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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
FINANCES FEATURE IN
 TRIAL OF NEWRERRY CASE

Grand Rapids. Mich, Feb. 5.-Dol- lars formed the main topic of the Newberry election conspiracy trial today Beginning with Allan k. Moore, a defendant who pleaded mo contest" the testimony related to money said to have been expended, received or deposited and checked against and to cash kept in deposit vaults in Detroit, or handed out in the Grand Rapids offices from which the western Michigan campaign was directed.
 Bank officials were on the stand to identify deposit slips, ledger entries and voucher checks and guardians of the master key of a Detroit safety deposit vault told of visits to that institution by certain defendants
 The prosecution reckoned tonight that it had shown thus far in the case that more than $200.0 000 had been handled in the campaign. This was compared with the sS,750 which Judge Sessions has ruled was the limit of campaign expenses allowed by law for the 1918 senatorial cam paigT. The defense has indicated it will combat this point on the ground that the statutes refer solely to 8 candidates personal contributions of expenditures.
 Moore testified that he had receiv- ed or handled approximately $3, 500 ir hIs work as a field agent in tho campaign. The testimony of Grand Rapids bank cashier gave the total deposits in the account of Char es Floyd, in charge of Grand Rapids headquarters, as $11.280 Detroit bankers test fled that $5.08S was de- posted in the account of Paul H. King. chairman" and that the ac- count of the Truman H. Newberry Senatorial Commitee showed total deposits of $17S.S57.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
CUMMINGS PLACES BLAME FOR
 EVERYTHING ON REPUBLICANS

New York, Feb 5.-Democratic leadership in the senate has stood for unqualified ratification of the treaty Of peace. Hener s. Cummings, chair man Of the democratic national com mittee. declared in an address to- night at the testimonial dinner given him by the National Democratic Club. When that became impossi- ble.' he added, it has stood for such reservations as would preserve the spirit of the document and make it's submission unnecessary
 If republican leadership" he con- tinued, blind to overwhelming nec- essity for an honorable and speedy peace. drives this issue ultimately in- to the arena of politics, the demo- cratic party will unfalteringly take up the gauge of battle. Upon that issue we shall have the support of the moral and spiritual forces of the nation
 Ailuding to the committee of I'll appointed by Chairman Hays of the republican national committee, Chairman Cummings said if the com inittee ever meets. it will be neces- sary to call out the militia to pre- serve order"
 He characterized the s6th congress as the most melancholy failure in legislative history
 ''As for holding the Wilson admin istration to an account for it's stew Rrdship." Chairman Cumings said. 'ninety-two investigations set on foot at enormous cost have produced nothing that was worth the expendi- ture of a dollar except to demon Strate that this war has been fought
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS
 NO RELIEF IN SIGHT

Washington, Feb. 5.-Relief for the middle and north Atlantic states from the sleec and snow storms. raging since Wednesday, was not in sight to3ught.
 More snow tomorrow was forecast by the weather bl. eau for the e.f:.rs Atlantic sGsH0ard north of V.'E I, q fL- sHrw prc~Al''V will contin ,.a tc- morrow night, a.%a~ as for the wealth CT beyond that time foreca sters would make no prediction in view of the unusual nature and extraordi- nary magnitude of the storm High winds may be expected all along the seaboard tomorrow.
 Observers at the weather bureau ton gi1t were trying to find the cen ter of he storm area. The low point in barometer readings was reported from Atlantic City but severe storms on either side of that city were be- lieved to indicate that the disturb ance was dividing, but not decreas- ing in intensity, as is usual when a division occurs.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
Wilson Approves Sale
 Of German Ships
Sale Contracts Keep the Ships Under American Flag and and Subject to Needs of the Army.

