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Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-14
Gov. L0Wden Wins
 Illinois Rep. Primary
Late Returns From lilinois
 dicate That He Will Ha Plurality of About 70,00O in His Home State.

Chicago. April 13.-Governor. Frank O. Lowden carried his home state to- day, on the face of incomplete unof- hcial returns in the republican presi- dential preference primary. Major General Leonard Wood was second and Senator Hiram Johnson third, the lat ter's name being written in by the vot- CTS. al .t
 Returns from 4,256 precincts out of 5,690 Tn Illinois gave LoWden 203,659; i; Wood 136,42S and Johnson 37,02S. These returns were from 9s counties out Of 102.
 General Wood carried Chicago and Cook county, but Governor LoWden' s vote in the state outside of Chicago gave him a lead which progressed steadily with the counting of returns
 Only the names of Wood and Low : den appeared on the ballot Senator Johnson's strength was in Chicago where most of his votes appeared Herbert Hoover's name appeared on some of the republican ballots.
 There were no democratic primary candidates for president, but the names of more than half a dozen dem crats were written in the ballots in scattering returns.
 Women cast a courtesy vote in tlldlly COuIlllcS anu SO1Il0 pIdCSS Ine election clerks failed to separate mer and women ballots. The women's vote, however, was. so comparatively l light as not to. affect the result, and il was divided in much the same ratio as the male vote. / Acts of violence marked the day i | Chicago. Complaints of frauds, from intimidation of voters to marked bal i lots, kept the police and election com, missioner's officers busy throughout the day.
 In one precinct 200 feet from tn polling place, an unidentified election worker was shot after a quarrel. Tn wounded man was spirited away be l fore the police arrived. Seven shot were fired during the clash
 Mayor William Hale Thompson, re publican national committeeman iron 1 Illinois, gained full control of the re publican county organization for tn
 next four years through the election 0 Ward committeeman halIg his back ing.
 Nearly complete unofficial return
 indicated the following selection (
 district delegates. to the republica
 national convention:
 For Lowden-27. | No preference-17.
 All except one of the no preferenc delegates were from the Chicago con gressional districts.
 In Illinois delegates file their prei l erence before election
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ANARCHIST PAUL BOSCo
 RELEASED AT ELLIS ISLAND

New York, April 13-Paul Bosco, a convicted anarchist, who had been held by federal authorities in New Or leans for deportation without bail, was released at Ellis Island today under instructions from the department of labor in Washington. Bosco's bond, first fixed at s10,000, was reduced to 5000. Superintendent P. A. Baker of the Ellis Island immigration sta- tion signed the order of release when Bosco's attorney furnished the bond.
 Bosco was referred to in the house of representatives yesterday by Rep presentative Johnson, chairman of the house immigration committee. in dis cussing the alleged leniency with which the department of labor dealt with extremists. Johnson said Bosco stood up in crowded courtroom at Morgantown, ". ", after being con- victed as an anarchist and expressed the hone that when released he would find i.-l Stars and Stripes displaced by the red flag"
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GENERAL STRIKE IN
 IRELAND. EXCEPT ULSTER

Dubfin, April fBy The A. sP.y The strike which began today in Ire land, except in Ulster, in sympathy with the political prisoners. here and elsewhere, was a. general one.
 At first it was. intended as one day demonstration, but a manifesto issued today by the trades union con- gress and the labor party calls for it's continuance indefinitely.
 The. manifesto exhorts all citizens to assist in preserving perfect order. It says the strike is solemn protest on which the lives of men are. depend- ent, and that no occasion should be given the military for an outbreak. of violence. All kinds of business was suspended.
 All the shops, public houses and restaurants of Dublin are closed and the hotel staffs quit. No tram cars or trains are running, except a few on the Great Northern Ireland railway The Punchestown races have been postponed until tomorrow.
 The strike is not in effect in Bel fast and the north of Ireland.
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TO DUST SHERIFF WHO
 ALLOWED HoWAT TO SPEAK

