Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 15, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXII—NO. 63 POPULATION 29,685 DETAILS OF REVOLUTION N PETROGRAD AND KRONSTADT Trouble Began on February 21 Works in Petrograd, When a Fight Started Between the Workingmen and the Bolsheviki—On thé Morning of February 25 Revolting Sailors From Kronstadt Spread All Over Petrograd Agitating Against the Soviet Gov- ernment—The First Real grad Were Fought During the Night of February 2728, When About 150 Revolutionists Were Kllled—'l'rotzlry Has Decided to Blockade Kronstadt. New York, March 4—A detalled re- port of events leading to the rising against the boisheviki administration in Petrograd and Kronstadt, was made pub- |lic here today by the Russian Informa- tion Burean. The report, -which was sent from Petrograd on February 28, says: “On the morning of February 21 a strike began unexpectedly at the car- tridge works in Petrozrad. A fight start- ed between the workingmen and the bolsheviki. in the course of which sev-| eral members of the communist nucleus at the factory were killed. On February 23 the strike syread to the Baltic works. “On February 24 the Laferme cigarette factory on Vassilievsky Ostroy Isiand went on strike. The strikers were join- 4 by the workers of the other factories The istand was taken by their com- bined forces and an attack by the Red soldiers was beaten off. ‘On the morning of February 25 it be- came known that an ice-breaker with revolting_saflors had come from Kron- stadt. The sailors spread all over Pe- trograd. agitating freely against the So- viet government and in favor of a con- stityeny assembly. On the same day, encouraged by rumors of assistance from Kronstadt, the strike spread all over Petrograd. It was then that the first arméd clashes between the working- men and the Red cadets occurred, tesult- ing in casualties on both sides. February 26 and 17 there were no morf clashes. Still, the situation continu- ed very temse. Crowds were marching through he streets carrying banners with inscriptions: ‘Down with the So- viet autocracy.’ On the streets numerous meetings were held at which working- With a Strike at the Cartridge Battles in the Streets of Petro- men called for a general strike. These meetings were dispersed by the Red sol- diers. “During the night of Feburary 27-28 the first real battles were fought in the streets of Petrograd. Towards mid- night the number of Kkilled revolution- ists was about 150. The-Red cadets and Lettish rifiemen were shooting ruth lessly at persons caught bearing arms.” Bolshevist papers. just received by the Information Bureau, tell of the growing opposition of the Workingmen to the bolshevist regime: The official bolshevist “Pracda” of February 8, contains a report on the conterence of metal workers recently held in Moscow. This was the first confer- ence during the past three years where non-bolshevist workers were allowed to be_present. The newspaper coutinues: The attitude of the workers &t this conference fowards the communists was plainly hostile. The only speakers who | were listened to calmly were those who pointed out the short-comings of the So- viet system.” TROTZKY HAS DECIDED TO BLOCKADE KRONSTADT v London, March 14—(By The A. P)— Louis Trotzky, the Russian Soviet war minister, according to advices received here today, has decided to blockade Kron- stadt despite the fact that this will en- tail great suffering to the 5,000 women and children in the town. The reason for Trotzky's unwillingness to bombard the town is the presence of the warship Patropaviovsi, Which he is anxiols to retain intact, the advices said, ARE PLANNING TO DIVERT IMMIGRANTS TO FARMS + Washington, March 14—Plans to di- vert immigrants from the cities and in- fustrial centers and to cor-ordinate agen- cies of the departments of interiojl, agri- culture and labor to place the newdomers on small farms were announced today by W. W. Husband, commissioner general of immigration. The new commissioner general made public a plan approved by Secretary of Labor Davis which he declared would help solve the immigration problem and at the same time correct the economic situation arising from the flow of popu- lation to the large cities. “There is land enough in this country for millions of new small farms,” he said. “Our pian is not to replace American farmers with foreigners. but to create new farms and make new farmers, thereby increasing the resources of the nation. “The majority of our immigrants are peasants, and essentially farmers. We pia nto group them, somewhat on the Eu- ropean village plan, and. offer them the ndvantages of expert agricultural instruc- tion. and to aid them in taking aivantage of the farm loan act. “By handling the immigration problem in this manner, we will do away with the ‘red ‘danger. The farm, with the ad- vantages we can offer, will be the best gort of an Americanization school.” STGGESTION TO ARBITRATE BOSTON BUILDING snmnl Boston, March 14—Suggestions for a | plan of arbitration to settle the building Trades Employers’ Association in a letter to the Boston Real Estate Exchange sign- ed by John F. Walsh, secretary of the association. o The letter, sent after the employers and the buliding trades council had met with the state board of conciliation and arbi tration suggested that the ‘“contractors and unlons of each trade immediately got together and see how many of the present working conditions are mutual- Iy satisfactory.” submitting to arbitration “only those matters on ~which mutual asreement is impossible, Pending de cision his plan was that the employes should work at the ninety cents an hour rate provided In the wage scale which the council rejected several weeks ago. Secretary Walsh suggested that each #ide appoint two members of a board of