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NORWICH, CONN., SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1920
VOL LXIr-NO. 16
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OFFICIALS PLAHIG'FOR
PROHIBITION EUFGRGEMENT
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Department of Justice nd the
Ready to Take Drastic Action Against All Violators
Commissioner Kramer Has a Staff of Nearly .1,500
' Men Ready to Begin Their
: Work Under the Direction
ficers Extra Care is to be
Warehouses. .
"Washington. Jan. IS. National wide
prohibition by constitutional amendment-became
effective tonight at mid
night with the department of ustice
and the bureau of internal revenue,
the two- government agencies entrust
ed with- enforcement of the new basic
law, ready to tkae drastic action
against ail violators.
The- final step .i the work of en
forcing . the new form of prohibition
wan taken tonight when Secretary
Glass approved finally the regulations
ti be observed by agents of the fed
eral governrm-nt.
John F. Kramer, general prohibition
commirsinoer. announced that he
practically had completed selection of
his corps of state commissioners and
local agents and had been notified by
them that they wr-re prepared to start
tomorrow morning on the task.
There 'was little notice taken by
government officials of the end of all
treasury department, where much ac-
l.censetf sales ot liquor except ai me
tlvity was shown at the offices of of
ficials connected with prohibition en
forcement. Their task, however, was
confined to the linking up of detailed
plans for aiding local authorities in
driving cat the illegitimate dealer in
iiitoiii-ants;
Commissioner Kramer Said he had
a staff of ' nearly 1.500 men ready to
bc;rra their duties at midnight. About
SO of these will work under the di
rection of the state prohibition en
forcement officers wh'.le the- others will
serve muh as did internal revenue
agents before war time prohibition
went Into effect. In a few states the
wt-ui 1 1 , 1 J vnfryL, in tt Hi. Mdirg iur- i
Btaie directors have not been named ;
hut Mr. Kramer has delegated their
powers to Internal revenue officers so
the organization was regarded as
complete.
Treasury officials anticipate some
trouhl" in handling the distilled li
quors in bonded warehouses. It has
been disc'oed that, in several .cities,
large quantities of hntflod goods have
d'sappeared from bonded storage do
snite the vivrilnnce of revenue officers.
Te avert furth-rr theft.. Mr. Kramer's
stnrf has tet-n instructed, to- guard
such liquors with extra cars.
PROHIBITIONISTS SEEK"
i support of pulpits
- New York." Jah. 16 New York ' city
In the "center of nullif-jation and se
ditions hct'.rity do.:sned to prevent
the enforcement of the prohibition
amendment," according to an address
to - the . clergymen of the city from
clergymen in ail the qther counties of
the state, made public tonight. -
New Vork state is descrile-d as the
"danger point iu the whole nation,"
and New York city as . the danger
point in New York state, in "the tte
mradnus struggle now on for the-retention,
protection and . enforcement
of prohibition."
The address bears the signatures of
nearly 1.000 pnstors.. lis purpose is
to urge, statewide and nationwide
"concerted discuss on" from pulpits on
Sunday in support of the prohibition
amendments.
"While New Tork has been one of
the backward stales." . the address
"-. "and while it has been perhaps
the hardest . problem in the advance
ment of prphitiition. it is now com
pelled to hear the main burden of the
K-cailed reaction."
The pulpits of most of the rity's
leading churches of denominations
pposed o the liquor traffic have not
neen opened at all to the Anti-saloon
league. Jt is maintained, or so seldom
as not tn count.
"We sre compelled to believe," says
the, address, "that the main reason
whv so many h'gh grade members
rt Xew Tork churches of prohibition
denominations have not been in sym
pathy with the prohibition movement
is because they have not. through
their churches, been brought face to
fee with the facts and their respon
s.bdlty." PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL
. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT
' Jrashington. Jan. ' 16. Constitution
al - "prohibition, effective at midnight
tonight, and the enforcement legisla
t m enacted by congress, make the
i"!owmg provisions:
Declare unlawful the manufacture
or ale of any beverage - containing
nc-nn oi one per cent, or more of
iconoi., .
arcn ana seizure , powers given
prohibition enforcement officers, ex
tept lor the search of nrivatn rlwoll.
tigs unless used for the unlawful sale
intoxicants or in part as places of
business.
I jquor seized to be destroyed, vehi
cles and other property to be sold
nd proceeds paid into United States
treasury.
Advertising of liquor by any method
prohibited.
Permit manufacture at home for
personal use of non-intoxicating ci
Sn and fruit juices. While "non-intoxicating"
is not defined specifically
the term -"intoxicating" is construed
by law. to mean one-half of one per
cert, or more of alcohol.
Permit manufacture of alcoholic li
quors for sacramental and medicinal
Be, tinder restrictions.
Permit manufacture of alcohol for
Industrial and scientific uses. .
Permit possession of liquor in home
purcha.ed before prohibition be
ta me effective.
Physicians prohibited from pr-trr-ibing
alcoholic Jiquor for patient
unless in good faith they believe it
win afford relief from ailment. Not
more than one pint can be prescrib
ed In any month for one person.
- Complete records of sales, inclnd
Ine names f persons obtaining H
rtisers. : required of manufacturers and
criiggists.
Various penalties for violation fixed,
the most severe being $2,000 fine and
two j-ears imprisonment.
