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wmetro -f VOL LXI NO. 122 POPULATION 29,919 NORWICH, CONN., FRIDAY, -MA3, 1919 14 PAGES 98 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS AMERICAN TROOPS m TO ADVANCE INTO GER Large Numbers of American Trucks Have Been Moved Into the Area East of the Rhine, Ready for Any Emergency! V Opposition Continues in Germany to Signing the v Treaty Allies and the United States Have Requested i- of Italy the Reason for Landing Troops in Asiatic Tur1 key Without Notice to the Allies. (Bv The Associated Press.) vinile time is virtually ueing marked hy the peace congress at Versailles wiui r'garu xo i,ermany. wun me ai .lied and associated powers awaiting the coming of next Thursday, when t he Germans are to make known their answer lo the allied demands, the council of four daily is at work decid ing questions which have irsen through The prcs-matioii of notes by the Ger man plenipotentiaries. Protests afrainst the. Sarre valley award ami the question of reparations jhy Germany were discussed hy the council Thursday, and a reply was re turned to Versailles hy the allies to the note dealing with the repatriation of German war prisoners. The indica tions are that German prisoners guilty of crimes will he held for trial and punched. J'rior to the receipt of Ihe German r'-ply. it is expected that the Austrian will bo handed the peace treaty they are expected to sign. The belief in l'iii- is that this will occur early next week. Meanwhile, the, Turkish and Bulgarian peace delegates have arrived in Switzerland, where. they are await- in.; summons to France by the peace cii',-; ess. I ecu noil of four owing to the Italians having recently landed troops in Asi atic Turkey without notice to the al lies. The United States, Great Britain and France requested of Italy the rea son for this move. During a session of the council which was attended by the Greek pre mier. M. Venizelos, Signor Orlando, the Italian prime minister, entered and was asked by President Wilson if his reply was ready. Orlando demanded the withdrawal of Venizelos before he replied, notwithstanding the insistence of President Wilson that the Greek diplomat remain. Venizelos finally withdrew and the council later ex pressed its regret to him. Opposition continues in Germany to (Continued on Page Eight, Col. One) DETACHMENT OF SEVEN MEN TOOK 132 GERMAN PRISONERS New York. May 22. Sergeant Alvin '. York of the ."2Sth Infantry, who at ih" head of a detachment of seven men, killer! twenty Germans, took 132 prisoners, im hiding a major and three lieutenants and put To machine guns mi . of business, arrived here today on the transport Ohioau wearing the congressional medal of honor and thi 3'rench Croix de Guerre. Sergeant York's home is in Fall Mall. Tenn., and he was greeted on his arrival by a committee from the Tennessee. So ciety of New York, who propose to i-how him what the folks back home think of him during his four days' special furlough. Sergeant York won his honors in the Argonne drive last October. He was then a corporal and was sent out iwth a detachment of sixteen men un der Sergeant Karly to silence Ger man machine gunners who were en deavoring to protect the advance of a German battalion. Sergeant Early and seven of his men were almost im mediately killed and Corporal York took command. He rushed machine gun after machine gun and when he returned with his prisoners the pro posed German attack had ceased to be even a proposition. CHALONER ACCEPTS $17,000 INSTEAD OF $30,000 AWARDED New "York, May 22. John Arm strong Chaloner, Merry Mills, Va., millionaire, today accepted a reduc tion to $17,500 of the $30.0u0 judgment awarded him by a federal jury yes terday in his $100,000 suit for libel against the New York livening Post. Mr. Chaloner agreed to the reduction when Federal Judge A. N. Hand gave him the alternative of accepting or having the verdict set. aside and a new trial ordered on the newspaper's motion. The Evening Post's counsel had not yet approved the compromise verdict. Mr. Chaloner explained that he re garded the jury's decision as to his sanity of more moment than the mon ey involved. I le has been seeking to upset a New York supreme court in sanity Judgment against him since he escaped from the Bloomingdale asy lum 22 years ago. lie has been de clared sane by the courts of Virginia. REPUBLICANS DISCUSS PLANS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN Washington, May 22. Plans for the 1920 presidential campaign were dis cussed hy republican men and women from all states at sessions today open ing a two day conference with Will H. Hays, national committee chairman. Discussion centered on how the wo men may help win the election, with the central thought being that separate woman's organizations are not to be a part, except temporarily, of the re publican programme. Preceding a banquet tonight at which Mr. Hays, Senator Cummins of Iowa, president pro tcm of the senate. and Speaker Gillctt of the house, were speakers, the women gathered with state chairmen to listen to political advice