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Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
PALMER HAS ASKED FOR
 MORE FAR LAWS

Washington. Jan. 4.-Unable to prosecute the so-caned parlor bol- shevists long haired men and short haired women who encourage agita- tors and promote sedition as a Tastime. Attorney General Palmer to- day issued an appeal to congress for prompt action on the bill submitted hy him several months ago which would strengthen the han,ts of inc department of justice in dealing with American citizens considered danger eus to the nation
 At least one of the men taken in fhe latest raids is a c-ly official and numerous others are nsI i've; of this CoJn-r1 or have taken oCI citizenship papers after long residence.
 In order that the department of justice, Mir. Palmer's statement said. may deal forcibly. effectively and quickly with seditionists who are American citizens but who are seek ing to injuTe or destroy the govern ncnt. I hope very earnestly that con- srrss immediately upon the reconYen- hE on January. will enact into law a measure adequate to meet the grave situation now confronting us.
 Several months ago in appearing before a senate committee I made clear the fact that the department of justice was unable to proceed proper iy against seditionists because of a lack Of statutory definition of the crime and I also suggested the kind of q law which I thought would meet the situation.
 Since that time the bill I outlined has been introduced in the house and it now is in the hands of a sub-com- nittee- Epit0nized the bill after properly defining acts of sedition Ho0id provide fer a fine 0f not more shan fie.eao or Imprisonment of
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
-kAIsER's PRESENT. HOME
 THREATENED BY HIGH WATEl B

The Hague, Jan. 4-lBv The A F3 The Rhine has reached ifs hiafesi stage in many years in the VfffilI ts of Amerongen and threatens to oFefI7os. the dike about the BcItinziz czst1z Former Emperor Williams present home. Workmen are busy sfre7sei a3tfz ing the dike to meet the esne1Eosc and adyices from the castle repett fts. eX-emperor aiding tlleIn m their tack Should the river rise a feV more i1< ches it's level would be high slif;ix'4. to permit the water to seep d1,et LNInz the grounds and flood the le5'HE az1f of the castlei Watchers ter rise. however. express the oF5tia1 fE4z the flood has reached it's Highest ste es, and that the danger to the castle 9s over, although the fields hetWeee It and the river, a distance of sHHf 6 mile, are flooded tn such an <t1t< that r0wboats arc in Use csik |tt,Ii
 The castle is situated on t1s < s7- side of q huge government Nfke uz1rf forms a roadway, ana tise hili .,< thus is subject to fonfl .I7 4a=z5 t i greater degree than 3'ie fsaiH 66fi of the village, which this dl|zs ftffe. : To offset this adisas7 ae teal sEfI there exists 1 prl11.i{e I.-- Fl4 I- tfc|f dike of approxi1na tsla 13a ei4' Ese|shf surrounding the eas<le
 Although there has eH71 Fl aSz e{ life as the reSjl5s ei The h|tf # Ie<- throughout Holland dsIio4 zH1 1&..s tens days, fhe fo06| has e1 |.s.6.f |. damage to nrofef o Ik< tt5t.I cipal items of loss lA ,'Iz t$I '=sltsA7 6ts Hollands $ brIef |iz;' Ei: .I kilns beinc Io4ats0 3o. < .s'|sN tSI< generalls falIiaS
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
NO FALL IN PRICES FOR
 SEVERAL YEARS TO COME

Washington, Jan. 4.-No prospect of any considerable fall in prices for several years to come IS seen bv Royal Meeker, commissioner of labor statistics and head of the bureau which collects information on tba trend of prices used by the govern ment in official negotiations concern ing wages and similar questions. He recommended monetary unit of value to replace the present units of weght,
 People generally. are yearnin~- so irtently for lower prices that they have not thought much about the re- suits of falling prices" Mir. 7ToaI5er said. "The sufferings already endured by the people through rising prices will be multiplied tenfold if prices drop within the next seven years to the 1913 level. A period of falling prices is always time of business depression, failures and unemploy- ment''
 Declaring that the governments of the world could not reduce their 'n- suddenly, the commission [ said the credit which would have to b. extended to Europe by this country would produce further imitation, thus boosting prices still higher '-''r T.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
LOCAL ELECTIONS TO BE
 HELD IN IRELAND JAN. IS

