Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 21, 1920, Page 1

AS HIEH PRCES 6ET JoLT Merchants Had Anticipated the Drop as an Inevitabie Step, of Deflation Necessary to Regain Normal Times—Bank- | ers’ War on High Prices Had a Salutary Effect in the Securities Market—Liberty Bonds and Victory Notes| Shared Largely in the Recovery of Prices. New York, May —The bahkers' war on high prices, declared at the be- hest of (he federal reserve board, today brought another wave of liquidation in the securities market uy rt of a substantial character ming, however, and bargain hunters were ve in the more popular result, prie ried honds and \ the clos s sharin Prominent | thou, ers and refor ss ol impair hrok o to the orm of 1 values Dy the indn d by from leading re industrial a ain to t ing, 1 this ire to t tied ca nditic offer no occa was seekin: the N to wlieved there By vl shove t t to cleaning out th Morgan. A seaciation ihie ia of pr president in d'seu now ot has ray con [ Ahle as one we must in norr nreparations which alue rea of t hy ot made nad rasult of e as a 1 of industry may re or less disturbed.” TO CONTINUE TO HUNT DOWN PROFITEERING M gardless ner: at the down Garvan a profiteeri ot than 4 seore ol citi fHying t of justice in employed he said, s (rom coast to coast red he w reported did not not mot buncomb are pat a fellows ponsible lling m of f cour xort prices: the stopped buyi prices: the n, something wh ded. and 2 of I for ing ¢ ould 1 lo snient gatherin idenes stores. They simply saw the he women and try had formed & 1k the power of the d they had succeed- downsard trend may not continue apidly as it now ap- pears, Mr. Garvan said he believed th peak had been 1 and that gen- eral recezsion had set in which might go " long ways taWward re-establishing n:\ normal condition.” But, he explained, “Bormal” must not he construed to mear pre-war nrice 2 BANKERS SATISTOOD wiTH THE FINANCIAL SITUATION expressed sdt- inl eituation, one liquidation of | mere 1l greatly aid eredit hack to normal | s-lowaring movement i campal taken ms adopted by t 1 Assocl «. pled and sell go sihle prie: cazo fuan vis onvent o of ta memb, ments et n. in speaking e money sit n. over-ex o spec tion of 1 1sual business eelared neion eredit tion. adu wa 0 the npled actiy BREAK OF 10 20 23 ¥ER CENT IN THE PRICE OF wWooL! loston . price of wool | mped today Lreak of from 10 to per cent. occurring at auction +les condueted here under the auspices f the DUritish government. Only seven mills t part in the Lidding and but 30 per cent. of wool oftered for sale was disposed of Puyers were soreed that the peak of high prices for wool has passed. Accord- Bulletin, an au- e to the Commercial s o A5 bt st b higher con- tit condi- e gent seem- adver- ta reducs prices here in | market, aliliough thie was - the freisht tieup which is ah, 1 «* aupnlles to the said this redvetion in clothing and depart- of mer- secms fo be preva- heen condi- for we ROHANTS | reductions, government's prot- been squad- New in be-| served 100 much | endorse t they i vear up and up were for get on the | wo- market May the contin- | A of the pric = wave was | 1 western states dve con- h an un- nd he bt he up me s 71! to| | ! ew he of 18- of L) My he he it n- ng as ng not in en at he ot | buried May thoritative organ of the wool delays in the Liverpool and Lendon raw wool. Manufacturers’ industry in this country, the drop In prices re- | flected cancellations of orders for goods,} transportation and declines in markets for representatives at the sale told of the return of goods to thel mills in many cases, principally woolens Food Demonstration in Stret_:ts- of Madri Thousands of Women and Children Cry: “We Want Bread; We Are Hungry.” Madrid, May 19.—Thousands of Wo- imen and children this afternoon carried {out a food demonstration in front of the residence of the civil governor of IMadrid. “We want bread: we are hungry.” was the cry raised at first by hundreds and | then by thousands of the demonstratore. i The same words, roughly on {newspapers pinned to broomsticks, were iheld aloft by many groups of women, infuriated by the utter lack of bread. The police acted judiciously n the face of the throng, endeavoring by arguments Ito get the crowd to disperse. The Wo- men, however. became more and more angry and finally stopped all traffic in one of the chief arteries of ti the Calle Mayor, by throw ! = their hodies of cancellations of other orders now in{in front of street cars, which for several the looms and of consequent curtail-| hours in long lines blocked the thoreugh- ments already under w E fare. Other vehicles which attemptel to penetrate the avenue were turncd back PRICE REDUCTION HEACH] by the demonstrators. Two motor cars, N W YORK'S RESTAURANTS the drivers of which insisted on travers- ing the thoroughfare, were stoned. w York. May The price reduc- Eventually, about six o'clock in the ev- tion agitation tonight reached New |ening, the crowds were dispersed . after Yor restaurants and cabarets when | the civil governor had promised that bet- one of the largest in the city announced | ler supplies of bread would be availa- that all dishes had been cut 30 per|Dle Thursday. Quantities of bread are cent. being forwarded here from provincial ; i cities. The total amount baked today " Ry e TR in the capital amounted to only 50.109 e kilograms. The usual daily consump- “TAP” DAY AT YALE ON CAMPUS |tion of bread in Madrid is 350,000 Kilo- ¥ e grams. New Haven, Conn, May 20.