given by Republican Leader Lodge of the senate, and Mr. Hays. "I will not discuss the league of na tions,' said Mr. Lodge, "although it has been on my mind a little. The league of nations is not a party ques tion. It is an American question and if there is anything that the repub lican party can do it is to dispose of American questions." Both Senator Lodge and Mr. Says congratulated the women on their en trance into politics, the latter also telling the conference that the women must forget to work as a woman's or ganization, but as part of the repub lican organization. . senator Cummins, greeting the wo men as "fellow republicans" at the banquet tonight, criticised President Wilson for alleged seizure of !egisla tive function of congress. Speaker Gillett snoke of the legis lative work before the sixty-sixth con gress and added that "with or with out the co-operation of the adminis tration we shall hope to establish the government once more on a basis of efficiency and economy and relieve business of the heavy hand of gov ernment." "What, we need in this country," said Mr. Hays at the banquet, "is not less politics but more attention to poli tics. I am convinced that the com plete participation by the women in political affairs will help immeasura bly in this direction." House Has Passed the Deficiency Bill Provides $45,044,500 for War Risk Allowances to Sol diers' and Sailors' Families and Civil War Pension ers. V. wasnington, .May 12. Passage by the house late today of a deficiency bill providing urgent appropriations of $4o.044,o00 for war risk allowances to soldiers' and sailors' families and Civil war pensioners made another speed record for the new house, which yes terday adopted the woman suffrage resolution. The first sharp partisan clashes of the session between rnuh. Iicans and democrats occurred today during discussion of the deficiency Bill. ine measure, nastily reported by the appropriations committee, authorizes appropriations of $39,615,000 for allow ances due May 1 and June 1 to about 700.000 families of soldiers, sailors and marines. $3,000,000 for delayed Civil war pensions and $2,429,000 for admin istration of the war risk insurance bu reau. It was passed without a dis senting vote after considerable, parti san discussion, republicans and demo crats making counter-charges of re sponsibility for delay in payment of the family allowances. Republican Leader Mondell, Demo cratic Leader Clark and others partici pated in the partisan manoeuvering, which followed a statement by Repre sentative Mann of Illinois, former republican- leader, that President Wil son's absence abroad might prevent the bill's appropriations from becoming available until the middle of June: Representative Byrns of .Tennessee, ranking democrat of the appropriations committee, charged that republican senators through their filibuster of last March were' responsible for holding up the war risk allowances. The Tennes see representative declared the renub- Jicans no wshould "remedy tne wrong" and urged that the bill be passed at once instead of benig put over until tomorrow as proposed by Representa tive Good of Iowa, chairman of the ap propriations committee. After the bill had been reported. Re publican Leader Mondell moved to ad journ until tomorrow, but on a rising vote' of ii to 73 the democrats, who happened at the time to have a ma jority in the chamber, defeated the move. Democratic Leader Clark then asked itnm-iimniisj ertnent fnr immedi ate consideration of the measure and ! budget Condensed Telegrams The Philippine Mint will begin op erations next December. A Victorian loan of 3,000,000 at 5 per cent.' was underwirtten at par in London. During the month of October Allied army in France used 34,100,000 gal lons of gasolene. Atlantic City's offer to become the seat of the League of Nations was re ceived too late. ' Premier Lloyd has tendered the res ignation of the entire Ministry of Newfoundland to the Governor. Exemption from compulsory mili tary service in the Australian army has been granted to returned soldiers. Secretary Daniels announced Con gress will be asked to provide naval establishment of 250,000 officers and men. Bar silver was quoted at 51 pence in London for immediate and forward delivery compared with 52 the pre vious close. Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee prac tically decided upon repeal of the lux ury tax. Admiral Jellicoe of the British Navy, on a mission to reorganize the Aus tralian Navy, arrived at Albany, Australia. 3ureau of Internal Revenue an nounced extension of time for the payment of income and other govern ment taxes. Total number of trains run in New York state in April 53,941. Of this number 9.1C per cent were on time at terminals. Surplus property division of the War Department reported stock available for sale on May 9 amount ed to $120,000,000. The former Crown Prince of Ger many will be liable to trial, accord ing to Bonar Law, under the terms of the peace treaty. Organisation of a $15,000,000 chem ical export corporation under the Webb-Pomerene law is planned by the foreign trade committee of the Chemical Alliance Inc. Lindley M. Garrison, receiver of the B. R. T., declared he would hold in service every woman employe that the Lock wood law would permit. Construction of immense artillery storage depots at Savannah. 