Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 31, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 133 Great Military on Major General Henry T. Allen Delivered the Eulogy At Suresnes Cemetery Dead of America and Ambassador Wallace America’s Message to Her Lost Sons—In Alsace a Children’s Cho- rus Marched From Cemetery to Cemetery—An Unpre- cedented Observance of Memorial Day in the British Isles Parts. May 0.—America's war dead in Europe w eulogized and their rated ¢ ay, the second Memorial Day since 1tk of the great struggle. Ameri floated in the breeze over ing places of more than 70,000 and - allied organizations Joined ricans In France in ser- vices in r memory, while throughout publ detachments of horizon- lus acted as guards of hon- cemeteries where lie those eside them on the field of American lLegion with the army societies, cooperated formed Memorial Day aded by Ambassador Wal rats the little mounds in scatterdd along the channel to Switz- Rhine to the At- places where rvices man was Day services were of these lone are in southern The Fre of the es virtually Petain, the and other French ar- spoke at life, women of almost one of their ves of French day tokens on I3 o foughtt: beside their ark days of tWo years ago. Catholie churches in Paris, iny agogues and in the Amer- re were religious observ- serica’s day of tribute to her e provinces there were \l cererponies organized parish priests or the population e n Alsace a ehildren’s chorus marched from one burying grousd to another to sing beside hw graves of fallen Ameri- 2ans, while their mothers and sisters, with dead of their own to mourn, placed Wild flowers - grass wreaths on thej beneath which jay the American ! POPULATION 29,685 IMPRESSIVE EXERGISES AT THE GRAVES OF AMERICA'S Marshal Petain Saluted the dead. 3 For the American army of occupa- tion, Major General Henry T. Allen spoke at the great military cemetery in Romagne-Sous-Montfaucon, Where more than 21,000 Americans are buried, and told of the great battle in which fell most of these to whom he did honor. Speaking for the French government at Suresnes cemetery outside Paris, Marshal Petain saluted the dead of America, and there also Ambassador Wallace voiced America’s message to her lost sons. AMERICA'S MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED IN BRITISH ISLES London, May 30.—America's Memorial day for her soldier dead had an unprece- dented observance in the British Isles today. The graves of 2,500 American sol- diers and sailors buried in British soil were adorned with wreaths and American flags—a tribute from surviving comrades in the American Legion and the members of other Anglo-American organizations. Services were held at the graves in the cemeteries at Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester, but ‘the most significant homage was paid at St Margaret's church, the official church of the com- mons, where Canon Carnegie, sub-dean of Westminster Abbey, lauded the deeds of the American “hero dead.” John W. Davis, the American ambas- sador, read the spiritual lesson. The lord chief justice, the Earl of Reading, Major General Sir John Headlam, Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general, and many other prominent Americans and Englishmen attended. A party of Civi war veterans occupied the front pew: Services were held at Queenstown in memory of the Lusitania victims. A large American flag was_spread over the be- flowered graves. The bishop of Cloyne, the acting American consul, John E. Me- Andrews, and Admiral Sir Reginald Tup- per and other military and naval officers attended. After the services a_squadron of Pritish soldiers sounded “The Last Post.” Services were held at Islay, Hebrides. in memory of 500 victims of torpedoed ships. FLAG OVER EACH GRAVE | OF 21,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS | BarDe-Luc, France, May 30— omagne cemetery, where more than 21,- . At re are buried, had ch flags floating over | sehool when Major General | Menry T commander-in-chief of the Ameriean army of occupttoin. and other notable person held services for war t. paying were en- of them honor to their fallen com ades, had fought French civl! nd ? e loutions Gt red addresses and goldiers would be the Ame: n otic organizations delive assurances were solemn graves of red for veterans has flowed. ed ed FWENTY PERSONS INJURED IN COLLISION ON THE ERIE ROAD Jersey N, 1. May 30.—Twenty persons were injured here today in an odd eollision between two Krie railroad pas- senger trains. The collision was caused, the road’s officials said, by a plece of Iron hose that dropped unnoticed from another train and rolled into the frog of a switch where it Jammed Foth were moving in the same City direction when the switch failed to op- erate. One of the trains took the switch and wideswiped the first coach of the other train. The striking engine over-| tarned. while thres cars of the train that was struck were derailed. All but one of the injured are expected to recover. ESCAPED NEGRO CONVICT RETURNS VOLUNTARILY Boston, May 30.