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Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
UNrERMYER CHARGES MILAN
 WITH PREVENTING COMPETITION

New York. April, 2s,-Indirect charges made before the legislative committee in vestigating the housing situation here. by Samuel Untermyer.. its counsel, that Mayor nylan and the board of. alder. men had taken action N prevent open competition in the sale of~ water meters here, were answered tonight by the mayor, who asked that the public b not msled by Mir. Unternyer's innuendoes."
 Referring to the mayors veto q; a legislative measure permitting the cht-f engineer to authorize the sale ami use here of water meters without apprCv=i of the board of aldermen, was brought up during the testimony of Albert A. Ainsworth. high salarind secretary Of an organization of nine building appliance manufacturers, alleged ay Mir. Inter myer to be price fixing combination.
 The nine organizations of which Aims worth is secretary are to consider aban- doning their system of exchanging pTi"e and sales lists. aA a result of CIT clrms of their methods by legislative commit tee counsel. Ainsworth promised. he tod the committee he would gall meetings fer this purpose within fortnight.
 Tonight Mayor Hylan issued a state ment explaining the reason for his Te- to:
 "The so-called water meter bil!. he said, ''had for its purpose :h .ak:Ec of the power at present lodged in the board of, aldermen. ccfnposed of 67 me11a:s and five borough presidents. elected by the people. and placing the arbitrary power of the approval in the hanls of one man. the chief engineer Ot le- partment under my iIrisliction. In ny judgment. no such a-bii:ary boyer should be lodged in any one man Therefode( the veto.'
 Under presy1t Ycoadi'ipnA approval of the board of aldermen s '.ecessd-y to permit the purchase by the city of meters other than those now iE use WiI.iam &. Cetti, eastern sales manager of q me ter rnanufa curing company nf MilwSu- kee, which is not conn .cted with the meter manufacturing evclarGs alleged to control meter sales and rrices here, testified that he had tried unsuccessful ly to get the board of ald arTpH1's sp- proval for the sale of his f-io's pre- ducts in New York.
 Mir. Cetti testiAed. hat he asked Al dernan William Kennealiy why .tira nat- ter had reposed so long n committee. He quoted Mir. Kenneally us saving:
 Tt isn't. on it's merits at all-yo'ire one4 of them fellows that woi't listen tc reason. Now you won't get it T sil."
 Mir Ainsworth conceded that uniform sysaems of figuring costs and uniform gross selling prices formed the bas's of the exchanges The legality of suih practices. he admitted. had been. mat ter of concern with him. The scheme he insisted. benefited buyers and did not harm the public.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
SAYS UNION MEN HIRED
 sLUGGERs AND GUNMEN

Chicago, April 29.-Sluggers and gum men were so plentify in Chicago that they could be hired at any time. for $50 each. Sam Fischer testified today at the trial of fourteen members of the Upholsterers' union for. acts of violence during a strike from August, 1919, to April 1920. Fischer previously had testified that he had been emloyed by union officials to beat and cripple "scabs."
 He named two o the men who are now on trial--Edwin E. Graves, international vice president of the union, and Roy Hull, business agent of the Chicago local as the persons who had paid him and his assistant isIuggers for their operations.
 You could hear lis skull pop half a block away" said Fischer in telling how a non-nnion man had been blsckjacked close sto his home.
 He explained in detail how the sluggers, if they could not put a man in ths hos pital for month or two, crippled him so he would not be able to work.
 After we'd knocked him down." he said, in speaking of one victim. i've kick ed him on the head a couple of times and rapped him over the knuckles with a blackjack so he wouldn't be able to work.
 |" We want to make this guy an object lesson. Fix him right" he testified Graves told him regarding another vic tim.
 Get anybody who comes out of a shop,'" was the order Fisher said, that Graves gave him just after the interna- tional vice president came to Chicago to direct the strike.
 Did you comply with the order?" he was asked. X
 r. You bet we did" he said. we stood at the door and waited until we spotted our man. Then we followed him until we could get him in good place.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
HEARING ON RECOGNITION
 OF THE IRISH REPUBLIC"