Topeka, Kas., April 1S-Papers for custer proceedings against c. Clint Webb. sheriff of Crawford county, were filed in the supreme court tonight by J. k. Rankin, assistant attorney general of Kansas. Webb's suspension on five day notice, pending final de- termination of the custer suit, also is asked. The court will hear argu- ments tomorrow morning on the re- quest for suspension.
 Sheriff Webb is charged with wilful misconduct in office and wilful neglect of duty in connection with speeches made by Alexander Howat. district president of the miners union, and other union officials to crowd before the Crawford county jail yesterday.
 The charge sets forth that Howat referred to Governor Allen as "that skunk" and made an attack upon the industrial court law of Kansas. all in the presence of the sheriff. who made no attempt to stop any of them. bu- approved the entire proceeding ana was party to the planning thereof.
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spread the strikes to street railway {, lines in this district have been unGuc- cessful. In the west railroad officials re- ported strikers of half a dozen cities voted to return to work, railroad men at other points voted not to join the walkout and embargocs were lifted by several railroads. Strike leaders there refused 10 concede. however, that they were losing ground.
 The first positive act of federal in-i tervention was reported today from New Orleans, where department of justice agents rsided a strikers meet ing and arrested six leaders on fed- eral warrants charging them with in- terfering with the United States mails.
 Local officials in various other sec tions of the country continued their l efforts to end the strikes in their dis tricts. The Pennsylvania Railroad to- ! day agreed to a proposition of the state bureau of arbitration to have it's | general manager meet representatives | of the strikers provided that they can speak for all the men who are not working and that union representa- | lives also shall be permitted to be l present.
 There was a growing alarm of a shortage of perishable food and coal in the east, especially in and around New York, but shipments continued to arrive, though with increasing ir- | regularity. Railroad officials ex- pressed the belief that sufficient quan- titles could be brought into the Me tropolitan district to supply current | needs. e.
 The war department today made available to state and municipal au- I
 beef, canned roast beef and bacon,
 which have been held in storage in a
 score of railroad centers. Hundreds
 of motor trucks also were being press
 ed into service to bring food to this
 and other eastern cities.
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afaCtuerS Are to 'ter Political Arena
To Make Their Collective Voice Heard by the Domi- nant Political Bodies of the Country.

New. York, April 1S.-The National Association of Manufacturers an- nounced tonight it's entrance in to the national political campaign on a platform flor American industry"
 President Stephen c. Mason of the association said the action was in ac- cord with general desire through the country. A platform committee for each state, with all phases of in- dustry represented, now is ."in pro- cess of completion" he. said. The na- tional committee, which will be com posed of three of 'the most represen- tative and ablest manufacturers in the several states, will meet here on May 3, to draft the industrial plat form. The platform will be sub mitted to the annual convention of manufacturers here two weeks lat CT. ,-g.,
 When the platform is approved it will be submitted to both republican and democratic national conventions. The announcement said NO secret is made of the fact that the manufac- turers expect to encounter some stiff opposition even among their own ranks" but it was added Sufficient assurance. of support has been receiv- ed that all disapprovaI will be crush ed in an avalanche of popular favor" Letters have been sent to the man. ufacturing associations of each state asking theme to select three repre- sentative men, irrespective of party affiliations" to help frame the plat
 form. The letter to these assicia- tions says it is earnestly and con- sciencio1sly believed that productive industry has been silent too long," Tt is now the psychological duty fol industry, the backbone of the nation to make it's voice heard and presen ! to the country sound. economic pro. gramme. Never before have associ. ations like ours had the opportunit1 to prepare jointly such a programme. In making the announcement of tn, | national platform for industry MT ! Mason said "the manufacturers, fo the first time in history. believe tha l the time has come for them to mak 1 their collective voice heard by tn l dominant political bodies of the coun | try; that it is their duty to the pub l lie to formulate a definite programm that will help the nation back int l the sound, smooth industrial oper
 ation and progress.
 The United States is more of | business nation today than it eve has been and we believe that our in dustriaT future is largely dependen upon the methods and purposes whic
 move those in charge of national af
 fairs in solving the present critics l problems" he continued.
 | We believe that we should giv immediate attention and assistance
 our lawmakers and other factors i
 working out a complete and thorough Il ly. American solution. We are seekin
 te formulate a platform that will has Il rnonize the existing differences an I dissensions of today, not to antagor iZe them" ~
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GENERAL WOOD CALLED
 BACK BY RAILROAD STRIKE

