Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 25, 1920, Page 1

voL. LXII—-NG; 128 POPULATION 29,685 NORWICH, CONN., TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1920 PETTION OF 14000 . ROAD STOCKHOLDERS IS DD Had Applied For the Appointmeii of a Limited Receiver to Prosecute Right of Action Agumt Former Board of Di- rectors For the Restitution of $150,000,000, Alleged to Have Been Used in Improper Purchases—Federal Judge, Julius W. Mack Finds “the Records Are Devoid of Any Proof to That Effect.” hington, May 24.—Authority -tojon the recognition of their independence pt for the United States a mandate|and asking the president to send a war- Armenia was asked of congress to-|shin and American marines to Baku. v President Wilson. The executive| President Wilson referfed to this resolu- " « was consclous that he was urg-|tion in his message today but senators| & “u very eritical choice,” but that he|pointed out that this measure was adopt- » “in the earnest belief that will| ed as a substitute for one by Senator be wish of the people of the United | Williams, democrat, Mississippl Dropos- « that this should be done.” ing that the United States become the « president’s message was read in|mandatory for Armenia. + nouse and senate, but was dis- he president, in his message, inform- - neither. Each house referred it|ed the semate that he had accepted the s itx commitiee on foreign relations and | invitation of the allied supreme council was no indication when tieher [ that he undertake ‘to arbitrate the very mmittee would take it up. Some re-|difficult questions of the boundary be- in leaders in the senate predicted|tween Turkey and Armenia,” saying he ely thal the message would lie in|had thought it his duty ‘to accept this nat tee indefinitely. difficult and delicate task.” s of Maseachusetis, the| Provision for mandates over former ter and chairman of the|subject peoples is made in the treaty of mmittee, had no comment (o] Versailles and it is set forth that such ¢ executive’s recommenda-| mandates shall be executed under the past. however, he has de-|league of nations, but eince the Uj his opposition to aStates is not a‘member of the league,; administration officials said that if con- Senator Harding, republican. Ohio, the|gress decided that the United States) "e committee which inves-|should act for Armenia the treaty pro- " Armenian affairs, said he would | visions would be waived in this case. aking 4 mandate over| In the report of the Americ hat he did not think Armenia, which recently was CABLED PARAGRAPHS Must Wear Civilian Clothes Paris, May 24—Men workers of the American Red Cross stationed in Paris have been ordered to wear civilian clothes, beginning Jume 1. The women Wworkers have the option of wearing a uniform of their usual stvie, The order was to have hecome effective on May 1, but the Parisian ‘tailors could not be| hurried and it was necessary to post- pone the date. in Paris. Huerta President ad Interim of Mexico | | _ Mexico City, May. 24—Adolfo De La Huerta, governor of Sonora, was named president ad interim of Mexico by the extraordinary session of congress this evening. He re- ceived 224 votes against 28 for Pablo Gonzalez. e —c———————— NQUIRY INTO THE ESCAPE OF DRAFT DODGER BERGDOLL Philadelphia, May 24.—Colonel .Thom- {as Q. Donaldson of the inspector gener- al's department, Washington, and Colonel Alexander B. Coxe, of the army gener- al staft corps, arrived here today to take up the local angles of the war depart- ment's inquiry into_ responsibility for the scapt_of /Grover C. Bergdoll from _the two army guards here last Friday. Berg- doil at the time was on an alleged ‘treasure hunting” furlough. Previous to his arrival here Colonel Donaldson completed his investigation at Fort Jay, Governo-e Island, N. Y., where Bergdoll was serving a dive year sentence for evading the draft. “I cannot talk,” said Colonel Donald- son. "I am not permitted to discuss the case with anvone and must refer all in- quiries to the war department. My hands declaration of the anthracite coal com- nsent ed to the senate, Major General Harbord | are tied.” = = % mission of 1902, said Mr. Lewis. ms committe he | eetimated that acceptance of the man-| No trace has heen found of the fugi-| RAILROADS TO HELP SOLVE ————— wimous againet a would e o the prasence ofitive by the federal and civil _officers TEANSPORTATION PROBLEMS | RECACTION IN MEXICO RESTT < as well ns repub merican tro Armenia. Oth- | searching for him. Rumors of all sorts FROM STy . ' & step, or estimates, however, have placed } ched the federal autorities today, one| Boston, May 24.