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Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
MAXIMUM PRODUCTION
 ON SILK MANUFACTURING

Boston, March 27.-The point of maximum production in silk manufac- turing is declared to be somewhat nearer fifty hours than 54 hours per week in a report issued today by the
 National Industrial Conference board.
 An extended investigation of working
 hours in that industry showS, accord
 ing to the report, that while reductions
 to a fifty hour week resulted in a ma
 jority of instances in a decrease in the
 total weekly output, in many cases
 there was an appreciable increase in
 the hourly rate of production, and in
 several instances this increase was
 sufficient to maintain weekly produc-
 tion at it's previous level. Taking ali establishments collectively" the report finds, the loss in total output was less than proportional to the reduction in hours This showing is in contrast with that i presented in previous reports of the 1 board on the cotton and wool manu- l featuring industries. In the woolen in | dustry it was found that the output | was maintained in only a small pro- 1 portion of establishments on a sched- l ule of 54 hours, while in the cotton in- 1 dustry reductions to a 54 hour week almost invariably involved a loss in l production and usually substantial ] loss The report says the reason for l this difference in results, lis largely to ] be found in the much greater import 1 au ( of skilled handWork in the manu- 1 facuure of silk goods
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
TAKING TESTIMONY IN
 MADDEN MURDER TRIAL

Hartford, Conn.,, March 27.-f -f1Iifton B. Macomber police guard Cheney Brothers silk mills in Manchester and the states chief witness on the trial of the five alleged gunmen charged with the murder of William K. Madden near the silk works on January 30, testified in superior court late today hat the bullet that killed Maj en cM from the automobile which .Iadde.. and he had halted, and was among the first shots fired by occupants of the ma chine. This was the states answer to indications given by questions of law yers for the defense that they would attempt to establish that Madden was killed in free -for-all exchange of shots.
 A packed court room listened intent
 " while MacOmber was on the stand.
 He told how he and Madden, his chief
 approached six men near the silk
 storehouse at Il D. m. on the night of
 the murder; how they detained the men in their automobile: how they searched them and how the killing took eral shots after the fleeing car while he place He said that Madden fired sev- lay on the ground mortal1y wounded. Under cross examination by counsel l for the defense, Macomber repeated much of his story without change. He i told of firing nine shots at one of the men who had gotten out of the auto 1 mobile and said the man lodged be- l hind telephone poles before finally run
 ming to get back into the car.
 l The five men on trial are William 1 Smitter of West Haven, and Wm. L. Bessler, John Nuess, Michael McDon- nell and Fred L. Klein, all of Hoboken 1 N. J. At today's session all were iden- 1 tified by witnesses as having been seen | in or near Manchester on the day ot 1 the crime.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
LINE OF MARCH FOR
 26TF PARADE IN BOSTON

Boston, March 27-Th= route for the "W elcome Home" parade ol the 26th Division in this city in May @as defin- itely decided upon today by the state commission in charge Of arrangements. The route will be five miles in ength and the committee also announced that se9!s in the grandstands would le furnished free to soldiers of the di- vision for distribution among mem ters of their families.
 The parade route follows Start at Ecason and Charles streets. down Bea- con street to Park street. Park street tc Fremont, Fremont to Boylston, EOylston to Arlington. Arlington to Commonwealth avenue C,orth side), Commonwealth avenue to Charles Gate West, then counter march down south side of Commonwealth avenue, In Berkeley street, then over to BoyI- ston to Massachusetts avenue to Col umhus avenue. Columbus avenue to Park square.
 The committee decide1. owing to the limited space, not to allow cities and towns in New England to build grand stands. The state will Fay for the construction of the stands
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
SECRET CORRESPONDENCE
 OF COUNT CZERNIN

