NEWSPAPER
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(.rants Interview With
I“ociated Press Before‘
' L-parture for America
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bUNITANEE RE EfllIIT
33l EURITPEAN RREKS
Tls How Food SpeculationR
"fan Be Checked' In Amer-
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y.
I‘AlllS. Monday. Sept. In—A dis-
t-cnslng era of speculation in food-
Ixaufl’s .18 the United States and
ILuxou‘hW' the world‘s primary food
mutton-t is largelv responsible for high
font costs in the opinion of ”when
littobcfi chairman of the lntcrallied
[hr-tact Organization, who on the eve of
l... departure for the lTn.tI-Ii Stat»..-
.;. mind The Associated pl‘l'Sn :III III
--'iI-W today.
\VIIII‘VPS and warehouses in North
European ports are (T\'t‘lIl'i‘I\lll..
. foodstuffs. principally Int-:Its IsIt<
thiry products, sent by merchants
our the world." Mr. Hoover said.
- IIII-I'cltant'a. he declared. Illlll
.Itilmt" on SUEIH in Poland (‘zccli-
-I'IlII'I tl.e llultir- Slit .. :I
at high ptices but these state -
only a deprecia. eIi 1IIIII. I l‘~ .I
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RAILWATS RACK
tl .Igrcssm'an Merritt Fav-
n Operation Under Im-
- I tIt'cd Conditions
c—r
I. mummy American has the
. trout its “'asllington corre-
I III- of Congressman Schuylet
3.: Connecticut, has been ta-
-3nmst constantly for the past
l.‘ with the consideration of
below the House interstate
“ Committee. of which he is a
s . Illl'l’l back the railroads to
. and provide for their op-
iJIIII‘l‘ I'Iiiproved circumstances."
-st II.|.~ been in constant at-
-ll the meetings of the com}
3 the hearing of a large nutn-
'Ils Wes representing the va-'
wi-t-sts with regard to the.
l! is expected that at least
Art-ks will be occupied by
V'wllt-e III-tore the hill can be
.n. I
-I\I:Ite Commerci- commit-I
9w II up OIe: \ plan that has»
't I. I fot the futute disposi- .
ItIiIInads. has heard w-lt ;
. II it and has thoroughly"
I T‘lt‘lll’ all." said Mr. Merritt.
sonsidered the Plumb plan,
4 States Chamber of Conr’
rt. the “'at'fleld plan. which
'Iiv holders of railroad se-
villi Illlfli of the railroad ex-
ls I> likely that the plan to
.: out bzsli‘g committee will
I
tIllE‘llY upt tiie Esclt bill.
Il aim- ailments embodying
. made in "ious interests.
Mil change present in-
tmumerct- mmission act
‘nlillll'gé tlieikpowers of the
IIIIIlItIon . the. amend-
ll tinted Mr, ' erritt. "is the
III the Iigfto control in-
tho duty protection. In
the bill lll'likely pro-
mo? db Page hone)
1. ‘lIarge “waith Murder
l. in ‘nZMiC'lla Was arrested by
i. .1. “91".“ mllce. after a chase.
.: .. ., E ‘ "k“d With the murder of
i.. ,1 ‘ 1m... who was that in the
icy, ‘ "‘ “"111‘ Md died later at the‘
i~...{,. ‘ ””“itil tl. According che‘
I ,Y ‘ ”JUN!" confessed to the
1 “"3 hf‘ tired in self-de-
‘nit
. home, the police say
. . Mingarelle of hating "3‘
(I. IIUils' with Hanna's. WK,
‘ ”I is said to bare
NilllWAlli’S Mil}
T the trial 0
' ‘ .‘.““‘ 1'! between the ‘
. .. two pan;
‘" ' “sis a boarder at the ~
Sound a the South W
Ollie. as Second-cuss “all “an".