NOTICE ABOUT RETURN3 .
i- OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS
. Jtartford, Jan. It. -Collector of In
ternal Revenue James J. Walsh has
issued Instructions to 6,509 persons,
private concerns and public institu
tions in Connecticut requesting that
. -
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Duties About 300 Will
of the Sute Prohibition Of-
Exercised in Guard of Bonded
th.ir Ha not file' notice of intoxicating
liquors they have had or have on- hand
until they have received the regular
inventory forma from the collector's
The inventories should ' be' filed
within ten days after the national pro
hibition act goes into effect, which is
at midnight .tonight. The necessary
forms have been held up for various
reasons and should be Teceiyed m
this city for distribution all over the
state -within a day or two.
' Returns must be filed by hospital
and educational institutions, which
have obtained alcohol or alcoholic
beverages under special , acts of jconr
grcss, wholesale and retail liquor
dealers, those holding permits, accord
ing to treasury decisions, such as
drug stores-to sell spirits or wines
for non-berage purposes, distillers
of spirits in free warehouses, and
those selling wines intended for sac
ramental purposes, as well as others
wiving liquor in their possession or in
storage.
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MOCK FUNERAL SERVICE
FOR JOHN BARLEYCORN
Norfolk, Va., Jan. 3 6. "Billy" Sun
day preached John Barleycorn's fu
neral sermon here today before an au
dience of more than 10.C00 persons
which attended mock obsequies.
' The ceremony began at the railroad
station where the "corpse" in a casket
twenty feet long arrived -on "a special
train from Milwaukee." Twenty pall
bearers placed the casket on a ear
rings and marched beside it through
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th. streets to Sunday's tabernacle
while His Satanic Majesty trailed be
hind in deep mourning and anguish.
At the tabernacle door; Sunday met
"the corpse" with a delighted grin and
led the way to its resting place while
he preached the sermon. The devil,
wearing a mask, and simulating a
state of deep rejection, sat with the
party of mourners.
."Goodbye, John," said the evange
list at the conclusion of his sermon.
"You were God's worst enemy; you
were Hell's best friend. I hate you
with a perfect hatred; I love to hate
Vou." .
ALL WHISKEY SEIZED
. - ' 16 TO BE DESTROYED
Washington, Jan. . 16. Search" for
contraband -liquor is permitted under
warrants, except that-private dwellings-
may not be searched, unless used
tor. illegal talc or in part for business
purposes. Seized whiskey and prop
erty used in illegal sale or transporta
tion are to be destroyed, the owner
having no property rights in it.
PROHIBITION LEGISLATION ,
BEGAN IN GEORGIA IN 1907
.Washington, Jan. , 16.-I-T'he modern
wave of prohibition legislation began
with George in 1907. Since that time
the movement gained strength more
rapidly than any other reform in the
history of the world, so that 33 states
already have prohibition by state ac
tion, in 21 adopted by popular votei
and in the-others by legislative meas
ures. At the time the constitutional
amendment was submitted 24 of the
4S states, and considerably more than
half of the territorial United States,
had prohibition. In states where pro
hibition was not state-wide, it had
been adopted under local optic! laws
by many communities.-
ATTACK ON CONSTITUTIONAL
PROHIBITION NOT FEARED
Washington, Ja 16. Attacks on
constitutional prohibition, began in
several states, apparently are not
viewed with alarm by the reform
forces. After the supreme court up
held the constitutionality of war time
prohibition, and the measures to en
force it,- Wayne B. Wheeler, general
counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of
America',' announced that the only
question left on which the wets could
make a fight was whether prohibition
was a proper subject for constitutional
action and whether the amendment
had been adopted legally.. He1-contended
there was no doubt on the sub
ject. New Jersey officials who search
ed state department records of the
ratification-of ' the ' amendment an
nounced they had found no variations
in language which would warrant at
tacking it. ;
NO CHANCE FOR WHISKEY
IN BONDED WAREHOUSES
Washington, Jan. 16. Thousands of
gallons of whiskey remain in bonded
warehouses with no chance to be sold
at prevailing high prices. The liquor
can be taken out only for medicinal
and scientific uses, with the bureau
of internal revenue exerting extreme
precautions to see that none of it is
used in violation of the law. During
the last two months many owners of
alcoholic liquors, foreseeing no op
portunity for sale in this country, have
endeavored to rush the surplus to
other countries. Lack of shipping
space prevented more than a fraction
being exported. Cuba and the Baha
mas received most of what was sent
abroad. There were 70,000,000 gallons
on hand when war time prohibition
went into effect. The amount exported
Is not known, but is probably less than
20,000,000 gallons.
MERIDEN W. C; T.-U. f
CELEBRATED PROHIBITION
Meriden, Conn., Jan. 16. An all-day
celebration of national prohibition
was held by the local W. C. T. U. to
day. Among those announced to speak
during the day were Mayor D. J.
Donovan, Julius Stremlou who will be
prohibition director for Connecticut,
and the local clergy.- .
'. Man Buried Under Tans of MetaL
Bridgeport, Jan. 16. Buried beneath
tons of : metal, Abraham M. Marson,
63, was crushed to death . today. De
ceased was working for his son. who
conducts a Junk . shop at 265 Sterling
street, when the ground' floor , gave
way under the weight of scrap, car
rying him down with the mass.
