Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 22, 1920, Page 1

©WOL. LXII—NO. 100 POPULATION 29,919 RAILROAD STRIKERS ARE T0 LOSE SENIDRITY RIGHTS Decision Reached by Association After a tempts of Their Leaders to End the Walkout—Several Thousand Bolted a Mass Meeting When it Was Announc- ed Leader Grunau Was Still in Jail—Grunau is to Call a New Meeting to Endeavor to Have Men Vote to Re- turn to Work. Mew York., April 21.—Striking railro men. operating trains running into Winals of the metropolitan district falled to return to work before the ra réad manag: timatun _ expired noor, ¥, tonight were notifi that not be reinstated wi their seniority rights. This announc ment was mude by J. J. Montell, spok man for (he general managers s had conferred with repre- [ til we have gone back to work.” T o e Wt Faiiway brother- | On the rostrum was an American flas. Noods, who had endeavored to obtain an | Jones touched it constantly as he spoke. extension 0f the ultimatum until noon | As Murphy hQ;fln Vo“ spc,als he Wta‘ omorrow sreeted with cries of ‘Where's Grunau? i 2 announce- | “We wan runau.” = e eitugh ehairman of the| Efforts to maintain order were futile. Txecutive committes, Railroad Workgrs | Someone called out “The meeting’s ad- of Amerloa, the strikers' organization, | journed” and there was a rush for the declared he would not order the men represents to return to work. He elal od 10000 men were still out in the me- but this was char-|ing. but po trogolitan district aglerited as a gross raltroad managers. “While 1 was not responsible for t walkout.” he said, orable means to exaggeration. restore transportati facilitles: Through the mediitm of Mayor | ars of coal were r-rei\'prrl Hague of Jersey Clty, 1 tried o rraer | RAILROAD EMPLOYES OBJECT Samociation. but was denfed & hearing.” TO DATA ON WAGE DEMANDS In answ 1o the managers' refusal to Wi e ashington, 21—A proposal | g P = e gy oy ‘i | ihat the railronds colleet for the railroad the Penneylvania Maflroad had seen 86400 oang data on the wage demands o e ayen o Teturn nne | Of the employes met with sharp objec- tl noon tomorrow without tority rights GRUNATU TO ¢ MEETING OF . In offering the cooperation of the SWITCHMEN TO END WALKOUT j,00rq in reaching its decision, E. T. Chitage, April 1 \. led- | Whiter. of the Association of Railway ot B cataw Chicaxo Yardmen's As- | Executives, said thht at least three clation who was reelased from fail at|months would . be required to obtain Jetiet nomited after friends had bond. was expected 1. today. £10.000 sall a new meeting of striking switchmen 5 end the walkout. following the tumult- wous fermination of a mass meeting t day. calied by n committee of leadlers to vote on returning to work. Grunsu, who was arrested by Iation of the Lever act. of a rest later was released on his own'recogni nited States marshal #nee. only 1o be taken Into custody again on_refusing to furnish honds after Tederal officers charged h: and sent to Jail had further part in the strike movement. Declaring the oot to have presided still in jail The gathering Lroke up in an uproar. fumult reigned inside and outside the Mall for a half hour. but there was no wlolence and no arrests weer made. Shannon Jones. % Kenney. who called the meeting er- ssocia- “I have tried all hon- loss of sen- strike federal agents last Thursday. charged with vio- notified federal officers today he would accept bond and was hrought back to Chicago in custody At his ar- Grunau refused to‘furnish bond, but violated his agreement to take no had been “sold out” and down attempte of strike leaders 10 them to end the walkout. several thou- mand strikers today bolted a mass meet- iog when it was announced Grunan. who R. S. Murphy and M. urged the strikers to raturn to work and await action of the railfoad labor board to their ives of General rence With Agents of the Four en at Chicago Hoot Down At- ad | demands for increased pay. . “I hope that you can see that it WI& do any good to fight the government, Jones told the strikers. “You can fight the railroads, but not the United States, ho il at|and you are foolish to try. The only e | thing you can do is to go back to work th|and then submit your demands to arbi- tration. Our epresentatives have been ! turned down at Washington by the labor board, and we won't get any hearing un- door. Half a dozen men Jeaped to the plat- form ‘and attempted to address the meet- cemen cleared the hall. The railronds announced that 120 men returned to work today and that live- stock receipts in Chicago and the move- ment of livestock and fresh meat to east- ern points was normal. Lleven hundred he | m- by he jon tion foday from brotherhood and union officials who declared that such action might delay for months adjustment of the pending wage controversy. from the roads naire the wage W. N. Doak. vice president 'of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen pro- tested against Whiter's proposal, declar- ing that if the roads could postpone settlement’ of the wage dispute for three months it-could he delaved a year and that each mouth's delay meant the sav- ing of milliops of dollars to the roads. A spirit_of threst, he said, is apparw: among the workers. which would be in- creased by further delay in_adjusting working conditions. 