arbitration. He recommended the selec- tion of Wiillam Howard Taft as the fifth’ member. MILITARY RITUAL FOE DFAD OVER BODIES FEOM FEANCE New York, March 14—The bodies of ew York's soldier dead who arrived here last night on the transport Somme from France were today removed from the ship to a pler of the army transport service at Hoboken. The bodles, en- cases in metal fiag-draped caskets, will gemain at the pler under the care of & soidier guard of honor until Wednes- day morning, when sppropriate oere- monies marking their return will be con- @ucted. The ceremonies will follow the military #itoal for the dead, and will be conducted Dy four former army chaplains who serv- o4 with the men overseas. They Wiil close with “taps” and then the United States Graves Registration Bervice will take charge of the bodies ani remove them to the cemeteries indicated by relatives of the dsad soldiars. Major Genersl O'Ryan, and his staff and lelegations from the various regi- ments to which the men belonged will be 1n sttendance. AUTOMOBILES COLLIDED OX THE MILFORD TURNPIER New Haven, March 14—Four men were Injureq tonight when an automebile from Meriden coliided on the Milford lently is a wide divergence |der the civil_servi 120, arrested by the police and military DIVISION ON POSTMASTERS UNDER THE CIVIL SERVICE Washington, March 14—There appar- of opinion among the house republicans as to what should be done with the order of former Prestdent Wilson placing postmasters un- ervice, _Replics to 2 ques- tionnaire sent out by Representative Fess, Ohio, chairman of the republican con- gressional committee, it was said today, contain suggestions ' ranging from tes- toration of the old system to retention of some kind of a civil service principle. The replies are being tabulated and will be laid before Postmaster General Hays, who is exnected to take them with him when he talks the situation over with President Harding. Mr. Hays has given no indication of what recommendations he will make to the president, and a final | decision is not expected for some weeks. Retention of the civil service principle in whatever plan is finally worked out, is_expected by some republican leaders. Great numbers of applicatiqns for post office appointments are being received by senators and representatives as well as by the postmaster-general. WEST POINT CADET SUICIDES IN PRESENCE OF COMRADES West Point, March 14—James L. Baum, Jr, a second classman. at the United States . Military academy, shot himselt through the head in the presence of a number of his comrades last Satur- day. it became known today. He died soon after in the academy hospital. The report of the suicide was verified at the adjutant's office, where it was said that the cadet had been suffering from dementia praecox. As a result of his ill- ness he had worked himself into a state of despondency over his scholastic stand- ing. even writing to a friend that he in- tended to take his life because he feared that he would not make a good officer. Baum's examinations would not have come until{June, Major William A. Ganoe, adjutant of the academy, said, and so far Baum had proved to be an average stu- dent. TWENTY ARRESTS FOR RACIAL TROUBLES IN SPRINGFIELD, O, Springfield, 0., March 14—More than twenty persons, most of them boys under authorities in connection with racial dis- turbances here, were arraigned in court today. Carrying concealed weapons was the charge agaimst most of them. The county jail was taxed to capacity today with more than fifty prisoners be- hind bars. There was a heavy guard of troops around the jail and all persons passing in the vicinity of the jail were halted. KRONSTADT GUNS SHOOT DOWN BOLSHEVIK AIEPLANE London, March 14.—A bolshevik air- plane was shot down by the Kronstadt guns Saturday, ‘according to a despatch to the London Times from Abo, Finland. Attacks by armored cars over the lce' were repulsed, ome car being sunk. A heavy cannonade was heard at Teroki all day Sunday, Three persons arriving in Finland from Kronstadt report that great enthusiasm prevails among the workmen, civilians, Soldlers and saflors are co-operating and sharing the food supply, The fortress is determined not to capl- tulate. HEAVY EARTHSHOCES IN VICINITY OF DANVILLE, ILL, Danville, T, March 14.—What is be- lleved to have been a heavy earthahock oceurred in this vioinity eariy today, Tel- ephone calls from a radius of at least fifty miles reported the ame shock, Housen rocked on their foundations, but no serious damage wrs reported, turnpike with & machine driyen by Vie- lor Dahigard of West Haven, Hesides the injured are Philip Brown, not > NEGRO WAS LYNCHED NBAR EAGLE LAKE, VLA, Cabled Paragraphs Greco-Armenian Bankers Fail. Milan, Italy, March 14—Diisizian Brothers, a Greco-Armenian. hous ewith branches in.the Near East and New York city, were déclared bankrupt today with debts estimated at 115,000,000 lire. The assets are placed at 130,000,000 lire. The chief creditors are said to be Italian and America nbanks. MRS, JAKE L, HAMON TESTIFIES IN TRIAL OF CLARA SMITH HAMON Ardmore, Okla., March 14.-—Mrs. Jake L. Hamon today testified briefly as the concluding witnesg for the state in the case of Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the murder of, Jake L. Hamon, for- mer republican national = committeeman for Oklahoma. Nearly @ score of wit- nesses for the defense were examined, and ident Harding’s administration. nouncement was . received' with general 66th Congress Probably Will Be Taken Late Today. quhm:lun rch fi—!flfll IE !