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Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
CEMENT MAKERS sUBPoENAED
 IN BUILDING TRUST" PROBE

New York, Dec 2S.-All but small fraction of the cement and terra cotta manufacturers of America exchange their price quotations and other data on the amount of business handled through na- tional and regional associations, it devel- oped here today at the legislative inquiry into the alleged building trust.'
 While these revelations accumulated on top of similar ones recently brought forth in the investigation of other construction lines, one more organization of building contractors-the hoisting association-an- nounced it had dissolved. The members promised to have unrestricted, open com petition" in the future.
 The medium through which the terra cotta makers reviewed data on the busi- ness of all their competitors was the Ma tional Terra Gotta society. it's former president, William H. Powell, told the committee. He explained an "open price system" of cards was issued, with each firm designated by "code letters" This was done daily in detail among regional branches of the society in the east, west and central sections of the country. Gen. eral data was exchanged between the sec tions weekly.
 Cement manufacturers from various parts of the country who had been here attending a convention were summoned by subpoena servers of the committee and they appeared one after another to un. dergo examination by Samuel Untermyer committee counsel.
 Quoting from price lists of the manu. lecturers who faced him, MT. Untermyel | charged that all the cement maker haC l "quadrupled prices since 1914 and hat | boosted them 50 per cent. between Janu ary and October this year." when tn, quotations were slightly lowered. l The prices quoted by all the manufac 1 turers embraced ill the Portland Cemen ' association throughout the country wer horizontal, unanimous and uniform" h. said; Later two of the witnesses testifie, the prices quoted by all cement manu | lecturers usually were identicl within | forty eight hours after any one of then had made change.
 | This association, according to a sum mary of its transactions which were req, into the record, spent $l,50O 900 last year
 Mir. ,Untermyer expressed desire to ge | the books in order to find out how thi l large sum was expended, and John iE Morin. president of the Atlas Portlan i Cement company, which he said contrib
 uted S125,000 to the associations fund i 1919, ordered the secretary to produce tn books from Chicago
 MT. Morin, one of the principal witness
 es of the day. told the committee tn
 money was appropriated by states an
 used in employing engineers to "chapero
 cement work and promote the use of tha pproduct..
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
FREIGHT WRECK BLOCKED
 TRACK EAST OF DANRURY

