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Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
SAYS CANADA SHOULD ii- s -zs---z =ii HAVE VOTElIN LEAGUE

 a Ottawa, Ont. March 4.--Canada has as much right to vote in the league of nations as the United States. ". A. Buchanan. independent member, de- clared today in the house Of commons. -r Il have no reflection to cast on the country 10 the south" he said, ..but1I will say that Canada was in the war from the beginning and sacrificed thousands of men for the principles fer which they were fighting She has just as much right as the .. | nited States to a voice in the league..9 45
 Mr. Buchanan urged revision of tht tariff which would reduce the duty on farm implements. The same note-w was struck by T. w. Caldwell member for Carleton. who said that one make of American automobile costs $40 more on the Canadian side. -,
 C. IT. Gould. farmer member from Manitoba, referred to a recent remark in the house that Canada should not trade with the United States unless thai country recognized the full value of the Canadian dollar. .
 When the American dollar feII to about 37 cents after the Civil war, did Canada refuse it ?'' asked Mir. Gould.
 eiwhen men can sell their. wheat across the line at higher price than they can get in Canada. they are go- ing to do it. That's business % ss7t
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
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Washington. March IA hot poli- tical row broke Out .in the house too- day when the republicans forced through a. sreseIutions authorizing in ] by the judiciary; committee of thes acts Of < Attorney General Pal mer; in connection with prices charsed for Louisiana sugar The democrats s bit terlypropposed the project, charging that it was designed as an indirect impeachment of NIT. Palmer and only intended as a means of checking the growing popularity of a democratic presidential aspirant
 In reply, the republicans charged sthaeS the president and sMr. Palmer were directly responsible for prevail ing high sugar prioesi that Mir. Pal
 mer had no authority to recognize the
 high figure at which Louisiana sugar sold and that he had failed to press actions against profiteers.
 In two hours of de t-e on the rese- lution, offered by Representative Tinkham, republican. Massachusetts democratic members asserted it was
 ecovert" attack on M-. Palmer, and wa
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
Abrupt Advance in.
 Foreign Exchange
Movement Came as Surprise
 Demand Bills in London Rose to $3.53.

New York. March 4.-A spirited advance in foreign exchange nechpsed afs otber Geve-opme nts in the .ee.I'-i- ties markets tocay ynd gave rise to 1il'.il a5ectuitf la e4 D.
 Ine Bcl,:s rate ol demand hills lcn London, rose to S3.53, an overnight gain of II cents to the pound and 3s cents over the low record establish ed exactly one month ago.a
 The Paris check was at 1879 francs to the dollar. against f5.12, a month ago and the Italian rate at 1S.2. fires to the dollar, compared with 13.1G at that same period.
 Remittanees to nearly all other European countries, including so-can- ed neutrals and the Scandinavian capitals, also strengthened variabiy.
 The movement was a complete sur nrisce to dealers, although it was re- called that one of the foremost inter national banks began buying Donc0n bills in lsAse amounts last week. Accompanying the rise in exchange were reports that the movement fore shadowed an extensive gold export movement from London to this oiun- try. In we'll informed quarters this was doubted, because latest advices from London report a tighter money market and point strongly to an early advance in the discount rate of the Ba>.A of Englanda ss aa
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
HAMDEN MURDERER
 HANGED AT WETHERSFiELD

wethersheid. Conn. Friday, March b.-Dauiel Cerone. Of Hamden, was hanged In the state prison here at fourteen minutes past midnight this norrinE. The oniy incident marking his execution for the murder of his stepdaughter was a sharp. brief out cry made by the condemned man as tho hood was being placed over his head. He was pronounced dead at iZ.19
 ccrone was found guilty of first de- rrer murder by jury in New Haven on October l4 last and on the fol- loving day Judge Warner sent\ced hun Co be hanged. An appeal for ciemeucy was made to the state board %, pardons last month, but it was de- nied.
 Cerone was accused of murdering big i4 year old stepdaughter. Raphae- "a Computari. at his home in High wood on June s. 1919. According to thr testimony. CerOne had become en- ragged over the oetrothal of his step daughter 10 a young man whom Ce- ronr did not like, and in the early morning hours he broke into the rirfs bedroom. struck her and then drew revolver and shot her through the head.
 With inc exccE.ion or Cerone the death house Of the state prison be- came vacant
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
GREAT BRITAIN kccEDEs .li v --1e TO ITALY's REQUEST

