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The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-01
CALEDONIA.

The following is the welcome ad-
dress delivered by W. w. Harris
field, Pastor of NJ. f. Church South,
before Lowndes County Singing
Convention assembled at Flint Hill
church Sept. 14th, 1919.
Ladies and Gentlemen, friends:-
AS spokesman for the church and
community, | am pleased to inform
you that a welcome salutes you all.
To-day we commend you to COM
fort and free you from anxiety, and
trust that no one has brought
abroad a shadow of care: because
we would have you be as merry as
first, good company can be.
A friend of mine ON a hike climb
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-01

At this season of the year the vi
tally is the lowest. Help nature to
function thoroughly by drinking Shi.
var Springs water Others are being
benefited, why not you? Phone j. L.
Walker & Company, ana bottle
viii be delivered at your door.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-01

Heartburn after a hearty meal
means weakness in the digestive Or
gans. Prickly Ash Bitters gives them
strength, tones up the stomach and
purifiss the bowels. Price Sl.25 per
bottle. Sold by all dealers.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-01

Mr.. L. R. Clardy, of the EthelviIIe
section was among the business
viitors in the city Friday.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-01

Because Of lis tonic and laxative effect, LAXA-
TIVE BROMo QUININE Is better than ordinary
Quinine aud does not cause nervousness nor
ringing In head Remember the full name and
look for the signature Of K. W. GROVE. zoe
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
READY ID DISCUSS DEMANDS
 OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS
Postmaster General Bueson Has Placed the Matter in the Hands of General Manager Driver of the N E. T. & T. Co-Mr. Driver Has Requested Strikers Representa-. lives to Meet Him "at Early Hour for Preliminary Discussion Which Should Terminate the Present De. plorable Situation"

Boston. April 1.-The decision of Postmaster General Burleson to take place before William F. Driver, Jr., general manager of the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, the wage demands of the striking tele- phone operators in New England was made known to the strikers in let ter from Mir. Driver tonight. Mir. Driver asked the strikers representa- lives to meet him "st an early hour for a preliminary discussion, which should Terminate the present deplor- abe E.;C>.ion
 The letter which was sent to Miss Mary F. June. Miss May Mahoney and Miss Bride Powers, of the Boston district. follows;
 "I have just received from the as sistant postmaster general a telegram containing a statement given out this afternoon in Washington by the post master general copy of which is en- closed. As shown by that statement ! am Co notify all employees Of the postmaster generals statement. and this l can only do through you as their representatives at this momonet l assume that they will receive advice as Co the contents of the statement through the press.
 Tn order that a preliminary discus sion may he held which should term mate wiJh promptness the present de- piorabie situation. I hope that vol can advise me promptly on the receip Of this that you will meet me at ar early hour. I shall be glad to sec yot at my office # you SO prefer
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
ALLEGED OUNTERFElTERS
 ARRESTED IN WATERBURY

Hartford, April 17.--Andrew Reuck- as A. and Louis StoezIe, p, were ar rested by officers of the Waterbury police today on the charge of counter feiting. It is alleged that they al tered $10 national bank note to rep resent $50 and attempted to pass it on a restaurant keeper at P South River side street, Waterbury. The men were later turned over to James J. Tierney Of the secret service department.
 According to statements made by the men they were in the restaurant busi- ness in Scranton, Pa, but gave the business to a woman by the name of Walsh. The reason they gave her the business was because a man told them they say how easy it was to make money by raising notes. Reukas ad- mitted raising a $2 note to $20 and passing it in Harrison. N. J., and al- so having done the same thing in Hartford on April 5th. When arrest ed both men. had in their possession several genuine notes with the corners cut off. The authorities say both ad mitted that they intended to make their living in that manner.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18

