Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 28, 1921, Page 1

VOL. LXI—NO. 103 FRENCH GOVERNA NEW REPARATI Ambassador Jusserand in Washington Has Been Intormea by ington Are Absolutely Unacceptable—From French Point of View They Are Regarded as a Step Backward —German Burdens Commissioner Has Been Warned That 132,000,000,000 Gold Marks Are to be Exacted as Fixed by the Reparations Commission. ’ Paris, April 27.—(By the A.-P.)—Jean ' forward to Ambassador Jusse*and te in- Jules Jusserand, French . ambassador to |form the United States that the German the United States, has been informed by propositions the French government that the German |France. were ' - unacceptable to. It was assumed that’ M. Jus- reparations proposals, as transmitted to |serand would make this known officially the Washington government, are lutely unacceptabie. “abso- jto Mr. Hughes tomorrow. Dispatches. from Brussels indieated The rrench point of view is that these jthat in Belgium the German offer: also proposals, instead of making vance toward a satisfactory settieme the reparations question, are rather stép backward. - 1t is pointed out in official circles that the Germans in their proposal: are pre cxtremely vagte in their offcrs, and that what tHey sropose would yleld (o Frans' oniy gne- thrd of the Fremch reparaisns: cluims cise i their demands and ard t oniy conditiorally. The Germans, on the other hanl, de~ First, release of all pledges held by the allies in the way of ‘occupation nr German property abroad ; od. that Upper Silesia shal' remain (4ermzn territory; third. release from ail the cost of the military occupation of the Rhineland, as well as the evacuation of irant ms upon other German territory This amounts, according to the French view, to giving up all guarantess without any alternative security or definiia as- suranze sven that ths promises amount o will be paid. The zeficn of the reparations commis- son & :n accordanc: with.tae provisicn of the treaty that the findings .of I sommission as to the amofint of damage done to tke civilian population of the al- iisd and associated powers and to thej Property during the per-od of ths bel srency of ‘each, must jernan government cn or before May 1, 1921 According to the treaty Germany un- in- cluded in the varions categories for which compensation is demanded are damages fertakes to meet this obligation. Buered from bombardments, -cruelty, vi olence or multreatment, all pensions to val and military vietims; the cost of Assistance ‘by the allied powers to. pris- 6ners af war and their. families and. do- pendants allowances for similar purposes. and all levies, nes and other exactisns im- posed by. Germany and Eer ailies_upon civilian populations. DEBATE IN REICHSTAG ON U. 8. “MEDIATION” 2 ‘Berlin, April Statement made ' Yesterday iig's “mediation,” which, he said, if ob- ed, would open a world prospect of peace and untrammeled deveiopment. “The proposals transmitted to Washing ton” continued Herr Reisser, “hold out for us a terrible prospeet, but the Ger- man people are prepared to carry oul serupuiously what Tt is possible to per- form, If this attempt also fails. it will 30 down Former Chancellor Mueller defended Dr. fimons despite the protest of the national jarty, and aroused great ‘acks againet the Pan-Germans. Dr. Helfferich, former vice chancellor, s#id that his party not only opposed the any. ad- i ot [ was no word as to the views of “he other: a |interested powers. - b2 notified to, ihe (By the A. Py).—In the debate in the reichstag today, on the | by Foreign Atmnister Simons, Herr Reisser, in behaif Of the center, the people’s party and the Bavarian party, expressed “with: heavy h::‘n' agreement with the government in I . % ng the path to secure President Hara. |08 lost 3¢ scs four or five months that| in history that Germany did Sverything in her power to obtain peace for an exhausted and devastated world.” excitement imong the rightists by his vigorous at- was regarded ‘&s -unsatisfactory.: There It was mnderstood, however, that officials did not ;eces ily regard as significant the &ction of reat Britamn in requesting itg represan- tatives in_ Berlin to inquire informally regarding the new German oer with a view .to making clear the term of years over ‘which the payments would run. Administration officers continued to- day their policy of silence with regard to the whole reparations question. It was understood, however, thar an ele- ment of the situation whicn they under consideration is an :ntimation from some of the allied governments that the mere transmission of the Ger- ‘man offer by the United Sta‘tes would in- volve the American government in some measure of responsibility. It is. believed that the state depart- ment is not ready to accept Shis. view of responsibility on its part, provided sfforts are confined to a mere fra: slon._of, the communication ' without dorsement of any._ kind, 3 . As only thres days remain before the date_set by, the French government for the _beginning of its. move into addi- tional German territory, it is expected that a renly to the German communi- cation will not be long delayed. _President Harding left Washington fo- day. on, the vacht Mayflower for Hamp- +|ton ‘Rbads te be absent until Friday, but it is mot thought likely that this will_serve to delay the American answer, as jt.is understood that the administra- tion’s plans were agreed upon at the session of “the cabinet Tuesday. Should there be any unforseen developments in the, situation, the presider2 communicated Wwith readily by radie. BELGIUM DISAPPROVES NEW P GERMAN COUNTER-PROPOSALS - Brussels, Apnil 27.—%he German coun- ut-webolv‘na,- “with regard to reparations toddy to be entirely miaccentable. Tt was fomted out the’ new proposals did not differ’ materally from those: submitted by the Germans at the London confer- ence. SUSPICIOTS ABOUT SOME RECENT DISASTERS AT SEA London, April 27.