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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
GOVERNMENT TO SELL
 AIRPLANES AND MOTORS

Washington, April 3.-The war de- partment announced today that a con- tract had been signed with the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation of Buffalo, N. Y, for the sale of 4,60S Cur tiss o. X.-5 motors, 1916 J. Nj planes, without motors, and HOO stan dard planes without motors. The contract calls for the payment of 3D. 720G00 for this property, which, the war department announced, from the standpoint of use by the army, is ob- solelte and worn out
 The O.X.-5 motor is of the eight cyl finder type used extensively in train ing Most of these motors have been used to such an extent that they would have to be entirely rebuilt. The J. N.14 planes were the machines used in elementary training and are now in such condition that much overhauling in most instances rebuilding would be required before they could be used | further. The standard plane had been condemned by the air service and l have only a scrap value.
 | In accordance with the policy of the
 war department, manufacturers of this
 material were requested to submit bids and the best offer received was thai l of the Curtiss Company.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
BAKER CALLS CHAMBERLAlN'S
 SPEECH EVERY lNTEMPERATE'

Washington, April Recommending on what he termed the very intemper- ate speechp of Senator Chamberlain, retiring chairman of the senate mili- tary committee, delivered recently at NatcheZ, Miss, in connection with the Ansell- Crowder courtmartial contro- versy, Secretary Baker said today that in three years, as secretary of war, he could not recall single instance in which he had received a helpful sug- gestion~ from Senator Chamberlain or one which seemed intended to be helpful.
 Discussion of the controversy in- volving Lieutenant Colonel Samuel T Ansell formerly acting judge advocate general, and Judge Advocate General Crowder. and their respective views ot the necessity for revising the army system of justice, was revived today by Senator Chamberlain's speech and by the publication in a CIV York news paper of the letter of Colonel Ansel to Secretary Baker, which the secre- tary recently refused to make public on the ground that it would not bt helpful
 Senator Chamberlain recently de manded that the AnseIl letter be give1 | the same publicity as had been giveI one from General Crowder to Secre- ] tary Baker, thereby reinforcing, it nov
 develops, an urgent request made il ! the letter itself
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
STRIKES AT STUTTGART AND RUHR CHECKED

Berlin, Wednesday, April By The A. P.)-The strikes both at Stuttgart and in the Rnhr district seem to have
 been checked by the energetic action of the government by the prompt use
 of troops, martial law and other sal
 utary, means.
 Official reports from Stuttgart, sum- marking tae situation there, say that serious violence is reported only from Esslingen, where the Spartacans seiz- ed weapons and automobiles. but sur rendered them after negotiations. The large number of n0n-residents among the strikers was one of the features of the uprising. going to prove l that the movement was. as claimed, purely a political effort of the radi- l calls and independents to overthrow 1 the government.
 l The strikers at Stuttgart assembled l frequently yesterday despite the mar 1 tial law regulations, but were dis 1 perSed. The leaders were arrested 1 by the troops.
 1 In the Rhur district for a time the l strike was extended by several thous-
 and but the danger of a general strike Esubsided. The mines where the Spar tacans prevail are still closed but 1T those sections where the union miners and the Majority socialists are in con- troI, the men refused to close down. The situation at Frankfort is quie' again. The number of victims of the riot has reached sixteen. but thi:
 number will probably be augmented
 as some of the wounded cannot hope to live,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
RECEPTION TODAY IN BOSTON
 OF VANGUARD OF 26TH DIV

Boston, April 3-Representatives of every New England state gathered here tonight to take part in the harbor reception tomorrow afternoon when the transport Mount Vernon will ar rive with the first homebound units of the Twenty Sixth division.
 The America, the second in the line of transports bringing the division home, sent a wireless message tonight indicating that she was twenty four hours behind the Mount Vernon.
 Colonel Albert x. Williams, chief of staff of the northeastern department, announced today that debarkation of troops from the Mount Vernon would begin at o'clock Saturday morning.
 Twenty vessels. crowded with hun dreds who have obtained tickets to board them, will make up the official feet which will escort the Mount Vernon from President Roads to her docking place at Commonwealth Pier Foremost of these welcoming ships will be the steamer Monitor, which will have on board the governors o1 every New England state, except Yer. mont, Mayor Peters and other officials The reception boats will go close enough to the Mount Vernon for mes sages and packages to be exchanged The Halcyon 2nd will be the officia press boat ana correspondents vii l board the Mount Vernon at Presiden | Roads.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
SAYS JAPAN'S DEMANDS ARE
 BASED ON NATIONAL PRIDE

