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Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
Sensations Expected
 At C0uItln tiaI
Charges Involve Brutal Treat ment of Members of the A.
 E. F.-Trial Begins Today.

New York, Dec. 9.-Another court martial involving charges of brutal trea tTnent accorded members of the American Expeditionary Force, at which the evidence. is expected to eclipse even tllS sensations developed at trial of Lieut. Hard Boiled" Smith, will begin tomorrow at Governors Isl- and.
 A special investigation of the charges was ordered by Secretary of War Baker, more than 100 witnesses have been brought here from France and virtually all states in the Union.
 The defendant is Captain Karl w. Detzer, 3 former newspaperman Of Fort Wayne, Ind. who while attached to the 30Sth Military Police Company, had charge under the provost mar shal of all criminal investigation in the Le Mans aN~1, the largest Ameri- can concentrations center in France, through which more than 100000 soldiers passed. It is charged that by various methods of torture" he sought to eXtort confessions from prisoners, in order that he might win favor in the eyes of his superiors by the number of convictions he obtain- ed
 At the close of Detzer's courtmar- tial, it is planned to place on trial on similar charges his first sergeant, U, S. Madden of Pittsburgh, nephew of John E. Madden, Kentucky horse man. Sergeant Frank L. Hoyt, who is alleged to have aided and abetted Det-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BELLY" DANSEY CASE

= Hammonton, N. J.. Dec. s.-A war rant for the arrest of Mrs. Susan White. sister-in-law of Charles F.. White arrested yesterday in connec- ton with the death Of three year old %Bflly'' Dansey, has been ISsi1e.i, az cording to- her husband, James L. White, Lutl has not be- l 5:;. el Le- cause of the woman'.j illness. Prose- cutor Gask1ll of Atlantic Ccdutv. io- night retusei il.er deny UT vo!A- firm tie .itlsbanIs statement. Jarl-s L. White lives next door to his fath- CT.
 Charles F. White, who is son of Councilman Edward H. White, is in the county jail at Mays Landing charged with the murder of the child. Mrs. Edith L. Jones' housekeeper for the elder White, was also arrested yesterday on. charge of being an ac- cessory after the fact. They are awaiting the action of the grand jury which is in session and may
 take up the Dansey case at any time.
 Opinion in Hammonton is still divided as to whether Billy" Dansey wandered away from home and died
 from exhaustion or was killed. While
 Prosecutor Gaskill declines to talk much about the. case there was the
 ory advanced that the child might
 have been accidentally killed while
 some on was either shooting or
 throwing a stone at his dog and the
 body hidden. This theory was brought forth after the inquest and was based on the fact that, little Billy's" dog had been shot at for roaming through nearby dah!ia field few days before the boy dis appoa, ed or October &. Prosecutor Gashill said he is con viuced that the boys body had been | concealed somewhere elss than ill Inc Folsom swamp where the skeleton was found on November 21. In sup port of this conviction, Mir. Gaskill said that the pin in the child's tie was not tarnishei. which would have | been the case ifthe body had been ex- posed to the weather from October s | to November 21.
 Mrs. Jons has been houYkeeper foy Councilman White for eighteen years and. raised Charles F. White from hoyhooI. She lost son in France.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

s.s-ft 7. sts-i-- ' Yer and Madden, was said by members of the judge advocates department to be deser'ter in France He has not yet been arrested. < Methods which Detzer and his su- bordinates are alleged to have -sern ployed to wiring "confessions from their prisoners resulted, it is alleged, in sending many men to the hospital for a period of several weeks. Officers of the judge advocates department admitted that many of the men Detzer had to handle were hard characters" often with long criminal records. {
 4The methods are said to have in cluded orders to stand at attention for S6 hours, 10 minutes on and five min : dtes off; withholding food and drink from prisoners until they aeknowl- edged their, guilt; pulling prisoners to their feet by the hair. striking them in the face and threatening them with pistols. It also is charged that once Detzer compelled Private Marcello Gonzales of the 10th Machine Gun Battalion to swallow a lighted cigar cite which he was smoking against or- ders.
 In all, Detzer faces 2SN specifications under charges of assault and conduct unbecoming an office and general charges. If convicted on all counts, Major William E. Kelly of New York, judge advocate, declared he faced a maximum sentence of life imprison- ment.
 The offenses with which Detzer is charged are alleged to have been com mitted over period of several months, beginning last February They were first brought to the atten- 4: o+ I O Mans, who immediately began an in- veStigation
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
CHICAGO IN LEAD FOR
 REP. NATIONAL CONVENTION