Boston. April 13.-Major General Leonard Wood today cancelled the leave of absence which he obtained to make a campaign for the republican nomination for president, and said he would leave later in the day for Chi cago to resume his duties as com manding general of the Central de-. pertinent. He stated that his action was due to railroad strike conditions. General Wood made the announce ment at a breakfast rendered him at the Boston City club. He said:
 fThe situation of growing serious ness in the country is such that I feel
 it my duty to give up my leave and ] to return to my post of command in Chicago. The situation is not one
 which allows personal considerations to enter into the matter in the least It was the intention of General
 Wood to speak in several places in
 Massachusetts, New Jersey. Rhode Is- | land, Delaware and Pennsylvania with
 in the next week. He cancelled all Of these engagements. The general i,
 no won a two months lave which v 4
 granted him by the war department on March 20. He said he planned to 1 leave for Chicago at s:55 h. m. -
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SAFE CRACKERS MADE
 GOOD HAUL IN MERIDEN

Meriden, Conn.,, April 13-Safe crackers realized between $500 and s700 from break at the Tredonnick Paint company's shop on South Col ony street in an isolated district dur ing the night. They gained entrance by forcing window in the office and leisurely chiselled off the combina- tion knobs of two safes. From the pri- vate safe of Edward Tredonnick, treas urer, they got $650 and from the com pany's safe only between s7 and sS in change. They left behind a Hartford Sunday paper of Apil II. The shop is alongside the New Haven road tracks. The burglary was discovered when the office was opened this morning.
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IMPROVEMENT IN STRIKE
 CONDITIONS IN THE WEST

Chicago. April 13.-Reports from ran eenters in central and far west crn states tonight indicated a general improvement in strike conditions.
 Although leaders of the insurgent switchmen and ysrdmen strenuously denied that serious defections had oc- carred in their ranks. railroad heads and oficers Of the brotherhoods who are lighting the unauthorized walkout declared the strike in western territory gradually was dying out.
 Strikers In a half dozen cities and towns returned 10 work today. railroad men at other points voted not to join the walisOut. and embarEoes were lift cd by several railroads.
 Several railroads in the Chica go terminal district reported operations were virtually normal. Livestock re- ccipts today were 236 cars. including 1000 cattle. 5000 hogs and 1000 sheep and io,oos packing house workers re- turned to duty.
 Al LudinEton, Mich. 25 switchmen in the Pere Marquette yards reported for duty today and it was expected that the fleet of ferries would resume service.
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N. Y. SENATE PASSED
 ANTI -SED1TiON BILLS

Albany. N. r., April 13.-The senate, after debate of more than six hours, tonight passed three of the anti sedi- tion bills recommended by the Lusk joint legislative committee that inves- tigated radical activities. The majori- ties on each bill were substantial.
 The bills passed are disnged to pro- vide:
 That the attorney general be au- thorized to establish and maintain in his office a bureau for the investiga- ton and prosecution of alleged viola tiens of the law against criminal an- archy.
 That the education law be amended so as to require school teachers to an oath of loyalty to the constitution of state and nation before they can qualify as teachers.
 ] That private educatinal institutions be licensed by. and under the supervi- sion of, the state board of regents l This bill is aimed at such institutions as the Rand School of Social Science
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SAVED FROM JAIL SENTENCE
 BY PHYSICAL DISABILITY

Providence, R. l., April 13-Saved from jail sentence a week ago by Brown, who imposed a fine instead, United States District Judge Arthur L.
 that he might go/to hospital for a serious operation, Frank Seliingwood, of Providence( conductor on the War ren Bristol division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, died in a local hospital here today. He had been secretly indicted by the fed eral grand jury for stealing tickets from the railroad. He entered a plea of nolo contendre. United States Dis trict Attorney Harvey A. Baker re- commended a fine of s200, stating that EllingEood was dying on his feet and his only hope for life was an operation. The defendant paid the fine, was rush cd immediately to the hospital, was operated on and apparently was recov- ering when he suffered a relapse today.
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PENN. RAILROAD co. AGREES
 TO TRiPARTITE CONFERENCE

