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Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
 THE AMERICAN BAR ASSN

Cincinnati, Aug. S0.-A day of sec tional meetings devoted largely to re- ports of committees and discussion occu- pied delegates and visitors who poured into Cincinnati today for the forty-fourth annual convention of the American Bar association. Prominent barristers from all sections of the country were present for the business meetings, auxiliary to the program of addresses which begins tomorrow before the general convention.
 Elihu Root, former secretary of state, made two brief addresses today in which he urged the bar to play an important role in creating public opinion and in ed ucating young lawyers in the fundamen- tals of the law.
 Modification of the principles of law is going on at greater speed and in larger scope than ever before" MT. Root told today's session of the legal education sec ton, of which he is chairman. There are decisions on both sides of every question you can imagine. Changes in the administration of law have forced themselves even to the attention of the public. The application of law is so widely different from that of fifty years ago that some guiding line must be found.
 We must seek for the principles of common law. which is being slowly mod flied by thousand sof statutes and de- cisions of courts of last resort. We have come to the point where we must have done with desultory discussion and come , to conclus %ls. We must have ar system of education requiring the background of the law which explains the true method and scope of law"
 The former secretary of state urged that the bar association exercise strict supervision of lawyers of the coming generation, so that the legal profession might have competent men to administer the law.
 Miss Annette Adams of San Francisco was one of the speakers before the crim- inal law section. urging swift prosecution | of those charged with crime
 The effect of example to the public and of reform for the criminal is lost fl there is long delay between his arrest and his final conviction and incarceFa, tion,'' Miss Adams declared. Innocent men, too, should have an early o7por. tunity to establish their innocence
 Forged fingerprints were explained tc the same section by Milton Carlson, g l fngerprint expert of Los Angeles. whc 1 told the lawyers that the first thing tc prove where fingerprints were involved ir l crime cases was whether the print wal made by a human hand. He explained how fngerprints could be forged, dispos ing of the popular theory, he said, tha fngerprints were infallible proof
 Delegates to the convention in confer ence today made reports of the activi 1 ties of their local and state bar associa l tions. The association of attorneys gen eral and the commissioners of uniform prior to the general convention tomor
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
GATHERING OF ARMED MEN
 AT yEFFERY IS REPORTED

Logan. ". Va, Aug. 30.-Extaordinary preparations went forward today and continued tonight following reports of a gathering of armed men at Jeffery, in the adjacent county of Boone. Reported esti- mates of the number vary from hundreds to thousands. Lack of telephone com munieation with Jeffery precIuded con frmstion of figures.
 Fearing that the men would cross the huls to the Logan county Side, companies Of ex-service men were being formed to- day 10 reinforce attachments of deputy sherifs and state police now guarding the border. In this little town, the county seat. a battalion drilled through out the afternoon. Additional forces of former soldiers were reported to be com ing from Welch and Mcdowell
 No word has been received from Ad- iutant General John H. Charnock. who left Charleston today for the district of uncertainty" on the east slope of Spruce Fork Ridge. separating Logan county from Boone
 For the first time since the Logan and Mcdowell men took up arms to repelI a possible invasion. a newspaperman today vac per-ittsd to view part of the defense
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
blic utilities Commission.

public utilities commission
 The constitutionality of the act is questioned. The superior court of the state has held tse act constialtional We think the several objections urged as to the constitutionslity of tho act are not well founded.
 We are satisfied that it is clear that the legislature intended a regulation which is for the interest and convenience of the inhabitants. In conferring this power to the public utilities commission the lefislsture kept well within the con- fines of its constitutional limitations
 We find nothing in the act granting purely legislative powers to the com mission. We find no arbitrary power granted the commission. The act pro- vides that an examination may be held by the commission to first ascertain the public necessity and convenience for the jitney route in question. The act pro- vides for a hearing on the application for license to operate iitneys- If the application be denied, provision is made in the act for an appeal to the superior court. Full authority is vested in the superior court under the laws of Con necticut to reverse and direct the com mission to carry out its mandate if the result on such an appeal be different than that reached by the commissin- we think the act in question does not violate the federal constitution and that th.s motion may not be granted Motion denied"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
TARIFF ARGUMENTS BEFORE
 SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE

Washington, Aug. 0.-Pepresentatives of industries of two countries presented arguments before the senate finance committee today striking at rates in the Fordney tariff bill. From England came a d. legation to urge revision downward of rates on high speel steel, while high CT rates on flour and mill feeds were sought by domestic milling interests, and representatives of the fishing industry appeared both to defend and denounce import taxes on their products. Claims of the flour millers submitted by l.. E. Moses of Kansas City, Missouri. pres ident of the Southwestern Millers' League and A. l. Goetzmann, of Minneapolis, president ofthe Millers' National Fed eration, were for rates which would be compensatory for the 25 cents a bushel duty on wheat Unless the flour duty was made practically double the house rate, they argued, the duty on wheat would bring no good effect.
 MT. Moses asserted that the milling industry was making no profits ana that its positions in the business would would be more perilous without the pro- tectivye duty.
 On the question of duties on fish, a difference of opinion was voiced by the home producers and the importers, al though some New England fishing in .. terests favored 9 low import tax. The Alaskan industry protested against any charges from the house rates, the claim being made by Dan Sutherland, Alaska n delegate in the house, that the bill tax ed everything the fishermen used in their business but gave them only moderate protection on the results of their la bors,. His argument was supported by A. W. Thomas, of Boston, head of the Prince Williams Sound company, who
 declared that the rate of IF cents a pound on. herrings barely met the high transportation costs which he had to bear in delivering fish in New York in competition with the Scandinavians Without, the duty, he said, the industry,
 encouraged by the government during the war, would go on the down grade. Atlantic coast fishing interests were represented by George E. Wiley, of Boston, who claimed that no good req son existed for duties as high as those fixed and argued that the tax would serve to increase the cost of living "to i the poor folks This phase of the argu- | ment was supplemented by Mrs. Jennie D. Heath, of New York, president of | the National Housewives eague She
 said also that high duties probably would result in decreased consumption of fish.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
RECEIVERSHIP ASKED FOR
 STRIKE INSURANCE COMPANY

Baltimore, Aug. SO.-A receivership for the Employers Mutual Insurance and Service Company, which has writ ten strike insurance for thirty years in forty states, was asked today in the Baltimore city circuit court by a com mission appointed by the court, headed by Thomas J. Heating. insurance com missioner for Maryland.
 While the company officials declare that the concern Is not insolvent, the commissions reporC states that the la bllities of the company exceed its as- sets by about $1.oo0.OO0 and probsoly considerably more.
 The officials of the company say that organized labor ha3 been fighting the company since it's formation and that If a receivership is declared the labor forces will have scored an important victory over the employers.
 Losses which the company has Sus- tsined are due principally to the print CTS strike for the 44-hour week in va rious parts of the country, as a large proportion of the policy holders are en- ploying printers connected with the United Typothetae of America. The president Of that organization. William Green, of New York city. heads the zd- visory board of the company.
 Officials of the company say that the examiners for the investigating commits sion have overvsiued the claims due against the company on account of the tendency of many employers to eIsgEer- ate their losses.
 The court today issued an order that receivers would be appointed unless the company files a bill showing cause tc the contrary before September s.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
SENATOR SHOOT PROPOSES
 NEW. BASIS OF TAXATION