111., Port Clinton. O., and Aberdeen. Md.. were authorized by the War Department. Secretary Redfield, principal speak er at the closing of the National As sociation of Manufacturers, at New York, urged the country to prevent waste. Tabulations in Albany, N. Y., show Governor Smith signed appropriation bills totalling $95,538,303,18, or $14. $14,000,000 more than last year's total Allied Succs on the North Russian Front Force Bolsheviki Forces to Retreat Southward Cap ture Several Towns and Many Prisoners Inflicted Heavy Casualties. London, May 22. The allied troops on the north Russian front have car ried out a successful turning move ment against the main Bolshevik po sition, forcing the enemy to retreat southward, according to a north Rus sion offiicial communication received here this evening. Several towns were captured and many prisoners taken and the enemy also suffered heavy cas ualties. The communication says the turning movement was carried out .May 20 north of Medvyejygora, six miles south of Lumbushki on the railway, that the enemy was expelled from his position and is in full retreat. The towns of Lumbushki, Ostreche and Koldari were taken. HOW BURLESON WOULD SURRENDER IRE SYSTEMS Recommends to House Postoff ice Committee Co-Ordinate2 Operation of the Various Systems, With Rates to be Fixed by the Interstate Commerce Commission Would Create a Tribunal to Hear All Controversies Be tween Employers and Employes Changes in Wage Schedules Not to Become Effective Until Submitted to the I. C. C. SCORES OF PERSONS KILLED IN EXPLOSION AT CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 22. A score ot persons were killed and a hundred injured by an explosion at the Douglas Starch Works tonight. Of the 130 men and boys who had just gone to work in the night shift, few escaped injury or death. The entire plant was burned by resultant- fire which was confined to the Douglas piant. jne loss is 53.000,000 The tiumber of dead could not be estimated for some time by firemen. who began to extricate dead and v.ounded from the debris hastily to avow incineration. The cause of the accident could not l e determined, but is thought to have been due to either a defective boiler or spontaneous combusion. Within half an hour after the de tonation twenty-five bodies were re ported removed. ANOTHER ENTRY FOR LONDON DAILY MAIL'S $50,0000 PRI2E St. John's N. F.. May 22. The en try of another contestant for the Lon don Daily Mail's $:0.(W)00 prize for the lirst trans-Atlantic air flight, was an nounr-rd today by Lieutenant Leth Jensen. French pilot avialoi here to eleell an airdrome site for a plane to be shipped from France. Lieutenant .lensen. having decided upon Mount Pearl plateau for his flight start, will leave tomorrow for France to supervise the completion of his ma chine. Ii will take about two months for him to be ready, it was learned. His course wiil be direet to the British Isles and then to France. Mr. Mondell assented. The measure was passed in less than an hour with out a roll call. In explaining the objects of the bill. Representative Good stated, in reply to questions, that so far as he knew the resignation of former Director Linds ley cf the war risk insurance bureau was not responsible for the deficiency in the bureau's funds. Representative Moore of Pennsylvania, republican. suggested that the appropriations com mittee, in its work, investigate affairs involved in retirement of Colonel Lindsley. . Senator Sherman, Illinois, announc ed he would introduce a resolution providing for the separation of the peace treaty from the League of Na tions covenant. Governor Runyon and Senator Edge were among the officials who welcom ed the 112th Field Artillery of the 29th Division, which arrived at New port News, Va. Senator Edge introduced a bill to grant the consent of Congress for New York and New Jerse'y to enter into an amendment to construct a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River. '-" ' - LAl.e)S3ndr,.S, Lynch, secretary of thel -l-t cmnecttcut democratic state central 1" committee, has been appointed a mem ber of the bavin Rock park commission GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL RELATING TO STATE PAUPERS Hartford, May 22. With the sign ing of the bill relating to the care of state paupers, by Gov, Holcomb, late Wednesday afternoon, the " admims tration of the state pauper law Is transferred from the comptroller to the state treasurer. The bill author izes the latter to appoint an official to take care of the work of adminis tration under the supervision of the treasurer. The salary of the position is $2,000 a year. The treasurer will also have charge of the administration of the widows' pension bill and the law gives him the power to appoint a subordinate to at tend to the details of the work at a salary of $3,000 a