New York, March 27.-George Creel, former chairman of the committee on public information. made public here tonight a summary of the secret cor respOndence of Count Czernin, late foreign minister of Austria Hungary, which was turned over to Edgar Sis son at Prague by the custodian official of the Bohemian government. One of the most sensational of the disclosures was that there was a German Magyar conspiracy against ArChduke Francis Ferdinand, heir apparent to the throne of Austria. who was assassinated at Sarajevo on June 2S, 1914, because he was considered a rival of the then Emperor William.
 MT. Greet said Mir. Sisson accepted the privilege of using the correspon- dence in behalf of the United States government. He declared one copy ! was to be turned over to Secretary of ! State Lansing for use of the peace conference commission Investigating ! responsibility for the outbreak of the war, while another was to be sent to teh committee at Washington for re- ! lease to the press.
 In a report to MT. Sisson. the scope i of the letters. Captain Immanuel Vos lla. U. $. A. head of the Prague bureau Of the committee on public informa tiou, said:
 Prom the documents and letters ii will be shown that Francis Ferdinand | was working on building up a strong 1 Austria which would eventually eman- | cipate itself from the inSuence O | Berlin. This was blocking Berlin's | plan for expansion toward the eas ! and the Berlin government came to aI | understanding with the Budapest gov | ernment to offset the plans of Francis Ferdinand.
 Although no positive proof wa [ found from the documents on hand a.
 to the conspiracy to kill Archduk l Francis Ferdinand, it is sufficient,
 evident that there was no conspirac,
 in Serbia for that purpose The arch
 duke was rather a friend of Serbia il
 hatred of the Magyars, as he knew O
 the conspiracy between the Berlin an, the Budapest governments.
 There are in the letters interesting
 details of political talks of Coun
 Czernin and Emperor William in Kie
 in 1906. William said: All EurOp
 has to unite economically agains
 America
 Tt may interest you to be informe
 that Count Czernin is still workin
 with ex-Emperor Charles for the re
 establishment of the Hapsburg throne
 The documents we have on hand wi make both emperors, German an
 Austrian, absolutely impossible anon their own people when they are pub lished. They will expose the intrigue ] of the Hapsburgs against the Germa
 imperial family as well as the in . trigues of Emperor William agains the Hapsburgs.'
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28

either incomplete or imperfectly regis- tered at interment.
 Deaths of American soldiers in French hospitals, of which only mea- ger and often incorrect records are OF file, are likewise disclosed by burial of these bodies resulting in complete Identification. Access to sites of prison camps in Germany and to territory formerly within enemys lines is lead ing to discovery of many American graves and identification of casualties previously reported as missing. Each company or other unit of the American eXpeditionary force have heretofore been furnished a complete list of officers and men carried as 1 missing up to Feb. l. All units are | required to display such list in places | accessible to members of command for | the purpose of securing casualty in i formation from every possible source. l This eXpedient is resulting in locating 1 hitherto unknown graves and identifi-
 cation showing present status and
 whereabouts of many battle casual !! ties.
 Consideration should be given to
 the fact that method of warefare as well as the extent of terrain fought over lent exceptional difficulties to dis covery and burial of dead. Burial parties frequently completed their mission under heavy fire and often could only be done under cover of darkness, thus making identification difficult and often impossible. Re burials are now furnishing means of ; Identification in a great majority of :! such cases
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
SOUTH AMERICA NOT
 FOR MONROE DOCTRINE

New York March 27.-Because they believed the league of nations would free the South American republics from the restraints of the Monroe Doctrine" and end their seeming sub servience" to the United States. the people of South America were strongly in favor of the, proposed covenant, Bishop William F. Oldham declar ]
 tonight upon his return from Bue,lU.5 Aires as Methodist Episcopal adminis-
 trator for the southern half of the
 hemisphere.
 Under the league, the bishop said the South Americans anticipated the advent of Pan -Americanism in its truest sense-not one nation caring for twenty, but twenty one caring for each other" Popular opinion in South America. he asserted, held that the | Monroe Doctrine had made the Latin | American nations appear before the rest of the world as subservient to this country. The southern republics, he ! added, were demanding 'the opportu- nifty to stand beside their sister na- lions on the basis of their unshadowed | independence"
 ! Citizens of Argentina and Chile, which are not represented at the peace
 conference, Bishop Oldham said were 'sick with dissatisfaction" that their
 governments did not take their places | in the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR
 NEW HAVEN ROAD HEARING

