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Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
WILLING TO ABANDON
 REBELLION IN MEXICO

Mexico iCty, August 13.-Estaban Cantu, the governor of Lower California is willing to abandon his rebellion against the government if he is permitted to re- main in office until December, when he agres to surrnder office to the successful candidate, according to advices received by the government. His proposition, fl is believed will not be accepted, because it would give him a chance to benefit from the export taxes from the new cot ton crop and from the salmon and gamb- ling concessions.
 Cantu has desisted from trying to com pei Chinese and Japanese to join his forces, fearing the displeasure of the United States, it is stated in reports,
 chartered steamer the Mexico and the Mexican gunboat Progreso are en route from the east coast to Maza tan by way of the Panama canal, permission for their transit through the waterway having been obtained from the United States government The boats will car. " the second expedition against Cantr from Mazat!an, and will probably debarA the troops at Ensenada.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
"The Crank . Held
 as the Kidnapper
Crowd of Several Thousand Persons Surrounded Jail IS Members of State Police on Guard.

Philadelphia Aug. 13.-Augusto Pas quaIe, known as ''The Crank was held without bail to answer charges of kit mapping, burglary and extortion in con- nection with the Kidnapping of Blakely Coughlin at a preliminary hearing today in the Montgomery county prison at Nor ristown. No testimony was taken. ac- cording to Justice of the Peace Lenhardt, who conducted the proceedings. The prisoner was held for further hear1n g in order that there may be no difficulty in removing him from the prison at any time he is required by the state police and other oflcials who are still enedeavorng to unravel the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the 13 months old child from the home of his father at Norris town on June 2.
 The hearing was not open to the public and counsel for the prisoner in this city was not notified that it was to be held. Pasquale had no counsel at the hearing, and did not ask for any. the justice of the peace said. District Attorney Francis x. Renninger, an assistant district attorney counsel for George H. Coughln, the missing child's father, Captain Gearhart Sergeant Price and two other members of the state police were in attendance
 Benjamin F. Goodman, attorney for the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
HIS SECOND ARREST FOR
 TRANSPORTING LIQUOR

New Haven, Conn, Aug. 1s.-James Mosca of this city, who was fined $50 at the May term of the United States dis trict court for transporting liquor was agaln arrested this afternoon for a sec ond offense and released on bail of s3.- 900 which was furnished by his father Francisco Mosca. The federal officers charge Mosca with being the owner and driver of the car seized early this morn Ing at Warehouse Point, by Lieutenant R w. Bridgman of the state police when five cans of whiskey and Is cases Of gin were confiscated. At the time of the seizure the car was in charge of An gellno Tedesco a 17-year-old girl who says she was unaware of the contents of the auto truck. She claims she accent ed the invitation of the driver to take a ride Thursday evening and that tbAv reached Warehouse Point about q o;- clock. when the driver left her with inc car to arrange for repairs for it and fail ed to return. The girl claims Water bury as her home and says that she has lived in New Haven only two months. She is held in Hartford, in default of $500 bail.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14

Paris, Aug. 13.-(By The A. p Clos Ing in upon Warsaw from the north, east and southeast the bo shevik hosts are now within twenty miles of the cap 1tai, and little doubt is felt here that they will be in the city before the peace negotiations are concluded.
 General Haller's army holding posi- tons along the Vistula, Narew and Bug rivers in country offering few natural advantages for defense is being relent- iessly pushed toward the capital by the oolsnevlki who are speeding up their ad- vance,
 The northern Reds, according to the latest news reaching Paris, tonight had passed Pultusk and were marchine southward on the capital down the val ley of the Narew. Another column was advancing between the Narew and the Bug, while south of the Bug the enemy had reached and. passed the line run ming from Tluszcz through Plivki, Do bre, kaluszyn, Tsegloff and LatovitcH to zelechoff. Farther south sae enemy had succeeded in forcing a passage oi the Bug and was moving on Lublin The bolshevik cavalry along the Prus- san frontier has made another bound forward and is now forty miles ebyond Mlawa. almost half the way to Thorn . AA0 AeeUo dte duNdncing all along the line except in the extreme south.
 Citizens of Warsaw to the number ot 100000 have pledged themselves to de fend the capital to the last But it is felt here that such an unorganized effort cannot seriously affect the fate of the city. This, apparently also is the view Of the Polish government, which is re- ported to be considering moving to Pc sen if it is sati-ied there is no chance Of the Soviet forces suspending hostili- ties at an early date.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14