Dublin, Jan. 1.-The first local cleo tions since the beginning of the war will be held all over Ireland on Jan suary IS, and remarkable interest is attached to them because they will show how far the Sim Fein party is holding it's own.
 Irish local government for a long period has been conducted by popu- larly-elected county, rural and urban district councils. The composition is generally safeguide to the state of feeling in the country, for the opinion of the candidates on the question of self government is generally the principal factor in the voting.
 The local councils in the three southern provinces thus far have been overwhelmingly composed of home rulers of the old nationalist party. All local elections were suspended by the government during the war, to pre- vent possible trouble. Meanwhile the nationalist party has almost disap- peared from the scene and the Sim Fsein has taken its. place.
 Formerly the members of the local body went out of office in patches, one third being elected yearly. Now a clean. sweep is. to be made of all from the administrators of a while COuIlIS u lliS dOniAI14oSl GltO1 ~OL LAiS smallest districts
 For the, first time the voting will be on system of proportional repre- sentation, known as the single trans ferrable vote. This plan was adopted after a successful experiment in the town of Sligo. It gives a chance for for the representation of minorities Although the Sim Feiners had a large majority in Sligo. all the parties got a look in. The object of the change was to prevhnt' the Sim Fein from capturing local bodies wholesale, but it's chief opponents were Sir Edward
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
MINERS ASK PALMER
 TO ATTEND CONVENTION

Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 4.-Attorney GenNral Palmer has been asked by the Uniitd Mine Workers of America, which meets in convention here to- morrow, to put a stop to. alleged vio- lations by operators in. six states of the terms of the agreement which made with the government and which brought to an end the recent strike of soft. coal miners.
 This Announcement was made here tonight by William Green. secretary of the miners. He said that the vii olations were most numerous in Ala bama, West Virginia, eastern Ken. lucky, Colorado and some parts of H. linois.
 Green said that the agreement with the government provided that the miners resume work under the same conditions as existed prior to the. strike, and at wage Increase of If per cent
 In the states enumerated. Green said. many of the operators had told him that they could not return to work unless they. resigned from the union. He said the miners were told that after they left the union they would be given work at the 14 per cent in- crease,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Carson and the Ulster Unionists, who have the same superiority in the northeast corner that the Sim rem holds@in the rest of Ireland
 Despite the advantages Of t1e plan for securing minority representation, the fact remains that voting organl- zation is a telling factor even under this system. It can prevent the waste of majority votes. and spread it's first preferences carefully over the whole ticket. In this connection Sim Fem supporters point to the organizat ton of that body as being highly scientific, far more effective and more ably con ducted, mostly by volunteer workers than any other organization in Ire land, now or in the past,
 There has not been the rush that was expected of candidates of con cededly minority groupS who have presented to them now their first op- portunftv for representation The demonstrated supremacy of the Sim Feiners appears to have exercised sort of hypnotic effect. and neither the unionists nor the nationaIsts, some observers predict, will be repre- sented in proportion to their real numbers and influence
 The labor party for the first time in Irish politics is expected to. play an important part anu lto SuppO1 tOt D seem to anticipate dividing power has been growing during the last five years, but at the last parliamentary elections it threw in it's lot with the Sim Fein under the threat of con scrfption that Had been hanging over Ireland. The labor unions have thrown policies in local affairs. al though most of their members are Sim Feiners, butA while ne two par ties may differ fon trtde questions, there seems no rsensaI to doubt thar on Ireland's one great political ques- tion they will continue to act together.
 The Sim Fein is avowedly conf dent of obtaining control of all the Irish bodies outside of northeast Ul- | ster, claiming that even in Dublin. where the unionisf minority is strong
 by comparison with the country ais 1 tricts, they can control the corpora
 tion and elect Whoever they please | lord mayor, as Mell as Controlling tle Dublin county council. Given this
 success. it is pointed out that fhes
 could virtually turn all the local bod Y ies of the country into Sim Feia I branches. and since the Sim Fein has
 been proclaimed an illegal organiza tion the situation which would de- velop in such a case is pointed to as
 being likely to prove an interesting
 one from the standpoint of the vice roy.
 The fact is not bein Overlooked hs
 observers. however, that the govern
 ment holds the whip hand over tbe local bodies. All of them are subject
 to the local government board aT~ pointed by the castle, the assent 6I
 which is necessary for all appointz ments to local offices and for all ius7
 portant measures. Under an act oE liament the local government board
 has the power to disband anx fe{fs tory council and substitute paid ad 2 Thus. it Is noted, the outcorne ef tne elections may be found as proxidif&
 another test of strength between ft8
 Sim F'ein and the government.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
VICTOR L. BERGER BOUND
 TO LAND IN PRISON