—Charles Ward, a ne- gro convict, who escaped with two other men from the state prison on the nixht of May returned voluntarily to the prison tonfgnt and gave himsel® up to the warden Ward decided to surrender himself upon the advice of his father. mother and a “friend,” according to Warden E. E. Shattuck. The “frlend” accompanied him to the prison. Ward was immediately questioned by officers, who said they be- leved he had not been out of the city since his escape. FORGED PERMITS TO REMOVE LIQUOR FROM WAREHOUSES New York. May 30 _—More than 1,200 permits to remove liquor from bended Warehouses in New York and vicinity have been found to he forgeries which netted $10,000.000 profit in the last two months, according to the New York World today. Conditions existing in this city, the newspaper declares, apply to other communities throughout the coun- try. BANK CASHIER WHO SUICIDED $15,000 SHOBT IN HIS ACCOUNTS Vergenves, Vt., May 30.—Examination | LONDOND RREY, X. 8., SWEPT BY A DISASTROUS FIRE Halifax, N. 8., May 30.—Fire swept the main street of the village of London- today, destroying four churches, a more than a dozen dwellings and a public hall. There was no loss of life. derr The blaze is believed to have been started by sparks from a forest fire at! Hardwood Hill near by. The village fire | was still raging tonight, but is under control. It spread rapidly. The Anglican, Pres- byterian and Roman Catholic churches are in ruin. The fire crossed the stream that runs through the village, burning to the ground the Baptist church and sev- eral homes. Globe house and St. Bridget's hall also were destroyed. Londonderry is a mining village 18 miles from Truno. 2,000 IN ST. QUENTIN, N. MADE St. John, B HOMELESS BY FIRE 3. My 30.—One-half the residents of St. Quentin, N. E., having a population of approximately 2,000, were homeless tonight as the result of a forest fire which swept through the village Sat- urday. The property damage is estimat- ed at between $750,000 and $1,00,000. $80,000,000 CASH AND SECURITIES MOVED THROUGH BROADWAY, N. Y. New York, May 30.—Lower Broadway, which is like a village street on Sundays compared with week days, witnessed an unusual financial transaction today when $80,000,000 in cash and securities was moved from the Citizens' National hank to the Chemical National, a few blocks away. The two institutions recently were consolidated. The treasure was handled by a dozen men in two small motor cars. Policemen and guards armed with shotguns accom- panied the motor cars and guarded the route along which tiey passed. PHYSICIANS HAVE ORDERED PRESIDENT DESCHANEL TO REST Paris, May 30.—The attending physi- clans pronounced President Deeschanel entirely recovered from the direct injuries Which he received in his fall from a train recently but emphasize that rest is neces- sary. The president, therefore, will leave Paris within a week for some country place near by. He expects the cabinet to come to his country residence occasion- ally, but his friends are seeking to re- lieve him as far as possible of all work. FIREMEN IN COTTON MILLS OF NEW BEDFORD TO STRIKE New Bedford, Mass, May 30.—Union firemen employed in the cotton mills of this city voted today to strike on Thurs- day in an effort to enforce demands for a six instead of a seven day week with no reduction in pay. The demands have been refused by the manufacturers and teh strike will affect every cotton mill in the city unless adjustments are made with individual mills. The men voted to generate steam only for the protection of property until their demands are granted. ot the books of the First National hank ®of this city, whose cashler, Charles Btrong, committed sulcide last Thursday When examiners appeared for an inspec- tion of accounts, has disclosed shortages of §15,000, according to a statement to- might by the president, Oliver I. Sher- man. TWO MEN INJURED WHEN AUTOMORBILE STRUCK TREE Brookfield, Mama, May 20.—David A. Dualey of Springfield, an employe of the Springfield Street Railway company, and ‘Willlam N. Byron of Brookfield were in- Jured tonight, Daley perhaps fatally, When & touring car owned and driven by (Willimm J. Harrington of Framingham struck a tree and tumned turtle down a :.fl embankment at Quaboag Junc- R i i OIL SHALE DISCOVERED EAST OF KIMBERLEY GOLD FIELDS Melbourne, May 30.—-Reports have been received here that a prospector has dis- covered a large body of oil shale east of the Kimberley gold fields in western Australia. Dr. George Morrison Dead. London, May 30.—Dr. George Morri- son, political adviser to the president of the Chinese republic and famous as the Peking correspondent of the London DEAD IN EUROPE BOMB EXPLOSION IN STREET IN WATERBURY ‘Waterbury, Conn, May 30 — A bomb exploded shortly before mid- night tonight in front of the home of John H. Goss, secretary and treasurer of the Scovill Manufac- turing Company of this city. The front veranda of the house was damaged and a number of windows shattered, but as_far as could be learned no one was injured. A large number of guests of a_daughter of Mr. Gosg were in the house at the time, BUSINESS CONDITIONS "REVIEWED BY FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD Washington, May 30.