Washington. March 4.-Great Brit ain, in agreeing to the Dec, settle ment of the Adriatic question, acceded to a request made by Italy that the other sienatories consent to withhold publication of the note, that Italy be given an opportunity to reply and that thea settlement be not regarded as final. - .----,z. t.7 .-4--a- -1 eHi.s
 This. is revealed in a telegram sent by Earl Gurzon. British secretary of state. for foreign affairs. to Sir Eyre .Crowes the British representative on the supreme council. t. -..a 1-.
 A copy of the telegram, which was Communicated to the American. gov .ernment yesterday for the first time, was made public today by the state department saA 1 f7i--ns-5f The conditions for signature, Earl Curzonl said, were requested by Signor lSeiafoia, Italian foreign minister with whom Earl Curzon held lpng eOnver- sationz Dec. $, =H " ei1
 When informed of the terms of the French British American proposal
 Signor Scialoia. raised two main ob-
 iections, which Earl Curzon said in the
 telegram, were.SfFfi 5f 4Ats-'
 That itawa sa mere reiteration 0, sthe.-+,N Nilsoniana position and made nc feoneessien to the Italian point of view | about iFiume. and that while s afe- guarding the strategical position O Italy north of the Adriatic,i yet b, leaving both ,Sebenico- andsC2ttare- 1T the hands of the JugosIav state it ex posed the entire central and southern { kAdriatic flank of Italy to attack, Itai,
 claimed neither of these ports for her self but did claim that. both. or atsleas sebenico,, heHdemilitarized.1 4 -H
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
MAY ExPEL SOCIALISTS FROM
 NEW YORK ASSEMBLY,

Albany, N Y, March 4.-Expulsion of the five suspended socialist mem bersi of the New York state assembly who have been under investigation by the judiciary committee, on the ground that they are traitors was demand ed by Martin Conboy, summing up the case against the legislator today. MT. Conboy insisted that the charges against the five men have been proved,
 "I feel confident of the determination which you gentlemen shall reach, be- cause l believe that with me instead of the cry Long live the Internauonale council of the proletarians,' you will say Long live the United Stst.s of America was Mir. Conboys closing of six hour address. -"
 Seymour Stedman will sum up for the socialist. assemblymen tomorrow, while former Senator Elon R. Brown is expected to say the last word for the prosecution next Tuesday.
 That the socialist party lis com
 posed of perpetual traitors" that its members sworn to uphold it's policies, must take the oath of office in the leg islature with lie on their lips and in their hearts" and that the party "is trying to bring about revolution in this country were among charges made by Mir. Conboy today.
 1 Challenging remarks by Morris Hill quit chief counsel for the defense, early in the investigation, that the SO i cialists would walk out of the cham Der in humiliation if it was proven i that the party had advocated and urged it's mem bers to refrain from 1 taking part in the war in any shape or manner Mr. Conboy asserted that this | charge has been proven and that the
 socialists have not left the chamber T | ,5s Il,
 attention to what occurred during re- i marks by MT. Hillquit in summing up 1 for the defense yesterday 'as one of | the most complete, frank unblushine threats of the use of industrial mass | action.
 Under the veil of a smile a threat
 was employed that if you gentlemen
 conclude that these five socialist as
 seTnblymen should not sit in this
 chamber as members of. this assembly i a general strike might be called" MT
 Conboy declared. The threat carrie,
 itself further. You must not only ad
 init them but you must take their leg.
 islatiye program and enact 1t int
 law: otherwise the general strike wil
 again be employed It can be utilized in like fashion to impose upon tn, people of the United States the forn of government that the adherents tt and encounters of the general strik desire the people to have"
 l. Mr. Conboy quoted from the social
 ist constitution to bear out his state } ment that these five assemblvmeI
 present themselves at the door of thi
 chamber not as representative of tn thousands of voters who cast thei . hallots for their election but as proxie , for a small group of dues -payin
 members. in no case exceeding 500 i number, many of whom are alien. T some of whom are minors, all of whor ] are disloyal." ' go . ''The object of the socialist party
 Mir. Ccnboy continued lis to destro e the institutions of the United State n and of this state a their contributio = to the international social revolution
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
$171,ooo SUIT OVER THE
 SEIZURE OF LIQUOR