—Cases of ships be- ing lost at sea hiave become so numerous ¢|the marine insurance agencies here are instituting investigations into the circum- stances of these “disasters.” These cover | some cases in which the full claims have already. been, paid; in other cases thay 7| bave resulted in the helding up of insar- ance payments pending inquiries; while 1 still other cases, it is declared in.insur- ance circles, likely Wi end in criminal proceedings. The' most suspicious circumstances at- tending many recént sinkings. the under- ([ writers declare, have been their almost unfailing occurrence within safe reach of land. In underwriting circles it has be- come. a-commeon remark that never have s0 many lost ships been known with so little loss of life. The Spanish and Portu- overnment’ b suese and the! Mediterrancan have e it which prompted it it A0 | Ceen the senes of the majority of recent 5% Versailles has resuited mercilessly, he | d¢athless shkings. deciared, “through the intervention of & @man who came to Europe from Ametica bringing a trunk filled with the most re- | markable ideals regarding the reconmstruc- tion of the nations. “President Wilson,” he - added, deem = singie promise. ever.” The government's proposals, continued Dr. Helfferich, far exceeded Germany's In Germany's present desperate position there were oaly two Alternatives, either. unconditional surren- der or submission to further ceercion afd etonomic capacity. bumiliation. REPARATIONS COMMISSION HOLD | FOR $132,000,000,000 GOLD MARKS Paris, April marks as the total damages for tcle 233, one. pas The commission's decision was offic:al Iy communicated to Dr. Von Oertzen, of the German war burdens commission, to- sight. in fxing the total the reparations com- Mission made necessary deductions from the amount of the damages in order o titutions effected or to be e execution of article 233, and comsequently no credit will bz given restitu- tions. The commission did not include m the above amount the further obliga- tions ‘reumbent upen Germany by vir- make reimburse. - 7 borrowed ‘rem > governrments to November 11, 1915, together with ir. tiow for re #Mected in Germany with respect to such tue of Article 232, sment 9! all sums Belgiu tae 2llicd and associate teres: at the 1ate of five per eent.” Th dens commission €. 5. WITHOUT INPORMATION AS TO ATTITUDE OF ALLIES Washington, April P #ill was without any official informa 1. tion as to the attituds of“the allied pow- srs with respect to Germany's sounter- . Consequentiy proposals on reparations. 1 reply to.the communications receiv from Berlin yesterday has not been pre phred. The views of the alli Are expected to be transmirt "etary Hughes conferred sol- emniy pledged his word, but faifed to re. | 7, I do net hold the American peopie responsible for this, how- .1 —The reparations com- mission_h2s fixed 132,000,000,000 gorid a which Teparation is due by Germany under Ar- second paragraph, and annax ight, of the treaty of Versailles. verbal communication win be een- firmaé in writing to the German war por. (By the A. The American governmient- tonight N FOR FORFEITURE OF BONDS OF BIG BILL HAYWOOD DELAY ACTIO 2 f Chicago, April The government is withholding action towards the forfeiture - lof the bonds-of William D. Haywood, L W. W. leader, who is. believed to' by in Russia; ;ic:-din: seceipt of a cablegram from Haywood himself, which is éxpected daily, Charles F. Clyne, United States distriet attorney, said today. Friends of Haywood have sugg to federal officials thatyhe might bé willing to_ return to_this cluntry and serve hig twenty-year penitentiary sentence for ob- structing this eountry’s war. activities it assured that his bonds would not be for- feited. Mr. Ciyne refused to say, how- ever, that government officials have agreed to this. L MASS. TROLLEYMEN OFFER TO AEBITRATE WAGE MATTER Boston, _April 27.—Governor ‘Cox late today notified: HomergJoring ‘and ‘Arthur G. Wadleigh, two.of the trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Street railway, of an_ofter of :the_union of the road's em- ploves to arbitrate wage reductions an- nounced for May. 2. Authority to call ‘a strike on’the company's lines already has been given the union's officers by the men The - gavernor conferred- with- the - two trusteessand Edward Fisher of the state board of- conciliation and arbitration this afternoon. Farlier in the day the board nad heard attorneys representing the un- lon employes. e SPEED BOAT ON LAST LEG IN RACE WITH TRAIN Norfolk, Va.,' April 27.—The express cruiser Gar IL, Jr. racing from- Miami to New York against the time schedule of: the “Atlantic _Coast Line flyer, groped her way into Norfolk through thick fog today o refuel,. and put to sea again shortly .after .3 p. 'm., heading north by the _outside romte despite storr1 warnings. He rowner, Gar Wood, of Detorit, said he had a sufficient time margin to his eredit fa win i luck- was.with him on the last ap. -|GEORGIA SHERIFF CHARGES VIOLENCE AGAINST NEGROES Atlanta, Ga., April 27.—Charles .of wd [ mob_ violnece. against négroes in another 'wete declared in - political circles h!rel q “Viviani Arrives in Parls - Paris, April 27—M. Viviani Teturnéd to Paris today from his mission 10.the Unit- ed States. - M. Viviani expressed grat- itude ‘to the American people for making ‘his mission so pleasant, thus faclitating his task. ' He deterred discussion of results of his mission until afte he had coaferred with Premier Briand. >|PREPARING FOR UNEMPLOYMENT NEXT FALL IN CANADA finion_sec War_Vete: clared must come next fall 5 of work, Mr. MacXNeil continued: - soldiers bélieve that the the comme: in, promotin| ful employment. OPPOSED TO REDUCTION OF . PRINTERS' HOURS BELOW New York, April N vention tod: its oppositisn hours below forty-eight a week. its members who are endeavoring port. four international unions April 30, 1922, ¥ uation it was left to a committee a fair price for paper. OFFICERS' ELECTED BY