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Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
D'oLIER ELECTED COMMANDER
 OF THE AMERICAN EEGIor

Minneapolis, Minn.. Nov. 12.-The first annual convention of the Ameri- can Legion tonight elected Franklin d'Olier of Philadelphia as it's first ma tional commander and voted to have congress consider the advisability of approving further bonuses for service men.
 D'Olier was the first candidate to be nominated He was named by the Arkansas delegation. California pass ed it's nominating right to New York, and Stuyvesant Fish placed the name of Hanford Macnider of Mason City, la, before the convention. The Vir- ginia delegation nominated Leslie Jones of Washington, D. C.. and Ken lucky named Emmett O'Neill of Louis- vile. Jack Sullivan of Seattle. who was nominated by the North Dakota delegates, withdrew from the race, as did Chairman Henry D. Lindsley of Dallas, nominated by the Texas dele gation. The vote was: D'Olier 366 Macnider 249. Jones IS. O'Nenl IS. Rev. Francis A. Kelley of New York was elected national chaplain. The title of past national com mander was conferred upon Mir Lind sley. He had been acting head of the legion since the meeting at St. Louis last spring.
 Election of the national commando, followed turbulent afternoon when a
 mass of resolutions and reports. in- cluding the soldier bonus issue, were | considered.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
TOLEDO MUST ACT QUICKLY
 TO REGAIN CAR SERVICE

Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 12-Quick settle ment of the street car problem here was seen today when Henry l.. Doher- ty of New York, head of the Doherty interests which until last Saturday midnight controlled Toledo. traction af- fairs, made hurried trip here from Kansas City and called upon Nayse Cornell Schreiber.
 The traction magnate told the mayor he was in the city in an effort to ar rive at some definite understanding. As result of the visit conference of traction officials, the railroads corr- mittee of the city council and repre- sentatives of the public who voted a. week ago yesterday to oust the cars was called for tomorrow Another angle to the situation da- veloped today when it was learned tat the Kansas City Street Railway Eo1iis i pany had made an offer to Mir. Doherty for the purchase of the Toledo rolling stock which is parked on side tracks along the. shores of Lake Erie in Mich igan The cars are for sale if we cannot make Toledo see our point,," MT. Doh , erty said.
 Headed by ". B Fitzgerald, vice president of the Amalgamated Associa- ton of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America, the car men heid a meeting today and decided that the
 Toledo Railways and Light Company
 Will be held to the agreement made With the car mems union last April
 and made binding for one year.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
LOCAL AGENTS EXPECTED
 TO ENFORCE PROHIBITION

Washington, Nov. 12-special ma chinery for the enforcement of war time and constitutional prohibition will be set up by the bureau of inter national revenue. November IT un- der the direction of John F. Kramer, of Mansfield, Ohio. whose appointment as national prohibition commissioner was announced today by Internaation- al Revenue Commissioner Roper.
 Besides supervising agents in each of the nine districts into which the country has. been divided and pro hibition director in each state, MT. Kramer will have mobile force which will move about the country as neces- sity commands.
 State and municipal officials will be expected to enforce the pkrohibition laws, but where they fail to exercise due diligence federal agents will act 1 Officials said that should local officers 1 Oil to keep in breaking up the illicit i sail of liquor. the government would not proceed against them, but rather | let the local electorate take care of the situation
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
SHARP OPPOSITION IN
 HOUSE TO RAILROAD BILL

Washington, Nov, 12.-Sharp oppo- sition developed late today in the house to the proposal embodied in the railroad reorganization bill for the re- funding to the government of $775, ,551,- 900 owed by the carriers. Attack on the Plan, led by Representative Deni- son, republican, Illinois, and supported by a letter from Director General Hines of the railroad administration, resulted in final decision being de- ferred.
 Opponents of the refunding plan de- clared it would compel congress to appropriate $363. 900 by the end of this year to square the accounts of the railroad administration, and MT. Deni- son proposed substitute which he said would decrease the amount need ed to $171. .020. .000..
 Under the Denison plan it is pro- posed that $415. 100000 owed by the government to the carriers as standard return be set off against the debts due to the government by the roads. The pending Esch bill. calls for only par tial immediate set off. Proponents of the committee plan, which was under stood to have been written in the measure after bitter fight in the in terstate commerce committee, urged that proposal as square deal to the railroads, which were charged with
 debts contracted without their consent ] during the period of government op- l eration.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
CAUTIOUS ABOUT SALE
 or PER CENT. BEER

