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Mm & PRICE TWO CENTS VOL. LXI NO. 197 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH CONN., TUESDAY, A. 19, 1919 EIGHT PAGES 64 COLS. 77 wf''' " TREATY CONFERENCE AT WHITE HOUSE TODAY PROMISES TO DECOME HISTORIC in Some Respects Unparalleled In Ameri5an History- Pres ident Wilson Will Talk Over , the Peace Negotiations and the Treaty With the Senate Foreign Relations' Com mitteeMeeting is to Be on Lines of an Open Forum Discussion at Which the Whole Nation Can Look on President is to Be Asked Questions Regarding the League of Nations, Japanese Control In Shantung and Just What Part the United States is to Take In Reconstruc tion. "" , " . "Washington. Aug. IS. At a confer enca in some respects unparalleled in American history. President Wilson will talk over the peace negotiations and the treaty with the senate foreign relations committee tomorrow at the Vi hite House. By virtue of extraordinary plans to Inform the public of every word that is spoken, the meeting- will have the as pect of an open forum discussion at .which the whole nation can look on. As head of the American peace dele jration and one of the inner circle which formulated the world settle ment at Versailles, the president is to be asked the meaning and purpose of provisions of the league of nations covenant, the reasons behind the de cision to give Japan control in Shan-tun-: province, Just what part the United States is to take in recon struction, and many other questions raised in senate consideration of the treaty. Whether Mr. Wilson will answer fully in so public a manner all the questions put to him or will consider that some of the information he re ceived at the peace table should be held in confidence as a matter of na tional policy, remains conjectural. But the committee members mean to give him the opportunity, if he chooses, to tell the whole of the inside story be hind the treaty. Today the committee heard its first direct account of the Shantung nego tiations from Thomas F. Millard, an American writer, who acted as adviser TO TEST LEGALITY OF RESTRICTING IMPORTS London. Aug. 18. The legality of the government's system of restricting imports to those licensed by the board of trade, is to be tested in the courts by Sir John Simon, former attorney general and secretary or state for home affairs in 1015-16. Sir John, who is one of the foremost British lawyers and who is making a fight to uphold the principal of free trade, announc ed today that he proposes to import without license some of the commodi ties now under -the .government's em Jarrr.i and to carry the matter to the courts. The present system of licensing, which limits certain imports to a per centage of the pre-war business, is said by critics of the present system to effect severely many American manufacturers. Authority- to restrict imports Is claimed by the government under the customs act of 1S76, which prohii,'ts the importation of arms, ammunition gun powder or any other goods." Op- pnents of the licensing system assert the term "or any other goods," -meant only goods of a similar character. Sir John has been one of the leaders in the discussion carried on I the frte traders. MUST FORGET POLITICS TO DEAL WITH HIGH PRICES Washington, Aug. 18. Congress must forget partisan politics and solve the high cost of living at once. Sen ator Walsh, democrat. Massachusetts, oec.arwi in an aaaress today. "It is the cause of all the unrest, discontent, strikes and business uti certainty in this country today," Sen ator aisn said. "It is doing more than that It is causing distrust, of the go'ernment it self. " Although President "Wilson called . congress" attention to the vjtuatin t?n days ago virtually noih-ng has been done. Senator Walh said. FEDERAL AND STATE EFFORTS TO REDUCE COST OF LIVING Washington. Aug. 18. Attorney Gen eral Palmer today endorsed a sugges tion by Governor Gardner of Missouri, that the conference of governors ap point a committee to confer with him and help co-ordinate federal and state efforts .to reduofce the cost of living. In a telegram to Governor Gardner at Salt Lake City. Mr. Palmer said the hearty co-oneration and assistance of state agencies would be helpful in the government's campaign. Mr. Palmer left today for New York to confer with the fair 1 price board for that city. AMERICAN TANK STEAMER AFIRE AT PIR AT HAVRE Havre. Aug. 18. fHavas.)The American tank steamer George C. Henry caught fire today and 500,000 franca worth of goods on th pier 10 which, the steamer was moored wore! consumed. The tanker was badly damaged. The George C. Henry left New Tork on August 2 with a eii-sro of ofl. The vessel registers 7.000 tons and is owned by the Pan-Ame.-iean Petrole um and Transport Company of I, 3 Angeles. . - FINISH PREMIER OUTLINES GOVERNMENTS POLICIES Helsingfors, Sunday. Aug. 17. Premier Vennola. outlining, the gov ernment's policies today, declared that its principal duty is td support kin dred peoples in. their struggle against Bolshevism. Finland, he said, hopes to strengthen its good relations with the Scandinavian countries. The gov ernment will see to the enforcement of the prohibition act, he added, and is determined to suppress all attempts to disturb public order or to spread Bolshevism. . , ACTORS DEFENDANTS IN $500,000 DAMAGE SUIT New Tork, Aug. IS. For having Joined the actors' strike which has -!osetf fifteen theatres in this city, Kddie Cantor, and other stars of "Ziegfeld's Follies" were named today as defendant? in suits for" $500,000 damages brought by Ziegfeld's Follies, inc.