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Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-28

SALESMAN wANTED-To solicit Or
ders for lubricating oils, greases and
paints. Salary or commission. Ad-
dress the Harvey Oil Co.. Cleveland,
Ohio. jan.28d.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-28
FOR SALE

FOR Shakespeare piano. sewing
machine, old style tables. bureaus and
other household furniture. Wednesday,
10 to 8. 81 Spring St. jan.28d.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-01-28
WANTED

WANTTD--An elderly lady to care
for an invalid. Good home. Address
Mrs. Ella Rollins. Trading Cove. r. D.
T. jan.2Sd
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
DOM ESTlC.

The state department has been ad-
vised of efforts on the part Of the
japanese oil companies TO acquire
properties in the Tampieo oil fields
in Mexico.
One hundred steamships built on the
Great Lakes during the war have been
sold by the Shipping Board to the An
derson Overseas Corporation of New
York for approximately $S0,O00,0O0
United States exports during June
brought the total for the fiscal year
1919 to more than $1,000, 900 900, new
record
A man with more than $4,000 in
his pockets has disappeared in Kansas
City He is Austin X. Grooch So years
old. retired contractor of Spring
field, Mo.
The 44hour week, with the same
pas as for the 50-hour week, has been
granted 5000 members of the Boot
and Shoe Workers Union of St. Louis
by the manufacturers
Joseph Ward, 81 years old. of At
lanta, Mo, and a G. A. r. veteran.
claims the antique whisker champion.
ship of this country and states that
he has not shaved his mustache since
May 2, 1863.
fdes Dotoapzou, one-armed French
golfer. won an exhibition match at
East Orange, N. J., recently from
Louis Martucci. the Italian profes.
sional
Further charges of cruelty to Amer
lean soldiers in prisons in France wera
MADE IN letter presented by Senator
Harding, Republican, of Ohio. and re.
ieffed to the Senate Military Commit.
tee
seven children, ranging in qec from
. weeks to 10 years, were found
with their mother, Mrs. Tony Sir,vi.
saf' burned to death or asp4yArta3
IN their home at Kimberly. ohio
Inc children had been tied tn te.,ir
beds and coal oil had been spr,nl<1ad
over the room
delegation of more than 500 Swiss
business men Will make tour of The
united States this fall with the oh.
lect OF studying at first hand the gen.
eral business and Industrial methods
and institutions.
EHingham, Ill, has been selected az
one OF the landing places by the Aerial
League for the $500 mile tour be.
tween the Atlantic seaport and 81
Louis
Samuel H Stone, of Aver, Mass
was convicted of deserving his men in
action and sentenced to Fort Leayen.
worth for 10 years.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
GOVERNMENT PLANS
TO REDUCE PRICES
GROWING UNREST IN UNITED
STATE RECOGNIZED BY WASH
iNGTON OFFICIALS.
TO SELL ARMY SUPPLIES
War Department Orders Sale of Sur
plus Stores-To Be Sold and
Delivered BY the Parcel
Post System.

Washington. - In the face of grow.
ing unrest over the high cost of liy-
ing, as indicated by the spreading
strike of railroad workers, many gov
eminent agencies moved in efforts to
effect return to normal price levers.
Immediate sale of all surplus food
stuffs purchased for the army, in
stead of only canned goods, was or
dered by the War Department Mil
lions of pounds of meat, beans. pump
kin, squash and other commodities
/ will be offered to the public Monday,
August Is, through the parcel post
system at prices materially lower
than those now prevailing in the mar
ket. Purchasers will have to pay
postage charges from the place of
storage.
Director General Hines, Commits
siOner Colver and Assistant Secretary
Leffingwell, appointed by the confes-
ence. assembled by Attorney General
Palmer to recommend steps to reduce
living costs, were engaged in an ex-
change of memoranda.
The impression went out that the
committee had agreed that STEPS
would be taken by Congress. which
would alleviate the situation at oncs,
but il was said at Mr.. Hines orlca
that nothing final had been decided
upon. The committee was instructed
particularly to deal with proffteerins
and to suggest how law enforcement
agencies should proceed to bring to
Justice men guilty Of extortien
through unreasonable prices
If any recommendation is made %
Congress, it is believed most Hke1y
that it will deal with the sale of the
wheat crop at market prices and the
absorption BY the governments, De
tween the price and the 1925 guar
anteed the farmer. Many officials
have indicated that this IS the most
practicable step.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
GOVERNMENT FACES
LABOR SITUATION
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES DEMANDS
CREATES CRISIS IN NATION
Al CAPITAL.

