Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 28, 1920, Page 1

HOUSE T0 WElwnMninhim-'lhtdnkudufionMemn“nComplete Washington, won vetoed the peace resolution today and nformed congress he could not ‘become To satabiish technical peace by such poses or take further steps to attain? The erms deemed adequate by the leading by etatesmen , MAY. 28, 1920 - Surrender of All Rights of U. S. So Far as Germany is Concerned”’—Leaders in the House Predict the Resolu- tion Will Fall Short by Only a Few Votes of the Neces- sary Two-Thirds—In the Senate Passage Over Veto is Hopeless — Belief Prevails That the Controversy Will, HlvetoBeFon(htOntinfllePolififllClmpnign. we do not care to take any further re- sponsibilities with regard to the freedom of nations or the sacredness of interna- tional obligations or the safety of inde- pendent peoples. “Such a peace with Germany—a peace in whigh none of the essential interests which we had at heart when we entered the war is safeguarded—is, or ought to Dbe inconcelvable, is inconsistent with the dignity of the United States, with the rights and liberties of her citizens and with the very fundamental conditions of civilization. “I hope that in these statements T have sufficiently set forth the reasons why I have felt it incumbent upon me to with- l .iday. May _President Wil- o the peace programme fram- can leaders of the senate he considered it would on the na- repa se because 4 neffaceable stain ! Attorn, the president said in his veto ME P to eftect “a complete rights of the United as Germany is concerned” uish all the high purposes the mation into war and which the rejected treaty of of Dr. wodied dent’s act apparently brought | hold my signature. : or and final deadlock the efforts| (Signed) L e resent administration and con- “WOODROW WTLSON. 10 agres on A peace settlement. Re- sders conceded they had had 5 pass the resolution over the though an attempt will house tomorrow : and on + was predicted that the issues v controversy would have to n the political eampaign “The White House, 27th May, 1920.” HARTFORD BANK CASHIER IN JAIL-IN DEFAULT OF BONDS Hartford, May 27.—Accused of embez- zling $24,700 from the. Phoenix National bank where he was employed as a teller lemocrats and republicans blaming | Augustus H. Schumacher of 34 Willard| Mr. Ba or the failure to consummate | street, 51 years old and many years with | made t peace. local banks, was arrested by Detective « message the president did not|Sergeant Charles F. Koenig last night. r he might submit the|pe.quge of a slight indisposition Schu- he senate for ratification. BUtl nainer was lodged in the matron's quar- | Aatly T 3 that the resolution ratsed again |yor el “he night where the cell accom. | kin said, ¢ the United draw apart from the rest r to join with other nations the ends to which the treaty a whether modations are more comfortable than in the bedless cells in the main cell house. He had $10,000 on his person when con- fronted by bank officials eeveral days ago. Before Commissioner Corbett this af- ternoon bonds were fixed ‘at §10,000 in default of which Schumacher was com- taken. had been expeced by the re- and they made plans dent promptly by a rec- passage of the resolution. et to" the house, |mitted to the Hartford county jail. He|Sefendant - e % was agreed | Drobably entered a plea of not guilty and g waived examination.. His case will prob- ctooia] Dredietion on the repub-|ably come up before the federal court was that the resolution would only a few votes of the two- essary repass it. In the was conceded that altogether hopeless, the ing almost solidly with now in session When it Wwill be presented to the grand jury on Thursday and an| indictment asked for. The total amount of Schumacher's shortage at the bank, according to Vice President William B. Bassett, was $34,700 but of this there has been’ returned $10,000. The latter sum was found on Schumacher's person after he had left the bank when his irre- gularities were dif¢overed. Harrison B. Freeman, Schumacher's attorney, sald the money taken by the accused was not lost in stock operations but that Schumacher had lived in ex- crss of his income. The money was’ob- tained. Mr. Freeman said, by manipula- tion of large accounts. He declared that Schumacher’s mind had been in a_cloud- ed_condition for some time. It was said at the bank today that Schumacher's peculations from his own clared, senate and house from comment on the "e general tenor of republican side. how- exeentive and not ar the responsibili- tlon continued technically. at 1z the democrats it was nation still would \n senate to account for tify the treaty. resident’s Veto Message. message follows: ¢ Representatives: ruffians. ‘Tuesday | tified irn. herewith, without my signa-| admissions, had extended from 1910 or resolution 327, intended [ 1911 and when the Phoenix National|volvers o olution of April 6| Bank took over the business- of the| which ma: of war to exist e United States and German, Charter Oak - National in 1915, Schu-| machen of neeessity had to continue his formation committed Zimmerman, ki and to wor BRIDGEPORT POLICE CLEA Bridgeport, May 2 arrested by the police late yesterday are charged by the police as being members of a gang of robbers, highwaymen and Several and as ZIMMERMAN MURDER TRIAL DRAWING TO ITS CLOSE Springfield, Mass., May 27.