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VoL. LXil—=} ISPERSED the Surrender of Death T. Morgan Washington, May 23.—A detachment of cavalry from Fort Myer was called out tonight to disperse a mob of more than a thousand persens which sur- rounded the jail at Alexandria Court- house, twelve miles from limits of the District of Columbia attempting to ob- tain pobsession of William Turner, a ne- Arrival of the cavalry which had requested by the sheriff of Arlington county, scattered the mob which had formed during the afternoon threatening to lynch the negro. The troops took up their station about the jail and late to- night the little village reported quiet. COUNTY JAIL STORMED BY MOB BENT ON LYNCHING Washington, May —The county jail at Alexandria Courthouse, twelve miles from the District of Coiumbia limits, to- night was besieged by a mob estimated &t nearly a thousand, demanding the surrender of William Turner, a negro. Turner is accused of having shot death T. Morgan Moore, an emloye of he naval torpedo plant at Alexandria, Vi, and of having attempted to attack Miss Pearl Clark of \Washington, to MO BENT ON LYNCHING IS BY L. 3. GAVALRY Mob Had Surrounded Jail at Alexandria Courthouse, Twelve Miles From Limits of District of Columbia—Demanded Negro Accused of Having Shot to oore, an Employe of the Naval Tor- pedo Plant and of Having Attacked His Victim’s Fiance, Miss Pearl Clark of Washington. Moore’s flance, and secretary to Repre. sentative Britten of Illinois. The ne gro was arrested early foday about two hours after Moore was Kkilled. "Turner later confessed, according to the authori- ties. Moore and Miss Clark, according to the report made to Virginia and Wash- ington authorities by the latter, were ed in an automobile near the. Vir- ginia end of the Potomac River bridge connecting Washington and Virginia, when the negro approached them. When Moore refused, Mis Clark said she be- came frightened and jumped from the machine and the negro started after her. Then Moore, according to Miss Clark seized a revolver from a door pocket of the automobile and fired at the black. In an exchange of shots Moore was shot through the heart and the negro struck in the leg and hand. According to Miss Clark, he continued to pursue her until she had given him some jewelry. Turner, who is said to answer the de- scription given by Miss Clark of the as- sailant, was captured in the vicinity of Arlington National Cemetery. Folice say that Turner bore two wounds, one in the hand and the other in the leg, When ar- rested. Moore and Miss Clark, whose home is in Chicago, were to be married soon. COST OF PRODUCTION AND PRICES OF BITUMINOUS COAL hington, My Cost and pro- duction and prices bituminous coal were the subjects of a report by the jed- eral trade commission and * Wiit- en b D. A of the ‘National Cor ator Walsh of M public tonight. The former compared fa ' entering in coal cost 5t Febru- ary with the average for 913, while the tatter denied Senator Wals1's canten:ion 28 made in a recent -one specch that the bituminous coal indusiory made large profits during the war. The federal trade cotmmission 1eport showed labor cor d v cents, cost of supplies 1 two conts and general expenses ents per ton betw 1818 and sales realiza however, incre ly nine gents, or from £2.65 to per ton between the two peric The “margin” per ton, the roport shows. was 61 cents per ton in 1)18 and 71 cents in February. The report ex- plains that “margin” is the difference between sales realization and th: f. o b. mine costs and Includes selling ex- penses, interest, income and excess profits taxes and other items. In his denial of eharges of exorbitant srofits during the war, Mr. Morrow in his letter asserts thet average price for bituminous during aul of 1917 was $2.2 1 ton. During government control 1918 when prices were under the letter added, the average price was “only $2.61 a ton out af whici cents a ton was paid in fed- eral taxes” During that year 337 out af 1551 operators reported losses and income for 11 he average per cent. of net those making profits was less than per cent., Mr. Morrow wrote. Following government withdrawal, prices under competition in open markets “sank o less than the fuel administra- tion maximum limits,” according to the Jetter, which added that additional in- sreases in cost of material and greater lost time advanced mining costs. J0HNSON LEADS WOOD IN PRIMARY IN OREGON May had a General Oregon republican presi- Portland. Ore. 23.