Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 13, 1920, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 180 OF COAL MONTHLY Agreement by 3 O’Clock This Afternoon—Otherwise the Allies Will Take Measures to Enforce the Terms of the Versailles Treaty—Germans Have Offered to Deliver 1,100,000 Tons Monthly, and Increase It to 1,400,000 Within Six Months and to 1,700,000 Tons Within a Year. Spa, Belgium, July 12.—(By The A. P.) The allies served an ultimatum upon tne German delegation to the conference here late afternoon that the Germans must agree by three o'clock tomorrow afternoon to deliver to the allies 2,000, #00 tons of eoal monthly. Otherwise, the Germans were informed the allies will take measures to enforce the terms of the Versailles treaty. Thus, the negotiations with the Ger- mans bave reached another tense point. The spirit of conciliation adopted by both sides has prevented a break thus far but the allies found itwas necessary to issue this ultimatum for carying out the whic® would entitle them to a greater amount of coal than now. is demanded The question of coal was the subject of controversy during the three hour ses- sion of Premier Millerand, ~ Premier Lioyd George. Count Sforza, the Italian foreign minister, Viscount Childa, Jap- wnese ambassador to Great Britain, Premier Delacroix of gium, Kon- stantin Febrenbach. the German chan- sellor. and Dr. Walter Simons, the Ger- man foreign minister, who had with them only ene secretary each. B The allies began by insisting upon a monthly delivery of 2.200,000 tons. The Germans offered 1100000 tons and the allies reduced their demand to 2,000 0, Dr. Simons represented that, coal be- ing the very foundation of the indus- trial life of Germany, every ton that Germany sent to the allies meant that much less production. He said: fy contention is in European inter- ests as much as in the interest of Ger- many. because our payments to you are conditioned upon our industrial produc- tion. You want your money. We want you to have it. but how can we pay large sums if you take away large quantitites of coal?’ The German foreign minister offered then to increase the deliveries of coal from 1,100,000 tons to 1,400,000 within six months, and to 1,700,000 tons Wwithin a year. This could only be done, he said, if the allies made better food con- ditions possiblefor the miners and con- tributed raw materials to builé houses; for more miners. FRANCE WILL DEMAND THE FULL ENFORCEMENT OF TREATY Rheims, France, July 12.—France will demand enforcement of the treaty of Versailes to the last article, Leon Bour- geois, president of the French senate, de- clared today in a speech before more than one hundred French and foreign news- paper correspondents at a luncheon in the ruins of the Hotel De Ville. e HARDING CONFERS WITH AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS Marion, Ohio, July 1:—Senator Hard- Ing today devoted his entire time to con- ferences with republican and progressive leaders as well as asricuitural experts with whom scussed labor. transpor- tation. aconomic and social problems. In addition, he also replied in a state- nt he announcement of Governor Cox that If cloctsd a “real dirt farm- er.” would be appointed secretary of agri- The senator said if the repub- cuiture. - lican policies of “practical usefulness’ under which that departmént was ori slly created had been carried forward by the present adfimistration. “half our sroblems of high cost of living would have been solved for us in advance.” ‘The principal conference today was with Raymond Robi of Chicago. and Walter F. Brown, of Toledo, Ohio. prom- Inent as progressives in the 1912 cam- paign with whom he d scussed labor and fconomic problems especially. After hav- ing been closed with them for about four hours. Mr. Robins announced that the conference had been “very satisfac- Matfers involving the part the pro- ves would take in the campaizn Be said were also discussed. On the fundamental surrounding the emeral economic situation existing in Ern eountey and Europe, Mr. Robing said he and the republican nominee were m “substantial agreement, but added, nowever. that the general views of ho(f‘ sn those matters were generally konwn. Mr. Robins said he had communical »d with some of the lahor leaders of the Sountry in order to learn their views re- arding the republican presidential tick- st but most of them ished to read. the semator's speech of acceptance first. be- lore committin _ &themselves _although some had already done so. He announced, owever, be would support Senator B iE this was understood to have been he first extended conference at which he sepator had discussed the labor sit- Zation at length, it was ; sight that other copfergaces of a snn; Bar nature might be expected to ful{mhv slose touch with labor laeders recognized Semator Harding is understood L be in as being of the more conservative stripe and he is expected to see their views on he general labor wubject before discus- sing that problem in h speech. i Senator Harding when told tonight that Governor Clement of Vermont had declin- 24 to call a special session of the state woman suffrage amendment refused to Jegislature to consider ratification of the comment except to say “T had hoped that se would” no indication was given as to what bis future plans could be rel- ative to that subject. - Jn his statement regarding the appoint- ment of a secretary of agriculture. Sens- Jmow of the acknowledgment “of at least tor Harding said he was gratified ' to one mistaks of the democratic administra- NO SUFFRAGE SESSION OF FLORIDA LEGISLATURE Pensacola Fla, July 12.