Danbury, Conn, Dec 2S.-Tnree lines of the New York. New Haven & Hart ford Railroad were blocked tonight as the result of the derailment today of 20 freight cars loaded with coal and steel. three miles east of this city. All freight traffic through Danbury on the Central New England railr,ad and the New Haven road has been annulled Pas senger trainst between New York and tbe Berkshires are being run by way of Bridgeport The lines from Danbury to Pittsftslds Danbury to LltdlfeM and Danbury to Waterbury and Hartford are tied up. Shuttle trains are t.oing. used to transfer passengers around l.le wreck age.
 Three wrecking crews, from New Ha- ven, Waterbury and Malbrook, N. Y. worked all afternoon and all night in an corfu to clear the tracks, which are piled with coal, steel and wreckage, min gled with snow an dice. It was expected the tracks would be cleared and repaired some time tomorrow. Dropping of a brakebeam on one of the freight cars is believed to have caused the wreck. No on was injured.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
Import ! Arrests
 by New York Police
Members of the Band That Robbed Bank at MiIltown, N. J., of $50, 1000.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Two men, cnarg- ed with being members of the band that held up and robbed the First National Bank of MilNown,s N. J., December 20, escaping with $S0,0OO, and believed to have been implicated in the murder and robbery December 16 of Edwin M An Gl ews, Fifth Avenue jeweler, were ar- rested here tonight with their wives.
 Liberty bonds valued at $18,000, Sd i'd to be part of the Milltown roDoe-y loot, were found in suit case carried by the two men, the police said, and afded that all four carried firearms
 Coincident with these arrests came an announcement that Police Commits sioner Enrlgnfs latest measure to curb Ia iaWIessmess-the calling out of more than
 iO0 New York policemen for training had been dealt a knockout blow when the board of aldermen failed to vote nec- essary funds for their pay. In denying the appropriation, the aldermen promis- ed to reconsider it at a future npeeL- ing.
 The men taken in custody tonight said they were Jerome E. Chaffee 2S, and Harry Bltzerger, 30. They were halted when they alignted from an automobile at Seventy y-seeond street and Broadway Reslstlng arrest, they fought for several minutes before being Subdued. The two women who followed closely in taxicab surrendered.
 Fifth avenue was crowded with Christmas shoppers when two men ea. tered the jeweIry shop of Andrews on the eighth floor of a building in the center of the fashionable shopping dis. trlce. Andrews was alone he is he. lleVed to have been shot in an attempt 10 frustrate the robbery. Two lewelry statesmen, who entered while the satt
 Was being rit1ed Were bound and gag. sed. The men escaped with gems val ufd at $l0O,0UJ. Chanee and BitzbergeI VIII be confronted tomorrow with Inc 1 TWO saIesmen
 The night of December Q four ban. dlts entered the bank at, NiIItoyn. 1 pound and gagged the waterman, placed | the loot Tn handbags and 1leu Releasins | himself from his bonds the watchma1 l sounded an alarm. A posse was formed | ana after long chase through the Jer 1 Sey marshes, two men We're captured 1 Durlns their trial they are said to hay,
 gwen information regarding the idenut, l or their confederates.
 : While operating under various alia se l the prisoners are accused by the polio. 1 or having taken part in many sensa
 tlonal hoId-ups and robberies througnou the country. They have been connected | the police asserteI, With recent Phila | aeH1nla bank robbery, and served fiy, l year sentences in Leavenworth peniten
 tlary. They are said to have escape.
 rom the prison at New Bedford, Mass
 where they were serving terms for burg
 lary.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
PRESIDENT CELEBRATES 9TH
 ANNIVERSARY OF HIS BIRTH

Washington. Dec. 2s.-President Will son who entered the White House at the age of 5s today celebrated the sixty fourth anniversary of his birth, his last birthday before retiring to the hfe of a private citizen.
 All of the members of dle presidents Immediate family. with the exception of William c. McAdoo. his son-in-law, spent the day with him. Business engagements prevented Mir. McAdoo coming to Wash inEtcn. but Mrs. McAdoo, MT. and Mrs. Francis F. Sayre. Mr. Wilson's son-in- law and daughter and Miss Margaret Wilson. the third daughter, were pres en- for an informal birthday party giv- en by Mrs. Wilson for the president.
 Numerous messages of congratulations were received at the White House dur ing the day Including one from King George of Great Britain.
 Mir. Wilson spent the day quietly and vita Mrs. Wilson entertained at luncheon Miss Marjorie Brown, cousin of his first wife. and her fiance. Benjamin Hill, of New York, whose wedding took place to- night at the home of the bride. Mrs, Wilson. together with Mrs. MoAdoo, Mrs. Sayre and Miss Wilson, attended the wedding
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
FEDERAL PROgIBTTIoS
 AGENTS RAID HURLEY urs