—Taking of testimony in the trial of Miss Jennie G. Zimmerman, charged with the murder of her cousin, Dr. Henry Zimmerman, was nearly completed this afternoon, and in- | dications seem to point to the case going to the jury Saturday. Brown announced after adjournment that court will sit Saturday and also tomor- TOw night if it seems necessary, so that the case may be ompleted before the hol- Judge Nelson This afternoon’s- sitting was taken up largely with sur-rebuttal by the defense, the commonwealth having completed its case in the early afternoon. kin, around whom a great deal OFf testi- mony has dwelt in the last few days, was recailed to the stand to check statements made by witnesses for the Drosecution. v William G. McKechnie asked n_questions pertaining to the testimony of Bernard Feldman, an uncle in which Feldman had said that Balkin had told him of tak- ing a revolver from Miss Zimmerman. Balkin said he had told Feldman nothing of the sort and that he did not know that Miss Zimmerman had purchased a revol- Regarding that the conversation referred to took place the night before the shooting and that Balkin had urged Feldman to inter- cede because Miss Zi use the gun,’ up Feldman's mmerman o who broached the subject. This offer was refused by Miss Zimmerman, Bal- he carried back this i Dr. Cornell. Dr. Charles J. Downey was asked a hypothetical question as to the effeets of a drug alleged to have been given to Miss Zimmerman just before Dr. Zimmerman the alleged assault upon the The nhysician told of a mix- uld produce the, warmth, dizziness and drowsiness testified to by the defendant. Mrs. Maude Ouimette testified as to a conversation she claims to have had with A. Ralph Silber of this city the day after the shooting, said: in_ which_ Silber, 1T know He repeat ARE N arrests were ma vesterday. ides highwaymen and On two Peter Bal- statement. “might Mr. Balkin said he remem- bered going to lunch with Feldman but that it wa sa week or more before the shooting and at no time did he make any of the statements credited to him. also reiterated that he had no offer to Dr. Corneil things up” for a financial consideration, but that instead Dr. Cornell was the one Balkin was stil on the stand when adjournment was she de- that Dr. Zin¥mer- man performed two illegal operations on Jennie Zimmerman, but th why she should kill him. this statement, she testified, after she had remonstrated with him. : t is no reason # UP RUFFIANS Three more men Of the three additional men arrested two Wwere today their rooms were found blackjacks re- ammunition and various articles have been stolen. the men were blackjabs. A Greek priest ' Naval Court Inquiry Editor Rathom Resents Query Reflecting Upon Authen- ticity of Providence Journal War Stories. Westerly, R. I, May 27.—The _naval court of inquiry which for four mdnths has been investigating charges that the anti-vice squad operated by the navy at Newport in war time -was guilty - of vicious practices, came here today to hear testimony from Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and John R. Ralt'hom, editor of the Providence Jour- nal. Ensign Henry 1. Hyneman, judge advo- cate-in the proceedings, said that this session would probably be the final one of the inquiry unless it should be decided to>go to Boston to take the evidence of twa naval officers there. “Have you any proof that the. navy departfment with the full. knowledge, consent and guidance of Secretary Dan- iels maintained a special branch of the department for the specific purpose of en- trapping innocent persons?” Mr. Rathom was asked. ““Absolutely none. Claude R. Branch, counsel for the Min- isters’ union of Newport, who brought the complaint, objected to the question on the ground that Mr. Rathom acted solely as the editor of a newspaper with- out claiming any first hand knowledge. The judge advocate said: “If there is any proof in the possession of this wit- ness that the secretary of the navy knew of such a. practice, I want it Mr. Rathom; can you of your personal know- ledge prove that the secretary of the navy permitted an organization to be carried on for the purpose of entrapping innocent men?’ “Absolutely not,” Mr. Rathom replied. Asked whether he had any personal knowledge of facts which would help the judge advocate to prove the allegations made, Mr. Rathom said he had not; that he had tried to make his statement as complete as possible and had given the court all the information at his command. A letter written by Mr. Rathom to the attorney general of the United States on Feb. 6, 1818, was introduced and the judge advocate asked: “Is it not a fact that many of the war stories in which the Providence Journal claimed credit for P on fix in- unearthing German Spy systems Were false?” Mr. Rathom replied: “That statement is a_deliberate, wilful and absolute false- hood in all that it says and all thatiit im- plies. -1 belieev it is a part of a plot in Which the secretary of the navy and the assistant SEcretary of the navy are in- volved to injure and degrade m Aseistant Secretary Roosevelt requested as it referred to any plot or referred to the secretary or assistant secretary, and the court so ordered. Reverting to the letter, a photostatic copy of which had been introduced by fhe judge advocate with a request that the witness say whether the signature was his, Mr. Rathom declared that the letter was' written by him at the request of the attorney general, that it was mark- ed confidential, that he understood a pledge was made that the letter was not to- be used apd that ihe letter %as. to be shiown to only one other person. “I decline to make any statement swith- out getting a release from the attorney general, whose personal honor is bound up in this letter.” Mr. Rathom said. The judge advocate remarked that he had not asked the witness for a statement ed de n- in of cgardi letter, G said orfe of the men just taken held him | [CRATdINE the contents of the letter, and esolution of Dec. . 1917.| operations to cover up the shortage then|up on May 5 and took $185 in cash from | Tia Rt itend to do so. bt only it n state of war fo GRCHSII |olpted: [ o TS him. There were. two men in this as-| ‘Dentification of the signature. ates and the Austro- - ank Examliner H. W. Scott arrived|sault. ank Wintzer identified two as e v t, and to declare a state|today from Boston to investigate the|those who held him dp, beat him and|PFESBYTERIANS TO TERMINATE matter. In a formal statement he ex-|broke his jam and took money and jew- WORLD MOVEMENT RELATIONS liberty to sign this| plained how the péculations were made| . els. His watch chain was found on o ointion because I cannot bring|and how they escaped the -attention of| man. "¢| Philadelphia, May 27.