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Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
'rican expeditionary

tured by the American exnedition.rv Iorces. much of the legislation that failed at the last session was again in- tfoduced and new measures came iron, the republican side
 flrst on the house calendar Is the loint resolution of Representative Mann for federal constitufion.l amendment providing equal suffraee Next IS the bill of Representatiye Steenerson of Minnesota providing fn,. immediate return of telegraph mad tel- ephone lines now controlled by inc government.
 Bills to repeal wartime prohibition the Luxury tax section of the war rev
 enue Dill and taxes on soda fountain products went early into the honner In some instances there were four or nVe bllls dealing with the same sub ject.
 Numerous other bills would provide
 larger bonus for men discharged
 from military and naval service than l the $50 set aside under the war reye
 nue bill. Some of these fixed yha
 amount at six months pay and others fixed a lump sum of $500
 | Prohibitory immigration legislation is embodied in a bill introduced bv Representative Lufkin of Massachu- i setts, who asked early considera tion for it.
 i What was regarded as an outgrowth II or the ratification of the prohibition amendment was a bill proposing a con- i st1tutional amendment providing tha t all future amendments to that docu-
 ment be ratified by referendum vote in ' each of three-fourths of the states.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
Death of the Right
 | Rev. David M. Greer
Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York Succumbed in a Relapse After Surgical Operation.

New York. May 19.-The Right Rev. David H. Greer. Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York, died in a hospi- tai here at 610 o'clock tonight.
 Bishop Greer was operated upon for intestinal trouble a. week ago and his condition had improved steadily untif this morning. when his physicians re- ported that he had suffered a relapse.
 At first the relapse was not conSid- cred critical but the patient continued to fail and this afternoon it became apparent that he could not live. He sank into coma about an hour before his death and did not regain con- seriousness.
 Bishop Greers daughter. Miss Jean Greer, was with him at the end.
 Bishop Greer's health had been poor for several months, but despite his advanced age-he was 75 years old considered dangerous.
 He spent ten days in a hospital sev- eral months ago undergoing an oper- ation similar to the one which result ed in his death. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and by two sons | Laurence Greer and William Greer. l Funeral services for Bishop Griel l will be held at il o'clock Friday morn 1 ing at the Cathedral of St. John the l Divine, it was announced tonight aft
 CT a conference of church officials. The cathedral services will be pre- | ceded by private funeral services il
 Bishop Greer's home.
 | Biographical sketch is printed o1 i Page Ninel
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20

Washington, May 1s.-Senator Lodge. republican leader and chair man of the foreign relations commit tee, in statement tonight. declared that the revised League of Nation@ ss unacceptable" and predicted it would not be accepted by the majority of the senate without amendment.
 Characterizing the new league cove nant as included in the peace treaty as distinctly worse than the old and more dangerous to the peace of the world and to American rights and in- terests," Senator Ledge declared that none of the suggestions from the sen- ate or from Elihu Root had been car ried out.
 Senator Lodges statement follows in part:
 So far as I can iudge-and I have had conversations with many senators including members of both parties-l a msatisfied that majority of the senate feel very strongly that the league as now presented must receive amendment that in it's present form without any change, it is unacceptable and would not be accepted. ITO say that the amendments pu | forward in the senate and those pro posed and formulated by MT. Root ol l the suggestion of the state departmen have been met is without any founda tion. Not one of the suggestions 0 the senate. not one of the amendment proposed by Mir. Root. has been carrie, out. Some have been entirely rejected and where there is an appearance O their having been adopted examination shows that the new form is distinctl worse than the old.
 As to the league of nations. tn American people must know just wha they are to be asked to agree to- E that league they are invited to talk the gravest step ever taken by tn United States. and no organized clam or. no manufactured pressure of an kind, will swerve the senate from ii high duty of laying before the Ameri
 can people exactly what the league iu wolves and what it means to the Unit
 ed States and to the future peace (
 the World.''
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
NAVY sEAPLANE N.C-3 SAFE
 IN HARBoR AT THE AZORES