Following the postmaster generals announcement, Secretary Tumulty, who yesterday sent telegrad to Miss Julia $. O'Connor, president of the op- erators' union, requesting that the un- ion submit it's demands to the general manager, repeated his request in an- other telegram to Miss O'Connor. The operators were assured by Secretary Tumulty that if they followed the sug- gestion made by MT. Burleson their grievances would be heard at once and a decision reached without any undue delay" Postmaster General Burleson had announced that action would be taken by the wire board on the general managers recommendations on or be- fore May 10.
 Postoffice department officials seem- ed to feel tonight as though everything had been done by the government in the controversy that was possible without some step being taken by the telephone employees.
 Assistant Postmaster General Koons chairman of the wire board. was ir Washington yet tonight and it was said he had not decided to go to Bos- ton and was awaiting additional devel- ODmentS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
DRAFTING FINAL FORM OF THE PEACE TREATY

Paris. April r (By the A. P.).-The drafting of the final form of the peace treaty is proceeding rapidly in order 10 have it ready for presentation to 't' q German delegates when they ar rive at Versailles a week hence. The document, as framed, begins with an introduction in the form of a protocol setting forth the complete list of bel ligerent powers taking part in the war and now making peace, with the desig
 nation of plenipotentiaries of each country and with their power to sign.
 Then comes declaration of inn pressive brevity, not exceeding thirty words, stating that on the conclusion of the treaty and the exchange of rati- fications, the war, shall come to an end
 Following upon the declaration of peace the present intention of the peace delegates is to have the cove nant of the league of nations occupy the place of honor in the treaty and to be the first subject treated in detail
 It will thus take the priority it had in the program of the peace conference Then, in succession, will follow the military, naval and aerial terms, repa- rations,- responsibilities, the Rhine l frontier. the Sarre region. Alsace- LOT raine, Poland, the status of Danzig as an international port. Germany S 1 Schleswig Holstein frontier and Q large number of special subjects.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
SET FIRE TO STATEROOM
 OF TRANSPORT PATRICIA

Boston, April 17.-Julius Fischer, an agent of the Hamburg American steamship line, set fire to stateroom of the transport Patricia on Tuesday night, while the vessel was steaming to this port with nearly 5000 American soldiers. The fire was extinguished by members of the crew and Fischer was placed in irons5
 The Patricia halls from Hamburg and is one of the first of the German merchant fleet to be turned over for use by the United States according to an agreement with Germany. Fischer is one of several Germans who were allowed to remain on board the liner to represent the vessels owners
 The German was taken to the naval hospital tonight for observation. Other German agents and number of
 American officers on the Patricia said that Fischer began to act strangely when the steamer was four days out of Brest and that he was confined in a stateroom, under guard Ernest l Weimmer, chief of the German agents | insisted that Fischer was mentally un- | balanced when he started the fire.
 The Patricia was met in the harbor | by naval vessels and craft carrying ! officials welcoming committees and
 relatives of soldiers. A delegation from l Rhode Island on board the ferryboat
 John H Sullivan met with misfortune | This craft no sooner had reached the | Patricia's side than the transport lifted
 anchor from Quarantine and steamed
 to it's berth at Commonwealth pier The ferryboat was unable to hold its
 place in the parade up the harbor and 1 fell far astern. A band on board kept playing The Gangs Al Here"
 1 The harbor reception was carried
 out in a drizZle and the atmosphere
 was so heavy that it was necessary tC
 steam close to the Patricia to obtain good view of the hundreds of troop:
 who leaned over the rails and shouted
 that they were glad to be home
 Major General Clarence R. Edward went down the harbor on a scout patro boat to greet what he termed the sui eide squads" of the Twenty sixth divi sion. The ship brought home tn 102d and 103d machine gun battalions and members of all the companies tolc of the sensation of firing their gun into solid waves of advancing German infantry. At Xivray, one gunner said the Germans came within fifty yard
 of the machine gun nests before the, gave way before the American fire
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
OF CHARGES
 AGAINST MISSIONARIES