New York, March A suit to col lect approximately $171.000 alleged to be due the government as taxes on vinous spirits was filed in federal dis trict court today against Charles H. Bickart, president and general mana ger of the National Fruit Products company. a Tennessee corporation, the brokerage firm of Gray & Wilmerding and the Franklin Trust company of sthis city. The complaint, filed by As sistant United States District Attor- ney Barnes, charges that Bickart ille- gally removed $39O,0 belonging to the company to New York and depos- tied the money and securities pur- chased with some of it to his personal credit with the brokerage firm and trust company.
 It is also alleged that Bickart has completed arrangements to leave this country, taking with him the money and securities. and that his action, taken without the sanction of the board of directors, has thrown the Fruit Products company into nsol- vency.
 Bickart, the government says, is 8 resident of Tennessee and the Nactior
 was taken after the demands of inter- nal revenue collectors in that state hat been ignored.
 The information" upon which tn,
 complaint was predicated was received
 from the collector of internal revenu, | in Memphis.
 i After the filing of the complaint l Mir. Barnes obtained an order direct l ing the defendants to show cause ol : Saturday why they should not be en 1 joined from parting with the propert,
 of the National Fruit Products com ! 9any.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
STATEMENT FROM VATICAN
 ABOUT ALSAcE-LORRAlNE

po,,e March 4-That Germany ras ready 10 make concessions on Al sace-I,orrsine in 1917 as means Of achieving peace. is brought out in the -ourse of a semi official statement r,ade bv the Vatican relative to con ver,atinns occurring at that time be- tween the papal nuncio, Monsignor Paceni. and the German chancellor, nr. Von Bethmann -Holiweg. The rhanceilor has recently alluded Tn German newspapers 10 these conver- sAfions. and the Vatican statement gives more detailed information.
 Concerning the exchange in refer -ncc to Alsace Lorraine, the state ment says Monsignor Paeelli asked Bethn,a nn- Hoilweg:
 What are Germany's intentions re- ra~dinE Alsace-lsorsine and is the Te-nan government ready to make territorial concessions to France
 Bethmann- Horweg's answer is giv- en as follows:
 ..If France is ready to negotiate. peace will not be wrecked on this uotnt. Under the form of 'recipro- -ai rrciihcation Of frontiers it will oe -asy 70 find the way 10 an accord.
 Tho carly part or the statement relates how the negotiations were ini- alANEu anu -tANFs
 'sMonsignor Pacelli. during the first hall of isiT was entrusted to present .he kaiser an autographed letter iron The pope in which the pontiff limited himself 10 warmly recommending peace In such a manner as circum' ssanoes at tho moment suggested.
 s-Ths conversation between Mon arnor Paceni and Bethmann -HoN- wer. the German chancellor. deal with the request for an explanation O sernany's war aims. made by Nunci' Pacrih as the hest means or reachint .csce recommended by the pope.
 '-MonsiRnor Pacelifs request includ ed the following points: disarmament arbitration. independence of Belgium and a solution of the Alsace- e-Dorrain auestion. On this last point Monsig or Pareii asked what concessions, any. Germany was willing 10 make t France. Bethmann Holweg spoke O nartiaf concessions only 6ur this oc -u--rd v-hen Germany was victoriou an along The line, and when the dis position of Alsace Lorraine had nc vet been laid in its entirety befor Germany as was done afterwards 0 fhr French premier Georges Clemen eenwT
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05

that amount against the day when 1t will, come back to us? By postponlns for two years the establishment of a sinking fund and funding the deferred payments of European interest, we should cover $75o,000,000 of the billion dollars by which our taxation might he reduced. By discontinuong pur- cbases of Liberty bonds for retirement under provisions of existing law, the treasury would be relieved of large burden now reflected in the floating debt and which otherwise will have to be made up by taxation. It would seem that reduction of our tax bill for the next two years in this manner could be accomplished and that it would involve the issuance of addi- tional bonds to the extent of probably not more than one and half billion dollars.
 'I trust that the ways and means committee of the house of representa- tives. in which all tax measures must of course originate. will consider this question in it's broad relations to our general economic welfare. The imme- diate burden of taxation is too great. It is having an injurious effect on bushes. It Is contributing factor of large proportions in the high cost of living It's inevitable tendency is to stifie new enterprise and to throttle initiative. It is both unscientifc and negotiable. In view of the approach ing decline in our export trade, with the inevitable reduction in the vol ume of business in the country. 1t will become doubly important to revise and to reduce taxation in order that busi-
 ness may not have to carry an un- | necessary tax burden throughout this period of readjustment"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05