- ! to the Chinese peace delegation. He said the settlement was reached after the Japanese virtually had threatened to bolt the conference, but he added that. President Wilson seemed to be, alone in considering the threat ' more than a "pure bluff." All the American experts on Far Eastern affairs at Versailles, Mr. Mil lard declared, agreed that the settle ment meant war. He had heard that a similar view was exnressed in the letter from General Bliss to the presi dent which the latter has declined to send to the senate as a matter of pub lic policy. The United States, the witness asserted., could not avoid be ing draw ninto such a war. . . ,' Mr. Millard gave it, as his personal view, based 'on twenty years' experi ence with Far Eastern politics, that Japan never would leave Shantung until she was confronted with "a su perior force." Asked whether he meant a superior moral 'force imposed by the league of nations, he replied: "I mean material force. Japan does not care a snap of "her fingers for moral force." During the day the strategic nosi- tions of the opposing forces in the treaty ratification fight in the senate showed no sign of change, but there was another outburst of debate during wnicn senator Borah, republican, Ida ho, declared that hews of unrest abroad was being suppressed by Brit ish and French news agencies "while the senate Is being whinned to ratifv the treaty before the facts are known." TO RESELL STOCK OF FIRST REINSURANCE CO. OF MUNICH Hartford, Conn., Aug. 18.-Tfie stock of the First Reinsurance company of Munich, which recently was sold here at the direction of Alien Property Cus todian Francis P. Garvan, will be again auctioned off to the highest bid der, it was announced tonight. The new sale will take place in the first week in September and the terms will provide that the purchaser and his as sociates must be buying for themselves as an. investment and not forspecu-. lative purposes.- - , "" - Goodwin Beach of. this city was the recent purchaser, bidding $785,000. He was unable to form. a syndicate "satis factory to the alien property custodian, it was said, and his deposit of $50,000 win De returned. . . . ' PRINCE OF WALES PAID A VISIT TO NOVA SCOTIA Halifax, X. S Aug. 18. Cheered by an enthusiastic crowd which followed him through gaily decorated streets throughout the day, the Prince of Wales paid a visit to Nova Scotia to dav. ft was the most strenuous day the royal visitor has had since his arrival in the new world, and while he showed some signs of fatigue, he was more than game at the finish, and bid the city farewell with the same easy grace with which he had greeted it. The prince landed at 10 a. m. and returned to his battleship, the Renown, at 9 p.m. ' , CAMPAIGN AGAINST HIGH PRICES IN NEW YORK New Tork. Aug. 18. Attorney Gen eral Palmer, addressing the fair price committee here today, appealed for aid in sending to jail "unconscientious profiteers" in the necessities- of life. He said he had come from Washington to give instructions for conducting . the campaign here for fair, prices because "New York is the natural leader in this movement, and the eyes of the nation are fixed upon it." "The prices set by fair price com mittees will be accepted as standard," said Mr. Palmer, "and charge ,sin ex cess of those prices will be prima facie evidence of profiteering." Daughter Of Congressman f In Play - - COevmaHTCUHCBINT,.WAHu . , Miss Taltelah Bankhead, the 17-year-old daughter of Congressmen Bankhead, . who has been selected ' out of 150 candidates, to play-the leading feminine role in a special - organisation which Is to present 5 the comedy 3 9 East" en tour. (Copyright Clinedinst from Press ' Illustrating.) ; I ) I Cabled Paragraphs Prince of Wales Visit. ' London, Aug. 18; The Prince of Wales, it is understood here, will re main in the United States for . ten days on his forthcoming visit. No Reply to Archduke Joseph. Paris, Aug. IS. (By The A. P.) The supreme council has decided that it will make no reply whatever to the communication of Archduke Joseph, governor of. state in Budapest, asking for recognition. " . IMPORTANT DECISIONS BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ..London'. Aug. 18 (By the A. P.). In a three hours' speech in the house of commons, in which he dealt with Great Britain's domestic affairs generally, David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, today disclosed three impor tant decisions of the government. Two of these had been widely discussed and the government's purpose with regard to them was anxiously awaited. One of the decisions was that the post-war plan of ultra protection, un der which imports were limited to those granted special licenses by the hoard of -trade, will be abandoned Sept. 1, and- the putting into effect of meas ures to prevent "dumping." The second decision was the rejec tion of the majority report of Justice Sankey s- coal commission Which pro vided for the gradual nationalization of coal mines, and in its stead launch ing a plan for partial government con trol by which the government will buy out the owners of coal lands who re ceive royalties from mining companies, give the miners a share in the :control of the mines, organize the mines into districts, and