—Tap! The cabinet discussed the bread prob- Day, Yale's historic ceremony by which |leb this evening and took measures by membess of the junior class are elected { which it is hoped to fsurnish the popu- to the senior societies, was held on the |lation with bread during the bakers o campus late today. James 1. |strige, which the bakers declared they Neville, of Omaha, Neb. received what!are determined to continue while the is Lsuaily considered the highest honor|employes of the Fortuna biscuit factory of the oceasion, being the last man |decline to carry out their agjreement to eleceted 1o Skuil and Bones. He i raise the wages of their workmen. The 3 by Henry P. Davison, Jr. bakers are mercly carrying out a sumpa- ville played half back on the footie® ihetice strike. team last vear. Richardson Dilworti NN DT of New York was the final selection for | 132D GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF Scroll and Key, and T. P. Heffelfinger. THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH of Indianap is, a_member of the track tewm, was last cfibice for Wolf's Head.| Philadelphia, Ma_\'{.;l.—l’l‘h: l(‘)?\‘m Sam- In addition to the customary fifteenfuel S, Palmer, of Columbus, OO, WE selections for each of the three soci-|electéd moderator at the op ,,F 5 ¢ A new feature was added {o the |Sion today of the 132nd general assemn ceremony by the “tapping” of twelve |DIY_Of the Presbyterian \cl-m-r:l‘l;.:a*io: juniors for membership in the Elihu |U: S. A, He was chosen by 05 club. and succeeds Dr. John Willis Baer, ol Pasadena, if. the as AMERICAN FROZEN MEAT IN REFRIGERATORS RE Berlin, CHE{ BERLIN layman moderator. Dr. Palmer has been pastor of Broad Street church, Colum- bus, the last 22 years. Dr. Palmer was nominated by the May 20.—(By the A. P)—Alpey Henry C. Swearingen, of St. Paul, string of six large canal hoats. contain-{rnn ~ Dr. Swearingen was urged by ing American frozen meat in refrigerat- | triends to run.for the office, but declined ors. reached Berlin today from Ham-|rhe nomination was seconded by Rev. burg in tow of a tuz. The barges left | jonn F. Patterson, Orange. N. J., who mburg ten d; 0 munned by emer- | jeseribed the new moderator as “a safe ncy voluntee Hamburz and ition ¢ river hoatmen. cre protected Berlin seaurity by police, azainst possible attack by the and sane leader Presbyterians can fol- low in a trying year ahead:of us.” Rev. John B. Laird, Philadelphia, who also was mentioned for the moderator- a went well with the tow until it | ship, moved the election be made by ac- »d the point where the Flbe and | clamation. Havel river join. Here the local strike | Approximately 1,000 commissioners. committee refused to ‘let the transport | including ministers and laymen, repre- enfer the Havel. Strikers hoarded the |senting each state and territory and twr and forced ‘the crew to drop an-|pumbering Indjans, Esquimaux and Chi- cor. Four davs were spent in negotia- | nese, are in attendance. Tonight the tions, after which the hoat were per-|commisioners attended a. reception. mitted to proceed The expected opposition against the The benzine for running the refrig- | denomination’s participation in the In- erators cost 6,000 marks dail terchurch World Movement and the New CHARG Bridgeport. Conn., May ar charg, 000 mages against and Andrew P. Nichols. attached in the action, which court. Attorney Canfield grievance committee county bar. of the, The damage suit is the outcome of the | conspiracy case in which Attorney Green- | stein. with Attorneys Francis Green, Sol- omon Badesch and Harry Mesard, were to defraud An- charged w drew P. a conspiracy ichols of $10,000. CHARACTER WIT ES IN ZIMMERMAN DEFE Springfield, Mass., May 20.—Charac- | ter witnesses for the defense S COMPLAINT WAS MADE FROM “MOTIVE OF MALICE" 20.