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Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
EXPLANATIONS COMMISSION
 APPROVES GERMAN REPLY

p.-- May sf CBy the A. Pl-The -.,srasiof,s commission tonight fuily ap- rroved the German reply to its ultlInA '-,-- and definitely decided to grant ~s.-manv a provisional moratorium l0I he year iszz- -.,. ,..,sr to The text of tho commissions ietleI ~ -haneeIlor Wirth and also Its decision sero issued about midnight aiter .no commission had framed them et ses ion lasting many hours
 --ha decision was unanimous, the -rensh delegate joining in It, despite tne -.port of opposition from section or .tr rhzrfber. which caused deep concern r commission circles during the oay.
 m. action taken by the German gov .-n-ent 10 put It's finances on a souno ,asis and eliminate as much as possl- ,is the wholesale printing of paper --c,., constitutes "a serious effort to meet the commissions requirements 1h. decision says. Regret is expressed. however. that Germany did not begin aS aa earlier date steps In this direction
 In Id letter to Chancellor Wirth tha -or,niseiou states that in view Of the t-nnortance of an immediate decision up- rn fho question Of postponement of pay -,rrts the commission felt justified in laFinr prompt action. notwithstandlng fho fact that on several points Ger rranys answer requires further elucida- ton.
 m. commission informs the German chancellor that these matters will be s-aft with In another communication in Inc mar future but it is indicated that these matters are Of minor importance and viii i-~c no effect on the present drc'kion. . making the decision tc rrant rarta.I postponement of payments n 1924 beginning June 1. the eomnis sion says.
 'Ths commission recalls that th' ,ostponen6snt now confirmed remaini fabie Co be cancelled at any time in ac .ordance with It's previous difficulty 1T Inc comm ission Is subsequently, satisfied hat Germany has failed to carry ou he conditions laid down"
 me comm iEEfon further reserves it -Eht Go cancel postponement. fl at an, irne r becomes dissatisfied with th srorress made In the settlement of mat CTS stid outstanding. or failing 10 car y through tho arrangement in regari co the floating debt specified in tn hancclior's letter Of May 2s. or be ausc of inability to obtain the assist tncc of a foreign loan. Germany doe tot make alternative arrangements. sat sfactory Co the commission for dealin rith tho budget deficits and the fioatin iebt.
 Tho decision of the commission VII te communicated to the members of tn International bankers committee tornor cw morning and the committee is ex recfsd Co begin the actual work of or .snizlnr a loan st It's session in the ai ernocn. provided none of the member out of agreement with the commis lions decision.
 1n rsparations circles it is said ths Inc bankers will approve fully the com missions action. and the view is ez srrssrd that a loan of more than sf 900 900 900 wi1 be arranged within the ne1 irr weeks
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
ssas.ss2, GOO WAR DEPARTMENTS
 BILL REPORTED IN THE SENATE

Washingon, May 31.-The war de- partment bin carrying s33S, S,s72, ,oOo was reported today to the senate by it's ap- prepriationssco The measure, as 1t Is returned to the senate, is S49,- 925, 900 larger than as 1t was passed by the house but approximately $40, ,0oO 900 under the estimates for the coming years expenditures.
 For pay of enlisted men the measure appropriates $60.981.o00, sufficient for an average army of 133,000. The priviso is made that the size of the army shall not exceed 10000 except in emergency.
 The appropriation for the officer per- sonnel. limited to an average of 12,530 for the year totals S35,S90, ,0O0 The house appropriations for these two items, the largest in the bill, were $4S, ,S63, ,000 and S26,S96 GOO respectively
 The measure provokes for reduction within five months of the officer person. ney to the prescribed limits through op- eration of a so-ca1led piucking board of five officers. The reduction Is to be ac- complished through discharge or retire. l ment and it was said, contemplates a classification of officers on the basis of 1 efficiency and physical qualifications l Thes committee increased by s, ,e00, ,000 to $9,500,000 the appropriation for ex- penEss of camps of instruction for the l National Guard but 1t left unchanged the house item of S1. 800, 900 for civilian mill tary traiTiRg camps. The committee reduced the age limitation of those whc
 are eligible to the summer training l course from S5 to 27 years. The limita.
 tion does not apply to veterans of thu
 war with Germany, however An in
 crease from $2.700.ooo to s3.600. 900 wa.
 accorded the members of the officers re
 serve corps for summer training ex 1 penses and the appropriation for thei pay was increased from $25o,0 900 to $2. 100000 that all might be taken care of
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
MAXIMUM PRICES FOR COAL
 ANNOUNCED BY HOOVER