I further developments bearing on get rich-uuick'' schemes might be expected in the near future. There was no h1nt
 as to the nature of these developments Joseph C. Allen, state bank commbr sioner said that he knew of no fodnda- ] tion for reports that Ponzis crash might involve any banking institutions except the Hanover Trust Company, which was closed by the commissioner earlier in the week. Ponzi was dlrec- tor and shareholder in this bank, l through which he checked out millions | of dollars.
 | Mr. Allen made it known today in con nection with the closing of the Hanover Trust Company he had caused the state
 seal to be placed on all the safe deposit boxes in that institution used by Ponzi or by officers or employees of the bank The arrest, of officers of the Old Col 1 ony Foreign Exchange Company came after frenzied run by noteholders upon 1 the company's offices on Devonshire street One of the results of this run i was an imperative notice served upon President Brightwell by the trustee Of
 the building to vacate his quarters with l in an hour and a half Shortly alter ward the offices were closed.
 | More than a hundred note holders were in the exchange company's outer | oIllCe lIllS loIeHooii "heA q Aleih eiiiei Sou l from the inner office and announced | that "by order of the district attorney | no payments on notes would be. made | flor three or four days" Brightwell | haid later that this announcement was | erroneous so far mention of the dis | trict attorney was concerned, but that ] the company had decided to suspend payments temporarily on advice of its | attorney.
 An hour later the Devonshire street | offices of the company were reopened and payment of principal on unnatured notes
 were closed. A notice posted on the
 1 doors said that further payments would
 be made at an office on Oliver street be- l ginning next Monday morning but that
 | no payments would be made tomorrow.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
CLOSED AN AGENCY
 PREPARING FOR BUSINESS

Philadelphia, Aug. 13-Simultaneously with the arrest of the officials of the Old Colony Foreign Exchange Company today in Boston detectives of the dis trict attorneys office in this city closed the office of an agency for the Boston concern which was preparing to do busi- ness inthis locality Max Morgan Sea man. Joseph H. Seaman, who are said to have been in charge of the local agency. and Harry Atkinson, Of Bos- ton, who accompanied them. are being detained pending advices from Boston. The Seamans have been in this city only four days and had not started to do business. To prospective clients they are said to have explained that fifty per cent was paid in forty five days for money loaned to speculate in foreign exchange in a manner similar to that described by Charles Ponzi. Notes were to be given drawn on the Old Col ony Foreign Exchange Company in Bos- ton, by the local agency which was pre- paring to operate under the designa- tion of Morgan and Miles Company
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
l2.5 P. (. Increase
 in Express Rates
Interstate Commerce Commits sion Finds Request F or 25.16 Increase Was Not Justified.

Washington, Aug. 13-Authority to increase express rates F 1-2 per cent was granted the American Railway Ex- press Company today by the Inter- state Commerce Commission.
 The increase by unofficial estimates will add s35,500,O00 to the annual inome of the company. The commissions deci- sion, however, does not take into con sideration the recent award of the Rail- road Labor Board of increased wages approximating $43,00O,0O0 to express company employes and it is expeced ap- pllcatlon soon will be made by the com pany Tor an additional advance in rates to meet the new wage scales.
 Rates on milk and cream under the commissions decision are further in- creased to correspond with the advance of 20 per cent for the transportation o fsuch commodities authorized the rail roads except where there are no com peting railroads between the affected points. In the latter case an advance of 12 1-2 per cent is authorized
 In touching on the fact that the ex- press company had been allowed only about half of the increase askod which was 25.16 per cent, the comm A ion ex. pressed the opinion that the fui. amount awarded should be retained by the ex. press company itself and that none of ii
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prisoner, when he learned the hearing nau @ been held, declared that he had been
 ufIalriy treated" They knew I was Pasquale's lawyer and I had a right to be lhere' he said. T expect to appea1 to the court. Under the law public hear. ing is necessary"
 Pasquale is reported to have amp1ifAd HIS alleged confession in which he denied that ne IS the actual kidnapper. claiming that the baby had been taken by man named Joe" and woman. The name or tnis woman was given as Rose Mo Doneile, who the prisoner is quoted as saylng he lived with for time in Pbi1s- delphia. She afterwards married Hoe ;, he said 'oe'
 The police say they do not nIace anv credence in this confession" and fear tbe enid has been killed. One theory of the authorities is that Pasquale. who has served several sentences for larceny was looking Tor something to steal and chol,ed the baby to death in attempting to stiee Its cries when it was awakened.
 crowd of several thousand narsone gathered around the Montgomery conn+1 prison when it was rumored in Norris. town that Pasquale had confessed He ie being guarded by fifteen members of tbe state police VI ''As
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
HARDING ,Is FOB LOFTY
 STANDARDS OF FIDELITY