—Alleging that “motives of malice” prompted their complaint to the prosecuting attorney, as sult of which he was arrested on a of conspiracy to defrand, Attorney Henry (reenstein today brotight suit for Attorney Charles 8. Canfield, Attorney John Smith Real cstate and personal vroverty of the defendants were is return- 2hle to the June term of the superior is chairman of the Fairfield NSE occupied Jra Mcvement, the latter a strictly Pres- byterian campaign, will not come up un- (il next Tuesday. The assembly voted not to receive the report on the New Era Movement until that day. The two move- ments are eriticized on the ground they are extravagant The New Kra executive committee which the Rev. William H. Foulkes. New York, is chairman, held a meeting tonight. Dr. Foulkes is general secre- ary of the New Era Movement and the report for the year's work he compiled was gone over. The committee consid- ered amendments to portions of the re- port, especially a recommendation the New Era Movement be continued an- of of Baer, in his address to the com- missioner, decried the nrevalence of pes- simism_tkrough the country and appeal- ed to Christian men to be politically ac- tive or the first time in 32 years the Rev. William H. Roberts, prevented by illness from taking an ac- tive part in the sessions. He was wheeled onto the stage in an invalid's chair at the opening session and the lay- men and ministers rose from their seats to pay homage to the venerable official. the greater part of the session this aft- | MINERS' ITTEE ernoon in the case of Miss Jennie Zim- TN om merman, who is on trial in superior VR raxny court, charged with the murder of her ‘Washington, 20.—The conference cousin. Dr. Henry Zimmerman, in Au-|of anthracite mine operators and work- ust. 1919. Attorey William G. Me- |ers was adjourned today to give mine Ksnzie announced this afternoon that | workers an opportunity to consult with tomorrow he would cail two alienists to | the convention of anthracite coal miners the nd, following which. he would |to be held at Wilkesbarre, Pa., Monday. prob: rest for the defense. District At the same time Secretary Wilson, Attorney Charles H. Wright is expected | whé has been presiding over the confer- to call seve witnesses in rebuttal. | ence between miners and operators, an- Neither attorney expects the case will 20 to the jury- hefore the first of next week, INDIAN CHIEFTAT E® JOIN = OFFERS Mexico City —Colonel M briel Barrios, N REVOLUTION 19.—(By the A. P.) nounced that the miners’ scale commit- tee would recess until May 27. Repre- sentatives of the miners declared work would be continued pending the recon- veriing of the committee. Secretary Wilson said the mine work- ers desired to consult with the conven- tion as to policies. John L. Lewis, the an Tndian | president of the United Mine Workers chieftain who is in control in the diffi- |0f America, made no comment on the ad- cult mountain state of Puebla, into | journment. which President Carranza and his com-| (Adjournment of the conference, which prajons are reported to be flesing for | has been in session for two weeks, came refuge. has offered adherence to the | after an all d { revolutionarv plan of Agua Pr%sta, ac- noisoning_of Joseph Tysche in Killing- | worth. The case is in charge ot Cap- tain Robert T. Hurley. Tysche 1. today cl dlatown. Middlesex State's County CUP YACHTS Attorney Inglis was present. RESOLUTE AND VANITIF. LEADY FOR RACE TODAY New Haven, Conn., May 20.—The two aspirants for the defense of the Amer- iea’s cuj TMesolute and Vanitle, wora quietly ncher at sunset today ready for a zeries of six tu Long Island sound oq th Resolute reached port dur hours today, from Rristol, T, this afternoon, land, N, Y. Criminal Proceedings Against Popalaire Paris.fi May 20.—Criminal proceedings were commenced today against Populaire, edited by Jean Longuet, leader of mi- nority soclalists, Ths, was The body was exhumed and examined by Dr. D. A~ Fox of ton and Dr. J. T. Mitchell, of Mid- ng up races in | Port, the first of which will be held tomorrow. = the early v while Vanitie wes towed down from City Is- meeting of the full scale committee of miners which was address- res in Ot 0| cerding {0 information received from an|e€d at length by Mr. Lev9s. ingieco ¢ e T 10 but. reliable source, Any character of an ultimatum at- cuts of from 20 to 80 per . = tached to the calling of the convention mnection with the reductions. | G A CASE OF was removed by the declaartion of mine . wite " meked Vol B0} POISONING IN KILLINGWoRTH | °Ti¢ials that Work would be continued. s fair price commissioner to L i A iants that they would; Hartford, Conn, May 29.—The state|No REPORT HAS BEEN' FILED prices for clothing next | police are investigating the suspected ON PRINT PAPER SITUATION Washington, May 20.