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Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
ONFESSED THAT HE HAD
 KILLED GEORGE B. MOTT

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug 31-Elwood
 Wade, 23 years of age, tonight con- assed to the police that he had killed ieorge B. Mott after a struggle in the alters home early Sunday morning. .otts body cramped in a trunk was
 und by searching party late last last
 ght in a swamp near Sport Hill, ade, Mrs. Nott and John B. Johnson fho aided Wade in taking the trunk to Easton are held by the police for the murder.
 According to the statement made to the police tonight by Wade, he went tc the Nott home Sunday morning armed wit ha piece of lead pipe and a pistol with the intention of pummeling Mott in retaliation for a threat the murdered man made to get Wade Johnson accom- panied Wade and both young men con- versed with Mrs. Mott for over an hour while the intended victim slept in a room in the attic of the house
 Wade finally decided to go to Nott's room and wa accompanied up to the stairs by Johnson. The furniture of the room was so situated that the bed occu. pied by Nott faced a mirror which was or direct line with the open door.
 As approached the door Mott saw me Tn the mirror and I obtained a glimpst ot him in like manner" Wade declared He said: You get out of here and will that he sprang from the bed and we grap pied. Johnson and Mrs. Mott fed to tn, lower part of the house."
 The youth declares they fought on th, landing of the third floor and finally tum bled to the second story, where anothe stand was made. The actual murder. ac cording to Wade, was committed on in first floor of the house after they hal tumbled down another flight of stairs during which time Wade had fired fou shots from his pistol Near the entranc to the house Wade declares he stabbe ] Mott several times Nineteen knif wounds were found n the body. Neithe the accused or the police can account fo the manner in which Wade obtained tn knife
 After Mott was dead the body was m in the trunk, where it remained until lat | Sunday night.
 Wade in his confession does not al solve Mrs. Nott Neither does he accuc her of taking part in the crime.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
TENN. HOUSE NULUF|ES
 SUFFRAGE RATIFICATION
With First Quorum Since Friday August 2O Motion to Re
 consider Was Adopted Viva Voce-Then Motion No
 to Concur in the Action of h2 Senate Was Carried 47 ' to24, With 20 Members Not Voting.

Nashville. Tenn. Aug 3l-The Ten nessee house of representatives today by viva voce vote adopted a motion 10 re- consider the action Of The house on the suffrage ratification resolution and then by a vote of 47 10 24 with twenty mem oers not voting. adopted motion io non-concur in the action Of the senate.
 The action followed directly upon th assembling of the first quorum in ih, house since Friday. Aug 20
 Governor Roberts declined to make an. statement on the exrunging from th, house journal Of the sunragette othe. than to say that the situation could onl, ne dealt with in legal manner.
 State officials and many members co the legislature expressed the belief to night that legality or illegality of Ten nessees ratification would be decidet upon the record certified to Washington by Governor Roberts and not on the ac ton tahen by the house today.
 Shortly after the house convened il l,, came evident that the standardization ists. majority of whom have been il | Alabama on a filibuster for more than week were in the majority. through fail ! ure of several of the suffrage merlbcrs n arrive on time With ciocklike program
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
cox AND ROOSEVELT
 AT OHIO STATE FAIR

Columbus Ohio, Aug. 31.-Governor Cox, Dr. Aaron s. Watkins and Frank lin D. Roosevelt divided time in address ing a crowd at the Ohio state fair here today.
 Governor Cox declared for the league and criticized the Harding plan. Mir. Watkins, prohibition presidential candi- date, criticized both the plans sponsored by his two opconents ant6 also criticized both the republican and democratic par ties for not takin% a stand prohibi- tion. MT. Roosevelt spoke briefly of az ricultural Drosress made by the west
 Governor Cox today issued q state ment replying to testimony offered by Chairman Ha. . before the senate sub committee investigating campaign ex- penditures in which the governor de- clared as absolutely false" Hays al- leged assertion that it was the policy of the republican committee to hold cam paign contributions to one thousand dol lars each. Governor Cox bases his as sertion on what purported to be an off, cial document issued by the republican l committee, and which he stated, showed that subscriptions were to be sought in excess of 5000.
 l Governor Cox referred to approval or the Harding league plan by Viscount Grey, former foreign secretary of Eng
 