Washington, April 3.-In comment- ing upon the statement made yester- day by Baron Makino, head of the Ja- panese peace commission, in voicing Japan's demand for world racial euuaI- lty, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska. retiring chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, today issued the following statement
 "The Japanese demand for racial equality and her insistence that all determinations against races be dis continued is based more on ntaionaI pride than on national interest. In all international matters the Japanese nave equality of treatment In the league itself Japan is named as one of the five great nations of the world as 9 permanent member of the executive council. Only when it comes to do- nestle matters do the nations belong Ing to the league reserve the right to make discrimination between races. This includes, Of course, immigration. and m some states it is covered by law relating to marriage between certain races as well the right to acquire real
 estate. These determinations may | hurt Japanese pride, but they do not adect the interests of Japan as a na- 1 tIon- We cannot agree to abandon our
 right to make these discriminations l They come under the head of domes- l tic affairs. They are not internation-
 al. They are, or we think they are, foI
 the purpose of preserving our race purity and our industrial standards Japan is free to>do the same in hel
 country Every nation ought to be-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
CONTROLLING INTEREST IN
 LARGE TAMPlCO OIL FIELD

New York, April 3.-The Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies steamship line, holding organization of the Mallory Clyde, New York and Porto Rico; 1 Ward and other steamship companies, has acquired controlling interest in large Tampico oil field which is to be utilized for providing fuel for ships of these lines and bulk cargo for trans port. This was announced here to- day by an official of the company. 1 The property will be operated. it i was said, by a company capitalized at S20,000,000 to be known as the Allan : tic Gulf Oil Corporation, financed by | the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies i line, for which purpoes a portion of l its present cash surplus will be util-
 ized.
 A fleet Of steel tankers, having a carrying capacity of 10,000,000 barrels
 @ year, is to be provided, to convey the oil to American and foregin ports.
 After an investigation of the oil situation covering a period of two years, the Atlantic. Gulf and West Indies steamship line has acquired g controlling interest in the very val
 uable property of Gibson, Zahniser and Vincent in the southern Tampico oi
 fields on which are now located two
 flowing wells with a minimum esti-
 mated daily production of more thar
 100000 barreles of 20 beume' oil" saiC an official of the company. "Thi , property includes an exclusive pip
 line concession to the gulf coas ] where a 600 acre terminal is located
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
JAPAN WILL OBTAIN NO
 NAVAL BASE IN MEXICO

Mexico City, April 3.-The newspa- per Excelsior, (Which on March 29 pub lished statement regarding Japanese concessions in Mexico, today publish es the following statement, embodying denial by General Armada Aguirre, sub secretary of agriculture and de- velopment, on these alleged conces- sions:
 'The geographical configuration of Lower California, together with Arti- cl 27 of the constitution, prohibits ab- solutely any acquisition of any ex- tension of land by any foreign corpor- ation..
 This was the official statement presented by General Aguirre today regarding the present discussions in the press on the acquisition of lands in Lower California by the Japanese. He declared false the interview at tributed to him on March 29, in which it was said he confirmed declarations that the Japanese had acquired con 1 sessions in Lower California
 Regarding the possibility of ob- taining lands along the coast, the sub secretary declared that in zone 100 kilometers wide from the American frontier, and fifty kilometers wide 1 from each coast, it was impossible for foreign corporations to obtain terri torial properties. for Article 27 of the constitution prohibits foreigners from | holding lands in the zones mentioned General Aguirre laughed at the | possibility that the Japanese would 1 obtain a naval base. He asserted that
 rights for fishing and the exploita-
 ton of other natural resources i'll the peninsula had been only for five years and were not exclusive.
 | When asked by G. T. Summerlin
 charge of the American embassy, rel
 ative to the reports that the Japan.
 csc had obtained concessions, the sub. 1 secretary replied in the negative. H'
 stated also that the Mexican govern
 ment had acted, in conformity with th'
 existing laws, to nullify certain for
 eign concessions, with the object o dividing large properties among tn people. The department of agricul ture and development had recently announced that persons desiring to oh
 tain small parcels of land in Lowe California could secure them by com plying with the regulations set fort by the department"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
WITHDRAWS PROPOSAL TO
 PURCHASE BRITISH TONNAGE