establish a fund for im proving the living conditions of min ers. Under the third decision the govern ment will embody in a bin recom mendations for a" joint industrial coun cil of employers and employes and a 48-hour week and a living wage ap plying to nearly a!l industries. During his address the premier placed responsibility for the. delay in making peace with Turkey on the United States. Great Britain, he said, desired to know how far the United States was prepared to assume her share in guaranteeing protection of people under the former Turkish yoke, and while awaiting this j information Great Britain had occuji fed Turkish territory. Mr. Lloyd George used strong words in dealing with the necessity for the promoters of the league of nations to show good faith , by reducing arma ments. , The premier dealt at length with the economic situation. The war, he said, had cost Great , Britain t 40,000.0$Q..Q00 pounds 'sterling "and aft : outstanding fact of the present situation was an alarming adverse trade balance. The national debt, he pointed out. had grown from 641 000.000 pounds sterling to 7.800.000.000 pounds sterling. "We cannot prosper," said Mr. Lloyd George, "we cannot even exist without recovering and maintaining our inter national trade. The premier declared that Great Britain would never improve economic matters until there came an increase in production. "There is no other al ternative." he exclaimed, "except quit ting the country for which we fought foi four years." The occasion for the speech of the premier was the closing of the sum mer session of the house of commons. Mr. Lloyd George really was speaking on the defensive, for his government is under a remarkable bombardment from a large majority of the news naners of the kingdom, which are charging it with enormous extrava gances under headlines such as ''The Road to Ruin." MANAGERS MAY MEET ' ' ACTORS IN CONFERENCE New Tork, Aug.'. 18. Three import ant development all calculated to cheer the spirits of New York's Thes pian strikers were reported tonight in the labor dispute of the Actors' Equity Association and the Producing Managers Protective Association. For the first time since the strike was called, the managers indicated a willingness to attend a conference at which representatives of the Equity would be present. - Four more Broadway productions went into . a total eclipse, closed by the sympathetic strike of stage hands and musicians. Plans for spreading the stage hands and musicians strike to the hitherto undisturbed vaudeville and burlesque houses were reported to be under way at headquarters of the stage hands and musicians unions. The conference of actors and man agers was suggested by Eugene Wal ter and Avery Hopwood, playrights, who sent messages to the hostile camps asking appointment of repre sentatives to confer with them. , The producing managers agreed im mediately and named George M. Co han, iJJavid Belasco, Winchell Smith and Arthur Hopkins as their represen tatives, declaring they would be ready to enter conference at 3 o clock this afternoon. - No word was received from the Actors' Equity Association up to a late hour tonight, but it was hoped that the conference could be arranged or tomorrow. . More than 2,000 striking actors, act resses, stage hands and musicians marched this afternoon in one of the most unusual parades ever seen in the streets of Manhattan. Swinging along singing and shouting, and . carrying flags and banners, the procession marched through the heart of the the atrical district from Sixty-Third street down Broadway to Madison square. Despite the rain, high spirits 'marked the march, and the actors war song, "One For All. All For . One, and- All for Equity," rang .clearfrom start to finish. ' : i'ffEW ',fc, . . FORCED, OWNERS TO REDUCE PRICES OF SUITS 50 PER CENT. Brest,' Aug. 18. Manifestants against the high cost of living invaded, the large clothing" stores today and forced the owners to ; reduce ;the prices of suits 50 per cent. The 4 proprietors have asked for ponce prgtection. $25,000 Fire at Wallingford. Wallingford, Conn.. Aug. 18. Stock barns owned by the Wallace Jlolstein company, were destroyed by fire here -tonight, with a' loss estimated at $25, 000. All livestock was removed safely, but large quantities of hay and grain were burned. The origin of the fire was undetermined. . - . $S0O,000 Suit Fifed Agcinst Strikers Pittsburgh Railways . Com pany Alleges- Breach of ': Contract. j.-.v Pittsburgh, Pa.. . Aug. ' IS; A suit asking $900,009 damages, was filed, at 4 o'clock this afternoon by the re ceivers of the Pittsburgh Railways Company against the local division of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric .Railway Employes, al leging breach " of contract by ; 3,000 striking motormen . and conductors who have tied up trolley transporta tion here since last Thursday mid night, when they rejected the national war - labor board's award of a five cents an hour wage increase. The men demanded "a 12 cent raise and suspended their' strike last May pend ing the board's decision,' which they agreed to abide by. The suit is brought jointly against the union, its officers and members. TURKS SLAUGHTERED BY GREEKS AT SMYRNA : Boston, Aug. 18. Details of killings and idsorders which ' marked the oc cupation of Smyrna by Greek troops on May 14 are contained in a letter from ian American educator stationed in Asia