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VOL LXI-NO. 123
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NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, MAY 24, . 1
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'PEACE TREATY DEBATED FDR
THREE HO
URS
Dscussion Was on Resolution Calling on the State Depart
ment to Fumish the Senate With a Complete Text of the
Treaty Matter Was Continued Until Monday Open
ing Debate Indicates That a Bitter Fight is to Come Be
for Ratification- Committee Chairmanships as An
nounced Shows Lodge Heading the Foreign Relations,
With Brandegee Leader of Library Committee.
Washington. .May 23. The peace
treaty with its leaaijc. nf nations cove
nant is debated fur Hirer hours in the
j-enatc locl.iy. imd at adjournment the
resolution w hi h fiiriiislin the vehicle
fr ih'' diprussion went over as unfin
ished business to come up again when
the scii.il" re -o n ve I ics Monday.
The resolution merely calls on the
state fh narimeiH to furnish the senate
with th" oomnirte text of the treaty,
lint as the dehato nrogressed discussion
unified to the merits of the league and
iv-a'y :iiemscl'es. A dozen senators,
including the leaders on liolh sides,
were drawn into the discussion and
sharp ex'hanes nresaeed the bitter
ness of the tight that is to come when
ihc treaty actually comes up lor rati
int'.tipn Senator Johnson of California, re
)Mit.'.i tl i.. author of the resolution,
started tiie del. ale today with a short
l "i 'I rhtirgim: that the treaty sup
porters had "sitinei nine: 10 conceal."
Tins asei iioii drew nn indignant reply
trim S'-iia'or Mitehco-k of Nebraska,
r .ink ins ii mo- rat of t lie foreign rela
tions .-011111111100. who lie. 'hired the
p'eshiei,' was followinqr Weil establish
ed p:v"d"!it i ' keenitie the treaty text
in i ni.i,. i,. ..lid 11, at lor the senate
to rffjU' st him to do otherwise would
be a 'cross breach of international
p: oa-ie: es."
Republican Leader l.odse. prosnec
tive chairman of the foreign relations
"'nmmi:tev replied to Mr. Hitchcock,
'leviarin-r the-,, v as no impropriety in
iijs resolution unless it were improper
to attention to the new method
of Tipen covenant? openly arrived at.'"
I. very shopkeeper in Germany, said the
Massachusetts senator, was reading
the treaty as made yiunli .' at Ijerlin,
; -t the senile was provided only with
l, "vort h'ess" official abstract..
A . harcp that renublieans were at
tempting to mike the treaty a parti
san question was made by Senator
Kohinsoti r-f Arkansas, democrat, who
r-i'ed as evidence the telegram sent by
Mr. Lod3e .seme weeks aso to republi
can senators asking them not to dis
cuss iie revised league of nations cov
enant pending a party conference.
In the course of the debate il bitter
attack on the league covenant ami on
''resident Wilson's course in the peace
i conference was made by Senator Sher
man of Illinois, republican, who earlier
in the clay had pr. sented a resolution
deojaric It the sense of the senate
that the trp.it v and the covenant
siioul.1 de considered separately when
ihry came up for ratification. At Mr.
Sherrra it s """jt r.t resolution went,
over at 1 will lie called up tor debate
proi ably next week.
Hoi1' 1 o ' 1 12 the discussion Htarted by
Senator Johnson's resolution N- to con
lie.p. could not be predicted by either
si.!' tonight.
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE
HAS SELECTED CHAIRMEN
W.oliiitaion. May 2:1. Framing of
!.-!' r. 1. 1 1 lii-:,n committor slate was
ri--:r;pd coTrplote.l today by the re-
:i'!i'-3Ti i o:;.rf t'.'nce c-nmniittec on
i ommittf-r':. The programme, it was
sta'i-'l. upon rcPabl" authority, pro
.nr. : senators Penrose of Pennsyl
ania and YW.i-rni of Wyoming, for
ha irir.,. n; hip of th finance unci ap
prnnnaioti ccimmn tecs, rcspectivelv.
d- )i In1
opposition of the pro-
rr tvi'S.
Thi comm
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senator to
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t cpr.r: o( in
ittd slate will be pre
conferenco of republican
In' hid Monday before
tlic setiale. The pro
I bat time arc expec ted 10
i" ' in oppnMt ion of Sen-
a. Hi Warren, bwl it was
liTht that the 'factional
iroiir. woui'i i.e. sc ujrri in the con
!r-ni.e an"! ;..--j.iihy not reach the
: c r ate floor.
Tii" i hairmanships as understood lo
have I. -en agreed on by the committee
foHcv:
Tnrrign relations. Lodge. Massa-
husetts; finance. Penrose, Pennsylva
nia: appropriations. Warren, . Wyom
ing: military a flairs. Wadsworth. of
N'w York: naval affairs, Page, Ver
mont: judiciary. Nelson. Minnesota:
interstate commerce, Cummins. Iowa;
agnetiliuro, Gronna. Xor.h Dakota:
nmnirri-e. Jones. Washington: rules',
Kno.. Pennsylvania; public lands!