 New York. Jan. 4.--Yictor L. Berg CT, representative elect from the Fifth Wisconsin district, boasted to an au- dience of about 1.50O socialists here tonight that he would carry the so- eialist flag either toA congress or to prison.
 Berger rouseds his hearers to en- thusiasm when he declared he would be elected to congress six times more, whereas Woodrow Wilson can't be reelected once more.'
 One of the preliminary speakers de- clared sthere would be a million American voters to make their pro- test felt" if Berger is arrested. A man in the back of the hall shouted in reply:
 And there's hundred million good Americans to lick you''
 A disturbance followed and the in- terrupter was thrown out,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

twenty years or both for any person guilty of sedition; a fine of not more than S10.000 or Imprisonment of not more than ten years or both for any person guilty of promoting sedition; Tor the deportation of any alien con victed of either of the foregoing crimes and for the denaturaIization and subsequent deportation of any naturalized citizen guilty of either or both of these crimes.
 The patriotic press of virtually ev- cry state, without regard to politics has endorsed the bill; organizations of many classes have gone on record unqualifedly in favor of the measure. In truth it has been hailed generally by red -blooded Americans as a measure with teeth in it, and that is the kind Of measure the department of justice must have if it is going to stamp out, th.s grave menace of se- dition''
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
kOLCHAk MAY CEDE A
 PART OF SIBERIA TO JAPAN

London Jan. IA wireless despatch received here from Moscow quotes a Dorpat report as saying that Admiral KoIChak. head of the OInsk govern ment, has notified the United States government that he will cede nart of Siberia to Japan unless the allies send further assistance to the White armies to save Russia.
 "The Red cavalry" says the des- patch, ifs at the gates of Taganrog and Mariupol.
 General Denikine's troops are flee ing from Tsaritsin in panic, being cut off from Rostov, and at the same time squeezed upon two sides.
 "The road to the Caucasus is now open from the northeast"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
ARRESTED FOR THEFTS
 FROM THE MANVILLE co,

Providence, R. l., Jan. 4.-Thefts of goods estimated to be worth between s40.000 and S50.000 from, the ManviIle Company at Manviile are said to have been disclosed early today, when the Woonsocket police arrested David Anderson and Hickson F. LittledaIe, Anderson has been employed in the Manville mill as overseer and Little dale conducts the Manville Company $ remnant store in Woonsocket. The former is held on charge of stealing goods valued at $1 100 and the latter on the charge of receiving stolen goods.
 Thefts have been going on for a long period of time and until recent ly were shouded in mystery. Ander- son. according to the police, had been stealing cloth frOm the mill.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
SUN FAILED YUMA FOR
 FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS

Yuma, Ariz., Jan. 4.-The sun failed to shine on Yuma yesterday for the first time in forty five years, accord ing to persons who have lived here that ong. Rain fell throughout the day.
 A hotel which for a quarter of a century has displayed a sign offering free board every time the sun failed to show. itself. prepared last night to do a rushing business, which failed to materialize, the management re- ported.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
NEW ENGLAND REDS"
 BEING SENT TO BOSTON

Springfield. Mass. Jan. 4-FGftv- seevn alleged radicals who were ar rested in this city. Holyoke and Chic opee Rriday night in the nation wide raid on Red headquarters were sent to Boston this afternoon bv RaInh N. Butterworth, special agent of the department of justice in western Massachusetts. Thirteen of this mum Der were from Holyoke A total of llo arrests were made and of the 58 not sent to Boston, some have been released and others are being held for further examination,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
CONTROL OF ALL LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
 WAS THE AIM OF PLOTS OF COMMUNISTS

Fact Revealed in Documents Made Public By the State De partment-Were Be Used as the Means of Fomenting Revolution Department of Justice Agencies Are Con- tinung Their Crusade and 2SO Persons Were Arrested in Detroit Were Surprised the Number of American C;zens in Membership of the Com munist and Communist Labor Partes-Their Cases Will Be Turned Over to State Governments.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
Norfolk

Norfolk.-The community Christmas tree was lighted all night New Years eve. Besides the hundreds of coiored electric lights, the tree wss topped by a large gold star in memory of the Norfolk boys who have their lives i. the world war,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Rena Paddock Townsend.

