Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 3, 1920, Page 1

HiGH SUGAR PRICES RESILT and Caused an Advance in the the Wholly Selling lly Ineffective” Market—U. S. At- torney Henry Mooney of Louisiana Had Informed Palm- er That the Prices Fixed Were in Excess of the Fair Av- erage Price For the Crop. Washington, June 2.—The sugar in- | vestigating committee in a majority re- {port presented the house today de- | clared that Attorney General Palmer had used his power as chief prosccuting offi- cer of the government “for the purpose ‘ot fixing maximum selling prices of su- gar in Louisiana and in so doing acted wholly without authority of law and in violation of his own construction of his official duty.” The report, preparedgby Representative to Husted republican, New York, as chair man, charged that the legalistic method adopted by (he attorney gemeral W ineftective as a means of price and that “it gave apparent governmental sanction to_extremely high which excited the cupidity producers and caused an ad- in the Cuban market.” There were eight findings in the ma- jority report, the resolution introduced by Representative Tinkham, republican, Mas- sachusetts, calling for an investigation, confining the committee inquiry to {Louisiana transactions. The majority findings follow : ‘The attorn general on the Sth day of November, 1916, gave his official per- mission to a tentative arrangements by United States Attorney Henry Mooney, with a committee representing the sugar planters of Louisiana, by Which was es- tablished a maximum price of 17 cents per pound for prime vyellow clarified gugar and 18 cents per pound for clear granulated sugar, net on plantation. The above stated prices were fixed by arrangement of the entire Louisiana 1912-1920 sugar crov. attorney general fixed said prices when he considered ~ them vance ' had just been advised by his representative in Louisiana, United} States Attorney Henry Mooney, that such prices were in excess of the fair average price for the crop, and when he had rea- gon to believe that the entire crop could be purchased at 14 of 156 cents per pound “Crap conditions in Louisiana during the year 1919 varied greatly in different parts of the state and on different plan- tations. In” some cases the loss of crop was very heavy, in others it was com- paratively light, so that a, fixed price for| sugar which would yield only a fair ind reasonable profit to the producer whose cost of production did not exceed the gen- eral average for the state would permit a certain class of producers to make exces- sive profits and would deprive another class; of the fair and reasonable profit to which it was entitled under the law. “Under the arrangement effected by the attorney general with the committee rep- resenting the sugar planters of Louisiana immunity from prosecution for profiteer- ing was conferred upon any and all per- sons who might sell at or under the prices fixed by the tttorney general, whether such prices were in violation of the Lever act or not. “The attorney general used his power as chief prosecuting officer of the United States for the purpose of fixing maximum selling prices of sugar in the state of Louisiana, and in so doing acted wholly without authority of law and in ‘violation of his own construction of his official duty, which precluded him from plaging any interpretation uvon United States criminal statutes under which possible violators might escape prosecution. - “On the Sth day of November, 1919, the attorney general had no power te fi prices and his zuthority in the premises was limited to the prosecution of violators of the protvision of the 40th -section of the Lever act, public No. 41, 66th con- gress.” “The legalistic method adopted by the attorney general was wholly ineffective as a means of price control; it gave ap- parent governmental saction to extreme high sugar prices, which excited the cupidity of Cuban producers and caused an advance in the sugar market.” The majority renort that because ot the great interest in sugar the commit- tee allowed a wide range of testimony in the hone of developing facts which might lead to beneficial legislation. INDIA RUBBER €O, TO OPEN PLANT UNDER MILITARY PROTE rfstol, R, L, June 2—DMilitary ar- rangements for the opening tomorrow of the plant of the National India Rubber Company were completed tonight. The Qisposition of the 500 national guards- men who bave been on duty here since Governor Beeckman de d_the town in a state of insurrection Jast Friday will provide a guard on allstreets leading to the factory. Reserve troops, including an ambu- Jance company, will be P d at the plan d at other str points for emergency eall in event of conflicts de- of the opera- veloping from the return tives. The authorities said tonight that they had found no evidence of any ative dis- turbing element A that the possibility of disorders lay in individual contact rather than in any mass demonstration. Picketing