HAPPY ERMITINATIIIN
IN WIITITN TRIALi
Fight
Lively in Hurlbutt‘i
ly Cut Settled by Payment
' of 325 Fine and Costs
l Wilton‘s old Town Hall was c10wd-'
:cd to the doors last night with citi-
I39 P.ns the majority of whom were from
{the HtIIlbutt Street section. to hear
f Joe Baccacci an Ita'ltan la-
borer charged with assault and breth
lof the peace. after a tight in the rest-'
dEnce of Frank Tullo,S Sunday morni 83.}
tm which the latter was badly cut
a bout the head with an immense can-
I
,ing knife in the hands of Baccacci.
Baccaccl was arrested by COnstable
Ray Studw'ell and bIottglIt to the. po~
_lite station. in the City Hall. while 30d)! RBCOVCl’ed by AW“:
.’l'ullo's injuries weIe treat
'J. Morrison. ed by Dr P
There was a brave array of legal
talent with Justice George W Ogden
presiding. and Grand Juror 'Flenry
Peacock acting as proseuttor. Attor~
‘ney SherII'ood O. Chlchestet appearing
tot Tullo and Attorney John J. (‘uneo
Continued on Sixth Page.
flEilfililfUlSEAith
BflMESlllAElJTSE
Harbor View *Colony on La-
bor Day Have a Merry
Time-~Well Arranged Pro-
gram
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E The summer Mason came to a close “r the m
at ilatbor \iew. yesttrday afternoon
with a very lnterestlng program of
events scheduled for the day. This is
the usual custom that the residents
follow each year when the close of the
season is at hand. The day's festivi-
ties began at 1: 30 with the unveiling
of the toll in honor of those who died
in the great war and for those who
served in the country' s lighting forces.
A very interesting speech commentinng
r.
.0“ the writ was made by
.which was greatly welcomed and rap-
plauded. As soon as the
had come to a close. the water sports
and automobile parade were held. 'l‘ho
automobile patade was the feature of
the. (T8). The machines were decorat-
ed to Ieprt-scnt lfuge flowers may-
poles and l noIelI) cleverly arranged
was that of limit llald. whose car.‘tlll~
ed with women dressed in blue and“
white. were bidding farewell in a.
weeping pose to booze.
The program of the day
winners of the events were:
Motor Boat Race (lor large boatsi ,
“'on by Roland Fish.
Motor Boat Race (for small boatsi
— “'on by Mr, Baxter's boat. driven II» ‘
V )litchelL'
50<Yard Swim
(‘arl Hanson.
IInVelling.
and the
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(for llll'n) W on l.y'
(Continued on Page Three)
VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC
TROUBLE YESTERDAYE
There was a surprisingly small_
amount of traffic trouble over the holi—i
day despite a record number of'vehi-.
cles passing through the city Officer
Muriay arrested Frank Zeeweld of.
Pelham Manor. for violating traffiti
rules and not having an operator’s li
cense. Released under a bond of $20;
for appearance in the uptown court.
Saturday morning. Sept. 6th.
Officer , Sweeney placed Samuell
Rose. of 175 Henry street New York-
city. {at failing to obey traffic signs
at Main and W'all streets. under ar-
test. and accepted a cash bond of $10
fox his appearance in court Saturday
morning. a j 1“.
Despite the slippery condi tim of thel
street round Dead Man's Curve. there
were no accidents reported. although
broken glass. evidently from a. wind-
shield of a car. lay thickly around that
telegraph pole this morning. '
Thirteen M an Arrested
For Mobbing .lail
KNO\VILLE *ETenn" Sept. 2.-—-—N’a
tional Guam who have been pa-
trolling this city since the raco' riot,
last Saturday night. were returning tt>
day to their home cities. leaving onlv
the local troops on duty. No further
trouble is expected by Adjutant-Gen-
eral. Sweeney. ,
Thin men hive been arrested in
cognoet minus. wrecking of the
my ml bx a mob which sought
am chars!!! ~
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Street Sunday Mornin in!