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IN THE SENATE
Smoot. Ftah; privileges and elections,
Dillingham, Vermont; manufacturers,
I,a Follette, Wisconsin; education and
labor. Icnyon, Iowa; mines. Poin
riexter. Washington: immigration,
Colt. Rhode Island; Indian affairs,
Curtis. Kansas: irrigation, tend re
clamation. McNary. Oregon; Phillip
pines. Harding, Ohio: printing, Moses,
New Hampshire; librajy. Brandegee,
Connecticut.
Under the reported agreement, Sen
ator Page instead of Senator Poin
dexter would head the naval com
mittee by reason of strict adherence
by the committee on committees to
the seniority rule.
The committee on committees de
cided to hold a majority of three re
publicans on the finance, interstate
commerce, foreign relations and elec
tions committees, but in compliance
with renuests from the democratic
conference agreed to reduce the re
publican majority on other commit
tees to two members.
By ruling today that committees of
the last senate continue with authori
ty to act until new committees were
organized. Vice President Mat-shall
was considered by experts on senate
procedure to have hastened the work
of the committee on committees. '
DALLINGER DENOUNCES DELAY
IN RETURNING OF TROOPS
Washington. May 23. Delay in re
turning American troops from France
and in demobilizing forces in this
country was denounced in the house
today by Representative Dallinger, re
publican, of Massaehnseis.
During debate on the Indian appro
priation bill Mr. Dallinger declared the
reason the Indian was not given his
full rights of citizenship was due to
opposition to the Indian bureau, of
licers of which, he said, would be
without jobs once justice was done
the red men.
"And this is not the only department
of the government of which this is
true." lie asserted. "The boys say and
their parents say," he continued, "that
the only reasort hundreds of thousands
of soldiers are not discharged is be
cause the officers want to hold their
jobs. Many reserve officers today are
earning more than they ever did be
fore or ever will again; there are of
ficers in the regular army now hold
ing the rank of colonel who will be
put back to lieutenants when the boys
are let out and they want the higher
rank. It is an outrage to keep sol
diers in service whenthey are needed
at home
jlr. Dallinger said a number of menment Alfred J. Murphy denied that
in the Twenty-Sixth (Xew England j Mr. ford had ever directly said that
guard division, one of the first sent that the word "murderer" should be
to France, wrere transferred for clerical
service in other units nd not per
mitted to come back from the front.
4CD BILLS PRESENTED IN
SENATE LAST MONDAY
Washington, May 23. Bills and res
olutions almost ecual in number to
those . presented last Monday when
congress convened were introduced to
day in the senate. Senate officials es
timated that nearly 400 were intro
duced today.
A bill similar to one recently pre
sented in the house by Representative
Campbell, of Pennsylvania, providing
for the distribution among the states
of captured war trophies was introduc
ed by Senator Wadsworth of .New
York.
A joint resolution praising the ser
vices rendered during tlje war by Miss
Fvangi'line Booth, comlnander of the
Salvation Army, and conferring upon
her the honorary rank of colonel was
offered by Senator Watson of Indi
ana, ft was referred to the military
committee.
OPERATION OF MERCHANT
MARINE DISCUSSED
Washington, May 23, Private own
ership under federap control was the
consensus of opinion expressed at the;tne leading theatrical nro
shipping boards conference to discuss ! country while the actors'
peace lime operation of the merchant
marine a ssummed up in an address at
the closing session today by John L.
Hamilton of Columbus, 0 represent
ing the American Bankers' associa
tion. Proponents of government ownership
were in the minority at the conference,
representing chiefly agricultural or
ganizations which expressed fear that
sale of the government-built ships to
private companies would result in
rates and routes favorable to industrial
exports at the expense of farm prod
ucts. Numerous speakers, including P.
A. S. Franklin and Frank Munson of
the American Steamship Owners' as
sociation, declared this fear to be un
founded. ' Mr. Hamilton said the present ship
ping board offered the nucleus of an
organization which would be to the
American shipping world what the
federal reserve board is to hanking.
The extent to which the erovernment
j would supervise the industry was the
subject of great variation in opinion
among the speakers, however.
WINNERS OF SPEAKING
CONTESTS AT YALE
New Haven, Conn., May 23. In a
state ' junior four-minute speaking
contest held in I.ampson Lyceum,
Yale, today under the direction of the
state board of education, Frank La
Grotta. an Italian boy, of Warren, was
awarded first honors among fifteen
speakers from elementary schools of
the state, honorable mention was
given to B.sie Ludlow, of Tolland.
First place among the five high school
contestants went to Dorothy Wood of
Bethel, and MeJissa Bryant of Wood
bury received honorable mention.
