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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-24
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
CzECHS WILL NOT
 SHOULDER DEBT
Refuse to Pay March Cou, pons on Austrian War
 Loan.

Prague. Wednesday. March 5-M. Tusar, the Czecho-Slovak plenipo- tentary at Vienna has issued an of fcial declaration that the Czech gov4 err.ment refuses to pay the March coupons on the Austrian war loan or assume part of the pre-war debts of Austria Hungary. Such action, he declared, would be a crime against the Entente Allies.
 The Supreme Council of the Peace Conference on February 25 was re- ported to have decided that the cou- pons of the Austro-Hungarian debt falling due on March should be paid. The Inter-Allied financial com mission told the Council that there were funds, in the banks of the, former Hapzburg empire to make the pay ment. The Czechs and other inde- pendent political units objected, but the council met the objections by de- ciding that the use of the common funds in the payment on the war debt would not be construed as ob1igating them for the future.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
CARONTA BRINGS
 3,9O5 TROOPS

New York March 6-The transport Caronia arrived here today from Brest with 122 officers and 2.73S col ored troops a majority of them of the 92nd Division (National Army. The units included the 317th Engineers complete; a detachment of the 317th Engineer Train; the 350th Machine Gun Battalion complete; Batteries F and F of the 349th Field Artillery; Company H of the 367th Infantry; detachment 368th Infantry and sand Division attachments Nos. i, ?, 3, f and 5.
 Additional 92nd Division troops 24 officers and 7O9 men of the 351st Machine Gun Battalion-arrived on the transport Oriana which brought altogether 105 officers and 922 trps. Organizations aboard included Casual Company No. 929 (Pennsylvania) and other casual and civilians.
 The steamship Maiden arrived from St Nazaire with 21 casuals.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
NEW CONDITIONS
 FOR GERMANY
Supreme Council to Hear Military and Naval Re
 ports on Them.

Paris, March $. - The su- preme Council at it's session this afternoon will first consider a proposal by the American delegation to invite the various committees to draw up articles embodying their re ports with a view to the formulation of a treaty of peace.
 gram is the discussion of military and naval reports on the new condi- tions 10 be imposed on Germany,
 The Council, after hearing a statement by Jules Cambon, decided unanimously yesterday to reject the demands of the minor powers with limited interests for greater repre- sentation on the financial and eco- homie commissions which are about to be formed. The minor Powers, especially those from South America, followed Brazil in demanding earlier in the week, that the minor Powers on the commissions as the Great Powers.
 After two days of futile unofficial conferences, M. Cambon laid the mat ter before the Supreme Council. Bra ziI was supported by Belgium, while Greece and Serbia took the opposite view in the discussion. The Supreme Council asked the minor Powers to name their five representatives on the commissions today. The Great Powers will have ten representa-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
NO ILLUSIONS
 ON BOLSHEvISM
Bonar Law Says Allies Agree Something Must
 Be Done for Russia.

London, March 6-Andrew Bonar Law, government leader in the House of Commons, replied last night to some questions raised in a debate on foreign affairs that have been iE progress in the House. As regards BoIshevism, MT. Bonar Law said that few people now had any illusions about it. The Allies were agreed that something must be done for Russia, recommend dispatching the necessary forces to quen the anarchy there.
 As to indemnittes. MT. Bonar Law said the government realized the country expected to get the best pos sible indemnities from Germany, and he emphasized the point that it was Great Britain's business to get every penny it could, but it was useless to hold out the hope that the 1ndemnjties would wipe out the country's immense war debt.
 MT. Bonar Law agreed that 1t was urgent that peace be achieved quick ly, because there was real danger of Germany sinking into BoIshevism. Moreover, he pointed out that there was the greatest necessity for the Allies to get their own trade and in dustries going again. Therefore, the sooner the blockade was ended, given the knowledge that some other weapon could be depended upon, the better it would be for Great Britain and the world in general
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
DRAFT BOARDS GET
 CLOSE UP ORDER
Expect Work Will Give Elm ployment to Number of
 Soldiers.

