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The Weather Report
Voreeat for Bridgeport and
vicinity: Rain tonight; Wed
1ip1.it fair, increasing south
east to south winds, bcrora
Ing west to northwest Wednesday,
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PEACE T.TATY
' TO BE SIGNED
ABOUT JUNE 15
:
lj Expect Enemy Delegation
; to Submit Voluminous
Counterproposals.
1 GERMAN DELEGATES
' HOLD CONFERENCE
I Probably be Known by June
8 Whether or Not Ger
mans Will Sign.
(Rn The Aumritfi Press)
. The trench of peace may not be
fciwnfl until forns time near the mld
Kile of June. according; to a'Jivices from
Jni-iy. it 'nlll jrobably fcm known by
' fcl'ine. 8. however, whether the Or
Jiuins will acrrit or reject the terms
V)f tho A Hie.
Hcfore the l."-dny period given to
: Germans to make replies to the
Ifrira of the treaty expires, on Thurs
sla of this week. It Is expected, the
t enemy dclepation will submit coutiter-
i rrpoal o voluminous that it will
take the Peace Conference until June
J to frame a rejoinder. After that,
the Germans, it Is said, will prnbably
lie stven a week to frame their final
r ply. This will be on or about June
I snd the treaty must then be en
'osscd In final form for signing.
The German delegation was called
log-ether yesterday by Its chief, Count
-m Rrockdorff-Rentzau, who laid be-
(nro hln colleagues the Instructions he
received at Spa on Sunday. It Is re
ported that an announcement has
i be'n prepared by the Germans, hut
kas been referred to Berlin for approval.
MYSTERIOUS
CIRCUMSTANCES
IN GULAS' DEATH
believe He Was Hit on
Head By Holdup Man
Last Night.
I Dr. Rimer Blank .was called to -the
t."me of John GuiSS, 167 vVillard
trcet, at 9:20 thia jrornlnc where he
f und the man auiTing from a frac-
ired ekull and bleedlna; profusely
Jrnra the ears and mouth. The Kmer
ency amuolance was called iinmedi-
telly but when Dr. B. J. Burns arriv
rd Oulas was dead.
i Mysterious circumstances surround
, I he deathand the police believe that
)lho man -was struck on the head by an
Iron pipe or some other Instrument
fct-hlrh caused a fracture.
I I,atet reports Indicate that G'llna
' fu found In a livery stable at Wil
lird and Pembroke streets about
nldnlrntbysom boys, one of which
vx the Injured man's eon. The eon
rirceeded In (retting hts father to his
fet and assisted him home where he
(Continued on Pale Two.)
MASKED M
' AWAKEWOMAN
One Grabbed Her By the
Throat Other Takes
Seventy Dollars.
' Al 1 o'clock this morning- two
ia!"ked men forced several doors at
he fionie of Mrs, Angellne Pelltier,
4 33 Ppruce street, where the woman
J.iy sleeping. She was awakened
when one man, the smaller of the two
f rabbed her by the- tnroat while the
J trKt-r one relieved her of $70 which
r'le hud concealed In a bag and me
..ired about her body.
A l 3: SO o'clock Mrs. Pelltier notl
:ed tle third precinct police station.
,M llrit the poliie were reluctant
.boit belicvlmr her story as the
woman is known in the neighborhood
si being vll4htly demented. A man
was detailed to investlKate and it
was found that the front door, hal!
"our and kitchen dorr had ulKbeen
Jorced which circumstances save cre
dence to the womans story. Further
lavemiBiition is. being made with a
'"hope of lo.-atin? the robbers. Mrs. Pa
's. tier Is 5 years of use.
PERSHING'S VISIT
TO LONDON HAS
BEEN POSTPONED
"I-.n.-lon, ' May 20. -''The proposed
'it to London of Genera! Pershing,
ls American - commander-ln-chlof,
has been definitely postponed. It -was
announced , here that this poatpone--ftiont
Is due to the official view that
t would Irie inadvluaMe for the com-
niande
nianaes te leave tne imine untu tne
We
1790
Entered as second e!as matter
at Bridgeport Conn., under
NC4 MAKES TRIP
OF 150 MILES IN
HOUR AND HALF
Goe3 From Horta to Ponta
Del Gada in Record Time
No Mishaps.
SPEED OVER 85
MILES AN HOUR
Weather Reported Clear
NC3Will Not Be Able to
Resume Flight.
"Washington. May 20 The naval
seaplane XC-4 arrived at Tonta Del
On da from Horta at 10:24 a. m.