"The necessity of thrift," based on
the war savings stamps campaigns,
was the subject of the speakers. Con
tests among high school and elemen
tary school orators in all parts of the
state have been held in the past few
months for the purpose of choosing
the best speakers to take part in the
final contest today. The judges were
R. L. Hirschfield, Meriden: Katherine
T. Harty, New Haven, and Professor
Edward 11. Cameron, of Yale univer
sity. ,
If a man is too proud to beg and
too honest to steal the onlv thine left
for him is tn p-t trusted.
Cabled 'Paragraphs
Germans to Return to Versailles.
Versailles, May 23. (Havas). The
German peace delegates who left yes
terday for Spa will divide into two
groups. One group, headed by Couni
Von Brockdorft-Ranteau, will return
to Versailles tomorrow, while the oth
er will remain at Spa for a few days.
KINES PLACES STEEL
ORDERS UNDER PROTEST
Washington, May 23. Uniform bids
based on the prices agreed upon be
tween representatives of the steel in
terests and the recently dissolved In
dustrial board have been submitted by
six steel companies in response to the
railroad administration's request for
bids on open hearth rails.
Director General Hincs announced
tonight that he had placed orders with
these companies for 20tt,000 tons of
rails, but that he had done so "under
protest" and with "emphatic dispro
val of the prices and the manner in
which they were' established."
A uniform price of ?47 per ton for
open hearts rails, which Director
General Uines said was "in strict
accordance with the prices approved
by the industrial board," was submit
ted to the railroad administration by
the Carnegie 'Steel Company, the Illi
nois Steel company and the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Company, all subsidiar
ies of the Vnited States Steel Corpor
ation, and by the Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company, the Bethlehem Steel
Company and the Lackawanna Steel
Company.
After his failures to induce repre
sentatives of the steel interests at a
final conference in New York several
weeks ago. to reduce the prices estab
lished in their agreement with the in
dustrial board. Director General Hines
announced that in the public interest
he would request competitive bids.
In his recent opinion holding the
price agreement plan of the industrial'
board "to be unauthorized by law.
Attorney General Palmer declared thai
under the anti-trust laws price fixing
agreements were illegal and that such
agreements might lie "brought about
through an informal meeting of the
minds as well as through formal con
tracts." Mr. Palmer also held it to
be an established legal principle that
"the purchase of government supplies
shall be governed by the competitive
system.
Director General Hines in his state
ment tonight announcing the bids.
charged that the .action of the six
steel companies in submitting uniform
bids "was taken under the leadership
of the L nited States Steel Corpora
tion."
END OF PRELIMINARY
ARGUMENTS IN FORD SUIT
Mount Clemens, Mich., May 23 The
second stage of the Henry Fofd-Chi-cago
Tribune libel suit was completed
today when an extra hour session
brought to an end the arguments of
counsel on admissibility of evidence.
Taking of evidence will begin Monday.
The arguments, which were ex
haustive, were pivoted on the demand
of the defendant that it be permitted
to show that anarchy existed along
the Mexican border at the time the
Tribune printed' its editorial headed
"Ford is an Anarchist."' Judge Tuck
er said that he would not announce a
ruling to govern the scope of the evi
dence but would rule front' time .5, t(
Uvr ': id circumstances required.- '.TV- '
, In the course of the plaintiff's argu-
embroidered on the shirt fronts of sol
diers. Mr. Ford, he asserted, in an in
terview with Edward Marshall, a
magazine writer, was told by Mr. Mar
shall that Jane Addams of Chicago
used the term. Mr. Marshall and Mr.
Ford at the moment were discussing
German soldiers, the lawyer related,
and Mr. Ford merely acquiesced in the
alleged declaration of Miss Addams.
Mr. Murphy said that m a deposition
in Europe Mr. Marshall admitted that
he put the word in Mr. Ford's mouth
and that he omitted the word "Ger
man" as modifying "soldiers" because
he thought it would offend some of
his readers.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
ACTORS AND MANAGER'S
New York, May 23. Rejecting a new
form of contract submitted by the
Actors' Equity Association which was
said lo contain "reforms" granted by
English producers, the Producing
Managers' Association tonight notified
the actors that it no longer would
deal "with an organization which so
far departs from its original ideals as
to threaten the profession with what
is known as a "closed shop."
The clash has aroused considerable
excitement on Broadway, for the man
agers organization includes many ot
producers of the
association
has among its 4.000 members virtually
all of stardom.
The actors' demands are said to in
clude overtime for Sunday and holi
day performances, pay for rehearsals
and other innovations.
COURTMARTIAL ACQUITS
AVIATOR CHAMBERLAIN
London, May 23. (By The A. P.) It
is unofficially reported that the court
martial which has been trying Cap
lain Edmoncl G. Chamberlain of tean
Antonio, Texas, the aviator who
claimed to have performed many
thrilling exploits over the German
lines, has acquitted him of the first
charge of perjury and forgery. The
vote on the first specification is tin
derstood to have been seven to one
and on the second specification solidly
in Chamberlains favor.
