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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
SUIT OVER DISPOSAL OF
 $15,oo0.0o0 KEITH ESTATE

Boston, April 15,-Allegations that 4. Paul Keith and Edward F. Albee agreed in December, 191O to give John F. Cronan, lawyer. one third of the $15.0O0.000 estate of B. F. Keith. the vaudeville theatrical proprietor. if he should succeed in preventing MT. Keith from disinheriting his son Paul, are made in a bill in equity filed by MT. Cronan in the superior court today. MT. Albee personally and Mir. Albee, Walter P. Cook and John p German, as executors of the will of A. Paul Keith, are made defendants in tie suit, which seeks to have the court order enforcement of the alleged agreement
 Mr. Cronan was counsel for B. F. Keith from 1898 to 190S In his bill of complaint he alleges that in 1910 ''as well as before and after that date" B. F. Keith was giving to various women
 property Of considerable value" and
 permitting them to interfere with and to some extent manage some portions of his business" He says that Paul remonstrated with his father and as a result Paul was discharged from his fathers employment.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
T'V0 MONTHS STATE BONUS .
 ASKED FOR SERVICE MEN
Petition Presented by Senator Bishop of New Haven Was Referred to Committee Appropriations Suffrage Bill, Favoraby Reported in the House. Was Made the Order of the Day for Wednesday, April 23.

The dog law, passed in the house, was rejected in the senate. The house voted to insist and called for com mittee in conference. MT. Dorrances of ] Plainfield and MT. Trra, Of Orange were appointed committee on the part of the house.
 Favorable report was made on the act to control communicable diseases in institutions, and provides that per sons confined in institutions for 8 pe- riod of ten days or more may be ex- amined for maliquaint inrectious or contagious diseases.
 The education committee reported favorably an act authorizing school boards to employ a dental hygienest to care for the teeth of pupils. Calen
 dar.
 The Connecticut company, in &C., cordance with an act amending the charter, as taken from the calendar and passed in the house, Is authorized to locate. construct, maintain and op-
 crate. in accordance with the prov1-
 sions of it's charter and amendments
 thereto, electric railways upon the fol-
 lowing routes and along and upon the
 streets and highways hereinafter nam-
 ed, or upon private ways, or upon any portion of said routes. streets or high- days: In the town of Norwich, begin ming at it's tracks in Dccum thence on or along the Norwich and Worces- ter turnpike, the Versailles road, the Jewett City-Norwich road, Main street and North Main street in Jew ! cit City, thence to a connection with it's tracks. at or near Central Village,
 or over route substantially as above l described. 1 All rights which said company has 1 to construct, maintain and operate an electric railway in TaftviI1e in the
 town of Norwich. from connection with it's tracks at South B street, 1 through Norwich avenue, to a connec- | tion with it's tracks at North B street;
 also to construct maintain and oper- l ate an electric railway in the city of 1 New London, from a connection With ] the present Main street hne thence on Crystal aveue or other streets to the westerly end of the new approach to the old Thames river railroad bridge, to a connection with the track on said bridge. with the right to operate over said bridge to the eas-eriy end there of, and thence wholly or in part on existing or proposed highways or up- on private right of way to a connec- .! tion with the present tracks of the i Or, | and Stonington Street Railway Co ! my. are extended and continued
 in force until the rising of the general assembly at it's January session, 1921. , Said company is authorized to ex- , ercise it's franchises free from the , provisions Of section six of the amend , ment to the charter of the New London Street Railway Company. approved , June 9. 1893. and from the provisions of section ten of the charter Of the Norwich Horse Railroad Company as
 1 amended by section seven of the : amendment to said charter. approved June g, 1893.
 Any teacher employed by the city of
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Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
SAYS LUMBER FAMINE
 CONFRONTS THE WORLD