Washington, May 1s.--After wealth cring a sixty mile gale and heavy seas the missing sesplane N.C.-3, flag ship or the American naval trans At lsntic flight squadron, entered Ponta Delgada hsrbor today under her own power nearly sixty hours from the time she was forced down by fog when almost in sight of the Azores on the record breaking flight from New foundland for Lisbon and Plymouth, England.
 Searching battleships and destroyers were securing the seas and naval of 1cials had all but abandoned hope for the safety of the flying ship and her crew Of five when warships at Ponta Delsada saw the plane taxing across The water headed for the flight ob- jective in the Azores. Rear Admiral Jackson immediately despatched the tidings 10 the navy department by ca blc. relieving the anxiety of officials and ending the long vigil Mrs. Towers had kept since first news came last saturday morning that her husband plane had been lost in the fog three hundred miles from the Azores.
 The story of the plucky fight the night commander and his men were forced 10 make for two days and nights was not expected at the navy de- psrtment before tomorrow for officials realized that the aviators must have been almost exhausted when they reached their haven.
 No information had reached the de. partment tonight as to the condition of inc plane and whether it would bC able 10 continue the flight 10 Lisbon However, officers would not be sur.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
AFFiDAVITS IN THE JOHN
 SHELTON WILLIAMS CASE

Harrisburg, Pa, May 19.-Additional ajdavits which counsel for Comptrol- Ter of the Currency John Skelton Williams presented informally to Federal Judge Charles E. Witmer late this afternoon are expected to add q sensational turn to the court pro- ceedings now being heard, in which the First National Bank of Canton, Pa, is asking for a permanent in junction against Williams
 The case will be continued tomor row morning.
 Congressman Louis T. McFadden. the president of the plaintiff bank charges the comptroller with harass- ing and prosecuting the bank by or dering reports and sending examiner: 1 at any and all times, and asks a per. l manent restraining order preventing | the issuing of circular letters contain | ing statements bearing on the condi- l tion and management of the bank.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
NAVAL SEAPLANE N.C-4TO
 RESUME FLIGHT TODAY

Washington May 19.-Rear Admiral Jackson at Ponta Delgada, Azores, cabled the navy department tonight that the American naval seaplane N.C-4, in command of Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read, would leave Horta Fayal, tomorrow at [ o'clock Greenwich mean time, 6 a. m. Wash ington time) if weather conditions per init. stop will be made at Ponta Delgada, the message said.
 The early hour set for the start of the flight to Ponta Delgada was in- terpreted by naval officials here to mean that Commander Read would attempt tomorrow to make the entire trip of more than 925 nautical miles to Lisbon, Portugal the real end of the transAtlantic flight. The stop al Ponta Delgada was thought to be plan- ned for the purpose of obtaining sup plies.
 Meanwhile Lieutenant Commando A. c. Read with the N.C.-4 still wa, weather bound at lIorta and the NC. l, third ship of the aerial fleet, wa officially described as in almost sink 1 ing condition thirty miles off Cory, | Island Azores, with the destroye | Fairfax standing by Lieutenant Com | mandcr Bellingcr and his crew of tn | N.C.A1 are aboard the cruiser Colum
 bia at Horta. definitely out of th
 race, according to Belinger's own re | port on the condition of his machine. With his arrival at Ponta Delgads | Commander Towers again takes actiV | command of the flight situation. It had been a saying of the servic | that the planes were built to ride an
 seas in which they could land. Tn IN.C.-3 did more than that. She rod
 out a gale that is said to have ap preached ninety mile rate at time
 and came serenely taxing into DOT
 having kept steadily on her genera
 course under guidance of her skillfl
 crew.
 . When Secretary Daniels got tn
 word of Towers safety, he personal
 telephoned it to Mrs. Towers. wife (
 the officer, who had chung courage
 ously to her faith and hope throug
 the endless hours of waiting.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
PRISONER PICKED LOCK
 OF JAIL AND ESCAPED

Barnstable, Mass, May 19.-Edwar.l E. Baker picked the lock of the main door of the county jail today and es- capped again. Baker is charged with breaking and entering the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad stations at Sagamore and Bournedale. After his arrest recently he leaped through the window of a moving train while he was being brought here and was at liberty for several hours.
 According to the police he had confessed to twenty burglaries in this state. He said that he was IS years of age and had recently escaped from a reformatory near Stratford, Conn. He was being held for the &C., ton of the grand jury.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
Pe1 of Germany
 Hungry For Peace
Delegates Fear They Would Meet With Bodily Harm if They Declined to Sign Peace Treaty.