3 Chairman Barton, of the hoard. ' an- nouneed that hearings would be -con- tinued withont interruption and the mat- | tér would be expedited. The raiiroads’ suzgestion was taken under advisement. Formal notiee that their application for a hearing had been denied was given to the representatives of the non-recog- nized St. Lomis and Chicago Yardmen's associations today by the board. Spokes- men for the associations . stated that they would report the result of their efforts to their men, but were confident they wduld not return-to work. Applications for hearines and similar demands were filed with the hoard today bv the United Enginemen’s Associatio: of Chicago. and the vardmen’s associa® tions of Cleveland, Columbus and Kan- sas City. by means of a question- e data. WIFE APPEARS IN DEFENSE OF POLICE COMMISSIONE! April Augustus Drum Porter, wi New York, Baired. Mrs of the suspended third deputy pelice com- missioner on trial charged with wilful neglect of duty in conmection with New York's vice crusade, took the witness stand today in her husband's defence, the only woman in the court room. She testified that with her G» #he night of November iast, at the vers hour swore they found him upper West Side apartment had finished her direct testimony. proseention announced “mo question and both sides rested. The case is e pected to go to the juory tomorrow. Mrs Porter, who said membered November 12 very well whe had come home from Morristown, 3 her trunks had not arrived until night of the tweifth hm W. L. GILBERT CLOCK MEN YOTE TO RETURN TO WORK Winsted, Conn.. April 21. st the William L. Gilbert pany, which began nine days ago, was ealied off late today when strikers vot- = #d 1o return to work tomorrow. The vo! eame after a woman striker addressed the meeting. declaring that the employes could mot hope to gain anything by re- maining away from their work any lon er. A few minutes hefore it ha voted to continue the strike. Ofclals of the clock company said that nearly 400 of the 600 employes worked todog. # larger number having |on rent returned fo their places since the walk- out occurred CALL FOR NAMES OF M EN FLIGIBLE FOR POSTMASTERSHIPS | land. ‘Washington, April 21.—Under an e scutive order issued today the postmas- ter gemeral is authorized to submit the president for nomination to first, se snd and third class postmasterships, “the | ing drunk and disorderly, James mame of efther the highest eligible, or the | and Michael Grisi, prohibition enforee. highest eligible | ment agents, were arrested tomight fol- fating, as the best interests of the ser-|lowing a fight with waiters in a Tender- weteran obtaining the vice may require.” 1t is not necessary that shall have obtained the the the order said. e e i DESTROYER SENT TO ASSIST THE STEAMER SUSQUEHANN. ‘Washington, April. 21.—An American dbstroyer has been sent 1o asmist the | Hays, chairman of the’ republican na. American merchant steamer Susquehan- | tional committee, Will be in this city on na, which was stranded Monday off the | Aprit 20 to meet the party leaders coust. Reports to the state de-| Connecticut, it was announced tonight. today sald the Susquehanna | Invitations hav t was still cargo had been taken off. The passen- gors were taken to Triests by the Argen- sna PORTER 21.—Frail and gray “orter was at home plain-clothesmen in compromising eircumstances with a woman in a raided When she the she had been married fourteen years, asserted she re- for the day before—Armistice Day—and the Her husband had belpsd her unpack them, she testified, and a friend of his had called and spent » considerable part of the evening with veteran | patrolman after an leading post | chase through the theatre district. among_those available for the yacancy, aground and that 300 tons of [ bers of the republican state central com- BILL TO INCREASE PENSIONS FOR CIVIL WAR VETERANS ‘Washington, April 21.—Prediction that future generations would be called upon to pay $25.000,000 10 world war veterans and their dependents was made today by Senator Thomas, democrat, Colorado during -debate on® a bill providing an in- erease to $50 & month to Civil war pen- sioners, Aes In opposing the measure Senator Thomas declared that those who were in the war with Germany were Mhking “an onelaught on the treasury” and that their bonus demands had smeared American public spirit with the dollar mark. " Senator King. democrat, Utah, leading | the Dt on the | bill. assertea’ that it would add $65,250,000 to the pr 2 sion budget. P o fe 12 . x- SALOONKEEPERS ARRESTED IN RAIDS IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Conn., April 21.—Five sa- loonkeepers were arrested here tonight in raids made by eight prohibition en- forcement agents and eight policemen, under the direction of Thomas F. Me- Auliffe, prohibitien enforcement officer for Connecticut. ~ Alleged intoxicating 1i- auor was seized in the saloons visited. Those arrested were Iidward P. Don- nelly, James Manello, Michzel Tirello, Walter Cohen and A. Prete. They were taken before United States Commissioner Lynch and released in bonds of $2,000 each pending hearings tomorrow. AUSTRALIA NOT WITHOUT PROFITEERING LANDLORDS New York. April 21.—There are profit- eering landlords in the Antipodes as well as New York according to Edward G. Theodore, premier of Queensland. The prémier sat today with Arthur J. W, Hil- Iy, chairman of the mayor's committee profiteering, listening, to war- ring landlords and tenants. He'is study- ing measures adopted here to curb rent profiteering, for use in connection with @ fair rent court established in Queens. TWO PROHIBITION AGENTS CHARGED WITH DBUNKENNESS ew York, April 21.—Charged with be- Muck x- to c- loinl cabaret. They were captured by a exciting taxicab | A bottle of whiskey was found in Muck's possession, the police said. The prisoners were released on $500 bail each. HAYS TO MEET REPUBLICAN LEADERS IN HARTFORD APRIL 29 A, Ar Hartford, Conn.fi, Apgll 21. A Wil H. of been sent out to mem- CABLED PARAGRAPHS Heavy Losses by Jap Speculators. Tokio, April 16.—(By The A. P.) The silk, cotton and rice exchanges closed to- day as a result of a ten days' slump in prices. With the close of the stock ex- change the losses to speculators were e timated at two billion yen. NO EXTENSION OF TIME TO BE GRANTED GERMANY ‘Washington, April 21.