Wafhincton time. The seaplane
NC-4 started for Ponta Del Gada at
12:40 p. m. today, Greenwich meri
dian time.
The weather was clear and the wind
favorable.
The fflcia! report to the Navy De
partment from Rear Admiral Jackson
showed that the biff plane covered
the distance of 150 miles in one hour
and 4 4 minutes, or at the rate of
more than 85 miles nn hour.
Admiral Jacksons despatch filed at
10:25 a. m.. "Washington time, said:
"NC-4 arrived Ponta Del Gada
14:24 G. M. T. (10:24 a. m. "Wash
ington time.) All o.k.
The naval seaplane NC-4 will not
be able to resume the trans-Atlantic
flight. A message to the Navy De
partment early today from Admiral
Jackson at Horta said the damage
resulting- from the -'buffeting she re
ceived when forced to land while
nearina; the Azores had definitely put
her out of the race. The hull was
leaking, the message said, and one of
the engine struts was badly damaged.
DR. DOW BEEBE
IS FINED $50
Dentist Charged With Vio
lation of Motor Vehicle
Law in Fairfield.
Dr. Dow R. Beebe, a dentist of this
city, was fined $50 In the criminal
conrmort pleas court this mornins; for
volatlon of the motor vehicle laws.
He pleaded -ruiHy and paid his fine.
It was alleeed that on February 14
test. Dr. Beebe, while driving over
Turney's bridge. Fairfield, collided
with another car. It was charged
that tho dentist was driving reck
lessly.
Ijouis James of Westport. charged
with assault on his wife. Mary James,
pleaded guilty this morning and was
sentenced to Jail for 30 days and fined
$15. Judge "Walsh suspended the jail
senternce. As James is a farm laborer
and hati. lost conslderajele In wages
becauee of his arrest, it was decided
to (rive him another chance.
The case of Ernest Cozza of this
city, charged with carrying concealed
weapons, la e"npeotod. to be disposed of
this afternoon.
$10,675 OPENS
r HELP DRIVE
Workers Start on Campaign
of City For Funds This
Afternoon.
Subscriptions totalling $10,675 opened
tho Combined Help (Drive for the Near
Bsst Fund, Salvation Army and. Jew
ish ReMef In this city today.
A luncheon attended by team cap
tains and -workers was held at the
rHratfield at nobn ' and Campaign
Manager Brennan issued flntl Instruc
tions. SubscrlptiOiis announced by the ex
ecutive committee -were as follows:
Raybtseor company and Mr. and
Mrs. Sumner Simpson, $5,000: First
Briclgport National Bank, $2,500; Mr.
and Mrs, 1 Asheim $1,000; Charles
Shapiro and Dr. Rosen, $1,000; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred "Rhodes, $750 Connecti
cut Electric Company, $200, and Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Baker, $176.
The campaign will get -under full
headway this afternoon, the workers
making a thorough canvass of the
prospects appearing on "cards which
have Jjeen Issued to them.
Bieports will tm maxSe at the luncheon
to toe held tomorrow,
W. A. SMITH SOU
ISCK SAMVEIj MADDOX
A dispute over the amount of a bill
for repairs to the premises at 43 Greg
ory street resulted In a suit being
brought by W, A, Bmlth Son of this
city against Samuel Maddox and oth
ers of this city. Trial of the suit was
held this morning before Judge Booth
In the common pleas court, The con
tractors claim they shingled -the roof
and made, extensive repairs. They say
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defendants dalm the work was nut
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lllAWKER MISSING
BELIEVE AIRMEN
CAMEJO GRIEF
English Government Criti
cised For Not Affording
Them Protection.
WEATHER BAD
OFF IRELAND
Impossible For Airplanes to
Conduct Search Over the
Sea.
London, May 20No definite news
of the whereabouts of the Sopwith.
biplane carrying Harry G. Hahwer
and Lieutenant Commander MacKen
zie Grieve having been received here,
it was believed in admiralty circles
here, that the daring aviators came
to grief soon after leaving New
Founftland Sunday afternoon.
Oft the Irish coast the weather is
bad today, and there are no further
rumors that the Sopwith machine fell
into the sea within sight of tho Rivei
Shannon.
The weather is so bad off the coast
of Ireland that airplanes ordered by
the Air Ministry to search for Avia
tor Harry G. Hawker's machine are
unable to fly. There were strong
southeast wind9, rain and fog at in
tervals during the night
All communication centres in Lon
don are silent as to news from Hawker
end Lieutenant-Commander Grieve.
Even the rumors which prevailed yes
terday and last night have died out.
The opinion held In Admiralty cir
cles is that Hawker came to grief soon
after he started.