—Senator Hi- ram W. Johnson votes o Major Wood for the dential preference compiled tonight Leonard according to figures by the Portland Ore- gonian from £07 complete and six in- complete precincts in Multnomah coun- (Porland), complete returns from 12 and incomplete returns from of the other counties of the state. The vote stoed: Johnson Wood 36, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ~was leading William Grant Webster of New York and Elwood Washington for repu- lican vice president. In the contest between Senator George E. Chamberlin and Harvey Stark- weather for the democratice nomination for United States senator, the vote stood: Chamberlin 12,885 ; Starkweather 7,15 Robert T. Stanfield had a heavy ma- jority over Albert Abraham for the re 37,867 publican senatorial nomination, on the face of incompiete returns. Dr. Esther Poole Lovejoy was leading Mrs. Alex- ander Thompson for the democratic nom- ination for representative of the Third congressional district (Portland). SEVEN MEN INJURED IN MOTOR TRUCK ACCIDENT Thomaston, Conn., May — Seven wmen were injured, two probably fatally, when a motor truck was wrecked on the Summit Hill road here today. The most seriously hurt are Michael Weady, Wall- ingford, rib fractured and left lung punc- tured, and an unidentified negro Wwso suffered a fracture of the skull. Both were taken to St. Mary's hospital, Wa- terbury. Among the others injured are Lawrence Lapanta, ower and driver of the truck, of Hartford; Leonard Vrode- ur, Hartford; Charles Percy, colored, of Hartford. They are in the Waterbury hospital. The men, three truckmen and four em- ployes of a carnival company, were tak- ing ecarnival equipment from Hartford to Torrington. The brakes on the truck are believed to have failed, the truck crashing into a ditch and the seven men being thrown out. SEVENTEEN NEW M. E. BISHOPS CONSECRATED Des Moines, lowa, May 23.—The sev- enteen new bishops of the Methodist Eplscopal church were conducted to the altar and consecrated o their tasks, ac- sording to the custom of the church, to- day. Delegates said it was the most sa- red service of the general conference sessions. BENATOR PENROSE HAS mAl;BE IS IN A SERIOUS CONDITION Philadelphia, May 23.—United States Benator Penrose who has been ill at his hame here since last fall, had a relapse yesterday and was reported tonight to be in a serious condition. His physicians that altheugh the senator is very ill, is in no immediate danger. ' B PP B A Sl lead of 1,689 jup with the Vanitie off the harbor here {lute had been cut away and recovered {that the accident came at an opportune WILLIAMS COLLEGE READY TO RECEIVE BODY OF FOUNDER Williamstown. Mass., May 23.—Cere- monies of historic interest will be held at Williams College on Sunday, June 2. when there will be received here the re- mains of Colonel Kphraim Williams, founder of the college, transferred from Lake George where he fell in battle Sep- tember 8, 1755; and a memorial of Wil-} liams' men who died in the Civil war and world war, will be unveiled. The remains of Colonel Williams are to have final resting place in a recepta- cle under the oflor of the college chapel and his name as well as those of Wil- liams' men who gave their lives in th two wars will be included in & roll of honor in the form of stone tablets on the rear wall of the chapel chancel. Thus will appear in the religious life of Wil- liams a record of all its soldier dead be- ginning with the founder. The chapel was erccted as a memor- ial of Frederick F. Thompson, of New York city, and the memorial of the foun- der and the soldiers is a gift to the col- lege of Mrs. Thompson. Goverpor Coolidge and reresentatives of the army and navy including, if pos- sible General” “PEFSHIGE™and ~Atmiral Sims are expected to attend the impres- sive exercises marking the reception of the remains of Colonel Williams. ‘These will include a military escort and pro- cession to the chapel whick will be rep- resentative of the college and its grad- uates. A descriptive tablet sunk in the stone floor of the cathedral-like chapel wili mark the resting place of Colonel Wil liams and above the inscribed panels on the wall of the chancel will appear in bronze letters this inscription: “In faith- ful remembrance of the founder who feil in battle and of the sons of Williams who gave their lives that the blessings of free government might endure. RESOLUTE LOST HER MAST IN CONTEST WITH VANITIE New Haven, May 23.—The Resolute's hollow wooden mast crumbled yesterday afternoon as tne Herreshoff boat was fin- ishing the first round of her first tuning and with a crash, mast, spars, sails and rigging went over the starboards bow. The Vanitie which was about two min- utes astern, came up ‘into the wind and, after ascertaining that no one was in- jured, bore up for the harbor. As soon as the wreckage on the Reso-! with the 2id of numerous launches the tender Montauk sent a line on board and the yacht was taken in tow at once for Brislol. R. I, where a spar steel most will be stepped for a resumption of the races with the Vanitie, to decide which will defend the America’s cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV. These probably will begin off Newport in about 10 days, the Vanitie will be towed to Bristol some time today it is expected. All hands on both boats seemed to feel time and that no reliance can be 1; t aced on the built-up wooden masts. R U e e “HOBOE: OF AMERICA” WOULD DROP FLORAL PIECES AT SEA| New York, May %3—“The Hoboes of America” today requested the secretary of the navy for the use of a seaplane on Decoration Day for the purpose of transporting floral pieces to set, whers they are to be dropped into the ocean in commemoration of the hoboes who gave up_their lives in service. Pat Salmon. international secretary of the organizatéon, stated the flowers would be bought with money donated by the hoboes themselves. If a seaplane or a police boat, is not secured for the purpose, he said that a committee would ;h{ow bouquets from the Statue of Lib- rty. co NTION OPENS IN WILKESBARRE, TODAY MINERS’ Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 23.