Mrs. Rena Paddock Townsend.
 Washington, Jan. 4.-Mrs. Rena Paddock Townsend, wife of Senator Townsend of Michigan, died tonight at the Townsend home here after ill., ness which began with nervous breakdown five years ago and was made more serious several months ago by paralytic stroke. Mrs. Town send was 5S years of age and was born in Concord, Michigan.
 Rev. Frederick w. Greene.
 Middletown, Conn.,, Jan. 4.-The Rev. Frederick " Greene, pastor. of South Congrega ational church. here for the last 25 years. died today at Jaf-' fiery, N. H. He was born in Brattle- boro, Vt. sixty years ago and was. graduated from Amherst Collage in 1862. He was pastor of West church in Andover, Mass, for ten years. He leaves 2 wife and four sons.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Special Assistant Attorney Gen. eral Frank G. Daley, of Indianap- olis, Ind. who leads the prosecu- stion in the Newberry probe. Daley is an ,,.oid hand' at bringing cam- paign violating politicians to jus tice.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05
POLICE BARRACKS BLOWN
 LIP BY 3OO S|NN FE|NERS

Attacking Forces First Fired voeys For Three Hours at Build ing in Carergtchil, Beginning at 10 Saturday-Oe cupants Were Held Prisoners While the Raiders Looed the Barracks-Local Election Are to Be Held All Over Ireland on January IS.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Price of a two pound loaf of bread in Paris increased from 65- to 90 centimes, and in the Provinces from 50 to 95 centimeS.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Advance of boIsheviI<i forces in the Donetz coal basin is developing rapidly, according to a soviet wireless.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

L. L. Rue, president of the PhIa delphia National Bank, was re elected member of the Federal Advirory Coun= cil for 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

As result of a shake up in the In- ternal Revenue Department of Brook lyn District, raid and three arrests were made.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

William s. Menden was appointed general manager of the B. R. T.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Philip s. Smith, of Scenectady, N Y, was appointed trade commissioner to study South American markets.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Premier CIemenceau, in farewell address to electors at Draguigan, said he will not be a candidate for the Senate. He also refused to say whether he would run for the Presi- dency.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Rumors of a medal distribution scandal in the army similar to the conditions disclosed in the navy be- come more persistent.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Elmer E. Riettenhouse, one of the best known insurance men in the country and assistant secretary of the Equitable Life Ase-1~~ ,,nn e.oeietv of the United States, died at his home il Montclair.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Five men were killed and several others injured in an explosion at the Hagley yards of the Du Pont Powder Co.,, near Wilmington, Del.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-05

Within the last 24 hours the Seine has risen four feet. government of ficials declared. Scores of Paris houses and hundreds in the provinces along the Seine, Marne. Yonne and other rivers are isolated
 Representatives of American firms having offices in Kobe, Japan, recent ly held g meeting in that city for the purpose of formulating definite plans for the organization of q local Amer ican Chamber of Commerce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-25
Slightly Increased Cost of
Free Service by HOSPITALS

Captain James F. Bagley, secre-
tary of the State Board of Charities
and Corrections, said:
I'm these days of increasing cost
Of government, it is worthy of note
that the cost to the State of the free
service rendered by the various
charitable hospitals. which are aided
by the State, has not increased in
proportion to the cost of maintaining
the institutions; that an increasingly
large proportion of the added costs of
maintaining the hospitals has been
borne by the patients themselves.
1T is now something over seven
years since the State Board of Chair
ties and Corrections was created,
and, among other duties, was given
supervision over the charitable SER
vice Of the hospitals, which were
being aided by the State A COMPARE
son of the financial records of these
institutions for the first year and the
last year Of that period show an in
crease in the gross annual cost of
maintaining these institutions of
s303,s3o.27. or GAS per cent; an in
crease in amounts collected from pa
tionts of $3.50. 036.11, or S5.6 per cent. :;
and an increase in the cost to the
State Of s1423. or Is per cent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-25
New Corporations

