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Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27

Washington, Feb. 26.--Although
marked progress in disposing of leg
islation was made today by congress
after announcement that President
Wilson would not call an extra ses-
sion until after his return from Eu-
rope, administration leaders tonight
still We're extremely doubtful thay ali
the necessary appropriation bills
could be enacted before adjournment
next Tuesday
There was considerable tension over
the legislative situation at the capi-
tol after it became known that the
president was insatent that all nee
essaTy legislation ne disposed OF at
TINS session. On the senate floor and
III private conversations democrats
and republicans charged each other
with responsibility FOR delay in action
on important measures.
President Wilson had planned to 90
10 the capitol this afternoon to con-
fer with democratic leaders in an ef-
fort to accelerate the work of con-
gress, but prolonged meeting of his
war cabinet prevented He proba
bly, will carry out this programme to-
morrow before marching at the head
Of the parade in honor OF District O;
Columbia troops.
Democratic Leader Mann today
urged greater speed upon committed
cEairmen He asked democratic sei7
ators TO defer prolonged speeches anf
requested Senator Owen of Oklahoma
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
WOULD PROBE WORK CT
ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN

Washington Feb. 26.-Cpngression-
al investigation Of the work of A.
Mitchell Falr1er. alien property Gus
todian, was proposed in . resolution
introduced I'day ny Senator Freling-
huysen of New Jersev. republican.
Without discussion. the resolution
was referred to the senate commerce
committee, which. the Nev Jersey
senator proposed, shou'c conduct the
inquiry
Senator f'roiinghuyser.'s action fol-
lows great deal of infUrn,aI discus
sion among republican senators of al
legged political appointments in the
alien properly custOdian's office and
OF the necessity for an inquiry. Mon
day the senate adopted without de-
bate d resolution by Senator Calder
of New York calling upon the custo-
dian for rnnort on all PROPERTY tax
en- over by him, on activities and ex-
penditures Of his Office and for other
information
In q preamble to his resolution. Sen
ator Frelin3huysen recfted the fact
! that tie custodian had taken over val
uah'e property and collected hun
dreds Of mITons of dollars and said
he had made no detailed report of his
| stewardship "all of his transactions
having been apparently, conducted
with coGlpleta secrecy 50 far as this
senate is aware"
Members OF the com,rcrce commit
tee expect no action on the resoIu-
ton before Adjournment ot congress.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
HO|C0Inb to Attend
White House Meeting
One of Is Governors Who
Have Accepted Invitation
to Discuss Industrial
Problems.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Goyeraors of
Is states, lieutenant governors of two
others and mayors of 32 cities thus far
have accepted the invitation of Secre
tary OF Labor Wilson to attend the
White House conference beginning
next Monday for discussion of busi-
ness and labor problems growing out
Of the ending of the war.
The meetings, which will continue
three days, will be held in the east
room of the White House. This will
be the first time since President
Roosevelts administration that the
famous roo mhas been used for pub
lie gathering
Secretary Wilson will open the con-
ference at 10 o'clock Monday morning
and President Wilson will address the
gathering half an hour later, accord
tonight by Roger w. Babson, secre-
tary of the conference
The following governors have sent
their acceptances:
Alfred L. Smith, New York; Calvin
Coolidge, Massachusetts; Walter Z.
Edge, New Jersey; James n. Cox,
Ohio; William c. Sproul. Pennsylvan-
ia; Westmoreiand Davis, Virginia :;
Marcus II. Holcomb, Connecticut;
| Carl +. Milliken. Maine; John D.
Townsend, Delaware; W. L. Harding,
Iowa: Emerson c. harrington, Mary
! land; Theodore 6. Bubo, Mississippi;
Robert 4. Cooper, South Carolina
John J. Cornwell West Virginia, and
Robert D. Carey, Wyoming
| The lieutenant governors of Georgia
and Illinois will attend. representing
those states.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27

and Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska
to abandon proposed speeches on the
constitution OF the League of Ma
tons Senator Owen spoke late in
the day.
In the speeding up today. the SEN
ate naval committee reported out the
$'2Io00000 naval appropriation bill
with its authorization for 4 new Three
year building programme but because
oi opposition to SGEa features of the
measure leaders doubt that il can be
enacted at this session. They also
doubt that the pending army appro-
prlation bill carrying $1,215 900 goo
and the $S50,Q90.00D sundry civil ap-
preparation measure can be passed
Measures finally completed today
were the $9S,000,o00 legislative, exc
cUtive and judicial bill ana the $32.-
G00,000 rivers and harbors bill
In the senate, the $9.0000O0 diplo-
| matte and consular measure and the
$f4,00G,000 Notifications bill were
passed and sent to conference. while
| the house approved the Victory Lib
eTty Loan measure and sent il to the
senate.
The house took up the sundry civil
measure and worked OF il until late
i'll the night, but the seTErte adjourned
| al I o'clock because members of the
foreign relations committee were to
| confer with the president at the White
house and because the republicans in
sisted THAI quorum should be pres
ent.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
House Votes For
Army Investigate, :,
E. L. Rice of .1ss0 das
Made CT 4ylalfeas-
ance Ag> certain Of
f1cers.

