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Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
WOOD PARTICIPATING IN
 OHIO POLITICAL CONTEST

Columbus, O., Feb. 25-Major Gen eral Leonard Wood late today formal ly entered Ohio to contest with United States Senator Warren G. Harding not only the preferential choice as the republican nominee for president but also Ohio's 4S delegates to the Chi cago convention. His declaration of candidacy was filed with the secretary of state by John P. Price. his Ohio campaign manager.
 At the same time James R. Garfield of Cleveland also filed his decIara ton as candidate for the republican presidential nomination. MT. Gar fields candidacy is understood to be only for the purpose of giving Wood candidates for delegates a chance to express their second choice as required by the Ohio primary law.
 1nasmueh, however. as MT. GarfieId's filing as a presidential candidate will place his name on the preferential pri- mary ballot along with the names of Senator Harding and General Wood the generals managers are trying to figure out some way in which his name may be kept off the preferential ballot
 Though no formal statement has been made, it is understood the con test for delegates will be carried into every district by General Woods man. agers. The Ohio primary will be held April 2T.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
CONTRACTION OF CREDITS
 IS BECOMING WORLDWIDE

New York, Feb. 25.-Indications that contraction of credits is becom- ing worldwide and that future esti- mates of values will have to attune themselves to this condition caused further liquidation of securities on the stock exchange today.
 Speculative shares recorded addi- tiohal losses of two to ten points, or total of 25 to 120 points from their best quotatiopS Of the early weeks of the year. Seasoned or standard stocks were from 15 to 40 points lower for that period.
 The bond market was affected in relative degree. Investment rails ex- tended their steady depreciation of the past few months, while Liberty bonds and Victory notes established lowest quotations in their history.
 The feature of that branch of the bond market was the Liberty 1-2's, the first of this governments war underwritings. That issue was freely sold throughout the active session down to 94.30. which exceeds it's pre- vious low record by 1 1-2 per cent.
 Local signs of tighter money were provided by an advance in call loans from per cent. to 15 per cent. The federal reserve bank also deemed it eXpedient to advance rates of inter est and discount as secured by treas ury certificates.
 Leaders Of today's reaction in the stock market were Crucible. Bethle- hem, Republic. Lackawanna and United States SteeIs. at extreme de- clines of ? to points; Chandler, Stutz, Pierce AArrow and Studeba- ker Motors at ? 1-2 to 6 points; oils and shippings at to points and affiliated specialties at to points
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
''RllIIl Rebellion is
 Becoming Complex
Federal Armed Invasion" to Clean Up" Iron County Has Been Called Back.

Iron River Mich, Feb. 25.-Thirty- five federal agents and members of the Michigan state constabulary, who arrived last night under Major missioner for the central states, to "clean up" Iron County, tonight were ell route back home, while Major Dalrymple was bound for Washing ton to confer with Prohibition Com missioner John Kramer
 Major Dalrymple, who led the arm ed expedition to Iron River with the avowed purpose of arresting county and village officers on charges of conspiracy to obstruct enforcement of the prohibition law, was instructed by MT. Kramer to meet the opposing side and seek a compromise without legal action.
 Worst.ng of the federal agents in the first clash with state officers in the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment was serious blow to en- forcement of the dry law, Major Dalrymple declared before his depar- ture.
 Martin s. McDonough, prosecuting attorney of Iron county and leader of the county authorities, who Ma jor Dalrymple declared were in open re- volt' against the United States. re- ceiyed a telegram today from District Attorney Myron H. Walker at Grand
 Rapids advising him to take no ac- tioh until the district attorney could come to investigate.
 MT. McDonough had obtained a warrant for the arrest of Major Da1- 1 rymple charging him with malicious i libel and had planned to have it serv- ed by Chief of Police Cyrus Sensiba l at the railroad station last night. | A telephone message from Crystal 1 Falls, fifteen miles away however, 1 notified McDonough that Major Dal- | rymple, in anticipation of trouble, | had issued fifty rounds of ammuni- tion to each man in his party. The j! prosecution then advised Iron River
 citizens to go home and avoid any
 demonstration.
 l Today MT. McDonough warned Ma : jor Dalrymple that if he carried out
 his plan and arrested anyone in Iron
 county without a warrant or searched
 any private home for Iquor the
 county officers would arrest every
 man in your party and put them in
 jail"
 The prohibition director already
 had received orders from Mr Kra- :
 mer calling off the armed invasion i and no arrests were made. l Reports that I took the eleven i barrels of wine from Leo J. Grove
 federal prohibition supervisor for 1 northern Michigan, and the state po- ! lice and returned it to the Italians from whom it was taken are false. ' 1 McDonough declared.
 T confiscated this wine when found it in the possession of Grove.
 placed my own men in charge and put the barrels in a safe place." j Major DalrymDle found nine bar
 rels of tlse wine in the basement oi the home of the parish priest today and destroyed the l'quor after talk ! Ing samples for evidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
REPORT OF BRITISH
 MlSRULE IN IRELAND