Cables! iagraphs
Strike of Wire Workers in Rome.
Rome. Thursday. -Jan. 15. . The
strike of postal, telegraph and tele
phone workers, .which began at mid
night last night, appeared to be losing
ground today. . Almost all of the tele
phone girls resumed work today, and
they were joined by many telegraph
operators: volunteers, both men ana
women, undertook to carry cm- the
postal service," and Boy Scoutsv were
engaged in distributing letters. It is
siigested that an attempt be made to
settle the strike by aribtration. . "
UNITED STATES OFFICIALLY
GIVING AID TO POLAND
"Washington," Jan. 16. The .United
States is already "officially giving aid
to Poland." Secretary Baker said to
day, referring to the fact that Colonel
Alvin B. Barber, of the engineer
corps, has been loaned to direct Po
lish national railways.
"In my judgment,"- Mr. Baker add
ed, "as long as the Polish govern
ment, a new nation, set up by the
conference in Paris, is occupying a de
fensive position assigned to it and is
living up to the convention by which
it came: into existence, it is entirely
proper for , the nation responsible for
its existence to lend it all possible
aid.
"I should have personally no objec
tion to the participation of the Unit
ed States in aid to Poland as long as
Poland continues to preserve the fron
tiers and the obligations incurred in
the creation of the new Poland."
PROF. R. WYLIE OPPOSED
TO DEPORTATION OF REDS
Newark, J. JanJ 16. Professor
Ralph Wylie, head of the English de
partment of the Newark College of
Technology, today announced his op
position to deportation of Reds and
acepted a challenge to debate the
question with -a representative of his
students, who are disabled service
men being instructed 'under the direc
tion of the Federal Vocational Board.
Remarking to a class that Reds
should :be- confined in insane asylums
instead of being deported, the profes
sor was, immediately challenged to de
bate by Leo F. Matthews, a marine,
who lost -an arm at Chateau Thierry.
Upon acceptance it was arranged that
Roy F. Dunn, nother disabled marine,
should present the arguments for
Mathews, who says he is not an ora
tor. HELD FOR THEFT OF
LIQUOR WORTH $2,000
Greenwich, Conn., Jan. 16. Ernest
Troost and Frederick Stork, each 21,
charged with entering the house of
Martin M. Schultz. on the Dublin road
and stealing selected hquors worth
over $2,000, were held in $5,000 each
for trial in the superior court today.
Testimony, was that after the men
had taken the liquor to Portchester,
Richard Stork, father of Frederick,
sold a portion to a saloon keeper, for
$840. He gave the two defendants
$150 each and kept the balance. The
Portchester police arrested him on an
excise charge.-. Some liquor had been;
stored in the saloon and some was
found in a garage here.
17,354 PROMOTIONS HAVE
; BEEN MADE IN THE ARMY
Washington, Jan. 16. Secretary
Baker; replying to ahouse resolution,,
reported today that since the signing
of the armistice 17,35 promotions had
been made in thi army, including 15,
450 in -the A'. 11 F., and 1,904 in the
forces in this country. . '
Promotions among the troops over
seas were- divided as foflows: 4,778
among the' combat forces; 10,546
among : non-combatant, and 126 in the
chemical warfare service. Promotions
In this country were 418 among . the
combat troops; 1,481 in the non-combatant
and five in the chemical war
lare service.
ONLY FOUR SENATORS.
PRESENT AT ADJOURNMENT
Washington, Jan. 16. Noting that
only four senators were on the floor.
Senator Kenyon, ; republican, Iowa,
moved- adjournment today an hour
and a half ahead of the usual quitting
time and shortly after he began an
explanation of his Americanization
bill which is before the senate for ac
tion. -
Everybody in the country is inter
ested in the great work of wiping out
illiteracy, except contvss. Senator
Kenyon declared when he saw the
small attendance, and his motion
brought the session to an abrupt end.
RESIGNS AS PAPER
CONTROLLER OF CANADA
Ottawa, Ont,' Jan. 16. R. a; Prin
gle, paper controller, said today that
his resignation had been accepted by
the government. Having carried the
work through the war period he ask
ed to be relieved of the position to
devote his time to his own affairs. He
understood that an official of the gov
ernment would carry on the worfc and
added that he would assist the man
appointed as much possible. Mr.
Pringle added that his relations with
the government had been entirely
harmonious. ........
POLISH CONSULATE NAMES
AN ECONOMIC COUNCIL
New York, Jan. 16. The Polish
consulate here announced today the
appointment of an economic council
to act as an advisory ;body to keep the
Polish legation at Washington and the
consulate here informed on all matters
relating to commerce and finance. H.
Gliwic, commercial counsellor of the
legation, was appointed ohah-man of
the council and Dr. George Barthel,
consul-general, and Steven De Czes
neck, a publisher, were named as vice
chairmen.