washington. March 4.-An immedi- ate billion dollar reduction in federal taxes was suggested in statement tssurd here today by William c. Me Adoo. former secretary of the treas urv. The present tax burden is too great he said. and Is having an ln- furious effect on business
 Mir. NcAdoo proposed that collection Of tax to establish sinking fund for retirement of the war debt, wnicn was recommended by former Secre. fa-v Glass 10 begin with the fiscal ve,- 1920. he postponed for two years. and that the deferred payments Of European interest be funded until Flu -op~ Is in position to pay it's interest charges.
 "The financial policies of the nation as embodied in future congressional legislation" said Mr. McAdoo. should realize the utmost economy in ex- pendi-ure and might well fund in long fern bonds s1 oae 900 oeo per annum for fs-o years of the amount now raised by taxation.
 -T- nde- the laws a tax to establish Il per cent. sinking fund to retire hnnds now outstanding Is to he col ieet@d beginning with the fiscal year fssn This might well be postponed fa- sf least two years and thus reduce the tax burden by S2hO O,oO ovV ahnudliy' Trere 100 is the debt which Europe cv-.s ,,s and which now amounts to about fen billion dollars. IT the eco- ncraic restoration Of Europe had pro ceeasa far enough so that Europe could now pay interest on this debt Jas she viii be able within lew wes-s, we should have an income oi ts0o GOO ne0 from this source. But that is moi now available. Why not fund
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
SHIPPING BOARD FUEL EaSTTUATlON EVERY SERIOUSs

Washington, March 4.-Failure of the Shipping Board to secure bids for even a small proportion of the oil fuel needed for its%ships during the year beginning April 1. brought the sugges- tion tonight that President .s Wilson might be urged to invoke his war pow CTS to meet the situation. ,Rester- ation of full federal. control over the was said. .,-- -s.-s
 Shipping. Board :. officials said is fuel situation was very serious, On proposals, for 24.O0o.0e0 barrels. they received today bids on 1.50Q. .lQ1 at prices ranging from 76 to go per cent. higher than last year. TE1xistisIg con- tracts viii expire within the next three weeks and at no point has the board a reserve supply for more than ia few days. Chairman Payne fs 5ex- President Wilson. ssf-l-sz-s-sfs1
 Market conditions" .Hasatlle .expla- nation given by practically every inn portant oil producer for failure to- sub
 nait-zfaii--ofTers -seseasezais=coFapani tdeciared their -.productioQ foE. tss lyear wass already covered byHco1- | tEaets. in one Case. wita sidppiTlg tirms operating 2 federal Sowneds Sbot- toms.
 | OAi men present q, at the Shipping Boards headquarters. however. de- tclared the situation could. be definite | ly traced to lnsetled -co1di4idnss the l ITampico,. Mexico, oil fields the prin- cpal sources of supply. Recent Mex ican decEees restricting -eit feEeators have forced the, companies -sto-exer- else extreme caution in contracting l for future delivery. ithe oil men said | The result Of today's- bids grate the Skipping Board added to anxiety at I the navy department. which will seek
 bids on fuel oil for the N-htips ships . | kfarni,-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
EX- ARMY OFFICER
 OPPOSES SOLDIER RELIEF