Versailles, Sunday, May 1S.-French Wireless Service). The German councillor of legation. who expressed the view on his return from Berlin today that the German delegation would meet with bodily harm if they did not sign the treaty. said he based his declaration on the peace hunger of the German people.
 You seem to fear that we will not sign the peace treaty." he said, but we will sign it because if we were to go back without concluding peace we would be massacred on reaching Ser lin. The people hunger for peace and are growing impatient. The question that is causing us most anxiety is that of commercial opening, without which we could not carry out despite all our good will, the clauses of the treaty.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
REPLY TO GERMAN PROTEST
 AGAINST ECONOMIC TERMS

Paris. May 19.-(By The A PA reply by the allied and associated gov ernmentS to the German note protest ing against the economic terms of the peace treaty as being calculated to cause the industrial ruin of Germany has been delivered to the German peace plenipotentiaries.
 The reply Is under eleven heads, and answers each German contention. It declares that the allied and associ- ated governments in framing the economic terms had no intention to destroy Germany's economic life"
 On the contrary, the report points out that in the reconstruction of the worlds affairs Germany will have her part in the progressive development but also will share with the rest the world in the economic losses and disadvantages inevitably result ing from the war.
 The reply declares that the German note fails to take into consideration the fact that the disarmament of Ger many and the end of militarism will relieve the German people of an inn mense burden of taxation and return to the ranks of useful production mil lions of men formerly in the army who
 have been entirely withdrawn from
 industrial or agricultural activity. The reply also makes an emphatic rejoinder to the German complain that the loss of the German mer. chant marine will throw out of worl thousands of German merchant sea l men throughout the world, the alliet l powers being the greatest sufferers It adds that there clerely is no req l son why Germany should be exempt 1 ed from it's share of the economic dis | advantage growing out of this de 1 struction of merchant ships
 The reply on the economic objec tions is regarded as one of the hes 1 documents in the exchange of ontes
 Many persons attribute it to Presi l dent Wilson.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
SUCCESSOR TO LiNDSLEY
 ON WAR RISK BUREAU

Washington, May 19 - The War Risk Insurance Bureau, through which 100000 soldiers or their dependents receive payments of insurance, a1lot- ments, or compensation, was in pro- cess of sudden reorganization today through the appointment of R. A Cholmeley-Jone formerly New York business man. now a colonel in the bureau section in France as di- rector to succeed Col. Henry D. Lind sley, who resigned yesterday in clash with Secretary Glass. in which he charged the treasury department with placing restraints on the organ ization which were making it a ''colos- sal failure"
 Secretary Glass in a public state ment has made a vigorous reply tc Col. Lindsley's charges and the changes are said to forecast thor ough shake-up of the big bureau. which bears a closer home relation to the soldiers than any other agency of the governmen.
 Clouds of charges have been hoy ering over the bureau for months ant | congressional investigation is expect. ed,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
ASSOCIATES COINCIDE HAWKER
 PROBABLY HAS FAILED"

St. Johns. x. F., May 19-Harry HawSer and his navigator, Macken- zie Grieve, air adventurers, and the little Sopwith biplane in which they set out yesterday to to span the At lantic in a single flight, were unac- counted for here tonight and their as sociates reluctantly conceded that they probably have failed
 Messages were flashed tonight to every ship at sea equipped with radio in an effort to find some trace of them. But there was no news.
 All day long and far into the night this city waited eagerly for encouraging word of the intrepid fliers. Radio rumors and telegraph reports of their safety Fere hungrily relayed, only to be found groundless.
 As the period of their fuel limitation passed without news of their arrival overseas. grave doubts of the success Of their dash were expressed.
 Evening weather reports to the Roy al Air Force meteorological station here showed only one stormy element which was unknown to Hawker and Gricve when they made their start. This developed from a small depres- sion near tho Azores and moved rap idly over the northwest course almost 10 the Irish coast, increasing in vio- lencc. Hope was entertained however that Hawker had been able to climb above it.
 Captain Frederick P. Raynham, Hawker's British rival up to the time or the big hop was still optimistic tonight as to the safety of the Sop with and its crew. He suggested that Hawker might have landed at some isolated point on the coast of Ireland The storm breeding depres sion referred Go by the meteorologists was known to Hawker and himself yesterday when they both decided to take the air he said.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
GENERAL REVIEW OF
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
(By The Associated Press