year. There was at one time an understanding that this law would be administered by the comptroller but it was afterwards de cided to add the administration of the law to the duties of the treasurer. In connection with this change there has been a rumor to the effect that before the law was passed Comptroller Web ster had made a promise to appoint Dr. William L. Higgins of Coventry,' who was the house chairman of the committee on public health and safe ty at the session of 1919, to take charge of the administration of the work and that the change in the bill took place afterwards. This forenoon Comptroller Webster contracted the rumor. "Dr. Higgins never asked me for the position. The only application which I received was from "Bob" Ea ton." he said. "I told Col. Eaton that I could not think of promising the po sition to any one until the bill had become a law. Col. Eaton also told me that .1. Henry Roraback was in fa vor of his appointment and desired it very much." Washington, May 22. Recommenda tions of the wire control board that legislation returning the telephone and telegraps systems of the country to private ownership provide co-ordinated operation of the various systems and fixing of rates by the Interstate Commerce Commission were forwarded today by Postmaster General Burleson to the house postoffice committee. The wire board's recommendations also include creation of a tribunal to hear all controversies between employ ers and employes, and that changes in wage schedules shall not become ef fective until submitted to the 1. C. C, so that corresponding changes may be made in rates. Mere return of the wires to their owners will not solve vexatious prob lems confronting the companies, Mr. Burleson said in his letter to Eepre sentative Moon of Tennessee, ranking democratic member of the committee, transmitting the recommendations. Extraordinary costs of operation and maintenance "fastened upon them as a result of war," the postmaster general said, "will continue for sometime after control passes from the government." "The member of the board are unan imously of the opinion that in order to provide the most efficient wire service AIRPLANE, ACCIDENTS..DUE TO FAULTY' CONSTRUCTION Atlantic City. X. J.. May 22. Charles H. Payne, an insurance expert, told ! to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- me delegates to ine fan -American i nation of Melbert B. Cary of Ridge Aeronautic convention here today that field. from 1908 to 1913. both in military and Governor Holcomb has approved the civil aeronautics. 60 per cent, of thejbond of $10,000 given the state bv HOW SALVATION ARMY IS TO USE HOME FUNDS New York, May 22. Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army announced tonight that all the funds obtained in the organization's 'home service" drive wiil be used to expand Salvation Army facilities and strengthen its personnel for a practical effort to "nail the great unrest" which is sweeping the country in the wake of the war. Salvaging of saloons to be run on the "boozeless plan" as clubs for work ingmen is but an incident of the gen eral plan, it was explained. The idea contemplates giving quick, substantial aid to families found to be suffering because of evictions, hunger and idleness. casualties were due to the collapse of the plane as the result of faulty con struction, while from 1913 to date only 2 per cent, of the casualties were caused by such collapse. Of present day accidents, according to Mr. Pa3'ne, approximately 40 per cent, are due to tail spins entered into close to the ground or by inexperienced pilots who are unable to extricate Sheriff Simeon Pease of Fairfield coun ty for the faithful discharge of his du ties as sheriff. Judge L. P. Waldon Marvin of Hart ford and Joseph W. Alsop ot Avon were anointed by Governor Holcomb on the commission to provide a water supply for the Mansfield state trainin school and hospital. Two New York stock exchange seats CABLE C6S. TO TEST. MERITS OF GOVERNMENT SEIZURE Washington, -May 22. The supreme court was asked in memorandum filed the various systems should be co-or dinated as to operation," the letter continued. "This does not require mo nopoly of ownership, but is necessary so there can be a consistent and har monious regulatory policy. Through this means only can the attempts at wasteful competition and the economic loss occasioned by duplications of plant and force be avoided. It is be lieved that this is desirable and can be reached by amending the law so as to provide, subject to the approval ol the Interstate Commerce Commission, that any telegraph and telephone com pany doing an interstate business may purchase the property of any other tel. egraph or telephone company or con solidate with any other company, or pool traffic, under provisions which will protect the public." Dealing with management problems, Mr. Burleson said that the board was convinced that "a tribunal should be provided upon which the public, the employes, the managerial force, and capital shall be fairly represented, and before which all parties may be heard." Changes