42 MEN, EIGHT WOMEN
FREED FROM ELLIS ISLAND
New York,- Jan. 16. Forty-two men
and eight women arrested in recent
raids on extremists were released
from Ellis Island on bail today, mak
ing a total of 59 freed since . Federal
Judge Knox decided on Wednesday
tha timmediate bail must -be . given
whether or not the radicals haian
swered questions of "immigration in
spectors ascto belief in the. use of
violence to' overthrow the govern
ment. . ,
PATENT OFFICE NEEDS
INCREASED WORKING FORCE
Washington, Jan. 16. Explanation
of ""increasing delays" In acting on
applications for patents is asked of
the commissioner of patents in a reso
lution introduced today by Represen
tative Tilson, republican, Connecticut:
Some time ago the commissioner in
formed - congressional comlttees that
the office was swaped and needed an
Increased working fore, -
Council Modifies
Embargo on Russi
To Remedy the Unhappy Sit
uation of the Population of
jthe Interior.. . ; ' '
Washington, Jan.. 16. Reciprocal in
terchange . of certain commodities, in
cluding foodstuffs, between , the Rus
sian people nad allied and neutral
countries has- been decided upon by
the supreme council. . - - "
The decision of the supreme council,
announced through- a - communique
made public tonight by the state de
partment, provides that facilities will
be afforded the Russian co-operative
organizations to import clothing, med
icines, . agricultural machinery and
other necessaries in exchange for
grain, flax and other, goods of which
itussia nas a surplus.
Permission for the '- exchange of
goods,- the supreme council asserts, Im
plies no change in the policy of the
aiuea ana associated powers toward
the Russian soviet - government.
Neither does it as interpreted by. of
ficials here amount to the raising of
the blockade which has been main
tained .by the allied and associated
governments since soon after the bol
Bheviki seized control of the Russian
government. :
Th supreme council's communique
follows: -.
"With a view to remedying the un
happy situation of the population of
the interior, of Russia, which is now
deprived of all manufactured products
from outside Russia,' the supreme
council, after having taken note of the
report of a committee appointed, to
consider the - reopening - of certain
trading relations with - the t Russian
people, have-, decided that, it would
permit the exchange of goods on the
basis of reciprocity between the Rus-
The Importance
"Advertising is the crtain, quick and most economical method of
developing a business known to industry. Put this great power back -.of
any sound, legitimate business and watch that business grow. We
are in an era of unprecedented prosperity. It only remains for us to
see the light and get busy.
. "If you have 'something to sell and you want to sell it to the great-v
est number of people in. the shortest time possible , and at the lowest
' sales cose advertise. ' . . . . ,
The above is the opinion of a Statistician -Babson with the depart
ment of labor at Washington. He-sizes up the situation in a few
words to which might be added that if you are doing business in Nor
wich or eastern Connecticut and are seeking to move goods the adver
tising service of The Bulletin should not be overlooked. -
During the past week the following matter has appeared in The
Bulletin's columns:
Bulletin
Monday,
Tuesday,
' Wednesday,,
Thursday, t !
January 12 i .
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January 15
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sian people and allied an4 neutral
countries.
"For this purpose it decided' to give
facilities' to ; the'-Russian co-operative
organizations which are in direct
touch with the 'peasantry throughout
Russia so that they may arrange for
the import into Russia of clothing,
medicines, agricultural machinery and
the other necessaries of 'which the
Russian people are in sore need in ex
change for grain, flax, etc., of which
Russia has surplus supplies. These
arrangements imply no change in the
policy of the allied governments tow
ard the soviet government."
CORONER MIX PROBING
FIRE IN NEW HAVEN
1 New Haven, Conn., Ja, 16. It de
veloped at the hearins before Coroner
Mix this afternoon that the fire in the
basement of the Chamber of Com
merce building was discovered by Eu.
gene Jacobs, a Janitor employed by the
John R. Rembert company, which has
a large book and stationery store in
the building. Jacobs said that the fire
was first . seen in a small pile of ex
celsior in the Rembert stock room and
that he at first tried, to put it out with
a. hand fire extinguished. The extin
guisher failed to function, . whereupon
Jacobs, according to his testimony,
tried to smother the.' flame with a
handful of excelsior and some waste
material. This did not .work wel he
said, and soon the basement of . the
building was a mass of flames. Jacobs'
managed to make his escape, but the
engineer of the, building was overcome
by smoke and died. . " -.
The question of the accessibility of
the fire escapes about the fourth floor
was gone into carefully and testimony
brought out the information that on
each of the floors above the fourth it
was necessary to go through a private
office to reach the fire escape. It is
stated that some offhese offices were
locked, the tenants being out to lunch.
"Out for, .lunch; back . in . thirty min
utes," read a sign on one of the doors.
C- W-. Murdock,- the owner of . the
building, was one of those summoned
by the coroner. The investigation will
be continued tomorrow.
MUNSEY MAKES STATEMENT
ANENT NEW YORK HERALD
New York, Jan. 16. Frank A. Mnn
s'eyV who recently bought the New
York Herald and the Evening Tele
gram, made the following announce
ment tonight:
"While I have not yet gone very
far in the matter of getting acquaint
ed with the Herald from the -inside of
Its office, I may say even now that so
far as concerns anv act 'nf winu tho
name New York Herald Is immortal. I
am led to say this because of the ex
traordinary interest the worldwide
interest, in fact that has been man
Ifested as to the future of this news
paper."- ' . .
