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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
RECOMMENDS MARINE
 CORPS STRENGTH OF 1,4s7

Washington. Nov 2S.-A permanen, enlisted strength of 27,467 men for ths. marine corps. approximately double tfs pre-War force, is recommended .bg Major General Barnett. commandaflt. In his annual report.
 Early action of congress is urged. a. ueldy would mean loss of rank for tenn. porary officers who will be retained.
 :, Altrloutlng much of the success O; the marine corps in the war to the system of drawing its Commissioned personnel from the ranks, the com mandant said the highest eficienoI., would be served by adherence to this policy, which attracts the highest class of recruits. S-e.
 General Barnett recommended tbaf the present two. three and foi1r veay enhstment terms be made permanent as pelng more attractive than ths rigid pre-war term of four years. ana asked increased pay for both enlisted Great difficulty is being experienced Tn replacing the temporary enlisted personnel or the aviation section cr tI;a , corps, TOW completely demobilizes7. general Barnett recommended sneci. i sradeS be provided in order to r,iscs the three aviation services. on 4. nar;t-, and asked for sixty additional ohcers for aviatioI I Telling Of the marines war record, the report says four members of tf,s corps received the medal of honor. TOUT the distinguished service medal i ara 54 the distinguished saryiee croS5. 1.2Sl were awarded the French cyy,ie, de Guerre and 15 the French Legion
 Honor Total marine eorps casualties
 in France. the. report showed were
 l1,96S. with a514 killed.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24

speak. When finally he raised his hand and a dead silence immediately ensued, he said he had been walking about Plume. wishing to tread the soil of Zara and feel it's throbs." Then he spoke of the Italianity of Dalma- ta i< recalled the episode of a little girl of Plume to whom he had said, Take care they do not make you become a Croat," and who had re- piled: Not until our Monte Maggiore Mountain falls into the sea" D'An- nunzio continued "The same can be said about you You certainly will not become Slavs until your Dinaric Mountains side into the Adriaatic." !" He, added
 Here 'todays we celebrate divine service. We came from Plume, where the motto is Italy or Deathl' Arriv- ing at zara we are greeted by the cry Italy or Death!'"
 D'Annunzio showed the people the flag in which the body of his fellow aviator, Captain Randaccio, was wrapped when he died on the Car so.
 Tt is made" said d'Annunzio. "of the stuff of your suffering, woven with faith and sewn with constancy. From the Carso it was planted on the tow | CT of the castle at Duino, so that Trieste could see it. To the dying 1 Randaccio I promised to hoist it on | the tower of San Giusto in Trieste which promise I kept after having ! baptized the flag with the water of | Rome, the capital. Today I bring it to zara, and perhaps further.'
 Waved Tri-Colored Flag. | While the crowd was acclaimine | Admiral Milo, diAnnunzio drew out the trj-colored flag which he had car ried on his person in all the encount- CTS in which he was engaged during the war and which he intended to pre- sent to the citizens of Zara who had suffered the most" Now. however, he explained;
 The entire people of Zara de- serve it, so I give it to the people, and he dropped the flag from the bal. cony, countless hands reaching out to clutch it.
 l When d'Annunzio was about tc l leave the city some of his most en. thusiastie admirers raised him or | their shoulders and carried him in triumphal procession about tlit streets.
 The narrator explains in hls ac- count that d'Annunzio's aim in going to Zara was to prevent the evacua. ton by the Italian troops of territory included in the pact of London. Fl, feared this because of the arrival a Zara of the warship Ammiraglio di st Bon, which he supposed might be in tended to take away tie Italian fore
 es and he desired the witnes added. to precipitate events by actin, along the lines of the motto "Wha
 is done cannot be undone."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24