 Washington, May 31.-Maximum fair prices for soft coal in five districts were announced tonight by Secretary Hoover after reaching arrangements with com nlittees representing those fields under the plan adopted at the general confer ence Of operators from producing fields for. preventing runaway prices on coal ate the mines during the strike.
 It was determined that in the Alaba- ma district the fair price should be 25 cents below the final Garfield scale or a maximum of $2.20 ton to $2.e0 a ton.
 In the Harlan and Hazard fields of Kentucky, the southern Appalachian fields of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the Uocohontas, New River and Winding Gulf fields (smokeless- coal districts of West Virginia) the maximum price was fixed at $S50 ton.
 dicated.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
NO CLUE OBTAINED IN
 WARDS NEW ROCHELLE HOME

White Plains. N. r., May 31.-"We found nothing which would lead us 10 believe Ward story talse."
 This was the way District Attorney Weeks summed up the results of search made today of the New Rochelle home of Walter 5 Ward, wealthy bak- CT. The search was made to determine the accuracy of a newspaper report that Clarence Peters, ex-navy man whose body was found about two weeks ago near the kensico reservoir, had been shot in the Ward home. with another man, Instead of on the country road. as st led by Ward when he surrendered with the assertion that he had fired in seif-defense.
 | On the lookout for woodwork pune tured with bulIetts or carpets stained with blood, the searching party combed the house from top to bottom, pulling up rugs and remOying books and pic tures
 From Lieutenant McGowan of the New Rochelle police. one of the inves- itigators. came only a compliment to Mrs Warus housekeeping.
 "The house was as clean as a new shoe" he said, adding that he would have been able to detect any attempt tc remove bloodstains.
 The investigators asserted they had interviewed all the neighoors and ha6 found none who had heard any shots in the Ward home. The search by th' authorities also failed to reveal thi whereabouts of the man alleged to have been wounded when Peters was killed and quoted by the newspaper.
 Ward. who has been released in $50, 900 bail, was not at home when thu searching party arrived, but his wif' showed them around the house. Allel R. Campbell the attorney, hastened t' the Ward home when 1t was announce' that the dwelling would be inspected fo , the first time since the shooting occur , red. He served notice on the authori ties that their mission was illegal, as m
 search warrant had been obtained, am then accompanied them on their toul
 Chief of Police Cody of New Rochelle , after being closeted for four hours wit
 the district attorney, expressed belle s there was nothing to the newspape
 story. which created a furore in West
 chester county. He said he had inter viewed all officers on duty near tn house on the night of the shooting an found none who corresponded to the de scription of the patrolman alleged b the newspaper to have called at tn house after the killing.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01

with respect to the bonus nor methods of financing the legislation, entered into committee discussions, senators said, Leading proponents of the McCumbef plan expressed the>beiief that this pisa would prove not unacceptable 10 ths executive since it called for no heavy expenditure during the next three yeara that would require either new taxes o1 any large drafts on the treasury.
 Chairman McCumber said that after the first three years the necessary fundE probably could be supplied from Inter- crest on the refunded foreign debt Aa now drafted the bill is simply A charra against the federal treasury. ssnatof McCumber expressed the opinion that nc additional legislation would be necesszrJ in order to divert interest from the for eign debt to the channel of bonus fnanc. ing as the interest payments go into the generela treasury fund.
 Present plans for calling up the bon us bill in the senate are indefinite. Sem ator McCumber said he did not desirt | to make 1t partisan question but thai he hoped to reach an agreement under which final vote could be taken before | the passage of the tariff bili. Whethef the measure will be considered alternate< | ly with the tariff bill with a portion of the daily sessions given over 10 each haa not yet been decided.
 The bonus bill Is certain 10 lead to . long fight in the senate. The democrats express themselves as not a all pleas ! ed with Its present form an have in- dicated that they will have a number Of l amendments sto offer. Senator Shoot plans to offer his insurance measure d a substitute and may introduce the issue of the sales tax into the d!scussion.
 Opponents of bonus In any forul who include Senators Borah. Idaho
 Moses. New Hampshire: Wadsworfh New York. republicans and Williams.
 Mississippi and Myers. Montana. demo.
 crats. are preparing for a determined fight on the biIi. Bonus proponents con-
 tend. however. that they have the votei
 to put adjusted service eompensztion Ter.
 isiation through the senate and they arI
 confident such legislation will be enacted
 before thissession of congress ends
 Under the bill the senate win receivl
 1t the amoupt of compensation credit fol
 veterans will be computed on the iengti
 of service. less the sse bonus paid thl
 men at the time Of their dischzrge iron
 the service but would not exceed s5oo fo those who had domestic service and fe2l for those who saw service overssas- A cash bonus would be paid only q those veterans whose total credit did no
 exceed $50. Other veterans you'd be en titled to elect one of these four options
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01

