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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

ally taken or possessed, and p taken. shall without avoidable injury be inn mediatelv returned to the waters whence taken" The bill was tabled for calendar.
 The committee on the judiciary re- ported unfavorably on the bill estab- fishing state athletic commission and regulating boxing and sparring exhi- bItiOns and other athletic sports Sem ator Deming said the provisions in the bill sounded to him like a prize fight. .H It was drafted along the lines of the New York law, which had been tried gut and found unsatisfactory. The bill would attract pykDockets and other objectionable chss acters to the state.
 Senator Hemenway, while not op- posing the report of the committee. called the attention of national sen timent for boxing and that 1t had the encouragement of such men as Gen eral Leonard Wood.
 The report was accepted and the bill rejected.
 The committee on cities and bor- oughs reported UnfavOrably on the following bills. That schools in New Haven shall be built by the issue of bonds; consolidation Of the town and borough police departments in Green wich; authorizing Greenwich to take land by condemnation proceedings for the purpose of a bathing beach. for the creation of a park commission in Greenwich; authorizing Greenwich to acquire the physical property of the RiVersvilIe Power &c Water company The bills were rejected.
 The committee on finance reported favorably on a bill requiring town treasurers to submit an estimate. of local expenses for the ensuing yeaI five days after town election. the es- inmates to be predicated on the eX- penses of the previous year and not on the grand list. Calendar.
 The different committees were called ythe clerk to ascertain the state oi business before tae general assembly at the present time. The chairmens reports showed that there were about siXty-fve measures on which hear ings
 Senator Clark moved the passage oj 3 resolution creating a commission tc investigate the financial condition ot the city of Bridgeport, and on which the committee on cities and boroughs had reported favorably.
 The report of the committee was ac- cepted but the bill was indefinitely postponed.
 The bill relating to the sale of prop erty of incapable persons or minors was passed.
 The senate adjourned to Weduesdas at ll-15 a. m
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
GREEK BISHOP A VICTIM
 OF BULGARIAN TORTURES

Salonikl Monday, March 10.-Greek general headquarters has received a long report from M Diamantopulos a nephew of the Greek bishop of Pravion, northwest of Kavala. con ccrning the disappearance of the bishop at the time of the Bulgarian invasion of eastern Macedonia.
 The bishop, his nephew and twenty three prominent residents of the town were arrestsd on Feb. Il, 1917. on charges of having pro-ally sentiments by the Bulgarian commander of the town, SvetkoG. acting on itsnurctions from General Bourkof, commander of the Tenth Bulgarian division. The bishop and his nephew, according to the report, were placed in a jail near Drama, until July }. On the night of July Captain Semerdjieff entered the prisoi abused the bishop and took him half naked to Drama. Since that fime, Diamantopulos says, nothing has been heard of the bishop. According to sev- eral reports received by his nephew, the bishop succumbed to Bulgarian tOrtures.
 The Greek government has instituted charges against the Bulgarian officers named in the report,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
TO ABANDON THE NEVILLE
 ISLAND ORDNANCE PLANT

Washington March 11-Abandon- meal of the Neville Iseland ordnance plant, planned as the largest munitions faetcry in the world was announced todaF by the war department. Not only will construction be stopped at once. but the buildings already com peted will be dismantled and the tools and machinery manufactured or near ing completion will be transferred to other government arsenals or sold. The island itself, in the Ohio river, near Pittsburgh, will be turned back to the original owners
 Cancellation of the project is abso- storage depot for the eastern part of be retained as the principal ordnance lute. Reports that the island would the United States were specifically denied by the departments statement. For few months it will be utilized for storage purposes to relieve congestion at other depots, but when this need has passed the property will be cleared and turned back to it's former owners
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