- lected today as the date for the spe- cial session of the sixty-seventh con- gress, the first to be held under Pres- The an- it w announced the defendant herself would. take the Stand tomorrow. Mrs. Jake L. Hamon had beefi under satisfaction by senate leaders, most of whom said they preferred that date to April 4, because of the additional week it gave them o arrahge olans for the & physician’s care since Friday when she was unnerved by the presentation in evi- dence of the bloodstained undergarments her husband had Worn on the night he was shot, and court also took an unu: ually long recess at nioon today to enable hier to regain her composure. Her testi- mony was briéf and related to one or two occasions on Wwhich she visited Oklahoma. cor th ming session. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader, notified the senate of | the president’s decision late today aft- er he and Senator Underwood of Alaba- ma, minority leader. had returned from e White House. They had gone to the president with a message ‘from the senate and Clara Smith there. Clara Hamon watched affected. session of court, Hamon to leave Oklahoma, get away. and of her meetings with her husband the Frank L. Ketch, business manager for Hamon, and now administrator of the tate, testified at length at the morning relating conversations he had with Hamon after the shootmg, and of steps taken to induce Clara Smith Give Clara some money and have her Ketch quoted Hamon as say- witness closely as she testified, but appeared un- that it stood ready to adjourn sine dle unless there was need for it to remain in session to receive executive messages or act upon additional appointments to government offices. The president, however. requested the senate to meet at 11 o'clock tomorrow when he sald he expected to submit names of nominees for “impotiant offices” vacated by resignations of democratic appointees. i It was said tonight that sine dle ad- Jjournment probably would be taken late tomorrow. tng. He added that he gave the woman Lis personal check for $5,000, laier re- galning that amount from the Hamon es- tate. Ketch_identified a contract signed lara Smith” releasing Hamon from all claims, and he also identified two letters as having been written by the defendant. Several of the early witnesses for the defense testified as to thescharacter of L.verett Sallis, a taxi driver who testified Saturday for the state regarding the trip of Clara Smith Hamon to Cisco, Texas, when she was on her way to Mexico, Deputy Sheriff Ballew, one of the de- fense witnesses, said he had been with Sherift Garrett at the hospital the day, before Hamon died, and had heard Ha- mon say he did not want Clara prose- cuted. . Sherift Buck Garrett testified that Ha- mon told him ‘he shot himself fooling with an_automatic” and that Dr. Hardy had “held out to the very last it was an accident.” Sheriff Garrett said Hamon the day before he died told him he_ had heard it rumoreq Clara would be prosecuted and ne did not want her prosecuted; that he did_the shooting himself accidentally. George Warner, a barber of Ardmore, testified to having seen Mr. Hamon and Clara in front of the hotel between 6 and ex) Bl bu naf cor Wi a be ADMINISTRATION HAS FILLED THREE MORK IMPORTANT POSTS Washington, March 14, — President Harding today filled three more import- ant posts jn his administration and asked the senate to again prolomg. its special session to act on further nominations he Dects to submit tomorrow. As assistant secretary of the war, the president named J. Mayhew Wainwright of New York, who served in the world war as a National Guard colonel on the staff of the Tw: assistant sécretary of the treasury, in charge of ‘foreign ty-seventh divison, as loans, he - designated iot Wadsworth of Boston, a retired siness man and Red Cross official. Eu- geen Meyer, Jr., of New York, was nomi- ted as a director of the war finance Tporation, a post he had held under the ilson administ All three of the mominations, ~along with a batch of army promotions were confirmed by the senate without prolonged debate, the leaders hastening considera- tion of the list in the expectation of & sine die adjournment tonight. committee was sent to the When White House late in the day, however, to in- quire the wishes of the executive, they were told that other. nominations would ready tomorrow morning. 7 o'clock. asked: ‘Where warner ‘lestified. he quoted Cla: further” testiffe shortly. into the chair, him to be drunk and the and at 7.10 p. m. said Hamon, cine. “very profane” hospital. Jake Hamon praved wh! there. er patient. soon came to the hospital. and kissed her. the afternoon. be called by the defense. day agreed to meet Davis, “I saw Clara drive up and join Mr. Hainon, who jerked her into a chair and have you been? ™ “Do .ot be cursing me, Mr. Hamon a5 having replied. He fhat " after (T Chara went _intG the hotel and Jake followed Here he asked the witness it Mr. Ha- mon had attempted to beat or threat- ened to kill her after he had pulled her nd Warner replied, “No.” Ho was asked if Mr. Hamon appeared fo witness said that he was unable to ascertain. Wil Fhirris, negro porter at the Hh- tel, testified he went to work at 7 p. m., was called to Clara Hamon's room where he took an order from Clara for food and went out. Miss Homer had sald Hamon used language Wwhile at the She said neither a’minister nor was The nurse said no conversation had gone on without her hearing it. and she remained obdurate under state ef- forts to change her testimony. Rosa Cannon, also a nurse who attend- ed Hamon, said she worked from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m. and that she attended no oth- She said she called Clara Ha- mon abont 815 on Monday and Clara ile Miss Cannon testified Haman called for Clara and that when Clara came Ha- mon held out his arms, drew into them The nurse said when Clara left, Hamon asked her to return in Only three or four witnesses remain to PACKEERS AND EMPLOYES TO MEET ON MARCH 21 Chicago, March 14—Both the packers and representatives of their