will not be organized, the strike having no central director. Company officials said they felt certain there would be a numerous response among the 4,700 employes to the request that they return and take up while at work any grievances over the wage re- adjustment of month ago which was followed by the strike of avout 1,000 op- eratives. Those prominent among the, strikers sald ope that they had no intention of returning unless a ten per cent. wage advance were given and that they felt their numbers would be increas- ed rather than lessened by the long dead- ; :;:m of the strikers were spectators today at military drills on-the common by the guardsmen, many of Whom are overseas veterans. piontioge < WAVL AP 15 PLEADED GUILTY TO ESCAPING FROM WETHERSFIELD PRISON Hartford, Conn., June 2.—Cbarles Dewey and Frank Land, who escaped from the state prison at Wethersfield De- cember 25, were brought before the su- perior court today on bench warrants for escaping fro mthe prison. Dewey pleaded guilty and Land, who at first pleaded not guilty, changed his plea to one of guilty. Dewey is the man who escaped from the Wethersfield pricon April 3, 1912, in a packing box. but was found two years Jater in an Ohio prison. He was sent to Wethersfleld originally under a five year sentence from New Haven, was giv- en a five to ten/vears sentence for his first escape and {oday Judge Burpee add- ed on a seven to ten years sentence. Land was serving four to thirteen years for theft in Norwich and attsmpt- ing to break jail. He told Judge Burpee | he escaped as he thought it was the onl way of preserving his life, as the prison administration was hostile. Judge Bur- pee sentenced Land to from eight to ten years for escaping. GERMANY BALKS AT ABOLISHING COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE Berlin, June 2.—Tt is semi-officially an- hounced that no law will be enacted pbaishing compuleory military service, | which is demanded by the peace treat because the national assembly's accept- ance of the treaty automatically re- seinds the former compulsory regulations. | Fhis explanation has been issued in view pf the allegations that Giermany is not parrying out the provisions of the peace Jreaty. It ia also announced that the ministry of defense will fssue a decree forbidding discharged soldier to carry service arms and hand grenade: NCT. TOR MURDERER EVANS 10 TO 15 YEAR SENTE WIFE Hartford, June 2.--(ieorge Evans, who on March 16 stranged killad his wife and packed the body trunk in their home in New Britain, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the criminal superior court today. Judge I. ¥. Burpee sentenced him to prison for trom 10 to 15 vears. Public Defender ohn F. Forward told the court that vans geemed to have the sympathy of the community where the crime was Judge Burpee said the state m M,h‘wpflu the - plea of ! anoft, or and STAMFORD MAN MIDDLETOW ESCAPES FROM INSANE ASYLUM tamford, Conn., June 2.—Ferdinand Laudetti, formerly of this city, commit- ted to the Middletown Insane Asylum in May 1918, has escaped, according to notics given the police today. 3 Laudetti came here from New Haven on March 10, 1917, and with a revolver killed his stepfather, Ernesto Punti, a music teacher, and wounded his own wife who was living in the house. Lau- detti claimed that his stepfather had caused the wife to desert him. After arrest Laudetti three times tried to kill himself, taking poison and by at- tempted hanging, while in the local lockup. The superior court at Bridge- port committed the man to the asylum from which he tried to escape several times. While awaiting commitment Lau- detti would not talk. Officials claim that Landetti’s tendencies make it nec- essary that a strict search be made to find him. ARRESTS FOR SELLING LEMON EXTRACT 80 PER CENT. ALCOHOL Boston, June 2.—Sale of lemon flavor- ing extract, alleged to contain 80 per | cent. alcohol, resulted in the arrest of Marcus Zintz and his wife Fannie who conduct-a grocery store in the Dorches- ter district and they were before the United States commissioner today charg- ed with violation of the prohibition law Policemen who made the arrest testi- fied that a man arrested for intoxication had several bottles of the extract in his pocket and told the officers that he pur- sed it at the Zintz store. He went to the store to buy Jamaica ginger and was told they did not have ginger but had “something just as good,” according to the witness. Zintz and his wife pleaded not guilty and were held in $500 bonds each for the federal grand jury. INVESTIGATING THEFT OF MAIL POUCH AT HARTFORD Hartford, June Federal inspectors from the post office department at Bos- ton are investigating the theft of a mail pouch containing first class mail matter, the empty sack having been found on May 16 on the side of a hill near Wilson street. The pouch had been slashed open. It had been made up on train No. 45, Boston to Albany, and had been thrown off at Springfield and brought to Hart- ford on train No. 63. No estimate of the value of the mail matter stolen or the quantity in the pouch. There have been no complaints registered at the office by 2 jpersons in Hartford to whom mail mat- { ter would have been sent in the pouch. ARTICLES OF INCOEFORATION OF EASTERN RAILWAYMEN’'S ASS’N. Jersey City, N. J., June 2.