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Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
ESERvES HIS
 DECISION GIN
 TRAIN SMASH

Greenwich, Aug. 1..-After taking further testimony today. Coroner John J. Phelan reserved his decision as to responsibility for the collision of two freight trains at East Portchester yesterday. One thing brought out to- day, which had a bearing upcn testi- mony given last night was that Engi- neer Henry Brickley, who was driv- ing motor engine 01O2, winch crashed into the rear of train 09S, an instant before the crash came, was leaning backward in the engine with his feet upon the mechanism. This was the statement of Thomas Keeler, who 'ves close by the place of the wreck He said he saw the train approaching the standing freight and 100 feet before they met he noticed the action and position of Brickley.
 Police Officer John Tobin repeated to the coroner statements made to him by Leonard H. White. conductor of freight o9s. and by John Brazx. the nAgman of that train. White said that he was in the caboose and jumped throush the cupola-
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
POSTMASTER SAYS HE IS UNABLE
 TO FIND MAIL

Washington, Aug. 1 The Post Office Department is without infor- nation whether letters which were mailed by the Hartman National Bank of New York to three Chicago banking institution and which con- tained $63,00O were destroyed by fire in an airplane accident, Postmaster General Burleson yesterday informed the House post office committee. The committee, on receiving the informa- ton, recommended that a resolution calling for a report on the fire be tabled.
 The Postmaster General said that some mail from a plane was destroy ed near Cleveland, and that if the bank mail was among this 1t was damaged beyond recognition.' In reply to complaints of bank officers that the mail was not marked for air mail delivery, MT. Burleson said the department was authorized to carry aero mail for not more than A cents an ounce and might include any regular mail.
 The Chicago institutions to which the mail was addressed were the Federal Reserve Bank, the Illinois Trust Company and the Union Trust Company.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
NO FREIGHT ON R-34 GILLETTES
 OFFICERS OWN

Boston, Aug. 1-erPsistent rumors that shipments of merchandise had been made by the R-34 were dis counted today by an official of the Gillette Safety Razor Company, whose product was one of those often mentioned in connection with the latest shipments.
 He stated "The flight of the air ship to Mineola and return was pure ly a scientific enterprise under the direct control of the government of Great Britain.
 "It is true that a number of Gil- lettes were taken back in the air ship but these were secured by the officers of the RIA for their personal use.
 "It appears that they suffered no little inconvenience in flying to America through the effect of raw, cold air on the skin and the lack of warm shaving water, and they pro- cured Gillettes to obviate this incon- fence and discomfort on the trip hOme.''
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
ARREST ENDS SEARCH LASTING
 NEARLY YEAR

The arrest of Babe Ranchett, alias William A. Thomas, by Bridgeport de- tectives last night, ends a search for the absconding American Railway ex- press agent that has been in progress since he skipped Bridgeport with $754 belonging to the company on August 3, 191s-
 Hanchett was held under bonds of S2.000 for hearing August s, when his case was called in court this morning He was in such condition from the effects of dope. to which habit he has become addicted. that he couldn't be examined by the detective bureau this morning.
 Hanchett made away with the money while he was value clerk at the local office of the company in the rail- road station It was the money con- signed to the company agent at West Stockbridge. Mass, to pay employees
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
MURDERER IS GIVEN SENTENCE
 OF 15 YEARS

Burlington. Vt, Aug. 1-Michael Aruzza, of Winooslxi, was found guilty of manslaughter by jury in the Chit tenden County court this morning and sentenced to a term of not less than 10 years or more than 5 years at hard labor in states prison at Wind sor. The convicted man was charged with murder in causing the death of his cousin, Dominic Aruzza, also of Winooski, following a quarrel on the night of June 1 and the trial has been in progress since Tuesday morning. The accused man has completely re- covered from his griling examination of yesterday and presented the same stoical appearance that has charac- terized him throughout except for the brief period yesterday when he was rehearsing the actual scene of the fatal fight ..
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
Race Riots I'm Chicago
 HaveEnded
Negro Residents Issue Cir cular Appealing to Blacks
 to Keep Order.