—Despite recent reductions in prices, little relief from the general reign of high prices is seen by t federal reserve board in its an- alysis of May business conditions, made public tonight. The board expressed the view that there has been no change in the underlying condifions responsible for the high cost of living. Alsserting . that while “stores sales” and a tendency to lower prices bears witness to the presence of “disturbing factors,” which suggest the advent of wide alteratior in price levels the board declares it cannot accept the suggestion as a whole for its face value. The ex- planation is added that there has been ouly a slight increase in production and there is no greater disposition on the part of the general public to economize and invest than had ruled heretofore. “lae changes that have taken place, therefore,” the board's analysis says, “cannot be looked upon as indicating a modification of underlying conditions. They may, however, afford a basis for changes in_business relationships that may broaden into more far-reaching al- teration of the essential price structure.” Business in every section of the coun- try has suffered much from the freight jam which has prevented normal move- ment of products to markets, Iffects of the tieup are noticed in the agriculturall districts as much as the industrial areas, and that farmers, are not the smallest class which has sought more bank help in the way of credit as a result. Results of the board's action in the di- rection of restricted loans already has begun to be evident, according to reports of the various reserve banks. In addi- tion to a general reduction in the value as well as volime of securities traded in the financial centers there has been a general revision of interest rates affect- ing both commercial paper and call money, it is stated. The labor situation during the month has been one of the outstanding = ele- ments of “doubt and difficulty” and is one ‘of the larger problems with whigh the country is €xpected to have to de: b; by with the rest of the summer. In add' tion to intense shortage of labor on farms and at other points of prima production, sporadic Srikes have oeth! red in many lines of manufacturing, not-| ably the textile indusiry, indicating in the bourd's view continued unrest. “Wages apparently have fallen behind the advance in prices and the cost of living,” the statement continues. “The movement of labor from farm to city is eontinuing. Various demands for high- er wages have been taken under adv ment for the purpose of bringing out compromise adjustment: General com- plaint of low efficiency or small output per unit of labor is prevaient, and the difficulty of getting skilled labor in some of the more highly developed lines of manufacture is now’ very considerable.” ‘The *‘d urbing factors” have mater- jally affected many lines of manufactur- ing. although general anufacturing continues in substantial volume. Cancel- lations of orders in both cotton and wool, by the jobbing and retail trade, have not yet reached large proportions but they are “already noticeable.” This has resulted in some manufacturers be- ing forced to “make concessions to re- tailers” who were described as being “quite ungettled.” The same situation was said to obtain in the leather trade. With respect to conditions, local, to the reserve districts, the feview said in part: b t t s for lower prices, but there is also noted very great difiiculty in the way of agt- ual_deflation. Number 2 (New York). Price re- Quctions as noted in retail stores, ac- cumulations awaiting shipment resulting from strikes, a growth in the cost of do- ing business, great reduction in securi- ties prices, but nevertheless a continued high demand for goods, and activity in trade. “Number 3 (Philadelphia). The congestion of freight and accompanying conditions have combined with a quieter state of things in the markets and a large relative public demand for medium and lower priced goods to alter in .some respects the general drift of develop- ment of preceding months.” WIRELESS CALLS FROM BRITJSH STEAMER TREGANTLE < Baltimore, Md., May 30.—Wireless calls from the British steamship Tregantle, in- side the Chesapeake, received tomight, asked for police assistance and a -sur- geon. A Baltimore police hoat with re- serves will start down the harbor early in the morning. The battleship Pennsyi- vania, off Annapolis, also picked up calls and ofered assistance: t Mrs. Frances H. Washington. Montclair, N. J., May 30.—Mrs. Fran- ces H. Washington Bond, a great-grand- niece of Georse Washington, died here today. Shé was a descendant of Colonel Samuel Washjngton,, brother of George Washington. 'Mrs. Bond was 64 years old. She was a charter member of the| Daughters of the American Revolution and active in several other patriotic or- ganizations. Bubonic Plague in Vera Cruz, Mexico City, May 30.—Several cases of what is believed to be . bubonic plague have been discovered at Vera Cruz, ac- cording to a despateh to the Excelsior to- day. e Meriden—1In appreciation of the assist- ance he rendered the Meriden Teachers' association in winning its fight in the superior court last month for increased compensation, the association has sent Robert P. Butler of this city a check for Times, died at a nursing home in London today. He had been ill for a long time. He leaves a widow and three sons. Lots of women would make secret £ifts to charity if they could only keep }.h-hnau. ARG A T S O $1.500. Mr. Butler was engaged as coun- sel by the town school committee. The winning of the case meant that the Meri- den_teachers will receive, increases aggre- toward the gift to Mr. Butler, Y British Warships Are say: Cameron Highlanders, recently for service in Ireland, disembarked here today through the streets to their hut- ments. transferred from the steamer to an ad- miralty trawler, which with a number of troops proceeded to Cork. and decamped in an automebile. LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE T. 1,000 POLISH-AMERICAN RESERVES transport Pocahontas, is taking on board 1,000 Polish-American reserves, who had been attached to Gen- and will sai Ishort- ly with them for the.United States, it was announced in-a Danzig message. NORWICH, CONN., ‘|Violence in Ireland |Bristol, R. . Under MONDAY, MAY 31, 1920 Takes Many Forms| Military Protection Fitted Out For Dispatch Customs Office Burned. telegrams, Cameron Highlanders Arrive in Ireland. 