—The East- ern Railwaymen's Association, organ- ized by railroad employes in Jersey City who were expelled from the brotherhoods of railroad workers during the recent strike, filed articles of incorporation here today. One of the objects of the associa- tion, the articles state, is “to constitute, organize, Bonduct, supervise and control subordinate bodies or locals in all parts of the United States” Edward A. Mc- Hugh, who, was chairman of the execu- tive committee of strikers, is ene of the incorporators. TWO BROWN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES ARE MISSING Providence, R. I, June 2.—All day search along Narragansett Bay today by motor boat parties failed to show any trace of Frank Chesley, of Pawtuxet and Alton S. Thoren, of Edgewood, young Brown University graduates, who started out last Saturday night in a ca- noe from Pawtuxet to spend Sunday on th ebay. RESOLUTE AND VANITIE READY FOR RACE TODAY Newport, R.:IL, June 2.—The sloops Resolute and Vanitie, aspirants for the hopor of defending the America's. cup against the Shamrock IV, will - begin their seri~s of elimination trials tomor- ~t* ~achts anchored _tonight in Rrenton's Love, g — -~ ADOPTED BY ATTORNEY BENERAL PALMER | BRIEF TELEGRAMS 2 20-day truce which at the end of that, time may be renewed. Wheat in McPherson and Salina eoun- ties, Kansas, is the best in many years. Bar silver was .99 1-2¢ an ounce in New York, compared with 57 5-8d in London. President Wilson signed the senate bill ingorporasing the Rooseveit Memorisl, association. Bar gold in London was quoted at 106s 3d an ocunce compared with 105s Sd at last close, Nomination of Raymond Bissell to be vostmaster of Buffalo was sent to the senate by the president. Ten women and girls picketed the White House in the cause of recogni- tion for the Irish republic. Reports from Tokio announce the arrival of Italian aviators Ferrarin and Masiero, flying from Rome to Tokio. Former Canadian aviators sent 1,000 applications to the government for jobs in the Canadian air service. Government appeals in the federal anti- frust suits against the Quaker Oats Co. were dismissed by the supreme court. Government control of the historic Fort McHenry hospital has ceased. It will be turned over to the public health service. Missing from her home in Waterbury for nearly a year, 15 year old Helena Jenovessa has eben located in San An- tonio, Texas. ke Senator La Follette again at the Mayo N. Y. and may an operation. ‘was examined inic at Rochester, enter the hospital for A meeting of the cabinet was called by ,the president, mainly for the purpoge it is understood, of discussing the polit- ital situation. Speakers at two political meetings in Mackieburg were attacked and seriously injured by mobs, according to, reports re- ceived in Berlin. High officials entrusted with tha dis- tribution of materials to war sufferers were arrested in Rome on charge of misappropriating the materials. Governor Frank Lowden of Tilineis, candidate for the republican nomination for president, contracted a bad cold and was ordered to bed by his physician, Senator Calder charged in the senate that liquor wa sbeing sold over the bar in New York at exorbitant prices and federal agents were connected with it in some way. o Paul M. Warburg, banker, prior to sailing for Europe on the Nieuw Amster- dam, declared himself pleased with the raising of discount rates by the federal reserve bank. At the wool suction sales in London 11,600 bales were offered. Prices were weak and crossbreds declined 10 to 15 per cent. Merinos dropped about 20 per cent. An encyclical document was published announcing an arrangement whereby Catholic sovereigns will be ‘permitted by the pope to come to Rome to visit the king of Italy. Government guarantee of $2.26 a bushel for the price of wheat expired on May 31. Trading in wheat futures was not resumed, business being done only on a cash basis. The United States army transport Nanzemond arrived at New York from Antwerp, Belgium, with the bodies of 210 American who died while in military service abroad. Twelve soldiers, comprising the guard of a public building in Dubiln were sur- prised by a party of armed men, who took away their arms and ammunitoin and’ two machine guns. California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co. announced price of $26.30 a hundred weight for sugar. The price to the con- sumer wiil be 29 3-10 cents a pound, an increase of 3 cents. Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank followed the example of Kansas City, Dallas and St. Louis, by adopting a schedule of progressive rediscount rates as based on accommodations as of April 1. 