Washington, FeH 2G-Over the op-
position of democratic members, re-
publicans in the house today forced
adoption of a resolution calling on
Secretary Baker for q report of a war
department investigation of charges of
malfeasance made against certain
army officers by E. L. Rice of Spokane,
Wash, an army officer, said to have
invented an aircraft gun.
Representative Johnson of Washing
ton, author of the resolution, declared
the weapon was first known as the
Rice gun. later as the Rice Webster
gun, and finally as tho Webster gun,
and then Rice was told by superior
officers to go take a long furlOugh."
A report of the departments inveSti-
cation was made by the inspector gen
eral of the army about Oct. l, 1918,
having been ordered previously by the
president. according to Mr. Johnson's
resolution.
u could name the three officers that
this report hits" declared Representa-
tive johnson, but if we get these pa
pers before the house we will see if
effort has been made to cover up Ger
tain officials"
Chairman Dent Of the military COM
mittee asserted that Secretary Baker
jldu lIllOIIESu IlilII VI LIS " AilAAl5ilCro ~
appear before the houe5 committee in
executive session to reveal the details
of the report and Representative Cald-
well of New York, a member Of the
committee, said he thought Rice was
-UnOalauced,' being unable to give
one single statement OF fact"
! i vote Of 166 to 1872 the house dis
charged the military commAtee from
further consideration of the Resolution
and soon afterward adopted the reso-
! luton, 80 TO 64.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
IGNORED sUePOENAS OF
CONGRESSIONAL ATTORNEY

Boston. Feb. 25.-Counsel for Con-
81 tessm9n Peter T. T33d2 announced
today that they would try II nave
presented to the federal Grand jury
tomorrow the names OF II persons
who had jSnorG1 subpoenas to appear
~ witnesses before the attorney ap-
pointed TO take evidence for he con-
sressional committee which is to act
upon the claim OF Congressman Tague
that John L. Fitzgerald used unlawful
means in defoa sing him for congress
in the Tenth district last November
and should not he allowed TO take
his seat
Congressman TagGe soaght today TO
show that there had been illegal -,ot-
ing in the Tenth listricc Two Wit
nesses testified That although they
cid not reside in ;he district their
names had been kept On the register
in the Fifth ward, whcl is Included
in the district. Dne of these, .Ahra
ham tinhlestein- testified that he had
lived outside the district for ,cr
wears
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
ANNUAL MEETING OF NEW
ENGLAND TOBACCO GROWERS

Hartford. Conn, Feb. 26.-At the
annual meeting Of the New England
Tobacco Growers association in this
city today, Mayor +. J. Kinsella ex-
tended a welcome for the city and
Lieut.. GOV. Clifford B. Wilson repre-
senetd the state. President Middleton
Of the association referred to the un-
certainty regarding the future of to-
bacco growing and said the outlook
was serious due to high cost of labor
and materials.
Officers were reelected as follows,
the vote being unanimous in each in
stance: President. Howard A Middle
ton, Broad Brook; vice president,
Frederick L. Whittmore, Sunderland,
Mass; secretary, William X. Aclley,
East Hartford; treasurer, Harry w
Case, Tariffville.
The proposed plan of national ad-
vertising was discussed. The speakers
included Joseph w. Alsop of Avon
Frank Little of New York and Albert
Newtield OF Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
LABOR LEADERS FAVOR
DAYLIGHT SAVING LAW