Marion. O.. Aug. 1S.-To Governor Cox's declaration that the repuollcall party stands on the skyline Of a settlns sun. Senator Harding replied today that If we may look backward to clear our vision, we may look forward more conil- dently."
 Call it reaction if you like" said the republican nominee in a speech here, put we need the old standards of honesty the lofty standards of fidelity.
 If we are living in the past to recall +he wisdom of Washington, the equal rights of Jefferson, the genius of Ham iltnn the restoration of Mckinley or the awakening by Roosevelt, l am happy to drink of the past for my h- spiration for the morrow.
 The speech. delivered from the front porch of the Harding residence to mem bers of the Ohio Republican Editorial as sociation, was plea for return to old- 4irne morality and fairness. If everyone concerned had been ''rigidly honest, he said, peace might long since nave been established and industrial and social un- rest ouieted. He also advocated forest uolicy to insure an adequate domestic sl1pply of timber to meet, among other needs. the demand for print paper pulp
 There was no direct reference to the league of nations, but the canulud'e Ie- vealed tonight that he expected soon to elaborate on his previous declarations TOT an international understanding that Woulo not inperil American integrity
 A luncheon given under the auspices of the Republican Editorial association nreceded the visit to the Harding home Merritt C. Speidel of the Piqua Call president of the association. presided at the luncheon and there were brief talks by other senators.
 Senator Harding did not attend the luncheon. a last-minute change in plans shifting his address to the front porch instead of the luncheon hall.
 The delegation marched to the Harding home in a column of twos, and MT. Hop lev of the Burcy Telegram extended theil felicitations to the nominee in a short speech hailing him as 'our editor-in- chief"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
Is YEAR OLD GIRL HELD ON CHARGE OF BURGLARY

New York. Aug. 13-An 1s-vear old girl, Anna Westervelt, today was held in Yorkville court with two men, George Rubino and Walter McKeon in s10.- 900 bail each charged with suspicion of burglary as alleged ringleaders of a band of crooks operating along mil. lionaire row. on upper Fifth avenue.
 The trio, with Frank Rubino, a pri- sonre in Harlem hospital where he was found to have been shot, are alleged to have rifled the Fifth Avenue home of Mrs. Elizabeth L. W. Stevens yester- day, Mckeon and George Rubino were captured in revolver fight which fol. lowed their attempt to dispose of jewel ry downtown.
 A small safe containing between s5,- 900 and s7,000 was taken from Mrs Stevens house. down the fire escape and into a taxicab,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
ROOSEVELT MAKES TWO
 SPEECHES IN ST. PAUI

St. Paul, Minn., Aug 13.-Declarins the republican attitude on suffrage and the League of Nations lis as clear as mud,' Franklin D. Roosevelt, democratic vice presidential nominee, tonight ex pressed wonder as to how the republican attitude on 'every other public question can possibly maintain business conf. dence."
 His address tonight at the Auditorium here followed a noon address in Minne- apolis, when he declared Senator Hardins will be trying to syndicate the presi- dency," a condition under which he said tonight "a few of the old guard crowd would get in on the ground floor" =
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14

