Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1920, Page 1

7 = Cabhfl Paragraphs ‘STATE GENTRAL o Convention is to Be Headed by State WRM—anMWuMMW —hm.wd&fimh‘&nl’mmm of the State Were in Attendance—No Action Was Taken on Aid For Former Service Men. gation to National New Haven, Conn., March 24.—Se #n new members were voted in t republican state central as slected in the conyention third district: Frederick L. Perry fhe ainth; H. H. Gorton in the fou teenth: James A. Peasiey in the fif: teenth; W. P. Oglan in the sixteent! €. E. Williamson in the twenty-sixth; James . Walsh in the twenty-sevent! PROCEEDINS OF THE REP. STATE CQNVEN‘NONE New liean Haven e convention lively session _large Lo the vention the following: 1. Henry 3 inated by Frank N Hartiord; James F. wich. nofinated by saly of Stamford: Charles Clark of Hartford, nominated by Fran E. Healy wonia. nominated by Col mar. The alternates-at-large are: Keeney W, H. Hall New Haven. today, after Chicago Munn of Ne L M. UM R. Col. Hiram Bingham nominated bv _Colon Ullman; William H. Heald of Stafford, nominated by Charles Thompson Pomfret. Senator George W. Klett New Britain, nominated by Edward M. Day District Delegates. strict delegates: First district—. E Bowers. Manchester and Hugh M. Plajnville and W. J. Ma- Aicorn. Suffield: Trumbul! lone, Bristol. alternates, J Second district—Fayette L. Wright Pomtret and Col. W. H. Hall of Will- M. Cronin, and W. S. Reynolds, M. UN- ington: alternates, Daniel Xew London Middletown. Third distriet Col 1 man, New Haven and C. L. Brockwe Meriden: alternates, W.-H. Lyon, Mer- jden and R. S. Woodruff, New H ver. Fourth district John T. Kin Bridgeport and H. P. Bissell. Ridg: field: alternates. F. L. Lamson. No walk and F. M. Salmon, Westport. fth district—Robins B. Stoeckel, Norfolk, terbu Derby The Al an by and C. A. Templeton, W alternates, A. C. Baldwis and E. L, Pond, Plymouth. delegation was instructed vacancies which might exis oe to be made from the distri * i, Such vacancy. shénld -ocedr: Colonel Uliman. for the committ vead the resolution which the conven- atmost tnanimous vote jn favor of woman suffrage and regliesting the govermor to call a spe- tion actepted hy L session of the general assemb the purpose of ratifying the fee amendment. D D. Bidwell read a resolution place the convention on pecord as vor of doing somethi Bad been in sefvice mid this and other peen considered, but action was n deemed advisable at this time as was likely the national tor er: resolution tabled wnd journed. the convention a Brandegee Presided. The convention accepted the repo of the committee on permanent o ganization, which made United Stat Senator Frank B. ries. The credentials committee firmed the temporary roll of d gatés, not recognizing deiegation from Stratford, Nominations for were called for and Frank B. Muni of New Haven offered the name L Henry Roraback, of was chosen. Lieut. Gov togk the floor and leadership of State back, reading suppo fiom a printed letter J. A. H. Robinson, town chairman Bridgeport Lieutenant of his clai Governor gested that ia recommendations three delegates-at-large Lieut. = Governor Wilson read sufiimary of publican margins, was madg that the steadily losing under Mr. for the oth in which clai Rorabac! and it was only John T. King's lead- had ership in Fairfield county that Wilson Mr. Roraback as sta chajrman and party treasurer, had injected his own personality prefudices and _antagonisms to pre committee, today. They were S. S. Chamberlin in the March 24.—The repub- chose as del- con- Roraback of Canaan, nom- Walsh of Green- Matthew H. Ken- Hopkins Charles F. Brooker of An- of Somers, nomipated by Cpl. for men who Colonel Ullthan resolutions had convention would place itself on record. The Bid- after some discussion Brandegee perma- ent chairman and named five secre- the contesting delegates-at-large naan and he Clifford B. Wilson then took to task the atrman Rora- prepared by Wilson sug- 1o have a committee named to bring | it would be much fairer election figures and re- party had been also as- also | had been @ lobbyist at the capitol and table was carried 306 to 21L. Healy Attacks King. Attorney General Healy attacked Mr. King s a county leader who had iried to dominate the state, saying that at a prévious convention he had disrupted the Hartford county organ- ization to e extent that it had not vet recovered. He referred to the airfield_county King men as “spoiled children,” and deciared, that the ma- jority of the convention had a right to use its votes and strength, just as King would have used them if he had them in its own behall. Mr. Healy, referring, to his term as speaker and his own political troubles, sked: “Did Henry Réraback or John King help me out? Not on your life!” Mr. Healy repeatediy nad the deie- gates applauding his remarks. Mr. King walked up the aisle and poke. He said he had mno anim against anyone in the convention. He was a republican and intended to re- main one. He had not wanted to come | to the convention, but he had heard he | was “marked for slaughter. “I am here for slaughter,” he said, | ‘and 1 will accept it grfcefully.” Hej sald that no matter what happens he | would still be a republican and would take off his coat to werk for a 100 per cent. republican victor: Governor Wilson's motion was lost, 314 to 171. The conventign reaffirmed Mr. Rora- back's selection and chose the rest of | the delegation. | Suffrage Plank Adopted. The suffrage plank was adopted in a session of tHe resolutions commit- tee which lasted until after