—Chairman Reed of the senate manufacturers ' sub-com- mittee said today that no report on the print ‘paper situation, opposing regula- tion of prices, had been filed by the new- of | ly organized United States Publishers' | Newsprint Conservation League. - Re- cent statements that such a report had | been filed_were in error. W. J. Pape, of Waterbury, Conn., pres- ident of the league, and other - officers, conferred with Senators Reed and Me- Nary after the organization of the league here Tuesday'and told the senators no recommendations would be sumbitted un- til after a conference with other pub- lishers’ organizdtions in Chicago. DIVIDENDS OF REPUBLIC IRON AND STEEL COMPANY Youngstown, Ohio, tors of the Republic Iron and Steel Company have authorized the regular quarterly dividends of 1 1-2 per cent. on common and 1 3-4 per cent. on preferred May 20.—Direc- spectively. it was announced here today. i capital, | ¥ stated " elerk. was | : BRIEF A state of siege h , at Orense, in Galicia, near the Portuguese ! border. L | Bar gold was quotd at 108s {ounce in London compared with 10ss 3d at last close. Deputy Lonis Dubois was appointed to succeed President Poincare as president of the Reparations Commission. Governor Smith of New York signed the Witter bill, preventing hoarding of foodstuffs for the purpose of forcing up prices. Warning that France must, in the midst of peace, make preparations for future wars was uttered by . Marshal Foch, i Milk deliveries in Manhattan and Long Island City were curtailed by a strike of 2,000° drivers employed by distributing companies. Serious disorders have occurred at St. i Michelle, a village in the Province of Venetia near the mouth of the Taglia- mento river. Meat is being imported from Australia and New Zealand by Chicago, the meat centre of the world, in order to force down the price. City officials of Chicago attempted to secure a truce with 5.846 * striking em- ployes of the city garbage, street clean- ing and repair’ departments. Three women have already been ap- pointed as members of the Connecticut delegation to the democratic national convention at San Francisco. More than $500{000 worth of mer- chandigse has been stolen recently from | Hudson River docks through presentation of unauthorized bilis of lading. Six Youngstown Ohio men are in jail as a result of the seizure of two auto- mobile loads of whiskey on city streets. The motor cars were confiscated. One man was burned to death and eight others injured in a fire at the Bar- rett manufacturing plane at Philadelphia. The loss is estimated at $250,000. Secretary Houston asked the senate to increase appropriations for the custom service from $10,300,000 to $11,800,000 because of unexpected imports. Finland will soon send a peace delega-. tion to Copenhagen to meet representa- tives of the Russian soviet government, according to the Berlingske Tidende. It was announced the settlement of wages for anthracite miners would be further delayed, after a ‘conference be- twee noperators and Secretary Wilson. The Chicago Varnish Company has been bought jointly by E. 1. DuPont De Nemours and Company and the Flint Varnish and Color Works of Flint, Mich. United States Railroad Laber Board refused the petition of ‘“outlaw” raii- road employes denanding recognition and a hearing on their requests for higher wages. . Leroy W. Ross, U. S. attorney, began preparing papers .in cases of, 3.000: men listed as violators of the selective ser- vice act in_Brooklyn, Long Island and Staten Island. Shutting dewn of industrial establish- ments in Greater New York, because of the interruption to movement fo raw material _over transportation lines by strikes, increasing. Favorable report was ordered by the Senate Auditing Committee on_th eBo- rah resolution calling for an investiga- tion by the senate into all expenditures made by both parties. Arrangements have been completed for the transportation of 2,000 persons week- ly from Poland to the United Satets by the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid society of America. Marshall Field’s purpose of tying up his imemnse fortune until his grandson’'s reach the age of 50 was to protect his idescendants from ‘leading useless lives of luxury and idleness.” Cohference committee of the house and senate, on the resolution ending the state of war with Germany, agreed to recommend acceptance of the resolution as passed by the senate, Julius Barnes, U. Wheat Director, ridiculed predictions that flour will cost $40 a barrell and bread 25 cents a loat as a result of government removal of price restrictions on wheat June 1. The London Times and London Daily Mail say that the .violent side of the movement in lreland is in the hands of “about 2,000 fatatics, many belonging to the Irish Republican Brotherhood.” Alexis A. Brusiloff, former commander in chief of the Russian armies under-the imperial regime, is reported to have as- sumed the supreme authority 'in the Rusian soviet which was formerly held by Lenine. H¥wo hundred and eight toms of Amer- ican made butter shipped to Rotterdam by Armour & Co., for