$50,000,600 FOR MEDICAL '
EDUCATION IN CANADA
New Yok,: Jan. 16. A conference
with "a large number of prominent
Canadians representing all the signif
icant institutionail . and geographical
interests in the Dominion" wiH be held
before the ; Rockefeller Foundation
adopts1 a policy, in canneetion -with aid
to be extended Canadian medical edu
cation from. John IX -Rockefeller's re-
cent rift of $50,000,000, ito the Foun
dation for its fiht against disease. .
,'Wakes,'inNewYork
For the Demon Rum
Scenes in the White Light Dis
" trict Surpassed Anything
Previously Known. -
New York, Jan. 16.-r-Demon Rum
was declared an . outlaw in New York
at midnight tonight and the declara
tion was received in two widely differ
ent modes by New Yorkers. While
many thousands . gathered in . the
churches .of the. metropolis . to greet
with prayer and pra.se . the . official
passing of the demon, many- more
thousands expressed their, feelings .in
a desperate attempt to - consume as
much of the forbidden liquor as their
systems and pocketbooks would per
mit, ' --; - -
The scenes of revelry ' in : New
York's famous White Light district
surpassed, by common consent, any
thing previously known in the city. In
every cafe, restaurant and hotel -in the
brilliantly lit heart of Manhattan
"mourners'' gathered for the "wake
in a spirit of hilarity that ought to
have made the corpse wonder if it was
hot a christening I instead of a fun
eraU The evidences of mourning
seemed to be entirely confined to the
numerous coffins which decorated the
centers of most of the cafes and re
sorts.
No attempt " was made to interfere
with the wake by the official prona
tion enforcer's. Colonel Daniel L,
Porter, who has charge of the en
forcers. ' Colonel Daniel L. Porter,
who has charge of the enforcement in
the New York district, announced
early in- the evening that while he was
preparing for a vigorous campaign as
soon as the eighteenth amendment-be
came operative, he had made no spe
cial arrangements to interfere with
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tonight's mourners. " It was merely a
question of the price in most places
but even the smallest libation to the
departed' cost from 751 cents to a dol
lar while more ostentatious mourners
found a $100 bill went but a short way
for wine at $30 a bottle, -
FRAUDS AT PACIFIC COAST
SHIPYARDS TRIVIAL
Washington, Jan. 16. Belief that no
large sum of money is involved in sus
pected frauds in several Pacific coast
shipyards was expressed tonight by
Chairman Payne of the shipping board
in giving out correspondence relating
10 iie cases.
The department of justice. Chairman
Fayne explained, asked the shipping
board in November to suspend pay
ments to builders on all ship contracts
cancelled. This was done by the board
Dec. 2. The ground for the request,
as stated in the correspondence, was
that the secret service agents consid
ered there was a possibility that
claims against the government based
on the cancellations were "padded." .
TWO INTERNAL REVENUE
DISTRICTS CONSOLIDATED
New York, Jan. 18. Orders were re
ceived today from Daniel C. Roper,
national commissioner of internalj rev
enue, to consolidate the Second and
Third internal revenue districts of
Manhattan on Feb. 1. composin- the
greatest single revenue agency in the
country. Returns from the two agen
cies last year equalled a billion and a
half dollars.
Wall street is included
In the Second district. The consolida
tion is ordered on the ground of great
er efficiency. .' -. '
Administration of the new agency
will be directed by William H., Ed
wards, 'present interna! revenue
lector of the Second district.
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AN AWARD OF $238,000
AGAINST CiTY-OF BOSTON
Boston, Jan. 16. An award f $23S,
200 with interest at 6 per-cent, from
Oct. 21, 1918, is made to Patrick Mc
Govern & company, contractors of this
city and ' New York, in their suit
against the city of Boston In the mas
ter's report made public tonight.
' The contractors sued the city on the
claim that plans submittedTy the city
transit commission to the bidders for
construction of the Dorchester tunnel
of the rapid transit system showed an
all-earth tunnel - but that after much
of the work had been done the con
tractors encountered ledge in several
places, thus increasing the cost of con
struction and the danger anfl difficulty
attending it. ' . -
CALL FOR DESPATCH BY
AIRPLANE OF ANTITOXIN
New York, 'Jan.' 16. A telegraphic j
request was m:ih au me uiuvrrsiiy vt
Illinois tonight for the despatch by
airplane of an antitoxin the institution
is said to have; that Dr. John Riegel
man,;. Bronx medical examiner, be
lieved would save the lives of Angelo
and Dominick Delbene, victoms of
germ-laden olives. Both are danger
ously ill in the hospital, Angelo not
being expected to live 24 hours. -
Within the last 'week -Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Debene and their two sons, Dom
inick and Anthony, have died after
eating olives. The men in the hos
oital are brothers of Paul Delbene,
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Condensed ; Telegrams
William F. Delaney yesterday was
reappointed postmaster at New Brit
ain., ....
American Smeltina and' Refining Co.
raised price; of-lead from 8 1-4 to 8 1-2
cents. .
Gold sold at 110s 8d a fine ounce in
London compared with previous price
of 110s. '.. '. .:; -
Rand oold mines output in December
was 650,191 fine ounces, valued at 2,-
761,836. . . . ; .
Bar silver was - quoted at 79d - an
dunce in London compared with $1.30
in New. Y ork. , :.