employes to- on March 21 ‘Washington with Secretary of H: Wwho had followed him in| the hall, then passed in and he heard Hamon make a profane remark. Clara Belle Homer of Warren, Pa., a trained nurse who attended Hamon, said she had not heard Hamon tell anyone how he was shot, nod had he told her and that she was with him at night ex- cept when she went out to prepare medi- she Labor | Wwho has offered his services as mediator in the hope of averting a threat- ened strike in the packing industry. Wl,\elher the names to be sent in at to- morrow's session 'will include selections for the shipping board remained uncertain tonight, but there were indications that the president hoped to reah some.dects- ion soon in regard to several of the board members. _During _the. day r the matter with Frank C. Munson of the Munson Steamship ‘ne, and James A, Farrell, president of the United States Stee] Corporation, both of whom have been mentioned as possible chairmen of of the board, but both of whom denied afterwards that they were under consid- cration. ‘When the genate adjourned today it had acted favorably on ail but two nomi- nations before it. The two nominees who failed of confirmation were former Rep- resentative John J. Esch, of Wisconsin, to be a member of the interstate com- | mérce commission, and Charles C. Madi- son of Kansas City, Mo., to ba United States attorney for the western gist: of Missouri. - Both wers referreq to ool mittees after objections t their imme. diate confirmation had been made by Sen- ators La Follette, republican, Wisconsin, and Spencer, republican, Missourl, respec’ tively. The list of army officers numbering about 5,000 whose nominations were con- firmed, corresponded for the’ most part with that sent to the senate at the last session by President Wilson. i NIGHT-LONG REVELRY PREVAILS IN DUESSELDORF Duesseldorf, March 1 4(By the A. P.) ght-long revelry, in which German civilians, German police and French, British and Belgian soldiers freely Irater- nize, holds uninterrupted sway in Dues- seldorf's gay cabarets, Tuge dance halls and wine reslalirants. The curfew regulations imposud by the French commandant have been: lifted. The popping of champagne corks, the screeching of jazz music, the -krident voices of girl entertainers, the Leating of heavy boots on the dancing fldors drown. out the sounds of the French bugles blowfz taps and cintinue until after the soldiers of occupation rofl out of their bunks for reveille. The chief body of soldiers is still held in barracks, but many of the men man. age to insure nocturnal gaiety with their officers, who are trammeled witr few re- strictions. The occupying forces vie with each other and with the Germans for dances with pretty girls or permission te purchase refreshments for them, and the hard-working orchestras are kept busy satistying appeals for favorite national in he talked | The packers announced that they would be represented by James L. Condon and Carl Meyer. their attornevs, who are al- ready in Washington. The union leaders da nce tunes. The German “biue” police view the merrymaking from the rims of bubbling said that their representatives had not been selected and suggested that Secre- wine glasses, and make no sign of inter- ference if, as happens on rare occasions, misunderstandings threaten disorder. The tary Davis request the personal presence of J. Ogden Armour and other big pack- ers at| the meeting. Representatives of the men objected to the appearance of the two attorneys for the employers, declaring that the absence of th eprincipals would tend to delay the proceedings. The packers declared that Mr. Condon and Mr. Mever would have full authority to represent them. All of the big packing plants were op- erating with full forces today, the first day under the recently announced cut night crowds appear to take the occupa- tion and the occupiers in cheerful epirit, and the proprietors of the amusement places, with most elaborate are unable to conceal their delight at the steady piling up of profits. courtesies, BIG CUT IN ESTIMATES FOR THE BRITISH NAVY London, March ‘14.—The British naval estimates for 1921-1922 amount to . £81,- Bend, Nons] Kas., than bank Burton h! bbory.” praizia to die. Tampa, Fla, Mareh 14—Willlam Bowles, a nesre, was lynshed by a mob near Eagls Lake, in Polic eounty, jate to. day, afisr {we deputy sheriffs had arrest. ed him en & charge of making Impropey FEMBFHS | §poa te & young whits women. said, ». Mr, Burton leadsrs of the Great Bend from 12 1-2 to 15 per cent .in wages and readjustment of working hours. 3. RALPH BURTON DENUUNCES TREATMENT AT GEEAT BEND e Salina, Kas., March 14.—J. Ralph Bur- ton, former United Staes senator from Kansas, issued o lone statement here to- day denouncing occurrences at elf ‘was placed In a motor oar and escorted out of the tewn, He asserts that 1. O, Btevio and C, A Par- ons, the other members of the part wera beaten by the mob and “left on the Both men are in Salina teday, however, and their injuriea are not dangerous, It id that he had appeated o state officials at Topeka to punish the ="mob.” Great Batorday night,, in which artisan league officials were driven from the community as “a crime worse 186,869 gross and £82,479,000 net, it was announced today by Lord Lee of Fare ham, first lord of the admiralty. Lord Lee pointed out that the estl- mates showed a reduction of more than £14,000,000 gross and £8,250,000 net on the estimates for the previous vear. (The first lord probably referred to the esti- mates before they were revised.) The non-recurrent war Habilities, or terminal charges, he stated, womld amount - to about £8.250,000, including £3,250,000 for the completion of light cruisers, alrcratt carrlers, destroyers and submarines be- gun during the war, He anticipated that very few charges of this mature would remain to be liquidated after the end of 1922, & LUVARA NOT GUILTY OF BECOND DEGREE MURDER Springfield, Mass, March 14.