Philadelphia. April 13.-The Penn syfvania Railroad company tonight agreed to a proposition made by the bureau of mediation and arbitration >of the state department of labor and Industry to have the railroads gen. eral manager meet representatives of the strikers, provided that they can speak for all the men who are not working, and that representatives of the brotherhoods shall also be per- mitted to be present
 Whether a conference will be held in order to bring an end to the rail- road strike within the state of Penn sylvania could not be definitely stated tonight. Leaders among the strikers announced today that they were ready tc meet the managers of the railroads entering Philadelphia, but whether the railroad officials will be satisfied that they can speak for the men on strike will depend upon the credentials they present.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-14
PREsipENT HAS SELECTED
 RAILWAY LABOR BOARD

Washington, April 13. - President wilson sentto the senate today the nominations of the nine men repre- senting employers. employees and the public whom he has selected to com nose the labor board provided under tho transportation act to deal with railway labor disputes. The men se- lected were:
 Representing the public-George W. Hangar, Washington, D. C.; Henry Hunt. cincinnati; R. M. Barton. Ten neasee.
 Representing the railroad corpora tions-Horace Baker, J. H. Elliott and William l.. Park.
 Representing the employes-Albert PKiiiips. A. O. wharton and James J. Forester.
 The nominations were immediately referred to the interstate commerce committee which Is expected to take acton on them tomorrow. committee fnnfnhers having been given an oppor- funity in the meanwhile to make such in1uiries as to the qualifications of the
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nominees they saw it.

nominees they saw 1t,
 The board will be called by the president without delay and was ex- pected to meet in Washington, where existing government machinery for the handling of wage matters is at its dis posal, and would permit it to get into action promptly to deal with the strike situation.
 MT. Palmer, when he goes to the cabinet meeting tomorrow, will have available very large number of re- ports from his agents at strike centers which are known to deal specifically with the relation of the I. w. w. to the strike movement. He will be able to show the president and the cabinet that, through the agency of the I. W. W. relationship has been established between the strikers newly formed rsanization-the Railway Workers union-and the "One Big union,' as will also be a. to disclose through official reports mat John Grunau, head of the Chicago Yardmen's asso- ciation. the members of which were the first to quit their posts, has been supplanted by an active member of L
Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-14

New York. April 1s. - Although ranks Of the rebellious railroad rstik- CTS were strengthened substantially by further walkouts here today, rail- road officials. listening to a clamor of volunteer strike breakers, professed optimism tonight that a break in "the mob movement" was near.
 The general managers organization nf tho railroads interspersed the in- dlcnation meetings or commuters and the offer nf assistance to man trains with civilians as n spontaneous movement to put a prompt end to this nationwide Illegal strike" The mayor of Eneiewood. however announced frnm the cab of an engine. he had volunteered to drive that the citizens movement was without favoritism to either side"
 There were many secret and sep srate meetings of strikers and 'loyaP union men tonight and while rail- r>ads had arranged to move sixteen additional trains with volunteer help taror-ov. the threat of an extension of fhe strike was not allsyed.
 Tfp situation here tonight appear ed to he as follows
 Some food trains had arrived. hut there still was a possibility of food Shnrtnre. Prices of some commodities had gone up and department of jus ticc agents were investiga ting with a view to preventing profiteering.
 Tho movement of non -perishahle freight was virtually at a standstiil.
 Protherhood- leaders were working with railroad officials to induce strik- ere fa return to work. hut the attitude of the strikers representatives was ur-erfain The mayor or Jersey City. who at first approved the purpose of thr strike called a meeting Of iweive strikers representatives and Ieaders of three of the Big Four" railroad h-otherhoods today in Jersey City. The meotoing was secret but afterwards Timothy Shea. vice presi- dent cf tho Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Firemen. expressed the opinion that the strike leaders would urge their men tO abandon the walkout. A-asher meeting of these representa- . tivsS was arranged for tomorrow.
 The fear that more than three thousand shonmeu of the Pennsylya- nia would join the strike was Dart- lv. dispciied tonight when President Holm fleming of the MechaDjcs' As so-iation announced after a meeting Of the local. that the men would re- main loyal.
 A spccial agent of the department or justice reported he had been un- abie Go find evidence of Industrial Workers Of the Worlds influence be- hind the Strike.
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STATE BOARD DISCUSSES
 SCARCITY OF TEACHERS