Bavaria's war losses
men, of whom " 163,000
389,000 mising.
total 655,000
were killed,
" Estimated 'gross profit of Shipping
Board at rate, of from $1,000,000 to
$120,000,000 yearly. '. -
The Senate ' passed the waterpower
bill after a ten-year fight. The . bill
now goes to conference. , .:
Anti prohibition . demonstrations at
Ton-y Pandy, Wales, broke up a tem
perance conference there,.-'
Speaker Sweet declared the investigation-of
-five' expelled Socialists will
not cover the entire party platform.
Navy department announced imme
diate distribution of silver victory star
to all men wounded' in the navy.
; Soviet advices - confirmed the cap
ture of Admiral Kolchak, head of the
all?Russran government of Omsk.
Cidland Railroad Co., Staten Island,
is expected to discontinue -service be
cause, of failure to obtain a 7 cent fare.
Board of managers of the New York
Coffee and Sugar Exchange will hold
a special-meeting- today kill kill kit
Price of winter wheat it reported
to have jumped from 80 cents to $1 over
the guaranteed government price of
52.26.
Restoration of boxing in New York
state will be asked of the legislature
in a bid to be introduced by Assembly
man Boss.
Fire partially destroyed a tobacco
warehouse owned by H. J. and W. S.
Hunting, with a total loss estimated
at $150,000. . i -
- The, House set Feb. 10 for. a hear
ing of proponents of the bill of Repre
sentative Fess, proposing a reduction
of postal rates.
Delegates of railway men's unions
accepted the government offer of wage
demands made by employes in . the
tower grades, of. service. . ; -r
No increases in the personnel of the
navy, over that authorized for the
present , fiscal year will be asked by
the navy department for 1921. - .'
; Premier . Clemeneeau, .Lloyd George
and Nitti,wiH examine text of the de
mand "to be made', upon Holland for
the' extradition of the former Kaiser.
r It WanrfmeUneea "IK Ro'rne""one of
the Caproni airplanes' flying from
Rome, to Tokio reached Adalia, Asia
Minor, on the coast of the villayet of
Konich. "-..;.;' : .
Thirty-five million tree seeds were
formally presented to the government
of iTance,. isngiana and Belgium Dy
the American Forestry Association at
Boston. ' - '
Louis Cuvillier, Democrat, of New
York, ...will testify in the Assembly as
to theability of tsie New York Tele
phone- Co. to give better service in
New: York city. .
M. Franklin-Bullion, defeated by
Andre Tardieu for the Chamber of
Deputies iu November election, will
tour the United States in opposition to
the peace treaty.
PiM, Paw U fApmA,. T"i 1 fL-! V minis
j ter of War, who was recently elected
king of Kurdistan, started, a bolsheviki
revolution in Turkestan, Afghanistan
and Baluchistan. ; . - '
Six hundred thousand marks con
tributed by Americans to" the German
Red Cross in the winter of 1916-17 still
are on deposit in the Dresdner Bank
auditing disposition.
Samuel Rea, president of the Penn
sylvania irallroad, declared the an
nouncement that company would
spend $10,000,000 for improvement at
Pittsburgh, is - erroneous. . ' "
Wifc a
huge hole torn in her bet-
torn, the coast and . geodetic survey
converted yacKt Isis was beached- five
miles south of St. Augustine without
injury, to thercw of fifty..
V'lt - is reported there is an enormous
exodus of German subjects . from
Switzerland to their former-homes in
Germany; most of them being desert-
i ers from the German army. --
8eertary -' "Baker recommended to
state--department that the - United
States furnish Poland with surplus mil-
itary supplies and to stem the west-
ward sweep of the bolsheviki. .
Four former monarchs who are liv
ing at Lausanne were interested spec-
jects of art owned by the estate -of the
late Princess Lobonoff of Russia.
The Tribunal a bolsheviki paper pub
lished in Amsterdam now appears with
a' section printed in, Russian., Many
Russians still remain in Holland, in
cluding 600 in.Harderwijk camp..
Radicals atrionfl the worker, of sev-' ..T nS?, -m
, wio, ti, T3,i j i..J7Jr 11 o clock this morning, ordered Dnvid
era! large plants in Berlin declared a!, 0 ,. tiw ,
Z.rr!TItSMa'Ml.i four 'shots, all of
the killing of .Dr.. Kar Liebknecht and
Rosa Luxemburg, the socialists.
'Government Investigators- unearth
ed frauds involving many millions of
dollars in connection with the build
ing, of ships for the ; government in
Jamea A. Farrell, U. S. Steel Cor
poration head,-and : Henry Ford dis
cussed, business while in Pittsburgh.
Ford was, -asked as to W. J.. Bryan for
president and , said --"I forgot . about
him 20 .years aso."
SPOILED OLIVES THE
V CAUSE. OF. FOUR DEATHS
New ' -York, : Jan. '16. Mr. and Mrs.
Paul - Delbene and , . their two sons,
Dominick and Anthony,' had died to
day as a result pf eating spoiled olives
and their .daughter Lena was in the
hospital tonight suffering from . the
same .poison. Anthony Delbene, the
fourth . victim,- died at the Fordham
hospital late today.
SIMS SCORES SWETHOD OF
W OECBilATlDiWDS
The Rear Admiral Told the Senate Committee That the Mo
rale of the Navy Had Bsen "Knocked to" Pieces" as a Re
sult cf Methods Followed-r-Asserts the Underlying Causa
Was the Failure of Secretary Daniels to Formulate a Defi
nite Policy to. Govern Awards-Claims Grave Injustice
Has Been Done Many Officers.
