Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-14
DANlELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

At the mills of the Nightingale-Mors company in this city and at the big plants of the Grosvenordale company III the Grosvenordales notices of a reduc- ton in wages, effective December 2n. were posted Monday. In this in'redl- ate vicinity approxima -ely 2,GGJ' npers tives will be affected, 1101 m the plants Of the. Grosvenordale company. which at present is operating it's mills on a three days a week basis. The aiiopnt of the reduction is not s.Lted in he no- tices posted at the .SightilgJ le- Morse mills, but at North Gros !. larlale Ii VI: stated that the cut will .,e on the game basis as has been made ibis wcek in New Bedford and other large textile centers znd ap2rexiInates 2S 1-S per cent
 This cut is in accord with the general plan for a readjus.ment of the cotton manufacturing industry and is expected to: bring a quick revival of business, which; has slumped tremendously during the past few months. Notices of simi- lar reductions in, wages were posted at cotton mills in the town of Killingly and Plainfield and in towns in the Quinebaug valley farther south on Monday. G
 So far as was. indicated in interviews with mill operatives on Monday, the re
 
 was. regarded as inevitable, The opera tives seem most concerned, now that 8 reduction in wages has been announced. over what they will have to pay for. the things they buy. # the prices of food stuffs and of wearing apparel and of fuel and rents, the real necessaries are | reduced in line with the cut in wages, they will not feel, they say, so badly about the present. situation; but if prices T ct <l.N .11r | widespread resentment. Living costs are the things that now stand out, it is in dicated. very distinctly in the eyes of the operatives who are considering the general economic situation. It was indicated Monday that the tire fabric miIls in this territory will be af- fected by the change in wage scale as well as mills in other lines of cotton manufa acturing. With one exception, the tire fabric mills, are. not operating al this time. ],
 So many persons had slthereds at the municipal building Monday morn l ing, for attendance at the hearing ol 1 the cases of men whose places were day morning for intoxicants that tht court rom in. the basement would not -ac copfmodate- them, so adjournment. was 1 taken to the town hall, on the next fiooi | of the building. Assembled and all se for the hearings, the gathering bore 2 1 resemblance to political partys eau GUS.
 |. Practically all of the forenoon va required by Judge M H. Geissler anc other court officials to dispose of tn, l cases.
 In the case of Frank Benoit, who's, tplace on Providence street was raideC and nothing of an intoxicating natur, found, adjournment until Wendesda. l was allowed
 On reputation count Antonio Jus kiewicz was assessed $50 and costs o s1419:
 In the case of Adelard LaMontagn counts of keeping with intent to sel and reputation were nolled. It was a LaMontagne's place that a punch boart was seized and on a charge of havin, permitted gambling in his place he wa fined $5 and costs of s12.o4
 Louis Couture was found not guilt, tof keeping with intent to sell and witt reputation.
 Henry Wright, at whose place ol Farrows street six barrels of cider wer seized. pleaded guilty to repu:atio ana i was fined $50 and costs of SHEA. On reputation count, second of fence. Peter Ennis of Harris street wa tined s75 and costs of $14.94.
 John Rucki pleaded guilty to reputa ton and was fined $50 and costs 0 s14.94 Rucki is the proprietor of sore in the basement of building a the corner of Canal and Pomfre streets, where 36 bottles of Jamaic; ginger were seized. Other intoxicant were taken at his home at 74 Schoo street
 Having made no defence when h. was charged with maintaining a plac 1 where it was reputed liquor could b obtained Judge. Geissler found Isador Beauregard guilty and was about {, permission to retain counsel. Stretch ing a point, the court permitted thi and the case of Beauregard will com tup for .considerat on later. ,.4
 PreGeedings against the whiskey wine, eider and grain alcohol seized il the raids has been instituted and will be ordered. destroyed, providin those from whem it was seized do no appear in court and establish to the sa: isfac,ion of the officials that it was hel Iegitimately. Prosecuting Attorney E C. Morse was engaged Monday after noon in drawing papers in the pro ceedings for co1demning the intoxi icants.,. In court on Monday nothing wa sdlQ dDOuJ LHe lHlOAlCduIS SelZeo,- p ln hearings being relative to the, reputa
 tions of the places from which it va
 taken and as 10 whether it was bein kkept with intent to sell.
 Next Monday, when the proceeding relative to the disposition of the intoz icants come up, the seized goods will b produced in court and the persons fror
 whom it was taken will have an oppol tunity to Claim them. It was indicate
 on Monday afternoon that some of thos
 who were in court on Monday will ar , Gpear next Monday and claim the stu
 that was taken from them in the raid Mondays court proceedings were UT
 der Connecticut statutes and not unde the terms of the Volstead act, the CT { forcement instrument under the Eighf eenth amendment.
 Sunday next will be observed a , Christmas Sunday in the evangelics , churches in this territory. As in oths years the Christmas Sunday service , will include special musical program
 State Officer Howard E. Elliott va , in town Monday on business pertainin