Chicago, Aug. With state troops in full control in the "Black Belt' of Chicago, the rioting that terrorized that section for four nights was pro- nounced by state and city officials lat an end,' today. The total dead since the fight at the 2sth street bathing beach on Sunday, the inception of the race riot, which resulted in the drowning of a negro lad, is 32 (18 ne- groes, 14 whites). The total of the injured may exceed 500, as many slightly hurt went to their homes without reporting to the police.
 .Adjutant General Dickson said to- day that the situation was well in hand. However, Field Commanders of the 5000 state troops in the riot zone were under orders not to relax their vigilance and to act promptly and decisively at the first information of a renewal of the outbreaks.
 During night several calls were made for troops at points within the zone and in some instances shots were fired. but quick responses to the summons led to suppression of the alterations.
 Leading negro residents have started the work of reconstruction. A circular issued by them calls on all negroes to obey the law.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
MUST ExPEL
 KUN OR POWER
 WILL. CONTINUE

Vlnnna, wednaBdAy, July 3o-(By A0ooAnksd Prs1)-Unless the allies aaums tho de6ntte policy of forcibay sxpsIlfuE Beta Kun, tho communist leader, Amaricans here who arc in furmed as to rl1s situation, believe he vlQ ooof1uus as dictator for weeks. or nonfha. according to his own vm
 The al1SOd representatives here have doneal1 in ehSir power in an attempt to reason with Bela Kun and to move Aas pafr1utism to persuade him to de- lfver the eovernment into the hands of ti,S sooiafistA. rather than those of . few ulfnosdty communists-
 ThsrO have a1B0 6een various con- fsrsnces oseween General Boehm, the E7ungar1An war minister, Magoston, she HunSaxlan peoples commisaary. md other rollnble socialists in an att esmpt to evolve . reasonable plan, hue 70 far BefA Kun continues to par Icy withouf acceptine.
 Bella Kun. h eaid to feel that his po- s1tion 1s stronger because of the new harvest coming in. whtch gives tho soviet more food. especially as tAou- sands of Hun9Arlans 6pntinue to dee. thu making fewer mouths to feed
 Prussdsnf 8eits of Austria said to- 0Ny that his country would not be <xulet % long as Beia Kun was per- ns4t9ed to d1seurb her policy. He said Hunxns1an soldiers were irciung to d1sorSaGr and ffA1 reuisifiDns of prt- vate houses and villages were going <,n p~~r Ylar1a
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
POSTAL COMP ANY IS TO RESUME
 ITS OLD RATES

The Postal Telegraph Co. notified it's local office last night that the com pany would go back to the old rates for telezrams which were in effect prior to April 1. 1919, with the excep- ton of the 20 per cent increase for night letters to be sent out of the state. This reduction followed i'm mediately upon the action of the gov ernment in returning the telegraph lines to private control
 Manager H. B. Simons of the West ern Unions local office said no word of a change in rates had been re- ceived from headquarters. Presid ent Carlton of the company, was quoted in New York as saying there would be no reduction at present The ac- ton of the Postal Co. means a reduc- ton of 90 per cont in charges for messages. The government also re- turned the telephone lines to private control but the Southern New Eng land Telephone Co. says there will be no change In rates at present.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
HAYS WILL NOT BE CANDIDATE
 FOR GOVERNOR
Work in Connection With National Craftsmanship
 Comes First.

Brookville, Ind, Aug. Will H. Hays, chairman of the Republican National Con, ,mittee, will not be q candidate for the Republican nomlna:- ton for Governor of Indiana. He will continue to give his undivided attention to the National Chairman ship MT. Hays, in a brief statement. announced his decision today at the midsummer meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association at Magnesia Springs. His statement follows:
 "It is difficult for me to express the gratitude which I feel for the as- surances that have come to me rela- tive to the governorship. The friendship and confidence which these assurances prove mean more to me than anything else and move me very deeply.
 q am very sensible of the privil- ege incident to the opportunity for service and distinguished honor in the governorship of Indiana, but ] cannot, however, further consider being a candidate. I am committed to a definite undertaking and I shall finish that job. The work in connec- ton with the Republican National chairmanship is daily becoming so all-absorbing and the importance of the successful outcome so vital that there I must do that which 1t is given me to do, and must do 1t to the hilt.
 "It has been thought by many of my friends that I could do both, but I know that 1t is impossible to give the hundred per cent in initiative and execution due each position if l have the other my mind,
 Relieving this, SIS I do, then my course is clear. I must do the one or the other. There is no doub, about a complete Republican victory in Indiana and the nation, and it is simply for me to decide where I may be able to do the largest good and where my duty lies. This I believe is in the work which I have in hand in aiding insofar in my power to bring the complete Republican na- tional victory so absolutely essential to the country's welfare. Therefore I shall not be a candidate for gover- nor"
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
DELEGATES HAD
 TO SHOW CLEARLY REPENTANT SPIRIT
International Trades Union Congress Takes
 Stand.