Providence, R. l. Nov 12.A pre- Hlninary injunction issued by Judge A. s. Brown in the United States district court here today. ioibidding the en- foreement of the wartime prohibition act, has apparently had but little ef- feet on the conduct of the saloons of the city thus far.
 Judge Browns action was taken on petition of three of the largest brew cries of the state. who sought to. pre- vent the authorities from prosecuting them for manufacturing and selling per cent. malt beverages.
 In spite of the courts action, a warning which was later issued by the collector of internal revenue. and which made it clear tc saloon keepers that if Judge BrC'rr should be over ruled in the higher court, evidence collected by revenue agenlS in the meantime would be used as basis for prosecutions. had a deterrent effect upon saloon keepers. It was deemed probable tonight that per cent. beer would not be put on sale until final action by the highest tribunal.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13

Washington, Nov 12-Summary &C., tion to choke down debate on the peace treaty was decided on by the treaty's friends in the senate today to meet developments regarded by many senators as. the beginning of a fili- buster against ratification.
 Two petitions to invoke the senate's cloture rule, which never heretofore has been used. were prepared for sub mission tomorrow. should it become ap- parent that diiatory tactics have been adopted by the group of irreconcilably opposed to the treaty. The first pro posal was drawn by the democrats and the others were being formulated to- night by the mild reservation group of republicans.
 Under the rule, which could be made effective beginning Saturday by two | thirds vote, no senator could speak l more than one hour in all until vote on ratification had been reached. No | specific time could be set under the
 provision for such vote but the lead
 CTS predicted that it would force final
 action, if resorted to, early next week To further hasten the treaty, it was tentatively agreed to hold night ses-
 sions of the senate beginning tomor
 row night and continue until there has
 been ratification vote.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13

The movement for cIoture WAS started after Senator Reed, democrat. Missouri, had launched into longer speech attacking the treaty and Sen. ators La toilette, Wisconsin, and France, Maryland, republicans, had in dicated they were ready to continue the fight as soon as the Missouri sch ator concluded. Senator Reed occu- pied all of today's three hour session and intimated at adjournment that he would continue for several hours to- morrow. Suspecting that the long anticipated filfbuSter was on, Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the acting democratic l leader, and Senator Underwood, demo- crat, Alabama, circulated on the dem ocratic side petition for cloture It soon had more than twice the sixteen signatures needed to secure a vote on invocation of the rule.
 | The republicans acted more slowly
 the mild reservation afoup being fear full of alienating the irreconcilables on whose votes they are counting for 3. safe majority to put over the reserva-
 tion programme of the foreign rela- ] tions committee. Late in the day, how
 ever, Senator Hale of Maine, one of the mild reservations republicans, passed
 around a petition and got the requisite number of signers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
RHODE ISLAND COURT HALTs
 PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

Providence, R. l.. Nov 12-Judge Arthur L. Brown in the federal district court today issued a temporary injunc- ton against Harvey A. Baker. United States attorney and George F. Shaun essy, collector of internal revenue, restraining them from enforcing the provisions of the war time prohibition act The injuetion was issued upon the petition of the Narragansett Brew ing Company.
 The sale of per cent. beer was i'm mediately resumed by Providence H- quor dealers. < The court in handing down it's de- cision said:
 "In view of the probability that the act in question will ultimately be halo unconstitutional and of the irrepar- able damage that would result from it's immediate enforcement, and as, 1T view of the evidence afforded by tht presidential proclamations and othel circumstances, it's immediate enforce ment is not imperative. I am convinced that the plaintiffs right to a preIim- 1 mary injunction is claar."
 The decree will be entered tomor
 row, when it will become effective.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
NO AGREEMENT REACHED ON
 RAILROAD EMPLcNEs' DEMANDS

