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Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
CONFERENCE OF
 ANTHRACITE MEN
 RESUMED TODAY

New York, March 12-The sub committee of miners and operators appointed to negotiate the new wage agreement for the anthracite miners resumed their deliberations, in eXecu- tive session here today. Hope that award of President Wilson's bitumin- ous coal commission would be avail able as a basis of settlement in the hard coal field has virtually been abandoned, as John P. White. miners representative, refused to sign the re- port. Officials of the mine workers union declared that this disagreement will bar any consideration being given the award to the soft coal workers
 Both mine workers and operators have agreed to proceed with the ne gotiations affecting the anthracite fields as rapidly as possible in order to prevent a suspension of work in the Pennsylvania hard coal fields on March 31 when the present working agreement of the miners expires.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
CHIEF
 TESTFTES IN
 DIVORCE SUIT

Declaring that he raided the home of Julia Taylor in George street, Mil ford, because too many noisy auto- mobile parties stopped there, Chief James M. Maher of the Milford Police department appeared before State Referee Roraback today to testify in the divorce suit started against Mrs. Taylor by William P. Taylor of this .ity. Chief Maher said he arrested a party of seven or eight men and wo- men found in the house They for feited bonds in the Milford town court, he said. The raid happened in May, 1917.
 He testified that some of the neigh bors had complained regarding the sounds of revelry which issued from house at night. Before she moved to George street Mrs. Taylor had lived in Myrtle Beach, the chief testified. Tavlor accuses his wife of infidelity. She denies the charge and contested the case toCay. Referee Roraback re- served decision in the case.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
PROHIBITION IS
 CAUSING MANY
 TO LEAVE U. s.
Emmigation Now Exceeds Immigration, Says Con
 gressman.

New York, March 12-Prohibition is causing so many foreign born to leave the United States that emigra- ton is exceeding immigration, ac- cording to Congressman Isaac Siegel a member of the House Imm: :gration Committee. Ellis Island records to- day showed that immigration since Januarty 1, to tailed 5000, while 61,- 900 persons left the country. Mos' of the latter have gone back to Po' land and Czecho-Sloval<ia to stay.
 From the signing of the arfnistice until January 1 immigration and em' migration were about equal, approx imating 75,O00. In January, 23,000 persons landed here from abroad and 24,000 left the country. In Febru- ary 22,O0O arrived and 25,000 left. This month the excess of emigration is on the increase, 12,000 having left the country and 5000 having arrived. It is estimated that the figures for the whole month will be 36,000 de- partures and 24,000 arrivals. While a desire to live in rejuvenated home lands is a factor in emigration, MT Siegel believes that prohibition is the principal reason. Inability to buy beer or wine, he says, has created considerable i'll fSeling among for eign born residents. particularly in mining districts.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
RISING WATERS
 ADDED PERIL TO MISSOURI TOWNS

Branson, Mo, March 12.---Flooded streams today added further men ace to life and property in southwest killed at least 13 persons, injured a number of others and did property damage as yet unestimated.
 Every creek and river of the Ozark hills regions today was reported either oyerfowing or running bank-full from the torrentiaI rains that preceded and followed the tornado. Should the pre- cipitation continue, it was said, the danger from floods would become se- rious.
 Observers agreed today that one tornado instead of two swept the af- fected districts Apparently it struck first at Nevada, Mo, where three per sons were killed and property dam aged S10O,0 ,000 or more. Lifting, Il swept above four counties before Il descended and spent its strength in g rush through Fancy county and the Turkey Creek valley. with a toll of ter additional lives.
 The victims in the latter vicinity in cludAd the seven children Of Kan ana William Box. The wives of botf neu were seriously injured. William Markey and Mrs. Alva Howard anc her child were the others killed
 It was believed that the death lis would be increased today when ful reports from the devastated dlstrlc were received Rescuers sought JohI Gross and his wife whose home dis appeared during the storm. No uac' of it was left
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
Tribute To
 America
 By Ce(l(les
New British Ambassador Makes Plea for Strength : ening Anglo American Bond-Praises U. S. War Work.