London, Feb. 25.-The report of the commission of labor men which re- gently investigated conditions in Ire land is a strong denunciation of what is characterized as the British mis- rule of Ireland. This, the report de- clared, would drive any spirited ma ton into deep seated and dangerous discontent, adding that where the administration is not merely unintel- ligent, it appears to be deliberately provocative"
 The report sets forth that Ireland has become utterly estranged and the Irish problem, as the labor delega- tion sees it, is "a problem of political pathology"
 Abundant evidence exists. the re- port finds, of the need of action with regard to social matters, such as housing, wages and education, but the political issue, it holds, ohscures these questions.
 "The economic regeneration of Ire land, which would help materially to destroy existing animosities and speedily efface the memory of his toric wrongs" the report adds, "can- not be successfully achieved unless and until the political problem is solved. The fundamental necessity, therefore, is a change in the political SVStem'
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
POLICEMEN TESTIFY FOR
 SOCIALIST ASEMBLYMEN

Albany, N Y, Feb. 25-The defense in the trial of the five suspended so- cialnt aSsenblynlen charged with dis loyalty late today produced two po- licemen who denied the allegation by Solomon, a defendant, spat on the American flag at a socialist street prosecution witness that Charles corner meeting in Brooklyn in 1917.
 In introducing it's evidence regard ing the flag incident. the defense call Ked AssenTblyman Solomon to the stand for a few minutes to fix the time of the Brooklyn meeting {describ ed by the prosecution witness Ellen B. Chivers, an IS year old ste- nographer, the credibilfty of whose testimony previously had been att tackled by a member of the assembly judiciary committee, which is con- ducting the hearings.
 Then Police Captain Charles A. Zanes and PatrolEnan Edward T. Cody, two of half a dozen policemen at | tending the meeting. denied the story of Miss Chivers that Solomon had his stand decorated with red fagssAT They also testified they had not seen the speaker refuse to relinquish his plat form to a recruiting party which had driven up in a "bus" and stopped nearby Miss Chivers had declared pOiOflOH H6O lIllUI-II6u Gi1e SOll4SI ItIO gutter .s. good enough for you"
 When Cdy was asked by the defense if after the recruiting party had moved away, Solomon spat on either of the two American flags on his platform. he replied with grim chuckie:
 "Ah-h, mo-"
 "You were on duty, weren't you?"
 q sure was"
 In cross examining the policeman who had testified the meeting was held in non socialist district where everybody was patriotic" and "a red-blooded American would fly at the throat 2f anyone insulting the flag," the prosecution sought to show that the officers had turned their backs to the stand when the recruiting party came along and coud not see what. Solomon was doing.
 As an illustration that the alleged act might have happened without their noticing it, the prosecution brought out that they had not known unti; ia.er of the arrest of a IS year old youth in the crowd who had call ed the soldiers nothing but lot of cannibals.''. The arrest was made within 1Oa feet of Solomon, during the recruiting rally, zones testified.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26