Washington, May 31.-The house sol- dieFs' bonus bill amended in several inn portant particulars but with the much discussed bank loan provision retained, was approved today by the senate finance committee by vote of 9sto f. Chair man McCumber proposes to report the measure to the senate within a few days, and said he hoped to get action on it before the passage of the tariff bill
 The more important alterations made in the house measure were: The chang ing Of the effective date of the legisla- ton from next October 1 to January l, 1923.
 Removal of the time limitation on the filing of applications by world war vet erans for adjusted service compensa- ton.
 Abandonment of the reclamation plan and dthe substitution of a privision un- CT which veterans would be given pref erence in making entry on public or Indian lands when opened to entry. Elimination of the forfeiture provi- sion under which veterans failing to re- pay loans made by banks of the gov i ernments on adjusted service certificates would hay forfeited their certificates Under the amended bill such veter. l any time before their maturity 20 year, from the date of issue upon payment o the sum they were in default plus inter est at 4lz per cent. compounded annual 1 ly.
 Approval of the altered house meas
 ure, commonly called the McCumbe plan. was voted by the committee afte rejection. eight to five of a measure of fered by Senator Smooth of Utah rank ing committee republican, proposing pal, up life insurance in lieu of all othe
 forms of compensation. Tn addition t
 it's author. senators supporting the Smoo
 bin were Calder. New York: Dillingham; lYermont; Frelinghuysen. New Jerse and Mclean. Connecticut, all republicans
 On the vote for the AIcCumber meas
 ure Senator Mclean broke the tie tha
 had existed among the ten republican
 Of committee as between two propos
 tions. Besides Mir Mclean those sur porting the amended house measuT
 were McCumber, North Carolina LaFo llette, Wisconsin; Watson. Indiana: Cul ktis. Kansas. snh Sutherland. W. Va. a republicans and Simmons North Car, Tina. Wash. Massachusetts and Ger. Rhode Island. democrats.
 Senator Simmons, ranking minorii
 member of the committee said the dems crats, supported the McCumber plan n' ) because they favored 1t. but to obtal l quick action on bonus legislation. Neither President Harding's view
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01

Feraa. May s1.-CBy The A. P.)- The reichstag. today rejected vote of no confidence In the government for ignor- ing he reichstaE regarding the repara- ions negotiations. The no confidence vote was moved blythe nationalist party, which with the peoples party and com nunisis supported the resolution.
 Aner confidence had thus been virtual 'v voted in the EovernAent on this the reichstag adjourned until June i3.
 Determined efforts by the peoples par tv To r-ecinltzte a plenary discussion of rhe sos serument'S present reparations pol- icy- before the Whitsuntide recess also were defeated by the votss of the coall- ton bloc
 Todayss attempt t3 force the govern men. to defend the Paris rsparations ne rotlatious was a direct outcome of the publication this morning of the complete official text of the German note 10 the -rna-atiors commission The peoples ,arts ieaders and leading democrats, as se-ted thc government had concealed from he foreign relations committee precise rnowIedes of the scope of the conces- rlons agreed to by Finance Minister aermes-
 AithouEh 1t had been generally asSum- pd that the reiehs,ag leaders were m- furrad cnnndentially or Nne uotr SOH lent, hy Chancellor Wirth and Dr. Hern- .s tRe text today provoked sharpest con sr-natlon- The leaders of the people ,artv and nationaiists prompted demo --afic and clerical party men also to e1- rrr~s misrivinFs over the latitude con -eded the reparations commission reia- H,s to fts supervision over Germany.s in- f,-,atfonal Administrative organization
 In consequence of this dissatisfaction th. pe,ple's party forthwith demanded fhs government 10 appeal in plenary ses- rio- to defend It's course. and while tne ,pno-iiion aid not muster sufficient votes toSavss outbreak is pointed to in parlia' -,rufnrv circles as a warning that tn' Wirth ministry will encounter the stern rst resistance among all the bourgeois -,-fies when it goes before the reicnstae -r ru,s fs for tho purpose of disarmine --,f'si~n of It's reparations negotiations
 The present opposition emanates chief, iv frrr the stinnes group. aithouEh has heen remarked that the financial ar r.nrrwents. whose scope, it is now cnarS' .f was not known In parhamentary -.a-.rr. today. The primary oojectior f. bas.d on the privilege granted tns rr,araticns commission to invests@.e tn. . -,,sifIors of national finances. Ihes' .,,-.hensions are shared by the pres ---r-ents which concur In asser.ins !. trs4 cerrany's sovereignty Is imperiiieo
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
SUIT FOR REAL ESTATE or
 VIRGINIUs ST. JULIAN MAYO

