Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-31

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 BRIEF TELEGRAMS
 Bar gold in London was unchanged at 115s an ounce.
 British governments floating debt at the end of July wa f1,271 699, 900, against f1,271,271,60o year ago.
 Delegates to the annual convention of the Indiana State Federation of Labor at the closing session indorsed the Plumb plan.
 Check No. 1 of the first annuity pay ments to retired government employees will go to Alber Ashenden, of Los An geles. A police raid upon clubhouse in New Haven, resulted in the arrest of 22 men and seizure of s3,Oe0 stakes in a dice game.
 By graduation of the 1S2 midshipmen there will be that many chances for New York boys to end Annapolis Naval Acad- emy next summer.
 Three army airpianes, returning from Alaska, to New York, arrived at Fair banks. Alaska, having travelled 13o miles from Fort Gibbon.
 Three masked men in an automobile held up the paymaster of the General American Co. at East Chicago and es- capped with s15,O0o.
 Federal agents. who were guarding ali loads between New York and Boston. have seized whiskey wines and other n- quor valued at $500,000.
 Pennsylvania Railroad is distributing back pay to employees ordered in the de- cision of the United States Railway Board It totals s23,O0o,ooo.
 Ernest Barry. former sculIing cham pion of the world regained the title by defeating Alfred Felton, Australian, on the Parramatta River, Australia.
 Dr. A. \. SachmatOv, professor of Russian lan@un~a irf the University of | cording 10 reports from Stockholm.
 Jersey City's fight to force the Man. hattan & Hudson Railroad Co. to ac- cept a cent fare was carried by the company to he U. s. Federal District court.
 Bar silver was 3-sd lower in London at SO 5-S. an ounce. New York dones- tic price was unchanged at 99 1-2 cents and foreign silver was 97 Is cents ar ounce.
 The sailing of the Santa Isabel with cargo of 492 automobiles from Toledo connects that ely with the Atlst 1 ocean as a direct point for foreign ship rients.
 Minister of War Bonomi recalled al Italian officers now in Latin-America1 countries except those accredited to le gations as military attaches or on specia l missions.
 | Greek forces are concentrating in prep aration for a new offensive agafns i Ushak, 150 miles northeast of Smyrna Turks are bringing endorsements i'd this point.
 .-a. Owing to th~ r~-.f~ in Japan iS2 com panies and banks defaulted and went in to liquidati ton Iii sIay and l34 in June The capital involved in failures in twC months was s42, 100000.
 French General Federation of LabOl has definitely broken with the radical: and denounced the Moscow Third Inter nat3onale's demands declaring labor cannot accept a Red and White dictation
 Work of mastering out followers oi Villa was completed and three months pay given the men. The men were giv- en safe conduct and transportation tc their farms in Chihuahua, Durango ant Coahuila.
 Ambassador Shidehara and Secretary Colby conferred on the California ques- tion regarding Japanese immigratjon, or which Governor Stephens, of California recently addressed a memorandum to the State Department.
 In order to eliminate clashes between striking miners and guards of companies at Willis Branch, W. Va, Gov. Cornwel and Col. Jackson s. Arnold commander of state police, requested the company tc send their guards away.
 Exporters are buying Canadian wheat in Winnipeg. The British Commission is holding off from buying American whea showing a preference for the Canaiiar spring product. At the present rate o exchange Canadian wheat is cheaper than American.
 Delayed eight hours because of diff culties in getting the Aquitania out O her berth, the Cunarder Mauretania reached her pier with 1895 passengers Ronald C. Lindsay, Charge dAffaires a British Embassy in Washington, wa! among the arrivals.