamship companies may ask for increased freight rates under the railroad bjll, but no action was taken. FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZE WHISKEY VALUED AT $100,000 New York, March 18—Seven mo- | tor truck loads of whiskey, valued at| $100.000, were seized by federal prohi.- | bitfon agents on their arrival here to- | day from Roslyn, Md. The whiskey | was consigned to “Henry Bradley, 605 | West 49th Street, New ork,” but the| owners of a garage at that address saiq they knew of no one of that-[ name. ! Shortly after the arrival of - the seven trucks from Maryland, an | eighth truck with twenty barrels of whiskey was. seized at .the same ad- dress. This shipment was consigned to “Dennis Carr,” also unknown at| those premises. Federal agents, who accompanied the motor caravan of whiskey on the last leg of its journey ‘here from Trenton, N. J., are guarding the ship- ment. FIRE ENDANGERS INMATES OF MANHATTAN STATE HOSPITAL New York. March 18.—Scores of pa- tients at the Manhattan state hospi- tal on Ward’s Island, many of them feeble-mirided, were rescued tonight by attendants who carried them from a one-story recreation hall in which fire broke out while they were attend- | ing a motion picture show. The build- | ing was destroved and for a time it | was feared the flames would spread | to other structures housing several | thousand patients. SUBMARINE H-1 BEACHED | WITH LOSS OF FOUR LIVES | Los Angeles. Calif., March 18.—The | beaching of the submarine H-1 on | Santa Margarita Island. Lower Cali- | the result of the topograph of that island being mistaken in the dark for ! the entrance to Magdalena Bay, ac- rording to members of the crew of t! motor ship Mazatlan, which brought to Los Angeles harbor today the sur- vivors of the submarine. The cr ®ot this from the'sumarine. The latter were taken to the submarine base at San Petdo. _— HIGH WAGES HALTS THE EASTMAN BUILDING Rochester, N. Y., March 18.—Sus-| pension of all Rochester building in ! which George Eastman is interested, including the million dollar school of | music, a $760.000 addition to the| Chamber of Commerce bullding ~ and | several additlons to his kodak park i plant was announced today. Labor | of the Mazatlan said they | nformation from survivors demands a’Nl other coets of building and prospect of increases were sald by Mr. Eastman today to have neces- sitated his decision. TO FIND JAIL EMPTY | —_— B Bteubenville, O. March 18.—Sheriff | W. T. Baker awoke this morning to | find the county jall empty. Some time after midnight the eight held on various charge out -their way to llberty. falled to find trace of them, prisoners | sawed and Searchers ! B g < | Y. 7 i the nomination of William M. Istead of ‘a flat rate. | chusetts. | checking rent profiteering and improv- |ing housing conditions wepe | York Legislature. i the Board of Governors for violation { decision in the coal contrcversy. { narder Scynthia. ~ Condensed Telegrams Shipping Board steamer Western Ally went aground near Cape Hen- Ohio river reported rising at Cin- cinnati. It is now 48 feet, seven inches. There were eleven. fatal automobile accidents in Connectigut in January and February. 5 Census 'Bureau announced the pop- ulation of Hawaii as 49,992, an in- crease of 30.3 per cent. Bar gold was quoted at 110s an ounce in LondZ, compared with 111s 6d an ounce at last close. The Clyde liner Mohaw, which be- came disabled off Cape Fear was towed into Hampton Roads. Secretary of the Treasury Hous- ton announced federal income taxes tannot be reduced unmtil after 1322. President Wilson sent to the So‘r’\&-fio llams to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 1 Discovery of a new star, the in the constellation Sagittarius, announced by the Observatory. xth was Harvard = College Hog lIsland announced the launch- ing of two more steel ships, the car- go carrier Conehatta and the trans- port Somme. Fire destroyed the Chapman-Price galvanized iron works in the south- cast part of Indianapolis, causing a loss of $200,00). Supreme Court upheld Ohio’'s new automobile tax law, taxing motor ve- hicles according to horse power, in- Because of the recent break in the price of raw silk. over 1,000 hard silk workers at Paterson, N. J., were placed on half time. Binghamton Common Couneil per- mitted traction lines to charge a 6- cent fare until Jn. 15, 1922, when it must return to a 5-cent fare. Two armed bandi Lorraine avenue br Jand Trust Co. when the bank open- escaped with $12,000 in cash. Yesterday was Evacuation: Day the 144th anniversary of the Boston, departure from Boston harbor of General Howe and his troops. Independent socialists and com- munists in Germany began violent agitation in favor of a soviet re- pu®ilc and an alliance with soviet Russia. Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, mil- lionaire draft dodger, of Philadelphia, was found gulity of desertion by an army court martk on Governor's Island. Charfes A. Goodwin was elected to succeed himself as member of the republican state central committee in the second senatorial district in Hartford. Joseph C. Allen, vice president of the Union Trust Co. of Springfeld, was appointed by Governor Cgolidge as commissioner of banks in Massa- Owing to the thickness of the ice on the Hudson River above New- burgh, N. ¥., steamship men believe navigation will mot open until Ilate this season. Standard Oil Co. of In an- nounced advance of one cent a gal- lon in tank wagon price of gasoline,; making the price 5 cents for Chicago! territory proper. Nine bills with the intention of intro- duced in both houses oi the New Canadian Railway Commissions will not interfere with ruling of Canadian railways against accepting prepay- ment of freight charges destined for the United States. For the first time in New York Senate recognized St. Patrick’s Day. The calendar of bills, instead of being printed in black ink, were dressed in green. history the According to reports at Alicante, Spain, several fishing vessels were lost in storms raging in Gibraltar Straits. A small steamer was sunk with a Yoss of ten lives. Backed by a farmers’ organization, a | movement is on foot in Congress to hait the payment of revenue to Chile for nitrates and to engage in manufactere of fertilizer. W. N. Withington & Co. of Bastnni was expefed Wom membarship on ! the Consolidated Stock BExchange by ! of by-laws of the exchange i John L. Lewis and William Groen of the United Mine Workers were: again callers at the Whitc House to| urge President Wilson to hurry his| Thread which formally sold for B: cents a 100 yards is now being wound on a fifty foot spool and sold for ten cents. The increase is re-: ported due to labor and scarcity of materials. ~Allied troops Constantinople. reported occupying Great guns of allied warships in the harbor are reported trained on the city and both sides of | the Bosporus. Every ship is ready for action. The Western Union Telegraph Co.| announced that plain language mes- sages for Italy or Itallan possessions must be written in English, French, German, Ttalian, Japanese, Portuguese or Spanish. Prompt action by the gevernment apparently forestalled the calling of a general strike in Buenos Afrea. Trops were quartered in the eity barracks and ralds were made on anarchistic resorts. At the annual meeting of the Phil- adelphia Rapid Tranc{t Co. direc- tors Willlam J. Montgomery and W. Y. Tipple were elected to succeed C. E. Ingersoll and J. J. Sullivan, Jr, who declined re-election. Word was received from -Liverpool of the coming launching of the new She is 600 feet land with a beam of 73 1-2 feet and 45 feet .drop. Accommodations for z.lm people. The vessel will burm ofl. § —e— PRICE TWO CENTS g New York, March 18.—A national conference on immigrie on will be held here April 7 under ine auspices of the Inter-Racial Cquncil, it is an- nounced tonight by Coleman DuPont, chairman of the council’s board. Topics. to be discussed include immi- Eration and naturalization laws, la- bor . shortage, attitude of Americans toward tme immigrants and causes of unrest among the alien population. The con- ference, according to Mr. DuPont, s essential in order that representatives of industry, finance, agriculture and leading members of the various races in this country may formulate a pol- ley which may best serve the nation. Mr._DuPont declared that “America is 4350.000 men short as a result of the post-war dwindling of immigra- tion” amd that “there are 200 bills pending in Washington: which if pass- ed will shut out the future supply of immigrant workmen and demoral- ize industrial and credit conditions in America.” RECORD OF ASSASSINATION OF POLICEMEN IN IRELAND London, March 18.—The assassina- tion of twenty-seven police and gov- ernment employes in ‘Ireland since Jan. 1 of last year was officially an- nounced in the house of commons to- day by James Ian MacPherson, chief secretary for Ireland. In reply to a question as to the number of murders and attacks in that period, he gave the following statistics: Murders—Royal Trish constabulary 18, Dublin volice 6, soldiers 2, other government servants 1—Total 27. Attempted Murders—Irish constabu- lary 65, Dublin police 17, soldiers 4, o;her government servants 3—Total 3 e In. addition, 25 attacks were made on police in barracks. DANBURY BRANCH BLOCKED BY A TRAIN DERAILMENT Redding. Conn.. March 18.