Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, May 6, 1921, Page 1

- Nor — VOL. LXHI—NO. 110 POPULATION 29,685 LLOYD GEORGE ON NECESSITY OF MAKING GERMANY DISARM British Premier Tells Commons of Germany’s Default in Her Disarmament Obligations—Declares Germany’s Gener- al Attitude Has Shown She Had No Intention of Per- ferming Her Obligations—Says the German People Will be Brought Up Sharply Against a Worse Alternative of the Present Terms Are Refused—Allied Governments Have Invited United States to be Represented on the Supreme Council. May s making Germany d in importance by Mr. in announcing in the house ¥ the result of the su I's deliberations on the rep- r questions at issue tion. 8 GERMANY NOTIFIED OF Paris, May 5 (By the A. in her disarmament placed first by the because while there of the reapperance of & there was no guarantee m and peace of Europe. any sudden organi erful enough to attacl was implorable, he here existed regular military from London today, summoned sion to an official meeting held at o'clock this evening and notified him sion had drawn up. DIFFICULTIES IN PREPARING ne in Germany which collec- B o o gt % TAE DRAFT DESERTER LIST I QN Bk e .| Wastiingion, May . —In _.connection arm and watch her eastern fron- partment’s called attention Ywas regaried sapration the adjutant eaid the prime —(By The A. P.)—The|fore the supreme council for considera- SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS P.).—The reparations commission, which returned a dele- gate of the German war burdens commis- the schedule of payments to be made by Germany which the reparations commis- with the publication in New York today : of one of the slacker_lists, the war de- immediately general announced, CABLED PARAGRAPHS Socialists Meet in Rome. Rome, May 5.—The national council of the socialist party met here today with sixty representativeg of the provincial federations and the” socialist deputies in the ‘late chamber to discuss the attitude of the socialists in the general elections of May 13, Council to Take Up Yap Mandate. London, May 5 (By the A. P.).—Many awaiting the decision of the allied su- preme council, which probably will meet soon in Ostend, Belgium. BUILDING TRADES WILLING TO SUBMIT TO ARBITRATION Cincishati, 0., May 5.—Practically all the buildings trades unions throughout the country are willing to submit the question of wage reductions to arbitra- tion, William Hutcheson, president of the United Brotherpood of Carpenters and Joiners of Ames announced tonight after a meeting of the executive council of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. While the council has gone on record against wage cuts, the labor leader said that the unions were “willing to consider and accept any equitable wage adjust- ment would be fitting in view of any reduction in the cost of living." “We want to be fair and see building boom.” he added. The building trades strikes in Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia - and many other places, Mr. Hutcheson said, could prob- ably be settled i the employers would submit the wage question to an impar- tial arbitration commission. Theexecutive couneil of the Americas federation of labor began its ten day con- ference here today with an informal dis- cussion of general labor conditions and the situation in southwestern Ohio. President Gompers assailed the “open shop,” he said “is really a closed shop reached “its peak and has begun to de- cline.* ‘ “What the’ employers call their “open shop. ", he ‘said “is really a closed shop <0 organized labor. 9 of, o gl ] “The open shop attack” by the em- i SSRGS Sery, ot to what appeared to be an error work- | ployers has not made a dent in the Amer- e i tn “Germany's gen-| Ing o great injustice on a soldier with | joan Federation of Labor,” Frank Morri- ude. showing she had no in-|A highly honorable war record. The|son said. . rformin " her obl! zations. list contained the name of S Benjamin Mr. Morrison said that reports received o plan | Kaufman, who gave 185 Kosciuko street.;at headquarters showed that the printers adonted was | Brooklyn, as his address at the time of | were winning ther fight for the 44-hour lies had igken | the draft and who failed to report for | week. . t Gernrany's culties, | service. “More than 50 per cent. of the : Al e i aes wies| AS soon as the list became public the > the _shops e and politica ey - department was advised the was useless of at m of ons. Th tude served honor cy for conspichous bravery In battle. eicr e 3 in France, but won the medal was re Tvet 'tor Framce. who whs not al-| _Investigation showed, the war depart- of the whole world to|ment announced. that there were two ~ and a settlement, he said.| Brooklvn men of exactly the same name - » treaty must be | and both registered for the draft on the that a Brook- lyn man of exactly tils name, not only and promotion to a first sergean- same day, who were within four months were signed up previous to May 1, he added. Asked regarding the report that he would not be a candidate for re-election as president of the federation. Mr. Gom- pers. replied: “The position of president of the American Federation of Labor. is such an exalted one that I do not dis- cuss & outside the convention hall.” of it &= of beinz the same age a d Who were | BEF. FEDERAL PATRONAGE e Tots eiaborate defafls, de-| inducted into the service Within four days AND PARTY MANAGEMENT . iyt v of each other. The records showed, how- ~ d 9 wction in Erance | ever, that the medal of honor man was| Washington, May 5.