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Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
POLICY OF EMPLOYEES
TO OFFSET BOLSHEVISM

Boston, May 20.-The policy of en-
ployers and of the community in gem
eral, as an offset to Bolshevism. should
be to cultivate relations with labor
unions that stand in favor of Ameri-
can freedom, in the opinion of Form
er President Taft, who discussed the
subject of labor and reconstruction at
q public meeting here tonight. If all
labor were to be treated as though it
belonged to the extreme class repre-
sented by the I. w. w, syndicalists
and other agitators, he continued the
demoralizing effect, would be to drive
all labor into that extreme class.
''The great body of our working
men," he added. ARE utterly opposed
to Bolshevism and we should conduct
ourselves, employers and all, in such
a way as to retain them and keep them
out of the hands of the extremists by
the square deal.
I do not fear Bolshevism in this
country. The parlor socialists and
anarchists and Bolshevists and apollo
gists do not know the depth of the
American spirit and the love of the
American heart for its free institutions
as we have enjoyed them for hun
dred and twenty five years"
Mr.. Taft said that the plan fos
peace being made at Versailles was
ito put bulwarks against Russia and
against the advance OF Bolshevism il
Finland, the Baltic provinces, Poland
and the Ukraine and, by hemming it ir
as you hem in a prairie fire, let il
burn itself out there"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
GERMANS MUST REPLY TO
PEACE TERMS THURSDAY
(By The Associated Press.

Before Thursday of the present week
shall have passed the German peace
at Versailles are to
make known in full to the delegates
of the allied and associated powers on
what points of the peace treaty they
acquiesce and what points they object
to and desire modified.
No extension in the time limit has
been granted the Germans, who are
expected to present to the members of
the peace congress a yoluminous rec
ord of objections and Of acceptances
of the clauses of the document
Although the leaders of German
thought throughout Germany have de-
clared that the treaty as framed is
unacceptable and that it will not be
signed without modification. the opin-
ion in Paris seems to prevail that af-
ter the representatives of the allied
and associated governments have con-
sidered the objections raised by the
German plenipotentiaries and formu-
lated their final reply, the Germans
will affix their signatures to the
compact.
Marshal F'och is taking nothing fol
granted as regards the probable ac-
ton of the Germans at Versailles. He
has made visit to the occupied area
and has informed the council of foul
of the military preparations that have
been made contingent on the Germans
refusing to accept the allied peace
terms. Likewise, General Pershing
the American commander, is wide
awake to the possibilities of the situa
ton. A trip to London planned b4
him for the present week, where h
was TO be the guest of the British ma
ton, has been Indefinitely postponed
and he will remain on the Rhine unit
all is settled at Versailled.
American financial experts are still
discussing economic matters with th
Germans at Versailles. particular,
with regard to Germany's ability t.
pay for foodstuffs and the method o
payment. The reply of the council o
four to the German note regardin:
reparations will declare that it is i'm
possible to dissociate responsibilit.
for the actions of the former German
government.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
TO SUPPORT PROVISIONAL
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT

New York, May 2O.-The Russian
Cooperative Unions, comprising 20
million heads of families in Northern
Russia and Siberia announced tonight
through representatives here their
support of the provisional Russian
government at Omsk, Siberia, headed
by Admiral kolchak. In a statement
appealing to the American people to
lend their knowledge, experience
and resources to the problem of
saving Russia. the organization de
manded liberation of the country
from Bolshevist rule, which it de-
clared was functioning by means of
terror and narrow party dictatorship
and had proved its complete unfit
ness to bring about a state of peace
adm order.
w nile their program calls for ulti-
mate and establishment of new gov
ernment founded upon a constituent
assembly, the unions declared that
they recognized the Omsk regime as
"a practical. central governmental
power subscribing to democratic prin-
clplesf' The organization of Admiral
holchak, they stated, was "re- estab-
| llshlng the state, creating a fighting,
disciplined army and placing itself un-
der obligations to bring the country to
the gates of an all-Russian constituent
assembly and to insure it's unity and
| independence"
With the re generation of Russia as
a free, democratic state and a mem
Der of the League of Nations as their
| objective, the unions asserted that
! defeat of the Bolshevists, whose ad-
mlnistration had brought about com
| plete social and economic ruin" was
/ the first essential
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
TOWERS TELLS OF ADVENTURE
ON NAVY SEAPLANE N.C-3

