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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
SERVICE IN
NEW ENGLAND NORMAL

Boston, April 21-Normal telephone
service was resumed in New England
late today. Discrimination on the part
of a large number of the operators in
Boston to accept the terms outlined in
the agreement reached yesterday for
the settlement of the strike, which be-
gan last Tuesday, was overcome at a
mass meeting which finally ratified
the agreement. The men workers who
struck last week had gareed last night
to the terms awarded them and most
of them were on hand early in the day.
That the wage advances the operat-
ors and electrical workers will mean
an increase in rates charged for ser
vice by the New England Telephone
and Telegraph Company mad the Prov
idence Telephone Company was indi
Gated by John c. Koons, First Assist
ant Postmaster General and Chairman
of the Wire Control Board, in state
ment before he left for Washington
tonight.
"As there is no congressional appro-
priation of this or any other wire sys-
| TENS, the postmaster must pay them
out Of revenues earned out Of various
system" Mr.. Koons said.
| OF the Post Office Departments s
policy in dealing with telephone and
| telegraps employees, Mr.. Koons said:
| There has been no refusal on the
! part of the Wire Administration to al
| low negotiations by the various wire
| companies with individual employees
| or collective bargaining themselves by
or through representatives of organi-
! cations of the employees, who are in
the service, concerning working condi-
tions or wages, and furthermore, such
negotiations if desired, may be
brought direct to- the Wire Contro
Board
There has been no failure on tbs
| part of the Wire administration Il
rigidly enforce the order that there
should be no discrimination agains
the employees because of union affilia
tions.
"The Wire Administration is endeav-
orinS as rapidly as possible to RENE
dy unsatisfactory working conditions
where they exist and also to right in
adequate wage rates wherever tn
revenues of the particular wire com
pany will permit it; and where sucl
revenues are inadequate the wire ad
minostration is bending every energ.
to increase them
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
LLOYD GEORGE TO RECEIVE
IRISH AMERICAN DELEGATES

Paris, April 21.-(By The A. P9-
David Lloyd George, the British prime
minister has agreed OF receive former
Governor Edward F. Dunn of Hi
nois, Frank P. Walsh, former chair
man of the national war labor board,
and Michael J. Ryan Of Philadelphia
next week. The Americans were
chosen by the Irish. societies in the
United States to appeal TO the peace
conference on behalf of ireland.
The arrangement for the meeting
was made by Colonel Z. NJ. House, of
the American Peace Delegation, at a
luncheon today at the residence of the
British premier. Mr.. Lloyd George
said he was unable to receive the
Americans this week owing to the
, pressure of business connected with
the peace treaty and requested them
to remain over for conference until
next week.
1t is expected that the Americans
will take up with Mr.. Lloyd George
the question of his receiving the del
/ egates from Ireland who are coming
to Paris
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
SUBSCRIPTIONS REPORTED
FROM NEW ENGLAND

Boston. April 21.-Suhscriptions to
the Victory Liberty loan i'm New Eng
land as uuoficially reported at cam
Uaien headQuaft1rs tonight totalled
nearly s3n 900 600. The district quota
for tine campaign, which opened this
morning. Is $3I5.O00.00o.
Subscriptions today came largely
from banking houses an dinsurance
companies. The largest was $4,000. 900
by kid1er. Peabody & co. for them
selves and their clients.
Tho Boston Five Cent Savings bank
pledged Sc 00o,000 the John Hancock
Mutual Life Insurance company and
the Providant Institution for Savings,
S3,g1e.000 each: the New England AIu-
tual Life Insurance company and the
Aetna Fire Insurance company, $780,
0U0 each, and the Home Savings banl,
and HornbloWor {: Weeks, 100000
each. \ subscription of $l,000,00O by
Henry 3. EndiCo,t was the largest in
G.vidual pledge.
Nermcpts $ plan TO subscribe it's full
quota within three DAYS appeared well
or the way TO fulillment tonight, when
q cities aid towns reported having
cluallCd or exceeded their allotment
Derby - ul.. which exceeded its Quota
in each CINe, duplicated this record
within q few hours after the campaign
opened. M.ddletown. Unionville anC
CRANKY. Conn, also reported over-sub-
scriptions.
IN Maine. Rockport and Fryebure
had more than 100 per cent. of theil
quota. and in New Hampshire honor
flag claims were filed by Brentwood
and Merrimac.
\ practice what you preach parade
in Boston. participated in by Liberty
lean workers. netted subscriptions o.
1892 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
UNFAVORABLE FOR "HOP OFF"
FOR ACROSS OCEAN FLIGHT