—Charles D. provide labor | born if*Buffalo. N. Y., and the al- |Hiiles, republican national committeeman es. as there were | lezgd Aeserter in Russi from New York, conferred with Presi- n France as well as here,| To ilustrate the difficultles encébunter-|dent Harding today regarding various oo smstruction, he as- ring the draft deserter list iproblems of federal patronage und purty o occupy from five neral Harris ‘asserted thatimanagement. It is understood that the " he war department records showed 1,878 | question of- selecting. & mew republican ierghg RO, the de-| men in the army during the war bearing |national chalrman: Was among (e sub: Y el Wt he he name of Kaufman. snelled eleven dif-|jects discussed, .but there was' no” ev airly by Germany and | ferent wavs, Sixteen bore the first name | jence that the president indicated any wders, bacausa their task | Benjamin, nine of ~whom spell ‘ both | orore ence ‘among. the various candidates 2oiin casy ome and they had /to | names exactly as the two soldiersin to-|20c the piace. -/ = ninjon in Germany. day's tangle. Other callers today with whom Mr. alking the language ofmen-| The war department also made public| g raine (Gikeq polities were. Fred V. George declared, “but of | the text of the recent oplnion by Af-1yjpnam” of . Chicago, republican national mon sense when 1 sav it| torney General Daugherty. an to whether || Bh& 0f: CUlcsgo, republiean national for the_Gérman people | any lability would attach to the go¥-|ngion gate, former sécretary of the na- sharply againet a|ernment, war department officials or of-|yion.) committee. The -two conferences ¢"hey refused the| ficiala concerned with the selective araft |\Ional commitee. The two conferences pasini in event of errora in the published list | WSre part of & serics Mr Harding is = no mistaking the Amerl-|of draft evaders. After veferriig at)y,, ".n;7it s underptood . that other nany that she had no al- | opinion that no liability would attach to ture. : A eemt the allied de-|the government and “that the proposed | One development expected soon in the 5 3 publieation being within the scope of |DAtronage situation is an executive or- vime attacks in the French|the authority of ‘the secretary of war |der modifying the order of President ad been influenced by | in administering the military 'aw, based | Wilson governing selection of first class the prime minister as-|on public records made in’ the course w0 of the bankers who made | official duty, is privileged and no liabil- res na 1o him were English. an-| ity would attach tothe secretary of war, . and another Scotch. As for|his subordinates, or the former selwec- of [postmasters. It has been generally in- dicated that the president would so mod- ify the civil service regulations that any one of three candidates for a postmaster- \ifeed Mond, Mr. Lloyd George said. | tive draft officials.” ship standing at the head of the civil » will he surprised to“hear that service Jists might be selected. Under the . « strongest advocats for mak-|\OVED DISMISSAL OF Wilson order only the one heading the e v he is one of those RAILROAD WAGE REDUCTION |list could be given the place. “ ermany can [This 19 ™| Chicago, May 5.—Summing up the en-| HOW CLERGYMAN EDITED - Sir Alfred had urged lenien- |, "o ciimony of the railway unions affil- DENVER POST FOR A DAY wards Germany.) jated with the American Federation of e Labor, B. M. Jewell, head of the organ-| Denver, Col, May 5.—Newspaper ASQUITH ATPROVES ACTION ization, today declared there was no jus- OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL “(By The A. P.)—The neach of the prime minister, Mr. Lioyd the house of commons thi reparations, apart from a he findinge of the supreme ute explanation of the Germany, was in the of his own position trom liberals and la- \ding to France, and tification for the May 5 board be dismissed. in presenting a comprehensive review efficiency and financial on the part of the railroads; rebuttal of the carrie tude. minister was followed by who earnestly appeal- board, Mr. Jewell contsnded. - their language o o4 any cooling of the sentiments England. chairman of the par- abor party, and former on an duction now would reduce the wages sistence. Mr. Liovd George's pro- Mr. Aseuith said that he © & most reasonable and practical m the difficulty had been found eme counc and an agreement reached. INVITED 5. DELEGATE tification for reduction of railway work- ers’ wages and moved that the wage re- duction case now before the railroad labor Mr. Jewell consumed six hours today the charges made by the employes of in- mismanagement the em- ploves' statistics on living costs and hu- man standards of living and the unions’ ' data on wages in other industries and the cost of living. None of the evidence introduced by the railroads would justify a wage cut by the The only fair basis for a wage award, he said, was American standard of living.” re- iterating the employes’ stand that any re- unskilled railway laborers to bare sub- I Mr. Jewell aleo declared that no wage decision could rightly be made until the rules controversy, now pending before the board and referred to the individual roads for negotiations, was thrashed out stories of sensational type were sent to the waste basket today by Rev. W. H. Wray Boyle, pastor-of the Central Pres- byterian church, during a one-day editor- ship of the Denver Post. He was invited to take actual charge of the paper for one day, following a sermon criticizing newspapers and the manner of displaying news, Dr. Boyle took his place at a desk in the Post this morning and supervised all news printed in today's issue. Among news stories the minister “killed” were those on the Stillman and Stokes divorce cases in New York. All items relating to boxing were eliminated from the sport page, while “Casey at the Bat" was re- printed. The largest headline on the first page was of two columns.. No type larged than 36-point was used. of of CALL TO AMEND NEW YORK STATE PROHIBITION LAW New York, May 5.