Which One Man Was Bgad-l
; that
‘jhas occurred on the average
.the second and third weeks in August
AWARD mums "0' “L PARTI 0' TH!
com roman, M
an fill IIIM
III limit AND
Is .3330qu
iLittle Arthur Hurley Fright-
W
ened by Dog Falls Through
Broken Planking Into Ten
Feet of Watet‘
TRITITIESS EEITTRTS
TITRBIISETIATE IIITI
Knapp and John O’Neil
and Rushed to Hospital
Where Lungmotor Was
Used but Life Was Found
to beExtincl i’
A distressing accident happened at
the old footbridge to the former
Clarke property, east of Riverside Ine-
nuo, at 1:17. Monday afternoon. when
Master Arthur Hurley, the eight-year
old son of Leon Hurley. of 60 Belden
avenue. foreman :It the Connecticut
lighting and Poor r (onIpany. tell be-
tween the p nnkmx to the deep pool
ater. twyent to I blow and was
IlIo‘EsnIIl befote the valient efforts to
Ietovet him were successful He was
passing on the bridge with another
b0, \Villlc Chamberlain of about his
own age when. it is' said. that two
_o|der lads came along vrlth a dog. and
that the Hurley lad became frighten-
ed and step wand4 through one
3;; the planking ind
fell into part of the pool.
which mealtures II ly fifteen Tt't‘l. A
numbIr of men put out in a boat
which is kept nearby and others with
a long handled gardtn rake and title: '
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BAT STATE KENS
SHITWIKEWAT
White Leghorns From East
Lynn Take First Place in
Storrs Contest
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STORRS, Sept. __-_ Reports from Ill?
‘cgg laying contest at Stot‘rs shows that
in the forty third week the hens laid
our 200 tnme eggs than in the pre-
ctding week. or a total of 3107. as
.conipared with 2.993 forsthe week be-
fore. This is not an unexpected gain.
.the only thing out of the ordinary is
.:thtt it came a week l.I er titan the
m Inagtment expetted it'uould The
records l0I the last flu years Show
a similar increase in egg yield
during
tiltVPl‘)’ yeat instead of the last week.
This yield means then. that through-
out the week each 100 hens averaged
to lay nearly 4;; eggs a day. as com
pared with only about 48 eggs a day
f0r the previous week.
From all previous recOIds it may
be safely predicted that this is the:
last increase in yield. as the product-‘
ion of the flock as a whole will tie
cline ftom this time on until the end
of the contest in October. Another
interesting thing in this connection'
is the fact that during the last five
years August has. without exception.
been the month in which the total
(Canton-d on Post- Three.)
[UMBER STRIEN
AT RETIS’ ISLAND
It became known this morning tho
large quantities of lumber—all that re
mains of the club house on Betta isl-
and, which was reduced to a pile of
wreckage when struck by the typhoon
Sunday afternoon—is bent; carried
awaybyanulnbertimenlnbous.
The names of those so wilfully mis-
mmvrt-tlns mother's property are been sold in IL mum-a. or the than
n I»: Got-ham. “surmount-taxonomic
8.; them With M n—
knownand tbeowner,
takes this means or
lmauudo-tboyMté with
binndanuéotorammt auth-
hawk-uttering ‘o'will
Moment tumbling: d
tbolaw. ”have; ”tubu'
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- .IV’A WIAL VII-E AND OUR OWN O‘ERATOI 1'
Y. m a. 1919
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Cloudy tonight, “Monday Fair.
IPRIVATEITWNERSIIIP
llllllt‘ llillllllAITS
Legislation Submitted to the
Senate Today Dealing
With Important Question
WASHINGTON. Sept 1: .«Private‘
owneiship and operation of railroads
. in a number of regional systems un
. Mrcycle der strict government control with
”meld. ’sttikes and lockout: of railroads em
lpioyes prohibited. in the plan for per-
manent railroad legislation submitted
lto the Senate today by the Inter-state
Commerce subcommittee.
A tentative bill embodying the sub-l
-__~..._ ~___._.. -pmw--- _..__.-
Iman Cummins and referred to the full
interstate Commerce Committee. The
lbill is the result of many
thearingn and work by the subcommit
ERemains BM Here bylteo which. besides Mr. Cummins. in
Funeral m A. J. COP
hone
Tins-—
Morning _ _ .