What practically amounts to an or der to "close up and disband their forces has been received by local draft boards from the office of the Secretary of War.
 Immediately on receiving the noti- fcation, Sanford Stoddard, chairman of local boards, called a meeting of the chairmen of all boards to dis cuss ways and means of closing up the business.
 The orders received from Washing ton provide for the shipment of reg fstratior cards, questionnaires, and all supplies to the office of the ad- jutant general of the army. Com plete instructions for packing are giv- ell, and boards are ordered to rear range their duplicate registration cards and dictionary a1phabetic or der and according to ages, the same to be done to the original cards which have been returned to the local boards from the district boards.
 It is eXpectSd the work will give employment to a number of soldiers who have recently returned to this city, as assistance will be needed in re-arranging the cards.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
TROOPS FIRE ON CROWDS WITH MACHINE GUNS Recurring Street Fighting In Alexander P1atz in
 Berlin. SPARTACANS IN
 BARRICADES Effort to Procure General Strike at Dresden and Magdeburg Fails.

Berlin, Wednesday, March 5-(By the Associated Press) )-The vicinity of police headquarters in the Alexan- der Platz continued today to be the scene of recurring street fighting be- tween government troops and armed Spartacan rioters, comprising soldiers, sailors and strikers.
 At one o'clock this afternoon the troops and policemen fired heavily with machine guns on the crowds which surged back into Alexander Platz after having been driven off. strong endorsements were sent to police headquarters during the night including field battery of six pieces. Minor clashes occurred there almost hourly during Tuesday, the casualties being six dead and twenty wounded.
 At ten o'clock this morning two persons were killed in a clash between troops and rioters in Huttenstrasse, in the Moabito district
 The Spartacans have constructed barricades in several side streets leading off from Alexander Platz and continue to plunder the shops in the vicinity. Herr Ernst, the police chief. declares that the strike wave is reced- ing and that police headquarterse ts amply fortified against any attempt to storm it.
 LiA0 Sl44he SIludLiOn III Central Germany is unchanged and a renew ed effort by the Spartacans to secure the proclamation of a general strike at Dresden and Magdeburg has fail ed
 A leader of the Majority Socialists informed The Associated Press today that so far the general strike is a failure and will not receive the SUD- port which had been expected. It was stated that wherever vorkingmen balloted secretly, the opposition to the strike was overwhelming and that the Independent Socialists deceived them selves in estimating sentiment among the Iabortng classes.
 Among the big plants shut down to- day were those of the General Eec- tric Co.
 Copenhagen March - Both the Spartacans and the government forces lost q large number killed in fighting Wednesday before police headquar- ters in the Alexander P1atz, accord ing 10 Q. Berlin despatch to the Polti- ken The fighting finally was ended by negotiation.
 Amsterdam, March 6-EmpIoyes of telegraph companies the postofice and big stores at Berlin have resolved to protest against the general strike and the railway personnel has an- nounced that it will not participate in the walkout
 Negotiations at Weimar have re- suited in the German government (Coninued on Page Three
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

over 300 girls engaged as telephone operators have already joined the or ganization of Connecticut which will have local unions in every city. Every state in New England has already been covered and wherever the unions were startell the girls found them selves surrounded by better condi- upns in the labor world.
 As an example of the work done i'll Boston by the girls as a result of the establishment of such a union, an ad- justment board was appointed consist ing of thr>s2 members of the 7s1fou and three of the telephone company, who are taking care of all grievances and the girls are always given a fair deal. The wage scale has also been increased to meet the greater de- Hlands with the higher cost of living existing.
 Working on a systenlized basis the girls have figured out a jusrifiable
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
HARBOR TRAFFIC
 STILL TIED UP
Further Efforts Made To- day to Settle Definitely
 All Questions.