Washington. Feb. B. President Wilson has approved the sale of the thirty former German passenger ves- sels, for wnIch the shipping board re- gently received bids, and negotla- tions for the sales will proceed Chairman Payne of the poaro an nounced tonight.
 T., meet oblections of the war de- partnent. which recently protested against the sale of certain of the ln- CTS as needed in it's transport re- serve, Mir Payne said a clause would he inserted in the sale contracts Spe- officially and emphatically keep ns the vessels under the Americ'iu nag and subject to the needs of the army in case of national emergency
 None of the bids which the board received for the thtciy liners III re- spense to it's pro posll made in De cernber have been ei-aer accepted or reflected. the chairman said. In order, however, that the goY eipment mlSht obtain the faireSt prices Tor he fleet. it was decided to dispos; Of the vessels by public sale and the fol- lowing resolution was passed unanl- mously by the board today:
 Resolved. that the ship sales dl- vision be and is hereby authorized 10 sell all ex-German passenger ships, subject to the approval ol the Doeii U as to each ship"
 All operators of shipping board vessels and other shipping compan- ies will be invited to come to Wash fngton the middle of next week, the chairman stated. and the sale of the vessels will be conducted on the principle of an auction. No one in terested will be permitted to purchase the whole. fleet of thirty ships, Mir. Payne said, but if a sufficient price is offered for all the vessels allocat- ed to one line. as the newly estab- lished South American service or the proposed. lines to Hamburg. a block sale will be made.
 Among the bids which have been received for the ships the chairman said there was one of s2S,000,000 for the whole fleet from the Internation- al Mercantile Marine and one from the same corporation of s4,000,O00 for the, giant liner Leviathan alone.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
TO ATTEND RED CROSS
 COUNCIL AT GENEVA

New York. Feb 5.-Henry p. Dayi- son, chairman of the League of Red Cross Societies, recently organized at Paris, and four other American dele gates sailed from here on the steam ship Mauretaania today to attend the first meeting of the general council of the league at Genevap. Switzerland. on March 2. The other delegates were Eliot Wadsworth of Boston, Willough- by G. Walling of Chicago, Otis H. Cutler and Mrs. William K. Draper of New York.
 : Nearly all European and South American countries. except the Cen tral Powers, will be represented by delegates. Problems of child well fare, tuberculosis and public health in general will be disaussed.
 MT. Davison, a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan and Company. asked to be excused from discussing the in ternational financial situation on the ground that if he said what was in his mind it would be too strong to print" T am sure that history will be made in my absence" he said when asked whether he had any solution for the present chaotic condition of for eign exchange,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

Shrewsbury River was higher than ever before and additional damage was feared.
 Serious damage was done at Rock away Beach, where two modern sum- mer hotels, thirty bungalows, forty suite apartment house, bath houses and dozens of small structures were washed into the sea.
 Several bathing pavilions were swept away at Coney Island and the first floor of the big Shelburne Hotel at Brighton Beach was flooded.
 Traffic in the snow filled streets in New York dwindlAd to fifteen per cent. of normal. The street cleaning department asked an emergency ap- propriation of $150,0Q0 to clean the streets. An urgent appeal was made for workers and it was said Il. 900 would be hired if they could be found but that only 5000 were avail 1 able. Lacking men to form shovel ling gangs, 10 motor blows are being used to clear the main arteries of travel. The health department has stamped the accumulation of snow as menace in the influenza epiden- ic.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