Hartford. Conn. N1ar,h 1l--A de rtand for partial emancpdti on or Wo- men by granting to those Of Connecti- Cut the righ. of presidenual suffrage vras made uv advocates Cf the only ocual rights iiIl before the general as- scmhly this session at a hearing this afternoon. Some Of those who at tended ha ltHe impression that the hearing also would be he'd upon the , ending proposed state constitutional aeniment for equal sull.age. but a tearing, on last session house reso- l-tion for an amendment wll be held ar later date.
 The hearing was before au audience which filled every sea m the house chamber and many others were forced to stand. which they dll Tal'ently and with evident interest in the arguments for and agaiu~- the measure during the entire afternoon. Tho house and senate were stil in session when the Woman Suffrage association marched up Capitol Iil carryiu- placards on hich were he names of 9S.o'l women uf the state who desired th- right to vote. The Goorkeeper iH the lower ti Gnch stood fast by tha doors until adjournment came. lest the marching host should sweep in and take vacant seats The house quickly adjourned T he plaClr7s were piled up Cn tables in front or the speaker desk and the suffraEists and autis made themselves comfortable until the committee mem bsrs came from lunch.
 It was agreed that thr proponents of the meas,'re should have enc hour tts opponents ninety minutes. and tho former half an hour for fe5rtal, Sen ator Clyuc of New Haven presided Of tho many similar hearings on sui fraEe matters this one probably was thc most interesting. The argument, C1 horh sides were short. or.sp and tC tic point Miss Katherine T.udding- ron. president Of thc suffrage associa- ton. had charge of the arg mcnts fol the measure. and she outlined the ar. Fument for partial sUffraga by saying that Connecticut women asked for the presidential vote from a Counecti, cut lerislature because this was pure. l.- a Connect .ut matter. women look cd for "fIll emancipation ir inc vor7 near future hv a federal amendment r eantime th'- wanted partial rccoe ri.ton of thctr rights throuch this hil .ld possibly full rights may com, through a Connecticut referendum or I.Ic state arrHGment.
 With this introduction thr hoarin. ,ortiuued as arranged. Ofaers wh, snokc for The bin were VI gs NInc1 N Schoonmaker. Lieutenant Alyord M
 mons and Robert r. Butler an O, Hartford. Among the opponents who rnCke were Miss Charlotte Rowe of New York. Mrs Daniel Markham o' Hartford ani J. Birn,y rrtr' o New Haven.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
w. J. BRYAN ENDORSES
 LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Washington, March II. - William Jennings Bryan issued statement here tonight endorsing the league of nations, but suggesting amendments to the proposed constitution which among other things would preserve specifical- ly the Monroe doctrine, enlarge the proportionate voting power of the United States and make it clear that each member nation might decide for itself whether it would support decreeS of the leagues general council
 While pointing to imperfections, Mir. Bryan urged that they should not be allowed to lead to rejection of the plan.
 MT. Bryan dictated the statement from his sickbed at the home of friends where he has been confined for nearly three weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
To Arrange
 f'.,(Oad Finances
lroad Executives Are to Cooperate With the Rail- road Administration.

Washington March 11.-Railroad executives meeting in separate session late today created a committee of seven, with Howard Elliott president ot the Northern Pacific as chairman. to cooperate with the railroad admin lStratlon, the war finance corporation ana bankers in arranging railroad finances.
 Other members of the committee are: Albert H. Harris, vice president or the New York Central; Robert $. Lovett, president of the Union Pacific: samuel Rea, president of, the Pennsyl- wanna; Henry Ruhlender, president of the Frisco; Henry Walters, chairman ot the Atlantic Coast line, and Daniel
 Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio.
 Alfred P. Thom will be counsel of the spesial finance committee, and George M. Shriver, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio, will be in charge of the accounts. E. G. Buck
 land, president of the New Haven. will be secretary.
 It is the sense of this conference of railroad executives" said a reso- lution, that the railroad companies will, in the present financial emer- gency, cooperate in every practicable and reasonable way, with the railroad administration in it's efforts to pro. vide for financial requirements. pend ing an appropriation by congress tc relieve the situation
 While the problems to be met arc largely matters between the individua
 roads, the railroad administration, the war finance corporation, and tn, bankers, it is deemed wise to have tn, general subject supervised on behal Of the railroad companies by a centra committee, with power to consider tn, questions involved. and to give sucI
 ald and cooperation and to make sucl | suggestions as may be possible to tht i individual roads, to the director gen eral, to the war finance corporation and to the bankers; it being under 1 stood that such committee is not t, | have power to commit any individua
 company without it's assent"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
BRUNSWICK A PLACE OF
 REFUGE FOR sPARTACANS