Minor which has been receiv ed here. '.'Some Greek soldiers were killed but the slaughter of Turks was far more serious,' - the letter saia. There was no estimate of -the number of . casualties, which .previously had been reported, at several thousand, but the writer asserts that "reputable Americana saw men murdered' and their bodies thrown into the sea.; even men with their hands in the air," add ing that a few were target for any soldier." .. The American consulate !n the midst of the storm of bullets, says the ac count, which, however, contains no American casualties. The captain " of the United ; States battleship- Ariona, which, with other American ships and warships of the entente , p -wers, was in the harbor, sent twenty men to the consulate as a guard. The . writer quotes the Arizona's commander as refusing to supply a larged tniard be cause while "this occupation was or dered by the high council of the peace conference, the United States not be ing at war with Turkey was not a party to the events connected with the Greek occupation. The captain of the Arizona is quoted further .is explain ing that the commander cf tho en tente warships in - the ' harbor "had agreed not to take part; only to send a small guard to the respective con sulates." For- this reason, tho letter says, the commander held he vas pow erless to grant a request for a guard of two men over the orphanage of the American Commission for Relief in the Near East, where there were : 110 children. . ., . ' Although he says ."if wis apparent for nearly a weex.tnat sanaettnius-was going -to happen," - the writsjr. of,,, the letter - remarks that it "was not until the day- befdre the occupation that word came that "the British had in formed the Turkish authorities that the Greeks were to occupy the. city and that at four o'clock th allies were to send guards to their re?pee:vc consulates." .. Americans were notified that in case of danger they would be protected at the consulate. - The events, connected wtih the oc cupation are recited by the writer as follows: ..' , . . "It seems that the Greeks landed early. Then, with, the bishop in the procession, they advanced down the quay. Somewhere near the Konak (government house - they met with some resistance. Some Greek soldiers were killed, but the slaughter of Turks was far more serious. The soldiers fired promiscuously and for some time the firing was general. ' "With this beginning, the Greeks' blood was up. Although this was to t a military occupation and political and religious affairs were not to be interfered with, high government of ficials, including the governor of this important province were compelled to march down the quay under armed guards with their hands hicrli in the air. Looting was carried' on. "All night there was firing around us and two guards were fired at. In the morning we discovered that all of the civilians, even boys, in the neierh boring village of Prophetelia had been supplied with rifles and bayonets and firing was general. Plunder was cart ried from looted Turkish homes . in daylight, and word -came that a petty tax gatherer, a . Turk, had been car ried from his home by the ruffian gang and murdered. I went to see the body. A few people were nearby and among xnem a ureeK soiaicr. immediately aft er lunch n pi-v-i battle took place to me soutn or nav The hospital o- the American com mission for relief in the Near East. still uncompleted, was hastily opened for emergency work and received "wounded people and dead bodies." the letter continued. "This morning there were some rorty odd, mostly uniden tified' Turks." Looting continued at Shyrna and outlying villages for a day or two. out troops in each instance stopped and the pillaging and efforts weer made to restore some goods, the writer said. - . - DANGER OF PACKERS ENTERING OTHER LINES Washington, Aug. 18. The dancer as seen Dy the lederai trade commis sion in the entrance of the packing in dustry into lines of business beyond the packing of meat- was described by William . B. ' Colver, member of the commission, today to the eenate agri culture committee wheti it opened its hearing on the Kenyon bill to regulate tne packing industry. The refrigerator car and their use or -it, said Commissioner Colver. re iernng-io me nve nig pacKers, was not in itself a bad thing. But thev have turned the refrigerator car into a traveling wholesale . grocery. ; oeddliner at every city . in the country every day almost everything that people, eat. When the packers, he continued have found . their customers - buying sometning else besides tne meat .they have to sell., or its by-products, they have gradually commenced to get into the business of supplying the , other things." Mr. Colver said some credit, . how ever, was due the creators and execu tives of the industry. , "Their- utilization -of every possible animal product '. and by-product, and the - extensive ramifications necessary to accomplish this," he" said,' "arc eco nomic and , desirable activities. ; - Their profits are-no ta poirit the commission has emphasized, though 'the advertised claims of a low.profit on sales of fresh meat should be scrutinized very care fully," ..',.. . . . I Dxisai Dnndits Shoot An'd Plunder Perm. Mex. Fuel CoM an Am erican Corporation, Robbed of 25,000 Pesos. f ; Washington, Aug. 18. Mexican ban dits operating in the vicinity, of Jimi nez recently' attacked a truck-train of -the ' Alverado Mining and' Milling Company . en .route to Parral. Des patches to the state department today telling of the attack said that Leslie Webb,, an American . employe of the company, was injured slightly. .Another despatch reaching the de partment, said that ' bandits raided the office, or the Penn-Mex Feul Com pany, an . American corporation, last Thursday and robbed it of 25,000 pesos. - AWAITING NEWS OF THE AVIATORS HELD FOK RANSOM ; Washington, Aug. lS.