Washington, Feb. 25.--Meeting the demand of republican leaders, the house military committee by a bi-par- ,tisan vote today refused to include universal military training in the army reorganization bill, which will be formally reported tomorrow by Chair man Kahn. Sharp opposition to the re- organization programme is assured when the bill reaches the house goor, an dit may be attacked earlier by a minority report.
 In rejecting immediate consideration of the training plan the committee voted that it should become the sub ject of separate legislation to be fram- ed by a friendly sub committee of seven named by MT. Kahn, with an agreement of the leaders that it's con- sideration would not be blocked after a thorough inquiry had been made of the cost and economic effects This investigation is expected to delay &C., tion on the question until the next ses- sion.
 With this temporary disposal of universal training, the committee vot- ed 10 to 6 to report the reorganization bill, providing for a maximum peace time army of 17.700 officers and 299, ,000enlisted men. including the Philippine scouts and unassigned re- cs of 1916, which the new bill would amend, no definite tactical formation of the army is prescribed, this being left discretionary with the president. This feature is among the principal causes of the sharp opposition by the minority.
 Supporters of universal training plan offer amendments to force house ac- tion on the question, but opponents of the scheme hope to frustratethese attempts through parliamentary tac- tics. Although the separate train ing bill was ordered prepared tat the earliest practical date" even it's sup porters were doubtful of consideration for months.
 |. Republican leaders opposing the plans appearance in the army bill in cluded the members of the legislative steering committee. who based their objections principally on the ground that action should be deferred until the party's stand was outlined by it's national convention in June. They also agreed that house adoption of the plan at present was impossible.
 Announcement of the committee vote on it's rejection of training, a virtual reversal of it's previous de- cision, was withheld beyond a state ment that the division was Il to 5 Four democrats and seven republi- leans were understood to have voted | against a declaration in favor o1 , training. with the plan to become ef- fective July 1, 1922. The reorganization bill recofinizes
 aviation as a fourth arm of the army along with the infantry, cavalry and artillery, each service headed by g major general. The tank corps is in- cluded in the infantry arm, and the chemical warfare service becomes Q separate corps to cohduct experiments in gases. Other new services, de veloped during the war. are rejected or consolidated in the older branches.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
SUPREME COUNCIL TO TAKE
 WILSON'S ADRIATIC NOTE

London. Feb. 25.-The Supreme Council tomorrow will take up Presi- dent Wilson's reply to the allied note on the Adriatic question, which reach ed London this morning, and if a re- joinder is necessary the council will attempt to formulate it immediately because the members hope to end the London session Saturday, although possibly it will be extended for a day or two. The council did not consider the nte today.
 Owing to the necessity Of Premier NittiNs presence in Rome and the activities of other members. the coun- cil did not complete the Turkish trea- ty. All points have been settled in principle, but many details are being arranged. The documents probably will be left with the ambassadors conference at Paris.
 It has been decided not to make public the decisions piecemeal but to await completion of the treaty.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
CAMBRIDGE COLBY NEW
 SECRETARY OF STATE

Washington, Feb. .5. - President Wilson again upset the expectations of official and political Washington to- day by naming Bainbridge Colby, a New York attorney, who left the re- publican party with Theodore Roose- welt in 1912, as secretary of state.
 The selection caused scarcely less of a sensation than the dismissal of Robert Lals.Ig from the state port folio two weeks ago. and was received with such undisgnised surprise in the senate. where the presidents. choice must be approved before Mir. Colby can take upthe duties of the office, that none of the leaders cared to pre- dict when confirmation might be vot- cd.
 Not even among those or the inside Of administration circles had there been any expectation that the selection would fall on Mir. Colby, who told in quiriers today that he himself had been given only brief notice of the presidents intention. Summoned to the White House, he spent an hour with Mr. Wilson, announced that he would accept with a deep appreciation of the responsibility imposed upon him. and said he would have no furth- CT comment to make until the senate had acted
 Word Of the nomination reached senators just as. they were assembling for the days session, and in their pri- vste talks during the day they dis cussed little else. Virtually all of them, however, preferred to withhold public comment until the subject came up formally for action
 Once before the senate had been called upon to act on nominat tion of Nr. Colby. and then confirmation was voted although - strang fight against him was led by the two republican Eenators from his state. That was in 1917. when President Wilson named him to membership on the shipping board. It was asserted in some quarters that the reasons which led Co objection at that time need not nec- essarily apply in the present case, but Senator Calder of New York said he would insist that thenominee's quail hcarions for the secretaryship be look ed into carefully before he would vote for confirmation tothat post.
 4 native of St Louis, fifty-one years old. Nr. Colby has been engaged in law practice in New York since 1892 ex- cept fer the nineteen months he was a shipping board member. During the latter service he was an American representative in teD Inter-A1lied
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26