Venice. Saturday, Nov. 22.-A ser bian division, 12,O00 strong. and com poged of picked men. has been con ccntrated at Spalato, on the Dalmat1- nm coast. ready to oppose Gabrielle d'Annunzio If he approaches that city, according to information reach- ing Rear Admiral Andrews, com mander of the American forces in the Adriatic, on board the armored cruis- CT Pittsburgh.
 The American commander IS III wireless communication with the en- tire Daimatian coast and Is able 10 re- ceive an answer to a message to any point within i've minutes. Since the Zara expedition of d'Annunzios no incident has occurred at any place or the coast. according to the reports trsnquility prevailing everywhere.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
JAPAN APPREHENSIVE OF
 SHANTUNG RESERVATION

Tokio, Wednesday, Nov. 19.-(By the A. P.)-The adoption of the Shan tung reservation b ythe United States senate caused some apprehension here as to how, if it were embodied in the German peace treaty, it would affect the Chinese situation. The foreign office has declined to comment on, the question. It has reiterated. however, it's intention to endeavor to open ne- gotiations with China on the Shan tung question as soon as the general ratification of the treaty is announced in Paris.
 Representative Japanese are ex- pressing the fear that the recurring criticism of everything Japan does", as they put it, is likely to create the impression that there is some basis for the idea of deliberate unfriendli- ness. They say that any economic advantages which Japan obtains in Shantung, are duplicated by other countries in other parts os China. At a dinner given in honor Of Vis- count Ishii. former ambassador to the United States. by the Japan So- ciety, Fiscount Ishii said he had consistently endeavorcd to explain to his countrynen something of their ig- norance regarding America and <AiutIlCdIS.. Wnll6 ne ueDIOreQ the "indiscreet utterances" of sDnIe American newspapers and some Americans about Japan he had re- peatedly warned the Japanese, espe- cially the press of the mischieous ef- fects which are likely to grow out of nasty, inconsiderate criticisms of the United States, and especially of it's | president. The Japanese, he declared depcrecated nothing more strongly than the altogether undeserved at tacks that had been made upon the personality of President Wilson. After congratulating Americans up- on the remarkable and conspicuous part thgeir illustrious president had played in the struggle for the world readjustment, the Niscount express ed regret that the Paris conference had not incorporated some guaran- | tee in the League of Nations cove nant against racial discrimination, The former ambassador emphasized his belief that all countries are con-
 fronted by Q. Iyew and imminent danger, namely, war of the classes or war against the state and other established institutions.
 "The defense," he said, should be common, as the danger is common tc all countries. All petty selfish con alterations of a racial and economic character should be. merged into the
 aster consideration of this common defepse.''.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24


 feasibility, but because of the struc- ture of the covenant of The League of Nations. Plainly it's rejection by the United States would be dictated only by the interests of America While I would regret the absence of American representatives from the commission on reparation and the lack of Amer ican influence on deliberations, I be- lieve the moral victory accomplished by the rejection of the treaty would be almost preferable, both for the benefit of mankind and the reStora- ton of peace
 The longer the senate debates the treaty. the better chance Americans will have to acquaint themselves with the true inwardness of this pernicious document, which in it's present state is destined to be banefully Hateful for the whole world"
 Herr Schuecking declared the treaty as it now stands ij "merely aAi instrument of one-sided imperia1istic politics and directly the opposite of President Wilson's. peace, which would bedictated by righteousness.''
 Take, for instance" he said, 'the provision which gives Englands de pendencies one vote each. The United States, with a solitary vote. would trail far behind English interest in the league, and would probably be doomed to become her handmaiden. The march of world cents fo- the past decade has brought the peoples oi the earth nearer each other; dis tances hae been overcome and the community of interests has been con solidated. The United States ,can nc i longer isolate herself. If she is to bs | expected to join the league, however l it must be an ideal institution, and | not maintained in the furtherance 0. imperialistic aspirations, such as, fol instance, Japan's hold on Shantung.p
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
M. |. OF r. SERVICE AVAILABLE
 FOR INDUSTRIAL CONCERNS