BOY LOST IN MOUNTAINS
NEAR WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
Wiliiamsport, Pa., May 23. James
Darby, 10 years old, residing in the vi
cinity of Y'ouugwoman's Creek, is lost
in tne mountains in that vicinity. On
Tuesday he left home to drive some
cows to pasture and has not been seen
since. A searching party which left
North Bend today found his dog at
Twelve Mile Camp, but no other clue
to the boy's whereabouts could be lo
cated. GERMAN MILITARY TRAIN
DELAYED BY AN ACCIDENT
Paris, May 23. (By The A. P.) The
German military train on its way to
Versailles with a printing outfit has
been delayed by an accident, retarding
the printing of the German observa
tions on the peace treaty.
It is understood these observations
will constitute a book as ladge as the
treaty itself, and it is estimated that
it will require five days to read and
digest them.
Winsted. Fannie Simmons of Mr.
Vernon, N. Y.. called on Frank Couch
of Oak street, her half brother, the
first time they had seen each other in
30 years. They formerly lived in New
.Marlboro. .Mass., anu when Miss Sim
mons was but 3 years old she went to
live with relatives in New York and
had not met Mr. Couch since that lime.
Their Barents are dead. '
Changed Planes
Going at 80 Miles
I ioutonamt T nlrla9l P,AJ. i
Thrilling Spectacle at At-j
lantic City.
Atlantic City, NT. J., May 23. The
joint committee on aerial laws and
regulations of air traffic of the second
Pan-American Aeronautic Convention
presented a report to the-convention
today urging that congress be asked
to create an aircraft board in the de
partment of commerce to be composed
of three members to supervise aerial
transportation. The report included
the text of proposed temporary regu
lations that have been endorsed by
President Wilson and other high gov
ernment officials.
A thrilling aerial spectacle was fur
nished on the flying field today by
Lieutenant Ormer Locklead, who
showed how "easy" it was to hop from
one airplane to another while the ma
chine was traveling at 50 miles an
hour.
TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN
EXPORTS FROM NEW YORK
New York, May 23. A tremendous
increase in exports through the port
of Xew York for last month as com
pared with April. 1918, was shown by
Has Served Others,
The Bulletin is in receipt of the following unsolicited letter from
an advertiser:
"I have a very high regard for the advertising value of The Nor
wich Bulletin. It covers as large a section of our state as any other
paper in the state and is widely read in the district which it covers.
"It is the only way in which we can reach your part of Connecti
cut." That tells the story that should be apparent to every business
house in this part cf the state. It is an expression that comes as the
result of experience and what the advertising columns will do for
for one advertiser it will do for them all. It is the newspaper that
"covers" its territory and is 'Vnidely read" that is valuable to the
advertiser. A word to the wise is all that ought to be needed.
During the past week the following matter has apeared in The,
Bulletin's news columns, all for two cents a day:
Bulletin Telegraph Local General Total
Saturday, May 17 163 134 234 531
Monday, May 19 173 108 180 461
Tuesday, May 20 175 120 252 547
Wednesday, May 21 131 130 275 536
Thursday, May 22 169 114 336 619
Friday, May 23 136 138 307 581
Total 947 744 1584 3275
"."iP' "
statrstics" ''made " public at "the -custom
house tonight. The total for April
1919, was $331,394,915 and for April.
1918, was $191,719,439. Imports rose in
value from $121,364,991 last April to
5143,65,137 this year. There also was
an increase last month of $2,335,000 in
the duties collected.
France and Belgium were the only
European nations associated with the
United States in the war which too":
a. larger quantity of American goods
last month than they did the same
month last year.
A DIRIGIBLE BALLOON
BROUGHT GUESTS TO HOTEL
Cleveland, O., May 23. For the first
time in the history of flying in Amer
ica, a vehicle of the air was brought
to a covenicnt stop m the heart ot a
large city when a dirigible balloon
landed on top of a prominent hotel
here this evening to permit two of ita
live passengers to alight. The 160-
foot dirigible, the A-4, landed on a
specially constructed platform thirty
by thirty feet. The landing was made
after seven attempts.
An aviator in Pans made a similar
landing several months ago, but to
day's feat is said to be the first time
it has been attempted in America.
LARGEST DIRIGIBLE BASE
TO. BE NEAR CAMP DIX
Camp Dix, N. J., May 23. The gov
ernment will establish its largest di
rigible balloon base near Camp Dix. it
became known today, when a govern
ment balloon, commission selected a
site near here. Tentative plans in
clude establishment of a school for
training students in handling of diri
gibles 12 BODIES RECOVERED FROM
STARCH PLANT, CEDAR RAPIDS
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. May 23. With
twelve bodies recovered from the
ruins of the Douglas Starch Com
pany's plant, wrecking crews today
and tonight searcnea tne aeons ior
the bodies of twenty more employes
believed to be 'buried. Of the forty
workmen injured and taken to hospi
tals must now are out of danger.
Still Fighting Typhus.