—Governor Miller was urged today by the district attorneys of New York’s five boroughs to call a special session of the legislature to amend NO EVIDENCE OF REVOLT the new state prohibition law, so that PREME COUNCIL o - s cases may be tried in the court of special ™ PURING MEXICAN HOLIDAY [ cssions, instead of general sessions. This Washington, May 5.—President Hard-| Mexico City, May § (By the A. P.).—|VOUld obviate the necessity of trying #g had before him tonight the formal nvitation to the United States from the ed governments to be represented on supreme council, the reparations ramission and the council of ambassa- He was giving close attention to + and was expected to bring the ques. on befors the cabinet at the regular «ting tomerrow for discussion. The imvitation, which-was cabled from | was acclaimed by thousands. don last night, was presented at thel ste department today by Sir Auckland jeddes, the British ambassador, and la- vr .Secretary Hughes was in conference a price fixed on his head, was captured the outskirts of Mexico City seeking day as president of Me: in 1362 over the French at Puebla. sion against Senor Obregon, looking © a half hour with the president. The|his overthrow, the holiday was the most . ary declined to say what subject: quietly observed in years. .4 been discussed but tomight it was| Great enthusiasm was aroused when a| aid at the White House that the invi- ion was before Mr. Harding for his ensideration. No ingication was given of that the titude of the American government 9 invitation, although in some the belief was expressed that United States might feel justified in ating to some extent in repara- settiements because of its interest sconomic adjustments growing out of war. There were intimations in some official es also that a condition precedent reserved participation by the United tes in deliberations abroad would be acceptance by the ailfes of the prin- dies Jaid down by-Secretary Hughes in tpect to mandates. ltaly has already pressed approval of th> American po- on on this subject and France has iUnited States, such as jand “John Brown's Body." ward |EX-GOV. CATTS OF FLORIDA Florida, May Starke, 5.—Sidney county grand jury for pardons while governor of the state copted:$700 for his vote in ime In bringing the status of Yap be- ment. One year ago today Alvaro Obregon, with {overthrow the Carranza government. To. 0 he witnessed a two-hour military review on the occasion of the republic's celebration of its victory As he passed through the streets he With rumors widely circulated that te- day was the day fixed for certain revolu- tionary elements to renew, their aggres- inaval band swung up the avenue playing | {a march medley of songs popular in the | state constitution in regard to the veto “Marching | powers of the governor. Through Georgia,” “The Suwanee River” | CHARGED WITH BRIBERY Catts, former governor of Florida, was indicted late yesterday by the Bradford corruptly receiv- ing and accepting a gratuity of money for casting his vote for the granting of Fjorida,” it was announced today Catts is specifically charged with baving ac: every case by jury. The request pointed out that 3,029 ar- rests have been made since the law went int oeffect a month ago and that it would ake months to ciear court dockets. in to} HEARING ON ANNUAL SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURE Hartford, Conn,, May 5.—The legisla- tive committee on constitutional ~amend- ments met today to_give a hearing on a Droposal to hold annual messions of the general assembly. Neither, advocates nor opponents appeared before the committee and the hearing was closed in on minute. The committee then considered a reso- lution proposing an amendment to the to Harry W. Rey- nolds, secretary to Governor Lake, told the committee that Governor Lake favbr- ed such_ an amendment. ' The proposed change would allow the governor to veto specific items in any eneral appropriation Bill. 3. CEREMONIES FOR FRANKLIN STATUE IN BROOKLYN New York, May 5.—The statue of Ben- jamin Franklin, which will eventually be et up at Waterbury, Conn., left Brooklyn this afternoon for Boston aboard the navy tug Lykens. After appropriate ceremo- of favor of |mies in Boston. the statue will.be sent by | win granting a condition ;pardon to a man|motor truck to itx destination, passing|from May 44 tc 23 in the districts where convicted of murder in Bay county in|through Providence’ end. New -Haven, |parliamentary,cortests are to occur. says iven assurance that she would lose no- 1818 and sentenced to life imprison- | where special exerclses have . been sr-lan officials annouhcemént s from Dublin ranged fo rits reception, pressing questions, including these of the | Yap mandate and Upper Silesia, now are | Dumping Bill. some changes as adopted by the senat It now gzoes to conference. was 344 10 9. the 'treasury department with both by the president. of the treasury department. tion presiden president’s signature. usurpation of executive authority. DEMOCRATS IN SENATE Washington, May ers in the senate continued