Boston, Nov. 23.-A plan whereby industrial concerns may retain the services of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ins"a consultant capaci- ty on an annual salary basis was an nounced by the institute tonight. The institute will permit the corporations ito make use of the extensive library files and plant and to consult with members of her staff and faculty on problems pertaining immediately to the business of the company"
 The institute also agrees to place at the industries disposal "a record of the qualifications. experience and spe- cial knowledge of her alumni which is likely to be of value to them.' It will give corporations using it's service "the first opportunity of securing technol- ogy men,"
 One of the results of the plan, its projectors believe. will be "to make technology Independent of personal be- quests and free her from the necessity of making public appeals to the state or the general public for monetary aid.'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
FRESH OUTBREAKS BY II RKIsp 6RlGANDs AGAINST ',RMENlANs

Washington, Nov. 25.-F'resh out breaks by Turkish brigands against the Armenian population in Cilicts and elsewhere in Asia Minor were re- ported in advices today to Miran Sc.
 vasly, representatives of the Armen. ian national delegation. Until recent. ly cases of murder and vandalis,,l
 were isolated, the report said, and tha latest outrages were declared to ba
 more vicious than those heretofore. The brigands. heavily armed and aided by the Young Turk organization according to Sevaslyls information.
 plundered six villages in one dav, l drove away all oxen nd killed many Armenlans. They went to othoa places, killing and robbing. Thu, l'bodies of some of the victims were taken to Adana and exposed in the public places to the amazement of ths
 French authorities, it was said.
 The Armenian authorities appealed
 to Colonel Bremond, tl'e French ad-
 ministrator Of Cilicia, to take steps 1, apprehend the bdnuIts and protect ths
 lives and property of Armenians
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
PLUMB TALKS ON RAILROADS
 AT LABOR PARTY CONVENTION

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Glenn, E. Plumb was enthusiastically received by the National Labor Party convention when he presented his plan for the naturalization of the railroads of the country.
 The first step in the adoption of his plan, he declared, was "to change the faces of our representatives in con- gress.' His method of control, he said, would reduce freight rates forty per cent. and thereby held to reduce the high cost of living. The system was defined by him as a profit saving rather than a profit-sliaring plan. In creased wages, he added, did not ben resulted in higher prices for the ne- He said that his plan was sapplic- able to every public utility and tc every public untility and to every other industry in the country, ano that the states could apply it to the public utilities. It is expected that the convention will formally endorse the plan.
 The resolutions committee today
 was advised by number of dele gates from farmers organizations that any declaration against prohibition probably would alienate the suppor of the agricultural bodiN Inability of the committee to agree on several important questions led tt division of the body. Twenty eigh
 resolution which would call for the re i members were assigned to draft { l lease of all class war and politica. prisoners while five members were tt
 prepare. the new party's platform anC l other resolutions.
 | William English Walling, of the So
 cial Democratic League, said the or
 ganiZation of anational labor part! l would mean true industrial democra
 cy.
 You have chosen an opportun' ] time to launch this movement" h. said For the first time in the his I tory of this country the inheren l right of labor to strike has been chal 1 leuged. Labor cannot advance b. 1 economic action alone. You must or ganize for political action. No powe
 of the government of capital CT of tn
 press can prevent labor from Db-
 taining it's fair share of the wealtl l 1t creates"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24

Washington. Nov. 2s.-The inter vention of Fuel Administrator Gar field tomorrow in the tagging negotia- tions of bftumipous operators and miners of the central competitive field was expected tonight to bring to 8 climax the long drawn out conflict and clear the way for speedy settlement of the strike situation.
 Although the day brought no new developments here. as mine owners and workers awaited action by the administration tomorrow, it was evil dent that both sides recognized that settlement could not long be de- layed.
 Reports received by operators from middle western states showed that the coal scarcity already had reached the famine stage, and that the cold weather had brought suffering and hardship.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
GOV. DAVIS OF VIRGINIA
 COMMANDS MILITiAMEN