—The three principal FEOM KILLING OF CARRANZA - A ¢ 5 o fihem to the effect that Bergdoll had | railrouds entering this city appointed @ Sn . & the author of th once tha Turkish army had m to the off g | railroads e = Y. 2D, shington, M. —Offic est adopied by the sen silized in accordance with the | Planned to leave the country. This was| committee on car service to cooperate | in ‘the Mexiean fnu,m‘nn s int weited . B AR seton] of the TUtkish treaty: | siven some credence by Harry B. Pierce,| with the Interstate Commerce Commis- ay. by _ Sl = <4 s division superintendent of the depart- | y.Xeports of a Wwidespread reaction SR o gE1C5 LFD sion in solving transportation problems. | rosuiting from the killing of Venustiano e 2 = 9 e i e e S e et P. Gardiner, assistant _general | Carranza, the denosed president. These ADVANCE IN FREIGHT RATES PROGRAM OF CONNECTICUT “."T i R ht agent of the Boston and Albany | inications were accompanied by informa. WOULD NOT INCREASE H. C. L. FEDERATION OF LABOR cr| had disappeared from its -mooring | T2iroad: was selected to serve us one of | tion that the de facto government might | | there & few hours after his. Sesape. Me | three members on @ committee to be | have to face almost immediately not only ston, May 24.—Belief that Waterbury. Ca 24 —Res Pierce requested the authorities at Wash- blished by the interstate commrece | the problem of reducing Vilia, the long. tatea to jrovide tions embadyin Bgainat i o vt alll Const CUBTRat e and to represent the com-|time rebel leader, to submission but 4 lion doltars additional rev-| the exnulsion of Alist e i Glouse and wtbov, soseaiaeet agonte| ilroads and the shippers. | more important armed opposition. xed by the nation ailroads | hers of the New Vork mbly, WSS | o watch for the yacht along the Atlantic| H. A. Davison, manager of transportation | Reports - reached - Washington today g the release of political prisoners and the, coast. A report also was received that|department of the Boston Wool Trade as-!from the Mexican capital that men prom- sed by carriers | repeal of the espiondze act, and con- \“w fugitive had been seen in Atlantic|sociation, announced his acceptance of an | inent in political affairs were suspected of ning before the | cemning the Kansas court of indust: City fternoon, but this|appointment to be the shippers’ repre- | preparing to take advantage of the in- commizsion. relations, will be hroughi up tomorrow ul o Yot Lo nar | sentative. dignation caused hy Carranza’s death A that 1 knew of.” said Da thirty- anuual convention of the | George Gale. harbor master at Atlantic| The commission in its letter to Mr.|lead an avenging movement as did Car- Villar ident of th taltime mrecticut Fedepation of Labor, which| (ity, said ght that ther had been no! Davison, which he made public, said it |ranza when Madero was ussassinated in sould reduce the in this ity today. | ach meg'ed there and D. Clarence | desired “to establish special _termnial | 1912 a e promnt and ¥ prozram fore the convention; locai counsel for Bergdoll, de-|committees at important 10| Confirmation w received by the stat rans He added that| today included modal heulth law, a Mrs. Bergdoll owned ome. “T0|advise the commission in the exercise of | department during uw day of the failure - s aske ary 1o pro-| minimum wage law. fur unendments of my knowledge and beliel,” | emerséncy powers under the car service | of General P. Calies to effect an 5 e et guaranteed by | 1o the workinzghen's compensation law. § Gibbon id, “Mrs, Bergdoll has 10| section of the transportation ac adjustment between the new government sovernn e transportation act | the introduction of un advance system of | yacht, never had one, and does not wish| sy functions of the committee, it was | forces and Villa. . riers o purchase| cducation for the wage carners of theito have The craft is not register- . piained. wil be mencrally similar to| Luis N. Marones. a confidential agent n sautpment to move commodities | state. and employment of American citi-| ed. - - those of terminal committees during the [ent to the Tited Siates by Obregon. to- each a marke < ‘on public works. | Rec City Hall show that both! 8¢ & ST B O ol and aleo to | day calied at the White House to leave | > « York The convention was opened by and his brother, Wrvin Bergdoll | dilq i oes, ‘open routes’ and pos.| for President Wilson a mescage signed z viiroads, deckare | dent Patrick F. O'Meara and th e T e e | sible re-routins and to cooperate with | by Obregon containing reassuring dec o ! on was devoted to reor of larse real estate holding |l L) operatin soammittees of carriérs and | Fations as to the aims of, the revolotion- 0 7 efte nt and Ira M. Onburn » is being sought as an allege: - Marones, who is the generally ac- e o, oty 3 WS dodd Aceording to the records|t0 récommend- when mandatory = notice ) » ement to bring down liv-| of the ‘Comnecticat Federation | dodger. According e e e R T L SR owledged Teader of Mexican labor, Was - | A slowing tribite:to the woric of.Onburi| Grover sold_siropeptyfon ' Ma¥y 10 mud{should be faken by commigsion. BRSNS Sesal Gompers. . Howard Eiliott of the|was given by Mr. O'Meara. The Ineal; May 16 agsrezatipg mare than $100,000. e = 2 Dirie, mmenacet to The: infernational Seln. — wittee of the Assoctation| strikes aleo recelved the endorsement of | Mr. Gibhoney today verified . Bergdoll's| SUIT AGAINST THE STANLEY tions was eliminated by the reported re- itives. who presented in-| the convention. statement regarding a large sum of gold RULE AND LEVEL COMPANY | jease of George Miller. British manager| timeny for the carricrs as u f 2 he posseased.. He.suld Bergdoll, bafore he . of the Alvarado Mining and Milling com- v wed that the 1Ll STATEMENTS OF PUASIAN {fied o ayold the draft diew 3103000 lnf M pyteford, Conn.,, May..24—Much oFfpany, who has been: held prisoner: by m dollars reguested is rded by | NOBIES AND OFFICERS| $20 goid pleces from a bapl “He placed | gineas interest attaches to the hearing | Villa. and by the announcement that the - roads an oo wage incre s e n ""“M‘““ ’“]:‘"3":"\““‘“}3“‘9;0- he|Dbefore Judge Maltbie in the superior { »il companies had complied with the de- gt . hillion ¢ o| Geneva, May “The Gazette Do l"“}‘ e e heste aehing | Court. today on the application of \W. J.