t an the emergency tariff and an point. specch, his first. extended remarks ure. Senator Simmons, democrat, Nor! Carolina, charged the republicans wis use of the anti-dumping clause a to_agriculture. . The senator referred to the anti-dum ing provisions later as making the man bill, serting’ anti-dumping provisions provisions would do “little good could do no harm.” the senate and the house when leaders in tre house, he said, “wer wedded” to the anti-dumping and cure ted estimates of added that the amount w: same sources under the laws. present - tari be taken up by priority when the sena! convenes tomorrow. a day and hour for a final vote, L o e CHICAGO JOB PRINTERS WIN ference between representatives wnion and the Franktin Mark J. Mitchell, graphical TUnion No. of t¥pothatas 16, a victory for the union. arbiter's shorfer weeic should be 4 without a further wage said. striking printers, bookhinde assistants back to work."” reduction.” MOrrow, morning, it was announced. proximately 250 job printing plants Chicago are affected. e T 000 PRINTERS ON STRIKE Indanapels, May graphical union are out on strike b for a 44-hour week, president of the union said tonight. the peak for any one time. been coming into international quantera here rapidly, indicating th: their demands. In the larger cities as follows: Chicago, 2.000; Philadelphia, Cleveland, 400; Boston, - 300 and Francisco 200. BODIES FROM FRANCE New York. May 5. on the army trans panied by 418 com duty on the German frontier. U. 8. INFANTRY ON SPECIAL rt Somme, the American area. TO LIFT MARTIAL LAW IN . Dublin, May 5.—The prohibition again: public meetings Ip the martial lJaws.areas bs removed for the election ; period; Castlg this evening. ’ ; ‘Washington, May 5.—The budget bill was passed today by the house, but with The vote The bill as passed by the senate pro- vided for creation of a budget bureau in its director and his assistant to be appointed _ The house retained the senate method of appointing both officials but voted to make the bureau independent Provision is made for abolishment of the -office of comptroller of the treasury and creation in its place of'a comptroller seneral, to be selected by the president. The measure as approyed by the senate provided for a seven-Year ‘term for the comptroller general and made him subject to removal by joint congressional resolu- which requires the signature of the sed by the house, however, the bill provides for. his removal by concur- rent resolution, which does not require the In vetoing the budget bill passed by the last congress, President Wilson ob- jected to the provision delegating to con- gress the power to remoye the comptroller general on the ground that it would be FIGHT ANTI-DUMPING BILL 5.—Democratic lead- ir attack dumping bill today, although friends of the meas- ure, headed by Chairman Penrose of the finance committee, fought them at every Mr. Penrose delivered an hour's nearly two years, in support of the meas- attempting to transfer “a lot of commodi- ties from the free 4o the dutiable list” by ar- gued that those provisions were certain to prove a handicap instead of a relief facturing interests beneficiaries of the He said he faw no reason for in- unless somebody was going to be benefited, since Senator McCumber, republican, North Da- kota, had informed the senate that the and Mr. Simmons predicted a clash between the measure goes to conference. Republican ¢y conversion plans carried in the bill as passed by the house. but stricken out byl committee in the senate, and he added that he helieved the house would compel the scnate to write them in the bill again. Mr. Penrose’s speech was given over largely to explanations of technical pro- visions of the bill, although® he submit- government actuaries showing that tariff items in the hill would produce approximately $105,000,000 in the six months the law would be effective. He = $45,000,000 larger than the revenue received from the The senate recessed tonight in order that debate on the tariff measure might Mr. Penrose said- he would then attempt to reach as definite agreement with opponents of the bill for cago job printers ended today when their demand for a forty-four hours week was sranted and they agreed to accept a $4.35 a week reduction decided upon-by Dean Ralph Emerson Hellman, who was chosen arbiter by the employers and employes. | The announcement of the end of the strike was made after a five hour con- the , vice president of Typo- i said that. the granting of the forty-four hour week was “We were always wiling to accept the ter's wage cut of $4.35 a wesk, but we insisted that the installation of the Omiflished W i he We will immediately order 6,000 ers and prese The emploved will return to work to- Ap- TO ATTAIN 44-HOUR WEEK | 5.—Approximately 8,000. members of the International Typo- cause of the failure of employing book and job printers to accede to the demands John McParland, He said he believed the number had reached Mr. McParland said that contracts have head- many loclas have succeeded in obtaining He gave as the approx- imate number of men out now on strike 700, San ON ARMY TRANSPORT SOMME Bodies of 1,255 American soldiers who lost their lives in France and Belgium arived here today accom- des returning from GUARD DUTY IN COBLENZ Coblenz, May 5.—One. battalion of the Fifth United States infantry-has been as- sizned as a special railroad guard during the movement of French troops through IRELAND DURING ELECTION Democratic Leaders in*SenlfiLMM of Sir James Craig Attack ‘Tariff and Anti- - and Professor De Valera Re- garded of Great Importance. Dublin, May 5 (By the A. P.)