Washington. Nov. 12. = Railroad brotherhood chiefs spent another day in conference with Director General Hines on the employees demands for changes in working conditions without reaching any agreement.
 The brotherhood chiefs were said to have worked out, in more detail, the questions as to which there is a dis agreement and to have presented this data to the railroad administration of ficials during the session. But no con chsion was reached and none was in immediate prospect when the confer ence adjourned tonight.
 Discussion as at the national con- ference yesterday centered about the demand for time and a half for over time in road service.
 Inequality in wages of certain mem bers of the four crafts also has filtered into the discussions. Some of these, as viewed from Director Hines recent instructions to his wage adjustment boards, are not expected to be granted Others, however. are looked upon by railroad officials as having merit and may tend to increase the pay of some linen as a means of standardization of i all wa gesA
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
GOVERNOR HoLcoMB'S
 THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

Hartford, Conn.,, Nov. 12.-The proclamation of Governor Holcomb naming Thursday, November 27 as Thanksgiving day was made public today. under date of November H. It reads:
 Tn a world whose sky lowers with the clouds Of social unrest and econ- omic disturbance it is easy to darken the mind With black forebodings and gloomy fears. The need today is for the wider outlook that balances good and evil, not in the scales of present circumstances, but in the scales of historical continuity. and for the deep- CT insight that measures of weeks and gress. not in the terms. of weeks and months, but in the terms of Him to Whom a thousand years are as one day. The struggles of man against man in the eternal effort of each. to secure to himself the greatest possi- ble of material benefits and comforts mark but the surface changes of so- c.ety; beneath them ever moves silent and resistless, a tide whose impulse comes, not out of the instant press oi men's-needs. and desires, but out oi mans inherent growth in kuo!yIeG gg and power, and in faith 7,,7 cn'ts.i- - Few periods in human history have oHered so many proOlJ U, -,- of that tide as have the lastfewye cars or have been so calculated to awaker to it the minds of men. Spurred by the stress of war and it's inevitable aftermath. science las reached fal forward in it's search for knowledge courage has become a commonplaci of life and faith has been buildel deep and strongly buttressed. II i these is revealed to us our cloud O
 smoke by day~and our pillar of fire b. ! night. And for this, far more thar
 for the material benefits that the yea, has offered. should our thanks b, given to Him Who still leads Us q. to the last great goal. In his though
 let us, on Thursday. ivovcmoer s-. | twenty seventh, which old custo!.
 marks as our peculiar day of thanks
 giving, bow our heads and lift ou
 hearts to Him Who, if faith mean
 anything, we must believe is directing
 our steps to a future broader, brighte ! and more glorious than the past ha
 known or we can yet clearly sec"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
NORWICH, CONN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1a, 1919
Decision Against
 | War Time Prohibition
Judge Evans of Louisville, Ky, Announces His Belief That the Law Is Unconsti- tutional-To Issue lnjunc- ton to Restrain Govern ment Interference.

Louisville, Ky, Nov. l2.-Attorneys for distilling interests apparently won another round in the fight on war time prohibition in federal court here today. Judge Evans in the course of arguments in a case brought by Louis. vile distillers announcedl from the the bench his belief that the law IS unconstitutional and at the conclusion of the pleas of attorneys said he would issue an Injunction tomorrow restraining gov lment interference. with the sale Of ,..e distille-s' tax paid whiskey. Whether the injuncion would be temporary or permanent, the court said, rested with Attorney Gen. Neral Palmer. whose office was given until tomorrow to advise with the district attorney at Louisville.
 If temporary writ is issued rules of procedure would permit various delays in it's operation pending argu- ments on a motion to make it per manent. If permanent, only a writ of supersedeas, it was said, could prevent the Louisville GistiAers ar ranging for immediate disposition of l their tax-paid whiskey. This feature apparently was the only point at issue with Judge Evans, who called upon the government to make a showing for it if it desired to do so.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
MRS. WooLWoRTH TO RECEIVE
 AN INCOME OF S44s,ooo A YEAR