Hurley. Wis. Dec. 2s-rode~al r-,- libiilon agents from Chicaro virifed rear- " two score salOons. arrested ai,-ut my perso~ and curfr-atr4 fro loa1s oi liquors in a raid thaf r.ar-el shortly before noon today and cortfnueS Tor several hours. The ur.rare-s ard evidence were first taken to Ironwoof s-A thence Co Ashlani Wis where probah,v tomorrow. the men win he arrai-ned b. Tore United States comuissisrrr. on a charge Of violating the federal prohfhfIan laws.
 The raid was undertaken at fiie dir-c- l ton of Judge kenesaw M I.ardfr ,g r-r,i- caEo. and was planned by Frank n ni-a- ards1n. newly appointed p-cfn.l.ie- e-- l forcement agent for thls disfrirf Tra raiding party of fifty or rn.re uas i- | charge or Joseph Callahan. There rrsr more Of inc picturesque ssnFafi1n ir fhe ] invasion althourh Inc "rno-fe~ r1a- chimes clicked mcrriiy every fine n fef- | eral agent drew a reg iVer or "a ks- nf z ligupr rolled into the street a number | of newsDapei men also accompanied fhe | invaders.
 The crowd that followed .hr --r-.r 1 down Silver street grew ir a f--- r-f-rfr~ 10 more than 200 per so1s hrf fh To --ss n3 demonstrat n. no auiibie firfr of v13- lent opposition Co Che r1.d in fact. fhe v c cwd seemed rorr Ii-ursed 70 rrzke e the occasion for a holiday.
 From fhe viewpoint oi a Fr-7rfrs rar- i ty. the affair was co-rniete rnccess federal agents agreed. While % -as as- clared no great quantity of ii0uo- had been concealed. according Co many Hur- ! lcyites who watched the "rlash -1ars.h- down Silver street
 Street cnrs were uE-i 70 frargnorf fh@ ! a-en'r their prisoners and tfe r-lrrd ii- qu-r from Hurley fo T-onwooi A rfef~1
 drawn by two horses followed fhe nrrrfa
 in the cleanup. r-d hauiod fhc ri~nor 70 the street cars. Tn Ironwood d-ay mt the street cars and took Inc ilruor Co ne special cars.
 nshine. scc0rfing fs ohservc-r who prctended 10 i-ow. constituted fhe rrfn- cinal "wef' haul. aifh0urh fha-e w-- a. considerable rua--ftv of fhe ffr1 fhaf bore brands formerly f1nrfl- r'-rfs ia every saloon window Iiui t'la real s.uT--
 was declared in The r1inorHrs.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
CONFLICTING COUNSEL ABOUT
 ASSOCIATION OF NATIONS

Mairon, Ohio, Dec. 2S.@Conficting counsel regarding an association of na- tlons was given President-eIect Harding today by former supporters of the league of Versailles.
 Senator Porter J. McCunber of North Dakota, who voted for unreserved rati- hcatlon Of the Versailles treaty. advised the president-elect to put the league aside and try for new deal all around in his efforts 10 form an international peace society.
 Oscar Straus, of New York, a former ambassador to Turkey and pro-leagu worker in the treaty fight, took the view that the United States still should ac- cept the league. in some form and should launch it's next move for world peace through that agency
 Both expressed confidence in Senator Harding's policy of seeking to unite the country behind an international program but neither would express publicly an opinion regarding the president-elec' specific proposals for world concert as he outlined it to them.
 Although he was the leading republi- can supporter of the league through both ratification battles in the senate, senator McCum5er said he regarded the covenant as definitely rejected so far as the United States was concerned and thought an association of nations now could be built up independently of the league machinery. He suggested that the greater powers be linked by a network of arbitration treaties as the basis of the new society and that a disarmament agreement might be consummated as the next step toward world peace. | As acting chairman of the senate fl. nance committee, MT. McCumber also | talked with the president-elect about tax. l ation and tariff proposals. He held out l little hope that the present session of congress would do more than pass appro. priation bills and budget measure.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
PLAN TO ESTABLISH A
 NATIONAL POLICE BUREAU

, Trenton, N. J.. Dee. Establishment or central national police bureau in Washington, through which information could be flashed around the world to keen a check on movements of known crim- lnals, was one of the principal recom- mendations made at a conference here to- day Of state, county and municipal off, cials called by Governor Edwards to de- wise some means of combating the pres ent crime wave in New Jersey
 Police Commissioner Enright of New York city, who suggested the establish. ment of central bureau, declared the United States was far below the effi- clency of police of European countries and mat the police of this country could not expect cooperation from foreign coun- tries until a system of checking convic+s was adopted. He asserted criminals from England were entering this country daily through Mexico.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
JUDGE NGANNoN DENIES
 MURDER OF HAROLD KAGY