—Suggestion has been made to the allied governments by the state department that three be granted an exetnsion to Germany of the agreement which expired April 10 and which permitted the presente of limited German forces in neutral zone. Tentativé decision of the San Remo .conference yesterday to compel strict en- forcement of the Versailles treaty, how- ever, iz interpreted by officials here as indicating that the allies have not deemed iv advisable to grant the extension. Tle agreement in question was con- cluced Aug. 9 in, response to a protest of Geirany against provisions of the Ver- sdilles treaty prohibiting the retention of an armed garrison in the neutral zone op- posize the occupied Rhine bridgeheads. In perm:tting the retention in the zone of twenty battalions of infantry and a small contingent of cavalry and artillery in answer to the German request, the allies expressiy stinulated the forces should be witidrawn three months after the treaty: shcud take effect, or on April 10, the treaty having gone into effect Jas. 10. In the midst of the Red conflagration in the Kuhr district, and shortly before th: qate set for the expiration of the Agrecmient, a note asking an extension of three months for the withdrawal of the forces in the neutral zone was addressed t> Picmier Millerand as president of the peace conference by Dr. Goeppert. head of the German peace delegation, So far as is known here, no reply ever has been niade to the German request other than the statements of Premier Millerand that Germany must be held to strict -account- anility*for the execution of the Versailles treaiy American interests, it is said in official cireles here, would be vitally affecetd by th= withdrawal of all German police pro- tection from the neutral zone opposite the Ccluénz bridgehead. Also reports re- crived here recently by officials have in- dicated that withdrawal of the armed | Girman forces from that area probably would set off incinient Red revolts in a fringe of German towns fronting Coblenz. SUFFRAGISTS' LAST APPEAL TO GOVERNOR OF VERMONT Montpelier, Vt., April 21. — Vermont women spffragists made today what they said probably would be their final appeal to Gevernor Cement to call a special sesslon of the legislature to act on the federal suffrage constitutional amend- ment. Four hundred women, members of the Vermont Equal Suffrage Associ- ation, marched to the state house in a downpour of rain late in the day and re- peated the march early in the evening. Both times thev were received by the governor and presented arguments in fa- vor of a special session. At the con- clusion of their hearing tonight they ask- ed for a definite statement of his inten- tions. Governor Clement replied that he had nothing to say at this time ex- cept to congratulate the suffragists upon their “untiring_zeal.” “I hdve not been at any time opposed to’ suffrage, the governor added, “and | have taken no position on that question. Whenever the ‘state of Vermont shall pass upon that question in whatever the “statesdecides “to ‘o, we all shall ac- quiesce. 1 think it is.very desirable that the state—when I say the state, T do not mean a part of fhe state, I mean the whole state. T mean the people Who hold the right of suffraze—should control this quéstion. 1 think these people who have this right to.express their wish in re- gard to this important matter are the ones to whom we should leave the decl- sion. Governor Clement, in response to sev- eral previous requests, had declined to call a special session. * LAWSON AND RIPER FINED $1,000 EACH IN MUNICIPAL COURT Boston, April 21.—Thomas W. Lawson and L. C. Van Riper were fined $1,000 each in municipal court today for viola- tion- of the state statute concerning the advertisement of mining stocks. Law- son and Van Riper, together with several curb brokers, were arrested recently in the campaign of Attorney General J. Weston Allen against illegal advertising of stocks. Lawson pleaded guilty to the com- plaint, which contained thirteen counts. He was fined $100 on each of ten counts, and three were placed on file. The com- plaint against Van Riper contained ten counts, to which he pleaded guilty, and he was also fined $100 on each count. At- torney General Allen urged a jail sen- tence, or the maximum fine of $2,600 for both men. William R. Fitzgerald was fined $400 and George L. Ware $100 on sltfilar charges. Several others who have been convieted or have pleaded guilty previ- ously have been fined $100 each. Everett C. Tarr and Daniel E. Sumner withdrew appeals and paid fines of $400 each, pre- viously imposed. SRR RO SR BREAK IN STRIKE OF ANSONIA BRASS WORKERS Ansonia, Conn., April 21.—When the mills of the American Brass company in this city- opened this morning 2,800 em- ployes reported for work. About 1,600 employes remained out, but it is believed that fully 800 of these have left the city. Some are expected to returm when they hear the trouble is settled, but the ma- Jority are not %ikely to come back. Some ave gone to states where they have rela- tives and others have left for the old country or are planning to do so. The return to work was more general than expected. The vote yesterday to reiurn to work was carried by such a small majority that it was thought many of the workers would absent themselves teday. “The rain this morning may have had something to do with it. 4 14 MEN INJURED IN BATTLE OF STRIKE PICKETS AND POLICE Butte, Mont., April 21.—Fourteen men, believed to be Industrial Workers of the ‘World strike pickets, and one policeman are in hospitals suffering from gunshot ‘wounds sustained in a clash on Anacon- da road near the Neversweat Mine late today. Physicians believe two of the al- leged I W. W. will die. Police were searching for three other men said to have been wounded serious. | ly. Striking miners were massing in Fin- | lander Hall and the street in front of the building. Police reserves were called. CHARGED WITH CHANGING NUMBERS OF LIBERTY BONDS New York, April 21.