a German com- pany, were returned to this country be- cause of the refusal of .the German firm to pay the price asked. The attitude of the government to- wards the paper making industry .was blamed primarily for the paper shortage by R, P. Andrews of Washington, D. C., president of the National Paper Trade Association of the United States. Following the arraignment of two men in New York, who had $30,000 worth of silks and woollens in their possession, it was disclosed that- $1,000,000 worth of goods have been stolen from piers of the Old Dominion Line and the New YorK Central within the last month. Restriction of gasoline sales for ple: ure cars to three gallons - at. one ..time, and refusal to supply tanks well filled, to iconserve supplies and assure agricultur- al interests and commercial enterprises adequate fuel, was announced by the majority of the large oil companies of | Fresno, Cal. : The loss from strikes In 1919 was es- timated at $2,000,000,000 by Francis H. Sisson, 'vice president of the Guaranty Trust. Company of New York, speaking at the convention of the National associ- ation of manufacturers. Of this sum $750,000,000 represented loss of wages and the rest the cost to industry. ST. LOUIS COTTON BROKER FORGED BILLS OF LADING St. Louis, §o. May 20.—Charles G. Mulligan, a local cotton broker, late to- day was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary after he had ‘admitted in circuit court that he had forged’ bills of lading for shipments of cotton to the amount of $160,000. The specific charge on which he was sentenced and to which tained 840 through a forgery. TELEGRANS [ Germany to Make been declared | 5 nities and the Mode of Pay- ment—Other Grievances. Geneva, May JJ.—The Berlin corre- spondent of the Neue Zuricher Zeitunsg, who generally is well informed, today telegraphed his newspaper the Spa pro- gramme of the Germais as adopted by the cabinet at its recent meeting. In ‘the face of the impossibility of obtaining a revision of the Versailles treaty, the correspondent says, Ger- many will put forward other claims and set forth some of her problems, espe- cially concerning indemnities and the mode of payment of them. These in- clude, first, the loss of northern Silesia, which considerably reduces the vitality of Germany as regards exportation of coal; second, restitution of a portion of the German mercantile fleet and also some of the German colonies! third, the question of credit for raw materials, and, fourth, questions of transport and freights. Germany will further demand, ac- cording to the correspondent, a reduc- on of the allied troops in the occ pied districts and deferment of pay- ments in gold. On the other hand. Germany will declare she is disposed to rebuild devastated France by workless German = workingmen. Finally, Ger- many will demand a permanent army of 200,000 and immediate :gimission to the league of nations. The Berlin correspondents of the Swiss newspapers generally report that great disappointment was caused in Germany by the declaration of the re- cent Franco-British conference at Hythe. The Germans. the correspondents say. believe the Spa conference will be useless. owing to the German govern- ment being gziven no occasion to prove the .claims of the allies far exceed Ger- many’s economic powers. Doubts are also expressed by the Germans as to whether the United States will play the big part the settlement assigned her by the allies. AMERICAN CITIZEN DETAINED IN SOVIET RUSSIA Washington, M —Aroused by re- ports of the imprisonment and detention in soviet Russia of various American citizens, the state department today took steps to bring to bear indirect pressure on the bolshevik authorities to obtain | their release. A request has been addressed to the Austrian government through the Ameri- can commissioner in Vienna asking that Hungarian communists, detained since their escape to Vienna from' Budapest last year, and whose release has been made the subject of overtures by the bolsheviki, shall be refused release pend- ing the freeing of American citizens de- tained in Russia. Action by this govern- ment was taken, it was said, as a result of the suggestion of another government, and was in accord with the views of other countries. One of the Amierica prisoned. in Russia known to be im- the bolsheviki, b; nephon” ' B Kalamatiano, has been ‘made the subject of ineffectual repre- sentations for more than a vear. Ac- department, Kalamatiano is in close con- finement and is being starved to death. No complete list of Americans held by the bolsheviki vailable, but enough is known of conditions in Russia to make the state department cognizant of a rig- orous system of surveillance on the part of the soviet authorities toward Ameri- cans. Presumably, it is =aid, this policy is based on a fear that individuals who have observed the soviet regime at close range may return to report actual condi- tions prevailing in Russia. Hungarian communists still in Vienna included followers of the Hungarian so- viet leader, Bela Kun, who escaped from Budapest upon the collapse of his gov- ernment last August. WO0OD LEADS FIELD WITH 145 REP. DELEGATES PLEDGED Chicago, May 20.