New York. March 2T.-- Because of tie postwar condition of the securi- ues market, federal Judge Mayor to- day granted ar extenslol until July 1, 1921 of the period in wnlch. under tFe dissolution decree obtained by the government the New York, New Ha- ven and Hartford Railroad company 1914, trusee of the road must dis pose of other steam, trolley and steamboat lines combinel i4 violation or the Sherman anti trust.
 Counsel for the defendant corpora. tions argued that if the tImc limit set hy the decree were enforced, it would entail sacrifice of the securities. It was cnntended that public .nle7 est would be served best if they were allowed to remain subject to jurisdiction of the court. Special Attorney General Swacker spoke neither against or in favor of the defendanues petition for delay.
 Judge Mayor fixed compensation for trustees at S3000 per annum, with an additional s1,5QQ for chairmeE of each group.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
SOFT COAL OPERATORS
 AIR THEIR GRIEVANCES

Washington, March 27.-Bituninous coal operators of the country through the National Coal association an- nounced tonight that they would not resume conferences with the indus trial board of the department of com merce with a view to readjusting coal prices until the cooperation and support of the railroad administration and other government departments buying coal had been secured. , Whenever the board could secure such cooperation, the coal men said, they would be willing to continue the con- ferences which began yesterday.
 The operators, who represent ap- proXlmately three-fourths of the coun- trys bituminous production, after con- ferring today with the board, adopted resolution setting forth their attitude and issued a statement charging the | railroad administration of unfair | practices which would drive the price of railroad fuel below the cost of pro- 1 duction" | The representatives of the coal in 1 dustry told the board that approxi- l mately 30 per cent. of the total pro- | duction of bituminous coal was con sumed by the railroads of the country
 and accordingly the prices at which the railroad administration bought I
 price to the public.
 Under these circumstances,'' sai6 the statement issued by the coal asso- citation, the operators consider it vita
 for the board and the industry tt
 know at the outset whether or not the United States railroad administration
 would accept the decision of the con ference as to reasonable and fai prices for coal and make it's purchase | of railroad fuel at those prices.
 Tt developed at the meeting that il
 spite of Director Hines publicly an
 uounced policy in the purchase of rail road fuel, the United States railroat administration had adopted unfai : practices which would drive the pric of railorad fuel below the cost of pro duction. This would necessitate ad vancing the price of coal for the gen eral consuming public to point suf fcient to absorb the loss involved i T the production of coal for railroa ! use
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
PROGRESS OR CoURTMARTIAL
 OF CAPT. E. c. WEiSGERBER

New York. March 27- Three army officers were called as witnesses for the defense today in the colrtmartial Of Captain Edwin c. Wcisgerber. q gas and chemical engineer of Pitts tGrEh charged with criminal offences involving alleged disloyaIty to the United States and sympathy with Germany. They testified that Weis gerber had teen of invauaille assist lance to inc government iu tunishin4 chemicals to various bcar2hes of the amy and navy and that they had never obser ed any UnpatriCUic action on his part
 'aptains e. L. Harrod and Charles H. Ruth. connected with inc photo graphic section of the army each de ciared that %eisgerber had made and 1urnished to their department chemi calS which they Were unable to obtain anywhere elsn Harrod declared that his department was u,lab}c to get "metol," a chemical uaeG in the de- veloping process is ph0toeraphy the manufacture of which was largeIy | confined to Germany before the wal i and that Wei3gerber was aiyen one ! ounce sample of the materia. and re- turned four or i've days later witt yna pound
 | was Weisgpiner's superior afficer in teh engineering corps. said T would 1 ha remiss in my duty if I should say
 Captain Waisgerber was ether thar ratriosic'
 The witness declared that the fuc
 administration had adopted a hostile l attitude toward Weiseerber and hr 90 called Liberty fuels.
 Charles F. Stutz and John II. Herr 2'h former automobile !acers. testi fed that they had used pCrlC acid i
 gasoline during races to increase it i power and that they had never ob served any ucleterious effects on tn automobile engines. The sovernmen lad contended that q sample of fua
 furnished to the British war missio,
 was saturated solution of gasolin
 and picric acid and thal he acid wa dangerous and dnStr1lrtiya
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
SUGGESTIONS MADE @
 BY WHOLESALE GROCERS