| mands of the de facto authorities egard- ided i presented | Lausanne this publishes three | HOWed Away I e e omntaing | P- Moore, of New York. a director of |ing the payment of the export taxes. valivo r bos | cotimas_concern of R enty. asents of the depsrtment of | the Stanley Rule and. Level Company of | e Rde. 1 l Dreacnta {stan nobles and ¢ DAY eI e were nut on the case. today, “We | New Britain, for a temporary injunction | BenY OF CARRANZA TAS g rrogeitigred g el ed to Eurone, Who declare that the for.| 3 0 nducting an investigation of this|to restrain the merger of the company ARKIVED IN MEXICO CITY 5 Fatie 16 B Jou St pnd his family are Sl oreputable - mess,” saigl United States| with Stanley works. and the sale of 30.4 J s 10 pro it bR recaped disglscd by Wa¥LAtiorney McAvoy, “but'l am not pre-|the manufacturing interests of the rule | yexico® City, May 24.—The body of| t mtended for higher rates | now lvinge eADly. - die “|bared to say what action will be taken.”|and level company to the Stanley Works. | procident Vendstiane Carranza, why was! _ e | now living peaceably. Thelr ¢ bhoney called at the federal at-| 1t developed in the hearing today that | yjijcq at Tlaxalantongo. last Thursday s ar o up the weakened | | hidden litical re | 5 killed a & o s gy s heica. et LR L s office tonight by invitation and|President A. W. Stanley, of the Rule and | morning, arrived here at 5.30 o'clo, Opposition to any rate increases was| ™ One curions fact ia recalled by the auestioned by Mr. McAvoy and|Level Company, had not exchanged any of | this morning, and the funeral was held - - ows résenting ‘ 5 i L Colonels Coxe and Donaldson. his stock in that company for the new 3 olclock RIS AS H. Cowan. representing | pewspaper which savs It has been re- S 9 5 ac 3 olcloclc ey arnpan: . Growers' association. | cenjed that out of the ten thonsand - = Stanley Works preferred. i corge T. Summerlin, charge d'affaires are against any raise in rates| pabitants of kate inburg not ona saw | GOOP SOCIETY" IS RESISTING Besides Mr. Stanley, the parties named | 3¢ the United States embassy, was ofits, he declared, adding that if the | the murder or butial of the royal fam ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION fendants in Mr. Moore's action are | among the foreign diplomats who escort- oL support themselves it Was | while even the Bolshevik accounts of T & e K& pvater. D. P. Hart.ed the body from the station to the Car- s e oo i e Boston. May 24—-Enforcement of the|F. G. Platt, J. N. Burdick and P. B.|ranza home. Villaslaiaetie 10 casebion i % pyon. | prohibition amendment is being resistsliStanley, all of New Eritain, and Meigs | Several s, ding | Yane n rey " pbenag il aly P i ek vl [nleniey Al or Nen = al persons, including Ygnacio ere some ten thousand more 4 e | by ‘a part of our soc ganization that|H. Whaples of Hartfor Bonillas, former Mexican ambassador toj oyed by the Baltimore and Ohio| 1% WEN ROBBED BANK We are pleased to call good society,”| Mr. Stanley testified today that he own- | the United States, were taken from the ailroad thel Before federal control. bu OF §115,000 AND ESCAPED President (emeritus) Charles W. Iliot, | oq botween 900 and 1000 shares of the | train early this morning while it wag | that this was mainiy due to th . i of Harvard university, sald at a meet-|gq Rule and Level Company and |enroute to this city, and were lodged in - om niece basis work in the shops| Piitsbu # . Pa., May 24.—The first!ing of the Ufiterian Temperanse So-|controlled the voting of 2,900 shares in |the military prison of Santiago Tlaltelol- v system. | National at Finleyville, Pa., was| clety today. A 1 deny| V- He said he owned one thousand | e, regarding th dvisability of |held un and robbed about noon by sixi “These people are causing a gread deal| psres of the Stanley Work and controll- | Luis Cabrera, who was reported {o Faten Mr. Willard de-| men, Who escaped, it is said. with §100,-| of trouble all over the country. princi- |1 30 O N e R CanaTe il e «l oninion that the | 909 in bonds and securities and $15,000 | Pally {nln ching 1:}“15):;.1“(-” _'|Iu % ln?; About $6.000.000 were involved in the | ter was killed, was not on board the | rather have the increase|in cash. ‘The casier was locked in the|YOUnE e SOUURICE SCCTES 0 KNOW merger, announced in March. and - now | train. o freigh | vault. A sheriff's posse hus gone in |mr-l“:"° O e P e te iady 5| 8afd to be consummated. ' which . Hr. ——— cdge of the rad ¥ 4 e i ce_president of the e e 5 Moore seems to prevent or have undone. | PRESBYTERIANS TAKE FINAL nd Ohio. and Samuel Rea of| _ Dr. Fiiot said that voung women are| M. Moore claims that the stockholders ACTION ON WORLD MOVEMENT e o gt Bt g Ho meeting young men