Chicago, April 15--Roger E. Sim mons who was sent to Russia in 1917 ss a uleU.ber of @ United States gov ernment commission to study the lum- her situation in the war-devastated countries and who was taken prisoner bs the Bolsheviki government and at ono time sentenced to be shot told the legislative commission Investigating hign prices of building material that tre world was facing a lumber fam inc
 Fri .eF Of lumber, he said, were cer- tliu Co rise iu the newt few years be- cause of the unprecedented demand which would cone from the recon tirucUou of the war-stri7lSe regions o. Europe. The major portion Of this lumber he said. would have to be supplied oy the United States and tsuada
 Canada already has received an or der from the British government for one billion feet Of lumber while this country has received orders for one million feet Of oak from England and twelve snip loads of lumber from Italy.
 Mir simmons said Russia, which before the war exported g per cent of Inc owrlds lumber supply. would not ho iu a position to cut lumber until five yc'rs after the government had been stabilized and order restored. Au7tria and other countries which eX- ported lumber before the war are ir similar position. he said. so that the present burden in supplying this commodity would have to be borne by Inc United States and Canada
 Replying 10 questions regarding the future Of Bolshevisin in Russia. MT Simmons said. 'Bolshevism is like ( scourge which must run its course. believe that eventually 1t will fail be- cause of its brutal injustice and i'm. morality. It is the greatest menace tC real democracy that the world seen.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
WOULD PUNISH GERMANS
 FOR CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

Paris, April 15.-Premier Clemen- ceau today received from Mrs. Charles H. Farnam of New York the repre- sentative of the committee for the pro- lection of women under interna tional law. a resolution signed by 5,00O, 900 American women relating to crimes against women committed by the Ger mans and their allies during the war. The resolution denounces the German attacks on humanity through woman kind as infamous and sinister"
 Super abundant proof exists, the resolution says, of the crimes which the armies of the central powers per petrated against women in all the countries they invaded.
 Demand is made that all officers, soldiers and civilians belonging to the armies of the central powers who per petrated any crime against women or girls in any allied country should be punished if possible, especially in pat ent and notorious cases.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
Telephone vice
 AII1'e lied Up In Eve ection of New Eng lai. .xcept Connecticut No Move Made Toward Set clement. ,.

Boston, April 15.-New England set tied down tonight to the uncomfortable realization that telephone service in this section. except in Connecticut, had been almost completely tied up by the strike of several thousand operators of the New England Telepnone and Tele- graph Company and the Providence Telephone Company. The girls walked out at [ a. m. and a day without fla cllIties for quick communication brought home to everyone the serious ness of the situation
 Business men found their transac- tions greatly hampered. fin homes Where there was illness the delay in summoning physicians caused much anxiety Newspapers nae considerable difficulty in gathering rne news of the day, including that or the strike it. self, as there was no telephone connec- tion either with the companys offices or with the strike headquarter< No move toward a settlement had been made tonight. The operators seek a wage advance and the opportu- ity of bargaining directly with the of ncials of the companies. They de- clared that since the operation of the wires was taken over by the post office department they have been unable to obtain proper consideration of their 1 demands. Postmaster General Burle- 1 son has insisted that he mas provided | machinery for the handling of wage 1 questions and that the operators have l failed to take advantage or 1t.
 l Replying late today to telegram l sent by Governor Coolidge yesterday ! urging the postmaster generals inter vention to end the strike Mir Burle-
 son wired that ''eyery step possible was taken" to avert the strike, that the | !, Jl-.ai
 cause existing" and that tn operating ! officials of the companies mad been di rected ito take every step to restore the service.''
 William R. Driver, Jr., general man
 ager of the New England company. il q statement tonight, asserted tha some of the strikers had returned t work and that the mana cement wa
 undertaking the worH or developin: | a competent operating force"
 | At the end of the day" he said
 the records show muc. mprovemen
 in many places. Many operator
 have thought sbetter of their first de cision and are now on duty Still ther
 continues no policy of refusal on tn
 part of the leaders of union telephon
 operators to develop the government
 plan of procedure for settling wag matters. Practically all of New Eng land haS felt today the erect of tha , refusal'
 The telegraph companies wer
 sWamped with messages. E. A. Crane
 manager of the Western Union Tele graph Company. estimated the increas
 in business of the Western Union 1
 this city as 50,000 messages. J. D. Nc . Donald, manager of ti1e Postal Te1e
 graph Company. said that every on i of the twenty seven Boston branche
 of that company mad handled 100 |
 POO more messages than ordinarily. f The telegraph companies, bot !, managers agreed. did the greatest vol
 tune of business ever transacted in f single day in Boston.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
Special to The Bu11et1n.)