New Haven. May 3i.-The marital cn- tanglements of virginius St. Julian Mayo. former New Haven manufacturer, but now living in Stamford. came into fhe courts again today when Miss Wilhelnina Meyer of New York filed salt In the Bu- perior court here to obtain possession of real estate in the town of Handen valued at s5o.o0o. The papers in the actloa ai- lege that the property in q.fsstion riRht- fully belong to Mayo and that there vas fraud in the transaction in which the property changed hands.
 Mrs. Lois Waterbury Mayo. the pres ent wife of Mayo. also is made defend ant in the action. An official of q local bank. as administrator of the estate of Michael O'Donneli is A third defendant
 Miss Meyer was the principal vitnesn against Mayo in his trial for blgzmy in New Fork recently. Previously she ob- tained judgment ef ff0o.9o1 aeainsl Mayo in a suit for damages because of her marriage to him The rr.5ent rssion is an effort to collect part Of this moncy.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
AIRPLANE WAS IN TROUBLE
 OVER CITY OF STAMFORD

Stamford, Conn, May S1.-An air plane driven by William Purcell of New York city. had motor trouble late yes terday while over the city and was brought down near the place of w. w Skiddy. After fixing the motor the air plane, with a passenger who had been taking photographs along the Sound shore. ascended. It was in trouble again and came down in the harbor ard botE men had to swim ashore. The plans stuck in the mud and was extricated only after considerable labor.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
WARRANT. FOR. FORMER
 BRIDGEPORT TAX COLLECTOR

Bridgeport, Conn. May s1-A war tax collector with embezzlement of $85,- 30O.0S was issued today by Prosecuting Attorney Earle E. Garlick. The war rant charges that on or about October 1, 1921. Smith embedded s25.O0o of city funds and that on or about May | 1921, he embedded $50 ,3o0.0S. eNr.
 The allegcG shortage in Smiths ac- counts was reported la1 week to Mayor Fred Atwater by City Auditcy Bernard Heating. Smith has been missing for three months. He had served four. terms as tax collector before his defeat at the polls last Novemkara
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
59 YEAR OLD MURDER
 ELECTROCUTED IN NEW JERSEY

Trenton, N. J.. May S1,-WilIiam H. Warehouse, convicted of the murder of Hugh Campbell, at Newark, on January l, 1921, was put to death tonight in the electric chair at the New Jersey state prison
 Morehouse and Campbell were said 70 have been companions for 50 years prev. iops to the murder. Morahouse was ac- cused of felling his friends with his fist In cap factory, where the latter was night watchman and then navi.lg kick 4d Campbell to death.
 Morehouse, who was said to lave con tessed the sIiyiaS. was one os he oldest men ever executed here. He was 8.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
TWO FIREMEN INJURED ON
 TRUCK IN rHOMPsONyILLE

Thompsonville, Conn, May s1.-Fwo firemen were injured and several others had narrow escapes tonight when q lad der truck on which they were riding was forced to the side of the road by a truck. The two firemen who were hurst, jumped from the running board of the ladder truck. when the apparatus swung to- ward a telephone pole, which it barely missed. They are not believed to be in sertous condition.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
HELD FOR SHOOTING A
 DEFECTIVE IN HARTFORD

Hartford. May 31.-Arthur Becker, of New Britain, in the local police court today, waived examination on the charge of shooting Detective Sergeant Lawrence J. Lowe, with intent to mur- der and was bound over to the criminal court under a bond of fa S25, 900.
 The assault took place at Union Station on the night of April 29. Lowe and other policemen were looking for Becker, who was expected to arrive by train from New Britain When Becker entered the station, Lowe started for him, and Becker began shooting He escaped after woundng the detective in the back and was captured in house on Hopkins street some hours later, Lowe was discharged from the hospital a few days ago.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
1,4eo. ACEE ESTATE OPENED FOR
 ROMAN CATHOLIC sISTERHoon