Hartford. Conn., April 2S.-Senate Petition No. 43, in which the legislature is urged to use it's offices with the na- tional government to obtain recognition for the Irish Republic was discussed at hearing before the legislative com mittee on federal relations this after noon Irish organizations. the Hartford Central Labor Union and the Farmer Labor party were represented at the hearing.
 Philip Troup. postmaster of New Ha- ven, led the discussion in favor of the petition ana George L. Fox of New Ha- ven acted as opponent-at-large of the proposal. Chairman Hall had to rap for order several times when members of the audience audibly expressed their an- tagonism to some of Mir. Fox's state ments. The Sim Fein movement in Ireland was characterized by MT. Fox as a "bolshevist effort" He said there were two kinds of Irish, loyal and disIOyaL" He declared that many Irishmen did ev- erything in their power ito make Eng land lose the war" He said there were only 15e0oo Erishmen in the British ar my of 6,100e00 men in the World war.
 Besides MT Troup. the speakers for the petition included E. Bryan Hackett. New Haven; Sheriff Thomas L. Reilly, New Haven; Martin l.. Caine, Nauga- tuck; Mayor David E. Fitzgerald. New Haven; and the Rev, J. T. Finnegan, New Haven. Mir. Hsckett referred to the Irish as "downtrodden" and held in bondage" Mayor Fitzgerald drew ap- plause when he told of services rendered by the Irish in the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
NAVAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
 9sss, ,ooo, 900, PASSED BY HOUSE

Washington, AprN 2s.-with every amendment relating to disarmament thrown out, the naval appropriation bill. carrying total of $396,0Qo. .00e, was passed today by the house. PIP to 15 there was not enough opposition 70 de- mand g record vote
 Immediately after the measure was made ready for the senate! The army appropriation bill carrying ss31,ooo. .opo passed last session but vetoed, was talk en up. The navy bill went through the house in tine, same form. as originally passed. but there were indications. Gf fight on the army budget because of an increase in the enlisted force of 15s,oe0 tt 1ss 000. ss.4l ,J
 A. parliamentary trick play. ard quick move by Representative Naisil. re- publican of Massachusetts. i.. the chair, cut of two ihotirs of deb3,e. of aa' smeIFd- ment by Representative Cpn;,6ir, Sdsino- erat.ss of Texas. providing that 10 mart of the appropriation for warshir bu:ld- ing should be expendeI until the pres ident had called an interna.ionql disaim- ament conference. Seeing the :angle over, time for debate. tre amcndracit was put to vote and. defeated ii d veritable shout of noes.
 But it did not stop the FrieaIs Of arm ament' limitation who pres lted he sane question in different textual dress, and almost as fast as presented they were ruled out on points by order.
 The clash of the day was precipitated hy Representative. Byrnes. democrat of South Carolina. who sought to ascertain the real cause of postponing hearings Thy the foreign affairs committee on dis armament resolution and at which Se1, retary Hughes had been invited t,nnt- line the views of the Harding ad,rA7is- tration MT. Frynes did not get very far with his. inquiry
 The subject was brousat up again. however by Representative Flood tf Virginia, ranking democrat on the com mittee, who took exception 70 tho state ment of Representative 'Mondell of Wv oming, republican leader. that the house was, willing to trust the committaa ill all matters affecting foreign policy. Mir. Flood declared the republicans leader ship did not trust it last session when it faiIed- to permit consideration of the Brooks disarmament resolu.ica, rtpo'tcd out by the committee.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
SENATE TO VOTE oN KNOX
 PEACE RESOLUTION SATURDAY