Hartford, April 15.-An act con- corning minimum wages for women and minors, which provides for a con- mission to Investigate and fix the min- mum wages. the commission to be ap- pointed by the governor, each com missioner to receive $5 {, day for actual service rendered. There were unfa- vorable majority repor, and favorable minority report from the committee on labor. MT. Rogers moved acceptance of the minority report and acceptance of the bill Mir. Rogers offered amend ment that the law be not applicable to agricultural industries. After a long discussion the amendment was reject ed, and motion for a roll call on the amendment was lost. Then the debate continued for more than an hour by Messrs. Rogers of Manchester, Prisk Wallingford, Geary of Waterford, Donenee of Plainfield, Shaw of Red ding, Talcott of Vernon, Christoph of East Windsor. The favorable minor ity report was defeated, the unfavora- ble majority report accepted and the bill rejected. The house was in con- tinuous session until two o'clock, when it was voted to adjourn to 11.15 We'd ncsday morning.
 amendments reported favorable an | amendment to the constitution relating to the qualification of electors, known as the suffrage measure. Tabled for calendar
 1 A communication from the governor 1 requested all members who have rel atiTes in the Twenty Sixth Division and who desire grand stand tickets for 1 the parade in Boston, to make appli- cation to the clerk of house or sen-
 ate.
 Favorable report came from the fist 1 and game committee relative to the i taking of shad. The license fee shal be S2 and the period from May 1 tt June 10, inclusive. The license it practically for the ne, used and em- ployes are not required 10 pe licensed The committee on public health ant
 safety reported unfavorably q bil
 which requires that children may b' Ivaccinated before being permitted tt attend q public school. IT the parent
 or guardians are unable to pay fo
 vaccination the expense will be pait
 by the town.
 CnfaVorable report was made on tn
 bill to appropriate $15,000 for the pur
 chase or additional real estate and fo
 procuring adequate WGier supply fo
 the Mansfield State Framing Schoo :. and Hospital.
 The excise committee reported un , faVorably the act that beverages mad , from grains or fruits containing tw fper -centun of alcohol or less, or sue per centum as may be allowed by tn
 federal eIactment, shall be disignate
 temberance beverages and shall not b subject to the laws of this state gov
 erninE the manufacture or sale of in
 toxicating liquors. Bill rejected.
 Favorable report came rom the ap
 propriations committee specifying tha the. fiscal year of all apartments (
 the state government shan end on tn | thirtieth day of June.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
WORLD WAR VETS AT
 CAMPFIRE WITH c. A, R,

DanburE. Conn. April 15-Three hundred veterans of the world war just returned tc their homes in Con- neCticut after service oVersoa :, acted as C; Qrt to about 15G members of the Grand Army of the Republic when they attended a campfire" llece to- night iE connection with the f1ty- second annual encamplnent of the dc partrIeut Of Connecticut, c. 4. k. Three companies of the state guard also assisted in. esc0tting the dele gates who went or foot to 'ha thel're Wae;c the night programme vas he'd.
 Colonel l. Moss Ives, )t 'h.s c:ty,
 presided al the gathering Mayor
 William Y. Gilbert of DanhIry Ge- lige'v the address of welcome Gtn- eIal Cl&Hendcu F. Adams of omaha,
 Neht, l,sl-oEaI commander in-c chiaf of
 the C. 4. R. spoke on The Grand
 Army of the Republic" Colonel
 Christian Quien, of this city, depart ment commander, gave an address and Colonel Benedict N. Holden of Hart ford spoke on behalf of the state. Rev. Harry C.. Meserve, q former chaplain 1 in the army. had as his topic The Blue and the Olive Drab'
 Mrs. Hattie E. Crockett, depart ment president of the Womans Relief Corps, spoke for that organization Major James A. Haggerty of New Haven, formerly of the 102nd Infan- ] try, talked on Over the Top Over the | Sea" and another speaker was Colonel ] Robert J. Woodruff of Orange, state commander of the Sons of Veterans I The e1campment will end tomor- 1 row when the election of officers will ! take place.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PEACE
 CONFERENCE AT VERSATiI EG