—Governor Catts has refused to call a special ses- sion of the Florida legisiature to take action on the federal woman suffrage amendment; local suffrage leaders an- nounced tonight. They said the gov- ernor contended such action would be useless. GREAT BRITATS AND JAPAN PROLONG TREATY ALLIANCE London, July 12—Great Britain and Japan have notified the League of Na- tions that they have prolonged their treaty alliance for a vear, according to the Daily Mail: at the same time point- ing out that the terms of the treaty are in accord h the principles of the league. WORCESTER POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR HIHGWAYMEN Worcester, Mass, July 12—Armed po- Yice, Who are operating Wwith the state police in an effort to capture two high- waymen who have been hoiding up men SEAMEN’S CONGRESS TALKS STRIKE FOR 48-HOUE WEEK Genoa, July 1l.—Delegates to the In- ternational Seamen’s Congress are threat- ening reprisals against countries whose votes defeated the convention establish- ing a 48-hour week. They propose or- ganizing a vast campaign at the Inter- national Seamen’s meeting which will convene at Amsterdam on Aug. 5 in or- form the bulk of the opposition, to capit- der to compel British shipowners, who ulate. A merchant marine strike may be organized affecting all countries ad- hering to the principle of a 45-hour week, according to views expressed by delegates here ,and, at tke same time, countries ad- hering to that principle would be forced to boycott those who insist upon opposing it. & BANDITS IN RIFLE FIGHT WITH CROWD IN ILLINOIS Plainfield, 1ll, July 12.—Five men en- tered the Plainfield State Bank shortly after noon today, locked officials in the cetlar ;and robbed the nstitution of $1 000 in'cash and liberty bonds, and escap- ed in an automobile after a rifle fight in the streets. Firing down the main street with rifles as they drove out of town, the bandits shot John Hahn, a retired farmer through both legs. Joseph Vincent, merchant, was shot in the chest, and Harry Bayles, ‘a grocer was shot through the shoulder. TO REFER QUESTION OF ALAND ISLANDS TO JURISTS London, July 12.—The council of the league of nations has decided to refer tne question of the Aland Islands to a com- mission of tiree internaticnal juriste wno Will be nominated Ly the president of the league. The Swedish and Finnish gov- crmments have agreed from any action likely to aggravate the situation pending the decision of the jurists. RED CROSS READY FOR EVACUATION OF VILNA Warsaw, July 12.—(By The A. P.) The American Relief Association and the American Red Cross have completed their evacuation of Vienna in the north and of Lemberg on the southern front. At last accounts the bolsheviki were forty kilometers from Vilna. Extensive preparations have been made for the de- fense of that city. Lemberg is not yet in immediate danger. TWO SISTERS, AGED 11 AND 6, CHARGED WITH BURGLARY New York, July 12—Two of the young- est “female burglars” on record appeared in police court in Brooklyn today, when two sisters, aged 11 and 6, pleaded guilty to a charge of juvenile delinquency. They were arrested in a Brooklyn home after they are alleged to have forced an entry and packed $1,000 worth of silverware and jewelry in a suitcase. TURKS DROPPED POSTERS CHALLENGING GREEK ARMY Constantinople, July 11 (By the A. P.) —Airplanes attached to the Turkish na- tionalist forces of Mustapha Kemal | Pasha have dropped posters over the Greek army challenging it to proceed | eastward from Alashehr, on.the southern [end of the Greek front, to Ushak, where the nationalists are supposed to have concentrated important forces. CROOKED FARO GUTFIT IN HOME OF ELWELL New York, July 12.—Marked cards and an alleged crooked faro outfit discovered in the hor¥e of oJseph Bowne Elwell, murdered whist authority, today oecupied the attention of investigators. The the- ory was advanced that, cheated at cards, a victim may have desired to take re- venge by shooting Elwell. Jap Cruiser Sails For New York, Boston, July 12—The Japanese cruis- ind women in the Quinapixet district the | er Kasuga, which is on a tour of cities last two or three days and robbing them, are tonight patrolling the woods i that section to try and prevent them from escapins. Meanwhile an armed posse of Boy Scouts and citizens is being organized to scour the woods tomorrow, beginning at daylight GEEMANS WIN PLEBISCITE IN EAST AND WEST PRUSSIA Londen Julq 12.—A Berlin message to- day says it is announced there that the result of the plebiscites in West Prussia a0 overwhelmingly along the Atlantic seaboard, sailed to- night for New York. A Change of View. Less than half the people struck by lightning are killed, declares a scientist. Right; but after we have elected them we often wish they had been killed.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. How Many Has Villa® According to reports Trotzky has been assassinated only eight times so far, but s he is one of those animals leaving nine lives he still lives.—Philadelphia Press. Portland—Perry T. W. Hale, member of Gordon-Brown famous football eleven! at Yale, who was blinded seven years ago, has taken over an insurance agency, BRIDGEPORT COUNCIL RESTRICTS JITNEYS Bridgeport, Conn., Bridgeport common council ~ adepted an ordipance at 130 o'clock this ‘morning prohibiting jitney buses from using the central streets of the city and utlining new routes for the buss- es. The vote was 15 to 7 and came at the end of a six hour session. It is believed the ordinance will cause the Connecticut Company to withdraw its order for suspension of trolley ser- vice in this city on.Thursday. July 13.