—Ths jury 1 nthe case of John Luyara, charged with second degrea murder of James Mosca, of New Haven, returned s, verdlot of not gullty, at 5.30 this afternaon,. The jury o8 out ons hour add 00 minutes, ~ Sent to Panama Believe New Pro- * posal Will Avert Appeal to the League of Nations. Washington, March 14—(By the A. P.)—A new basis of negotiations, believ- ed by officlals of the state department to be acceptable to both Panama and Costa Rica in settiement of their boundary dis- pute; was outlined in at note dispatched to Panama today. Replying to Panama's vigorous protest against - Secretary Hughes' announce- ment that the arbitral award of Chlef Justice White must be put into effect in its_entirety. the latest communication, while adhering to the previous declaration regarding the Paclfic end of the bound- ary opens the door to amicable settle- ment by agreeing ‘to further discuss the Atlantic end. The note is considered by diplomats here to have dealt a death blow to any possibility that the league of na- tions wight be called on to act In the question by citing provisions of a ‘treaty drawn in° 1919, whereby Panama and Costa Rica agreed to submit disputes to the United States as mediators. This treaty, eigned by the three powers., was negotiated by William Jennings Bryan, then secretary of state, as a means of safeguarding American interests in Pan- ama. Today's note was interpreted as mean- ing re-definition of the northern bound- ary line would be favored by the United States. A formal reply cannot be expected from Panama until the latter part of the week, Dispatches at the Panama lezation to- day indicated that complete tranquility had been restored in the disputed ter- ritories. REPUBLICANS ARE TO PROTECT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES Washifigton, March 14.—Anti-dumping legislation to protect American indus- tries from Euronean comnetition wi rushed through at the special sess! congress under a decision reached at a conference today of republican members of the senate finance and house ways and means committee with Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. i ‘Whether tariff or internal tax rev shall be accorded second place on fiscal program was left for final determi- nation at a conference which Chairman Pennose of the semate committee and h: Fordney of the house commit tee nlan to hold tomorrow wiit. President Harding. The final program, Senator P said, probably will be announced after this conference. The majority of "committee m:mhers attending today's conference were &1id to_favor giving right of way to tarift ce- vision lezislation. said, was unanimous against attemptinz to emact any temporary stop-gap tariff bill; the feeling beinz that any tarift legjslation enacted should be of a perma- nent naturz, Soldler bonus bill, a collateral is- sue. js. to be.a.part-of - -republiem fiscal program, Senafor Penrose and Rep< resentative Fordney announced. Finan- |¢ial requirements of the government for adjustment of compensation to former service men were included in th. s mates considered at the conferenc:, and at the close of the meeting Scnator Ten- rose predicted that the bonus ol would be ‘nassed at an early date. AlL of the republican sena:ocz of the finance committee and all exc:pt *hrae of the renublican members of the honw ways and means committee participited in’ foday's conference. Secretary Miallon | was accompanied by a staff ¢f cxperts. Prior 10 the conference, Sencor Wat- son of. Indiana, one of the rcpuhlican members of the finance coirrit*an, irsucd a statement declaring that intern; legislation should precede revision tariff, adding that the business world ex- Pects immediate relief fron “tu¢ great burden of taxation fiow imposed upon it “We should at once repeal excess |profit taxes and the higher surtaxes ¢nd substitute for them a moderate 7alcs tax and at the same time clarify and simpufy the administrative features of the Jaw.’ Senator Watson added. “We should make definite arrangements With our debtors to pay a fixed amount each year, so that we may have definite asgurances as to just how much we ma$ expect from that quarter. “We should at once adopt a thorough- going budget system so that we may cut the costs according to pattern, and then proceed in all ways to the reduction of governmental expenses to the lowest point consistent with efficient adminis- tration.” The members of the two committees in agrecing to give preference to an anti- dumping bill also decided to attempt en- actment of lezislation providing for American valuation of imports. The re- sult, Senator Pencose and Representative Fordney said, would be to increase con- siderably the revenues, now calculated on foreign instead of American values. The republican leaders said they ex- pected to pass-the anti-dumping bill early in the new session. Chairman Fordney said he believ=d the house committee might have a farift n.1i ready when the extra session of cong-ess convenes. April 11. “It ould be brought out right away quick” said Mr. Fordney, “and passed within ten days by the house.” BINGHAMTON UPSET BY SUSPENSION OF NEWSPAPERS Agreement it was Binghamton, N. Y., March sixth day of the Binghamtc® printers’ strike finds Binghamton witiout daily papers and both sides Preparing for a test of endurance which is expected to start tomorrow when both morning and evening papers are arranging to issue. Pickets were placed about the newspaper plants by the strikers last nicht, but there were no demonstrations. The strik- ers at a meeting Saturday appointed a committee to ascertain the possibility of purchasing the plant of the late Elmira Herald and moving it to Binghamton, to be operated in opposition to the two Bing- hamtonpapers, which will, it is expected, maintain ope nshops. A meeting of the business men and advertisers of the has been called by the Cramber of C merce today to discuss the situation. CONFESSED MURDEE OF PEEMIER DATO OF SPAIN Madrid, March 14.