Paris, April 15.-The German dele gates to the peace conference while at Versailles will reside in d wing of the Hotel de Reservoires, adjoining the prefecture of police according to ar engagements announced today by Paul Dustasta, general secretary of the peace conference French delegates or members of their staffs will occupy the rest of the hotel. which was at one time the home of Madame de Pompa- dour
 Most of the French delegates and the delegates from the other countries probably will go to Versailles daily to attend the meetings with the German delegates at the Trianon Palace hotel, where the supreme war council has had its headquarters. The meetings with the Germans. it seems probable. will continue for ten or fifteen days.
 The treaty of peace will be signed in the famous hall of mirrors in the palace at Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
NEW YORK HARBOR STRIKE
 TO BE RENEWED THURSDAY

New York, April 15.-The Marine Workers utilization declared tonight a renewal of the general harbor strike which will involve 16,000 workers. The new walkout will go into effect at 6 a. ]. m. Thursday and efforts will be made to tie up everything afioat including ferryboats, coastwise and trans-Atlan- tic shipping.
 Leaders of the organization declared there would be no exceptions to the strike order and that even hospital ships would be included. They assert ed their determination to employ every means at their command to enforce their demands for a basic eight hour day and higher wages.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
WILLfS- OVERLAND co.
 CONSIDER WAGE DEMANDS

Toledo, O.. April 15.-The manage ment of the Willys- Overland Company here is considering union wage de- mands that, if granted, owuld mean an additional expense of mere than four million dollars a year. An increase of 15 cents an hour is demanded for F., GOO employees, the demands of the ln ion having been presented recently. The men ask the end of piecework, q week of five working days. eight hours q day, four hours on Saturday and double time for overtime.
 Conferences between employees and the company are in progress. The au- tomobile company recently announced profit sharing policy with the first distribution during the present month,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
CONTEST OF THE WILL
 OF MRS. FRANK LESLIE

New York, April 15.-A contest of the will of Mrs. Frank Leslie. leav- ing the bulk of her estate to the wo- man suffrage cause, was begun here today by Othea. the Baroness Salva- dor. q Dutch subject residing in Par is. Attorneys for the baroness ob tained from the surrogate citation making Mrs. Carrie II. Wrenn. of Cranford, x. J., a niece and next of kin of Mrs. Leslie. party to the proCedeings.
 The baroness alleges that the Leslie will made in 1914 and already probat ed, a proceeding which sine seeks to overturn, was drawn when Mrs. Les lie was of unsound mind and under undue influence eNerted upon the tes- tator by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, named as trustee of the suffrag ge fund, and William Nelson Cromwell and Louis H. Cramer- executors of the will and trustees Of the estate. The bar oness claims that in valid wills of the | testator, drawn in 1907 and 1911. she
 is left $15000 diamond necklace and l J.QG0
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
Munich in Hands
 of the Communists
Many Civilians Have Been Killed or Wounded in Street Fighting-Hard Battle in Progress.

Berlin, April 15. via Copenhagen Munich again is completely in the hands of the communists. according to the IaSeblatt, but troops loyal to the government have received reinforce ments and are using artillery against the communist stronghold in the cen tral railway station.
 Street fighting in the Bavarian cap ital Is Increasing. Many civilians have been killed or wounded.
 disbursements for the loyal troops are being hurried to Munich from va rious parts of Bavaria.
 The communist force in Munich, the newspaper adds, consists of parts of the garrison, Red Guards and unem- ployed. The government forces are declared to be having a hard battle with them.
 The government has declined to en- force food blockade against Munich owing to the distress it would cause ir the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
RUMANlANs RETREAT BEFORE
 RUSSIAN SOVIET TROOPS

London April 15-Russian soviet troops, after heavy fighting, have com pelled the Rumanians to begin gen. eral retreat into Bessearabia from the line of Kamcnetz- Mohilex along the Dneister in Podolia. Russian wireless message says.
 Further north in western Ukraine, the message adds the troops of Gen eral Petlura have been driven from the line of kamenetz- -Proskurov- Shepie- tGYke-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
COMMERCIAL
 MISSION IN WASHINGTOkl

Waslington, April I5.-The special Chilean commercial mission, com posed of Senator Eliodor Yanez, and Senors Tocornal and Villanueva, were taken today by representa- lives of the United States government to visit the White House. capitol library of con- sIess, bureau of engraving and print ing and the bureau Of standards. To- morrow they will visit Mount Vernon and Thursday they are to call on Dr. l.. $. Rowe. assistant secretary of the treasury. Dr. Rowe will also entertain the mission at luncheon Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
SHOUTED ITO HELL WITH
 THE AMERICAN FLAG"