—The CONTERENCE OF CANDIDATES COX AND ROOSEVELT Columbus, 0., July 12—Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic nominee for vice prisedent, announced here today following a conference with Governor Cox, the presidential candidate, at the governor's mansion here, that both he and the gov- ernor had decided that they would con- sider no state as being hopeless and that they would carry the fight into every state in the union during the coming cam- paign. This was the first definite announce- ment to come from the heads of the ticket since their nomination. Mr.' Roosevelt also reiterated Governor Cox’s recent intimation that the campaign will be carried into the west at an early date. He said he expected to take the stump immediately after his official noti- fication. The notification ceremonies, he said, he hoped would be at his home at Hyde Park, New York. He also said that he expected to resign as assistant secre- tary of the navy about Aug. 1, or imme- diately after the return of Secretary Daniels from Alaska His desire to begin the preparation of his notification speech, Mr. Roosevelt said, would hasten his res- ignation. He will join his family at East- port, Me., and pripare the speech there. The vice presidential nominee stated that he considered the league of nations one of the dominant issues of the campaign, not only in the east but also in the west. He said he expected to make his campaign chiefly on the league of nations issue. Mr. Roosevelt said that he hopes to be in Dayton on July '20. when the demo- cratic national committee me=ts there and also that he hopes to see the president soon. He said the time of his conference with the president would depend solely upon the desire of the chief exeeutive. Governor Cox did mot discuss the con- ference with his running mate other than to say they had talked some of campaign plans over and tha tthey expected to con- tinue the conference tomight until Mr. Roosevelt leaves for the east at 9.36. It was Governor Cox’s first day at the executive office since his nomination. He arrived on an ‘early train from Dayton this morning and went directly to the capitol. At an_informal: reception, the governor spoke from the stens of the statehouse to several thousand people, as- serting he had “never broken confiden: with the people of the commonwealth,” and adding that he had the “deepest con- vistion that the guarantee of progressive government would be adopted by the peo- ple of the nation in the election of Mr. Roosevelt and myself. The governor this afternoon received a telegram from San Francisco from Wil- bur Marsh, treasurer of the .democratic national committee, stating that E. H. Moore of Youngstown, O., Governor Cox's pre-convention manager, was seriously ill in a hospital there from nervous reaction. The message stated that he was under a nurse’s care and that no one was per- mitted to see him. It added, however, there was no occasion for alarm. The governor immediately sent a message of sympathy expressing the hone that his manager would be able to be out soon. CARL WANDERER TO BE TRIED FOR SLAYING WIFE Chicago, July 12—Carl Wanderer, former army officer, will £o to. trial with- in a month for the slaving of his wife and an unidentified stranger. who aided him in framing a fake holdup. State's Attorney Hoyne said today, after two true bills ,had been voted by a grand Jury. The indictments will not be retutned until later in the week on recommenda- tion of the state's attorney's office, to permit further questioning of the pris- oner. Meanwhile the police continue their ef- forts to find a woman in the case and to establish the identity of the strenger. Tt was thought for a time that he Was John J. Maloney of Riverpoint, R. I, but the police said that a description of Maloney did not tally with that of the man whose body is in a morgue. The un- identified man was not more than 22 years old, the nolice said, while Ma- loney was said to be about 40, MISSING WINSTED GIRL IS WITH MOTHER IN NEW YORK Hartford, Conn., July 12.—That Mar- jorie Lawrence, the 16 vear old girl who disappeared from Winsted Thursday, is in New York with her mother, Mrs. Charles Wilson, 1400 Grand Concourse, having left home because, she said, her father abused her, was the statement made this afternoon hy Mrs. G. P. Shelley, who lives on the New Haven turnpike in Wethers- feld, about half a mile south of the Hartford line. The girl, footsore, somewhat ragzed and weary, stopped at the Shelley home Thursday afternoon to ask ior a drirk of water. So completely exhausted was the girl that Mrs. Shelley tooK her in and cared for her until Saturday. Then, well provided with clothing given her by Mrs. Shelley, the girl was brought to Hart- ford Saturday afternoon and put on a train for New York. Her father is R. G, Lawrence of 685 Main street, Winsted, CREW OF WHITE STAE LINER CRETIC REFUSE TO BE WASALD Boston, July 12—The White Star liner Cretic has been held at quarantine since Friday because the crew refuses to be washed. The detention involves 1,543 steerage passengers and is costing the company about $20,000 a day. First class passenger swere allowed to land without batling. The trouble grew out of the fact that port authorities at Naples recently have refused to allow American health officials t oexamine emigrants. = As a result no clean bill. of health could be given the Cretic here, and it was ordered that the crew and steerage passengers be washed for disinfection. The yassengers submit- ted but the crew refused and health offi- cials i-sist the ship shall not budge urtil all those on board have been washed. to make a living. During the more re- cent months Mr. Hale has been making kites for a living. A man can fly off theé handle with- out the aid of a flying machine. Warsaw, July 12.