The typhus epidemic which has
claimed tens of thousands of lives in
Rumania in the last two and half
years is still smouldering but Amer
ican Red Cross physicians who are
watching the sporadio outbreaks be
lieve that the disease has "burned it
self out." The greatest worries now
are the dangerous outbreaks of
smallpox and isolated cases of cholera.
The Near East today, acording to
American, British and French physi
sicians who have completed their
surveys, is ripe for an outbreak of
cholera and the plague. Under nour
ishment, famine and the strain of
war upon the civilians and military
populations has undermined the
health of the nations of the Balkans.
The past winter was a terrible one.
Refugees are returning to their homes
to find them heaps of ruins. They
are without everything. If it were not
for the American -food mission and
te shiploads of food teing brought
to Rumania and under the auspices
of the American Red Cross .Rumania
today would be a nation of starving
people.
The Fcd Cross is fighting the
smallpox particularly in the Dobrudja
region. Medical supplies and units
one doctor and two nurses are sent
by a special R.ed Cross food boat
which plies up and down the Danube
to the river towns towns whence they
travel inland to the centers where tlw
disease is making the greatest in
roads. An enemy knocks a man down and
then a friend proceeds to kick him.
"War Beer Vured
Until Co'tDecife
Irminrtivn f;VtArl Roetrairi.
ing Government Interfer
ence With Its Manufacture.
New York, May 23. Uninterruped
production of "war hecr" until the
courts have passed upon the claim of
the United States Brewers' Association
that the beverage, containing 2 3-4 per
cent, njcohol, is non-intoxicating, was.
assured today when Federal Judge
Mayer granted an injunction restrain
ing government interference with its
manufacture.
The court declared that his decision
had been influenced by President Wil
son's message to. congress recommend
ing repeal of the war-time prohibition
act, insofar as it relates to beer and
wine, ad by Federal Judge' A. v
Hand's ruling last week that the. law-
placed a ban on the manufacture only
of liquors that were, in fact, intoxicat
ing.
Although United States District At
junction; Judge Mayer said he believed I
such action would contribute to a fair
settlemen of the question raised by
the brewers under the emergency pro
hibition act. The injunction, a tem
porary one, would be effective, the
court said, pending review of his de
cision by the circuit court of appeals,
'rill l
Will Serve You.
on- if-4hegvernment should deeide to
let it Biand,.. until ' the brewers' suit
permanently ,tq ehjoin prosecutions for
manufacture of the 2 -3-4 per cent,
brew could be tried in the district
court.
The injunction . granted was in the
suit of Jacob Rupert Brewing Com
pany against District Atorney Caffoy
and Acting Collector of Internal Rev
enue McElliogott. This is one of a
series of cases raising identical ques
tions and intended to test the emer
gency prohibition act.
Attorneys for he brewers declared I
they sought the temporary rcstrainin
order to prevent suspension" and the!
consequent ruin of their clients' bus-l"1"
mes while proof was being taken on
their contention that "war beer" was
not intoxicating.
FRANCE PLEDGES DURABLE
PEACE WITH ITALY
Paris, May 23. (Havas.) On the
occasion of the anniversary of the en
trance of Italy into the. " war, the
French chamber of deputies and senate
today adopted unanimously a reso
lution asserting the continued frater
nity of the two nations and declaring
they would remain united in a just and
durable peace. The government as
sociated itself with the resolution.
New Haven. The radiators
the aeroplanes which have completed
a successful flight to the Azores wprol
made in this citv. The ft ami n
Manufacturing company has the dis
tinction of having made this contribu
tion to the success .of the flight. Tlv
radiators were a part of an order of 32
placed by the navy department with
the G. and O. people about a month
ago.
Head Of Germany's Peace
Delegation
mMMT??Xni
CnTJtAijiEw pneTo.tfcRviwC wEwTORH,
Count Von Brockdorff t Rant
zau, who is now iu France as head
of the German peace envoys and
who will sign the peace treaty for
the new German Government.
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Condensed Telegrams
Bar silver was quoted at 5114 pence
far immediate anu forward delivery.
Turkish and Bulgarian 'missions to
the peace conference have arrived in
Switzerland.
Sank of England's total reserve
drnrmerl r1A!t ll.il in cmol.' T-'.i it linn
dropped 50,000.
Cold holdings of Bank of France in
creased 527.0S6 francs in week. Silver
decreased 883,013 francs.
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Lines'
Uegotiations for the sale of company's
ships reported finally dropped.
As a result of the heavy rainfalls,
southern Xew- York ' and northern
Pennsylvania are suffering by floods.
. Fountains at Versailles were turned
on for a preliminary test to the
sra.nd display, of the city -when peace
is signed.
Austrian peace terms, it is under
stood, will be delivered to ihc Austri
an delect 1 f.. 1 sit Ciermrt i n -en - 1 i VI-
Monday.
Of the- oVialnal force of 250.000
Czeeho-Slovuk sent to Kussia orily
50,000 reached there. The rest died,
savs ii report. i-oiwartica by tne bxenange J cie-
Bureau of Crop Estimates reports"11 company. Typhus is raging in
the United Slates marketed more
corn in ISIS, though less was produc
ed than in 1017.