Washington. April ss-Thes senate wiH vote on the Knox psAea resolution next Saturday under a tac!; agTeemlnt reach tocay during fh. opening dcSz.e. lta ascl: Il was cUnc-.Gsl cL al rd-s IT,. rep.tiksn ani demos 'it!c ls7ds-s. Sem s;,rs I'crc Of Mas-sehuset.s aal Ca- derwood of Alabama. arranged at today'1 session for final disposition on Saturday 10 clear the way for consi6eration of tho emergency tari bill next Monday.
 The peace resolution was attacked from both republican and democratic sides to- day. Senator Nelson, republican. Mime sots. unexpectedly opening the debate with a broAdside at the resolution that diSsipsted republican hopes for a united front on adoption Of the measure SenS ztor Underwood also spoke at length against the resolution. but with no oth- CT senators ready to proceed. the senate recessed until tomorrow. when Senafs T Hitchcock. Of Nebraska. ranking demo- crat on the foreign relations committee and Senators King of Utah and Pone- rene of Ohio and other democrats are scheduled to speak
 Defense of the resolution probably win come on Saturday whe nSenators Lodge, Knox. Borah and others are expeeted to take the floor.
 Senator Nelson. who was a mild rescr- vationist' in the controversy over tht treaty at Versailles. criticised the Knox resolution today as ''halting, equivocai ard only partial" He deplored Its fall ure 10 support reparation an ddissrmam- znlent demands on Germany and said adoption would encourage Germany e continue wiih her reluctance to comply with in etreaty of Versailles as to dis aI1nan ent and reparations."
 Senator Underwood asssiled the reso- lution ss "inopportune. in view Of rep arstions negotiations. and also as "aban- donment- of the allies.
 Senator McKsllar. democrat. Tennes- see intcrjectod a statement that the res olutions was unprecedented and that the United States could not reserve clsiu1s under the treaty of Versailles without be- ing party to that treaty. Senator B5rzh republican. Idaho. replied that !; was "a gcod precedent 10 be established.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
HOOVER ADDRESSED U. s.
 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Atlantic City. N. J., April 2S.-Mainte- nance of government information ser vice to compile and publish production and consumption figures of the more i'm portaDt industries and the primary prices of a few commodities as remedy for high prices and prpiteering was adve- cated here tonight by Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce. in an, address be- fore the ninth annual conference of the United States Chamber of Commerce
 Stability and soundness of business could be greatly enhanced and vicious speculation curtailed, MT. Hoover, de- clared,, through realization by the public of the true conditions in the various in- dustries.
 Many forces are involved in the eco homie readiustment of the country, he declared, but there are many encouraging signs. Many manufacturers and whole salers,"' he said. "are making cuts in their inventories that equal or exceed the increases which they obtained when we were on the up grade. Economically, the retailer is of necessity the last of the chain to make readjustment"
 Labor, MT. Hoover declared is growing in efficiency and shows a willingness to make reductions in wages in many direc- tions. but the costs of building construc- tiop have not come down with other in- dustries.
 |. The railroads were described by MT. Hoover as the keys of industry" but the advisability of the continued use of an emergency horizontal basis of rate in- creases, he declared, could be seriously questioned.
 Tn the field of foreign commerce" he continued, the shrinkage in our exports thunders at the doors of every home in America the warning that we have no isolation from the problems of the world. The unsettlement of the German indem- nlty, the failure of the United States to make peace, the maintenance of great armaments and breaking taxes, the continued hemorrhages of paper money in many foreign states, their struggles over standardization of industry, the, sit- uation in Russia, all initiate against European recovery and react upon us'
 Means must be devised. he said, to com pat. the competition of foreigns combina- tons for export and import and he sug- gested the leealizing of combinations fo, import into this country.
 The address of the secretary of com. merce came at the end of a busy day for the delegates, who disEussed the taxation and tariff problems facing the country While the vote of the various groups of delegates was withheld, it is understood they decided almost unanimously that any permanent tariff legislation program must be framed with due regard to export trade as well as to the production of man. ufacturing in the United States.
 They also endorsed the proposition that our tariff policy should tahe into con. slderatlon. the economic needs of foreign countries and the fact that We are now a creditor nation, and should offer trading or bargaining possibilities for interna. flonal treaties to encourage our expor,
 The vote on the question of whethe, the government should levy sales tax was alos withheld, but unofficial reports indicated that the tax was approved.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29