30.—fThe ordeered Queenstown, Ireland, May Guns and ammunition Customs House Destroyed by Fire. Castletown, Ireland, May y fire this morning. An Started to Burn Police Barracks. Belfast, Ireland May 30.—Early Sun- day a party of armed raiders in automo- biles visited Gulley Backey, County An- trim, and started to burn the police bar- The raiders fled, however, when the villagers turned out in a body to op- pose them. acks. Mail Train Held Up. Skibbereen, Ireland, May 30.—A mail Being | National Guard in Complete to| Control of the Town—Na- London, May 30.—The National News ‘The position in Ireland we un-|m derstand is so grave that a number of ‘warships are now being fitted out’ Sheerness for dispatch to Irish po: The situation is more serious than would appear from published startling developments are expected. i the next few days. "in of Governor Béeckman because of the s U In the present tem- per of the Sinn Feinérs it is not unlike- ly they will make a last effort against the forces of law and order.” were 39.—The Berehaven customs office was destroyed 2 adjoining steamship office had a narrow escape from a like fate. tional Rubber Co. to Re- Open as Soon as Possible. Bristol, R. I, May 30—National guards- en, the first detachments of whom came here last_Friday night by order iriot earlier in the day in which several persons were injured by buliets and stones, were in _complete control of the town today. They gave particular at- tention o the National India Rubber Companys It was an attack by sympathizers with strikers at this plant upon a small num- ber of employes who attempted to re- port:for work that precipitated the dis- turbance. About one fourth of the 4 700 employes are on strike and the plant had been closed down for some time un- til the effort was made to reopen cer- tain departments on Friday. After the riot the employes who had reported were sent home, but officials of the company said yesterday that' the plant would be reopened as soon as possible, under military protection. Adjutant General CygNles W. Abbott, Jr.. is in command of the troops who. in- clude cavalry, coast artillerymen acting as infantry and an ambulance company. Their movements were watched with in- terest by the Sunday throngs on the streets but the day passed quietly. The striking rubber makers remained indoors today and the troons found op- portunity to attend church and enjoy after mess eigars sent them by Governor Beeckman. Ofticers of the company will meet in ! Providerce tomorrow afternoon to con- sider what policy they will follow in the emergency and with General later will communicate Abbott, who, pending the Memorial Day Listen, men under the grasses lying, Who fought for the flag on land ana . Do you hear the bugles wailing and sighing? Do you hear the fife, insistent, crying? Do you hear the drum call “Follow me”? 0, ye who died where the bullets wen: singing, Do you hear the marching feet at your head? Do you smell the flowers their incense bringing? Do you see the banners slowly swinging? Do you .live today—though we call vou dead? Listen, O men in your graves, attendad By Love and Honor wherever you lie; Bicause you lived, life has grown more splendid, And we mark where you stood when your brief lives ended, That our country may measure its hero'e. thereby. Rest, O yb dead! You shall live on for ages— Live anew in each breast,which has valor known; Your dueds shall shine on earth’s whitest pages— Shall be sung by the poets and taught by the sages Till the world-heart-is raised to the height of your own. NANETTE M. LOWATER train from Bantry to Cork was- held up at Durrus Road Station by armed men bags oday. The men took the mail TO ACT ON s Baton Rouge, La., May 30.—The Loui- siana legislature eother will dispose de- finitely of the suffrage or events will so shape them: give an on ides said tonight. ial election: Reject the federal ratification iana next November, or; Kill all suffrage legislation. Anti-suffragists tonight said they were . | prepared to make their big fight Wed- e 1 oo T enmnied | nesday night at the joint senate and R e Ervme, with Tresses| house federal relations committee hear- an y in b < ing on the federal ratification resolution. SOLDIERS BONUS BILL TO COME BEFORE SENATE TODAY Washington, May 30.—The soldier bo- nus bill, passed vesterday by the house, 289 to 92, will be received tomorrow by the senate. The measure will follow the regular course and be referred to ommittee. Inasmuch as a recess and possibly ad- journment will be taken by congress Sat- urday until after the political tions, the bonus bill seems doomed to a long sleep in the senate committee. a recess he house. NEW YORK MERCHANTS FAVOR INCREASE OF FREIGHT RATES New York, May 30.