Amsterdam March 11-Eichhorn, the former Spartacan police chief of Berlin, who fled from the German cap ital during the disorders there in Jan uary and who has been living under an assumed name in Brunswick, Ger many, addressed meeting of inde- pendent socialists in that city Monday. It is reported that Eichhorn has been aiding a movement to establish an independent state in Brunswick
 The city of Brunswick is becom- ing place of refuge for Sparacans and independent socialists driven from other German cities by the govern ment
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
BOLSHEVIK AGlTATORS AMONG
 NEW YORK SOCIETY W0Rf=s

New York, March 11-Agitators for the Bolsheviki and other radical or ganizatiOns have turned to their ad- vantage the "uplift' fad among certain New York society women Francis S. Bangs, a New York lawyer, told the Women's Republican club here today. He urged. women to lend them i1Hu- ence which he said was great. "either for good or evil, to offseutng the Bol- shevist program.
 Mir. Bangs declared that "dcsisnina. eloquent men had used their powers Of persuasion upon wealthy women who have nothing better to do with their money than spend it on Bol- shevik propaganda" and had attempt ed recently 10 introduce members of the Junior league, an organization of debutantes, into a school whose lead CTS are radical l. ", Wfs."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
FIRST WOMAN MEMBER
 OF HARVARD FACULTY

Cambridge, Mass, March 1.-The first woman to hold position on the Harvard University facGty will be Dr. Alice Hamilton of Chicago, Announce ment was made tonight Of her ap- pointment by the board of overseers assistant professor of Industrial medi- cine in the Harvard medical school.
 Dr. Hamilton, who obtained her medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1893. studied at several other universities in this country and ill Europe. was professor of pathology at the Woman's Medical college of Northwestern University for three years and served as Dacteriologist at the Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases in Chicago for eight years. Since 1910 she has been engaged in Investigating industrial poisons for the federal department Of labor
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
PEACE CONFERENCE HAS
 NEARLY COMPLETED ITS WORK

London, March 11-Pzen:ier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Bal four have sent word to their colleagues here thata the pece conference has nearly competed it's work, the Even ing News says it understands. The draft of the peace treaty already has been finished and will bo signed be- fore the end of March.
 When the Germans are summoned to Paris. the News adds. the treaty wiE be read to them and they will re invited to sign it. There will be no discussion with a view to altera- .tions of the principal articles of the treaty. Ii It is thought necessary, questions involving the adjustment of details will Dc referred tc I special Commission.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

Newark, x. J., March 11.-Police in III cities and villages Tn nine counties CT New Jersey were making pre3ara- tons tonight to deal with any disorder which may follow the strike of em- rlyoes on all traction lines of the Pub !+- Service Corporation, which goes l.to effect at o'clock tomorrow morn Ing, The strike has been ordered by the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway E,mployes to enforce recognition of the union and demand for a nine hour day with pay tor ten hours.
 Among the larger cities affected by- the strike order are Newark, Jersey City. Paterson, Hoboken, Passaic, Eli "Abeth. Hackensack. Englewood, Plain F@ld, Morristown, Perth .Amboy, New
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
JERSEY SENATE REFUSES
 TO RATIFY PROHIBITION

Trenton, x j., March 1t-Failing to get on roll call the eleven votes .nec- essary for tn epassage of lis resolu- ton of ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution, al the session of the senate last night, Senator WeI!s of Burlington had the resolution lad over.
 The vote stood eight in favor of the resolution aud ten againsr. The probability is that inc resolu- ten will be brought up again later but it's passage x unlikely.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
GERMAN SAILORS TAKE
 YACHT FROM EE- KING

Geneva, Monday, March 10. r Ex- King William of Wurttembccg had q
 narrow escape from drowning today
 curing a scUlIle that tool place when a party of German sailors from kiel sri"ed the ey kings yacht on Lake Constance. The sailors tcck the yacht tC use it for a fishing boat. Disorders along the RhiCe towns not under allied occupation arr continuing, The German and Au;triu,I consuIs have been withdrawn from the Lake Constance territory because of the hostile attitude of the neighborins l peasants.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