—The meeting of Sir James Craig and Profes- sor De Valera today is regarded here as of great importance, in view of Professor De_ Valetd's proclamalion to the lrish péople early this week, in which he re- ferred to provision for such devolution in the administration of home affairs as to make for satisfaction and contentment. Sir James a few da; ago expressed a wish to meet the republican leader. The belief prevails jhat the object of the conference was an endeavor on the part of Sir James to secure from De Valera an_explicit Interpretation of this phrase in De Valera’s proclamation. The departure of Viscount FitzAlan, lord lieutenant and governor general of Ireland, for London is supposed to have a bearing on peace negotiations. The announcement that Siy James had interviews = with both Vicefoy FitzAlan and De Valeta has created the greatest interest here. They are being especially connected wit hthe reports of the Earl of Derby's interview with De Valera and Sir James Craig's call for a special mecting of the unionist party in Belfast tomorrow. The conference between Sir James and De Valera is regarded as a most hopeful sign for peace. It is said to involve on De Valera's part no necessary change in attitude, for the Sinn Feiners always have asserted their willingness to meet any Irishman. In pelitical quarters here today it was declared that the latest move of Sir Craig required courage, as 1t was asseried that he has a critical situation to face, and that the elections in the north may provoke cross currents and differen from the extreme Protestants, as well as from the prohibitionists and others in the jurry over conventional reforms. Since assuming responsibility for the future of the Ulster government, it was said Sir James had realized the value of assist- ance in the south and, while determined to maintain separate the rights of the north he was anxious to secure an agree- ment for the management by the central council of matters common to all Ireland. Political leaders asserted that the main difficulty between Sir James and De e. in th th ing with home rule and advancing after- wards to common action, while De Valera desired to start with unity but was will- ing to accerd the morth of Ireland all necessary detolution. p- u- counsellors on both sides of the contro- versy have been consulted. The attitude of any move for peace between the north Te | 28TeE: n- A LEADING SINN FEINER ‘Dublin, May 5.—Patrick Moloney, al- leged to have been a prominent official in the republican army, and Sean Duffy, a volunteer headquarters in Dublin, are re ported officially to have been shot and killed in an affray with the police, nine- teen of whom were sent to surround a suspected farm at Gurthdrum. Tippera ‘When approaching the farm the police were fired.upon. They returned the fire and then pursued the fugitives half a mile, Killing two of them. The police suffered no casualties. iff | ELIOT PICTURES FUTURE ¥EDERATION OF THE WORLD Boston, May 5.—Students from 37 countries undergraduates at colleges in, or near this city, heard President (emeri- STRIKE FOR 44-HOUR WEEK |tus) Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard w versity tonight picture a future federa Chicago, May 5.—The strike of Chi-|tion of the world. The occasion of his address was a dinner given by the chamber of com- merce. The crown prince of Siam was among those present. “We have in the United States no such thing as a melting pot, no such thing as assimilation of all these races as a common stock,” Dr. Eliot said. “There never has been; there never will be. “Those Who have eves may see here an example for the whole world; many races living apart, but together, though different, in harmony; and more and more acquiring the common ideals of liberty and law. “Let that be your picture of the world hereafter; the nations living side by side, just like the states of our Union. It will be a federation of states, uneven in ize, but a united people composed of different racial elements in great va- riety. o 16 POINTS RECOMMENDED BY in RAILROAD BOARD APPEOVED New York, May 5.—Twenty distriet chairmen of the Middle Atlantic division of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Emploves and Shop Laborers today agreed that the sixteen points rec- ommended by the raiiroad labor board for incorporation in a new agreement to be signed by July 1 were acceptable without change. The chairmen were instructed to ar- range immediately meetings with railroad officials in each district to consider the new agreement. e BRITISH MINERS WILLING TO ACCEPT ARBITRATION at London, May 5 (By the A. P.).—The striking coal miners, it is reported, have intimated to_ the government their willing- ness to accept arbitration on the wages question by Sir Arthur Duckham with the view to immediate settiement of the strike. Sir Arthur was a member of the San- key coal commission and submitted a minority report favorable to the miners' claims. CAMP FIRE GIELS TO GIVE PRESIDENT SLIPPERS New York, May 5.—President Harding's size for bedroom slippers is 10 1-2, the president himself said teday in a letter addressed to Doris and Edith ~ Brown, Camp Fire Girls.. They planned to give him a bouquet of flowers while he was Tere for the unveiling of the Bolivar stat- ue. Failing to. reach the president, .the Egirls decided to send -him a pair of bed- room slippers, and wrote to ask the size. FEDERAL SUGAR REFINING €O..REDUCES QUOTATION New York, May 5.