in what he termed |0f fhe company were not informed as i e the presentation of the ~argu- Represents Lithuania In |a “whoozy” condition at social affairs|to their rich or to fhe deal. Philadelphia, May 24 —Final action on ¢ eastern carrier | Which are countenanced by matrons of | - the interchurch world movement was e America 00d social standing. The fact that these | CONDITION OF SEN. taken tonight by the execative commi & ie ATOR INSANE MAN HANG : H young women do not object to meet SELF = men in this condition, he declared, is} W Dy TR peo s { impending enforcement of the prohibi- | Ansonia. Conn., M 4 ichael Dut- i tion amendment. H Russian machinist of thie city, The speaker cited theidents that had | t the police station awaiting com- come under his personal observation to | t to an insane asylum, hanged | show that conditions among woriing v after noon today in his { people had improved through prohibi- | # trousers. He was discovered tion. Micer an down. but efforts to — - te him falled he medical ex- FAILED IN HER D! RE TO was called later and body "BECOME A “MOVIE" .-\(."I‘BEX#S‘ ned o ferta S . that Dutkanics New York, May 24—Honfietta Bulte, | . rs and making a 15, who was found in [ ;wood, Calif..| placdd it around May 17 after a nationwie search si:ff , other trouser leg he tied her disappearance here April 12, returned | - . In order to hang home tod: Her desire to become a | ad to bend forward. It motion picture actress and possession of t anpear that the noose was t'_ht $260 her “father had given her| ) stran him and he evider.ly t odeposit in the bank, caused her to] eath by thé knot pressing start west, she said. and she made| « throat § stops at Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Dutkanices was taken o police head Angeles. She had $10 when she arrived rters Saturday after members of his toda ! fam notified the authorities that ks - naren e w ng violently and they feared WORK OF AMERICAN WOMEN OF he wo arm them. He leaves a wid- “FRANCO-AMERICAN RELIEF” ow. =ight children and a brother. i o Paris, May 24.—American women of | Gov ~\"YK OF NEW YORK the “Franco-imerican Relief for the De- BIGNS 2, BEER BILL vastated Regions” are gzoing W .ind the e o counters of department stores on the Albany, N. Y., May 24.—The Walker boulevards Tuesday and Wednesday, bill. legalizing the manufacture and sale containing Jcohol no than was more, welght, Governor Smith today ign- JOMNRON HAS MARGIN 832 VOTE IN OREGON May_24.—Returns from CENTRAL NEWS SEAVICE, NEW YORK. he mary $lection held Fri- day. complied hy newspapermen to- The'firat representative of Lithu- night gave Senator Hiram W. Johnson a ania in America is Jonas Vileisis, who was born in Lithuania in 1872 and educated at the Universty of Petrograd. He Is by profession a lawyer and was a member of the of argin votes for preference. SIX COUNTE T 550 BILLS FOSITED IN HARTFORD BANKS the republican first Lithuanian “Taryba” or Na- g y 24-Six coun-| tional Counell in 1917. Mr. Vileisis b td ‘rey hund by Jeur| was Minister of the Interior and with | a6 tiny. merclania | 18ter Minister of Fimance in the The b were matt iy bankee 15| Lithuanien Proviaional | Govern. show v @mwd work on one side. ment. K e s when all the profits of the stores will e : ) | ton, general solicitor of the National As- | have been an amateur cxperimental e v _. .| sociation of Railway amd Utilities Som- | plane, which had floated away before T ey et 4 rnen eNEAEINE N | missioners at Washington. to the eg |more than the body had been completed e eharded as o dibtinct momeity | fect that the Comnecticut commsision | Officials here of the navy hydroplane 15 parls, P {was in favor of an Increase in freight | Stations said that there was no record of INSANITY EXPERT OPINE: MISS ZIMMERMAN WAS SANE May 24—In the opinion of Dr. A. Warren Stearns of Joston, imsanity ezpert of the Charles- town state prison, Miss Jennie C. Zim- merman, who is on trial here charged with the murder of her cousin, Dr. Hen- ry Zimmerman, was of sound mind on August. 7. 1919, the day it is alleged she killed Dr. Zimmerman. Dr. Stearns gave this as his opinion upon questioning from District Atforney Charles H. Wright at the opening of rebuttal by the prose- cution after the défense had rested fs case in the morning Springfield, * Mass., {headed by William Rockefeller, for the | temperature due to a slight cold e 12 PAGES—88 Asks U. S. Mandate |Resents President | - Over Armenia' ‘Wilson's Proposal President Wilson in Message| Lewis Urges Miners to Reject to Congress Requests Au-| Plan to Submit Wage Con- thorization to Accept Di-| troversy to Arbitration rectorate. Commission. New ork, May 24—The application of | Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 24.