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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
MissiQp Are
 Sd.. ,o Be Dis|oyaI
Some of Those in Bulgaria and Northern Persia Have Been Accused of Pro-Ger- man Activities.

Washington, April Is. - Formal charges of pro-German activities by certain American missionaries in Bull garia and northern Persia have been forwarded to- the American board of foreign missions by the state depart ment. it was learned today from off cial sources.
 These charges also involve the mis- sionaries in political activities in Per sia. The charges together with the results of Investigations conducted by the state department were sent to the American board by Assistant -Secre tary of State Phillips.
 MT. Phillips said there had not yet
 been time to receive a reply from the boards headquarters in Boston where the matter is under inves:.g .gaLIon. He expressed the opinion that proper ac- ction would be taken by the board as son as the necessary inquiries could be made.
 The detailed charges, it was said,
 would not be made public by the state department, officials holding that the proper course would be to allow the mission board first ii compete it's in vestigations and make public it's find i ings.
 1 The state department, it was learn. 1 ed, had been greatly disturbed by the 1 pro- Bulgarian activities of certain ] American missionaries in Bulgaria l The conduct of these missionaries. of ficials have complained, was difficult tt
 restrain owing to the fact that the l United States and Bulgaria were no
 at war. Moreover, it IS said the mis sionaries. exerted every effort to pre- vent a rupture between the two coun 1 tries. It is known that one of tn, | specific charges is that the mission l aries used funds to aid war sufferer to further the cause of Bulgaria ant indirectly the cause of her allies, Ger many and Austria Hungary.
 Political activities on the rart of tn missionaries in northern rersia as wel ! as Bulgaria are said to have coInpro missed them with the two governments an dhave put the United States to un unusual embarrassment in correctin the evils they have worked.
 Unofficial reports from the boards , headquarters were said today to init !, mate that severe disciplinary measure would be taken by tflrA organization , Investigation confirms the charges fl
 ed. It has been hinted that severs
 missionaries would be crsmIssed fro1 the service.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
TELEPHONE STRIKE
 MAY BECOME GENERAL

Boston, April 16.-John c. Koons, first assistant postmaster general and
 chairman of the wire control board
 will come to this city tomorrow to at
 tempt to settle the strike of operatives and other telephone workers in New
 England. This was announced to-
 night by United States Senator David
 IT, Walsh upon his return from Wash
 ington. Mr. Walsh said that officials
 in Washington were concerned over the situation in New England and were determined that the strike should be ended as speedily as possible.
 When the telephone strikers con- was coming, Miss Julia s. O'Connor. mittee was informed that Mir. Rooms the strike leader said that if he sought a conference he would have to meet with representatives of the New Eng 1 land joint council of electrical work l CTS, as the strike was np longer sim l ply an operators strike, but a general walkout of telephone workers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
BANQUET FOR SPEAKER GILLET IN SPRINGFIELD 3

Springfield, Mass, April 16.-Three hundred republicans of the Second Congressional district cheered Speak er-elect Frederick II. Gillet tonight at a banquet given here in his. honor The speakers included Lieutenant Gov ernor Charming II. Cox. Secretary of State Langtry, r. B. IIali and Sena- tor George 5. Churchill Rufus H Hilton, chairman of the city republf- can committee, presided.
 MT. Gillet. in his speech criticized the democratic administration for lack of appreciation of the support given by republicans during the world war. Ford and McAdoo." he declared 'are the best advertised men in Amer ica. One was advertised at his owr expense for commercial purposes an6 the other at the expense of the govern i ment for political purposes"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
HINES DEFENDS FEDERAL MANAGEMENT OF RAILROADS

Chicago, April 16.-Denial that railroads have made poorer showing under government control than they would have recorded under private management was made before the Ma tional Lumber Manufacturers Asso- citation here today by Walker D. Hines, director general of railroads.
 Had private ownership been con- tinued through the war emergency, there would have been disaster said Mir. Hines. The unfavorable fnan- cidl showing was inevitable. No bus
 mess in this country is normal. Bus mess is falling off rapidly and we can not as rapidly adjust our operation Of the roads. High cost of materials, in. creased operating expenses and ineX- pericnced workers contributed to this state of affairs. Not only were our experienced men taken. but we had ts equip and operate railroads in France. eve are bearing the shocks of re- adjustment Gut continuation of pres ent governmental control falls far short of the regulations needed for the great boom which I expect to follow 1 this readjustment period. Permanent complete control by the government will not meet the needs nor will turn l ing back the roads to their owners
 without new regulations.'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
PERMANENT NATIONAL
 EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