Cleveland. Dec 2S-.Judge William H. McCannon of the municipal court, charg- ed with the second degree murder of Harold (. kagy. took the stand in his own ebhalf today and denied all of the accusations made against him. He was the last witness for the defense.
 The state annOuAeeu Ies case cIoesd but reserved the right 10 call in rebuttal James F. McCanery, who testified he was driving Miss Mary E. Neely, chief witness for the state, around the city in an automobile at the time of the shoot ing Miss Neely testified several days ago that she stood at Oregon avenue and East Ninth st'eet and saw McGannon take something from his pocket. Simul- taneously a shot was fired and Kagy l1rchel forward"
 It is expected the case will go to the jury late tomorrow.
 McGannon assailed Miss Neely's story almost to the last word. He told his story deliberately and calmly, except where he emphasized his answers by raising his voice
 When asked by W. H. Boyd, ohiet counsel for the defense, if he had Ky cd kagy, Judge McCannon's voice shool with emotion as he answered:
 ''No. sir, of course l did not"
 Judge McGannon was cross-examinec by Prosecutor Baskln for one hour ant fifteen minutes. but failed to change hi! story of any material points.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
POISON GAS SUPREME
 WEAPON OF NEXT wAE

Washington. Dec 2s.-By the passaEs of the dyes;a4s import regIialions &C., Great Britain has definitely accepted the theory that poison gas NIA be the cue prefue weapon of the next var and z1 the same time haJ opened the Nay for fhe eatry of German dyes iaio thls country. according to the views eN9reased ianlEat' by chemical experts of the gosernment.
 The British act. which became law yesterday prohlats the iuDsrtztiou cf dyestufs into Griet Britain for len years. which government experis dec.areL VII fnable England to build up hlr aTe in- ,lus-ry t5 a point Of c3mpirie ine.pead- .nce from the outside v0ril
 Poison gas and dyeztuis h7.h coma from coal tar. it was ex1lai1ed ard from the mnaufacfure Of tle cJu1ierci ari- cle to the production rc 'Ac military weapon is but anolAe- step in 9 c-n-iau- GUS process.
 An influx Of German dyes 10 the United States would p-ot ably mean. ofiiciais frankly stated, ;hat the d@Fe o7n eff of the American industry y.Juid te r.nd-r1d and consequently the Unifei Htaa-s souid fall behind the other nations ia abiiiF to produce poison gas iE tAe event Of a war
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29

locked by historical financial ana r.-- sraphieal considerations and rbould rot be broken apart
 lae commission was told ty Mr cr.-- ningham that -four out of tie si-b. r--- flers in New England showed d fr.lrf- JOSS at present. but h the Grand rr-frir m New England were considered A rs-t oi i the parent line in Canada and ffs zen. S.ent tTal New England a part os he re.- lofk. New Haven and Hartford to -rhi-I,
 t actually belongs. then but fuo rosf- would show a loss.
 Ar- Cunningham added that f is. po.- lon and Albany road were corrffe-.s {. part Of the New EnEianf group fs. 1 New England carriers ar A ci.-. -, f pacity
 rt-'.,,.-sHfs Hfs as 10 wage costs Mr. Cua- hmgham said that fhe ae.-.~. t.--, haul in New England was 7g --Tf.. ,-s.7,- 10 trunk line territory it vTar Q --lf.. ..-s ! that the wage cost uas So c,,s- , .,-.-- mile in New England as eorn.-ed ,rl.l, 56 een-s on trunk lines.
 The day was given over .o r-,-- .- animation by trunk line affo-n.,. .,s .'... nesses for the carriers east o, ,ts r..r- son. Oi 'Ne hla-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
ADDRESS BY MISS ANNA
 MACSWINEY IN NEW HAVEN