—Anthracite 1,400 stockhoiders of the New York, New | mine workers were urged to reject Presi Haven and Hartford railroad for the ap-|dent Wilson's proposal to submjt their pointment of a limited receiver to prose- | wage controversy to an arbitrafion com- cute the corporation’s right "of action | mission, in addresses made here today against the board of directors, formerly I'by John L. Lewis, international presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, and Philip Murray, international vice presi- dent, before a re-convened tri-district convention of hard coal miners. They declared, however,, that the dispute must be settled without a strike, refer- ring to the acceptance of Secretary “of Labor Wilson's tentative contract as the advisable course at this time. Both international officials * asserted that they would abide by any deciison of the convention on the matter and “take their chances and go alonz with the an- thracite workers 1o a finish.” The recommendation of the interna- tional officers is in direct opposition to the report of the miners general scale committee which urged the acceptance of the president’s pronosal and the rejec- tion of the secretary of labor's contract. After hearing the addresses of Presi- dent Lewis and Mr. Murray the conven- tion adjourned until tomorrow without taking any action. | While declaring that the proposed con- tract of Secretary Wilson was far from being satisfactory, Mr. Lewis said that {1t was the best that could be obtained at this time, adding that the miners had gained a victory in obtaining recogni- tion of the union. “I fear that an arbitration commission will reaffirm the objectionable open ehop restitution of. approximately $150,000,000 alleged to have been wasted by the board in improper purchases, was denied lated today by Federal Judge Julius W. Mack. In summing up his principal reasons for denying the petition, Judge Maak maintained affidavits of the stockholders did not constitute allegations of facts within their knowledge, but merely fur- nished arguments in favor of granting the petition. He ruled the appoifitment of a recei: ership, general or limited, in this case was not proper unless the directors and majority stockholders had failed toi exer- ciseh,onestly and good faith in their judg- ment. “The record are devoid of any proof to that effect.” he said. The application of the 1,400 petition- ers for permission to intervene as co- plaintiffs in a similar suit brought by Edwin Adams and others in which the petitioners souzht to have the railroad | defray the cost of litigation, was char- acterized by tie court ‘“‘undesirabl The right will' be given to five of the petitioners who are to be selected from those who under rules originally would have been quaified to sue, to intervene at the expense of the plaintiffs. \ on of the general assembly of the Pres PENROSE NOT ALARMING | §070 OF the scneral assen T S. A., in session Philadelphia, May 2¢—The condition of | here. and the announcement of the de- Senator Boies Penrose’s heaith is not | cision will be made at tomorrow mora- aarming and he wil be able to attend the | IN8'S session. It will be read in a report Chicago convention next month as he had | P Dr. John 'W. Baer of Pasadena Cal planned. In order to set at rest rumors regard- ing the senator’s physical condition, his physicians today issued the following statement : : “Doctors Alfred Sténgel, Charles B. Penrose and Herbert B. Carpenter mte in retired moderator, ecutive commission. Anothér important subject which comes up for action tomorrow is that « the new era movement, which is within the Presbyterian church. There has been much criticism of this campaign because | who is head of the ex 5 S | of alleged extravagzant exnenditures, but oy and decided mot 10| fhe recommendations of the new era com- - i e - % s ission to continue the movement with itors. He has overtaxed his strength and | I cconomies is expected to be adopted. HYDROATRPLANE requires complete rest. He had a little | con- | but there is no ARKED tarcted while motoring, congzestion. “No. 826" PICKED UP AT SEA “The fact that & number of people| ey York, May Z4-—A hydroairplane from U8 West and othas DMbes were |, ,rxed “No. 3 s picked up at sea not able to see him yesterday Prolfbiv | qav off Scotland 1 hip by the led to rumors he had suffered a serious | qioam pilot boat New York. The hydro- relapse. This is not true. The semator |,jrjiane was upside down when it was has every intention of going to Chicago.” | found and there were no traces of any £ occupants. CONNECTICUN FAVORS AN According to one of the pilots of the INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES | New York, the plane had evidently beem . bandoned or had washed out to sea. It Hartford, Conn., May 24—Righard T.,Was without wings or engines and had ggins, chairman of the public untilities commission, has written to John I. Ben- evidently been time. They e; in the water for some xpressed the opinion it m: rates and believed that it was vitally important that the New England indus- tries and their transportation facilities should be caretully considered. AGAINST INDISCRIMINATE BONUS TO EX-SERVICE MEN P Hartford, Conn., May 24.