for the "full dress meeting of the all lied supreme, council Saturday at which will be decided what steps shall be taken. for exacting the reparations from Germany. It was expected and even hoped, in some quarters that the Ger man counter proposals forwarded through Washington would make 1t un- necessary to bring further pressure to bear. The curt manner in which France and Belgium rejected them, however, and the decision of England that they
 are thoroughly unsatisfactory" makes 1t certain that the French proposals for occupation of the Ruhr will be the one subject of discussion by the supreme council, unless, of course, Germany in the meantime sends something more closely approximating the Paris terms.
 The possibility of the United States being represented in the conference is exciting much interest in diplomatic circles here, for it is believed that American representation would have a greater influence in bringing Germany to terms than any other move. The fact that President Harding did not forward the German proposals to the allies is considered a. strong card in the hands of those who favor immediate enforce ment of the Paris suggestions.
 M. Jaspar, the Belgian foreign minis ter, and Nj. Theunys, Belgian minister of finance, already are here, and Nj. Briand. the French premier, Is expected at noon Friday. They will have preliminary talks with NIT. Lloyd George before the opening of the. supreme council meeting on Saturday, at which Italy will be represented by it's foreign minister, Count Sforza, and Japan by Baron Hayashi ambassador to Great Britain. The chiefs df the various: missions will have the assistance. of their foreign
 ministers or representatives of the for eign offices and that of military and f. nancial, experts, ,.for,l besides the ad- vance of troops and a possible, naval demonstration at Hamburg, thefe are
 eeonenaic and financial aspects of the
 French proposals which must be decided upon.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
Hoover SuggR FOOdMarka Board As Means lief to Farm
 CTS and COs.sumers- Would
 Determine and Publish
 Prices.

Washington, April 2s.-Creation of A national food lSIrketing board under the cnalrinanship of the secretary of agriculture and with the existing bureau or markets. as its executive arm was suggested today by Secretary Hoover as means of relief to farmers and con sumers
 In letter to Senator Capper, of Kan sas, the commerce secretary outlined as one of the functions of such a board
 the formation of regulations or yoiun- tary agreements with the produce ex- changes In such manner as not to under inine the very necessary process of hedg- ing but at the same time to control that type of speculation which is able through powerful drives on the market to crush the weak holders of grain and force him upon the market"
 This function, the secretary said be performed, better through such a board than by direct fixed legislation
 Other services to be performed by the proposed board, Secretary Hoover said, would be the determination and publication of facts as to distribution and prices of vegetables and fruit and the development of warehouse prac- tices with respect to grain and other less perishable agriculture produce.
 Secretary Hoover emphasized the ne. cessity of freight rate readjustments, declaring, that we. are in fair way to re-write the whole commercial and industrial geography of the country ir consequence of the present rate basis
 Statistics were presented to show thai taking 100 as the index basis for prices in 1913, farm crop prices now stood 1bs building materials at PIP; house furnish ings at 173; clothing at 1s2; fuel and light at 1o7; and railroad rates at 1se He added. that "certsinly these level: must come into step or. the agriculture industry and its, standards of living will be undermined"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
COOLIDGE AND JUssERAND
 '-- SPEAKERS IN PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh, April 2s.-vice President Coolidge and Jules Jusserand. the French ambassador to the United States, were the principal speakers at the Founders Day exercises of Carnegie Institute Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and Prince Lubomirsky, Polish minister to the United States were among the guests
 During the exercises the prize win ners of the twentieth international ex- hibtion of paintings were announced. The gold medal and $1,hno went to Err nest Lawson of New York. his vanish ing Mist" being awarded first prize The second and third prizes also went 10 New York painters, Howard Giles and Eugene Speicher, respectively. Two English artists, Ribert J. Hnrsght Moc- ny and Sydney Lee, both of London, and one American Ross E. Moffe,t of Prov incetown, Mass, received honorable mentions. ..t. >a-aA
 After the exercises had been concluded a gay futtering of flags heralded the opening of the exhibition. Inside 3s5 paintings had been catalogued. The selections were made. from 633 pictures submitted to the international jury and 182 of them were the work of foreign artists.
 The "Futnrist" and "Cubist'' were not in evidence at the exhibition. even - in modified form. Portraysls of a world at strife were absent, but, every phase of quiet nature was depicted.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
COMPLETE DEADLOCK IN
 THE BRITISH COAL STRIFE