Washington, Dec. s.-Although Chi cago was admittedly the favorite to- night for the 1920 convention city of the republican party. choice of which will be made tomorrow by the national committee, boosters for St. Louis still were making a determined campaign. ;,. A,i.
 Meantime, discussion, as to the date of the convention, which will, be fix ed by the committee tomorrow, cen tered about Tuesday, June g.. The custom of convening Wednesday, it was predicted, would be changed to provide longer week.
 Claeims of upwards of a dozen potentia candidates today were being presented, in Yvthe, race flor pre-con ' vention advantage. Particularly con- spicuous were the friends of Major General Leonard Wood and Governor Frank o. Lowden of Illinois. Boosters for Senator James E.. Watson, of In- diana and Warren G. Harding of Ohio also got, actively into. the arena.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
CLEARANCE PAPERS REFUSED
 FOR STEAMSHIP lMPERATpR

New York. Dec. 9.-Clearance papers were refused by the customs authori- ties today to the former German liner lmperator, which was scheduled :, to sail at noon tomorrow for Southamn- ton. Refusal was based on a renaest from United States Attorney General Palmer, who has ordered an investiga- ton to determine whether the Cunard company has violated fuel regulations in coaling the steamer.
 Under. the regulations the Impera- tor is restricted to 2.5O0 tons Of bun ker coal, sufficient to take her to Hal- flax, the. nearest British coaling port. According to the federal authorities the liner has on board more than 5000 tons.f
 The Cunard company announced to- night that orders to remove the ex- cess coal in the 'Imperator's bunkers had been received.
 Officials of the company said they still expected the liner to sail at noon tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
BERKMzN zND eorpMKN
 GET FINAL HEARING TODAY

New fork, Dec. s.--Application will be made to Supreme Court Justice Brandeis in Washington tomorrow for d writ of error ts bring the cases of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, anarchists lighting deporta ton, before the highest judicial tribu- nal, this announcement was made to- night by Harry Weinberger. their counsel. The petition will be on ap- peal from the. action of Federal Judge Mayer in dismissing writs of habeas corpus. ;.a.
 If the writ is granted, Weinberger said. he will apply to the full bench o ftne supreme court to release Berk- man and Miss Goldman on bail pend ing argument and final decision. Judge Mayer declined to grant them bail and ehey are held at Ellis Island awaiting deportation.
 United States District Attorney Caf- fey announced today that the govern ment proposed to send radicals held for deportation back to their natice lands within two weeks. This will not include Berk:pan and Miss Goldman if Justice Brandeis grants a writ of error and it may be months before they learn their fate.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
GERMANY'S OBJECTION n
 PROTOCOL IS OF NO AVA|L
Supreme Council Declines to Modify Treaty On the Surrender
 of Germans Charged With Crimes Against International
 Warfare-Cals Upon Germany to Sign Without Further Delay the Protocol Hasten Exchange of Ratification, and the Putting In Force of the Peace Treaty. #

Washington, Dec. 9.-The state department today made public the text of the supreme councils notes dealing with the peace treaty which were de- livered at Paris yesterday to Baron Won Lersnef, head of the German del egation, and a summary of which was contained in press despatches last night from Paris.
 In denying the German demands for modification of the treaty on the sufrender of Germans charged with. crimes against international warfare and the return of prisoners in com pensation for the absence of Areri- can delegations on the commissions until the ratification of the treaty by the United States, the council in it's first note warned Germany for "the last tfne"' that until the treaty came into force a denunciation of the ar mistices would be sufficient for the all lies to have recourse to military measures against Germany.
 The suggestion.'' said the note, "concerning an alleged right of Ger many to request Gin compensa tion for the absence of American delegations ton of the treaty by the United
 
 of the treaty concerning the delivery of the guilty and the return of the prisoners of war, has no basis. Under the terms of the final clauses of the treaty, that instrument must enter irl- to force as soon as Germany and three of the allied and associated powers have ratified it: it would be in vain 1 for Germany to endeavor to subordi- nate the entry into force to a. new con dition-the presence of American dele gates on: the commissions.
 The supreme council is of the opin- ion thai Article 221 of the peace treaty trelatfve5 to the return of prisoners ot war) is perfectly explicit and needs nc 1 addition. !ssa eg =a
 '.The council considers only the ob { jections presented to the demand fol compensation for the destruction O the. German ect at Seapa Flow and tt the provision of eventual measures o military coercion formulated byF tn allied note of November. first. @
 Before making their demand the allied and associated powers examine' this question:. Theyssdo not share th' apprehensions of the German govern ment as regards the economic effec
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
WILL ASK $500, 600 TAX
 ON A PINT OF WHISKEY