-Offioials here tonight, after-a day during which the Mexican situation was to the fore, awaited news of the release by Mexi can bandits of Lieutenants' Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson, Ameri can, army aviators. - . - . " Prompt measures to obtain the re lease of .the aviators, who were can tured by the bandits near Candelaria. Tex., and for whom $15,000 ransom has Deen demanded,-were expected by state aepartment omclals following-. the for warding of instructions to the Ameri can embassy at Mexico City to call upon the Mexican government for 'im mediate adequate action." Although Secretary . Baker spent most of the day at the capitol before a senate military affairs sub-committee, giving his views on the nation's permanent military policy, there were several conferences at the war depart ment at which the- situation resulting from the indignities upon American military , officers were understood to have been discussed. Returning to the department late in the day, Mr. Baker refused to divulge the contents of late department despatches. He also re fused to discuss the situation beyond saying: , , - - "As soon as it is safe to do so, I will issue a statement." ' - The secretary's remark, made as he passed out the door of his office on his way to play tennis, was -regarded in some quarters as significant, especially his emphasises on a statement being forthcoming only after it was "safe" to make one. ".--' $15,000 RANSOM RAISED , AT COWBOY CAMP MEETING - El Paso, Tex, Aug. 18. Assurances were anxiously awaited along the bor der tonight of the safety of Lieuten ants Paul H. Davis and Harold G. Peterson, held by Mexican bandits for $15,000 ransom. s , The payment of the money, author ized by the United States government, was expected to'.bje made late'today to an agent of the bandits at or near Candelaria, Tex,- The two'armjr fliers are being held prisoner south of the Mexioan border, opposite Candelaria, it was stated, but what arrangements had- been made to follow the payment of the ransom fund at Candelaria, or how soon the two officers might be ex pected at tthe border, was not an nounced. : The money was taken to Candelaria today by H. M. FennelL vice president of the M,arfa bank, un der a United States army military guard. The fund" was raised last night at a cowboy camp meeting in the Big Bend ' district, but the subscriptions will be returned to the donors, it was announced following receipt of author ization today from Major General Dickman, commander of the southern department, to foot the ransom bill. Aviators on detached service at Big Bend headquarters also left Marfa to day for Candelaria. presumably to keep a lookout for their returning comrades. General. Francisco Gonzalez, Mexi can commander at Juarez, and in com mand of the . Ojinaga district, where Lieutenants Davis' and Peterson are held, today was served by American Consul A- E. Dow, at Juarez, with the request of the state department, for the immediate release of the vaiators. FEDERAL GRAND JURY TO PROBE SUGAR SITUATION Boston, Aug. 18. The sugar situa tion' will cleaim the attention of the federal grand jury tomorrow when i convenes in special - session to" begin an investigatton of the hi urn cost of living. Evidence gathered by the department of justice agents active in the governments food investigation will be. presented at that time, ac cording to United States Dijtric- At torney Thoma J. Boynton. who said tonight that other commodities would be considered later. Whether the unusually larg'j sup plies or several foodstuffs stored 111 Boston warehouses are hein held un lawfully has not yet been determined according to Mr. Boynton. Ha added that predicitions of wholcsal" arrests 'Wpot warranted by-the evidence at nana. Long, litigation is expected over the Hour seized Saturday in a faouta Bos ton warehouse, where it remains in the custody of a United states mar shal. , Work will be starts! tomorrow counting the 16.588 bags mentioned in the libel. Owners of the flour, esti mated to be worth $75,000. are pre paring.for a legal battle when the mat ter comes before a. federu Judge on September 2. DIVORCE SUIT AGAINST REGINALD C. VANDERBILT Newport, R. I., Aug. 18. Mrs. Cath- leen (Nielson) Vanderbilt began di vorce proceedings against .her husband. Reginald C. Vanderbilt, of New lork. foday by having service made on him at his farm in Portsmouth. Mrs. Van derbilt alleges desertion and will ask for the custody of their only, child, a daughter. Cathleen. The case will come up in the Newport county superior court in the, fall. Mr. and Mrs. Van derbilt were married sixteen years ago. He is the youngest son of the late Cor nelius .Vanderbilt.- - TROUBLE OVER RUMANIAN . HUNGARIAN ARMISTICE Paris, Aug.