Ponta Delgada, May 20.-(By The A.
p - Exceptionally bad weather,
which was totally unexpected, was the
sole reason for the failure of all three
Of the American navy's seaplanes to
fly from Trepassey, Newfoundland
to Ponta DeIgada on schedule time"
said Commander John H. Towers to
the correspondent Of The Associated
Press tonight.
The man who commanded the over
seas fight in his fagshop N.C-3, and
the members of his crew who had re-
ceived a severe buffeting, both from
the storm overhead and the turbulent
sea when the plane was damaged Sat
lIrday in ahghting on the water, We're
much refreshed tonight after having
regained sleep lost while bucking the
storm for sixteen hours and being
adrifgt fifty-three moro, entirely out OF
communication with the world.
"Individually," said Commander
Towers. the members of the crew of
the NC-3 virtually gave up hope of
being rescued Saturday night. but COL
lcctively they showed no signs Of fear
and carried on until they arrived in
port here Monday
Having run short of fuel and en-
colntered a heavy fog, the N.C-3 came
down at one o'clock Saturday after
noon in order that we might obtain
our bearings. The nlane was dana ged
as It reached the water and was un-
able to rise again. While we were
drifting the 2O5 miles in the. heavy
storm the high seas washed over or
pounded the plane. and the boat began
10 leak. So fast did the water enter
the boat that the members of. the
| crew took turns in bailing the hull
with a small hand pump, while 9TH
| ers stood on the wings in order to keep
| the plane in balance. Meanwhile we
were steering landward.
That our radio was out of commits
| sion was not known to the crew until
| our arrival here. Communication had
| been cut off since nine O'Clock Monday
morning owing to our having lost our
| ground wire.
/ we ate chocolate and drank water
! from our raditor. This was our only
means of subsistence. The crew
smoked heavily in order to keep awake
while we were drifting. No one of us
| obtained more than four hours OF
sleep after leaving 1tcepassey until
Ponta Delgada was reached"
The hands of all the members ot
| the crew of the N.C-3 We're badlI
| swollen as result of their heroic
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHANGES
AT YALE UNtVERTY

New Haven, Conn, May 20.-The
resignation of Rev. Edwin Pond Park
er, DID,, LID, senior fellow Yale
Corporation was announced today. DR..
Parker is of Hartford and is the only
fellow of Yale who had a part in the
election of President Arthur T. Had
ley. He has been on the corporation
since November, 1895. Largely
through his influence membership on
the corporation was opened to men
outside of Connecticut and outside of
the clerical profession of the Congre-
gational church.
Other announcements made at Yale
today include the fact that election of
Vim. Adams Brown being named by
the corporation to assist President
Hadley in carrying out the reconstruc-
ton plans adopted in March.
New gifts include one of $4,000 by
Frank Bergen, of Elizabeth, N. j., to
establish a series of lectures in mem
ory of his son, Francis Bergen, who
deid in military service, May II, 1917;
$1,000 from DR.. George A. Kohut
New York city. for research fellow
ship in semitics: $1,000 from Mrs
Henry B. Buck, of Cincinnati, to found
prize for patriotic writings in mem
ory of her son, Parker D. Buck, who
died in an airplane accident.
The corporation also made public a
plan to allow students who enter Yale
without Latin preparation to make UP
that deficiency and acquire the bache-
lor of arts degree and to accept two
years of Latin for entrance from
candidates for the bachelor of Phi
| losophy degree.
Charles ]. Tilden professor of civil
engineering at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity was elected professor of en-
gineering mechanics and assigned tC
the Sheffield Scientific school.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21

