davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
Expect Final Decision.
 On ''Dry" Law Today
When Supreme Court Recon
 venes at. Noon-A Number of Important Cases Are to Be Heard During the Week.

Washington, Dec. 7.-The validity of the war time prohibition law may be decided tomorrow by the supreme court, in which event the country will get a, final answer to it's big questlon whether this will be a wet" Christ mas.
 The court will reconvene at noon after a two weeks recess, and While there never is anything ahead of time to indicate what opinions might oe- handed down, the impression prevail ed generally that the constitutlonallty of the war time law and the Folsteao act for it's enforcement may pc set tied at the opening. Unless the court decides these eases before January 16 it's opinion will have no effect, rol the country will be dry then by con stitutional amendment.
 In view of the brief time interVen-
 ing before constitutional prohibition
 becomes effective and the courts in dicate desire to give early considera tion to the question by advancing the pending appeals for argument, persons familiar with the courts procedure thought the decision probable. After handing down decisions to morrow the court wilt hear numbe of important cases during the week including appeals from New Orlean and Baltimore involving the right t' manufacture beer containing a nor than one half of one per cent. unde l the war time prohibition act. Argu ments also will be presented on ap heals involving the constitudonallt, | of war revenue act of1919, provision levying excise taxes upon profits de
 rived from child labor and the NeV i York income tax act.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
VIGOROUS PROTESTS FROM '.
 THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Berlin, Dec. 6.-Vigorous representa- tons have been made by the Ger man government to the inter-alIied naval commission relative to an aIleg- ed violation of the armistice terms and an invasion of German sovereignty at kiel by the British steamer St. Hele- na, carrying German prisoners.
 The incident, which is described as extraordinary in a semi-oficiaI statement issued today. occurred along the Kiel Canal. Word was received by the German Baltic station that "a German had escaped from the steamer while she was anchored t.the Holtenau docksS and that he had been pursued and fired upon by the Brit lsh. German troops were at once or dered to occupy the docks and Kiel police boarded the St. Helena to in qulre as to the cause of the incident. They are alleged to have found there about 700 Germans who claimed thev were being held on board and be- lieved they were being taken to Danzig for forcible enlistment in the Polish Legion. They asserted they had been selected from prison camps in Eng land because of their Polish names and that many had joined the legion under British pressure.
 It was pointed out that the vessel was in German territorial waters and that therefore, the meP were no long CT prisoners. and thereupon the Brit ish commander of the naval escort and the captain of the St Helena liner ated, under protest, 500 men who did not wish to remain on board From 5O to 100 Germans are said to have re- mained on board the ship, which pro- ceded to Danzig.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
RURLEsoN DEFENDS
 HIS ADMINS RATION

Washington, Dec. 7.-Post1naster General Burleson, replying today to a statement by Chairman Steenerson of the house postoffice committee, attack ing MT. Burlesons annual report, said MT, Steenerson "does not seem to un- derstand that a postal audit is not made by the postmaster general, but an independent official. of. the treas ury department, who happjens to be member of the republican party, to which MT. Steenerson belongs"
 Tt is true, as stated by MT. Steen- erson, that the postmaster general did not utilized the services of the off cials ofsone particular telegraph com pany," the statement continued, "but this was only after he had found that while America was involved in the world war it's directing officials had not only proposed to boycott the handling of press matter, but had in every way possible discouraged the handling of government business.
 AS for the compensation allowed the railroads for mail transportation this is fixed by the congress and moi by Fhe postmaster general"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08