Boston, Aug. 1S-Four men who have aecepted millions of dollars from New England investors in the last few months, on promises of payment Of fap- ulous interest were behind the pars to- night. Charles Ponzi, whose spectacu- lar financial dealings have made ms name known the country over was sur rendered today by the man who fur nished s35,OOO bonds for his release af- fer his arrest by the federal authorities yesterday. Unable to find another bonds- man Ponzi was taken to the MiddIeseN county jail at East Cambridge.
 Three officers of the Old Colony For eisn Exchange Company were arrested, taken into the municipal court and held in s5O,0O0 bonds each on technical charge of larceny of $500 from persons unknown In default of bonds they spent the night in the Charles Street iaiI They are Charles M. Brightwell, president and treasurer of the concern Raymond Meyers. office manager, and Fred Meyers. sales agent. All three pleaded not guilty.
 That the activities of this company might have rivalled in extent the deal iuFs of Ponzi's Securities Exchange Company was intimated by Albert Hur- witz. assistant district attorney of Sut- folk county. when he tod the court that the amount involved in it's transactions probably would be shown to be hun dreds of thousands of dollars. It was upon this representation that he asked that the bonds be set at high figure The three men will be given hearing August 24.
 Further criminal proceedings were taken against Ponzi today. In the mu- nicipal court a blanket warrant was is- sued charging him with larceny in B counts. totailing s240O0. Police in snectors were at the federal building prepared to re-arrest Ponzi if the fed eral authorities released him again or bail, but as he was taken to jail u municipal court charges against him were held in abeyance.
 Further bankruptcy proceedings in which for the first time partners of Pon- zi were mentioned. were brought in the federal court. The threl petitioners were holders of Ponzi's notes for to- tal of s2.e25. They asked that Ponz and John S. Dondero of Medford and Gueiielrno BertoIlotti of Parma, Italy named as his partners in the Securities Exchange Company, be adjudged bank rupt.
 Rumors were current tonight that
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
CONFERENCE HELD ON
 BITUMINoUs WAGE SCALE

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 13.-The wage scale committees of the bituminous coal operators and union miners of the cen tral competitive field met in executive session here today, in pursuance to request of President Wilson to consider a change in wages and after organizing, adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
 President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, explained that because the notice of the meeting was short, it was impossible to have had all the miners delegates present to- day.
 Michael Gallagher, Cleveland operator, was elected chairman of the conference, and William Green, secretary treasurer of the miners, was named secretary.
 The miners held a caucus this morn ing without reaching decision on the exact wage increases they will demand. The figure generally mentioned is s. over the present wage of s6 paid the men by the day, who comprise about 2 per cent. of the industry. Several com mitteemen freely admitted tonight that if the day men received their full de- mand. the tonnage men also wouI probably ask an increase. President Lewis declined to comment on this.
 Although only the scale committees il the central competitive field, comprising western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. are actually taking part in the conference, representatives of practically every state organization of the miners union are here.
 Most of the scale committee members are under indictment in Judge A. B. An dersons federal court in Indianapolis for charges growing out of the great coal strike last fall. When asked whether they might be embarrassed by a possi- bility of contempt of court action il they undertook to tamper with the present agreement, operators officials said to- day that had been taken care of" The conference here was called by President Wilson it was said, with the approval of Attorney General Palmer
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
OUTLOOK FOR COAL FOR
 PUBLIC UTILITIES POOH

New York, Aug. 13-Priorities on shipments of. coal ordered recently by the Interstate Commerce Commission have saved the nation from darkness said statement made public tonight by NJ H. Aylesworth executive manager of the National Electric Light Association.
 The statement added, however, that the outlook for winter supplies of coal for public utilities was poor, because .sof the ruling by the commission that rail. roads can move only enough coal flor current needs and this ruling has been protested.
 The organization, which has members in 1 800 communities, announced it had conducted a survey recently showing that light and power companies had less than weeks supply of fuel on hand.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
20 PERSONS OVERCAME BY
 SMOKE IN STEAMERS HOLE

Boston, August 1S.-Nearly 20 persons including the members of the crew, long shoremen and city firemen. were over come by smoke while fighting a fire in the forward hold of the Merchants and Min. CTS line steamship Ontario today. Eleven were taken to hospitals.
 The Ontario arrived last night iron Baltimore and Norfolk with 9s passeng. CTS and was tied up at South Boston. The fire was believed to have started dur ing the passage from spontaneous com bustion and was not discovered until preparations were being made to dis charge the cargo today. The hold was filled with cotton and general merchan- disc and it was believed the loss would be heavy although there probably would be little damage to the ship.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
TURKEY MOURNING THE
 CHARACTER OF PEACE TREATY