St Johns, N F., April 21-Contin-
ued reports of head Winds in mid
ocean today, caused another postpone
ment of the start of the trans Allan
tic fiighst of Captain Frederick 2
Raynham, British aviator, and Harry
&. Hawker, his Australian rival, in
their competition for the $4,000 prize,
offered by the London Daily Mail
Both airmen are making social en-
gagements for the next day or two,
and have given UP their hourly watch
for an opportunity to hop off, antic-
ipating no immediate favorable op-
portunity.
If unfavorable weather and winds
continue much longer, it is probable
that several new competitors may
arrive with their machines and at
tempt to get away with Raynham and
Hawller. An airdrome is being pre-
pared at Harbor Grace for Handley-
Page venture, and today there arrived
here an agent of Boulton and Paul
Of Norwich, England, who is selecting
site for an airdrome and arranging
for supplies for that firms airplane
which, he announced, is scheduled to
start from here in May or June.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
FATAL AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
Al LUERERRY FIELD

Wantagh. N. Y. April 21-Private
Otto W. Meyer, a student aviator at.
tached to the 357th Aero Squadron,
whose home is in California, was kill
ed today and Sergeant @. o. Burnett,
a Kentuckian, was seriously injured
when an airplane in which they were
attempting a tail spin over Lufberry
Field fell 200 feet, burying itself in a
bog.
Meyer was hurled from the machine,
as it crashed to earth. Burnett, a
Princeton man, was pinned under the
wreckage. He was rushed to the base
hospital at Mineola. where physicians
said they feared he had been injured
internally.
The two men began their flight from
Camp Mills, where their squadron is
stationed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
COLONEL ANSELL TELLS
OF MILITARY JUSTICE

Washington. April 21.-Lieut. Col
onel Samuel T. Ansell, former acting
judge advocate general and chief fig
ure in the attack on army disciplinary
systems, accused the committee of the
American Bar association today with
having placed itself under the dom
| ination of the War department in its
investigation of military Justice and
of shutting its eyes to the truth. His
assertion, made on his appearance be-
fore the committee, was promptly
warned Colonel Ansell that he was
over suspicious and ION the wrong
track"
I'VE are not anybodys TOOLS" de-
clared Judge Gregory. Il have prac-
ticed law two and half times as long
as Secretary Baker. | don't propose
| to surrender my judgment to any
body. If you are for justice this
| committee will strike hands with you
Colonel Ansell specifically attacked
| the right of Martin Conboy of New
York to sit on the committee. The
relationship between Conboy anC
| Major General Crowder, Judge Advo-
! cate General, had been such, Colone
| Ansell asserted, as to make him 81
, staunch support" of General Crowder
/ COIOuSl AnoeIl IHen proceeded VIII
/ his arraignment of the court martha
! system itself, denouncing it as un
American and the practically unchang,
survival of the old British military
code adopted in 1774, when soldiers
We're the creatures of a sovereign o.
overload.
| Colonel Ansell opened his hearins
with prepared statement which h,
declared his conscience required hin
to make before he could proceed. Hi
attack upon the method and person
mel of the committee was contained il
this document.
He said the witnesses appearing be
fore the committee had been sum
moned lin a way that precludes mer
coincidence" He declared thre
major generals summoned in one da,
Wood Scott and Chamberlain en-
tertained views so fully known tha
their testimony was q. foregone con
clusion. 1t was the harsh action o
one of them, he said which led him a
acting judge advocate general to re
commend creation of the clemenc
board now functioning while anothe
had d national reputation for severi
""
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
TO INVESTIGATE DEATH OF
MRS. FANNIE c. HOADLEY

New York, April 21.-Distriet At
torney Swami will be asked to take
action in connection With the death
of Mrs. Fannie C. Hoadley, wife Of
Joseph H. Hoadley. president of the
Hoadley- knight Coal Mining Com
pany who was found asphyXiated in
her home last week, it was announce
ed tonight by acting Medical Exam
iner ScwartZ.
Dr. Swartz asserted that Mrs.
Hoadley's death was not reported to
the Health Department until nine
hours after the body was found and
that the undertaking firm which took
charge of the body embalmed it with
out waiting for an examination by the
medical authorities and without wait
ing for a death certificate.
Mrs. Hoadley's death was declared
to have been a case of suicide by an
empIoye Of the undertaking establish
ment who testified at Dr. Schwartz s
Investigation today. The physician
who was called upon the finding of the
body expressed the opinion that the
asphyXiation was accidental.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
THE BAY STATE STREET
RAILWAY SOLD AT AUCTION