nApomns‘ orF Brie corcluded the - followihg ofticers: President, Mrs. Mary ford; semior vice president, Mrs. Slater, Hartford; councillo: Stearns, New London; Mrs. Mrs. Annie Clarke, Middleown. DESERTION OF CHILDREN tion ratified the convention today. vention with Siam. ABOUT 200. WOMEN ELECTED +Néw York, April 27 tions_to the Moscow sovi night by the magazine Soviet Premier Lenine. triumph. Ldelegates 301, seattering 1. DESTITUTION 1N _PrROYINCE rector at Reval. Banditism is spreading rapidly and threatening the. districts Gomel and victims was declared critical. as funds or supplies were available. JAP. MINISTER REPORTS ON regular session today of the m administration in control of*the of marine. peace conference. TNEMPLOYMENT IN ENGLAND today. Birmingham, 100,000 persons are idle, typical week during the last three weejs. is be ket, fhe messages’ said. TRAIN WRECKED OV THE Altoona, Pa., April 2T. Altoona. east. DUTCH STEAMER. WAALHAXEN . Halifax, N. §. - | Georgia_ county, are contained in a letter trom the sheriff of a county In south- governments | westefn Georgia, mda publi_today in ed (nrougn [ reply to one from Governor Dorsey, ask- eir ambassadors here, with whom Sec- |ing verification.of charges that n egToes yesterday. [ had been_lynoned, one an old negro wo- Nome of the envoys called at the state|man:who was thrown into a creek and department today, but an sanounced that instructions had _gone Associated | drowned. - - ; Press dispatch from Paris this evening Names wete Withheld pending-an - vestigation, __ fields off the Cape Breton coast. The Chinese population of London increasing, rapjdly and the district wfch Ottawa, April 27.—C. G. MacNeil, do- tary-treasurer of the Great ns' “association, today wrote the government's committee on penesions and”re-establishment, pressing the neces- sity of preparing now for unemployment of “staggering proportions” which he de- Quoting department of labor_ statjstics to -show continued ldy-offs, and stating returned soldiers were suffering. from lack “Returned soldiers are mot petitioning for unemployment doles, except as a last resort to prevent starvation, Returned responsibility rests with ygur commitfee to recommend ment.of enterprises which, a general revival of indus- trial conditions, will provide all with Gse- wspapers' Asociation, in- annual con- in a resolution expressed to_reduetion of printers' The association endorsed the efforts of to maintain the fortiy-eight hour week and pledges them its co-operation and sup- The convention authorized the appoint- ment of a committée to negoliate with few arbitra- tion contracts in place of those expiring After discussion of. the newsprint sit- to formulate an expression of opinion as"te VETERANS dgepprt, Conn., April 27.—The an- nual- state convention of the Connecticut Department, Daughters of Veterans, was today. witly the election ‘of riswold, Hart- Aliee Pulver, Bridgeport; chaplain, Mrs. Cora Judd, New Haven; treasurer, Mrs. Alice ; Katherine Gilbert, Mystic; inspector, Mrs. Augusta Ranney, Hartford; patristic instruetor, AN EXTRADITABLE OFFENSE Washington, April 27.—The treaty be- tween the United States and Great Britain to make desertion of children- an extra- ditdble offense between this country and Canada was ratified today by the senate. .As originally. negotiated in 1917, .the treaty proposed to make wife or child desertion. extraditable,” but ths- senste foreign: relations committee declined to make it applicable to wives, limiting it to minor children; and with thi€ modifica- _The senafe also ratified a treaty re- vising and extending a commercial cop- TO THE MOSCOW SOVIET - About 200 women deputies were victors in the recent elec- h said a cable message signed by the Russian Telegraph agency, which was.made public here to. Russia. Among the women elected was the wife of The Moscow elections - were hailed in the message as a veritable communist r Returns up te April 24 were given as: Communists 811, non-partisan OF GOMEL, WHITE RUsBiA New York, April 27.—A pegram in the province of Gomel, White Russia, whose Pving. vietims number more tharf 60.000, and whose dead are estimated at several {thousand, was reported to the Jewish re- lief committee here -tonight from its di- of Retchitsa,| , Novosibkov, the Reval repre- sentative said. The position of the relief committee for distributing aid to pogram THE MANDATE QUESTION Tokio, April 27 (By the A. P.).—At the ; ¥ coun- cii, presided over by Premier Hara, Vis- count Uchida, the foreign minister, made a lengthy report on the mandate question. It is understood that the cabinet has decided to place.the mandated- islands in | the Pacific, including Yap, under a civil ministry The newsnapers assert that the govern. ment will publish a full report of the mandate question. from the time of the 18 BECOMING ALARMING PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD “Train No. 64, the New York express, on the Pennsyl-| vania railroad, was wrecked late tonight ten miles west of this-city. First reports said a number of passengers had been in- jured; A special triin with nurses and physicians was sent to the scene from' The wrecked train was bound HAS AREIVED AT HALIFAX ., April 27.—The Duteh steamer Waalhaven, from Rotterdam for Hampton Roads, arrived here last night, with a vropeller blade missing and an- other broken. The damage was occasion- ed when the steamer was caught in ice Washington, April 27.—The first- nome= Inations ‘of postmasters to be made by President Harding wero sent to the s ate today, leading to.reports that t| agministration's policy in regard to ap- pointment of postmasters generally wouid Probably be announced soon. - The -list contained the names .of 84, all of whom,: White House, had made the mark in a competitive civil sef amination, “except where the Preference statute operates. 