midnight. There was bitter opposition by a mi- nority, but the advocates So maneu- vered it that the committee appropri- ated and acted upon the democratie: slogan of “open covenants, openly ar- rived at.” . The copvention opened in music| hall last pight, Semator Frank B. Brandegee delivering the keynote speech. His attacks on the peace | treaty, the democratic administration and prohibition were wilwly applaud- ed. Immediately after the convention adjourned the resorutions committee met in the Hotel Taft. More than a score of suffrage lead- ers from gl parts of the state, headed by Miss Katherine Ludinfiton of Lyme, president of the Connecticut Women's Suffrage association, waited in the hall putside the committec room. - While that hody was'still- in. executive ‘sex- all..prospeot! anks were subs ‘mitted and temporarily tabled. leav- ing the sffrage resottion to the last. The doors were then thrown open and the women invited in! Aid For Former Service Men. Although the resolutions commit- tee did not report a resolution re- ceived on the subject to aid to form- er service men, a_delegate read a res- olution in favor of giving “earnest and considerate attention to the claims of gallant men and. women who went to the rescue of their country in.its dark- lest hour.” The resolution was adopt- jed just before the convention adjourn- ed.” Previously Colonel Ullman, chair- man of the resolutions committee, had told the convention that it would be inadvisable to act mow on this sub- | ject as it was likely that the national convention would place itself on rec- ord on the question. 3 THREW FACULTY MEMBERS INTO LAKE ON CAMPUS Hays, Kas, March 24—The Fort Normal school is in the grip or tydent soviet,” whose principal oc- cupation is throwing faculty members into the lake on the coliege campus, according to Prof. P. Casper Harvey Today he telegraphed state authorities at Topeka for protection, and R. J. Hopkins, attorney general, has direct- ed the county attorney to prosecute all “ersons résponsible for the disor- Gers Ti - trouble hegan, it is said, when resident W. A. Lewis of the school | ago on business. De parting, he suggested u hai hols on’ which men st7n=s 3 rinring track. Girl students were prepare a meul. 4. . ... Juic. {it is reported, = woman sugsested | fun that girls who did not help should be_ducked in the lake, ' On Monday v he in o h. W K \- L. of el of of A. 11, a- 8. il n, 0 st ot ee | Iy to in ot it d- rt. - es H n, of m in to | er | AN announcement was posted that “all persons, including the fac would be ducked if they “failed to_report for duty at 1 p. m. Tuesday, March 23.” John Lindquist, editor of the colleze newspaver, was the first vietim. He was' taken frofn | the college library and, although he cannot swim, he was thrown -into water over his head. | Another person to suffer was Prof. | James Start, a bridegroom, who was { cautured on’ the way to his classes thie morning. He was rescued from the lake by three students. Professor a m k. te . put into the record, saying that hibition and suffrage m two party af- fairs, to the detriment of republican- ism and the good of the state. He moved the appointment of a commit- wat, b+ 4, of t Colonel L M. Ullman replied to Lisut. Gov. Wilson, saving that he had no brief for Mr. Roraback, but he would say that this was an unfor tunate time to bring up any dis- ment. Four years ago, the col- gael said he was giad 1o vote for Mr.| King, who was a very valuable mem- ber of the party, vet Mr. King then! had taken part in slate-making. €ol. Uliman said it made quite a a ce “whose ox was gored.” He ha ver, wondered it Mr. King was a_Connecticut man, because his name had been mentioned in connec- tion with activities all over the coun- try. Neverthel the colofiel said, Mr. King was a “mighty good fellow, . sd republican, a good organizer. a good leader.” He moved that ‘Wiison's motion - lie on the a demand for discus- sion and Colonel Ullman withdrew nis motion. v:..un, Ro(“e: Mh“"s:‘ urged that a selection &%m at-large be made rather than to “accept a slate made up by * e Rogers pleaded that the dele- cates rct-:; to tfl-’nte anything . rul Ufl:n‘nnc'td his motion Brandegee put the mo. voice vote being uncer- ‘were appointed to count The motion tol the Forve, ‘Washington, withdrawal of all restrictions on coal diatribution was made tonight by Di- rector General Hines. who, administrator, notified district coal they weuld cease to function April 1. This action was pursuant to the order of the president. ITALY AND GREECE CLASH ‘Washingten, that Italy over the rearrangement of houndaries of the new states of southern Europe/ and the division of territories were K denieq tonight by Romano Avezzana,|coastwise trade under the American Italian ambassador. a third victim, dived into the er_before the students could act. Pt Start and Lindquist are veterans | he world war. PROVIDENCE TEACHERS CALL FOR SALARY INCREASES Providence, R. 1, March 24—Provi- dence public school teachers at a mass meeting tonight adopted calling upon the city. council immedi- ately to appropriate $600.000 for salary increases was also made of the formation of a citizens’ committee to aid the teachers in their effort to obtain more money. resolutions for them. Announcement RESTRICTIONS ON COAL DISTRIBUTION WITHDRAWN March 24 —Formal as fuel regional and distribution committees OVER BOUNDARIES March 24, — Reports and Greece had clashed - Givilian Shot in Dublin. Dublin, March 24.