Salem. Mass, April 21.-The Bay
State Street Railway company, which
operates in 80 cities and towns in
eastern and southeastern Massachu-
setts and extends into New Hamp-
shire and Rhode Island, was sold at
auction today by order of the federal
court under the reorganization plan by
which the property is eventually to be
III the hands of the Eastern Massachu-
sets Railway company and be man
aged by five public trustees provided
for by Il special act of the legislature
The purchaser was Arthur T. G1idden
representing Lee, Higginson & Co. OF
Boston, and the price was $4,000 600
.subject to the taking over of various
obligations. including those of the Bay
State receiversfip and mortgages OF
the Boston and Northern company and
Old Colony Street Railway company
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22

Washington. April q. - Uncounted
millions in subscriptions to Victory
Liberty notes poured into banks ana
soliciting committees throughout the
United states today but no official
reports had reached National Head
quarters here tonight to give any COM
prehensive idea of the harvest on the
opening day of the three weeks cam
paiEu. Subscriptions probably will not
he shown fully in reports TO the treas
ury until late in the week.
Long before closing hours tonight
kilograms arriving ut the treasury told
tho story of enthusiastic communities
which had subscribed tneir full quo
las the first day. Among the first to
report their record were: Albany, Gr.;
Middlctown and Derby. Conn; Proctor,
VT. orleans, Vt: Merrimack and
brentwood, n IL. Rockport and Frye
burg. Maine; Big Stone Gap, Va; Lo-
die. y. J.. Blairstown, y. J.; Lyons, \.
J.. Clark Mills, \. y. Ardsley, \. Y;
Attica. y. y. North Java, y. y; and
Barnweld. y. Y.
The treasury had no report as yet
of the achievement OF Detroit. report
cd TO be the first large city to over
subscribe lis quota.
Early Indications said a treasury
review Of the loan campaign. were
that the Victory notes were receiving
general distribution and not being
bought mp largely by banking institu-
tiuns. Several telesrHms from differ
cut sectiOus of the country called par
ticuiar attention TO this feature of the
campaign and showed great pride in
the fact that such was the case"
Llun. Mass. one OF the first cities tt
obtain its quota i'm the last campaign
today started q courier walking tC
Washington with q pledge TO Secretary
Glass from the city 10 subscribe its
quota. The courier probably will ar.
rive by May I.
Earihulomo county. Indiana, claims
tln honor OF being the first county Il
obtain its quota Without a bond being
purchased by a bunl, or d subscription
solicited. Tho county bought it,
quota without a bond being purchased
by % bank or a subscription solicited
The county bought its quota ut sun.
rise today. subscriptions being made
at voting booths and hanks.
Tho Y. : :. Marblehead. one of thu
three destroyers which will tell th'
story Of the Victory Liberty Loan t.
tho entire country by a voyage to san
Francisco 10 New York pulled out OF
the Golden Gate this afternoon to be.
rim four and One-half billion dollar
Journey. The specd Of her engines
win be determined by tae nations daily
-ubscriution 20 the Victory loan.
Tor every S3l1.450 subscribed. III,
Victory ship will travel one mile. Th,
entire cruising distance from san
Francisco 30 New York, the harbor o
Victory. is : $50 mics. II the nation
keeps pace with tho required dail,
subscription, the Victory ship vii
make an average of 2G2 Il miles pc
say. representing tho required dali.
sJbscripioU Of 2e5.0G0 600.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
VICTORY LOAN HONOR
FLAGS FOR 25 COMMUNITIES