Eritish list of restricted imports,
barring from British markets
American and other foreign commodi
ties, was partially relaxed.
Rates were held reasonable on ship
ments of soft coal in carload lots
from Western Kentucky by the In
terstate Commerce Commissoin.
According to John L. Caldwell,
American Minister to Persia that
country would like to be "taken under
the wing" of the United States.
Eugene Meyer, Jr., director of the
War Finance Corporation will leave
for France soon to confer with Ber
nard M. Baruch and Vance McCor
mick. Governor Smith anounced sufficient
work was planned and appropriations
made for public improvement in New
York state to take care" of the unem
ployed. Senator Cummins announced the
Senate Commerce Committee would
begin eonsideraton of return of val
roads to private ownership as its first
business.
Fanrk Lininston, a rCo, was tied
and burned' to death by whites and
negroes near Aldorado, Ark. Linin
ston confessed to murdering "his em
ployer's wife.
The Poliaf, 3,500-ton concrete ship,
named by Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, was
launched at the shipyard of the
Founger Concrete Shipbuilding Co.,
North Beach, I I.
German National People's party
! presented an apeal to the Weimar I
National Asembly to have a govern- 1
mental home in Germany provided for
the former Kaiser.
The body found in the Connecticut
river Thursday evening was identi
fied as that Mrs. Fred E. Spencer of
284 Franklin street, Springtield.
Thomas H. Willard, 42, of Wethers
field died at the Hartford hospital
Friday morning following a bullet
wound . self-inflicted an hour earlier
in Wethersfield.
Frederick M. Drew of Ansonia will
be Connecticut's candidate for direc
or of the Federal Reserve bank at
jtoKtaoxto- ft!tSe'-aca"n'ctrattsed by
'resignation from the board of. Thom
as W. Farnam.
VIENNA PROTESTS ITALY'S
CLAIM FOR WORKS OF ART.
(Correspondence of The Associated
Press.)
Vienna Anr-il 1 Tine 1,'lnnno P.-oti
to mnitinlrVinw T,mit j.sm.t the
Italian claims for works of art. de
claring that the Italians are introduc
ing oid Napoleonic methods of rob
bing galleries.
Professor Paolo d' Ancona of Milan,
who is at the head of the Italian Art
Miiision t(?Id the ' correspondent of
utiau-u "f "-
matter had been laid before the peace
conference for decision and that the
Italians so far are only placing the
works of art under sequestration, so
that they may be protected in case of
Bolshevik attempts to destroy, steal
or resell them as happened with the
Hermitage Gallery, at Petrograd. The
Italians feared this might be the fate
of the Budapest Galiery containing
such priceless works as Raphael's Ma
donna. Professor d' Ancona stated that th-;
Italian claims fall under three heads'
First, indemnities for art works, val
ued at $10,000,000 destroyed by the
Austrians in Italy during the war, in
cluding the air raids at Venice, An
cona. Padua, Raveiina and other
points: second, works which have
' bo?n stolen lrom Ita,y in tne ,,ast:
third, works which logica
belong to
I territory now occupied by
Italy or
about to become her property, includ
ing Pola. Lissa Island and Fiumc.
There are also provisional claims
for Ilalv's share which belong to her
historically in case the museums
Vienna and Budapest should be di
vided among the nations of the for
mer empire, the Czechs having already
submitted a similar claim.
Professor d' Ancona said that
among the works of art restitution of
which is demanded bv Italy are IS
paintings, of which .only one i;-; no
Italian, the exception being the larger
of two portraits of Remorandt. These
eighteen works have been valued at
about $5,000,000. Other notable works
claimed are Raphael's Madonna del
Prato: Jupiter and lo, by Correggio:
five other Correggios of the twenty
that are in the Austrian Imperial Mu
seum: Titian's Madonna Delle Ci
leege: Moretti's San Gustina: and two
Tintorettis, one being Susanna and the
Elders.
Among second-class works alleged
to have been stolen from Italy and
included in the llof Museum collec
tion is the famous Florentine Dia
mond which Italians claim as part of
the treasures of Tuscany carried off
by Princess Anna Maria of Medici,
contrary to agreement when nearly
two centuries ago she renounced the
Tuscan throne in order to become em
press of. Austria. There is alao a col
lection of Venetian arms and manu
scripts and Italian war trophies
which the Italians claim have been
stolen at various times but which
Austria has always refused to restore.
Regarding the 150 paintings w-'nich
the Italians took in February, it is
stated that the Austrians have admit
ted the justice of Italy's claims to
them as these works were alleged to
have been stolen by Austria after the
downfall of Napoleon.
GERMANS NOT SATISFIED
WITH ONE WEEK RESPITE
Paris. May 23. (French Wireless
Service.) Reports were in circulation
in peace conference circles Thursday
that Count Von- Brockdorff-Rantzau
was not satisfied with the delay of one
week granted the German delegation
in which lo make its answer to the
peace treaty and that he had asked for
an additional week. It was said offi
cially today, however, that the Ger
mans had. not asked for any further
delay.