—The bolsheviki, af- ter ocoupying Smolewicze, to’ the east of Minsk, have reached-the. trenches border- ing on Minsk, where fighting is in prog- ress, according to- the officieé communique from the war office ‘today. 54 Polish detachments have been .forced to abandon- the line along the River Vil- Jja, the communique adds. . TAFT TO REPRESENT GRAND TRUNK BAILWAY SYSTEM Montreal, June 12.—Former President William H. Taft of the United States has been appointed to represent the Grand Trunk Rallroad. system on the hoard of arbitration that - is to determine the amount to.be paid by -the Dominion_gov- ernment for the stock of the corpora- tion. The announcement was made officially tonight by Howard Kelley, president of the Grand Trunk, actinz on behalf of the boardof directors of the system. The Grand Trunk Railway of Cana- da is beinz taken over by the Canadian government and will be made a part of the Canadian national system, which al- ready includes the Intercolonial Rail- way. the National Trans-continental and the Canadian Northern system. Under legislation paassed last yvear at Ottawa. the government agreed to as- sume the bonded indebtedness of the Grand Trunk system and its outstanding debenture stock, and to pay the share- holders, most of whom reside in Great Britain, an arbitrated price for thelr common and preferred stock. Recently the British shareholders as- sented to the plan, and the board of ar- bitration is now beinz named. It is to consist of three members, one represent- ing the Canadian government, one the Grand Trunk, and the third to be named by thesetwo. Mr. Taft is the railway's nominee, The deal invelyes the entire Grand Trunk . system, including lines in the United States as well as those in Can- ada. The taking over of the railway was made necesarv, according to the govern- ment, throuzh the failure of the Grana Trunk company to earry out jts obliga- tions with regard fo the bonds of the Grand Trunk Pacific. a line constructed from Winnipeg west to the Pacific under an agreement with the government. The Grand Trunk has defaulted on the in- terest' of Grand Trunk Pacific = bonds which it had guaranteed, and the gov- ernment was compelled to come to the rescue, The consolidation of the railway with the present nafional system will give the latter a network of branches in east- ern Canada, lack of which hampered it greatly in the past, as well as access to the ports of Montreal and Portland, Me. The sittings of the board of arbitra- tion. will be held here beginning in Sep- tember next. GOY. AND MRES. COOLIDGE TO LibLD OPEN HEUSE Plymouth, Vt, July 12.—Governor and Mrs. Coolidge announced today that they would hold open house on Thursday after- noon at the family hbmestead here, where the ‘republican candiddte for vice presi- dent is enjoying a vacation. - They wili be assisted by the governor's father, Join C. Coolidge, and have extended an open invitation “to all Vermonters” to attend. Arrangements for the reception were made at the instance of Earle S. Kinsley of Rutland, republican national commit- teeman. Among those who are planning to attend are Gov. P. W. Clement of this state, accompanied by his staff and a par- ty of state officials, congressmen and United States senators and four candi- dates for the republican nomination for governor. MAYOR OF BOSTON CALLS FOR 85,000 TONS OF COAL Boston, July 12.—Mayor Peters ap- pealed in a letter today to President Wil- son and a telegram to the Interstate commerce Commission for the immediate shipment to this city of at least 85,000 tons of soft coal. He said that unless relief were given, the municipal services, including the fire department, would be unable to function. “Great public’ suffer- ing impends,” he added, and continua- tion of the present condition, makes pub- lic disaster inevitable.” GOVERNOR HOLCOMB TO INSPECT NIANTIC CAMP Hartford, Conn.. July 12.—Governor Holcomb and Major General Lucien F. Burpee, president of the military emer- gency board. will go to Niantic tomorrow to inspect the ten companies of .the state guard that went under canvass today at Camp Major Rau. Dr. Manuel Gondra, Minister to the United States from. Paraguay. who has been elected’ President of that ‘country to succeed Jose Mon- tero as a result of ‘the recent- elec- tions in which the.radical party re- “celved a majority in the ‘electoral coflege. - 10 Coal 09erqtnr§'Place Blame on Railroatls i iplain ThatRasds Arc Not Obeying the Thirty Day ‘Washington, July 12.—Bituminous .coal Opgrators meeting here today failed to work out any plan to bring about im- mediate shipment of next winter's coal to the nortawest, although agreeing that the problem of obtaining the dumping of 4,000 carloads daily until November at Great Lakes ports for movement to that territory hinged entirely on car supply. There was no indication that any con- crete plan would be worked out for the joint conference of the operators and. railroad executives at New York Wed- nesday. The operators’ conference, how- evér, will continue tomorrow, but its ses- sion 1s expected to be devoted largely to discussion of questions that the operators’ committee will present to the railroad . men. The committee relected to represent the opgrators in Wednesday's conference also was chosen as 4 permanent one to func- tion on all questions relating to car sup- ply. D. B. Wentz, president of the Na- tional Coal association, was selected as chairman of the committee, and