—Support of the sme party 1o an action|the federal examiners and auditors, as| The police claim that much evidence|PTesbyterian Church in the U. S. A. was «ouid place ineffaceable stain upon|well as the privale examiners - called | has been found to connect the men so| Withdrawn from the Interchurch World intry and honor of the United|from time 1o time by the bank. 2 Schumacher's arrest was the culmi- r arrested with bu 2lars and robber- fes on both the East and West Sides of Movement but it was decided to contifue the New Era Movement and cut the an- tion secks to establish peace | nation of a persistent and steady gruell-| the city. nual hudget from $900,000 to §400,000 at y empire without exacting | ing to which he was subjected by Pres- b today’s session of the general assembly. x-urrr}m»n:hun.\"’ifi:‘i:’ln l‘t‘l.-:!ll I.mrr; l; Broadhurst, Vice President | MRS. TOMASZKIEWICZ NOT \\"nld"il ST the rllnlcrchur:lh 5 right e infinite | William assett and other officers of L 3 s W or] ovement, the general assembly ¢ did to the peoples whom | the bank since last PFriday when the| U - > 1Y REASON OF INSANITY|, jopted the new plan of the executive i whom we professed it our shortage in the teller's account was first Northamtpon, Mass, May 27.—A ver- tommision providing for contribution of when we entered the | discovered. Not until 7 o'clock last eve-| dict of not guilty by reason of insanity | }100,000 for the ensuing Year to the ning, according to President Broadhurst|was returned tonight by the jury in the| MOVement, “when properly reorganized” sacrificed the lives of more|did the bank officials get an admission|case of Mrs. Anna Tomaszkiewicz,|:© De used for the payment ¢ its cur- Americans and ruined the|from Schumacher about the shortages in|charged with the murder of her hus. | eNl OPerating expenses as a going con- ¢ thousands of others and brought, his accounts. Try as the bank officials|band Andrew. ®"{eern for that period and for no other ousands of American families an s might Schumacher positively refused to divulge what he did with -the money he is accused of having embezzled. Ac- cording to the bank officials, Schumacher made the statement that he did not play the stock market and that he did not live highly. Schumacher is alleged to have stated that the money he took from wss that can never end. for pur- we do not now care to state these purposes is treaty of Versailles attainment of for in the wicz was and experts of all the great re associated in the war seen The case was given to the jury late this afternoon turned at 9.15 tonight after three hours of actual detiberation. and a verdict was Mrs. Tomaszii to smile when the vel dict was given by the jury foreman. The state claimed kiewicz had murdered her husband by that Mrs. re- Tomasz- purpose. 5 When final action was taken the gen- eral assembly was almost unanimous in declining to incur any further obligation for the Interchurch Movement as now organized and controlled. The executive commisison was authorized to take im- mediate steps to provide for the payment fe- r- ol Wh the bank “just_dribbled away." giving him poison, her motive being to| LY, the Presbyterian Church of the §1.- srainst Germany. Do we now met care| o collect insurance which e had. placed pEE0.8000 sunderpecition last. - year. [ie o join in the effort to sec e ND KILLS WIFE on his life. The testimony showed that|P!2% adopted provides further: We entered the war most reluctantly. AND SELF IN BRIDGEPORT| (W0 other former husbands, Theodore|, ~Thal entering into relationship with .~, ux:'»rpzn.mll’;‘ A .und at st Bfidgenort.) W“M = Darmetka and Peter Vilos, had died of Ao nterchurch A“u\vem"“- o Teorepny ak a4 European wa geport, Comn.,. May 27.—Abraham|poison and that they also were heavily | 2cd the general assembly in no manner did only because they became con-|Halpert, 50, shot and killed his wife,|insured. * | recognizes its liability for ary - indebt- vinced that it could not in truth be re-; Fannie, and then killed himself, in their Oy edness not specifically authorized by it. garded as only 2 E “I",‘,’.'"}.:fi'a:’fi&;‘?i‘:; :‘:-T:uu;m" ioday. ’X‘helpolice declare | MAXIM MUNITIONS PLANT / 3 executive commission is further Se Tegarded as a wa w! caused a quarrel, which result-| . s atos £ authorized - to provide for the selection Raeit was miolved and human righis of |ed in the sheoting. SOLD TO NEW MAVEN SYNDICATE | of persons who shall represgnt the gen. very kind as against a belligerent gov- hagtbert was a jewelry peddler and| Derby, Conn.. May 27.—The plant and|Sral assembly in its cooperalive work in srnment. Moreaver, when we enfered the 1ad been ill for a long time. Medical|Teal estate of the ~Maxim Corporation, |the aid movement, and the commission war we ret forth very definitely the pur- l::;m;::;;unc:( lxlr(el;‘\'uvlng the body| formerly the Maxim Munitions Corpora- | Shall have full discretion as to the man- poses for which we entered, y ing Into the conditions in-|tion here was sold at aueti 2 ner in which said_representativ fause we did mot wish to be considered as| clined -to the opinion RSy < et s that ‘ while the | buildings and land brought $3. function with the representatives 2 merely taking part in the Furopean con-|couple may have quarreled just before|2 syndicate of New Havgen fmfi;"i‘fixf’ti er agencies affiliated with the °:,\;"v:. Best the shooting the man may have been|rePresent the Holmes Manufacvturing |ment” This joint resolutioh which 1 return| despondent over Il health. Company of Shelton, makers of en- — foes not seek 1o accomplish any of these| “The counle lived in an apartment at|Eines and automobiles, is understood to| BEVENUE AGENTS SEIZE TRUCK Bbjects. but in effect makes a complete| 1313 Srate street, There be the purchasers. purrender of the rights of Ptates so far