Washington, March 4.-Flat opposi- ton to financial relief legislation for former service men, the first to be ex- pressed by a former soldier, was ae- serted today before the house ways and means committee by Walter w. Burns of Greenpoint, N. Y, former artillery captain. A money handout" to the ex-service men, he said would simply be thrown away"
 Practically no former soldiers or sailors are without employment. Burns said, adding that most of them do not know the effect the payment of a bonus would have. Outstanding gov ernment obligations would depreciate If bond issue was authorized, Burns said.
 All soldiers would take a money grant if congress authorized it. he told the committee. Representative Rainey, democrat Illinois. replied that this was true even of members of congress
 who talk and vote against salaries and mileage allotments but always take the money
 Burns contended that the sattsfac- ton of having fought to defend the country was suffi reward IT the war had continued two weeks more every American soldier ] would have been so tickled they { wouldn't want any bonus" he added Representative Garner. democrat | Texas, said not a former service man ] In his district had written in favor of the proposed financial relief. They don't know you are in con 1 gress then" a representative of a soldier organization seated in the com mlttee room interjected.
 1 Even the American Legion is divided on the question, Burns said. adding | that he was a member of that organ n- izatlon and had talked with many others opposed to the legion's plans Those who need bonus would souan. der and those who don't need it woulf put 1t in bank. he argued
 Reclamation of arid lands in th, west and south, with preferential rirh' to all former service men to entry or existing drained public lands wa, urged by a delegation headed bv Ren resentative Smith, republican. Idaho. More than 15o, 900 men have alread,
 signified their desire for homestead d
 put are without financial means to oh
 taln them, George R. Maxwell of S.
 Louis told the committee.
 That is an infnitesimal part of tb
 four million" Representative HawIey
 republican. Washington. internosei
 And when man has money he want to get out of the cities. but when h is busted he can't go to the farms
 Chairman Fordney added.
 Representative Johnson, repuhlica, .. South Dakota, introduced resoutio requesting the opinion of Secra1a F Baker on the proposed extra horn Tor formcr service men.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
SIEGE WARFARE AGAINST 4 PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT

7s Washington, March ETSiege war fare against the prohibition enforce ment act was inaugurated today by wet" members of the house.
 Though repulged, 254 to .S6, in. the initial attacfi made in the form of a straight-out repeal provision, offered by Representative Eagan, democrat. of New Jersey, as a rider to the legisia- tive, executive and judicial appropria- tion bill, the anti -prohibitionists told the house they planned to raise Nhe issue again during consideration of every bill that comes up appropriating funds for enforcement of the prohjbi- ton amendment. +s While the "wets" of the house were making their fight, Attorney Genera Thomas F. McCran of New Jersey filed suit in behalf of his state in the supreme court to declare the amend ment Unconstitutional and to prevent federal officials from enforcing if. The court, on the motion of Assistant At torney General Frierson, fixed Monday for hearing arguments in the original suit filed by Rhode Island and on the appeals from Kentucky and Massa- ehusetts decisions involving validity ot the amendment,
 Attorney General Mccran contendet that the amendment was not properfl 1 drawn and that ongress possessed n ] power to propose constitutions I amendment regulating the habits an
 morals of the people. The enforce
 ment act. passed under authority 0 the amendment, his bill set forth, wa
 therefore null and void.
 Tfe move of the house anti-prohibi
 tiohists9 came unexpectedly durini
 consideration of an appropriation c
 s4.50e. 900 for prohibition enforcement
 After Speaker Giliett had refused |
 sustain the point of order against tn repeal provision raised by Representa-
 tive Garrett. democrat, Tennessee. tn
 rider and it's allied motion to eliminat
 the enforcement appropriation wer voted down overwhelmingly
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-05
WILSON ANSWERS FRENCH
 AND BRITISH PREMIERs

Washington, March 4.-President Wilson's reJoinder to the last note of the French and British premiers on the Adriatic situation was despatched to Europe tonight. Its contents was not disclosed by the state depart ment.
 In preparing his answer President Wilson had before him the proposal or the premiers that the United states join in seeking d settlement of the vexing problem of the Adriatic through direct negotiations between Italy and Jugoslavia. The text for their proposal was taken from T statement in Mir. Wilson's previous communication that the United States would "of course" not oppose any agreement mutually agrtra,,Ie to Italy and Jugoslavia" as tc iron tiers, providing it was not on the ba- sis of compensation elsewhere at the power"
 The president was invited to nsr1 ,1'' ticipate in a joint proposal to ItaIv and Jugoslavia to this effect. and what answer he has made was not revealed. It was noted, however, that the summary of the premiers' note acbled from London showed that even should such efforts bring no results further triangular discussions be- tween Great Britain. France and the United States in search of a way out of the difficulty were, agreed to ir advance.
 In diplomatic circles here there was much conjecture as to the possi ble significance of announcement that the supreme council would re. assemble at San Reno, Italy, for ne. gotiations with the Serbians. It was suggested this arrangement might forecast the reopening of efforts te adjust the Adriatic dispute.