—Pedro Mateo, & 23 year old anareht, Who was arrested to- day on ‘suspicion of having been one of the murderers of Premler Dato on Tues- day_night last, confessed to the crime when taken before a judge. He gave his name quietly, saying he was an occupant lot the sidecar from which the premier ‘was shot, that he fired two revolvers and saw the premier fall to the floor, of the sutomoblle, Mateo gave the name of his necomplice a5 Ramon Casanova, who is being sought by the police, bowars of Casamova. Who. had o cmmors flled with- exnlosives, 14.—The | S 10 PAGES—74 COLUMNS —— ——— — —— PRICE TWO CENTS. Brief Telegrams. Nervous influenza is roported in Lon- don. American methods will be used France on the “elephone system. There are persistent rumors of anti- bolshevik risings at Omsk and Drasnoy- arsk. Salvadorean cabinet. headed by Dr. Francisco Juan Paredes, and all under secretaries resigned. Tax receipts in France during Febru- ary were 921.437,000 francs 8,000 below the estimate. Rev, Austin Niazen, who died In Thomaston retired as treasurer of Tus- galee college, Jackson, Miss., last year. State Divigion of Foods and Markets announced fruits from Sout on.sale in New Yerk-City Africa are Three drops of o lquid discovered by the clhiemical warface service of the army would kill @ person . Representatives .of various federal |va states in Germanv out-voted varia and passed the disarmament bill, e RAILROAD EMPLOYES ARE T0 MAKE FINAL REPLY MARCH 24 ‘Canvas of Officials of Union Organizations Indicates Thaf the Wage Reductions Proposed For Unskilled Labor Will Be Rejected—Representatives of Workers on the New York Central Will Meet With Officials of the Road To« day and Reply to That Road’s Proposal to Cut Wages From 17 1-2 to 21 Per Cent. New York, March 14.—The wage redue- tions proposed foy unskilled labor by the Tious railroads in the east, probably Il be rejected by the workers, a canvas Protests are being made by members of the British house of commons to remove th eliquo rrestrictious enacted during the war, Prof. Edgar Cole. Philadelphia, predicts that all_southern aken by an earthquake next Saturday afternoon. The shops of New Jers will_be y he Central Vermont rall- way at St. Albans, Vi, which we-s st down Feb. 23, were reopened s=2rday, ¥rooming house in South Norwalk. Death but with a greatly reduced wors torce. Striking printers in Binghamton, N. Y., have asked George F. Johnson, publisher of the Momning Sun, to name a price for his paper. Ch th the for Capt. Fryatt's famous ship the Brus- sels, which was sunk by the Germans, was sent o he Leith docks for recon- struction. ra 17 According to the Asahi, the Japane cabinet will soon resign on account of the numerous difficulties with which it is confronted. 3 Fdur sallors, said to be Amerleans, were killed in Tampice by five masked men, according to Mexlco City news- paper advices. and all cline atter go to the railro; ailroad of New Jers of officials of the interested union organ- izations indicated here tonight. The first official announcement of the refusal of the reductions iy expected to- morrow, when representatives of the workers will meet in conference with of- ficials of the New York Central and reply 10 that read‘s proposal to cut 17 1-2 (0 21 per cent. 3 While no official statements were made by union leaders, it was learned that the varioust organizations have been holding conferences here during the last few duyg have practically agreed the w. ats and to de- let the whole d labor board at hicago. at the figures and data submitted by e railroads do not show sufficient cause r the reductions and cannot be substan- tiated in a hearing. The ilrg atest reductions proposed by the dg was made today by the Central . ‘which would cut ges of all unskilled labor from 10 to cents per hour, effective April 1. Union zes trom | The workers take the position | [ sociation of Railway representatives will make thelr final sor ply to this proposal on March 24. Chicago, March 14.—Four prominent railway executis pocted to take the stand before road ‘Labor. Board next Friday in answes 0 & summons issued by the Loard today. T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the Ase Executives, and his Drinkerd. will b morning. W. W. Atters bury, vice president of the Pennsylvaniay and Carl R. Gray, president of the Unioty Pacific. will take the stand Friday o8 Saturday. Decision to request the appearanes the executives was made by the bom today after Frank . Walsh, attorne for the Jabor unions in the rules bearin now before the board, had refused & ceed with the case until the rallway had been called. These four, togeth with thirteen others, are expected by o unions, to furnish testimony on eross ex amination that will materially strengt their case, according to union represens tatives pe The board first set Wednesday a8 date for the executives’ appearance, It was Jater learned that it would not bel possible for all the executives to reachi here from New York by that date. 4 States Rail- assistant, Robert calied Friday EETING OF CKEDITORS OF DEFUNCT TRAP BOCK CO. March 14.