New York, April 21-Award of
Victory Loan honor flags to % New
York, New Jersey and Connecticut
communities which went over the
top" on the first day of the campaign,
was announced tonight by the Liberty
loan committee Of the New York Fed
eral Reserve district. While complete
figures were lacking indications were
1hat throughout the whole district
good progress had been made toward
the 1880, 00O,0 900 goal.
Lyons, n. J.. with a quota of s4,500
reported subscriptions of s13,500-
enough 10 entitle it to first place in
tOday's honor list with an honor flag
and four stars each representing a SO
per cent. oversubscription. Newtown
Conn. shooting past it's $69,200 quota
to a total OF s125,000, came second
with a flag and one star.
Among other towns awarded flags
were: Lode, Biairstown, Far Hills
Bcdminster, Maplewood and Belle
Meade, ". ].
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
STATISTICS OF HABITS AND
DESIRES OF YALE SENIOR

New Haven, April 21.-According to
statistics of the seniors in Yale col
lege, made public tonight. so of the sc
students who indulge in intoxicants
learned to drink after coming to the
university. Nineteen of the class are
abstainers. OF the 81 who smoke, 35
acquired the habit in college. The re-
publican party has the allegiance of 6S
and tn democratic of "a. Phi Beta
Kappa, q scholarship honor, was voted
the most desirable attainment Dick
ems is the favorite author and Tenny-
son the choice as poet of the class.
! Lincoln holds first place as the fore
most national character.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
LIMITED SUPPLY OF RAW
MATERIALS FOR GERMANY

Paris, April 21.-The supreme eco
nomic council will meet tomorrow to
consider proposals to grant a limited
supply of raw materials. notably cot
ton, to Germany TO enable the factories
tehre to start work and to relieve the
unemployment which is said to be at
the bottom OF much of the disorder in
Germany. The council, it is said. also
will revise regulations for German ex-
ports required TO pay for food imports
and probably will discuss the new eco
nomic situation created by the slack
oning of the blockade regulations as
applied to Germany's neutral neigh
borS.
After April % goods and commodi-
ties may be shipped TO the neutral
countries adjoining Germany virtual
ly without restriction. the neutrals
themselves assuming responsibility
against prohibition of exports.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22

the time nor result of the attack.
A Lithuanian soldier was killed in
defending the Americans, it was said.
The cablegram read:
1.-THE American Red Cross Mission
at kovno, Lithuania, has been at
tackled by German soldiersf While
defending the Americans one Lith-
uanian soldier was killed. This
aroused the greatest indignation
in Kovno and the funeral of the hero
developed into q great demonstra-
ton against Germans"
No advices of an attack on the
mission have been received by REQ
Cross authorities here, it was said
tonight. Officials stated the kovnc
unit was a branch of the American
Red Cross Mission to Poland. It's
personnel is unknown here, it was
said, as the work in Poland and
Lithuania was organized in Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
GERMAN DELEGATION TO
VERSAILLES MEETING

Paris. April 21.-(By The A. P)--
The German delegation to Versailles
will comprise six high personages, at
the head of which will be Count Won
Brockdorff- Rantzau, the roreign minis
ter.
Germany will send the following del
egates TO the Versailles congress with
full powers TO negotiate:
Count Won Brockdorff- -RantZau, for
eign minister.
Herr Landsberg, secretary for pub
licity, art and literature.
Dr. Theodore Melchore, general man.
ager of the Warburg bank.
Herr Leinert. president of the Prus-
sian assembly and of the nationa
soviet congress.
Herr Geisberg. minister of posts anG
telegraphs, and Herr Schucking.
In all, the German party will num-
ber seventy-five The arrival of the
delegates cannot be expected before
April %.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
GOV. HoLCOMB TO APPLY
FOR COLORS OF THE 102p lNE

Aver, Mass, April 21.-Major Cen
eral Harry c. Hale, commanding the
26th division at Camp Devens, an
nounced today that he would discharge
the 102d infantry and the 101st ma
chine gun battalion on April 20 and
send them to Hartford by two special
trains SO that they might participate
in a parade of all Connecticut troops
of the division on April so.
Governor Marcus II. Holcomb OF
Connecticut sent word that when he
arrived for the divisional review to-
morrow he would mike formal appli-
cation for the colors of the 102d in
fantry with the view of placing them
in the state capitol. The colors were
decorated with the Croix de Guerre fol-
meritorious conduct during the Meuse-
Argonne offensive.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
BOY SPANKED IN COURT
BY ORDER OF JUDGE

Portland, Me. April 21-Frank P.
Shaw, aged 9, was spanked by Capt.
Hugh f. tcDonough Of the police de-
partment in the municipal court today
by order of Judge Clifford E. Nc
Glauflin. The punishment was admin
istered after the boy had pleaded
guilty to the larceny of lead from the
roofs of buildings and his mother, a
widow, had said she had been unable
to break him of some bad habits he
had acquired He was placed on pro-
baton for one year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
COMMUNISTS IN LINDAU
HAVE BEEN DEFEATED