in wage scales, it also was suggested, should be reviewed hy the Interstate Commerce Commission" in order that rate alterations may be made simultaneously with the effectivo date of the new wage. SMITH COLLEGE STUDENTS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Thomp3onvillc, Conn., May 22. A party of six made up of three stu dents at Smith's college, and three young men, were more or less hurt, today, when their automobile collided with a truck laden with four tons of iron here. Miss Frances McCloud of Milwaukee, who has a broken rib, se vere abrasions and possible cranial in jury, and Myron Clark of Concord, Mass., with a compound fracture ot the right wrist and other hurts, were taken lo Mercy hospital, Springfield. The others were Miss Jane Griffith of New York, her brother, M. C. Griffin. Miss Eleanor Ballou of Concord, Mass., and Walter B. Nash, of Wil liamsburg. Mass.. who was driving. The party were bound for New Haven to meet -Miss AlcCloud's fiance who was to return with them for a college d.ance at Northampton' tonight. The mishap occurred on a curve and fhesiippery roadway maIe the ma chine skid and strike the truck which I utmu ulsn An the eiifu pnino" in the rm- today Dy tne commercial auu u.e-1 posite direction. Mr. Nash s car was Copimercial Pacific cable companies to: wreckeU A liule later a service car decide upon their'" merits the suits j gent from Springfield to assist the brought by the companies to enjoin the truck was overturned 200 feet from themselves, 25 per cent, through lack! were sold at $85,000 each, the highest of judgment in landing, 10 per cent, to forced landing caused by motor trou ble, 2 per cent, by fire, 2 per cent, by collapse of the planes, and 21 per cent, by lack of judgment in various man oeuvers by pilots still in training. "The airplanes that will immediately available for commercial, sporting and everyday purposes," said Morris M. Titterington, "will not be the machine that most nearly follows the lines of a bird in construction, but rather the plane that is equipped with automatic devices that constantly check up the stability, meeting bumps, air pockets and other atmospheric disturbances as they start and adapting the machines to them before they have actually been felt by the pilot." price paid since 1910. when a seat brought $94,000. Steven C. Mason of Pittsburgh was yesterday again chosen president of the National Association of Manufac turers in convention at New Y'ork. The other officers also were re-elected. READY TO RE-ESTABLISH BLOCKADE AGAINST GERMANY Berne. May 22 (By the A. P.). It is confirmed that the allied and associat es governments nave addressed a question to the Swiss government as to whether it would be willing and ready to take measures for a severer blockade against Germany should cir eumstaneps rentiire it it ic here that this step is preparatory to premier' who is under arrest charged action should Germanv rofn;o tr. i with treason, and other men high in FRENCH CHAMBER DEFERS ACTION ON AMNESTY BILL Paris, May 22 (Havas). The cham ber of deputies today by a vote of 326 to 176 postponed action o the bill be fore it providing for amnesty. M. Nail. minister of justice, declared during the'tipiii debate that the government as well as the chamber realized the necessity for the passage of an amnesty law and that later he would take up the meas ure. An amnesty at the present time would affect Joseph Caillaux, former th etrcaty. The publication of the Question has made a painful impression in Switzer land and is commented upon widely in teh press as an infringement of the right and independence of small countries. REPLY TO GERMAN MOTE ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS Pins. May 22. (By The A. P.) ine amen reply to the German note regarding ine league of nations, which was delivered loday. says in general mat tn council considers that "the proposals for Ihe covenant are much more practical than those of the Ger man government and better calculated to secure the objects o fthe league." Regarding the suggestion of a sep arate mediation office, this is not con- idered feasible, rinee surh a body nould not h'nr Hie requisite authority lo maintain the peace of the world. GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY CF RT. REV. M. HARK INS, D.D. rrovidcprc. R. I., .May 22.