 i count Grey or any other English states man to write our agreement" he said . We are not for an English league. We are for a world league of nations" The governor also spoke of the suffering and misery in Russia, Germany, Austria and other European nations. asserting that | things would start toward normal as soon as a definite indemnity had been fixed for Germany to pay England and l France, he asserted were divided on the amount of indemnity and it would re- 1 quire the voice of America to decide the controversy. R. MyWEiT
 T may surprise you" he said, wheT say that the people all over Germany are hoping and praying that the voice of America will be asserted in the inter national affairs of the world and that America will cast the deciding vote ant determining what the indemnity ought to be-
 | pr. Watkins declared the league oi nations should not have been made q part of the peace treaty but, he assert ed, "the time is at hand for a real, not nominal nor pretended league of na 1 tions' He declared there will be league of nations and that the United States will be party to it.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
86,OOO,OOO POUNDS RAW SUGAR
 WITHDRAWN FROM MARKET

Boston, Aug. 21.-The South Boston re- finery of the American Sugar Refining company. with 36 GOO OOO pounds of raw sugar and 1O, 900 900 pounds of refined on hand. has witt ~>1wn it's stock from the market and will sell only to fill existing contracts, Attorney General Allen was told today by William Post Warren. man ager of the refinery. The statement was made at the inquiry which the attorney general IS conducting for the commission on the necessaries of life. Yesterday an l official of tine Revere sugar refinery said ! fis company was holding it's stock of ! 4O,O0Q,0O0 pounds from the market. it's asking price being 23 1-2 cents pound
 and current prices in New York only r
 cents.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
WATERBURY JITNEYMEN
 DENIED AN INJUNCTION

Waterbury. Conn, Aug. 31.-The de- cision of Judge George E. Hinman, of the superior court, on the application of the Waterbury Jitneymen's Association for an injunction was received here late this afternoon.
 The ordinance against enforcement of which an injunction was asked desig- nate as traffic routes for public service motor vehicles all streets except certain ones and portions of streets specially in the ordinance mentioned. Counsel for the jitneymen claimed the ordinance to be unreasonable in it's provisions and void on that ground
 Judge Hinman finds that the action of the aldermen in adopting the ordinance was not so unreasonable as to render the ordinance invalid or it's validity open to such question that it's enforcement should be no wenioined
 The judge says suspension of the en- forcement of this ordinance pending f. nal hearing and determination of this action is not warranted by the situation presented and the application for a tenn orary injunction is therefore denied.
 The hearing was held at Litchfield last Wednesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
Census Report Gives Conn. 1,38O,585
An Increase of 265,829 or 23.8 Per Cent. in Ten Years.

Washington. Aug. 31.-The state Of Connecticut with population announced bv the census bureau tonight as 1.SSp,- 5S5 had during the last ten years the largest numerical growth in its history
 The population of the Nutmeg state increased 265.S29 since 1910 or 23.S per cent. Even in point of percentage with one exception the state grew faster than during any decade since the first federal census in 179O. Between 1850 and lS6O the states population increased 24l per cent. The rate of growth was es- timated in 1910 at 22.7 per cent.
 Connecticut can also boast of larger per centare of growth than any Of the eleven states whose population has been announced for this decenniai census.
 The census bureau announced other -a,-;cion as follows:
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
Further Gains bV
 Poles in North
Bolsheviki Are Continuing to Give Way in the Bialy- stok Region.

Warsaw. Aug. 31.-(By The A P.)- Further gains on the northern front are reported in the Polish official commi que today Polish troops occupied Au- gustodo, west of Grodno where they were enthusiastically received by the popuia- tion. Lithuanian detachments encount- cred by the Poles have been most friend ly.
 The bolsheviki are continuing to give way before Polish pressure in the Baialy- stok sector. says the communication. The Poles have occupied Sokolka, Grudek and Narew. It is reported that the Rus sians are preparing to make serious re- sistance in the region of Malanarewka river.
 Quiet prevails in the Brest-Litovsk sector.
 The Poles are resisting repeated ef- forts of General Budenny's cavalry to break through near Zamosc in a move ment s> to encircle Lemberg, Prabowiec 1 which had been temporarily evacuated by 1 the Poles, has been regained in acounter- i attack.
 1 Bolshevik attacks upon Zaeworze, eas 1 of Lemberg. have been repulsed witt l heavy losses. General Budenny's force: [ have been driven out of the region o 1 Zydyczow and Chodorow, south of Lem 1 bpro
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
WOMAN DROWNED WHEN
 WAVES UPSET BOAT