Brunswick and Trenton. Tie company operates virtually all the trolley lines
 in the northern part of the state anu
 one branch reaches clear to Camden. Its trackage covers 852 miles.
 The larger places are served by
 steam railroads but many of the
 smaller towns are entirely dependent
 upon the traction lines.
 It is expected the company will op- crate as many cars as possible with inspectors, starters and switchme1, No announcement has been made re garding the employment of strike breakers. Mayor Frank Hague of Jer- scy City is reported to have declared however, that they would not be tol- erated in that city. He las asserted 1 that the cars will be stopped if there is rioting.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
FORMER KAISER DESIRES
 TO LEAVE HOLLAND

Geneva, March 11-(By The A. p It is reported >Fcm Basic that the for mer German emperor has complained against his residence ill Holland It is asserted that he has declared that the climate is disagreeable and that he desires to go to the Riviera or to Egypt on account of his health and that he has requested Matthias Erz- berger, head of the German armistice commission, to make representation 10 the allies to this effect.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
GERMAN OFFICER SOLD
 AIRPLANES TO BOLSHEVIkI

London, March 11.-Lieutenant Por- ten, formerly an officer in the German aviation service, has been tried by courtmartial, according to Berlin ad- vices received in Copenhagen, and for warded by the Central News agency. on a charge of having sold an entire park of airplanes at Wilma to the Bol- sheviki for 1000, 900 marks. The air planes were valued at 10000, 900 marks. Porten then fled to Koenigsberg and headed a conspiracy in the local work mems council against the commander of the German garrison at kovno. The plot was discovered and Porten was arrested.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
BRITISH NOT TO PROTEST
 IRISH RESOLUTION

London, March 11.-In answer to a question in inc house of commons to- day, c. B. Harmsworth, under secre- tary for foreign affairs. said that the British government wouiI not pro- test against the lush resoH1tion adopt ed by the American congress.
 The question was raisol by Nr. O. Neil, who asked whether the govern ment was informed of the American resolution and whether the government would make a formal pco-cst against interference by foreign legislature in tke domestic affairs of tn. United Kingdom,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
BOIshevik Forces
 Destroy a Village
Infantry Attacks Were R pulsed by the Americans, British and Russians.

Archangel, March 11.-(By The \. r. Operating ten guns, the Bolshevik forces yesterday shelled the village of Vistavka, on the Vaga, almost com pletely destroying it. Repeated heavy infantry attacks followed, but these were repulsed with heavy losses by the Americans, British and Russians
 The allies were greatly outnumbered but fought bravely in the snow.
 The allied troops this morning still occupied the ruins of Vistaeka and were ready for new attacks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
WORCESTER BANKER MAKING
 FLIGHT TO NEW YORK

Springfield. Mass March 11-RaIph H. Mann president of the Park Trust company of Worcester, accompanied by Lieutenant Charles s. Jones as pilot, arrived in this city by aeroplane this afternoon en route to New York, bearing a message to the president of the Chase Natinal bank of New York. The aViators made the flight from Worcester in about all hour, and after dining at a local hotel continued their flight Lieute nant Jones has flown overseas
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
MILITARY CONDITIONS TO
 BE IMPOSED ON GERMANY

London, March Il British Wireless Service) ).-The personnel of the Ger man fleet is to be restricted to fifteen thousand, the supreme council has de- cided, according to press despatches from Paris. The military conditions to be imposed on Germany include guarantees that no tanks will be built and no more poison gas manufactured and that all German war material must be handed over and destroyed. It is added that allied commissions will su- pervise the carrying out of these con- ditiOnS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
CONDUCTOR DIED OF HEART
 DISEASE ABOARD TRAIN

New Milford. Conn.,. March H. William Flynn of Bridgeport, con- ductor on the Berkshire division Of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad for the last thirty years, died suddenly of heart disease on board his train tonight at Brookfield Junction. He was formerly director of Wheeler and Wilson's band and was we'll known in the state. He was S years old
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
GERMAN TROOPS RESUME
 FIGHTING IN LICHTENBERG

London, March 11.-GA The A. P.1 The German government troops. greatly reinforced, have resumed the
 fighting in Lichten5erg, says a Ger man wireless despatch received here tonight.
 The despatch adds that the Sparta cans already have been obliged to evacUatc the police headquarters and the postoftice
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
TRAFFIC BLOCKED ON THE
 DANBURY DIVISION. N. Fl. R.