New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 3.-Miss Anra MacSwiney, sister of the late Lord Mayor cf Cork, received an ovation tonight when she addressed a large gathering m tke arena Eere The meeting was uiler the auspices of the New Haven branch Cf the Amer 'can Association for yhe Rec E. nit.on of the Irish Republic. A big dele gation from Bridgeport marched into the hall with bagpi2es playing. Pniip Troup, Tostinae,e: of New Haven, was cha:-man.
 Miss MacSwiney said Americans should inss that this government collect iis loans to Great Britain, which England is spending for the death of libariy.
 'Alcr ey which American people rad fir l 1 erty bonds is being used to pay English soldiers who are destroying q sister rat'on of the United States" she declared.
 People favorable to Ireland are called hyI'henat'd Americans" she sai1. but l pcrs | 95 per cent British is known as lnG Der cttl. American"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29

Rome Dec. 2s.-Firing on Plume by the Italian blockadng force will be sus- pended. 1t was decided at conference in Albazzia tosay. according to advices re- ceived h. <
 The Suspension was requested by the director of national defense at Plume and the mayor of the city, who met General Ferrario, commander of the blockading force. to discuss the possibility of ending hostilites.
 At conference in the morning the general informed the delegates that pour parlers were impossible without prior re- coEnition of the treaty of Rapallo. Such recognition having not been given, the delegates decided to return to Plume to discuss the matter and asked for another meeting in the afternoon. They also re-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
PRICE OF MILK TO BE
 REDUCED IN BOSTON

Boston, Dec. 2S.-A reduction of one cent a quart in the price of milk to dis tributors, effective Jan. l, 1921, was agreed upon today by the New England Milk Producers association at a confer ence with the state special commission on the necessities of life. The commits sion in statement said the distributors were unwilling or unable" to reduce their charge for handling and delivering milk to the consumer, but were willing to pass along to the public the reduction made by the producers.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
APPEAL FOR UNEMPLOYED
 CATHOLICS IN IRELAND

London, Dec. 2S.-The Westminster Gazette's Belfast correspondent says the Catholics bishop of the diocese of Down and Connor has cabled Cardinal O'Connell at Boston appealing to the cardinal for aid for workers who hve bee discharged from their positions, The cablegram said tens of thousands of persons have been deprived of their employment be- cause they were Catholics.
 Fully hfty thousand Catholics in my diocese are now on the verge of starva- ton" tAe message of the bishop said. My diocese no longer is Tn Ireland. not even in Ulster, but in a namcless satra- nate made up of six couties"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
HOOVER MAKES ADDRESS IN
 wooLsEY HALL, NEW. HAVEN

New Haven, Conn. Dec. 2s.-Herbert Hoover conferred with state workers of the European relief council here this af- ternoon and he addressed a mass meet ing in Woolsey hall tonight He said that the relief council has sent an inves- tigator to Ireland and if Irish children are in need of food, the council will in- clude Ireland in it's work
 Prof. Charles NJ Bakewell of ya1a chairman of the state organization of the relief council, presided at the meeting The invocation was by the Rt Rev. John G. Murray of Hartford, and brief ad. dresses were made by President Arthur T. Hadley of Yale and Dean Charles H Brown of the Yale Divinity school
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29

quested a suspension of the firing which was granted.
 Rome, Dec 2S.-D' Annunzio demon strations. some of which have resulted in disturbances, have been held in all the great centers of Italy. Shops every@ where have been shut ul. On their doors are posters reading closed as sngn ot national mourning" Flags also have been haf-masted
 In Milan, Genoa, Spezil and Bologna, the police were compelled to interfere orestore order. No serious incidents however, have been reprted, although two persons We're wounded in Turin.
 The executive committee of the Milan authorities have passed resolutions pledging the nationalists to immedia tely rise up against the government which alone is responsible for the crime per petrated against Fiume"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
NEW ENGLAND RAILROADS
 SHOULD BE IN ONE GROUP