Boston, Mass, Feb. 5.-New Eng land was battling tonight with the worst blizzard in years. More than foot of snow had fallen since early morning cr1 weather bureau of this city announced, No relief in sight by morning." Sleet in southern New England and snow in the no~thern reglons was the bureaus report.
 A wind that reached a velocity of 72 miles an hour at some points along the coast buried the tracks of the New York, New Haven Id Hartford, the Boston and Albany and the Boston and Maine railroads, causing an abandonment of trai in scheduled. The New Haven road N;ls hardest hit, but communication was maintained with New York. Express trains made local stops. he Boston and Albany did not suffer so exten- sively. Traffic on the Boston and Maine was badly hampered.
 Boston tonight was practically cut of it's suburbs, although the street railway companies nal worked hard all day to keep the l. achs clear. The stores and schools closed early and employees in the state Office; were all lowed to go home earlier than usual.
 Boston traffic police squad was relieved from duty late this after noon and pungs and sleighs took care of the police departments ambulance service.
 Little damage by high tides was reported. although heavy seas pound ed the sea walls all day. Practically ed out of the storm yesterday, had put into the nearest New England ports before the blizzard reached it's height The Fall River Line, operat- ing between New York and Boston by way of Fall River announced that no boats would run tonight.
 The blizzard was unusually severe in the Cape section. Many passenger trains were stalled and from severa' points came reports of passengers sleeping in stations or in public buildings that wre placed at their | convenience.
 Plymouth was isolated tonight Two trains which were stalled in 2 deep snow filled cU one mile nortt of here blocked both tracks. A dog en passengers were confined in the trains, one of which suffered slight damage from a rear-end collision l earlier in the day. Both trains were reported covered by snow tonight.
 The collision occurred when an en- zine was dispatched to the aid of 8 train which left for Boston a 1O.1E this morning, only to be stalled in the cut. So completely was the train ] covered by. snow that the engineer O the helper did not see it and crash ed into it. damaging the rear car an6 l shaking up the passengers. Late to- l day a relief train was sent out on the southbound track to bring back tht 1 passengers. It, too, was stalled ir | the cut. There was little prospect O rescue tonight
 It was estimated tonight tha l twenty trains were stalled in New England. most of them in the vicinity of Boston. One, stalled near Ipswich on the Boston and Maine railroad was reported to have 150 passenger. l aboard
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
DAMAGE DONE ALONG
 THE NEW JERSEY COAST

Atlantic City N. J., Feb. 5-Driven by a gale which has continued for two days, high tides swept the soa4tb- ern ew Jersey coast, causing heavy damage between this city and the Delaware Capes. The wind today was still high, but had shifted to the northwest and unless there is an- other change no further damage is expected.
 At LongDort about 25O feet of the new sea wall which cost s200, 900 was partly wrecked Water poured through and several houses were bat tered down by the breakers.
 The greater portion of the Ventnor City, Longport and Margate City boardwaf1ks were washed away while section of the boardwalk in this city between Vermont and Rhode Island Avenues was wrecked.
 The AbSecon and Longport boule- wards, connecting Atlantic City with the mainland. were under several feet of water. In the uptown sec- tion of this city basements and streets were flooded and many res idents were driven from their homes Boats and trucks were used to con- vey them to places of safety.
 The highest water in years caused considerable damage at Ocean City, N. J. several ISiIiHS pleiS were .ddln- aged and a number of houses close to the beach in South Ocean City were wrecked. The city was cut off from railroad service most of the day.
 About twenty feet of the boardwalk at Cape May was wrecked and the beach boulevard was partly ruined.
 Ships at the Delaware Capes were hard hit by the storm Reports from Lewes, Del said several vessels wer-e torn from their moorings. two of them going aground and the others being badly damaged. The schooner Charles Whittemore, Haiti for Camden, N J., and the yacht Priscilla parted all lines and went aground on a bar. The Priscilla had hole stove in her star board bow above the water line.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
EARL BURGESS, MOTION
 PICTURE ACTOR, KILLED

Los Angeles Calif., Feb. 5.-Earl Burgess, a motion picture actor, was killed here today when he fell 700 feet from an airplane on which he was performing in the making of q come dy.
 Burgess was flying with Lieutenant Walter Hawkins, an aviator. The ac- tor was to cast off dummy from the plane. In attempting this he fell The camera men and director thought the falling body was the dummy and continued photogra phing. They did not discover their mistake until they went to remove the supposed dum- my fro mtelephone wires where it had alighted.
 Burgess was professional, stunt" man and had been employed in motion picture work for ten years
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
tGOV EDWARDS GIVES VIEWS ON FEDERAL
 PROHIBITION AT HOMERS s. CUMMINGS DINNER