3 Seven import:yt laws emacted by the the Non-Partisan lieague legislature of North Dakota, all of which gave the state power to enter private business, ‘were upheld by the supremecourt. «Canadian Supreme Court split evenly jon the question of whether the board of commerce has the authority .to fixe fair prices in the Dominion and the mat- ter was referred to the English privy mouneil. i A resolution urging that action be taken to stop alleged propaganda tend- ing to estrange this country and Great Britain was adopted at the 101st con- vention of the Episcopal diocese “of Maine. { ¥rank Williams, 19, of_ Providence, E. L., who was discovered breaking into Dr. E.W. Smith’s office on Main street, Mer- iden and captured by Sergeant J. H. Cusey, was sentenced to the Cheshire re- formatory. American consul at Vera Cruz of- offered that city in behalf of the United States and the American Red Cross, sup- plies of vaccin, serum, rat virus and dis- infectants to check the bubonic plague in the Mexican port. Coroner Eli Mix in a finding exonerat- ed TLouis J. Curran of South Meriden, from blame in the death of Elias Ekon- onotoulos, 49, of Meriden, who was struck and killed by an automobile driven by Curran in Meriden last Sunday. ~ F. Kent Hubbard of Midlletown, pres- 1dent of the Manufacturers’ Association of Connecticut, has been asked by United Palmer in Defense of His CampaigninPenn. Resents Charges Made That - Prohibition Laws Were Openly Violated. ‘Washington, June 2.—A fiery cross- table between Attorney Gereral Palmer and Eugene C. Bonniwell of Philadeiphia, bristling with direct charges of the mis- use of federal power to let down the li- quor bars during the Pensylvania presi- dential primaries on the cne hand and of attempted ‘“character —assassination”: on the other, marked senate investigation to- day of pre-convention camppign expendi- tures. The attorney general appeared unex- pectedly in the committee room during the lunclfeon recess after Mr. Bonniwell had launched a broadside of charges, in- cluding a sweeping assertion. that the whole Palmer campaign in Pennsylvania had been z “ghastly and debasing de-, gratdation of law.” Mr. Bonniwell was recalled to the stand to finish his testi- mony and Mr. Palmer, the first candi- date for a presidential nomination to appear at the inquiry, took a seat atwsos the table from the witness who, it was brought out, was a political enemy of long - standing. News of the impending verbal clash before the committee spread rapidly and #he hearing room soon was crowded. When Mr. Bonniwell concluded, Mr. Palmer replie the charged that Mr. B ployed “charater assassination’ methods aga him in Pennsylavnia for years, and concluding it with the assertion that in Pennsylvania “Judge Bonniwell's word is not evidence of fact.” Ichoes of the combat had hardly died away before a new element was injectdd intg the committee’s deliberations with the flat refusal of Senator Edge, repub- lican, New Jersey, to attend further ses- sions. In announcing that he had noti- fied the chairmen of the full committee and the sub-committee of his decision, the senator said he believed approximate figures on all pre-convention expenditures had been obtained and that further in- quiry would result only in the airing of “charge counter-charges, intimations and insinuations.” He added that no federal w had been broken, as there s no federal presidentia Iprimary law to nniwell had em- Gefore Mr. Palmer appeared in the committee room, the committee had in- guired into the activities of the Plumb Plan league, made further efforts to run down a presidential campaign for W. G McAdoo and had heard two officials of oil companies who had been mentioned in previous testimony as possible large con- tributors to political campaigns. Edward Keating, manager of the Plumb Plan leagye, declared the league had taken no part in any pre-convention po- litical activity, had not contributed any money and did not plan to participate in the convention gles. He added, how- ever, that it did seek to defeat members of conzress who voted for the trans- portation ac Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Illinois. active in Liberty loon drives and later for the democratic national committee. declared positvely that no campaign obtain- ing the democratic presidential nomina- tion “for McAdoo, direct or indirect, ex- isted, mbch to.her Sinclair, New of the oil bearing his name. declared. he ampaign contributions, or active politically, and Norman Bridges, connected With the Do- heney O s, testified that he had contributé to General Wood's candidacy, 1t otherwise knew nothing of any campaign. After the oil compan: excused, the committee ni The Penn; candidate for officials had been ame to Mr. Bon- ¥lvania man, who was democratic national com- ell. mitteeman from that state at the recent primaries and opposed the Palmer move- ment with a “sticker” Adoo delegates, was called in connection with McAdoo He testified_ flatly that he had conducted that campaign over the direct, versonal refusal of Mr, McAdoo to his name used, which prevented its anearance on the ballots and nec ed stickers. In describing the interview with Mr. Adoo, ie witness first touched on his about the Palmer Pennsylvania . and theteafter they fell thick rted that it was “gen- in the state that when 2lmer movement was threatened the “bars had been let down” suddenly; that liquor warehouses were thrown ‘“wide open” under the eves of denartment of justice and prohibition enforcement offi- cers of the federal government, larly in the “coal countie and th whole Palmer campaign not only a “ghastly and debasing degradation of law" but an “invitation” to law violators. Some direct references to Mr. Palmer by the witness were stricken out by the committee as “personalities,” and Mr. (Continued on Page Seven, Col. Five) Seymour Stedman States' Mapshal William R. Palmer to be his alternate delegate to the democraitc | national convention from the fifth dis- | trict. By the will of Frederick Peaes, who was a traveling salesman of the Charles Parker company, the Meriden hospital will eventually receive $25.000; Masonic Home, Wallingford, $500; Masonic, Mer- iden, $500, and -organized -gcharities of Meriden- $500. , - \SORYAIGNT KEVETONE VIEW CO. NEW.VORKS & L = Seymour Stedman, of Chicago, who has been nominated for Vice-Presi- dent by the Socialists. He s a fore- most Socialist attorney and defended tke five New York Socialists Axsem- biymen at the Albany trial. He also defended Dobs at his trial, ; IUNE 3, opened his statement with | <V staples, bowever, are still very high., Fus is.SSU" Bukisiag . and Threatening Two 50,000 Barrel Stonge Tanks. Greeley, Kansas, June 2.—The Stand- ard Ofl Company's pumping station here valued at more than $1,000,000, was de- stroyed by fire late today. The fire was still burning tonight and efforts were being directed toward keeping the flames from Teaching two fifty thousand barrel i storage tanks, both of which are prac- tically full. SHIPPING BOARD MAY SELL VESSELS TO FOREIGN INTERESTS Washington, June 2.—While giving American shipping interests preference in the acquisition of government-owned ton- nage, merchant - marine _legislation as agreed on today by senate and house con- ferees would authorize the shipping Loard to sell to foreign interests should “dili- gent efforts” to dispose of the craft in this country fail Sales to foreign concerns, however, could not be made under the compro- mise bill only on a vote of five of the geven members of the shipping board. The legislation as agreed upon would direct the sale of the government-own- ed vessels ‘as 4soon as practicable with £00d business methods,” but no time lim- it for the sale is fixed. Pending sale of the ships, the board would be authorized to charter them to American concerns. Consideration of the conference re- port will be taken up in the house to- morrow and following its expected adop- tion will be called.upon without delay in the senate in an effort to secure final action before the expectsd adjournment of congress Saturday. As approved by the conferees the bill would require 75 per cent. of the stock in coast- in ‘companies operating ships to be American-owned with wise trade Americans Nolding the. controlling inter- est in ship companies engaged in foreign trade. The bill further would empower the board to set aside annually for the next five vears $25,000,000 to be used as a construction fund from which to assist American citizens in the building of new vessels for the establishment and main- tenance of service on steamship lines deemed desirable by the board. The sen- ate bill fixes this amount at $50,000,000. Owing to opposition of house conferees provisions authorizing the board during the five year period to construct new \’Ssscls on its own account were eliminat- ed. While the bill makes no provisions tor a direct subsidy it would authorize board and the postmaster general “in aid of the development of a merchant marine” to determine from “time to time the just and reasonable rate of com- pensation to be paid for carrying Amer- ican mails.” In order to give the ~American mer- chant marine every advantage for its development, the bill would authorize the president o notify foreign governments within ninety days after it becomes a law of the abrogation of treaties which restrict discrimination in favor of Amer- ican ships. % =Y INDICTMENTS AGAINST THE AMERICAN WOOLEN €0. ARGUED New York, June 2.