BOLSHEVIK) HAVE BEGUN 1
EVACUATION OF MOSCOW
Typhus is Raging in Moscow and the Situation, is Reported
Desperate Operations ,: of Non-Bolshevik Force
Against Petrograd Are Said to be Meeting , With . Rapid
Success Bolshevik Forces Have Lost Several Thousand
Prisoners and Thirty Guns Allied Troops Are Advanc
ing on the North Russian Front
ioncion. .May - 23. The Eolshevikl.
n;u o uccun the evacuation of Moscow,
jjrams to reports Drought trom
1 '"I'ograd lo Copenhagen by travelers
" , UK' 5llual10" tn.ere 18 I0""
sidered desperate, The railway lines
between a number of places in central
Russia have been dismantled, the re-j
Port says. In. order to improve main
line service out of Moscow.
SUCCESSFUL NON -BOLSHEVIK
ATTACKS UPON PETROGRAD
London. May 23. The operations of t fipn Tpnnot uiuc
non-Bolshevik, forces against Petro-:ALVrT 12 ,f
grad are having great and rapid sue- ADVANCED IN. NORTH RUS8IA
cess, according to various reports re-
ceived here from Helsingfors. The
correspondent of the Daily Mail at theihave captured Medvyejyagora, at the
Finnish capital says that the Bolshevik northwestern end of Lake Oneeo. after
resistance seems to he broken and that ' a series of actions in which the Bol
they have lost several thousand pris-' sheviki rear guard suffered severely, a
oners and thirty suns'. I statement issued by the British war
A great number of machine iguns and ; office tonight says. The rapid retreat
five armored trains also were captured. ; of the Bolsheviki,' it is added, prevent
A north Russian corps co-operating j ed them from seriously damaging th
wit hthe Bsthonians successfully at- i port works. The allies have occupied
tacked the Bolshevik position at thejthe heights surrounding the town.
MIGHTIEST SINGLE-HANDED
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE WAR
New York. May 23. Sergeant Alvin
C. Y"ork. who received the congres
sional medal of honor for the might
iest single-handed achievement of the
war, in which he killed twenty Ger
mans, look 132 more prisoners, and
put 36 enemy machine gun nests out
of business in the Argoiine, wound up
a day of unsuccessful efftirt to "get in
to New York city's subway" by hear
ing himself proclaimed, the "greatest
soldier in history" at a dinner of the
Tennessee Society in his honor at tha
Waldorf-Astoria tonight.
York, second elder in the Church of
Christ and Christian Union in the lit
tie Tennessee village of Pall Mall, on
the lonely Wolf River, was flanked on
either side at the speakers' table by
Major General George P. Duncan, who
commanded the Eighty-Second (All
America) division in which Tor!
fought and Vice Admiral Albert
Gleaves, commander of the cruiser and
transnort force of the navy.
When it came York's turn to stand
up and address the diners, he showed
his modest simplicity.
"I suess vou all understand that I'm
just a soldier and not tr 'sjaiser," at
said. "lm just a ' somierpoy out i
Want to 'uiank The society, and Gen
eral Duncan, and I want you all to
know that what you all have done for
me is highly appreciated and I nevef
shall forget it. Thank you all very
much." .
Today was one round of festivities
for Sergeant York. In- taxicabs. tour
in2 cars and limousines, he was
shunted from one place to another un
tu eating time . at liic "amun
him a breathing spelL.,' Then , he an
nounced modestly, and with no offence
intended, that all day long he had
wanted to do "just one thing get into
the subway."
"That's one place I sure do want
to see," he sighed tonight.
LITIGATION OVER WILL OF
MRS. REBECCA T. R. GAY
New Y'ork. May 23. Swedish rela
tives of Mrs. Rebecca Tonnele Rice
Gay, who died in France in 1917 lcav
intr an estate estimated at several
millions, failed in their effort to pre
vent ancillary letters testamentary be
ing issued to Beniam'm Eastman Har-
wood of Chester, Conn., executor,
when the appellate division of the su
preme court today upheld an order of
Surrocale Fowler granting the let
ters.
-Mrs. Gav left a will described in
French law as a "mystic" will, or one
sealed in the presence of a notary and
witnesses who are ignorant of its con
tents. Anna Von Wernstadt and Mary
Hultenheim. Swedish relatives, who
eached received S100.00 by the will ob
jected to specific bqequests which in
cluded $10,000 apiece to family ser
vants and in declaring their intention j
to litigate, asked that letters testa-1
mentary be withheld from Harwood,
ai though they already had been grant
ed overseas.