P0.-Eight persons are dead and .4a others are, Known to have been wound- ed as result of the wild rioting on Wednesday and Thursday at Mantua where mobs terrorized the city.
 The rioters attacked the small gar rlson, cut telegraph and telephone communications, stopped railway traf- nc, ra1ded arms shops, burned prisoBss freeing all sorts of criminals. and held the police and soldiers at bay un4if 1resh troops and carabineers arrived with machine guns and occupied ths city milltarily. The troops finally es- tabllshed order Thursday night. s4s The Rome newspapers tonight print full details of the situation at Mantua The GIornale DItalia says the Manlda ! chamber of labor authorized a strike without eXcesses. The disorders were begun by 800 strikers. who speedily were joined by the lawless element un~ | der the direction ot extremists.
 The crowds stormed the military barracks and fired on the garrison The soldiers discouraged the attack by
 firing into the air. At the suggestion 1 Of some of the extremist leaders the mob moved on to the railway station and seized the restaurant, where tifeq feasted and drank wine Those of the rioters unable to enter the restauraSfr were incensed when the men inside
 poured wine upon the floor of the res-
 taurant until it flowed into the street. The rails were torn up to prevent
 trains from entering or leaving the
 station and the building itself was
 badly wrecked. At the suggestion "Let
 us burn the jails and free the prison ers,'' the mob moved to the prisors T overcame the guards and ordered tre
 astonished prisoners out, telling thelr
 a revolution had come and they wsre free.
 The men released were all being hel5
 for common crimes none of them beira
 political prisoners. Those of the rr-
 leased men who were unable to obtair civilian clothes turned their striped uniforms inside out so as to be lesl conspicuous. They were given arn' seized from soldiers or taken from thi
 footed arms shops.
 The proprietor of one of the arm
 shops raided by the mob took refuge h a room behind the shop and ws,
 burned to death in the fire the mob se
 after taking all the revolvers. rife .. and ammunition in the store.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
CHARGES THAT IMPERAToR
 oVERSTockED WITH COAL

Washington, Dec. 7.-Charges that tue transatlantic liner Imperator, now being operated by the Cunard Line, had taken aboard more coal than permitted under the bunkering reg ulations now in force are being inves- tigated by the railroad administra : ton. A report is expected tomorrow.
 The specific charge which brought about the inquiry was explained to- night as being that the Imperator took aboard some .O00 tons of coal. Wheheas under the regulations the lin- CT was not permitted to place in her bunkers more than 2,500 tons merely enough to take her to Hail. fax.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08

Ut now seems certain that the strike will be. settled this week and that the miners, in Illinois at least, will be back at work not later than Friday" Dr. Honnold said to night. My advices today disclosed nothing about the settlement plan to lead me to believe that ther was anything more than the Garfield plan. MT. Palmer and MT. Garfield have work ed out certain details that do not want made public until after the In- dianapolis conference. The attorney general was to leave Washington for lndoanapolis tonight. 1 was in- formed.
 '"The mines generally are ready to resume operations andI am confident every mine superintendent in Illinois knows of the settlement proposal and are ready to blow the mine whistles louder than ever the moment they know the plan has been given to the miners.
 Now that a settlement is expected to go through this week, operators to- row will ask the railroad administra : tion to provide for an adequate cal supply. Cars must be had to that end must be taken immediately"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
TERMS OF AGREEMENT
 UNoFFlcIALLY ANNOUNCED

Chicago Dec. 1.-The proposal to John L.. Lewis. acting president and William GAeen, secretary of t,sa United Mine Workers of America, by President Wilson and Attorney Cen cral Palmer in Washington last night included 14 per cent. wage ad vance to miners and the appointment Of commission 10 study wages. profits and all conditions surrounding tho industry upon resumption of work by the striking miners, accord ing 10 private advices from the na- tional capital received by Dr. F. c. Honnold, secretary of the Illinois Coal Operators Association. today.
 pr. Honnold declared that his in formation indicated that the strike would be settled by Tuesday or We'd nesdsy and that the miners would be back at work not later than Friday, at least in Illinois.
 The terms of the proposal as inter preted by Dr. Honnold from the sd- vices he received indicated that they were similar to the plan previously put forward by Fuel. Administrator Garfield and that they contained cer- tain details of settlement that would not be made public until after con sideratiOn Of them hy the miners ex- ecutive board iu Indianapolis on Tues aay.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
ESTHoNIAN POWER FOR
 NEGOTIATING IS LIMITED

Dorpat, Eesthonia, Saturday, Dec. S. -(By The A. P.) Announcement was received officially from Reval today that Esthonia could not negotiate for peace with the Russian soviet repre- snetatives now in Dorpat except on the conditions laid down by the asso- ciated powers.
 M. Poska, the Esthonian foreign minister in an interview yesterday. said: "Esthonia has never been az gressive toward Russia, but fought only to defend her independence. I be- lieve the other new states were in the same situation. Esthonia considers il necessary that soviet Russia should make analogous proposals to them. The other states. however, have only partly accepted the soviet proposal. All the delegations have not yet ar rived. The Esthonian delegation hopes, nevertheless, that these pour parlers will be concluded success fully
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
ORGANIZATIONS TO POOL
 EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