—A civilian named, Smith was ‘shot this evening while walking in South William street. He died later of-his wounds. His assai ant escaped. LETTER [CONTRADICTORY TO . . ADMIRAL sIMS' CHARGES Washingten; March 24—After Cap- tain Harris Laning, former assistant chief of navigation, had told the sen- ate ' committee investigating ' the Sims-Daniels row today that the navy hiad been without a comprehensiye plan for the war and that chaos vir- tually - existed, Senator. Trammell, democrat, of Florida, confronted the captain with a letter he had written to Admiral Sims on August 18th, 1918, saying he was ‘not convinced” that the bureau of operations ‘had erred .in its general plans’ and say- ing also ithat had some of Sims' rec- ommendations been adopted they would have been “disastrous.” Senator Trammell contended that Laning’s letter was a. complete con- tradiction of some of the Sims charges and aiso some of the charges in. Laning’s statement of today, but the captain contended his letter re- ferred to.a period in the war later than that involved in the charges by Admiral Sims. “Personal characteristics” of Secre- tary Daniels often made it impossi- ble to obtain approval of important plans and policies, Captain Laning told the committee, as. the personal interest taken by him in minor af- fairs “occupied so much time that he never had much left to give us for reaily important problems.” P Captain Laning testified that at the time war was declared there was not a sufficient reserve of 14-inch shells to refill the magazines of the dread- noughts and that the bureau of ord- nance had to obtain the aid of ‘the bureau of pperations to bring the matter to the secretary’s attention impressively enough to ‘zet authority to let contracts. In a memorandum Admiral Benson gave Secretary Daniels the admoni- tion that “without shells for the guns battleships are worthless’ and _that “they’ not only cannot defend them- selves but' cannot fight to suve the untry.” After several weeks delay, Captain Laning said, the shells were ordered. Other charges made by the witness were that the department in the years immediately preced:ng the war did not advocate ‘legisiation and policies that would prepare the navy for hos- tilities; that when it was apparent war could mot be avoided the depart- ment still refused to prepare: that lack of ce-ordination in the depart- ment dufing the early months of the war - reduced the effectiveness of American - participation and added to the cost and that when war was de- clared the navy department told the country that the navy was ready Wwhen in reality it was known that it would take at least 10 days to. pre- pare even the latest ships for active service, . Senator Trammell, democrat, Flor- ida; read a letter written by the cap- tain to Rear Admiral Sims,in: August, 1918, apparently in amgwer to & letter from. .the admiral criticising the. de- perim . oL - fully the naval forces abroad, The Laning letier opened with the statement that the writer was ‘not convinced” that the bureau of opera- tions had “erred in it general plans,” and declared that a suggestion ‘made by Admirdl Sims earlier that the bat- tleships he placed out of mmission and their crews sent overseas would, it adopted, have proved “disastrous.’ The letter continued “Over there you give us the devy: because we don’t do all that you want us to do. You feel we are failing you. Dobs it help the morale over there or over here to do that? * * * Critic- ism is easy and just criticism bene- ficial, but there is nothing more low- ering to the morale than unjust crit- cism and rrit‘llrzis:\ made without full nowledge and t is a b knowled ought is apt to be pAller | reading the rammel asked Captain Laning)if h did not think . the. Jettes answerod many of Admical Sims' charges and some of the criticisms made by Cap- tain Laning himself in his direct statement. The officer replied that he dig’ not believe so, that the letter re- ferred to a period much later-in war thanh(hafit covered she arges, the first six m 2 i own_testimony. et e At the Tequest of Senator Pi democrat, Nevada, the commitier oa! ed to the record General Bliss denial that he had ever recommended amalgamation of American troops with the foreign armies as Rear Ad. miral Sima- testified. airman Hale also read i record his reply to Secentacy. Dol icls' request that the Bliss letter be considered it improper to insert pg? pers into the record at the request of persons not before the committee and that Mr. Daniels would be given npporn_xm!y to present any documents he desired when e was called to tes: The chairman's letter addeq that the “papers have nothing to do with letter Senator | the .very definite criticisgn of lack of preparedness and prompi suppert on the part of the navy department, made by Admiral Sims in his letter of January 7.” Captain ‘Leigh C. Palmer, chief of the| bureau of navigation, will testify tomorrow. 3 o I LS “AMBASSADOR” MARTENS BRINGS $1,000,000 SUIT New York, March 24—Ludwig C. A. K. Martens, self-stvied “ambassa- dor” of the Russian soviet govern- ment, Jate today in supreme court brought a $1,000,000 joint suit for al- leged libel against The Review of Re- views Company, Albert Shaw, editor, and Arthur Wallace Dunn, author of “The Reds in America.” Dunn’s book is said to have been published by The Review of Reviews Company. Martens alleged that he was held up. te “contempt, distrust and hatred” through statements in. the book that “tended falselv to create the belief that he was enzaged in propaganda looking toward the destruction of the ogvernment of the United States.” OPPOSITION TO ALLOCATION OF AMERICAN-OWNED SHIPS New York, March . 