-Roman Catholic churrh men and laity from many pans ot New England" gath ered bri" loday in observance of the golden anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the Right Rev. Matthew llarkins. D. D.. for 32 years bishop of the diocese of I'rovidencc. Among the guests was the Right Rev! Mgr. ,f. De Pecker of l.ouvain, Bel .gtum. A consratiilatnry cablegram iwas received from Cardinal Oasparri, papal secretary of state in Rome. NEGATIVE REPLY TO GERMAN NOTE ON ECONOMIC EFFECT Paris. May 22. (By The A. P.) A categoric negative reply to the German note on the economic effect of the peace terms was sent by the allied council to the German delegation to day The reply characterized the German note as exaggerated and says that it indicates failure to appreciate tne enormity of the Germans responsibility. The Germans are reminded that "it is right that Germany, which was re sponsible tor the origin of these calam ities, should make them good to the utmost of her capaciy." political and military life who are be ing detained on charges. UNIFORM RULES HAVE REDUCED ACCIDENTS Atlantic City, N. J.. May 22. Report ing for a sub-committee at the annual convention here today of the National Electric Light association, Charles B. Scott of Chicago said that uniform rules had reduced accidents from 30 to 50 per cent, and had affected an even larger decrease in fatalities. "Times are trending to a wider recognition of the human factor," the committee stat ed. The association, it was announced, pi eposes to adopt a clearly defined pt,l-cy with respect to the future status ot labor 'n industry and a committee was appointed to study the problem behalf of all electric lighting, fuel and power corporations in the United States. R. 11. Ballard of Los Angeles was made president of the association by acclamation. Other officers elected in clude: Vice presidents. Martin J. In sull. Chicago, M. R. Bump, New York F. W. Smith. New York, Walter H. Johnson, Philadelphia; treasurer, H. C Abell, Xew York. ALARMED BY BELIEF THAT GERMANY WILL NOT SIGN Mannheim, May 22 (By the A. P.). Alarmed bv the helief ihat Germ:inv will not sign the peace treaty and thatl successfully launched today at 4 o'clock BARGE LAUNCHED AT HOUSATONIC YARDS Bridgeport, Conn., May 22. The barge Albee, the sixth and last of the wooden ships under construction by the United States government, was the allies will occupy Mannhemi, citi zens became panic stricken today and stormed the municipal savings bank. Many persons have fled from Man nheim. Large crowds later gathered and held protest meetings and other demonstra tions, which added to the general con fusion in the town. An official expression of regret has been issued in Berlin that the people of Mannheim "appear to have lost their heads." $20,000 VERDICT FOR AUTOMOBILE INJURIES New Haven, Conn.. May 22. A jury in the civil side of the superior court, before Judge Reed, late today brought in a verdict of $20,000 in favor of Mrs. Mary Kearns ot Stamford in her ac tion against Mrs. Ida J. Widman of this city. Mrs. Kearns asked $25,000 for injuries received when she was struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Widman here last July. ROYAL ARCANUM TO ERECT TABLETS FOR SERVICE MEN Atlantic City, N. J.. May 22. Tribute was paid at the opening session of the postmaster general from seizing their properties under the presidential proclamation of last Xovember. The companies requested that the actions be not dismissed because the cable properties have been turned back to private control. "It is true," the memorandus said, "that the cable systems and other property have been returned to the re spective owners. It is equally true that the defendant Burleson may seize these cables again tomorow. There is just as much and just as little reason for the seizure of the cable systems now as there was when the seizure was made on November 16, 1918. All the pretexts and extraneous considerations bv which it was sought to justify that seizure remain unchanged. GERMAN REPLY TO TERMS TO BE IN FIVE SECTIONS Berlin. Wednesday. May 21. (By The A. P.I The German reply to the allied peace terms will be in five sec tions dealing with political and terri torial issul the league of nations and financial and economic questions. The notes already transmitted to the allied and associated powers, the Germans believe. Will afford a basis for negotiations on some of these pues- tions and also may serve as sugges tions of a way over obstacles in the way of negotiations on the peace treaty. The preamble to the reply will de clare that the terms are inacceptable on their face in that they are a vio lation of President Wilson's peace programme which, Germany will claim, primamily accords her equality as one of the negotiating parties. the place of the accident, but the two men on it were not hurt. 27,000 TROOPS ARRIVE AT NEW YORK ON EIGHT TRANSPORTS New York, May 22. Twenty-seven thousand troops of the American ex peditionary force stepped ashore here today from eight transports which had brought them home from France. This is the greatest number of dough boys to debark at this port on any one day. Virtually all states were repre sented among the personnel of these arrivals. Aside from the casuals, units comprised parts of the 28th, 29th, 32d. 33d, 41st, 78th, 82nd, S3rd and 89t,i divisions. Chief interest attached to the Le viathan and Imperator the former because it carried nearly one-hall of all the troops arriving today, and the latter for the reason that her appear ance here wras the first since prior to the war. The other troops carriers docking were the cruisers Seattle and Charleston and the steamships Yale, Manchuria, Ohioan and Mexican. COAL MAGNATE WARNS PUBLIC TO BUY COAL NOW Chicago. May 22. Modificetioh of the Sherman anti-trust law was the first recommendation of Harry