John' Main. 0! ”mm. Knot.
died in the St. W Ito-mat. ins
tHarlan-II at ”museum”
the result of n mm]. accident to
which he and his brother Larry and a
friend. Arthur Dilidletla. figured in
at 7 o‘clock Saturday night. five miles
from Springfield.:lau. On Saturday
afternoon. John. With his brother Lar-
ry and their friend Arthur. left the
Main home at 2 o‘clock. on route for
Boston. Mass. where they were to
have spent the weekend and the boil.
dity. They_ It ere traveling very slow.
as the pavement was wet and stir»
pery. due to the light I!” which fell
during the morning. Everything went
well until they arrlvM 8! a no five
print”! [I
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(Thomson. of Arkansas. Demo
Salient provision of the Cummins‘
but include:
and return of the railroads to private
ownership on the last day of
month of.enactment.
Establishing the
Interstate (‘otn-
(Continued on Page Five)
ITEATII ITE STANLEY
SIIITII SITRRITWEUL
IIETTS EITR ERIENITS
miles before the citing:
coo-m” H A’Oi—r‘olo‘ x “slat
. Genial Superintendent of C.
b. 8; P. Co. Was Justly
train ttmtn . ..
lN [Illill’ll RACE “m ““" ~—
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death of Stanley Augustus
Smith. superintendent of the local
'0 ' no ‘ branch of the (‘unn(‘(‘tit‘ut Lighting
IRIS Jones’ 0‘ com ufe and Power Company. at his home, on
Guards, Finishes First in
Yesterday's Events
Franklin avenue. was sorrowful news
to his boat of triends and business
salsociates in all sections of the city.
'Although not in the best of health for
a number of weeks. his sudden calling
away was not expected and came as a
severe shock.
Early in August he was compelled
to take an enforced vacation. suffer
ing from what was supposed to be a
malarial attack. but later news receiv-
ed from ban was more encouraging,
until the latter part of the past week.
when he bl'gan to fail rapidly.
Mr Smith was born in New London
and passed his boyhood and young
manhood there and it was in hIs home
city that he first entered the employ
of the Connecticut Company. his abil
lty soon adIancing him to the post»
non of general stock clerk for the en-
(Continued On Page Three)
Arthur Stabell. Norwalk's cracker-
.lnck long distance swimmer. finished
third in the one-mile race. held at
(‘ompo Beach. yesterday afternoon 3
No excuse is offered by Stabell. for he.
is not regarded as a sprinter. as has
been occasionally explained. Stabell.
lat the finish of the race. yesterday, fin
ished just as fresh and strong and was
Icady to enter another race of a like
distance if asked to. Stabcll is gener-
ally known aa a long distance swinr
lllt'l‘ and he gave excellent p.00! of
this when be accomplished his much
taikHi about feat of swimming across
the Sound. No doubt the winner. Lou-
is Jones. is an excellent and fast man
and all credit for winning the mile
I'vcnt of yesterday should go to him.‘
for it righttully belongs to him.
bell. neveltheless. is not discouraged
over the defeat bttt made a good en-
dtavor to try to do a thing which he
and everyone else knew he could not.,
and that was, come out of the race of;
‘such a short distance the winner. The‘
Roton Point Guards are planning to
holtl a swimming contest soon and. if
sthe plans go through. sQIe long disc;
'ance laces are to be a part of the pro.
gram.
WILITIIR SMITH
l3 RE-API’IIINTEIT
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l Wilbur Smith was notified yester-
'day that he had been reappointed
I‘Vardcn of Fairfleld county for two
lyears. Mr. Smith had completed
leleven years' service as warden. and
I is senior warden in point of service in
the state Mr. Smith has also been
appointed a lnited States Depuh
Warden under the Federal Migratory
Treaty not.
Sta~
EMBRAEEIT WIEE;
RRTII ARE KILLED
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CHICAGO. Sept. ...~“l'll Stay with
iyou. Mary." \Vtth these words. “'il-
.liam F. Tanner. a cashier in In- 21'—
‘lices of the Baltimore and Ohio Rall-
road here embraced his wife whose
foot was caught in a ra lroad frog. and
Iwas killed with her when a limited
train on the (hicago and Northwest-
ern Railroad struck them last night.