—The Federal Sugar Refining_compan~ todrvereduced its quo- tation off yennce sufa. 10 points to the lbu» 01 6.40Cpen pound fo. fine eranu- lated. the lawes; c_in, more tlan four years, “{'&-fi B, e yer- > sistep st Valera was that Sir James favored start- There is reason here for the belief that of the government appears to be in favor and south of Ireland and willing to make any modifications in the home rule act upon which the north and the south can RKILED IN FIGHT WITH POLICE leading Sinn Feiner, connected with Irish | BRIEF TELEGRAMS “The Izvestia of Moscow prints & report that Japan is planning decisive action against the soviets. Phe newly-clected mayor city e cil of Thayer, Kansas, is an entirely fem- tration. of a new state of !(.r_tll.'- Tllinois is advocated by Senator Joan T. Denvir of Chicago. Gevernor Small of Illineis signed tbe soldiers bonus bill, providing $15 a month, subject to vote of the people in November, 1922, J. H. Thomas, general socretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, preés dicted that the British strike ~of “coal miners would be over in a week. Savings deposited in charatered banks of Canada on March 31, totalled 31,319, 1420196, an increase of $121,422,626 over corresponding month in 1920. H. H. Stevens, of Vancouver, B. C.y charged in the house of commons that airplanes are used to smuggle drugs from incoming steamships on the Pacific coast. “'\ll.“l B. Littlefield, former presi of the Manufacturers’ Naticnal hln)‘; of Lynn, Mas: died of injuries sustained in an automobile collision at Peabody. The British tanker Impece, which stranded on Blonde rock, off Yarmouth, on April 5 while on a voyage from Hall-/ tax to St. John, was refloated. A box shop and grist mill owned by Louis F. Trafton at Sanford, Maine, were burned by a fire of unknown origin, with a loss estimated at $70,000. The American Railway express rom- pany announced it had notified its 80,000 employes that it contemplated a revision in wages, effective June 1. A wage reduction of $4.35 & week for each of the four major printing crafts in Chicago was announced by an arbitration board. Approval of the propesed trip of the Yale swimming team to Hone- lulu this summer was announced by the board of control of the University Athle- tie gssociation. John Albert Sieicher, editer of Leslie Weekly since 1398, and president of the Leslie-Judge company of New York. died at his home in Albany, N. Y., after a long. illnese. Sixty-five t Japanese freighter Tokuyo Maru, which burned Monday, off Cape Mears, Seattle, Oregon, were landed in Seattle, Wash. Princeton University received s large ghare of the estate of Moses Taylor Pyne, New York philanthropist and a trustee of the institution. . The eighth annual cemvention of the national foreign trade council opened in Cleveland with approximately 2,000 del-’ egates present. Greece and the sultan’s goveramest have been notified by the ailied high commission that the neutrality of Con- stantinople and of the siraits must be eb- served. N Captain Merion C. Cooper, the Ameri- can member of the Kosciuszko aerial squedron who recently escaped to Riga from soviet Russia, arrived in Warsaw, weak, but in good health. John H. Reeves, prominent retired man- ufacturer, was shot and seriously wouna- ed in the Hermitage club in Nashville, Tenn., by James a Grundy, a well known salesman, who then ended his own life. Brown Unlevrsity anmounced that be- ginning with the new term next Septem- ber all undergraduate tuition fese would be advanced to $250 per Yyear, an- in- crease of $50. Fifteen seouting vessels and all avall- able aireraft have been ordered to make a thorough search beiween Hawaii and the Pacific coast for the missing naval tug Conestoga. Dr. Kenneth €. ) Bowdoin college, has been elected presi- dent of the board of goverfors and vis- iters to the naval academy. Indian bands attacked the vill: ot Juli in southern Peru, on April 30, ana many persons were killed and wounded before gendarmes and civilians drove the aborigines from the town. Food supplies for the people of Ar- menia left Constantinople on_the' steam- er Georgia, which sailed for Batum with a cargo of 1,300 tons of food furnished by the Near East relief. Plans for an extension of mews cable service were adopted today at the annual meeting of the Canadian Press, newspa- per owners from ail parts of Canada at- tended, An Oppeln despatch from a German source says that the inter-allied commis- sion has decided to incorporate three thousand Germans, preferably Upper Si- lesians, in the plebiscite police. In the Liverpool and Birkenhead docks there are 15 els. aggregating 282,284 tons. lying idle, their idieness due almost wholly to the coal mine strike and the consequent impossibility of ob- taining coal for the steamers' bunkers. Antonlo Amnettl, 55, & laborer, was Killed in New Haven when three tons of stone fell on him while he was working in the excavation being made for the new natiénal headquarters building of thd Knights of Columbus. Fortune smiled on John Brazell of Lan. sing, Towa, a farm hand, when the plow which he was operating unearthed $1,300 in gold. The money was in a glass jar 'nd apgarently had been burned years ago. ATl but nine of the indictments agaimst 139 officers of the old Austrian army, members of the “death legion” who were placed on trial in Vienna on Monday charged with conspiracy, were deciared outlawed by the court. A verdiet $1662.97 awa: to Jo- siah B. Stebbins of North Adams) Mass., in a suit against the Heosac Valley Sav- ings bank of