N. Taylor of Kansas City, in acceptinc the presidency of the National Coal Association today. He said the coal industry had been "so hedged about by restrictions and regulations" dur ing the war that short cut' methods of cooperation were practically impos sible. Previously Dr. Harry A. GarfloM. United States fuel administrator, had urged continuance of war time gov ernmental supervision of business in control of basic raw materials, though saying he knew some coal producers wanted to keep as far awav from th government as possible. He had said that a new order had arrived and that it . was no longer a question ot the government keeping "hands off" but how far it should keep "hands on." - - President Taylor gave a solemn warning to the public to buy coal now citing a 50.000,000 ton shortage in bi tuminous production, and one of 1 000.000 tons anthracite up to June 1 next, a shortage of 90,000 miners and the burden on transportation facilities of handling this year's crops. "How in the- world v.-e s going to meet this public want ann msSe i the shortage of fifty-eight mi'iion toTs at a time in the year when we can't get transportation and we can't iret men to dig the full output of our mines?" he asked. - at the Housatonic shipbuilding yards. Stratford, in the presence1 of several , j, rr.i All i,. Ua' nunureu persons. xiic aiucc ia ic first of the si xships to be converted into a barge. Mrs. Norman M. Collins, wife of the purchasing agent of the company, of Bridgeport, was the spon-scr. BILL IN HOUSE FOR REVISION OF INCOME TAX Washington, May 22. Comfort for the small salaried man is provided in a bill introduced in congress today by Representative Sabath, democrat, of Illinois, for revision of the income tax section of the war revenue act. It pro vides that a single man's personal ex GERMANS ARE TO HOLD CONSULTATION AT SPA Paris. May 22 (By the A. P.). Count Von Brockdorl'f-Ratitzau, accompanied by several of the German peace dele- (gaies. nas again gone to pa. jHe will consult with representatives of the German government there. annual convention of the supreme! emption be fixed at $2,000. or double council ui ine rtuai ariajium nere lo day to members who died -in the ser vice and a decision was reached that appropriate tablets be erected in their memory. Reports showed . that 5S members had died with the colors. The council decided to support the Salvation Army drive and sent out an appeal to its members to that effect WINNIPEG TO HAVE OPEN DEBATE ON GENERAL STRIKE Winnipeg, Man., May 22. Open dis cussion o fthe general strike in AVinni- peg by representatives of all leading forces involved will take pluoe at !( meeting in the city hall at 10.30 o'clock tomorrow forenoon. It was offlciallv announced today that it was hoped the meeting would lead to a settlement of ' the industrial dispute. BAPTIST MINISTERS' SALARIES A BLOT ON DENOMINATION Denver, Colo., May 22. Dr. E. T. Tomlinson, New York, in presenting the report of the ministers and mis sionaries board to the Northern Bap tist convention today, declared "day labor wages for Baptist clergymen is a blot on the denomination; less than half of the nation's Baptist ministers receive $1,500 a year." Discussion of ministers' salaries and plans for Americanization of aliens in the large cities were the outstanding features of today's session. Figures presented by Dr. Tomlin son showed that Arizona ranks high est in the salaries paid its clergymen, 58 per cent, of its Baptist ministers re ceiving $1,500 a year, or more. FOR ORGANIC UNION OF ALL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES St. Louis, Mo., May 22. Followin the receipt of a telegram from the southern Presbyterians today stating that the southern body agrees to ne gotiate for the organic union of all Presbyterian churches, the 131st gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., tonight sent a reply saying the denomination meeting here is ready to begin negotiations at RENT INCREASED !N NEW . YORK 21 PER CENT. SINCE 1916 New York, May 22. Rent increases in New Y'ork since 1916 have averaged 21 per cent, according to Tenement Houses Commissioner Mann, who told the state joine legislative committee investigation housing conditions here today that he knew of no profiteering among landlords and that the highest advance brought to his attention was 31 per cent. Mr. Mann opposed legislation to aid tenants, declaring they had the ad vantage over house owners under present statutes and terming this country the most liberal in the world for the renting classes. He believed erection of 2500 new apartments would meet the demand here and reported that building operations for the first quarter of 1919 compared "very favor- aDiy wiin inose oi pre-war iinics. DECISIONS OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES Washington, May 22. The senate Republican, icommittee on commit tees, it is understood, has definitely appointed Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts a schairman of the foreign relations committee. While no final action has yet been taken, the com mittee is understood