Appearing Unexpectedly After Secretary Daniels Had Con cluded His Address MT. Edwards Announced He Would Garry the Prohibition Question to the San Francisco the Issue Must be Decided by the People Next November = Protests the Right of Any SuperPower at Washington to Impose Its Will Upon Us in the Direction of Our Habits Our Manners, Our Tastes and Local Customs Governor Smith, of New York, in Telegram Conveyed His Belief That Federal Prohib- lion as Imposed Upon the American People is "a Restric ton to Personal Liberty Which Russia in Her Darkest Days Never Dreamed of"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
NEW ENGLAND EXPERIENCES
 WORST BLIZZARD IN YEARS

ore Than Foot of Snow Has Fallen at Boston-At Soma Points Along the Coast Velocity of Wind Was 7z Miles an Hour - New Haven Road Was Hard Hit, Causing Abandonment of Train Schedules Mountainous Seas Are Batterng the Atlantic Coast-Hghest Tides Ever Recorded in New York Harbor Caused Floods Along the Hudson and Harlem Rvers-Damage Done to Resorts and Summer Homes Along the New Jersey and Long ls and Coasts is Estimated at Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars-Steamer Maine of the New England Steamship Company Was Driven Ashore the North End of Long Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
MARSHAL OF BELMONT,
 TEXAS, IS MISSING

New York. Feb. 5-Search was be- gun by the police here today for Ed ward Best sheriff and city marshal of Beaumont, Texas, who is believed by his son to have met with, foul play.
 The son, L. D. Best. told the police that his father had left home on Oc- tober 12 last with $5,000 to discuss with lawyers in New York claims by another man to land that lie had bought in Louisiana. He checked out at hotel here December ' and has not been heard from since.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
MEXICO DELAYS RELEASE
 OF AMERICAN AVIAToRs

Douglas, Ariz., Feb. 5.-The release of Lieutenants L. M Wolfe and G. M Usher, who alighted Monday sixteen miles south of Nacozari Sonora. probably will be delayed for several days. according to information reach ing here today Complete details as revealed by the investigation of mili- tary and civil officials have been sent D Mexico City by order of President CarranZa and an order from the cap ital must be received before the avi- ators can 4te releasea or allowed to return to the bordar. In the mean time the two lieut., nants are guests at the Hotel De Nacozari.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
VoN LERSNER NO BACKED
 BY GERMAN GOVERNMENT

Berlin, Fem. 5-The German gov ernment disapproves of the attitude of Baron Kurt Von Lersner in his refusal to transmit the list of Ger mans demanded for extradftion to his government, it was declared today by Foreign Minister Muller to M De Marcilly the French Charge D'Af- faires here.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
GARRISON OF BRUSSELS
 STAGED DEMONSTRATION

Paris. Feb. 5-A Brussels despatch to VingtieIne Steele says that last night soldiers of Brussels garri: :+on or ganized a demonstration against the irregularity in the time of service and the food furnished them. The sold iers formed a procession and march ed through the streets.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
BANK OF ENGLAND TO
 OPEN IN BUDAPEST

Paris, Feb. 5-A despatch received here from Budapest says a branch Of the Bank of England will open here soon. The despatch adds that con sortium of English banks is negotia- ting for the purchase of the Hungar- ian railroads and the esta biishment Of ship yard works on the Danube.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
DR. WILL HELM MAYER
 RETURNING TO BERLIN

Paris, Feb. 5-Dr. Mayer, German charge jd'acafres at Paris will leave Berlin for Paris this evening. He has received formal instructions to ac- cept the allied note demanding ex- tradition of persons accuser of war crimes, says a despatch from the German capital by way of Basle.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
WAR SERVICE BOND FOR
 SOLDIER FOR EVERY DAY

Washington. Feb. 5-Every man serving in the war will get a world war service bond worth one dollar for every day of service and bearing interest at 3l4 per cent under a bill introduced today by Representative Osborne republican, California The issue would be limited to $1,5Oo, ,O0O,- nl1
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
AID FOR RECONSTRUCTION
 WORK AT CoNSTANTINoPLE E

Wellesley, Mass, Feb. 5-The war service committee of Wellesley Col lese announced today that the col lege would support for a scond year unit of five graduates who are en- gagged in relief and reconstruction work at Constantinople. In addition the comnitte calbled s2,0oO for inn mediate relief
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
HOUSE BEGINS WORK ON
 THE AGRICULTURAL BILL