—Charged by agents of the United States secret Ser- vice with changing the serial numbers of three $5,000 Liberty bonds, part of a lot of $90,000 recently stolen ir the finan- cial_district, William White, a chauffeur, was - arraigned hefore' United States Commissioner McCabe today and held in mittee and about forty other republicans at the Hartford club on that date. $2,500 bail. Richard Armstrong, a gar- age ‘owner, whom the government agents to meet Chairman Hays at a luncheon | say is an accomplice of White's, will be | kitchen of rraigned tomorrow. Big Crashin Chicago | | Commodity Markets ~ With Bryan Third Uneasiness Regarding Finan- ‘Nine Cents, Oats Six Conts, Pork $1.30. § Chicago, April 21.—Excited selling smashed down prices this afternoon on the “board, of trade almost as much as quotations were first hoisted at the be- ginning_of the world war. - Corn drop- ped nedrly nine cents a bushel, .oats six cents and pork $1.30. - The flurry was due mainly to uneasiness regarding fin- ancial conditions. It was a case of stampede. The rush to sel lappeared to come with all the speed and force of high explosives. The duration was about fifteen minutes, the period which elapses between the close of the New York market and the.| finish of dealings on the Chicago board of trade. When the final gongs cleared the crowd of perspifing brokers from the pit, values had shown little if any power to rally,- and were at virtually the lowest point reached, with July corn typical at $1.58 to $1.58 1-2 as com- pared with 1.66 3-8 to $1.86 1-2 at yes- «erday“s finish. The bulk of the selling was ascrib- ed to liquidation by ill-protected hold- ers, unnerved by the strain of the day's huge shrinkage In the worth of secur- ities and bonds and of staple commodi- ties like cotton. Aggressiveness, how- ever, was not lacking among bears in the grain trade, once the stampede starte Misgivings here in regard to the fin- anciai_ situation were associated largely with the reported stringency in Japan, due to over-speculation. The immedi- ate cause generally assigned for the re- cession, though, was the downward ten- dency of the New York stock market. PRICES PLUNGE DOWNWARD IN NEW YORK STOCK MARKET New York; April 21.—Heavy liquida- tion in the stock market today sent prices plunging downward. In one of the most severe reversals of the year, leading issues, especially those of a spwculative character, declined 5 to 15 points, while General Motors dropped 42 1-2 points to 275. The big crash came in the final hour when nearly one-third of the day's ex- tensive turnover of more than 2,000,000 shares took place. So great was the rush fo sell that the ticker was fifteen to twenty minutes behind in reporting transactions. Sympathetic action marked the trad ing in the cotton market here and in the grain_and provisions markets -in_Chica- go. There was a break of more than $5 a bale in the cotton market, attributed to prospects of better weather in the cotton belt and the failure of -bultish crop adviess ti stimulate’ buying. In Chicago prices of graig and pro- yisions collapsed suddenly unler an av- alcnahe of selling. Corn fel Jas much as 8 1-2 cents a bushel, and pork $1.30 a barrel. Bulls Without Funds ~“The ‘weakened Bl “position of prafe sional traders. many of whom suddenly found themselves without funds for the extension of their commitments, precipi- tated_the decline in the local market; in the opinion -‘of banking interests. From all accounts a large proportion of the day's selling oraiginated at interior points, confirming reports that banks, especially in the west and southeast, were again reducing “unessential loans. A canvas of leading financial institu- tions here brought forth assurances that only a moderate amount of loans had heen called in the natural course of the day's business. It was intimated, however, that further curtailment of credits was in progress, this being in accord with the long-established policy of the federal reserve board. United States Steel fell below par for the first time since the third ‘week in March, declining to 98 3-4, a loss of 2 3-4 points. There has been a steady liqui- dation of steel stock ever since Chalr- man Gary's announcement that no im- mediate “stock dividend” is contem- plated. Baldwin TLocomotive dropped one to three points between sales, reacting to 115, a loss of nearly 15 points. Pierce- Arrow. Studebaker and Chandler Mo- tors, with allied specialties; and Mexi- can and Pan-American Petroleum with related oils; American Woolen and Cruc- ible Steel also were featured in the collapse, dropping five to telr points. The severe reaction also affected Lib- erty bonds. which fell to lowest prices vet recorded. Some of the issues drop- ped to levels where they represented an interest returr of almost 7 per cent. Larse o : *o-rwin= 4 liquidate leir holdings to permit them to en- gage in cos... wui.cag, are believe to have been responsible for the unusually heavy offerings of war issues: Foreign exchange rates vielded with the rest of the market. Demand sterling dropped mearly four centes and franc checks nearly 30 centimes with sympa- thetic declines in other European issues. Selling by Japanese interests to strength- en their reserves at home was given as one of the causes for the drop in ex- change. On the surface the money market was easy. call loans ruling at 7 per cent. and in plentiful supply. The fact remained, however, that time funds virtually were unobtainable, even at bids over prevall- ing rates. COTTON MARKET CRUMBLED UNDER GENERAL LIQUIDATION New Orleans, April '21.—Breaks of more than eight dollars a bale were made by cotton today. The market crumbled under general liquidation of long cotton and aggressive trading for the short ac- count the latter stimulated by the fore- cast of fair weather following the storm in the eastern belt and renewed weak- ness in the stock market. $350,000 ENDOWMENT FUND * FOR NEW YORK UNIVERSITY New Yorlk, April 21.