Danbury, Conn, March 11.-Traffic on the Danbury division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford rail road and also on the Berkshire divis- ion was tied up late today and tonight because of the derailment of a loco tibe which overturned across tracks two miles east of this city. Several passenger and freight trains bound to and from Pittsfield and Waterbury were held up. The engineer and fire man jumped to safety when the loco motive left the rails. A wrecking crew from Waterbury cleared the tracks to- night
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
 OF NEXT HOUSE COMPLETED

Washington, March 11.-Republican organization for the majority control of the next house was completed to- day with the selection of Representa- tive Frank W. Mondell of Wyoming as floor leader, Representative Knutson of Minnesota as whip, and Represent atives WinsloW, Massachusetts, Moore, Pennsylvania, LongWorth, Ohio, Mad den, Illinois, and Dunn, New York, as the steering committee to have charge of the legislative program. MT Mon dell will be chairman of this commit +oa
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
THE SENATE

In the senate the committee on the judiciary reported unfavGnIbly on the bill concerning the jurisdiction of judges of probate over minors moving. into other probate districts. The bill was rejected.
 The committee on fish and game re- ported favorablv on the bill which provides that trout less than seven Inches ir length shall nQl be intention
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
TO PROVIDE POLAND WITH
 AN ARMY OF 6OO,OCO MEN

Paris. March II (French Wireless Servicel The Polish national as-
 sembly, according to q despatch from
 Warsaw. has approved by a unanimous vote q law calling to military service
 the classes from 1891 to 1896, inclusive It is expected that the measure will
 provide Poland with an army of 600,000 men. The deputies of the left, it is
 added. strongly favored the law.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
INDEPENDENT PACKERS
 ORGANIZE FOR EXPORT

Chicago, March 11-An export asso- citation was formed today by more than thirty independent packing companies who propose to sell their products in foreign markets. Headquarters will be established in New. y orz and a repre- sentative will be sent to Europe to be gin work at once, it was announced.
 The membership represents states from Utah to the Atlantic. The or sanization's name was not made pub lie.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

William Harris, Jr., the producer of East is West. has been asking audiences to vote on the question of whether Fay Bainter, who plays the leading part in the drataa, should be made a star The answer has been practically unanimous in the affirm ative, some of the audience, partic- ularly of the military Kind, adding enthusiastic comments on Miss Banter with their votes.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
Her Choice of Evils.

Things to smoke are higher. but 2 woman would rather he:' husband would plank Gown the Gifferrnc" than to have him around inc house any crozser than is usual at npu>ecleanins Pittsburgh Gazette Tines
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
A Perfect Day.

A 8. recent labor conference in Chi cago demand was adopted for six kour working day, with two hours for luncheon. but the perfect day will never be achieved until the schedule has it arranged for two hours of wori. and six hours for luaclcon.-Troyi- dcnce Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
Cabled Paragraphs
Channel Tunnel Wou,d Cost
 &20,o00,00O.

London, March Hive years would Dc required to complete the proposed tunnel under the English Channel from England to France, according to an authoritative estimate. l. is said that In ordinary times the cost of the work would be about 816.000, coo but in WOW Of the increased cost of labor and materials, the expense involved, under present conditions would he nearly s e2OOOOOOO.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
Not Causino Alarm,

Herr Ebert's threat to turn Ger many loose or the Allies wouNi have more weight if he did nos wear paper clothes, a plotting paper derby. isin- glass spectacles, seaWecd seeks, pulp shoes and near-rubbec collar WaghiuetOn Post
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12
What's the Tire :

Farmers, who tradiuionaj.z are early risers. also prefer to havA tteir lunch early in the day. The Burlington Re publican says Il sign Cn the local Farmers Store reads: Lunch at T. A. Arkansas City Star.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-12

A hotel piano was lost when a hotel at Sandusky, O., was remodeled 20 years ago, and has just been found by workmen tearing down the build ing under a new floor that was laid over a pit in the hotel banquet room