—Traffic was resumed tonight on the Danbury branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, which was blocked all day becatse of a train de- rilment here this morning. The lo- comotive, tender and baggage car of a train from New York and South Norwalk jumped the track as it ap- proached a bridze over the Saugatuck river. The locomotive and baggage car crossed the bridge by bumping over the ties, two passenger coaches remaining on the rails. About 100 passengers on hoard were shaken up. . Express trains on the Berkshire Di- visicn were sent around by way of Hawleyville and Bridgeport. ICE GORQEG_IN HOUSATONIC RIVER ARE CAUSING ALARM New Milford, Conn., March 18.—Ice gorges in the Housatonic river yester- day ‘and today increased the flood areas along the river here and cut this place off without electricity last night. Rushing ice snapped off power wire polés in the flooded sections be:ween New Milford Center and Bulls Bridge, where the power house is located, sev- ering the transmission lines. ‘At some spots the state highway along the river is covered with wa- ter to a depth of six feet. Reports were received of one automobile being caught in a flood which swept over the road, the occupants being forced to leave the machine and wade to high land. . ANCIENT JEWISH DEGREE FOR F. M. WARBURG New York, March. 18.—The ancient Jewish degree known as “Haber” or “Chover,” dating back to Talmudic times, today was conferred on Felix M. Warburg, New York banker, on the occasion of his 25th wedding an- niversary. The degree, it was said, hag never before been conferred in America, the previous recipient being Sir Moses Montefiore, for saving the Jewish population of Damascus in 1848. The honor signifies “recognition of broad humanitarian services or great ben- efactions and charitable activities.” CONNECTICUT RIVER IS STEADILY RISING Hartford, Conn., March 18.—At noon today the Comnecticut river was at 15 feet 3 inches above low water mark and steadily rising.” A height of at least 16 feet is expected by Friday morning. It was said at the office of the Hart- ford & New York Transportation com- pany that navigation might be opened in a week as the river is clearing rap- iidly in the lower reaches and there are ! of order. many open spots north of Middletown. MARYLA.;J‘D'S BEER BILL EFFECTIVE CONDITIONALLY Annapolis, Md., March 18, — The Maryland house of delegates tonight passed the Jones 3 1-Z per cent beer bill, but with amendments that make ; it operative only if the supreme court rules that “concurrent action” by states means that each state may fix aleoholic content/of beverages man- ufactured and sold therein 200,000 BARRELS OF FLOUR New York, March 18—The United States Grain Corporation announced today it had purchased this week about 200,000 barrels of wheat flour at prices averaging $10.69 per barrel f. 0. b. Baltimore basis and $10,00 per barrel f. a. s. Pacific coast points. OBITUARY. Col. Albert L., Hodge. Roxbury, Conn., March 18.—Colonel Albert L. Hodge, who was the old surviving ex-member of the Connec- tlcut general assembly, died at his home here last night, in the 98th year of his age. Colonel Hodge, who rep- resented this town in the legislative messions of 1853, 1884 and 1865, at- tended the centennial celebration of the assembly last year and as the old- est living ex-representative, was pre- senfed with a loving cup. He was the oldest resident of this town and probably the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in this state. He was also the oldest member of Christ Episcopal parish of this town and had been parish treasurer 65 years. - He was long engaged in the lumber business here, foreign born exodus of | e ERERT COVERNMENT AGAI 0ff of mmigration "IN CONTROL N BERLIN The Full Ministry is Expected Back in Berlin Friday—Min- ister of Defense Noske is Engaged in Bringing About Dr. Kapp’s Retreat From The Ebert government is again in con- trol in Berlin. Vice Chancellor Schiffer, in whose -hands the sudden retirement of Dr. Wolfgang Kapp tem- porarily placed the order in the city and restoring activi- ties to their normal basis. The full Friday. Regular troops, loyal to the Ebert regime, are guarding the streets, and detachments of them spent part of the day in tearing down wire entangle- ments and barricades which the revo- lutionary soldiers had erected pro- fusion. In this connection there was an unfortunate accidence where in the firing of a mine to destroy a barricade at Kottbuser, in southeastern Berlin, the exploston killed 12 persons ana injured 28. nll'hn Baltic troops, leaders of the in- surgent Bands that marched into Ber- in Saturday merning, took vengeance on the people who hooted and jeered them in Wilhelmstrasse and Under Den Linden. Thsy were lined up for thelr departure