as the German government J= concerned. od at which @id seek to accomplish the objects which we had declared to be in our minds because all peoples which united against Germany Bad adopted our declaration of purpose as their bodied them X German government preliminary to. the srmistice of Nov “But the treaty as signed at Versailles has been rejected by the senate of the T'nited States, though it has been ratified by Ge—many {5 me § »ls we bad in effect declared that we wisn to draw apart and pursue ob- Jects Pered of purpose with other governments and peoples. “Neotwithstandini our entrance 1o be seeking to assist in the maintenance »f common interests, nothing is said in the resolution about the freedom of navi- gation upon the seas, or the reduction of armaments or the rights of Belgium or the rectification of wrongs done to France, or the release of the Christian population of the Ottoman smmpire from the intolerable subjugation which they have had for so many genera- tions to endure or the establishment of an ndependent Polish state, or the continued ing among the great powers of the world the future such outrages as Germany at- the United are eight children, the youngest four Years old and the eldest 25. There were no eve- Wwitnesses to the shooting. Boris Rosnik- off. who has a store on the street floor. heard a ghot. He went upstairs and found the bodies on the bed. Two bul- lets had been sent into the woman, one in the heart and the other in the head The man had shot himself under ‘he other through the head. A fifth bullet went wild. The weavon was clenched in the man's hand. > ARREETED FOR AIDING FESCAPE OF DRAFT DODGER BERGDOLL Philadelphia, May 27.—James . Ro- mig, a former police magistrate in this city, was today arrested and held in § 680 bail on a charge of aiding and abet- ting Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, the con- victed draft dodger, i deserting the American army during the war. Romig, notified that a warrant had heen issued for him, surrendered to the government authorities and bail was furnished by Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, mother of young qu‘dnlu, ;hu l-“a fduxmv» from_justice. Romig is & friend of the Bergdon| family. - He i5 alleged to have been in Bergdoll a part of the time at Hagers- fown, Md., when Bergdoll was being sought all over the country for evading the draft. He was also with Bergdoll at the latters home Jast Friday when the convicted draft dodger, who was tem- porarily released from Fort Jay where he was serving a five years' sentence, slipped away from two army sergeants and disappeared In his automobile. Romiz denied that he had any knowledge of Bergdoll's intentien to escape after his temporary release trom Fort Jay. A it At i e e A treaty of peace was sign- Versailles on the 28%th of June last New fhe great governments and own and had in solemh form em- in communications to the 11, 1918, By that rejection and by strike and interests of our own, unham- by any connections of interest or g _the fact that ‘hpon into the war wa professed vindication of the of any kind of understand- be calculated to prevent ip Newark, “retarding, power goes with the plan. Haven, buildings of the Maxim Corporation at| S New Haven, sold at auction vesterday as a part of the disposal of the entire prop- erty holdings of the corporation were bought by Cyrus Chamberlain, president of the Blakeslee Drop Forge Company of Southington. N, WOMEN DEPU BATHING SUITS AT ROCKAWAY A valuable wat IN RECENT RAILEQAD STRIKE INDICTED J., May 27.—Fleven men who took part in the recent in New Jersey were a federal grand jury today, charged with obstructing and with interstate commerce.” tities were not revealed. ously reported that strike had been indicted, but tonight this was said to be erroneous. The indictments deal specifically, it is undehstood, With strikers who are al- leged to have attacked loyal employes of the roads, uncoupled engines from trains and committed other unlawful acts, Their ide TIES TO CENSOR New York, May 27—Six women were sworn IR as special deputy sheriffs today to patrol Rockaway Beach this summer on the lookout for one-piece and other unconventional and illegal bathing suits. ‘The women will also assist the Rocka- way police in enforcing the health lawe at the resort. Twenty-five railroad indicted by interfering It was previ- ten leaders of the = LOAD OF LIQUOR IN BOSTON The machin- ery and_cquipment is now being sold. Boston, May 27.—A. . truck load of Monn., May 27. — The|liquos bottled in bond and valued at ,000 was seized here today by reve- nue agents, who claim the shipment was part of a huge lot of liquor taken from bhonded warehouses in New York by the use of bogus orders. The driver and a man who was guiding him to an address on North street were arrested. The driver, Who gave his name as Frank Desmond of New York city, and two local men, James Carson and Frank Giardino, were arrested and Assistant Volstead act would be made against th Carson resides near where the seizure was made and Giardino, the officers said, D-| owns a fruit store in the North End, to consigned. ¢ Officers were sent out to endeavor to locate the storehouse to which it was ssupected the liquor was eventually to {find its way, believing that other ship- ments might already be stored there. LIQUOR STILL FIRE ENDANGERED FOUR SLEEPING CHILDREN Providence, R. 1, May 27.—Four sleep- ing children Were rescued by a policeman when a North End house was found on fire, and the federal prohibition agent seized a sample of whigkey. 