Richmond, Va, Nov. Ex-Governor Davis left here tonight for St. Charles, a little Virginia town near the Ken lucky border. to take personal com mand of 500 militiamen sent there to deal with conditions in the coal fields. which were reported today as serious.
 One report to the governors office said the town resembled an armed camp. Radical miners. it was said, had mounted guns on the hillside and threatened to open fire on any miners attempting to enter the mines. which had been closed since the nation wide strike on Nov. 1.
 Loyal miners appealed to the gover- nor for assistance and reported to him that threats had been made to destroy the mines with dynamite. Five com panies of militia were mobilized last night and started early topday for the border
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
REPORTS OF INDUSTRIAL
 CONDITIONS INlUPPER SILESIA

Berlin, Saturday, Nov 22.-(By the \. P.)-Tne Boersen Zeitung says it is informed that reports recently in circulation of the transfer to Ameri- cans of industrial concerns in upper SBesia. are unfounded. The news paper says the German owners of these concerns -llae no intention ito dispose of plants created and paid for hy German gold for the present badly depreciated paper monev."
 Or the other hand. the newspaper continues, the peoples of Upper si- lesia expect the government to show itself more accommodating toward the working population. especially with respect to deliveries of clothing and fo9r1 gar.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
g PERfsHED IN DANCE HALL
 FIRE AT VILLA PLATTE, LA.


 Villa Platte, La, Nov. 23.-Twenty- five presons, most of them women and girls, lost their lives here last night in a fire which quickly destroy ed frame building in which 300 of the village folk were making merry at a dance. Fifteen others were seri- ously hurt, and search of the ruins was expected to add to the list of the dead.
 Ten of the dancers were burned to death and others were crushed in a wild stampede to reach the street down narrow frail stairway while the flames were sweeping rapidly from the lower floor. More than 3 score of babies, tucked safely away in little nursery on the same floor with the dance hall, were rescued by mothers who had taken them there along with their children of dancing age. Some of the youngsters were picked up and hurled bodily into the outstretched arms of people in the street below.
 The ire started in a grocery store and a tongue Of flame reached out and startled a crowd in a moving picture theatre in the same building With the grocery and the dance hall. A man standing near the door shouted 10 the theatre audience to move out quietly and none was -hurt-eas.;sa.4=4--..-4----- The flames spread so rapidly tha 1 the whole lower floor was a roaring blaze before the dancers ill the big hall above were aware of their danger Instantly there was panic and Sht whole crowd, men, women and chil- ] dren, made 8 mad rush for the single 1 exit, the narrow stairway leading down the side of the burning building {, This soon choked and many of thos' who were trapped escaped througl windows to the roof of an adjoining 1 building Many of the victims wer' burned beyond recognition and bits O i jewelry were the only means of iden l tification of the bodies.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
To Bring to Climax the Prolonged Conflict and Clear the Way For Speedy Settlement of the Strike Situation Several Operators Have Declared Their Willingness tc
 Accept Any Proposition the Government Might Make Coal Scarcity Has Already Reached Famine Stage In the Middle West.

Several operators today deciared their willingness to accept whatereg proposition the government might offer. With the entire country arous- ed to the need of resuning the pro- duction of coal on a normal basis, neither the miners nor the ownersyof the properties, they said, could afford ito turn a deaf ear to recommendations of the government. 5--
 As the situstion now stands as re- gards wage advances, the operatorsI have offered an increase of 20 per cent and the miners have agreed to &C., cept the 31 per cent. proposed by Secretary Wilson. The possibility. of 3 compromise between those figures part of the increase to be paid by ths public in higher prices and some t. come out of the margin of the minina companies, was suggested in sonlt circles and it was said this would bs placed fore both sides tomorrow, s@
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
"BIe SIX" PRINTERS OBEY
 MANDATE OF THE IT, U

