Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-20

States in 1919 fell off by more than thirty million pounds compared with 1918.
 Boston Symphony Orchestra players will join musicians union because an increase in wages asked by them was rejected.
 The peace treaty debate Iapsed again. yesterday, neither sade making any eff fort to bring up the subject for senate consideration.
 Pre-Lenten carnival festivity in Buenos Aires was effectively dampen- ed by a strike of taxicab chauffeurs and cab drivers.
 Several men Suspected of robberies in railroad yards at Providence, total- ing about $200,O00 were arrested, but released on bail.
 William Gibbs McAdoo announced that he would not permit his name to be used on presidential primary ballots in the various states. In letter to Gov SprouI, of Penn l sylyania, Representative Edmonds urg- ed the purchase of Hog Island by the Estate of Pennsylvania.
 General William K. MickFe, adjutant of the United Confederate Veterans, died at Mobile He was 74 years old and born at Columbia, S. c. Republican leaders in the senate forced a further delay in consideration of the Thompson bills designed 10 give New York city cheaper milk.
 The body of an unidentified man was found in a burning shed in the rear of a meat shop at Rochester, N. Y Blood was still flowing. from wounds. General March testified before a 1 house committee that President Will i, son sent American troops into Siberia against the advice of General Tasker i Bliss.
 l Fire destroyed the three story Ocean Inn at Sheepshead Bay, famous in years gone by as the Sheepshead Bay i Club, headquarters of the racing fra ternity.
 Franklin K. Lane, who retin,s or March 1 as secretary of the interior 1 accepted the national chairmanship ot the Salvation ArTny's second home ser vice appeal
 Work of restoring the Church of St i Gervais, Paris, which was struck by z i"big bertha" shell on Good Friday 1918, killing 54 persons, will commence on March 1.
 Reported in Washington that unless
 big newspapers of this country takc steps to curtail the waste of newsprint icongress will deny them second-clas. mailing privileges.
 There never was more need of reorganization of government at Wash.
 ington on a business basis than a present" according to Governor lFranl
 Q. Lowden of Illinois.
 A pack of twelve wolves invaded tn,
 western end Of Duluth and a party O
 trappers and scores of men Tying out
 succeeded in killing one, wounding an
 other and trapping third l New York city was fIatiy aIigaet
 against rural districts when the farm CTS appeared before the legislature de handing a repeal of the daylight say ing law for New York state.
 Hugh M Caldwell, attorney ant
 former army major, and James Dun can, secretary of the Seattle Centra Labor Council, at Seattle, will run fo
 mayor in the city election March 9
 Because of labor troubles at Calves
 ton and New Orleans, an embargo wa
 announced by the Morgan Line and al
 southbound coastwise freight origin
 ating at points outside of New York.
 Situation in southern Russia report
 ed so uncertain that the allied official
 are fearful of general bolshevik
 triumph, more from internal dissen
 sion than from entrance of red forces
 The greatest single producing caus
 es of fire, in the United states ar
 electricity and electrical appliances
 says Charles F. Lumrn, chief of tn actuarial bureau of the national boar
 of underwriters.
 AboIishment of the nine sub-treas uries, the offices of 13 state surveyor 5 general and two assay offices. is pro II posed in the legislative sappropriatio : bill. reported by the house appropria
 lions committee.
 Navy department was notified fiv , men lost their lives in the sinking C a naval water barge off the Cuba coast and two others died in the cap
 sizing of a dory from the U. S. s. Hov z ey at Harwich, Eng. The Chinese government has accept ed the loan stipulations of bankers ( . Great Britain, France. United State and Japan, on the condition that Chin : receive a substantial advance befo1 the Chinese New Year. Under peIagic sealing treaty betwee the United States and Canada, the lat ? ter received sealskins representing l per cent contribution of the gros s number of seals taken on the Russia I island in the Beri1g sea, within terr tory of Alaska.