—The direc- a plane bearing the number 826 in any of the stations in the vicinity of New York. REFINERS LIFT PRICE OF SUGAR ANOTHER NOTCH New York, Sugar Refin May, g Company American once more ad- BRIEF TELEGRAMS Bar gold was unchanged at 1078 ounce in London. Peace treaty ‘with Hu siged July 4 at \’emifles. ary will be One person was killed and ten injured by two tornadoes at Castle Kock, Minne- sota. - v President’ “fllfi agreed to act as arbitrator - todetermine the - boundaries of Armenia. Bar silver was quoted ounce in New ~York 59 1-4 d ¥n London. Another German mewspaper, the Koel- nische Volkeszeitung, Wwus purchased by at $1.003 an compared with the steel interests in the Rhine pro- vince, French naval commissioners visited New. York Navy yard. They spent thre: hours there inspecting the new battleship Tennessee. All operators and_ linemen of the Jamestown, N. Y. telephone exchange went on strike and the service is dis- continued. Touriscs traveling through Europe have to go through the same red tape, al- though the war has been over for a year and a half. Republican house leaders changed their tactics - and ordered a cloture rule re- ported to prevent amendment 1o the sol- dier bonus bill. Butter drepped five cents a pou d_in Chicago, selling at 62 cents & retail. The | efg market was -~ steady. . Strawberries | are scarce and high. -~ ' The senate yesterday sed without debate the Nolan minimum wage bill fix- ing minimum salaries of government em- ployes at §5'a day. Vardon and Edwarl Ray, two professional golfers of England, will make a tour of the United States. They will sail on the Celtie, July 7. ‘While preparations were being made in Toledo to assist the interstate commerc commiseion to break the freight tieup, a second strike of Toledo switchmne be- gan. Federal authorities are closely ~watch- ing activities of bootleggers .trying to get whisky into Chicago to sell during the republican convention - there mnext month. A petition is being’ circulated on the New York Stock Exchange for closing the exchange Saturday, May 29, ard Monday, May 31, making & three-day holiday. A bill was passed by the hease setting aside 200,000 acres. of land in Hawail Tslands for homestead purposes, avail- able for homestead purposes, avaialble to natives only. T. S. transport Matolke arrvied at| w York from Antwerp, Danzig and Southampton. Twelve war brides. of ‘American soldier, five of whom had ba- ies were on board. Aceording te evidences obtained by several goverwsent departments, farm- ers are receiving an average of 4 per cent on their capital, despite the highest food p#cés in histors. Two men were killed and twe others seriously injured when two trains of the Maryland-Pennsylvania Railroad met in a head-on collision half a mile from Woodbrook Station, Md. President Wilson Issued an ultimatum to anthracite miners and operatirs. who bave been trying for weeks to settle a wage dispute. He said he would appoint a commission if necessary. All the legal machinery in Brooklyn has been started for the roundup of 3.000 draft .dodgers. VU. 8. Marshal Power and his deputies of the district will conduet the round-up. A score of grocers in Boston were arrested by department of justice agents on charges of profiteering. Under me‘ Lever act they are liable to a fine of $5,000 and two years imprisonment. TInvestigation into disquieting incidents affecting ‘the discipline of certain British regiments, revealed that agents of the Russian soviet zovernment plan to make the army a “hotbed of dissension.” . Murray Crane, former governor of Massachusetts, as well as senator from the .state and for 15 years republican national committeeman, startled republi- | can ranks by announcing he would not | attend the convention. content on the part of French authors was provoked by the government for prohibiting officers of Il grades, whether active on the reserve st. from publishinz articles or books concerning the late war. A storm of Germany was represented for the first time in many vears at a soci function in Paris when Dr. Von Maver. German charge d'Affaircs, attended a reception - and dinner given Premier Millerand Ao the displomatic corps. DELAWARE DEMOCRATS IN STATE CONVENTION TODAY May 24—While it had been generally believed that the suffrage resolution” which passed the Delaware state senate May 6 and which has been retained in that house since then, would be - messaged to the house today, the suffrage leaders insisted that it should be held until Wednesday, the day after the meeting of the democratic state con- vention, It was hoped that Whatever ac- tion might be taken by the convention here tomorrow on suffrage might have some weight in changing the votes of the democratic members. Dover, Del., WOULD LIMIT COTTON TO TE: GRADES CLASSIFICATIONS Washington, May 24.—Cotton would be permanently limited to the tem classifications originally set up by the cotton futures act, under a rider to the agricultural appropriations bill approved i nthe house today and already endorsed by the senate. Final action awaits breaking of ‘the conference deadlock on another item of the bill. The ten grades are now in effect under war time legislation enacted to prevent recognition of twenty-one grades estab- lished by the agricultural department. 13-YEAR-OLD BOY HANGED HIMSELF IN NAUGATUCK 24.—Leroy grades Naugatuck, -Conn., ~ May Laflamme, 13 vears old, hanged himseif is home here late today. The body | was found hanging on a rope which was fastened to’ the top of a door. The boy parents expressed the belief that the tors of the Connecticut Chamber - of | vanced the wholesale yrice of sugar to- Commerce, at a meeting here today.