London, May 20-Up to this hour
there is no word of Hawker and his
navigator Grieve. Not a single re-
port has been received from any of
the numerous airplanes, deStroyers,
minesWeepers and light craft of all
descriptions which d ersweeping the
seas OF Ireland. Their task has been
hampered by fog and rain.
In an official comninque just is
sued justifying the attitude of the
attitude of the government in relation
to the cross Atlantic flight which has
ended in disaster, the admiralty warns
the public in view OF the vast areas
involved the chances OF finding Hawk
er and Grieye are very remote.
The comnuniQue, referring to recent
CRITICISMS, says that the attitude of the
air ministry has been to enjoin eau
ton, rather than to urge such at
tempts, While anxious TO do the ut
most to save such gallant and intrepid
airmen as Hawker and Grieve, the
government feels bound TO warn those
who may in the future attempt tc
! fly the Atlantic that it's = resources
make it utterly impossible that the i'm
mense task of patrolling 1000 miles
OF ocean can be undertaken.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
OBJECTIONS TO DISCHARGE
OF RECEIVER OF B. G. M.

Boston, May 20.-Objections to the
discharge of the receiver of the Boston
and Maine Railroad company in ac-
cordance with the reorganization plans
were filed in the federal district court
today by the executors of the will of
Samuel c. Lawrence. The Lawrence
estate owns a large block of Boston
and Maine stock.
The executors declare that the
financial condition of the road does not
Justify removing it from receivership
at present They also object to the
provision of the reorganization plans
for the payment of about $13.000,000 of
the unfunded Indebtedness of the road,
which they allege was not legally au-
thoriZed.
The public service commissions of all
the states in which the Boston and
Maine operates have approved the re-
organization plans. and it is expected
that hearing on the roads petition
for discharge of the receiver will be
held next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
GEAPLANE N.C-4 AWAITS
FAVORABLE WEATHER

Washington, May 20.-Tugging at
anchor in the harbor of Ponta Delgada,
Azores, the seaplane N.C-4, the lone
surviving entry of the American navy
for first trans Atlantic flight honors,
awaits only favorable weather for the
start Of the 500 mile dash to Lisbon,
Portugal
After three days at Horta, where she
Handed upon completion OF the record
breaking flight from Newfoundland
Lieutenant Commander Albert c..
READS big ship flew to Ponta Delgada
today in remarkably fast time, cover
ing the $50 miles in / hour and A min
utes. This was at the rate of approxi-
mately S6 miles an hour.
Rear Admiral Jackson. in reporting
the arrival of the N.C-4 at Ponta Del
geda said the plane was 80. K and
| Flight Commander John H. Towers
excellent condition" Naval officials
here expect the N.C-4 to get away to-
morrow unless weather conditions are
livery bad. The flight to Lisbon Should
1 not require more figgTi ten hours. After
ireplenishing fuel supplies and being
overhauled in Portugal. the N.C-4 will
undertake the last leg of the voyage tt
| Plymouth, England.
| The N.C4 was definitely made the
| sole fGll2nCe Or the American navy II
iattempt at this time to cross the At
| lantic through the air through d repor
/ received tonight from Comma ndel
| Towers at Ponta Delgada, who in
formed the navy department of the
sinking at sea of the N,C-1 and the
/ commencement of the dismantling o
the N.C-3 preparatory to shipping th'
plane back TO the United States.
! It had been thought that the N.CS
/ despite the damage wrought during
nearly sixty hours spent on a high
running sea, might be pt into shape t.
fresume the flight. Commander Tow
ers evidently after exaining his flag
ship decided to leave the field to tn
N.C-4 alone. His report said:
General summary of situation is a
follows: N.C-1 sank at sea. all person
rescued. N.C-3 at -moorings in Pont;
! Delgada, in very badly damaged con
dition Both lower wings wrecked
wing Dontoon gone. tail badly dam
) aged, hull severely wrecked and leak
ing badly. Is being disassembled an
will be shipped to New York.
''N.C-4 at moorings in Ponta Del
gada bay in excellent condition an
5 will proceed to Lisbon as soon a
: weather permits.
II "Au personnel in excellent conditio
Except very minor casualties to certai
of N.C-1 crew"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
CLAUSE UNDER WHICH PEACE
TREATY BECOMES OPERATIVE