Atlantic City, N. J., March 27.-At . meeting of the executive committee of
 the National Wholesale Grocers asso-
 citation here today an increase of the
 personnel of the federal trade commits
 sion and enlargement of it's powers
 and duties to include the establish
 ment of standards of business conduct, as recommended at the annual conven-
 tion of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, was endorsed. The committees action it was said, will insure the alignment of the entire wholesale grocery trade of the country behind the proposition at the annual convention to be held in Cincinnati early in June, in time to take an active part in the campaign for abling leg islation at the special session of cons 0reSS
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
TWO DISTINCT SECTIONS OF
 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

St. Louis, Mo, March 27.-The Ma tional American Woman Suffrage As sociation will become the League of Women Voters following the national convention of the association in Feb ruary, 1920, the-new name having been selected today in the jubilee conven- tion, in session here. It is assumed by the association that the federal amend ment will have been passed by that time.
 The association, although retaining it's old name for another year, is reor- ganized into two distinct sections, one being composed of delegates from non franchised states. Suffrage organiza- tions in states where women now vote are expected to assume the new name at once. g Among the directors of the national association elected today and an nounced this evening was Mrs. George A. Piersol, Pennsylvania.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
INTERNATIONAL LABOR
 CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER

London. March 27-(British Wire less Service). The first international labor conference to take place in Washington in October will be attend ed by about two hundred representa- tives of labor and employers along with experts according to the Paris correspondent of the Daily News.
 George Nicoll Barnes, of the British cabinet and one of the most prominent labor leaders, says that the British draft has been accepted with modif- cations. The report had been drawn up without the endorsement of the su- ipreme war council, but MT Barnes ex- pressed himself as sanguine that this would be obtained
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
CHASED NAVY SHORE DUTY
 MEN AS TRENCH DODGERS

Boston, March 27.-Rear Admiral Spencer s. Wood, commandant of the First and Second naval districts, in an address tonight criticised enlisted men of the navy who have sought their dis charges through political influence. He asserted that he is constantly receiv- ing letters from congressman and oth- CTS asking for the discharge of men on shore duty.
 The admiral characterized such men as trench dodgers" saying ga class of men who enlisted in the navy for shore duty in order to keep out of the trenches is now giving the department trouble by insistent demands for dis charge"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
BILL FOR REORGANIZATION
 OF R. |. STREET RAILWAYS

Providence, R. l., March 27.-A bill prepared by Attorney General Herbert A. Rice and introduced in the house today provides for the reorganization of the street railways in all parts of the state, except Newport county, as the United Electric Railways Company. The receivers of the Rhode Island Com pany, formerly a subsidiary of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, are to be authorized by the terms of the measure to sell the rail- ways under their control and to ac- cept stock bonds and other securities | in payment.
 Incorporators of the proposed new company are Governor Beeckman, ze- mas W. Bliss, chairman of the state tax i commission, and George W. Newhall state bank commissioner. The capi- 1 talization is fixed at $500,000. It is provided in the bill that the state shal at all times have on the board of di- rectors a representative appointed by i the governor.
 1 In explaining the purpose of the pro posed act. Governor BeecIlman said: The Rhode Island Company and al the other interested parties are unani- mously agreed that reorganization i: the only solution of the company's troubles. They are all trying to worl out a reorganization plan. They can not possibly get it ready in time to ge the proper charter through the genera
 assembly at this session.
 'For that reason, MT. Bliss, MT. New hall and myself have applied for charter The idea is that this charte will be turned over by us to the nev
 corporation as soon as it is agreed up
 on and formed.
 Before it is turned over, however
 the three incorporators and the publi
 utilities commission must be fully sat
 isfied that the reorganized company i what it should be, that all interest
 are properly protected and that tn
 public is protected in every way. |
 this way the state has a cOmplet
 check on whatever action may b taken
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
AUSTRALIA OPPOSED TO
 JAPANESE RACIAL EQUALITY