It Js pointed out that the aviator
almost certainly would have sent a
farewell message before getting out of
radio range, -had an accident not be
fallen him In the meantime.
In the House of Commons last night
Jostah C. Wedgewood and the- mem
bers -severely criticized the govern
ment for omitting to provide means
for assisting Hawker In hla light
across -the Atlantic
Captain Elliott declared the coun
try would hold the government had
been lamently careless of the honor of
the country "and the life of a gallant
gentleman."
St. John's, N. F., May 20 Ships at
sea from the American coast to the
British Isles swept the air in all di
rections throughout the night with
wireless Inquiries regarding the fate
of Harry G. Hawker and Commander
MacKenzie Grieve, who have not been
heard of since they set off from St.
John's in their Sopwith biplane on
Sunday afternoon op their trans
Atlantic air Journey, but all radio
grams which had reached Cape Race
up to this morning from more than
20 vessels were negative. The Sop
with plane had not been sighted and
repetition of its call letters DKA went
unanswered.
W. E. GODDARD
SUESJHNN. CO.
Stratford Trust Co. Official
Testifies Regarding Col
lision With Car.
Secretary and Treasurer "Walter E.
Goddard of tho etratford Trust Co.
appeared In the superior court today
to testify In his suit against the Con
necticut Co., In which action he claims
$5,000 damage. He declares that two
ribs were fractured and other Injur
ies sustained when his automobile
was struck by a trolley car at East
Main street and Stratford svenue In
1917.
' Goddard claims that on the day of
the accident he had alighted from hit
machine and was making some repair!
in the rear of tho car when It was
struck by the trolley car and he was
thrown to the ground. Negligence OR
the part of the motorman is alleged.
This fa denied by the Connecticut Co.
The testimony Is being heard before
Judge MaJtbie and a jury and will not
be finished before tomorrow.
GERMAN REPLY
WILL BE READY
ON THURSDAY
Berlin, May 20 The German re
ply to the peace terms will be hand
ed to the represetrtatives of the Al
lied and Associated Powers on Mon
day, tho Tageblatt Says. The con
tents of the reply,, it is added will
adhere closely to the German ver
sion of President Wilson's fourteen
points. -1-
Tho fifteen days given the Germans
to make a. reply to the peace treaty
will expire Thursday,
VIOLENT RIOTING AT STETTIN.
Berlin, Monday, , Way 19 (Via
Copenhagen) Violent rioting Is again
reported at Stettin, where nine civil
ians land twenty soldiers n re to
1 hav bean killed, German . troops
I tk 4n-topbeqt.
and Erenins Farmer
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY,
RAILS, PHONES,
TEXT OF. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
"I deeply regret my inability to be present at the opening
of the extraordinary session of Congress. It still seems to be
my duty to take part in the councils of the Peace Conference
and contribute what I ran to the solution of the innumerable
questions to whose settlement it has had to address itself; for
lliey are questions which affect the peace of the whole world
and from them,-therefore, the United States cannot stand apart. I
deemed it my duly to call tho Congress together at this time
because it was not wise to postpone longer the provisions which
must be made for the support of the government. Many of the
appropriations which are absolutely necessary for the main-
tenance of the government and the fulfillment of its varied ob
ligations for the fiscal year 1919-1020 have not yet been made;
the end of the present fiscal year is at hand; and action upon
these appropriations can no longer be prudently delayed. It is
necessary therefore, that I should immediately call your atten
tion to these critical needs. It is hardly necessary for me to
urge that it may receive your prompt attention.
"I shall take the liberty of addressing you on my return
on the subjects which have most engrossed our attention and
the. attention of the world during these last anxious months,
since the armistice of last November was signed; the interna
tional settlements which must form the subject matter of the
present treaties of peace and of our national action in the im
mediate future. It would be premature to discuss them or to
express a judgment about them before they are brought to their
complete formulation by the agreements which are now being
sought at the table of the conference. I sb.aH hope to lay them
before you in their-many aspects so soon as arrangements
have been reached.
"I hesitate to venture any opinion or press any recommen
dation with regard to domestic legislation while away from the
United States and out of daily touch with intimate sources of
information and councif. I am conscious that I need, after so
long an absence from Washington, to seek the advice of those
who have remained in constant contact witli Democratic prob
lems and who have known them close at hand from day to day;
and I trust that it will very soon be possible for me to do so.
But there are several questions pressing for consideration to
which I feel that I may, and indeed must, even now, direct your
attention, if only in general terms. In speaking of them I shall,
I dare say, be doing little more than speak your own thoughts.