—Wage in- creases exceeding the 15 per cent. ad- vance already offered hy the operators and recognition of the union is grant- ed the anthracite mine workers in a ten- tative contract prepared by Secretary of Labor Wolson to be presented at the tri- district miners’ convention which opens here tomorrow, John L. Lewis, interna- tional president of the TUnited Mine Workers, announced tonight. ‘While not officially approved by the operators, it is understood thai they will agree to the proposals of the secretary of labor if they are accepted by the hard coal diggers. YACHT RESOLUTE BEING TOWED TO BRISTOL FOR REPAIRS New Haven, Conn., May 23.—Resolute and Vanitie, aspirants for the defense of the America's cup, left here today for PBristol, R. I. The' Herreshop sloop, which lost a mast yesterday and brought the lun(n? races off this harbor to an end, was in tow of the tender Montauk, while the Vanitie sailed away under her own canwsm MAY 24, Preshyter in Pulpits of Phila. Visiting Clergymen Preached in Virtually All of the Pro- testant Churches in the Quaker City and Nearby Towns Sunday. Philadelphia, May 23.—Commisioners to the general assembly of the Presby- terian Church in the U. §. A. in session here, preached today in nearly every church in Philadelphia and nearby towns. Not only were the pulpits of the Presbyterian churches occupied by the visiting clergymen, but they also preach- ed in Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal, Lu- theran and virtually all other Protestant churches. Many of the commissioners, in their sermons, referred to the Interchurch World Movement and the New Era Movement, both of which will come be- fore the asembiy later in its sessions. Most of the speakers upheld the move- ments, while others criticised them on the ground that they are extravagant. Among those who opposed the Inter- church World Movement were Dr. Ma land Alexander of Pittsburgh, and Rev. Mark A. Matthews, of Seattle, Washn. Among the most largely attended ser- vices were those héld at the Second Pres- byterian church at which Rev. Samuel S. Palmer, newly elected moderator of the general assembly, spoke in the morning Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, and Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth in the afternoon, and Charles F. F. Wishart, president of Worcester University in the evening. CHRISTIAN FAITH AS A CURE FOR THE WORLD'S ILLS Philadelphia, May 23.—Christian faith as a cure for the world's ills was advo- cated by Dr. Nigholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia university, in an address to commissioners of the Presby- terian General Assmbly, today. “Every conceivable explanation of the unrest, dissatisfaction and disorder that prevail throughout the world has been proposed except the one that is deepest and most important,” he said. “Having come to feel himself quite superior to ail that has gone before, and being without faith in anything that lies bevond, man has tended to become an extreme egoist. The wisdom, the justice, the morality of an act or policy are now tested solely by its immediate results, and these re- sults are increasingly measured in terms of the material and emotional satisfac- tion of the moment. “In a world so constituted and so mo- tived unrest, dissatisfaction and disor- der are a necessity. Set free a mil- lion gr a thousand million human wills to wm-u' each for the accomplishment of its own' immediate material satisfaction ana nothing but unrest, dissatisfaction and disorder is possible. “What appears to have happened is that in setting free the individual hu- man being from those external restraints and compulsions which constitute tyranny, he has also been set free from those in- ternal restraints and compulsions which distinguished liberty from license. “The pendulum has swung too far. The time has come, the time is indeed nlready past. when - the pendulum should begin its swing backward toward the middle point of wisdom, of sanity, of self-con- trol and of steady progress. Here is to be found the religious obligation and the religious opportunity of the American na- tion in this year of grace. “There can be no cure for the world’s ills and no abatement of the world’s dis- contents until faith and the rule of ever- lasting principle are again restored and made supreme in the life of men and of nation. - This can not be done by ex- hortation or by preaching alone. It must be done also by teaching: careful. systematic, rational teaching ‘that will show in simplest language that the un- instructed and understand what are the essentials of a permanent and lofty mor- ality, of a stable and just, social and in- dustrial order, and of a secure and sub- lime religious faith. “The school, the family, and the church are three co-operating educational agencies, each of which has its weight of responsibility to bear.” CHINA HAS NOT REPLIED TO JAPAN'S SHANTUNG NOTE Tokio, May 20.