New York, March 6-With traffic in New York harbor still tied up and large consignments of freight ac-i cumulating at piers railroad ter-i minals and warehouses, further ef- forts were made today by James L. Hughes, mediator of the department of labor, to effect a settlement with a part of the striking marine work. CTS. Officials of the railroad admin tstration and its employees. who -oper- ate 40 per cent. of the harbor o-afl held another meeting at the office of 4. J. Stone, Federal manager of the Erie railroad. These negotiations do not affect private boat owners and their men, who so far have stead fastIy refused overtures looking toward a settlement
 Leaders of the strike condemn the separate negotiations and assert that even if an agreement with the rail- road adrninistration and it's workers is effected, the strike will continue against the private owners The strik- CTS claim that the number of craft in operation has been further reduced, while the boat owners assert hat pro- gress has been made in manning the boats with non-union workers
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
FOR
 PORT PROJECT
But Stratford Will Not Send Committee To Consult
 About Measure.

With the apparent declination of the seIectmen of the town of Strat- ford to appoint a committee of five to confer with the harbor committee of the Chamber of Commerce and the committee made up of Aldermen NcFayden. McManus, Hamilton and Cornell of this city, to discuss the Chamber of Commerce project, Bridgeport aldermen and the Cham Der committee will meet in the near future to go over the measure that is being drawn to substitute the bill now before the Senate.
 Just what new provisions will be contained in the substitute measure is not known at the present time. NC,though referendum is sure to be one Of the main changes.
 While it is highly desirable that representatives of Stratford attend the meeting, it is declared by officials of the Chamber of Commerce it will be held without them if necessary.
 Since the referendum clause won 2 place on the new document and since if is definitely understood that a clause which will permit aldermen of Bridgeport and selectmen of Stratford to go over the records of the Port Commission at will. objection to he project in Bridgeport has dwindled.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

The Leviathan and the Mauretania. which also arrived today, carried 3,700 men of the 27th Division. Oth- CT units of the division, which fought with the British in France and Bel gium, will arrive on other transports due here within a few days. The trtumphaI parade of the entire divis- ion will be held on March 20, if tenta- tive plans of the reception commit tees are approved by General O'Ryan.
 The troops on the Leviathan num- Der a few hundred more than 10000. They comprise the 105th and 106th Infantry complete; forth Infantry, Field and Staff and 1st and 2nd Bat ta1tons; sixteen officers and 633 men of the 1O5th Machine Gun Battalion; five officers and 24 men of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters; eight officers and 36 men of the divisions s hea dquarters troops, and one officer and six men of the policing depart ment.
 Also on the Leviathan are sixty casual officers of various branches of the service, 56 nurses and S1 civil Ians together with 1,179 sick and wounded.
 The 27th's troops on the Maure- tanfa totaued 3,736, com prising the
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

I0Sth Infantry complete; 54th Infan- try Brigade Headquarters; and the 102nd Train Headquarters.
 Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, general staff, travelled as a casual, as did Brigadier General Palmer E. Pierce, commanding the 54th Infan- try. There were several hundred casuals and nurses. Seven officers seventeen men, one nurse and one civilian were sick or wounded.
 Troops that smashed the linden burg line and covered themselves with glory for all time-troops of the 27th Division, National Guardsmen of the state of New York-stepped on home soil again today after IS months service in France They came ashore, more than 10000 of them, from the giant transport Levi athan, which ended an eight-day voys age from Brest when they docked in Hoboken just at noon.
 More of the 27th were on the Mauretanta, several hours behind the Leviathan in arriving. Together on the two vessels were S44 officers and II, 1,S91 men of the division. Four baher vessels are speeding to port with the rest.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
TENDENCY TOILET WAGES SET TLETO
 DEFINITE LEVEL
Surplus of Labor Appears Smallest in South and in
 Southwest.
RESERVE BOARD
 ISSUES REPORT
Textile Industry Presents One of Most Difficult
 Problems.