Milford Conn, Aug. 31.-Miss Flor 4nce Linsey, of Pittsfield. Mass. was drowned off Charles Island in Long Is- land sound late today when rowboat was upset by high waves in a storm. Her mother, Mrs. Mary Linsey. Ager IS, and sister Susan, were rescued.
 The three women were stopping at Silver Beach and had walked ont to Charles Island on sandbar. Rough water caused by the storm prevented them from returning on the sandbar. Jo- ieph Downing and James Hines. pass Ing in a rowboat. offered to take the wo- nen ashore Two hundred feet from the island the boat capsized, all five occu- nants reing thrown into the water
 Florence Linsey called to the two mer 0 rescue her mother and sister. Down ng and Hines managed to hold Mrs. Lin ;ey and Susan Linsey up until men ar ived in a motor boat and took then board Then it was discovered tha florence Linsey had disappeared. Ths vaS recovered later
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
OF CANDIDATE
 cox FALSE, SAYS HAYS

Chicago. Aug. 31.-"Candidate Cox ,,os trHe to form and his statements again are false" said Chairman Hays when shown Governor Cox's statement made at Columbus in regard to campaign contributions,
 The records show that there nave been .12.SS9 individual men and women who I.a,oo oontributed since the convention win an average contribution of sS2.l1 each he said. Flight of these are more than s1. 900. and none more than $500. During the approximately nineteen months before the convention there were 18515 separate contributions"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01

New Haven. Conn, Aug. 3l.-Two pel-
 aaad a score injured, damage to .be tohacco crop estimated at sz'oVV'VVg ,,d baavv losses to farm buildings anu ,-sneraI crops was the toll oI SCI ie9 of electrical and hail storms that s"epl ,ver many sections of Connecucul Oii'S The storm assumed cyclonic propol- tions in North Haven, South Uuil East Windsor. Suffield. Granby ana otn- ar towns Miss Florence Linsey, Of flttS- field Mass, was drowned oft the Mlilol, shore when high waves upset a roWpo'. a Raffaele Shalon, water tender VII C raiIroad section gang, was Xii 4d at Nor LII Haven when a group of fr' ne houses were blown down. bra '. ! lactUE VI , fraworlSs concern, al North Haven noe ,vrsclsed bv the wind. dozen young women employees being injured, one serl 1usly. c..uoo+i. -,,t River valley were hard hit 1h' ,ror in most cases was about 3 per ,ent harvested and the standing lo hacco was reported as total loss or many of the plantations in East Nli'o so- the loss was reported as very heaNH Estimates of damage to tobacco m o seN ,-sI towns were East Windsor. SSoo+ poo Suffield, S600,000; Windsor hoc~s SsOo 0se: GraNby, S201ooo fIIiIlh yyo z, s,'S Vernon s100 .0Oe; Windsor $50,00o
 ITau stones larger than walnuts "'r fo,,nd in the tobacco fields after tN stnry, nassad It was said very little III su,-snce was carried on thhe tobacco. n ,yi,d also did heavy damage 10 lFu. trees and to corn. Telephone s0rVlce wa jnpaired in several sections ot the stlb
 In North Haven the fury of the storn was spent in five minutes. A terrlnc Wlh' with hail stones and rain created haVo in two places in that town, unrooilh several houses, demolishing scores ' small frame buildings, killing one bo and injuring many persons. The lur of the storm was spent over two al'a ahout half A mile apart. and along
 course Iess than 800 feet wide. The win struck 2 group of frame houses. carr ing most of them across the tracks o ths sSew York New Haven and liar ford railroad and piling up the frH ments Wires were torn off the pol and for several hours it was necessary ' A4r trains to pass them over the traeF between Meriden and North Haven
 ranr of section men at work on f tracks saw the storm coming and ran | shelter in these houses, where the Watf tender was killed
 The path Of the storm rom 7Iiu'H North Haven was marked by fallen ire The beginning of the winds sweep in North Haven apparently was along St7 street outside Of this city where t' roof was blown off a brick house. Ha mile beyond this point an off-shoc of the storm crushed a frame buildin used by NJ. Backes and Son, f1reworb makers of Wallingford A dozen gir were employed there. The building wa lifted completely from it's underpinin and carried twenty feet and piled in mass. of ruins All of the girls wei bruised and one more seriously hurt.
 Further north. in Wallingford, ligh ming killed a horse. Wires were blow down. putting electric light and tei' phone circuits out of commission.
 New Haven escaped the main sweep
 the storm. no damage from wind or ra .nA
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
SERVICE IMPROVED ON
 THE B. K. T. SYSTEM