! Washington, Dec. 9.-A tax of half a million dollars on pint of whiskey will be asked of congress, the Interna- tional Reform Bureaus executive com mittee decided here today, in the event the supreme court declares the war time prohibition amendment unconsti- tutional.
 "The supreme court has decided that a thing can be taxed to death," said Dr. Wilbur r. Crafts head of the bu- reau, in explaining the committee action.
 In anticipation of supreme court de- ciSion declaring the war time prohi- bition- act unconstitutional or action on the peace treaty which might re- open saloons, the International Reform Bureau, composed of church leaders, convened here today for two days special session to consider asking con- gross for the passage of immediate legislation which would prevent the return even temporarily of, liquor. ..s-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

upon the German ports. They main eaii "a the protocol as it has been, draft VI. ~ <AAtsf naVlng received a cornnlete leport on all floating docks. floatinp cranes, tugs and dredges sdems'nfler3-l,v ; the protocol the allied and assoeiaSal po"ers Will make known their choiee edhiiis ihto account the general econ
 ;f -i. +1,a sicuetloh or German ports. Then .Ae 6ellndn government can show
 saa. any U! the said demands is- of. a nature seriously to preiudjeo tt,a = paelty of Germany to satisfy barsIa. Slt1mate requirements for fhe rnain4o
 nahce or Inland navigation or to other Vitdl interests of economic nattre .of the same Kind, the German govern
 ment may present claims to inc nrt1- clpal allied and associated nowars Who' on their side, will be ready sto examine them in spirit of equity saf- 1 sion
 AS regards to the last paragraph of .ie piotocoi or November first the su- 1 r. tl,e e1iie councll IS of the opinion that lne slSnlnS of the protocol and danoSit l of notifications will determine fbe
 coming into force of the treaty and
 consequently the state of peace" | 1ne second note dealt with the de- Ssrucllon or the. German fleet at Scana LOW. It recalls that in an earlier note Germany had observed that tbe
 admiral in charge of the fleet had in
 no way the intention of Violating -fba obligations that the German govern I ment had assumed" and that it also had recognized that in destroying fife neet, the acSiral commanding had
 acted according to a general erder' | Under the conditions," said inc note, the principal allied and asso-
 ciated powers consider that the Ger
 man government cannot repudiate to-
 day the responsibility incumbent un-
 on 1t or seek through arbitration a so- 1 luton for acts of war. the settlement
 of which belongs to the said powers. consequently the principal allied [ and associated powers request the German government in conforn1ity [ With their note of November first. last , to sign without further delay the pro
 tocol, thereby making it possible to effect the exchange of notifications ana the putting into force of the peace } treaty and thus by the return to nor -iE maj life appease the sufferings of the t nations"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
EXPERIENCE OF JERSEY CITY
 POLICE WITH A NUDE MAN

.s Jersey City, IN. J.. Dec. g. - Two breathless policemen chasing nude man who shrieked T am Ben Has san the Devil" in the residential dis trict here today ended their pursuit when sheriffs clerk, a former ath- lete, caught the fleeing man. The over coat placed about him by the clerk for protection from the cold and damp weather wasathe second he wore to- day.
 The first overcoat was put on. the prisoner, who said he was Julian De1atowre a photographer, of Phila : delphia, when the police were about to take him from the station to the county jail for an investigation into his sanity. He was found undrap- ed and the coat was hurriedly thrown over him before he was placed in the police automobile; from which he lat CT leaped without the overcoat.
 DelatoWre was arrested Monday aft CT he had jumped from a car window of Pennsylvania Railroad train.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
sToRRoW TO PUT COAL
 RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE

Boston, Dec 9.-With the announce ment that the coal conference in In- dianapolis had come to no agreement today James J. Storrow, state fuel administrator and vice chairman of the New England coal sub- committee, said he would put into force tomor- row throughout New England the new federal fuel regulations.
 Mir. Storrow said that even of the strike were settled at this time it would probably be advisable, for the railroads in this district to retain their curtained schedules for some time, so as to allow them to build up coal reserve.
 If the strike should be settled soon, MT. Storrow said he would seek relief in Washington for local retailers whose stores can be open only six hours a day. The administrator as- serted that in his opinion such re- strictions imposed heavy burden c.. business, especially during the Christ mas season.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
MARY RYAN IS DECLARED
 MOTHER OF HBABY IRENE"