Washington. FeE 26.-Prcdiction Of
labor leaders that a national daylight
saving law making all working hours
daylight hours would reduce the num-
Der Of industrial accidents was borne
out in the past year said Frank Nor
risOn, secretary of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor. in a statement today
urging that the law be not repealed.
Provision for repeal of the act has
been attached by the senate agricul-
turc committee as a rider TO the an
uual agricultural appropriation bill.
Secretary Morrison cited statistics
on industrial accidents in Pennsylva-
mia showing that in 1918 under opera
tiOn Of the daylight saving law the
number OF accidents was 43.036 less
than in 1917 and 70,772 less than in
1915. This was due he said, to the
fact thatthe late afternoon hours when
physical energy is at its lowest ebh
have been eliminated from the work
day and given over to recreation.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27

ereignty, the president was said to
have taken the position that recess
sion of American sovereignty was not
a new precedent, being an incident OF
every treaty.
Chairman Hitchcock of the senate
committee said the president held
that decisions of the leagues eXeCu-
tive council on disarmament would
not be binding until specifically ap-
proved by each signatory nation, and
that consequently the America con-
gress would have the opportunity to
pass on the apportionment of arma-
ment for every nation concerned. The
president said this section had been
miScOnStrued,
Concerning the clause giving the
right to the league 10 consider acts
threatening world peace, President
Wilson said that the clause was in
definite and would be made more
clear by writing in safeguard which
would require that every reCOmmenda-
ton by the council should be unani-
nous.
1t also was said that the president
informed the senators and represent
atives that the disarmament prOvi-
sion would not interfere with the mil
itary training of men, but that it was
eFiuSi'O ma " = -d4I''" pouS VI men
"ouiu ,ot pe d uahset 10 "orII pgdCs, f.a
u tieu ainl"niellt supplies were hepI
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council in case it was disobeyed By
any nation would apply in only one
case, and that where the party
against whom 4 decision was rendered
has DrOnartY inclDGiro territory in
80. ,,.i1, ,iltlT1 - - - ,,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
n. Y. MARINE WORKERS TO
DECIDE UPJN AWARD FRIDAY

New York. Feb. 2G.-Mqrine worE-
ers employed in New York harhor
win decide Friday morning whether
they will accept the award of Y. Ev-
eritt Macy. umpire for the War La
bor Board. = resume the strike called
off in December at the cabled request
OF President Wilson, according to a
statement tonight by Thomas L. Del
ahunty. prrsident of the Marine
Workers Adliation.
The award of an eight hour day
rUt no advance - wages as announced
in Washington last night, was con-
sidered by the boatmen today and
they made no effort to conceal their
disappointment.
The Boat Owners Association viii
consider the award at a meeting to-
morrow night after which they will
announce whether il is acceptable to
them l. was reported unoff1cially that
they would abide by it,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
RESTS IN
THE RANGER WILL CASE

Ecw York, Feb. 26.-The prosecution
rested today in the trial today of Miss
EdIfh T.. Ranger and TWO others
charged with having conspired to Of
fer for probate a spurious will Of
henry Ward Ranger, the landscape
artist Under the terms Of this al
-ed win Miss Ringer would inherit
.rc 100000 estate OF her brother
which otherwise would 20 to the Ma
ucnal Academy OF Design.
The chief witness today was Judge
harlcs p lockwood of Stamford. Conn
who test fed that a conference in his
Office Miss Ranger had declared her
brother had made at least two wills
Of later date than the one leaving his
estate 10 the academy OF design. She
asserted. Judge Lockwood said, that
-.ose two wills had been destroyed
auu That she had framed one which
would ar out his wisn5s as ex-
rressod i1 Toe missing document. Miss
Hanger told him she was anxious to
obtain II posg.kI her share of the
tate. lie advised, he said. to drop
'nc attempt as speedily as possible.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
RCL EVlTSp USED DANISH
RED CROSS PASSPORTS

Warsaw, Tuesday, Feb. 25.-(By The
a. P.) That Danish Red Cross pass
ports are being furnished MosCoW
Bolshevists has come to the Knowl-
edge of the Jnter-Ailied Mission here.
It appears that this has been Drac-
uced for the past TWO months. The
Immediate cause of the complaint was
the arrival here from MOSCOW of three
persons who bore such passports.
They said they desired to help Rus
sian prisoners from Germany, as aid
stations had been established at
Pinsk, Minsk, Grodno asd other
poipls.
As the Poles refused to recognize
the Bolsheviki the men were inform
Ell that they should return to Mos
COW as the reJ.t work already was
being done,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
TWO TEXTILE OPERATIVES
ARRESTED AT LAWRENCE

Lawrence. Mass, Feb. GA J.
Nuste and Frederick Long, who have
been octive in the leadership of the
strike Of textile operatives here, We're
arrested late today after police Off
GERS had chased them through streets
and back yards and over fences. They
were locked up On charges of inciting
to riot.
Music and Long led party Of
about fifty strikers to the vicinity o.
the Arlington Mills at the closing
hour and urged operatives coming
from the mills to Join the strike
Some Of the operatives objected to
this language and drove them away
The two men ran, followed by several
operatives, and the police took up the
chase.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
AERIAL NAVIGATION IN
CHARGE COMMERCE DEPT