New York, April 15.-A sensational incident marked the close of an ad- dress by United States senator George A. Chamberlain at a dinner of the Sphinx club at the Waldorr Astoria to- night His peroration was a poem. The American Flag" As the Oregon senator recited the closing lines. one of the diners in the rear of the grand ball room half rose from his seat and shouted:
 ITO hell with the American flag," Diners from several tables started toward the man who had denounced the flag. but Edmund w Mitchell, vice president of the Texas and Oklahoma Oil Company, was the first to reach him. Swinging with his right arm, MT. Mitchell landed a ciean blow on
 the chin of the disturber and knock ed him down.
 Several friends seated With the man attempted to interfere and there was a lively scrimmage in which Mir.
 Mitchell himself was scrucK in the face. The disturber was rushed out a
 side door before any serious damage was done, however. Edmund D. Gibbs, former president of the club and Rob- ert $. Scarborough. treasurer, who in- mediately began an investigation, de- clared they had been unable to de- , termine the mans identity but that they would not rest until they had done so.
 Several members of the club, which 1 is composed of advertising men, searched the hotel lobby and barroom for the disturbel but learned he had
 been hurried away in a taxicab.
 That fellow is mighty :ucky he is not in jail" said MT. Gibbs. While Senator Chamberlain was speaking I heard the fellow making remark 6 ridiculing the address. went over and remonstrated with him but his friends seemed to be iii belligerent mood and l left rather than cre3te a scene" i Senator Chamberlain, who is chair i man of the committee on military af- fairs, declared the victory of America and the allies was the result Of organ i iZation of man power and of indus i trial power He characterized the se- | lective law as the greatest piece of
 democratic legislation ever enacted.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
PLEADED GUILTY TO
 ENTERTAINMENT OF s13.7oo

pleaded guilty in the federal court to- day to embedding s13,7C0 from the Second National bank while he was employed there as a teller. Arthur l.. Stevens pleaded guilty to the charge that be aided and abetted Corey in cb- taing the banks funds.
 IL was charged that Corey tried to help Stevens out of financial duficul- ties by raising checks. Stevens was employed by the city of Boston as a paymasted. The defendants made restitution.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
LABOR CONDITIONS
 CAUSE UNREST IN MEXICO

Washington. April 15.-tlabor con- diuons m Sonora. Mexico. unsatisfac- tory for the last six years. have be- come much worse with the discharge of more than 5000 men by several copper companies and the steady growth of unrest. official advices re- Ceived here today said. Several large silver mines have reopened, However, after being closed for several years. A noticeable increase in the number of Americans, mining men and bankers, entering Sonora. was reported.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
POPE SENDS AUTOGRAPH
 LETTER TO CARDINAL GIBBONS

Rome, April 15,-(By The A. P.l Pope Benedict has sent an autograph letter to Cardinal Gibbons, addressed to the entire American Catholic cler- gy, in which the pontiff also an- nounces that he is presenting to the shrine at the Catholic University in Washington. D. C. a reproduction of Murillo's Conception" made in the mosaic factory in the Vatican.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
RUSSIAN NATIONAL ARMY
 RAiDED BOLSHEVIK POST

London April 15.-On the Archangel front south of Seletskoe on April 19 a detachment of the Russian national army raided a Bolshevik post, virtu- ally wiped out the garrison of sixty men and captured two machine guns. an official statement from the British war office says.
 Only six men out of the garrison of the post succeeded in escaping The Russian casualties were two killed and i've wounded.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-16
HOUSE OF COMMONS
 STARTLED BY WOMEN

London, April 15 (By the A. P).- There was an unusual scene in the house of commons tonight. During a discussion of a labor motion on pen sions two womea in the strangers gall lery began shouting You are murder. CTS. You have not settled the last war. You are leading the people and workers to another war"
 They were immediately hustled out by attendants. Then a third woman, artired in a long white cloak, in the same gallery, slowly arose and ex- claimed: We want the soviet
 This woman left quietly on the re-. quest of the attendants