New York, April 3.-The United States government has withdrawn its proposal to purchase the British-own- ed tonnage of the International Mer- cantile Marine.
 This was announced today by P A. S. Franklin, president of the Inter national Mercantile Marine Company, who said that he had been informed by the government authorities that they could not further consider possible acquisition of the ownership of our
 (the company's) British tonnage and that we were free so far as they were concerned to deal with the property as we may consider desirable" The tonnage involved in the propo- sal, HOW abandoned, includes such ships as the Baltic and the Olympic They were to be sold to British syn dicate for $125, 900, 900 and the deal was 1 in progress when the United States government stepped in last Novem- | Der disappearing of the sale and offer l ing to take over the vessels upon the
 terms of the British offer.
 Mir. Franklin announced that tho company was undecided whether tt renew the negotiations with the Brit ish syndicate or to retain the owner l ship of the vessels.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
LULU IN INDUSTRIAL
 DISORDERS IN GERMANY

Paris, April 3.-(By The A. p The latest advices concerning the fighting at Frankfort and the renewal of the strike in Berlin confirm the impress sion prevailing in Germany when the former Berlin correspondent of The Associated Press left here a week ago that the then comparative lull in the manifestations of industrial disorder and revolutionary violence and pillage by the rabble was only temporary.
 Germany was at that time fairly cuiet, the only important exception be- ing strike in the surrounding re- zion.
 Beneath the surface there were abundant possibilities of trouble. The majority of the German workingmen, particularly the married men, wish to work, although higher wages are be-
 ing constantly demanded, to meet the rising cost of food. An energetic Spartacan minority and the younger irrepressibles, however, are constant ly causing trouble and preaching BoI- shevist doctrines of reiterated politi- cal strikes to dispossess factory owners and overthrow the present govern ment
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
FOCh Gives Entente'S
 .DecisiontoErzbergp'
Head of the German Armis- tice Commission Seemed Deeply Moved.

Spa, April as.)-rMarshal Foch arrived in Spa at S.20 o'clock this morning and immediately informed Matthias Erzberger head of the Ger man ar1nistice commission that he would confer with him in his private car at 9.30 o'clock.
 The conference took place at the appointed time in the presence of Ma.
 jor General Weygand, assistant tt Marshal Foch and a French interpre- ter and lasted forty minutes. Marshal FOch laid before Herr Erz. berger the decision of the entente. Erzberger after the conference hur- riedly returned to his train. He ap- peared deeply moved. After a con- | ference Of one hour with General Baron 1 von Hammerstein, a member of the German armistice commission, and his technical advisers, Erzberger returned
 to the hotel where the German mem 1 bers of the armistice commission are i lodged.
 The populace acclaimed Marsha 1 Foch on his arrival in Spa. During l the day the marshal visited Genera 1 Nudant, his representative in Spa.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
DEATH SENTENCES OF
 TWO SOLDIERS COMMITTED

Washington, April 3.-Records of the trial of two additional cases in which soldiers were convicted of murdering comrades were made public today by the war department.
 Private Ernest Krutchfield, ss5th Infantry, was found guilty of having killed Sergeant Frederick Carroll, of the same organization. by shooting him with a rife at La Voivre. France, September 1, 1918, and was sentenced to be hanged. On the recommendation of General Pershing. the sentence was committed to life imprisonment be- cause the sergeant who was killed had threatened Krutchfeld just prior to the shooting.
 Private George Davis. a negro, con- victed at Newport News. Va, of hav- ing killed Charlie Jackson, another private in the same labor organization, August 20. 1918, was sentenced to be hanged. President Wilson commuted this sentence to confinement for twen- | tV wears,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
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GERMAN TROOPS SENT
 AGAINST THE SPARTACANS