London, March 12-Sir Auckland Geddes, the newly appointed alnbas- sador to the United States, made. his first speech today since his appoint ment was announced, addressing large gathering in his honor at the American Luncheon club. The Amer ican ambassador, John W. Davis, pre- sided at the luncheon and introduced the British ambassador, who was warmly received.
 While avoiding political topics, Sir Auckland spoke of the 7characteristics of he American and English people and the essentials binding them to- gether. Referring to the phrases ''our American cousins and blood is thicker than water" the ambassador said he felt at first that he was deal ing with a great civilization winch seemed different from all he had met, until ''the crust was broken and I found myself among people I under stood" He continued:
 The cure for such ills as exist is, I am sure, frankly to recognize that the common language is at once a bond and 8 barrier, and to work to strength en it's binding power and weaken it's separating influence It can be done but it is not the work of a day or a year.
 What we all want more consciously to realize is that nations cannot be Judged by a few chance specimens of their citizens. They must be judged by the expression of their collective
 will, made manifest in hours of crisis Judge Britain by her action as a na- tion during the war, during, if you will, one month of the waf---April i 1918---and I think no Briton or friend | of Britain deed be ashamed of hi: | citizenship or his friendship.
 l Judge America by her action when she came into the war, her whole hearted and instantaneo eous adoption 1 of compulsory military service and even more striking, the voluntary ra- tioning of the use of food and fuel ir
 millions of households, and I think nt American or friend of America neet tbe other than proud of his citizenship
 or his frien9ship.'
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
Nation ln
 Dire Need
 ()f Teachers
Whole Country Faces Seri- ous Shortage Conditions Slightly Better Tn Some Sections - Many Schools Closed.

Washington, March 12-The coun- try is faced with a serious shortage of school teachers, chiefly through failure to provide adequate salaries according to reports to the United States Bureau of Education. Condi- tions are becoming slightly better. however, the report states. in some sections compared with those of last October when the National Education Association conducted an inquiry into the situation.
 Based on returns from state sch ool officials, the reports show that on Feb. 8 last there were 18,279 schools closed because of lack of teachers and 41,90O being taught by teachers characterized as below standard but taken on temporarily in the emer- gency" Greater shortages are shown to exist in Sou hern states. Responding to a ques tionnaire sem out by the commissi Oner of education a great majority of the states In which schools are closed report tha' children are being transferred to oth- CT districts, while the remainder re- port pupils losing the grade. To an- other question as to what extent tax payers are interesting themselves ir paying better salaries for teachers the response was almost unanimous
 
 Tor an increase.
 Salaries paid teachers in 1918, sta tistics show, were on an average o1 $606 for elementary teachers and $1,- | O31 for those teaching in high schools From salary schedules collected from various states, giving salaries receiv, ed by individual teachers in three | counties in each state, it is shown 1 that wages paid rural teachers feI | far below the foregoing average ir | many states, many localities showine
 salaries paid as low as $150 and $20( i year.
 i In 190 state, county, city and pri- ] vate normal schools representing 6t | per cent. of the total normal school! i in the country, there were 11,503 fewe l sotudents enrolled Nov. 1, 1919, thai | during the pre-war period. A similar 1 falling off is shown in teacher-train ] ing departments in colleges whil'
 other departments show great in | creases in enrolment.
 A. o. Neal. of the bureaus division | of Rural Education, said today ther I is an increasing withdrawal of mel teachers from the profession, the per centage of male teachers in 1918 be
 ing only IT per cent. or one in ever, l six.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
CATCH FUGITIVE IN so. NORWALK

Caught in South Norwalk early yesterday morning, a few hours after she had escaped from the County jail in North avenue, Mrs Stella Robin- son, colored, of 19S KnowIton street was returned to Bridgeport last night and again placed in confinement.
 The woman was arrested some time ago when a squad of police raid. ed the notorious house at 19S Knowl~ ton street. Unable to pay a $50 fine which was imposed by the City court Mrs. Robinson went to jail, and stay ed there until Wednesday night, at which time she made her getaway. It is alleged that the women went to South Norwalk to secure drugs from a friend.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
ACCUSES WIFE
 OF INFIDELITy