Washington, March 6-Confidence that business conditions are read iustinE themselves lin a fairly satis- factory way although not as fast as many interests wish, was expressed today by the Federal Reserve Board In a review of business reports for February. These reports were made by reserve agents in each district, based on specific surveys of conner cia1 and industrial conditions.
 Reports as to labor unemployment have been numerous in the press" says the boards review, "hut the re- ports of Federal reserve agents shows that there has probably thus far been over-anxiety and exaggeratton with respect to this matter. From several manufacturing districts it is report ed that labor conditions are far from satisfactory and that there is consid- erable unemployment, but 1t is also noted that the condition does not seem to have grown worse during February
 The surplus of labor appears smallest in the South and Southwest. In those sections there are no indica- tions of any reduction in the wage scale, while in the North and East employees are demanding higher wages, notwithstanding the existence
 
 There is as yet no general revisi on of wages downward, although there are indications of a. tendency to let wages settle to a definite level which shall without question be higher than that existing before the war. There has been a tendency to provide labor for a greater number of persons by eliminating overtime or establishing short time"
 The textile industry presents one of the most difficult problems. says the report In New England cur still Is in progress and in the Phila- delphia district re-ad1ustrnent in tex tile production Is proceeding with values unsettled. In New England the cotton market is reported at a complete standstill so far as raw ma teriaI is concerned. while mills arc operating only a few days a week.
 Raw material for leather and shoes is reported higher than when the ar luistice was signed, saSs the report, and by some 1t Is predicted that the price of shoes will advance rather than decline.
 Banking conditions in general show a condition of greater ease, the board said, with some acoumu- Iation of funds at centers and a strong tendency on the part of money hoarded to return to the banks. Ac- cording to some bankers estimates the amount of hoarded money that has been returrad to banks since the arnistice would aggregate $500, ,OO0,- O0O."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
PunderfOrd Gives Recipes
 For Better Trolley Service
Says Safety Type of Gar May Allow Company to Make Economies to Give Rapid and More
 Frequent Service

J. k. Punderford, vice president and general manager of the Connectt- cut Company, speaking before the Kiwants club, at noon, the occasion being the club luncheon at The Strat- field, made a brief reference to the report of the Bridgeport Traffic Com mission, when he said;
 Your Traffic Commission has just made it's very comprehensive report and every good citizen should give it very careful consideration The pro- posed traffic ordinances provide many good regulations which should make for safety and also expedite all types of travel
 Bridgeport has grown to such an extent that small town traffic meth ods can no longer be allowed. Like other of our New England cities, Bridgeport has many narrow streets, and a diversion Of traffic is necessary. The new tracks through Housatontc
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
REVOLT ID SPREAD
 ALL OVER WORLD
Mcdonald Makes Bold Rev olutionary Speech in
 Boston.

Lawrence. Mass, March.---A war rant for the arrest of John Mcdonald of Boston for alleged revolutionary remarks at a mass meeting of textile strikers last night was asked for in the municipal court today by City Marshal T. J. O'Brien. The marshal quoted to the court statements which he said Mcdonald made in the meet ing. Among these was a call for three cheers for the Soviet govern ment of America
 The revolution is on. It will sDread all over "the world" Mcdonald was quoted as saying. What you ask for. 54 hours pay for 4S hours work, is a small thing: what you should de- 1nand is everything. We are going to organize the soldiers as fast as they come home and they will see that law and order is in the interest of the workers. The working class controls Germany, and controls Russia, and even in Mexico the workers are better off than in this country"
 Picketing was conducted in the vi cinity of the mills this morning with out recurrence of the disorders which followed the mass meeting of last week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
Bitter Objection To Italy's
 Blockade Of Food Supplies
Food Shortage Democracies Built Out of Old Austrian Empire is Creating Chaos Relied on Entente
 ~-~ Against Bolsheviki.