The following new corporations. re-
Gently organized under the laws Of
Maine, have had their articles of in
corporation approved by the office Of
the attorney general:
Kennebec Creamery Company, or
gained Dec. 20 at Gardiner. Capital
stock, $500, 900: all common: nothing
paid in; par value. 800: shares sub
scribed. 5. President and clerk. Wal
ter G. Curtis. Gardiner; treasurer,
Ernest L. Goodspeed. Gardiner; di-
rectors, Walter c. Curtis. Mary E.
Curtis Jesse Curtis. Ernest L. Good
speed and Norman L. Chase, all of
Gardiner. Purposes. general cream
cry business. Approved Dec. %.
E. G. Weston, Incorporated, organ
lied Dec. Z at Thomaston. Capital
stock. $4,000: all common; nothing
paid in; par value. $50: shares sub
scribed. 4. President, NJ. s. Weston
Thomaston: treasurer, E. G.. Weston,
Thomaston; clerk. Benz. Newbert.
Warren; directors. NJ. S. Weston, Z.
G. Weston and r. E. Dunn. all OF
Thomaston. Purposes, general trad
ing and merchandising: to acquire
and sell real estate: and retail gen.
eral merchandise. Approved Dec. %.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-25

the bonus claim presented on Forms
101 and 1872"
You being a minor and living out
side the limits of the State Of Maine
at the time of your enlistment or in
duction into military service, il will
be necessary for you TO furnish the
Soldiers Bonus Board evidence that
you had not been emancipate6 by
your father before you entered serv-
ice We enclose blank to be ex-
ecuted by your father. 'Emancipa-
ton means giving the son his time
or freedom when ne is under q years
of age: the allowing him 10 collect his
own earnings and surrendering par
entail control OF the son II Your par
ent had em2ncipated you and you had
taken up your residence in another
state. you became a legal resident OF
that state and are not entitled TO the
bonus"
The Bonus Board IS not satisfied
that you have established the fact
that you were lega! resident Of the
State of Maine al the time you en-
listed or were indicted into military
service of the United States
You should furnish the board with
the affidavit OF some town or city Of
fetal. or if unable TO furnish an
affidavit from such official. then from
some person of standing in the town
in which you claim your residence.
stating that you were in fact legal
resident Of that town or city on the
date when You enlisted or were in
Quoted"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-25

sued covers only the remainder OF the
calendar year, but the State Board
has received from the National In
formation Bureau satisfactory infor-
nation concerning the financial man
agement of the Council, So that the
license may be renewed for the year
1921, il desired.
Seventy Fer cent. OF the funds re-
ceived will be distributed By the
American Relief Administration and
25 per cent. by the Red Cross. the
balance to be expended through vari-
Gus other well-known agencies. such
as the Young Mems Christian $50
citation, the Young Women's Chris
tan Association. Joint Distribution
Committee, American Friends Service
Committee, Federal Council OF
Churches and the Knights of Column
bus.
Over half million dollars was
raised at the opening of the campaign
on Dec. 10 in the Metropolitan Opera
house. New York City. The goal i.
s33. 000.0 AS the bulk Of this fund
is to be distributed by the american
Relief Association. of which Herbert
Hoover has retained the chairman
ship, the National Information Bu-
reau has filed a complete report upon
the workings of that organization
with the State Board of Charities and
Corrections of Maine
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-12-25
MAINE SENATE TO
HAVE NEW SECRETARY,

Word was received in Augusta on
Friday from Percy F. Crane of Ban
gol; secretary Of the 10Th Legislature,
that his duties with the Eastern Man
ufacturing Company of Brewer would
prevent his being candidate for re-
election to the incoming S0th Legis-
latuFe. Mr.. Crane was assistant sec
rotary Of the Senate under the late
William E. Lawry, succeeding him as
secretary and being elected to the
1919 Legislature. He served SO &C
ceptabiy that there was no opposing
candidate for the S0th Legislature.
L. Ernest Thornton. deputy secre-
t2ry Of State, also on Friday announc-
ed his candidacy for the position Of
secretary of the Senate. The position
requires a man of experience and ac-
quaintance with the duties and Mr..
Thornton possesses both. He was as
astAnt secretary of the Senate in 1913
and 1915 and again elected in 1917. re-
signing in February of that year to
accept his present position. He on
several occasions officiated as secre-
rary of the Senate during that Off
calls absence. He had last evening