Berne, April 21.-After d short siege
by Bavarian and Wuerttemberg troops
the communists in Lindau. on Lake
Constance, have been defeated COM
pletely, according to messages received
here from the Bavarian frontier. The
government which had been set up by
the communists has been overthrown.
Lindau was the most important com
munist stronghold in Bavaria with the
exception of Munich. The peasants in
the surrounding country, the messages
say, give evidence of great satisfaction
over the downfall of the communists.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
NEGRO ASSAlLANT OF GIRL
ESCAPED FROM SHERIFF

Easton, Md. April 21.-Isaiah Foun-
tain, colored, placed on trial here to-
day on the charge of criminally as
saulting Bertha Simpson. a white girl
of y, escaped from the custody of the
sheriff tonight. Feeling is high and
posses have been formed. Talk OF
lynching is rife.
About 200 men, believing Fountain
still in the county jail, came back and
proceeded to batter down the door
The sheriff let a committee in and ap-
pealed to the crowd to help him find
the negro. Spokesman said they would
help him only on condition that Foun-
tain be handed over to them. The
sheriff refused and the crowd left tc
resume the search. A number of the
hunters had ropes with them.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
A NUMBER OF BOLSHEVIST
LEADERS TAKEN PRISONER

London, April u (Via MontreaD.-
kilograms from Omsk, Siberia, report
that the troops of Admiral kolchak,
thirty three miles south of Sterlit-
Amak, inflicted severe losses on the
enemy, capturing many prisoners, ma
chine guns and ten heavy guns They
also captured Starapoul with great
booty and made number of Bolshe-
visit leaders prisoners.
Decentralization of the Bolshevists is
reported to be growing. Three Boil
shevist divisions refused to fight and
have been Withdrawn from the front.
The peasants of the Viatka govern
ment and some of the districts on the
River Kama have revolted against the
Bolshevist government
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
BRITISH CENSORSHIP
HAS BEEN MODIFIED

Washington, April 21-lIodificatfon
of British censorship relations to
permit the use of private codes in
cablegrams passing through London
from the United States to South
America was announced today by the
navy department.
Restrictions imposed by British
authorities as to the censoring of
commercial messages, and the delay
said OF result therefrom, and on the
use of code has been the subject of a
number of protests by American bus
mess interests and organizations
These concerns and organizations
have charged that the British censor
ship operated to the advantage of the
British firms in regaining trade and
that it gave British firms an undue
advantage, especially in South Amer
lea.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
ACTION SHOULD GERMANY
BREAK PEACE TREATY

Paris, April y (Reuterl A respon-
sible French source announces that
good progress has been made in the
scheme for q defensive allience be-
tween France. Great Britain and the
United States under which these ma
tions agree to take immediate military
and naval action should Germany
break the peace treaty so far as it af
fects the proposed demilitarized zone
cast of the Rhine. Tho alliance treaty
will be an open one and will apply only
TO the Rhine area
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
Communists Fail
to Control Vienna
Most of the Hungarian Agi-
tators Have Been Arrest
ed.

Vienna, Saturday, April 10 (By the
A. P).-The communists, it appeared
late tonight, had failed in their at
tempt to seize control of the govern
ment. Most of the Hungarian agitators
in Vienna have been arrested and the
arrest of Austrian agitators has been
begun.
Among the Hungarians under arrest
is Edward Steiner, a Red Guard officer.
In his rooms in a leading hotel the po-
lice found more than 100000 kronen
as well as a large quantity of womens
jewels and rings and Nffty-one gold
cigarette cases. The jewelry and mon
ey are said to have come from Buda-
pest where the Red Guards requisi-
toned and nationalized property.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-22
GERMANS DAMAGED
THE SUBMARINE U.111

New York, April 21.--In violation Of
terms under which German subma
rines We're to be surrendered to the
United States, the submarine Till,
which arrived here Saturday for eXhi-
bition in connection with the Victory
loan, was damaged before it changed
hands, it was learned here today at
the New York navy yard. Examina-
ton revealed that her main ball thrust
bearings We're damaged. it was stated.
and temporary repairs had been neces-
sary before the craft starter for the
United States