Washington, Feb. &c. - President
Wilson. in submitting to tic house to-
night recommendations of the nation
al advisory committee for aeronautice
for legisl3 ton placing the licensing
and regulation of aerial navigation in
charge of the department of commerce,
declared he fully approved the sug-
zcstcd legislation" Secretaries Baker,
Daniels and Redfield also endorsed the
proposal
The legislation would give the de-
0artmert of commerce authority to is
sue licenses for civilian operation of
Iircraft and provides an appropriation
Jt f50,0oA for the necessary expenses
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
Army GAS MASKS OF
NO VALUE TO COAL MINERS

Washington, Feb. 2G-Army gas
masks are of ma value in protecting
coal miners against mine gases, and
only Of slight value in protecting
workers from ammonia fumes, Lieu
tenant Colonel =. c. Goss, head of the
sales and salvage section of the army
chemical warfare division, declared to-
day in issuing general warning
against their use for these purposes
Colonel Goss said serious losses of life
were feared unless the warnings
reached purchasers of the masks who
We're being misled as to their capabiIi-
ties by dealers who have purchased
large numbers of them from the gov
ernment since the war ended.
THE army mask" said Colonel Goss.
does have considerable value against
ordinary smoke and fire fumes, and we
are considering plans to distribute
masks i'll quantities to city fire depart
ments for that purpose
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
MORE THAN 25o,0o0 MEN IN
SECRET SERVICE pLRiNG WAR

Washington. Feb. 26.--The Ameri-
can secret sarvice durin: the war was
made up of more thar 25Q000 men.
including members of volunteer aux
iliary agencies such as the American
Protective League, il was disclosed
today. The bureau of investigation
of the department of jHstice received
more than 1900 complaints q day. and
rounded up and inductel INTO service
nearly 10000 slaclers and deserters.
These facts became known through
an address. by John Lo,d r'Brian, as
sistant attorney general on the oc-
casion of the presentation Of an au
tomoloile to y. Bruce Eielaski, chief
of the bureau during the war. by the
bureaus employees. Mr.. uBrian re
ferred to NJ, Bielaski as The keenest
and most efticiert secret service chief
of the war and the best informed
man in America on Hun propa ganda."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27

Washington, Feb. 26. - President
Wilson tod members OF the congress
slOnal foreign rations committees to-
uight that unless the United States
entered the League OF Nations the
league would fall and chaos and tur-
uuil beyond description woul1 result
IA Europe.
The strength of the league would
rest on the friendship of America,
Great Britain France Italy and
20 pan. the president said, and he eX-
pressed the opinion that serious
trouble between these five ma
tions was "unthinkable." Should
one Of these withdraw from the league
or in any way fail to support il. i'm
i,ieuce ot the league might result.
The president was said to have
sttted that II was necessary that the
United States stand to the support
OF the CzeCho- Slovaks, the Jugo
Slavs, Poland and other veal; and
struggling peoples made free as the
result Of the great war.
Views OF republican members o. the
congressional foreign relations COM
mittees who oppose tla proposed
constitution OF the league Of nations
apparently were unchanged after a
long dir ler conference tonight with
President Wilson at the White House
This opinion YVES expressed by both
d Gocratic and republican senators.
Discussion Of the constitution as
presented to the peace conference was
said to have been quite general AMI
the president was questioned closely,
especially by Senator Bra ndegee OF
connecticut. Republican Leader
Lodge and Senator Knox of Pennsyl-
vauia, former secretary Of state, took
very little part.
The president after making an
opening explanatory statement, an
-wered all questions freely and spc-
officially emphasized that his guests
We're free to discuss the conference
and al its Information with news
p3permCn or others.
one question On which much time
was spent was whether q nation once
in the league could withdraw, raised
by Senator Brandegee The president
was said to have held that any coun
try could withdraw. but Senator
Brandegee contendod this would be
impossible under the constitution as
now drafted
PRESIDENT Wilson denied that the
league plan would Interfere with me
Monroe Doctrine, declaring that the
doctrine would be guaranteed by all
the member powers in the world so
e.cty
The president was said to have held
that the manufactures in tho cOnstitu-
lion We're not compulsory, but re-
Gured The consent of the nations tC
which the manda tory was assigned
Sens tors said he expressed the opinion
that the United States would desire
'o become a mandatory for Armenia
On tho question Of American SOW
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
70 NAMES ON DOCKET OF
SUPERIOR CRIMINAL COURT