Washington, Dec. 2s.-New England railroads must be kept in one group for financial reasons. W. J. Cunningham. a railroad expert. told the interstate com merce commission today at resumption of the hearings into the re-division of freight rates be.ween carriers east and west of the Hudson river.
 Mir. Cunningham, who made a study of the New England situation at the re- quest of the carriers. said under cross examination that he could see no reason for breaking New England group into northern and southern sections and join ing them to other railroad divisions out side of that territory. He argued that the New England carriers were inter-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
FORMER DOMESTIC REWARDED
 WITH LEGACY OF $500, 900

Boston, Dec. 2s.-The domestic service Of Agnes McNevin in the family of Mrs. Mary Gilbert Knight is to be re- warded with a legacy of half a million dollars. The executors of the will of Mrs. Knight filed petition the probate court today for leave to make final dis tr.5ution of the property reporting that all specific public and personal bequests ReEregatinE S1ss,2o0 had bee npaid. The estate was worth ss97 s52 they reported, leaving approximately half million for the former servant who was named resi- duary legatee.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
ASSEMBLYMAN HANDICAPPED
 OF PROTECTING GAMBLERS

Ei7scla N. Y. Dec. 2S.-As senbyman Thomas A. McWhinney. 3ha-5c1 with conspirl9y to protect NGss,I county gamblers tnn sbt was acluttd by ;uy in the supreme court here.
 The jury reported it was unable 10 agree in the cases of Supervisor George Wilbur Doughty and Sheriff Charles w. Smith, charged with the same offense. and Justice Young asked them to deliberate again in an effort to reach unanimous decision.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
ARK. GUARDssIES GOING TO
 UNANNoUSCED DESTINATION

Pine Buff. Ark. Dee. ss.-Treriy members of a Pine EluG company ot the Arolzsnszs National Guard vith nachine guns and a s1pply of am1uri.ion rno9a- izeI this afternoon under orders from Little Rocl, will leave early tonight in auter-os. iie-s for an unrnn 1uncrd c. stila- ton. it was announced late today.
 CTiee-s of tlse cornnanv -tfussd to ir- dicate where the men would be stri or c, give an sntf-lrsf.on as 70 the re.lssn for mobilizinE the detachment
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
HARD LABOR SENTENCE FOR
 FROMER BANK PRESIDENT

Barre. Vermont. Dec. 2s.-A sentence of tour 10 seven years at hard labor in state prison was imposed today on Frank G. H0piand. president of the Barre Savings Bank and Trust company. liter he had pleaded guilty to embezzlLment of the banks funds. The charges on which he was arrested set his thefts at s25,9 but when Rowland objected to an item of t1O.50o his admission of guilt was ac- septed on the four other counts aggre- Kzting S15,4sO.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
SPLIT IN THE RANKS OF TEXTILE
 WORKERS IN LAWRENCE

Lawrence. Mass, Dec. 2S-A spdit in the ranks of the local union of the Amalgamated Textile Workers of Ameri- ica at a meeting tonight and faction headed by Ben .Legere, former secretary announced the intention of joining the the "one big union." The other faction. headed by Joseph Salerno. who was elect ed secretary last Sunday night, declared it's determination to retain membership in the Amalagamated.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-29
NEGRO MURDEEEE IS
 sUKGoN NDED BY PossE

Wilson. Arkansas. Dec. 2S--lieary Lowrey. alias Charles es. negro f4rr1- hand. wanted for the hl.rE of o. T. Craig. a rlau:er. and his caarl'er. ErE .C. o. Williamson here iass s4f41s-y. was reported surrounded by a p5ssa iaie today near N-denl- Ark. anc5rsinr 70 a telephone message received f.re. rrepa- rations were being made so close in oa the negros supposed hiding place tonight