That her husband presented girl boarder with a locket and was seen kissing her, was alleged by Margaret Heffernan Of this city when she ap- peared before State Referee Roraback at the county court house today to de- fend a divorce action brought by Ste phen Heffernan of this city. Mrs Heffernan was very cool toward her husband after the incident of the jew elry, although he denied having made the gift. He also denied any undua friendIiness with the other girl. The Heffernans were living on Grand street last year when the trou- ble occurred. The husband brought the present action on the ground o1 infidelity.
 Referee Roraback was doubtful
 whether the couple could have beer
 plainly see on a dark night. Attor-
 ney Henry Greenstein, counsel fol
 Heffernan, said he would introduce
 proof later to show that the night wa:
 clear. The court reserved decision 1T
 the case
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
WOOD ADVOCATES
 FOSTERING OF FOREIGN TRADE
Presidential Candidate Also Urges U. S. Merchant
 Marine.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 12-Thl fostering of Democratic business and world commerce was advised by Ma jor General Leonard Wood, candidate for the Republican nomination for president, as one of the paramoun obligations of the American people and government, in an address before Indiana Republican leaders at a lun- cheon at the Columbia Club here to- day.
 General Wood advocated careful training of consul officers for all foreign countries, to the offices of which would be attached trained commercial agents. In this connec- tion he mentioned particularly the South and Central American and far eastern countries, in which he de- clared the United States has never had such an opportunity to advance it's trade relations.
 The sale or lease of American shipping built during the war, td American firms only, in order that the merchant marine built up might be kept under the American flag, also was urged by the speaker.
 General Wood reiterated that he favored adoption of the treaty of peace and the League of Nations CO., venant with reservations which ab- solutely Americanize it." and 8 strong courteous foreign policy which would include trade policy.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
32,OOO PINTS A
 DAY IS SET AS
 CHICACO'S LIMIT

Chicago, March 12-Consumption of whiskey in Chicago will be limited to 32,00O pints a day, Captain H. E. Howard, state prohibition director, announced today. He told the Retail Druggists Association each druggist may sell 100 gallons of whiskey, wine or gin each month. There are 1900 druggists.
 Major A. V. Dalrymple. prohibition enforcement officer for the central states, declared some druggists are buying "moonshine" which costs IS cents a quart to make and color and sell itafor s4 a quart.
 If this doesn't stop, I shall urge the government to establish dispen- saries as thick as postoffices and prohibit the sale of liquor anywhere else" Major DalrympIe added.
 There are 5000 moonshine stills in Chicago and I have found some prescriptionists who are filling 50C liquor prescriptions a day"
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
Starving Game Saved
 By Boy Volunteers

Harrisburg, Pa, March 12-Eighty- six boys in the schools of Lykens bOr- ough saved the game in the state same preserve in the upper end of Dauphin county by helping to get food to them during the recent heavy snow.
 They volunteered to shovel snow from the road into the woodland where herds of deer and numbers Of grouse, pheasants and quail. recently placed there by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, were in danger Of starving. Though snow drifts three Or four feet high were piled in the roads the boys in one afternoon cut a path through them and enabled the keeper to save valuable game.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
HUGE ICE GORGE
 SMASHES BRIDGE
 OVER ALLEGHENY


 Pittsburgh, Pa, March 12.---An ice gorge 20 feet high and stretching eight miles up river, broke loose at Freeport last night, started with a rush down the Alleghe~v ran into the county bridge, moving it ten inches out of line, and tore a number of flat boats, large barges and houseboats from their moorings, washing them down the river ir-- the Ohio and pounding most of them into splinters on the way.
 According to reports. ice in the up- per Allegheny is level with the bridges and the tracks of the Allegheny Val
 ley railroad, and much damage is eX- pected when it all begins moving downstream.
 1 The gorge which went out today was one of the heaviest in recent years and when it broke the sound of the crash could be heard for several miles.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
BRINGS SUIT
 OF s1C,OOO FOR DEATH OF CHILD