|day: so that the fine granulated gells at adopted a fesolution opposing ‘any grant|22 1-2 cents a pound, less thé usial * of funds to ex-service men which is not| per cent. discount for cash in ten days. graduated according ‘to individual means This is the third advance of its d and disability of the ‘wecipient.” The res-| within a week: olution said that to measure. War ser- “The necessity for this advance arises vice in terms of money is “contradictory | by reason of the increasing cost to the to the underlying principles of citizen- company of raw sugar” siid a state- ship.” ment issued by the company: hanging was - accidental and said they knew @o reason why he should want to Bt Eom. §404,984.18HA PRICE TWO CENTS EENSPENT DucloluxeMulemEvldmeutSmtel lnvubnhuh Pre-Campaign Expenses—Testimony Shows That the OuflaymtheOhumlnrycmBetweeanfi‘ and Wood Made Senator Newberry’s Michigan Campaign “Look Like a Piker”—Expenditures of Harding and WoodAretoBeAiredLller. H. Price, who ran the Wood campaign and he'll tell you what the Harding men spent.” Ask Harry M. Daugherty, Hard- ing’s manager, and he will tell you what the Wood men spent. “Call John T. King, who started in as manmuger of General Wood's campaign it you want 10 know about the story of the underwriting of the Wood campaign. 1 personally know of one man who pub uwp Washington, May 24.—(By The A. P.). Evidence that $404,984.78 haG been spent in behalf of Governor Lowden, republi- can, 1llinols, and a charge that the out- lay in the Ohio primary contest between Senator Harding, republican, of _that state, and Major General Leonard Wood made Scnator Newberry’s Michigan cam- paign “look like a piker” marked the opening today of the senate’s investiza- tion inlo pre-convention campaign ex-| 550,000 for Wood. If King won't tell you penditures. Ull give you the name.” Frank H. Hitchcock, former postmas-|" Dr. Randolph J. Hersey of Wheeling, appearing for Senator Sutherland, re- jublican, West Virginia, dealt at some length with the Wood campaign in that state, declaring that it had been “like & sircus with its gross publicity.” Sutherland, he said, had spent about $3,- #00 in his campaign. Senator Poindexter, republican, of Washington, with $73,000, was second to Governor Lowden in size of expenditures ter general who appeared as the repre- sentative of General Wood, threw but little light on the general's campaign ex- penses and Sepator Harding’s manager was not heard today. He will be exam- ined later as will & number of Wood managers. L. L. Emmerson, secretary of state for ois, was the spokesman -for Govern- or Lowden. He was armed with records and cancelled checks and gave figures,|actually developed and Senator John- names, dates and localiies. Of the to-|con, republican, of California. with $8! tal spent for Governor Lowdém, he said (138, was third. The largest contributor $879,175.78 was contributed by the gov-|to the Johnson fund was R. B. Strauss- ernor himself. iends gave $35.825.burger of Norristown, Pa, who gave he testified, befor. collections were stop-|$: 7000, according to Angus McSween, ped on orders from Mr. Lowden. manager of Senator Johnson's eastern Detailing expenditures, Mr. Emmerson | headquarters. testified that a total of $§136.243 was Senator Johnson's friends in Califor- sent into different states, the Michigan|nia paid their own expenses in the pri- primary campaign with §39,141 taking|mary in that state, Mr. McSween said, the most. The Lowden committee, he|ang also sent §5,500 1o eastera head- said, had sent $38,000 into Missouri | quarters. Senator Reed, democrat, of that state H. M. Rice, secretary to Senator Pein- dexter, testified that J. F. Bache, & ban- ker of New York city, had furnished $25000 for the Poindexter campaign, while William H. Todd, a Brooklyn ship- builder, had given §20,600, Mr. Hitchcock, who was the first wit- ness of the day. told the committee that it had been understood when he joined the Wood organization that he was met to _handle campaign contributions. questioned him at some length to deter- mine the method of its use since there Wwas no primary election. “Getting out the Lowden sentiment was the purpose” Mr. Emmerson said, adding that it had been successful be- cause the delegates would support the governor's candidacy. “Cost about a thousand dollars a dele- gate for Missouri’s thirty-six,” com- mented Senator Reed. The “greatest expenses” were in the E. H. Moore, who testified to contri-|big primary fights, “like Illinols and butions of about $22,000 to the campaign | Michigan,” Mr. Witchcock sajd. He tes- for Governor Cox, democrat, Ohio, made | tified that they were handled from Chi- the charge of heavy expenditures in|cago and that he didn't favor making® the republican primary contest in Ohio.|the fight In those states. The Wood At one noint he was interrupted by Sen- ator Spencer, republican, Missouri, who said the witness was making general campaign in Michigan, he said, was fi- nanced by the Michizan organization. “Our finances were alw _— - arg and demanded names. the witness declared. “I know a chicken hawk from a hand|of our-difficulties always, to get momey saw,” Mr. Moore retorted. “Call Jnhnilfl meet legitimate needs. GENERAL WOOD SAYS HE FOREWARNED BERGDOLL MAY HAVE “JOSHED" PAPEN HAD PLANNED AN ESCAPE Chicago, May 24.