Coblenz, April Coy the A. PD- German troops opposite the Coblenz bridgehead began moving early Tues day morning toward Frankfort, where a Spartacan revolt has been causing disorder. Before entering Frankfort, which is in the neutral zone beyond the French bridgehead based on May ence, the German military authorities had to obtain permission from the French Tenth Army.
 According to information reaching American headquarters here, the trou- ble in Frankfort became serious Tues day. The workmen formed groups and eventually a mob of more than 10000
 began parading through the streets
 The mob stormed a large warehouse and the rioters helped themselves tC
 the food stored there. Hundreds filled baskets and sacks with food of vari- ouS kinds
 Street fighting followed an attempt by the local authorities to gain con- r+Tol of the situation. The German troops opposite the American bridge l head were then called on for help. | Basel, April (Havas) Two dele gations, representing strikers in tht Ruhr industrial region were at Wei
 mar yesterday to discuss the situation with Herr Bauer, the German ministe of labor After the conference th' delegations went to Berlin to see tn
 members of the German cabinet
 Dispatches received here place tn number of strikers in Dortmund dis i trict at 56,000
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04

to a commission to work out details of reparation through a period of years. The priority of Belgium and France in the division of the German indemnity is said to be nearing agree ment.
 As a means of finding the mid dle ground on the Rhine controversy, the supreme council of four created a consulting body consisting of Andre Tardieu, France; Charles H. Haskins, American, and Viscount Morley, Brit ish. They labored until two o'clock this morning and then called on Col onel Edward M. House before seeing the council. To intimates they were not optimistic on the progress that is being made.
 Another of President Wilson's en- tourage said the real issue was Wheth- CT President Wilson's principle of self determination was to be upheld.
 Just now, it was asserted, the issues over Danzig, the Sarre valley and the region west of the Rhine brought uE this principle of self-determination, as it was not clear that the transfer ot territorial control of these localities would be in acordance with the wishes and determination of their peoples.
 King Albeit of Belgium figured prominently during todays conference The Belgian monarch called on Colone House in the morning and later saw President Wilson before the arrival o David Lloyd George, Premier Clemen. ceau and Signor Orlando. The call o. King Albert on Colonel House was decided novelty for which veterans O royal procedure said there was no pre- cedent.
 It is understood that King Alber drew attention during his talk witt Colonel House to Belgium's vital in terests in frontier and other question which are now reaching a culminatin; stage and also bespoke his interest il | having Brussels chosen as the seat o ! the league of nations.
 A Swiss delegation which called o Colonel House after King Albert ha, i departed is understood to have mad offers on behalf of Geneva as the sea of the league which offset the Brussel offer of the Royal Palace. The Swis
 offer included a tender of an extensiv [ domain a short distance from Genev bordering the lake.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
WEDDING.
Eitzsimmons-VanderbiIt.

Newport, R. l., April 3.-Mrs. Ellen Branch Vanderbilt was married at Harbour View. her residence here, this morning to Lieutenant Paul Fitzsim- mons. son of the late Medical Direc- tor Paul Fitzsimmons U. $. N., and Mrs. Fitzsimmons of Washington, D. c, Lieutenant FitzsimmonS was grad uated from Annapolis in 1914. Mrs. Vanderbilt secured a divorce some years ago from the late Alfred G.
 Vanderbilt who went down on the
 LuSitania.
 The guests included Major and Mrs.
 Amos Tuck French, Ensign William
 H. Vanderbilt, son of the bride. Gov ernor l.. L. Beeckman and Mrs. Beeckman, Bishop James DeWolf Per " and Mrs. Fitzsimmons, mother of the groom.
 Immediately after the breakfast and reception, Lieutenant and Mrs. Fitz- simons left by a Boston bound train
 It was understood that they would go | to the brides farm in Chester, N. H | Mrs. Fitzsimmon will continue tC l make her home in Newport. Her son Ensign Vanderbilt, is on duty with the destroyed Evans to which Lieutenau fF7itzsimmons is also attached.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
INDUSTRIAL BOARD IS
 TO. REVISE STEEL PRICES