Washington, April 16.-A conference to consider national legislative pro- gramme for the creation of a perma- nent national employment service in cooperation with states and munich palities was called today by Secretary Wilson to meet here April 23 to 25. Governors of all states were asked to send representatives.
 "The purpose of the conference, 7" Secretary Wilson said. Twill be to de- fine and establish the most effective form of relationship between national and state employment activities and in general agreement bring about a definite objective toward which all may work to the end that a thorough and comprehensive public employment service may be permanently establish ed"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
OPERATORS UNWILLING TO
 ACCEPT BURLESON'S PLAN

Boston, April 16.-Leaders of the striking telephone operators in New England expressed unwillingness to- night to accept plans for settlement Of their grievances proposed by Postmas- ter General Burleson and Joseph P Humility, secretary to President Will son. Secretary Tumulty, in a tele- gram today to Miss Julia s. OConnor, president of the telephone operators department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, urged the strikers to return to work and file their wage demands with W. R. Driver, Jr., general manager of the New England Telephone and Tele- graph company. He said AIr. Driver was authorized to recommend to the
 government operating board any agreement just and fair to all parties concerned"
 Replying tonight, Miss O'Connor sent the following telegram to Mir Tumulty:
 Your proposition contained in to- days telegram is not fundamentally different from tn eproposal of Mr. Bur leson. It states that we may discuss with MT. Driver. general manager New England Telephone company, our con- | tentionS. Subsequently, he reaches g conclusion upon which he will advise us. Thence to be submitted to the operating board. At no step of this | procedure could the methods you rec. l Ommend to be construed as collective bargaining. We insist upon our righ
 to reach a conclusion with NIr. Driver mutually agreeable to the unions ant
 the company and do not recognize thu
 right of any other agency or indiviiua
 to hold the power to repudiate thi!
 agreement. Particularly do we objec
 to it being submitted to committee
 constituted as is the operating com
 mittee, it's entire personnel being com
 posed of telephone and telegraph offl cials generally believed to be opposed
 to the principle of collective bargain ing and indisputably opposed to Wag i increases for reasons readily under stood. Committee reiterates that stands ready to bargain colleetivel with MT, Driver upon assurance tha he is empowered to reach settlemen with us,"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
SEAPLANES READY TO HOP OFF"
 AS SOON AS SKIES CLEAR

St. Johns, N. F., April 16.-Favored by indictment weather which for five days has prevented Hl.1y c. Hawker, his Australian rival, from taking the aic win h,s Sopwith bipl&la IF s:oml C. titinn for the S50,ta) trans Atlantic fligh; l4ize offered bv the LbE;'cn Daily Nail, Captain Frede,;ck P. Raynhsn1 British riator, his Mart IT, syie machine fully assembled, tonight Vas ready to hop eff" with the mar il cm the Antipodes, as soon IS the skies clear.
 Indeed, the contest has reached a stage where it is no longer merely a race for preparedness but one in which it seems probable the two lanes will speed across the ocean. throttles wide open, in a dash which calls not only for endurance but speed
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
LORD ROBERT CECIL TALKS
 OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

London, April 16.-Lord Robert Cecil the British authority on a league Of nations, in the house of commons today, said that he hoped the league would be a real league and not merely league of the allies to safeguard the future world peace. He added:
 We want not only to secure justice or even security. for those who en- gagged ill this war. but to provide means for a. general pacification of the world and to secure cooperation be- tween all nations"
 Lord Robert said it was impossible to exaggerate the economic situation in Europe. He wanted the indemnity question settled and the blockade lift ed as soon as possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
CLOSING ARGUMENT IN
 ALLEGED FISH TRUST CASE

Boston, April 16.-Attorney General Attwill made the closing argument for the commonwealth today agatnst thir- ty dealers who arc charged with forming a combination to control the fish market here in violation of state law.
 He maintained that the defendants not only conspired to se>l fish illegal ly. but in many instances accomplish ed their object.
 If there is anything that creates un- rest and strikes in the community he said, it is just things as these mer have been doing, taking advantage oi conditions and raising the prices of the necessities of life'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
CALL FOR VOTE ON PUBLIC
 OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS

Cumberland Md, April 16.-Dec1ar- ing that the remnant of control' still remaining in the railroads is, by ille- gitimate means, trying to discredtt government railroad administration, a resolution was passed today by tke Cumberland lodge of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers. calling for. vote on the subject of public owner ship next Fourth of July. r-r
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
INVITED TO ATTEND CAUCUS
 OF THE AMERICAN LEGION

Boston, April 16.-The temporary state committee Of the American Le- zion invited Governor Coolidge and Adjutant General Jesse F. Stevens to- day to attend the caucus of the legion at St. Louis on May S. Nelson E. Clark, secretary of the committee said that the state organization would join in the appeal of the national committee to the railorad administration to grant rate of one cent mile to the tele- gates to the caucus. It was an nounced that all existing organiza tions of veterans of the world war ill this state would be invited to send repre- sentatives to the caucus. All sailors and soldiers interested in the forma- ton of the legion were requested to register at the state headquarters here.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
BREWERY TO OPERATE 175. TEMPERANCE BEER SALOONS

was made today by the anagement that the Huebner-Toledo Breweries company. one of the largest concerns of the kind in Ohio, will devote it's s3,000,000 plant here to the manufac- ture of temperance beer and will con- tinue to opefate 175 saloons as social centers. The same policy is to be fol- lowed regarding Huebner saloon prop critics in other parts of the state. The company announces also the extensive manufacture of ice, which is expects to supply at lower prices.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
TO BAR USE OF GERMAN
 MADE DENTAL GOODS

Hartford, Conn.,, April 16.-A reso- lution barring the Use of German made dental goods for twenty five years was adopted by the Connecticut here today.
 These officers were elected: Presi- dent, George s. B. Leonard, Mystic: vice president r. J. Buchanan. Water bury; secretary, M. J. Loeb, New Ha- ven;. treasurer. J. F. Barton, Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
SOCIAL LEADERS TAKE
 CARE OF EMERGENCY CALL S

Salem, Mass, April 16.-Miss Flea nor Rantoul, a niece of William R.
 Driver, Jr.. general manager of the New England Telephone and Tele- graph company, and Mrs. Newton Smith, both prominent in social activi- ties here. worked without pay at the local exchange of the telephone com pany today. They said they were not trying to help break the strike, but were working in the interest of the
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
WINCHESTER co. TO BE A
 S3O,Ooc,0Oo CORPORATION

Hartford, Conn.,, April 16-A certi- ficate for $30.0OO.OOO corporation was filed with the secretary of state today The title is the Winchester Company 10 be located in New Haven. Win chester Bennett. R. Earle Anderson and Clyde R. Yates. all of that city, are the incorporators. The paper says the company will start with $12,- 7J4,000 paid in.
 The purpose of the concern is to buy, sell, distribute and deal in ev- cry variety of rifles, guns, cannon and other firearms and similar instru- ments, and in caps. cartridges, etc.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
ALLEGED BANK RoBRER ROY
 TYLER ESTABLISHES ALIRI

New York, April 16.-District Attor- ney Lewis announced in Brooklyn to- day that detectives had established the fact that Roy Tyler, held here on a charge of robbing the East Brooklyn Savings bank and killing two of it's of ficials, was in Selignan, Ariz.. when the crime was committed Dec. 13 last. Following dismissal of murder charge standing against Tyler, Mir. Lewis said, the prisoner would be de- tained pending a decision as to wheth- CT the Ohio or Connecticut authorities, both of whom have preferred charges against him. have prior claim in ex- | tradition proceedings.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
STEAMER OCEANIC DESTROYED
 A FLOATING MINE OFF AZORES

Washington, April 16-The navy department was advised today that the steamer Oceano had destroyed a float ing mine several hundred miles south west of the Azores. Acting Secretary Roosevelt said American naval officers had swept every field or supposed field reported by the Germans after the end of hostilities and had accounted for practically all of the mines, though some evidently still were afoat There had been no reports, he said, that the Germans planted mines in the routes of American army transports.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
ALL N. E. GOVERNORS ARE
 TO REVIEW 26TH DIVISION