Paris, May 20 (By the A. P).-The
text of the clause in the peace treaty
under which the treaty shall become
operative between the ratifying coun
tries as soon as Germany and three of
the principal powers sign the docu
ment is as follows:
The present treaty shall be ratified.
Deposit of ratifications shall be made
at Paris as soon as possible.
Powers of which the seat of govern
ment is outside Europe will be entitled
to inform the government of the
French republic through their diplo-
matte representatives at Paris that
their ratifications have been given,
and in that case they must transmit
their ratifcations as soon as possible.
"A process verbal of deposit of rati
fications will be drawn UP as soon as
the treaty has been ratified by Ger
many and by three of the principal
allied and associated powers. From
the date of this process verbal the
| treaty will come into force between
the high contracting powers who have
ratified it,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
N.c-4 EXPECTED TO
FLYTO LISBON TODAY

Ponta Del Gada, May 20-(By the A.
P)-Lieutenant Commander Albert I.
Read, in command of the American
seaplane N.C-4, expects to start for
Lisbon at six o'clock tomorrow. He
hopes to reach there before dark.
If all is we'll with the flight an
overnight stop will be made at Lis
bon and the N.C-4 will proceed on the
last lap of the transatlantic pourney
for Plymouth, weather permitting.
The N.C-4 was Overhauled today
and took on a full supply of fuel.
The N.C-1, which was in command
of Lieutenant Commander Bellinger,
sank off Corvo this afternoon. The U.
S. destroyer Fairfax was unable to
salvage her. The heavy seas made
towing impossible, and the destroyer
stood by waiting for the weather to
moderate But the body of the ma
chine filed with water and the wings
were broken off. This combined with
the weight of the engine, caused the
plane to settle many fathoms deep.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
DEADLOCK IN GENERAL
STRIKE AT WINNIPEG

Winnipeg, Manitoba. May 20.-Al
though the deadlock between labor and
industrial employers in the general
strike here will enter into its fifth
night without a decision, there were
signs tonight that the marking time
period was rapidly coming to an end.
The leading strike development was
conference between union delega-
tions and T. c. Norris, premier of
Manitoba, and other officials regarding
the officially announced willingness of
the union men to discuss settlement of
the strike on the basis of general un-
ion recognition and reinstatement of
all idle members who were employed
prior to the strike.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
AMERICAN STEAMER SUNK
BY MINE; GREW RESCUED

Gothenburg, Sweden, May 20.-The
American steamer Lake Placid struck
a submerged mine near the island OF
Vinga, near here. yesterday and sank
in five minutes. All those on board
were rescued.
The steamer Lake Placid. of 1900
tons, was owned by the United States
shipping board and under assignment
to the Atlantic Transport company for
operation She left Baltimore on April
26 with cargo of coal for Gothen-
burg. The steamer was built in 1917 at
Detroit, Mich.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICANS
TO FIGURE IN SENATE

Washington, May 20. = Possibility
that the progressive group of republi-
can senators might take no part in
the selection of senate committees was
removed today by the appointment by
Republican Leader Lodge of Senators
McNary of Oregon and Gronna of
North Dakota to places on the party
committee on committees, and accept
ance of the former.
Although no reply had been received
: from the North Dakota senator tonight
it was believed that the differences,
which resulted first in Senators Borah
of Idaho and Johnson of California,
and later in Senators Kenyon of Iowa
and Jones of Washington declining
appointments on the committee. had
been adjusted,
The committee on committees which
makes all republican committee as
| signments in the senate, at a meeting
| today was understood to have agreed
on concessions to the democrats in
| the membership of the appropriations
committee, which under previous plans
would consist in the new senate of
! twelve republicans and eigth demo-
Gratis. The committee, however, de-
clined to entertain suggestion as to
giving the minority a larger repre-
sentation on the foreign relations, in
terstate commerce and finance COM
mittecS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
PRESBYTERIANS RESENT
REPEAL OF PROHIBITION