—A contribution of $350,000 to the endowment fund being raised by alumni and friends of New York University was ,announced tonight by the general education board, founded by John D. Rockefeller. The contribu- tion will be toward an endowment of en- gineering and colleglate studies and is conditional upon the raising of a total fund for these purposes of $1,200 000 and the clearing off of the university’s float- ing indebtedriess, now amounting to ap- proximately $400,000. s New York University has a registra- tion of more than 10,000 students and an endowment of about $2,000,000. Southington Man Suleide; Southington, Cdnn:, April 21—Julius Kabish, 85 years old, commitied ' suicide by hanging himself with a rope in the his. farmhouse today. - He leaves a widow and two sons. Position For Seat in Omaha, Neb., April 21.—Senator Hi- ram W. Johnson continued in the lead for the republican presidential preference as votes of the Tuesday ' primary were slowly reeeiyed today by newspapers tabulating the returns. William J. Bry- an had gained enough votes in the day's count te place him amohg the first four candidates for delegate-at-large to the San Franeiseo convention. ‘With less than one-half of the 1849 precincts in the state reporting, Senator Johnson had a lead of 8,645 votes over General Leonard Wood, his nearest competitor, With General John J. Persh- ing thigd. In .the Bryan-Hitchcock race for del- egates-at-large, Bryan not only man- aged to get within the coveted four on the votes counted, hut found one of his running mates there with him. Democratic leaders tonight said the uncompleted returns indicated that For- mer Governor Morehead was a winner in the gubernatorial race by probably the largest plurality of any candidate on the ballot. Republicans also predicted the nomination of Governor McKelvie. The incomplete figures showed that Senator Hitchéock, seeking the presiden- tial indorsement, was leading his oppo- nent, Robert Ross, by almost three votes to one. A contest has developed between Ar- thur Mullen and W. H. Thompson for democrati¢ national committeeman, the figures being too incomplete to indicate who was chosen. The republican vote for president from 850 precincts gave: Johnson 34,418; ‘Wood 25,773; Pershing 16,675 Ross 923. In the democratic presidential race 816 precinets gave: Hitchcock - 17,145 ; Ross 5,941, From 840 precincts the vote for demo- cratic delegate-at-large showed: Neville (Hitcheock) 22,679 ; Shallenberger (Hitchcock) 22,553; Bryan (Bryan) 19,- 15 e ing 887; Stephens (Bryan) 19789; Berge|his home town, Westerville, Ohio, when (Bryan) 18,539; Thomas (Bryan) 17,-|he arrives there Saturday. 950; Neble (Hiteheock) 16,700; McNeny : (Hitchcock) 16,439, General Benjamin Hill, leader of The vote for demoeratic national com- mitteeman from 784 precincts was: Thompson 16,8971 Mullen '17,484. For republican national committeeman 804 precincts gave: Howell 33,237; Me- Cloud 28,89 PALMER STILL LEADING IN GEORGIA DEM. PRIMARY The biil designed to abolish the death The City loss of $10,000. Officials of the Chicago yardme sociation declared the outlaw rail strike woull end today. Gold was quoted at 104s 9d an ounce in London, compared quotation of 105s. Burr C. Chamberlain and William M. St. John were elected vice presidents of Gaston, Willi Paris quoted the Am francs 95, centimes, compaged 16 framcs 28 centimes at' last-Close. FORCE, IF NECESSARY, T0 Hotel at Northampton, by fire causing a with & Wingmore. The Rebekahs' assembly, of Conn Dr. Sidney Wilcox of New York City, Iropped dead of heart disease while pér- forming an operation wt N, L After several hours debate the New York assembly voted against. posed league. Governor Holcomb has appolited David. Sanford, harbor master at in the place of Herman Sherron, signed. Eighty cars of coal held in the Bos- ton and Albany West Springfield yards for ‘the last ten days were released ta dustries, Agreement to increase ti army, “Unltra’ William E. (Pugsyfoot) be given a welcome by the peaple of Changes 1 " met in New Haven yesterday with lodges represented by delegates. _ The Wesleyan Methodist comference has decided to send a delegation to sur- vey carefully the whole of East Africa. the investigation of the anti-saloon Freneh women are placing multi-colored bird wings on their shoes and the boulevards of Paris are taking up the Mercury-footed fad. Johnson Obregon's rebel forces, was wounded in fighting at Contreas, near. Mexico City, the Mexican Embassy announced. the Harvard college en- trance requirements designed to make it : easier for public school boys to prepare for the coliege examinations were an- nounced last night previous an dollar at Middietown, Norwalk pay of the navy, marine corps, coast guard and army nursing corps was reached by house and senate conferees. penalty was defeated in N. Y. senate. Bar silver was $1.173 ounce in New York, compared ‘with 654 in Lon- don. : \ pro- re- A resolution fixing April 24 as the Atlanta, Ga, April 21.