John Miller. a flagman. in attempt-
ing to rescue the couple. lost his left
leg and received a fracture of the
. right arm.
Three little children ane orphans to—
day because of Tanner's decision to
die with his wife.
vacant lllTME
HAWXHURST DAIRY “MUSE“ “INTENT
was NOT sow!
In accordance with a recently adopt
The announcement made about the ad resolution of the executive com-
streets today that “IE 010791- Loaf mince of the mayor's committee of
Dairy. owned by Charles 8. Ban sixty. Wed to provide a fitting
lhunt, olgs West lain and. had plflicoelebrationin honor ottbe re
turned World War hero. of Norwalk
am posting of honorably slin-
.ghr'od m mon- will be held to
.m Armory duh evening to mdor to
W at
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4" tin!»
committees recommendations. which
bear no resemblance to the Plumb‘
'plan. had been introduced by Chair-
months of ;
:(‘ouucil of
,dt‘ctded today
Tahim‘m 0! Government (0“!ij forcible terms to the German gov-
the .
‘ rt‘qwcl
SUPREME CNINCII 0E PEACE
CONFERENCE SEKITS WRIT-v
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fill Noll 30 IIIMIIII f,
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TREATY RE PEAEE III
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nts Out Contradictions With the Versailles Treaty in
the New German Constitution
ITEIIANREITTIT
AUSTRIAN ITEIEEATRIN TRIS AETIERMN
‘ There Seems to Be a General Dissatisfaction in Peace:
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PARIS. Sept. -.—'l‘he Supreme
the Peace Conference
to send a note in
crnlueot pointing ottt the contra—
Ilit'iions with the Versailles treaty
of the provision in the new (it-I'-
IIIIIII (‘IIIIstitutiIIII providing for
lllt‘ representation of Austria In
the German Tll'lt'llhl'aill.
The (ioltllctl demands the sup
pt'I-ssion of ”31‘ article within it
fortnight. declaring that otIII-rwiw
the Allies will be compelled to
undertake a further occupation of
The It'll ltallk (Ii. the Rhine.
The article objected to is Arti-
cle 61 of the German Constitution.
as in conflict with Article 80 III
the German peace treaty forbid-
ing German interference in Aus-
trian affairs.
Article 8”
treat)“ rents:
GI-t'tIIaIIy ackmm ledges and will
strictly the independence
of Austria. within the frontiers
which may be fixed In a treaty lic-
tut-en that state and principal al-
lied and associated powers‘: she
agrees that this IIIIlcpetIchII-I- shall
lie inalienable. cxucpt with the con.
sent of the (‘ottttcil of the ln'agttc
III. Ntillolls.
The text of the paragraph in
the German (‘otistlttttton referred
to This hot been received In lIIIs
country. it apprarx. however. that
the t‘I:lll\t-\ applied to all the tet‘
lilttl‘it‘\ of German speaking: 'Tl‘lt
lilt\ In Europe and tIIcIet'orI- to
(It l‘lll illl- All\illa. with the chw l III
IIIIIIIIIIIII: that Austria might haw
a certain number of I‘eprcscnta
ll\'t‘\ ill the German Parliament.
proportionate to the Austrian pop~
Nation.
of the Versailles
l’.\lil.\‘, sI-pt. 2.;Ttss- ll‘etil)‘ ”I
peace will probably he handed
the .\tt.~triait delegation late this
Ili‘lt'l'lllltlll, est-cording to IIIIliI-Itltttiis
here this morning.
The treaty will lit‘ III-onIpaIIiI-Il!
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ll(‘<‘
“till a covering letter \vIILI II.
cottlitig to the form ast,‘ sets s'IIt‘II
\nsttias II-sponsibil tv in aiding
to liting about the war and poin
out that she therefore could not
obtain treatment similar to that
acorded Czechoslovakia and Jugo
slavia. It is declared to recognize.
however. that because of her small
extent Austria will need economic
and financial help to insure her (‘X—
istence.