—(By The A. P.) Gov- ernment officials declared today they had not received a reply from China to Ja- pan’s latest invitation to begin nego- tiations relative to Shantung. Reports from Shanghai state China has drafted a refusal on the ground that public opin- ion is opposed to negotiations and that China has not signed the treaty of Ver- sailles. The foreign office here, how- ever, says Japan is always ready to be- gin negotiations, and, if they are open- ed, will withdraw all troops from Shan- tung as soon as China can organize a force of railway police. Although the powers have virtually arranged for the consortium by which Great Britain, the United States, France and Japan would take a dominant role in the financing of the Chinese government, there is some anxiety lest China may raise objections to its operation. The boycott of Japanese goods in China con- tinues to seriously affect Japan's ex- ports, and, therefore, adversely influ- ences the existing economic depression in this country. | APPLIES FOR RECEIVER FOR THE ALLEN MOTOR CO. Columbus, Ohio, May 23.—Alleging its claim of $7,402 for materials furnished the Allen Motor Company here is due and unpaid, Judge Oscar W. Newman Tepresenting -the Connecticut Telephone and Electric Company, Meriden, Conn., tas made application in United States district court for a receiver for the auto concern. The petition of the Connecticut com- pany declares that the assets of the Al- len company (which the Allen company alleges are in excess of its liabilities) consist largely of finished motor cars or cars in the process of manufacture. The Allen company, admitting the truth of the petition, have consented to the ap- pointment of receivers. George A. Arch- er and William A. Willard, both of Columbus, were _appointed receivers. They plan to keep the plant in opera- tion, ENTENTE FOR POSTPONEMENT OF CONFERENCE AT SPA Berlin, May 23.—The Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news agency, announces that the British charge de'affaires on Saturday presented a mnote to the Ger- man government Droposing a postpone- ment of the conference at Spa, Belgium, between representatives of the entente and Germany. Originally the date set for the- con- ference at Spa was May 25. After the recent meeting at Hythe, England, be- tween David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, and M. Millerand, the French premier, it was said, that the date for the conference had been post.: poned until June 21. ischange 1920 BRIEF TELEGRAMS New Orlean Cotton Exchange will be vlosed May 29 and 31. Average wage paid to rallway em- vloyes was increased 94 per cent. since 1914, City employes of Providence were de- nied a 25 pér cent. increase by Mayor ‘iainer. Persia appealed to the league of na- tions to protect her against bolsheviki aggression. Bar silver was unchanged at 99 3-4 cents an ounce in New York compared with 58 1-2 in London. Henry P. Davison, director general of the Red Cross, ‘'blames the wastage of war for the high cost of living. Governor Smith of New York vetoed the Ames bill defining’ and regulating the practice of chiropractics. Denmarke reports a wholesale immi- gration to the United States of the bet- ter class of striking seamen. American dollar was aquoted at 13 francs, 92c on Paris exchange, compared with 13 francs, 40c, at last ciose. In an effort to remedy the shortage of sugar in this country Russian and Rou- manian sugar may be imperted. Thieves entered the office of Prohibition Agent James W. Conner, in Pittsburgh, and carried off liquor valued at $500. Secretary of Agriculture for Kansas, J. C. Mohler, declared the wheat crop of that state would reach 110,000,000 bushels. Mrs. Eleanor Hodgman Porter, whose “Pollyanna” stories have long been pop- ular, died at her home in Cambridge, Mass. Brightwood Mandfacturing Co. of Law- rence, Mass, announced it would place its plant on a five-day week schedule at once. Operation of the Midland Railway Co. of Staten Island. which suspended Jan. 19, were resumed. Five cent fare is be- ing charged. William ¥. (Pussyfoot) Johnson will make part of his western tour, speaking under auspices of the Anti-Saloon league, by airplane. According to figures made by the De- partment of Labor average family ex- penditure on staple articles increased from 10 to 22 per cent. Charles ¥, Green, Jr., four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Green of . Hartford, was drowned in Highland Lake near Winsted, early last night. Strike of Hamburg shipyard workers has been settled. Before the settlement there were disturbances between workers and security police. The American legion inauguration a campaign for the readoption for 3,000 fatherless French children care for by the A. E. F. during the war. Capt. Will P, Burton, 0. B. E., and hl wife arrived at New York on the Adri- atic. Captain Burton will sail the Sham- rock IV for Sir Thomas Lipton. Four hundred vessels of the former German mercantile marine are expected toarrive at Firth of Forth , Scotland. They will be auctioned off in one lot. Three bills embodying the Americani- zation program of the Lusk joint - legis- tive committee which investigated radical activities were signed by Governor Smith. Twenty-five retail grocers in Massa- chusetts have been shown by