—A motion to quash the ' federal . indictments returned last week against the American ‘Woolen Company of New York, the American Woolen Company of Massachusetts ana William M. Wood, president of both companies, charging them with profiteer- ing in sales of wool cloth, was argued before Judge Julian. W. Mack in United States district court here .today. No decision was rendered, Judge Mack dirécting opposing counsel, - "Charles Evans Hughes for the defendants. and Herbert C. Smythe, special counsel for the government, to sumbit briefs not law er than next Tuesday. Mr. Hughes, in arguing for the motion contended the indictment, which contain- ed fourteen counts alleging - fourteen specific sales of cioth at “unjust and un- reasonable” prices, did not- charge any crime. He maintained that cloth or Dieces of cloth alone are not wearing ap- parel and that the sales of cloth do not constitute sales of wearing apparel under the Lever act, which the indictment charges was violated. - Mr. Hughes maintained 'that wearing apparel and foodstuffs differ in that foom is usable without other preparations than that of nature, while cloth does not be- come clothing” until fashioned into gar- | ments. Mr. Smythe, in his opposing argument, declared that cloth made for wearing ap- parel was used for no other purpose and could not be used for any other. He contended that the sale of cloth which was intended to be fashioned into cloth- ing comes within provisions of the act. REPORT ON AMERICANIZATIO WEEK IN CONNECTICUT Hartford, June 2.—At the meeting of | the state board of education today Rab- ert C. Deming, director of Americaniza- tion, made a report for the seven mouths Quring which the bureau of Americani- zation has been in existence. These were 194 Americanization schools estaoiished in Connecticut. The largest attendance wa sin January with an average of 4,- 967. Four hundred public meetings were held with an'attendance of 55,000. Four hundred public meetings were held with an attendance of 55,000. The work of Americanization was promoted /by raziul activities in 100 towns. The 'aggregate attendance at motion pictures with which the work of Americanization was dem- onstrated was 112,540, Bffective wor< was done by the issuing. of posters in foreign languages. Americanization but- tons were given to 3,575 aliens who had taken out their first papers and thy who obtained first papers and too< course in Americanization certificates signed by Gov. Hoicomb. In 63 factories classes have been establish- ed. The expenses for the seven months amounted to $9,393.09. BUILDING TRADES CLASH OVER SEATING DELEGATES Montreal, June 2.—The preliminary con- vention of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor op- ened here today with a clash over seat- ing delegates from the Granite Cutters’ Association and the Unite Association of Plumbers and Steamfitters. Objection to them was made with the assertion that the organizations were in arrears in the per capita levy taken to cover the costs of legal proceedings arising from an Om- aha court injunction last year. Event- uaily an amicable adjustment . was made lnd' all delegates seated. a were given A SUDDEN AND NOTABLE DECREASE IN PRICES IN ITALY Rome, June 2.—A notibdle decrease in prices which has suddenly taken place here is attributed to the influence of the American market. Wool, which a few days ago: reached fifty lire per kilogram, has fallen fo ten; a similar decrease has occurred in other materials. Food Both Delegations From the 32 Have Been Disposed - Chicago, June 2.—The republican na- tional committee's hearings of contests today was enivenéd by hotly debatec cases and also by a visit from Homer S. Cummings, coairman of the democratic national committee. Mr. Cummings, avaiing himseif of the open sessions, visitéd the hearing room where he be- came the center of a good natyred re- ception whien %:imost drowned out the proceedings. He was photographed with Republican Chairman Hays and looked over the Collseum for ideas to take to San Francisco. In its day’s work on the contests, the committee threw out both sets of dele- gates which arzked for seats for the Fifth Congressional district af Missouri, the Kansas City district. A heated coniro- versy was aired in a long hearing. Declding the first case affecting the sterngth of Selator Johnson's forces in the convention, the committee, on roll call voted to seat the deleagtes from the Tenth Minnesota_district who are ulga- structed but coulned as favorable to the candidacy of the California senator. The defeated- delegation was pledged to the candidacy of General Wood. In the Mississippi contests, the com- mittee decided to seat the delegates-at- large headed by National Commitieeman Muivihill, but did not decide on the con- tests from the Eighth congressional trict bécause it was necessary to have a sub-committee look over the proofs. In the Louisiana contests the commitice vot- ed to seat the officially reported dele- gation headed by National ~Committee- man Emil Kuntz of New Orlearns, which was uninstructed but claimed for the Wood forces, and in patt by the Lowden managers. The contest from the Fourth distrid was quickly- disposed of by seating the regularly reported delegation, udinstruct- FRANCE IS PREPARED TO HOUSE AMERICAN VISITORS Paris, June 2.