—Uninstructed dele- gations and the delegates ,who will c their first ballot for “favorite sons be in the majority at the republican na: tional convention opening here June 8. The primary system. although in effect in many states, has failed to develop any outstanding candidate for the party's presidential nomination, for of 913 dele- gates already chosen less than 400 have been instructed, and their vote is divided among seevral candidates Under the republican convention rules. which require a majority to nominate, the successful candidate must obtain at least 493 votes. Forty-three states and five districts and territories have tlected the 913 delegates already chosen. Major General Leonard Wood is lead- ing the field with 145 delegates instructed for him. The credentials committee, which meets here May 31 to decide con- tests and prepare the temporary roll of the convention, may make some changes in the list of instructed delegates, how- ever, as there are 104 contests pending. Thirty-five contests involve Wood dele- gates. AIRPLANE “HONEYMOON EXPRESS” A CONVEYANCE FOR NEWLYWEDS Boston, May 20.—The “Honeymoon express,” the latest thing here in convey- ances for-newlyweds, is being tuned up {today in preparation for its maiden trip. The “express” is a two-passenger biplane finished in white enamel and with “Hon- eymoon Express” lettered on the fuselage. Edward A. Terhune, Jr., who was a naval aviator during the war, had the plane built for his bride, who desired a honey- moon in the clouds. The couple will leave here tomorrow with Terhune piloting the machine to Springfield, New York and Atlantic City, N. J. B\)LSKEV_IKI HAVE CAPTURED TOWNS OF POLOTSK AND LEPEL London, May 20—(By the A. P.)— Confirmation that the bolsheviki have captured the towns of Polotosk and Lepel in the government of Vitebsk, was giv- en by an authoritative British source today. It was stated that the bolsheviki have advanced thirty miles in depth along a front of forty to fifty miles. MADE $177.42 NET UROFITS 3 ON $100 PAR VALUE SHARE New York, May 20.—Net profits of the Atlantic Refining Company for 1919, were $8:871,046, equivalent to $177.42 a share (§100 par value), according to the annual report issued today. In 1918 the company earned $7,049 490, or $148.18 a share. The surplus at the end of 1919 was $7.871,406. Estimated federal taxes ‘were $4,752,622 Nitti Has Formed New Cabinet. Lornidon, May 21.—Premier Francesco tti has formed his_new vabinet with tock payable August 2 and July 1, re-|he pleaded guilty was that he had ob-|the support of the Catholics, according to a Paris despatch to the London Times. cording to latest reports received by the; PRICE TWO CENTS RAILROADS ARE UNFETTERED 10 COPE WITH FREIGHT JAM Rules Governing Car Service—All Railroads Have Been Instructed to Forward Traffic Without Regard to Prev- ious Routing—First General Order Directed at Freight Congestion. ‘Washington, May 20.—In its first general order directed at the freight Jjam, the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion late today instructed all raiiroads to forward traffic wi.hout regard to previous routing and, at the same time abresated all railroad rules governing car service, The commission also issued formal or- ders to more than a score of the lines with respect to movement of empty equipment to points where congestion has become the most serious. Rates applying on shipments which are re-routed by the commission’s order were nullified and charges aver the route which shipments finally are sent were made the same. Operating officials of all lines also were instructed to disregard contracts, agreements and arrangements in carrying out the commission’s orders Specific provision is made for the daily movement of solid trains of empty c. coal cars to be sent eastward and cars for grain loading westward. This latter order affects practically every road The program outimed in the general orders has as its secondary aim the re- location of cars to their home roads. bos MORE THAN 6400 CARS SENT WEST ON PENNSYLVANIA ROAD New York, May —The Pennsyl- vania railroad denied reports this morn- ing that it had put into effect a forty. eight hour embgrgo. ~More than 600 loaded cars of freight were sent west from New York yesterday over this road, it was said, and a similar number were being sent out today. All perish- able foods and coal are being moved freely, and the total freight movement