 New York, Aug. S1-Elevated and subway service or the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system, crippled by strike of several thousand employees. was improved today. The public service commission re- ported tonight that nine-seyen two anc three-car trains were operated during the rush hour, compared with about sixty yesterday. No attempt was made to op- crate surface cars.
 The city had nearly 1900 buses in operation. The lnterborough Rapid Transit increased it's subway service to B'ooklyn operating ten-car trains at forty-second intervals during the rush hours Many thousands used the ferry boats, which have doubled their service The company announced tonight that full trolley service would be resumed tomor. row morning
 Two persons were killed and scores in. jured today as a Tt suit of the tie-up. Tn. casualties resulted from collisions be tween imDrovised conveyances and fall. from crowded buses. Many were ruI down in the congested street traffic Two acts of violence occurred late ii the day when a subway train running O, a surface section was stoned
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01

ile antis proceeded 10 put through thei 'lan Of attempting to undo what va lone Aug. .l, when ratification was sc ,ompiishsd.
 The first step was the motion to eT urge from the journal Of that day a
 ference to the proceedings upon tn suffrage ratification resolution. After thf sas carried. i7 10 g. with 6 not voting notion was made and carried that c, r 'iisd coDy Of the resolution, the origina f which is in the hands Of the senate 'e spread upon the journal
 The house then adopted a motion ir '9n-concur in the action of the senat at.fying the ratification resolution.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
soUTH WOODSTOCK FELT
 BRUNT OF THE STORM
rBv 2 Staff Correspondent.l

a
 Putnam. Aug. 31-The village of South Woodstock this afternoon was swept with a hurricane which was accompanied by a cloudburst and one of the most ter rorizing electrical storms that has ever been experienced in this part of Wind ham county Buildings were moved from their foundations. frult orchards were up- rooted. telegraph poles were snapped and damage that will amount to thousands of dollars was done.
 At the Woodstock fair grounds the main exhibition hall, 120 feet long and lo feed wide and a story and a half tall, was picked up by the gale and moveo four feet from the foundations upoun which it rested. The large wooden doors were ripped out and blown fifty feeu across the race track. So terrific was the force of the wind that doors fasten- ed with bolts were shattered and splint- CTS scattered for hundreds of yards
 The wind swept through the village in a pathway of more than 300 feet wide, carrying everything before it.
 Telegraph poles were broken lettinr electric wires fall to the highway and when great trees were town up by th, roots they fell on these wires and Were set on fire
 In front of the blacksmith shop of Asa Scranton, Joseph Shetoclnicis of Bedding, Pa. had stopped to have his automobile repaired. As he stood there the storm b1ew so fast that he was picked from his feet By grabbing his automobile he saved himself from being carried away. He clung with all ms strength to the machine
 Not telephone in the town can b. used for the ABle carrying the wires from Putnam was broken
 In East Woodstock the barn of Johr Aldrich was struck by lightning and burned to the ground, and at Woodstocs Hill hail stones as large as eggs fell doing biz damage to the crops
 According to Asa Scranton. who's, blacksmith shop was in the direct pat of the gale. the storm broke very sud denly It became as dark as night am for five minutes the wind ra ged Fear ing that his shop was going to be blown down Nr. Scranton ran out into tn, street and as he left his door larg, pine txse crashed down in front of hin and rrp and down the road the trees burs Into flames.
 The road ds leading into the village wer blocked for several hours.
 Although woriSmen were busy severa hours opening them up before this worl could be begun. 1t was laceSs ary to no tify the power company in Putnam | turn off the electricity for live wire were interwoven with the branches 0 the trees.
 Nearly every house in the path of th wind had nearly every window in an hen coop and woodshed in some case disappeared completely. A slo at tn, farm of Mrs. Jeanette Shepard was blow down and the orchard of John Ericso Is badly damaged.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
EIGHT INFANTRYMEN BREAK
 ATTACK OF 200 MINERS