—A resolution urg- ing the Interstate Commerce Commission to grant an increase in freight rates usf- ficient to proved a revenue of six per sent based on the book value of the railroads, has been alopted by the board of directors of the Merchants’ Association here, it was announced today. revenues are needed, the directors state, ‘to. provide additional transportation fa- cilities for which " there is a pressing need. S. TRANSPORT TAKES ON Berlin, May 30—The United ral Haller's army, TURKISH PEACE DELEGATION SEEKS DELAY Paris, May 30—The Turkish peace dele- gation has sent a note to the peace con- forence asking a further - asiay, July. 11, to present . the delegation’s an- gating §73,000. Each teacher contributed | swer to the allies regarding :the peace one-quarter of 1 per cent. of her increase | treaty, it was officially announced to- day. £FRAGE THIS WEEK issue this week Ives as to indication of the final outcome of the suffrage fight, leaders both Within the next few days the legislature may: Ratify the federal suffrage amendment and give to the women of the country the right to vote in the coming presiden- reso- lution and vote to submit a state suf- frage amendment to the voters of Loui- conven- is taken leaders do not con- template Teconvening until about Sep- tember 1. Some senators are quite frank in saying that the bill will never get any further and #hat tomorrow’s reference to a committee will in fact be an “intern- ment.” Opposition to soldier relief has been more pronounced in thé senate than in Increased States now at Danzig, until Teceipt of this information, is reserving decision upon a petition of the strikers that he permit a mass meeting. General Abbott today inspected tene- ment d ts occupied principally by workers at the plant and reported that he found sanitary conditions “shocking.” He said he intended to call the attention of the heaith authorities to the situation and was considering using his troops to improve ¢onditions. | PLANS OF COMMITTEE PROBING PRE-CONVENTION EXPENDITURES Washington, Ma —Though far from cnm[)letxon of its work, the senate com- mittee investigating pre-convention ex- penditures and pledges in the presidential campaign will not t tomorrow. Tues- ‘|g however, it will hear for the firs time the statements of men who handled the primary campaign in California in the interests of Herbert Hoover, and will in- quire further into the state and national expenditures made in behalf of Senator Hiram Johnson. During the committee's eleven hour session vesterday allegations concerning use of large sums of money in the California fight were thrown into the examination. The committee likewise is said to be planning further inquiry into the candi- dacy of W. G. McAdoo on the demoeratic side and to gather more information as to_expenditures in the Ohio republican primary. g Subpoenas have been sent out in sev eral directions for witnesses, and it is presum#l that more light will be sought on the details of the campaign made for Major General Leonardi Wood. A. A. Sprague; chairman of the national cam- paign fund, testified yesterday as to the use of a campaign fund of $1,180,000 for General Wood, of which $721,000 was ad- vanced directly or indirectly *by Colonel William Cooper Proctor. a 1t S MEMBERSHIP RHINELAND COMMISSION NOYES RESIK IN Paris, May 30—Pierrepont B. Noyes, American member of the Inter-Allied Rhineland Commission, has resigned that post and his resignation has been ac- cepted in Washington, it was stated here today. All his powers will be taken over by Major Henry T. Allen, command- er-in-chief of the American army of oe- cupation, who will continue likewise in military - authority. This will give the United States sin- gle representation in both civil and mill- tary affairs in the Rhineland. MINISTER OF SHIPPING IN NEWFOUNDLAND UNSEATED St. Johns, N. F., May 30.—William Cave minister of shipping in the New- foundland government, is deprived of his legislative seat by a decision of the supreme court handed down yesterday in the contested election at Bay de Verde. The court found that he did not receive a majority of the votes legally cast. OBITUARY Hig A. Francls DuPont. New York, May 30.—News of the death in Montreal of A. Francis DuPont, president of the DuPont Safety Powder company of that city, was given out here today by his wigw, Mrs. Susan H. Du- Pont. Several ¥ears ago he was sta- tioned in Mexico City as an auditor for the E. I. DuPont De Nemours Company, of Wilmington, Del. He returned -to New York in 1313 and a year later mar- ried Mrs. Susan Harris Strong, widow ;’f gym! Morr’,; Strong of Binghamton, EIGHT PAGES—SIXTY COLS. - BRIEF TELEGRAMS Hostilitles between the ‘Russians and Japanese in Siberia ceased on May 25. William of Hehenzollern, former em. peror of Germany, is trying his hand as 2 tailor. General Gonzales confirmde the report he was going to retire to private life at Monterey. A rnment decree by Franee pro- hibits the exportation of mineral and derivatievs. Repeal of all wartime legislation way proposed in a joint resolution introduced by Representative Connally, of Texas. An order authorizing the increase in price of newspapers will be signed, ac- cording to an announcement in Madrid. The Senate approved the conference report on the long-pénding water bill The measure now goes to the President Governor ‘Arthur Yager, of Porto Rico, was operated on at John Hopkins Hos- pital for duodenal ulcer. The operation was successful. Senate campaign _investigating com- mittee made further effort to get light on what Chairman Kenyon described as the “invisible” McAdoo boom. ¥ submitted a statement to the Allied Commission declaring that 23,900 cannons remian to be destroyed and $00 have been broken up already. In arbitrating the boundaries of Ar- menia, President Wilson, it is said, will insist that’the new. republic be given ac- cess to the sea through Batum. Although the value of exports to Eur- ope fell off. $100,000,000 in April, the nation's trade balance against the olq| world was increased $254,000,000. The American Steamship Ossobaw which left New York with a ecargo for Havana, returned to port with fire in her hold. The ship is operated by the Ward Line. The confdrence report on the standing water-power bill by the Senate and the goes to the, presiden’. to 21 ‘: appointment of Professor John W. lonz- was approved measure now The vote was 45 iiffe as dean of the school of journ- of Columbia University, was an- nounced by retar, Frank D. Fackenthal, sec- A gift of $1,000,000 to the Yale Uni- versity endowment fund from the Gen- eral Education Board of New York, one of the Rockefeller Lenevolences, has been announced. 