Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-13

 cred probe of mergers; Of packing plants with American concerns.
 Robert s. Lovett, president of the 1 Union Pacific Railroad prefers the Cummins bill to the Esch measure The German government decreed that Christmas trees are a necessity and ordered arrests for prolfteering. The special meeting called by di- rectors of the American Hide 6 Leather Co. for Dec. Is was postponed.
 Charles E.5Wry, secretary of the l National. Association of Retail Cloth iers, predicted prices will continue to go up. E!s
 C. R. Gray was elected president of all Union Pacific companies with headquarters at Omaha, Neb., effective Jan. 1, 1920.
 | Iu. s. Grain Corporation announced purchases of straight flour amount ing to 5000 barrels at an average of $10.2s barrel
 The Massachusetts House voted to kill the bill to relieve the Boston Elevated Railway from payment of subway rentals. Fire destroyed the old Kernan's Lyceum theatre on Pennsylvania ave nue. Washington. just opposite the postoffice building. Andrew Bonar Law announced, in Commons he had received corrobora- tions of reports of pogroms by Cos sacks against Jews.
 Voluntary military training may be agreed upon as a compromise in event of failure of the universal military training being reected.s
 An embargo on shipments of freight for export to South Atlantic ports was declared by the southeast ern regional committee.
 James P. Wilson, chief detective Of Hammonton County, N. J., declared Billy Dansey's fox terrier dog led to An order was offered in the Massa. ehusetts House requesting Congress to take whatever action necessary to relieve the sugar shortage. Hearings on merchant marine and other pending shipping legislation will be started Jan. 12 the Senate Com
 merce Committee announced. To svense the death of Gen. Felipe f Angeles, 400 Villistas raided Muzouiz State of Coa2luila. footing the store.
 and seizing several important persons l Ts- ~--ss af D. |. According to reports of the Mexican . ministry of industry and commerce ' the daily production of petroleum il n Mexico amounts to 1,592,649 barrels. # Chairman Esch of the House Inter = state and Foreign Commerce Commit V finger sugar embargo bill next Tues $ day.
 Sir Thomas Upton, back in Londor 4 fro minis visit to, America said. he ex -s poets final details of the Americ " Cup contest to be settled in d. fc7 -e weeks. d British schooner Barbara w. wa 't rescued from the shoals off Cap fe Pogue, in the easterly side of 5, Mar S, tha's Vineyard ,,by the coast guar a cutter Gresham.
 Hearing on pending bills authoriz
 ing the Shipping Board to settl
 claims of wooden ship builders wi r be begun by the Senate Commerc I Committee Jan. 8.
 d All buildings at Eberts aviatio sl field at Lonoke, Ark, were sold E auction to the Lesser Goldman Coi "a ton Co.,, of St. Louis, for $30,O0 A0 Thnu SS00A00 re A charge is eontaine din the repoi - of the military Affairs Committee ~, the House that the War DepartmeI n. spent millions illegally and withol of wdarrants of law"
 to Congress will refuse to extend ar is additional loans or credits to foreig
 nations, Representative Fordne
 chairman of the House Ways ar Means committee, declared. IN Rowland c. Andrews, editor of u da Hartford Times resigned to becon te managing editor of the Worcester Te hI, egram, which paper vas recent - purchased by Theodore T. Ellis. he Mutual ties bind the Anaches Ter Paris and the I. W. W. in the Unite es States, Professor Anatole Le. Bra IT. French exchange professor at C. e- lombia University, declared in a stat n- ment.
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 The Senate Commerce Commits
 declined an invitation of the Traff
 Club of Newark. N. J., to inspe 0S Newark Bay and canal proects on De
 F. The House committee accept, J. the invitation. he
 gu: High waters that have flooded To ;ua oa lying sections of Alabama; Georg .as and Mississippi, generally are begil -G sh ming to recede, but Montgomery. Al ,nn ,, bama. ard Ma con, Georgia are in t ", w grip of the flood.
 h FOUR INDICTMENTS FOR
 OPERATING ILLICIT sTll RS Boston, Dec. 12.-Four indictme CT
 for alleged operation of illicit distilli he apparatus and. two charging the exa ing tion of excessive prices for sugar we it freturned by the federal grand ju