I hope that I shall speak your own judgment also. '
"The question which stands at the front of all others in
every country amidst the present great awakening is the- ques
tion of labor; and perhaps I can speak of it with as great ad
vantage while engrossed in the consideration of interests which
affect all countries alike as I could at home and amidst the in
terests which naturally most affect my thought, because they
are the interests of our own people.
"By the questions of labor I do not mean the question of
efficient industrial production. The question of how labor is to
be obtained and made effective in the great process of sustain
ing populations and winning success amidst commercial and
industrial rivalries. I mean that much greater and more vital
question, how are the men and women who do the daily labor
of the. world to obtain progressive improvement in the condi
tions of their labor, to be made happier, and to be served bet
ter By the communities and the industries which their labor
sustains and advances? How are they to be given their right
advantage as citizens and human beings?, .
"We cannot go any further In our manding what shall be done. The
present direction. We have already
gone too far. We cannot Jive our
right life as a nation or achieve our
proper success as an Industrial com
munity df capital and lalbor are to
continue ibelng antagonisUc and If
they continue to distrust one another;
or what perhaps amounts to the same
thing, calculate by what form and
decree of coercion they can manage
to extort on the one hand work
enough to make enterprise profitable,
on the other Justice and fair treat
ment enough to make life tolerable.
That bad road has turned out a blind
alley. It Is no- thoroughfare to real
(prosperity. "We must find another,
leading In another direction a nidi to a
very different destination. It must
lead not merely to adoption tout also
to & genuine co-operation and part
nership based on a real community
of interest and articipation in con
trol. .
"There is now In fact a real com
munity of Interest between capital
an labor, but It has never been made
evident in action. It can be' made
operative and manifest only in a new
organiation of industry. The ge
nius of our businessmen and the
sound prodigal sense of our workers
can ' certainly worE such a partner
ship out when once they realize, ex
actly what It Is . they see and sin
cerely adopt a common purpose with
regard to it-" - . ,
Labor , legislation lies, of course,
chiefly with the states but the new
spirit and - method of organization
which must be ejected are not to. be
brought -about by legislation so much
ss by the common counsel and vol
untary . co-operation of capitalist,
manager and workman. Legislation
jian, (vnJr s Tnr ttttto ws In oom-
MAY 20, 1919
organization of Industry. The ge
of individual initiative and of prac
tical business arrangement. Those
who really desire a new relationship
between capital and labor can read
ily find a way to bring it about and
perhaps federal legislation can help
more than state legislation could.
"The object of all reform In this
"especial matter must be genuine dem
ocratization of Industry, based upon
a full recognition of the right of those
who work. In whatever rank to par
ticipate in some organic way. Some
positive legislation Is practicable. The
Congress has already shown the sway
to one reform which should be work
ed wide, by establishing the eight hour
day as the standard day in every field
of labor over which it can control.
Jt has sought to flnd,ihe way to pre
vent child labor,- and will, I hope and
believe, presently find It. It has serv
ed the whole country by leading the
way in developing the means of pre
serving and .safeguarding life and
health, in dangerous industries :
"It can now help in the difficult task
of a new form and spirit to indus
trial organizations by co-operatlns the
several' agencies of conciliation and
adjustment whichhave been brought
Into existence by the' difficulties and
mistaken policies of the present man
agement of Industry, and by setting
up and developing new federal agen
cies of advice and information which
serve as a clearing - . house ' for the
best experimentals iand the. best
thought on this great matter, upon
which every ' thinking man must be
aware that the future development
ef society directly1 depends.' Agencies
of International council and sugges-
' (Continued on Face TwoJ :
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E RET
AND
Desires to Abolish Manufacturers and Retail Sales
Excises and Outlined Generally Program In
Regard to Labor Again Urges Enact
ment of Woman Suffrage Amendment
Wants Teeth for Tariff Laws.
Washington, May 20 President Wilson, in
his message to Congress today, recommended re
peal of the war time prohibition law so far as it
applies to wine and beer only; announced definite
ly that the rail systems, telephone and telegraph
lines would be returned to private ownership;
urged a revision of war taxes, particularly to abol
ish the manufacturers and retail sales excises and
outlined generally a program respecting labor.
! These were the "high spots" of the President's
message cabled from Paris.
Besides that, he again urged enactment, of the
Woman Suffrage constitutional amendment; rec
ommended that the tariff laws be supplied with
teeth to protect American industry against foreign
attack; spoke for legislation to facilitate American
shipping; and backed Secretary Lane's program
for land for returning soldiers.
Of the Paris peace conference and the League
of Nations the President merely said it would be
premature to discuss them or express opinion.