Liberal provisions for building up the national guard are carried in the bill including many of the recommend ations advocated by guard officers. The reserve officers training corps in schools and colleges, reserving train ing camps and the citizens reserve are continued.
 While the bill provides for a peace time army of more than 10000 troops stronger than the defense acu, even the supporters of the enlarged army were skeptical that it would soon be- come a reality.
 The combat strength is authorized to be 250,000, the remainder of the forces bein absorbed in the supply and administratice services, and the Philippine Scouts and unassigned re- recuits. The infantry force is fixed at maximum strength of 10000 men and 4,20O officers, the cavalry at 2o,-
 800 and $50 officers, the field artillery at 36,500 men and 1900 officers, the coast artillery at 36, 600 men and 1900
 o;ers, the air service at 16,s00 men, including cadet flyers, and 1,514 of ficers.
 A finance department is established
 by the bill it's duties being strict ly that of disbursing war department funds. Purchase and transportation are placed in the Quartermaster corps,
 but the business dealing of the de-
 partment are placed in the charge of
 an afssistant secretary of war. The
 general staff is enjoined under the bill from assuming or engaging in work
 of an administrative nature" In fixing the various grades of of f1cers, the bill provides for only one i general-the rank now held by John J. PerShing-and directs that the of- flee shall cease to exist when a. va cancy occurs" Twenty-two major generals are authorized and 46 brig adiers. Nurses. included in the med. 1 ical corps, are given relative rank with officers, but not the pay of the l corresponding army grades, and chap lains are to receive relative pay but not rank.
 1 fiex at one or three years at the op- l tion of the recruit. Pay of enlisted men is fixed at $50 to $75 a month, 1 with a provision abolishing the pres 1 ent laws for continuous service in ! creases and substituting a flat ten l per cent increase in base pay for each | five years of service.
 The strength of the national guard l 300 to each congressional district
 is unchanged by the bill, but to en- l courage formation of state troops rec
 ognition will be given companies of fifty until July y, 1921, after which 1 the minimum requirement will be 65
 men.
 It also is provided by the bill that | the guard of any state ''may include such detachments or parts of units
 as may be necessary in order to form
 tactical units when combined with troops of other states"
 Original enlistments in the guard
 would be fer three years, with the re-
 enlistment period being for one year,
 except that men who served in the
 army within the last two years may l enlist for the one year period.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
STATE RESTS IN TRIAL
 OF ANTONIO VALENTINO

New Haven, Conn., Feb. 25.-The state rested it's case today in the trial of Antonio Valentino. charged with Derby, on October 30. Several Wit nesses for the defense then testified. Mrs. Jenny Valentino. daughter of Zollo, told how her father left Water bury to go to Derby to collect $150 from Valentino. Mrs. Katherine Val entino, wife of the accused, testified that he came home on the night of the murder "so drunk that he could not understand" Other witnesses told how Valentino, Zollo and Aniello CriScuolo drank near beer" in a Derby saloon on the night zoflo met his death.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
BoLSHEVIKI RELEASING
 RED CROSS WORKERS

Washington, Feb. 25.-Release of Edward H. Charette of Stockton, Cal, and Dr. Frederick L. Barnum of Brooklyn, N. T., members of the American Red Cross Commission to Siberia, who recently were captured by the bolsheviki was reported to Red Cross headquarters today from Vladi- vOstok.
 The cable message expressed con- viction that three other Red Cross men also taken prisoner were safe and that news of their release was being delayed by the Reorganization of the telegraph system in Siberia.
 The message reporting his release was the first news received that Dr. Barnum had been captured He has passed Chita en route to Vladivostok. Charette has reached safely at IT, kutsk. It kas assumed that both were unharmed. although the message did not give any details.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
TRAINMEN'S UNIONS OF
 FRANCE VOTE TO STRIKE