New York, Dec. 7.-Merger of the National Social Unit Organization which has been conducting nationwide researches. experiments and demon strations in community organization and the community councils, which has centralized its work in New York was announced here today Pooling of the educational resources of bovh organizations is provided for under the merger plan.
 Community councils were formed during the war to assist in the sue cessful execution of the nations war programme, specializing in the pro- motion of Liberty loans, entertain- ment of service men, espionage work and Americanization programmes. So- cial welfare work will be one of the principal peace timo duties of the combined organizations.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
MEXICAN SITUATION IN
 CONGRESS THIS WEEK

-- .i4
 Washington, Dec. L-The Mexican situation overshadows all considera- tions likely to come before congress this week.
 The senate foreign. relations com mittee will meet tomorrow to give fur tf1er consideration to a resolution re- questing President Wilson to break off diplomatic relations with Mexico and to withdraw recognition of the Car' ranza government.
 Senator Fall, republican, of New Mexico, author of the resolution, talk ed over the situation with the, pres ident Friday afternoon and it had been expected that MT. Wilson would give some expression of opinion on the pro- posal in advance of the meeting. Sen ator Fall said tonight, however, that the president had not definitely prom ised any response. either before to- morrow's committee meeting or later. 1 Aside from Mexico. there is work enough to keep senate and house busy until the holidays with little Droba- bility that the German peace treaty will be taken up in the senate mean while.
 Senate leaders still hope to get 8 vote this week on the Cummins bill, designed to meet conditions with re- turn of the reads to private operation and control, but with the. long fight over the bilPs anti-strike provision there may be no final enactment until next month President Wilson an nounced last spring that the roads would be turned back the first of the year, but many senators believe now 1 that he will wait until the new law is defective.
 Many hearings and investigations are on the docket for the week. The senate elections committee plans tc take up the rd-.Newberry election contest by appointing a sub- commit tee to conduct an inquiry and count the ballots. The senate interstate commerce committe will try to. ge started on plans for investigation O the federal trade commission and it: employees.
 Immigration legislation is to b, considered further this week by thu ] house immi grafton committee. and, il consideration of anti-radical legisla ton. Senator Sterling, republican, O South Dakota, will attempt to hay' the senate pass this week his seditio1 bill. penalizing attempts to overthrow the government.
 The coal strike and other ipdustria
 troubles will le considered tomorrow at a special session of the senate la
 be- committee. Chairman Kenyol
 hopes that congress in some way ma.
 be able to assist in settling the strike possibly by providing an adjustmen
 tribunal. A resolution calling upol
 the government to take over and op
 crate the coal mines as an emergenc, also is being discussed and the com mittee will consider the resolution 0
 Senator Jones, republican, Washing
 ton, proposing congressional investi l -ofioro nf rOa1 StriIya
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
KILLED IN RAILROAD WRECK IN
 ENGo FOREST, BELGIAN CONGO

Cape Town. Union of South Africa, Monday, Dec. "Details of the rail- road wreck in the Engo Forest. Bel gian Congo. in which Dr. Joseph R. Armstrong and William Stowell, both of Los Angeles and members of an exploring expedition sent out by the Smithsonian Institution and a mo- tion picture company were killed. were received here today from railway headquarters in Rhodesia
 The expedition left Sakania, Bel gian Congo, for Elizabethville in a special coach attached to goods train. While the train was stopping for fuel man controlled water truck
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08

join the other newspapers in stopping publication for two days in the hope that the strikers will return before the end of that time or some solu- tion of the difficulty reached. The Liberal and Heraldo decided to dis charge their striking employees unless the men returned to work immediate ly. This the men refused to do.
 Our Journal will publish a letter from the former premier. Count Ro- manones, regretting the calling to the strike at this time and suggesting that a peaceful solution be arrived at.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
CONVICTION OF REV. ELI
 MILLER MoWRY IS CONFIRMED