Washington, April 3.-Confict be- tween the industrial board of the de- partment of commerce and the rail- road administration over steel prices has developed new question of whether the board shall attempt to raise prices with basic industries at which the public shall be asked to make purchases.
 Reconsideration of the entire policy of the board, with possible conse- quent withdrawal or revision of the steel prices already announced, has been decided upon. Conferences will start tomorrow between representa- ! tives of the board and the railroad ad-
 ministration, on which it is believed
 will depend the future activities o1 | the board.
 l It developed today that the confer 1 ence yesterday, attended by severa
 cabinet members and the heads of al 1 the important government purchasing agencies, decided to recommit to tn ! board the entire matter"
 Publication by the board for tn public guidance of a list of steel price | which had not been accepted by tn railroad administration and insistenc
 that the latter should accept tn prices after they were published seer to be the points at issue.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
MADDEN MURDER CASE
 GOES TO JURY TODAY

Hartford, Conn.,, April 3.-Closing arguments by the state and the de- fense were concluded today in superior court in the trial of William s. Miller, of West Haven, John Neuss, William Bessler, Fred Klein and Michael Me DOnnell, of Hoboken, N. J., charged with the murder Of William F. Madden in Manchester on January 30. To- morrow morning the jury will inspect the automobile used by the alleged gunmen on the night of the murder, after which Judge Warner will deliver his charge and the case will go to the jury.
 In the final argument of the trial. made in a crowded courtroom, States Attorney Alcorn arraigned the five de- tendants as robbers and murderers, and declared that as dead men tell no ] tales they attempted to kill Clifton B. Macomber Madden's assistant guard at the Cheney silk mills, before they fled from the scene of the shoot ! ing. He said the accused left New Jersey prepared to shoot to kill and invaded quiet New England town.
 Counsel for the defense attacked the testimony of the state in regard to the firearms used and the number of per sons in the automobile. Vigorous pleas on behalf of Neuss and Miller were made, the attorneys claiming that they had no part in the crime.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
GENERAL MOTORS TO SPEND
 $1,028, 600 AT BRISTOL, CONN.

Detroit, Mich, April 3.--The General Motors Corporation today announced plans for the extension of it's plants in various parts of the country, involving an expenditure of OCT s37, 900, ,G00, "as an answer to the feeling of uncertainty in industrial and financial circles over postwar conditions" as W. c. Durant, president and general manager of the corporation, put it,
 ''Everybody has been waiting to see what the other fellow was going to do," said MT. Durant in making the announcement. General Motors, by it's decision to invest immediately $37,- OOO,00 emphasized it's belief in the underlying stability of the country and the soundness of the automobile indus try"
 Of the thirty seven million dollar budget, twenty-six millions are to bt expended in Michigan. Among amounts to be expended or construction work outside the state i! 1 $1 ,028,000 at Bristol Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
RECEIVING SUBSCRIPTIONS
 TO THE ONE YEAR BONDS

Washington, April 3.-Subscriptions to the $2O0,O00,O00 issue of five per cent. one year bonds offered by the war finance corporation will not be closed before the end of this week, although the offering was over subscribed on the first day. The various subscrip- tions will be accepted on an allot- ment basis.
 Federal reserve banks reported to- day that sufficient time had not been available to make known the offering to all banks and the war finance cor poration decided to hold the books open until the banks which have patri- otically supported the governments fi- nancial operations during the war have | had an opportunity to participate il l the issue.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-04
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS FOR MAN OF 58

New York, April S.-The Distin- guished Service Cross was awarded here today to Colonel Asher Miner, 58 years old, who after at first being de- clared too old to fight by regular ar my officers in 1917. went to France at the head of the 109th Field Artillery of the Twenty Eighth (Pennsylvania Ma tional GUard) division and distinguish ed himself in action.
 At the decoration ceremony on Gov ernors Island, Major General Thomas H. Barry, commander of the depart ment of the east, handed the medal to the coloneTs wife, who pinned it on her husbands breast.
 The cross was awarded for extra ordinary heroism ill action at Aprs- mont, France, October 1, 1918" when Colonel Miner went forward under heavy shell fire and personality super vised shifting a battery of his con- mand to q new position. Wounds sus- tained in this action resulted in the loss of his left leg.