Paris. Feb. 25.-Delegates of the trainnen's unions of the Seine de- partment this afternoon voted for an immediate strike of all the operating employees on all lines with the excep- tion of the engineers and firemen who were ordered to quit at one o'clock Thursday morning. This action was taken after the trainmen's federation had refused to be represented at the meeting.
 A limited. number of trains are ar irving and departing on the Paris, Lyons and Mediterranean system. The other railway lines have not been af- fected as yet by the strike
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
IRREGULAR CONTRACTS FOR
 WATCHES FOR U. S. ARMY

Berne Switzerland, Feb. 25.-The hearing of testimony in the case of Louis H. Wetmore, an American com missioner, who during the war is all leged to have been connected with irregular contracts for watches and compasses for the American army, be- gan today before the criminal court of Berne. Judge Witz presided.
 Wetmore was arrested in Paris. He is accused of having suggested to con tractors that they place higher amounts on their accounts for goods sold in order that he might share in the difference in prices. It is charged that Wetmore in this manner obtained more than 3,000,000 francs. The testi- mony is being taken in the presence of two American delegates, Capt. John H. Kiplinger, as prosecutor, and Am prose Clougmer, as military defender.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
Wilson Working For
 Federal Suffrage
Appeals to Legislature of Oklahoma to Ratify the Amendment.

Washington, Feb. 25. President Wilson today appealed othe legisla- ture of the state of Oklahoma to rati- fy the federal suffrage amendment.
 In an identical telegram sent to both houses of the legislature and the lieutenant governor, the president said:
 May I not take the liberty of ex- pressing m yearnest hope that Okla homa will join the other suffrage states in ratifying the federal suf- frage amendment, thus demonstrating anew it's sense of justice and retain ing its place as a leader in democra- cy?"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
OFFICERS OF THE NEW
 YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD

New York. Feb. -Reappointmen of A. H. Smith as president of the New York Central Lines and of other off, cers re- establishing the system as it existed prior to federal control was announced here tonight. Vice Presi- dents reappointed in charge of execu- tive departments of the system are: A. T. Hardin, Ira A. Place. A. H. Harris, G.A H. Ingalls,. J. Carsten- sen. all of whose headquarters are in Nek York,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
FIGHT IN HOUSE ON
 DYEsTUEFS TARIFF BILL

Washington, Feb Prospects of a prolonged fight on the house dyestuffs tariff bill developed today when the measure was taken up by the senate. Senator Kenyon, republican, Iowa, characterized the bill as most unusu- al in it's application of the protective tariff while Senator Borah. republ- can,- Idaho, predicted that the bill might require as much debate as the peace treaty
 It is the intention to lay the bill aside tomorrow to take up the treaty, which then is to be kept continuously before the senate until final vote is reached.
 Necessity for early passage of the bill was urged by Senator Frelinghuy- sen,. republican, New Jersey, who said the president even had seen fit to rec ommend such legislation in order to protect the American dye industry from Germany.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
FOR BOOTH ANNIVERSARY OF
 LANDING OF THE PILGRIMS

Hartford. Conn, Feb. 25.-A coni- mission tc represent the state in the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims at Ply mouth Rock was appointed by Gov ernor Holcomb tonight. An act pass ed by the last session of the legisla- ture provides for a commission of eleven members, including the gov ernor and lieutenant governor, and nine others. The governor named the following: Simeon E. Baldwin, New Haven; Frank B. Weeks, Middletown; Chares E. Thompson, Hartford; Rev. Frederick w. Hartman, Windsor; Edward s. Boyd, Woodbury; Chas. E. Gross, Hartford; Miss N. Louise Mitchell, Hartford; Mrs. Clarence E. Bolmer, New Haven; Mrs. Sarah T. Kinney, Hartford.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-26
ANTI -suFFRAoIsTs WERE
 DEFEATED IN SKIRMisH

Oklahoma City, Okla. Feb. 25.-An- ratification forces suffered a defeat in the first skirmish in the house today when a substitute resolution referring the question of ratification of the fed eral woman suffrage amendment to popular vote in the August primaries was ruled out of order. When the chairman's decision was appealed to the house a standing vote without roll call call showed 54- members sustain ing it. This was approximately two thirds of those present.