—Captain Franz von Papen, military attache at Washington brior to American entry into the war, was being “jostied” if he was told by Major General Leonard Wood, then com- mander of ihe Eastérn Department of the Army. at New York that the. United St had complete plans of van Pa- pen’s " alleged 'plot to attack New York from U-boats. ‘A canard.” was General Wood's char- dcterization today of von Papen's. story. as told Washington, May 24—Both the Army Intelligence Corps and the department of justice were forewarned that Grover C. Bergdoll, draft evader, planned an es- cape from custody, Atiorney General Palmer declared in a statement tonight, disclaiming responsibility en the part of the department of justice for circum- stances which permitted Bergdoll to get away. Information that a plot with an escape in view was under way, Mr. Pal- mer Eaid, was first obtained by the army in Associated . Press - despatches| 4Uthorities and was given by them to his from Berlin last night, that he had been | GePATtment. calied to_ Governors Island to be tom|, ' Ih€ department of justice received a aborit the: “iscovery’” of his-piot letter from -one of its special agemts dated April Mr. Paimer added “to “1 never called any attache to Govern- ors Island and had no authority to doj D¢ €ffect that Bergdoll would make ap- 80" Gendral Wood told the .Associateq|PlicRtion for a writ of habeas corpus “All the attaches, when in| 1ich #ould take him temporarily out of were extremely punctilious| the GUStody of the war department and about calling. to pay their respects. On |PI2ce Bim in the custody of a marshal or such occasions we never talked war. - 1| 4€PUtY’ marshal; that pending these pro- {don’t remember the incident von Papen|c°®4ings he would attemot to make his refers to. though it is poesible that he|SSCaPe, or, if aliowed bail, would jump may have been ‘“joshed' about the nu.|DiS Dail bond. merous “The bureau of investigation made jts plans, therefore. to prevent any eseape in case of application for writ of ha- jbeas eorpus. No such application was ever made and Bergdoll did not come within the jurisdiction of the department of juslice in any manner that would warrant our interference. spy vlot stories that were cireu- that i ing GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN CONFERENCE AT SPA Ferlin, May 24—The Germen govern- ment today notified the British charge at of its acceptance of the entente’s n to participate irt the confer. ence at Spa. HOOVER BLAMES GOV'T FOR HIGH PRICES OF SUGAR New York, May 24.—The government will seek to obtain fair distribution ef the country’s sugar supply through a sweeping investigation of sugar brokers who ignore conditions of their federal licenses, Arnim W. Riley epecial assist- New Head Of The Soldiers’ Home In Washington ant to Attorney General Palmer, an- nounced here tonight This: announcement followed closely upon testimony before the joint legisla- tive committee investigating profiteering of Herbert Hoover, who charged the government with responsibility for the present high price of sugar because of its failure to authorize the sugar equaliza- tion board jo purchase the Cuban crop last year ffr 6 1-2 cents a pound, and upon announcement that the price of re- fined sugar had Leén increased to 22 I=2 cents—an advance of three cents within a week. GEORGE MILLER, BRITISH SUBJECT, RELI Washington, May 24.—George Miller, the British subject reported held by Francisco Villa for ran<om, has been Teleased, the state department has been advised by the American consul at Chi- huahus and also by an official of the Al- varado Mining and Milling Company, of which Miller is superintendent. SEVEN DAY ARMISTICE HALTS ATTACK AT BAKU Constantinople, May 24.—(By The A. P.) A seven day armistice was arrang- ed May 19 between the republic of Geor- gia and the mixed Russo-Tartar ~foree concentrated at Baku to attack the Georgians® CAPTURE OF ENZELT STOPS COUNTER REVOLUTION Moscow, May 22.—(By The A. P.) The capture of Enzell, in Persia, on the Cas- plan Sea. by the commander of the Rus- sian Soviet fleet which will have the ef- fect of uniting the revolutionary ele- ments of eastern and western Persiz, has eliminated the . counter-revolutionary forces on the Caspien. The reward for the distinguished services of Major General Tasker H. Bliss. who served as the military member of the peace delegation subsequent to his important serv- ices with the supreme war council of the allied and: associated powers in the late war, will be the com- mand of the United States' Soldiers’ Home at Washington. The billet is one that carries with it the use of a handsome home within the beauti- SCORE HURT AND SEVERAL MISSING IN AN EXPLOSION Pittsburgh, May 24.—More than a take . his Jlife. He .attended. schopl this morning, hmi did not go this afiernoon. Coroner Monzan! of Waterbury will.in- vestigate it STIES PPy N T S e ful 800-acre park surrounding the home. and is one of the most coveted assignments of retired of- Ic:n. . scors of persons were injured and sev- eral are reported mising as the result of an éxplosion which biew up two ings hére this morning and = eral bufldines pearby. L FOR LOWDEN IN CAMPAIEN