15 gallons of mash and the alleged still, from which the firemen say the blaze started early today. Shada Darosa, the occupant of the house, had-left for work. and. his wife, additional | who works nights in a mill, had not re. women deputies will be appointed later| turned home. in the season. The ‘oldest child is four years, the youngest is seven. months. that the statement be stricken out insofar Tnited States Attorney Backus announced | tha teharges of conspiracy to violate the ! em. | which the liquor is alleged to have been | { l Miners Accept Plan ‘Session in Westerly| to Atitrate Scale pute. Wilkesbarre, Pa. May impossible to wage most humanly o= to anthracite successful strike,” ai workers in their tri-district here late today accepted the plan President Wilson to settle their dispute by an arbitration committee. iners Wi commission, the hard coul tors and miners and reiterated by t president, * which Wwill protect workers in wage increases April 1.7 The contract as submitted by cent increase over present Wages ers’ union. The miners’ scale committee instruct: cite board of concili In order that a practical cost of producing convention anthracite coal, also authorized a request tl in anthracite mines the miners on a le al ton basis in t coal to the public. FEDERALIZ ATION OF GUARD Washington, May 27.—The army erganization bill emerged from for automatic re lective service act on declaration of a w: emergency. As agreed to by th of 297,000 officers and men, including t Philippine scouts, for continuation of t national guard substantially ent basis and for the organiz tion of days of training duty a year except case of war emergency. of under-secretary of war, to creased salry of §10,000 a year. Senate provisions reconstructing general staff on French army t vice, signal corps and chemical warfa seations were retained, the air force manded by a major general Promotions will be from under yearly cla: for discharge of unfit officers and t summer training camp sys vated to aid in cers. guard on the but proivsign was. made of guard officers when needed b; also is provided. DEFEAT OF MANDATE OV Washington, May —Declination regarded by leaders of both parties congress as 2 certain result of the as verse action taken today foreign relations committee. In response to quest of congress for authority sume fro the United States a manda over Armenit, the tion declaring that power” asked. Solid republican . support resolution in the committee given democrat on the committee, Shields of Tennessee, also opposed t mandate. Of the four democrats Who o posed the resolution—Senators Hitcheos of. Nebraska ; Williams of Smith of Arizona, and Pittman of vada—only onme, Mr. Williams, was sa) to favor the mandate. The other thre president’s request on principle. The resolution is to be as soon as legisiative matters with little t party as to its adoption. DRAWBACK TO DIVORCES Hartford, Conn., May ion which makes answer in the case -of against Herbert A. King of th Mrs. April 23, 1918, and the decree carried judgment for alimony. of .$75 from May 1, 1918. The alimony never been paid and Mrs. King broug) an action in the superior court here recover $1,350 of alimony due up to las November. city. had never been within the jurisdiction the courts of Nevada, tion. PRESIDENT LINCOLN CLUB TO HOLD New York, May 27.—Memorial exe: cises at sea will be held by the T, S, the President Lincoln was sunk by German submarine on May 31, 191 deliver an’address have been made to place Anthracite Miners Conclude to Remain at Work Pendn':g Settlement of Wage Dis- 27.—Declaring. that “class legislation” had made it “al- mine, convention wage Vending the award of the presidential remain at work “under the retroactive understanding agreed to between Opera- the mine from Secretary of Labor Wilson, containing the maxi- mum of the operators, was unanimously and granted recognition of the mine Work- James Gorman, secretary of the anthra- ion, to notify Sec- retary of Labor Wilson of the conven- tion’s action, and arrange for a meeting of the sub-committee of miners and op- erators at Washington next Monday Tuesday. tion can be conducted to find the exact as well as to pay same manner as the operators sell their ELIMINATED FROM ARMY BILL re- confer- ence today shorn of senate proposals for federailzation of the national guard, for a voluntary universal training system and al of the war-time se- conferees, the bill provides for a-peace-time regular army n the pres- enlisted reserve corps liable for fifteen The senate proposal to create the post have, charge of procurement of war supplies, was accepted in ‘substance by placing this duty on the assistant secretary at an in- nes and making separate branches of the air ser- include 1,514 officers and 16,000 men com- a single list fication with provision em is perpet- developing reserve offi- Direct representation of the mational ieral staff was eliminated for assignment the de- partmeny Military” rank for army nurses, the - supeTintendent with rank of major, ARMENIA IS CONCEDED an American mandate over Armenia was by the senate President Wilson's re- to as- nate committee today by a vote of 11 to 4 reported a resolu- “congress respectful- 1y declines to grant to the executive the the is expected by leaders to continue in the senate. One Seni#r Mississippi democrats opposed the resolution on oth- er grounds and were said to oppose the brought ; be- fore the senate for debate and disposal permit, doubt_entertained by either . GRANTED IN NEVADA A decis- difficult the collection of alimony in Connecticut by parties ob- taining divorces in Nevada was rendered today by Judge Maltbie of the superior court who overruled a demurrer to the Irma G. King King obtained a divorce in Reno, a . month has In his answer Mr. King set up that he had never been served with, process and.had mever ap- peared in the Nevada court in the ac- ERCISES AT SEA President Lincoln Club here next Mon~ day to pay tribute to the three officers and 23 men who lost their lives when Secretary Daniels of the navy has ac- cepted’ an_invitation to be present and it was stated. Plans 26 miniature life rafts, decorated with oflwers, on the | BRIEF TELEGRAMS © Bar gold wa unchanged at 107s 2d an ounce Lp London. American dollar was unchanged at 13 trancs, 30¢, in Paris. Cardinal O’Donnell, Archbishop _of Boston, has been received by the Pope: Bar silver was $1.02 1-4 an ounce in New York, compared with 59 7-§ in Lon- don. Quakers throughout the United States will_be asked to take up the problem of prison reform. 