- IS. The Budapest news papers state that the Rumanians have presented- new "armistice conditions to the Hungarian government, which has. forwarded them to the allies, according to - a despatch . from the - .Hungarian capital. --- . - . The Hungarian government has de clined -to accept any modification of the terms of the armistice of Novem ber last, the despatch) adds. The National Association of Harp ists, was organized at a meeting at Boston attended by roucciaiis Vrcm vanoua- sections of the country. Mel ville A. Clark of Syracuse, X. Y.. waa elected president, - Condensed ' Telegrams '. Italian cabinet, it la reported, de cided not to iovy, an. inheritance tax at this time. ' 1 ' M Three miners were killed by the fall of slag and coal at the Filbert mine hear Uniontown, Pa. " . ' . Federal agents seized 15,588 bags of wheat flour at the Market Warehouse Co.. in South Boston. ' Continued improvement of-the con dition, of Thecfdore P. Shonts was an nounced by his physicians. . . Louis F. Swift announced Swift Co. would dispose ot all the company's interest in -tanning- and leather. - Seven persons were killed and-. 34 injured in a collision between an . ex press train and' a troop train in Paris. It was announced in Lisbon that 21 German ships being held in the 'har i6r would be turned over to Portugal. Two women passenger were seri ously burned-in an airplane , 600 feet above the aviation field at Venice, Cal. SteamahiB Editor, launched by the shipping board at Seattle. Wash., was named in honor of newspaper, woraers. Representatives of farmer appeared before the house agricultural commit tee and asked that price fixing be abol- Mayer Newman ef Pateraon, W. ordered placed on sale at fire houses 15 tons of ham and bacon .at 36 cents a pound. ' Statiatiea of labor de partment announced the high cost of living in New York increased 79. zz per cent, since 1914. A device to make telephone conver sation secret was invented by an elec trician at the central wireless station of the French army. War department ' announced dis charges from the army now total 3,- 208.759. leaving a net strength of 500.699 officers and men. Frederico Tinoco. who recently aban doned presidency of Costa Rica and fled the country, arrived at -Kingston, Jmaifla. en route to Paris. Several battalions ef Bolshevik trooDs were wiped out in a new offen sive of the Northwestern Russian armv. alone: the Luea river. Silk dyers and helpers at Pateraon, N.l., will be forced to wait until Oc tober 10 for. a -44-hour week by a de cision of the war labor board. Mexican government. ordered full in vestigation into the murder recently of Theodore Patterson, a British sub ject. In the state of Zacatecas. : Senate judiciary committee, it is re ported, approved the prohibition en forcement bill considerably changed from tiie ironclad bill adopted by the house. - - .. Two men were killed and two mor tally injured when an electric car from Woonsocket bound for Providence struck an automobile at a crossing at Lincoln, - - - Since the armistice was signed the war department received the resigna tion of 1.300 officers, who report they are unable to live comfortably on pres ent salary. - A party of men fired rifles on Rocky Island in the harbor of Queenstown. Ireland. The firing continued for some time. It was not known whether there were any- casualties. - Steamship Atlantus,. first concrete teamer to be lanuched 1 rbmj n Atlsui tie shipyard, and second operated:- -in the 'Atlantic waters, was turned over to the shipping board. . . f - , French newspapers report an Ameri can capitalist offered the French gov ernment annual royalty of 200. 000,000 for the tobacco monopoly. Minister of finance refused the offer. - New York Central railroad ran ex tra trains on the Harlem branch " to carry persons from the northern sec tion of The Bronx and way stations to the Grand Central terminal. Mexican chamber ef commerce is planning to organize a trade excursion of Mexican merchants to the United States and is preparing to receive sim ilar missions from the United States. Candidacy of Francis S. Peabody of Hinsdale, Chicago, a former assistant treasurer of the democratic national committee, for United States senator in the primaries of 1920 was announc ed. Hopes ef settling the strike -of 3.000 motormen and conductors of Pitts--burgh were held after a conference between receivers ,of the company, Btrike representatives and Mayor Bab- cock. SEVERELY WOUNDED BY . A DEFLECTED BULLET Greenwich. Conn.. Aug. 18. Michael Pouger. of Dumping Pond, is in the j Stamford hospital with eleven wounds in the body. W. W. Dashiell, a -resident of Palmer Hill, who is in busi ness in New York citV and has been held in bonds to await the outcome of Pouger's condition. An inquiry show ed that Dashiell yesterday was shoot ing at a crow. The bullaf deflected from a stone wall, traveled a half mile and struck Puoger who was talking with a party or men. 19 PERSONS INJURED ' IN TROLLEY, COLLISION Springfield, Mass, Aug. 18. Nine teen persons were injured, seven ser iously, tonight when an extra trolley car from Suffield crashed head-on into a heavily loaded Hartford-West Side eleetric north of Riverside, a pleasure resdrt near Springfield. The vesti bules of both cars were wrecked and the motormen badly hurt. Most of the passengers were hurt by glass -and flying snlentersv Ambulances Irom Springfield took seven of the victims to hospitals in this city and twelve were transferred to their homes in Springfield, SufHeld and Agawam. VETERANS OF FOREIGN . WARS IN ENCAMPMENT Providence, R. I., Aug. 18. More than 1,000 delegates met here today for the opening session of the ewen tieth national encampment' of Vete rans of Foreign War.