No official summary of the th-ri
'torial changes in the peace treat;
has been ghen out. but reports
from ( onferencc circles In In time
:to time indicate that several alter—
;ations in the original provisions
fwere to be made. It has been de-
‘clared unofficially, however, that
the treaty did not provide for a
settlement of the Flume contro-
versy at present, the inference be-
ing that Austria would simplv be
informed of the territory she
would have to reliuguinh ,aud that
the disposition of this territon,
in certain cases. would be left for
subsequent adjustment.
datieheotythe
fiousiatohnveav
Form-til
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As to the poltical future of Aus- l W W I. (h.
trio..- howev,cr- it is known that Inn-Inc W .1
. Conference Circles With the Treaty
eluded Senators Kellogg. of Minneso.
ta, 8" Wexter of Washington;
w Republicans. and Pomerene. of Ohio. '
given however there would ap-
pear to be little chance as France
is known to be opposed to such 3
union as are Switzerland
Inaflv othet Ionntties.
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ing of Ilissattsfactton in Peace
(‘IIIII'cI-eIII-c circles with the treaty,
which was adapted from the Ger-
‘lllilll treaty. and Ilties‘ not fit such
it small T)(l\\t'l' very well. The
('IIIIIIcII. hti\\t'\‘t‘l‘. had agreed to-
Ilay/III virtually all sections
the treaty. because there Is a gen-
eral \\‘t'ill‘lli(‘.\'\ with discus-ion.
T'Itdet'
Vienna. “'HII Its 2.000000 inhabi-
tants \ccms doomed to lapsc mm
comparatixe commercial magnifi—
cance. as thcte is a that of
only 4.000.000 .withlm 4.
outside the city to s
capitwal while with
('7ccliaslavakin and Hungary ex-
isting as separate powers, Vienna
can hardly hope to recover the
business formerly drawn from
lIII ir tI Hritorie If the Interni-
iionalization of Flume were pro-
vided for. as is expected by many_
quartersi it is pointed out by mefifl
lIeIs ol the pt at e delegations that
"Instria s slIIutIkc'n commercial ino
teicsts wonltr thcrchv be protcctv'
cd to some extent.
tory contributory to the capitalis
Ni limited that the peace dcleL’atefl
gent rally believe that Vienna is
doomed as a great capital and must
IIIIIitIIIII) relapse Into a residen-
tial c'll_\ with relatively slight bus-
lllt‘ss important c,
Members of the ( (Inference like-
“ise point I III that even were AUR-
llla lo TN) joined eventualy with
(utmattv. the futute of Vienna no
a an at Iit_\ Would not. be med,
as it “tillltl fail thus to acquire ad-
ditional tributar.‘ territory and
“(Illlll be stiltiett to the sharp com
petition I f in Iman titles with het-
th transportation facilities
COPENHAGEN. Sept. 2.—The
LitlItIaIIioII Location announces
that the BolslII \iki have been sur-
is rounded on the l itliuantan front.
The) are offering to make peace
with the li.lhuan'tani~t. whose ad-
vancc continues
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P.ARlS Aug. 30. ——Ge.ncral John 1'.
Po rshing. commander Inchlef of t.
American Expeditionary Force has ro-
fused to testify before the sub-o‘flt-
tee of three of the Congressional conv-
mittee expenditures by the \Var no-
spanningI which has been conducting
an investigation in France.
The general' 5 refuse-l had to the io-
suance of a joint statement this after»
noon by Representatives Royal (1.
Johnson and Decal E Bland on behalf
of the subcommittee in which regret
was expressed that. there should be t
conflict between the military and chi!
authorities of the government.
3 in a sepanite statement in which
'BepI-asentatlve John-on did not. pill
Ir. Bind declared the generol's no“
Ins an example of the “hill“
‘and contempt" shown during the o.-
Itlre war by the War
Howard the wishes of the ”I. ‘
their representatives.
mxoox. Au. 30. ~Mau “I
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and'
There seems to he a general feel. '
of
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but the tt‘ri- _
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