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 26.-In making
public the docket OF cases for the su-
perlor criminal court which sits Tues
day afternoon, March 4 States Attor-
ney Hugh NJ. Alcorn has eliminated all
juvenile cases from the published list
and hereafter persons under IS years
Of age accused of crime will not be
recorded publicly. The session of the
court on Thursday forenoon, March 6.
will be given up to hearing of Juvenile
cases in chambers.
The Madden murder case from Man
chester promises to furnish the chief
interest of the March session, but the
names of the accused murdcrers are
not on the docket, as States Attorney
Alcorn expects to have bench war
rants issued for Bessler, Mcdonald,
Klein, Miller, Neuss ard Murphy after
court conyenes. The states attorney
will ask for a grand jury TO consider
murder indictments against the men,
There are 70 names on the docket
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
PRESENTS TWO
SUBMARINES To CANADA

Walter Hume Long, first lord of the
admiralty, announced in the house of
commons today that the imperial gov
ernment haC presented two subma-
rines TO Canada and has offered the
Australian government six modern
desroyers anil six modem submarines.
Requests made by other dominions
would receive the most sympathetic
consideration.
Lieutenant Colonel Alan Burgoyhn,
coalition un;"nist for North Kensing-
ton. asked if the two submarines given
to Canada we're the same as those
taken from Ter or We're they in addi-
ton Mr.. Long replied I really can
not saw"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS LIST

The first section of the Wednesday
afternoon list shows:
Killed in action 6; died from
wounds IS; died from accidents and
other causes Il; died Of disease 20;
total SO
The Connecticut names in this list
include the following: Killed in ac-
ton, previously reported missing in
action, Private Walter Pluecker,
Bridgeport.
The second section of this list
shows:
Wounded, degree undetermined
AT; wounded slightly 745; total 1922
Connecticut names include the fol-
lowing: Wounded, degree undeter-
mined, Sergeant Fred II. Beardslee,
Thomaston; Mechanic John L. Land
ers, RockviNe: Privates James F.
Fitzgerald NIiddIetown; Israel Alper
Bridgeport: Frank McClusky. New
Haven: William Cyril Smith. Bridge
port; James NJ. Sullivan, New Ha-
ven; wounded slightly, Lieutenant
John B. Minor, New Britain; Corpor-
ais Edwin L. Carlson, Waterbury:
Lucien T. Massutt, Torrington; Pri-
Yates William Bronze Bergers. New
Haven; Carmela CIrco New Britain;
Preston S. McLeain. Salisbury; Bern
ard Mark Natteford, Norwalk; Peter
Sankus, Bridgeport; Stephen Breaz-
kowski, New Haven; Peter Taraske-
J Wich Ansonia
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
CONNECTICUT ITEMS IN
RIVERS AND HARRORS BILL
Especial to The Bulletin.

Washington, Feb. 26.-The $4,000
900 rivers and harbors will which TO-
day passed the house with certain SEN
ate amendments includes number of
Connecticut items. They are: $4,000
for Improvement of Connecticut river
below Hartford, which coupled with
former unexpended appropriations
makes total of $90,000 divides be-
tween Duck Island Branford New
Haven. Milford, Bridgeport, Southport,
Norwalk, Five Mile river, Stamford,
and Greenwich harbor, Westport har
Dor and Saugatuck river, $4,000 for
maintenance; Bridgeport harbor gets
.S1l1, 800 for improvements; Norwalll
harbor $500 after local interests give
assurance they will provide public
wharfage facilities; Stamford harbor
gets $1S3, ,Q00, and Greenwich harbor
$440, 300.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
BRANDEGEE QUESTIONS PRESIDENT
WILSON ON THE LEAGUE Of NATIONS

the White House League of Nations Dinner the Point Was
Raised Whether Nation Once in the League Could
Withdraw-President Wilson Held That Any Country
Could Withdraw-Senator Brandegee Contended With
drawal Would be Impossible Under the Constitution as
Drafted-President Told the Congressional Foreign Re-
lations Committees That Unless the United States En-
tered the League Turmoil Beyond Description Would
Result in Europe-Views of the Republican Members
of the Committees Apparently Were Unchanged After
the Long Conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-27
BOLSAEViK CONDITIONS FOR
RELEASE or AMERICAN

Washington. Feb. 26.--Infornlation
was received today from official
sources that every effort Ivy the state
department - secure tho 'e.ease of an
American citizen rAmeI kolomatia-
no, condemned to death by the Bol-
shevizi had met with demands that
either Eugena Y. l)ebs oT Thomas J.
Mooney be exchanged foI Nolomatia-
no. 1t was also said ihat ;he Bol-
sheviki had offered to release Amer
lean Consul Townsend VEo was ar
rested some time ago, if either Debs
or Mooney was parQonc,1