3 A new ecampaign against the scourge of cancer will he made in the form of comprehensive scientific research into the possible causes of the afflicition, it was anneunced in London. Resolutions urging that the United States ratify the peace treaty and the League of Nations were passed the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at it sclosing session. The senate investigation of the navy’ conduct of the war has been completed and Chairman Hale said he hoped to have ready within a week a report em- bodying the committee’s finding.s Germany has submitted & statement to the Allied Control Commission declar- ing that 23,000 pieces of German ar- tillery remain to be destroyed, and that 800 have already, been proken up. Exports of pulp wood from Canada to the United States for the leven mont. ending with February amounted to only 790,828 cords, against 1,499,107 cords for the corresponding period the preceding year. A. L. Westgard, representing the American. Automobile Association, will leave Washington June 1 on a path-find- ing motor trip to link in a single great | highway a majority of the National Parks | ia the west. Vincent Dindy, foremost living French composer, made an appeal for revival in | France of Wrymerian opera and discon- tinuance of “tnese ignoble Tos Pag- iaccia and other Italidn operas of the worst school.” A Shropshire lamb, one of the Pre dent’s flock of sheep, slipped into the executive offices, making an unannounced ! call on the clerks there. After being ejected he camped in front of the en- trance to the offices. C. C. Cloge declared in an address at the American Iron and Steel Institute's meeting that the United States Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries spent | $71,000,000 in the last eight years im- proving conditions of employ es. The Irish question, with its relation to the United Staes and also to the negro problem in that country is to come up before the house o feommons =oon | in a resolution prepared Sir Sam| Hughes, former minister of militia. enforee the regulation steamer An attempt to States prohibition American passenger Washington led to disorders here at Montevideo on board that vessel when one of -the ship's officers endeavored to take from a coal passer a bottle whiskey alleged to have been in man’s possession. * United on the Martha the OMAHA TO BECOME BASE DEPOT FOR 500 MAIL PLANES Omaha, 'Neb, May 30.—Omaha is to become, within two years, a base depot for 500 air mail planes, according to Colonel J. A. Jordon, chief of construc- tion and extension of the air mail ser- ce. Each of the planes to be used in the New York-San Francisco mail service and the radiating branches is to be so constructed that within a day they could be transformed into fighting air- craft, he said. “Omaha has been designated for the base because. of its topographical condi- tiens-and its central locaiion.” said Col- onel Jordon. “In ease of trouble a bat- tle plane converted here, could reach coast or border in from 15 to 20 hours.” Colonel Jordon, Who is on an inspec- tion four of landing fields, predicted that within a year mail will be trans- ported from coast-to-coast in 36 hours. The plans contemplate that, he said. RECORD APPLE CROP INDICATED IN SHENANDOAH-CUMBEELAND DIST. Whichester, Va., May 30.—A record apple crop is indicated in the Shenan doah-Cumberland * district, extending 215 miles from Stunton, Va., to Harrisburg, Pa., whieh has aproximately 3,000,000 bearing trees. Weather conditions dur- ing the winter and spring were mhore favorable ‘than in several years say ex- pert growers. set well. important apple Dproducing sections the country. 4 PRICE TWO CENTS PRE-CONVENTION SESSION REP. NATIONAL COMMITTEE Will Convene in Chicago Today to “Make Judicial Decisions” —Wood and Lowden Are Most Affected by the Decision, But the Contests This Year Are Not Surrounded With Im- portance, Less Than Fifty Instructed Votes Being Involv- ed—Crowds of Enthusiastic Republicans Have Already Arrivediin Chicago. Chicago, May 30.