Paris, March 5.---The British and French delegates her have been bit terly outspoken in the Supreme War Council and the Supreme Economic Council in criticism Of the food block ade which the Italian government Is maintaining against DslmaHa BoS- mia. Herzegovina, Cruatia and Stove mia The new democracies built out of the old Austrian empire are relied upon by the Entente as a protection against the Bolshevik wave, and the flood shortage in them is creating chaos.
 While the American delegates are less olStspolzen than the British and French regarding the Italian action they are concerned over the situation, which Is stopping all American relief work.
 Italy is entirely dependent upon the United States for food staples, re- ceiving credits through the American treasury with which to make pur- chases. Italian reFef supplies cost s6O, ,000. 600 monthly, while the relief of the Czechs, Jugo-Slavs and Serbtans
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

avenue, Water and State streets should allow a, re-routing of certain trolley lines to reduce the congestion on Main street
 Many plans have been considered by the commission for the Plaza ter minal near State and Water streets but as yet none has met with the ap- proyal of the commission. From an engineering point of view, 1t would be unwise to attempt any permanent construction at this point until the fill has thoroughly settled.
 The safety cars recently placed in use in Bridgeport indicate that this type of car may allow us to make economies which will permit us to give a more frequent and rapid ser vice to our patrons. I assure you the commission and the city of Bridge port will have our most hearty CO., operation in betteung all traffic con- ditions in your city,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

costs the United States about s2o, ,oo0,- GOO monthly.
 The persistence of the Italian blockade and what is charged as the efforts of Italy to obtain political ad- vantages are creating such bitterness that some of the European represen- tatives are suggesting the possibility of the dtscontinuance of American relief for Italy.
 Early in February an Italian mili- tary mission penetrated -Jugo-SlaV populated territory at Laibach and settled in the town The Jugo- -Slavs feel that since their union with Ser bia they are not the enemies of Italy and they resent the occupation of Plume and the Dalmatian coast by the Italian army. Consequently they forced the Italian mission to leave Laibach on February 19. The 1tal- ians retorted by establishing a food blockade against all Jugo-Slav terri tory InasmuCh as the railways to Czecho o-Slovak territory cross the Jugo-Slav regions this blockade has also affected the American relief work for both Bohemia and Moravia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06

wage scale of $22 per week and committee was appointed to present the bill to President Wilson for fur ther discussion.
 The result of this bill will be known in a few weeks. The wages have all ready been increased from SIP to SIS a week in those cities where the unions had been organized. Another benefit the girls derive from the unions is the two weeks vacation granted them during the summer months In Bridgeport, the girls are only allowed one week, but it is hoped that this summer they will have two weeks.
 These unions have been organized in the New England states nearly six years ago and in every case the girls found conditions greatly improved The next meeting will be held We'd nesday, March F, and temporary off, cers will be appointed until the char ter arrives.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
PEOPLE MUST
 DEFEND HOMES

Berlin, Wednesday, March 5-(By The Associated Press)-The military situation on the eastern front is painted in black and white colors by Field Marshal von Hindenburg in an interview printed here He declares that unless the population rallies to the defense of their homes and fam lilies it will be impossible to ward off attacks by Bolshevik hordes.
 "The expectations of the Poles and the Entente that the Poles will sue ceed to the German inheritance in the East will be blasted" he says. 1T know the Poles, and the country in the East will belong either to us or to the Bolsheviki.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-06
TWO MORE BURGLARIES.

Two burglaries were reported to the police today I. Eisnan, a tailor of 6s0 Broad street, reported that his es- tabIishment was entered, by forcing a rear window and sufting valued at s4o0 stolen. Two partly finished suits and an overcoat were also taken.
 R. Owen of 2 Jackson avenue, Fair field, reported to the local police that his home had been entered yesterday afternoon when the burglars gained entrance by jirnmying a side window. Silverware valued at SIS was taken.