it was asserted, was between 60 and % rer cent.. The chief trouble, it is explained at the Pennsylvania offices, is in the lo- cal marine situation and in the Jersey terminals. Here shortage of men con- tinues to hamper movements. None.of the railroads. has established total embargoes and s0 far as could be learned today none will do so on its own motlpn. Any action of this char- acter, it was said. would coffie from the Interstate Commerce Commission. which has broad powers under the new trans portation act. It is generally belie that the commission will shortly - pro- muigate. strict vri(ruy orders. HOUSE COMMITTEE FAVORS THE SOLDIEE RELIEF BILL ‘Washington, May ~=The house ways and means committee today ordered a favorable report on the soldier relief bil, with a provision levying a 10 per cent stock dividend tax retroactive to last March 15 included. Republican leaders plan to bring the bill_before the house Saturday. The final committee fight - centered about the stock tax, tenm democrats re- inforced by three republicans succeeding by a margin of one vote in forc adoption of the levy. By the same vote the combination blocked ~elimin: tion of, the tax and after considerable jockeying ordered the bill reported by a vote of 15 to 10. house, it will provide five new tax levies amounting to more than $500,000 year for the next three years. Besides the stock tax, the levies include increased taxes on tobacco and incomes, real es- tate sales and stock and grain exchange transactions in futures. Revenue thus produced would be used for paying a cash bonus to former service men, or. at their option. in aiding them to homes, farms, vocational training paid up insurance. Efforts of democratic commi¢teemen today to include an eighty per cent war pdofits tax were defeated on a strict party vote. AWARD OF $10,000 IN PRIZES FOR or BEST REPUB N P TFORMS New York, May 20.—Award of the Walker Blaine Beale prizes .aggregating $10,000, for the best republican plat- forms. offered by Truxton Beale, former United States minister to. Persia in memory of his son who, as an aviator, lost his life during the , Wwas an- nounced here today. The winners are Springfield, Mass., Carl Smith Joslyn, Harvard University ; Howard B. Wilson, Philadelphia, Pa., University of Pennsylvania, d W. P. Smith, Ann Arbor, Mich., University of Michigan. The contest was open to republicans not over 25 years old. MACHINISTS JOIN IN THE WALKOUT AT WATERBURY Waterbury, Conn, May 20.—Promptly at 10 o'clock this morning, in accordance with a vote taken at a meeting held last night, hundreds of machinists employed in_the various factories of the city laid down their tools and joined in a walkout. Estimates as to the number on strike vary from 1,200 to 2,000. Unskilled work- ers who have been on strike for ovér one months assembled outside the factory | Bates and greeted the striking machinists { With cheers when they left the factories. No disorders were reported. The men walked quietly from the factories, carry- ing their tools boxes. OBITUARY. George Gilbert Pond. New Haven, Conn., May 20.—George Gilbert Pond. dean of the: School of Natural Science, Pennsylvania State Col- lege, for the last 24 vears, died in a hospital here late tonight. He came here Monday to visit his daughter, Miss Millicent Pond, and sukered an attack of bronchitis. Dean Pond was born in Holliston, Mass., 59 vears ago. He was graduated from Amherst college in 1881, received a Master of Arts degree there years lat- er and studied chemistry at the Universi- ties of Goettingen, Berlin, and Munich. He was gn instructor at Amherst before joining the faculty ‘of State College in 1888. He was a member of several sci- entific societies in this country and Europe. Brigadier General John M. K. Davis. Hartford, May 20.—Brigadier General John M. K. Davis, retired. died suddenly of heart failure today at the home of his As the measure will come before the | 500 a | Each of the big railroad systems is now using its own judgment about pri- ority. Some roads wil laccept one commdity and others will not. It all depends, railroad officials explain, on the pcpuliar sikuation on that foad. All of the roads repore a slight im- provement In the freight situation. The New Haven announced this morning that figures showed that its freight move- ments were 35 per cent normal. BULLETIN TO MANUFACTURERS ABOUT MOVEMENT OF FREIGHT Hartford, Conn., May 20.