4 | The Stoek Exchange wiil remain open Saturday despite the fact that the ma- jority of members want it closed. of Announcement was made that the Housatonic shipyard in Stratford, Conn., was sold by the United States Shipping ill| Board. Bolshevik forees continue to pour into Persia and have occupied Resht, from which British troops have retired toward Teheran. he An estate estimated at $10,000,000 is disposed of in the will of Levi P. Mor- ton, former vice president of the United rejected, despite the fact that il had the|States. approval of the internationa) officers of | g o4 the Feruvian st il + e il s S er | Deavait destrosed 150 bags of parcel post ment would have provi 7.5 matter. Most of the mail was from the United States. The Prince of Wales, who sailed from New Zealand on board the battle cruiser Renown May 1, arrived in Melbourne ‘Wednesday. ed Fopd prices dropped an average of 12 per cent..in New York city last week, Commissioner of Markeis O'Mulley an- nounced. or investiga- Four Mexican newspapermen will in- vestigate the death of the late President Carranza and report to General Obregon he to President Wilson “to take such action | yneir findings. as will permft the United States gov- AP 1 ernment to legally take possession of| pield MarsKal Szetorar Borbevie, com- Sour anthracite coal miners and one coal{ manqet o Austrian forces on the Italian washery.” This investigation was de-|frone“erin “late in 1915 until October, clared necessary in order “to Drotect|jgie is dead. consumer against excessive charges,” for anthracite coal and to determine if it is| According to Information of Demo- practicable to establish a uniform scale|cratic leaders in Washington, President Wilson will veto the Knox peace resolu- he | tion within a few days. President Wilkon nominated George G. E. McNeil tobe receiver of public money at Helena, Mont, in place of Frank F. Steele, resigned. Senator Hitcheock, administrative lead- er declared’ he would not support Pres dent Wilson's request for authority to ac- cept a mandate over Armenia. Eleven persons were injured when a Santa Fe passenger train was ditched by a washout near Lajoya, fifty miles south of Albeuquerque, New. Hexico. ar Dr. . Wilmet Orr, president of the Nebraska Medical association in con- vention at Omaha, urged patients be told exactly about their ailments. . Fronval, a French aviator, looped the loop 963 consecutive -times, establishing a new world's record. ° Completion of {the feat took-3 hours 52 minutes. he he an in Kepublican tate convention of Mary- land declined to go on record on the pro- hibition question and left the issue to be decided by the individual candidates. he E. R. Whiter, representing the rail- roads, declared there was Was no 0ppo- isition to a fair incrgase in wages is the railroad men will give honest, conscien- tious work in return. re to Tonse Forelgn affairs committee de- clared in a report that Canada by em- he | bargoes on wool pulp from the Crow> paper mill from the United States. An apprepriation of $250,000 to enable the department of agriculture to conduct experiments looking toward discovery of a new motor engine fuel is provided in a bill by Representative Knutsen, of Minne- sota. Campaign of department of Jusitee agents against alleged -profiteering in Central New York was renewed at Syra- cuse following the decision of Judge Man- ton, declaring the Lever act constitution- al. of George Henry Finlay, New York, gar merchant, testifying before the Luck committee, investigating the high cost of sugar, said $252,000.000 was loaned by American banks to concerns im Cuba for holding sugar. in d- te Inability of Secretary of State Colby to appear before the House Foreign Af- fairs committee caused postponement -of consideration of President quest for authority to accept a mandate over Armeni Sentences against seven prisoners ac- cused of killing civil guards in Barcelona have been confirmed by the highest mili- tary court. Four of these men must csufter the death penalty. while three were sent to prison for life. he id ee| A compromise on the National Guard provision of the army reorganization hill was reached by congress. Enlisted per- sonnell and officers of the National Guard would remain state troops but Na- tional Guard officers would bhe member of the Federal forces in the reserve corps. NOT TO PRESS INJUNCTION AGAINST STANLEY COMPANY artford, Conn.. May 27.—Counsel for W. 1. P. Moore of New York announced tonight that Mr. Moore would not press his application for a temporary injunc- tlon to restrain the transfer of the inter- ests of the Stanley Rule and Level Com- pany to the Stanley Works (Inc.). The first hearing in the litigation was held here last Monday and testimony given indlcated that practically all details of the merger had been carried out. Mr. Moore is a stockholder and diree- tor of ‘the Stanley Rule and Level Com- pany. which recently was purchased by the Stanley Works for approximately $6.000,000. Both concerns have offices and factories in New Britain and other plants in this country and Canada. BOLSHEVIKI DISPERSED BY POLES SOUTH OF BORISOV Warsaw, May 27.—"“The bolsheviki in strength forced a passage of the Beresina river south of Borisov. but the Poles by a concentric attack recrossed. the river, cutting off the enemy’s retreat, and tak- ing hundreds of prisoners.” says an offi- clal communication issued toda: “The remainder of the enemy took refuge in the forests behind-the Polish tront,” the communication adds. a ht to st of - S. OBITUARY. James Osborne Wright. Fairfield, Conn., May 27.