24—Resolutions opposing the allocation of American- owned. ships. for the re-establishment of the former Hamburg-American Line trade, routes, and the piacing of American ships at the gisposal of that line as agents, were unanimously adopted here today by the American Steamship Owners' Association. The association claims a membership of 75 lines, including’ a majority of the companies operating in overseas and flag. 51oAmost 45 i to Put Brakes on Specula- New York, March 24.—The. specula-- tive structure erected. over the stock market a few weeks ago, largely as a result: of .the supreme court decision exempting stock: dividends from ' the income tax,” exaporated into thin air today, after having given early prom- iSe of attaining greater heights. Favorite issues, especially those dominated by ‘pools and other profe: sional interests, reacted 5 to almost 43 points from maximum quotations of the” morning, the market closing in great disorder with call money at 14 per. cent, The sudden advance in demand loans. which opened at the recent fix- ed: rate of T per cent. was accom- panied by’ circumstantial rumors that lenders of money-were being urged by the federal reserve hank to put the brakes on further: :%eculation. U7E generally ‘known that officials of the central federal reserve hank and other financial interests have viewed the recent market movement with dis- approval, if not absolute concern. Any continuance of the recent advance, it was helieved, would necessitate furth~ er drastie action against ‘unessen- tial loans.” . General Motors was the outstand- ing feature of today’s wild Session, as it has been almost every day since the recovery of the past fortnight. In the morning that issue rose 10 1-2 points to the new maximum of 410, the shorts being the chief sufferers. When the market began its descent at mid-day, General Motors was first to yield, Dping sometimes one to three Doints between sales ta 366, its final price and a net loss of 33 1-2 point: Other motor shares. €150 olls, equip- ments, steels and a large assortment of special stocks, reversed their fore- noon, gains of 3 to 12 points, keeping pace with the break in General Mo- tors and ending at losses of two to almost ten points. The day was one of the most active since the break of last February, when all markets were much unsettled by the collapse of foreign exchange. Con- ditions_in the international credit sit- uation have changed for the better since that time and foreign remit- tances were steady to strong today, although French and Italian rates re- flected pressure. e ,Sales of stocks amounted to slight- Iy over 1700000 shares, which is somewhat under, last week's = largest turnover, when the market was al- most at'the zenith of its recent boom. WOOD LEADING IN THE SOUTH DAKOTA PRIMARIES Sioux Falls, S. D., March 24.—Addi- tional returns irom rural districts, coupled with, almost, complete ygures,| from ine cities from yesterdays-pr- mary election, showed that \ ood h 27,606, Lowdell 23,33 and « 735 in the race for indor: T the republican candidate for the prés- identiul nomination. L The returns were from 1, 1,740, precinets il 59, of .the ties. kive of the seven coun| report are isolated. £ Wood: carried or was. leading. in 33 of the counties which had reported; Lowden was ahead in 13, while 10 gave pluralities for. "Lowden. One county reported a tie between Wood and Lowden, while . another gave Johnson 1,004, Lowde . Tabulation of scaftering _returns showed 'that Senatof Miles Poindex- ter, an independ candidate _for presidential indorsément, received about 850 votes. Governor Peter Narbeck and W. H. McMaster were nominated by the re- publicans for United States senator and governor, respectively, on the face of the incomplete returns. i the coun- et to BERLIN IS RECOVERINE FROM REVOLUTION Berlin, March 24 (By the A. P.).— Berlin seemed this morning to have resumed work. Road sweepers were busy removing a fortnight's collection of litter, including numerous procla- mations of the Kappists and others connected with the short-lived revolu- tion. tram men were repairing the tracks for an increased service, and the railroads were running with more regularity. * What effects the provisional cessa- tion of the strike has had on_ other parts of the country is mot yet known here. Herr Giesberts, minister of posts aud “telegraphs, General Braun, chief of staff of the Relehswehr, ahd Imperial Commissioner Severing have begun negotiations with the represent- atives of the soviet dictatorships in various towns. and. according to one report, the commission has been charged to find a basis for an agree- ment, (Ihe present position is a 2f- ours’ truce, renewable daily and ter- minable on 24 hours’ nnttee.y fad s CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS GUILT OF SEARS Boston, March 24—The United States circuit court of appeals affirm- ed today the decision of the federal district court which last May found Frank 1. Sears, vice president and general manager of the A. J. Bates Company, of Webster, shoe manufac- turers, guilty of bribery and conspir- acy to defraud the government in connection with the manufacture of army shoes. He was sentenced last December to serve a year and a day in the Greenfield jail and pending the ap- peal has been at liberty under bail. 2 SCHOONER CITY OF ST. HELENS ABANDONED WHILE ON FIRE New York, March 24—The Ameri- can auxiliary schooner City of. St. Helens, from Marseilles and Oran_for Beaumont, Texas, has been abandon- ed and is on fire 350 miles off the Georgia coast, according to a wireless message received here today by the naval communications service. The crew of the schooner was rescued by the American steamship Geree from Boca Grande, Florida, for Baltimore. The City of St. Helens was' a vessel of 1,650 tons. OPEN SHOP THE ONLY - TRUE AMERICAN' STANDARD Pittsburgh, Pa, March 24.