the other members chosen were J. D. A. Morrow, secretary of the National Coal associa- tion; J. P. Walsh of Pittsburgh, W. L. Andrews of Fairmount, W. Va., C. P. White of Cleveland, C. F. Honnold of Chicago and J. G. Bradley of Dundon, W. Va. d General complaint was made by the operators that the railroads were not strictly obeying the interstate commerce commission’s thirty day priority order giving preference to the mines in the as signment of open top cars. Apparently, the operators interpreted the order as re- quiring the assignment of all open top equipment to the mines, but some charged “wilful violations” on the part of the car- riers. Ohio operators were understood to have declared that 200 coal cars in their territory had been allocated to ship pipe to the Texas oil fields since the issuance of the commission’s order. DECISION ON POWERS OF ANTHRACITE COMMISSION TODAY Scranton, Pa., July 12—Decision whether the anthracite mine commission has jurisdiction in the admissability of seven exhibits dealing with alleged prog- iteering monopolistic control of the in- dustry, combination coal and railroad companies, " enormous freight rates, etc., wil Ibe made public tomorrow morning. The entire session of the commission today was taken up by the representatives of the mine workers and operators in the presentation of their argument relative to jurisdiction. Immediately following adjournment representatives of both the court room, after which the three com- operators and mine dorwers left' the missioners repair to the private chambers of the federal judge where for more than two hours they deliberated on the vital question. No final decision was reached by the commission at this meet- ing, it being the desire of Chairman Thompson'to hear hte views of “AV. L. connell for the operators and Neil J. Fer- ry_for the miners International Vice President Philip Murray of the United Mine Workers in Closing the argument of the workers, stateod that if the commission should hold that it did not have jurisdiction to go in- to the matters of controverSy, the mine workers would then insist that their exhibits should be received as evidence under the express agreement between them nad the operators made in the office of Secretary of Labor Wilson in which it.was stipulated that either side should exercise its own discrtion as the manner in_which it would present its case. It was also intimated by representa- tives of miners that if the commission de- cides that it has not jpuridiction to re- ceive and judge the extended exhibits, that an appeal will immediately be made to President Wilson and Secretary of La- bor Wilson. STEADY FLOW OF COAL INTO NEW ENGLAND EXPECTED Hartford, Conn., July 12.—Despite the alarming report of the special committee appointed by hte governors of the New England states, of which Lieutenant Governor Wilson of Bridgeport and St Fuel Administrator Thomas W. Russell of this city were members, that unless immediate steps were taken to get an adequate supply of coal to New England, manufacturing interests would most cer- tainly be affected during the winter months, and might have ot operate that the next two months w improvement ir conditions a steady flow of coal into New England. The re- port of the committee was filed with Gov- ernor Holcomb Saturd: Supt. Carl A. Mitchell of the Hartford division of the New Have1 road reiteratel his statement today that conditions on the railroad were improving. He was unwilling to say that the alarming report of the special commission appointed by the governors was unjustified by condi- tions, however, saying that he knew noth- ing of conditions at the mines. 1 see a great ORIENTAL NAVIGATION CO. LONGSHOREMEN ON STRIKE New York, July 12—One thousand deep sea longshoremen went on strike today at a pier of the Oriental Navigation com- pany here When they were asksd to un- load freight brought to the pier on nop- union trucks. The walkout tied up i ree vessels of the United States snipping board which were at the pier Liking deep sea_cargoes. Following the walkout, Philip De Ron- de, president of the steamship company, telegraphed Admiral W. S. Benson, chair- man of the shipping board, requesting the board to ‘“either publicly support the steamship companies here or to make a declaration of principles and undertake to settle the ridiculous though serious sit- uation in the port of New York.” SPANISH COURT IN MOURNING FOR EX-EMPRESS EUGENTE Madrid, July 12.—King Alfonso, who is in London, has sent a déspatch to the prime minisetr ordering a period of court mourning of twenty-one day in honor of former. Empress Eugenie, and also to pay the customary royal honors to the dead. Most of the members of the aristocracy and of the diplomatic corps today filed past the body of Eugenie, which is lying in state in the Palace De Lira, tae home of the Duke of Alba. VILLA BOTTLED UP BY FEDERAL FORCES AT PAREAL Mexico City, July 12.—(By The A. P.) General Joaquin Amaro has Francisco Villa, revolutionary leader in the state of Chihuaha, bottled up following an encounter. near Parral in which 500 reb- els and 300 federals participated, Gen- eral P. Elias Calles, the war minister announced: today. the | BRIEF TELEGRAMS Chair pushers, 1,600 strons, have de- clared % strike at Atlantici City. Liquor valued at more than §30,000 was seized in raids at Adaatic City. | Unfilled orders of the United States Steel Corporation for thel month ending June 30, were 10,978,817 tams. Government controlled rallways of Britain for the year of 1913-20 showed & deficit of 41,349,530 pounds sterling. Several former soldiers were arrested at Florence, Italy, following the dis- covery of what was £aid to be:a big an- archist plot. Ca?l R. Hines; forty years old, a saw filer in Seattle, has sold a patented auto- | mobile brake to Henry Ford for several million dollars. 