—“We've been rob- ng ought to be done to said Seth Viets of Suffield y at the first meeting of creditors of the Sufficld-Berlin Trap Rock company in formerly premhr, whe | .. ‘ofiice of Referee in Bankru was asked to fcrm a new cabinet by King | wara' a1 Yeomans, Mt Viets . three Alfonzo of Spain, hag succeeded in Organ- | jauchiers hough $1,000 of the stock and izing his ministers. A, s asked if the referee was to he Nine Fgypiians and 20 policemen were injured in demonstrations at Alexandria against Winston Spencer Churclill, new secretary of tHe colonies. , China, containing over half amount of silk available for export, causing a loss of $6,000,000. John MeCullongh, aged 65, dled at e Norwalk hospital after hav 1h been found in an uncouscious, condition at his | 5 3 was diagnosed as eeping sickness.” Exports from London to the United| States during January amountel to $9.- | 222,241, normal rate of exchange, a de- | crease of nearly 77 per cent v Proposed pooling plan of selling mik ar the claims of the stockholders. Ref- s told him.it was a meeting ors o present their claims e in banicruptey ; that uid have to_be paid 100 dollar of their claims be- ders zot anything and there Would be noth- March 5 at 10 a. m.. has s on the g for Monday, | been assizned for an examination of the officers counsel of the bankrupt concern, and for ahow: ffty cpeditors has ked that former officers, including ames B. Hastings of Suffield and How- rd M. Steele, former president be sub- eaned 10 attend the hearing. John T. Henderson of this city, who as receiver of the Suffield-Berlin Trap company In the superior court, as elected trustee of the bankrupt es- iso ate. d : The agzrezate of the claims filed to- by the Dairymen's Léague, representing |day was about $30.000. The total of 90,000 dairy farmers in New York, 18 ex- | c.oims fiied sith the referee fa somer pected to be put Into effect April 1. thing over $60,000, None of the Gearge T. Jarvis, general manager of the Rutland railroad, issued a call for a conference with all emploves of the coad except train crews and telegraphers. w eree { the appraisal in the federal court, but s the apprais officers of the company t at the meeting today. Ref- Yeomans had not received a report s in the state court ha valued the assets of the company at $35 The publie demand in Denmark for re- | 400, Referee Yeomans fixed Trusee Hen- storation cf canital punishment has in- | derson’s bond at $35,000, creased mo greatly Minister of Justic Rytter announced it would he restored. | Arthur Dubols, American representa- tive, by order of the government, has withdrawn from the eommission to mark to the amount of about $500,000 has been sold, it was declared, EARLY RECOGNITION OF GREEK GOV'T PROBABLE out the Czecho-Slovakian-Polish bound- ary. Washington, March 14.—(By The A. R — 2 P.)—Reorganization of the Greek ‘gov- Reports recetved In Pinand from the | ernment of King Constantine by the bolshevik say 2,500 deserters were cuted by the soviet army aided by re forcements and revolutionists were sun- nited States is expected to result short- from active negotiations which have been instituted by the Greek government dued. | wita_th e department through the Al Greek legation here. Four saloon keepers of Stamford were| Letters from King Constantine and before United States Commissioned La- | Queen AT Olga, it became kmown very in Prideeport vesterday chargea!today, cowaining formal announcement with having liquor in their possession. | of the accesion to the throne of the Each was held for trial. Marcel Knecht left on the from Havre for New Y He will pasist former Premier Viviani, who is coming to | this cou iry later on a mission for the | French government. La Savole Ki Six wooden barracks were destroyed on the army reservation at Camp Merritt, N. J., by-a fiee king, have been transmitted to the state department by the Greek legation. One of the obstacies to recognization of ing Constantine by the United States it as said by state department officials of the Jast administration. was the lack of receint from Constantine of formal no- tification of his taing over of the gov- ernment of Greece. Upon this having taneously in all which broke out simul- six buildings and was apparently of incendiary crizin. Father John Hoch. whose passport the American consul vige, intends to go to Rome o0 a planation from throuhg the Czecho-Slovak le; at Naples o, the Amer | with Mayor Herrioft, of Lyons, France, the city of Lyons will build a palace f.r the league of nations and accord it an annual appropriation of 100.000 francs, if ment by the state dpartment, the letters of notification were promptly forwarded. In addition to this, the Gresk govern- ment has Dresented the state depariment declaration made to the Ameri- at Athens by the Greek ch the new Greek govern- acknowledged all oblagations the government of Venizelos, rly foreign uded in the plea of the Greek govern- ent for recognization has been an ap- al to the United States for the pay- can minister premier in wh ment has curred by particu el m pe s loans In been made known to the Greek rn\-\'fl-i the league decides to quit Geneva. The London Dail Graphic this morn- | ment of the fourth installment of the loan ffrom the credit of $48,000,000 granted the Venizelist government by the United r h States treasury. Under this credit cash Ing claims that a Sinn Fein plot Is on | advances of $15,000,000 were made by the foot “to import from the United States | Wilson adminictration. a large number of young men of Irish na- tionality, adepts in acts of violence. S Sy Natlonal conference of State Manufact- IN THE NAUGATUCK VALLEY urers* Association, Chicago, sent a ques- tionnaire to its members In 11 states urg-| Hartford, March 14.