—Stephen C. Mason, president of the National Association of ‘Manufacturers, .at a luncheon of the organization here to- day, d.%ared that “the only true American standard’ is the open shop, with equal opportunity for all.” : £127 and Wood | St on ffrge Governor Flatly Refuses to Call:Special Sessicn of Ase sembly to Act on Amend- ment. 1 5 / Hartford, Conn, March ~24.—Gov- ernor Marcus H. Holcomb, republican, in a statement tonight, flatly refused to call 4 special session of the Con- neoticut general assembly to. act en the federal suffrage amendment. The republican state convention, by an al- most’ unanimous vote in New Haven this afternoon, calleq upon. the gov- ernor to call a special session so that it might be possible for Connecticut to be the thirty-sixth state to ratify the suffrage amendment. + “I have read the resolution passed today by the republican state. con- vention.” I do not see how that changes the situation or assists -to create the special emergency which euthorizes the governor to call a special session. ‘ “The stie constitution places the responsibility upon the governor. I shall not. shift it to the delegates to the republican state convention. I again decline to call a special ses- sion, “The adoption by 36 states of the federal . suffrage -~ amendment will change our constitution, but until it is changed my oath of oflice requires me 10 support it in its undltered form. “If Connecticut should be one of the thirty-six states to adopt the suffrage amendment by the vote of the general assembly, and thereby change our constitution without the concurring vote of the electors of the state, it would be contrary to the vrovisions of our constitution.” REVISED OPTIONAL PLAN FOR SOLDIERS' RELIEF Washington, March 24.—Representa- tives of the American Legion, presents ling today te the house ways and means commitiee u revised optional plan’ for soldler relief, ’ charged that ag'tuiors’ were trying to recruit into the 1. W. W, former service men who cre discontented because of the fail- f congress to provide aid. E. Holden, adjutant of the Utah on, testified that organized pro- ganda to discredit government aid and .undermine the American Legion was being disseminated by the 1. W. W. throughout the country. While some soldiers had been misled into juining that organization, the rank and fic he said, stood’ firm against such intiv ences. Urging immediate relief, J. G. Scrugham of Nevada, a member of the executive committee of the legion, de- clared there was “seething unrest among former service men and women who felt they had not received u S‘\:\dil’ deal.” Mr. Holden told the committee that ‘while partlally ‘disabled and in hospi- 4 ctive young women gaye him . Miterature which said the gova nt had protected munition work- lers, war’ contractors. and others from great losses, but had done nothing for | farmer service men. These pamphlets turced ex-soldiers.to join the . W. W. “In Chicago the L.W. W. claims to hav: 20 per cent. of the service men of that locality in thelr organizations,” M. Holden said. “In the Utah mining camps the I W. W. outnumber the for- mer service men £ to 1, and are mak- {ing vigorous efforts to wipe out legion | orzanization Any beneficial lezislation for former | service men should include heirs of those who died or were killed, declared Mrs. Herman H. Birney of Philadel- Dhia, representing the War Mothers of | America. : “Our first duty should he to the rel- atives of those who did not return and to the wounded,” she added MINISTER DODGE HAS STARTED FOR BELGRADE New York, March 24—H. Percival Dodge, United States minister to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Sjo- venes, sailed on the Kroonland for Southampton and Antwerp today, bound for his headquarters at Bel- grade, Serbia. His 15 yvear old daugh- ter Alice accompanied him. Mr. Dodge who has been at his home in Boston on leave, said there were no new {{rnb!ems confronting him at this ime. STRIKE BREAKERS WORK AT . AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM The Hague, March 2{—Under a heavy police guard ,hundreds of work- men from the villages took the places of striking dockers at Amsterdam and Rotetrdam today. A number of ships were loaded after a six weeks’ tieup. BUTLER, PA, TEACHERS RAISED $30 MONTHLY Butler, Pa.. March 24.—Teachers in the public schools here were notified today that a $30 monthly salary in- crease will be granted those who con- tract to continue work during the next school term. OBITUARY. Mrs. Humphrey Ward. London, March 24.—Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the novelist, died of heart dis- ease today in a London hospital. Mary Augusta Arnold, who becathe famous under her married name of Mrs. Humphry Ward, was born in Hobart, Tasmania, June 11, 1851, the daughter of Thomas Arnold, second son of Dr. Arnold of Rugby, and a niece of Matthew Arnold. Her father was in government employ in Tasma- nia, but lost his position when he joined the Roman Catholic church in 1855, and returned to England, ac- cepting the professorship of literature in the Catholic University of Dublin. After ten years he left the Church of Rome, and then went to Oxford to live, where his daughter met and married Humphry Ward in 1872, Caleb T. Winchester. Middletown, Conn., March 24—Ca- leb T. Winchester, professor of Eng- lish “literature at Wesleyan Univer- sity, died at his home here tonight af- ter a long illness. Professor Winches- ter was born in Montville, Conn., 73 years ago, He was graduated from Weslevan in 1869, received a Master of Arts degree in 1872 and studied at the University of Leipzig for two years. He had been a member of the Wesleyan faculty nearly fifty years and had lectured at Princeton, ~Am: herst, Johns Hopkins and other uni versities. He was the author of sev- eral books, including “The 'Life of Johin Wesley.” Professor Winchester leaves a wid- ow and one son. cal year is $531, War ot Var depa 6.(1 Pl e on sale 42450 gtose 1ons o steel rails. Pope Benedict | l-ud?énqe former of Poland, ., Price of quicksilver was advanci\' $2 a flask by’ leading interests, to & basis of $95. - e " Secretary of the Interier will liqui date all claims against United Statek Fuel Administration, - loyes of the Great ‘Western Rfu"v‘v'l;’ol Brazil_are on strike. Sys- tem ‘is completely tied up. * Automatic telophone apparatus will be in use in.the Pennsyl ex- Change, New York, by April 15. President ' Ebert of Germany order- ed suspegsion of German officials who participated in the recent revolt. A _joint hearing on 'all beer and wme“b’m- pending in the New. York egislature will be held next Tuesday. Federal Judge Edwin L. Garvin, i the Brooklyn Federal court, was tak- en ill nad forced to adjourn the ses- sion. wo. Teft the Rockaway Be‘:nbiNmL airstation on -speed and endurance flights to. Pensacola, Fla. end return.’ Ve, % g~ According to reports of the Bureau of N:ovki“t‘{'un. steel shipbuilding in toe United States is making unprecedent- ed. advances. Bainbridge Colby, new secretary of statq announced an entire change of policy in regard to Mexico, Russia and the Far Bast. President Wilson may be asked to use his' influence to bring about the end of the strike of longshoremen at New York harbor. A report from Berne says the mu- nicipali,y fas empowered to negotiate a loan O 50,000,000 francs with Unit- cd States bankers. 4 : War Department _announced the Ofticers’ Reserve :Coofps and regular arfy resérve will mot be called for training this year. An investigation of the high price of gasoline was demanded in a resolu- {tion_ introduced in the House by Rep- resentative Dyer, Missouri. At-a conference between American and French officials an agreement was reached to turn over .American dead to tae United States. U. 8. ‘Dept. of Agriculture | iff:jcuity may occur. in. moving . satisfactory prices the large remain- ing stock of apples on hand. A stock dividend of 100 per cent. to shareholde: wz‘!,mg Amoskeag Man- ufyeturing: company. Was: recommend- says by the War Deuartment, -the govern- ment has- available. for - distributio § nearly 10,000,000 cans of surplus army yloods. House Education Committse will be- gin Monday an exhaustive search into the treatment of. wounded' soidiers by the Federal Board for vocational ed- ucation: Senaté finance committee will meet | within the next few days to consider the various “anti-dumping” amend- | ments to the dyestuffs bill which are before it. Senator New, of Indiana, introduced a bill providing for an Alaskan devel- opment commission which will have charge of all the territory's commer- cial affairs. A consignment of $1,250000 in gold arrived at New York on the steamer New York. Another steamer. on the way, is carrying $1,750,000. Both are jtrom Burope. Referendum held by the striking miners in coal districts of Northern France, shows virtually unanimous; sentiment in favor of resuming work throughout affected district. Two small na planes of the Rockaway Beach Naval Station, com- manded by Lieut. A. F. Dietrich, left the station on a trial speed and en- durance flight to Pensacola, Fla. House judiciary committss met to consider appointment of ‘a sub-com- mittee to investigate the acfion of Attorney General Palmer in permit- ting sugar prices to be fixed in Louisi- ana. The' United States is understood to | have decided to join with Great Brit- ain and Italy in opposing any military action by the allied governments to force preservation of order in the Ruhr valley. Governor Coolidge of Massachusetts recommended. to_the legislature that the state add $150,000 to its appropi- ation of $300,000 for the observance of the tercentenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims. Panama_reperts -Indicate the canal will be opened tomorrow. allowing all ships affected by the closing of the eanal for. two davs to proceed. A land- slide in the Guracha section caused the stoppage. A delegation of preminent autemo- bile ‘manufacturers left Detroit for Chicago, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh to confer with railroad heads in an effort to bring about combined action to- ward an adjustment of the freight sit- uation. Interstate Commerce Commission instructed the Merchants' association om New York to file a formal com- plaint if it is stil believed by . the association that cable companies are charging excessive fee for registering cable addFesses Strike of employes of the silk mills of Julius Kayser & Co., in New York City, Brooklyn and Sydney, N. Y., be- cause of refusal of one woman of the company to join teh union in the Syd- ney plant, was settled by the state board of mediation and arbitration, Secretary Alexander informed the house that the department of ‘com- merce has no authority to issue any regulation governing, ‘the - distribution and consumption of newsprint paper and is without kn®vledge of any dis- crimination in the 3listribution of the available supply. According to a circular |etter issued |- Both Sides Claimed Points in fragists Plan to Delay Final Vote Until Next Week—Op~ ponents Are Pressing For Decisive Action Friday—In Dover, Del, March 24.