Washington. Aug 3O.-A new basis of taxa ton to take the place of the house revenue measure and practically all pres ent tax laws was proposed today by Sem ator Smoot, republican, Utah. who an- nounced he was preparing a bill embody- ing the plan. which he estimated would yield sS.Ss5. 100000 this year.
 The use of only six sources of taxation. including a tax on manufacturers sales. instead of the more than thirty-five now on the statute books, was advocsted by Senator Smoot. The six wells from which the Utah senator proposed to pump reve- nue, and the amounts which hs estimated each would yield annually, follow:
 Income taxes Cmaximum rate of 52 per ccnt.p. ssse aoo.eoo
 Ten per cent. tax on net corporation profits, S4[5. COG. .eeo.
 Tobacco taxes Cpsesent ra!eO, s25s.- ooo.ooe.
 Estate taxes. s1ss.ooe.ooo.
 Manufacturers sales tax @ per oentDs s1.aOo. .ooo. 900.
 Import taxes (tarif), S4oo. 100000.
 While the six sources would nroducs only ss.3s0. .ooo. 900. Mir. Shoot estimated that the other ssI5 .ooo. oo0 would be ob- tained from collection 6f unpaid taxes, receipts from war salvage and the old tax on withdrawals of liquor from bond cd warehouses.
 One of the arguments which Afr. Emoot said could be made in favor Of his pro- gram was it's simplicity. Anybody can make out his tax return" # congress adopted his suggestion, he said, adding that h would result in a saving of per hsps S25, ,eoe. 900 in tax collections and would do away with about two-thirdE of the employees in the revenue sCrvice.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
ORGANIZED LABOR READY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT CONFERENCE

Atlantic City, Aug. 3O-Organized la bor is ready to consider any invitation from the government to participate in conference with a view of solving the unemployment situation, Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation cf Labor, announced today at the closing session of the federation's executive council.
 Such a conference" he declared, "is not to be opposed, when the workers of the country are suffering from unem- ployment and there is no work in sight,
 We have not been invited to particip- ate in such a conferer ce,' he continued, but as labor is the primary factor in the unemplo yment situation it would be absurd for labor not to be represented .'
 While the unemployment conference was discussed behind closed doors, it was learned that there was some opposi- tion to representa- es of the, federation participating in any such meeting One member declared that such conference would gain nothing for organized labor. which he added is charged with being responsible for the unemployment, be- cause of it's l%fusaI to submit meekly to wage reductions.
 The council, in any event, it waA stated, will press it's program calling upon the federal and state governments to furnish work to thousands of unem, ployed by starting up public works and road building. President Gompers will take the matter up personally with Pres ident Harding upon his return to Wash ington.
 MT. Gompers announced that efforts | would be made within the next sixty days to bring about the re- affiiation of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way l Employees and Railway shop laborers | with it's membership of 200,60O. | The council today also sent out an ap- peal to all the state legislatures with the exception of Ohio, asking those l bodies te adopt or amend their working mems compensation laws to correspond with the Ohio state working gmen's com pensation act. This law is regarded as | a model compensation act. State fed erations and local bodies are also asked to cooperate in obtaining the necessary | legislation for such laws.
 The council. which has been in session here for more than a week. adjourned to meet in Washington on November 14 but President Gompers was, instrIH ted tC call a special meeting before that time l if necessary.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
BEFORE MEYER
 LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE

New York. Aug. 5o.-John A. Hib- bard. real estate agent. testified today before the Meyer legislative committee that last January he gave $500 10 Ed win ]. OMalley. commissioner of pub lie markets. half of the commission he received for negotiating the sale to the New York Telephone Company Of building owner by a holder of stalls in Washington market
 Herman Michels. owner of the build ing. testified that o'Mslley sent for him and told him that he had no business Tn the city market because nc lived in New Jersey.
 Michels said he regarded the c7nve-- sation as a threat 10 turn him out of the market where he had ten stands. SO he called in Hubbard to arrange for the sale of the building. He had had refused several offers before from ihe telephone company. he said. The build ing was soil for s45.00o. Nfichels tes- tifed that he wolfd rather have kept the building than accept as mucn as s60.OO0 for it because he needed the space
 Hubbard testified that he had given O'Malley half of his commission of s. 900 because h. thought he was entitled to it. The commissioner did not sug- gest 1t, he said.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
TO CONTROL TREATIES WITH
 HUNGARY AND RUMANIA

Geneva. Aug. 20 Cby the A. P)-Un- der provisions of a resolution adopted by the council of the learue Of na- tions today. that body will assume con- trol of stipulations in the treaties with Hungary and Rumania regarding the rights of minorities in territories which changed their sovereignty. This was the only definite work accomplished at today's session and the council adjourn ed until Thursday to permit the n,em- bers time to study the Silesian ques- tion and exchange views privately.
 Chief interest in the work of thA council centers for the moment upon the International Court of Justice. which is regarded as promising better results than any other action of the league thus far. Speculation has be- gun as to the probable choice by the council and assembly of the eleven judges from among about one hundred names thus far submitted.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
CALL UPON LAUEDRIEs FOR
 MORE REASONABLE RATES