—Miss Charlotte ing support for the rallways in their ef- | M. Hollow, Industrial investigator of the fort to abrogate war time agreements. | labor bureau. has concluded a survey _— of the industrial conditions in Wate James B. road. comptroller of the Du |bury and Naugatuck. She reports fi Pont company. died in a hospital in Wil- | th mington. Del. f-om Tune infection caused v a tooth which sitpped down hix throat during a dental operaticn a month ago. Declaring that his airplane made a to- tal of 2% revolutions in one minute and 15 second In dropning from an altitude of 8,600 feet to §00 feot at Lakeland, Fla., George W. Hademan, former ai- service aviator, claimed he had broken the world's tall' spin record. The Boston Eymphony erchestra, now on the tour to Philadelnhia, Washington and Baltimore, which it hos made fre- th, in th, SIX PRISO: ousand men out of work in Waterbury and a large number of women, who, un- able to obtain work In factories, ars look- ing for house work and other means of employment. thousand Since February about a men have been taken back in There is aiso a_noticeable lack af work Naugatuck. - The depression in bus!- ness was found to be general throughout e Naugatuck valley. FRS EXECUTED IN MOUNT JOY PRIKON, DUBLIN quently for 25 years, Is mak'1 the v'a-| Dublin. March 14.—Six preas:s ccn- its for the last time. It was arncunced | victed of comnlicity In the killing of that these series of concerts wda'l be | British Intcllizence officers and members abandoned. of the crown forces In Ireland, were exes cute din Mount Joy prison today, They Mlss Dosothy Cohen, the first attos-|were hanged in palrs at Intervals of an He warned tho police to | ehstructing a deputy sher!ff in making an asserted, | attachment on ney of her sex to appear at the bar in the local eourt, entered appearance In e case of Benlamin Zissmer, charged with oy n ‘sutomobfle, Her re- quest for. war granted. hou work In the ity stopp Even’ the postoffice w: gTaph service was suspended Twenty thousand people gathered out- de the prison during the executions, All 119 30 23 per ‘cent ARMY BOMBING AIRPLANES | MOBILIZING AT LANGLEY FIELDY New York, March 14—(Dy The A. P Information that nearly ail the bombing] alrplancs in the army air service and many pursuit planes are being drawn from various fiying fields for concent tion at Langiey Field, V' ved here today in civil acrom: cies. 1t was understood that more than 108/ airplanes and several baloons and ri- rigibles would be mobilized there within, a few days, along with large stores of| bombs, aerfal torpedoes and other avia-i tion fighting equipment During the past few days several pllots at Mitchel Field, Mineola, N, ve been transferred to the Virginia| aviation field. The ammunition stored at Langley field wag sald to ve “enough to blow up both the Pacific and Atiantic fleets,” the, bombs varying in weight frem 50 to 2,009] pounds The tie eir-| ireraft concentration at Langh Fi was understood, will include pursuit planes, 40 De Haviland attsek and light bombardment ships, 21 heavy Martin bombers, some of them squipped with the new aerial torpedoes, six Hand- ley-Pages and six Capronis for day and night bombing, 20 flying boats and mine craft of the lighter-than-air type. Colonel T. DeWitt Milling, who sy assy sistant to Brigadier General Mitchell In charge of military aviation in France, will command the armada of heaviers than-air machines at Langley Field, whils Colonel William C. Hensley will be fn charge of the balloons and rigibles. TO ASK MARINE WORKERS TO ACCEPT WAGE REDUCTION| New Tork, March 14 —Marine employed on ferries, tugs, barges and) other floating equipment of raliroads in| New York harbor will be asked within next few days to accept wage reduet! ranging from 15 to 33 per cent. ft iearned here tomight. The proposed schedule of wage cuts, #| was learned, was approved today at & meeting of the General Managers' Assoe ciation, an organization of general man- ages of all railroads with terminals in this c Bach of the railroads will im- medi notify employes of the post ction and call conferences: an “ iy > bring about an adjustment. Wy oy date was decided upon te makh - gy duction cffective, ralirond of~ ficlals “that It would probably take effect “upri] 18 or May 1. Approximately! 6,000 of the 15,000 marine workers in the harbor will be effected. Under the new schedule the increases given the marine workers by the war la. bor board, effective last May, wiil be en- tirely wiped out. The captains will be) asked to take a 15 per cent. reduction, the engineers, 16, firemen and oflers from Deckhands and other! workers will he given similar reduction Rallroad officials sald that the eight| hour day will continue in effect. SUITS TO RECOVER MONEY | PONZI PAID INVESTORS Foston, March 14—The first of the thousande of suits to be instituted by the trustees in hankruptey of Charles Ponzt to recover from those investors in b Quick-rich rchame who before the erash got thelr money back, with or without! interest. wera filad In the court today, They seek to recover amounts varyingl from $100 to $1140 from 11 persons, ol residents of Lawrenes or Methuen. Thal defandanta in thess sults recoversd thal nrincipa] only. They 414 not recelve any Interest. The trustess. however. seek return of the principal with legal Inter. est from the date of the payment byt Ponzl Tt is alleged that the rayments wess made while Ponzl was Insolvent. en@ therafore constituted frandulent prefere ene \ | REPARATIONS BILL 1% HOUSE OF COMMONS( Tonden, March 14.—The houss of som- mons today passed the second reading of! the reparations bill. which provide for & 50 per cant. levy on the purchase price of imported German goods, to be applied to reparations. The debate on the il threw no Nght an the measure, which was strongly eriti- clzed, mainly on ncoount of lin alleged futility to attain the desired end RED CROSS QUARTERS IN WARSAW ROBEED Warsaw, March 13 —Purglars open an o!d Russian safe in the Ameriesn Red Cross quarters during the might, They abstracted 925000 Pollsh marke belonging to the American Red Cress, t untll 11 o'cloek, | doctors and nurses and §3.40 goed closed and tele- | can money, The watehman wi 772,000 marks belonging to the Ameriean not diss GaTbed et