4 Congressional leaders- said their une derstanding was that the nominees had not only qualified under ‘the civil ser~ vice requirements, but were acceptahle to party leaders in their respective dis. tricts, and that no delay‘was anticipated in their confirmtion. y Members. of both the senate and the hose said “they _expected within a few days definition of nolicy in regard to Postmasterships from President Harding after_consultation ‘with Poatraster:Gen- eral Hays. This would probably be, they said, in_the form of an order continuing, perhaps, “with some modifications,” the cival Service requirements’ now -existing for postmasters. of all . classes, and clarifylng reguatigns providing - for the retirement of postal employes. What modifications might be “under consideration was not indicated, although In Some quarters it has been said that the civil service requirements “for - ap- pointment might be . eontinued ' from among the firat' three or four. in the list. 8o allowing some latitude in making nominations. ce. Veterans L C. C. REFUSES 'm OBDEI‘ 3 RAILROAD RATES REDUCED Washington, April The . interstate commerce commission. refused today to order a reduction in railroad rates from according 10 & statement lasued at 8] fra copanyeiaiford Railroad company highest | o Tave Troleys ‘fledtiN. H.Roa n.‘ulru&—l’_ roposed by lic Utilities Hartford, Apri! Tailroads this afternoon zave a heartqs on the proposal put forth by the publiz utilities commission in its recent re- Port on trolley conditions, that the state ask the,federal court of southern New. York to restore to the New York, New Connecticut Company. which for sev. vears has been in the hands of federal trustees, The. propesition was presented by the Dublic utilities commission throush Chairman Higgins. The New ven Toad's attitude was outlined by Viee President E. . Buckland, and that ot the federal trustees by George D. Wa- trous of New Haven and Edward M. Day of Hartford.' The trustees fizured only incidentally. Mr. Watrous explaining that they did not fel that it was necessary for them to annear in person. Speaking for the trustees, Mr. Watrous said that they did not wish to anpear to oppose the-idea of a transfer. Thev hdd aothing to do with nprocedures which \Placed them in the trusteeshin. he said. Wo. question of policy is raised and ‘there is simply nothing tosay.” If or- dered to return the trollev promerty they would do so, and Mr. Watrous thoueht Fome of them wonld do w0 cheerfully. The trustees merely are the custodi- ans of the stock and Mr. Watrous, dis- agreeing with Chalrman zins. sata he thought the trystees could sell part ©Of the property if a purchasers for a portion of it appeared. Mr.. Buckland gave a review of con- ditjons which brought abeut the Con- necticut company’s difficulti “his ari- ing from a court declsion in Massachu- getts over an issue of debentires -which, the court held, reanired annroval of ‘the commission there. The attorner zeneral under President Taft found that the points of origin east of the Rocky Moun- tains to points 'in inter-mountain terri- tory. Complaints of -buginess organizas misged, the commission tolding . that existing taciffs, which are on a. parity with those to Pacific coast points, were not unduly prejudicial. The complaints had contended for-a graded- reduction based on the rates’ ts the Pacific coast. which were fixed so that ‘th® steam.carriers could compete with water commerce passing through the Panama Canal. The case at issue was -one of general interest over the country as any change in-rates' would affect manufacturers in the eastern sec- tions. The proposed /schedules were opposed by, manufacturers and business orsani- zations of the Pacific coast, while numer- ous eastern shippers and manufacturss individually and 'through their assoei tions intervened ‘in the case to oppose. & part of. the proposed changes which. tend. ‘The commission declared that its-fe- .cision was not a solution of the problem, but declared that the discussion “should be helptul in paving the way for a fin- al settlement.” HOPEFUL FOR SETTLEMENT OF BRITISH COAL STRIKE London, April 27 (By the A. P.).—A settiement of the coal strike tonight ap- peared more likely than at any time since the men laiddown their tools. The gov- emment during the day made naother concession, firther narrowing the gulf be- | Lveen the miriers and the mine owners, by proposing a stdte erant for a transi- tional petiod of three or four months, under which ‘the miners would be insured agajnst their ‘wages beinc reduced more than three shillings ver day. The mine owners have not yet agreed to_this"plan. but both they and the gov. ,:-nmem W%l consider the new situation ur |vre!5§1.l tonight that an agreeable basis will Be arranged hetween them for pres- entation to the miners' conference Thurs- day evening. As the miners already have-agreed to it is sfnn«cred a two shilling reduction, that there are good prospects the comin; week will see a settlement of the dis. pute. ~ MAKING FIGHT FOR LIQUOR ABOARD PASSENGER SHIPS ‘Washington, April .27.—8ale of liquor on passenger steamers of American and foreign registry, bevond the three mile limit would be authorized under a bill introduced today by Representative Ed- munds, republican, New Jersey. The, fight for liguor. aboard passenger ships engaged in foreign trade' before’ the house judjciary cokymittee last session, but the bill never ported. Chairman -Benson of the ping board advocated modification of the law B0 as to permit American passenger steamers to compete on all fours with forengn Vessels not restricted by prohi- bition' regulations. ;. Failing to get action by Chalrman ol- stead's committee Mr. Edmunds had his bill referred to. the 'merchant marine committee, -of wsich he is the ranking republican member. FOUR MEN TO BE SHOT TODAY AT BARRACKS IN CORK Cork, April 27 (By the A. P.).—Four ‘Washington, April 27.