Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1920-05-17
BRIEF TELECRAMS

The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of
America declared in favor of a 40 hour
working week.
DIR. L. ]. Birney of Boston University
was elected a bishop of the Methodist
Episcopal chursh.
Premier MiIlerand arrived in England
| He went to Folkestone TO confer with
Premier Lloy-Georee.
Polish government ordered $4,000. 900
worth of locomotives from the Baldwin
| Locomotive Works.
Judge and Mrs. EIbert ii. Gary will
sail on La France July Z TO spend the
summer in Europe
Antonio Burgas, Spanish Minister to
Cuba, arEved there on the Italian steam
ship Danti Aleghierie from Genoa.
A fund of s4,OOO.oOO was formed by
British brewing and distilling inte-
rests to fight the ''pussyfoot" drive.
The Hudson Dispatch of Union Hill.
y. J., announced that beginning Nav
II, its price will be 3 cents, an in
crease of l cent.
was kndnappGd by bootleggers, reap
peared at Toledo. He said he was re-
LEASED! at Detroit.
whis<ey distiIIery was found in
operation four doors from the Joy St.
police station. Boston. The plant con-
sisted of two 30-gallon boilers.
Canadian House of Commons VISA
asked to consider the abolition Of the
excise tax the manufacture of in
dustrial alcohol TO that motorists may
use it.
Congress adopted the conference re-
port on the army and navy pay bill
which increases the pay of men in tn,
service. The measure now goes to tn,
president.
Vice President Thomas II. Marshall
who came to Richmond to address tn,
State Bar Association, announced b,
e was not a candidate for presidential
nomination.
e The meeting of the new congress
called by Governor Adolfo De La Huerta
e supreme chief of the liberal constitution
= alist government will be hed at Mexic
& City, May "a.
! United states destroyers will renal
e in the vicinity of Batum, on the Blac
l. Sea, as long as necessary to offer pro
e lection to Americans, the state depart
e ment announced.
Shoes aEgregating in value at Ieas
S1,00O,000 have been returned 10 manu-
Z facturers at Haverhill by jobbers be
cause of delays in deliveries due {
e transportation tie-ups.
y SouthfieId Beach Railway. an indie
t pendent trolley line operating betwee
l. South Beach and Midland Beach. S. !
s will resume operations for the summt
1t season at a scent fare.
ID A motion to pass the legislative. e.
i'd ecutive and judicial appropriation hi
X over the presidents veto was made b
d Representative Good. of Iowa. after sue
lie action was approved by republican men
-e bers.
- Secretary Daniels declared at III
80 opening of the fifth hearing of his tei
, t'mony before the senate sub-committt
= that Baron Munchausen or Col Sci
n ers would run poor seconds to Admir-;
h. Sims.
/ The socialist party of America at #
u national convention, voted to reaffir1
u u its allegiance to the Third (doscow) Il
VI ternational, with reservations, includir
Is that of determining its own nations
u policy.
Of Six men arrested at Duquesne. Pa
rs last Sunday. when they attempted
hold a meeting under the auspices
Or the Nationl Committee for Iron ar
of Steel Workers, were released on $50
H. bond each.
ID United States gold coin amounting
le s5G. 600 arrived from Colombia. col
ne signed to the Battery Park Nation
rs Bank, making a total of S557. 900 on Il
recent movement of gold from Colomb
n to this country.
v William Graham Browne. head of II
he bond firm of W. Graham Browne ar
o. Co. committed suicide in Montreal l
shooting a few hours after his arrest {
re charge of the theft of $50, 600 from Il
IS. Royal Bank of Canada
IN
IL Strong opposition to the Lusk-Mart
snti-sedition bills and the Fearon mea
n ures, which opponents claim seek
dl eliminate the socialist party of Americ
was voiced at hearing before Govern
pc Smith in the executive chamber
" After providing for an appropriate,
III of S40.000,000 for army air service
increase of s13,000.000 over the hou
bill, the senate military committee G
dered the annual army appropriation b
III favorably reported to the senate.
70. King Ferdinand of Rumania conft
r. red the Grand Gordon of the Star
MS Rumania on Henry w. Anderson
70 Richmond. Va, in RECOGNITION of 81
"a vices rendered as head of the Americ
Red Cross Mission to that country
op Republican members of the Hor
ble ways and means couJ1ittee fxed ms
las in1um cash bonus of s5n0 for serv
ent men, A maximum of s625 will be
lowed on optional forms of aid Cwh
pc are farm or home aid vocational ira
III ing or paid up insurance.)
" Citing amnesty decrecs by several Y
r. r. ropean nations. delegation of Soc;
I'VE lists. headed by Seymour Stedniah.
Chicago. candidate for vice president.
peaIed to Attorney General Palmer
Immediate amnesty and pardon for
RS federal political prisoners"
lne After long discussion with
au- Minister OF the Federal States.
on- German cabinet decided unanimou
hs' that Germany should not send ren
as sentatives to the spa conferences
u less the French troops are entir
withdrawn from the main district