Seoul. Friday. Dec. 5.-Q5y The A. P.) The supreme court today con firmed the decision of the court of alo- peals, convicting tho -ReY. Eli Miller Mowry, a Presbyterian missionary of Mansfield, Ohio of sheltcring Korean agitators during the Korean revolt. Mir. Mowry was sentenced to pay e fine of 100 yen or go to prison for twenty days. The court gave Mir. Mowry thirty days in which to decide whether he would pay the fine or serve the jail term. a',,
 The Rev Nr 2fo.rry was found guilty last April of sheltering Korean agitators .s..
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
GOV. COX OF OHIO HAS
 CALLED OFF CONFERENCE

Columbus, Ohio. Dec 7.-Governor Cox tonight called off the conference of coal operators and miners leaders which was to have been resumed to- morrow morning at his office in ar endeavor to bring about a settlement of the strike of Ohio miners. In calling off the conference, the governor issued the following statement:
 "Te indications are that the cou. troversy will be settled Tuesday on 2 nationwide basis. In view of this the Ohio meeting scheduled for Mon. day morning will not be held It i. reassuring to the country that thu master hand of President Wilson i. again in action"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08

Constantinople, Tuesday, Dec. D. (By the A. P.)-Constantinopl is credited here with being the worst governed and highest priced city in the world. It present a spectacle of chaos run riot. Everybody is rob ping everybody else. Black Flanders among the shipping agents and the longshorement are responsible for the fact that it costs more to get freight from ship to shore than to trans port it from New York to Constan- tinople. All available dock space has been taken up by the entente powers, and Americans and citizens of other countries, are paying S3o a ton to get goods from a ship through the customs.
 Every species of Levantine thievery l has been turned loose. A modest ho- 1 tel room costs from S5 to $8 day with food in proportion, although the markets are full of produce.
 Food prices have increased twelve l hundred per cent. over those prevail i ing before the war, while house rent has increased fifteen fold. The city nightly is full of fighting soldiers an6 sailors of all nationaHties, shooting of l firearms. The gambling houses are 1T full swing for all classes, with tht | tlISi ClldHlS,e WIlSA 1OSSI B. uldhIIlS LII 1 their losses by raising prices, although 1 the warehouses are overStock ed.
 The streets swarm with pickpoekets with the Turkish police claiming to b. helpless because of the inter- allied control. The Turkish governmen claims it is helpless to conduct af
 fairs for the same reason-that has too many bosses.
 The Turkish officials say they ar
 mortally afraid of the ultimate atti
 tude of Great Britain, although re cent speeches in the British house o commons have reawakened thci
 hopes that Turkey will not h< par
 titioned. Meanwhile, capitalists o
 all nations are going head buying II
 private concessions for exploitation
 when peace is signed. However, tn
 Turkish government has forbidden tn
 sale of new concessions since July.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
A PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
 REACHEDFOR SETTLEMENT OF COAL STRIKE

Terms Are Not Be DvugedUnt Tuesday at Indianapolis Attorney General Palmer States That "a Definite Con- crete Proposition" Made By President Wilson Has Been Sanctioned By Acting President Lewis and Secretary Green of the Mine Workers Unon-Pac Is Said to h. clude IA Per Cent Wage Advance and the Appointment of Commission to Study All Conditions Surrounding the Industry Upon the Resumption of Work By the Srk- ing Miners-Fuel Administrator Garfield Declares He Has Not Been Budged One Inch In His Position.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
NITRO, w. VA, EXPLOSIVES
 PLANT SOLD FOR Ss,5 900

Washington, Dee. 7.-Sale of the ex- plosives plant at Nitro. w. Va. to the Corporation for sS,55l,OO0 was an nounced today by the war department. Of the recently supbmitted informal bids for the plant and other facilities owned by the department at Nitro. that of the Charleston corporation was the highest. The plant and twon cost the government approximately s75,- JOG, GOO.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
DIED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE
 OF HUSBANDS EXECUTION

New York, Dec. 7.-Senora. Felipe Angeles, wife of the Mexican revolu- tionary leader recently executed by Csrrsnza troops, died today without having been informed of her hus- bands arrest and death. She came here from El Paso three months ago suffering from nervous exhaustion caused by fear for her husbands safe ty and gradually grew worse.
 time 'of General Angeles execution her condition was so feeble that her friends deemed 1t inadvisable to give her the news and she remained in ig- norance to the end. She leaves four children. Sonora Angeles was 45 years old.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
SUPREME COUNCIL TO
 RECEIVE DR. RENNER