Amsterdam, July 2s-(By Asso- ciated Press)-The work of the In- ternational Trades Union Congress to- day was hindered by a protracted dis cussion in committee of the old inter- national organization over the Ger man declaration of the stand of Ger man trades unionists during the war. The Germans maintained an unre- pentant attitude until Samuel Comp CTS. president of the American Fed eration of Labor, told them plainly that if it were continued it would be impossible for workers of other coun- tries to retain relations with them in the future. The Germans thereupon somewhat relaxed.
 The position of the various nations In the voting places the British and Americans in an unfair situation. They represent together more than s,o00.0OO workers among the 17.00O,- o0O represented at the Congress but have only nine votes of the total of 27 which may be cast on motions
 The committee, on it, return, re- ported as follows:
 That the statement of Heir Sassenbach ((German socialist) be incorporated in full; that the regrets expressed therein be registered; that the German delegation confirm frankly and openly the spirit of Sas- senbach's declaration; that if the avowal be frank. open and satisfac- tory, the conference will proceed to the order of the day; that if unsatis- factory, freedomA of action be re- served"
 Against all expectations, the con- ference adopted the report without debate, after Sassenbach in a few words confirmed the German declar- ation. Sassenbach, who was a mem Der of the committee. refrained from voting. The other members includ- ed w. A. Appleton of England, Sam uel Gompers of America. and Leon Jouhaux of France.
 The congress then proceeded with the business of forming a new inter national
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
MAYOR ANN0uNCESHE WILL TAKE FALL OUT
 OF HIGH COST OF LIVING
Fire and Police Stations May Be Used to Sell Sup plies to Housewives New Plan of Government Terms Makes Purchase Possible.

Bridgeport will get govern ment surplus food offered by the War Department to mu- nicipalities at 20 per cent. off the cost price. Mayor c. B. Wilson was acquainted this afternoon by The Times with the fact that the city could get the goods on 30 days consign- ment and return unsold pro- ducts.
 He stated that he would at oncs look into the matter and surely see that Bridgeport was taken care of in the enterprise.
 ''I had not learned that the Govern ment would adopt such terms and have not yet received such a proposal but I consider it fine and will at once see what can be done for Bridgeport"
 If Mayor Wilson acts for Bridgeport as the city executives in other places are doing and aloong the same line. it VIII De only matter of g. short time before the police and fire stations
 
 markets through which the goods will be sold to the people. There will be no deliveries and no expense attached to the sale. It is likely that members of the Red Cross, Four Minute Women, and other organizations created for war work will come to the fore and help in the work
 Nothing but the city'e failure to take advantage of the government offer will prevent the sale of food here. After conferences with officials of New York and Buffalo and several smaller cities that wanted to buy the food but were legally restrained as Bridgeport has been because of no authority to deal in foodstuffs, Sec retary of War Baker announced that the department would consign the products to those cities desiring them on the most liberal terms. Mayors or committees representing mayors, will apply to the War De- partment for the surplus foods want ed. These will be consigned to the cities and the title will remain with the War Department
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
PRICE OF MILK + TAKES JUMP
 IN NEW YORK