—In a bulletin sent to members of the Manufacturers’ association of Connecticut today atten- tion was called to the fact that the rail- roads of the United States had requested the interstate, commerce commission to xercise its emergency powers under the law by issuing an order restricting move- ments of freight to prime necessities such as food, fuel, etc. The commission eall- ed upon the various state raiiroad com- missions to advise whether or not they favored such action. Before replying. the Connecticut public utilities commigsion afforded the Manufacturers' association an opportunity to present its views in the matter. E. Kent Hubbard of Middletown. presi- dent of the association, was in conference with the commission Wednesday and ob- jected strangly to the proposed action. Some of his reasons were: The proposed order would inevitably close down quickly a large number of our industri This would mean stoppage of earnings of thousands of workers. There is now in Connecticut no serious shortage of any necessity of life, nor is any such shortage immediaetly threaten- {ed. There is no danger to the public from the slow movement of coal exeept as the industries may be forced to sus- pend for lack of coal. Now that the roads have been returned to private own- ership it is better that the interference of the government be mot invoked until absolutely necessa for public safety. What is needed is more transportation rather than less: an increase of their ef- forts by the railro: rather than-an ar- bitrary lessening of the demands upon them at the expense of the public. These views have al¢o bheen communi- cated to E. J. Pearson, president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad. DETECTIVES AMBUSHED BY WEST VIRGINIA MINERS Matewan, W. Va, May 20.—The shooting from ambush of one man by unidentified pers and two arrests were the chief developments in this re- gion today, followi the Dbattle here te when ten or more persons were | killed and a number of others wounded in a fight between Baldwin-Feits detee- tives and citizens. Today's shooting occurred at Lyan, a small mining village threé¢ miles from Matewan. According 1o reports receiv- d from Lynn, twe men, said to be Bald- . were walking along woods when a volley s was fired from the forest. of One of men “Bud” McCoy, was shot in the thigh, but he escaped from the vil- lage and went to a hospital at Welc! where wound is being treated. The {man who accompanied McCoy was not | injured. PARIS TEMPS COMMENTS ON REPARTRIATION COMMI:#ON Paris. May 20.—The Temps, comment- ing editorially in a regretful tone today jon the recent resignation of Former | President Poincare from the repartriation commission, said in part: “The repartriation commission, sadly | shrunken bzy the absence of the Unit- ed States, is like and arch which, if one stone is taken from it, will crumble. But cannot one see that the efficacious- ness of the commission’s methods and the extent of its po decreed by the treaty in very jc formu! depend on the harmony that exists between the allied government and ideas of their representatives? In this case it is not the function which creates the organ- ism. but rather the organism which cre- ates the organism. but rather the ganism which creates the function. The members of the commission rieed not fear for France's destin: ela or- MRS. EMMA €. BERGDOLL GUILTY “WANTONLY POINTING FIREARMS" Philadelphia, May Bergdoll, widow of a wealthy brewer, vas found guilty on four charges of “wantonly pointing firearms,” but wag acquitted on bills charging conspiraey and assault and battery with intent to kill, by a ju in the quarter sessions court here today She was fined §50 and costs on each bill, making a total of $279, which she paid before leaving the courtroom. The charges against Mrs. Bergdoll re- sulted from a raid by policemen and de- partment of justice agents on her home January 7 when her son Grover, now serving a five-year-term at Fort Jay, Governors Island, for desertion from the army, was captured. .—Mrs. Emma C. —_— STATISTICIAN BALFE RESIGNS FROM DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH . Hartford, Conn.( May 20.—James P. P. Balfe ,who has been the statistician of theh department of health for two - years has resigned. His tion : 20 into effect June 1. e "“ Commissioner J. T. Black of the de- partment, said today that seven men ¢ have been dismissed from the department | as an economic measure, among them be- ; ing Dr. E. K. Devitt, epidemealogist, S LT S, s INCREASE OF CENT PER POUND J IN THE PRICE oF m.:l»t New York, May 20.—An increase of; one cent per pound in the price of making the new basic price 21 1-2 cents| per pound today, was announced by h‘ American_Sugar Refining . The | increase became effective today. e A i TWO PHYSICIANS' OFFICES © IN BRISTOL BURGLARIZED Bristol, Conn., May 20.—Burglars in the -offices of Drs. J. S. Spencer and son, Major J. K. H. Davis in this city. He | Cooperstein last night took material val- came to Hartford from Washingtan twoiued at $175, but were frightened away days ago after ‘spending the winter in in the office of Dr. Hartman, as the oe- Florida. cupant was in ‘another room asleep.