Washington, Jan. 16. While dis
claiming any thought of making - a
personal attack on Secretary Daniels,
Rear Admiral William S. Sims told
the senate sub-committee investigat
ing naval war decorations today that
morale of the service had - been
"knocked to pieces'" as a result of
methods - followed in making the
awards. .
The underlying cause of "the whole
unfortunate affair," Admiral Sims as
serted, was. failure of , Mr. Daniels to
formulate a. definite policy to .govern
a war d in. his . instructions . to ' the
Knight. Medal Board. Grave injustice
had been done many officers because
of this,, he added.
Admiral Sims, who during the war
commanded American forces in for
eign waters, said constructive criti
cism was part of his duty to the ser
vice and his recent letter as well as
his testimony was not to be construed
otherwise. He argued for withdrawalJ
of department regulations requiring
officers not to publish critical articles
without specific sanction as in the
best interests of the service.- In con
nection with his original letter refus
als - a, distinguished service irtedal
pending action by the secretary on his
plea. for reconsideration of his-recom
mendations as to awards, he said- Mf.
Daniels had written him that no final
action had been taken.
AdSniral Sims vigorously reaffirmed
the position- taken in his letter that
only commanding officers were com
petent to pass on the relative value of
services performed .by officers under
them. ' He cited changes in awards
made both by the Knight board and
the secretary as being unjustified and
expressed the opinion that the service
generally would welcome withdrawal
of all medals because of the "unfortu
nate and unnecessary" controversy
that had arisen.
Taking up the secretary's announced
policy of awarding distinguished ser
vice medals to officers who had lost
ships in aciton where their service
had been meritorious, Admiral Sims
declared such officers deserved med
als of .honor or nothing. He cited the
case of a British "mystery ship" sunk
by a submarine after a battle from
which the U-boafr . emerged unhurt
The British officer received, he said,
the Victoria Cross, equivalent of the
Medal of Honor.. - v "
. In this -connection- , 'Admiral Sims
reada personal letter from Secretary
Dan;eis asking - what steps towara
"suitable recognition" of the services
of Lien tommt CJti 1 1 uan Avtr- iDavid -W;
Bagley, -M-rv Daniels4 - brother-in-law)
and other officers of the destroyer Ja
cob Jones,' sunk without warning, by
CLEMENCEAU DECLINES
TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT
Paris, Jan. -16. Premier Clemenceau
tonight sent a letter to Leon Bour
geois, formally withdrawing from the
contest for , the presidency. The let
ter says: .
"I take the liberty of informing you
that I withdraw from my friends au
thority to offer my candidacy for the
presidency of the republic- and that if
they disregard my withdrawal and
obtain for. me a; majority of the votes
J" will refuse the mandate so confer
red." .
Replying to a group of ministers
who brought the result of the caucus
vote to M. Clemenceau, but asked
him to remain a candidate for the
presidency, the premier said:
"My resolution is definitely made
and nothing can change it. I declared
from the. first that I did not wish to
be a candidate but could not resist the
pressure of my friends. Besides I
dreaded that if elected I "would be a
link between the government of yes
terday and that of tomrrow, and for
that task general consent is necessary.
"I submitted to M. Millerand' A1
exandre Millerand, former cabinet
member: prominently -mentioned as
successor of Premier Clernenceau) the
names, leaving him ent'rely free. Now,
mit not to say which three. It was
understood that it was not a ques-
tion of imposing a choice on him. Tn
fact," I warned him that 1 did not wish
to know h's opinion on those three
names, leaving hi mentirely free. Now,
my role Is finished. I ant going to
write M. Bourgeois a letter to let him
know I am not a candidate
BANDIT CAPTURED WHILE
. ATTEMPTING TO ROB BANK
New York, Jan. 16. The Manhattan
savings institution at Broadway ana
j E'eecker streets, scene . of a famous
robbery in 1SS when J-mmy Hope
and .h,s sang stole $1,200,000 worth of
lone bandit who made an unsuccessful
attempt to rob it of J5.000 after en
gaging in a revolver battle with ser-
e"' fflcTs and employes.
Captured at the point of a pistol
held by Constant Bird, president of the
institution, the band:t.was turned over
I to the police, to whm he gave the
name 01 ja.tnes oLiiiicun,. Lincago. n
also gave an address in Broolkyn and
said he came here from Hammond,
Ind.
which embedded themselves in the
wall,' when Sands ducked under the
counter and called to his fellow em
ployes, "Get your guns." More than
a dozen shots were fired by the tellers
but all went wild.
R. T. CO. EMPLOYES WANT
25 PER CENT. WAGE INCREASE
New, York, Jan. 16. The 16,000 em
ployes of the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company want a -25 per cent,
increase in -wages but they, will' hot
strike to enforce their demands. This
announcement was made late todiy
after a conference between represent
atives of the employes' brotherhood
and Frank Hediey, president of the
company. . ,, . -
P. J- Connolly, spokesman for the
workers, said they realize , that th?
company is in . no financial condition
to grant wage increases at present
and that he had every reason to -bet
lieve the. brotherhood's 36 locate
would not press their demands.
an enemy torpedo, had been . taken,
and his own reply stating that officers
tn cases like this deserved no particu
lar recognition. Admiral Sims also
presented a personal , letter ; he had
written Bagley at the time, commend
ing his conduct after the sinking of
the Jones, which letter he said was in
addition to the formal commendation
made a part of Bagley's military rec-
ord. - : ;
During the hearing " Admiral Sims
engaged in heated verbal tilts with
Senators Pittman, democrat, Nevada,
and 'Trammell, democrat, Florida, who
showed a disposition to cross ques
tion him in detail.
jt Before Admiral Sims was heard.