New York, Aug. The price of milk in New York took another up- ward jump today when 15 cents quart, an increase of two cents, was asked for grade B "dip" milk. More than 35 per cent of the milk con- stunned in this city, or 47O,142 quarts daily, IS eaid to be "dip' milk.
 As in the case of previous in creases, the responsibility is placed by the distributors on the dairymen's league, which is accused of demand Ing 20 cents more a hundred pounds for August milk than they asked for that shipped in July. The increase demanded from consumers amounts to about $1 per 100 pounds.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
TWO JAILED FOR
 BIG INCOME TAX
 FRAUD IN BOSTON

fish and John O'Brien of the firm of English & O'Brien, wool merchants, were sentenced to IS months in the Greenfield jail and to pay fines of s1O.OOO in the Federal Court yesterday for conspiring to defraud the Govern ment in payment of income taxes.
 Both had pleaded guilty to the in- dtctment early in June after a legal battle of more than a year, in which they offered to pay $1, 800, coo to satisfy the claims of the Internal Revenue Department
 After pronouncing sentence, the court denied three motions by the de- fense, including one to rescind the imposition of the 100 per cent. penalty fixed by the tax laws.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
PLANT ESTATE IS NVENTORIED
 AT $33,OOO,OO0

Hartford. Aug. 1-Inventory ot the estate of Morton F. Plant of New London. completed yesterday. showed total of approximately s33.0oo, 900. it was said by z. B. Whittlesey of Sew London. 5.to-ney in Connecticut for the state. T. Is probably the larg- est estate over to be inventoried in the state of Connecticut, and includes large holdings in all parts of the country.
 Tho state of Connecticut will re- ceive nearly e1,000.oo from the e. tate in Inheritance tax. while the federal government tax win prpbably Dc aaFger.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
PROVISIONS MADE FOR
 DELIVERY OF PERSONS
 WHO BROUGHT ON WAR
Protocol Also Arranges for Destruction of German Fortifications on Helgo- land--Must Deliver Guilty l Month After Treaty is Law.

Washington, Aug. 1 - The protocol to the German peace
 treaty, defining explanations of the treaty agreed to in memorandums exchanged be- tween the German and Allied plenipn.eptiaries, was laid be- fore the Senate today by Vice Presidsnt Marshall. The docu- ments were transmitted yes tefday by President Wilson, but too late for submission be- ifore today.
 fhs protocol was accompanied by sE,anaaaory Gettsrs from President WsABuo and Secretary Lansing. 'The Upueocoi and the correspondence wero oDsOv6 to the foreign relations com
 yAmsng <hs pcoya.aons in the proto- O4 c eaD rsuu1ring the German gov Gnn3 to txanansAt to the allied and oDco1AkDd governments within one QnauoA 16Sar ths truaty becomes ef- 4sue1~S . fss of persona who are &C.,
 d oe hav1ng committed acts in SD 0xr ese lass and customs of AD0ehn paraxr.Dh provides for ODo apUss1Utnsnt or . commission to ,0nUogV1ns tho destruction of the Ger
 nku 6ort2noations on Helgoland in .Ao0ur6anos wtxh tho German treaty. Provision Is also made that pro 00o1&nGs my be taken against per- sons who committed punisab1e of- fsnses in the liquidation of German property fn the Allied countries, and the protocol ays the Allied and associated powsrs will welcome in- formation or evidence the German government can furnish on this sub 5sct.
 A copy of treaty between the Big Five'' powers and Poland, said to have been aiEned at Versailles on June 1s, WIS put into the Senate rec ord today by Chairman Lodge, of the Foreign Relations Committed, who said F had been submitted to the British Parliament two weeks ago.
 The text of the agreement between President Wilson and the representa- tives of the other big powers for gov ernment of the Rhine district also was prrssented by Senator Lodge. who said he had received a copy privately after the document had been presented to tho British Parliament
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
U. s. ARMY HAD 75,000 RAILROAD
 MEN IN FRANCE