Washington, April 17-In explana- tion Of Information given out yeSter- day regarding charges of misconduct on the part of American missionaries in Bulgaria and Persia, state deptre- ment officials said today that evidence most recently brought to the attention of the American board of commission CTS for foreign missions at Boston re- lated specif call u the ca e. of two missionaries who returned to the Unit ed States before hostilities ended and engaged in pro-Bulgarian propagan- da.
 Some time ago, it was stated, gen. eral charges of misconduct against nearly all of the twenty or thirty missionaries stationed in Bulgaria were forwarded to the Boston com nnissioners. It has been assumed that the board took steps to stop objec- tionable activities at that time.
 The missionaries in Persia whose at- ton of the department are said to be under the control of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions at New York. They are located in the northwestern part of the country and are alleged to have consistently interfered with local affairs, stirring up strife between Per i sians and Assyrians.
 In regard to the two alleged propa- gandists for Bulgaria, officials stated that Dr. James L. Barton, of the Amer ican board, acting as chairman of the committee for relief in the Near East and now at Constant1nopie, took cog nizance of the activities of the mis- l sionaries at the time and ordered them i to cease or resign. One of the mis- sionaries did stop propaganda work, it was said, and the other since has left 1 the service of the board.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
POLICY OF DEVELOPING
 RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY

Boston. April 11.-Adoption of definite national policy developing the resources of the United States so that t-c country would be.ome as nearly economically independent of the world as possible was advocated by Secretary Rcdleld here today in an address be- fore the executive association of whole sale grocers of New England.
 The United States never can reach full economic independence of the world. because no one nation is ever given an the blessings of Providence" !" Mir Rcdfeld stated, but VIC can be- come far more independent than VIC arc.
 Public opinion he said, should not only support but urge the government to make and carry out a definite pol icy. with the requisite funds for car rying it out where under the nation al domain. whether in the United States. Alaska Hawaii or Porto Rico, should have its possible resources as cortained and steps taken 10 their de- velopment.
 This should include our transporta- ton systems. our cable facilities under seas. our waterways, our mines and supplies or oil. our timber reserves, our coast surveys. the resources of our fisheries. the reclamation of waste lands. the checking Of industrial waste. in short, forward policy of develop America
 air. Redfcld asserted that much of the legislation of the past had been of negative nature rather than of an affirmative nature-limiting the way things should be done rather than pointing the way for doing them and that most Of the appropriations were for the governments political work rather than for practical con structive undertakings
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
NORTHCLlFFE AT ODDS
 WITH LLOYE- GEORGE

London, April 17.-tB7 The A. P.l Open warfare between David Lloyd George, the British prime minister, and Lord Northcliffe, EngIand.; fore most publisher. is to the political world the most interesting result of the premier's flying visit to London from the. Paris peace conference and his speech before parliament W'ednes- day.
 Lord Northcliffe and Baron Beaver brook, who served as the official "eye witness" for the Canadian gov ernment at the front in 1916 and later became chancellor Of the Duchy of Lancaster and minister of informa- tion, always have been credited with being the powers behind the scenes who brought about the retirement of Premier Asquith and the succession ot Lloyd George as head Of the cabinet Northcliffes newspapers gave Lloyd general support throughout his man. agement of the war. but waen the general election followed the armis- tice they shifted somewhat to the at titude of friendly critics. Only during the latest developments of the peace conference have they become sharply critical of MT. Lloyd Georges leader ship.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
|ChT LICENSE BILL KILLED IN TIE HOUSE
Senate Passed Bill Increasing Salaries of County Comnis
 sioners of New London County to $500 Per Year-Def
 mite Decision Reached for Final Adjournment of the General Assembly on May 6. E