Paris, May 27-(By The A. p Will liam M. Hughes, the premier of Aus tralia, made the flat statement to The Associated Press today that he was unalterably in opposition to the pro- posed Japanese racial equality amend ment to the covenant of the league of nations or to any form of it, however mild in recognizing that principle.
 Australia MT. Hughes said <can- not accept this proposal which strikes at the very roots of the policy that we have maintained so long which is vital to our existence and which we have guarded as zealously as has America her Monroe Doctrine"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
TAKING OF EVIDENCE
 AGAINST MAYO COMPLETED

New York, March 27.-Taking of evidence against Virginius St. J. Mayo, wealthy New Haven manufacturer, who is charged by Mrs. Wilhelmina L. Meyer Mayo with bigamy. was com- pleted in magistrates court here to- day, but Magistrate Groehl continued the case until April 15 to receive mriefs from Mayo's counsel and the prosecution.
 Mrs. Mayo charged that Mayo mar ried her in Brooklyn on April ?, 1904, when he was the husband of another woman formerly Florence Weeks of Scranton, Pa. The prosecuting witness was awarded $100.0 900 damages in a breach of promise suit against Mayo a year ago, but has failed to collect the judgment
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
DISTURBED BY SITUATION IN THE EASTERN ADRIATjC

Paris, March 27 (By. the A. P.).-1 Peace conference circles were disturb ed today over the paradoxical situa- ton in the eastern Adriatic. Almost simultaneously with the Italian action in lifting the blockade in that region, he Serbian press published a decree prohibiting importation from and ex- portation to Italy, thus nullifying the Italian action. Details of the situation have not yet reached Paris.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
NO REFERENDUM VOTE ON
 PROHIBITION IN OREGON

Salem, Ore, March 27.-The referen- dunn cannot Re invoked by the people of Oregon on the, joint resolution adopted by the last legislature ratify- ing the national prohibition amend ment to the federal constitution. ac- cording to Attorney General Browns opinion to Secretary Of State OIcott today.
 The attorney general pointed out that a referendum can apply only to the law making power of the legisla- ture and not to resolutions.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
PROTEST DEMONSTRATION
 FOR GENERAL LUDENDOREE

Berlin, Wednesday, March 26 (By the A. P.).-The government has pro-
 tested to army officers against the demonstration they gave for General Ludendorff last Sunday on the ground that it has given opponents an oppor- tunity to assert that everything is the same in Germany as under the former emperor If Ludendorff asked for a tribunal to hear his case. the governs ment, it is announced, would grant his request and would see that it was composed of impartial persons.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
BORDEN NOT TO BECOME BRITISH AMBASSADOR

Ottawa, Ont. March 27.-Premier Borden has no intention of relinquish- ing his office to become British ann wassador to the United States, as in- timated in recent news despatches, ac- cording to an announcement in the house of commons today by Sir Thom- as White, minister of finance.
 Sir Thomas provoked applause or the government side of the house wher he read the following cablegram from the premier:
 You are authorized to state public ly that I am not considering the posi- tion of British ambassador at Wash ington, and it is my intention to re turn to Canada and resume my dutie: as prime minister as soon as my worl with the peace conference will per. init"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
PASSAlC WOOLEN MILLS
 DISCHARGE EMPLOYES

Passaic. N. J., March 27.-Five wool en mi''s announced today they had discharged all their workers who re- sumed the recently settled strike by walking out yesterday and today. These numbered between 10000 and 12,000 men and women. They had re- turned to work Tuesday after having been on strike seven weeks. The mill owners further announced they would reopen their mills next Tuesday and rehire any of the discharged strikers who wished to come back at the own CTS terms. These are: 4S hours work a week with the same pay as has been given for 55 hours, no recognition of the union, no recognition of shop com mittees.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-28
FOUR BURGLARiES IN NEW HAVEN WEDNESDAY NIGHT

New Haven. March 27-Four bur glaries in different parts of the city last night were reported to the police today. Fred Graves cigar factory was entered and 5000 cigars taken, while in a cigar factory owned by Joseph Ready AGO cigars were stolen War say- ings stamps worth $1,5o0 and some
 iewelry was the loot sec,e-ed in the Morris Drug Company's store. A sa.' loon was entered and s29 taken -