Washington. - A new labor crisis,
growing out of the high cost of liy-
ing, is facing the Railroad Administra-
ton. So pressing are the demands of
the railroad employees for more pay 10
maintain their standard of living tna-
President Wilson. following extended
conferences with Director General
Hines, asked the House of Represen-
tatfves to abandon a proposed recess
or five weeks, and remain In Washing
ton to consider the creation of COM
mission which would determine an
questions concerning the wages of
railway workers
The House, on the eve of its planned
recess, voted to comply with the presi-
dents request, which previously had
been endorsed by the Republican ENr
ecutive Steering Committee at spe-
cial meeting
The president took a new step IN
railroad legislation in suggesting to
Congress that the act to create the
commission should make the deci-
the rate-making body. and provide,
when necessary, increased wages 20
cover any recommended Increases in
wages. and therefore in the cost of
operating the railroads.
This was the first time that Con
gress ever was asked by the chief ex-
eentive to order the Interstate Com
mefce Commission to advance rates.
Mr. Wilson's letter. addressed 10
Chairman Eseh and Gummins of the
House and Senate Interstate Com
merce Committees, virtually transfers
to the floor of Congress the question
of whether there shall be an increase
in transportation charges, long fore
cast by the steadily growing deficit
arising from the failure of railroad in
come to equal the government guar
antee
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
CRIMINAL.

Capt. NJ. Palma, paymaster for he
Mexican federal army on the border
was robbed of $4,000 gold which he
was taking to pay the troops
Eleven Koreans tried to commit sui
eide by tying themselves together with
a rope and then jumping overheard
near Seoul
Ruth Erickson, 90, confessed before
the Grand Forks County Insanity
Board that she had started thirteen
incendiary fires in the last eighteen
months at Grand Forks N. d.
Secret service men have been dis
patched by the Mexican government
to the Tampieo oil fields to obtain evil
dence against American companies OPP
Grating there
Alexander Garbai, president of the
Hungarian Soviet government. killed
himself in the assembly building at
Budapest.
Burglars in the home of Thomas
Parker, retired steamboat captain
OF St. Louis, stole his trousers, in
pockets of which were $1,000 and a
watch.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
MISC ElLANEOUS.

Deliveries of 81 vessels to the Ship
ping Board week ending July Il
brought the total since the United
States entered the war to LII, 81
4,09o,803 gross tons.
NJ. l.. Bourgeois, chief engineer d
the French navy department, has De
signed cannon with range of 10i
miles, which could be put in position
in an hour.
Wage scale agreements affecting
Illinois mine workers will remain b
effect until President Wilson Issues
a proclamation following ratification
of the peace treaty by the Senate.
Joseph e. Pace, for many years a
newspaper man and later one of th'
recognized leaders of journalism ID
Mount Vernon, Ill, died at Anna, III,
at the age of 81 years.
Roy Haberle, said to weigh 6s
pounds. better known as Jack Wilson
is dead. He was Coney Islands fat
man.
The American Clothing Designers
Association predicts an increase Of
100 per cent in the cost of mems cloth
ing next summer.
Five lion cubs have been Offered
for sale at 800 each at the Forest
Park Zoo, St Louis.
Ten thousand persons were served
with cuts" from a single cake at
Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, Cal.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
SENATE AND HOUSE
IN DISAGREEMENT
SENATORS FAVORED EXTENSION
OF SESSION AND REPRESEN.
TATWES OPPOSED.
ADOPT EXPENSE MEASURE
Thirty Thousand Dollars to Pay Mile
age and Per Dien1-Govefnor
Signs Suffrage Measure
Pens as Souvenirs.

Little Rock
After wrangling over parliamentary
tactics and Juggling with roll calls
for two days, the special session OF
the Arkansas Legislature came to an
end and as the result mere than 200
prominent citizens of the state who
came to Little Rock to secure rem
edial road legislation left for their
homes in disappointment.
The Senate resolution to extend the
session three days to correct defeets
In road bills passed during the regu-
lar session was defeated by II mem
bers of the House. These II men Kept
the resolution from receiving the nee
essarv two-thirds vote The House
adopted a resolution during the fore
noon to adjourn and there was moth
Ing left for the senators to do but re-
tire and go home.
The ratification OF the suffrage
Amendment to the federal constitution
and passage of the bill to appropriate
$4,000 10 pay per diem and mileage
OF members constitute the accomplish
ment of the special session.
Gov. Brough has signed the legisla
tive resolution ratifying the Susan b.
Anthony woman's suffrage amendment
OF the federal constitution. He pre-
sented the pens with which he signed
the resolution to Senator Harry l..
Ponder, author OF the Senate resola-
ton: Representatives Riggs, Boiling
err. Joiner and Doyle. authors of the
resolution in the House; Senator Nc
Ferrin. presiding officer of the Sen
ate. and Speaker Newton, presiding
officer of the House; Senator Ben II
Johnson. chairman joint enrolling
committee. also to Mrs. T. I. Gotham.
president of the Woman's Suffrage
Association: Mrs. Ellington, Mrs.
Frank Glib. Mrs. Stella Brizzolara OF
Fort Smith, Miss Josephine Miller,
Miss Gertrude Watkins and Miss
Mary MeCabe.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Personal