ot of the city and after withstanding the jeers for a time more or less impatiently, they opened fire, wounding several. The crowd rushed to take refuge in the Adlon hotel, where the wounded were treat- After the troops had passed Bran- denburg Gate they fired a parting vol- Jey with machine guns, wounding a score or more, and the terrified mob again rushed to the hotel, the gates of which were torn down in the ensuing panic. Dr. Kapp's descent upon Berlin and his subsequent retreat has precipitat- ed parliamentary chaos, which prom- ises indefinitely to clog the legislative machine and the activities of the na- tional assembly. The coalition parties must construct & new cabinet, which is expected to reveal at least half a dozen new faces, with the prospect of further ministerial changes as a result of the June elections. The assembly will not be dissolved immediately becaues it must first ap- prove the budget, dispose of further | taxation measures and the law decree- ing the nationalizatipn of the rallways and 'nass a-new election law. Theére are conflicting reparts con- ‘cernnig - amnesty for the late rebels, and this matter promises ' stormy stenes In the coming meeting of the assembly, as the popular feeling in Berlin now favors severe punishment for Kapp and his adherents. The French charge d'affaires called on Vice Chancellor' Schiffer and Under Secretary Von Hanlel today and com- plimenited them and their government upon the hannyv and rapid solution of the crisie. Fe eypreseed the oninion that it would undoubtedly contribute toward strengthening liberal and dem- ocratic thought in Germany. : 4 OPTIMISTIC VIEW OF THE SITUATION IN GERMANY London, March 18.—Diplomatic des- patches from Germany gives a much more optimistic view of the general situation, notwithstanding that there have been more reports of Spartacists’ uprisings. This is a com- plete reversal of the opinion expressed Tuesday night by the same diplomats, who then intimated that the Sparta- cist activities were more to be feared than the Kapp government. It was stated at the foreign office this evening that it could not be ex- | pected the Spartacists would cease their agitation immediately the Kapp government collapsed. Officlal des- patches indicate, however, that if the ! national assembly, led by the men who once before put down a Snartacist at- tempt, takes a stron gstand against | agitators, the Ebert government may be assured of a sound foundation at least for a time. SITUATION IN GERMANY HAS MUCH IMPROVED Paris, March 18.—The general situ- ation in Germany has much improved i since. yesterday, according to advice I received by the German peace deleza- tion here today. The only serious troubls is now con- fined to the industrial centers and the Ruhr valley, where the Spartacists are Istill preventing the re-establishment i General Von Seecht, in command of the troops loval to the Ebert gov- ernment, is in_absolute control, the advices say. Most of the troops of !General _ Von Luettwitz have already ileft Berlin, the last going this ev- ! ening. | The axpected attack on the capital by several thousand workmen failed to s materailize. | GERMAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONVENES AT STUTTGART i 1 Stuttgart, March 18.—By The A. {P.))—The German national assembly opened at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon {in the Fine Arts building. It was pre- | sided over by Konstantin Fehrenbach, | wso issued the call for the present isession. There was a large attend- jance of deputies, especially from the Socialist parties, and also of uniform- ed Relchswehr officers. President Fehrenbach said that many Conservative and National Lib- era! members h#d not come, while oth- ers were not able to appear. He sharply criticized the Berlin upheaval of the “reactionary rebels” and urged the resumption of work throughout the country. The state’ president of Wurttemberg welconmied the ‘assembly in the name of Wurttemberg, after which Gustav Bauer, the chancellor, spoke in behalf of_the' g0 \-nment. The house was closely guarded by Reichsfehr troops and armorasd auto- mobiles patrolled the strets. The first session Was without notable incident. KAISER HEARS OF FAILURE OF THE KAPP REVOLUTION Amerongen, March 18—(By The A. P.)—The former German emperor re- mained up last night lohg after the in Bentinck Castle had | gone 0 administrative }of excitement over the events ower, and Gustav Noske, minister of | Berlin. gcrense, are enzaged in bringing about | apartment early, but the lights in hi , filed last nisht, | Berlin Has Precipitated a Par- liamentary Chaos—Baltic Troops, as They Departed From Berlin, Fired a Parting Volley With Machine Guns, Wounding a Score or More. Berlin,. March 18 (By the A. P.)