Washington, Fb. 5.-The house be- gan work today on the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying a total of 30,540,034, without agreement as to how much time would be set aside for debate. There were indications. how ever, that this would run for couple of days more, as a motion to fix seven hours as the top mark was defeated.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
RETREAT OF RUMANiAN
 TROOPS HAS BEEN ORDERED

London. Feb 5.-The Rumanian legation here announced today that the Bucharest government has order ed the retreat of the Rumanian troops of occupation in Hungary to the iron
 tier fixed by the peace conference.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
BILL TO GIVE SERVICE
 MEN PRIORITY OF LAND

Washington. Feb. 5.-A joint reso- lutioF giving honorably discharged service men a preference right in ob- taining lands under the homestead act was passed today by the senate. It goes now to the president
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06
LIST OF GERMANS WANTED
 SENT BY COURIER TO BERLIN

Paris. Feb 5-( -(Havas)-The official Nst of the Germans demanded for extradition was sent to Berlin by a courier of the ministry of foreign af- fairs who left yesterday for the Ger rls II capital.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

out to a successful conclusion, with out scandal or fraud or graft
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

Sale of the former German passen- ger liners seized at the outbreak of the war was forced on the shipping board by the operation of the nation al prohibition law, Chairman Payne is understood to have told President Wilson.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-06

A French landlord convicted of raising rents to an abusive rate ," was sentenced to spend one month in jail and pay fine.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-06-21
Polarines
Leave Field
on Dispute

The Whiting Polarines proved them
selves sad bunch OF sports IN yes
tcrday's game with the Hammond X
Or cs when they walked OF the fcld
and deliberately quit. following a de
cision BIZ the umpire that went against
their team in the last half Of the Sixth
inning
The PLAY that broke UP the ball game
vas a Wild heave over hrst base into
the crowd On which "Keckie" Moll the
umpire. ruled that the runner ON second
should be allowed To score and the man
on first on whom tho play was made
should advance To third Whiting fall
cd u see The decision that way and
after considerable wrangling with both
umpircs. neither one Of whom would
reverse the decision they decided To
take matters in their own hands and
packed up thor paraPhernalia and beat
it Mol insists that he was right in
making his decision. as he claims he
ruled exactly as agreed ON ovcrthrowS
when the matter Of ground rules was
talked over before the game with both
umpires and the managers and cap
tains or both teams But whether Mol
/ Was right CIR wrong the fact remains
/ that his decision should have been ac-
cepted as final Nothing will hurt anna
tour baseball in these parts. more than
to argue with the umpires every time
A decision is rendered not entirely ia
yorabie 70 your team.
Manager O'Rourko Of the II Of C's
stated after Yesterdays game. that in
order to put amateur baseball in this
! city on 4 plane where it belongs he viii
absolutely not tolerate either his team
or any visiting club debating to the
umpire as to how decisions should he
made Or how he should run the game.
O'Rourke has tried to get the hest Id
cal umpircs obtainable and nobody can
truthfullv say that any man acting in
, this capacity at the Harrison park
games this year has deliberately trI~d
70 favor either team That the UNI
pres have been more than fair TO visit
ing clubs is evidenced by the fact that
the X Of c. : have lost two ball games
| hv the close score Of to ? either one
Or which might have been decided
against the visitors had not the UNI
pires made certain close decisions in
their favor
Getting back to Yesterdays game il
was a regular pitchers battle all the
way IN u that fatal sixth inning With
one out in the first. Whiting went after
Dalton a. if they meant = break ur
the ball game right off the reel Mig
Schultz started the trouble with q single
to right and Jones followed with A
safety over third Schultz seeing Bowie
loaf on fielding the hit. hustled to third
and beat the throw. Jones pulling up
i at second whom Chandler relayed the
hall t. 0Rourke too late TO get his
man. With runners on second and third
and one out Brown lifted long fly IA
| Tague. scoring Schultz with Whiting $
| only run Of the game. Jones. think
inE Tague would make play at the
plate after bagging Browns fly started
for third and was doubled up, Tague tc
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-06-21
FREEDMAN
GETS SHADE
OVER T|LLMAN
Sailor" Uses His Left
With Good Effect on st.
Paul Boxer at East Chi
cago.

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