Hartford, Conn.,, April 1S.-The scarcity of public teachers in Connec- ticut was the subject of discussion at the meeting of the state board of edu- cation in the capitol today. ecretary Charles D. Hine, who is quite sick at his home in this city, was not present.
 It was brought out that the condi- tion in the state was serious. More students are desired for the state normal schools but young women pre- fer to engage in clerical work which pays better than teaching.
 The opinion was expressed that in- crease in salaries of teachers had be come absolutely necessary if the teaching profession was to continue to attract men and women.
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New York, April 1s.-Interest in the nationwide strikes of rebellious rail- road workers, which appeared to be subsiding west of Chicago while spreading sporadically in the east, centered tonight in Washington.
 Union labor leaders, who have strived Intellectually to induce the strikers to return to work, saw a ray of hope in the appointment today of President Wilson labor board pro- vided under the transportation act to deal with labor disputes. Early con- firmation of the appointments is hoped 1 for by the senate so as to permit the board to get into action promptly on | the present strike situation. President | Wilson also issued a call for a cabi- | net meeting tomorrow and it was | thought announcement of the govern
 ment's course of action might be made at the close of the session.
 Meanwhile, officials of the depart nent of justice in Washington an
 nounced evidence of the activity of the Industrial Workers of the World | toward melting and maintaining the unauthorized strikes had continued to accumulate and that they saw signs
 of an attempt to expand the rail
 strike into "one phase of the world revolution" The reports of their field |
 it was explained. to permit determi-
 nation of their course in dealing with the situation
 While official estimates were lack
 ing, the number of persons who have
 been made idle by the strike. directly
 and indirectly, runs into the hundreds
 of thousands In the state of Ohio
 alone 100000 persons were reported out of work today with industrial
 plants in virtually every section con- tinuing to suspend operation. In the
 mining district around Scranton, Pa.
 15,000 mine workers have been idle , for three days and 1t is reported that their number will be increased tomor. row.
 The main battle-ground of the strike
 which centered for several days 1T the middle west, switched today tC the east. Strikers of Greater New York, whose ranks were steadily aug - mented duraAg the day. unanimousi rejected allttovertures of peace at : mass meeting in Jersey City tonigh; Further complications were ifi5ecte T into the situation by strike of 200 l Pennsylvania railroad shop worker
 in Trenton, N. J., and reports of un
 rest among other railroad shopmel in this district.
 5 Railroad officials here, while admit !, ting the gravity of the situation. ex l pressed the hope that tomorrow | would show an improvement in tn demoralized freight and passenge :. service here. They based their optfm ism on the increasing volume of of T fers of volunteers to man the trains.
 Thus far attempts of the strikers
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TWO SINN FEINERS
 RELEASED FROM PRISON

Dublin. April 13.-Two of the pris- oners in Mountjoy have been released because the military officials decided not to prosecute them. One of them was a hunger striker, but 1t is of fieially declared that this was mere ly incidental and does not affect the original situation. -.
 The executive of the Irish Trade Union Congress has issued an appeal to the workers of Great Britain. urg- l ing If they have the spirit Of free men let them prove it by resolutely supporting the Irish wovxers-
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"our figures are not complete but merely indicate the respective pro- portions of vehicles in use by certain industries said F. W. Fenn, secre- tary of the chamber. For example, tlie farming industry as shown by us employs 26,4f3 trucks while in real ity, according to the United States department of agriculture, the mum Der is 79.000. So thai the total num- Der of motor trucks now in use may be conservatively placed at roc, 00a."
 Motor trucks are now being manu- factured in the United States, MT. Tenn said at the rate of more than 1000 a day. the figure for 1919 being 305, ,142.