that city, has been reduced to 15 cents by Judge F. W. Fosdick of the superior vourt. Service on the Felyske Street Railway company lines between Chicopee Falls and Holyoke, suspended 37 days ago be- ‘cause of jitney competition were resum- ed following action of the Holvoke board of aldermen in banning jitneys from that city. Reported discovery of gold vein ix the vicinity of Kanfiaubaza, Gatineau Dis- trict. Quebec, caused many residents ‘of Ottawa to-leave th= ~itvAto stake tneir claime. Samples sent to the vrovinelal’ governmen’ laboratory at Mentreal - a8 saved at 33 a ton. 3 TIED UP BY NARINE TR Cnnl‘llnSu'ld—meShtednShip.lAn Ful Manned With Replacement Crews—Union Heade Officials Expressed Themselves as Well Pleased the Day's Developments—Secretary Davis Still New York,May 5—Twe American pas-jconciliation had mot . senger linesS, the Caliao, for South Amer-|day when representatives of the marins ica, and Ahe Potomac. for Lremen and|engineers went to the Danzlg, Ahe faiter a local storm center in |labor and asked for & the naflon-wide strike of marine worker: were /loaded today with passengers and cargo and were moved (rom their docks 10 fin anchorage in the: lower. harber. Bgth ships, owners said, are fully ma ith replacement crews and will thin, twenty-four hours. - Union' leaders | White Heuse ai assert they are short of men. and then resured the SHE Other ships made ready for sailing to- |the men. Concerning his day, according to local officials of the|ident Harding he onty United States shipging board, are the Hog | had had “a deMghtful 45 minutes.” 1sland, Waiter D. Munson, Lake Eeacon, | Subsequently Chairman Benson of the Esperanza, lowan and the K. L Lucken- | shipping board back. Union. officials - declare none of o joected alone far these vessels, are-fully manned and that non-union men, particularly licensed en- | were called in for the joint gineers, are not available to replace those|parties maintained who have waiked out. Clearances record- | the progress of the negotiations which ed loday at the United -States customs |continued for severa] hours. v house showed the names. of eight Aiseri-| Secretary Hoover took mo part in the can ships detained for American coast. |negotiations but £ald today that proge Mexican- dnd Cuban -ports. These ‘are|ress was being made toward a setties usually filed twelve to twenty-four hours|ment. At the same time shipping board betore sailing. officials =ald they were standinz firm A statement issue;dat the-office of the | their determination. to maintats. the 15 Shipping board asserted that its operat-|per cent. reduction in -wages recently ing activities here have not been mate- |announced <. rially. hampered by the strike and tiiat a| In discussing conditions,” Chal substantial - number .of licensed officers | Benson said the board was invest reports that some of its operators signed men at the old wage scale, [} and men have tendered thelr services to man. the: ships when they are ready to sail. Lo . ing tha€ if found to be true, prompt me- AL union, headquarters officials ex-|tion would be taken (o withdraw gov Dressed ‘themseives as well ratisfied with |ernment ships from their control Ship: the.day’s dewelopments. ping movement, he said. was practieally _'l.'hf Potomac passed Quarantine at 11|normal and 45 of 50 shipping board vie- pclock tomi€ht, outward bound om her|sels had sailed this week Ocean trade trans-Atlamtic voyage. was picking un. he sald, adding that te- day he had allocated more shipg i for operation tham at any one time for thres months, ouid g0 i reaching any agreement. nned Secretary Davis postponed *‘ sail [enca for an hour while he 4 SEC'Y DAVIS AT WORK ON CONCILIATION PLANS ‘Wasnington, May 5.—In tne first joint conference - since negotiations between representatives of the engineers and tho shipping board and owners were ab- ruptiy terminated last week, ‘Secretary Davis tonight attempted to reach a solu- tion of the wage difficulties whica have threatened ‘a_tieup of American smipping at Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf. port After a day which apparentiy - was productive of no Progress, the stage of Joint discussion. was reached tonight, leading to hopes that a solytion mutual- ly. satigfactory to all parties would be found’ " As the joint sonference, which continued umtil a late hour, proceeded, the ‘secretary endeavored to Xet m toucn by telephone with W. A. Thompson. of New “York, and other owners to includ within its scope all interested parties, No word of the success attending the nego- tiations, however, was made public. The first intimation that ail hope of CONFERENCE OF MARINE WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS ‘Washington, May settlement of the which threatens a tie-up of shipping appeared considerably brighter tonight as the result of x joint confer- ence of Chairman Benson of the ghipping board and representatives of the marine engineers with Secretery Davis. The discubsionoo, which was the first beid with more than_one party to the .cofe troversy present with the secretary last week, was adjourncd at a late bour o be resumed tomorrow. 4 Although ship owners were not present tonight, they were kept iformed of de- velopments by telephone.. All parties ere.silent as to the progfbss of tae Le- o gotiations but as they emergal the labor secretary’s office were smile ing. UNEMPLOYMENT INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY - Washington, May 5.