—Attorney|time of final adjournment of the legis- General Palmer. still held his lead as||afure of New York was introduced im Georgia's choice for the democratic presidential nomination on the face- of unofficial returns tonight from all exeept four counties In yesterday's.primary. The figures showed Palmer had car- ried fifty counties with a total of 140 convention votes: Thomas E. Watson 53 counties with 126 votes, and Senator Hoke Smith 47 counties with 1'1;_;:«:‘ Nog of the candidates had a DxmeTity. the 386 votes ifi the siate convention to be held here May 18 for election of dele- gates to the national convention. Palmer -won five of the ‘six largest counties, eaclt of which has six conven- tion . votes. . Twenty-six counties havé four and the remainder two each. ‘Watson ran a close second in most of the large counties, and on unofficial re- turns from 117 counties led the field on the popular vote, the figures being Wat- son 43,197; Palmer 40,412 and Smith 37,616. a $19,051,000 IN DELINQU! TAXES HAS BEEN T COLLECTED ‘Washington, April 21—Despite the gov- ermment’s war e appeal for tax pay- ments as a patriotic duty, more than 300,000 firms and individuals failed to make honert returns under the revenue laws in the last two years, the bureau of internal revenue announced today. In a six months' drive which ended Feb. 1 $19,051,000 in delinquent taxes were col- lected, Commissioner Williams reported. “The amazingly large number” of per- sons who did not respond to the govern- ment’s appeal has caused treasury off- cials to consider the delinquent tax pay- ment problem a grave ome. A new roundup of alleged Gelinquents has been instituted to cover the tax period on which returns were. made March 15. Of the total delinquents, 131,388 had not paid any income taxes and an addi- tional 44.260 did not pay the full amount of taxes due. From these two sources approximately §11,000.000 was collected. Discovery was made aso, the report said, that 164,590 firms had not turned over to the government the entire amount of the so-called luxury taxes on sales and admissions. In some cases firms failed to make any returns of the collections. Internal revenue collectors, in all cases, forced the delinquents to make good the entire amount. as well as pay a heavy penalty. Mr. Williams said. hij 38 About 275 Ford Motor Co. st Detroit it would have to suspend | ployes. as a result of the Tallroad strike’ which haited deliveries of raw materi- als. It is reported that former communist dictator of Hungary, who has .been under internment in Aus- tria. has been Russia. The state eonvention of Arcanum was held at M terday. W. F. Wallacs of Scranton, Pa., grand regent, and representing the su- preme council, presided. Department igh record. 20,000,000. A bill eliminating specaiati transactions and to provide heavy pun- ishment for manipulators of the market was introduced in the house by Repre- senative Baer. Senate French Chamber of Deputies passed a law deferring until cember repayment of francs advanced to the government by the Bank of France. J. P. Morgan & Co. wi China not to pay government 5 per cent Hu Kuang Rail- way bonds due 1951, which were original- ly issued in Germany. America; foreign wil Ireport a resolution this claring state of #'th Germany and Aus- tria at an end. and will repeal all war emergency laws. the senate by Majority Leader Walters. application for permits te engage in shad fishing for the which begins May 1, have been received by the state fish and game commission. released 30,000 Bela K w Haven t of commeree imports for the month valued at $484,0000,000 setting ‘a new Exports were of March r week the end of De- 3,000,000,000 the interest steamer Susqueha: 450 pasengers and a crew of 280 men, is ashore near Lussina, tian coast. announced valued at committee notified by on Chinese on the Dalma- The passengers were trans- ferred to the steamship Argentina. nnounced em- and ‘sent to the Royal yes- wera tood de- with The bureau estimated that present year more than and individuals will pay It is uti tion to check up on for the government's investigation pected delinquency. CONNECTICUT CO. OBJECTS TO COMMUTATION TICKETS Hartford, Conn., April 21.—The Con- necticut company ibsued a statement to- day to the effect that it would appeal to the superior court from the recent de- cision of the public utilities commission establishing reduced rates on commuta- The statement says the ac- tion will be taken “to preserve our fun- tion tickets. damental rights at this time.” The appeal will have no effect on the Re-zoning is in progress and full information is-soon new schedule effective May 9. to be given the public. The statement says there is a question tation tickets at reduced rates. STOHR LOSES SUIT AGAINST ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN New York, April Hand. today denied the application Max W. Stohr to have the sale by the alien property custodian of several thou- Inc., The court found that before: the war Stohr and Sons- was composed of three Ger- mans and Stohr a naturalized American, sand shares of Stohr brokers, declared and Sons, null and void. who owned less than (wo per cent. the stock. of capture by the government. Stohr and Sons at one time held 20,- 500 shares of the Botany Worsted Mills, a $30,000,000 Passaic, N. J., corporation. the 7,000,000 firms federal taxes. ing every avenue of informa- slackers” and an-average of 2.200 persons will carry on of ‘sus- lega) involved” and that counsel ad- vises that “the commission has exceeded its powers” in fixing the price of commu- “21.—Federal Judge The firm was not incorpor- ated, Judge Hand ruled, until' after war with the United States seemed probable and he held that the shares of the Ger- man partners were not put beyond reach Permission to re-sell wheat purchased from the United States Wheat corpora- tion was granted to mills throughout the | TUnited States vesterday in a bulletin is sued by the corporation. New York Court of appenls decided William H. Childs must enter a plea to indictment charging him with violation of the corrupt practices act in the Mitch- el-Hylan mayorality campaign In 1917. Removal of American dead from within the fighting zone of France for transportation to the United States aft- er September 15 was authorized by agreement. between American and Freneh governments. Senater Black, of Brooklyn presented a resoludon in the New York senate calling for ‘the appointment of a com- mittee of four assemblymen and three senators to investigate the New York stock exchange. Representative Good declares members of congress who ‘are advocating a soldier bonus “to obtain favor .with the service men” will find that in a short