■' _ ' -^ . ■ V- ' : "'Vr--.« . -T' . V . -Jif-' ^-'- .;. ^::''■/^>iR■ ■ :-; ••'* v . ., , "■ ' ’ ■ ‘.i;'"'- :■■ -;-v-^ I Coimsuu V-Y'; A ' A. t ‘ of De*®^ ' ' ; : r f ! State . .'s Establishefl as a Weekly 18S1. THE HBRAI*D’s 4 vANT C6 L- _____ Established, aa a Semi-Weekly 1888^ MANCHESTER, CONN^ WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1919. DMNis. Cort.one cent per word tor ■~~xRlCE TWO EstahUshed as a Daily 1914. first insertion, half cent thereafter, ** . EXTRA SESSION. OF G. $. ANB BRITAIN GERIIANY NlISY PAY M Kiw cm PEEDGEB TO HELP BACH EYERYIYIING DAY or FRANCE IF A U A C r a HTOIEN IN 1 1 WAR A&-- l e M PDIALTV SHE KEELS OP THREE NEW m es J To Be Held on May 19— Date U. S .BATTLESHIPS LAID Important Clause in Peace li vested, Fonnlnre, W I Washington, May 7.' FOUR. YEAB^ AGO TODAY Italian D e la te s Present— All Participants iit Chrffian Attire Causes Surprise in Con- ders have been placed by the Treaty Handed io Ger­ of Aft Most Be Repheei v,IAJSITANIA WAS SUNK Navy Department for enouGh . Pour years aGo today, the structural steel to permit the -German Envoys Nervously Watch ProceeduiGS'—98 ' Gressional Grcles— Wilson continuation of \^ork on three man Enroys Todi^. byTeitons. ' : German submarine U-4tYi sank battleships, the keels of vrhich f the Lusitania without w ait­ have been laid. ActinG Secre­ inG off the Irish coast and DeleGates and Secretaries Present— Presiduit Wilson's Will Not Be Present— tary Roosevelt announced to­ 1,17S4 persons lost their lives, day. The price to be paid SUMMARY OF TEXT THEY MUST REBIED 114 of whom were American - —>Beport That Secretary has not yet been decided, but citizens; Face Shows S ip s o f Strain. will be governed by the This afternoon Germany’s amount of the lowest bidder IS RELEASED TODAY HISTORIC EDIFICES peaM delegates received from Glass Asked for Extra when bids are received for the the V allied Governments the remainder of the steel needed, terms of a dictated peace^ in Versailles, France, May 7.— Germany heard her fate this after* Li'. it was stated. whose making, the United no<m. In the very city where the Prussian Empire was created Sessioa Ex-Kaiser to be Tri ed— German For a Period of Years Germany Will States, forced into the war by Armies and Navies to be Reduced Have to Supply Coal to Devastated Germany's mthleSs submarine the new republic of Germany was told the penalty she must pay P’V- and Poi'ts Dismantled— Alsace- ReGions to Make Go<^ Her Rob­ warfare, played, a principal for inaugurating a four years orgy of bloodshed and rapine. ’* WashinGton, May 7.— President Lorraine to be Returned to role. beries. ' Impressive Scene. Wilson today called an extraordinary GENERAL ASSEMBLY Prance— She Must Make Good All The scene was most impressive. Months of the hardest effort, session of the 66th ConGress for May Damages on Land and Sea. Paris, May 7.— The eleventh hour cm the part of the allied ai;^ . associated powers was crowned with 19. Secretary Tumulty received decision to admit to the Versailles IDO YEARS OIDTIIDAV GERMANY’S CLAWS a successful agreement on how peace should be restored to a war cabled instructions from Paris earlf FollowinG is summary of treaty session with the Germana-’ this after­ today to issue'the formal call. of peace prepared for use of . the noon all small nations which had de^ to m world. ¥ dared war on Germany, was another WILL BE CUT OFF Comes as Surprise. press: The Italian delegates, who had rushed from Rome to Paris'ut victory for President;Wilson. 'Tha date ca^used a distinct sur­ Over 2,000 Members and the last minute^ were present. prise among conGressional'circles. It Small Nations Worried. BY PEACE TREAH Paris, May 7.— The Treaty of was known that the call would be Ex-Members Are in A situation which promiseif con­ Peace between the 27 allied and as­ forthcominG within a few days, but siderable embarrassment caused rep­ Army and Navy Forces to bO Reduc­ The Germans Enter. lined with innumerable political bat­ sociated powers on the one hand May 26 was the earliest date that resentatives of the small powers to ed to 115,000 Men—^Fleet to Have The bermans, headed by' (h^r tles. He lived up . to his nick­ Hartford Today. and Germany on the other was hand­ become very much woiried~^ster- was s p ^ ^ B ^ upon. But Six Battleships— No Air junker leader Count von Brockdorffi name of “ the TiGer” ed to the German plenipotentaries Not Be Here. day forenoon until tjielr troubles Forces After Septendber—Mnirt Rantzhu filled the central,portion of in appearance and plainly indicated ' *Tn^^H nG of the session for May at Versailles today. were taken up in perslln by the Brefr- ~' Sun^der All Her Cktlonles and the pictYire and were seated at theT that he would defend France's ixr- -(■VI Contains SO,-000.' Words; V r mean^hat the President will not LEGISLATIVE REUNIONS ident. As a result they were all Cables. foot of tables which ran through terests to the uttermost. It is the longest treaty ever in Washington to address a joint singing his praises today. the main dining room of the Trianon BiG Three Dominated. drawn. It totals about 80,000 words ; session on that date. When he l^ t Governor Holcomb DeUvers Address China's Request. London, May 7.