2 ha v Suspension of work in many steel plants, throwing thousands of workmen out of employment, is threatened be- cause of car shortage. Scotland Yard was called upon to aid in solving the mysterious murder in New York of Joseph Bowne Elweil, whist ex- pert, turfman and “Don Juan.” Word from Washington was to the ef- fect that the population of Litchfield county by the census of 76,262 as com- pared with 70,260 in 1910, More than twenty thousand employes of the Pennsylvania railroad were awarded medals by the company in recognition of their war srevices. Two forest rangers were killed at Al- tua, near Red Bluff, California, when the flying machine in which they were mak- ing their rounds crashed to the ground. Rev. Dr. John Calvin Goddard, pastor of the Congregational church Salisbury, presented his letter of resignation, ef- fective on the first Sunday in November Feor of coal famine in New England this winter is expressed in a report of the New England Fuel Comimission and forwarded to the governor of six states. By direction of President Wilson a Distinguished Service Cross was awarded to General March, chief of staff of the army for gallant services in the Philip- pines. Premier Millerand in a speech at Spa declared that the allies are not anxious to stand on their liberal rights, but want to treat Germany liberally, even royally. Fire which swept Gover Canyon, Ari-| zona, - destroved more than 100 homes land caused two children to lose their lives, The fire was caused by an over- heated stove. George Caldwell White, formerly pres- |igent and manager of Iogers & Soms, {silver plate manufacturers of New York, nad a resident of Brooklyn, died at Greenwich Saturday 5 Governor Percival W. Clement of Ver- mont issued a proclamation refusing to jcall the legisiature mn special session to make possible ratification of the federal amendment for woman suffrage. The Uswoco mills of the United Worsted® Company, employing 1500 Walworth Brothers Worsted mill, empley- ing 300 at Lawrence, Mass, were rée- opened after a shutdown of two weeks. James H. Donovan and William Phisl, ably fatally hurt when Phisl's automobile were killed and Harry S. Grugman prob- plunged over @ Zu-ioot embankment at Buffalo. Members of all Parties will Poughkeepsie, N. Y., this evening in wel- coming Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic nominee for the vice T4 sideic to his home county.. Jom in The Kansas City Journal announced an within Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, advance in its mail subscription rates |fixing the annual rate at $8 and at $12 {in other states. > Investigation into the pre-convention campaign of A. Mitchell Palmer will be postponed for three weeks, according' ta | Senator Reed, of the Senate Investiga- | tions Committee. on | half time basis, there is a sentiment here | | Government defectives have started to lcomb through northern New York for | Grover C. Bergdoll, the wealthy draft | dodger. Five hundred men are cooperat- 1ing in the search. | The oldest “devil dog” is soon to be | retired by the government. He is Henry jJ. Wlis, of Pittsfield, Mass, who has served continuously in the marine corps for forty-five yers. Professor Israel Friedlander and Dr. | Cantor, a rabbi in the Free Synagogue, | both of New York were killed by bandits Inear Kamenetz-Podolsk, Poland, accord- ing to advices from Warsaw. Requests by physi ns that they be given more prescription blanks for whis- | key have been denied at Chicago. The {doctors claimed . that 100 forms every I three months was not sufficient. | Employes of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit are formulating new demands on the company which are said to include a 25 per cent. increase in pay, an eight hour instead of nine hour day and one full day each month with pa: The TUnited States shippnig board steamer Lake Elwin, beached at Sandy Point last Monday, after striking a sub. merged rock near the Straits of Canso, was refloated and will be able to resume its voyage to New York. Augnst Jaedicks, Jr., president of the Hanover, Kapsas State Bank and pres- }ident of 'the Hanover Telephone Co., was arrested at Alexandria, and according to the police admitted that he was $138,000 short in his accounts. Edward C. Self, his wife and child, of Port Washington, Pa, and man and woman, unidentified, were Kkilled at Ronks, Pa., when an automobile in which they were fiding was struck by a Penn- sylvania raflroad train. Three employes of the Paclfic Coast Coal Co., mine rescue team at Black Diamond are dead and a fourth is ex- pected to die as a result of breathing poison gas fumes during a practice drill in an abandoned shaft. REGULATIONS FOR LICENSING OF WOOL WAREHOUSES Washington, July 12. — Regulations covering the licensing of Wool ware- houses under the federal warehouse act have been promulgated and are ready for distribution to those desiring mem- bership in the federal warehousing sys- tem, the department of agriculture today announced. Under the act, which is. not compulsory as to licensing, warehouse men will be licensed upon their applica- tion to the bureau of markets. An office holder who has & pull does- n't generate much push. = L T0 FFECT FUSIN ¢ MNOR OLTCAL PART Labor Party, Conceded to Be the Most Important mn;u Group, Remains Outside Semi-Political Organizations Have Entered the New Pol- itical Party—Differences Name For the New Combination. Chicago July 12.