—Unemployment | Men are to be shot tomorrow morning. at in England is increasing at an “alarm- ing rate” consular - dispatches reported whers ‘more .than was cited as with _an nerease of 8,000 per An unprecedented volume of German goods dumped upon the British mar- the military barracks here. They are Patrick O'Sullivan, Maurice ' Moore. Pat- rick Ronaviie and Thomas Mulcahs The men were convicted of levying war jasainst the British crown forces. The cornoration and the harbor guard of Cork have passed a resolution saying that as the British high court in Ireland and the British ministry recognize the state of war existing,,the executions will contravene civilizell warfare and hte dictates of common humanity. to Presdent Harding and Pope Benedict. BILL INITWPUCED FOR . COINAGE OF 2 1-2 CENT PIECE Washington, April 27.—Colnage of a two and a half cent piece, bearing the likeness . of Theodore Roosevens, with the date of /his birth -and . deatn, is provided for An a bii by. Representative Appleby, republican, New Jersey. Its limit as plegal tender Would be forty cents, the coin to be big enough to distinguish it easily from th lone cent piece. i NT_OF $133,093 TO i TNEMPLOYED IN CANADA PA Ottawa, April 27.—Payments_through- ont Canada for relief to unemployed made is | by. the dominjon government. to April 23 mounted to $133,093, it was announced tions and others iri that section were dis-j ed to, increase rates frcm, the epst to | her tomorrow, and the hope was ex- | Copies of the resolution, have been sent | introduced today| New Haven road, In omerating its trol-| ley lines, was not violating the Shermar law. In President Wilson's administration Attorney General McRevnolds held there wvas » volation. This resulted in court proceedings and the trusteeship for the Connecticut Company. Tn the course of the hearing Mr. Buck- land was asked how the New Faven rod 20t Into the condition which deprived it of the trollev lines, and he said: “It was blackjacked.” FHe declared that the Nesw Haven road never violated the Sherman law. He susgested in replv to a ques- tlon from the committee, that any a tion by the lezislature he “In good En lish" 20 that anyone ecould read:” that stress he laid on the state's wish io have the trolley pronerties returned to state jurisdiction, and that the state's polf- ey be’ in line with that of the Taft ad- ministration. Answering auestions from the commit- tee, Mr. Watrous faid that the Con- Tectioit. Sémpany was _thiree or four, years behind in taxes. Mr Day thought the amoupt' was about $2,000,000 and 2aid, the f 1o, years in arrears. Asked why thie state 814 not sue for taxes, Mr. Dav said that there' was mo mearMof recovery and a udgment would mean that the state might have to-operate the propertr. It was brousht out that the federal trus. tees wet £31.00 a vear, in. all, and thar they et their salaries, rezularly. Mr. Buckland said that as an economic ‘uestion_the property ousht to he oper- ated ag a whole. He said the New Ha- ven road had nothing to Ao with the { property and he was br law stopped from discussine the trustbeship. He said the company's investment was $44.000.- 000; the company thought the property (Continued gn Page Eight, Col. Six) 'PRESIDENT HARDING OFF TO REVIEW ATLANTIC FLEET | ‘Washington, April inz left here late today on the Mayflower; for Hampton Roads, wheré tomorrow he will review- the -Atlantic division of the Ameérican fleet and later hola a reception aboard the flagship Pennsyivania for the officers of the gnt ships forming the armada. | Harding, his naval and military aides and .2 party of senators. eH planned to return to Washington early Friday morn- ing. Secretdry Denby, Admiral Coontz, chief of naval operations, and members of the house naval committee glso left aboard the” naval yacht Sylwht{nr Old Point. Just before the reyiew begins they will join the presidential party aboard the Mayflower, and also will attend the re- ception on board the Pennsylvania. The president and his narty - hoarded the Mayflower’ at the Washington na yard with the plant band playing and the marine guard at attemntion. The cus- omary presidential salute of 21 guns ‘was fired. 3 This was Mr. Harding’s first trip on {he presidential yacht and it will be his firs review of the American naval forces since his inauguration. TO EXCLUDE CHINESE N INDUSTRIAL STUDENTS Washington, April 27.—The labor de: partment announced today cancellation of the ‘arrangement with officialsvof the- Chi- riese’ Merchants' ' association permitting Chinese’ industrial students to-enter this country. Assistant - Secretary Henning said he was informed that this was a scheme to bring in 30,000 Chinese labor- ers. Former Assisiant Secretary Post ad- dressed a memorandum to the Chinese Merchants” association, New York, and| ‘uthers last June, ‘it was said, granting try, under a bond of $1,000"cach, for the purpose of working in industrial plants as students, o Secretary Henning said the plan had been repudiated by the Chinese Mer- chants’ aesociation, officials af which de- clared the arrangement was a scheme ta defraud the government, and.that infor mation had reached them that Chiness were being solicited to come under the authority sranted by Mr. Post. ani were being assured that they could remain here forever. AILROAD LABOR BOARD IS INCREASED TO SEVEN Chicago, April 27.—The arrival of two of President Harding’s .new appointees to-the ‘rafiroad labor board today will increase . that body to seven when the wage feduction hearing, invoiving nearly, oné -hundred raflroads ‘ razonvames to- morrow morning. _ Walter L. McMeni~ men, the new labor board member, and Ben Hooper. the ‘public’s. new reprasent- ative, arrived today, and Samuel Hizgine, the ‘third new member, representinz the railroads, is expected tomorfow. mbrning. Commission. |- g committ trying to| make a tax exemption lfil o covér the The executive’ was accompanied by Mrs. | fed in the superior court that a vete authority to bring Chinese into this coun- | » B Sugar prices have reached the lowest level since 1917 in New York. Orders were issued putting all city de- partments of Waterbury on & daylight saving schedule. u > . Rioting ocearred In Constantinople be tween Greel and Jews ,n wowcn several persons weredinjuzed. The Japanese house’ of peers rejocihd the political rights bill from which women of Japan expacted o much. Governors of the various siates of the Meican republic)have been instructed 1o on May Day. - The Dominier government has decided n.t to meet furtier Giznd Trans Ii- cific “railway -bond interest payments at \he present time. sengers in Union HHl, N.