Congress heard a unique document; the only one of its kind
ever transmitted across the ocean from a President on a for
eign shore. For the first time In six years it heard a Presiden
tial message read by a reading clerk instead of assembling to
hear the President deliver an address in person.
The recommendation for the repeal of war time prohibition
and for return of the rail and wire systems, while not unex
pected by some, contained the greatest element of surprise and
caused the most widespread comment.
In his reference to prohibition, the President did not enter
extensively into the conditions involved. Demobilization he
said, merely "has progressed to such a point that it seems to me.
entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture
and sales of wines and beers." Thi3 ban, laid several months
ago to become effective on July 1, could be removed, the Presi
dent said? only by Congressional enactment.
His recommendation regarding return of the railways and
wire lines was the first authoritative declaration by the admin
istration of its future policy and greatly surprised many mem-,
here who had interpreted the developments of the last few.
months to mean that Mr.' Wilson eventually would propose
some form of permanent government operation. On the con
trary the directness of the President's declaration on that point
left no doubt that he was through with any possible scheme of .
permanent retention.
"The .. telegraph and telephone
lines," said the message," "will of
course be returned to their owners as
soon as the transfer can be effected
without administrative confusion
The railroads will be handed over to
their owners at the end of the cal
endar year."
In the case of each the President
asked for legislation to make easier
the readjustments necessitated by the
ebange.
In his recommendation for read
justment of taxation the President
made It clear that he did not expect
a fundamental readjustment of the
Democratic tariff rates that have been
operative for the -last six years. He
asked for tariff changes only to pro
tect special new Interests like the
dyestuffs Industry. - Some reductions
were advocated In war time excess
profits taxes, and the present taxes
on retail sales; the President thought,
could be dispensed with entirely. ,
What will be the reply of the Re
publican Congress to these proposals
became at once the topic of discus
sion everywhere about the Capitol.
In returning the railroads, it gen
erally was considered, the Republican
leaders will readily give the President
Attorneys Merritt .
and Morehouse to
Take New Offices
Attorneys Albert J. Merritt and
Ivan L. Morehouse ' have decid
ed to move their offices to the
Fidelity building. Broad and State
streets. They will occupy the quar
ters formerly, used by Judge John S.
Pnllman and Attorney Edward J. Mc
Manus, who have gone with the firm
of Pullman A. Comley to new quar
ters in ; the First-Bridgeport Bank
building.'. ;, Attorney Charles, S. Can
field still retains his old offices in the
Fidelity - building, r Attorney Merritt
was- recently discharged . from, the
United States Navy, in which he held
the rank - of lieutenant. . Attorney
Morehouse 'was formerly ' located in
t&e 1 . x
v;
Bun rises 5:S1 a. in.
Sun sets 8:8 p. in.
High water , . 2:51 a. m.
Moon rises - 12:27 a. m.
Law water . . . 9:23 a. m.
PRICif TWO CENTS
their co-operation. But as to pro- ,
hibltion and tariff and Internal rev
enue taxation the case win be more
doubtful. Those are . problems, of
which no very clear sentiment -apparently
has been formed in either of"
the great parties.
The recommendations regarding la
bor were general, .but the President "
caried attention to the . need for a
oartnership between capital and la
bor and genuine 'Democratization of
Industry.
On tariff revision the President said .
the United States should have the 1
means 'of properly protecting' Itself
when there was danger of kMscrimina
tion against it toy foreign nations. - "
"Though we are as far as possible,
from desiring- to enter upon a course -of
retaliation," he said, "we must
frankly face the fact that hostile leg
islation by ether nations Is not (be--yond
the range of possibilities, and
that It may have to be met by coun
ter legislation.
"Although the United States will'
gladly and unhesitatingly Join in the
program of International disarma
ment, it will, nevertheless, be' a policy -of
obvious .prudence to make certain
of the - successful maintenance of
many strong and equipped social
plants." '
rXRANIAN OFFENSIVE BROKEN,
Warsaw,; Monday, May 19 The
Ukrainian offensive against the- Poles
has been completely broken, accord
ing to an official communique issued
today.. After hard fighting the Poles
occupied Balica and NovaslolkL The
Ukrainian losses were ' extremely
heavy. .- . J , "" ."'; '
TO RELIEVE ELECTRIC S J! STEM. : -
Washington, " May 20 -President
Wilson has cabled his approval of a
plan submitted by . Secretaries 'R . -field
and, Wilson for the' relief of -electric
railways systems 'Of t
try iow.'in the hands of re
threatened - -' wiMi
Ilieectea 1