- The encamp ment will continue through .Thursday'. Th: visitors were wslcomod by.Muycr Gainer and Presid-mt George L. Crocker of the chamber of i-omrafree. Tne women's auxiliary is meet'ng t the eame time. 4,571 CASES OF EGGS - SEIZED AT PORTLAND, ME. Portland. Me.. Aug. 18. Under a libel against the New England Cold Storage company of this city and J. R. Pools company - of Boston. United' States Marshal Wilson seived 4 571 cases of eggs at the New England company's plant today. The charge is hoarding, 'to obtain an excessive profit. This is the first seizure made in Maine under the hoarding law. The retail value of. ; the eggs at present prices is $123,000. GREAT BRITAIN REMOVES RESTRICTIONS ON BEER London, Aug. 18 (By the A. P.). All restrictions on the output of beer have been removed. The government an nounced today-that the bill restricting the output of beer would be vetoed at the next parliament session. Meantime Its provisions will not be enforced. NEW YORK TRACTION ST CALLED OFF Interborcugh Rapid Transit Employes Have Voted to Accept a Compromise Offered Them at a Conference of City - '. and State Officials -The Men are to Receive a Wage In crease of 25 Per Cent. -Question of the Additional 23 . Per Cent, Demanded is to Be Submitted to Arbitration. -New York. Aug.: 18. The strike which . for .two days' has ' paralyzed the subway " and elevated . system of the Interborough -. Rapid Transit Com-pany-in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brook lyn . and Queens . was formally called off tonight-by a vote of the strikers to , accept a compromise offered them at a . conferenece of : city and state officials this -afternoon,' " ; Under the terms, of settlement the men will receive a wage increase-of 23 per .cent and -it is provided that the question of whether- they shall rece-VJ the additional 25 per - cent demanded by thfim shall be submitted to arbitra tion. Resumption of service was or dered to take e fleet at midnight to night. , . ' . . The 25 per -cent, wage increase was made retroactive to August 1, and ac cording to Interborough officials,! means an' annual increase in the pay rolls, of Jo.000,000. .. ' - Settlement of the strike came at the end. of a chaotic, day in. which -the In terborough's 2,60ff;000- daily passengers plodded to work in a driving rain through , choked -thoroughfares? rode jammed surface car lines, steam NORMAL TRAIN SERVICE TO BE RESUMED WEDNESDAY ' New ' Haven, " Conn., Aug. 18. With the strike of shopmen and mechanics ended, the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad tonight announced the restoration of 48 trains, effective at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning, in addi tion to a score of trains put back to day. The notice said that normal pas senger train schedules and Pullman equipment will be resumed on Wed nesday, except for the Knickerbocker and Merchants Limited trains, which will be restored on Thunsday. . Among the trains to be restored to morrow are : Trains leaving Boston - for New York, via Willlmantic, at 7.46 a. m. and 1.40 p. m.; leaving New York for Bos ton, via Willlmantic, at 7.51 a. m. and 2.15 p. m.; .Bar Harbor and State of Maine express trains, via Worcester, from Washington and New York : leaving New York for Hartford at 1.45 p. m.; leaving Hartford for. New York at 3.1o p. m.;ileaving Boston for Prov idence at 7.-T9 . a. m. and 3.29 p. m.: leaving Providence for .Boston at 4 p. m. and. 11 p. m.; leaving New York for N ew Haven and Meriaen at 3.53 p. m, leaving New Haven for New 'York at 8.05 a. m.; leavlng --i'rovidenee - for Worcester at 9.40 a. m. and 12.05 p m.; leaving Worcester for Providence at 7.4 a. m. . . NATION LABOR PARTY TO BE FORMED IN NOV. Chicago, Aug. 18. A national labor party will be formed at a convention here in -.November as a result of steps taken today at a conference of labor organization representatives of sev eral states. A temporary executive committsa was named to call the convention on the basis of one delegate to each cen tral, labor body, of , which there are 760 in the United States, and one dele gate . for every 500 members of all labor party groups .and all local, un ions. A constitution and platform will be formulated at the cenvention and de cision made as to what candidates will be entered in the . 1120 campaign, it was announced. A resolution was adopted endors ing the Plumb plan for operation of the railroads as advocate.-l at tha re cent committee hearing in Washing ton. - - - - "The new party will represent .the six -million members of organize I la bor in the United States and., will have the cooperation of non-pjartisan leagues and farmer : organizations," eaid Robert M. Buck, editor of the official newspaper of the Illinois labor parts'. M. T. Bennett. Hartford. Conn., is a member of the executive committee The older a man is the weaker he is, but its different with butter. J ohn D. Ryan lex . ratM.lbUMTaATiNa MirvtciM, y.. John D. Ryan, ' financier and former head of the Army Aircraft Production, Board, ' who has been charged with using his official po sition for the benefit of his personal- interests. ' Representative Frear, of Wisconsin, made" the charge stating tiat the Aircraft Board wasted $12,000,000 building . the St. Paul road. Secretary Bak er. however, is confident