Toronto. Ont, Dec. 9.-Mary Ryan was declared the mother of Baby Irene" whom Mrs. Dolly L. Matters of Chicago claimed as hers, in a judgment handed down today by Judge Lennox in the Ontario supreme court. Mrs. Matters. who is on bail on a charge of Kidnapping the child, will lose the right to a large estate willed her by her husband on the condition of her becoming a mother, if the court decision is upheld on appeal. Judge Lennox directed that the child should not be removed from the courts jur- isdiction until time for an appeal has elapsed .---..- .. = ------
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
SOME PEACE DELEGATES TO
 HELP AMBASSADOR WALLACE

Washington, Dec. Ambassador Wallace at Paris .cabled the state de-. partment tnday- that he was taking over some of the, personnel of the. peace delegation to assist him in his work as the American representative. -ats the peace conference.
 Under Secretary of State Frank L.. Polk and General Tasker H. Bliss. the remaining American delegates at Paris, will sail for, home, when Mr.' Wallace cabled shey will be acconlp7s anied by all the lrp'abers of t:ltir. staff except sncn as Mr. Wallace Ge- sides to keel5' in 1-sll is
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
UNIVERSITIES TO POLL
 VOTE ON PEACE TREATY

New York, Dec "A nationwide non-partisan vote among the facul- ties and students of the TOO colleges in the United States, to obtain academic sentiment" on the treaty of peace, will be boiled January 13, in accord ance with plans of the editors-in- chief of dailypublica.tions at Yale. Harvard. Princeton and Columbia Universities, it was annouAced ko- night. The scheme has the approval of an advisory committee of the presidents of the four universities.
 The announcement states that the plan does not involve any propa- ganda in behalf of any point of view concerning the treaty. The idea is solely to stimulate discussion and to obtain an accurate statement Of the point of view. of. the faculties and students of the higher educational institutions of the country on this subject" f . s.a... .-..
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
4oooo, 900. FOR CANADIAN VETERANS OF WORLD WAR

Ottawa, Dec: s.LThe Dominion gov-, ernment decided today on a plan for dfstribution of tine s40,000,00O appro-' prfated by parliament for the re. establishment of returned veterans of the world war, The Canadian. patriotic fund, will handle the re-em- ploynent problem, considered the most important on the ..fe-establish- raenfs programme. Pressdres of erner- gency decreed the choice of some, lla i, tional organization already equipped cry, and the pa trtotic fund was deem ed the propre agency. s-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
NEW HOME RULE BILL N IN PARLIAMENT MONDAY

London. Wednesday, Dec. 1O-, Premier Lloyd George will introduce the new Irish home rule bill in par lament Monday. according to the Daily Mail, t-s,- f-t-at
 The newspaper adds that the bill provides for two legislatures with a co --ordinating senate, but that the powers to be, allotted to the senate have not yet been defined. It says the fate of the bill will depend on the gov ernment's generosity in this respect.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
GAVE. KNOCKOUT DROPS
 AND GOT AWAY WITH S1,4o0

Naugatuck, Dec. 9.-Erank Rihe- zowski, an Austrian living here, told the police this afternoon that he had been robbed of S1400 which had been in trunk. Two nights ago a woman was given lodging in his house. This morning this woman gave Mrs. .Rine- zowski drink from bottle, and an other boarder had a drink. Both lapsed into slumber. When they woke up the woman had gone. The trc1lk had been ransacked. A, physician re- suscitated Mrs Rinezowski and the boarder, both of. whom showed signs of narcotic poisoning. ~
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
DISTURBANCE AT, TRIAL OF .G~ R, B. RUSSELL IN WINNIPEG

f Winnipeg, Man., Dec. s.-Court room. and corridors were cleared s-ef disxurbers who interrupted the triad, herA today of R. B. Russell, charged witfE seditious conspiracy in connee- tionsWitl the general strike last May. Evidently sympathizers of the accas- ed men, they shouted derogatory re. marks at Justice Metcafe and the crown counsel and applauded counsel for the defendant.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
TO MANAGE PolNDExTER's
 CAMPAIGN IN NEW ENGLAND