-J., and escaped with a bag containing casa and checks to the amount of $5,243. In & short time the strange spectacle of a_friac-standing on the sieps cf the Royal exchange, in the heart of London calling on the public. to pray, will be a regular lunch hour sight. riny- men and thres women were arrested in widely separated gectiofis of the city of Philadelptia in the . police round-up of aleged radicals. A bill plaeing enforcement of tlon entirely i, the thands of ment of justice was introduced sentative Hill, republican.. Maryiand, Tmmigration of all gliens would be pro- hibited .for five years. umer an amend- ment to the immigration bill drafeed by Senator Harris, demccrat] Georgia. Provision for the protection g the Holy Sepuichre against fire has beM made by Sir Herbert Samuel, high ,commissioner for Palestine, says-the Palestine weekly. An enclosedl automebile stolen from the. garage of Hatry McLachlan, a hat manu- facturer, in Danbury, was recovered, near Kearney, N. J., where the thieves aban- doned It. Immediate signature of a_trade agree- ment between soviet; Russia and Germany is sought by M. Scheinman,” who is being rushed to Berlin by the Moscow govern- ment. Governor Alf Taylor of Tennessee, hia announced his intention to turn.fhe cap- itol grounds amd will ‘install links for the playing of qucits and other sports within sight of his office. Former Brigadier General John W Sherburne of. Boston was named as spe- cial counsel by the house committee ap- pointed to investigate the escape of Grov- er Cleveland Bergdoll. Secretary Mellon sniounced Jn (he‘appointment of “naries R. Farles) of | Sedtfle; Wash., as-director of the biireau ot war risk insurance, succeeding' K. G. Cholmeley-Jones.. Ten thousand men of the ferees Gen Wrangel, former anti-soviet leader in’South Russia,” have been accepted by Serbia-for work on railways and in the torests. = Raw material tmports during March exceeded eports bysmbore than $10,006,000 while foodstuff exports were &bout $28,- 000.000 in excess of imports, department of commerce figures publisaed disclosed Chairman Cummins of the semate inter- state commerce committee. announced that the general inquiry into raliroad conditions would .begin May 10, with rail- way executives as the first witness. night Emmanuel Rizzio. 52, was strack and Killed by a train while walking the New Haven road tracks just south of* ltown., 1t was said he was an his way 10 work. The police found 3750 in his pockets. S “Butter prices took » decided tumble in Chicago. Creamery extras dropped five cents a pound, -falling to 35 cents wholo- sale as compared with 40 cents yester- day. Other grades descended as much as & cents. . : Interests generally I Manchuria are watching developments in connectfon with the new consoftiym amd are concerned larly with the part that Japan will play In the big international financial project. The body of J. Walter Weitzel. promi- nent Detroit business man, who with Fred Hemmeter, another bnsiness. man,” disap- peared December 4. last, was recovered from a canal in Zug fisland, in’ the lower Detrcit river. German lawyers were present for the first_time since 1914, in: the Bow street court, London. when British soldiers who were prisoners of ‘war gave testimony against German army. officers accused of cruelty and atree! With practically the entire city ruaning cn daylight saving time, it was anno t lawyers would-be.taken Friday on a pro- posal to adopt summer time in the coun- ty court and county jail, Hartford. Asiatic Turkey Is rapidly “v(‘-!ry.- The lay cf the praphet falled tb praveat the vse of aicoholic liauors, aut legisla- tion zdapted by the Turkish nastonalist 23sembly has resulted ‘in an Improvement in’ the situation. 4 The Kansas f"r Journal, the city's oidext newspaper. is now the property of Walter S. Dickev. wealthy clay nroducts manufacturer and prominent” republican leader who made the purchase at a re- jceiver's sale. The price was $221,000, Conditions at the Corbin Screw division of the American Hardware Corporation in New Britain, are showing seme im- provement and three larze departments have gome onto » full time schedule of 55 hours a.week, Manager G. P. Spears an- nounced. Tapers filed In the county clerk’s office in Buffalo state that Ethel J. Mahan, owner of & grocery store, became %0 wer- rled over fear that the government would confiscate her business, hecause of possi- ble errsrs in her income tax report, that she lost her mind. Ellis Lewis Garetson, tmperial potentate of the ancient Arabic Ozder of Noblca of the Mystic Shrine in North America, i« enroute to . Washingion - to . present - to President Harding a g0ld 1ife membership card in Afefla Temple, the Tacoma, Wash., Shrine body. trygin (‘!evehng will Be* peduced 8 1 13.1-2 per cent;, effective May 1. under a decidion ‘b thé board of referces main- has been :appropriated by the. celestiald|in the .house of commons.today.. The|Albert Phillips..labor member,. still Is in | talned by the Cleveland Garment Manu- is-becoming opsrerowded so’ that they are ' payment sare authorized to municipalitiés| Cajifornid. w) encroaching on the neighboring district. under the. emergency appropriations. ‘here. hewas' called Pecent- 1y by, the iliness of nis wife. i facturers’ Ass lon - luonl Md%uqm and the . Interna- Workers’ Union, usa every nrecaution.to prevent disorder: | Armed ‘bandits held up two bank mes- | bi- | Admiral Benson Ueclines to day, Stating That He Has ‘Washington, ‘Workers was DArrowly averied at ‘the conference caled here tqday by Chair- man Benson of the Shipping Board. 