to be unanimous ly in favor of Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of AYyo ming, as chairmen of the appropria tions and finance committees, respec tively, despite the opposition of the progressive republican group. The committee also is understood to have tendered membership on the for eign relations committee to Snators New of Indiana; Moses of New Hampshire; Harding of Ohio, and Kenyon of Iowa. OBJECT OF WORLD LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES New York, May 22. The World League of Red Cross Societies, organ ized recently with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, "is destined to become a medium for throwing the. light of medical science into the dark corners of the entire world," Henry P. Davison, chairman of the or ganization's board of governors, de clared tonight upon his return from a European trip which culminated in the formation of the league. Intended not to direct, but to en courage and coordinate the activities of national Red Cross society, the league hopes, according to Mr." Davi son, to serve all mankind in reducina the prevalence of disease and raising the standards of living. the amount stipulated under the pres ent law. while a married man, living with and supporting his wife, would be' once and that it is believed a closer entitled to an exemption of $4,0')0 in stead of half that sum. DISCUSSION OF SCOPE OF ! EVIDENCE IN FORD SUIT Mount Clemens, Mich., May 22. Dis cussion of the law bearing on the scope of evidence to be admitted occupied the entire session again today of the trial of Henry Ford's libel suit against the Chicago Daily Tribune. The jury, which had been instructed for the af ternoon session, was again excused, this lime until Monday, indicating the arguments will close tomorrow. It keeps the world . busy turning down the cranks that rurn up. . relationship will result Debate on whether women should be admitted to the ministry and cider ship of the church was deferred until tomorow. , DECLINE TO JOIN IN STRIKE FOR T. J. MOONEY San Francisco, May 22. Rejection of a proposal that they participate in the proposed nationwide strikes in behalf of Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings was announced by the San Francisco Machinists' lodge here to day . Edward D. Nolan, former co- defendant of Mooney and one of the principal agitators for the strike, is president I the lodge. JAPAN INTENDS TO RETURN KIAU-CHAU TO CHINA New York, May 22. Japan has never altered her intention to return Kiau Cbau to China, acccrding lo Baron Shimpei Goto, former Japanese for eign minister, who delivered an ad dress here tonight at a dinner given in his honor by C. Yada, Japanese consul-general. Karon Goto express ed surprise that "presumably well in formed men are asking why the peace treaty does not include a pro vision for the restoration of Kimi Chau to China." lie declared that it was strange that ' the public did not yet clearly understand that the ques tion was settled once and for all in the Chino-Japanese treaty of May, , 1915. FIRE LOSSES OF COUNTRY WERE $290,000,000 IN 191J New York, Mav 22. Fire losses ag gregating $290,000,000 the greatest in any year except 1906, when the ?an Francisco earthquake and conflagra tion occurred were reported for 1911 to the National Board of Fire Under writers here today. The year also showed progress In bringing to bar persons responsible for incendiary fires, according to the re port of the committee on incendiar ism and arson, which announced that 441 convictions had been obtained in 42 states. Of these cases it was stated 172 were attempts to defraud the In surer, while 156 were attributed to pyromania or other forms of insanity. OFFICERS ELECTED BY STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY Bridgeport, Conn., May 22. The fol lowing officers were elected at the fi nal session of the 127th annual con vention of the Connecticut State Medical Society here today: President, Charles' B. Graves, New London; first vice president, George H. Noxon, Da rien; second vice president, Frank H. Wheeler, New Havn; secrtary. John E. Lane, New Haven; treasurer, G. 1L Ingalls, Hartford. This morning clinics were held at the hospitals of the city, followed by a session at 11.15 at which several ad dresses on medical topics were made. 26TH DIVISION TABLET PRESENTED MASSACHUSETTS Boston, May 22. A bronze panel en graved with the names of battles in which the Twenty-Sixth division par ticipated, his been presented to the state by Major General Harry C. Hale, who commanded the division when it returned to this countrv. The tablet was sent to General Hale by Countess Du Boisrouvray. wife of the ranking French officer on duty with the Yan kees in France. ANTI-BOLSHEVIK FORCE HAVE, NOT TAKEN RIGA London, May 22. A Bolshevik wire less message from Petrograd todav denied reports that Riga and Dvinsk hud been captured by anti-BoI-mevik forces. The Lettish information bureau in Copenhagen announced Monday that Riga had been occupied by Lettish troops. Nothing was said of Dvinsk, which to oa th Lettish Iront