— Germany’s army Palace. f The biG three plainly dominated divided into t5 main sections and lor his second trip to Paris, it was o f Welcome to Visitors— Speeches At yesterday’s plenary session, and navy forces wil^ Tie reduced to The great room was flooded with evei;ythinG and the contrast between toiown to be his intention not to call by Prominent Men of Connecticut. represents the combined product of China asked perintsslon to make 115,000 men by the treaty of peace, liGht which streamed through the them and the German leaders was /the special session until he could over a thousand experts workinG reservations regarding the clause^ accordinG to a Paris dispatch to the windows of the sun parlor in the noticeable. continually through a series of com­ t>e In Washington. 'What may have Hartford, May 7.— With .upwards ceding rights to Japan in ShantunG, Times. The correspondent in Paris rear. The arrangement of the tables Count von Brockdorff Rantzau, a mission for three and a h^lf months ■ caused him to change his attitude of 2,000 members and former ’mem­ but it is understood that this will* gives the followinG summary of the followed the lines of the Cloak Room tall, sharp featured man, was plain­ r In this rdhpect was not revealed. The bers, state officials and former ^tate since January eighteenth. It is not prevent her from ' signing the peace treaty: at the Quai D’Orsay In Paris where ly nerved and kept his eyes upon printed In parallel paGes of English White House today claimed to be officials in attendance, the centennial treaty as the Chinese delegates have The German army is not to ex­ the treaty was communicated to the the three Great, allied leaders— Pres­ * without any Information on the defi­ of the Connecticut General Assem- and French which^re recognized as accepted the Invitation to attend ceed 70,000 infantrymen and 30,000 smaller powers yesterday. ident Wilson, Premier Clemenclaa nite date of the President’s return, bly was fittingly observed at the having equal validity. It does not this afternoon’s historic sittinG. cavalrymen. Conscription will be At the head of the table sat Prem­ and Premier Lloyd (]leorGe. i . but It was asBUjned that he would State Capitol today. 'The occasion deal with questions affecting Aus-. China’s reservation, as was the case abolished. ier Clemenceau. On hl^ left was Premier Orlando, of Italy,- and “f remain in Paris pntll the Germans was given over to reunions of legis­ trla, Bulgaria and Turkey except in­ with the Japanese position on the The German fleet Is to be reduced President Wilson and on his right Baron Sonnlno, the Italian foreign have signed the peace treaty. lative members .^rom various ses­ sofar as binding to Germany to ac­ racial issue, will be pAssed on to the to six battleships, six cruisers, 12 Premier Lloyd George. minister, watched the proceedings cept any agreement reached with League of Nations for final settle­ Appropriations Needed. sions, from the eight counties of the destroyers and 12 torpedo boats, In Civilian' Attire., ■acutely. those former allies. ment. It is believed the President, In call­ state and the commemorative exer­ manned by a force of 15,000 men. All of the partlcftants were In The Japanese members of the edn- FollowinG the preamble anc! Italians Coming Back. inG a special session for so early a cises which were expected to be held All fortifications for a distance civilian attire, save the General^ who ference looked on with the Usual Im­ deposition of nowers comes the cov­ The presence of Signor Crispk date yielded to pressure from Sec- on the capitol grounds In order to of fifty miles east of the Rhine are wore the uniform of the various perturbability ot the Orientals. enant of the LeaGuA St Nations as representing the Italians . at yester­ fetafy Olaw, who for some time has accommodate all the visitors. Threat­ to be dismantled. armies. Scene Outside. the first .sectioi^ of the treaty, ’The day's session, paved the way for the i.)/been anxious to have appropriation ening weather with rain, however, The naval and army works upon There was no special dlploinatlc Outside in the park the scene was frontiers of Germany Europe is formal official re-entry of Premier and supply measures, that failed of indicated that It would be necessary Heligoland Island are to be destroy­ dress.