Clarence Ousley, assistant seo...
of agriculture since 1917, has resiss ~
TO return to private business sue
Henry A Strong. presidan. :.
Eastman Kodak Company diaa VI %
age Of 81 years. Ct %
Sir William Osler, one of tho -,
famous medical scientists and , oa
tors, is 70 years old, or thirty W.
beyond the age at which he sofa s' a.
period of mans creative nsofn,. u
expired '''uss
Suit for $4,000 against Jess u,r=
Tex Richard and Frank G Han ' @
filed in Cleveland. O.. in the Fea. u
Court by the Standard Film Co.,
Company for loss due to the han :.
the movie pictures of the fight
Premier Paderewski arrived in M
saw from Parts and was given an :.
thusiastic reception by the populaea
The Rev. Edmund A. Baxter -.
Der of the Dominican Order VIII :.
oeived the Croix de Guerre. wears -
medal on his robe when performs.
religious service.
The Government completed tho =,
chase of that portion of Camn c.s.
desired for the site of permsns.
military establishment
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
WIRES BACK TO
PRIVATE OWNERS
eURLESON ISSUES ORDER RE-
LEASING TELEPHONE AND TEL
EGRAPH LINES.

Washington. - Government control
of telegraph and telephone properties
has ended Orders for their return to
private owners were issued by Post
master General Burieson, as required
under a resolution adopted by Con-
gress and signed by President Will
son.
Mr.. BurleSon, in a statement, said
sound public opinion ultimately would
determine how this trust has been
met and that he was content 10
abide by the result. Besides this re-
ply to criticisms OF his management
Of the wire companies. the postmas-
ter general also took parting shot at
the Postal Telegraph Company, most
of the officers OF which were removed
several months ago because of what
he termed interference with govern
ment management.
The postmaster general said that
with one notable exception the rea-
son for which is thoroughly under
stood by those who have kept inform
GU 1NtlJ VII COMPANY iied toi'Nit
him loyal cooperation
Under the resolution of Congress df-
recting the return of the companies
government fixed intrastate telephone
rates are TO remain in force for a
period of four months. unless sooner
changed by state commissions. but no
provision was made as to telegraph
rates.
Clarence IT. Maekey, president of
the Postal company. in urging Con
gress to provide for speedy return OF
The properties, said his company
could reduce rates 20 per cent and
still earn a profit.
This statement was recalled in con-
nection with the return of the prop
critics and rate war between the
telegraph companies Is a possibility.
Telegraph rates We're increased ap-
ProXinately 20 per cent last March 10
meet increased salaries to operators
and other employees and rising costs
of materials.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
ACCIDENTS.

The American schooner 7 p
Bignon, from New York for Pno,sY
previously reported overdue has hs.s
posted at Lloyd's as missing
United States submarine 60 ....
with open matches in Long rslaaa
Sound off Pleasure Beach and thu
OF its crew of nine were drowned
Fire in Camp Paul Jones at III.
Great Lakes Training Station ra,ss
the public works department bnil5
ings, destroying all building operatio,
records of the station as well as oon,.
martial records.
Several men are believed IN b.v.
been killed when a still at Cosden pa
finery, Tulsa, Okla, exploded
Judge Harry P. Dolan. of the mimi
cipal court. fell to his death from ,ba
seventh floor of the Chicago city hall
Two women and baby were IN,
stantly killed and four children ser.
eusly injured when an automobile in
which they were riding collided with
train near Mount Vernon. Ill.
W. o. Turner of Muscotah, Kan
took a lantern and crawled under.
meath the car to find the leak h
found it. It vas the gasoline tans
instead of the radiator. He will r.
cover. it is said, at the hospital
John W. Edwards, farmer of His
boro H., is dead as the result Of fall
ing on the stubble of big weed which
penetrated his stomach. EdWarls
weighed go pounds.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL AN
NiVERSARY.