New York, Nov. 12.-Mrs. Frank W. Woolworth, widow of the late head of the chain of five and ten cent stores will receive an income of s443,o00 al year from her lNkiband's estate. This was revealed today when Supreme Court Justice Giegerich signed an order requiring Hubert T, Parsons, head .9f a committee of Mrs. Wool worth's property, to file an additional bond of $2,6oO.OO0. His original bond was $50,000.
 The order was issued upon receipt of report from As Parsons that fifty thousand shares of the Wool worth corporation had been tranfer- red to tbs widow by order Of the di- rectors and that the income at eight per cent. would amount to s400, GOO a. year. The remainder of her income will be from the interest on Iibert5 bonds and the rental of property. in Brooklyn. Mrs. Woolwo-th is the sele legatee under her husand's will.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
ALLEGED UNDESIRABLE ALIENS
 ARE JAILED IN HARTFORD

Hartford. Conn.,. Nov. t2-Federal agents who have directed the roundup of alleged undesirable aliens in this state were in Bridgeport today prepar- ing for the transfer of forty five al- legged radicals held in the Bridgeport police cells to the Hartford county jail in this city. Thirty eight men, previ- ous,y brought to Hartford for hearings before Immigration Inspector William N.- Clark. were held in the jail today under the surveillance of Connecticut State guardsmen. It was expected to have the Bridgeport party in the Hart ford jail before night.
 Hearings in the cases of the men held were discontinued today, to be resumed when all the alleged radicals are lodged in jail here. It is presumed that tine hearings will be held at the l jail, where the men may be taken be- fore the inspector without any possi- bility of interference or Interruption. Col. Charles. w. -Burpee. commanding the First military district. said today that the state guardsmen would be re- l lieved by new detail tonight
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
MINERS ARE AWAITING
 OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION


 Charleston, w. Ya.,-Striking mine workers throughout the coal fields of West Virginia today failed to obey the orders of union leaders to return to work according to statement is- sued here tonight by the West Vir- ginia Coal Association. Less than live per cent" of the miners in the state reported for work it was said.
 Reports to the mine operators here indicated that the men would not ac- cept telephone or mailed" instruc- tions from the district headquarters, United Mine Workers, but demand official notification" from the inter- national officers at Indianapolis. They also asked that the district executive offic -ars personally" order them pack to work
 At headquarters :, of the. United Mine Workers here it was said to- night that the utmost pressure was being brought to bear on the men" and confidence was expressed by district onlclals that all mines would be op- erating next Monday. &
 Less than five per cent. of the min- CTS employed in theE Kanawha coa fields reported for work today. Sever mines resumed operations with r,9ts small working force" it was an nounced at the Kanawha coal op- orators association offices.
 There are 200 mines :n this field normally empioying 12000 meti. Several hundred miners reported ts work at mines near aCiothier in Boon, County, MT. Kennedy secretary 6t the association. said, but they walked out again assserting that they mus have oHlcial notification. Ite sai, only three mines operated in tn Cabin Greek district, although Ih local union officers had been hottie, to order the men back to work b. telephone from district headquarters At ttaymond City is is reported tha only fourteen men out, or a norma working force of 300 appeared at Il, lShafts. .e
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
RESOLUTIONS OPPOSING
 cLEMENcY TO MURDERERS

Spokane Wash. Nov. Resolutions opposing clemeney to anyone convicted of the murder of the four ex-service ben at Centralia. and calling upon state and national authorities for a national campaign of suppression against radical organizations, were passed at meeting of t,,o executive committee of the local American Le- zion post here today.
 Commissioner J. H. Tilsley of the municipal department of public safety in a statement today blamed the fed . eral authorities for failure to 6N2ort agitators in this section and declared the police would round them ur and furnish evidence for such procedure whenever the government was ready to act
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
Crash in Values in
 the Stock Market
Under Pressure From Federal Reserve Board = Specula- tive Favorites Registered Losses of 10 to 25 Points General M otors Drops 126I2.