—Frieds and foes of woman suffrage both claimed points in today's preliminary skirm- ishes in the legislature to make Dela- ware the thirty-sixth state needed.for ratification of the equal suffrage con- stitutional_amendment. Intfoduction today of ratification regolutions in both senate and house opened the actual siruggle. Plans to delay a final vote until next week were made by the suffragists while the opponents pressed for decisive ac- tion on Friday. Both sides continued confident of the outcome and veteran suffragist campaigners said the fight tran-gends that experienced in any other state. ' Conceding that present sufficient votes were lacking in both bodies of the legisiture to ratify the proposed - constitutional amendment, the suffragists claimed several ad- vantages in today's proceedings. Governor Townsend and other suf- frage leaders also reiterated belief that enough changes would be made to finally effect ratification. Advan- tages claimed by the suffragists today were the postponement of a vote and the reference of the senate and house ratification resolutions to committees regarded friendly. Senator Walker, republican, of Wilmington, and Repre- sentative Hhrt, democrat, of Town- send, were the sponsors of the reso- lutions, Ati-suffragist leaders claimed a se- vere blow was given the ratification- ists in a round robi nsigned today by twenty-one house members plcdging themselves to vote against ratifying. Eleven .democrats, headed by Repre- senative McNabb, floor leager, and ten republicans were said to have signed up. Another tack taken by the opposi- tion was the introduction by Senator Gromley, democratic floor leader, of 2 resolution providing for popular referendums on all copstitutional $17,143071 INCOME TAXES COLLECTED IN CONNECTICUT ‘Washington, March 24.—Income and excess profits taxes aggregating $908,- 829, were paid as the first instali- mert_of tie nation’s tax bill for 1919. Wni.e these figures do not repre- #cnt an exact oné-foarth of the taxes for laet year, they ifdicate collection fur ‘he entire year, of approximatewy $00.000,000, treasury officials said tornight. . The Brst installment more than offsets outstanding treasury cer- tificates of indebtedness, issued in an- ticipation of tne payment, and leaves the treasury in a position to continue its financial programme, outlined sev- eral months ago. Collections for the first period of 1918 were approximately $§1.200,000,- 000, the reduction this year being due to the lowering of ‘the normal income tax rate. The second district of New York, comprising the heart of the fi- nancial section, held its _place in yielding the greatest amount of rev- enue of all collection districts, as it has for many years. Its tofal was $153,505,989, Collections included: $98,712,952; Connecticut Delaware $2,931985; Maryland $1 263,738; Massachusetts $50,780,86 New Jersey $26,503,849; New York $214,644,232 and Rhode Island $11,- 257,146, Pennsylvania $17,143,071; COLGATE & CO. INDICTED FOR FIXING RE-SALE PRICES Trenton, N. J. March 24—An in- dictment containing 56 counts, charg- ing violation of the Sherman anti- trust law, was returned by a federal grand jury here today against Col- gate and Company of Jersey city, J.. manufacturers of toilet prepara tions. = The indictment claims the company illegally fixed re-sale prices of its product to wholesalers and job- bers. The company was indicted in 1918 for fixing re-sale prices but because of a technicality a demurrer to the in- dictment was sustained on the ground it did not charge that the company made any price fixing agreements. The grand jury’s action today quotes alleged correspondence between the company and its selling agents and dealers in its products. The corres- pondence, it was charged, contains “a long series of instances of written ana oral agreements on re-sale prices.” The indictment charges further that the company ‘“sympathetically and continuously fiswed the practice of procuring such agreements and the re- sale prices of its products thus were continuously maintained and eahanc- ed.” TO CONTEST $100,000 SUIT BY HIS DIVORCED WIFE Hartford, March 24—Raymond B. Jacobs of this city will have to defend the $100,000 libel suit brought by/his divorced wife, Gladys W. Jacobs, as Judge Burpee of the superior court has overruled Mr. Jacobs' demurrer to the complaint. Mrs. Jacobs obtained her divorce a few months ago on ground of cruelty and was awarded $40,000 alimony and part time custody of her son. It"was Mr. Jacobs' cross-complaint in the di- vorce suit in which “he charged his wife with infidelity .that led to the libél action. Mrs. Jacobs says in her libel suit that this charge was false and malicious and there was no ex- istence of probable cause for such a charge and that it was made to rpuin her reputation in the community. SOME TEXTILE STATISTICS OF CZECHO-SLOVAKIA New. York, March 24—Importations by the textile industry of Czecho- Slovakia in the last six months of last year included 74,970 bales of, rotton, 23,600,000 pounds of ‘cotton waste and rags and 16,920,000 pounds of cotton yarns, according ‘to figures received today by the Czecho-Slovak consul- ate in New York. Exports of finished goods were 13,840,000 pounds and were held down hy abnormal domes- tic requirements and by the fact that much of the raw material was receiv- ed Jate in’the year and was in the process of manufacture. 