4n an effort to prevent a threatemed strike on May 1, when existing wage agree- merils eXpife. A list moment appeal by Andrew Furise: president of ihe Inter- national Seamen's Union. resulted in an agreement for further conferences Fri- day. The delay was sought in order. that proposals of Chmirman Benson for a 15 per cenl. wage reduction and changes in: working conditions afiat mizht be laid before the unions, but admittédly the outlook. for an agreement Friday was not bright. Admiral Benson' told the conference he wouk not recede from the. outline of reductions he had ppesented as nec- essary 1o the Merchant (Marine. W. 8. Brown, f_- the Marine Engineers’ Teneficial Assocition flatly rejected the proposed wage reductidn. W. A. Thompzon, representing the Anierican Steamship Owners’ association, said that unless the unions were prepar- to the Merchant Marine—President Furuseth of the Seamen’s Union Appealed For Another Conference Fri- Outlook is Not Regarded as Hopeful. April 27.—A final Jbetweén the ship owners and m Recede Frem Uutline oflle_’t a Final Propositicn to Offer— committee, which declared tiat the proy Posed wage scale and re-classification of ships was not mceeptable. a'though changes In working conditions were: Late er he said the engimesrs wouid not res cede from the stand they had taken and would not aceept a wage reduction. Without specifically tpuchinz on the w question Mr. Furuseth, speaking fof { the seamen, firemen, cooks and stewards, red that there had not been time 8 for the men to consult together. is suggested tentativey that eliminatien of = overtime at sea, but not in port, might |be acceptable tozether with assuramces that American ecitizens would be given the preference in improvement. Chairman Benson agreed that there had been some overtime retained. buf asserted it should most carefuliy .38 guarded to avoid abuse oA The possibility of action by the steam¥hs ship owners who had souzht to affect & 20 to 30 per cent. wage cfit Was sug- gZested by Mr. Thompson. The owners, he - ¥ said, were prepared to-act yesteeday, "% and were ready (o act tomorrow in the event of mo agreement was reached o day. He said. however,. that he would « report the resuit of the proceedings ta eti 10 négotiate a new wage scale, furth- | er ocounferences would be useless and tha this organization was not prepared to At 3 Apparently Mr. Furuseth’s action in urging anvther meeting alter submission of Chairman Benson's statement o union membeFs alone, averted an immediate break oft of the negotiations. When Ad- miral Benson's declaration that he would not trade on his wage Droposals.had brought matters to a Climax, the pree. Miant of the' Intérnatwonal ySeamen Union fade a plea for delay and furth- er consideration in behalf ot the Ameri- ¢an Mercnant Marine and won (he con- sent of the conferees te another ses- sion: In Mr. Furuseth warned' ship owners that he had one more pro- position 10 offer, shou'd- a’ break come, that he hoped he would not be ealled up- on- to present. . If that could n avoided, ne_ added, without . revealingj what he had n mind, “let the chips fall where they may.” Refllying to Chairman Benson's pro- Dosals. far a.readjustment of wases .xnd working eanditions, Mi wn read. 2 fesoluNa adopted by the engineers wage HEARING, O CREA: TION OF A TREAT OF CHILD wrrrake Hartterd, - April Petitioners for creation at this session of'the general as- smebly of a bureau of child wélfare and their supporters were heard at tie capitol this afternoon by the appropriatiens com- mittee. Several hundred wemen and a faw men were present. The arguments in favor of the bill ecovered several aours. 3 The general argument wi¥-made by Miss Marjorie Cheney of Manchester. She said the child welfare commission rests its case for the supervision of all child-caring institutions and agencies on |tke facts embodied in reportz. A sum- mary of these, she said, shows that in- stitutions require fire protection at once; that the study each child's case as & hu- man problem Is inadequate; that reha- bilitation of the ctiid's home is negiected ; that the importance of correet records is not understood : physical care is not on a reasonable le¥el; that health is not properly safeguarded: and that there ls no physical ‘examination at admission In- to_institutions. Miss Cheney said records showed that 69 per cent. of foster homes which county home ehiliren are placed are never visited By any one before placing the children in them: that 51 per cent of the children placed out are never vis- ited and that “placing out’ has 100 oftes been “farming out.” The defacts In institutions, Miss Chency said. are: All sorts of children mixed in close contact. feeble-minded with normal, vicious in habit. with those of sound habits, children from disorderly houses mixed with children from gool homes, and tubercular and those of tainted blood with these whe are heaithy. A bureas would aveid rupture of famiiy ties. make the institutional, system elas- tic.. bring about state supervision and correct existing evild, she declared. PONZI TO BE ARRAIGNED ON LARCENY INDICTMENTS — Bosten, April 37.—Charles Ponzi, whose scheme of promising fif{ty per cenl re- turn 1p investors In 45 Jdays resuited In his - sentence to - Plymout’ -jail for fiye rears by federal autherities for using tie mails 1o defraud, - will -be’ produced the -state superior court tomorrow arraignments on larceny indictments. An- nouncement that an.agreement for his appearance had beem reached was made late today by ‘Ass .R. French, former United States attorpey - who - represented Sherift, Eatle P. Blake, cf Piymenth in court proceedings. The sherift earlier in_the day. had besn technically, arrested - for coatempt of court for failing to ey a writ ordering to. bring Pomzi into %he superior court. He maintajned. that he.could not legai- ly surrender a federal.prisoner to.state Jurisdiction, sithough United. States .At- torney Harris told the ceurt -Attorney General Daugherty had telegraphed to him his approval of production ef Ponzi in the stale court. Superior Court Judge Fessonden per- mitted the sheriff-to go with his counsel 1o the. federal court, where, after listen- ing to two heurs,of argument Judge Morton refused an application for a writ of haeas corpus.