—When the republican national committee tomorrow making decisions on contests ove: begins T elec- tions to the convention it will, according to announcement by the chairman, Will H. Hays, proceed tow“make judicial de- cisions, not political ones.” Contests this year are not surrounded with the importance they took on memorable Taft-Roosevelt fight o Although Major General Leonard sovernor F. O. cted by the deck ndidates in the f 1912. Wood Lowden are most af- ns, neither of these would gain enough delegates 10 assure a nomination if 21l the contests were 1o be decided in his favor. The official roll shows 137 seats in con- test out of the 954 which compose the convention. bring the total to 148. about four days. Further filings probably will The national committee hopes to dispose of them in It is not improbable that the bulk of the contests may be dis- posed of by precedent-setting decisions. on which the committee will décide ques- tions of rule, which in turn will decide other cases. The sessions of the committee will be Contestants will be represented by attorneys; the public presumably will be nted by the newspaper correspon- be The contest- ing delegates themselves also will be open. repres dents, repre: and the committee ented by an attorne: itself present. The majority of the contests come from the south, involving the claims of white The contest from and bl Georgi: tween Wi to be the center of interest. the seventeen seats are in dispute. del tes. bringing up a direct fight be- ‘0od and Lowden forces, promises The first Georgia convention elected a “black and tan” delegation headed by Henry Lincoln Johnson, a negro. It ‘was officially Governor Lowden's committee that $£9.000 of the will Fifteen of listed as unpledged. cimpaign manager testified at Washington before a senate Lowden campaign fund had been sent to Johnson. Later, fifteen delegates headed by Roscoe Pickett were elected nad were under- stood to favor General Wood. Frank H. Hitcheock, one of the general's managers, fied to the senate committee The Georgia contest si expected probably to be the tes $10,100 was sent to Pickett most spectacular of all. Since a contest was filed from Texas, bolt of negroes from the San Antonio convention, and now two full sets of delegates are asking to be seated. Both are reported favorable to the candidacy there was of General Wood. Less than fif involved in the y contests. gates are involved. are uninstructed. Chairman Hays arrived early instructed votes are Thirty-five Wood delegates and nine Lowden dele- The other contestants today. coming on the same train with William that | Cooper Proctor of Cincinnat!, deserfbed before the senate investigating commit- tee as the “angel” of the Wood candl- dacy. Colonel T. Coleman Dupent of Delaware aiso was a passenger. - After a luncheon with newspaper oer- respondents, Chairman Hays made a fiy- ing visit to presidential “row” and thenm motored out to the Coliseum to inspect the work on the convention arrangements. The chairman issued this statement: “It looks here today like the middle of convention week. The interest, the crowds of enthusiastic republicans al- ready arrived, indicyfe the nation-wide party vigor and enthusiasm. “Everywhere republicans are ‘rearin’ to §0. The unprecedented confidence of Te- publican success which obtains every- where is simply the reflection of the realization of the necessity for such suc- cess as a matter of national welfare. Everywhere is the anpreciation of the fact that we have a task to perform wor- thy of our party strength and party his- tory, that we have a patriotic work to do that is epoch-making. and that upon our performance will largely depend the fu- ture.of the country. “The chronicler of centuries to ceme will look backward at these now ap- proaching years as of the most tremen- dous important development of American policy, and it is hte republican party that is to direct that development. Nothing shall decrease the certainty of this repub- lican success. Nothing shall decrease the certainty of our doing well that which we are certainly about to be called upon to_accomplish. “We have a work to do for the good of the country and it takes us all to do it™ The state delegates themselves prob- ably will be required by the national committee to dispose of 67 surplus dele- gates selected from nine states. John T. King, of Connecticut, who managed General Wood's campaign up to January 1, when he was displaced in tavor of Colonel William Cooper Proeter, arrived tonight bearing the proxy of Senator Boles Penrose ef Pennsylvania. Simultaneously, friends of Semator Penrose who are in a position to know say that he will not come to Chicago for the convention, despite the fact that his physicians had announced his physical condition probably would mot prevent the trip. The “presidential row” was agog with speculation tonight as to who will re- ceive Pennsylvania's 76 votes if Mr. ! King has charge in Senator Penrose 1 behalf. Other arrivals tonight include the fol. lowing national committeemen: John art, Idaho; John T. Adams, Towa; M. J. Mulvihill, Mississippi, and Thomas A. Mariow of Montana. Lafayette B. Gleason, temporary sec- retary of the convention, is also here. REVENUE FROM BROKERS AND STOCK TRANSACTIONS New York, May derives more than $50.000,000 in revenue from brokers' stock transactions in William H. nal revenue for this district. sand stock brokers, he said, pa cense tax of $50 and in addition a spe- or $130 according the salable value of their seats on local cial tax of §100 exchan Of the 4,006 commission brokers, those who are members of an exchange where produce or other wares are traded in two-cent traded in on the Stock Ex pay a yearly tax of $30. A tax onjshar change ne e thousand dollars daily. government ta; e at §100 or fraction thereof. The monthly sale of stamps averages $3. nomin licenses New York says Edwards, collector of inter- Six thou- 30.