To recover for the death of eight year-old Frank Coenan, who was killed while riding on the roller coaster at Roton Point, Norwalk, July last, a suit for S10.OG0 damages has been brought against the Gorge Scenic Water Ride Co. by Werner Coenan of New York, administrator on the boys estate. Papers in the action were filed today in the Superior court and are returnable to the April term of court.
 The boy was riding on the roller coaster with two little girls when he was thrown over the rear seat of the car. He was so severely injured that he died soon afterward. It is alleged that there were no bars or straps on the car to prevent the occupants from being thrown out. It is also claimed that there were no adult guards to protect the children from injury.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
DEATH
 WAS ACCIDENTAL

The death of M. J. Fennell. S2 Car oline street, who was killed while working as a freight clerk in the Union street railroad yard, was acci- dental, Coroner Phelan found today. Fennen was 46 years old, and had been employed many years by the New Haven Railroad. On March 5 last he was checking freight in tha yard when he was struck by a moving train and killed.
 Several railroad employees testified that a rule of the company, which prevented employees from riding on the front end of a train, made it diff f1cult to avoid the fatality. Conduc- tor Michael Murphy and Fireman Thomas Patterson, were riding on the rear end of the train which hit Fennell but they could not see him. Officials of the railroad company de- clared the new rule had been found advanta geous in the long run
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
Convoy System Adopted
 Only After Long Delay
Despite Urgent Recommen- dations' of Allies and Himself, Sims Charges Navy With Serious Pro- crastination.

Washington, March 12-J1isregard by the navy department of his rev concentrations with regard to adop- ton of the convoy system was de scribed by Admiral Sims today as in fnitely more serious in it's bearing on the war than other cases of alle5- ed ineff1ciency cited in previous testi- mony before the Senate Investigating Committee.
 Admiral Sims said that early in 1917 the allies were compelled by the submarines to adopt the convoy plan for protecting shipping and that on May 1 he urgently recommend ed'' that the United States give it's cooperation but it was not until June 20 that Secretary Daniels replied he considered American vessels having armed guards were safer when sailing independently.
 The admiral said he again urged the immediate adoption of convoy system and stated his belief that ar-mins merchantmen did not offer sufficient safeguard against submarine attack On July 1 he received a cable outhn- ing an entirely new plan of protect ing merchant ships, formulated in the departrnent, which he said was widely at variance with the British and French systems and which he cabled the department would be "funda- mental military error' resulting in direct assistance to the enemy
 In answer the navy department st1b- mitted another plan, he said, and asked that he present it to the Brit ish admiralty. He did so and was told that the proposal had been tried out by the allies early in the wal without success and that the admiralty desired assurance of American coop eration in the convoy plan so the first convoy might sail from New York July 8.
 About the same time Admiral Jel- licoe wrote him expressing grave ap- prehension for the success of the con- voy system unless the United States decided to participate, the admiral stated.
 Finally on July 22 the navy de- partment accepted the convoy plan for troop ships and later accepted i for supply vessels, the admiral test1' fled, but only after great pressure had been brought to bear by the other allies and after many valuable weeks had been wasted. Even as late as August 10, he received message from the department asking that the convoy system be explained, althougf "for four months I had been ex' hausting mya vocabulary in attempt ing to explain the system.
 'It is very difficult for me to make clear to you now the desperation il which I found myself almost con stantly during the early months the war" Admiral Sims said. ''I re iterate there was no question tha these recommendations were right The fact remains that they were V1r tuaIly all adopted in the end.''
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
u'0MEN HURT AS
 jITNEY CRASHES INTO HyDRANT

Going east on State street this morning Ralph Chaude, of 5 Electric avenue, Walnut Beach, driving a jit- ney containing five passengers, swerved sharply into Broad street in order to avoid a machine coming out of the latter thoroughfare and in so doing his machine skidded into the fire hydrant on the corner shaking up all the passengers and injuring Mrs. Annie German, 29. of 921 Hancock avenue
 Dr. B. J. Burns responded to call for the Emergency ambulance and upon examination discovered Mrs. Berman suffering from severe con- tusions of the right knee and a pos sib1e fracture of the right ankle. She was taken home at her own request.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19