 Not alone has Count Brockdorff- Rantzau, the chief German peace plenipotentiaries, returned to Yer sailles from Spa, where he went Sat urday for conference but he brought back with him Herr Lands berg and Herr Giesberts, two of the main members of the German delega- I ton who had been in Berlin going over | the situation with the authorities and | also a large retinue of naval, mili- | tary and financial experts 1 Thus the indications are that the | Germans intend to continue their eff | forts to come into agreement with the ] allied and associated representative on l peace terms that will be satisfactory 1 to the German government and peo-
 pie.
 Meantime from Germany continue to l emanate reports of dissatisfaction over the terms laid down for Germany | to sign and a reiteration by President i Ebert that the Germans will never af- fix their signatures to the treaty as it stands and that foreign countries will protest with Germany against this l peace enslavement."
 On the other hand Field Marshal Von Hindenburg is reported to have told the members of the German cab
 inet. representatives of the politica | parties and other leaders during Q
 meeting in Berlin Friday that resist
 anx~ was impossible and that the mil
 itary leaders considered it necessary
 to seal the compact as desired by the
 allies.
 With almost informality attending the proceedings, an exchange of ere dentials between the Austrian peace delegates and the representatives O l fl1n oil jn6 +n1 t,1, . taken place at St. Germaiu. The be lief is expressed in Paris that tf handing of the peace treaty to tn Austrians will be delayed possibly un ltn next week, owing to the impossi
 nility of completing the draft.
 The council of four discussed Mon , day the question of the German re el ligious missions abroad and also mat 0! ters dealing with Bulgaria and Fur i key. The council of foreign minister f considered Belgium's claims as the o affect Holland.
 0 Bolshevik forces in Russia have suf = fered a severe defeat at the hands 0 y l the troops of General Denikine, whic II have made 10000 of the enemy priS n oner and captured 2S of his guns i
 operations against Tsaritzin. on tn el Volga river. British warships hay = put to route a Bolshevik fiotiIla Tn q fight in the Gulf of Finland. One en
 | emy ship was sunk and another fore = ed aground.
 S President Wilson and General Per = shing went over Monday the details (
 ] the final demobilizat tion of the Ameri
 can forces in France and on forme
 German territory. The withdrawal ( 6 the American forces from the Arch
 angel front in northern Russia IS banned to commence within ten day 7, with the transportation of the 339t d infantry to England. The 18th Er t gineers on the Archangel front an U the railway troops on the Murma l. coast are to be the last of the Amer -s ican forces to be withdrawn.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20

London May 19.-(By The A. P0 London spent the day in tense excite ment and suspense waiting the result of Hawker's bold attempt to fly across the Atlantic. and after a day of anX- iOus inquiries and unverified rumors and speculation. the fate of the gallant .lviators. Hawker and Grieye, is still unknown.
 X Sopwith machine, supposed 10 be Hswker's, according 10 an admiralty wireless report. descended to the sur face or the ocean forty miles west of the mouth Of the shannon. Later ad- miralty reports said that this infor- nation was not cons tlered reliable.
 The early unverified reports had it that the Sopwith machine encounter ed d gale which reduced its speed to forty miles an hour and finally com pellod it to descend owing to eXhaus- ton Of gasoline.
 Crowds Of people waited the day long at the Brooklsnds aiTdromei where Hawker earned 10 fly, believ- ing that the aviator would make his landing there, although expert had expressed the opinion that hawker would unlikely be able to fly there af- fer five o'clock this afternoon owing tc his limited supply of petrol.
 me NiEll was kCpl lOIlS dllcI udt h however on the chance that the avia- tor might arrive. Mrs. Hawker re- msined at the airdrome until o'clock Her faith in her husbands skill has enabled her to endure the suspense calmly but on leaving for home sh' was unable to conceal her anxiety, al though she still remained compara' tlvely cheerful
 The fate of Hswker and Grieve can not be definitely stated, and tonight i is impossible even to assert that tn machine found at sea is Hawkers.
 The weather off the Irish coast ol Monday was boisterous, with rain an na2e.
 The admiral-- has sent out all ship possible to search for the asiators.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
OFFICIAL NOTE FROM
 POPE TO COL. HOUSE