Constantinople, Aug 13.-Today was designated here as a day of mourning in Turkey because of the alleged unfavor- able character of the Turkish peace treaty. The observance had been poor ly advertised and was not general.
 In Constantinople the street cars were stopped for five minutes at noon, news papers appealed with black borders and few flags were displayed draped in black. Some of the shop windows, dec orated in black displayed newspapers in which the .'harshness" of the treaty was denounced.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
NEW YORK LoNGSHoREMEN
 GO BACK TO WORK MONDAY

New York. Aug. 13.-Coastwise long shoremen who have been on strike here rince March 12. voted at a mass meeting 'onight to go back to work Monday morning providing the steamship owners .etrid of the strikebreakers they have ln1ployed. They agreed to submit their demands, including a wage increase of i5 cents an hour. to arbitration after hey return to work.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
AGENT FOR OLD COLONY
 EXCHANGE ARRESTED

Providence, R. l., Aug. 13-James c. King, 25 agent for the Old Colony For eign Exchange Company was arrested today on charge of conspiracy A few minutes before King had filed a certifi- cate showing the office of the company at 54 Devonshire Street, Boston. and the sole owners, c. w. Brightwell and R. M Meyers of that address. King says he is a graduate of Boston Uni yersity Law School.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14

should be allowed to the railroad car riers.
 Nothing in it's decision, the commis- sion said, is to be taken as forecasting the determination of the applications of the Adams, American, Southern and Wells Fargo companies for a continu- ance of their consolidation into the American Railway Express Company or on the proposed new contract between the consolidated company and the rail- roads which has been submitted to the commission for it's approval
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
TO PREVENT BoLsHEvIKI
 FROM REACHING POSEN

Warsaw. Aug. ~13.-(Py The A. p Preparations are being made to prevent the bolsheviki from reaching the Posen district.
 Bolshevik cavalry detachments, driving westward after the capture of Mlava. have reached the Wkrarauer region. and the towns of Biezun and Radssrn -N- They are now less than thirty miles
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
PASSENGER STEAMSHIP
 SERVICE |. s. AND PORTUGAL

New York, Aug. 1s.-Arrival here to- day of the steamship Mormugau from Lisbon marked the opening of a new passenger service between the United States and Portugal. The vessel was formerly the German steamship Kommo- dore and was seized during the war The line is operated by Portuguese organ ization similar to the United States Shipping Board, and 1t was announced by the agents that fortnightly service soon is to be inaugurated.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
BIRDS, BEASTS, REPTILES
 FOR THE BRONX zoo

New York, Aug. 13.-Six hundred birds, beasts and reptiles from Regents Park geological garden, London, arrived here today on the steamer Minnesota CT route to the Bronx zoo.
 Rare creatures in the collection in- .luded a white wild ass, said to be the bnly one in captivity; a panda-cat bear sne of the smallest in existence stand ng only IS inches in height five black lpes with white eyebrows two wild In Iian swans some black-necked grackles rom China. and snakes including dia- nond pythons and cobras.
 Of the many different species of pas sengers," only the swans suffered from leasickness.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
CONTRASTING THE WILL OF
 MRS. MARGARET B. CoLF

New York, Aug 13-Cornelius J. Sullivan today was appointed temporary administrator of the estate of Mrs Mar garet C. Cole, who died May 14 leav- ing the bulk of an estate estimated at s1 .250, 900 to Dr. Freeman Ford Ward her physician, and only $1,0Oo each to several relatives.
 Mrs Ella L. Riley of Chicago and oth- CT relatives contested the will, alleging that her aunt was of unsound mind and unduly influenced by the doctor
Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-14
GEN. WEYGAND NOT TO
 COMMAND POLISH FORCES

Paris, Aug 13.-Belief that General Weygand, of the French army. will not accept the offer made to him by the Polish council of national defense to take supreme command of the Polish forces, is expressed in an announcement printed by the Temps today. The gen. eral, who is in Warsaw as member of the French mission, the announcement adds will remain adviser to the Polish government