Favorable report was made of an act which provides that any highway or bridge, or both.. not maintained wholly or in part by the state in any town having grand list of less than $o,0O0,000 which shall have been dam aged to an amount in excess of Sl0O
 by reason of the operation thereon of any commercial motor tvehicle or ve- hicles having a carrying capacity of more than three tons, shall be repaired at the expense of the state
 The claims committee reported ul- favorably the claim of Lillian T. Rich
 ards of Southbury, who petitioned that her son, Norman, while an inmate sof the Norwich hospital for the insane, wandered away from the institution in extreme cold weather, his feet became frozen and amputation became neces- sary. Norman Richards subsequently, I died from the effects. Mrs. Richards
 made a claim for s2,000. The following
 matters were adopted:
 | For the purpose Of preventing, set ting and adjusting claims by contrac- | tors on such contracts as are herein after described, due to the emergency conditions created by the European
 war, and for the prevention of litiga- i tion concerning such claims and con- 1 tracts and to procure the expeditions
 completion of the same. the mayor of any city. selectmen of any town, the
 warden and burgesses of any borough, or any board, commission, department or agency of any municipality. which,
 prior to April 6, 1917. contracted in the
 name of such municipality, board, commission. department, or agency
 for the construction of any public work may alter or modify the terms
 of any such contracts to the extent of
 providing relief to the contractor from
 any loss due to conditions created by
 the European war, provided any DOT tion of the work hereunder has been
 performed or is to be performed sub- 'squent to April 6, 1917. Such altera-
 tion or modification shall be only for
 the purpose of relieving the contrac- tor 6rom penalties for delay and of re- compromising him for any loss. cost or damage that he may sustain by req son of such contract due to war con- ditions, but shall not give to such con- tractor any profit arising out of the . performance of such contract
 , Any person who shall have been in the service of the state thirty years :. and shall have reached the age Of six , ty-fiVe years, or any person who has served in any department of the state
 twenty five CT more years in the az greeate and has reached the age of . seventy, may be retired by the board 5 of control, and thereafter shall re- . ceive a salary equal to one-half his ! average salary for the five years nex1 , preceding such retirement. Such sal l ary shall be paid monthly from the t civil list funds upon orders of the | comptroller.
 e Any town, city or borough may. a !, any meeting warned and held for sucl h purpose, appropriate money from tn
 treasury thereof for public celebra e tions or memorials in honor of sol II Continued on Page Eight, Col One
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
BRIDGEPORT TELEPHONE
 OPERATORS VOTE TO STRIKE

Bridgeport Conn.,, April 11.-At a
 meeting of union. telephone operators
 of the Bridgeport exchange tonight a
 strike vote was taken and 1S of the S5
 girls present voted to walk out unless
 their demands are granted. A joint adjustment board made up of union
 operators of the Bridgeport and Hart ford exchanges will formally present their demands to the officials of the Southern New England Telephone company early next week, and unless they are granted within a reasonable time a strike date will be set by off cials of the Telephone Operators un- ion at Boston.
 The operators demand the reinstate-
 ment of operators who they charge were dismissed by the company be- cause of union affiliations and they also want a readiustment in the pres
 ent wage scale that will provide for a 1 s1O minimum and $22 maximum as a weekly wage. They also demand a
 seven hour basis for nigh tassign-
 ments. The union reports that there are 105 members out of an exchange that employs 207 girls.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
PRESIDENT CARRIED OUT s
 SERIES OF APPOINTMENTS

Paris, April 17-With no meeting of the council of four today, President Wilson devoted the entire day to se- ries of appointments, beginning at ten, o'clock with the Chinese delegation to the peace conference an dending after five o'clock with Frank r. Walsh, a member of the delegation sent by Irish societies in America to plead the cause of Ireland. 7
 The programme for the day had been planned carefully, the president re- ceiving some one every fifteen minutes. Among those received were a French delegation which wanted to see the president about the left bank of the Rhine; the foreign minister of Switz- erland; delegation from Chaldea, two American women labor leaders, the Patriarch of Constantinople, Premier Bratiano of Rumania, Premier Pa chitch of Serbia, the Portuguese min ister of foreign affairs, anc many oth- CTS who desired to discuss the prob lens of their countries. n
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
Naval Tug Sunk By Transport Saxoiliia
One of the Crew of the Tug Freehold Was Seen to Sink Two Others Are Re- ported Missing.