—The government annually and y a li severa. Unlisted corpor- ations havin a home office in the United States are subject to the original issue of 5 cents a siare on all stocks val- documentary 00,000 more than half of which is in stamps of $1,000 de- tion, or approximately 1500 $1,- 10 NO FOOL SHALL DRAG GERMANY INTO A WAR OF REVENG Berlin, May 30.—Speaking at a some- what stormy meeting in Munich on Sat- urday, Chancellor Mueller ¢ ared to a cheering crowd that on June 6, the day of the German presidential election, it would be Germany's business to attest the fact “that she has had enough of war for all eternity. and that no fool, crown- ed or uncrowned, shall drag Germany into a war of revenge,” according to & report of his address in the Tageblatt today. “Foreigners,” continued Dr. Mueller, “have told me they could not belieev ft possible that the frame of mind of the German people could be changed in ®o short a time, but after the Kapp coup even the entente military officers admitted to me their conviction that we had beceme truly democratic.” The chancellor referred to the coming conference at Spa as the first ray of hope which Germany could entertain that the extremists realize the impossibility of keeping Germany down economically and politically and at the same time demand- 100 stamp sales for Stock transactions ing extreme amounts in reparation. He Mr. Edwards said. To supply the de-lgqiq he could understand Frgnee's “ran- m: a reserve supply of stamps val-lcor™ and remarked that undoubtedly ued at $10,000,000 always is maintained in the custom house vaults. AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF CURBING M an eff of curbing speeding city method - ers posted along the principal streets e long sharp car. ks studded with d when they see ng at a rate they a believe proach! cessi the mach machine is proceeding at a is reached The chief of police finds the system ntaining a motor- le squad, and has the additional ad- antage of making the capture of speed- is cheaper than ma TWO CONVICTS FROM ERIE COUNTY JAIL Buffalo, N. Y., May 30.—William Mar- and Joseph escaped early this morning after holding up a ‘keeper at the point of a revolver and took away weg, alleged murderer, Brady, charged with larceny, from the Erie county jail his_keys. Marweg was convicted of first degree but was reversed and- he’ was murder several months ago, conviction brought here to await a second Brady w tation of stolen automobiles. said® to be wanted for alleged investigation there. PERSHING AT MEMORIAL Tice SERVICES AT HARVARD 30—General allied armies and Governor Coolidge joined with President Lowell and officers and mem- bers of the faculty of Harvard Univer- sity today in exercises in commemora- tion of the Harvard men who gave. their No “daY.age from frost |lives in the war against Germany. has been reported and the blooms have | Widener Library, General Pershing plac- The. district, according to fed-|ed a wreath at the base of the roll of eral horticulturists, is one of the most |honor bearing the names of some 360 of ' Harvard men who lostabeir lives in he Cambridge, Mass, May Pershing, representatives of - the 30.—Policemen of ctive and rather unique SPEEDING AUTOISTS utoists. is ex . they drop the plank in front of If the car is speeding, it cannot be stopped in time, and as a re- Sult its tires are punctured, but if the R reasonable pace it can be stopped before the plank trial. s charged with violating the federal law against interstate transpor- He is in Newark. N. J.. theft of .$10,000 worth of 20ld leaf and also as a Witness in a po- this ap- the At P{,ruasizn militarism had sinned grievous- TEXT OF TURKISH TREATY DUE IN CONSTANTINOPLE Constantinople. May 30.—The full text of the Turkish treaty is expected to reach Constantinople within two or three days. In the meantime the Turkish papers are making clear their view that no govern- ment dare sign the treaty without modi- fications. Damad Ferid Pasha, grand vizier, Is busily engaged in drafting representations asking that the provisions relating to Thrace and Smyrna be altered, as well as the capitulation provisions. It is gem- erally believed here that failure of the Turks to sign would result in a move- ment- of Greek forces from Smyma to- ward the interior of Anatolia. The nationalist leaders at Angora have repeatedly declared that should the Greeks move eastward from Smyrma they could not guarantes protection 1o Christians anywhere in Anatolia. There is great uneasiness in Constantinople re- garding the possible fate of Armenians, Greeks, Europeans and even Americans if the Greeks take such action. HIGH PRICES HAVE INCREASED RESPECT FOE DANDELIONS Winchesior, Va, May 30.—Prohibit™a A S N~ ooss. of Mk, has akovats ed the lowly dandelion to lordly estate in this section of the country. Residents this spring are seeking the little yellow blossoms- everywhere, scouring lawns where the dandelions have been comsid- ered. a pest, country lanes rnd pasture fields, filling baskets with the blooms and the green leaves. The little blossoms £0.into old time dandelion wine. The leaves. young and tender, have long been caten as greens similar to spinach. 20 DEATHS FROM OVERFLOW OF A RIVER IN ENGLAND Louth, Lincolfsshire England, May 30.—Twenty deaths have resulted here 50 far from the sudden overflow of the small River Lad, running through this town, which is attributed to a cloud- burst in the woods nearby on Saturday night. The water spread so rapidly tha. houses in the low lying part of the town ‘were immediately engulfed in a° rush which carried away bridges, fences, trees and athar ohstacles.