time they will be faced “with the wrath of the American people. Seven thousand persons eheered while the steamship Nanschon was launched at the Moore plant of the Bethlehem' Ship- building Corporation. Ltd. This is the twenty-Afth ship built for the Emergency Fleet Corporation at Elizabeth, N. J. of Taxleabs fall within the definition of public conveyances ‘contained in acci- dent policy ~ clauses providing for a double. indemnity in case of infury on a common carrier, according to a de- cision by the New York Court of Ap- peals. A bill by Miss M. Smith, repablican member of the state assembiy from New York \*v, authorizés and empowers the Victor~ 1ian assoclation, Inc., to ac- nuire, by _condemnation . /in- the City of New York for bulldingea me- morial to world war veterans. - of PRICE TWO CENTS - EXECUTE TU RKISH TREATY Supreme Council is Fully Prepared to Resort to Military ures—Council Has Accepted a Plan Drawn For the Meas-, Em- ployment of the Allied Armies by Military Leaders France, Great Britain and Are Within the Border of mental Naval Plans Also Have Been Approved. San Remo, April 21— (Dy the A. P.)—) The supreme council of the allies I8 fully prepared to execute the Turkish treaty by military force, if necessary. The &uncil accepted today a plan drawn for the employment of the allied armies by Marshal Foch, Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson. Dritish chief of l’lafl,! ~4 Goneral Badoglio, Italian chief of . who were present at the morning session. Two hundred thousand allied troops now are within the borders of the Turk- ish empire, strategically disposed. and these forces can be increased. if Turk- ish resistance develops formidably. to any essential number. Greece probably will supply the largest number of troops Supplementary naval plans also -were proved by the council to which Baron Beatty, commander of the British grand Italy—200,000 Allied T: it e Tkl F e Sl flcet, and Admiral Levavasseur, assist ant to the ‘chief of the general staff of| the French navy, explained the plans fn' person. The treaty which the council purposes{ to finish today does not include the fin-! al arrangements for mandatory states.| They will simply be cut apart from| Turkey and disposed of by the supreme! council in the future. The council bas! determined to leave Kurdistan part of) Turkish territory for a period of two, years and then decide whether to leave it with Turkey or make it a separate, province upder a mandate. H France is making fresh proposals re- | specting Smyrna, which will be discussed late this afternoon. This session will| also settle the future of Adrianople and! consider questions relating to Egypt, the| Sudan and Cpprus. CONJUGAL RIGHTS RESTORED TO LADY GEORGE CHOLMONDELEY London, April 21—Lady George Chol- mondeley was- today granted a decree for the restoration of conjugal rights in the | divorce court. She is the daughter of Charles Henry Taylor of Washington and was divorced | by her first husband, John Alexander Stirling, in 1909, Petition for restoration of conjugal rights is the usual preliminary to a suit for divorce in this country. Lady Cholmondeley, then Clara Taylor of Washington, D. €., first appenred in | London in the chorus of a musical com- edy. She met John Alexander Stirling, Laird of Kippenravie, and they were! married secretly in 1904. Mr. Stirling divorced her in the spring of 1909 after a sensational court hearing. Lord North- land was named by Mr. Stirling as co- respondent. Mrs. Stirling filed 2 cross bill. which the court dismissed, her husband being granted a decree of divilgwith custody of their child. Mrs. Stirling returned to the stage and shortly afterward met Lord George Hugo Cholmondeley. second sou of the Marquis of Cholmondeley, and they were married in March, 1911 SETTLEMENT OF THE STUTZ CONTROVERSY I8 DELAYED New York, April 21.—Efforts to effect 4 settlement of the controversy arising trom the recent alleged corner in Stutz Motor stock have been delayed, it was learned tonight, pending the appoint ‘ment of a mediation committee of three bankers to fix the prices at which the shorts should settle their Charles H. Sabin, president of the anty Trust Company, has been tentative- ly suggested as a member of the com- mittee, but no other names have been | mentioned publicly. Allan_A. Rtyan, chairman of the hoard of the Stutz Company, who owns a con-7 trolling interest, has consented to meet the committee but he is quoted as sa ing he would not grant it arbitrary pow- er to fix settlement terms. Representa- tives of 56 firms, who were short of Stutz stock, have adopted resolutions pledg- ing themselves to abide by the findings of the committee. IRISH PROTEST GEDDES AS AMBASSADOR FROM IRELAND Newark, N. J.. April 21.—A telegram protesting against recogmition of Auckland Geddes, the new ish a Passador, as “ambassador from Ireland was sent today to the sccretary of state Colby by Major Eugene F. Kinkead of Jersey City, chairmax of the New Jer- sey state committee for Irish independ- ence, which claims a membership of 600,- 000. “An overwhelming majority of the Irish people having elected to live under a republican form of government,” read the telegram, “unless we repudi American principle of self-deter repeatedly enunciated before our trance into the world war, during the war and after the signing of the armis- tice, we cannot accept the credentials of Mr. Geddes as far as they relate to the | te th OPPOSED TO PROPOSED B. & M. PASS R SCHEDULE Concord, N. H., April 21.—Governor Bartlett and the executive couficil adopt- ed resolutions today -declaring unalter: ble opposition to the proposed revised | passenger schedules of the ton and Maine railroad, whereby certain trains are to be moved ahead one hour to co; form with the daylight savings condi-| tions effective in Massachusetts begin- | ning next Sunday. The governor, the attorney general and the chairman of the public serviee com- mission wera, authorized to take such ac- tio- as might be necessary to protect New Hampshire “from the imposition of | the proposed revised scheduled in this state.” STEAMSHIP ON LAST LEG OF VOYAGE AROUND WORLD New York, April 21.