Vienna, Saturday. Dec. 6.-Dr. Karl Renner. the chancellor. has been noti- fled by the supreme council at Paris that it is willing to receive him per- sonally to plead his country's danger oas plight. Dr. Renner will beg for immediate help, proposing, as an al- ternative. the retirement of the pres ent government and the election by the allies of a neutral dictator and administrative staff to govern the country
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08

broke away and crashed into the rear of the train, smashing the last coach to matchwood. Armstrong, StoWell and Pliny Horne, a photographer of Los Angeles, who were in the coach, were badly injured. Armstrong died three hours later and Stowell the same night.
 Henry N. Kohler. a photographer, and Edward NJ. Thierry, a correspond - ent, had left the coach and gone to a forward one just before the crash and suffered only from shock. Four ma tives also were killed in the accident.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
BOSTON C. L. U. TO VOTE
 ON NEW LABOR PARTY

Boston. Dec 1.-The Boston Central Labor union. after hearing the report of Edward F. McGrady, it's delegate to the national labor party convention in Chicago, voted to make definite de- cision at it's next meeting on Dec. 21 on the question of endorsing the labor party. MT. McGrady offered motion for immediate endorsement. but the meeting accepted an amendment by Frank H. Mccarthy, New England or ganizer of the American Federation of Labor. to defer action for two weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
STRIKE CAUSES SUSPENSION
 OF MADRID NEWSPAPERS

Madrid. Dec. 7.-Not single morn ing newspaper was issued in Madrid this morning as a result of the strike of newspaper employees and the only one to public during the entire day will be Our Journal, issued by the strikers. The Debats and A. B. C..
 which published yesterday, decided to
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF
 CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS

Chicago, Dec. 7.-Loea1 publishers of daily newspapers. to aid in con- servation of coal in addition to seek : ing to relieve the white paper short age, begin tomorrow reducing the. size of their publications. The reduc- tion will he 10 per cent greater than the war time restrictions Of the war industries board,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
OBITUARY.
U. Thomnson Baker.

Philadelphia, Dec. 7.-J. Thompson Baker. former congressman from the Second New Jersey district and one of the founders of. Wildwood, N. J., died in hospital here today after a long illness He was born in Union was a graduate of Bucknell University and was identified with many busi- ness and financial interests in south ern New Jersey. i.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
MEDALS FOR REscUING
 % AMERICAN SAILORS

Cadiz, Spain. Dec. 7.-Havas). The quartermaster and three sailors of the Spanish steamer Fernandez Silvestre were givcen an American medal for bravery yesterday as a reward for having rescued 9 American sailors from death in 1918! An autogra phed
 letter from President Wilson, praising the recipients of the medals, was read.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
U. s. NOT HAVING DEsTRoYERs
 BUILT IN GREAT BRITAIN

London, Dec. 1.-The American na- val authorities in London today de- clared unfounded report published in the Pail Mall Gazette that the Unit ed States had contracted for the build ing of American destroyers in Great Britain,
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
CabIed Paragraphs
Disconoerting Rumor in Vienna

DIsconcerting Rumor in Vienna.
 Paris, Dec. 7.-(Havas). The Jour nal Des Debats says that an alarm ing rumor was in circulation yester- day on the Vienna stock exchange to the effect that the government would refuse to continue to assume respon sibility for affairs ofsstate and would hand over the governmental power to the entente.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
BODY WITH STAB WOUNDS
 FOUND IN BRIDGEPORT

Bridgeport Conn. Dec. 7.-The body Of Harry Rossignol, s3f wears old. ot this city, was found by Hhe police to- night lying in Q street with stab wounds in the abdomen William H May. who is said to have been with Rcssignol during the afternoon. was taken into custody as a material wit ness.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
HOTEL sILVERWARE STOLEN.
 BY WAY OF THE ASHCAN

New York, Dec. 7-Hotel silver ware and other valuables thrown Into asheans to be retrieved by the. asff- man is new system of robbery which the police claimed to have un- covered here today. ..'s'