John P. Whites minority report on the bituminous coal strike settlement was to be submitted today to Presi- dent Wilson. Meantime, the president was studying the majority report, completed yesterday.
 MT. White, the miners representa- tive on the commission. refused to discuss hisr recommendations, but it was understood that he had held out for an increase in wages of approxI- mately 35 per cent and for a seven hour. day. The majority, Henry NJ. Robinson, representing the public, and Rembrandt Peale, the opera tors representative, recommended a wage advance of approximately 25 per cen and no changes in hours and condi-
 tions of work.
 John l.. Lewis, President of the United Mine Workers of America
 who hurried here last night from New York, where he has been at
 tending the anthracite wage confer
 ence, conferred today with MT White and William Green, Secretary of the
 Miners Union, familiarizing himself
 with the facts. He still declined to
 make any statement but it was thought that the full executive com mittee of the miners would be called to consider the future action of the workers.
 While the commission failed to reach unanimous decision asked by 1 the president, it was said today that | it's labors had not been in vain and | officials generally believed that the | two conflicting reports would be used | as a basis for an amicable agreement l between the operators and miners | Secretary Green said the majority and MT. White were not far apart on i the matter of wages and he hoped | the differances could be smoothed out in direct conferences. The fail, ure of the majority to recommend i'm
 proved working conditions proved
 disappointment to the miners, it wa, | said, as this had been one of the
 chief demands of the men.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
LONDON PAPER ISLAM" Al
 WILSON'S STAND

London, March 12-President Will sons charge of imperialism" against France, contained in his letter to United States Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock early this week, has moved the Morning Post to take up the cudgels in favor of France. The news paper cites MT. Wilson's present criticisms and his appeal to Italians over the head of Premier Orlando last summer as showing that under the impulse of his lofty ideals the American president is almost as inn patient of the constitutional govern ments of modern European demo- cracies as he is impatient of his own Senate.''
 ''Mr. Wilson's slight to France,'' the newspaper continues. ''is particularly disturbing when one remembers the moving passages in which he record ed Americas appreciation of what France suffered in the cause of human freedom. Americans and Englishmen will understand the amazement of France that the same voice which described her as the sentinel of lib erty should now accuse her of being saddled with the same kind of chauvinistic government to over throw which she sacrificed a million of her sons.'
 Contending there are many indica- tions of the spirit of aggression and revenge rising in Germany and dis missing the League of Nations as he ing "almost as effective a barrier against German aggression as the In- ternatioraI Postal Union, the news paper says:
 '"The American nation, a chiva1rou< comrade in arms and an old friend will realize that France, which in MT
 Wilson's admirable phrase formed the
 dividing line between democracy and tyranny, cannot afford to take risks. '
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
"SAvE MONEY ON
 MEAT" WEEK WILL START MARCH 2

Washington, March 12-The week of March 22 was set by the Depart ment of Justice today as the first save money on meat week. Fair price commissioners in many states have b1sn holding conferences with retail meat dealers as a result of which the cheaper cuts of meat will be stocked to meet the expected de- mand.
 Howard Figg. Assistant Attorney General, in charge of the price reduc- tion campaign, pointed out that the nation consumed an average of 5S O00,00 pounds of meat daily and that in buying the less expensive cuts the consumer is aiding i'll the campaign as well as receiving an immediate benefit.
Republican farmer., 1920-03-19
TO WAGE FIGHT ON
 CORN BORER"

Washington, March 12.---The enor- nous value of corn, t'e premier crop of the nation, has made it necessary for the government to take all possi- ble precaution to prevent further in- festation from the European corn borer'' which is supposed to have en- tered the country in shipments of broom corn and has obtained a linn tied foothold in the eastern part of the country.
 Large sums are being spent in an ef- fort to control it and a, ruling soon is expected from the Federal Horticul- tural Board as to whether a quaran- tine shall be imposed against all for eign countries to prevent further en- trance of stalks and ears of Indian corn, broom corn or other plants that may bring the borers. It would not apply to sheIled corn or to the threshed seeds of the other plants.