2 Prelimi Shirmishi fi%l 3 amendments, None of the varigus moves led to much debate in either body and no further action was plane, ned before Friday. ‘omorrow a join session was are ranged to hear delegations of organ< izations supporting and fifhting the: constitutional amendment. Speakers for the national American W Suffrage Association and the N al Women's Party will be heard :at the morning session. Miss Floremcs Bayard Hilles chairman of the Dela= ware branch of the latter, will pré- side. United States Senators Spencer. of Missouri, and Sterling, South Da- kota, republicans, and pMcKella?, deme ocrat, Ternessee, are to be the prifi= cipal speakers. . At the afternoon hearing the Nae tional Association Oposed to Woman Suffrage will present speakers with Mrs. Henry D. Thompson, chairman of tite Delaware branch, presiding. — Imposing demonstrations are - ned by both factions and an enormdiis overflow for the small house = ber was assured. Because of crowds expected both senate house debat«f securing the iocal tre for the hearings. but abandone the pian when leaders expressed fear that the ymight he unable to contrel de;?nlnnrulonl o ‘ollowing tomorrow’s. leaders were consideringsa m:':fi senate ratification résolution. was being counselled, . however, By woman suffragists. The legisiatare plans to adjourn from Friday uftll Mongday and many members believed a vote in either body would be de- ferred until next week. Anti sufffa. gists are pressing, however, for @ vote in both houses Friday Delay-4s deemed by both factions as heipful to the huffragists and the joint republi- can steering committee of the legig= lature today decided upon holding off a vote until- a majority could be counted on. - TERRIBLE CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL-EASTERN EURmi Paris, March 24.—Henry P. Davistfi, chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies, sketched to a gathering of newspaper correspondents today fthe terrible conditions prevailing in cen- tral and easterp Europe. = “1 have a teMgram from Poland to= day,” Mr. Davidson said, “teliing me there are 230,000 cases of tvphus in that country itself. g think one may say that for the most part they are without anything like adequate atten= tion. There is a lack of doctors, of medical supplies and of hospitals. “A ship has just arrived at a Balti port from Russia with 700 refugees, among them fifteen generals and many women. Numerous typhus cases being aboard the ship, . the refugees were not allowed to land. They had | previously been refused permission to disembark at other ports, and three more ships similarly laden are on the way. The Red Cross has been trying to establish a fifteen nundred mfle cordon from the Baitic to the Black Sea against pestilence. Further east this is impossible with the present au= thority and facilities of the Red Cross. “In_ Montenegro four doctors _are trying to look after more than 520,000 persons. Some countries which are quite rich and well-to-@0, such a8 Czecho-Slovakia, are in extreme want of medical suppifes. For them it is no question of money, but of obtaining what they want and having it trans- ported.” STOCK EXCHANGE TO CONFORM TO DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW New York, March 24—The board of governors of the stock exchange vote ed today to conform to the new statq daylight saving law, which effective at 2 a. m. next Sunday. Kina dred institutions and all local bankd have already fallen into line add the financial district as a whole will adopt_the new regulation. As Wall+Street maintains close wire connections with all parts of thd country and Canada, the inauguration of the new measure is likely 10 creatd much confusion for a time. : All the stock markets of the comne try are dependent upon or defer -ta the New York exchange, but the dife ference in time, as between this city and such nearby points as Boston and Philadelphia, may cause the ex- changes of those cities to change theif hours of business. = Many people who gain their liveli= hood in Wall Street commute to neas- by points in New Jersey and Connec= ticut, but as the principal railroads traversing those sections have ée to arrange their suburban sthedulés in accordance with local time, no @if- ficulty is antitipated, except in the reading of time tables, which will be printed in standard time. Officials of railroads having ters minals in New York will have a con: ference here Friday, at which a re- adjustment of train schedules to ob- viate confusion under the daylight saving law will be worked out. TO BEGIN HEARINGS ON COURTMARTIAL REFORMS Washingtbn, March 24 —Chairman Kahn of the house military commit- tee today appointed a sub-committee, headed by Representative Crago, ##s publican, Pennsylvania, to hearings soon on army cou reforms. Other membe: sentatives Hull, Towa, Ohlo, republicans, and Representative Wise, Georgia, and Harrison, Virginla; democrats. 3 3 Further consideration of the courts " martial system by the senate committee will be postponed usfil next fall, Senator Warren, republfs can, Wyoming, announced. =2 ONE WORKMAN KILLED y WHEN SCAFFOLDING FELL New York, March 24—One man was killed and four peds were injured late today when folding on a four story building ‘@t Broadway and Forty-Ninth street lapsed. The accident caused a pagle among men and women hurrying home after their day'~ work. . b A o 4 2 i b 3 A £ S