—Carrying 1175 passengers ~ and cargo, the British steamship Megantic left here today for Liverpool on the last leg of a voyage which has taken her around the world. The ship recently arrived here from Australia by way of theaPanama Canal, having - taken to their homes a large number of Australian and New Zealand 0 ACTION ON DEMANDS OF i ANTHRACITE MINE WORKERS New York, April 21—After an exe| tended discussion of the anthracite mine. workers' demand for a sixty per cent. wage increase, the sub-committee ap-j pointed 10 negotiats » hew wage agree' ment for the hard coal region adjourned | tonight until tomorrow tonigh rrow without taking| The expected counter-offer from the itors failed to materialize and prae- tically no progress was made toward = definite settiement of the controversy. | Miners' representatives declared toe night the negotiations were practically at a standstill awaiting the counter-propo-| sals of the operators which were expeet-{ ed carly this week. They said the next Juove was up to employers, who, they! asserted were apparently . playing for further time in which to prepare their Propositions. A large number of anthracite opera- tors from the coal region were in the! city today consulting with their repre. sentatives who are framing the counter. off operators, according to those in| constant touch with the negotiations, arel divided in opinion as to counter-propo- sals covering the workers' demands for| the shop and a wage increase. One of the largest operators in the hard! industry is reported igorously . opposed to the closed shop. close COINAGE IN OBSEKVANCE | OF LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS Washington, April 21—Coinage of! half doliars commemorating the ocenten- nial anniversary of the admission of' Maine and Alabama as states and the 300th anniversary of the land Pilgrims would be .mlmrlmul;y"b'l:: passed unanimously today by the house and sent to the senate. miliion of the coins would be: ¥ the government mints in ob-i servance of the landing of the Pligrims at Plymouth Rock, while 100,000 colns: would be produced for ecah of the states centennials. ATE ADVANCE PRICE OF HARD COAL« April 21 special session of the federal grand jury was ordered to- day by United States Attorney Boynten to investigate the recent advance in the price of hard coal Since the increass! was announced agents of the department: TO INVESTH e Boston | of justice have been Inquiring into com- ditions In ; the coal trade. The evidenes ken at a recent hearing before the state commiseion on the necessaries of life also will be placed before the jury. The commission in a formal statement recently declared the increase % to be unwarranted. M. INCREASED PAY FOR U. 8. A, PRIVATES AGREED UPON Washington, April 21—Pay fncreases of 31 per bent. for the enlisted personnel of the navy and 20 per cent. for the en- | listed personnel of the army with grad- uated increase for commiseioned officers in both service were tentatively agreed upon today by the senate and house conferees on the service pay bills. All the increases would be retroaetive; to last January 1. The conferces are un- dersicod to be divided, however, as to whether the advances should be made! permanent. WIDOW OF POLICE CHIEF ! ROBEINS ENTITLED TO BENEPITS Hartford. Conn.. Avril General Frank E. Healy, gave an opin- fon today to Jumes J. Landrizan ef! Meriden, secretary of the state polioe as-, sociation, advising him that the widow of Chief of Police Willlam P. Robbins of | Sheiton was entitled to death benefits' and funeral expenses on account of her husband’s death which occurred shortly after he had been in a chase fo capturel fugitives who were suspected of crime. | LITIGATION OVER JEW s or LILLIAN NORDICA YOUNG Newark. N. J.. April —An order ve- straining the executors of the estate of' the late 1Lil ordiea pung, prima | donna. from disposing of her jewels, -y ventoried five years ago at $206.632, was| issued today by Viee Chancellor Backes | The order wa: anted upon application of George W. Young & Co.. Ire., holds singer’s husband to the jewels. which! n astigmment of the claim of the: Madame ' troops. WORE DISCARDED CLOTHES AT BEOOKLYN HORSE snow‘.in“,-s husband. New York, April +21.—Prominent Brooklyn society men and women to- night showed tHeir approval of the movement to reduce the high price of wearing apparel by discarding evening clothes and jewels and appearing at the 28th annual horse show of the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club in old clothing. NO TRACE OF THE WOODEN STEAMER WILLIAM O'BRIEN Boston, April 21.—The coast guard cutter Acushnet reported by wireless late today that no traces had been found of the wooden steamér Willianr O'Brien, which sent out distress calls on the night of April 18. The last message received from the steamer said that the hatch cov- ers were off and that she was taking water rapidly. Nordica died May 12, 191 under which she loft her m three sisters, has been in litiz her death. -George W. Youn, and_her will, NEW WAV NEWSPAPERS FOK POLICEMEN | New Haven. Conn., Ap first time in its history, the New Hayen| police department tods used _news-|. paper advertisements In an cffort’ to- se- cure cne hundred young men with whemi to recruit its strenzth up to the prowee-{ tive needs of the city. i MASSACHUSETTS SENATE PASSES 235 BEER m.r.l Boston, April 21—A bill to jegalize the | sale in this state of beers and light wines with an aleceholic content of not more | than 275 per cent. was pazsed by the | 8. i senate today. The votg was 21 to measure has not yet acted upon the house. A Ak i