Senator Pittman made a determined
effort to have Mr. Daniels called as
the first witness, declaring, the com-'
mittee was showing - discourtesy in.
calling a subordinate first. His mo
tion was defeated on party lines.
Summing up his objections to tha
decorations award policy. Admiral
Sims declared that "the -awarding of
medals to men who lost their ships in
action without engaging ; the: enemy
was without precedent in the 1 history
of the American navy or any other
navy and had resulted In absolutely
shattering the morale of the .service."
He attacked changes made, both" by
Secretary -Daniels and the Knight
board, bluntly stating that he did not
have confidence in the- board's, ability
to judge of the relative merits -of , offi
cers. - .-' " ; - . ,
Officers of the navy, the admiral
said, would much' rather have no med
als awarded than to have them, jug
gled around.' He. said that his chief
criticism was not that some '.of his
recommendations had hot been ap
proved, but was that by ' awarding
medals of different value than he rec
ommended, to various officers on his
staff, the board and the secretary had
changed the relative order of -merit
of the service of the officers, confer
ring high decoration oh. officers who
performed more or less routine duty
and lower honors on officers who ad
ministered posts - of -extreme import
ance. No enlisted men of the navy were)
recommended far medals . of honor,;
Admiral Sims said, as little opportu
nity for' actual combat, was offered.
AH officers recommended for the med
al of honor were of the air service.
Asked by Senator Trammell If more
men had' not ' been decorated for ser
vice on shore than at cea. Admiral
Sims replied;-; .i-j, v. ? : .
"Yes; I cannot "seem "to hnpress fin
vou the f&ct that there was no naval
war so far as. we were . concerned on
the other side.". ;
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
TO INSTILL AMERICANISM
New " York, Jan. : 16. Compulsory ..
education of all illiterate adult aliens
as one means to instill Americanism
and combat the growth ' of seditious
activities is being considered for rec
ommendation lo-4he New York legis
lature by its Joint committee Investi
gating radicalism, it was, learned to
day. Expert opinion on this subject
was sought during the examination of
educators, home mission secretaries
and social workers in an all day ses
sion. Archibald ' E. Stevenson, special
counsei for the committee. " declared
that the turning point had come in
that body's activities. Sufficient evi
dence has been gathered to show tha
wide scope and dangerous significance
of the ultra-radical movement in this
country, he said, and the committee
has started consideration of definite
days to fight it. ,
The question of insuring the Ameri
canization of the children of the adult
foreigner as well as the foreigner
himself, by having a state commis
sion pass on the .fitness of .school
teachers and special instructors, was
considered by the-committee for an
other recommendation. .
On the question of compulsory ed
ucation of adult aliens, eminent dn-
catprs were examined at length.
APPROVED LETTER ASKING :
EXTRADITION OF EX-KAISER
Paris, Jan. 16. The supreme coun
cil today approved" thhe text of a let
ter to the Dutch government asking
for the extradition of the former Ger
man emperor.- -:
The general expecfation in French
circles is that Holland will refuse tb
deliver the former monarch.
It is pointed out in. supreme coun
cil circles that in case the Dutch government-
is disclined to deliver Count
Hohenzollern it has a. foundation for
is resistance in 'the' fact' that the of
fenses named in the peace treaty. .
namely "crimes against interrnationat
morality and the ' sacredness "Of
treaties," ... archot-. provided for In
Dutch law nor is the treaties between
Holland and the allied' pow'ers re
gard'ng extradition. - - .
It is said that the letter to the Dutch
government was- drafted by French
men, who used clauses from a similar
letter drafted last July by the Ameri
can delegation. At the same time the
supreme council approved the text of
a letter to .Germany demanding the
surrender, of those guilty. of 4. war
crimes! "as provided for in the' peace
treaty.' - - - ;, ;' - ,
WAITRESS PAID S12 PER WEEK
" " v . AVERAGED S80 IN TIPS
New Tork,'. io.n.. 15 Sophie Hodo-!
sky, a waitress. Vho ; 'testified . that,
she received a ' salary of $12 a week,
wa-s -fined- S2' today: after "she' had
pleaded -guilty to violation" of traffic
rules while, driving - her -$4,500 auto
mobile. ' She told' the court she av
eraged $80 a week in tips. , , , . i
WILLIAM J. MULLIGAN
KNIGHTED BY POPS
New Yok, Jan. 16 William J. Mul
ligan1 pf 'ThompsonviMe. Conn;, chair
man of the Knights of Columbus -toi
committee, has been created a Knight
Commander of the-Order of si. reg--ory
the" Great by Pope Benedict, it
was announced here today. The hon
or was htowod ii recrtrnitton of tha,
part played by Mr. Mulligan In tht
Knights .at. Co.umous war activities. .
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