Williamson. W. Va. Aug. 31-An attack of 200 men, believed to have been directed at the commissary of the How ard Colliery Company, or the homes of superintendent H. V. Ingham and L. I. Tinsley, nearl..- at Chattaroy. near VII liamson, was A 3l;en up by eight United States infantry men today, according to reports reaching here.
 The attacking party formed on both sides of the mountain upon which Chat iaroy is located, it is reported. and marched in concert on the colIiery. The infantrymen, q detachment of the troops which were recently sent into the strike zone from Camp Sherman. exchanged shots with the party and then charged into the woods.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
GENERAL BARNETT SENIOR
 OFFICER ON PACIFIC COAST

Washington Aug. 31.-Brigadier Gen eral George Barnett, formerly major general commandant of the marine corps, has been assigned to duty at San Francisco as senior officer of the corps on the Pacific coast, Secretary Daniels announced today.
 General Barnett, whose assignment follows a sixty day leave of absence taken at the beginning of the fiscal year when he was succeeded as commandant of the corps by Major General La Jeune, will have immediate direction in his new post of all marine corps movements on the coast.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
WRANGEL'S FORCES REPORTED
 TO BE FALLING BACK

Constantinople, Aug. 31.-By The A P) General Wrangers forces are re- ported to be falling back throughout the region north of the Crimea.
 Bolsheviki have crossed the Dneiper in strong force at several points. Cavalry raiders are said to have captured Alex androvsk and to have continued south ward, cutting the railway
 General Makmo. who is cooperating with General Wrangel. is attacking the Reds from the rear. He is reported to have captured Mahmud and to have exc. cuted the bolshevik commissaries an6 other soviet sympathizers at that place
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
SEVERAL HUNGER STRIKING
 PRISONERS NEAR DEATH

Cork, Aug 3L-Several of the hun ger striking prisoners in the Cork jail are declared to be at the point of death Today the hunger strikers received the following message from Lord Mayor MacSwiney from sBrxton jail:
 Greetings to all my comrades in Cork jail. I am with them in spirit, think ing of them always and praying hourly for their welfare"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
THUNDER STORM AND TORNADO
 IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS

Boston, Aug. 31-Several dwellings we're lifted from their foundations and 'arns and smaller buildings demolished tornado that swept through parts f the towns of Weymouth, Hmgham lolbrook Randalph and Braintree late oday. No one was seriously injured At ne same time a severe thunder storm wept ove "a large part of eastern Massa- 'husetts and lightning and wind caused amage estimated at many thousands of 1iars.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
OBITUARY.
rrof. nernadotte P,rr,n-

Saratoga Springs. N. Y. Aug. 3l-Dr Bernadotie Perrin Of New Haven. Conn. professor emeritus of Greek literature and history at Yale university. died sud- denly here tonight at the home or bs, brother-in-law. General James W. Lester
 He was born at Goshen. Conn. iu Iss7 and was graduated from Yale tn 1888 He received degrees from the universities al Tubingen. Leipzig and Berlin and the dc. gree, or IL D. from the Western Reserve university. in which for several wears he was professor Of Greek. From lgss be va sidentified with Yale university. Professor Perrin was author of several standard Greek and Latin text books and translator oi many Of the Greek authors
 A widow and two sons. lee ] p.rrir and Lester W. Perrin. both Of New Yerl, city, survive him.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
PROMINENT GREENWICH
 RESIDENT SUICIDES

Greenwich. Conn.,, Aug. 3I.-Eigar Ferris, member of a family long rrominent in this town. committed suicide today by shoting himself m the head with a revolver. Members cf the dead mans family said they could give TO reason for the act.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01
STRIKE BY BRITISH COAL
 MINERS IS IMPENDING

London. Aug 31-A strike by the British coal miners seemingly was brought nearer today by a resolution passed by the Triple Alliance" com prising the railway men, the transport workers and the miners, supporting the claims of the miners
 It was decided by the meeting to as- semble tomorrow to consider the further policy of the alliance.N
Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01

struck the barn of George H Kimban in Brooklyn this afternoon, and it was burned with a total loss placed at S2.- a00 It was said to be the largest and best equipped barn in Windham coun-
 y. The structure was valued at S15, 900 md it contained 150 tons of hay, valued 7t 5000. Wagons and farming machin-
 ry were also lost