Aver, Mass, April 16.-All the New England governors have accepted the invitation of Major General Harry C.. Hale to attend the review of the Twenty Sixth Division to be held here April %, it was learned today. The ceremony will begin at ?. m, when the massed flags of the dfvision will be decorated with battle streamers. Distinguished Service Crosses and French war crosses will be formally presented
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
THEFTS FROM BAGGAGE
 OF MEMBERS OF 26TH DIV

Boston, April l6.-Three arrests were made by federal officials today as the result of an investigation of thefts from baggage of members of the Twenty-sixth division who arrived here on the transports Mount Vernon, America and Agamemnon. The men were all employed as longshoremen at Commonwealth pier. They pleaded not guilty to charges of larceny of prop erty of the United States government and were held for hearing April Is.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
OBITUARY.
Robert Sanderson Mccormick.

Chicago, April 16.-Robert Sander son Mccormick. American diplomat and father of United States Senator Medill Mccormick of Illinois and Rob ert k. Mccormick, one of the editors of the Chicago Tribune, died of pneu- nlonia today sid hla home in Hinsdale, a suburb. II. health which forced him to ret.re as United States ambassado.. tc France iE 1.07 had been with [ i'm much ot the tiraa since. e>
 tir. AfcC Ccrmicll was born July ie, 1S49, in Rockbridge county, Va, the son of William S. Mccormick. who, with his brothers, Cyrus H., Sr.. and Leander. sohrtly afterward came to Chicago. Members of this family, the Virginian grandfather, and especially his eldest son, Cyrus, developed the reaper from crude beginnings to the great factor it afterward became in farm life.
 Robert s. Mccormick was edunated at the old Chicago university and the University of Virginia, became a col- lector of books and Napoleonic biogra- phies and etchings. In 1876 MT Mccormick was married to Miss Katherine Medill, daughter of Joseph Medill, who founded the Tribune.
 Mr. Mccormick served three years as first secretary of the United States legation in London under Minister Robert T. Lincoln. ' l In 1901 President Mckinley appoint 1 ed him minister to Austria to succeed 1 Addison C. Harris, ana during his ser vice the ministry was raised to an am- ! bassadorship. In 1903 President Roosevelt transferred MT. McCormick ] to be ambassador to Russia.
 D. i|. AaguatuG Nfi'aon.
 Philadelphia, April 1s.--Iss. F. sal~
 gustus Wilson, regarded as one Of tnt foremost ortnope2ic surgeons of Amer. ica died at his home here today. Ht
 was 65 years old. I Dr. Wilson was emeritus professor of orthopedic surgery ct Jefferson
 Medical college.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
80 MORE SCHOLARSHIPS
 FOR FRENCH GIRL S

Chicago, April 16.--Dr. Robert L. Kelly, executive secretary of the Asso- citation of American Colleges. an- nounced today that he had cabled to the French government that 80 addi- tional scholarships for French girls for the academic year of 1919-20 had been offered by American institutions. AL ready 114 girls and 4 disabled French soldiers have been placed. Dr. Kelly stated that French schools have offer ed I,300 openings to American soldiers and that $500 of them have been filled.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS
 CONFIDENCE OF DEPUTIES

Paris, April 16 (By the A. P.).-The chamber of deputies today by a vote of 354 to 166 expressed it's confidence in the government on question whether Frances conditions of peace should be made known to parliament after Foreign Minister Pichon had de- clined to outline the details of the peace preliminaries until the treaty had had been signed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
CHOPPED OFF LEFT HAND TO EVADE MILITARY SERVICE

Cape Girardeau. Mo.. April 16.-kI- bert Wheeling. . farmer of Holconn Q. Mo, who pleaded eiiltt here late yes- terday in the United States district court to having chopped off his left hand with an axe July T last to evade military service, was sentenced to six months in prison by Federal Judge Dyer. Wheeling is 2 years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
TO SEND FOOD TO RUSSIA
 UNDER NEUTRAL CONTROL

Paris, April 16.-An agreement was reached today by the associated DOW CTS to send food to Russia under neu tra lcontrol, but the French represent atives made several reservations which will be considered tomorrow. It seems likely, however, that the objections will be overcome and that the relief work will be pressed ra pidly.
 The agreement stipulates that the BolsheViki must cease hostilities.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
HUGE ICEBERG IN TRACK
 OF TRANS SHIppING