—Unemployment throughout the country increased four- ténths of one per cent. during April. ac- cording to figures made - public tomight by the department of labor. A decrease of 7,037 workers from the payrolls of 1,424 firms in 5 principal in- dustrial centers, nermally employ ing 501 or/more, or a total of 1,660,000, was ghown by the labor department statis- ties. Since January these firms hav Jet out almost 50,000 employes, or 2.9 per cent. Of 53 industrial centers east of tne Mississippi, 23 showed decreases in em- ployment during April,-against 25 shoW- ing improvement. The Pacific coast, the statement said, almost universally lost ground. inactivity ‘in shipbuilding and lumbering accounting for much of the re- duction. In the iron and steel industries there was a decrease of employment of 34,05 or 7.8 per cent., but automobile matu- facturing, which showed the biggest gain in employment. of all industries, added 31986 workers, an ineréase of 22.3 per cent. for the month. Automobiles, leather, textiles and qgiors, the four industries showing recov eries, took 42,638 workers. Detroit. Chicago. Toledo and Passale showed the. greatést numerical-gains in employment. in the New England district unem- ployment and part time employment was reported general.in almost all lines, in- cluding steam and eleetric transporta- tion. Cotton textiles were said 'to be operating well but the prediction was made that with the arrival of summer, olen and worsted mills now operatipg 75 mer cent. of mormal would shew de- creases. DAMAGING TESTIMONY AGAINST MRS. STILLMAN ew York, May 5.—Dr. Hugh Russell, a chiropractor of Buffalo, N. Y., testify~ ing today at a hearing on th divercs suit brought by James A. Stillman, bank- er, declared that Mrs. Annie U. Stillman, while under his _treatment in April 1918, told that her husband was not the ther of an expected child. The child, uy Stillman, who is named with his mother and Fred Beauvais, an Indian gude, in the divorce suil, was bora the following November. While the -testimony was given behind closed doors, the defendant’s attorneys admitted it had been offered and condi- tionally accepted by the referee over thetr objections. The question of iis final ad- missibility probably will be argued in the trial courts. Dr. Russell said that Miss Anne Sl man had accompanied her mother on the. trip to Buffalo, and that while they were there Mr. Stillman arrived. Defendant's counsel quoted Dr. Russell as sa thdt the father, mother and da took tea at Dr. Russell's home and went on an automobile ride with him Niagara Falls. Strenuous pbjections to the doctor's tes< timony were made by defendant’s counsel, who declared that it was noonlf confi- dential and privileged, therefore inad= missable, but dlso a violation of profes- sional ethics. = Mrs. Stillman was present 1 the hearing. She was was driven to hearing room oy her son, James St who told reporters that. he would” stick his mother and would testify in her half, it necessary. Thoss who® | anied her into the hearing room she kept her customary poise and posure even smiling occasionally at . | of the testimony. ~Mr. Stiliman was sent. 5 A letter said to have been written by Beauvais, to Mrs. Stillman and to have contained terms of endearment, was ad- | mitted as evidence over objsctions of the defense after the handwriting had identified as Beauvais' by Bernard Ki s CONDUCT OF NAVAL ACADEMY ATTACKED IN THE SENATE ‘Washington, May 5—Naval . agademy authorities were attacked and defended today in. the senate, the discussion grow- ing out of the whoiesale failure of mid- shipmen in examinations- last January. , Senator Pomérene, -democrat, Ohie, charged that the academy -officials -were “intent on hazing congress” by virtual Tefusal to observe the law requiring that for three years superintendent of Stillman.summer home at Pleasantville. WARNING OF A STORM 2 ALONG ATLANTIC COASY midshipmen failing in . their examination be given an opportunity to make up their work. Senator Robinson, democrat, Ar- kansas, defended the academy administra. tion. Calling attention tRat 236 midehipmen had failed in January, the Ohio senator said ther were required to submit to an almost immediate re-examination and the 110 who then failed were forced to hand In.their resignations. He argued that the law provided that the men be given op- portunity _either to receive additional in- struction or to drep back into the lower class. ew York, May 5.—Warning of storm along the eastegn coast from ton to Atlantic City ived by the local weather burea: as. York and adjacent seacoast towns recovering from yesterday's heavy and win which caused extensive The 75-mile gale which swept the har- bor last night, causing great inconvenls ence to “shipping. dropped tonight to 23 miles an hour. Occasional heayy rains fell during the evening. ‘The weather. bureau promised clear skies with ris- ing temperature. P —_— e T MRS. EMMA C. BERGDOLL TO BE SENTENCED Philadeiphia, May 5.—Mrs. Bergdoll and four others found aiding Grover and Erwin sert from the army will May 17, They were MATEENITY BILL IS ATTACKED BY FPHYSICIANS ‘Washington, May " 5.—The ' Sheppard- ‘Towner maternity bill came under the fire of physicians today before & senate com- ‘mittee. s Dr. Alfred F. Questy, representing the physicians of Fitchburg, Mass., declared the federal mitermity and infaney aid proposed was :superfiuous. and demanded by no one “except a few women who have money to burn and time to waste. il mieo was attacked by Dr. Charief O'Donovan of Baltimore as a niravention of the general welfare clause of {he constitution and | burden om ihe 200 RN o