New York, April 1.-The homecom- Ing joy of 1862 American troops on the steamer Saxonia was dashed this afternoon when the soldiers. clustered cheering at the rail, saw the navay tug Freehold sent to the bottom of the Hudson river by a blow from the Sax onlas propeller aS she was working to warp the big liner into her pier
 A muster of the Freehold's crew to- night showed three men missing. Res cued members of the crew said thai they saw Larry Lanahan, chief ma chlnlsts mate, sink after a short struggle. It was though possible that the other two men unaccounted fol had been picked up by small boats and taken ashore
 The sinking of the tug was one ot the most dramatic marine accidents which has ever occurred here. The cheers which a moment before haC been echoing back and forth from transport to dock were suddenly hush ed as from the stern of the great yes sel came the sound of rending stee and wood
 The Saxonia's decks, crowded to the rail with returning troops, hale an( wounded alike, were the scene o, greatest confusion, which lasted, how. ever, but for an instant. Then quick. thinking fighting men, alive to tn, hazards of No Mans Land, put thei thoughts into action. Ropes wer, thrown overheard and five seamel pulled from the Hudson.
 Meanwhile the naval tug Crawford also engaged ill Warping the Saxoni; into her dock. went to the rescue ana saved three more lives. Police, work ing from the pier, rescued anothe three, and a rowboat. hastily put ou from the shore, brought the total o those saved to fourteen.
 l The Freehold was less than thre minutes in sinking. According to wit nesses, it was shortly before 430 whe | the tug, pulling the vessels sterl around, received it's death blow. 1 Witnesses said that the commando | of the Saxonia evidently intended t
 aid the tug by giving the larger craft
 kick ahead" The quick rush c
 water, however, sucked the tug unde the stern and the SaXonia's 30- to
 propeller blades descended like @ knif
 on the stern of thessmaller vessel.
 Those on the dock hardly had tim
 to run to the pierhead before the tug
 stack disappeared beneath the Wate,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
FIFTEEN WOODEN SHIPS
 SOLD BY UNITED STATES

Washington. April 17.-Sa1e Of the war-built merchant fleet was begun today by the shipping board with the transfer Of fifteen wooden steamships 10 the Nacirema Steamship company Of New York for s50 900 each, an aver age of S145 per dcadweight ton.
 This fleet is 70 be operated by the Brooks Steamship company of New York in the trans Atlantic trade. Five ships will be operated out of New York. five out of Havana and five out Of New Orleans. Deliveries will be completed within a short time.
 Cargoes for all fifteen vessels have been booked in advance and as a re- suit the purchasers have opened nego- tiations for the purchase of fifteen more vessels of the same type and for immediate delivery. They also pro- pose to take over a third fleet of the same size in the future
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
DEFENSE OF SYSTEM OF
 MILITARY JURISPRUDENCE

Washington, April 1.-The system of military jurisprudence $ designed to produce an efficient dependable fighting army, not to do exact justice to individual soldiers. according to the views vigorously presented today to the committee of the American Bar Association by army officers of field experience, including Major General Edwin F. Glenn, organizer and commander of the Eighty Third division and now again in command of Camp Sherman. In attaining that objective, the officers conrendesb the present machinery for enforcing nASi- tary discipline had proved both eff cicnt and fair. the final product of tho system closely approXinating justice to the individual in addition to pro ducing what General GIe1l described as the best disciplined army in France.
 Cases of courtsmartial sentences so excessive in the penalty awarded as to be ridiculous were freely admitted served, General Glenn insisted, to prove that even in the early stage of the military legal proceedings, the &C., tion of the courts in no case being fI- nal, to prove that fairness was the general rule.
 Judge Gregory. chairman of the ccm- mittee, and General Glenn engaged il considerable argument which brought out u at the officer, speaking both from his military experience and his special training in civil law as q graduate of the law school of the Uni versity of Minnesota, saw little ir common between the purposes of civi
 justice and it's military equivalent
 Major. Charles H. Mcdonald, Genera Glenn's division judge advocate at Camp Sherman, but who is a temper ary officer and before the war was counsel for the federal trade commis- sion, followed his chief and express ed the same views.
 "When exact justice interferes witt the building up of the army, exac justice must be sacrIticed.' Major MacDOnald said
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
BRITISH TO USE AIRPLANES
 IN FIGHTING INDIANS

Simla, India, April 15.-(Delayed)- Airplanes were used today in coping with disorders in the 1njaub. A mob attacked a passenger train in this dis trict and wrecked the railway station at GujranWala. Airplanes were sent from Lahore and the mob was bomb ed and subjected to machine gun fire from the air Considerable unrest ex- istS in Delhi and Lahore. The com missioner for the district has appeal ed to the leading men to use their in- fluence for the reopening of the shops Otherwise he announced the authori ties would take action.