''For the past eighteen months, or so, some 75,000 healthy, aggressive young Americans have been railroad Ing in France their jobs varying all the way from that of the doctor general of transportation to those of track-repairers and engine-wipers. They had been engineers from the Santa-F'e," writes Edward Hunger ford in Everybody's for August, "and iremen from the @ conductors from New York Central. brakemen from the Pennsylvania. mechanics from the Southern or the New Haven; bridge gangs from the Milwaukee or the Northwestern-ana army of 71, ,436; en- listed men and 2,5S3 officers, aid all in the khaki of Uncle Sam. These men have been helping operate some 5000 miles of French railway-a sys- tenn in size roughly approximeting the Northern Pacific, and known as the United States Military Railroad in France.
 There has been a deal of misun- derstanding In regard to our railroad in France. In the first place. it is not a corporation; and in the second place 1t Is not even a railroad-not in the sense at least that we Ameri- cans know and understand railroads. For while American engineers hav~ planned, and American workers ,aid e47 miles of track-trackage slightly less in length than that of the ines of the Lackawanna. -Railroad-this track, with a few minor exceptions, has not been new line reaching across country, but has been confined largely to yards and to sfdings. And while we have built and shipped some 16,0Oo locomotives and some 1S,000 freight-cars from America to the United States Military Railroad in France, each bearing the talismanic 'U. S. A upon it's gray sides, we still have no railroad in France"
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
MEXICO GIVES UP
 THE CONTROL OF TWO RAIL SYSTEMS

Mexico City, July s1.---The Mexican railways and the Pan American rail- way, which systems traverse tho ter ritory between the capital and tho Gulf of Mexico and the Lsthmus, have been turned back to separate man. agement Information from reliable sources is that the government prob ably will return the systems to the private owners within a month.
 The management of the sy9teuB had been merged with that Ck nA-, tional lines snce Col. Paulino y0ute4 former manager of thess HnAlI tnelp over tho management of <ha 1n&1una1 raiIwaysL
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
WINERY CASE MAY NOW GODIRECT TO
 SUPREME COURT

Hartford, Aug. Judge Thomas l. Chatfeld filed a certificate in the United States court in this city yes- terday, that the only questions rais- ed, and passed on by him. and the only questions to be passed on in case of an appeal by the defendant in the action of the United States against Steven A. Winery, the Meri- den saloon keeper. are of a consti- tutiona1 nature. The issuance of this certificate will mean that the case can be appealed direct to the supreme court of the United States.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
MABEL HARRIS
 FRANCE IS NOT
 HELD FOR DEATH

Paterson, N. J., July 31.---Lester Decker who has been held in the county jail here pending an investi- gation into the death of his 2O-year- old fiance, Miss Mabel Harris, whose body was recovered from the Ra1napo nver yesterday after she had been missing since Sunday. was released rom custody today. His release was recommended by County Prosecutor Dunn, who reported that an autopsy on the young wonan's body showed that she had met Heath by drowning and that there were no marks of vio- fence on the body.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
COTTON PRICE SCARS UPWARD
 TO S10 A BALE

New York. Aug. 1.-Cotton traders surprAssd by the Governments condi- tion report of 671. drastic decline from Asf month. induiged today in fcverfsh buying. prices for October reaching 3S-9s, an advance of 200 points of e1o a bale from the lowest shortly after Il a m-
 Upon publication of the report from Washington prices Immediately jump d no points or more than $5 . Gale. Buying or'ers came in from all quarters and continued to the top noech Further advance than the highssf pr4cs reached was checked by the Exchange rule. limiting advances or declines in one day to ZOO points.
 TrAders expected . decline in the Governments nsurss. but not % great as the rsporf indicated.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
TRY TO SELL PROPERTY
 TO JAPANESE

Washington, Aug. l.---Some of the American oil companies in the Mexi- can field are reported negotiating for the sale of their properties to Jap anese interests. The State Depart ment is Investigating. Officers of the American corcerns are reported to have stated they were taking the steps in protection to the stockholder because they say they are unable to get protection for the properties.
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
$500 WORKERS t TIE UP DOCKS
 OF LIE HAVRE

Havre, July 31-The lockout on the docks of Havre has become effective $500 men being out The union of employers has hired 800 day laborers to work for the French Quarter master's Department.
 Albert Claveille. Minister of Public Works, has called . meeting of the employers and representatives of tho mon to be held et the Miulsfry of Public Worlss in Raris today
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08
GOODWIN IS KILLED.

Hoosssft, N. H.. Aug. 1-Lcwis B. 0ooAvin of Nancbssser. N- H.. was 1aunn anA DAward Hayes. also of 0nndhnsesr. and Augustus FArns- Rugeh, sR AydD Park. AasA. were GrrSo0ssv in3ursd today whom an eute-
Republican farmer., 1919-08-08

Now that the nice. cool country is SO attractive, the city folks feel . keen desire to renew the ties of kin r1hip with their rural cousinA