—|[to bed. News of the failure of the Kapp revolution reached him im the evening “For several days past the former ruler of Germany had %een in a lh:l n Last night he retired to hi wing of the castle shown through the windows untiwl an early hour in the ! ministry is expected back in Berlin | morning. TROOPS AND STUDENTS FIGHTING IN HAMBURG Copenhagen, March 18—A tele- phonic message from Hamburg today said there was violent fighting be- tween troops and students on the one side and workmen on the other prod ceeding at Kiel. The messoge said the workmen were attacking with bombs, hand grenades, machine guns and trench mortars, and that many persons had been killed or wounded. TO CONCENTRATE AMERICANS WHO ARE NOW IN GERMANY Coblenz, March 18.—(By The A. P.) —An effort is to be made to concen- trate Americans now in Germany at some one point, sothat all of them who desire to leave the country may be able to' do so. As far as is known all the Americans in Germany are safe. EVANS HAS SIGNED . CONFESSION OF MURDER New Britain, Conn., March 18.—De- tective Sergeant A. J. Richardson of this city returned here tonight from Mew York with a statement signed by (leorge Evans and secured from Evans at Bellevue hospital, New Yorw, where he is under arrest on charges of mur- der. In the statement Evans repeats a confession made to New York de- tectives, the local police anmounced, admitting that he strangled his 20 yvear old wife In their rooms here on Tuesday and jammed her body into a trunk. In the statement. the police say, Fvans describes the quarrel which led up to the murder and tells of taking a train for New York.a. few hotirs later. He also tells of buying a ragor in New York, according to the_police | and “attemptifig” suicide with it In a | hotel. It had previously been stated that Evans cut his throat with a plece of broken glass. NO SOVIET REPUBLIC PROCLAIMED IN GERMANY The Hague. March 16.—The Handels- blad today takes the view that no one should be frightened by despatches announcing that Soviet republics have been proclaimed here and there in Germany. These proclamations. says the paper, are only the wark of treops and armed laborers. supported by TK. army deserters, whose political con- vicitions “dersnd largely on a couple of hundred marks and a piece of ba- con.” “They occupy a town hall, chase out | the trembling burgomaster, install | themselv'q comfortably behind thes | green tabie and proclaim a soviet re- public,” the newspaper adds. “This is only a matter of a few minutes, but to chase the whole government away it would take longer.” { DAVIS WOULD RESPOND TO DUTY CALL FOR NOMINATION Fairmont, W. Va. March 18.—John . Davis, American ambassador to { England, declared in a cable;®am re- ceived here today L. Shaver, chairman of the democratic committee. that while he did not seek the presidential nomination, he con- vhen a nomination for office represents the deliberate wish of one's party, It constituted a call to duty that no man can or should refuse.” The state democratic committee, In a recent meeting. endorsed Ambassa- {dor Davis for the presidential nomin- ation ‘and started a campaign in his behalf. GREAT BRITAIN WATCHING SITUATION IN GERMANY London, March 18.—Questioned in the house of commons concerning when a statement of policy with re- gard to the situation in Germany would be made, Premier Lloyd George said today that in rapidly changing situations, such as that at present in Germany, the British government does not consider any fresh statement of policy possible. The premier said the matter was under further consideration and the | house might rest assured that Great | Britain, in common with the other al- lied governments, intended to see that the peace treaty was observed. PREMIER OF AUSTRALIA SHY OF LEAKUE OF NATIONS Sydney, N. S, W., March 15 —Pre. raier Hughes, in a speech here today said the United States was hesitating to accept the covenant of the League of Nations owing to a misunderstand- ing and because each British dominion had a vote. “We stand fast bw the treaty on the same status of nationhood as Ameri- ca,” said the premier. “Australia paid A thousandfold greater price than America. We are a small nation, but we are jealous of our lberty and de- termined to maintain_our rights” HOOVER PLEADS FOR IMMEDIATE PEACE Washington, March 18. — Herbert Hoover, in a statement replyink to a request of the Washington Star for his views on the treaty situation, came out today in favor of an im- mediate settlement “regardless of what any of us may think should bave been the provisions of either the league or the treaty.” Yes, Hazel, dear, repartes during courtship degenerates into plaln back .