—James Os- borne Wright, widely known as an au- thority on books and art works, died at his home here tonight at the age of For many years he collected libraries for a 8- ocean in memory of those who lost their| wealthy persons in all parts of the coun- lives when the ship was sunk. try. lands is seeking to force removal of a%j e = KING THROWS L JONN T. KNG ON BIRTH OF WOOD CAMPAIEN Mr. King Testified the Wood Campaign Had Been “on Icé” During Many Months in 1919 After General Wood Had Asked King to Accept Its Conduct—Denied Reports That the Campaign Had Been Underwirtten by a Group of Wealthy Men—King Withdrew as Wood’s Manager Be- cause He Was Opposed to the Extensive C: Planned. Washington, May 27.—Senate investi- gation 'into pre-convention expenditures in behalf of presidential candidates today brought forth information as to to put W. G. McAdoo's name before- the democratic national convention and an assertion from John T. King, original manager of Major General Leonard Wood, that Dan K. Hanna of Cleveland. early in the general's campaign, had promised “to go out and gather in $500.- 900.” " In reply to questions, Mr. King said he did not know whether the money was received, As to three presidential candidates whose expenditures the committee in- spected for the first time, testimony was presented showing that $113,109 had been contributed for Senator Harding of Ohio, $65.375 for Governor Coolidge of Massa- chusetts and $40.550 for Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, all republicans. In respect to the candidacy of Mr. Me- Adoo, Dr. Burris Jenkins, publisher of the Kansas City Post, told -the committee that he had come to Washington for a conference last night with Jouett Shouse, assistant secretary of the treasury; Dan- iel C. Roper, former commissioner of in- ternal . revenue; Commissioner Robert Wolley of the interstate commerce com- mission and Frank Wilson, former direc- tor of Liberty loan publicity. ‘ Dr. Jenkins explained that he had been asked to place Mr. McAdoo in nomination at the San Francisco convention, but of any funds to be used in behalf of the former secretary of the treasury he knew nothing, he said. Resuming its inquiry into the campaign of Atiorney General Palmer, the commit- tee finished its day with former Federal Judge J. Harry Covington, national treas- urer of thg Palmer campaign, -answering questions designed by the inquisitors to show connection of several Palmer sup- porters, as named on the contribution Mt previously produced. with the office of the Alien property cusiodian. of which Mr. Palmer was the war-time head. Judge Covington's legal representation of we Revere Sugar company of joston, which ha ‘sa case pending before the department of justice, also was touched upon. To a flat question as to whether hin activities in behalf of Mr. Paimer were occasioned by his quasi-governmental Je- gal associations. Mr. Covington gave &% unqualified negative. Only nine men the contribution list, he said, “had amy oonnection, direct or indirect,” with the administration of alien property. Mr. King’s testimony was of the early organization of the Wood campaign, its financing under his direction to the extent Of $91.000 and his retirement in favor gf Colonel William Cooper Proctor. He de- nied reports that the Wood campaign had been unds Twritten by a group of wealthy men who attended a dinner given by the late Henry C. Frick for the purpose, but in that connection told of the promife which he said ir. Hanna had made. The Wood campaign. Mr. King said, had been “on ice” during many months in 1919 after General Wood asked him o accept its conduct. He sent sums rang- ing_from $5.000 down to $1.100 in six states. he said, paid for publicity, travel- ing and office expense by using $30,060 contributions forwarded him from souress which he could not give, by borrowing ;::.wo and by incurring a debt of $11,- ‘A question. of policy caused him to withdraw as G Wood's manager. He was opposed ty o national organization and extensive cam- Paign of the kind planned, he asserted, and added that he settied financial mat. ters with William Loeb. former socretary l.:.neodcrc Roosevelt, “and forgot about Mr. King said, ADMIRAL SIMS IN BEFORE SE: REBUTTAL NATE COMMITTEE o7 RY” PLANK IN REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Chicago, May ~Beer, light wi and prohibition will not be m:nlione‘;:l the republican national convention, i present plans of party leaders are cag- ried out, it was learned t . Directors of the party’s policies have decided that the question has been spt tled and neither a “wet” or a “dry plank, nor endorsement of any modifl- cation of the present ‘bone dry” rule Will be incorporated in the platform. se- cording to Samuel A Perkins, national committeeman from Washington. National committeemeh who are gath- ering here for the opening of the hearing on contests Monday received with inter- est today the reports of Senator Hiram _“'A Johnson's speech at Concord, N. H, in which he denied he would “bolt” the convention if not nominated. The prob- able attitude of the senator in the event of defeat in the convention has been the source of speculation for weeks along “Presidential Row” and his pronounce- ment on the subject was received with visable rel Senator Johnson will enter the con- vention with 109 instructed delegates, running second to Major neral Leon- ard Wood, who has 153 votes pledged to him. Governor Frank O. Lowden i8 third in the list with 74 votes. * With approval today by the city build- ing inspector of the temporary galleries, installed to add 1,000 extra seats to the normal capacity of the Coliseum, Charles R. Hall, superintendent of the building, notified the convention commit- tee that he would have the hall ready to tur over to the republicans lale mext week. Washington, May 27.