—Representatives of five political and semi-political organiza- tions. marched today in formal fashion under the sheltering wing of the com- mittee of 4§'s attempt to create a new fusion party, but the labor party, con- ceded the most important single group, was still outside of the fusion arrange- ments at night. Statements from the conference room indicated that the: ten- sfon was high ,and that the) committee of 48 representatives objected to the term “democratic operation” as applied to government ownership of railroads, for which both stand. There were differences over the name for the new party, the la- bor men demanding the definite word la- bor” somewhere in the title. Meanwhile the labor party and the the convention of the committee of 48 continued to.progress. Each member of the labor party platform committee was armed with three complete platform drafts, each one of which contained an mitteed of 48 delegates were said to have Irish treedom plank, to which ™2 com- objection. The 48 convention listened to a day of oratory, with no action until just before the close, the representa- tives of the American Constitutional party; the American party of Texas, has not previously. participated in the ac- tivities; Single Taxers, World War Vete- rans’A ssociation and Rank and File Veterans' organization, marched into the convention hall, L. OF N. ISSUE BEFORE COMMITTEE OF 48 CONVENTION Chicago, July 12.—The league of na- tions issue was mentioned before = the committee of 4§ convention for the first time when it reconvened tonight. Oscar Maddaux introduced to speak on the subject of world federation asserted that President Wilson had “run counter to ev- ery American instinct” by the league structure he created and the manner in which he presented it. “Nevertheless,” Maddaux continued, “he made an issue which cannot be evad- the Fold—Five Political and Have Developed Over the * ed, on which there can be no pussyfBér- ing. It is something about which™the Deople are thinking.” e The convention applauded both .the criticism of the president's attitude and the declaration that:the league was an issue which had to be met in answer. 1o a question propounded by a member of the New York delegation Mr. Maddaux said: > “I would reject the league of nations with or without reservations.” Charging that the committee of 48-is composed of intellectuals and e “plutes,” as “suave, subtle and slick as you make ‘em,” and has “spilled the beans” by de- lay, labor party delegates tonight voiced demands that their convention proceed with business tomorrow with or witheut the forty-eighters. Abraham Leftowitz, of New Yorlk, e- clared the labor group was no mateh for the “slick lawvers” in the 48 ‘on- vention and that if conferences contitrued the forty-eighters would come off: vie- torious. “All the horrible nightmare of warfare will stare us in the face again if wg_do not meet the issue” Maddaux proceeded. “Are we not ready for a change?’ ., . Toscan Bennett of Connecticut pre- sented the report of the labor party eem- mittee of 48 conference committees When the labor party convention reassembled tonight. % The réport recommended amalgamation and joint platform. : Mr. Bennett said the conferses struck a snag on the question of a party name, the labor group holding out for “Farmer Labor” as a title for the proposed new party. The labor group, he sald, wanted to hold a joint convention but the prope- sition was rejected by the committee.of 48. Farmer delegates caucused today and 2pproved the propoged “farmer-labor” ti- tle, he announced. Bennett, in veiled terms, criticized the attitude of the forty-eight party confer- ees and added he believed “the rank and file of the committee of labor are with us.” e s, HARDING RECEIVES VISITORS AND HOLDS CONFEBENCES Marion, O., July 12—Judge R. M. ‘Wanamaker of Akron, candidate for the republican nomination to succeed Warren G. Harding in the United States senafe, conferred with the republican presidential nominee today for a short time,.but later Was announced that he called only to ‘Tespects. - John-R. -Rathom. -pub=| lisher of the Providence (R. L) Journal, and Stephen O. Metcalf, president of the company owning that newspaper, also. saw the senator. They’ announced, how- ever, that their visit had no significance. M. Bunnell, publisher of the News- Tribune at Duluth, Minn., also discussed the situation in' Minnesota with Senator Harding. A modification of the “front porch” campaign has been inaugurated by Sen- ator Harding, who frequently ~confers with visitors while seated on the steps of a_small side porch just off his private office. This is done, according to the senator, o he can get away from his desk for a few minutes and get a “breath of air” from beneath the large oak tree that stands between his home and the administration building next door. Owing to the large number of callers and the rush of other work, the senator today postponed his usual forenoon con- ference with mnewspaper correspondents for the first time since his nomination. FOREIGNERS IN WARSAW ARE MAKING EMERGENCY PLANS Warsaw, July 10.