Rome, May 19.-(By The 4. P.) Car dinal Gasparri. t.e papal secretary of state, has written in the name of the pope an official note to Colonel E. NJ. House, of the American peace delega- ton, transmitting the arguments sent to the pontiff by the German bishops to demonstrate the absolute impossi- bility of their country fulfilling the peace conditions imposed by the al lies.
 In his note Cardinal Gasparri ex- plains that the pope takes this step in favor of Germany as he would do for any country requesting his assistance, as he is only animated by humanitar- ian feelings.
 The cardinal adds that the pope has done this the more willingly since he was also urged to undertake this in- itiative by a country belonging to the entente. He begs Colonel House to l submit the situation to the wisdom and enlightenment of President Will son, hoping that the president will use 1 his powerful influence with the other 1 delegates of the various powers with
 q view to securing d peace which vii really be lasting.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20

The proposed offer of the Ansonia and Derby Ice Corp. to sell ice de- livered on the sidewalk will not sof- ten the dissatisfaction of it's custom CTS or reconcile them to even the 60-cent charge. On the contrary it imposes new burdens which will only exasperate the customers the more. On the basis proposed there would be practically no reduction to the consumer because sidewalk delivery is impractical to most of them and the S0-cent rate would have to stand.
 But what shall be said of the price comparison offered by the corpora tion? It had fixed @ price of so cents per 100 pounds delivered It proposes now to drop the ice at the sidewalk at 50 cents, per 100 pounds. There is a difference of 20 cents be- tween these prices. It is to be in- ferred that the 20-cent reduction re- presents the cost to the corporation of the delivery of a hundred pounds of ice from the wagon into the re- |frigerator ?-Ansonia Sentinel.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
LISTENED TO ARGUMENTS
 IN FORD LIBEL SUIT

Mount Clemens, Mich, May 19- The jury in the libel suit of Henry Ford against the Chicago Tribune was released until Wednesday morning to- day while Judge Tucker listened to arguments of counsel on what scope is to be allowed in the introduction of evidence.
 The forenoon session today was de- voted to the conclusion of the open ing statement of Weymouth Kirkland of counsel for the Tribune When he had finished with a declaration that the present case is not merely a dis pute between the Detroit manufac- turer and the Tribune, but a grave public and moral issue of pacificism against preparedness, the jury was dismissed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
PRESBYTERiANS CONDEMN
 SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS

St. Louis Mo-. May 19.-Resolutions approving the proposed league of na- tions and emphatically condemning the publication of Sunday newspapers were adopted at today's session of the 1S1st general assembly of the Presby- terian church. U. s, A.
 Spirited discussion preceded the adoption of the Sunday newspaper resolution. which calls on members of the church mot to subscribe for, read or advertise in it."
 Rev. Dr. John A. McCullom of Phila- delphia in a speech condemning the resolution charged the commissioners with insincerity.
 "Let us be sensible about this ques- tion," he declared. The Sunday paper is just as necessary as the Sunday trolley which you attempted to con- demn several years ago."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-20
STRIKE AT LAWRENCE
 IS VIRTUALLY AT AN END

Lawrence, May 19-The textile strike which began here Feb. twas declared virtually ended in a statement issued today by A. J. Muste of Bos- ton, one of the gneeral strike commit tee. The statement said that the in- crease in wages asked for by the strik- CTS was apparently about to be an- nou1ced judging from reports from other mill centers, and that the only matter of contention remaining was that of discrimination by mill officials over the taking back of strikers who desired work.
 The committee which has been meet ing in executive session throughout the strike will hold public meetings hereafter according to all announce ment today.