Boston, Aug. 5o-The state commission on necessaries of life today appealed t7 owners of laundriss to maintain moro reasonable prices. Complaints that charges for laundering many articles were disprcportionate to the original cost and that some laundry agents received commissions ranging from s to s5 per cent of the prices for the work. were made to the cor [ mission The appeal followed suspension of an investigation which WAS halted yesterday by a ruling of Attorney General Allen that laundry work was a service and not a necessary of life.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
MANsLAUGHTER CHARGE
 AGAINST AUToMoBILIsT

New Haven. Aug. 5o-Maurice Sugar. man, of Hartford, is held criminally res ponsible for the death of Miss Beatrice E. Bristol, 22, of East Haven, in a finding issued today by Deputy Coroner Kenneth Wynne, of New Haven County. Sugar man was driving an automobile which struck Miss Bristol on August r in Mil ford He will be arraigned on a charge of manslaughter.
 The coroner finds that Miss Bristol and Miss Pauline Tucker were walking on the Bridgeport turnpike at the side of the road facing the automobile traffic. He planes the carelessness of Sugarman for the fatality.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
GLASS WORKERS ACCEPT BIG
 REDUCTION IN WAGES

clevelsnd. As. 2o-An agreement was reached here today between the National Window Glass Workers Association and the National Association Of Window Glass Manufacturers when the union. according to Joseph Neenan, president. accepted a 2s per cent reelection in wages Approximately l5.Oo0 men and sixty factories are involved.
 The scale becomes operative between September and 19 and is effective for thirteen weeks. instead of twelve as heretofore. The second psriod. which also is in operation for i5 weeks. beginz February IS.
 Last years scale ranged from s10z to 3s.15 per box. dependent on the Eiza into which the glass was cut
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
LEAVE APARTMENTS VACANT
 RATHER THAN REDUCE RENTS

Boston, Aug. S0.-Landlords in many districts of Boston are permitting apart ments to remain vacant rather than re- ducc rents, statement of the state com mission on the necessities of life said to- day.
 There are many vacant suites" the commissions statement read and their number is increasing daily. Such induce ments as free rent for from two weeks to a month are being offered to secure occupants rather than reduce the amount charged for rent, which would result in justihable objections from other tenants who are still paying at the high rate"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
New York No Haven
 For Men Out of Work
Commissioner of Public Vel fare Coler Warns Unem- ployed of Other Cities to Keep Away.

New York, Aug. 3O-Unemployed in other cities were warned to keep away from New York in a statement issued today by Bird S. Colder, commissioner of public welfare, outlining plans for meeting the situation here. He adds na- tive New Workers would be given prefer ence in the aid distributed by the may or's committee on unemployment.
 Commissioner Coler said the situation among the sailors was grave and an- nunced his intention of calling upon the shipping beard to man all ships in the future with American crews.
 The American Legion and the Veterans .of Foreign Wars have agreed to cooper ate with the municipal authorities in car ing for unemployed former service men.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
HIRsCHFELD INNOCENT
 OF ERZBERGER ASSASSINATION

Berlin. Aug. 30 (By the A. P.).-olt- wig Hirschfeld, for whom the police had been searching on suspicion that he might have some knowledge concerning the as- sassination of Matthias Erzberger, came to Berlin today and informed the states attorney that he had nothing to do with the shooting of the former vice chancel- Tor, and the police permitted him to go. Hirschfeld some time ago tried to mur- der Herr Erzberger. He was sent to prison, but was released recently owing to i'll health
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
SIZE OF DISARMAMENT
 DELEGATION NOT FIXED