returns they have made to the state commission on necessaries of life to be making unfair profits. Investigations of pre-convention cam- paign expenditures and pledges of both republican and democratic presidential candidates ordered by the senate will be- gi ntoday. Couneil of Anrbassadors fixed the date for the plebiscite in the Allenstein and Marinwerder districts for the bounda- ries of Poland with regard to East and ‘West Prussia. Forest fires which threatened destrue- tion of several villages and large timber tracts in Bellechasse County, Quebec, was under control, according to reports received at Ottawa. Federal summonses werg issued against Tupman, Thurlow, Inc., of New ork, and Chamberlain & Company of Boston, dis- tributors of meats charging profiteering in the sale of lamb. Three hundred independent lighterage workers of New York harbor went on strike, causing complications which even the drastic steps taken by the insterstate commerce commission cannot relieve. Chicago federal prohibition agents are searching for a warehouse believed to hold a million dollar whiskey supply. Seven men were arrested in a raid which, the officers said, disclosed hundreds of al- leged whiskey sales There has been a decrease of 25 per cent. between April 25, 1919, and the corresponding date this year in the num- ber of farm laborers on 1,000 representa- tive Massachusetts farms and a general decrease in the live stock on the same farms. By a vote of 105 to 19. the Maryand state convention of democrats approved a resoution committee the party to modi- fieation of the Voistead act to permit making and use of home-made wines and cider and manufacture and sale of beer for home consumption DERNBURG SAYS DEM OF FRANCE DS ARE IMPOSSIBLE Berlin, May 22.—(By The der the captlon “The Dying Peace Treaty,” Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, form- er minister of finance, in an article in the Tageblatt, dealing with the report that France will demand that Germany shall pay in reparation 125,000,000,000 marks in gold in thirty years as reparation, fig- ures that this amount at compound in- terest at five per cent. in thirty annual installments. would amount to 18,000,- 000,000 marks annually. Dr. Dernburg holds that even without interest such an amount would be Im- possible, as at the present rate of ex- it would be equivalent to one hundred and eighty billion marks in pa- per. or more than the entire cost of the war. He adds that the amount in thirty years would entail a paper circulation of five trillion, five hundred billion marks. - It is contended by Dr. Dernburg that Germany could not pay for two years running the annual installment he men- tions, and declares that no sensible Amer- ican would invest in any French loan based on Germany’s promise to pay such an amount. He argues that Germany must be guaranteed existence and a chance for development. “A hopeless nation is a bad debtor, and it is necessary to keep Germany on her feet if the world is not to perish ut- terly,” says Dr. Dernburg. P.)—Un- the | EIGHT PAGES—56 COLS. Turks and Greeks | Clash Ngqr_fldanish | Turks a Position Held by the Greeks, But Later Were Repulsed — Greeks Relieve French in Thrace. Athens, May 23.—It is reported that an encounter has taken place between the Turks and the Greeks in the vicinity of Odemish. The Turks, 400 strong, cap- tured a position held by the Greeks but eventually were repulsed. The casual- ties on both sides are reported to have| bean unimportant. Odemish is in Asia Minor 48 miles southeast of Smyrn: GREEKS RELIEVE FRENCH IN BULGARIA AND THRACE Constantinople, May 22.—Greek troops began relieving the French troops in Bulgarian Thracc this morning, occupy- ing the coast area northward from thi to the Frederick line. The occupation thus far has been car- ried out peacefully, the local adminis tration is being replaced by civil officials from Saloniki. The Bulgarian peasants evacuating the affected territory are congesting all roads northward with their ox-carts. Suppl mentary transports for the removal of civilians is bqeing furnished by the Bul- garian government. The Turkish officers and their families are evacuating Turkish Thrace. The first trainload of them arrived in Con- stantinople toda! A. F. OF L. ISSUES CA] AN OVERTURN FOR CONGRESS" Washington, May 23.—(By The A. P.) The American Federation of Labor has issued its expected call to the elec- torate for “an overturn in congress.” Under the signature of President Samuel Gompers the current issue of the American &ederationist, the official or- gan, carries an indictment of congress and the executive departments for “in- competence on the cost of living issue” and, outlining a programme of ‘“deep cutting measures,” declares: “There must be an overturn in con- gress. [Enemies must be defeated; friends must be electe Presenting an itemized list of cor- poration profits, similar to that recently introduced in a speech by Senator Cap- per of Kansas, Mr. Gompers declares that while twenty-ome enumerated cor- porations last year received profits ave- raging® 435 per cent. above normal, the average cost of living increasdd 96 per cent. and the average union wage 55 per cent. The “deep cutting