London, April 2s-(By The A. Po- The negotiations which have been ia progress with the purpose of endeayor- ing to end the coal strike reached sn- other complete deadlock today when the miners federation rejected the gov ernment's latest offer to increase the temporary subsidy to the industries from 7,5eo,o00 pounds to 100000 pounds. The rejection was made by an over whelming majority of the miners dele gates, because the offer fails to conceo. the fundamental principle for which we stand"
 All the delegates of the mine workers who have been attending the conference in London are returning to their re- spective districts.
 The fundamental principle contended for by the miners is a national wages board and a national pool, and this both the mine owners and the government op- pose. --'---
 The inconvenience to the public as a result of the strike daily is growing worse. .....5, 5,.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29

Washington. April 2S CBy, the A. P.)- Diplomatic representatives of three of the allied powers-Great Britain, France and Belgium-transmitted today to Secretary Hughes the views of their governments with respect to Germany's separations proposals.
 official announcement was withheld but 1t was understood that the secretary of state was informed that the German offer In it's present form was unacceptable Whether any suggestions were made that Germany be asked to put forward new and more liberal terms was not disclosed.
 It was emphasized officially. however, that the chief question at issue was not whether the proposals as such were ac- ceptabie to the allies governments but whether they could be. regarded as the basis for renewed discussions from which satisfactory terms might eventuate.
 Administration officers still maintained silence as to the form of reply that would be made to the German communication, but 1t was learned that none had been prepared tonight. Secretary Hughes had aot yet heard from the Italian and Japan sse governments, whose envoys lie re- seived on Tuesday after the German pro- oosals had reached Washington. Whether ! reply will be delayed until word comes rom Rome and Tokio remains to be de- seloped.
 Since the German offer is to be consid- sred at the meeting of the allied supreme council on Saturday, there were sugges- lions in some quarters that the Ameri- ;an reply might be held up pending some further decision by the premiers. While admittedly without official information, others believed that the messages deliver d 10 Mir. Hughes today had been of such . nature as to enable the American gov srnnent 10 n-ocsei with. the next step in he exchanges witt Beriln
 Statements tcday by Premiers Lloyd 5eorge Of Great Britain and Briand of France that the German offer was unac- .eptabie were received by officials here with manifest interest, but apparently nc urprise. Comment regarding them. how ver. as we'll as the semi-final announce nent at Berlin that Germany was pre- pared to modify its proposals. if requested 10 do so by the United States was re- used. @ v.
 President Harding s to return to Wash ngton early tomorrow from his tri-, tu Hampton Roads and it is expected that Secretary Hughes will acquaint him carly in the day wit hthe nature of the mes sayes received from the allied diplomats lt will then be for the executive to deter. nine what is 10 be done. ssa
 Great Britain was the first of the allied powers to communicate its views to the American government. Sir Auckland 5eddes. the British ambassador, called or hr. Hughes in mid-afternoon and was .loseted with the secretary for nearly iah an hour. Before Sir Auckland left Baron De Marehienne. the Belgian ambas sadoT, reached the state department Later in the day Prince De Chalais. coun- sellor of the French embassy. who acted r the absence from Washington of Am ,sssador Jusserand, called on MT Hughes.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-29
srKIKK+ OF JOB PRINTERS
 INTENDS IN WORCESTER

Worcester, Mass, April 2s.-A strike in the job printing offices of this city is Threatened next Monday by the local branch of the Typogra phical union un- less the employers establish 44-hour week in place of the 4S-hour week, which the union claims Is part o an agree ment signed by the National Typothetae and the union two years ago.