New York. Nov. 12.-Undef pressure from the federal reserve board and other powerful financial interests, Wall Street today adopted more vigor- ous measures to- put it's house in or der. .,,
 This was accomplished bs further severe impairment of quoted values. 8 turnover of more than 2,50o,000 shares the years res6rd-and an advance
 in call loans to 30 per centAva rate un-
 paralleled since the panic of 1907.
 Altogether the session witnessed the
 most. severe. purging the stock market
 has experienced since Wall Street en-
 tered upon it's period of postwar
 prosperity.
 In the course of the decline, which
 began at the very outset, speculative favorites registered losses of 10 to 25 points, their minimum quotations being 30 to'60 points below maximums of the last fortnight.
 General Motors, which recently achieved the distinction of selling at a higher price than any other stock on ] the list, was aSrain under persistent | pressure, sdropptRg eS 1-S points to i 2S0, or a loss of 126 12 points from it's high record of last week. The reaction encompassed every va
 riety of stock issue although U. $
 Steel, high grade rails and the copper i shares finished at relatively nomina | losses. At that, however, rails as { 1 group forfeited virtually all the i'm i proveInent made in the previous l month.
 Liquidation was so general anc l constant as to defy analysis. From l all accounts, much of the selling wa I Involuntary and a large proportion l was traced to out of town traders who
 plainly expressed their discourage I ment- at. the markets sharp reversal I Thefe was little calling of loans, bu only small sums were available on cal
 at the opening rate of IA per cent
 while time money was scarcely ob ! tainable except for short dates at
 1-2 toaS per cent. .j Officials of the local reserve ban held regular meeting, but in keep
 ing with the statement issued Sester J day, no action looking to a furthe advance of the discount rate wa I taken. ...
 l Banks wnich specialize in loans Il brokers stated after the close of tn l market that loans had undergone yer substantial reduction. While no fig ures were mentioned. it was believe that events of the last two days ha t l4curtailed brokers accommodate b fA no less than $250, 900, 900. The street buzzed with rumor Hl and ;gossipsduring the day of the large F winnings made by prominent bea ], traders. There is little doubt that th 2 aggressiy tactics of that e>>nent add l] Cd very materially to the decline. ,] Many additional "stop loss" order : were caught in the days reaction , While trading. was most active som l. of the, highly speculative issues droI | ped two to five points between sale ? The mechanism of the stock exchang [ was taxed to a. greater extent tha f at any time in it's history. Not unt E s.h D. m. did the last transaction (
 the day make it's appearance on u 3 ticker.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
FORMER CONSUL FOR HONDURAS
 SLAIN AT NEW ORLEANS

New OTieans, La. Nov. 12.-Mystery shrouded tonight the murder of Dr. Leopoldo COrdova. Jr former consul for Honduras here. and the founding Of his wife at a lonely spot near the city last night. The police are work Ing on two clues. that of robbery and that of a political murder.
 Mrs. Cordova who Tad lain wounded an night in a ditch near the bodv of her husband was at the hospital to- night near the point of death with a bullet wound in the head. She told an incoherent story of an attack by men when the automobile in which she and her husband were riding had stalled.
 She has given two conflicting ac- couuts to the police, who had to use an interpreter as she speaks only Spanish. In main. however. her ac- count of the killing was consistent with the exception of the number of men and the start of the ride.
 She first said one man offered his services as a chauffeur when they were having trouble with the car and drove them to the scene of the murder and there killed her husband ana struck her over the head. Her later account was that two men attacked her husband when the car stopped anC that he put up a stubborn fight before he was shot to death.
 The police SO far have on.y circum ssans.s. evidence which DO a;s 'owai roo5A Jeweiry valued a s75. aht 3il0 in cash were taken from the bod! and from Mrs. Cordova.
 4 Latin American political schem' was claimed by some of his friend here today as the motive for the mur der.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-13
xSPELLAcY ASSISTANT
 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U. 8

Hartford. Conn., Nov 12.-News
 comes from Washington that Thomas
 J. Spellacy of this city has been ap-
 pointed, assistant attorney general of
 the United States, the appointment
 subject to confirmation by the senate. He is to have charge particularly of the legal work in the form Of the alien |.property custodian. The salary is s7,500. MT. Spellacy was until re- gently United States lttorney for this federal Judicial ~s> lct; was the democratic candidate to- governor in I1918 and has >~7d his city as rep l.resentatiVe and Iii the senate. He is in his 10th year. q graduate Of George ttown University law school. 1901, and
 I member of the Hartford County. lar