—Amercians other foreigners in Warsaw are consider- ing emergency plans in the event that the Dolsheviki menace Warsaw. The Red Cross and other welfare organization members today attended a meeting at the American legation and discussed plans for the evacuation of the city and also for the care of American property Colonel Harry Gilchrist, chief of the expedition to combat typhus, has called a meeting to organize a chapter of the American Legion. At the meeting the question” of offering the services of the logion to the Polish government will be discusséd. The legion members will guard the American property and look after Americans who may Temain in Warsaw it the Dbolsheviki arrive here. It is est mated that there are 200 Americans, for-| mer service men, in Warsaw. The American Reliéf association. the Red Cross, the Young Men's Christian association and the tvphus expedition have in warehouses in Warsaw various supplies valued at millions of dollars. ARMY RATINCOAT CONVICT | PERMITTED TO GO TO POLAND New York, July 12.—Felix Gouled, con- victed of defrauding the United States government through contracts for army raincoats, will be permitted to go to Poland in the interests of his cotton goods business, through a decisioh today by Judge Harland B. Howe in the federal district court here. He is at liberty on $25,000 bond pending decision by the su- preme court as to the legality of a seven- year sentence imposed upon him in Octo- ber, 1915. Counsel for Gouled brought into court letters from Polish cotton merchants and diplomatic representatives in the country which declared Gouled's presence in War- saw was necessary to complete arrange- ments for promoting cotton goods trade between the two countries. Judge Towe ruled that Gouled might leave the country for not more than three months after furnishing additional per- sonal bond. TO USE MOVING PICTURES TO ADVERTISE CHURCHES Topeka, Kas., July 12.—The moving picture theatres have been enlisted as an advertising medium by the Grace Epis- copal cathedral here. A reel of pictures of the church and various activities such as those of the Girls' Friendly ’society, choir processional, a Maye fete on the church grounds, the Men's club, the girls’ summer camp and others has been made and are shown twice a week in local thea- tres. “Why shouldn’t we use the ‘movies’ to advertise our churches,” said Rev. James P. deB. Kaye, dean of the cathedral ‘hurches should get as close as possible to the people.” I and | CONTIRMATION OF PROPOSALS TO RUSSIAN SOVIET GOV'T London, July 12—Further official eon- ] firmation was given today fhat the allies had made proposals to the Russian soviex government for an immediate armistice on equitable terms between Poland and Russia. This confirmation was given in the house of commons by Andrew Bomar o tia- ovamae " 3 Jlir. Bonar Lawaiso declaspdthe auviet government had accenter G: s terms for a resumption of trade between Great Britain and Russia 2 When asked to state the terms of the trade agreement, Mr. Bonar Law declined to say more than that the message to Moscow dealing with the Polish armistice dealt also with the question of trade ne-- gotiations. A The question was raised whether the allies h1d threatened if the soviet govern- ment declined an armistice that the aliles. would defend Poland. Mr. Bonar Law would not give the details regarding this contingency but he did say that the Brit- ish negotiations did not involve recogni- tion of the soviet government., ] { SAFEGUARDING 30,000,000 GALLONS OF WHISKEY IN KENTUCEY Louisville, Ky., July 12.—Harder sled- ding is in prospect for liquor law violat- ors who have covetous eves on the 30~ 000,000 zallons of whiskey in Kentucky bonded warehouses. indicate that per- iecent disclosures its from prohibition dir states to take whiskey :cr;:I“Kd i have sometimes been changed to m appear that a greater quantity could be removed than was authorized. sysczonmi“;.:ied changes in the em include the use of S sim to those used on bank chtec‘;::‘.dul:o.rme‘mn.: according to statements from the office of Elwoood Hamilton, collector of internal revenue for Kentucky, permits should-fe kept continuously in the hands of goverme ment officials and not given directly to the applicant, .as the custom has been. - - i = Then R - THREE PERSONS DROWNED - IN CONN. RIVER AT COBAL¥ Portland, Conn., July 12.—Jacob ‘Me: instein, 65; Mrs. Esiette Sulzbacher, 6 ?—‘51 sister, and her daughter, Mrs, & Kolisch, 41, all of New York cif drnwned late today in the Con!’nm river at Cobalt, near here, They were in a grolip that were in bathing. “Mr Meinstein called for heln and w‘h;n his niece, Mrs. Kolisch, reached him, he srappled with her. Mrs. Sulzbacher, who Was on shore and not in bathing costume; Watched them struggling in the water for a few moments and then waded in. She sank before reaching them. The three bodies were recovered tonizht and Mrs. Kolisch's husband was nof Kol notified in New _— = 2 THREE ARRESTED WITH $10,000 WORTH OF STOLEN SHOES New York, July 12.—Three men and 'a woman were arrested and $10,000 worth of shoes stolen from the Acme. ste pier on the Hudson river were recovered by the police late today. o The .quartette were surprised by @é= tectives while it is alleged they were ate. tempting to cart the stolen goods. ifi; shoes were part of a consignment to.a Havana dealer. Police declared tonight' that have been raiding the piers for some fithe. and thefts aggregating $225,000 \nil"fi_ G - curred along .the waterfront during last few weeks. A R g WOULD REGULATE JITNEY . MENACE IN wu'n.fi i Waterbury; July 12—A committes of 16 street railway employes representing = 60 Oemployes of the Waterbury division of the Connecticut company, waited upon Mayor Sandland at the city hall morning, asking that steps be taken by the city to regulate the so-called ey menace.” The mayor explained had no jurisdiction in the matter e referred the committee to the aldermen. It is expected the com will appear at the meeting of the. ald men this evening. The comm understood, will ask that MSiles .- adopted restricting y 6& sct ) AN as are not alfeady served company. 4