measures” which Mr. Gompers writes will be necessary “to guard the nation’s distributing machin- cry against assaults from the pirates of trade and commerce” follow: “Immediate #djustments of wage: both in private employment and in gov ernment service, to at least meet the liv- ing costs that have outstripped incomes by reason of this era of frenzied profit- cering and gambling. “Immediate effective action to pre- vent continued increases in the cost of living. “An end to the kind of legislation t pified by the Esch-Cummins railroad law and the Kansas court of industrial re tions law. There must be an end of leg- islative repression, restriction and coer- cion. Not only must there be an end to the enactment of legislation of this char- acter, but there must be a repeal of leg- islation already enacted. “The congress will db well to give im- mediate and effective consideration to the proposal of the American labor movement that control of credit capital be taken from private financiers and placed in the hands of a public trust to| be administered upon principles volun- tary and cooperative in character. This ill strike a vital blow toward eliminate ing the abuses of profiteering and ex-| ploitation. “Congress should provide for full publicity for turns. “There must be immediate steps to- ward equalization of wages and cost of {living and effective steps to prevent a new margin from replacing the one to be dissolved. This means that there must be a permanent remedy for the high cost of living.” “The working people of the United States,” continues Mr. Gompers, “are speaking in mandatory terms. If those in control of the legislative destinies of | the country do not understand the needs of the workers, at least the workers themselves understand. They know the! irestraint which they have practiced. They know the limit to their enduran, Their demand to be heard is a demand| which comprehends the welfare of the immediately income tax re-| President Wilson proposed measures for relief, Mr. Gompers writes, “but con- gress gave no heed” and since the sign- ing of the armistice, “the American po- litical and industrial Bourbons have laid a course of plunder, restriction and co- ercion.” The recent unsanctioned strike of rail- vay men Mr. Gompers characterizes as ‘a_symptom of what is the matter with| America.” 'Their methods he deplores as| foredoomed to failure and in contraven- tion of the discipline’of the trades union movement, but, he argues, their appeals for relief from increased living cuts were of long standing and that they suf- fered ‘“postponement after postpone- men MEMORIAL DAY TO BE OBSERVED IN BELGIUM! Rheims, France, May 23.—(By The A. P.)—Cardinal Lucon, archbishop of Rheims. today had read in the 715 par- ishes of his war-torn diocese a pastoral letter reminding his priests and the peo- ple of the approach of Memorial day,! sacred (o the memory of the dead in the United States. “On the 30th of May,” says the letter, “the date fixed by the liturgy for the ceremonies of Joan of Arc, our Ameri- can allies remind us of the sacrifices made by all their dead in devoting a day to prayer in their memory—Memo- rial Day. “Do not those who sb largely have helped to deliver our country in the| great war just terminated deserve that we should pray to God for them through the intermediary of her who helped us deliver France from the strnger's yoke under similar circumstances? “We have in_our diocese particular reasons for so doing because of the gen- erosity of the American people represent- ed by the American Red Cross, that came to our succor from the very first hour. “In_testimony of our recognition, let us join our prayerps to theirs on May 30 in memory of all the dead of the American nation, and especially in mem- ory of those who fell on the ficld of honor in_defense of our country.” The diocese of Rheims comprises the Marne and Ardennes departments, in which the American troops experienced bitter fighting and heavy losses. KILLING OF CARRANZA 1S PRICE TWO CENTS OVERSHADOWED BY POLITICS Mexican Congress Meets in Special Session Teday to Choose a President ad Interim—Huerta and Gonzalez Appear to. Be the Outstanding Candidates—Assassins of Carranza “ailed in Their Dzsign to Kill Bonillas. 2. ‘Washington, May 23.—Prespective po- litical developments in Mexico this week Dbegan today to overshadow the killing of | Carranza. The Mexican congress meets in special session tomorrow to choose a president ad interim. ~ Adolfo De La Huerta, chosen by the Sonora group a month ago as the ional president. and General Pablo lez appear as the outstanding can- but the chief concern of the American officials and business men «hav- ing Mexican interests is not so much in the identity of the successful candidate as in the strength of the co-operative spirit to be manifested. While doubt of the ability of any one chosen 1o restore the country to a state of tranquility enough to warrant the holding of the regular el2ctions was expressed by both business men and officials, it was agreed the removal of Carranza ought to make his task far more simple. the killing of the fugitive president must be satisfactorily explained, it was said. before foreign governments will give