that Mr. Ryan will be entirely cleared. - - I f)( "i 1 V A W n " iiii 1 BY STRiU trains and steamboats, or committe-1 themselves to the not too tender mer cies of mushroom auto bus lines. Although the terms of the settle ment were regarded as liberal by ofsi Cials of the Interborough and state and city officials, the striking brother hood of Interborough Rapid Transit company employes did not ., iccpbl them readily. -It was only after P. T. Connolly, their president, M.J. Man gan, secretary, and James M. Coch rane, sergeant-at-arms, expost ulatfj and pleaded with them for more ihsn a half hour that they consented. Con nolly predicted that a large part of the additional- 25 per cent, increase asked for :would be won by arbitra tion. - - With the strike" at an end, District Attorney Swnn of New York county and District Attorney Martin of the Bronx both announced that they would continue investigations of charges made by Mayor Hylan. thn-t the strike had been brought about by collusion of Interborough officiala with leaders of the "company union" for the purpose of forcing an eight cent fare. " BRITAIN TO HAVE NO PROTECTORATE OVER PERSIA London, Aug. 18. Noi.hlngr in the nature of protectorate over Persia "is contemplated by the air.ijmcnt twee'i iteat Britain and that co.imry, Cecil B. Harmsworth, umler-secrattty of sttae for foreign Klt.x'v. told the hcut-e of commons todav in replying to rotations regarding the treaty. "The policy of His Majesty's govern ment," Mr. Harmsworth - aid, "is tr assist Persia to re-e3Mbli.11 herself on a sound basis. "There is not the slightest founda tion for a suspicion that the govern ment proposed or that the P-arnian government would have consented to create anything in the nature of a protectorate. . - "The Persoan government turted to Great Britf'n as her most powerful friendly ne.arhbor and this give-o-irent wo'i'4 hve departed from Its tradition.vl possibility of warm, inter est in the P.it,i.in government hnd "t declined tc,r:siond to her appei'.'.' " MAN INSTANTLY KILLED BY. A REVOLVING SAW -' insted. Conn. . Aug. 18.CI!f!"ord G. Crosaman, 35, superintendent ot parks, waterworks and cemeteries, was in stantly killed today . at hi.4 'pl.nce on West Hill, just over tli TorrinscJ-i line, when a 20 inch , rvo.vir.t; saw with its frame left the ttb!e and struck him. Tho saw cut open Mr, Crossman'B face and nsa-iv severed his right arm. Death immediately followed. ' The saw missed striking Donald Crossman, "aged 13, by a few inches. Donald was handin j wood to his father to saw and Howard, 14. wan piling it up as fast as sawn. Medical j-lxaminer Hurlbut of his iowi; viewr-d the tody. Mr. Crossman is survived bv Mrs. Crot.fi, two sons, his father whi 1 cenlij returned ffcm qveejaxj and a brother.- Frank, of Hastings-on-the-Hudson. . J , i.. TO ATTEMPT SETTLEMENT OF STRIKE AT. ROCKVILLE - Rockville, Conn- Aug. 18.-A con ciliation committee which was re cently appoited by the Rockville chamber of commerce to attempt a settlement of tht spinners' strike at the Rock Manufacturing Company, met this afternoon and voted to in vite a strike committee to confer with them tomorrow. Strike leaders ac cepted the invitation. Officials of the company were asked to meett the conciliation committee at a later date. The strike started July 24, the 350 employes of the concern asking a minimum wage of $28 a week. NOMINATED TO BE U. S. MARSHAL" FOR CONNECTICUT New Haven, Conn., '. Aug. IS. Wil liam R. Palmer of Oxford, nominated to be United States marshal for Con necticut, is a member of the demo-' cratic state central committee from the Seventeenth district. He long hal been active in party politics and at gatherings was a noticeable figure. He had been a delegate to many conven tions. Should he be confirmed he would take the place of Chester P. Middlebrooks of Winsted. who was: nominated, by the president on Feb. II, 1915, to succeed Sidney E. Hawley, a republican. It has been understood that Marshal Middlebrooks had ex pected to De reappointea. 1 CONVENTION OF EAGLES OPENS IN NEW HAVEN New. Haven. Conn., Aug. 13. The twenty-first national wonvention of the Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order ot Eagles, opened here tonight, with . meeting in Woolsey Hall. Gran 1 Worthy President Allen H. Duncan, of Missouri responded on behnlt of the delegates to the addresses of wel come made by Mayor Jivid K. Fits-'. Gerald oi this city, and Do:ui Thf.i 11s V fc.'n-a;i of Yale u 111 v. v. Go- ervr 1 oleomb was u,i.iH iu be j.:e B21: ' The chief addresi of 11: ivi-r- inc wris by Past Grand Wo.' i Pri- diiii; F.tnk E. Tering -f 1 "hlc.wc 8HOT HERSELF WHILE SEATED IN AUTOMOBILE Stamford, Conn., Auk. 16. Mm. Louisa Burr, wife of William Burr of Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, shot herself seriously in the head, while seated in an automobile with htr young daugh ter,- at Roton's P.il-u. yesterday. Tie. woman was taken tJ the Nnrw.t'k hos pital. It is said that Airs. Burr plicJ the weapon against ivjr breast ami the daughter struck at it. '. hea bullet tt.-. tering the temple inste!. ' OBITUARY. Dr. Mary Blair Moody. New Haven. , Conn.. Aug. 1. Tr. Mary Blair Moody, a prominent phy-- sician and surtreon, in this state for many years and - a -writer-on -medical subjects, died at Ker home hue lody at the age of 82.' She was' the first . woman, to be graduated. from-the. But-' : falo Medical School. L Uj