Lake Ronkonkoma, N. Y, May S1.- The 1,4O0 acre estate, valued at $780, 900, recently presented to the Roman Catholic 'sisterhood of Our Lady of Cen acle by. Maude Adams. was formally opened today in the presence, of Arch bishop John Bonzana, papal delegate at Washington; Bishop Thomas E. Molloy of Brooklyn and other clergy.
 Miss Adams, indisposed.' was not pres ent. Mrs. Hugh Reilly. her compan- ion, represented the actress.
 In bestowing the papal blessing, Archbishop Bonzana pointed out that the present pope for 30 years was the chaplain of the sisterhood of Our lady of Cenacle in Milan.
 The new convent will be used for re- treats
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
$I,0OO.oOO IN VICTORY BONDS FOR
 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

New York, May S1.-George F. Ba- of the First National bank, today hand ed Robert W. De Forest, president of the board of trustees of the ,Metropoli- tan Museum of Art. $1.ooo.OoO in Vic tory bonds for the use of the museum.
 Aside from a stipulation that the principal be kept intact and only the in- come used. no condition was attached to the gift MT. De Forest said the mon- ey would be applied to bringing the mu- scum ."neareri to the people in the inter- est of art"
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
SOLDIERS BONUS BEFORE
 SENATE WITHIN FEW DAYS

With Few Alterations the Senate Finance Commtee Alp
 proved the House Bonus Bill by Vote of to 4-Sena- tor Mclean Was Among Those Voting Approval Chairman McCumber Hopes to Get Action on the Mes- Before the Passage of the Tariff Bl-Date Set fof the Legislation Become Effective Has Been Chang. ed to January 1, 1923-Opponents of Bonus in Any Form Are Preparing for Determined Fight on the Bill
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS
 SUSTAINED BY RE|CHSTAG

ecd Vote of No Confidence in the Government for lg
 nOrng the Reichstag Regarding the Preparations NegO- tstions-PeopIe's Party Leaders and Leading Demo crats Maintained That Precise Knowledge of the Con sessions Agreed to by Finance Minister Hormes Had Been ConcealedFaiIed in Attempt to Force the Gov ernment to Defend the Paris Preparations Negotiations
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
RAILROAD BROTHERHOOD
 CHIEFS TO MEET IN CINCINNATI

Cincinnati. May sl.-(By The A. P.)- Telegrams asking the grand chiefs of the sixteen railroad brotherhoods and executives of other union organizations to meet in Cincinnati next week to con sider matters, affecting the common well fare of 2;000,000 railroad workers were sent out from here today, it was an- nounced by Edward H. Fitzgerald, grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, Freight Handlers and Station and Express Employes-
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
NINE PERSONS KILLED AND
 1a WOUNDED IN BELEAsr

Belfast, May 31.-(By the A. r. )--At g o'clock tonight nine persons were dead and 19 wounded in consequence of the fierce fighting which broke out here this afternoon. Machine guns revolvers and rifles were used by the military. specials and gun men. At times the disordcrly clements tllreatenedsto invade Royal ay. enue, the city's main artery
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
FIRE WAS CAUSED
 BY A 25-GALLoN STILL

Stamford, Conn. May 31.-Fire fol- lowed an explosion in a house occupied by Charles Iupinacci, in Fairfield ave nue, last night, and when the hremen arrived the tenant at first refused to let them enter. They got in finally and put out the blaze which did little dam age. The police however, found a 25- gallon still set into a fireplace. It was a complete outfit and apparently had been in operation until the fire. Some parts of 1t had been damaged by the ex- plosion. Whiskey amounting to IS gal Ions, and mash totalling 250 gallons were seized and reported to the federal officers. Iupinacci could not be found.
 The police last night made two raids Fand liquoS seizures. In one instance Mrs. Kamihi Kappina was arrested. Her husband, Charles. was recently given 10 days in jail by the federal court for a liquor. law violation,
Norwich bulletin., 1922-06-01
Killed fight on
 Day Graduation
Willia l A. Sydnon's Army Plane Burst Into Flames in Crash Following a Nose Dive.

Richmond, Va. May s1-William A. Sydnor, of North Carolina. who was. graduated this morning from the Lange- ley Field photographic school, was killed late today while flying over his uncle,s farm four miles from here, his single seat army plane going into nose dive and bursting into flames when it crash ed The identification was made by the uncle through ring on sydnor's fin ger.