—American visitors (o France during the coming summer can be comfortably housed and there is no need of worry on the part of those contemplat ing the trip, the French tourist bureau: assert. This confidence is the result of an inquiry made at the various steam- ship offices, which revealed that there will not be more than 40,000 American tourists .coming to - France’ during the next- \hree - piontdis - bécause’ of Tack of accommodations. Original estimates placed .the number at one hundred thou- sand but later jnvestigaiions developed that it was impossible 10 transpoft half this amount. In order to be certain of providing places for their guests, the Paris hotel owners have asked the government to turn over at once hotels at present occu- pied by various French and allied mis- sions and other officials. The govern- ment has promised to give —up at lesat four or five hoteig by July first and in an emergency these can be used to take care of the summer rush of.tourists. At the tourist agencies the belief expressed that the senate will ratify the chamber of deputies measure appropriat- ing thirty millien francs for th eerection of hotels in the devastated regions and otherwise facilitating trips to the battle- fields by tourists. If the money is made available results canot be obtained until next year, when the French hope it will be possible for all who so désire to come to France. A conferenee of French government of- | ficials. bankers and hotel owners be held next autumn with the purpose of arranging for a number of ne whote's to be financed by joint cooperation of the | covernment and bankers GOV, SPROU AME TO BE PRESENTLD TO REP. CONVENTION Philadelphia, June 2.—Governor Sproul n an address here today announced that Senator Boies Penrose, who was elect- ed chairman of the Pennsylvania delega- | tion would attend the Chicago convention despite his illness. Speaking at a caucus of Pennsylvania national delegates here today, Governcr Sproul announced that his name would be presented to the republican national con- vention as a candidate for president, but was opposed to the delegation taking any formal action as a unit. The governor said: “My name will be presented to th econ- vention, and 1 should much rather have the support of our delegates, as determ- ined by. their own individual convictions than as representatives of any caucus action or unit rule.” MONKEY AS STAR WITWESS WRECKED DIGNITY OF COURT New York. June —Minnie, a bare- legged, red-jacketed, green-capped mon- key, subpoenaed as star witness for the prosecution in a gambling case, today successfully wrecked the dignity of Magistrate Frothingham’s court. Minnie was supposed to show how she aided her owner in conducting a corner lot game of chance by pulling out of a box numbered balls’ upon which partici- pants had placed bets. Instead. this was what Minnie did: she leaped to the magistrate's desk, caus- ing the judge to duck: drained a bottle of ink: hurled at an attendant a glass of water he handed her as a chaser; tore the cgat of a detective ordered to arrost her and finally departed from court screeching. SOLDIERS AND POLICE DISPERSE UNRULY STRIKERS IN WATERBURY ‘Waterbury, Conn., June 2.—Soldiers with fixed bayonets and police with drawn clubs were necessary to disperse an' unruly crowd of strikers in the Oak- ville district today. The trouble began with a -parade during which, it was claimed, public vehicles were stopped and persons ‘molested. The city guard de- tachment were sent from the city and in dispersing the crowd six arrests were made. The strikers' parade was led by two men on bicycles, and other men on ‘wheels, it -was said, were active .in pa- trolling outside the plant of the Oak- ville .Pin Company and the Autoyre company. One man was arrested for throwing Stones, and it was claimed that many strikers carried missiles al- though not msed. P. COMMITIEE BARS TWO DELEGATIONS OF MISSOUR! Fifth Missouri District. Were Thrown Out “Because of Fraud and Disgraceful Condi- tions Found in Their Election”—Of 137 Contests Filed of — Democratic Chairman Homer S. Cummings Given a Good-Natured Reception —Was Photographed With Republican Chairman Hays. ed but claimed by the Wood forces. One ol the contestants, John Albus of St. Jo- seph, who was meetioned in testimony betore the sénate committee as baving been paid $2,000 from the Lowden cam- paign fund, but did nol appear to press his case. - The sensational fght of the day caie on the contest froin the Kansas City district, which the committee finally solv- ed the situation in the disgrict as “dis- of “stmng arm” politics, meeting broken up by mustard gas bombs, yomen intiri- dated by negroes, and gag rule, féw thick and fast. Committeemen denouhc- ed the situation in the distric tas “dis- graceful and tainted with lvud" and after voting down by a close vote & mo- tion to seat the regularly reported dele- gates, Robert J. Flick and Jesse L. Mar- tin, decided to seat none of the parties. The action