- Mr. Tench . .advised {the sheriff against an appea-ie.the cir- ouit court ‘and shertly afterward = an- nounced that. Ponzi wonld -be_ brought from jail te the superior-court -tomor- o | SUBMARINES TO PROCEED TO THE PACIFIC COAST I Portsmouth; -N.. H. submarines bujlt. and aned_here have béef ordered by the navy depariment io proceed to the Pacific comst. ‘The boats will. leave n, two detachments .af - four each on May 7 apd 14. At.New London. Comn.., the _little fleets . will conselidate and proceed to, the Paeific und of the.U. S. 8. Beaver. . . 3 April 27, —Eight er comvoy, the association meeting in New York toe morrow. Announcing his call for the meeting Friday. Chairman Benson said that those who dia not come in a fair spirit mus? pear the responsibility {8 the result® but.that the board’s stand on the propos ed basis for a new agreement to F% place the one expiring May first was une changed. After the mesting, Mr. Brown declary ed that the situation was seridus and looked like a strike of the engineers, ak ough they would probably attend the / day conference. In the event ; other unions reached an agreement with = the board and the owners, he said, “theg eannot operate the ships without maring engineers. . Some board officials expressed the bee lief that while the outlook for an agrees - ment with the engineers was bad, a sate istactory _arrangement might be worke ed oyt with the other marine unions and a zeneral shipping strike averted. Chairman Benson, however, said (Ae situation was ‘“very hopeful” The en< gincers he eaid, would probably come i mround, but if they did not “their blood would bé on their ewn heads™ - “TEX” RICKARD STED BY A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE New Yrk, April 2 “Tex” Rickard sporting promoter, today was made des fendant in a suit fled by Frank C. Arme strong, who alleges he has been associ- ated with Rickard in a business way, and who demands an accounting of several enterprises in which he maintains he had share. The amount of Armstrong’s claim is not set forth. Mr. Rickard tonight declared he had na % & dealings with Armstrong, other than_thaf the latter had interested him in the Rick~ ard Texas Oil company. Me said strong had made considerable money the deal. and since that time he had deavored to interest himseif In the rious enterprises which Rickard has moted. Arfstrong, Mr. Rickard said, s a broke. dealing largely in oil stccks. Among the deals in which Armstrong elaims he was connected with the pro« moter are the Johnson-Jeffries fiztt In 1910, the Rickard Texas Oil Company, the leasing of the Madison Square Gard en, the Willard-Moran boxing match and 12l ¥ T ‘ ¥ the South American Land, Cattle, Pack< ing and Concessions enterprise. -. Armstrong alieges that betwees Jume 10 and July, 1920 he was assoclated with Rickard. and declares he had cen- » suited with and aided Rickard in many of his business ventures. In connectien with the Madison Square Garden enter- prise, the complaint asserts Armstrong was instrumental in securing the leass for the arena, and it was agreed that th profits therefrom should he divided equale 1y. Later. however. the complaint says, it was decided that as Rickard was (e have ‘sole charge of the management he should receive ten per cent. of the profits as 2 salary. and the remaining 3¢ pew eent. should be divided. . Armstrong. in his complaint<further al« leges that Rickard is pldnning to transe fer to' turn over the lease of Madison Square Garden to individuals or eorp- orations organized and controlied under. the promoter's direction. The eomplaint doclares this Is in fraud of the rightd of the plainiiff, as Rickard has derived and is still deriving large rents. profite and other incomes from the Garden. TESTIMONY IN SECOND TRIAL OF “NICKY" ARNSTEIN Washingten, April 27 —Testimeny “of« fered by the government relating to lare * 1 i i ! i 3 Maid 3 Bl | | | cency Indictments in New York asainsi some of the defendants was barred om{ today at the second trial of Jules W, o (Nicky) Arnstein and others. charged 2 with conepiracy tn bring stolen securi- tizé into the Distriet of Co'umbin. D el Through Charles H. Bready, formerly - emploved in the New York brokerage of« © fice of ‘Sullivan and Commanv. hpwever; evidence of the trip of Wilen W. Easters: Aay. one of the accused. tn Los Angelew in'Novemiber, 1913, which the governmant was in the natu-e of a* i in the records. Bready testified that Basterdav made the trin immediate. atter the arrest of a subposed assoel- of . Sullivan and had sald he was g away “until.this thing blows over.” NEW NAVEX IS ADOPTING ) DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME New Haven. Conn. Apd! 21.—The boatd of educatian, at a special meeting [tonight, failed to adopt a proposal of the school committee ythat school hours. ba advenced one hour. Superintendent Beede had announced that davlight save ing would be put into effect mext Mon: day, but' without changing ths hands of the clocks. The board voted. to. refer ¥ the 'entite question to the eorporatiom 8 counsel for oninion in regard to thes standard_ time Jay of the state B The New Haven Chamber of Comb meres tonight went on record in favor of daylieht saving. A number of factories are operating on summer time sch <3 AN many stores plan to sdopt daylp wavizz next Monday. Olty departs and ceurts are on standard time. fight. |