New York, Dec. s.-Charles H. Thompson of Montpelier, Vt. was named today by Senator Poindexter to manage his campaign for the presidential nomination in the New England states. He will be assisted by J. A. Desmond of the Boston Cool Government club; Captain l.. ". Gia- son of Brattleboro. Vt. Colonel $. P. E. Vernon. former bank. examiner for Maine, and Ex- Governor Spaulding of Rochester. \. H,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
FIERCE FIGHTING ON
 RUSSIAN SOUTHWEST FRONT

London, Dec. .s-An official state ment issued by General Denikine, the -Bolsheviki leader, on tn eRussian southwest front, reports fierce flint ing in the +Kanyshin, Kiev and Tsary- tsia regions. The lighting, the state ment claims claimss generally was favorable Ito Denikine's troops, who captured 200 prisoners at Tsarytsin on December 4.ss ss7
 The Bofshevik statement on opera lions. received from Mescaw today also reports successes on the Don front and on the Persian border where, after severe figating, the Reds occupied, Kazandzhik, taking 1,500 nrisoners and much booty.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
FURTHER DEPRESSION IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

New York, Dec s.-Foreign ex- change or remittances to England. France, Italy and Germany. melted to new points of depreciation today.
 Demand sterling declined to ss.S0%. against the pre-war rate. of $4.S5 5-8 or considerably more than a dollar to the pound. l.
 Francs, or bills on Paris normally worth $5.1S IS to the dollar fell to sf1.00 3-4 and Italian lire, which sold on q parity with francs before the war. dropped to $500 i-10 to the dollar. Marks sold at i S-4 cents, against the pre-war quotation of 25 71-1O cents fsiF ss+ z {
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
 FOR YUCATAN, MEXICO

Washington, Dec. 9.-A soviet gov- ernment is to be established in the seate of Yucatan. Mexico, according to Excelsior of. Mexico City, Decem- Der 3, a copy of which was received to- day in Washington. Unless the rnili- tary authorities take prompt action, the paper says, the first soviet state in Mexico will soon be reality.
 Yucatan has been the Mecca for a large number of Russian Bolshevist agents in Mexico and few weeks ago there was a wholesale massacre of men, women and children. in Mu- na, a town of that state, which is re- ferred to in the Mexico City press as ..Mexieo's St. Bartholomewis Day" .
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
TO INv/TIGATE BANKRUPTCY
 OF. JOSEPH WEISSMAM

Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. .9.-Judge Ed win L. Garvin in the. United States district court this afternoon appoint ed Carleton E. Hoadley, a special ref cree in bankruptcy, to investigate the case. of Joseph Weissman, the New Haven bankrupt. Mir. Hoadley was ordered to return to the court a re- port as to whether Weissman should be required to turn over to his. cred itors, s1, 100000 in assets which are alleged to have been concealed by him.
 jJndge Garvan directed the investi- gatiori. s...-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
ARRIVES AT TARANTo, ITALY
 ON FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA

London, Dec. 7.-Captain Howell, who, left the Hounslow flying field December 4 in an attempt to fly to Austra'e. for the prize of coco pounds offered by the commonwealth government. arrived at aranto, Italy, On Monday. according to advices re- ceived here today. --s'' ' ~ -'-t@~ E
 Captain e. HI. Wilins. who is at tempting the same flight iii the air plane. arrived at Suda Bay, Isle of Crete, Friday. \
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
FORTH WORTH MAN ROBBED
 BY BANDITS IN MEXICO

Washington, Dec. 0.-Janes Cowan. of Fort Worth, Texas. an American citizen, was robbed of 170o pesos De- cember by bandits who held up train between Colima and Maazanil- 10, Mexico, the state department vas advised today. Traffic was suspended oa the. road for several days.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
RuMANIAN TROOPS f. r ACROSS THE DANUBE

Sopenhagen, Dec. -Rumanian
 troops on Thursday last occupied the territory across the Danube promised to Runania by the treaty signed at Bucharest by Rumania and the cen trad powers in May, 1919. according to despatches from Klauhenburg, Pennsylvania.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10

one hour each evening, decided today to eliminate all electric. signs regard / less of whether hard or soft coal yfsss used in obtaining the current. Z TelegratTls were sent to moving pic ture exhibitors throughout the ceun-.
 try notifying them of the decision.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-10
PROSPECT OF THE IRISH - UEQsTioN BEING SETTLED

London, Dec. s.--For the first time in history there is every prospect of the Irish question being settled satis- factorily, according to a statement made in speech tonight by Walter Hume Long, First Lord of the Ad- nairalty.