Washington, Aug 3o-The size of the American delegation to the disarmament and Far Eastern conference still remains undetermined it was stated today at the White House.
 President Harding, it was indicated will not make further selections of mem- bers of the delegation until the number Of American representatives has been decided.
 The general expectation Is that the American delegation will consist of five or six members, with Secretary Hughes heading it and Senator Lodge of Mass achusetts, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, one of it's members.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
CONFERENCE ON PROBLEM OF
 UNEMPLOYMENT IN BAY STATE

Boston, Aug. 30-The unemployment situation in this state is not acute, al- though 25 pSR cent of the wage earners are out Of work, Governor Cox announced tdsy following a conference at the state house with representatives of charitable and social organizations
 We have every reason to believe" he added, that the number of persns en- ployed will be greatly increased during the next three months"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
PROHIBITION EXPERTS TO
 CLEAN UP NEW YORK CITY

New York. Aug 5o.-several prohihi- ton enforcement experts from Washing ton. headed by =. C. Yeilowley. chief of the general prohibition agents. arrived in New York today to aid federal prohibi- ton Director Hart in a campaign 10 clean up the local liquor situation. Mr. Hart said it was one Of the worst in the country.
 Corporation Counsel o'Brisu today in- formed Police Commissioner EnriEht that his office would no longer furnish coun- Eel for policemen who were charged with raidinE premises or searching individuals. tehir travelling bags. automobiles or pack ages without first having obtained a search warrant. A score or more com plaints have been made against policemen on this charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
SWISS GOVERNMENT TO HARBoR
 FORMER EMPEROR CHARLES

Berne, Aug. So-Upon the request of the Spanish government the Swiss goy- ernment has decided to extend it's per mission for former Emperor Charles of Austria to remain in Switzerland until ,OctobeE Under the original permisA sion of the Swiss government the form CT Austrian monarch was to have left the country by September 1.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
YOUNG COUPLE KILLED
 ON HONEYMOON TRIP

Cleveland. Aug. 3o-Ths honeymoon trip and the lives of Mir. and Mrs. Edwin C. Simpson, each 22 years of age, of Cleveland. ended abruptly today WTen their automobile was demolished by south bound Cleveland Southwestern in- terurban train near Chippewa Lake.
 Mrs. Simpson was killed instantly and her husband died a few minutes later They were married. August and were touring the state on their honeymoon.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
GREEKs ABANDON FLANK
 MOVEMENT IN SALT DESERT

ConRautinople, Aug 3o-(By the A. P.)-The Greek troops in Asia Minor have abandoned their flank movement in the Salt Desert against the Turkish na- tionalist positions along the Sakaria River. The Greek troops are suffering terribly from lack of water and are also being badly punished by the Turkish second corps operating in the center of the Turkish lines.
 The Greek desert division has been thrown into action along the Sakaria south of the Angora railway, where the two armies are facing each other on a line running east and west.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
CARGO OF FOOD, CLOTHING
 AND MEDICINES FOR RUSSIA

New ork, Aug. 5O-A cargo of food, clothing and medicines, gathered through out the United States by the committee for relief of children in Soviet Russia. left here today on the steamship Waco The vessel will go to Reval and Petro- grad, where representatives of the com mittee will receive the cargo and distrib- ute it where most needed
 Another ship is expected to sail Sep tenber l5
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
GERMANY HAS PAID BILLION
 GOLD MARKS DUE AUG. 31

Berlin, Aug. O.-Announcement was made today by Otto Von Glasenapp, vice president of the Reichsbank. that Ger many has paid billion gold marks due to the allies on Aug. 31. He added that the Reichsbank had been obliged to take 6S.ooo,oOo marks in gold dollars and other foreign moneys from it's gold re- serves which are now on the way to New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-31
HONOR BODY OF PRIVATE GROSS
 WHO FILLED BERGDOLL GAF

Philadelphia, Aug 3o-The body of Private Russell Gross, who stepped into Grover c. Bergdolrs place when the con victed draft dodge- fled to avoid army service, was brought home today. It was met by a large delegation of rel atives, friends, and others who assembled about the flag draped casket to. do honor to the man who was killed in action in France after he had been over the top nine times Funeral services will be held at the home of Gross parents and the body will be buried with full military honorS