reduced the. total number of votes in the convention from 984 to 982 and furnished the first case in which a; district will be left without representa- tios. ‘The net results of the day’s work were to bring the number of contests disposed of up to 32 out of the 137 filed. The Georgia and FloriGa cases ocon- tinued to hang fire in sub-committee and there was a disposition evidenced in the full commitiee meeling today 1o check the practice of referring disputes rather than having the national commit- tee decide them first hand. There was some discussion on tne subject but furth- er references 1o sub-committees were made later in the Gay and when the ses- sion adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning the list of cases in sub-ocm- mittee had been supplemented by the reference of the eight congressional dis- tricts of Missiesippi, where the rgularity of the district convention call is to be de- termined. DEL. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS WITHOUT RATIFYING SUFFRBAGE Del., June Z.—Despite the ap- President Wilson and other na- tional democratic and republican leaders for the ratification of the woman suffrage amendment, the Delaware legistature ad- journed sine die today with the ratifica- tion resolution still in the house comimit- tee of the whole, 10 which was. refer- d last Friday. Shortly before adjourn- Dover, peal ment a motfan by Hepresepiative Lyens, mafority floor leadeér, to fi’uu the house into committee of {ne whote 10 consider lution was defeated 21 to 0. When the vole was apnoupced ‘anti-suf- frage leaders started # demonsfration The legislature was. called in wpécial session b vernor Townsend, March 22 to ratify the suffrage amendment, whish {action would” have given the women. 9t the nation the right to vote, - were v spirited contests during the .ten that the fizht lasted. Early in the session the * ratificatien resolution was defeated by the homse. Updaunted by this setback, suffrage leaders started a statewide campaign for nce of sentiment.. Speakers were into nearly every section ‘of the state and petitions were circulated urging favorable action. ational .- petiekeal leaders, including T. Coieman -Dupont, member of the republican national com- mittee: Alfred L Dupont and ‘othees, threw their strength to the suffrage cause and succeeded in obtaining favorabie action by the senate on May §. ng they had not sufficient wetes ower branch, suffrage advecates in the senate refused to send the resoiu- |tion to the house until last Friday. It was referred to committee, where it wsa permitted to die. Leaders in that body opposed to svMra~a 10d-v received tele- rams ffom President Wilson urging év- ery democrat_in house to vote for the resolution. but this, as well as the pleas of other leaders, met with fafture. STRIKE OF T N sent SKILLED WORKERS SEYMOUR IS EXPANDING Seymour, Conn., June = 2.—UnSkilled workers on strike at the Seymour Man- ufacturing Company today had been jm- creased in numbers so that the commit- tee of strikers which was appointed at a meeting last night claimed that 600 were out. The men demand a 44-hour week and 75 cents an hour. Yesterday the strikers were not organized but at a meeting held in McCormack’s hall it was voted to put the strikers' interests in the hands of six men. At another meet- ing today the strikers again voted to stay out until they obtained their, de- | manas. % At the office of the company It was stated that there had been no formal dé- mand for less hours and more wages al- though it was understood that the claims were the same as the strikers had stated at their meeting. Everything is orderly and the committee said that it did mot anticipate trouble. AS MEMGRIAL TO JOHN GODFREY SAXE Highgate, Vt., June 2.—A huge bould- er from the shore of Lake Champlain, erected by the state on the site of the BOULDER old Saxe homestead near the Canadian] border, was dedicated today as a mes ' morial to John Godfrey Saxe, the poet- humorist. Governor Clement, Lieutenant Governor Mason S. Stone and other state officials had a part in the ceremony, which was attended by persons . from many sections of the state. The eXer- cises had special significance in tHat they were held on the anniversary of the birth of the poet, who died in 1387 at the age of 71 years. YLVANIA DELEGATION UNANIMOUS FORE GOV, SP‘U.“ Philadelphia, June 2.—The Pennsyl- vania delegation to the republican na- tional convention today unanimously en- dorsed Governor William Sproul” for presidential nomination and pledged its support to him “in the confident belief that he will be nominated as the pepubli- can standard bearer.” > This was done at a caucus of the del- egation after the governor had protested against the delegates taking any formal action as a unit and after he had an- ' nounced that his name would be present-. ed to the convention. Former Congress man J. Hampton Mooré, mayor of Phil-4 adelphia, will, according to present pisss, | PEN