DEMPSEY TO GIVE UP BALL
PLAYING IN TRAINING
Toledo, Ohio. May 23. Because of
the danger of an injury to his hands,
Jack Dempscy, who is to meet Jes-s
Willard in a heavyweight champion
ship battle here July 4, probably will
drop baseball from his training pro
gramme. The challenger engaged in a game
today and Tex Rickard, promoter of
the cot.iest. wore a worried look every
time Dempsey raced to pick up a
bounder or stabed the air in fielding
f.v balls. Rickard fears that Demp
sey might break a finger if - struck
with a swiftly batted ball.
Dempsey already has stored his mo
tor car until after the match and is
avoiding all ether risks of an injur'.
He has decided to wear a headgear
when he begins boxing to protect his
ears from damage by blows.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
MEDAL FOR MAJOR CURRY
New Y'ork., May 23. By direotion of
President Wilson the distinguished
service medal has been awarded by the
vvar department to Major William A,
Curry, director ot embarkation, - at
tached to the British ministry of ship
ping at this port. The official recog
nition was bestowed. Major Curry was
today advised, for his services in con
nection with the handling of AmeriT
can troops on British vessels during
the war; "-
VOTERS FAVOR ANNEXING
MAASTRICHT TO HOLLAND
Brussels, May 23. (French Wireless
Service.) The recent municipal elec
tions in Maastricht. Holland, have re
sulted in favor of the candidates who
ran on a platform proposing the an
nexation of the districts to Belgium.
The district in which Maastricht is
situated has been claimed by Belgium
in the negotiations now in progress to
modify the treaty of 1839. .
Some men earn their livinir bv
inr taffv and others bv givlnc it away.
Uatehina railway station
(33 mil-s
south ol Petrograd)
inousands. of Bolshevik soldiers In
the Gatchina urea and in the coast rT-
gion west of 'Petrograd who surrender-
cd with their arms and ammunition.
n eorrespoiwcnt adds, subsequent.!
Joined in-the attacks on their former
comrades. .
it -vi ; u, , . .
PeWora'dnab the
pared to defend the citj and that "
me workmen 'Have- been armed. The
defenders are Said to number 300,000.
JLondon. May "3. On the Murmansk
front in north Russia, allied . forrea
15 ALLIED NATIONS TO BE
GUESTS OF AMERICANS
Paris, May 23. Fifteen allied na
tions have accepted the invitation of
General Pershing to be the guest of
the American expeditionary forces at
tne lnter-ainea games to be held at
Pershing Stadium at Joinville le Pont,
near Paris, June 22 to, July (j. Two
other nations, China and Brazil, will
not sena teams out nave named dele
gates to the games advisory commit
tee.
Twenty-one nations were invited to
participate. Such nations as Siam and
Japan were unable to accept on ac
count of the distance to Paris. Three
nations born during the war are to
compete Jugo Slavia. Czecho-Slova-
kia and the kingdom of the Hedjai.
The representatives of the Hedjaz are
already on their way to Paris with
Arabian thoroughbred horses and ca
mels for the mounted events.
The following nations are to com
pete: Belgium, France, Greece,
Czecho-Slovakia. Rumania, Italy. Ju
goslavia, Portugal, the kingdom of the
Hedjaz, Canada, Australia, Xew Zea
land, Guatemala and the UnlteJ
States. ' The British army of the
Rhine will send a team .for . special
track and field events open only to
competitors -from the allied armies of
occupation. Each competitor will hare
two delegates on the advisory commit
tee which will meet on Sunday to co
operate with the inier-allied games
committee.
SCARCITY OF COMMON
LABOR IN CONNECTICUT
Hartford, Conn, May 23. Scarcity
of common labor exists in all parts of1
Connecticut according to reports re
ceived today by Federal Director Da
vid Elder of the employment service.
Based upon requisitions for such help
made by employment offices it Is esti
mated that the shortage is about 1.
000 as this number can be easily plae
ed. Bridgeport would like 200. Hart
ford 300, Meriden 50, towns close by
New Haven 50. New London 15, Stam
ford 3.V- and Waterbury 400. The sup
ply and demand is equal In Torrlnir
ton and Willimantio. New Haven has
been able to find all its needs but re
ports that Derby and Branford each
called for 50 laborers.
In contrast the employment Tm
reaus report a surplus of mechanics)
machine operators, chauffeurs, and
clerks who either do not want or are
unwil'ing to work at common labor,
so-called.
NO FLIGHT FROM THE
AZORES BEFORE SUNDAY
Porta Delgada. May 2T 'By' The
A. P.) Lieutenant Commander A. O.
Read. U". S. N., announced tonight tttii
strong easterlv winds off the coast pt
Portugal would prevent his starting Ki
the seaplane N.C.-4 for the flight to
Lisbbn before daybreak Sunday.
Looking After Our Boys
Over There
C4NTBAL NtWft PHOTO URvL MM TOUL
Viscountess Guinslo-w, who is IS
charge: of a British women's to-'
ciety, which is entertaining and '
feeding dainties to our boys as tfcejr .
sail from: Brest for home tborm.
She ; called the "Mother ot the
Hero.c Taajfcs,. by the he
tat bya, - -.
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