St Louis, Mo-, May 20.-President
Wilson was arraigned today by COM
missioners to the 131st general assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church, U. S.
A, for requesting congress to repeal
or amend the war time prohibition act
and resolution was adopted urging
congress to sustain the law. President
Wilson is an elder in the church.
A copy of the resolution will be ca
bled to the president. 1t follows:
This assembly learn with pain that
the president of the United States has
recommended to congress that it re-
peal a part of war time prohibition,
and in view of this fact we most earn
estly petition congress than it not
only retain the measure, but that the
measure be enforced to the fullest ex-
tent to the end that the. needs of the
world for food may be met, and that
the efficiency and morale of our own
people be preserved"
3. E. P. Prugh of Harrisburg, Pa.
state chairman of the prohibition or
ganization of Pennsylvania, asserted
this is the second time President Will
son has stepped in to befriend the
liquor interests, and means the undo
ing of all that has been DONE"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21

which are absolutely necessary for
the maintenance of the Government
and the fulfillment of it's varied obli-
cations for the fiscal year 1919-20 have
not vet been made; the end of the
present fiscal year is at hand and
action upon these appropriations can
no longer be prudently delayed. 1t
is necessary, therefore, that L should
| Immediately call your attention to this
critical need. 1t is hardly necessary
for me to urge that it may receive your
prompt attention.
To Soon to Discuss Peace.
| ! shall take the liberty of addressing
you on my return on the subjects
which have most engrossed our at
| tention and the attention of the world
during these last anxious months since
| the armistice of last November was
| signed-the international settlements
which must form the subject matter
! of the present treaties of peace and
! our national action in the Immediate
J future. 1t would be premature to dis
| cuss them or to express a judgment
! about them before they are brought
to their complete formulation by the
agreements which are now being
! sought at the table of the conference.
| shall hope 10 lay them before you in
! their many aspects as soon as ar
rangements have been reached
! / hesitate to venture any opinion or
press any recommendation with re-
gard to domestic legislation while
absent from the United States and out
! of daily touch with intimate sources
of information and counsel. | am con-
scious that l need, after so long an
absence from Washington, to seek ad-
vice of those who have remained in
constant contact with domestic prob
lens and who have known them close
at hand from day to day, and
trust that it will very soon be possible
for me TO do so. But there are several
questions pressing for consideration
to which l feel that | may and indeed
must, even now, direct your attention
if only in general terms.
Labor Paramount Question.
| In speaking of them I shall, 1 dare
say, be doing little more than speak
your own thoughts. l hope that
shall speak your own judgment also.
The question which stands at the
front of all others in every country
amidst the present great awakening
is the question OF labor, and perhaps
can speak OF II with as great adNan-
tage while engrossed in the considera
ton of interests which affect all coun-
tries alike as L could at home and
amidst the interests which naturally
most affect my thought, because they
are the interests of our own people
By the questions of labor / do no
mean the question of efficient industria
production, the question of how labol
is to be obtained and made effective il
the great process of sustaining popu
lations and winning success amids
commercial and industrial rivalries.
mean that much greater and more Wit
al question: How are the men anG
women who do the daily labor of tht
world to obtain progressive improve
ments in the conditions of their la
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-21
Dea|inShips Involves
About $135,00O,0OO
Proposed Sale to a British
Syndicate of Ships and AS
sets of the |. NJ. Marine Co.

New York. May 2O-The proposed
sale to a British syndicate of the
british owned ships and assets of the
international Mercantile Marine COM
pany-a transaction involving, five
British companies and 100000 tons of
shipping valued at approximately s135,-
Oo0,O0o-was approved today by the
board of directors and finance commit
tee of the company. A stockholders
meeting to vote on the proposition was
called for June is.
The transaction was declared by P.
A. S. Franklin, president of the com
pany, to be the largest recorded in the
history of shipping.
American and Belgian vessels owned
by the International are not affected
by the projected transfer, according to
Mr.. Franklin.