Twill soon be an hundred years they
say
Since Arkansas first saw the light of
day
She passed her cradle days in wild.
Tumultpous scenes. When but a
child
She welded in statehood in SO
While still belle of the backwooIs
sticks.
In '65 she eloped and ran
Away with another handsome man..
But soon came home in a brand new
To the loviH' arms of her Uncle s"
OH, She's had her dancing days and
fun
But her grandest days have just be-
gun;
For the wealth of Cresus Is in her
Mills
And the health of youth in her springs
and rills
And her fame in the nation CLOVIS DO.
side
~ A'ti4A' VI lltl NdIOIO Jus SpHS W0TlQ-
widei
It's an hundred years as the dial rolls
round
Since her state flag rose from this sa.
cred ground
But We see the belle of the backwoo,ls
sticks
Now decked with diamonds and pearls
and fixed
To serve to heaping the nations
plates
With riches cleaned from her own es-
latest
And the open door TO the feast at las.
Invites the nation to break It's fast
And enter the paradise they saw
When they peeked through the fence
at Arkansas,
Graham Burnham.
Glenwood on the Caddo, ARK.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
LABOR.

Union printers decided by a vote of
24.389 for to 1.919 against to inausu-
rate a national f4hoar week.
Nine hundred employees of the Water
loo Go8a) Gasoline Engine Company
walked out when their demands for
collective bargaining and higher wages
were not granted
Representative of the six railroad
shop unions. who are in conference
with railroad administration officials,
telegraphed to shop employees over the
country not to strike pending final
settlement of their demands.
Industry after industry not self
equipped with electric force has been
forced to quit in Pennsylvania and it is
estimated that upward of 100, 900
workers are idle.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
CONGRESS SIONAL.


4 bill permitting national banks to
lend rs per cent of their unimpalred
capital and surplus was passed by the
house ana sent to the senate.
The house war investigating commit
tee. iruuiring into expenditures abroad,
sailed for Europe on the transport
Mount Vernon.
Reduction in the rank or discharge
of more than 1900 officers of the ma
rine corps was announced By Maj. Gen.
Barnett.
President Wilson is giving deep
and very thoughtful consideration" to
the high cost of living, and all
branches of the Government that
might aid in solving the problem are
at work
The War Department will offer at
auction in Washington Sept. 3, more
than 200 tons Of barbed wire parucu-
larly adapted for the needs OF STOCK
men. The minimum amount to be
sold in one lot will be two tons
The Council of State has memorial
lied the Congress of the United States
to permit the Filipino people to de-
eide for themselves the question OF
prohibition.
President Wilson has maze up his
mind to appeal to the American people
to ask the Senate to ratify the treaty
OF peace without prolonged delay
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Second Division Coming Home.

New York-The Ninth Infantry
one of the regiments of regulars
which gained fame in the years before
the great war, came home recently
from France. where it added luster to
its brilliant record 1t was the home
coming vanguard of the Second Divi-
sion, which wiped out at Chateau
Thierry the German spearhead which
uenaeed Paris in the darkest days
OF 1918.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
LIZ ranch OfGcar

Paris.-Trial by high court OF Jo-
seph Caillaux, the former premier,
who has been under arrest a year and
a half charged with having had trea-
sonable dealings with the enemy, is
recommended in the conclusions of
Theodore Lascouve, attorney general
of the republic
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Rin Demand For Pennies.

Philadelphia The abnormal de-
mand for pennies is still taxing the
capacity of the presses il the Phila-
delphia mint the enormous total of
Is. 9S1, 900 having been struck during
July.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
FOR EIGN.

Paris.-The sen iment is growing
among our European allies that Wv
United States should take steps ID
Mexico to insure their interests unless
indeed, the United States prefers !"
let them take the necessary steps
themselves.
The Russian press agent, Axel Ro'A
on trial at Munich for high treason
admits having been sent to German
by the Russian Soviet Committee.
Eight British airplanes arose iroD
cruisers stationed in the Baltic ga
and bombarded kronstadt, Bolshe'n
naval base, for forty minutes
The Serbian cabinet decided to re
sign in body.
The Polish parliament ratified lns
German treaty and also the treaty III
the protection of minorities by w"
Of go to Al.
A bill to deport undesirable aliens
under which the Government in'I
send home enemy aliens now inteins'
IN this country, was passed ey -
House
Postal communication bee~e's
France and all parts OF Germany az
reopened.
The Austrian Cabinet, headea :"
Dr. Karl Renner, has decided "
sign.
The British Coy eminent is arfau'
Ing TO send a naval force to hu''.
to cover the evacuation of the AiN
angel district BY tue troops there
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Bio Sale of Sims