Halifax, N. S., April 16.-A huge ice
 berg in the track of transatlantic shipping was reported in a radio mes- sage today from the Cunard liner Car mania, bound from Liverpool for this
 port with 5000 Canadian troops. The berg, about 250 feet in height and 1,5o0 feet long, was sighted by the steamer in latitude 47.10 north, longitude 47.42 west, or about 500 miles from Hali- fax.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
THIRD SHIP WAS
 LAUNCHED AT HOG ISLAND

Philadelphia, April 16-The Ameri- can Shipbuilding corporation launched it's twenty third ship at Hog Island to- day. The vessel, a 7,500 ton cargo car rier, was christened the kishacoqlilas in honor of the Liberty loan workers in Miffiin county, Pa. The name was changed from one suggested by Mrs dent, to further the Victory loan drive there
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
MEMBERS OF GERMAN
 COMMITTEE ON PEACE

Berlin, Tuesday, April 15 (By the A |P.D.-The special committee on peace negotiations named by the Cerma n national assembly at Weimar will in clude President Fehrenbach and the three vice presidents of the assembly, The other members will be twenty eight delegates to the assembly. repre- senting all parties and including two women socialists
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
GOVERNMENT TO PLACE 1000
 LIBERTY MOTORS ON SALE

Washington, April 16.-One thous- and new Liberty motors ordered for the army air service before the cessa- ton of hostilities and which are not needed now, will be placed on sale shortly by the sales and salvage sec- ton of the service. The motors are twelve cylinder Vee type. five inch bore. en-inch stroke of 400 H. P. at TOO revolutions per minute.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
TANK FAILED IN ATTEMPT
 TO ASCEND PIXIES PEAK

Colorado Springs. Col. April 16.- The attempt to ascend Pike's Peak in a battle tank was abandoned today The tank broke down late yesterday at an altitude of 200 feet and owing to the difficulty of repairing it at that point the attempt to reach the top was given up.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
'RABAuD TO LEAVE BOSTON
 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Boston, April 16.-Henri Rabaud, who came from France last November to conduct the Boston Symphony or chesua this season, has declined to extend his contract, according to an announcement by the trustees today. He prefers to devote his time to com position and will return to Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
Y PERSONS EXECUTED
 IN ARCHANGEL IN MARCH

Archangel, April 16.-(By The A. p cuted on charges of espionage, con- spiracy and treason as a result of the discovery late in Marcn or an organ ization in Archangel which planned to deliver the town and garrison to the Bolshevilli, it is announced in the of ficial Russian newspaper eublished here
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
OPERATING EXPENSES 0F THE
 N. H. ROAD EXCEED REVENUES

During the First Two Months of 1919 the Revenues Were
 $14291, ,00O-Expenses During the Same Period Were
 $l4643O0 President Hadley of Yale Says Where the
 Corporation Management Had Spent 72 Cents of Each Dollar of Revenues "the Government Spends the Whole Dollar and Some More'-President Buckland Believes Government Will Relinqush Control as Soon as Prac- ticable. .
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17

people of the city. to take care Of emergency calls.
 Francis s. Benjamin. district traffic chief, said that several other young women of leading families had prom sed, at his request. to do similar vol unteer work tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
HUGHES NOT RETAINED
 BY N. '. TRACTION INTERESTS

Washington, April 16.--Cl1arles E. Hughes, in a statement nere today, de nied flatly that he had been retained by New York traction interests or had received money from them, as had been asserted in testimony before a New York legislative inquiry.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17

had vital interest in the road and il was up to the landlord to see that the increases in the servants wages are not so great that he cannot afford to pay them."
 Our business as landlord is to see that the road is kept up, the rent paid and the property returned in substan- tially as good condition as when 1t was rented" he said Anything that affects the railroads affects the entire country. Danger to the railroads means danger to the nation
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17
DECIDE THAT HELGOLAND
 SHALL BE DiSMANTIED

; London, April 16.-The Council of Four, says Reuters Paris correspond ent, has decided, that Fie:goland shall be dismantled. and, as far as possible, destroyed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-17

A stupid man compliments a wo- mans teeth. but clever man makes her laugh.