se- rious thought to any except a de facto Tecognition of the new government, the government has been materiall ngth- ened from a military z2ad political point of view. Carranza alive would have remained a potential center of serious opposition, but already the little force that followed him in his flight from the capital is reported to be breaking up. Officials who have been studying the Mexican situation sug- gested, however. that there remains the possibility, although improbable. that Carranza might have his avenger as did Madero when Carranzt arose in the no: and that in the martyr's role the deposed president yet might prove a posthumous force. Official reports today added little to t* information received in news despatches yesterd: but there was an evident ten- den in official auarters to accept the version of his death that exonerated the de facto leaders of complicity. Official as well as unofficial reports continued to show apprehension by de facto government leaders that the death of Carranza might be attributed to them The caution given by representatives of various indu: 1 groups in Mexico t Secretary Colby against too hasty recog- nition of any government in Mexico been supplemented by other b o cerns. and there is reason to believe the situation will be studicd carefully for some time after the selection of a presi- dent ad interim before any course of pro- cedure is determined. Although | { ,Although no official announcement has béen made, it is known the next govern- ment in Mexico must demonstrate its sin- cerity of its promises of justice in.dealing with foreigners as well as its ability to restore and maintain order. ASSASSINS DESIRED TO KILL BONILLAS WITH CARBANSA Mexico City, May 23.—(By The A. P.) —President | rales 1 Carranza and Molina were the Tlaxcalantongo. Mo- persons to = Killed “at newspaper day. only ccording despatches received here to- General Rodolfo Herrero is quoted by the despatches as saying that he only desired to kill Carranza and Ygna- o BBonillas. General Morales ¥ Moli- na conducted the military trial of Gen- eral Roberto F. Cejudo, former com- mander-in-chief of the forces of iliano Zapata in Hidalgo, who was accused of dealing with the rebels. He is said to have been mistaken for Bonillas. The despatches add that the three gen- erals and two members of the Carranza cabinet who at first rere reported to have been killed have disappeared and prob- ably are in hiding. REPORT OF A DEMAND OF $500,000 FROM FOREIGNEES BY VILLA El Paso, Texas, May 23.—Au unco firmed report that General Francisco Vil- la had ordered American and other for- eign owned mining companies in Chihua- hua to pay him $500,000 and that he had cut the power line between Boquillas and Parral, caused considerable concern in | Mexican revolutionary circles here to- day. . The report, if confirmed, it was said, would indicate Villa had taken up the cndgels against the new de facto gov- erhment. Previously it was officially re- ported Villa and General P. Elias Calles had failed to agree on terms looking toward the bandit's elimination from Mexican affairs. A military campaign against Villa is an immediate prospect it was sald by revolutionary agents. Villa, it is said, can be captured because of his present inabllity to recruit a large foree or if successful in recruiting, to equip and supply a large force. Revolutionists in Chihuahua of late years have practically cleaned the state of its cattie. Previously it was an easy matter to feed a large body of men, but naw, it was said. it is an impossibility unless the force has a source of supply outside the state. TRADES UNION BLAM LIBERTY LEAGUE PROHIBITION FORE UNREST Waterbury, Conn., May 23.—Prohibi- tion was blamed for all the social un- rest and resolutions were passed sup- porting political candidates who favor legislation opposed to the eighteenth amendment, at the sixth annual state convention of the Connecticut Trades Union Liberty League, held in this city today. Delegates were present fro) Water- bury Central Labor Union, New Haven Trades Council, Meriden Central Labor Union. New Haven Typographical Un- ion, Danbury Hat Finishers, Waterbury Bartendérs Union, Baretnders Union, Meriden y Workers, Bridgeport Brewery Workers and New Haven Brewery Workers. Otto J. Schuetze of Hartford was elected president for the ensuing year. Other officers elected Wwere: vice presi- dents, Frederick Neebe Meriden; George Treiber, New Haven; George Hunt, Waterbury; Hugh Hunter, Dan- bury; James Manes, Hartford; Karl Lang, Bridgeport: secretary and tre urer, John J . Danbury ; trustees, John Reill Frank Scol Dan- bury, and Wiliiain Barton, Waterbury; organizer, Ji Reilly, Danbury. BODIES OF TEN WOMEN NURSES FROM OVERSEAS New York, May 23.