Washington = One hundred steam.
ships built on the Great Lakes during
the war have been sold by the Ship
ping Board to the Anderson Overseas
Corporation of New York for approx
mately $So,ooo 600. This is probably
the largest ship sale on record.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Washington. = Four l7-knot ships,
among the larger vessels now being
used as transports. will be turned
back to the shipping board tmme-
diately and placed in South American
passenger and freight service out OF
New York after they are overhauled.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Condensed NecUs items
SHORT STORIES TERSELY TOLD FOR
THE BENEFIT OF BUSY READERS

Loan certificates >or five month";,
turity bearing interest at Az ~ ia
will be issued by the Treaeirr vi
monthly on the LIST and 15tb y, l
ming August l, for the remain5 pes
the calendar year for the pulnos.
financing the Governments roo s
ments. ddi
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Would Prohibit NEGRO Soldiers

Washington. r. Negroes will be
prohibited from enlisting in the army
and navy under bill introduced by
Representa-, ye Caraway, Democrat
of Arkansas.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
American Propertv Tbrea+e,aa

Washington TT More than 1000
Americans are threatened with loss of
millions Of dollars in investments by
new agrarian law enacted by the
Congress of Sonora. Mexico. at the di.
rect instructions of Governor Gales.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Little Rock.-Following adjourn
ment of the Arkansas Senate five
flags carried by Arkansas units during
the war with Germany were taken
from the walls of the chamber, where
they were placed by Secretary OF
State Tom j. Terrall to form part OF
the decorations. The flags were loan
ed by Mai Henry F. FREEDMAN. as
sistant adjutant general.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Alabama Favors cond Roads

Montgomery, Ala - A resolution
submitting to the voters of the stale
a constitutional amendment providing
for issuance of 25,oo0,000 in bonds
for construction of $500 miles of I'M
proved highway was adopted by the
Alabama Senate by vote of % to :.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Austrian Minister in u. S

Houston - Kolaman KAMA vol
Kanya, Austrian minister TO Mexico.
who was here en- route from Mexico
City TO Austria, announced his inten-
ton Of resigning from the diplomatic
service when he arrives at Vienna.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Boston. = Shoes sold in the spring
will bring even higher prices than
those now prevailing, but relief NAV
be expected late in 1920, according 10
a statement issued by the National
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Asso-
citation.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Havre. II Officials of the Federated
Trades Union went TO the wholesale
market and obliged the producers 10
sell them quantity of foodsmffs al
prices varying from 5 to Is per cent
under the average market price.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Marine strike Is Settled

New York-The strike which for
about three weeks has tied up ship.
ping along the Atlantic and gulf sea-
board. was finally settled when IN
agreement on wages was reached
with the marine engineers.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
Plan Collective Action.

London - Steps toward intema-
tional collective purchasing of food
stuffs 10 check profiteering and specu-
lation which are declared 10 be rife IN
all countries. wete taken at the meet
ing of the Supreme Economic Coun-
oil
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
..r;c.,s After German Bushes,

Coblenz.-Army headquarters gave
nermisison for FIVE American com
mercial travellers to proceed through
the Coblenz bridgehead on business
in the interior OF Germany.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
estimate Crop at 100000 Bales

Washington = a cotton production
of 100000 bales this year was fore.
cast by the Department of Agricul
ture basing its estimate on the con-
dition of the crop July %. which it
announced at GIL per cent of normal.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
House Votes To Take Recess.

Washington. Without a record
vote tn. House adopted resolution
providing fer a recess from August ,
TO September g. During this time the
Senate is expected to be continuously
at work on the peace treaty.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08

Mena.-James NJ. Slime, who arriv-
ed home from overseas, said that the
American Red Cross saved him from
starvation while he was a prisoner in
Germany Slime was a member of the
goth Division and was captured dur
irg the Argonne fighting on October
9, 1918, and held a prisoner by the
enemy for so days.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
cost Of Women,s clothes 10 Go un.

Chicago. - A 100 per cent increase
in the cost of women's gowns for fall
ard winter was predicted by delegates
to the third annual convention of the
Woman's Wearing Apparel Assoeia-
ton.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
New Sneed Record SIT

Dayton. O.-Maj. r. w. Schroeder,
army aviator, set new worlds speed
record for high attitudes, it IS claim
ed, when he flew at rate of 1877 miles
an hour, at a height of 1900 feet.
The Monticellonian., 1919-08-08
SIS coo Reward For Villa.

El Paso. Texas-Gov Andres Ortiz
OF the state of chihuahua has offered
a reward of $4,000 gold for the cap,
tire, dead or alive. of Francisco Villa,
according to a Mexico merchant who
arrived from Chihuahua City.