New York. Nov. 23.-A mandate is- sued by the executive council of the international Typogra phical union or derins the striking members of Typo- graphical union No back to work. was accepted by a vote of three to one at q meeting of Big Six" today. Lead CTS of the insurgent element in the union announced they would decide at meeting tomorrow whether to defy the international or return to work.
 The members of the local are loyal to the international union," Leon H. Rouse president of "Rir Six" an- neuReed after the meeting.
 The strike is nearing the end Of the seesrid iiloftth- and fisI pafafvzed the printing industry in this city,
 fine or revocat tion of the unions charter was the ultima tum contained in the mandate in which the council expressed the conviction that con tinued refusal of the 'vaca tionist members to return to work would re- suit in open shop and non union con ditions.
 The mandate also ordered the union to instruct it's officers to arhitrate the question of when the A hour week should be inaugurated.
 Lively scenes attended the reading of the mandate. Kisses and catcalIs threat tened to prevent the details heinz heard and oratory continled for almost three hours before the vote was taken Conservative leaders informed the strikers that they had no alternative but to accept. Representatives of the irsurPent faction pointed out that for eign lahorers had obtained Al hour week while they were obliged to work 1 48 hours. Some cnunseled rema inine en "vaeatiolI' until the shorter hours
 were granted. regardless of conse- quences.
 Assurances have heen given hv the employing printers that all will be
 taken back without discrimination. John W. Hays. secretary Urea surer | of the International said that the
 council would remain here to speed
 arbitration of the issues.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
Treasury Statement
 More Encouraging
Decrease In Monthly Deficits Reduction In Country s Debt Through Sales of War Materials and Decrease In Expenditures.

Washington, Nov g. Secretary Glass tonight forecast a further re-
 duction in monthly dchcts Of the treasury over the October record and announced that, on December l, the semi monthly issues of treasury cer- tificates of indebtedness and tax cer tifcates would be resumed.
 While rates on call money have
 been soaring, and the situation in fi-
 sion of some concern, treasury off,
 cials point with satisfaction to the
 reduction of government securities
 held by banking institutions during
 the last five months. In that period,
 MT. Glass figures showed war bonds
 and indebtedness certificates held by
 financial houses dropped $825, ,406, 900. Meanwhile, also the nations debt fell to S26,210, ,9e5,0 or a net reduction of $3S5. .000, ,000 from its highest mark at the end of August.
 The reduction in the countrys debt resulted largely from the increase in treasury receipts through the sales of war materials. Decrease in cur rent expenditures also aided material ly.
 The new series of indebtedness cer- | tificates to be issued will bear date of December 1 and be payable on
 February Is, 1920. The interest rate will be 4 IA per cent Tax certifi- cates to be issued at the same time. al l the same interest rate, will be paya- I ble March 15. 1920 or on the date or
 which a tax installment is due. | The total amount of indebtedness certificates outstanding on November was s1.634,6 ,671. .000. Tax certificates outstanding .on the same date 1 amounted to s1,S27 ,5S6,0O0. Of this amount, however, $746.S69 .500 is pay able on December 15 from income ant excess profits instalIments due or l that date
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
GERMANS WOULD WELCOME
 REJECTION OF TREATY BY U. &

Berlin, Saturday, Nov. 2z.-Rejection by the United States of the treaty of Versailles would be "a tremendous moral victory for the cause of uni versal peace" in the opinion of Herr Schueckling, German pacifist leader and a member of the German peace delegation. Speaking to The Associ- ated Press, Herr Schueckling ex- pressed the belief that delay in rati- fication would give Americns a fur ther opportunity to study the docu- ment", adding that The trusted they would avail themselves of it.''
 ''The treaty in it's present form" " he continued, demands revision. not only on ihe ground of it's general in-
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-24
ORDNANCE SHOPS ARE
 ABLE TO MEET DEMANDS

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Ordnance shops and depots of the war depart ment are adequate to meet any de- mands: Major General c. c. Williams. chief of ordnance. said in his annual report today Three years ago, the report showed. secret board reported to Secretary Baker that at least IS months must elapse from the initia ticn of operations before vital munitions could be produced.
 The industrial agencies of the de- partment now include 14 manufa eur ing arsenals. all equipped to 100 per cent. capacity and with sufficient re- serves of dies and tools to outfit q score of additional plants.