—The bodies of ten women war nurses who died on duty at army base hospitals t first to- be brought home, arrived here today on the transport Princess Matoiks {On board also were the bodies of 418 scl- diers who lost their lives in accidents or succumbed (o wounds and disease. To- morrow the bodies claimed by relatives will be removed from the ship and sent to their destinations in various parts ot the countr while those unclaimed wijl be taken to Arlington National Cemetery for burial. Among the nurses' bodies returned as. that of Miss Esther Yockelson, Mec- Keesport, P: Returning to their homes in various arts of the country were 1,690 Polish troops who enlisted when the war broke out, going to France and later to d. There were also several casual officers, twenty war brides and several priosners. Among the prison- as Sergeant Frank Hoyt, who fig- ured in the trial of Captain Karl W. Detzer at Governor's leland on charges of cruel can army prisoners at Le Man quitted. Hoyt deserted during investigation over- seas and was captured in Germany. REFPORT OF THE WESTIN ELECTRIC CO. New York, Ma ross earnings of Electric and Manufac- turing Company and its proprietary companies in the United States for 1919 amounted to $136.052,092, as against $160,379,943 in 1918, according to the an- nual statement issued today. Cost of sales was relatively smaller. however, amounting to $120,972,262 as against $144,667,102 in the previous year, leaving a net manufacturing profit of $15.079,830. Gross income from all Sources $16,801,164 with net income for dividends and other purposes of $13,206,341. the Westinghou an increase of nearly $150,000. Gross sur- plus of $51,154,074 was reduced to §43,435,764 after payment of preferred and common dividends, losses on sales of Biberty bonds and adjustment of property and plant account. DISGUISED MEN CONDUCTED RAID AT ATHLONE, IRE. London, May 2: -Fifty armed and dis- guised men 1raided stores of the Anglo- American Oil company and the Shell Mo- tor Spirit company at Athlone. Ireland. early on Saturday, carrying off gasoline valued at 500 pounds sterling, according to a Central News despatch. All ap. proaches wer: strongly guarded and the raiders escaped unmolested, it is said. lhas not was BERGDOLL'S ATTORNEYS OFFFR $2,500 REWARD FOR HIS CAPTURE Washington, May 23.—Attorneys for Grover C. Bergdoll, convicted draf: evs er, who escaped in Philadelphia Fridar. offered a reward ¢ $2,500 tonight for his apprehension and jivery to any military post or station. The following siatement, signed by D. Clarence Gibboney of Philadelphia and Ansell & Bailey of Washington, attorneys instrumental in obtaining Bergdoll's re- lease from -the Tort Jay military prison to recover money which he claimed to be secreted in the mountains near Phila- delphia, was issued from the office of the latter firm: “We hereby offer a reward of $2,500 to any person for the apprehension and de- livery to the proper military authorities at any military post or station of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, an escaped military prisoner, The reward will be paid im- mediately upon receipt of officia Inotics from the adjutant general of the arm: by either of the undersigned (the two law firms) of the deulivery of the prisoncr into military custody and of the name of the person entitled to the reward™ At the office of Anscll & Bailey it was said tonight that not the slightest clu~ had been obtained as to Bergdoll's wherebaouts. AUTOMOBILE RACE DRIVER ARTHUR CHEVROLET INJURED Indianapolis, Ind., May 23.—Arthur Chevrolet, automobile race driver was slightly injured when a car he was try- ing out, crashed into another racer driven by Rene Thomas, at the motor speedway here today. The drivers, who were turning up their cars, for the 50v mile race to be held here next Monday, were driving at a rate of about ninety miles an hour. Thomas, who was di- rectly in front of Chevrolet, blew a tire and Chevrolet crashed into his rear, iezd-on. Chevrolet was taken to a hos- pital, suffering from cuts about the face and an injured chest. Thomas escaped uninjured. THEFT OF JEWELS YALUED AT $5.600 AT SPRINGFIELD Springfield. Mass, May 23.—Jewels valued at $5,600 were reported stolen to- day by Colonel Stanhope E. Dlunt, for- mer commandant of the Springfield arse- nal, from his home in this city. The val- uables were taken, it is belicved, som: time Saturday afternoon oOr eveni while all members of the family were away. Included in the eight articles stolen was a pearl and diamond pendant valued at $1.000 and a diamond brooch with pendant valued at §990. AMERICAN AVIATOR MISSING; BEHIND BOLSHEVIK LINES Warsaw, May 23.—Li Harmon € Rorison of Wilmington, N. C., a pilot in the Kosciusko aerial squadron, has been missing for several days, when he began a flight undertaken to obtain a report concerning the bolshevik lines on the southern front in the Ukraine. Since the start on his mission Rorison Leen revorted, and the Fol military authorities are of the opinion that hie either was shot down by the ene- or forced to land inside the bolshevi lines. Wireless efforts have been made to ascertain the fate of the avi: BRONX ZOOLOGICAL BEAR, AT LARGE, KILLED BY POLICE New York, May 23.—"Black Prince,” ‘most valuable bear in the Bronx 2co- logical garden, was shot and kilied by police early today after being at large for. seven hours. The animal which i said to have been the finest specimen of short-legged Canadian black bear in cip- tivity, climbed out of his cage during the night and kept a large force of police o:: vigil until daybreak, when he was cor- nered in a remote section of the park “Black Prince” weighed 300 pounds.