—Rear Admiral Sims today began efforts to scuttle Sec- retary Daniels’ defense of the mavy de- partment's conduct of the war. Testifying in rebuttal before the senate naval investizating ' committee, the ad- miral declared that navy department wit- nesses had revealed conditiohs’ i’ the navy “even more distressing than I could have imagined.” He added that these witnesses had presented “a much more severe criticism of the deplorable condi- fions referred to than I myself have sub- Admiral Sims: declared that what Sec- retary Daniels had described as President ‘bold and audacious” policy for the navy was coinmendable, but the navy department instead of following the pres- idential plan as promulgated to”the offi- cers and men of the Atlantic fleet in' Au- gust, 1917, followed a “timid and hesitat- ing course. The oficer characterized the presi- dent's advocacy of operations by: the al lied naval forces to bottle up the German submarines in their home ports as “im- practicable” in view of certain technical difficulties with which, he said, the presi- dent unfamiliar. = | Referring to President Wilson's cable- gram to him July 4, 1917, asking for “in- dependent recommendations” and express- ing the belief that the British admiralty was “helpless almost to the point .of panic.” the admiral said he regarded the age. as confidential and not so much cism of the admiralty as an ex- pression of dissatisfaction with the man- ner in which the navy department was conducting the war. The admiral quoted from tlie testimony i of officers called by the department which he said had “in almost every case com- pletely borne out the conclusions of my letter of Jan. 7, 1920" which brought about the investigation. BAILWAY EMPLOYES IMMEDIATE URGE SALARY INCREASN Chicago, May 27.—Railroad employes of the Unjted States must be granted prompt wage increases regardless of cost to the carriers, or the entire rail- way industry will face complete disrup- tion, W. N. Doak, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, de clared today before the Railway Labor Board. which is conducting hearing infs the demands of the employers. Mr. Doak declared that present wages were inadequate and cited several in- stances of trainmen whose lving expens- es he said were greater (han the wages they were receiving. A sworn state- ment from Robert Hunter, a brakeman of Whitefish, Moutaua, declaring his lve g budget showed a deficit of $17.39 for the first two weeks in March, 19 presented as testimony. Hunter's sale ary was given as $93.65 for the two weeks. R Mr. Doak.declared the railway indus- try f-a_d its “present crisis” because the buck Had been passed from one board 10, aother” since the men made their de- wands about.a year ago. The cost of living had increased without wages bes ing ‘increased with the result that the men were rapidly losing patience and soon would reach the point where they would ‘no longer stand for presenfy con-, ditions,” he said. TRepresentatives of the engineers and. firemen, conductors, telegraphers, switchmen and signalmen aiso presented testimony in rebuttal to the brief offeredy by the roads. X0 FIGHT FOR LABOR PARTY AT C. F. OF L. CONVENTION \Faterbury, Conn., May 27.—Contrary to predictions, there was no fight for the | 1abor party plan, when the = thirty-fifth annual convention of the Connecticut Federation of Labor took up the political question at its final session this after- noon. The non-partisan political pro- | sramme advocated by the American Fed- eration of Labor was unanimously en- dorsed by the delegates. A protracted discussion of the political issue on the convention floor crystallized the fact that the project of forming a separate labor party had no adherents among the delegates. it was #®inted out by those who spoke that organized labor uld defeat its own interests. if it were to act independently. The action of the federation in endors- ing the non-pol platform urged by President Samuel Gompers was based on the recommendations of President Pat- rick F. O'Meara and Ira ) Ornburn, sec- Tetary of the federation. Secretary Om- hurn stated that the trade unionists ot the state had no extravagant expecta- tions about controlling legislators, but only hoped to get fair and unbiased: rep- | resentation in both houses. " The convention came to a cloe, after the officers of the executive board had been installed. It was lerm(fl as one of the most important conventions ever held by the Connecticut Federation of Labor. YOUTHFUL CHESS PHENOMENON PLAYS TWENTY PICKED PLAYEES o e A S| PED CONVICTS B e eE STILL IN BosToN | Parie Msy 27—The youthful chell Phenomenon, eight year oid Samuel Rzeschewski ‘of Poland, taught twenty picked_‘piayers from the Paris 'Chess Club. yesterday how the ancient game. should be played. Samuel, who is & mere infant in size as well ac B zge, play twenty simultaneous games, winning I3, tying another and losing only one. The, games lasted four hours and were play- ed at the Cafe De La Rotonde, the fa~ mous chess club of Paris, where Mar- shall Pillsbury. Lasker, Kankowski and other great” champions' piayed whea ari Soston, May 27.—Police officials _con- m};m today the search for. the three convicts who escaped at midnight Tues- Qay from the state prison at Charles- town. Early this morning officers visited three houses in Somerville where it was| reported Herman L. Barney,.one of the trio. was in hiding, but found no trace of him. All the other clues that have been investigated since the men - disap- peared over the prison wall after climbing out a ventilater shaft has been similarly unproductive of results so far as the po- lice have made known. SALVATION ARMY GIVEN WOOL FROM WHITE HOUSE SHEEP CHANGE IN STATE BOAERD OF EXAMINERS OF EMBALMERS™ Hartford, Conn., May 27.—Governos. Holcomb today appointed George I Smith_of Milfard to the state board Of" examiners of embalmers for three years- from July 1, 1920. He takes the place of Thomas V. O'Keefe, Whose term ex: pires on that date. E The governor reappointed E. P. . ot Winchester as a member of the New York, May 27.—Wool sheared several days ago from the White House sheep has been presented by President! Wilson to the Salvation Army. News of the gift was received by the headquar- ters of the Salvation Army here today in a letter from Joseph P. Tumulty, the president’s secretary. p M